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Effectiveness of the Reactor Oversight
Process Baseline Inspection Program
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Public meeting and request for
comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) plans to hold a
public meeting to discuss the
effectiveness of the reactor oversight
process (ROP) baseline inspection
program with members of the public,
licensees, and interest groups. The NRC
is also seeking public comment about
the effectiveness of the ROP baseline
inspection program. Responses received
at the meeting and public comments
submitted to the NRC will provide
important information for ongoing
program improvement.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
on July 17, 2013. See Section III, Public
Meeting, of this document for more
information on the meeting. Comments
on the issues and questions presented in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this document should be submitted
by July 26, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
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for Docket ID NRC–2013–0125. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
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document.
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Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
For additional direction on accessing
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see ‘‘Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
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Reactor Regulations, U.S. Nuclear
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2013–
0125 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
this document. You may access
information related to this document,
which the NRC possesses and is
publicly available, by any of the
following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2013–0125.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly
available documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search,
select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and
then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced in this document
(if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
a document is referenced.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
• Information regarding the ROP and
licensee performance can be accessed at
https://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/
ASSESS/.html.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2013–
0125 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure
that the NRC is able to make your
comment submission available to the
public in this docket.
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The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in you comment submission.
The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS.
II. Program Overview
The mission of the NRC is to ensure
adequate protection of public health and
safety, promote the common defense
and security, and protect the
environment. The NRC regulates
commercial nuclear power plants
through a combination of regulatory
requirements; licensing; safety
oversight, including inspection,
assessment of performance and
enforcement; operational experience
evaluation; and regulatory support
activities. The NRC periodically reviews
each of these processes and is in the
process of reviewing the baseline
inspection program and the associated
inspection procedures. Inspection
procedures are statements of
requirements or guidance for inspection
activities that focus on safety. Baseline
inspections are performed annually at
all plants. Inspection Manual Chapter
2515 Appendix A provides background
on the baseline inspection program
including the objectives and philosophy
and contains a list of all inspection
procedures.
The agency’s goal for the current
review is to enhance the baseline
inspection program to incorporate the
needed inspection areas for the current
environment, eliminate redundant or no
longer necessary inspection areas,
maximize efficient and effective use of
agency resources, and incorporate
flexibility where appropriate. This
process should provide a validation of
the basic philosophy and key principles
of the baseline inspection program with
allowance to make changes where it
may be necessary.
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III. Public Meeting
The public meeting will be held in
Rockville, Maryland, at 11555 Rockville
Pike, in the NRC Commissioners’
Hearing Room on July 17, 2013. The
agenda for the public meeting will be
noticed no fewer than 10 days prior to
the meeting on the NRC’s Public
Meeting Schedule Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/public-involve/publicmeetings/index.cfm. Any meeting
updates or changes will be made
available on this Web site.
At the meeting, the NRC will discuss
inspection areas such as engineering,
maintenance, operations, and problem
identification and resolution. The NRC
has prepared the following questions in
advance of the meeting to aid in a
focused discussion on specific topics. In
addition, the NRC specifically requests
public comment addressing the
following topics:
(1) What issues/programs/
components, if any, should be covered
by the ROP baseline inspection
program, but are not? What areas, if any,
are covered by the ROP baseline
inspection program that should not be?
(2) How can the baseline inspection
program be more efficient and/or
effective?
(3) What redundancies exist in the
baseline inspection program? For
example, do the current baseline
inspection procedures have the correct
breadth to ensure we are not inspecting
the same things?
(4) What ways are there to increase
the NRC’s focus on the most significant
performance issues at a plant? Are there
areas of licensee plant operations and
performance which warrant increased or
new NRC focus? Are there areas where
the NRC’s focus should be decreased?
(5) How can we improve the existing
baseline inspection procedures to result
in findings that have a clear tie to
nuclear safety, are indicative of current
performance, and provide the most
insight?
(6) How can we better integrate
operating experience into the baseline
inspection program?
(7) What changes, if any, can be made
to the existing baseline inspection
program to ensure we are sufficiently
evaluating age related degradation or
failures of passive or active systems,
structures, or components?
(8) What changes, if any, should be
made to the baseline inspection program
to ensure it is adequate for the current
environment (e.g. external event
uncertainties, plants entering extended
operation, effects of power uprates, new
corporate/financial structures, etc)?
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(9) What changes, if any, should be
made to the frequency of team
inspections?
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day
of June, 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy J. Kobetz,
Acting Director, Division of Inspection and
Regional Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulations.
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Pursuant to Section 189a. (2) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
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to be issued and grants the Commission
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to an operating license or combined
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such amendment involves no significant
hazards consideration, notwithstanding
the pendency before the Commission of
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This biweekly notice includes all
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this document describes a different
method for submitting comments on a
specific subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2013–0122. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Rules, Announcements, and
Directives Branch (RADB), Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05–
B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
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Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
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• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
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• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
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White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2013–
0122 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure
that the NRC is able to make your
comment submission available to the
public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission.
