ML102250462

2010 D. C. Cook Nuclear Plant Initial Examination Miscellaneous Correspondence

ML102250462
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2010 D. C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANT INIT1AL EXAM1NATION MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION Ill 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 June 9,2010 Mr. Larry Weber Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group One Cook Place Bridgman, MI 49106

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION APPROVAL

Dear Mr. Weber:

The purpose of this letter is to confirm the final arrangements for the upcoming operator licensing examinations at the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant.

The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its review of the operator license applications in connection with this examination and separately provided a list of approved applicants to Mr. Randy F. Ebright, Sr., Training Manager, Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant. Note that any examination waivers and application denials have been addressed in separate correspondence.

The NRC has approved the subject examinations and hereby authorizes you to administer the written examinations in accordance with Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors during the weeks of June 28 or July 5 , 2010. The NRC staff will administer the operating tests during the weeks of June 21 and 28, 2010. This examination has undergone extensive review by my staff and representatives responsible for licensed operator training at your facility. Based on this review I have concluded that the examination meets the guidelines of NUREG-1021 for content, operational, and discrimination validity. By administering this examination, you also agree that it meets NUREG-1021 guidelines, and is appropriate for measuring the qualifications of licensed operator applicants at your facility. If you determine that this examination is not appropriate for licensing operators at your facility, do not administer the examination and contact me at 630-829-9707.

Please contact your Chief Examiner, Raymond Walton at 630-829-9836, if you have any questions or identify any errors or changes in the license level (RO or SRO) or type of examination (partial or complete written examination and/or operating test) specified for each applicant .

L. Weber In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room, or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.aov/readins-rm/

adams.htm1 (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74 cc: Distribution via ListServ

L. Weber In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room, or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.uov/readinu-rm/

adamshtml (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincere1y ,

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74 cc: Distribution via ListServ DISTRIBUTION:

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION Ill 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 February 19, 2010 Mr. Joseph Jensen 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 EXAMINATION:

DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANTS UNITS 1 AND 2

Dear Mr. Jensen:

In response to your letter dated September 11, 2009, (AEP-NRC-2009-67), the initial license operator examination requested to be conducted in July 201.6 has been scheduled to start during the week of July 18, 2016. The other examinations you have requested in

. July 2012, and July 2014 are scheduled to start per your letter dated August 28, 2008, (Voluntary Response to NRC RIS 2008-16). The on-site validation of the examinations will occur approximately 3 weeks prior to the examination start week. 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 examinations unless we determine the NRC needs to develop an examination. Because each of these examinations has greater than nine candidates anticipated for the examinations, the examinations have been scheduled for two weeks. Please inform us at your earliest opportunity if you discover you need to change the scheduled examination date or the number of candidates declines below ten candidates as this will impact the examination schedule.

A supplementary letter will be sent to the training department approximately 120 days prior to the examination informing the training manager of the chief examiners 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. If you have any questions concerning this information, please contact Mr. Dell McNeil of my staff at 630-829-9737.

J. Jensen In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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 Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.sov/readins-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-31 5; 50-31 6 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74 CC: Distribution via ListServ

J. Jensen In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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 Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.qov/readinq-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely, IRA/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74 cc: Distribution via ListServ DISTRIBUTION:

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I l l 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 January 14,2010 Mr. Joseph Jensen Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group One Cook Place Bridgman, MI 49106

SUBJECT:

DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION

Dear Mr. Jensen:

In a telephone conversation on January 11, 2010, between Mr. Charles Zoia, Operations Engineer, and Mr. John T. Conrad, Operations Training Instructor, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant during the weeks of June 21 and 28, 201 0. In addition, the NRC will make an examination validation visit to your facility the week of May 31, 2010.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, 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.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the examination outlines by April 5, 2009. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by May 5, 201 0. 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 outlines, examinations, and tests 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.

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.

. I . Jensen 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 31510-0024),

and waiver requests (if any) (OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the applications are not 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, approval number 3150-0018. The public reporting burden for this collection 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, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of these information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Records and FOINPrivacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS@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, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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 Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of 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.qov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. John T. Conrad 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. Charles Zoia at 630-829-9863, or me at 630-829-9707.

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 ListServ

J. Jensen 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 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 Papenvork 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. The public reporting burden for this collection 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, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of these information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Records and FOIAlPrivacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U S . Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS@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, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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 Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of 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.nov/readinn-rm/adams.html.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. John T. Conrad 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. Charles Zoia at 630-829-9863, or me at 630-829-9707.

Sincere1y ,

/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 ListServ DISTRIBUTION:

See next page OFFICE RIII:DRS RIII:DRS NAME CZoia:co HPeterson DM for DATE 01/14/10 01/14/10

Letter to Joseph Jensen from Hironori Peterson dated January 14, 2010.

SUBJECT:

DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION DISTRIBUTION:

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September 11, 2009 AE P-NRC-2009-67 10 CFR 55.31(a)(3)

Docket Nos.: 50-315 50-3 16 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Licensing Branch Chief, Region I l l 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 REQUEST FOR INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION SUPPORT This letter requests Reactor Operator Initial License Examination support by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Region Ill personnel in July 2016, for Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant (CNP).

Enclosed is NRC Form 536, Operator Licensing Examination Data, which contains the details of our request.

Indiana Michigan Power Company, the licensee for CNP, is still planning to administer reactor operator initial license examinations beginning on June 21, 2010, July 23, 2012, and July 21, 2014.

However, the number of Instant/Direct Senior Reactor Operator candidates for the examination beginning on June 21, 2010, has decreased by one from the number submitted in letter AEP-NRC-2008-45, dated October 16, 2008. We have included the revised number on the enclosed NRC Form 536.

There are no new commitments identified in this submittal.

Should you have any questions, please contact Mr. Brian E. Evans, Operations Training Manager, at (269) 466-3407.

Sincerely, d-.9-!&

Lawrence J. Weber Site Vice President J EN/rdw Enclosure SEP 1 5 2009

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission AEP-NRC-2009-6 I Page 2 c: T. A. Beltz - NRC Washington DC J. R. Kweiser - NRC Region Ill NRC Resident Inspector H. Peterson - NRC Region Ill

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION Ill 2 4 4 3 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 2 10 L I SL E, ILI. INOI S 6 0 5 3 2 - A 3 5 2 December 17,2008 Mr. Michael W. Rencheck 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 EXAMINATION:

DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANTS UNITS 1 AND 2

Dear Mr. Rencheck:

In response to your letter dated October 16, 2008, (AEP-NRC-2008-45), the initial license operator examination scheduled to start during the week of June 7, 2010, has been re-scheduled to start during the week of June 21, 2010. The on-site validation of the examination will occur approximately three weeks prior to the examination start week. 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 examinations unless we determine the NRC needs to develop an examination. Because this examination has greater than nine candidates anticipated for the examination, the examination has been scheduled for two weeks. Please inform us at your earliest opportunity if you discover you need to change the scheduled examination date or the number of candidates declines below ten candidates as this will impact the examination schedule.

A supplementary letter will be sent to the training department approximately 120 days prior to the examination informing the training manager of the chief examiners 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.

M. Rencheck In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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 Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at htttx//www.nrc.qov/readinq-rm/adams.html(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerelv.

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-3 16 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74 cc: L. Weber, Site Vice President J. Gebbie, Plant Manager G. White, Michigan Public Service Commission Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Planning Manager, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division, Michigan State Police Department T. Strong, State Liaison Officer

M. Rencheck In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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 Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.qov/reading-rm/adams.html(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely, Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74 cc: L. Weber, Site Vice President J. Gebbie, Plant Manager G. White, Michigan Public Service Commission Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Planning Manager, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division, Michigan State Police Department T. Strong, State Liaison Officer DISTRIBUTION:

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Y Z Indian a Michigan lNDfAUA MICHI(EAN POWER dctober 16, 2008 AEP-NRC-2008-45 Docket Nos.: 50-315 50-316 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Licensing Branch Chief, Region Ill 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 REVISED DATES FOR 2010 REACTOR OPERATOR INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATIONS Indiana Michigan Power Company (EM), the licensee for Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2, is submitting a request for revised dates for the June 2010 reactor operator initial license examinations. Based upon our class size, class composition, and start date, we are requesting examination dates for the weeks of June 21st and June 28'h of 2010. These revised dates have tentatively been agreed to in a telephone conversation between Mr. D. R. McNeil, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and Mr. I . D. Fleetwood, E M . Upon NRC review and approval of these revised dates, I&M will no longer need the 2010 examination dates discussed in letter AEP-NRC-2008-31, dated August 28, 2008. I&M still intends to administer the reactor operator initial license examinations in 2012 and 2014 as proposed in the August 28, 2008, letter.

Although the total number of candidates remains the same for the 2010 examinations, the number of Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) - Instant candidates has changed from 3 to 2, the number of SRO - Upgrade candidates has changed from 4 to 5, and the number of candidates for the Generic Fundamentals Examination has changed from 11 to 10. This revised information is included on the enclosed NRC Form 536.

Should you have any questions, please contact Mr. Brian E. Evans, Operations Training Manager, at (269) 466-3407.

