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| number = ML25077A046
| issue date = 09/09/2024
| issue date = 03/24/2025
| title = Notification of NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination 05000368/2025301
| title = NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination Approval 05000368/2025301
| author name = Clayton K
| author name = Gepford H
| author affiliation = NRC/RGN-IV/DORS/OB
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| addressee name = Pehrson D
| addressee name = Pehrson D
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| license number = NPF-006
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| case reference number = 50-368/25-301
| document type = License-Operator Examination Report
| document report number = 50-368/OL-25
| document type = Letter, License-Operator, Part 55 Examination Related Material
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==SUBJECT:==
==SUBJECT:==
ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 2 - NOTIFICATION OF NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION 05000368/2025301
ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 2 - NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION APPROVAL 05000368/2025301


==Dear Mr. Pehrson:==
==Dear Doug Pehrson:==
In a telephone conversation on August 13, 2024, between Mr. C. Miller, examination developer, and myself, chief examiner, arrangements were made for the administration of operator licensing examinations at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2, the weeks of April 7-14, 2025.
The purpose of this letter is to confirm the final arrangements for the upcoming operator licensing examinations at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2.


As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare the examinations based on the guidelines in Revision 12 to NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors. The NRCs regional office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations are administered.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its review of the operator license applications submitted in connection with this examination and separately provided a list of approved applicants to Chris Miller, Unit 2 Operations Training Superintendent. Note that any examination waivers and application denials have been addressed in separate correspondence.


To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test outlines by November 8, 2024. The written examination outline was provided to your staff on August 13, 2024. The written examinations, operating tests, and supporting reference materials identified in NUREG-1021, Examination Standard (ES)-2.1, Preparing for Operator Licensing Initial Examinations, will be due by January 22, 2025. Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 55.40(b)(3), an authorized representative of the facility licensee shall approve the examinations and tests before they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials shall be complete and ready to use.
The NRC has approved the subject examinations and hereby authorizes you to administer the written examination in accordance with NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 12, on April 2, 2025. The NRC staff will administer the operating tests during the week of April 7, 2025. This examination has undergone extensive review by my staff and representatives responsible for licensed operator training at your facility.


We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in your response be contained in a separate enclosure and appropriately marked. Delays in receiving the required materials, or the submittal of inadequate or incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be cancelled or rescheduled. In addition, your support for on-site validation of the examinations is required during the week of February 24, 2025.
Based on this review, I have concluded that the examination meets the guidelines of NUREG-1021 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 (817) 200-1159.


To conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, your staff will need to provide adequate space and accommodations and to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. In accordance with ES 3.5, Administering Operating Tests, your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures, temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the NRC takes licensing action on all the applications and any adjudicatory actions on any hearing demands are complete.
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


ES-1.2, Guidelines for Taking NRC Examinations, contains a number of NRC guidelines for the written examinations and operating tests as they are being administered.
==REGION IV==
1600 E. LAMAR BLVD ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511 Please contact Kelly Clayton, Chief Examiner, at (817) 200-1216, if you have any questions or identify any errors or changes in the license level (RO or SRO) or type of examination (partial or complete written examination and/or operating test) specified for each applicant approved to take the examination.


To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator waiver or excusal requests (if any) (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 3150 0090) at least 60 days before the first examination date (if possible). Contact me to determine the method for submission of the waiver or excusal requests. Preliminary reactor operator and senior reactor operator license applications (OMB control number 3150 0090) and medical certifications (OMB control number 3150 0024) should be submitted at least 30 days before the first examination date. If the NRC does not receive the preliminary applications at least 30 days before the examination date, a postponement may be necessary. Final, signed applications certifying that all training has been completed and requesting any waivers or excusals, as applicable, should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.
Sincerely, Heather J. Gepford, Ph.D., Chief Operations Branch Division of Operating Reactor Safety Docket No. 05000368 License No. NPF-6 cc:
Chris Miller, Unit 2 Operations Training Superintendent Arkansas Nuclear One Entergy Operations, Inc.


Although the guidelines for waiver or excusal requests call for their receipt at least 30 days before the first examination date (preliminary) and 14 days before the first examination date (final), the requests should be submitted as early as possible in the process (see the 60-day guideline above). Resolutions resulting from verbal inquiries by the facility licensee to the NRC are not binding. Submittals addressing waivers or excusals, or both, should be in writing (i.e., using NRC Form 398 or as directed when I am contacted to determine the method for submission. The NRC will document its final decision on whether to grant a waiver or excusal on the final (not preliminary) NRC Form 398 submitted for the applicant. The NRC will not provide its decision until the final application is submitted to the agency.
1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AR 72802-0967 Electronic Distribution to Arkansas Nuclear One Electronic Distribution via LISTSERV Signed by Gepford, Heather J.


Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
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This letter contains information collection requirements 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.
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The burden to the public for these mandatory information collections is estimated to average 400 hours per examination, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collections. Send comments regarding this information collection to the FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch (T6-A10M), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555 0001, or by e-mail to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0018), Attn: Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20503; e-mail:
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
 
Public Protection Notification
 
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection through the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible on the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
 
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. C. Miller has been advised of the policies and guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions about the NRCs examination procedures and guidelines, please contact me at 817-200-1216, or Dr. Heather Gepford, Chief, Operations Branch at 817-200-1156.
 
Sincerely, Kelly Clayton, Chief Examiner Operations Branch Division of Operating Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-368 License No. NPF-6 Electronic Distribution via LISTSERV Signed by Clayton, Kelly on 09/09/24
 
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NRC Initial Operator Licensing Examination Approval 05000368/2025301
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Issue date: 03/24/2025
From: Heather Gepford
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To: Pehrson D
Entergy Operations
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March 24, 2025

SUBJECT:

ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE, UNIT 2 - NRC INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION APPROVAL 05000368/2025301

Dear Doug Pehrson:

The purpose of this letter is to confirm the final arrangements for the upcoming operator licensing examinations at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its review of the operator license applications submitted in connection with this examination and separately provided a list of approved applicants to Chris Miller, Unit 2 Operations Training Superintendent. Note that any examination waivers and application denials have been addressed in separate correspondence.

The NRC has approved the subject examinations and hereby authorizes you to administer the written examination in accordance with NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors," Revision 12, on April 2, 2025. The NRC staff will administer the operating tests during the week of April 7, 2025. 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 NUREG-1021 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 (817) 200-1159.

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

1600 E. LAMAR BLVD ARLINGTON, TX 76011-4511 Please contact Kelly Clayton, Chief Examiner, at (817) 200-1216, if you have any questions or identify any errors or changes in the license level (RO or SRO) or type of examination (partial or complete written examination and/or operating test) specified for each applicant approved to take the examination.

Sincerely, Heather J. Gepford, Ph.D., Chief Operations Branch Division of Operating Reactor Safety Docket No. 05000368 License No. NPF-6 cc:

Chris Miller, Unit 2 Operations Training Superintendent Arkansas Nuclear One Entergy Operations, Inc.

1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AR 72802-0967 Electronic Distribution to Arkansas Nuclear One Electronic Distribution via LISTSERV Signed by Gepford, Heather J.

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