[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56-57]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30769]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2013-0227]


Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: NUREG; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG-
1021, Revision 10, ``Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power 
Reactors, Final Report.'' This NUREG provides policy and guidance for 
the development, administration, and grading of examinations used for 
licensing operators at nuclear power plants pursuant to the 
Commission's regulations.

DATES: Revision 10 of NUREG-1021 is available January 2, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0227 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0227. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. 
Revision 10 of NUREG-1021 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML14352A297. Draft NUREG-1021, Revision 10 is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML13325A090.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Kellum, Office of New Reactors, 
telephone: 301-415-5305, email: [email protected]; or Timothy Kolb, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-1428, email: 
[email protected]; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Revision 10 of NUREG-1021 provides policy 
and guidance for the development, administration, and grading of 
examinations used for licensing operators at nuclear power plants 
pursuant to the Commission's regulations in Part 55 of Title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations, ``Operator Licenses.'' This NUREG also 
provides guidance for maintaining operators' licenses, and for the NRC 
to conduct requalification examinations when necessary.
    Revision 10 of NUREG-1021 replaces Revision 9, Supplement 1, of 
NUREG-1021. Draft NUREG-1021, Revision 10, was published in the Federal 
Register for public comment on December 9, 2013 (78 FR 73898). The NRC 
received 90 public comments from private citizens and industry 
organizations. The comments were generally in agreement with the draft 
revisions to the NUREG. Revision 10 of NUREG-1021 incorporates the 
comments received on draft NUREG-1021, Revision 10. The NRC staff's 
evaluation and resolution of the public comments are documented in 
ADAMS under Accession No. ML14345A266.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of December, 2014.

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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael Junge,
Chief, Operator Licensing and Human Performance Branch, Division of 
Construction Inspection and Operational Programs, Office of New 
Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2014-30769 Filed 12-31-14; 8:45 am]
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