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Answer to Question #1773 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"Category: Policy, Guidelines, and Regulations — Policy and Cost-Benefit Issues The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field: Q
I have been out of the nuclear industry for approximately eight years. I have 14 years of experience as a health physics technician/supervisor prior to that. My question: Is my ANSI 3.1 qualification up to date and, if not, what can I do to make my qualifications current?
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The ANSI/ANS N3.1-1993, "Selection, Qualification and Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants" (reaffirmed 1999), does not explicitly specify a "statute of limitations" for maintaining qualifications. However the standard is written with the intent that "qualified" nuclear workers are actively participating in the field of radiation protection. Depending on the nuclear utility, worker qualifications may be handled in different ways. In some cases, workers or contractors who work at a nuclear plant who have not been to that plant within the past five years would be required to redo their training qualifications, sometimes called Job Performance Measures (JPMs). In some cases, the nuclear utility is part of a consortium of utilities which "share" contractor technicians for outage support, and workers who have not actively worked in the field within the last 18 months are required to redo their training.
If you still have questions, it's best to check with that nuclear utility to determine what its specific qualifications for retraining may be. Cynthia Jones, PhD Senior Advisor for Materials US NRC
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