ML040620018

Reactor and Senior Reactor Operator Initial Examination - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 50-327/04-301 and 50-328/04-301

ML040620018
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	03/01/2004
From:	Ernstes M Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Scalice J Tennessee Valley Authority
References
50-327/04-301, 50-328/04-301
Download: ML040620018 (5)

See also: IR 05000327/2004301

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March 1, 2004

Tennessee Valley Authority

ATTN: Mr. J. A. Scalice

Chief Nuclear Officer and

Executive Vice President

6A Lookout Place

1101 Market Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

REACTOR AND SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION -

SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT 50-327/2004-301 AND 50-328/2004-301

Dear Mr. Scalice:

In a telephone conversation on March 1, 2004, between Mr. Scott Poteet, Operator Training

Instructor and Mr. Lee R. Miller, Senior Operations Examiner, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant during the weeks of

June 7 and June 14, 2004 (operating test) and the week of June 14, 2004. (written

examination). The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 17, 2004.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examination based on

the guidelines in Draft Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards

for Power Reactors." The NRC regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that

might be necessary before the examinations are administered. Your staff will also provide

copying services for administering the exam.

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

outlines by March 22, 2004. The written examinations, operating tests, and the supporting

reference materials identified in Attachment 2 of ES-201 will be due by April 12, 2004, instead

of March 22, 2004 as stated in our letter dated February 17, 2004. Pursuant to

10 CFR 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the

outlines, examinations, and tests before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval.

All materials shall be complete and ready-to-use. Any delay in receiving the required

examination and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials,

may cause the examination 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.

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),

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and waiver requests (if any)(OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the

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 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, approval number 3150-0018, which expires on June 30, 2006. 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

BJS1@NRC.GOV; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

NEOB-10202, (3150-0101), 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 2.790 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 NRCs document system

(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-

rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. George Sanders 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 Lee R. Miller at (404) 562-4676,

(Internet E-mail: LRM@NRC.GOV), George Hopper at (404) 562-4645, (Internet E-mail:

GTH1@NRC.GOV), or myself at (404) 562-4638, (Internet E-mail: MEE@NRC.GOV).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Michael E. Ernstes, Chief

Operator Licensing and

Human Performance Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-327, 50-328

License Nos. DPR-77, DPR-79

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Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

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Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

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Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

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