ML15336A899

Ltr 11/20/15 Scheduling of Initial Operator License Examinations: Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1. (Rkw)

ML15336A899
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Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	11/20/2015
From:	Hironori Peterson Operations Branch III
To:	Davison K Northern States Power Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUIT E 210 LISLE, IL 60532

-4352 November 20, 2015 Mr. Kevin Davison Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089

SUBJECT:

SCHEDULING OF INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNIT 1

Dear Mr. Davison:

We have received your corporate letter L-XE-15-012 , dated May 1 5, 2015 , and site letter L-PI-15-067 dated August 4, 2015

, in response to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regulatory Issue Summary 201 5-05, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations." In the letter, you requested initial operator licensing examinations be scheduled for March 2018 , December 2019

, and September 2021 at your station.

In response, we have scheduled initial operator licensing examinations for the weeks of:

March 19 , and 26, 2018 with an onsite validation date the week of February 26 , 2018. December 2 , and 9, 2019

, with an onsite validation date the week of November 4, 2019.

Since our last letter dated January 28, 2015, these dates have changed per your request.

We are not presently scheduling initial operator licensing exams past 202 0. 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 se examination s 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 nin e applicants being considered for each of these examinations, the examinations were each scheduled for two weeks.

Please inform us if the number of candidates decline below 10 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.

K. Davison A supplementary letter will be sent to the training department approximately 1 50 days prior to the examination informing the training manager of the chief examiner's name. This corporate notification letter will also outline examination security expectations, list the materials required by the NRC to conduct the examination, reconfirm the examination date, and reconfirm t he number of candidates you have in the Training Program.

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 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 Nos. 50

-282, 50-306 License Nos. DPR

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K. Davison A supplementary letter will be sent to the training department approximately 150 days prior to the examination informing the training manager of the chief examiner's name. This corporate notification letter will also outline examination security expectations, list the materials require d by the NRC to conduct the examination, reconfirm the examination date, and reconfirm the number of candidates you have in the Training Program.

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 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 Nos. 50

-282, 50-306 License Nos. DPR

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-1 Resource RidsNrrDirsIrib Resource Cynthia Pederson Darrell Roberts Richard Skokowski Allan Barker Carole Ariano Linda Linn DRPIII DRSIII Jim Clay Carmen Olteanu ADAMS Accession Number ML15336A899 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 HPeterson DATE 10/06/15 11/20/15 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUIT E 210 LISLE, IL 60532

-4352 November 20, 2015 Mr. Kevin Davison Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089

SUBJECT:

SCHEDULING OF INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS

PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNIT 1

Dear Mr. Davison:

We have received your corporate letter L-XE-15-012 , dated May 1 5, 2015 , and site letter L-PI-15-067 dated August 4, 2015

, in response to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regulatory Issue Summary 201 5-05, "Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations." In the letter, you requested initial operator licensing examinations be scheduled for March 2018 , December 2019

, and September 2021 at your station.

In response, we have scheduled initial operator licensing examinations for the weeks of:

March 19 , and 26, 2018 with an onsite validation date the week of February 26 , 2018. December 2 , and 9, 2019

, with an onsite validation date the week of November 4, 2019.

Since our last letter dated January 28, 2015, these dates have changed per your request.

We are not presently scheduling initial operator licensing exams past 202 0. 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 se examination s 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 nin e applicants being considered for each of these examinations, the examinations were each scheduled for two weeks.

Please inform us if the number of candidates decline below 10 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.

K. Davison A supplementary letter will be sent to the training department approximately 1 50 days prior to the examination informing the training manager of the chief examiner's name. This corporate notification letter will also outline examination security expectations, list the materials required by the NRC to conduct the examination, reconfirm the examination date, and reconfirm t he number of candidates you have in the Training Program.

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 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 Nos. 50

-282, 50-306 License Nos. DPR

-42, DPR-6 0 cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV

K. Davison A supplementary letter will be sent to the training department approximately 150 days prior to the examination informing the training manager of the chief examiner's name. This corporate notification letter will also outline examination security expectations, list the materials require d by the NRC to conduct the examination, reconfirm the examination date, and reconfirm the number of candidates you have in the Training Program.

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 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 Nos. 50

-282, 50-306 License Nos. DPR

-42, DPR-6 0 cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV DISTRIBUTION w/encl

Janelle Jessie RidsNrrPMPrairieIsland Resource RidsNrrDorlLpl3

-1 Resource RidsNrrDirsIrib Resource Cynthia Pederson Darrell Roberts Richard Skokowski Allan Barker Carole Ariano Linda Linn DRPIII DRSIII Jim Clay Carmen Olteanu ADAMS Accession Number ML15336A899 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 HPeterson DATE 10/06/15 11/20/15 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY