[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6017-6018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3178]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Changes in the Operator Licensing Program; Issued

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of issuance.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Generic 
Letter 95-06, Supplement 1 to (1) inform all licensees of nuclear power 
reactors (except those licensees of permanently shutdown reactors who 
are no longer required to utilize licensed operators) about the results 
of the pilot program described in Generic Letter 95-

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06 and (2) notify addressees of NRC's decision to change the operator 
licensing process so that facility licensees may voluntarily prepare 
the operating tests and prepare, administer, and grade the written 
examinations that the NRC will review, approve, and use to determine 
the competence of operator license applicants at power reactor 
facilities. This generic letter requests that addressees who are 
scheduled for initial operator licensing examinations and are 
interested in voluntarily preparing the examinations as described in 
the generic letter supplement to contact their NRC Regional Office to 
make the necessary arrangements. This generic letter supplement is 
available in the NRC Public Document Room under accession number 
9701310141.

DATES: The generic letter was issued on January 31, 1997.

ADDRESSEES: Not applicable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart Richards at (301) 415-1031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The actions requested in this generic letter 
are considered voluntary.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of February, 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Program Management, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-3178 Filed 2-7-97; 8:45 am]
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