ML25142A299
| ML25142A299 | |
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| Issue date: | 05/22/2025 |
| From: | Gheen A NRC/NRR/DANU/UARP |
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| Download: ML25142A299 (1) | |
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Refined Clarifying Questions for NEI-23-01, Operator Cold License Training Plan for Advanced Nuclear Reactors, Revision 1
- 1. Crew cumulative nuclear power plant experience (definition on page 2 and in Table 1 page
- 15)
The staff would need information about why 24 months of crew cumulative nuclear power plant experience is an adequate amount or audit the methodology used to determine this number.
- 2. NEI 23-01 states, In addition, at least one crew member must have hot plant experience.
NEI 06-13A has a similar requirement, Each operating crew shall be staffed with a SRO with hot-plant experience. NEI 06-13A also has a flexibility here: if any hot participation experience requirement was not satisfied by either the SS or Senior Operator, a shift advisor or a qualified advisor must be on shift.
Follow-up questions on excluding this flexibility and before it was for SRO, seems like this is okay for any license level.
The staff would need to audit the basis for the change from NEI 06-13A, meaning, why is hot plant experience sufficient for RO position only and not SRO position and did NEI consider the flexibility for a qualified advisor when hot plant experience was not present?
- 3. The NRC staff may consider adding an exception to SRO eligibility in NEI 23-01 to include power plant experience for SRO candidates that do not have nuclear experience or a degree.
- 4. Degree in Science or Applied Science (definition on page 2)
Degrees from natural sciences are not credited. What are considered the natural sciences?
The staff would like more information about what natural science degrees are acceptable.
- 5. Practical Work Experience (definition on page 4)
What is the basis for 3 months of practical work experience (as compared to 6 months on site for operating reactors and NEI 06-13A which requires 6 months of practical work assignments)?
Without having much operations/human factors information about microreactors, that staff is challenged to understand that basis for 1 month of practical work experience for micro-reactors.
The staff would like to understand the basis or audit the methodology used to determine these amounts of practical work experience.