[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 10809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03035]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2016-0006]
Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: NUREG; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG-
1021, Revision 11, ``Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power
Reactors.''
DATES: Revision 11 of NUREG-1021 will be applicable to operator
licensing examinations that are administered 6 months after the date of
this notice. After this date, facility licensees that elect to prepare,
proctor, and grade written examinations and/or prepare operating tests
must do so based on the guidance in Revision 11 of NUREG-1021, unless
the NRC has reviewed and approved the facility licensee's alternative
examination procedures. This guidance may be used for examinations
administered at an earlier date if a licensee requests, and the NRC
grants, an exemption to allow use of this NUREG at an earlier date.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0006 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0006. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this
document. NUREG-1021, Revision 11, is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML17038A432. The NUREG is also accessible on the NRC's
public Web site in the Documents Collection section of the NRC Library:
(https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1021/r11/).
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Kolb, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-0783; email:
[email protected]; or Maurin Scheetz, Office of New Reactors,
telephone: 301-415-2758; email: [email protected]. Both are staff
members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
NUREG-1021, Revision 11 provides policy and guidance for the
development, administration, and grading of examinations used for
licensing operators at nuclear power plants. This NUREG also provides
guidance for maintaining operators' licenses, and for the NRC to
conduct requalification examinations when necessary.
This NUREG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5
U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not
found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act.
Revision 11 of NUREG-1021 replaces Revision 10 of NUREG 1021. Draft
NUREG-1021, Revision 11 was published in the Federal Register for
public comment on February 5, 2016 (81 FR 6301) with a 45 day comment
period. The NRC extended the comment period on Draft NUREG-1021,
Revision 11 on March 3, 2016 (81 FR 11302) until April 5, 2016. The NRC
received 314 public comments from private citizens and industry
organizations. The NRC staff's evaluation and resolution of the public
comments are documented in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17038A055.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8 day of February, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Nancy Salgado,
Chief, Operator Licensing and Training Branch, Division of Inspection
and Regional Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2017-03035 Filed 2-14-17; 8:45 am]
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