ML100890055

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Exam 50-390/10-301

ML100890055
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	03/29/2010
From:	Widmann M T NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Krich R M Tennessee Valley Authority
References
50-390/10-301
Download: ML100890055 (6)

See also: IR 05000390/2010301

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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

March 29, 2010

Mr. R. M. Krich

Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000390/2010301

Dear Mr. Krich:

In a telephone conversation on March 25, 2010, between Mr. Ronald E. Crews, Operations Training Manager, and Mr. Gerard W. Laska, Senior Operations Examiner, 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 August 23 and 30, 2010. The written examination is scheduled to be administered during the week of September 6, 2010. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of August 2, 2010.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the operating test outlines, operating tests, and the 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

outlines by June 09, 2010. Mr. Laska provided the written examination outline to your staff on November 18, 2009. The operating tests, written examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by July 02, 2010. 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 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 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 (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. 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 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 and its enclosures 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).

TVA 3 Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Crews has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examinationprocedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Laska at (404) 997-4626 (Internet E-mail: gerard.laska@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550 (Internet E-mail: malcolm.widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely, /RA/ Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-390 License Nos.: NPF-90

cc: (See page 4)

_________________________ X SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE MTW OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS RII:DRP SIGNATURE MTW /RA for/ MTW /RA/ EFG /RA/ NAME GLaska MWidmann EGuthrie DATE 03/29/2010 03/29/2010 03/29/2010 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

TVA 4 cc: D. E. Grissette Vice President Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381

G. A. Boerschig

Plant Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority P.O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381

M. K. Brandon

Manager Licensing and Industry Affairs Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

E. J. Vigluicci Assistant General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority 6A West Tower 400 West Summit Hill Drive

Knoxville, TN 37902

County Mayor P.O. Box 156 Decatur, TN 37322

Division of Radiological Health TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-1532

Ann Harris 341 Swing Loop Rockwood, TN 37854

William Thompson Training Manager

Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Electronic Distribution

TVA 5 Letter to R. M. Krich from Malcolm T. Widmann dated April 29, 2010

SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000390/2010301

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