U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Qualification of Radiation Protection Manager - Regulatory Guide 1.8, Revision 2

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Title: Qualification of Radiation Protection Manager -

Regulatory Guide 1.8, Revision 2

See the memorandum from L. J. Cunningham to R. R. Bellamy

(and others) dated August 24, 1989. The minimum

qualifications of the Radiation Protection Manager (RPM) at

nuclear power plants should include four years of

professional experience. At least three years of this

professional experience should be in applied radiation

protection work similar to that encountered at nuclear

power stations, preferably at an actual nuclear power

station.

Regulatory Guide 1.8, Revision 2, "Qualification and

Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants," includes

Regulatory Position C.1.k: "The radiation protection

manager should have the qualifications described in Section

4.44 of ANSI / ANS 3.1-1981 with the clarification that three

of the four years experience in applied radiation

protection should be professional-level experience."

ANSI / ANS 3.1-1981 includes the requirement that at least

three of the four years experience in applied radiation

protection "... shall be in applied radiation protection

work on a nuclear facility dealing with radiological

problems similar to those encountered in nuclear power

plants, preferably in a nuclear power plant."

To clarify the intent of Regulatory Position C.1.k in

Regulatory Guide 1.8, Revision 2, the three years

experience "... in applied radiation protection work in a

nuclear facility ..." should all be professional level

experience. This is consistent with the earlier position of

Revision 1 in Regulatory Guide 1.8 that "at least three

years of this professional experience should be in applied

radiation protection work in a nuclear facility dealing

with radiological problems similar to those encountered in

nuclear power stations, preferably in an actual nuclear

power station." In preparing Revision 2, there was no

intention to change the position of Revision 1.

Regulatory references: ANSI / ANS 3.1-1981, Regulatory Guide

1.8

Subject codes: 1.1, 1.2

Applicability: Reactors