scope:

This standard provides criteria for the selection, qualification, and training of personnel for nuclear power plants. The qualifications of personnel in the operating organizations appropriate to safe and efficient operation of a nuclear power plant are addressed in terms of the minimum education, experience, and training requirements.

Requirements of this standard do not apply to test, mobile, and research reactors, nor do they apply to reactors not subject to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing.

Purpose. This standard is not intended to prescribe specific job titles or responsibilities of organizational positions. Each owner organization shall apply requirements contained in this standard to the functional levels and job positions as they exist in the operating organization. Each owner organization is required to define its organizational structure, responsibilities of groups, and responsibilities of individuals within the operating organization. Qualification requirements include education, experience, and training.

Qualification requirements shall be defined to meet the particular organizational needs and shall be derived from the requirements contained in this standard. This standard requires a training development process based on the performance requirements of the job (see 6.2) and, as such, does not prescribe specific training program content.