ML111190659
| ML111190659 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Watts Bar  |
| Issue date: | 04/29/2011 |
| From: | Widmann M Division of Reactor Safety II |
| To: | Krich R Tennessee Valley Authority |
| References | |
| 50-390/11-302 | |
| Download: ML111190659 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000390/2011302
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVE., NE., SUITE 1200
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
April 29, 2011
Mr. R. M. Krich
Vice President, Nuclear Licensing
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
SUBJECT:
WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR
INITIAL EXAMINATION - 05000390/2011302
Dear Mr. Krich:
In a telephone conversation on April 7, 2011, between Mr. John Dalton, Operations Training
Manager and Mr. Ronald F. Aiello, Senior Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for
the administration of licensing examinations at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The operating test
is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of October 17, 2011, and October 24, 2011.
The written examination is scheduled to be administered on October 31, 2011. The on-site
preparatory week is scheduled for the week of September 19, 2011.
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.
Your training staff furnished us the operating test outline on July 29, 2011. Mr. Aiello provided a
written examination outline to your staff in September 2010. The written examination, operating
test, and the supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3, to ES-201, will be due by
August 15, 2011. Pursuant to Title 10, Section 55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR55.40(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.
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.
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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 February
28, 2013. 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 for examinations prepared by the facility, including the time for
reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, 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 current 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. Dalton 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. Ronald F. Aiello at (404) 997-4641, (Internet E-
mail: ronald.aiello@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550, (Internet E-mail:
malcolm.widmann@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No.: 50-390
License No.: NPF-90
cc: (See page 3)
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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 February 28, 2013. 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 for examinations prepared by the facility, including the
time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, 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 current 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. Dalton 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. Ronald F. Aiello at (404) 997-4641, (Internet E-mail: ronald.aiello@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550, (Internet
E-mail: malcolm.widmann@nrc.gov).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief
Operations Branch
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket No.: 50-390
License No.: NPF-90
cc: (See page 3)
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D. E. Grissette
Site Vice President
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Plant Manager
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, MOB 2R-WBN
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, ADM 1L-WBN
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Decatur, TN 37322
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Dayton, TN 37321
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TRAINING MANAGER
Tennessee Valley Authority
ATTN: Mr. William Thompson
Training Manager
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
P. O. Box 2000
Spring City, TN 37381
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