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Summary of Meeting Between the NRC Staff and NEI to Discuss Revised Guidance Documents: Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0326 and NEI 18-03
ML19247C053
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Site: 99902028
Issue date: 09/24/2019
From: Ngola Otto
NRC/NRR/DLP/PLPB
To: Dennis Morey
Otto N, NRR/DLP, 415-6695
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September 24, 2019 MEMORANDUM TO: Dennis C. Morey, Chief Licensing Processes Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: Ngola Otto, Project Manager /RA/

Licensing Processes Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF AUGUST 1, 2019, MEETING BETWEEN THE NRC STAFF AND NEI TO DISCUSS REVISED GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS:

INSPECTION MANAUAL CHAPTER (IMC) 0326 AND NEI 18-03 On August 1, 2019, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held a Category 2 public meeting with representatives from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and industry. The purpose of the public meeting was for the NRC and NEI to discuss revised guidance documents: IMC 0326, Operability Determinations, and NEI 18-03, Operability Determinations. All information related to this meeting and discussed in this summary can be found in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) packages under Accession No. ML19197A117 and Accession No. ML19247C146.

NRCs revised IMC 0326 and related presentation are documented in ADAMS Accession Numbers ML19197A133 and ML19197A140 respectively. The staffs presentation focused on revisions to IMC 0326, which include 1) IMC Title Change, 2) New Sections Added, 3) Items Removed, and 4) Items Relocated. The staff also stated that the revised IMC 0326 was sent to the regional staff for comment in mid-July and the staff is continuing to evaluate and resolve the numerous comments received to date.

NEIs presentation related to revised NEI 18-03 is documented in ADAMS Accession No. ML19211B365. The staff and industry engaged in clarification discussions.

NEI provided feedback on the revised IMC 0326 in the following areas:

  • NEI stated that the concept of reasonable expectation is more commonly used by licensees, and that the inspector guidance should reflect that term and not the agencys term reasonable assurance.
  • NEI provided feedback in the form of clarification suggestions in the areas of code compliance, the definition of operability, and the definition of specified safety function.

D. Morey The following Action Items were identified during these discussions:

1. NEI to provide formal documented feedback, which will include more comments than those discussed during the public meeting, on IMC 0326 to staff for consideration prior to submitting the revised IMC 0326 for formal concurrence scheduled for the end of September 2019.
a. NEI provided the documented feedback on August 19, 2019, which can be found in the ADAMS Accession No. ML19247B792.
2. The staff will continue to receive, evaluate, and resolve comments, leaving enough time to prepare the revised IMC 0326 for formal concurrence.

There were no members of the public who provided comments.

CONTACT: Ngola Otto, NRR/DLP 301-415-6695 Docket No.: 99902028

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