ML111190659

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination - 05000390/2011302

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

1101 Market Street, LP 3R-C

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.

TVA

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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)

TVA

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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

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