ML20195E218
| ML20195E218 | |
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| Site: | University of New Mexico |
| Issue date: | 05/31/1986 |
| From: | NEW MEXICO, UNIV. OF, ALBUQUERQUE, NM |
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OPERATOR AND SENIOR OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO AGN-201M REACTOR FACILITY A. INTRODUCTION The University of New Mexico AGN-20lM Reactor Facility is used primarily as a t' raining reactor for undergraduate and
- -'artduate students. Experiments performed include sample acti-vation, an approach to critical, reactor period and reactivity measurements, control rod calibraticns, importance function measurements, and transfer function measurements. The reactor is also used for activation of samples for the College of Phar--
macy and the Departments of Archaeology and Chemistry.
The licensed staff for the Facility is made up of,three cata-gories of personnel:
- 1. Faculty Members: Reactor supervisors (including the Chief Reactor Supervisor) are faculty nembers who are licensed senior operators. The faculty members are regularly engaged in teaching reactor theory, reactor engineering, and nuclear engineering laboratory courses.
- 2. Nuclear Encineerina Graduate Students: Graduate students serve as teaching assistants and licensed operators. These students are actively engaged in a rigorous academic pro-gram covering reactor theory, reactor engineering, and nu-clear engineering laboratory experimental methods. Students who have been licensed generally serve as operators for 2 l to 3 years while they are completing their graduate study programs.
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- 3. Nuclear Encineerine Department Technician: The Depart-ment Technician is a licensed operator who generally has had broad experience in a military reactor program, and who serves the dual function of reactor operator and reactor maintenance technician.
For all three categories of personnel, the typical training program for preparaticn to take the USAEC licensing exam has been about 1 day / week for 12 weeks. Because of the academic and work experience of the staff and the basic simplicity of the reactor facility and operating procedures, extensive training programs are not required. Therefore it is concluded that the requalifi-cation program for licensed personnel of this facility will not be required to be as elaborate and extensive as that outlined
'in Appendix A of 10CFR55.
B. REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM
- 1. Schedule A one-day requalification training session will be scheduled semi-annually, during the Fall and Spring. All licensed personnel will be required to participate. For scheduling purposes the session may consist of two 1/2 day sessions. Generally the sessions will occur around mid-November and mid-April of each academic year. The yearly schedule is given in Table Bl.
- 2. Lectures one-half-day of the Training session will consist of a review and discussion of the material prepared for new operator and senior operator trainees. This material includes:
- a. Fundamentals-of reactor theory
- b. General design features
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- c. General operating characteristics
- d. Safety systems
- e. Shielding and containment
- f. Standard and emergency operating procedures
- g. Radiation monitoring equipment
- h. Radiological safety
- i. Technical specifications
- 3. On-the-Job Training The other half-day of the training session will consist of the following activities conducted in the reactor facility:
- a. Review and perform a monthly naintenance check.
- b. Review and perform a daily reactor checkout.
- c. Startup of the reactor and cperatien at 'icensed power.
- d. Measurement of excess reactivity.
- e. Measurement of reactivity worths of typical
' samples used in the training and activation experiments.
l l f. Measurement of a safety rod reactivity wcrth using rod-drop techniques.
- g. Simulated emergency,with practice evacuation.
Manipulation of the controls during these checks and opera-tions will be rotated among the participating personnel.
' Participation in this session will assure that each licensed optrator or senior operator is cognizant of facility design l
chitnges, procedure changes, and facility license changes.
In addition to participating in the semi-annual training sessions, each licensed operator or senior operator is l -
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required to either manipulate the controls or direct the acti-vities of individuals performing control manipulations for at least 10 reactivity c9ntrol manipulations during the term of their licenses. The manipulations shall consist of any combin-ation of reactor startups, reactor shutdowns or other control manipulations which demonstrate skill or familiarity with
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- 4. Evaluation Each licensed individual shall be given an annual written examination covering the areas described in Sections B.2 and B.3 of this document. Each licensed individual failing to achieve an overall grade of at least 70% shall be given an oral exam. If the oral exam confirms the unsatisfactory results of the written exam, the individual will be relieved of licensed duties while receiving additional trainnig. If the oral exam shows that the individual's knowledge and performance is adequate, then additional training will be given, but the individual may continue to perform licensed the duties. At the completion of the additional training period, individual shall be given another written exam.
- 5. Records A separate file for each licensed operator or senior operator shall be established. The attached form will be used to re-cord and certify (1) participation in the requalification training sessions, (2) reactivity control manipulations ,
These files and (3) written and oral examination results.
will also contain copies of written examinations administered, the answers given the licensee, and any additional information regarding training or requalification of each licensee.
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i REQUALIFICATION TRAINING SESSIONS DATE COMMENT CERTIFICATION REACTIVITY CONTROL' MANIPULATIONS TOTAL NUMBER COMMENT CERTIFICATION TIME INTERVAL EXAMINATION RESULTS ifRITTEN OR ORAL PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION DATE 1
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Table B1 Yearly Schedule for AGN-201M Reactor
- Major Uses for AGN-201M Reactor Scheduled Activities Spring NE 513L & NE 413L Re-certification (Operational)
Reactor Laboratory Re-certification (Written)
' Experiments Tours Reactor Operations Committee
- Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee Summer Summer Break Some Tours Fall Tours Re-certification (Operational)
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Irradiations Reactor Operations Committee
- Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee
- Winter
- meetings to comply with semi-annual requirements; other meetings scheduled as necessary.
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