Training Program for Technical Staff Personnel

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4. TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TECHNICAL STAFF PERSONNEL

The training described in this Section should be provided in the sequence outlined. Because

this guide is intended for use at all DOE nuclear facilities (reactor and non-reactor) some of

the topics may not apply at all facilities. Only the topics that have applicability should be

considered for inclusion in training programs for technical staff personnel.

This guide divides the technical staff training into ten modules:

Initial training

Staff assignment training

Facility reference materials

Applied fundamentals

Nuclear codes, standards, and regulations

Theory of process control systems

Facility systems and components

Facility operations

Simulator training

Probabilistic Risk Assessment.

4.1 Initial Training

New technical staff personnel and managers should be provided guidance and training

designed to familiarize them with nuclear facility activities. The initial training period should

enable the trainee to become familiar with the following:

Facility and corporate organization

Nuclear cycle overview, including a description of the mission of other DOE

fuel and weapons facilities

Facility fundamentals (as applicable)

heat transfer, fluid flow, and thermodynamics

electrical science

nuclear physics

chemistry/chemistry controls