The NRC posts all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as entering
the comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
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identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
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does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
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entering the comment submissions into
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no significant hazards consideration.
Under the Commission’s regulations in
Section 50.92 of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), this
means that operation of the facility in
accordance with the proposed
amendment would not (1) involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of
a new or different kind of accident from
any accident previously evaluated; or
(3) involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety. The basis for this
proposed determination for each
amendment request is shown below.
The Commission is seeking public
comments on this proposed
determination. Any comments received
within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be
considered in making any final
determination.
Normally, the Commission will not
issue the amendment until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license
amendment before expiration of the 60day period provided that its final
determination is that the amendment
involves no significant hazards
consideration. In addition, the
Commission may issue the amendment
prior to the expiration of the 30-day
comment period should circumstances
change during the 30-day comment
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timely way would result, for example in
derating or shutdown of the facility.
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will publish in the Federal Register a
notice of issuance. Should the
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Inspection Program
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Public meeting and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to hold a
public meeting to discuss the effectiveness of the reactor oversight
process (ROP) baseline inspection program with members of the public,
licensees, and interest groups. The NRC is also seeking public comment
about the effectiveness of the ROP baseline inspection program.
Responses received at the meeting and public comments submitted to the
NRC will provide important information for ongoing program improvement.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on July 17, 2013. See Section
III, Public Meeting, of this document for more information on the
meeting. Comments on the issues and questions presented in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document should be submitted
by July 26, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0125. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and
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Directives Branch, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marsha Gamberoni, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0890; Marsha.Gamberoni@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0125 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses
and is publicly available, by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0125.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this document (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Information regarding the ROP and licensee performance can
be accessed at https://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/.html.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2013-0125 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in you
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Program Overview
The mission of the NRC is to ensure adequate protection of public
health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect
the environment. The NRC regulates commercial nuclear power plants
through a combination of regulatory requirements; licensing; safety
oversight, including inspection, assessment of performance and
enforcement; operational experience evaluation; and regulatory support
activities. The NRC periodically reviews each of these processes and is
in the process of reviewing the baseline inspection program and the
associated inspection procedures. Inspection procedures are statements
of requirements or guidance for inspection activities that focus on
safety. Baseline inspections are performed annually at all plants.
Inspection Manual Chapter 2515 Appendix A provides background on the
baseline inspection program including the objectives and philosophy and
contains a list of all inspection procedures.
The agency's goal for the current review is to enhance the baseline
inspection program to incorporate the needed inspection areas for the
current environment, eliminate redundant or no longer necessary
inspection areas, maximize efficient and effective use of agency
resources, and incorporate flexibility where appropriate. This process
should provide a validation of the basic philosophy and key principles
of the baseline inspection program with allowance to make changes where
it may be necessary.
III. Public Meeting
The public meeting will be held in Rockville, Maryland, at 11555
Rockville Pike, in the NRC Commissioners' Hearing Room on July 17,
2013. The agenda for the public meeting will be noticed no fewer than
10 days prior to the meeting on the NRC's Public Meeting Schedule Web
site at https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm.
Any meeting updates or changes will be made available on this Web site.
At the meeting, the NRC will discuss inspection areas such as
engineering, maintenance, operations, and problem identification and
resolution. The NRC has prepared the following questions in advance of
the meeting to aid in a focused discussion on specific topics. In
addition, the NRC specifically requests public comment addressing the
following topics:
(1) What issues/programs/components, if any, should be covered by
the ROP baseline inspection program, but are not? What areas, if any,
are covered by the ROP baseline inspection program that should not be?
(2) How can the baseline inspection program be more efficient and/
or effective?
(3) What redundancies exist in the baseline inspection program? For
example, do the current baseline inspection procedures have the correct
breadth to ensure we are not inspecting the same things?
(4) What ways are there to increase the NRC's focus on the most
significant performance issues at a plant? Are there areas of licensee
plant operations and performance which warrant increased or new NRC
focus? Are there areas where the NRC's focus should be decreased?
(5) How can we improve the existing baseline inspection procedures
to result in findings that have a clear tie to nuclear safety, are
indicative of current performance, and provide the most insight?
(6) How can we better integrate operating experience into the
baseline inspection program?
(7) What changes, if any, can be made to the existing baseline
inspection program to ensure we are sufficiently evaluating age related
degradation or failures of passive or active systems, structures, or
components?
(8) What changes, if any, should be made to the baseline inspection
program to ensure it is adequate for the current environment (e.g.
external event uncertainties, plants entering extended operation,
effects of power uprates, new corporate/financial structures, etc)?
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(9) What changes, if any, should be made to the frequency of team
inspections?
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of June, 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy J. Kobetz,
Acting Director, Division of Inspection and Regional Support, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulations.
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