ML093100638

Confirmation of Requested Initial Operator License Examinations for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

ML093100638
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	11/06/2009
From:	Kennedy K Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Swafford P Tennessee Valley Authority
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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 November 6, 2009 Mr. Preston D. Swafford Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

CONFIRMATION OF REQUESTED INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS FOR WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Swafford:

In a letter dated August 17, 2009, your staff responded to Regulatory Issue Summary 2009-011 and requested we schedule initial license operator examinations for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant.

Based on your letter and following discussions with your staff, we have scheduled the requested examinations as follows:

Plant / 2009 2010 2011 Station Date Applicants Date Applicants Date Applicants Watts Bar 11/30 9 8/23 16 6/6 16 10/17 16 On-site validation of the examinations is typically scheduled to occur approximately three weeks before each examination. If you have a need to change the dates of your scheduled exams from those listed above, please inform us in writing of your request and the reason for the change.

Due to the large number of examinations scheduled to be administered at Region II sites, requests to change examination dates will be considered on a case-by-case basis. We will confirm any change in examination schedule with a follow-up letter.

We understand that your staff will develop the proposed examinations. For examinations that have greater than nine applicants, each examination is scheduled for a minimum of two weeks.

If the number of applicants is reduced to less than ten (10) for any examination, please inform us as this will impact the examination schedule.

A supplementary letter will be sent to each stations training manager approximately 120 days prior to the initial examination. The letter will provide the training manager with the chief examiner=s name, an outline of examination security expectations, a list of the materials required by the NRC to conduct the examination, and it will reconfirm the examination dates and the number of candidates you have in the training program. If you have any questions concerning this information, please contact Mr. Malcolm Widmann, Chief, Operations Branch, at 404-562-4550.

TVA 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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 NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page of the NRC=s public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kriss M. Kennedy, Director Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-390, 50-391 License Nos.: NPF-90, CPPR-92 cc: (See page 3)

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NAME PCapehart MWidmann KKennedy DATE 11/03/2009 11/04/2009 11/06/2009 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO TVA 3 cc w/encl: General Counsel Gordon P. Arent Tennessee Valley Authority New Generation Licensing Manager Electronic Mail Distribution Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Gregory A. Boerschig Electronic Mail Distribution Plant Manager Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Masoud Bajestani Tennessee Valley Authority Vice President Watts Bar Unit 2 Electronic Mail Distribution Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Larry E. Nicholson Electronic Mail Distribution General Manager Performance Improvement Ashok S. Bhatnagar Tennessee Valley Authority Senior Vice President Electronic Mail Distribution Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Michael A. Purcell Tennessee Valley Authority Senior Licensing Manager Electronic Mail Distribution Nuclear Power Group Tennessee Valley Authority Michael K. Brandon Electronic Mail Distribution Manager Licensing and Industry Affairs Michael J. Lorek Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Vice President - Nuclear Oversight Electronic Mail Distribution Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Preston D. Swafford Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice Michael D. Skaggs President Site Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution William R. Campbell Senior Vice President Fredrick C. Mashburn Fleet Engineering (Acting) Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Corporate Nuclear Licensing and Industry Electronic Mail Distribution Affairs Tennessee Valley Authority Keith J. Polson Electronic Mail Distribution Vice President Nuclear Operations Support R. M. Krich Tennessee Valley Authority Vice President Electronic Mail Distribution Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Robert J. Whalen 3R Lookout Place Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street 3R Lookout Place Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-280 (cc continued next page)

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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 William Thompson Training Manager Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution

TVA 5 Letter to Preston D. Swafford from Kriss Kennedy dated November 6, 2009

SUBJECT:

CONFIRMATION OF REQUESTED INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS FOR WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT Distribution w/encl:

RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMWattsBar1 Resource RidsNrrPMWattsBar2 Resource ORA, RII K. Kennedy H. Christensen M. Widmann P. Capehart J. Vincent E. Guthrie J. McHale RIDSNRRDIRSIRIB Resource Document Control Desk - Licensing