Change Notice 04-019

No special training requirements have been identified for any documents issued with this change notice.

IMC 1245 (Qualification Program for the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Programs) is being revised to provide clarification to Section 05.04, Maintaining Qualification, regarding the timing of refresher training. In addition, a requirement for annual refresher training on the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) was added to Section 06.01 to improve and maintain consistent implementation of the ROP, address areas of identified deficiencies, and maintain overall level of ROP performance.

IMC 1245 App B (General Proficiency-Level Training and Qualification Journal) is being revised to delete existing ISA and replaced with 2 ISAs: ISA-1, Quality Assurance Program, and ISA-2, Corrective Action Program. Added ISA-General-3, Technical and Regulatory Issues, to familiarize new inspectors with past and current technical issues of concern to the NRC.