Section 606.50  Technical Qualifications of Personnel

a)         Personnel developing the facility shall meet the requirements listed below.  The qualifications listed below are set forth as minimum requirements for the organization and must be met collectively, but not necessarily met by a single individual:

1)         Project Manager

The Project Manager must have previous managerial experience on a project of similar magnitude and complexity (i.e., a project of similar budget, duration, staffing and regulatory complexity).  In addition, the Project Manager must have been manager of a project which involved supervision of at least 30 professional (engineering or other technical) employees.  Additionally, the Project Manager must be familiar with federal, state and local requirements applicable to radioactive or hazardous waste disposal, or with radioactive materials licensing.  The Project Manager's familiarity with these regulatory requirements shall have been obtained through involvement on previous projects.

2)         Senior Project Engineer – The Senior Project Engineer shall:

A)        Be a Registered Professional Engineer, registered in Illinois by the Department of Professional Regulation in accordance with the Illinois Professional Engineering Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 111, par. 5101, et seq.) or be a Registered Professional Engineer in another state and be eligible for reciprocal registration within six months; and

B)        Have been a senior engineer on at least 2 other engineering projects of similar complexity and magnitude (i.e., projects of similar budget, duration, magnitude and regulatory complexity) as the proposed project.

3)         Mechanical Engineer

The mechanical engineer, if utilized, shall:

A)        Be a Registered Professional Engineer registered in Illinois by the Department of Professional Regulation in accordance with the Illinois Professional Engineering Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 111, par. 5101, et seq.) or be a Registered Professional Engineer in another state and be eligible for reciprocal registration within six months; or

B)        Have a degree in mechanical engineering and at least 5 years experience as a mechanical engineer.

4)         Geotechnical or Civil Engineer

The geotechnical or civil engineer shall:

A)        Be a Registered Professional Engineer registered in Illinois by the Department of Professional Regulation accordance with the Illinois Professional Engineering Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 111, par. 5101, et seq.) or be a Registered Professional Engineer in another state and be eligible for reciprocal registration within six months; or

B)        Have a degree in geotechnical or civil engineering and at least 5 years experience as a geotechnical or civil engineer.

5)         Structural Engineer

At a minimum, the structural engineer shall:

A)        Be Registered Structural Engineers, registered in Illinois by the Department of Professional Regulation in accordance with the Illinois Structural Engineering Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 111, par. 6501, et seq.), or be a Registered Structural Engineer in another state and be eligible for reciprocal registration within six months; and

B)        Shall have at least 10 years of experience in reinforced concrete design and construction.

6)         Geohydrologist

The geohydrologist shall either:

A)        Hold a Master's Degree in geology or geohydrology, and have at least 5 years experience as a geohydrologist; or

B)        Hold a bachelor's degree in geology and have at least 8 years of experience as geohydrologist.

7)         Environmental Scientist

The environmental scientist shall:

A)        Hold an advanced degree (Ph.D., M.A. or M.S.) in Environmental Science or related natural or physical science (e.g., chemistry, biology, or physics); and

B)        Have at least 5 years experience in evaluating and mitigating environmental impacts.

8)         Health Physicists

A)        Design, Development and Planning of Operation

The health physicist shall either:

i)          Be certified by the American Board of Health Physics, 800 W. Parkdrive, Suite 400, McLean, Va. 22101, in accordance with that organization's standards for certification in effect on January 1, 1988.  A copy of these standards is available from the Department;

ii)         Hold a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in health physics or physics and have at least three years of applied radiation protection experience; or

iii)         Hold a Master's (M.S., M.A.) degree in health physics or physics and have at least five years of applied radiation protection experience.

B)        Operation

The health physicist shall either:

i)          Be certified by the American Board of Health Physics, 800 W. Parkdrive, Suite 400, McLean, Va., 22101, in accordance with that organization's standards for certification in effect on January 1, 1988.  A copy of these standards is available from the Department;

ii)         Hold a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in health physics or physics and have at least three years of applied radiation protection experience;

iii)         Hold a Master's (M.S., M.A.) degree in health physics or physics and have at least five years of applied radiation protection experience; or

iv)        Hold a Bachelor's (B.S., B.A.) degree in health physics or in a natural or physical science, and have at least eight years of applied radiation protection experience.

9)         Radiochemist

The radiochemist shall:

A)        Hold an advanced degree (Ph.D., M.A., M.S.) in radiochemistry or chemistry; and

B)        Have at least 5 years experience working in a radiochemistry laboratory.

10)         Community Liaison

The community liaison shall have either:

A)        An advanced degree (M.S., M.A., Ph.D.) in public administration or a related field (e.g., public affairs, technology and public policy) and a minimum of three years experience in conducting public participation programs, particularly those involving the siting and of locally controversial land uses; or

B)        A bachelor's degree (B.A., B.S.) in public administration or a related field and a minimum of five years experience in conducting public participation programs, particularly those involving the siting of locally controversial land uses (such as prisons or sanitary landfills).

b)         Personnel operating facility:

In addition to individuals listed in subsection (a), the operator shall have a comptroller and a management information services staff that meets the following qualifications:

1)         Comptroller – The comptroller shall be experienced in managing projects of similar budget size and complexity of the proposed project. The comptroller shall hold a degree in accounting and shall have at least 5 years experience.

2)         Information Management Services Specialist

The information management specialist shall hold a bachelor's or graduate level degree in computer science or in Information Management and shall have at least three years of computer programming experience.

c)         All personnel shall have training in the following:

1)         The characteristics of radiation;

2)         The significance of radiation dose;

3)         The levels of radiation from sources of radiation;

4)         Methods of controlling radiation dose, including working time, working distances, and shielding;

5)         Use of personnel monitoring equipment; and

6)         The operator's operating and emergency procedures.