ML13070A435
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| Issue date: | 01/28/2013 |
| From: | Mcneil D NRC/RGN-III/DRS/OLB |
| To: | Northern States Power Co |
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2013 MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT INITAL LICENSE EXAMINATION MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 August 17, 2012 Mr. Mark Schimmel Site Vice President lVIonticelio Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637
SUBJECT:
MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION
Dear Mr. Schimmel:
In a telephone conversation on August 13, 2012, between Mr. Bruce Palagi, Chief Examiner, and Mr. Michael Petersen, Fleet General Supervisor, NRC Examinations, arrangements were made for the administration of licensing examinations at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant during the week of January 28 and February 4,2013. In addition, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will make an examination validation visit to your facility the week of January 7, 2013.
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 October 22,2012. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by November 26, 2012.
Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 55.40(b)(3),
(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.
M. Schimmel
-2 Appendix E of NUREG-1 021 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 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 OMB 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 FOIA/Privacy 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), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html(the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Michael Petersen 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 Dell McNeil at 630-829-9737, or me at 630-829-9707.
HI onori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 cc:
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M. Schimmel
-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 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 OMS 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), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html(the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Michael Petersen 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 Dell McNeil at 630-829-9737, or me at 630-829-9707.
Sincerely, Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 cc:
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Letter to Mr. Mark Schimmel from Mr. Hironori Petersondated August 17, 2012.
SUBJECT:
MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION DISTRIBUTION:
Silas Kennedy RidsNrrDorlLpl3-1 Resource RidsNrrPM Monticello RidsNrrDirslrib Resource Chuck Casto Cynthia Pederson Steven Orth Jared Heck Allan Barker Christine Lipa Carole Ariano Linda Linn DRPIII DRSIII Patricia Buckley Tammy Tomczak John McHale Janet Kweiser
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, ILLINOIS 60532-4352 January 13, 2012 Mr. Timothy J. O'Connor Site Vice President Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Northem States Power Company, Minnesota 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637
SUBJECT:
CONFIRMATION OF REVISION TO INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATION: MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNIT 1
Dear Mr. O'Connor:
We have received your Letter L-MT-11-069, dated December 21, 2011. In that letter, you requested the initial operator licensing examination scheduled at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant for January 2013 be delayed two weeks.
In response, we have delayed the January 2013 initial operator licensing exam and rescheduled the examination for the weeks of January 28 and February 4, 2013, at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. An on-site validation is scheduled for the week of January 7,2013.
We understand that your staff will develop the examination. Because your previous corporate letter indicated that there were more than nine applicants being considered for this examination, the examination was scheduled for two weeks. Please inform us if the number of candidates change for any examination 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 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.
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
T. O'Connor
-2 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, ~
Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 cc:
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-2 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, Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 cc:
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n States Power Company - Minnesota Monticello Nuclear Generaling Plant 2807 W County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362 tl XcelEnergy*
December 21,2011 L-MT-11-069 RIS 2010-08 Regional Administrator, Region III ATIN: Dell McNeil U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrenville Road Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Docket 50-263 Renewed Facility Operating License No, DPR-22 Revision to the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (MNGP) Initial Operator License Examination Schedule for 2013 The Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (MNGP) requests a change to the initial operator licensing examination dates that are currently scheduled at the MNGP during the weeks of January 14 and January 21, 2013. Pursuant to a November 14, 2011 telephone conversation, between Mr. Keith Walton, U.S. NRC, and Mr. Michael Slack, MNGP operations training, it was agreed that the Northern States Power company, a Minnesota corporation (NSPM), d/b/a Xcel Energy would formally submit a request to change the examination dates to the weeks of January 28 and February 4, 2013.
If you have any question regarding this request, please contact Gerald Allex, MNGP operations training general supervisor, at 763-271-2654.
Summary of Commitments
. This letter ~ pew commitments or changes any existing commitments President, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant cc:
H. Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Resident Inspector, Monticello, USNRC
414 Nicollet Mal! - MP4 Minneapolis, MN 55401 tl XcelEnergy*
June 24. 2011 L-XE-11-009 RIS 2011-08 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission AITN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2 Docket 50-263 Dockets 50-282, 50-306 Renewed License No. DPR-22 License Nos. DPR-4*2 and DPR-60 Operator Examination Data As requested by NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2011-08, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations", dated May 25, 2011, Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, hereby submits the operator licensing examination data for calendar years 2013 through 2016 for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. Enclosed are the corresponding NRC Form 536s for each site which provide the estimated number of applicants to be tested and the proposed primary and alternate dates for the examinations.
Regulatory Commitments akes no new commitments or changes to any existing commitments.
Paula K. Anderson Director, Nuclear Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Northern States Power Company - Minnesota Enclosure cc: Administrator, Region 11/, USNRC Project Manager, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC, NRR Resident Inspector, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC Project Manager, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC, NRR Resident Inspector, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC fl. id -'1_,- U*
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ENCLOSURE Operator Licensing Examination Data for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 2 pages follow
NRC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMS; NO. 3150-0131 EXPIRES: 10/3112011 (10-20013)
Estimated burden pe, res~on$e to comply with this voluntary Information collection request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />.
his Information colleeUon Is used 10 plan budgets and resources for operator examinations. Send commenl$ reM-"rdln~ b~rden OPERA TOR LICENSING esllmate to the Records and fOINPrlvlICY Servlces Branch ~ -5 F 3), U.S.
