ML19289D260
| ML19289D260 | |
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| Issue date: | 10/17/2019 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Rowley J | |
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| Download: ML19289D260 (4) | |
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Low Safety Significance Issue Resolution October 17, 2019
LSSIR Background
- Objective: identify means to enhance NRC internal processes to mitigate situations where an inappropriate expenditure of resources and attention is applied to low safety significant issues Working Group Formed in November 2018.
Previous public meetings in March, May and August 2019 SES Sponsor: Jack Giessner 2
Status of LSSIR Effort
- LSSIR draft recommendations are with the NRR office director for consideration and feedback The LSSIR draft recommendations include:
LSSIR placed into IMC-0612 with supporting guidance in IMC-0611 LSSIR process will be in the ongoing separate effort to update the technical assistance request procedure (COM-106)
A conceptual LSSIR-like process to support forward fit decisions New guidance to assist the licensing basis determination for issues Enforcement manual changes that should support, in part, LSSIR LSSIR has focused mainly on issues that are not clearly within the licensing basis The memo discusses a possible future effort to address low safety significant issues that are within the licensing basis 3
Questions and Comments