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What you must hold to practice, what employers ask for, which codes you design to, and which regulators can stop a launch — with the prerequisites, renewal cycle and issuing body for each.
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Credential: Certified Health Physicist (CHP), "Comprehensive Certification" Issuing body: American Board of Health Physics (ABHP); the American Academy of Health Physics …
Read → Study guide · 4 min Good to Know — Rules of Thumb (Nuclear)Field-tested approximations and sanity checks for nuclear engineers and health physicists. Estimates for reasonableness checks only — design and licensing always follow t…
Read → Study guide · 15 min NRC Reactor Operator (RO) / Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) Licenses — Study GuideCredential: NRC Reactor Operator (RO) License; NRC Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) License Issuing body: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Jurisdiction: United State…
Read → Study guide · 2 min Nuclear Engineering — Certification Study GuidesStudy guides for the nuclear discipline's professional credentials: the NRC reactor-operator licensing track (RO/SRO under 10 CFR Part 55), the Certified Health Physicist…
Read → Compliance brief · 6 min 10 CFR Part 50 — Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities — Compliance BriefRecord: nuclear-cert-019 (Nuclear — regulation, flagship) Issuing body / enforcer: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Jurisdiction: United States, federal — the fou…
Read → Compliance brief · 5 min 10 CFR Part 52 — Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants — Compliance BriefRecord: nuclear-cert-020 (Nuclear — regulation, flagship) Issuing body / enforcer: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Jurisdiction: United States, federal. --- 1. W…
Read → Compliance brief · 4 min 10 CFR Part 55 — Operators' Licenses — Compliance BriefRecord: nuclear-cert-018 (Nuclear — regulation, license importance) Issuing body / enforcer: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Jurisdiction: United States, federal…
Read → Compliance brief · 5 min 10 CFR Part 810 — Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities — Compliance BriefRecord: nuclear-cert-022 (Nuclear — regulation, flagship) Issuing body / enforcer: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) / National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) — Off…
Read → Compliance brief · 5 min ASME BPVC Section III — Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility Components — Compliance BriefRecord: nuclear-cert-007 (Nuclear — standard, flagship) Issuing body: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Jurisdiction: International by contract/specificatio…
Read → Compliance brief · 5 min ASME BPVC Section XI — Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components — Compliance BriefRecord: nuclear-cert-008 (Nuclear — standard, flagship) Issuing body: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Jurisdiction: International by contract/specificatio…
Read → Compliance brief · 5 min ASME NQA-1 — Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications — Compliance BriefRecord: nuclear-cert-009 (Nuclear — standard, flagship) Issuing body: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Jurisdiction: International — U.S. adoption via NRC …
Read → Compliance brief · 5 min IAEA SSR-2/1 (Rev.1) — Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Design — Compliance BriefRecord: nuclear-cert-012 (Nuclear — standard, flagship) Issuing body: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) — Specific Safety Requirements publication Jurisdiction: I…
Read → Compliance brief · 5 min IAEA SSR-2/2 (Rev.1) — Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Commissioning and Operation — Compliance BriefRecord: nuclear-cert-013 (Nuclear — standard, flagship) Issuing body: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) — Specific Safety Requirements publication Jurisdiction: I…
Read →Requires: Employed by an NRC-licensed facility; facility licensee certifies completion of a systems-approach-to-training program (typically INPO-accredited); pass NRC written examination and operating test per 10 CFR 55.41/55.45; physical and mental fitness certified on
Renewal: 6-year license term; renewal under 10 CFR 55.57 requires successful completion of the facility requalification program (
Requires: Same baseline as RO, plus demonstrated ability to direct the licensed activities of licensed operators (exam scope under 10 CFR 55.43); facility licensees typically require prior licensed-RO experience or an engineering degree plus experience per National Acad
Renewal: 6-year license term; renewal under 10 CFR 55.57 requires successful completion of the facility requalification program (
Requires: ABET-accredited engineering degree; pass FE exam; typically 4+ years post-college engineering experience; pass the PE Nuclear exam (computer-based, administered one day per year, 85 questions, 9.5-hour appointment, $400 NCEES fee)
Renewal: State-dependent, typically biennial renewal with continuing-education/PDH requirements
Requires: Bachelor's degree in physical science, engineering, or biological science with minimum 20 semester hours in physical science; 6 years professional health physics experience (advanced degrees may substitute up to 2 years); references including one currently-cer
Renewal: estimated: continuing certification on a ~5-year cycle with continuing education per third-party career guides — officia
Requires: Age 21+; high school diploma minimum; at least 5 years of operational (hands-on) radiation protection experience (advanced degrees may waive a portion); pass the NRRPT examination
Renewal: estimated: registry maintained with renewal fees/continuing education — renewal cadence not verified
Requires: Utility member training programs (nonlicensed/licensed operator, shift supervisor, shift technical advisor, I&C, electrical/mechanical maintenance, radiological protection, chemistry, onsite technical staff) undergo comprehensive self-assessment plus INPO peer
Renewal: Accrediting board decision every 4 years: renewed, placed on probation, or withdrawn (board includes one NRC-nominated m
Requires: Applies to design/construction of Class 1, 2, 3 components (NB/NCD), Class MC, supports (NF), core support structures (NG), concrete containments (Div 2), spent-fuel transport/storage containments (Div 3), fusion devices (Div 4), high-temperature reactors (Div
Renewal: n/a; code editions issued on cycle — 2025 edition lists Section III Divisions 1-5
Requires: Applies after construction-code requirements are satisfied; governs examination, inservice testing/inspection, and repair/replacement of components in operating light-water plants (Div 1) and reliability/integrity management programs (Div 2)
Renewal: n/a; mandatory program of scheduled examinations, testing, and inspections over plant operating life
Requires: n/a; 18 requirements in Part I organized to implement the 18 criteria of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, plus Parts II-IV supplemental/guidance material (e.g., commercial-grade dedication)
Renewal: n/a; editions periodically (1979, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012...)