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FACILITY NRC REGION Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant J
A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2013 Cy 2014 Cy 2015 Cy 2016 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 1
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FACILITY NRCREGION Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Unit I and:1 3
A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2013 CY2014 Cy 2015 Cy 2016 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF t
lICENSEE*PREPARED 1
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 June 1, 2011 Mr. Timothy J. O'Connor Site Vice President Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637 SUB..IECT:
CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS:
MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNIT 1
Dear Mr. O'Connor:
We have received a letter from Xcel Energy dated July 26,2010 (L-XE-10-008). In that letter, Xcel Energy requested an initial operator licensing examination be scheduled for Monticello Nuclear Station for November of 2014.
In response, we have scheduled an initial operator licensing examination for the weeks of November 10 and 17,2014, with an onsite validation date the week of October 20,2014, for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. We note that you were previously scheduled for an initial operator licensing examination for the weeks of January 14 and 21, 2013. I n 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 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 applicants 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 ofthe 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.
T. O'Connor
-2 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, IRA by D. McNeil forI Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.50-263 License No.DPR-22 cc:
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T. O'Connor
-2 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, IRA by D. McNeil forI Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.50-263 License No.DPR-22 cc:
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414 Nicollet Mall-MP4 Minneapolis, MN 55401 tl XeelEnergy July 26, 2010 L-XE-10-008 RIS 2010-08 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission AnN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2 Docket 50-263 Dockets 50-282, 50-306 Renewed License No. DPR-22 license Nos. DPR-42 and DPR-60 Operator Examination Data As requested by NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2010-08, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations", dated June 28, 2010, Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, hereby submits the planned operator licensing examination data for calendar years 2012 through 2015 for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. Enclosed are the corresponding NRC Form 536s for each site which provide the estimated number of applicants to be tested and the proposed primary and alternate dates for the examinations.
Regulatory Commitments This letter makes no new commitments or changes to any existing commitments.
a or alamon Director, Nuclear Licensing and Emergency Preparedness Northern States Power Company - Minnesota Enclosure cc: Administrator, Region III, USNRC Project Manager, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC, NRR Resident Inspector, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC Project Manager, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC, NRR Resident Inspector, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC
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ENCLOSURE Planned Initial License Operator Examination Data for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 Page 1 of 3
NRC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (10*2008)
OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION DATA APPROVED BY OMS: NO. 3150*0131 EXPIRES: 1013112011 Estimated burden per res~nse to comply with this voluntary information collection request: 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />.
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 February 19. 2010 Mr. Timothy J. O'Connor Site Vice President Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637
SUBJECT:
CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS:
MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT
Dear Mr. O'Connor:
In a letter dated August 18, 2009 (L-XE-09-010), Xcel Energy requested the NRC schedule initial operator license examinations in December 2010 and in January 2013 at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. We have scheduled the examination requested to be conducted during the weeks of December 5 and December 12, 2010, and during the weeks of January 13 and January 20, 2013. On-site validation of each of these examinations will occur approximately three weeks before the start of the examination. 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 unless we determine it is necessary for the NRC to write the examination. The letter indicated each examination has more than nine applicants taking the examinations. Please inform us if the number of candidates for an examination declines below ten as this will impact the examination schedule. 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 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant's Training Department approximately 120 days prior to the initial 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 dates, 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.
T. O'Connor
-2 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.gov/reading-rm/adams.html(the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely, Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 cc:
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T. O'Connor
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Sincerely, Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 cc:
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(1 ~, f)JJ.A 414 Nicollet Mall-MP4 Minneapolis, MN 55401 II XcelEnergy" August 18, 2009 L-XE-09 M 010 RIS 2009-11 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
~ 1'1 ;?(;/3 Units 1 and 2 Docket 50-263 Dockets 50-282, 50-306 Renewed License No. DPR-22 License Nos. DPR-42 and DPR-60 Planned Initial License Operator Examination Data As requested by NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2009-11, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations", dated July 16, 2009, Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, hereby submits the planned initial licensed operator examination data from calendar years 2010 through 2013 for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. Enclosed are the corresponding NRC Form 536s for each site which provides the estimated number of applicants to be tested and the proposed primary and alternate dates for the examinations.
Regulatory Commitments This letter makes no new commitments or changes to any existing commitments, Gabor Salamon Director, Nuclear Licensing and Emergency Preparedness Northern States Power Company - Minnesota cc: Administrator, Region III, USNRC Project Manager, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC, NRR Resident Inspector, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC Project Manager, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC, NRR Resident Inspector, Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, USNRC
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ENCLOSURE Planned Initial License Operator Examination Data for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 Page 1 of 3
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FACILITY Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant NRC REGION 3
A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2010 CY 2011 CY 2012 CY 2013 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED EXAMINATIONS 1
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0 B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2010 CY2011 CY 2012 CY 2013 NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS 5
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0 PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 12/0512010 0111312013 ALTERNATE DATE 12/1212010 01/06/2013 C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2010 CY 2011 MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CANDIDATES 0
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A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER Cy 2010 CY 2011 CY 2012 CY 2013 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF L1CENSEE*PREPARED EXAMINATIONS 1
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0 B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2010 CY2011 CY 2012 CY2013 NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS 7
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0 PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 03/15/1010 05/1412012 ALTERNATE DATE 0312212010 05/0712012 C. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER CY 2010 CY 2011 MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CANDIDATES 0
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