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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Level I qualification. The action provides additional guidance to the NRC staff and industry and alters present regulatory bases for license evaluations. The impact should be minimal. g. The education and experience recommendations presented in the standard for the qualification of nuclear power plant inspection, examination, and testing personnel have been revised to reflect current experience in the use of the standard. The revised standard also encompasses more alternatives for meeting the education and experience provisions of the standard. Regulatory Position 6 of this revision to the regulatory guide states that a commitment to comply with the regula- tory guide will mean that the education and experience recommendations of the standard will be followed. The value to the NRC staff should be reduced effort in determining the acceptability of various alternative proposals submitted by applicants. The revision of the education and experience recommendations reflects current experience in the use of the standard and does not represent a significant change in the regulatory basis for license eyaluations. Therefore, the impact should be minimal. h. The revised standard includes a statement that personnel not meeting the requirements of the standard may be used in data-taking assignments or in plant or equipment operation provided these personnel are under the supervision of a qualified individual participating in the inspection, examination, or test. To prevent possible abuse of this authorization, Regulatory Position 7 of this revision to the regulatory guide states that personnel involved in inspections, examinations, or tests who do not meet the requirements of the standard should have sufficient training to ensure an acceptable level of competence in the perform- ance of their activities. The value to industry will be the ability to use less extensively trained personnel for those tasks that require little formal training. This action will not represent a