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Online Radiation Safety Training Programs. Tomas Herrera FSME/MSSA/Licensing Branch OAS Annual Meeting Milwaukee, Wisconsin August 27-30, 2012. Training. The NRC does not endorse or approve training offered by licensees or other organizations.
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Online Radiation Safety Training Programs Tomas Herrera FSME/MSSA/Licensing Branch OAS Annual Meeting Milwaukee, Wisconsin August 27-30, 2012
Training • The NRC does not endorse or approve training offered by licensees or other organizations. • It is the responsibility of the licensee to make sure that they and their staff are in compliance with the training requirements in 10 CFR 30.33(a)(3).
Online Training • Most of the training requirements for materials licensees are not prescriptive. • NRC will accept online training
Online Training • NRC licensing and inspection program are performance based • Online training will not be treated any different from regularly classroom training • It will be the licensee’s responsibility to demonstrate that their staff have sufficient training to perform their tasks.
NUREG-1556, Vol. 1 (Portable Gauges) • In 2009 the NRC begin receiving inquiries about online training for portable gauge users. • Included a brief discussion in the Draft NUREG-1556, Vol. 1, Rev. 2 published for comment in May of this year. • In Appendix C we stated that online training was acceptable however any online training should be supplemented by • practical training