ML13169A002
| ML13169A002 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 06/18/2013 |
| From: | Bill Dean Region 1 Administrator |
| To: | Shaw G - No Known Affiliation |
| Setzer T | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML13150A141 | List: |
| References | |
| EDATS: Region I-2013-0142 | |
| Download: ML13169A002 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406-2713 June 18, 2013 Mr. Gary Shaw 9 Van Cortlandt Place Croton on Hudson, NY 10520
Dear Mr. Shaw:
I am responding to your letter dated May 20, 2013, in which you expressed disappointment with the email response I sent you regarding not conducting an Independent Safety Assessment at Indian Point, and the basis for not recording the annual assessment meetings.
Since its inception, the NRC has performed annual self-assessments in order to verify that the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) is meeting its program goals and achieving its intended outcomes. Through these self-assessments as well as input from internal and external stakeholders, including the Government Accountability Office and the NRCs Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the NRC has implemented many ROP improvements.
Although we disagree on the ROPs effectiveness and adequacy, it has proven to be an effective process that we strive to continuously improve in order to ensure safe plant operations.
You may review the efforts we have in place to improve the ROP, as well as the self-assessment results at the following weblink:
http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/program-evaluations.html Additionally, if you believe that there was NRC employee misconduct involved in implementing the ROP, you may contact the OIG by any of the following methods.
Telephone: 1-800-233-3497 (OIG Hotline Number)
Online submission: http://www.nrc.gov/insp-gen/complaint.html Written: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Inspector General Hotline Program Mail Stop T5-D28 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 With respect to your comments on whether to record the Annual Assessment meetings, the Agency utilizes numerous methods to seek public comment and input on matters requiring Commission-level decision making, for example, the ongoing license renewal hearings being conducted in the vicinity of Indian Point. Annual assessment meetings, which are an opportunity for the NRC to interact with and inform the public on plant related issues, do not warrant that level of treatment as these are not decision-making forums.
G. Shaw 2
Thank you for your concerns about the safe operations of the Indian Point nuclear plant. I can assure you that we take our role in assuring public health and safety very seriously at not only Indian Point, but all of the reactor sites in this country. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Art Burritt, Branch Chief, at (610)337-5069.
Sincerely,
/RA/
William M. Dean Regional Administrator
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