Survey of foreign reactor operator qualification, training, and staffing requirements

NUREG-0863, Survey of Foreign Reactor Operator Qualification, Training, and Staffing Requirements was published by the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research in May 1982. It was compiled in an effort to provide the Commission with the information needed to place various proposed changes to the regulations in the areas of qualifications, training, and staffing in perspective with respect to the practices of other countries. These changes to the regulations include revisions to 10 CFR Part 55, which would upgrade education, training certification, and requalification requirements; a revision to 10 CFR 50.54, which would upgrade CFR 50.34 based on the issues discussed in NUREG-0737, Clarification of TMI Action Plan Requirements. The questionnaire was developed to request detailed information in five areas, shift staffing requirements, eligibility requirements for operators, operator training program requirements, initial operator's license or certification requirements, and operator retraining requirements. It was sent to the regulatory authorities in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. The results are summarized in this report