ML20148H287

Requests That Holders of OLs in Effect on Date of Amends to 10CFR50 & 10CFR55 Must Submit Operator Requalification Program for Approval & Implement Program within Three Months After Effective Date

ML20148H287
Person / Time
Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	08/22/1973
From:	Skovholt D US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To:	Minnick L YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO.
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NUDOCS 8011170884
Download: ML20148H287 (2)

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P" ,l August 22, 1973 Docket No. 50-29 -

Yankee Atomic Electric Company ATTN: Mr. L. E. Minnick, Vice President '

20 Turnpike Road Westboro, Massachusetts 01581 Gentlemen:

The Atomic Energy Commission has amended its regulations to require operators who manipulate the controls 'of nuclear power reactors and other licensed production and utilization facilities to comolete a requalification program or be administered a reexamination before each license renewal and to require facility licensees to carry out >

ddequdI.e Opera i.Or requdl iilLd L IUll prUg raic .

An amendment to Part 55 of the AEC's regulations, which was published in the Federal Register on August 17, 1973 establishes minimum re-quirements for requalification programs including on-the-joo training and lectures on basic theories and safety systems of the specific plant. It applies to both operators and senior operators.

kn amendment to Part 50 published in the Federal Register on the same date requires that an application for a license to operate a facility must include a description and plans for implementation c7 an operator requalification program. Also, eacn facility licensee must have such a program in operation within three months after issuance of an operating license. Holders of operating licenses in effect on the ,

effective date of these amendments, September 17, 1973, must submit I an operator requalification program for Commission approval and con- l currently implement tnat program within three months after the 1 effective date of the amendments.

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Yankee Atomic Electric Co. All power, test and reprocessing facility licensees are requested to submit the required information with one signed original and thirty-nine additional copies. If a single submittal covers more than one i unit at a station, one signed original and fif ty-nine additional copie should be provided. All other facility licensees are requested to sur mit one signed original and twenty-one additional copies.

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D J. Skovholt, Assistant Director i for Operating Reactors Directorate of Licensing

Enclosure:

1. Amendment to 10 CFR Part 50 and Part 55 cc: Mr. C. Duane Blinn, Esquire Day, Berry and_Howard, Counselors at Law One Constitution Plaza Hartford, Connecticut 06103 DISTRIBliTION:

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