AEP-NRC-2011-60, Ltr 11/15/11 D.C. Cook Confirmation of Operator License Exam

Ltr 11/15/11 D.C. Cook Confirmation of Operator License Exam

ML11325A217
Person / Time
Site:	Cook
Issue date:	11/15/2011
From:	Hironori Peterson Operations Branch III
To:	Weber L Indiana Michigan Power Co
loretta.sellers@nrc.gov
References
AEP-NRC-2011-60
Download: ML11325A217 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 November 15, 2011 Mr. Larry Weber Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group One Cook Place Bridgman, MI 49106

SUBJECT:

CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS: D. C. COOK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2

Dear Mr. Weber:

We have received your letter AEP-NRC-2011-60. In that letter, you did not request any additional initial operator licensing exam dates. We have verified the previously requested exam dates of July 21 and July 28, 2014, with an onsite validation date of June 30, 2014, have not changed. However, the July 2016 exam date has been moved up one week to allow more flexibility with the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Operator Licensing schedule. We have scheduled an initial operator licensing exam for the weeks of July 11 and 18, 2016, with an onsite validation date of June 20, 2016. The NRC will write the initial operator licensing exam scheduled for July 2016 in accordance with NUREG 1021, Revision 9, Supplement 1. In the unlikely event that we are unable to support the examination during the scheduled weeks, we will inform you immediately upon discovery of such conditions, and make arrangements to administer the examination at a mutually acceptable date. We understand that your staff will develop the examination scheduled for 2012 and 2014 unless we determine it is necessary for the NRC to develop an examination in which case, we will notify you immediately upon discovery of that need. Because your letter indicated that there were more than nine applicants being considered for each of these examinations, the examinations were each scheduled for two weeks. Please inform us if the number of candidates decline below ten for any examination, as this will impact the examination schedule. Also, please inform us at your earliest opportunity if you discover you need to change the scheduled dates for the examinations. A supplementary letter will be sent to the training department approximately 120 days prior to the examination informing the training manager of the chief examiner's name. The letter will also outline examination security expectations, list the materials required by the NRC to conduct the examination, reconfirm the examination date, and reconfirm the number of candidates you have in the training program.

L. Weber In accordance with 10 CFR 2.930 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publically Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://ww.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Sincerely, /RA/ Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74 cc: Distribution via ListServŽ L. Weber In accordance with 10 CFR 2.930 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publically Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://ww.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). Sincerely, /RA/ Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74 cc: Distribution via ListServŽ DISTRIBUTION

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