ML15092A815

Ltr 04/02/15 Operator Licensing Examination Approval

ML15092A815
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	04/02/2015
From:	Hironori Peterson Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Vehec T A NextEra Energy Duane Arnold
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 April 2, 2015 Mr. Thomas A. Vehec Vice President NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324-9785

SUBJECT:

OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION APPROVAL

Dear Mr. Vehec:

The purpose of this letter is to confirm the final arrangements for the upcoming operator licensing examinations at the Duane Arnold Energy Center. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its review of the operator license applications in connection with this examination and will separately provide a list of approved applicants to Mr. Clay Hill, Training Manager. 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 April 6 and 13, 2015. 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 NUREG1021, for content, operational, and discrimination validity. By administering this examination, you also agree that it meets NUREG-1021 guidelines, and is appropriate for measuring the qualifications of licensed operator applicants at your facility. If you determine that this examination is not appropriate for licensing operators at your facility, do not administer the examination and contact me at (630) 829-9707. Please contact Mr. Charles Zoia, Chief Examiner, at 630-829-9863, if you have any questions or identify any errors or changes in the license level reactor operator (RO) or senior reactor operator (SRO) or type of examination (partial or complete written examination and/or operating test) specified for each applicant. In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's Public Document T. Vehec Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.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 LISTSERV T. Vehec Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.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 LISTSERV DISTRIBUTION: Kimyata MorganButler RidsNrrDorlLpl3-1 Resource RidsNrrPMDuaneArnold Resource RidsNrrDirsIrib Resource Cynthia Pederson Darrell Roberts Richard Skokowski Allan Barker Carole Ariano Linda Linn DRPIII DRSIII Jim Clay Carmen Olteanu Scott Sloan ADAMS Accession Number ML15092A815 Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box "C" = Copy without attach/encl "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII C RIII N RIII N RIII NAME JKweiser:jw JSeymour for CZoia HPeterson DATE 04/01/15 04/02/15 04/02/15 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY