ML20226A191
| ML20226A191 | |
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| Issue date: | 08/26/2020 |
| From: | Karen Meyer NRC/NMSS/DMSST/ASPB |
| To: | State, Agreement States |
| Meyer K | |
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| Download: ML20226A191 (3) | |
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Comment Resolution Document Summary of Comments for Interim SA-600, Process and Criteria for Agreement State Personnel to Attend NRC-Sponsored Training Sent to the Agreement States, NRC NMSS, NRC Regions I, III, and IV for Comment in STC letter 20-040, date June 3, 2020 Comment Source Location Comment Accepted Remarks No.
1 Colorado V. E. 2 2. A candidates routine and ongoing work No Action For individuals that require the and 3 duties include or will include inspector and/or specialized courses classified license reviewer for Agreement material, and as optional, it is the States participation in the training course must be responsibility to identify on the required by the States written training program application if it is anything for inspectors and license reviewers of other than qualification Agreement material. related. In the example that you provided, if the program
- 3. A State program must have a specific class has established in their of licensee (or active application) for a training qualifications that this candidate to receive approval to attend a is a required course for the technology specific class (e.g., panoramic individual to perform their irradiator). duties, you would select initial qualification/core Comment: While I understand that for the course on the submitted licensee type specific courses there should be application.
a requirement for that training included both in the state's written training program and on their Also, the MARSAME and individual training plans but for those courses MARSSIM, are on-line that are more related to specialized and courses and do not have any general health physics or other type knowledge specific application like a RESRAD overview, or Visual Sampling, requirements, however we do or MARSAME, MARSSIM, or Internal ask if qualification related for Dosimetry course, does this mean that these tracking purposes.
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out in the state's training plan? We have always taken advantage of some of these courses as optional but required for an individual inspector/license reviewer once we established that it would be beneficial and necessary for them to expand their knowledge beyond the basics of the more licensee specific type courses, or when there is a specific need (for instance a licensee planning to provide a RESRAD submittal that needs review.)
If the intention is for these requirements to apply more specifically to the "technology specific" or license type specific courses it would be helpful to clarify that here.
2 Louisiana V. A The NRC would provide funding for tuition No Action This does not apply to the only, and the States would be responsible for regularly scheduled NRC all travel related costs and per diem. sponsored classes. This would only apply to non-NRC Does this apply to the regularly scheduled sponsored classes. In those classes? What about the SS&D class coming instances, the NRC would up in August? Is NRC still fully funding all the provide a seat for the States classes I send my people to? to register for the class but would not providing funding.
However, all NRC-sponsored courses will be funded as normal. For the example provided, the SS&D class is an NRC-sponsored class and therefore would be fully funded.
3 Wisconsin No Comment No Action 4 New Jersey V. E. 3 A State program must have a specific class of No Action Serious consideration for licensee (or active application) for a candidate acceptance to the course will to receive approval to attend a technology be given if there is reasonable specific class (e.g., panoramic irradiator). assurance that the State will
receive a new application for What if a state expects to get a new license a type of license they do not application for a type which they do not have.
currently have?
5 New Jersey F Waitlisted Students: Students that were not No Action Yes, waitlisted students will accepted to a past offering will be offered the be given priority if the opportunity to attend a course that has unfilled waitlisted student is available seats. If there is a large number of waitlisted for the next offering, within the students for a certain course, the NRC will current fiscal year schedule, evaluate holding additional offering of the and there are seats available course, based on funding, instructor availability after final selections have and contract limitations. been made for those that applied for the specific course Will waitlisted applicants have first priority for offering.
the next offering?
If the NRC holds an additional offering, waitlisted students will be given priority for that course.
Please note, the waitlist will not roll over to the next fiscal year and staff will need to reapply.
6 Washington General Is there a protocol for states to send additional No Action There is no protocol for States students to classes that did not fill up (e.g., 2 to send additional students to weeks before class start date)? Would these classes that did not fill up.
extra students be at state expense or would However, additional students the NRC fund them? will be funded/per diem as long as there are additional seats available after final selections.