ML20205H684
| ML20205H684 | |
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| Issue date: | 12/26/1985 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Erickson K KGE, INC. (K.G. ERICKSON) |
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| ML20205F222 | List: |
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| FRN-51FR19561, RULE-PR-50, RULE-PR-55 NUDOCS 8601090775 | |
| Download: ML20205H684 (5) | |
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DEisenhut/HDenton DMossburg - NRR 859316 Mr. Kenneth G. Erickson, President PPAS
- KGE, Incorporated HBooher Training Services JPersensky p 50 Caribou Drive ISchoenfeld No mich, Connecticut 06360
Dear Mr. Erickson:
In your letter of November 2,1985, you state your concern with "a recent NRC proposal" to require " Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) candidates to have a B.S.
degree in Engineering after 1991." The purpose of this letter is to infonn you that there is currently no public proposal to require the above, and the staff has not been tasked to develop such a rule.
I recognize, however, that over the last few years the issue has been addressed in several proposed regulations, most of which were never published for public consnent. The most recent of these are SECY-84-106 and SECY-85-150, which are described below to provide you with some clarification on this issue.
Early in 1984, the staff considered a " Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Requirements for Senior Managers" in SECY-84-106. This proposed rulemaking would have required, on shift, an additional SRO-licensed individual, who g
would have a degree and would be responsible for management direction of all
. plant functions. However, the Commission did not approve the proposed rulemaking.
On October 28, 1985, a Policy Statement on Engineering Expertise on Shift was l
published in the Federal Register (50 FR 43621) and was the subject of SECY-85-150. One of the options of this Policy Statement. allows licensees to combine one of the SRO positions with the Shift Technical Advisor (STA) position.
If the licensee chooses this option, then the person in the dual-role position would need to be licensed as a Senior Operator and hold a degree.
These two proposals are the only proposals which have received active staff consideration for the past two years. Neither would require all SRO candidates to have a B.S. degree.
If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact William T. Russell, Director, Division of Human Factors Technology.
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am writing _with r eg arg s.j;.o. a,J.RM_.NuElfin*-Regulh_y Com_mi ssi on (NRC) proposal concernino ljf.ensed-c : rr 2 t er c of h country's nuclear
-,p c Wiir plants.ihe proposal I am refering to has to do with the EUc5T.icn requi remontrM cP ~a ' Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) license. The NRC has stated that all Senior Reactor Operator candidates shall have a
BS degree in Engineering after 1991.
The education requirements for SRO's has been a political football since the Three Mile Island incident. The people in the industry have been subjected to va.-ious amounts of harassment and indicisions on the matter ever since. The utilities have paid large sums of money to try to meet the requirements and then have them change. The NRC has gone in circles with their requirements for years. The ones suffering the most are the dedicated and skilled operators who do not know what to e>:pect (7 and are under a lot of stress worrying if their job will be taken away
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v Studies in " Job Task Analysis" have shown that the job does not require a degree in Engineering. An above average level of knowledge in math and science is helpful, and all utilities stress those areas in their training programs. Also, the current NRC e>: a mi n at i on s do not ask questions that can
,be directly related to upper level Engineering classes.
The requirement to have a degree in Engineering will create more problems than it will ever solve, in my opinion.
I see it as an effort for the NRC to come up with a solution that will "LOOK GOOD ON PAPER" to the general public.
An Engineer and an Operator,are two different jobs and should be treated as such. Having a degree does not make a
person capable of operating a nuclear power plant.
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strong and safe nuclear power industry in this country.
Requiring degrees is not the answer.
Comprehensive training (and re-training) that stresses the operator's real job tasks will ensure that the nation's nuclear power industry will continue to operate in a safe manner.
1 Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.
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