Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: a50e5ab9-3196-4512-ba9e-f323554ed0d8
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Qualification and Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2018 – DG-1329 , Proposed Revision 4 09/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 3 – Revise 03/1999 – DG-1084, Second Proposed Revision 3 09/1996 – DG-1012, First Proposed Revision 3 01/1985 – Draft OL 403-5, Third Proposed Revision 2 09/1980 – Draft RS 807-5, Second Proposed Revision 2 02/1979 – Draft RS 807-5, First Proposed Revision 2 (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1609/ML16091A267.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.8
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make informed decisions concerning radiological safety. As a modification to item (3) in the Special Requirements section of 4.3.3, the majority of the station RPM’s experience should be relevant to supervising in-field radiation protection program activities (e.g., As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA), radiation protection operations, and radioactive waste shipping). Personnel who are temporarily assigned to fill the RPM position as described in section 4.1 and who do not meet the requirements to serve as an RPM should have first line supervisor experience of in-field radiation protection program activities. Personnel who do not meet the requirements for this position should not be assigned to temporarily fill the position for periods exceeding three months. DG-1329, Page 8 1.4 Section 4.4.1, Senior Operator A non-licensed applicant (an instant candidate) for a senior operator (SO) license should have three years of responsible nuclear power plant experience. A professional engineering license or Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, engineering technology, or related sciences should only be allowed to account for a maximum of eighteen months of responsible nuclear power plant experience. A Bachelor of Science degree in an area other than engineering, engineering technology, or related sciences should only be credited for a maximum of eighteen months if at least 80 semester hours (college credits) are in engineering, mathematics, chemistry, or physics. Applicants for an SO position who do not hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering or the equivalent should have held an operator’s license and should have been actively involved in the performance of licensed duties for at least one year at a commercial power reactor facility of the same vendor, or have 1.5 years at a comparable or non-comparable commercial power reactor facility, or have at least two years of military experience in a position equivalent to a licensed reactor operator. 1.5 Section 4.4.2,