ML16274A155
| ML16274A155 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/15/1990 |
| From: | Michelson C Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| To: | Carr K NRC/Chairman |
| References | |
| Download: ML16274A155 (4) | |
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D900215 The Honorable Kenneth M. Carr Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555
Dear Chairman Carr:
SUBJECT:
ACRS REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATING EXPERIENCE In your letter dated January 12, 1990, you requested a report discussing ACRS reevaluation of the Committee's role in the review and evaluation of nuclear power plant operating experience.
During our January 11-12, 1990 meeting, we reviewed the existing ACRS subcommittee structure with particular emphasis on identifying issues requiring increased ACRS involvement. Several new subcom-mittees were established and the scopes of some existing subcommit-tees were modified to reflect the Committee's perception of its future activities.
Attached is a list of the current and recently disbanded ACRS subcommittees. You will note that many of the subcommittees are involved with some facet of plant operating experience as part of their charters. Five subcommittees have specific assignments for review of operating experience:
o A Plant Operations Subcommittee was established to act as the lead subcommittee in the area of plant operating experience.
This subcommittee will review selected nuclear power plant operating events and the short-term actions associated with these events, including interfacing with the NRR Division of Operational Events Assessment. The subcommittee will con-sider, as appropriate, activities such as the LER, SALP, Diagnostic Evaluation Team, AIT, and IIT processes; opera-tional quality; operator performance; and Technical Specifica-tion issues.
o A Systematic Assessment of Experience Subcommittee has the responsibility for the long-term and generic implications of operating experience, including interfacing with AEOD and INPO on activities regarding long-range assessment of operating experience, reviewing lessons learned from AIT and IIT reports, comparing PRA input/results to actual operating ex-perience, and reviewing the development of operational performance indicators.
o An Adopted Plants Activities Subcommittee was established to handle procedural and resource issues and member assignments associated with the ACRS adopted plants program. This program, which was established in 1987, involves the assign-ment of a number of operating plants to each ACRS member. The member receives licensing and inspection correspondence and SALP reports on his plants, visits the plants as appropriate,
and reports items of interest to the ACRS.
o An International Activities Subcommittee was established to coordinate all activities on foreign reactors and interface with AEOD and GPA on international activities. Subcommittee responsibilities include the review and evaluation of foreign nuclear power plant operating experience.
o The Regional Activities Subcommittee meets periodically with each Regional Administrator and his staff to review the various inspection and enforcement programs in the Regions.
A complete round of these meetings has taken place and a second round will commence this year.
In addition to these subcommittee activities, the ACRS staff receives and reviews Weekly Information Reports; NRC bulletins, notices, and generic letters; AEOD reports; performance indicator reports; preliminary notifications; the monthly compilation of LERs; and Headquarters and Regional Office daily reports. Com-mittee members receive certain of this information depending on their interests. This information provides input to the Commit-tee's process for establishing subcommittee work assignments and requesting staff briefings on operating experience issues.
In summary, we believe that ACRS has the appropriate mechanisms in place to review and evaluate U.S. and foreign nuclear plant oper-ating experience and to advise the Commission in this important area.
Sincerely, Carlyle Michelson Chairman
Attachment:
List of Current and Recently Disbanded ACRS Subcommittees
ATTACHMENT LIST OF CURRENT AND RECENTLY DISBANDED ACRS SUBCOMMITTEES NEW SUBCOMMITTEES Adopted Plants Activities Defueling/Fuel Pool Storage International Activities Plant License Renewal Plant Operations TVA Plant Licensing/Restart PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED SUBCOMMITTEES Comanche Peak Units 1 & 2 Computers in Nuclear Power Plant Operations Seabrook Nuclear Plant Unit 1 AC/DC Power Systems Reliability Advanced BWRs (GE)
Advanced Reactor Designs Auxiliary & Secondary Systems Babcock & Wilcox Reactor Plants Containment Systems Core Performance Decay Heat Removal Systems Extreme External Phenomena FTOL Conversions General Electric Reactor Plants Generic Items Human Factors Improved LWRs Instrumentation and Control Systems
Integrated Safety Assessment Program Maintenance Practices and Procedures Materials & Metallurgy Mechanical Components Naval Reactors Non-Power Reactors Occupational and Environmental Protection Systems Planning and Procedures Probabilistic Risk Assessment Quality and Quality Assurance in Design and Construction Regional Programs Regulatory Activities Regulatory Policies and Practices Reliability Assurance Safeguards and Security Safety Philosophy, Technology and Criteria Safety Research Program Severe Accidents Structural Engineering Systematic Assessment of Experience Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena Westinghouse and Combustion Engineering Reactor Plants SUBCOMMITTEES WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DISBANDED (Tasks have been absorbed into either new or other previously established subcommittees)
Bellefonte Plant Units 1 & 2 Limerick Unit 2 Watts Bar Units 1 & 2 ACRS Bylaws Consideration of International Operating Experiences Member Nominations On-Site Fuel Storage Plant Operating Procedures