ML17010A056
| ML17010A056 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Monticello, Dresden, Davis Besse, Palisades, Perry, Fermi, Point Beach, Byron, Braidwood, Prairie Island, Duane Arnold, Clinton, Cook, Quad Cities, LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 01/09/2017 |
| From: | Robert Orlikowski Operations Branch III |
| To: | Dovas K, Emery D, Carol Hill, Lindsey J, Nelson W, Nichols J, Pierce J, Pullam A, Ruth J, Strohl R, Wadley T DTE Electric Company, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Exelon Generation Co, First Energy Services, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co, Indiana Michigan Power Co, NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, Point Beach, Northern States Power Company, Minnesota |
| Orlikowski R | |
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| Download: ML17010A056 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210 LlsLE, rL 60532-4352 Multiple Addressees - Letter Dated January 9,2017 IDENTICAL LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE TRAINING MANAGERS OF THE REGION III FACILITIES LISTED ON THE ATTACHED DISTRIBUTION PAGE
SUBJECT:
AN NOU NCEMENT OF GEN ERIC FU N DAME NTALS EXAMI NTATION SECTION OF THE WRITTEN OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION FOR 2017 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to administer the generic fundamentals examination (GFE) section of the written operator licensing examination on the following dates during this calendar year:
March 8,2017 September 6,2017 To register personnel to take the GFE, an authorized representative of your facility must submit a letter to the appropriate regional administrator with a copy addressed, as follows:
Chief, Operator Licensing and Training Branch, NRR Mail Stop O7 D23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.31(a)(3), an applicant for an operator license must submit a written request from an authorized representative of the facility licensee by which the applicant will be employed that the written examination and operating test be administered to the applicant. The NRC permits a request for administration of the GFE section of the written exam to be made and granted prior to the applicant's successful completion the facility licensee's requirements to be licensed as an operator or senior operator and prior to the facility licensee's certification of the need for an operator or a senior operator to perform assigned duties. However, the facility licensee should only request administration of the GFE section of the written exam for applicants who will have completed fundamentals training by the date of the examination.
The letter should identify the individuals who will take the examination. ihe letter should also identify the personnel who will have access to the examinations before they are administered (e.9., proctors) and include the address and name of the individual to whom the examinations are to be sent.
Multiple Addressees
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To allow the NRC to assign docket numbers, both the NRC Regional Administrator and the Chief, Operator Licensing and Training Branch, should receive your letter 30 calendar days before each desired examination date shown above. A sample registration letter is enclosed Copies of the administered BWR and PWR GFEs and their answer keys will be available for review in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) immediately after administration of the second subsequent GFE. The NRC will also update its GFE Web page, http://unilw.nrc.qov/reactors/operator-licensino/qeneric-fundamentals-examinations.html, at this time.
lf you have any questions concerning this examination, please contact Jacob Dolecki at 301-415-2947.
Sincerely,
/ln/,1' Robert J. Orlikowski, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure:
As stated Distribution:
See attached list
Multiple Addressees - Letter Dated January 9. 2017 Region lll Facility Training Managers as Listed Below ldentical letters sent to:
K. Dovas, Braidwood, Docket Nos. 50-456;5A-457 J, Nichols, Byron, Docket Nos. 50-454;50-455 J. Ruth, Clinton, Docket No. 50-461 D, Emery, Donald C. Cook, Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316 J. Cuff, Davis-Besse, Docket No. 50-346
- i. Dean, Dresden, Docket Nos. 50-237;50-249 C. Hill, Duane Arnold, Docket No. 50-331 A. Pullam, Fermi, Docket No. 50-341 J. Lindsey, LaSalle, Docket Nos. 50-373;50-374 P, Kissinger, Monticello, Docket No. 50-263 W. Nelson, Palisades, Docket No, 50-255 R. Strohl, Perry, Docket No. 50-440 J. Pierce, Point Beach, Docket Nos, 50-266; 50-301 T. Wadley, Prairie lsland, Docket Nos. 50-282;50-306 E. Pannell, Quad Cities, Docket Nos. 50-254;5A-265 Distribution w/encl:
N. Salgado, NRR:DIRS:IOLB
Ms. Cynthia D. Pederson Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region lll 2443Warrenville Road, Suite 210 Lisle, lL 60532-4352
Dear Ms. Pederson:
(GFE) n written uests a rovalfrom the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to have ination duals take the (BWR or PWR) generic fun operator licensing examination to be admi damentals exam nistered on (date):
The registrants should have completed the generic fundamentals portion of thg !rgt!i!g program by the éxamination date and are expected to meet all other requirements of 10 CFR 55.31 in the future.
The following personnel will have access to the examinations before they are administered:
Name Title Name Date of Birth Previous Docket No, (lnsert the name and title of each person who will have access to the examinations before thev are administered (e,0., proctors)).
Please address the examinations to the overnight mail address, as follows (note that home addresses are not acceptable):
lf you have any questions, please contact (facility contact name) at (telephone numbe0 Sincerely, (Name. title) cc: Chief, Operator Licensing and Training Branch, NRR
Multiple Addressees To allow the NRC to assign docket numbers, both the NRC Regional Administrator and the Chief, Operator Licensing and Training Branch, should receive your letter 30 calendar days before each desired examination date shown above, A sample registration letter is enclosed.
Copies of the administered BWR and PWR GFEs and their answer keys will be available for review in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) immediately after administration of the second subsequent GFE. The NRC will also update its GFE Web page, http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operator-licensinq/qeneric-fundamentals-examinations.html, at this time.
lf you have any questions concerning this examination, please contact Jacob Dolecki at 301-415-2947.
Sincerely,
/RN Robert J. Orlikowski, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety
Enclosure:
As stated Distribution:
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