[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 202 (Friday, October 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 59314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20676]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Supplement 1 to Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, ``Operator Licensing
Examination Standards for Power Reactors,'' and Supplement 1 to
Revision 2 of NUREG-1122 [and -1123], ``Knowledge and Abilities Catalog
for Nuclear Power Plant Operators: Pressurized [Boiling] Water
Reactors''
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Supplement
1 to Revision 9 of NUREG-1021, ``Operator Licensing Examination
Standards for Power Reactors,'' and Supplement 1 to Revision 2 of
NUREG-1122 [and -1123] ``Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear
Power Plant Operators: Pressurized [Boiling] Water Reactors.'' These
NUREGs provide policy and guidance for the development, administration,
and grading of examinations used for licensing operators at nuclear
power plants pursuant to the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR part
55, ``Operators'' Licenses.'' NUREG-1021 also provides guidance for
maintaining operators' licenses and for the NRC to conduct
requalification examinations, when necessary.
These NUREGs have been revised to implement a number of
clarifications and enhancements that have been identified since
Revision 9 to NUREG-1021 was published in July 2004 and Revision 2 to
NUREG-1122 [and -1123] was published in June 1998. A draft of each of
the Supplements was issued for comment on May 22, 2007 (72 FR 28728).
A summary of the comments received regarding the draft Supplements,
and the NRC staff's response to those comments is available in the
NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), at accession number ML072600319. From this site, you can
access the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System
(ADAMS), which provides text and image files of the NRC's public
documents.
Supplement 1 to NUREG-1021 includes a number of minor changes that:
(1) Clarify licensed operator medical requirements, including the use
of prescription medications; (2) clarify the use of surrogate operators
during dynamic simulator scenarios; (3) clarify the selection process
for generic knowledge and ability (K/A) statements; (4) qualify the NRC
review of post-examination comments; (5) provide additional guidance
for maintaining an active license (watchstander proficiency) and
license reactivation; and (6) conform with Supplement 1 to Revision 2
of NUREG-1122 [and -1123], which rewords and reorganizes Section 2,
``Generic Knowledge and Abilities,'' and adds a new K/A topic for
generator voltage and electric grid disturbances.
Availability: Copies of the three NUREG Supplements are being
mailed to the plant or site manager at each nuclear power facility
regulated by the NRC. The Supplements are also available electronically
via the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/) and in the NRC's Public Document
Room located at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. If you do
not have electronic access to NRC documents, single copies of the
Supplements are available, to the extent of supply, and may be
requested by writing to the Office of Information Services, Information
and Records Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
DATES: Supplement 1 to Revision 9 of NUREG-1021 and Supplement 1 to
Revision 2 of NUREG-1122 [and -1123] will become effective for
examinations that are confirmed 60 or more days after the date of this
notice by issuance of an official corporate notification letter or at
an earlier date agreed upon by the facility licensee and its NRC
Regional Office. After the effective date, NRC initial operator
licensing examinations are expected to be prepared and administered in
accordance with the NUREG Supplements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David S. Muller, Operator Licensing
and Human Performance Branch, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-001.
Telephone: (301) 415-1412; e-mail: [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of October 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Siegfried Guenther,
Acting Chief, Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch, Division
of Inspection and Regional Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. E7-20676 Filed 10-18-07; 8:45 am]
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