Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: a50e5ab9-3196-4512-ba9e-f323554ed0d8
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Qualification and Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2018 – DG-1329 , Proposed Revision 4 09/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 3 – Revise 03/1999 – DG-1084, Second Proposed Revision 3 09/1996 – DG-1012, First Proposed Revision 3 01/1985 – Draft OL 403-5, Third Proposed Revision 2 09/1980 – Draft RS 807-5, Second Proposed Revision 2 02/1979 – Draft RS 807-5, First Proposed Revision 2 (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1609/ML16091A267.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.8
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years at a comparable or non-comparable commercial power reactor facility, or have at least two years of military experience in a position equivalent to a licensed reactor operator. 1.5 Section 4.4.2, Senior Operator Limited to Fuel Handling An applicant for a senior operator limited to fuel handling (Limited Senior Reactor Operator) LSRO license should have three years of responsible power plant experience that includes active participation in at least one refueling outage at the site for which a license is sought or at a similar facility. The applicant should also have six months of experience at the site for which the LSRO license is sought or at a similar facility owned by the same facility licensee. 1.6 Section 4.5.1, Reactor Operator An applicant for a reactor operator (RO) license should have three years of power plant experience. An applicant should have at least six months as a non-licensed operator at the plant for which an applicant seeks a license, or twelve months as a non-licensed operator at a comparable facility (BWR/PWR), or eighteen months as a non-licensed operator at a non- comparable facility, or six months as a qualified reactor operator at a comparable facility, or nine months experience at a non-comparable facility, or two years in a position equivalent to a reactor operator at a military reactor. 1.7 Section 4.5.2, Operator Minimum qualifications, education, experience and training – are specified in the facility licensee’s “systematic approach to training” program. Non-licensed operators who complete an accredited initial training program (qualified for all power block and system systems operational duties) may be considered to meet the minimum power plant experience and/or nuclear power plant experience requirement for power plant experience based on qualifying for the Operator position. DG-1329, Page 9 D. IMPLEMENTATION The purpose of this section is to provide information on how applicants and licensees1 may use this guide and