Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 63e0a936-4110-4a3f-94c4-d81f3a54165f
Document Type: srp
Title: TRAINING FOR NON-LICENSED PLANT STAFF
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070636.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.2.2
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al Advisor (STA)Engineering and Accident Assessment Expertise on Shift Each licensee provides an STA to the shift supervisor that should be trained in accordance with The shift technical advisor (STA) role may be used to satisfy requirements to provide engineering and accident assessment expertise on shift or alternatively, a combined senior reactor operator (SRO)/STA position may be used. To meet the requirements of TMI Action Plan Item I.A.1.1 of NUREG-0737 (Reference 13) and the Commission Policy Statement on Engineering Expertise on Shift (Reference 16) as transmitted to licensees and applicants by Generic Letter 86-04 (Reference 15), the engineering- and accident assessment-related training and qualifications should meet the requirements of TMI Action Plan Item I.A.1.1 of NUREG-0737 and the following:72 A. General Technical Education The technical education of the STA should include basic subjects in engineering and science. The purpose of this education is to permit the STA to advise the shift supervisor and licensed operators in assessing unusual plant situations not explicitly covered in the current operator training and/or plant procedures. The following is a tentative list of areas of knowledge that are considered to be desirable: Mathematics, including elementary calculus DRAFT Rev. 1 - April 1996 13.2.2-12 Reactor physics, chemistry, and materials Reactor thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer Electrical engineering, including reactor control theory These areas of knowledge should be taught at the college level and would be equivalent to about 60 semester hours. Although a college graduate engineer would have many of these subjects and more that would not be essential, some engineers might be deficient in a few of these specific areas, e.g., reactor physics. Educational alternatives for the combined SRO/STA option, as delineated in the Commission Policy Statement on Engineering Expertise on Shift, are as follows: i. Bachelor's degree in