Sincerely, JEN/rdw enclosure

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission AEP-NRC-2008-45 Page 2 T. A. Beltz - NRC Washington DC J. R. Kweiser - NRC Region Ill NRC Resident Inspector H. Peterson - NRC Region Ill

RC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB NO 3150 0131 EXPIRES 08 311200

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October 7, 2008 Mr. Michael W. Rencheck Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group One Cook Place Bridgman, MI 49106

SUBJECT:

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

Dear Mr. Rencheck:

In response to your letter dated August 28, 2008, (Voluntary Response to NRC RIS 2008 initial license operator examinations were scheduled to start during the weeks em. --

July 23, 2012, and July 21, 2014. On-site validation of the examinations will occur approximately three weeks prior to the examination start week. In the unlikely event that we are unable to support the examinations 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 examinations unless we determine the NRC needs to develop an examination. Because each examination has greater than nine candidates anticipated for the examination, each examination has been scheduled for two weeks. Please inform us at your earliest opportunity if you discover you need to change the scheduled examination date or the number of candidates declines below ten candidates as this will impact the examination schedule.

A supplementary letter will be sent to the training department approximately 120 days prior to each examination informing the training manager of the chief examiners name. The letter will also outline examination security expectations, list the materials required by the NRC to conduct the examination, reconfirm the examination dates, and reconfirm the number of candidates you have in the training program.

We have scheduled a Licensed Operator Requalification Training Program Inspection (IP 71 111.I 1) for the week of March 8, 2010. Please inform us at your earliest opportunity if you discover this week is outside of your normally scheduled requalification training programs annual examinations. If you have any questions concerning this information, please contact Mr. Dell McNeil of my staff at 630-829-9737.

M. Rencheck In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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 Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of 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/readinq-rm/adams.html.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74 cc: L. Weber, Site Vice President J. Gebbie, Plant Manager G. White, Michigan Public Service Commission Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Planning Manager, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division, Michigan State Police Department T. Strong, State Liaison Officer

M. Rencheck In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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 Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of 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.qov/readinn-rm/adams.html.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74 cc: L. Weber, Site Vice President J. Gebbie, Plant Manager G. White, Michigan Public Service Commission Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Planning Manager, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division, Michigan State Police Department T. Strong, State Liaison Officer DISTRIBUTION:

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Subject:

D. C. Cook Letter Re Confirmation of Initial Exam Attachments: DCC 100708 DRS 0L.doc The subject document has been completed and has been submitted to DPC to be declared in ADAMS. A Word copy of the document has been attached and the document has been assigned Accession

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, i e p cilt:l August 28,2008 AEP-NRC-2008-31 10 CFR 55.31(a)(3)

Docket Nos.: 50-315 50-316 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Licensing Branch Chief, Region Ill 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 REQUEST FOR INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION SUPPORT This letter requests Reactor Operator Initial License Examination support by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Region Ill personnel in July 2012 and July 2014 for Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant (CNP). Enclosed is NRC Form 536, Operator Licensing Examination Data, which contains the details of our request.

Indiana Michigan Power Company, the licensee for CNP, is still planning to administer reactor operator initial license examinations beginning on June 7, 2010. However, the number of candidates for this examination is different than originally submitted in letter AEP:NRC:2574-121, dated December 15, 2005. We have also included the revised numbers on the enclosed NRC Form 536.

There are no new commitments identified in this submittal.

Should you have any questions, please contact Mr. Ronald E. Harrah, Operations Training Manager, at (269) 466-3407.

Sincerely, Joel P. Gebbie Plant Manager JEN/rdw Enclosure AUG 2 9 2008

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission AEP-NRC-2008-31 Page 2 C: T. A. Beltz - NRC Washington DC J. R. Kweiser - NRC Region Ill NRC Resident Inspector H. Peterson - NRC Region I l l

APPROVED BY Oh16 NO 3150-0131 EXPIRES 03.31t200!

E s t i r a t e d burden per response to comply with this voluntary informatio collection request 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> This information collection is used to plan budget and resources for operator examinations Send cominents r r y x d i n g burde OPERATOR LICENSING estimate to the Records .3nd FOINPrivncy Services Branch (T-5 F53). U 5 Nuclear Regiilatory Commission. Washinqton. DC 20555-0001, or by intern e-mail to infocollects@nrc gov. and to the Desk Officer. Office of lnformatioi EXAMINATION DATA and Regulatov Affairs. NkOB-10202, (3150-0131). Office of Management 3 n ~

Budget. Washington. D C 20503 i f a means iised to impose an informatio collection does not display a currently valid OblB control number, the NRC ma not conduct o r sponsor, and a person is not required to respond l o . th, information collection NHC REGION Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant One Cook Place Bridgman, MI 49106 3 (A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER -

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CY 2014 CY-NUMBER OF REACTOR 8 8 8 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 3 3 3 OPERATORS - INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 4 4 4 OPERATORS - UPGRADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - LIMITED PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 06/07/2010 07/23/2012 0712 1/2014 ALTERNATE DATE 06114/20 10 07/30/2012 07/28/2014 C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE CY 2009 CY 2011 PROPOSED NUMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 11 11 CANDIDATES i NRC FORM 536 (8-2005) PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER