DOE technical staff training at the Savannah River Site

A formal, accredited training program for technical staff personnel at Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear facilities was mandated by the DOE in November, 1989 by the establishment of DOE Order 5480.18, Accreditation of Performance-Based Training for Category A Reactors and Nuclear Facilities. The accreditation of DOE nuclear training programs applies to programs at Category A reactors and non-reactor nuclear facilities that have been designated as high hazard or selected moderate hazard operations. At the Savannah River Site (SRS), which is located near Aiken, South Carolina, four reactor facilities and eleven non-reactor facilities were designated in the DOE Order to implement a performance-based training program that could be accredited by an independent accrediting board. These facilities consist of nuclear production, processing, and waste management operations that produce nuclear materials for the Department of Energy's Defense Programs mission. In 1991, over 26,000 personnel are employed at SRS. The technical staff training program at SRS is one of nine programs that DOE has specified for accreditation. These programs are modeled after the INPO training programs in the commercial nuclear power industry. This presentation will describe the efforts underway at SRS regarding the technical staff training program efforts