ML19308B884

Advises That Proposals to Modify SRPs Will Be Considered Only for Matters of Major Safety Significance & Must Include Impact/Value Assessment

ML19308B884
Person / Time
Site:	Crane
Issue date:	08/12/1975
From:	Rusche B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Heineman R, Schroeder F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Shared Package
ML19308B877	List: ML19308B875 ML19308B884 ML19308B888
References
TASK-TF, TASK-TMR NUDOCS 8001170491
Download: ML19308B884 (2)

Text

"

~

9 U.\\l f E o ST A T E S

, (.

[

NUCLEAR REGU8.ATORY COMMISSION

• ,\\

\\ L@- 3_

W A S HIN G T 0 f 4, D. C. 2 0 5 5 5 h1 l

AUG 1 % W/d

-% k x (s.

i R. Heinenan, Director, Division of Technical Review V

'. Schroeder, Deputy Director, Division.of. Technical Review.

A. Gia2busso, Director, Division of Reactor Licensing

' h R. Soyd, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Licensing nr NRR OFFICE LETTER NO. 2

~

Subject:

Standard Review Plans for Safety Evaluations The completion and publication of the set of Standard Review Plans (SRP's) for the safety evaluation of nuclear power plants represents a najor accomplishnent and milestone.

You, the staff, and Joe Hendrie are all to be commended. The SRP's represent the integrated result of the hundreds of conscious choices made by the staff and by the nuclear industry in developing design criteria and design requirements for nuclear power plants.

Now that the plans are published and in use, they represent the nost definitive basis available for specifying NRC's interpretation of an " acceptable level of safety" for light water reactor facilities.

In recognition of the importance. of SRP's to the staff, the nuclear.

industry, and the public in assuring that features that Ere essenlia fto protect the public health and safety are included in nuclear power plant designs, I' expect that the content of the SRP's will reaain fixed except for clarification or correction of error.

Proposals to modify the plans vill be considered only for natters of najor safety significance. Each proposal to modify the Standard Review Plans nust include an i= pact /value, a s s es s.,en t.

Adoption of a substantive increase or decrease in the safety requirenents-of the Standard Review Plans will require consideration by the Directors of Ecactor Licensing and Technical Review, review by the Regulatory Requirements Review Comnittee, and authorization by the Director, NRR.

Standard Review Plans should be used by each NRR project manager and technical reviewer to assure consistent evaluation for all applications.

Careful attention to the uniform implementation of SRP's by each individual NPR staff cember will assure an acceptable level of safety for all plants

.licenaad.

The Directors of P.eacter Licensing and Tec'anical Review should develop jointly, procedures and guidelines for inplementing these require--

cents.

s u

e O

4 f

fo' d # 76 9'9/

t-(

J Multiple Addresses i sj

'j l

Implementation of this approach with respect to the Standard Review,

Plans should add stability to the licensing process and increase-confidence that requirements icposed by NRC.are connensurate with

• the safety value to be expected. Your careful consideration of this-memorandum and its consistent implementation by the staff should enable ?iRR to carry out its statutory function uith full consideratica of the public interest.

~

~

(

MCb.9--,

Ben C. Rusche, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor r-

. - ~

Regulation cc:' L. V. Gossick,

^

E. G. Case ~

i -

J. Saltzman_,

~

'~^

~ '

E. Shapar J.. Ca11o

?.

\\

i Regulatory Requirenents Review Committee

.s....

. y?' r -

~

~.. '

8 3.,. v. ~. TR & RL AD's

~

2..

t TR & RL BC's

.. v- -

~~-: ; ~~.J r * '*

.= -r

, u 1--

.o-.

--.F

.c 6

4 4

=

4 g.#

' ' ~~

.. a

.4 g4 s

-s.6,

~. '

s

., < ~-

l

..z.f.m, 7..

.,.u

.~.

-. c. *m.,,b. g.,.

4-c e

,e

=.;.

.. o,. ;..f,*J ; ' -; *.

6 s

s.

' ~

,,s, a

n

- *'...'*-M:8

'. 3 J )*

s-

's

= -

.,{<

... ; *,. i. ;.

t 6

b

.h a.,=

-y T},n 9*

}...., - : -

~.;-+

~..'., ' ;;-. ~

~.. -. - ' *

-.'.T. *e ** e :..+,

.,. - **,. 1 i -.

~

e,

.4 N

O N

.g*

.J 4

s

.~.s-i *

.o

,d.

• 1.'

% ~,

s

, 7 r. y,.,...

~ -w w

e

.E s

g..-

a.y *

- }..*. ] _

r.g g

O v

,..u..

"3

~ n -

4.,

,. g

~

t c'

~

" 3

.,9-y e

_,.. -h,......

G:===: w= x,. :.&.--- -+- - m - --. : =-

~ -. :.:.= - - - - - - --

.n-=

e p

l

,