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Generic Fundamentals Section of the Written Operator Licensing Examination Scheduled for 2016
	ML15351A028
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde, Wolf Creek, Grand Gulf, Cooper, Arkansas Nuclear, Columbia, River Bend, Diablo Canyon, Callaway, Waterford, South Texas, Comanche Peak, Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	12/17/2015
From:	Vincent Gaddy; Operations Branch IV
To:	; Arizona Public Service Co, Energy Northwest, Entergy Operations, Luminant Generation Co, Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD), Omaha Public Power District, South Texas, Union Electric Co, Wolf Creek
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December 17, 2015 THIS LETTER DISTRIBUTED TO THE FOLLOWING DOCKET NUMBERS:

Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos.: 50-313; 50-368 Callaway Plant, Docket No.: 50-483 Columbia Generating Station, Docket No.: 50-397 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos.: 50-445; 50-446 Cooper Nuclear Station, Docket No.: 50-298 Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos.: 50-275; 50-323 Fort Calhoun Station, Docket No.: 50-285 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Docket No.: 50-416 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, Docket Nos.: 50-528; 50-529; 50-530 River Bend Station, Docket No.: 50-458 South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos.: 50-498; 50-499 Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, Docket No.: 50-382 Wolf Creek Generating Station, Docket No.: 50-482

SUBJECT:

GENERIC FUNDAMENTALS SECTION OF THE WRITTEN OPERATOR LICENSING EXAMINATION The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to administer the generic fundamentals examination (GFE) section of the written operator licensing examination on the following dates during this calendar year:

March 9, 2016 June 8, 2016 September 7, 2016 December 7, 2016 To register personnel to take the GFE, an authorized representative of your facility must submit a letter to Marc L. Dapas, Regional Administrator, Region IV, with a copy addressed as follows:

Chief, Operator Licensing and Training Branch, NRR U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Mail Stop O7 D23 Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Your letter should identify the individuals who will take the examination, and it should certify that they are enrolled in a facility licensee-sponsored program leading to NRC operator licensing and that they will have completed their fundamentals training by the date of the examination. The letter should also identify the personnel who will have access to the examinations before they are administered (e.g., proctors) and the address to which the examinations are to be sent. To

Reactor 50 Dockets allow the NRC to assign docket numbers, your letter should be received by both the NRC regional administrator and Operator Licensing and Training Branch, 30 days before each desired examination date shown above. A sample registration letter is enclosed.

Copies of the administered GFEs and their answer keys will be available for review from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room) approximately 45 days following the examination administration date.

The NRCs GFE Web page (which is available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operator-licensing/generic-fundamentals-examinations.html) will be updated semi-annually, approximately 60 days following the June and December examinations.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

If you have any questions concerning this examination, please contact Lawrence Vick at (301)415-3181.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Vincent Gaddy, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Enclosure:

As stated cc:

Timothy L. Arnold, Training Manager Arkansas Nuclear One Entergy Operations, Inc.

1448 S.R. 333 Russellville, AR 72802 Robert Stough, Manager, Operations Training Union Electric Company P.O. Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 Glenn Pierce, Manager Nuclear Training Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968, MD-1028 Richland, WA 99352-0968

Reactor 50 Dockets Bill Moore, Director Nuclear Training Luminant Generation Company LLC P.O. Box 1002 Glen Rose, TX 76043-1147 Michael Bacon, Manager Nuclear Training Nebraska Public Power District 72676-648A Avenue Brownville, NE 68321 Dennis Petersen, Director Learning Services Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Tim Uehling, Director Site Training Omaha Public Power District 9610 Power Lane Mail Stop FC-3-1 Blair, NE 68008 Elizabeth Meaders, Manager Training and Development Entergy Operations, Inc.

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station P.O. Box 756 Port Gibson, MS 39150 Rick Lange, Department Lead Operations Training Arizona Public Service Company Mail Station 7894 P.O. Box 52034 Phoenix, AZ 85072 Patrick D. OConnor, Manager - Training Entergy Operations, Inc.

