NRC Generic Letter 1981-02

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NRC Generic Letter 1981-002: Analysis, Conclusions, and Recommendations Concerning Operator Licensing
ML031210163
Person / Time
Issue date: 01/27/1981
From:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:
References
GL-81-002, NUDOCS 8105130108
Download: ML031210163 (2)


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jUSMECT: ANALYSIS, MNCLUSICNS, AND RECM-1GENDAITNS

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CPS.A7CR LIU0NSITIG (OENEUzC LETTER .No. °1-02)In A fetter da:ed .1arcm 2a, 198. from H. R. Denton we Inforned you of the revised cri:eria to be used by the staff in evaluating reactor operator training and licensing tat. could be imolemented under the curren-regula:lons.

we also advised you tna: Conmiss fan review in the area of oper2:ar :raining and Qua;ificatlon was continuing and it could be expec-td to result in additional criteria.As par-. of our con:tnulng review. we Issued a contrict (xRR-8O-ll7)

to Analysis I Tecnoloy, Inc., to concuc: i study of :ne requirements for operator licensing.

Analyss. I Techinology submieted their rtport to US on Yovemer 0,G 19£0 (NURES/CR-175O).

This report provides an indecendent persnec:ive

o tne U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comnmssion regarding the resuirements and orac:1ces for control room ooera:or licensing.

Analysts, conclusions and recIM ndatiOns Are provIded In the following areas:* Selec:ton, training and certification of control room ocertors .* E.'ec:iveness of the ?XRC operator licensing program,* .Me*hccs *^ assare continued

omFe:ence of ocenor's,* Yetncds for' aintalming a ilghlj Mtivated and dedicated ocerntor work force.* "Pgracing zf presen:ty licensed operatzrs to mnee:.mrzcosed rtc u I -re n = .* TrAining nc ;uallfication of non-lfcersed ocerating,.main:enance and tec.nnical succor- ersonnel,* 'ua1fications of Operator Licensing Iranci (CLB) examiners.

and* Or;ani:atfon of the CL3.3ased on our review of :.his report we intend to develco additional criteria-fcr te recuirements for operiatr lfcensing.

de woul I oorec'lae it if ycu would review this report and ofer any Zcrnents ycu :ellfeve accrzcria:e to assist us in the develocent

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3" T V.S'. )0 Atomic LergyCo-miuso grats lcense. December.

First commer*c power generated 1073 -JUJar. Ytnor rudl&., don lnk shuts plant dow.u AUCs Leab in esmeamenentr tubes cause shutdow.1174 -Consumers Power CM.slips Qmillion lawsit on five T firm thst bult ador equpped L 1175 -Aprik Plant sun up a after cmaoth. shutdow. JuIy Lowievel radloacltve waer'.a J acctdeully released into 1k.December.

Three-month shut.down :o refuel nd check gener torptps.-1171- Starch.i Couers dElsd.p punes four workers who reftue to work It plat they claim It Is unsafe. October. Shutdown to m r pairltea sIT7 -?ant's available cape.*eqnpment August: ower ELai f gudergant QIII and-bsan wrl for ht 17 per.19791-Septemben Elogt-month shutdw for rtfueling.

maIntenance and testing Novem-ber.NRC fines Corsumers SSO.000 for permttng two mdlUon-con.

tol valves to be open for 18 mont tm -JZul &ln-edy Shutdown to rplace filter caslng 'huzu error caum crucial watercool.

tg contrl valve to be left open for 36 hour4.166667e-4 days <br />0.01 hours <br />5.952381e-5 weeks <br />1.3698e-5 months <br /> August Two accidental releses of ndlobctlyt- tyac wetk apart. December .?NRC rates plants perforace well below aveLap.1Wst-Jonuar Power Mad.vertoly left on to sysem opert.Lug =mrenqywarn1u system-Me~ MOi iaa Ui&U3L a.-1 "aL Metropolitan Edisoa Is near balkruptcy.

-4O ftog Anodstad Pro=s ma Unfled PnTIn tsmaft-4 ew~ort j- _I 3.3-a3-a I I 011 m0, E. a... ...** Z An crerator Msinak th~e control toot at Pafieudea nudlear P~lant.Key safety role I C:erator polices nuke fuel The =C=Sq CH bjab a atom.lc owi ;aI hst1Le.tnsctoroper&.

tor. 'e concots the rate At which f the ::c!car fuel s wed.Whle the 29wir Cpa t lec, s 3d t ' the federal! government ectdes if hi can:, :ejj!"y ; ;r ormt hs ybet.:. ri"J"cslly ez~xW a Ncc!ear Regulato.7 CommiCon (.NRC)sckesman., a ret. or operator is a I: .sd=at e w*th: =x..=:::cl aCd tegieerint

'. f b c He takes a year or more of clasroom studies and on-the-obt reactor tunitng in a plant and/or in fat lites maintained by all the reaceor matnUct ers. Then azi NRC ex&a=ner conducs a wrt.tet and oral licewizg test in the plnrtscontral rocm.* The licens. which reVlres re.* :ettg every year. is good only for the parncuar ploat i which the operaor s employed.I\ost reactor operators hAve a pretTy rounee txstence:

there's lot much gog oMO the spokes.go polats out To prepare the reactor4perator traizee for emergences.

he Says. compu:e-slmulators are used to ran them tzo ughs tose sors of probltems." tnder a regulauh Issued after the Thee Mie Island Ic.C e t.: te.RC says tat Me eacor operator mut be cked up bye *sh: : .dch tucal adv*err i the control romm.The adver. a t ned reac.or operator hznelf 'paprovdes per.spectlve and bok at what's gotg on overWlL_T;,r~eo,r ,VeW5 1ea

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