NG-16-0145, Duane Arnold'S Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

Duane Arnold'S Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations

ML16200A222
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	07/12/2016
From:	Vehec T NextEra Energy Duane Arnold
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC/RGN-III
References
NG-16-0145, NUREG 1021
Download: ML16200A222 (2)

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July 12, 2016 NG-16-0145 NUREG 1021 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region Ill 2443 Warrenville Road Suite 210 Lisle, IL.60532-4352 Duane Arnold Energy Center Docket 50-331 Renewed Op. License No. DPR-49 Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations As requested by your staff, the enclosure to this letter provides NextEra Energy Duane Arnold's proposed schedule of examinations that we intend to prepare and the estimated number of applicants to be tested in our site examinations and generic fundamentals examinations in calendar years 2018 through 2021.

If you have any questions, please call Clay Hill, Training Manager at (319) 851-8152.

This let er contains no new commitments.

T.A.Vehec Vice President, Duane Arnold Energy Center NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC Enclosure CC: Chief Operator License Branch, Region Ill NRG Resident Inspector NRG Document Control Desk NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC, 3277 DAEC Road, Palo, IA 52324

NRC FORM536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131 EXPIRES: 10/31/2017 (05-2016) Estimated burden per response 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 />. This

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~.::; ~o information collection is used to plan budget$ and resources for operator examinations. Send

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a* OPERATOR LICENSING comments regarding burden estimate to the FOIA, Privacy, and Information Collections Branch (T-5 t;

"' t 0B: F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC20555-0001, or by e-mail to

"~;'1 s EXAMINATION DATA lnfocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

......... ~o..? NEOB-10202, (3150-0lJ1), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRG may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.

FACILITY NRG REGION Duane Arnold Energy Center Region Ill_

A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE CY2018 CY2019 CY2020 CY2021 PROPOSED NUMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED 0 1 0 1 EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NRG-PREPARED 0 0 0 0 EXAMINATIONS B.. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

• CY2018 CY2019 CY2020 CY2021 PROPOSED NUMBER NUMBER OF REACTOR OPERATORS 0 8 0 4 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - INSTANT 0 3 0 6 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS-UPGRADE 0 2 0 2 NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - LIMITED 0 0 0 0 PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 04/08/2019 04/05/2021 ALTERNATE DATE 04/15/2019 04/12/2021 .

c. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE PROPOSED NUMBER MARCH CY

-2017 SEPTEMBER MARCH CY 2018 SEPTEMBER*

- ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 0 13 0 12 CANDIDATES NRG FORM 536 (05-2016)