ML16014A395

Ltr 01/13/16 Duane Arnold Energy Center Scheduling of Initial Operator License Examinations

ML16014A395
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	01/13/2016
From:	Robert Orlikowski Operations Branch III
To:	Vehec T NextEra Energy Duane Arnold
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 January 13, 2016 Mr. Thomas A. Vehec Vice President NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324-9785

SUBJECT:

DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER SCHEDULING OF INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

Dear Mr. Vehec:

We have received your letter NG-15-0366, dated December 18, 2015. In this letter, you requested that initial operator licensing examinations originally scheduled for April 2017 be moved to June 2017. Additionally, you requested an initial license exam be scheduled for May 2019.

Based upon your request, we have scheduled the following initial license exams for Duane Arnold Energy Center for the weeks of:

• June 5 and 12, 2017, with an on-site validation date the week of May 8, 2017

• May 6 and 13, 2019, with an on-site validation date the week of April 8, 2019 We understand that your staff will develop the examinations scheduled for 2017 and 2019, 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 these examinations, the examinations were scheduled for 2 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 examiners 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.

T. Vehec 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 NRCs Public Document 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/

Robert J. Orlikowski, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-331 License No. DPR-49 cc: Distribution via LISTSERV

T. Vehec 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 NRCs Public Document 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/

Robert J. Orlikowski, 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 ML16014A395 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 RIII RIII RIII NAME RKWalton:cl ROrlikowski DATE 01/08/16 01/13/16 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 January 13, 2016 Mr. Thomas A. Vehec Vice President NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324-9785

SUBJECT:

DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER SCHEDULING OF INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

Dear Mr. Vehec:

We have received your letter NG-15-0366, dated December 18, 2015. In this letter, you requested that initial operator licensing examinations originally scheduled for April 2017 be moved to June 2017. Additionally, you requested an initial license exam be scheduled for May 2019.

Based upon your request, we have scheduled the following initial license exams for Duane Arnold Energy Center for the weeks of:

• June 5 and 12, 2017, with an on-site validation date the week of May 8, 2017

• May 6 and 13, 2019, with an on-site validation date the week of April 8, 2019 We understand that your staff will develop the examinations scheduled for 2017 and 2019, 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 these examinations, the examinations were scheduled for 2 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 examiners 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.

T. Vehec 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 NRCs Public Document 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/

Robert J. Orlikowski, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-331 License No. DPR-49 cc: Distribution via LISTSERV

T. Vehec 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 NRCs Public Document 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/

Robert J. Orlikowski, 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 ML16014A395 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 RIII RIII RIII NAME RKWalton:cl ROrlikowski DATE 01/08/16 01/13/16 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY