Eric, Palo Verde is committed to ANS-3.1-1978 therefore a senior RP tech here must meet the "3 year" working experience requirement of which one year being Technical Training plus on-site plant experience. We consider anyone having achieved to ANSI N18.1-1971 as a Jr. RP Tech
Not sure if that clears anything up other than to note that depending on what you are committed to (or have taken exception to) in your UFSAR is what matters. Benchmarking others may provide a basis for changing the license. Seth From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 1:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Powernet: ANSI Standards for HP Techs Hey folks, I have a question I'd like to bounce off you'all. I've been asked several times over the years about the "two" different ANSI standards for HP Techs - N18.1 and 3.1. The common belief is that N18.1 requires 2 years of experience and 3.1 requires 3 years. After researching as much as I can find, I've come to this conclusion and wanted to know if I'm offbase. ANSI N18.1-1971 Section 4.5.2 Technicians: Technicians in responsible positions shall have a minimum of two years of working experience in their specialty. These personnel should have a minimum of one year of related technical training in addition to their experience. ANSI/ANS 3.1 has gone through several revisions. The 1978 version was the most restrictive with Section 4.5.2 that stated: Technicians shall have three years of working experience in their specialty of which one year should be related technical training. The 1987 version of 3.1 itemized qualifications as: High School Diploma, 2 years of Radiation Protection experience of which 1 year is Nuclear Power Plant and 3 months is On-site experience. The 1993 version of ANSI/ANS 3.1-1993 Section 4.5.3.2 stated the same as the 1987 requirements. I gather the '93 revision was reaffirmed in '99. No changes? Anyway, my conclusion is that some of us older plants are committed in Tech Specs to N18.1-1971 and newer plants are committed to ANS-3.1-1978. So newer plants may have the "3 year" requirement even though the newer revisions of the ANSI/ANS standard itself backed off from the experience requirement. Does that make sense or am I all wet (again)? And I'm not going to even try to address how the experience time is determined for supplemental staff. Thanks, Eric Eric M. Goldin, CHP Southern California Edison <[email protected]> ----------------------------------- Powernet - a service of the Health Physics Society Power Reactor Section Powernet archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Reply to: [email protected] If Questions, contact Mike Russell, CHP at [email protected] --- NOTICE --- This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain confidential, privileged or proprietary information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original and any copy or printout. Unintended recipients are prohibited from making any other use of this e-mail. Although we have taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this e-mail, we accept no liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of this e-mail or attachments, or for any delay or errors or omissions in the contents which result from e-mail transmission.
