IR 05000424/2012301
| ML13220A403 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vogtle, 05523694 |
| Issue date: | 04/30/2013 |
| From: | Caballero B L Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Tynan T E Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 24424, 55-23694-SP, ASLBP 13-925-01-SP-BD01 IR-12-301 | |
| Download: ML13220A403 (7) | |
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Official Hearing Exhibit In the Matter of
- Charlissa C. Smith (Denial of Senior Reactor Operator License)
ASLBP #: 13-925-01-SP-BD01 Docket #: 05523694 Exhibit #:
Identified:
Admitted:
Withdrawn:
Rejected:
Stricken: Other: CCS-018-00-BD01 7/17/2013 7/17/2013 Mr. Tom Vice President UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE. SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 October 21,2011 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830 CCS-018 SUBJECT: VOGTLE -NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000424/2012301 AND 05000425/2012301
Dear Mr. Tynan:
In a telephone conversation on October 12, 2011, between Mr. Greg Wainwright, Operations Training Instructor, and Mr, Mark Bates, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at Vogtle, The operating test Is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of March 26, 2012, April 9, 2012; and April 16, 2012. The written examination is scheduled to be administered either the week of April 16, 2012, or the week of April 23, 2012, depending on the need for the third week of the operating test. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of March 5, 2012. 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*1 021 , "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 December 12, 2011. Mr. Mark Bates provided the written examination outline to your staff in June, 2011. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by January 11, 2012. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 5S.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR SS.40(b)(3>>, an authorized representative of the facility licensee shalf 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.
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If. ..... I SNC 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, 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 February 28, 2013. 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 infocollect9resource@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 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.
rm.adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Wainwright 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. Michael Meeks at (404) 997-4467, SNC 3 (Internet E-mail: MichaeI.Meeks@nrc
.gov), Mr. Mark Bates at (404) 997-4612, (Internet E-mail: Mark.Bates@nrc.gov
), or me at (404) 997-4608, (Internet E-mail: Bruno.Caballero@nrc.gov
). Docket No.: 50-424, 50-425 License No.: NPF-68, NPF-81 cc: See Page 4
Sincerely, IRAJ Bruno L. Caballero, Acting Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety 3 SNC 3 (Intemet E-mail: MichaeI.Meeks@nrc.gov
). Mr. Mark Bates at (404) 997-4612. (Intemet E-mail: Mark.Bates@nrc
.gov). Of me at (404) 997-4608. (Intemet E-mail: Bruno.Caba ll ero@nrc.gov
). Docket No.: 50-424. 50-425 License No.: NPF-68. NPF-81 cc: See Page 4 Distribution:
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Acting Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety .0 PVIII.ICLY AVAILABLE o NON-PUIILICL Y AVAILABLE (;) seNSITIVE
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S. Kuczynski Chairman, President and CEO Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Jeffrey T. Gasser Chief Nuclear Officer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution N. J. Stringfellow Licensing Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Paula Marino Vice President Engineering Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution L. Mike Stinson Vice President Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Dennis R. Madison Vice President Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mall Distribution J. L. Pemberton SVP & General Counsel-Ops
& SNC Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution T.E.Tynan Site Vice President Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution M. J.AJluni Nuclear Licensing Director Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution 4 B. D. McKinney, Jr. Regulatory Response Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution T. D. Honeycutt Regulatory Response Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution L. P. Hili Licensing Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution R. L. Gladney Licensing Engineer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution L. L. Crumpton Administrative Assistant, Sr. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Hickox, T. Mark Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Electronic Mail Distribution S. C. Swanson Site Support Manager Vogtle ElectriC Generating Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830 Bob Masse Resident Manager Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution (cc cont'd -See page 5) 5 SNC (cc cont'd) Arthur H. Domby, Esq. Troutman Sanders Electronic Mall Distribution Sandra Threatt, Manager Nuclear Response and Emergency Environmental Surveillance Bureau of Land and Waste Management Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mall Distribution Division of Radiological Health TN Dept. of Environment
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