ML18171A077

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Acknowledgement Letter to NEI Letter
ML18171A077
Person / Time
Site: Nuclear Energy Institute
Issue date: 06/20/2018
From: Mark Miller
Division of Inspection and Regional Support
To: Earls C
Nuclear Energy Institute
Jones H, 415-4054
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ML18165A014 List:
References
NEI 18-07
Download: ML18171A077 (2)


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C. Earls UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 June 20, 2018 Mr. Christopher E. Earls Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs 1201 F Street, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20004

SUBJECT:

RECEIPT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (NEI) SUBMITTAL OF TECHNICAL REPORT NEI-18-07, DRAFT 0, LICENSEE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS - METHODOLOGY FOR LICENSE IDENTIFICATION OF LATENT DESIGN ISSUES

Dear Mr. Earls:

This letter acknowledges receipt of a June 13, 2018, letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) entitled, NEI 18-07, Licensee Performance Assessments - Methodology for Licensee Identification of Latent Design Issues (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Nos.

ML18165A064 and ML18165A068).

The June 13, 2018, letter was in response to the NRCs holistic engineering review initiative to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Reactor Oversight Process baseline inspections.

The NRCs engineering review included consideration of one NRC inspection to be credited with a licensee self-assessment. The June 13 letter includes the first draft of NEIs licensee performance assessment guidance. In the June 13 letter, NEI also requested a public meeting with the NRC to discuss the draft guidance and consider which upcoming NRC inspections would be suitable for piloting the draft guidance.

I appreciate your letter and look forward to NRC staff engaging with NEI and the public on the draft licensee performance assessment guidance. The NRC will contact NEI regarding plans to hold a public meeting in the very near future.

If you have any questions, please contact Thomas Hipschman by telephone at 301-415-1169 or by e-mail to Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark Miller, Acting Director Division of Inspection and Regional Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

ML18171A077 (Acknowledgement Letter from NRC)

ML18165A064 (NEI Memo Providing Draft Licensee Performance Assessment Guidance)

ML18165A068 (Draft Licensee Performance Assessment Guidance)

ML18165A014 (Package) *concurrence via email OFFICE NRR/DIRS NRR/DIRS NAME HJones* MMiller*

DATE 06/20/2018 06/20/2018