ML16036A108

Edwin I. Hatch - Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000321/2016301 and 05000366/2016301

ML16036A108
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	02/02/2016
From:	McCoy G J Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Vineyard D R Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
50-321/16-301, 50-366/16-301
Download: ML16036A108 (4)

See also: IR 05000321/2016301

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257

February 2, 2016

Mr. David R. Vineyard Site Vice President

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant

11028 Hatch Parkway North

Baxley, GA 31513

SUBJECT: EDWIN I. HATCH - NOTIFICATI

ON OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMINATION 05000321/2016301 AND 05000366/2016301

Dear Mr. Vineyard:

In a telephone conversation on January 20, 2016, between Mr. E. Jones, Plant Nuclear

Operations Instructor, and Mr. J. Viera, Operations Engineer, arrangements were made for the

administration of licensing examinations at Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant during the weeks of June 20 and 27, 2016. The written examination is scheduled to be administered during the week of July 4, 2016. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of May 23, 2016.

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

the guidelines in Revision 10, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for

Power Reactors." The NRC's 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 March 22, 2016. Mr. J. Viera provided the written examination outline to your staff in June 2015. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by April 21, 2016. 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 examinations and tests before they are

submitted to the Commission 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.

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.

D. Vineyard 2

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 re

ceived 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 April 30, 2016. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2,500 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, 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 to infocollectsresource@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affair

s, 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 currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding,"

of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page of the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

D. Vineyard 3

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. E. Jones 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. J. Viera at (404) 997-4643, (Internet

E-mail: Joseph.Viera@nrc.gov

), or me at (404) 997-4551, (Internet E-mail:

Gerald.McCoy@nrc.gov

). Sincerely, /RA/ Gerald J. McCoy, Chief Operations Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-321, 50-366 License Nos. DPR-57, NPF-5

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