ML12194A652

Sequoyah, Units 1 and 2 - Response to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2012-07, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

ML12194A652
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	07/11/2012
From:	Shea J W Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RIS 2012-07
Download: ML12194A652 (5)

See also: RIS 2012-07

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Tennessee

Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee

37402 July 11, 2012 10 CFR 50.4 ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating

License Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 NRC Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328 Subject: Response to NRC Regulatory

Issue Summary 2012-07, Preparation

and Scheduling

of Operator Licensing

Examinations

Reference:

1. NRC Regulatory

Issue Summary 2012-07, "Preparation

and Scheduling

of Operator Licensing

Examinations," dated June 8, 2012 2. Letter from TVA to NRC, "Response

to NRC Regulatory

Issue Summary 2011-04, Preparation

and Scheduling

of Operator Licensing

Examinations," dated July 7, 2011 Nuclear Regulatory

Commission's (NRC) Regulatory

Issue Summary (RIS) 2012-07 (Reference

1) requested

specific information

regarding

the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant's (SQN) projected

operator licensing

examination

schedules

and the estimated number of applicants.

The enclosure

to this letter addresses

the NRC's request and provides an estimate of the examination

requirements

for the SQN on NRC Form 536,"Operator

Licensing

Examination

Data." SQN has no initial operator license examination

planned for calendar year 2014.Please note that the information

provided in the enclosure

updates the information

previously

provided in Reference

2. Information

on the proposed Generic Fundamentals

Examination (GFE) schedule for calendar year 2013 is provided since the estimated

number of candidates

has been revised and also includes a change from June to September.

Printed on recycled paper

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Page 2 July 11, 2012 There are no regulatory

commitments

associated

with this submittal.

If you have any questions

related to this response, please contact Rusty Proffitt at (423) 843-6651.Res tfully, Shea cV c President, Nuclear Licensing Enclosure:

NRC Form 536, Operator Licensing

Examination

Data cc (Enclosure):

NRC Regional Administrator

-Region II NRC Senior Resident Inspector

-Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

ENCLOSURE NRC Form 536 Operator Licensing

Examination

Data Tennessee

Valley Authority Sequoyah Nuclear Plant NRC Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328

NRC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131

EXPIRES: 0913012014

5-201"1) Estimated

burden per response to comply with this voluntary

information

collection

request: hour. This inforrnation

collection

is used to plan budgets and resources

for operator examinations.

Send comments-regarding

burden estimate to the Information

Services Branch OPERATOR LICENSING (T-5 F53), U.S. Nudear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC .or by nterna e-mail to lrfocolect&Resource@nrc.gov.

and to the Desk Ofkcr, Office of Information

and EXAMINATION

DATA Regulatory

Affairs, NEOB.-10202, (3150-0131), Ofttce of Management

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used'to impose an information

collection

does not display a currently valid OMBcontrol

number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is riot required to respond to, the information

cogection.

FACILITY NRC REKGON Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Region II A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION

PREPARATION

SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2013 CY 2013 CY 2015 CY 2015 ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED

] 1 1 EXAMINATIONS

ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED

0 0 0 0 EXAMINATIONS

B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2013 CY 2013 CY 2015 CY 2015 NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS

7 8 8 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS

-INSTANT 2 6 7 3 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS

-UPGRADE I I I I NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS

-LIMITED 0 0 0 0 PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY D)ATE 05-13-20.13

12-02-2013

03-02-201.5

11.-30-2.015

AL.TERNATE

DATE 05-20-2013

12-09-2013

03-09-2015

12-07-2015

C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS

EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE CY 2013 CY 2014 P RO PO SED I_.. ... _ ........ ,I...... .,,I___NUMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER

DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER

DECEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 0 0 15 011 0 0 CANDIDATES

NRC FORM 536 (9-2011)

NRC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

APPROVED BY OMB: NO, 3150-0131

EXPIRES: 09/30/2014

I(9-2011)

Estimated

burden per response to comply with this voluntary

information

collection

request: I hour. This intotmaiion

coitectiorn

is used to plan budgets and resources

otI operator exaEminatons.

Send comments regarding

burden estimate to the Information

Services Branch OPERATOR LICENSING (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by intemet e EXAMINATION

DATA mai to hifocolects.RIsouroeurrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Informat/on

and Regulatory

Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0131), 0ffce of Management

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. It a means used to impose an information

collection

does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required:to

respond to, the information

collection.

FACILITY NRC REGION Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Region II A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION

PREPARATION

SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY2016 CY 201.7 CY N/A CY N/A ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED

EXAMINATIONS

ESTIMATED

NUMBER OF NRC-PREPARED

0 0 EXAMINATIONS

B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2016 CY2017 CY N/A CY N/A NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS

8 8 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS

-INSTANT 2 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS

-UPGRADE 1 2 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR o 0 OPERArORS

-LIMITED PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 12-05-2016

12-04-2017

ALTERNATE

DATE 12-12-2016

12-11-2017

C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS

EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE CY 201.5 CY N/A PROPOSED I I NUMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER

DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER

DECEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 0 11 0 0 CANDIDATES

NRC FORM 536 (9-2011)