IR 05000321/2007301

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examination for Edwin I. Hatch - 05000321-07-301 and 05000366-07-301

ML071910475
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	07/10/2007
From:	Haag R C NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Madison D R Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR-07-301
Download: ML071910475 (4)

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July 10, 2007

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.ATTN:Mr. Dennis R. MadisonSite Vice President Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear PlantP. O. Box 11028 Hatch Parkway North Baxley, GA 31513

SUBJECT: REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT - 05000321/2007301 AND 05000366/2007301

Dear Mr. Madison:

In a meeting on April 17, 2007, between Mr. Steven Grantham, Operations Training Supervisor,and Mr. Ronald F. Aiello, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Hatch Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2. The operating test is scheduled for the week of December 3, 2007. The written examination is scheduled to be administered on December 10, 2007. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of November 5, 2007.As agreed during the meeting, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) willprepare the written examinations and your staff will prepare the operating tests based on the guidelines in Revision 9 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. Your staff will be given the opportunity to review the written examinations during the week of October 1, 2007, and has also agreed to make all of the copies of the examination materials prior to administration.To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating testoutlines by September 3, 2007. The operating tests will be due by October 15, 2007. 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. 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 necessaryfor 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 ineffect while the written examinations and operating tests are being administered.

SNC2To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactoroperator 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 of1995 (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, 2008. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 350 hours0.00405 days <br />0.0972 hours <br />5.787037e-4 weeks <br />1.33175e-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 andRegulatory 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 collectionof 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 beavailable 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 (the PublicElectronic Reading Room).Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Grantham has been advised of the policiesand guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Ronald F. Aiello at (404) 562-4641,(Internet E-mail: RFA@NRC.GOV), or me at (404) 562-4607, (Internet E-mail:

RCH@NRC.GOV).

Sincerely,\\RA\\Robert C. Haag, ChiefOperator Licensing Branch Division of Reactor SafetyDocket Nos.: 50-321, 50-366License Nos.: DPR-57, NPF-5cc: See next page SNC3 cc cont'd:J. T. Gasser Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail DistributionL. M. StinsonVice President , Fleet Operations Support Plant Hatch Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail DistributionRaymond D. BakerManager Licensing - Hatch Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail DistributionArthur H. Domby, Esq.Troutman Sanders Electronic Mail DistributionLaurence BergenOglethorpe Power Corporatioln Electronic Mail DistributionMoanica CastonSouthern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Bin B-022 P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295DirectorDepartment of Natural Resources 205 Butler Street, SE, Suite 1252 Atlanta, GA 30334Manager, Radioactive Materials ProgramDepartment of Natural Resources Electronic Mail DistributionChairmanAppling County Commissioners 69 Tippins St., Suite 201 Baxley, GA 31513Resident ManagerOglethorpe Power Corporation Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail DistributionSenior Engineer - Power SupplyMunicipal Electric Authority of Georgia Electronic Mail DistributionReece McAlisterExecutive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission 244 Washington Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30334Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. ATTN: John C. Lewis, Training Manager E. I. Hatch Nuclear Plant U. S. Highway 1 North P. O. Box 2010 Baxley, GA 31513

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