ML20274A098

Bf 2021-301 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant - Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000259/2021301, 05000260/2021301, 05000296/2021301

ML20274A098
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	09/29/2020
From:	Gerald Mccoy Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Jim Barstow Tennessee Valley Authority
References
BF 2021-301, IR 2021301
Download: ML20274A098 (4)

See also: IR 05000259/2021301

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

September 29, 2020

Mr. James Barstow

Vice President, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs

and Support Services

Tennessee Valley Authority

1101 Market Street, LP 4A

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT: BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED

OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000259/2021301, 05000260/2021301,

05000296/2021301

Dear Mr. Barstow:

In a telephone conversation on September 9, 2021, between Mr. Donald Binkley, Simulator

Services Manager, and Mr. Daniel Bacon, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were

made for the administration of operator licensing examinations at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

during the week of May 17, 2021.

As agreed upon during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations

based on the guidelines in Revision 11 to NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination

Standards for Power Reactors. The NRCs regional office will discuss with your staff any

changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test

outlines by December 18, 2020. The written examination outline was provided to your staff on

March 3, 2020. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials

identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by March 3, 2021. Pursuant to Title 10 of the

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility

licensee shall approve the 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. Delays in

receiving the required materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may

cause the examinations to be cancelled or rescheduled.

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, along with any video and audio

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recordings of the dynamic operating tests, until the NRC takes licensing action on all the

applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete.

Appendix E to 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 waiver or excusal requests (if any) (Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) control number 3150-0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date

(if possible). Contact Mr. Bacon to determine the method for submission of the waiver or

excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications

(OMB control number 3150-0090) and medical certifications (OMB control number 3150-0024)

should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the preliminary

applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement

may be necessary. Final signed applications certifying that all training has been completed and

requesting any waivers or excusals, as applicable, should be submitted at least 14 days before

the first examination date.

Although the guidelines for receiving waiver or excusal requests call for at least 30 days before

the first examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the

requests should be submitted as early as possible in the process (see the 60-day guideline

above). Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the licensee to the NRC are not binding.

Submittals addressing waivers or excusals, or both, should be in writing (i.e., using NRC

Form 398, Personal Qualifications StatementLicensee, or as directed by Mr. Bacon when

contacting him to determine the method for submission). The NRC will document its final

decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal on the final (not preliminary) NRC Form 398

submitted for the applicant. The NRC will not provide its decision until the final application is

submitted to the agency.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

This letter contains information collection requirements 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, approval number 3150-0018.

The burden to the public for these voluntary information collections is estimated to average

2,250 hours0.00289 days <br />0.0694 hours <br />4.133598e-4 weeks <br />9.5125e-5 months <br /> per examination or response, including the time for reviewing instructions,

searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing

and reviewing the information collections. You may submit comments on any aspect of the

information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to FOIA, Privacy and

Information Collections Branch (T-5F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555-0001, or by electronic mail to infocollects.resource@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.

Public Protection Notification

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection

of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently

valid OMB control number

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,

of the agencys Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available

electronically for public inspection through the Agencywide Documents Access and

Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible on the NRCs Web site at

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Binkley has been advised of the policies and

guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRCs examination

procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Bacon at 404-997-4518 or me at 404-997-4551.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Gerald J. McCoy, Chief

Operations Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296

License Nos.: DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68

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