Nuclear Criticality Safety Specialist Training and Qualification Programs

Conference · Sun Nov 14 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:6954167

Hopper, C. M. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Since the beginning of the Nuclear Criticality Safety Division of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) in 1967, the nuclear criticality safety (NCS) community has sought to provide an exchange of information at a national level to facilitate the education and development of NCS specialists. In addition, individual criticality safety organizations within government contractor and licensed commercial nonreactor facilities have developed training and qualification programs for their NCS specialists. However, there has been substantial variability in the content and quality of these program requirements and personnel qualifications, at least as measured within the government contractor community. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief, general history of staff training and to describe the current direction and focus of US DOE guidance for the content of training and qualification programs designed to develop NCS specialists.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• OSTI ID: 6954167
• Report Number(s): CONF-931160--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Journal Volume: 69
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420203* -- Engineering-- Handling Equipment & Procedures
96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
ANIMALS
CRITICALITY
EDUCATION
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
MAMMALS
MAN
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCS)
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
PERSONNEL
PRIMATES
STANDARDS
Staff Training History
TRAINING
Training and Qualification Programs
US DOE
US DOE Guidance
US ORGANIZATIONS
VERTEBRATES