Simulator Training (Category-A Reactors Only)

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Coordination of maintenance and test activities with the operations

department

Process of procedure revision, both temporary and permanent.

4.9 Simulator Training (Category-A Reactors Only)

The simulator training program should be structured to meet the needs of the individual. It

should be designed to improve overall knowledge of equipment operation and develop a

better understanding of transients and accident sequences. Not all technical staff positions

need simulator training. Emphasis should be placed on understanding facility characteristics

and controls rather than on developing control manipulation skills (not a certification

program).

4.10 Probabilistic Risk Assessment

For those facilities for which a Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) has been performed,

initial and continuing training programs should include the principal results of the PRA. The

training should address the following:

The importance of facility systems in preventing damage or severe accidents

The probabilistic basis for defining magnitudes and compositions of potential

releases of radionuclides (or other toxic materials) and consequences of

potential releases in terms of facility worker and offsite population health

effects

Dominant types of potential operational accidents as defined in terms of

frequency and consequences

Locations of all significant amounts of radioactive and other hazardous

materials, and measures to prevent their release

The importance of maintaining operational limits and conditions, and the

consequences of violating those limits

Identification of potential hardware failures and human errors which constitute

dominant contributors to important accident sequences

The role PRA can play in optimizing operating limits, Technical Safety

Requirements, testing, and maintenance intervals