ML080450078
| ML080450078 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 03/14/2008 |
| From: | Grobe J NRC/NRR/ADES |
| To: | Marion A Nuclear Energy Institute |
| References | |
| Download: ML080450078 (5) | |
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March 14, 2008 Mr. Alexander Marion, Executive Director Nuclear Operations & Engineering Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708
SUBJECT:
REVISION 1 OF THE DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL PROJECT PLAN
Dear Mr. Marion:
The purpose of this letter is to provide you with Revision 1 of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRCs) Digital Instrumentation and Control (DI&C) Project Plan dated March 14, 2008 (Enclosure).
The DI&C Project Plan was initially issued on July 12, 2007 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML071900253). Draft revisions of the project plan were presented at the December 7, 2007 and February 01, 2008 public meetings of the NRCs DI&C Steering Committee. The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) provided comments on December 21, 2007 and on February 20, 2008.
At the last public meeting of the DI&C Steering Committee, the NEI requested the NRC provide more information on comments to the project plan that were not accepted (ADAMS Accession No. ML080180436). In response to that request, the following is offered:
The NEI requested that several milestones be added to the project plan for Task Working Group (TWG) 2 for the NRC to provide review/comment on several industry white papers related to long term actions. NRC staff will review and consider industry white papers in the completion of long term actions, but a milestone will not be provided in the project plan since the reviews are not an integral part of completing the long term actions associated with TWG 2.
The NEI requested that several milestones be added to the project plan for TWG 2 for the NEI to provide a revised white paper after NRC review. As stated above, a milestone will not be provided for the NRC staff review of Industry white papers and therefore, a milestone will not be provided for NEI to submit a revised white paper.
The NEI requested that milestones be provided in several places in the project plan for updates to the various Interim Staff Guidance (ISG). Revisions of ISGs will be done on a case by case basis depending on the significance of the necessary revisions. Therefore milestones will not be provided for revising ISGs since it is not known which ISGs might be revised.
The principal purpose of the Steering Committee and the Project Plan is to develop interim guidance to ensure the quality and uniformity of staff reviews and to present a well-defined base to evaluate applications to use digital I&C technology. The development of ISGs supports the digital I&C review process by providing timely updated guidance to applicants and staff reviewers, as well as information to stakeholders. Approved ISGs will serve as a bridge and will be used by staff to review digital I&C applications until the ISGs are refined as necessary and incorporated into future revisions of appropriate regulatory documents. The Steering Committee appreciates the continued contributions of industry representatives to develop and refine regulatory guidance supporting the application of digital technology of operating and new nuclear power reactors and fuel cycle facilities.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1274.
Sincerely,
/RA/
John A. Grobe, Associate Director Engineering and Safety Systems Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/enclosures: See next page The principal purpose of the Steering Committee and the Project Plan is to develop interim guidance to ensure the quality and uniformity of staff reviews and to present a well-defined base to evaluate applications to use digital I&C technology. The development of ISGs supports the digital I&C review process by providing timely updated guidance to applicants and staff reviewers, as well as information to stakeholders. Approved ISGs will serve as a bridge and will be used by staff to review digital I&C applications until the ISGs are refined as necessary and incorporated into future revisions of appropriate regulatory documents. The Steering Committee appreciates the continued contributions of industry representatives to develop and refine regulatory guidance supporting the application of digital technology of operating and new nuclear power reactors and fuel cycle facilities.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1274.
Sincerely,
/RA/
John A. Grobe, Associate Director Engineering and Safety Systems Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/enclosures: See next page ADAMS ACCESSION NOS.:
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Nuclear Energy Institute Project No. 689 cc:
Mr. Alexander Marion, Executive Director of Nuclear Operations Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 am@nei.org Mr. James Riley, Director of Engineering Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 jhr@nei.org Mr. Gordon Clefton, Senior Project Manager Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708\\
gac@nei.org Mitch Lucas, (TXU) mlucas3@luminant.com Rick Libra, (DTE)
Rick.Libra@exeloncorp.com Amir Shahkarami, (Exelon)
Amir.Shahkarami@exeloncorp.com Chuck Welty, (EPRI) cwelty@epri.com