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Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000390-13-302
ML13162A779
Person / Time
Site: Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 06/06/2013
From: Widmann M T
Division of Reactor Safety II
To: Shea J W
Tennessee Valley Authority
References
IR-13-302
Download: ML13162A779 (6)


See also: IR 05000390/2013302

Text

June 6, 2013

Mr. Joseph Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 3D-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000390/2013302

Dear Mr. Shea:

In a telephone conversation on May 31, 2013, between Mr. K. Skubisz, Examination Project Manager, and Mr. M. Meeks, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of October 14 and October 21, 2013. The written examination is scheduled to be administered the week of October 28, 2013. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of September 23, 2013.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare both the operating test and written examination based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021,

"Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered. Your staff has also agreed to make copies of all examination materials that are necessary for administering the examination.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test outline by July 31, 2013. Mr. Meeks provided the written examination outline to your staff in June 2012. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by August 19, 2013. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 55.40(b)(3)), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outline, examination, and test before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials shall be complete and ready-to-use.

We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in your response be contained in a separate enclosure and appropriately marked. Any delay in receiving the required examination and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled. In order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, it will be necessary for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402, and to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-302, your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures, temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the examination results are final.

Appendix E of NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in effect while the written examinations and operating tests are being administered. To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications, medical certifications, and waiver requests (if any) at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Signed applications certifying that all training has been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.

This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under approval number 3150-0018, which expires on April 30, 2016. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, writing the examinations, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at infocollectsresource@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Skubisz has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Meeks at (404) 997-4467, (Internet E-mail: Michael.Meeks@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550, (Internet E-mail: Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,/RA/ Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-390 License No.: NPF-90

cc: (See page 4) Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Skubisz has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Meeks at (404) 997-4467, (Internet E-mail: Michael.Meeks@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550, (Internet E-mail: Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,/RA/ Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-390 License No.: NPF-90

cc: (See page 4)

x PUBLICLY AVAILABLE NON-PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SENSITIVE x NON-SENSITIVE ADAMS: x Yes ACCESSION NUMBER:_________________________ x SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS SIGNATURE RA RA NAME MEEKS WIDMANN DATE 6/6/2013 6/6/2013 6/ /2013 6/ /2013 6/ /2013 6/ /2013 6/ /2013 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO OFFICIAL RECORD COPY DOCUMENT NAME: G:\OLEXAMS\WATTS BAR EXAMINATIONS\INITIAL EXAM 2013-302\CORRESPONDENCE\WATTS BAR 2031302 CORPORATE NOTIFICATION LETTER (MKM) REV 0.DOCX cc: Mr. T. P. Cleary Site Vice President Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution

David H. Gronek Plant Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution

Donna K. Guinn Manager, Site Licensing Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. E. D. Schrull Manager, Corporate Licensing Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 4B-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Edward J. Vigluicci Associate General Counsel, Nuclear Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Gordon P. Arent Senior Manager, Licensing WBN Unit 2 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution County Mayor Watts Bar Unit 1 P.O. Box 156 Decatur, TN 37322 County Executive Watts Bar Unit 1 375 Church Street Suite 215 Dayton, TN 37321

Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Division of Radiological Health 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243

Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Spring City, TN 37381-2000

Ann Harris 341 Swing Loop Rockwood, TN 37854 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Ms. Betsy Eiford-Lee Training Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381

Letter to Joseph from Malcolm T. Widmann dated June 6, 2013

SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000390/2013302

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