Requires: n/a; sets criteria for safety systems including single-failure criterion application and system-level design requirements
Renewal: n/a; periodic revisions (603-1991 cited in NRC guidance; 603-2018 is the current edition — estimated)
Requires: n/a; establishes procedures (test, analysis, or experience-based evaluation) to demonstrate Class 1E / equipment-important-to-safety can perform its safety function during/after a safe-shutdown earthquake preceded by operating-basis earthquakes
Renewal: n/a
Requires: n/a; binding-style safety requirements (not a certifiable standard) covering NPP design, defence in depth, design extension conditions, practical elimination of early/large releases
Renewal: n/a; Rev.1 published Vienna 2016 (post-Fukushima amendments)
Requires: n/a; safety requirements for commissioning programs, operating/maintenance procedures validation, periodic safety review, emergency preparedness, accident management, operating-experience feedback
Renewal: n/a; Rev.1 published Vienna 2016
Requires: n/a; requirements for national regulatory bodies — independence, legal authority, licensing/authorization, inspection, enforcement
Renewal: n/a
Requires: n/a; builds on ISO 9001 with nuclear-specific requirements (safety culture, traceability, risk management, regulatory compliance) for organizations supplying products/services Important To Nuclear Safety (ITNS); certification awarded by accredited bodies (e.g.
Renewal: n/a; certification subject to surveillance/recertification audits per the certification body
Requires: n/a; defines training subject-matter areas and qualification requirements for Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineers (NCSEs) — invoked as the requirements basis for site CSE qualification cards
Renewal: n/a
Requires: n/a; fundamental criticality-safety practices for handling, storing, and processing fissionable material outside reactors
Renewal: n/a
Requires: n/a; establishes procedures and criteria for issuance, modification, maintenance, and renewal of RO, SRO (and legacy special senior operator) licenses
Renewal: n/a; licenses issued for 6-year terms with requalification
Requires: n/a; two-step licensing: Construction Permit then Operating License; includes Appendix B QA criteria, 50.59 change process, 50.55a codes/standards incorporation
Renewal: n/a
Requires: n/a; one-step alternative: early site permits (ESPs), standard design approvals/certifications (DCs), manufacturing licenses (MLs), combined licenses (COLs); applies to LWRs and non-LWRs
Renewal: n/a; NuScale standard design certified under Part 52 (final rule Jan 2023)
Requires: n/a; site suitability evaluation factors — exclusion area, low-population zone, population-center distance, atmospheric dispersion, geologic/seismic siting (100.23), meteorology, hydrology, man-related hazards
Renewal: n/a
Requires: n/a; implements Atomic Energy Act §57b(2): specific DOE authorization required before transferring unclassified nuclear technology or assistance abroad (enrichment, reprocessing, plutonium fuel fabrication, heavy water, production reactors/accelerators, sensit
Renewal: n/a; authorizations are activity/country specific
Requires: n/a; requires documented safety basis (safety analysis) for DOE hazard category 1, 2, and 3 nuclear facilities; DOE management official approves safety basis
Renewal: n/a
Requires: n/a; DOE-worker counterpart to NRC Part 20 — occupational dose limits, monitoring, internal dosimetry, ALARA, contamination control, radiation safety training, nuclear accident dosimetry
Renewal: n/a
Requires: n/a; DOE facility-safety requirements for nuclear and non-nuclear facilities (natural-phenomena hazards, fire protection, criticality safety interfaces)
Renewal: n/a
Requires: n/a; states accept safeguards on all source/special fissionable material in peaceful activities and must establish a State System of Accounting for and Control of nuclear material (SSAC); Additional Protocol extends declarations, access, and import/export repo
Renewal: n/a
Requires: n/a; Treaty Article 77 safeguards cover all civilian nuclear material in the EU — broader than IAEA (also covers proper use per supply contracts); operators must declare basic technical characteristics, keep operating records, submit nuclear-material accounts;
Renewal: n/a
Requires: n/a; NRC relinquishes regulatory authority over certain byproduct, source, and limited special nuclear material to states that demonstrate compatible radiation-control programs; licensees then hold state-issued radioactive-materials licenses instead of NRC lic
Renewal: n/a
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