United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1999_register executive 2010-09-24 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1bdfd03aa D09002ee1bdfd0450 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to allow nuclear power facility licensees to prepare, proctor, and grade the required written examinations and to prepare the required operating tests that the NRC uses to evaluate the competence of individuals applying for operator licenses at those plants. The amendment requires facility licensees that elect to prepare the examinations to prepare the examinations in accordance with NRC operator licensing examination standards for power reactors; establish, implement, and maintain procedures to control examination security and integrity; submit, upon approval by an authorized representative of the facility licensee, each examination and test to the NRC for review and approval; and proctor and grade the written examinations upon NRC approval. In making this final rule change, the NRC will continue to administer (i.e., manage and oversee) the initial operator licensing examination process by: Developing the generic fundamentals examinations (which are also proctored by facility licensees); reviewing and approving the facility-developed, site-specific written examinations and operating tests; and independently conducting and grading both the dynamic simulator and walk-through portions of the operating test, which is considered the most performance-based aspect of the licensing process and permits the NRC to evaluate the operator and senior operator applicants' competence under normal and abnormal plant conditions. The amendment preserves the NRC's authority to prepare the examinations and tests in lieu of licensees and to exercise its discretion and reject a power reactor facility licensee's determination to prepare, proctor, and grade the written examinations and prepare the operating tests. The Commission is concerned with examination integrity; therefore, the amendment will also revise the regulations to ensure that applicants, licensees, and facility licensees understand the scope of the regulation. 64 FR 19868 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1999-04-23/99-10190 99-10190 fr23ap99-3 RIN 3150-AF62 7590-01-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1999-04-23/99-10190 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-04-23/html/99-10190.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-04-23/pdf/99-10190.pdf 11 p. 19868 19878 64 FR 19868 Title 10 Part 55 10 CFR Part 55 RIN 3150-AF62 Initial Licensed Operator Examination Requirements; Federal Register Vol. 64, Issue RULE 99-10190 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 1999-10-20 7590-01-P 99-10190 Final rule.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to allow nuclear power facility licensees to prepare, proctor, and grade the required written examinations and to prepare the required operating tests that the NRC uses to evaluate the competence of individuals applying for operator licenses at those plants. The amendment requires facility licensees that elect to prepare the examinations to prepare the examinations in accordance with NRC operator licensing examination standards for power reactors; establish, implement, and maintain procedures to control examination security and integrity; submit, upon approval by an authorized representative of the facility licensee, each examination and test to the NRC for review and approval; and proctor and grade the written examinations upon NRC approval. In making this final rule change, the NRC will continue to administer (i.e., manage and oversee) the initial operator licensing examination process by: Developing the generic fundamentals examinations (which are also proctored by facility licensees); reviewing and approving the facility-developed, site-specific written examinations and operating tests; and independently conducting and grading both the dynamic simulator and walk-through portions of the operating test, which is considered the most performance-based aspect of the licensing process and permits the NRC to evaluate the operator and senior operator applicants' competence under normal and abnormal plant conditions. The amendment preserves the NRC's authority to prepare the examinations and tests in lieu of licensees and to exercise its discretion and reject a power reactor facility licensee's determination to prepare, proctor, and grade the written examinations and prepare the operating tests. The Commission is concerned with examination integrity; therefore, the amendment will also revise the regulations to ensure that applicants, licensees, and facility licensees understand the scope of the regulation.

This final rule is effective on October 20, 1999. Siegfried Guenther, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-1056; e-mail:sxg@nrc.gov. Vol. 64, no. 78 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1999-04-23 continuing daily deposited born digital 287 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1999-04-23 P0b002ee180a6b3c1 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr23ap99 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1999-04-23 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-04-23/pdf/FR-1999-04-23.pdf fdlp 19863 20139 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-05 FR-1999-04-23 machine generated eng FR FR-1999-04-23 64 78