IR 05000390/2008301

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examination - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 05000390/2008301

ML080140037
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	01/11/2008
From:	Widmann M T Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Campbell W R Tennessee Valley Authority
References
50-390/08-301
Download: ML080140037 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931 January 11, 2008 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Mr. William Jr. Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION - WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT 05000390/2008301

Dear Mr. Campbell:

In a telephone conversation on January 08, 2008, between Mr. Terry Newman, Operations Training Manager, and Mr. Gerard W. Laska, Senior Operations Examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at your Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. Arrangements were made to administer the written examinations during the week of May 19, 2008, and the operating tests are scheduled to be administered during the week of May 12, 2008. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of April 21, 2008.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff of the will prepare the written examinations and the operating test based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1 of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors." The NRC regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outlines by March 17, 2008. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by March 31, 2008. Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outlines, examinations, and tests 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.

TVA 2 In order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating test, 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 (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024), and waiver requests (if any)(OMB approval number 3150-0090) 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, approval number Part 55 (3150-0018), which expires on June 30, 2009. 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 BJS1@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 not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 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 NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

TVA 3 Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Newman 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. Gerry Laska at (404) 562-4626, (Internet E-mail: gwl1@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4550, (Internet E-mail: mtw@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-390 License No.: NPF-90 cc: See Page 4

TVA 4 cc w/encl:

Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Walter M. Justice, II Interim Vice President Nuclear Engineering & Technical Services Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Michael D. Skaggs Site Vice President Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution John C. Fornicola General Manager Nuclear Assurance Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Robert H. Bryan, Jr.

General Manager Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution James R. Douet Vice President Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Beth A. Wetzel Manager Corporate Nuclear Licensing and Industry Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority 4X Blue Ridge 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 James D. Smith Acting Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Michael J. Lorek Plant Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Masoud Bajestani Vice President Watts Bar Nulcear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Unit 2 P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381 Lawrence E. Nanney Director TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation Electronic Mail Distribution James H. Bassham Director Tennessee Emergeny Management Agency Electronic Mail Distribution

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