Nuclear Regulatory Commission April 1, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is granting a one-time exemption to South Carolina Electric and Gas Company (the licensee) from NRC regulations that require that a licensee must use the criteria in NUREG-1021, ``Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors,'' in effect six months before the examination date to prepare the written examinations and the operating tests. NUREG- 1021, Revision 10, which was published on January 2, 2015, adds guidance for licensing operators of new reactors and includes NUREG- 2103, ``Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators: Pressurized-Water Reactors, Westinghouse AP1000,'' dated October 2011, but does not go into effect until July 2, 2015. The exemption allows the licensee to use NUREG-1021, Revision 10, prior to July 2, 2015, to prepare, proctor, and grade the written examinations and to prepare the operating tests required by NRC regulations.