ML13162A779

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000390-13-302

ML13162A779
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	06/06/2013
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority
References
IR-13-302
Download: ML13162A779 (6)

See also: IR 05000390/2013302

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

June 6, 2013

Mr. Joseph W. Shea

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.

J. Shea 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 April 30,

2016. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500

hours 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 NRCs 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 NRCs document system (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.adams.html (the

Public Electronic Reading Room).

J. Shea 3

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

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J. Shea 4

cc: Tennessee Department of Environment &

Mr. T. P. Cleary Conservation

Site Vice President Division of Radiological Health

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 401 Church Street

Tennessee Valley Authority Nashville, TN 37243

Electronic Mail Distribution

Senior Resident Inspector

David H. Gronek U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Plant Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 1260 Nuclear Plant Road

Tennessee Valley Authority Spring City, TN 37381-2000

Electronic Mail Distribution

Ann Harris

Donna K. Guinn 341 Swing Loop

Manager, Site Licensing Rockwood, TN 37854

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority

Electronic Mail Distribution ATTN: Ms. Betsy Eiford-Lee

Training Manager

Mr. E. D. Schrull Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

Manager, Corporate Licensing P. O. Box 2000

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN 37381

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

Letter to Joseph W. Shea 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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