NRC进行审计和培训检查,观察国家核证委员会(National Nuclear Accrediting Board, 缩写:NNAB)会议,并提名一些成员。
1980年凯梅尼委员会在三哩岛核泄漏事故发生后的报告[6]中建议核能产业“制定并监督自己的卓越标准”[7]。 核工业在9个月内成立了核电运营研究所(英语:Institute of Nuclear Power Operations)(INPO),以建立人员培训和资格。 通过INPO,该行业早在1980年[8]或1985年9月就根据国际原子能机构(IAEA)创建了“国家核培训计划”[9]。 INPO在其网站上将NANT称为“我们的国家核培训学院(our National Academy for Nuclear Training, 缩写:NANT)”[10]。NANT整合并标准化INPO和美国核能公司的培训计划,提供培训奖学金并与“国家核能认证委员会”进行互动。 该委员会与“国家核培训学院”密切相关,而不是政府机构,并被INPO[10] ,核能研究所和核电公司[11]称为独立的。
^US Congress. House Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Production, US President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island. Kemeny Commission findings: Oversight. Committee Report. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.: 40–129. 1980 [21 May 2014]. (原始内容存档于2020-02-14).
^Lanouette, William. The Kemeny Commission Report. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. January 1980: 20–24 [21 May 2014]. (原始内容存档于2020-02-14).
^Pate, Zack T. INPO's impact in the USA. International Atomic Energy Agency Bulletin (International Atomic Energy Agency). Autumn 1986: 60–62.
^ 10.010.1Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). About us. website. Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). 2012.缺少或|url=为空 (帮助)
^PG&E Senior Vice President Appointed to National Nuclear Accrediting Board. website. Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation. 11 February 2013 [21 May 2014]. (原始内容存档于2020-12-05). The independent National Nuclear Accrediting Board evaluates operator and technical training programs for nuclear plants throughout the industry, ensuring that accredited training programs meet the highest standards for excellence and incorporate best practices.
^NRC. The United States of America National Report for the Convention on Nuclear Safety. NUREG-1650. NRC: 11–15. September 2001 [21 May 2014]. (原始内容存档于2020-02-21). In accordance with its memorandum of agreement with the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), the NRC monitors INPO accreditation activities as part of its assessment of the effectiveness of the industry's training programs. (The NRC also monitors the selected performance areas of its licensees as part of its assessment.) The NRC monitors INPO activities by observing accreditation team visits and the monthly National Nuclear Accrediting Board meetings.