Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: e813bec5-8bbc-4d19-89e4-7d41652e196c
Document Type: srp
Title: REACTOR OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM; REACTOR OPERATOR
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1331/ML13311B565.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.2.1
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ty indications, reactivity coefficients, and poison effects. (b) General design features of the core, including core structure, fuel elements, control rods, core instrumentation, and coolant flow. (c) Mechanical components and design features of the reactor primary system. (d) Secondary coolant and auxiliary systems that affect the facility. (e) Facility operating characteristics during steady-state and transient conditions, including coolant chemistry, causes and effects of temperature, pressure and reactivity changes, effects of load changes, and operating limitations, and the reasons for these operating characteristics. (f) Design, components, and functions of reactivity control mechanisms and instrumentation. (g) Design, components, and functions of control and safety systems, including instrumentation, signals, interlocks, failure modes, and automatic and manual features. (h) Components, capacity, and functions of emergency systems. (i) Shielding, isolation, and containment design features, including access limitations. (j) Administrative, normal, abnormal, and emergency operating procedures for the facility. (k) Purpose and operation of radiation-monitoring systems, including alarms and survey equipment. (l) Radiological safety principles and procedures. (m) Procedures and equipment available for handling and disposal of radioactive materials and effluents. (n) Principles of heat transfer thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. (vii) To the extent applicable to the facility, in addition to those subjects identified for reactor operators (Section I.2.e.(vi)), the subjects in the senior reactor operator training program will include the following: (a) Conditions and limitations in the facility license. 13.2.1-4 Draft Revision 4 – August 2014 (b) Facility operating limitations in the technical specifications and their bases. (c) Facility procedures required to obtain authority for design and operating changes in the facility. (d) Radiation hazards that may arise