Our Crystal River commitment states that we follow ANSI 18.1 and all subsequent revisions. So, we require 3 years experience with a requirement that they have increasing responsibilities during that period to qualify as ANSI 3.1. Related education can be substituted for up to one year of experience. Contractor HP techs also have to pass the North East Utilities exam.
My opinion. Craft have a 4 year apprentice program with associated training documented. So, do we really want to turn over our RP programs to a tech with 2 years field experience that may not be able to verify performance at tasks with increasing responsibility. I believe the 3 year requirement is appropriate for an HP tech. Thanks, Bryant From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 4:52 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]
