ML091550455

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000321/09-302 and 05000366/09-302

ML091550455
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	06/04/2009
From:	Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
05000321/09-302, 05000366/09-302
Download: ML091550455 (4)

See also: IR 05000321/2009302

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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

June 4, 2009

Mr. Dennis R. Madison

Vice President

Southern Nuclear Operating

Company, Inc.

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

11028 Hatch Parkway North

Baxley, GA 31513

SUBJECT: EDWIN I. HATCH - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL

EXAMINATION 05000321/2009302 AND 05000366/2009302

Dear Mr. Madison:

In a telephone conversation on June 2, 2009, between Mr. Steve Grantham - Operations

Training Supervisor, Mr. Charlie Edmund - Lead Instructor Nuclear Operations, Mr. Anthony

Ball - Plant Instructor Nuclear Operations, and Mr. Bruno Caballero - Operations Engineer,

arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Edwin I. Hatch

Nuclear Plant. The operating test is scheduled to be administered during the two weeks of

October 26 and November 2, 2009. The written examination is scheduled to be administered

the week of November 9, 2009. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of

October 5, 2009.

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.

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

outline by August 14, 2009. Mr. Bruno Caballero provided the written examination outline to

your staff on May 7, 2009. The operating test, written examination, and the supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by September 4, 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

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.

SNC

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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 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).

SNC

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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Steve Grantham 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. Bruno Caballero at (404) 562-4608,

(Internet E-mail: Bruno.Caballero@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.: 50-321, 50-366

License Nos.: DPR-57, NPF-5

(cc: w/encl - See Page 3)

SNC

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cc: w/encl

Angela Thornhill

Managing Attorney and Compliance Officer

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution

Jeffrey T. Gasser

Executive Vice President

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution

Raymond D. Baker

Licensing Manager

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution

L. Mike Stinson, Vice President

Fleet Operations Support

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution

David H. Jones

Vice President

Engineering

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution

Moanica Caston

Vice President and General Counsel

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution

Steven B. Tipps

Hatch Principal Engineer - Licensing

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

Electronic Mail Distribution

Mr. Ken Rosanski

Resident Manager

Edwin I. Hatch

Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Electronic Mail Distribution

Lee Foley

Manager of Contracts Generation

Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Electronic Mail Distribution

Bob Masse

Resident Manager

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Electronic Mail Distribution

Senior Resident Inspector

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

U.S. NRC

11030 Hatch Parkway N

Baxley, GA 30334

Arthur H. Domby, Esq.

Troutman Sanders

Electronic Mail Distribution

Dr. Carol Couch, Director

Environmental Protection

Department of Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution

Cynthia Sanders

Program Manager

Radioactive Materials Program

Department of Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution

Jim Sommerville

(Acting) Chief

Environmental Protection Division

Department of Natural Resources

Electronic Mail Distribution

Mr. Steven M. Jackson

Senior Engineer - Power Supply

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia

Electronic Mail Distribution

Mr. Reece McAlister

Executive Secretary

Georgia Public Service Commission

Electronic Mail Distribution

Chairman

Appling County Commissioners

County Courthouse

69 Tippins Street, Suite 201

Baxley, GA 31513

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. John Hammonds

Training Manager

Hatch Nuclear Plant

11028 Hatch Parkway North

Baxley, GA 31513