ML100150141
| ML100150141 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon, San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 12/15/2009 |
| From: | NRC/EDO |
| To: | Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility |
| Schwartz M | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML100050555 | List: |
| References | |
| 74FR66337, EDATS: SECY-2009-0560, G20090719, LTR-09-0642, NRC-2009-0485, SECY-2009-0560 | |
| Download: ML100150141 (2) | |
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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 15, 2009 / Notices 66387 No significant hazards consideration revising our oversight programs for participate by teleconference and/or comments received: No. NRC-regulated nuclear industries. The possibly through the internet. The Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day tentative dates for the planned public public meeting notice will provide of December 2009. workshops are February 2-4, 2010, and specific details regarding this option.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. April 13-15, 2010, and October 27-28, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Joseph G. Giitter, 2010, at or near NRC headquarters in Sapountzis, telephone (301) 415-7822 Rockville, MD. Please check the NRC or by e-mail to Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Web site (http://www.nrc.gov/public- Alexander.Sapountzis@nrc.gov; or Regulation. involve/public-meetings/index.cfm and/ Maria Schwartz, telephone (301) 415-
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or http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/ 1888 or by e-mail to regulatory/enforcement/safety- Maria.Schwartz@nrc.gov. Both of these BILLING CODE 7590-01-P culture.html) for any updates to the individuals can also be contacted by workshop schedules and/or information mail at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory NUCLEAR REGULATORY regarding this effort. Commission, Office of Enforcement, COMMISSION In addition to this Federal Register Concerns Resolution Branch, Mail Stop Notice, the NRC has issued a separate O-4 A15A, Washington, DC 20555-
[NRC-2009-0485] Federal Register Notice (November 6, 0001. Prior to each workshop, attendees 2009, 74 FR 57525, ADAMS Number are requested to register with one of the Development of NRCs Safety Culture ML093030375), which provides contacts listed in the workshop meeting Policy: Public Workshops; Request for individuals and organizations with an notice (i.e., the notice serves to Nomination of Participants in Round interest in nuclear safety, an announce the date, time and location of Table Discussions and Stakeholder opportunity to comment on the draft the workshop), so that sufficient Participation safety culture policy statement in the accommodations can be made for their AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory event they are unable to attend the participation. Please let the contact Commission (NRC). workshops referenced in this Federal know if special services, such as Register Notice. services for the hearing impaired, are ACTION: Notice of public workshops; request for nomination of participants in DATES: Public Workshop Dates: necessary.
round table discussions. Workshop meeting notices will be SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
available on the NRC Public Meeting
SUMMARY
- The NRC has prepared a draft Schedule Web site at http:// (1) Purpose of the Public Workshops policy statement on safety culture to www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public- The goal of these workshops is to include the unique aspects of nuclear meetings/index.cfm at least ten days develop concepts that will be safety and security, and to note prior to each workshop. The meeting incorporated into our draft final policy expectations that the policy applies to notices on the NRC Public Meeting statement and to consider incorporating individuals and organizations Schedule Web site will provide these views into our oversight programs performing or overseeing NRC-regulated information on how those unable to for NRC-regulated nuclear industries, as activities. The NRC is conducting public participate in person may do so via appropriate. Furthermore, the NRC is workshops to solicit input relating to teleconference and/or possibly through working with the Agreement States to the development of the safety culture the Internet. facilitate their consideration and policy statement. These workshops will ADDRESSES: Individuals or organizations support of effort in their oversight be composed of panel discussions. with an interest in nuclear safety are programs for materials licensees.
Attendees participation and feedback encouraged to submit names of The development of the safety culture on the discussions will also be solicited individuals who will represent each common terminology concepts during the workshops. In addition to industry group, stakeholder, union, and (definition and high-level description/
announcing the public workshops, the so forth, or themselves in the panel traits of areas important to safety other purpose of this notice is to request discussion portion of the workshops, to culture) will be used in the the names of individuals desiring to Alex Sapountzis or Maria Schwartz by development of a final safety culture participate in the panel discussion mail to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory policy statement to facilitate portion of the workshops. Nominations Commission, Office of Enforcement, transparency and common and requests to participate in the panel Concerns Resolution Branch, Mail Stop understanding of safety culture-related discussions are requested by January 15, O-4 A15A, Washington, DC 20555- concepts by interested stakeholders. The 2010, to allow for their consideration. 0001, or by e-mail to staff expects that the final safety culture The NRC staff is holding workshops Alexander.Sapountzis@nrc.gov or policy will set forth expectations for to support an overarching goal of forging Maria.Schwartz@nrc.gov. fostering a strong safety culture, will a consensus around the objectives, Public Workshops: The public pertain to all levels of an organization, strategies, activities and measures that workshops will be held at or near the and will apply to all individuals enhance safety culture for NRC- NRC Headquarters building located at performing or overseeing NRC-regulated regulated activities. Specifics include 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD activities. The NRC is working towards the development of the safety culture 20852. Because on-street parking is increasing the attention that is given to common terminology effort that extremely limited, the most convenient safety culture as part of its efforts to comprises: (1) Development of a transportation to the workshop venue, if ensure the safe and secure use of sroberts on DSKD5P82C1PROD with NOTICES common safety culture definition; and held at NRC headquarters, is via Metros radioactive material within NRCs (2) development of high-level Red Line to the White Flint Stop, which jurisdiction. Because the development description/traits of areas important to is directly across the street from NRC of a robust safety culture is important safety culture. These workshops aim to Headquarters. Please allow time to for all NRC-regulated nuclear industries, develop these concepts for register with building security upon the NRC is seeking involvement in this incorporation into our draft final policy entering the building. Those unable to effort by individuals and organizations statement and will be considered when travel and attend in person may with an interest in nuclear safety. The VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:23 Dec 14, 2009 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15DEN1.SGM 15DEN1
