ML090300451

120 Day Letter for Watts Bar for Exam 2009-301

ML090300451
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	01/29/2009
From:	Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Campbell W Tennessee Valley Authority
References
50-390/09-301
Download: ML090300451 (6)

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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 29, 2009 Mr. William R. Campbell, Jr.

Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000390/2009301

Dear Mr. Campbell:

In a telephone conversation on January 27, 2009, between Mr. Ronald E. Crews, Operations Training Manager, and Mr. Ronald F. Aiello, 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 week of May 18, 2009. The written examination is scheduled to be administered during the week of May 25, 2009. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of April 27, 2009.

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 February 17, 2009. Mr. Edwin Lea, Senior Operations Engineer, provided the written examination outline to your staff in August 2008. The operating tests, written examination, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by March 27, 2009. 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 OMB, under approval number 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 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 NRCs 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 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).

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 examination

TVA 3 procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Ronald F. Aiello, Chief Examiner, at (404) 562-4641 (Internet E-mail: Ronald.aiello@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4550 (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)

TVA 4 cc w/encl: John C. Fornicola Gordon P. Arent General Manager Manager Nuclear Assurance Watts Bar Unit 2 Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Gregory A. Boerschig Ludwig E. Thibault Plant Manager General Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Nuclear Oversight & Assistance Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Larry E. Nicholson Masoud Bajestani General Manager Vice President Watts Bar Unit 2 Licensing & Performance Improvement Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Michael A. Purcell Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Licensing Manager Senior Vice President Nuclear Power Group Nuclear Generation Development and Tennessee Valley Authority Construction Electronic Mail Distribution Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Michael J. Lorek Interim Vice President Michael K. Brandon Nuclear Engineering & Projects Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Licensing and Industry Affairs Electronic Mail Distribution Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Michael D. Skaggs Site Vice President William R. Campbell, Jr. Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice Tennessee Valley Authority President Electronic Mail Distribution Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place Beth A. Wetzel 1101 Market Street Manager Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Corporate Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Tom Coutu Electronic Mail Distribution Vice President Nuclear Support Senior Resident Inspector Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 3R Lookout Place U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1101 Market Street 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Spring City, TN 37381-2000 General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution (cc contd - See page 5)

TVA 5 (cc contd)

County Executive 375 Church Street Suite 215 Dayton, TN 37321 County Mayor P.O. Box 156 Decatur, TN 37322 Lawrence Edward Nanney Director Division of Radiological Health TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation Electronic Mail Distribution James H. Bassham Director Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Electronic Mail Distribution Ann Harris 341 Swing Loop Rockwood, TN 37854 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Mr. William Thompson Training Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Spring City, TN 37381

TVA 3 procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Ronald F. Aiello, Chief Examiner, at (404) 562-4641 (Internet E-mail: Ronald.aiello@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4550 (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: w/encl - See Page 4)

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