ML12135A629

Letter Operator Licensing Examination Approval

ML12135A629
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Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	05/10/2012
From:	Charles Phillips Operations Branch III
To:	Schimmel M Northern States Power Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 May 10, 2012 Mr. Mark A. Schimmel Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION APPROVAL

Dear Mr. Schimmel:

The purpose of this letter is to confirm the final arrangements for the upcoming operator licensing examinations at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Station.

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. Andrew Pullam, Training Director. Note that any examination waivers and application denials have been addressed in separate correspondence.

The NRC will administer the written examinations and operating tests in accordance with Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, during the weeks of May 14 and 21, 2012. 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. If you determine that this examination is not appropriate for licensing operators at your facility, please contact me at 630-829-9731.

Please contact your Chief Examiner, Dell McNeil, at 630-829-9737, 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.

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 the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access

M. Schimmel and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page of the NRCs public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Charles Phillips, Acting Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306 License Nos. DPR-42 and DPR-60 cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ TM

M. Schimmel and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the Electronic Reading Room page of the NRCs public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Charles Phillips, Acting Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-282 and 50-306 License Nos. DPR-42 and DPR-60 cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ TM DISTRIBUTION See next page DOCUMENT NAME: Ltr 05__12 Prairie Island Exam Approval.docx To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box "C" = Copy w/o attach/encl "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII:DRS Y RIII:DRS N RIII:DRS N NAME JKweiser: DMcNeil: CPhillips:

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Letter to Mr. Mark A. Schimmel from Mr. Charles Phillips dated May 10, 2012

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION APPROVAL DISTRIBUTION:

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