General Course Description:
This is a specialty course intended to provide the student with the required knowledge and skills to properly perform Applicability Determinations. The regulatory foundation, applicable guidance, and site-specific procedural controls are all addressed. While a number of alternative regulations are addressed, special emphasis is given to identifying maintenance activities.
Recommended Student Population:
This course is appropriate for personnel who are previously qualified as 10 CFR 50.59 screeners.
Course Length:
The course is intended to be one day in length, but could be simplified down to approximately five hours to allow other topics to be presented.
Method of Instruction:
The course identifies the purpose of Applicability Determinations, their regulatory foundation, and all relevant NRC-approved guidance.
The distinction between the identification of an alternative regulation to 10 CFR 50.59 and the regulatory threshold contained within the alternative regulation will be highlighted.
Fourteen examples are used to illustrate the learning objectives and to facilitate understanding. The number of examples may vary based upon the desired length of the course.
A flowchart that summarizes the identification of Maintenance Activities and Procedures will be developed from its regulatory foundation. The course and its examples will distinguish the treatment of Maintenance Activities from Maintenance Procedures. This will include the identification of Temporary Alterations in Support of Maintenance as described in NEI 96-07 and Regulatory Guide 1.182.
The flowchart will be applied to multiple industry
examples. Both activities that are properly classed as maintenance and
those that are not maintenance will be reviewed. The major objective is to teach the
students to apply the flowchart as a practical tool in the future.
Degree of Site-Specific Customization,
if developed for a single site:
The class is intended
to be customized for a specific site through use of site-specific
procedures and Applicability Determination forms. The treatment of the
course examples is reviewed with site procedures after the intended
regulatory treatment has been illustrated. Site-specific examples
may also be analyzed, if desired.
Special Course Features or Prerequisites:
As described above, prior qualification
as a 10 CFR 50.59 screener is required.
Major Course Goals Extracted from the Presentation:
The student shall:
| 1. | Define and Identify the regulatory basis and purpose of Applicability Determinations. |
| 2. |
2.Define
and Identify the scope of activities
associated with alternative regulations.
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| 3. |
2.Define
the threshold for NRC review and approval
for the alternative regulations in #2 above.
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| 4. | Define and Identify the procedural guidance governing Applicability Determinations at plant xxxx. |
