I’ve previously only considered entering the commercial nuclear power industry as an engineer, but have recently begun looking at hiring in as an NLO (a career goal of mine is SRO licensure). I’ve been looking over ACAD 00-003 “Guidelines for Initial Training and Qualification Of Licensed Operators”, but there are a couple aspects that are still unclear to me.
Question 1
For the direct SRO route for degreed plant staff engineers (Figure 2-3), 2 years credit is given for the degree toward the 3 year experience requirement, and thus 1 year of plant experience (6 months onsite) is necessary before eligibility is met.
For the direct SRO route for degreed nonlicensed operators (Figure 2-4), there is also a 3 year experience requirement, but it makes no mention of the 2 year credit for the degree. Is then the path to SRO longer for someone coming in as a degreed NLO versus one coming in as a plant engineer, or do degreed NLOs in fact get that 2 year credit as well?
Question 2
Also, it notes NLO experience credit accruing once one is a “qualified NLO”. Approximately how long after hire is an NLO considered qualified, or does that qualified experience in fact begin accruing immediately upon start?