Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: a0eac204-cda8-4f13-acbb-78128be9580c
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Qualification of Nuclear Power Plant Inspection, Examination and Testing Personnel (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1221/ML12216A006.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.58
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ed for certifica- tion." The revised standard incorporates this additional guidance that was lacking in the previous version of the standard. Therefore, this regulatory position is unnecessary and has been deleted from this revision to the regulatory guide. There is no change in staff position and present regulatory bases will not be altered. c. The revised national standard states that it is appli- cable to personnel who perform preoperational and startup testing. Regulatory Guide 1.8, "Personnel Selection and Training," is being revised to encompass requirements for personnel who perform preoperational startup and opera- tional testing and will provide more definitive criteria for these personnel. Modifications to the requirements for the qualification of these personnel will be addressed in the value/impact assessment for the revision to Regulatory Guide 1.8. Regulatory Position 1 of this revision to Reglila- tory Guide 1.58 references Regulatory Guide 1.8 for the qualification of these personnel. The value of this action is the clarification of the applicability of Regulatory Guide 1.58 and Regulatory Guide 1.8 to personnel who perform preoperational startup and operational testing. This action will benefit the NRC staff by providing additional guidance for license evaluations. The additional guidance is a clarification of regulatory requirements and will remove any confusion concerning qualification requirements of these personnel. Since there will be no change in the regulatory bases for license evalua- tions, the impact will be negligible. d. The August 1973 version of Regulatory Guide 1.58 endorses ASNT Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-I A as acceptable for the qualification of nondestructive testing personnel for the test methods covered by that document. Revision 1 to the regulatory guide end orses SNT-TC- I A- 1975 in Regulatory Position 2. For those nondestructive examina- tions required by Section III and Section XI of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel