Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: f90c4bd2-d0e9-4015-81fc-f2cd85a8f58b
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Guidance to Operators at the Controls and to Senior Operators in the Control Room of a Nuclear Power Unit (Rev. 3)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0802/ML080220459.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.114
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latory Guides document collection of the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/; and the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, under Accession No. ML080220459. DG-1194, Page 2 senior operator license for the nuclear power unit in the control room at all times. In addition to this senior operator, a licensed operator or senior operator must be present at the controls at all times for each fueled nuclear power unit. The NRC issues regulatory guides to describe to the public methods that the staff considers acceptable for use in implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and to provide guidance to applicants. Regulatory guides are not substitutes for regulations, and compliance with them is not required. This regulatory guide contains information collection or record keeping requirements covered by 10 CFR Parts 50, 55, and 73, and approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB control numbers 3150-0011, 3150-0018, and 3150-0002, respectively. The NRC may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information request or requirement unless the requesting document displays a currently valid OMB control number. B. DISCUSSION 1. Operator at the Controls Operating experience has shown that a need exists for guidance on acceptable methods of complying with the Commission’s requirement for the presence of an operator at the controls of a facility. The operator at the controls of a nuclear power unit has many responsibilities that include, but are not limited to, (1) adhering to the unit’s technical specifications, plant operating procedures, and NRC regulations, (2) reviewing operating data, including data logging and review, to ensure safe operation of the unit, and (3) being able to manually