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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ining of personnel performing activ- ities affecting quality as necessary to ensure that quality assurance personnel achieve and maintain suitable profi- ciency. This action, issuance of Revision I to Regulatory Guide 1.58, will provide updated guidance concerning the qualification of personnel who perform inspections, examina- tions, and tests during fabrication, receipt at the construc- tion site, construction, preoperational and startup testing, and the operation phase of nuclear power plants. 1.2 Need for Action Regulatory Guide 1.58, "Qualification of Nuclear Power Plant Inspection, Examination, and Testing Personnel," dated August 1973, provides guidance on the qualifications of inspection, examination, and testing personnel and endorses ANSI Standard N45.2.6-1973. On August31, 1978, a revised version of the standard was approved by the ANSI Board of Standards Review and was designated ANSI N45.2.6-1978. The revision to the standard reflects increased experience in the qualification of nuclear power plant inspection, examination, and testing personnel. Some confu- sion has arisen over the applicability of Regulatory Guide 1.58 and ANSI Standard N45.2.6 to certain categories of key per- sonnel involved in preoperational and startup test programs. The guidance in Revision I to Regulatory Guide 1.58 reflects experience in the application of qualification criteria that removes any confusion with regard to acceptance criteria and that establishes an NRC position on the approved national standard. 1.3 Value/Impact of Action Guidance on the qualification of nuclear power plant inspection, examination, and testing personnel was contained in Regulatory Guide 1.58 (August 1973) and was being used by the NRC staff in the evaluation of applications for operating licenses. Since the purpose of this action is to provide updated guidance to reflect experience with use of current guidance, to remove any confusion with regard to acceptance criteria, and to establish an NRC