River Bend Station 5485 US Highway 61N St. Francisville, LA 70775

Reactor 50 Dockets Greg Janak, Manager Operations Training N4007 STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Bill McKinney, Training and Development Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road Killona, LA 70057-0751 Edward Ray, Manager Training Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

Reactor 50 Dockets Electronic distribution by RIV w/o enclosure:

Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director (Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Brian.Tindell@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Margaret.Tobin@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Andy.Barrett@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/E (Neil.OKeefe@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (John.Dixon@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/E (Brian.Correll@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/E (Jackson.Choate@nrc.gov)

ANO Administrative Assistant (Vacant)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Andrea.George@nrc.gov)

Acting Team Leader, DRS/TSS (Eric.Ruesch@nrc.gov)

ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)

Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

RIV Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov)

RIV/ETA: OEDO (Cindy.Rosales-Cooper@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Thomas.Hartman@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Michael.Langelier@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (Nick.Taylor@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (David.Proulx@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/B (Shawn.Money@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/B (Steven.Janicki@nrc.gov)

CWY Administrative Assistant (Dawn.Yancey@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (John.Klos@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Jeremy.Groom@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Dan.Bradley@nrc.gov)

Site Administrative Assistant (Vacant)

Incoming Branch Chief, DRP/A (Jeremy.Groom@nrc.gov)

Acting Branch Chief, DRP/A (Rich.Smith@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (Ryan.Alexander@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer (Thomas.Sullivan@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer (Matthew.Kirk@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Balwant.Singal@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Jeffrey.Josey@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Rayomand.Kumana@nrc.gov)

Administrative Assistant (Rhonda.Smith@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Patricia.Voss@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (John.Robbins@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Christopher.Henderson@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/C (Greg.Warnick@nrc.gov)

Reactor 50 Dockets Electronic distribution by RIV w/o enclosure continued:

Senior Project Engineer (Cale.Young@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer (Michael.Stafford@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer (Lindsay.Brandt@nrc.gov)

Administrative Assistant (Amy.Elam@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Tom.Hipschman@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (John.Reynoso@nrc.gov)

Administrative Assistant (Madeleine.Arel-Davis@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Max.Schneider@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Brian.Cummings@nrc.gov)

FCS Site Administrative Assistant (Janise.Schwee@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/D (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP (Bob.Hagar@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer, DRP/D (Jan.Tice@nrc.gov)

NRR Project Manager (Fred.Lyon@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Matt.Young@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Neil.Day@nrc.gov)

Administrative Assistant (Alley.Farrell@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Alan.Wang@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Charles.Peabody@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (David.You@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Dustin.Reinert@nrc.gov)

PV Administrative Assistant (Yvonne.Dubay@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Margaret.Watford@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Jeffrey.Sowa@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Brian.Parks@nrc.gov)

RBS Administrative Assistant (Lisa.Day@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Alfred.Sanchez@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Nicholas.Hernandez@nrc.gov)

STP Administrative Assistant (Lynn.Wright@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Lisa.Regner@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Chris.Speer@nrc.gov)

WAT Administrative Assistant (Linda.Dufrene@nrc.gov)

Project Manager (Michael.Orenak@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Douglas.Dodson@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Fabian.Thomas@nrc.gov)

WC Administrative Assistant (Vacant)

Project Manager (Fred.Lyon@nrc.gov)

X SUNSI Review ADAMS X Publicly Available X Non-Sensitive Keyword:

By: lah X Yes No Non-Publicly Available Sensitive NRR-079 OFFICE NRC:RIV:DRS:OB C:OB NAME LAHurley VGaddy SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/

DATE 12/16/15 12/16/15 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Reactor 50 Dockets Sample Registration Letter Marc L. Dapas Regional Administrator U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV 1600 East Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4511

Dear (Name),

(Facility name) requests approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to have the following (number) individuals take the (BWR or PWR) generic fundamentals examination (GFE) section of the written operator licensing examination to be administered on (date).

Name Date of Birth Previous Docket No.

(Insert the name, date of birth, and the previous Part 55 Docket Number (if applicable) for each person.)

All the personnel are enrolled in the (facility name) operator licensing training program and will have completed the generic fundamentals portion of the program by the examination date.

The following personnel will have access to the examinations before they are administered:

Name Title (Insert the name and title of each person who will be given access to the examinations before they are administered (e.g., proctors).

Please address the examinations to the overnight mail address, as follows (note that home addresses are not acceptable):

Name, Title Address City, State Zip Code If you have any questions please contact (facility contact name) at (telephone number).

Sincerely, (Name, title) cc:

Chief, Operator Licensing and Training Branch, NRR