ML080700326

Examination Approval Letter 05000298/2008-301

ML080700326
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	03/10/2008
From:	Ryan Lantz Operations Branch IV
To:	Minahan S Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
References
50-298/08-301
Download: ML080700326 (5)

See also: IR 05000298/2008301

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UNITED STATES

NU CLE AR RE GU LATOR Y C O M M I S S I O N

R EGI ON I V

611 R YAN PLAZA D R IV E, SU ITE 400

AR LI N GTON , TEXAS 76011-4005

March 10, 2008

Stewart B. Minahan, Vice

President-Nuclear and CNO

Nebraska Public Power District

72676 648A Avenue

Brownville, NE 68321

SUBJECT: COOPER NUCLEAR STATION- NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING

EXAMINATION APPROVAL 05000298/2008-301

Dear Mr. Minahan:

The purpose of this letter is to confirm the final arrangements for the upcoming operator

licensing examinations at Cooper Nuclear Station.

The NRC has completed its review of the operator license applications submitted in connection

with this examination and separately provided a list of approved applicants to D. Werner,

Operator Training Supervisor. Note that any examination waivers and applications denials have

been addressed in separate correspondence.

The NRC has approved the subject examinations and hereby authorizes you to administer the

written examination in accordance with Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing

Examination Standards for Power Reactors, on March 14, 2008. The NRC staff will administer

the operating tests during the week of March 17, 2008.

Please contact your Chief Examiner, Steve Garchow at (817) 276-4426, if you have any

questions or identify any errors or changes in the license level (RO/SRO) or type of examination

(partial or complete written examination and/or operating test) specified for each applicant.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Ryan E. Lantz, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket: 50-298

License: DPR-46

Enclosure: ES 201-4

Nebraska Public Power District -2-

cc w/enclosure:

D. Werner, Operator Training Supervisor

Nebraska Public Power District

P.O. Box 98

Brownville, NE 68321

cc w/o enclosure:

Gene Mace

Nuclear Asset Manager

Nebraska Public Power District

P.O. Box 98

Brownville, NE 68321

John C. McClure, Vice President

and General Counsel

Nebraska Public Power District

P.O. Box 499

Columbus, NE 68602-0499

David Van Der Kamp

Licensing Manager

Nebraska Public Power District

P.O. Box 98

Brownville, NE 68321

Michael J. Linder, Director

Nebraska Department of

Environmental Quality

P.O. Box 98922

Lincoln, NE 68509-8922

Chairman

Nemaha County Board of Commissioners

Nemaha County Courthouse

1824 N Street

Auburn, NE 68305

Julia Schmitt, Manager

Radiation Control Program

Nebraska Health & Human Services

Dept. of Regulation & Licensing

Division of Public Health Assurance

301 Centennial Mall, South

P.O. Box 95007

Lincoln, NE 68509-5007

Nebraska Public Power District -3-

H. Floyd Gilzow

Deputy Director for Policy

Missouri Department of Natural Resources

P. O. Box 176

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176

Director, Missouri State Emergency

Management Agency

P.O. Box 116

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116

Chief, Radiation and Asbestos

Control Section

Kansas Department of Health

and Environment

Bureau of Air and Radiation

1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310

Topeka, KS 66612-1366

Melanie Rasmussen, State Liaison Officer/

Radiation Control Program Director

Bureau of Radiological Health

Iowa Department of Public Health

Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor

321 East 12th Street

Des Moines, IA 50319

John F. McCann, Director, Licensing

Entergy Nuclear Northeast

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue

White Plains, NY 10601-1813

Keith G. Henke, Planner

Division of Community and Public Health

Office of Emergency Coordination

930 Wildwood, P.O. Box 570

Jefferson City, MO 65102

Paul V. Fleming, Director of Nuclear

Safety Assurance

Nebraska Public Power District

P.O. Box 98

Brownville, NE 68321

Nebraska Public Power District -4-

Ronald L. McCabe, Chief

Technological Hazards Branch

National Preparedness Division

DHS/FEMA

9221 Ward Parkway

Suite 300

Kansas City, MO 64114-3372

Daniel K. McGhee, State Liaison Officer

Bureau of Radiological Health

Iowa Department of Public Health

Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor

321 East 12th Street

Des Moines, IA 50319

Ronald D. Asche, President

and Chief Executive Officer

Nebraska Public Power District

1414 15th Street

Columbus, NE 68601

Nebraska Public Power District -5-

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Regional Administrator (EEC)

DRP Director (DDC)

DRS Director (RJC1)

DRS Deputy Director (ACC)

Senior Resident Inspector (NHT)

Branch Chief, DRP/C (MCH2)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/C (WCW)

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (CJP)

RITS Coordinator (MSH3)

L. Hurley

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