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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ory practice, and consistent with applicable NRC requirements. C. STAFF REGULATORY GUIDANCE 1. NRC Acceptance and Endorsement of ANSI/ANS-3.4-2013 a. ANSI/ANS-3.4-2013 sets forth provisions acceptable to the NRC staff for (1) medical fitness and general health certification of applicants and/or licensed operators and senior operators; and (2) addressing content, extent, and methods of examination, and monitoring during the term of the operator and or senior operator license. ANSI/ANS-3.4-2013 provides methods acceptable to the NRC staff for facility licensees to demonstrate that, through meeting the criteria of the standard, an applicant or licensee at utilization facilities, as defined in 10 CFR Part 50, “Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,” will possess a degree of medical fitness sufficient to meet the medical requirements of 10 CFR Part 55. b. This draft regulatory guide does not preclude facility licensees from continuing their use of and commitment to historical editions of the standard. D. IMPLEMENTATION The purpose of this section is to provide information on how applicants and licensees1 may use this guide and information regarding the NRC’s plans for using this regulatory guide. In addition, it describes how the NRC staff complies with 10 CFR 50.109, “Backfitting” and any applicable finality provisions in 10 CFR Part 52, “Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.” Use by Applicants and Licensees Facility licensees, and applicants for and holders of operator licenses under 10 CFR Part 55, may voluntarily 2use the guidance in this document to demonstrate compliance with the underlying NRC 1 In this section, unless otherwise provided, “licensees” refers to licensees of nuclear power plants under 10 CFR Parts 50 and 52; and the term “applicants,” refers to applicants for licenses and permits for (or relating to) nuclear power plants under 10 CFR Parts 50 and 52. 2 In this section,