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Training of nuclear facility personnel: boon or boondoggle

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OSTI ID:4030899

The training of nuclear facility personnel has been a requirement of the reactor licensing process for over two decades. However, the training of nuclear facility personnel remains a combination of boon and boondoggle. The opportunity to develop elite, well trained, professionally aggressive reactor operation staffs is not being realized to its full potential. Improvements in the selection of personnel, training programs, operational tools and professional pride can result in improved plant operation and contribute to improved plant capacity factors. Industry, regulatory agencies, professional societies and universities can do much to improve standards and quality of the training of nuclear facility personnel and to improve the professional level of plant operation. (auth)

Research Organization:
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park; Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn. (USA); American Nuclear Society, Hinsdale, Ill.; American Nuclear Society, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
NSA Number:
NSA-33-019375
OSTI ID:
4030899
Report Number(s):
CONF-750515--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English