The 1980 Kemeny Commission 's report after the Three Mile Island accident recommended that the nuclear energy industry " set and police its own standards of excellence " . The nuclear industry founded the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations ( INPO ) within 9 months to establish personnel training and qualification . The industry through INPO created the ' National Academy for Nuclear Training Program ' either as early as 1980 or in September 1985 per the International Atomic Energy Agency . INPO refers to NANT as " our National Academy for Nuclear Training " on its website . NANT integrates and standardizes the training programs of INPO and US nuclear energy companies , offers training scholarships and interacts with the ' National Nuclear Accrediting Board ' . This Board is closely related to the ' National Academy for Nuclear Training ' , not a government body , and referred to as independent by INPO , the Nuclear Energy Institute , and nuclear utilities . but not by the NRC , all of whom are represented on the Board The 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act directed NRC in Section 306 to issue regulations or " other appropriate regulatory guidance " on training of nuclear plant personnel . Since the nuclear industry already had developed training and accreditation , NRC issued a policy statement in 1985 , endorsing the INPO program . NRC has a memorandum of agreement with INPO and " monitors INPO activities by observing accreditation team visits and the monthly NNAB meetings "
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
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