Chapter 12 Procedures and Training

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Chapter 12

Procedures and Training

PU R P O S E . The purpose of this DSA chapter is to provide information that will satisfy

the requirements of 10 CFR 830. This chapter is not intended to be the vehicle for review

and approval of the procedures or training programs. It is intended to describe the

essential characteristics of the programs as they relate to facility safety.

This chapter describes the processes by which the technical content of the proced ures and

training programs are developed, verified, and validated. These processes will ensure that

the facility is operated and maintained by personnel who are well qualified and competent

to carry out their job responsibilities using procedures and training elements that have been

well developed and are kept current by the use of feedback and continuous improvement.

A programmatic commitment to ongoing procedures and training programs is considered

to be a necessary part of safety assurance. Expected products of this chapter, as applicable

based on the graded approach, include:

Summary of the overall facility procedures and training programs.

Description of the processes by which the form and content of procedures and

training materials are developed, verified and validated for normal, abnormal, and

emergency operations; surveillance testing and maintenance.

Summary of the processes for maintaining written procedures, training materials,

and training records.

Summary of the processes for modifying proced ures and training materials.

Summary of the methods used to feed back operations experience, new analyses,

other DSA changes, etc., to the procedures and training programs.

Description of the mechanisms to identify and correct technical or human factors

deficiencies.

Existing supporting documentation is to be referenced. Include brief abstracts of

referenced documentation with enough of the salient facts to provide an understanding of

the referenced documentation and its relation to this chapter.

AP P L I C A T I O N O F T H E GR A D E D AP P R O A C H . Distinction is limited for

this chapter and relates only to varying scope of procedure and training programs required

for a given hazard and complexity level. Discussions can be brief and are limited to

summaries of the major features of the programmatic commitment to the safety basis.

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