NG-11-0256, Ltr 11/16/11 Duane Arnold Energy Center Confirmation of License Exam

Ltr 11/16/11 Duane Arnold Energy Center Confirmation of License Exam

ML11325A295
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	11/16/2011
From:	Hironori Peterson Operations Branch III
To:	Wells P NextEra Energy Duane Arnold
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NG-11-0256
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 November 16, 2011

Mr. Peter Wells Vice President NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324-9785

SUBJECT:

CONFIRMATION OF INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS: DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER

Dear Mr. Wells:

We have received your letter NG-11-0256, dated July 11, 2011. In that letter, you confirmed initial operator licensing examinations be scheduled for April 2013 and April 2015. In response, we had previously scheduled initial operator licensing examinations for the weeks of April 8 and 15, 2013, and April 27, 2015, at the Duane Arnold Energy Center. However, these dates have changed due to changes in the number of applicants in each class. The 2013 initial operator licensing examination date has been changed to the week of April 8, 2013, with an on-site validation date of March 18, 2013. The 2015 initial operator license examination dates have been changed to the weeks of April 27 and May 4, 2015, with an on-site validation date of April 6, 2015. The NRC will write your 2015 initial license exam in accordance with NUREG 1021, Revision 9, Supplement 1. 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 scheduled for 2013 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 the 2015 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. 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 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.

P. Wells 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,

/RA/ Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-331 License No. DPR-49 cc: Distribution via ListServŽ P. Wells 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, /RA/ Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-331 License No. DPR-49 cc: Distribution via ListServŽ DISTRIBUTION

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