Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 144c489b-0f8e-4351-8a5f-3262ca73fcfd
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Medical Assessment of Licensed Operators or Applicants for Operator Licenses at Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY – HISTORY 04/2014 – DG-1310 , Proposed Revision 4 02/1997 – DG-1068 , Proposed Revision 3 11/1984 – Draft OL 401-5, Proposed Revision 2 (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1335/ML13352A278.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.134
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d RG 1.134, “Medical Certification and Monitoring of Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses” (Ref. 9), endorsing industry’s consensus on the American National Standards Institute/American Nuclear Society (ANSI/ANS) standard ANSI/N546-1976, “Medical Certification and Monitoring of Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants,” dated April 12, 1976 (Ref. 10). ANSI/N546-1976 described a method acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with the Commission’s regulations for evaluation of the medical qualifications of applicants for initial or renewed operator or senior operator licenses. In March 1979, the staff issued Revision 1 of RG 1.134, “Medical Evaluation of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses” (Ref. 11), endorsing ANSI/N546-1976 with two clarifications: (1) the facility operator should forward only the information that has been specified or requested by the designated medical examiner; and (2) if, in the medical evaluation of the operator, there is an indication of a potentially disqualifying condition in areas such as mental and psychiatric health, an evaluation of the condition should be conducted by a licensed psychologist, psychiatrist, or physician professionally trained to identify and evaluate such conditions. DG-1310, Page 4 In April 1987, the staff issued Revision 2 of RG 1.134, “Medical Evaluation of Licensed Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 12), endorsing ANSI/ANS-3.4-1983, “Medical Certification and Monitoring of Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants,” dated April 29, 1983 (Ref. 13). In March 1998, the staff issued Revision 3 of RG 1.134, “Medical Evaluation of Licensed Personnel at Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 14), endorsing ANSI/ANS-3.4-1996, “Medical Certification and Monitoring of Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants,” dated February 7, 1996 (Ref. 15), with two exceptions: (1) the examining physician should have the