66388 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 15, 2009 / Notices NRC plans to conduct a series of organizations with an interest in nuclear of each workshop will consist of a panel workshops to maximize the safety an opportunity to comment on discussions among stakeholders, involvement of interested persons in the draft safety culture policy statement. including representatives from NRC-this effort to develop the safety culture Additionally, within the SRM, the regulated nuclear industries, interest definition and the description/traits that Commission stressed the importance it groups such as unions, and members of will be used to develop the final safety places on engaging a broad range of the public. The panel discussions will culture policy statement. stakeholders in developing the draft be followed by an interactive discussion final safety culture policy statement in with other meeting attendees. The NRC (2) Background order to ensure the final policy is requesting that individuals or In SECY-09-0075 (ADAMS Number statement presented to the Commission organizations with an interest in nuclear ML091130068), dated May 18, 2009, the benefits from consideration of a safety nominate/self-nominate staff provided a draft safety culture spectrum of views and provides the individuals to participate in the panel policy statement to the Commission for necessary foundation for safety culture discussions (e.g., nuclear power reactor its approval. SECY-09-0075 also applicable to the entire nuclear licensees, nuclear fuel cycle facility provided a response to the questions industry. Interested stakeholders may licensees, Agreement State regulators posed in Staff Requirements include, for example, Agreement States, and so forth should each nominate one Memorandum (SRM) COMGBJ-08-0001 organizations representing NRC or more individuals to speak for that (ADAMS Number ML080560476). Based licensees or Agreement State licensees, industry/group of licensees/
on document reviews and other and organizations/unions established to organizations/unions; members of the information collection activities provide government or nuclear safety public with a background/specific addressing safety culture, as well as oversight. interest in safety culture should self-outreach activities which included a Publicly Available Documents: nominate). Nominations and requests to public meeting held on February 3, Publicly available documents related to participate in the panel discussions are 2009, (ADAMS Number ML090270103 this safety culture initiative can be requested by January 15, 2010.
for the notice with topics to be accessed using the following methods: Nominations should also include discussed and meeting summary, NRCs Public Document Room (PDR), information supporting the nomination ADAMS Number ML090930572), the where the public may examine, and such as affiliation(s) and expertise. The staff concluded the following: (1) The have copied for a fee, publicly available NRC will use the nominations and Commissions expectations for safety documents. The address is U.S. Nuclear information supporting the nomination culture should be published in one Regulatory Commission Public to select final participants with a goal of policy statement entitled, Safety Document Room, Public File Area 0-1 ensuring a broad spectrum of views and Culture Policy Statement; (2) the F21, One White Flint North, 11555 backgrounds. Nominated individuals current Reactor Oversight Process Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852; or who are not selected to participate in (ROP), which includes consideration of NRCs Agency wide Documents Access the panel discussions are highly cross-cutting aspects of inspection and Management System (ADAMS), encouraged to attend the workshops, findings, offers valuable insights into which can be accessed at http:// where there will be opportunities to licensees safety culture; (3) the staff www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. offer input.
should enhance its safety culture From this site, the public can gain entry initiative for materials licensees, which For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
into ADAMS which provides text and includes obtaining additional image files of NRCs public documents. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day stakeholder views on how the NRC can of December 2009.
If you do not have access to ADAMS or increase attention to safety culture in if you encounter problems in accessing Roy Zimmerman, the materials area; and (4) the staff the documents located in ADAMS, Director, Office of Enforcement.
should continue to engage the contact the PDR Reference staff at 1- [FR Doc. E9-29793 Filed 12-14-09; 8:45 am]
Agreement States on how best to 800-397-4209, or (301) 415-4737 or by BILLING CODE 7590-01-P increase the involvement of the email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Agreement States and Agreement State licensees in safety culture initiatives (3) Topics for Discussion NUCLEAR REGULATORY (Note: The ADAMS documents The topics that will be discussed at COMMISSION referenced in this notice are publicly these workshops include developing a available and contain additional common safety culture definition and Sunshine Act; Meeting Notice information on the NRCs safety culture high-level description/traits of areas initiative, which will not be repeated in important to safety culture. This effort AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear this notice. The NRC has established a will support the development of a final Regulatory Commission.
safety culture Web site that contains safety culture policy statement that is DATE: Weeks of December 14, 21, 28, additional information on safety culture transparent, understandable and 2009, January 4, 11, 18, 2010.
at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/ applicable to all individuals performing PLACE: Commissioners Conference regulatory/enforcement/safety- or overseeing NRC-regulated industries.
culture.html). Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, On October 16, 2009, the Commission (4) Agendas Maryland.
directed the NRC staff in SRM (SECY- Detailed agendas will be available on STATUS: Public and Closed.
09-0075) to publish the draft safety the NRC Public Meeting Schedule Web Week of December 14, 2009 sroberts on DSKD5P82C1PROD with NOTICES culture policy statement for public site at http://www.nrc.gov/public-comment for no less than a 90-day involve/public-meetings at least ten days There are no meetings scheduled for public comment period. The draft safety prior to each workshop. the week of December 14, 2009.
culture policy statement was issued for (5) Format of Workshops Week of December 21, 2009Tentative public comment in a Federal Register Notice (November 6, 2009, 74 FR To ensure that this process is open, There are no meetings scheduled for 57525), which provides individuals and effective, and collaborative, the format the week of December 21, 2009.
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