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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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 position on the approved national standard, this value/impact is based on changes to guidance contained in Regulatory Guide 1.58 (August 1973) and subsequently published (July 1979) for comment in proposed Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.58 (Task RS 901-5). The following is a list of changes to be made to Regula- tory Guide 1.58 (August 1973) as a result of the revision of the standard and the associated value/impact assessment for each change. (The first two changes result in the deletion of two regulatory positions contained in the August 1973 version of Regulatory Guide 1.58. The last seven changes concern the addition or modification of regulatory posi- tions included in .this revision to the regulatory guide.) a. The revised standard expands the applicability of its requirements and recommendations from personnel who perform inspections, examinations, and tests during the construction phase to personnel who perform these activities during fabrication, receipt at the construction site, construc- tion, preoperational and startup testing, and the operation phase. Therefore, Regulatory Position 1 in the August 1973 version of Regulatory Guide 1.58, which expresses this applicability, is unnecessary and has been deleted from this revision. There is no change in the current position of Regula- tory Guide 1.58 and present regulatory bases will not be altered. b. In the August 1973 version of Regulatory Guide 1.58, Regulatory Position 3 provides additional guidance concern- ing the information to be included in the certificate of qualification under the category of "basis used for certifica- tion." The revised standard incorporates this additional guidance that was lacking in the previous version of the standard. Therefore, this regulatory position is unnecessary and has