ML15243A139

2015 Duane Arnold Energy Center Initial License Examination Miscellaneous Correspondence

ML15243A139
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Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	04/06/2015
From:	Chuck Zoia NRC/RGN-III/DRS/OLB
To:	NextEra Energy Duane Arnold
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2015 DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION Ill 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, ILLINOIS 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).

H ronori 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, Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-331 License No. DPR-49 cc: Distribution via LISTSERv DISTRIBUTION:

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION Ill 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 NU REG 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 ListServ'

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 ListServ' DISTRIBUTION:

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DUANE ARNOLD July 11, 2011 NG-11-0256 10 CFR 55 Regional Administrator, Region Ill U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrenville Road Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Duane Arnold Energy Center Docket 50-331 License No. DPR-49 Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations As requested by your staff, the enclosure to this letter provides FPL 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 2013 through 2016.

If you have any questions, please call Bill Simmons, Training Manager at (319) 851-7181.

This letter contains no new commitments.

[orw. ~ &!rm? Christopher Costanzo Vice President, Duane Arnold Energy Center NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC Enclosure CC: Chief Operator License Branch, Region Ill with attachment NRC Resident Inspector w/o NRC Document Control Desk w/o

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NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC, 3277 DAEC Road, Palo, IA 52324 JUL 1 3 2011

NRC FORM 536 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0131 EXPIRES: 10/31/2011 (10*2008) Estimated burden per res~onse to comply with this voluntary information collection request: 1 hour. his information collection is used to plan budgets and resources for operator examinations. Send comments rei+ardin~ burden estimate to the Records and FOIA/Privacy Services Branch ~ -5 F 3), U.S. OPERATOR LICENSING Nuclear Re~ulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-000 , or blc internet e-mail to in ocollects@nrc-gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of In ormation EXAMINATION DATA and Regulatory Affairs, NE B-10202, (3150-0131), Office or 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 NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the Information collection. FACILITY NRCREGION Duane Arnold 3 A. PROPOSED EXAMINATION PREPARATION SCHEDULE CY 2013 CY 2014 CY 2015 CY 2016 PROPOSED NUMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF LICENSEE-PREPARED 1 1 EXAMINATIONS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NRG-PREPARED EXAMINATIONS B. INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS CY 2013 cy2014 CY 2015 CY 2016 PROPOSED NUMBER NUMBER OF REACTOR 4 4 OPERATORS NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 5 4 OPERATORS - INSTANT NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR 4 OPERATORS-UPGRADE NUMBER OF SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS - LIMITED PROPOSED DATES PRIMARY DATE 04/08/2013 04/27/2015 ALTERNATE DATE 04/22/2013 05/11/2015

c. PROPOSED GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS EXAMINATION (GFE) SCHEDULE CY 2013 CY 2014 PROPOSED --* -------

NUMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER DECEMBER ESTIMATED NUMBER OF 8 CANDIDATES NRC FORM 536 (10-2008) PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER}}