ML19308C308
| ML19308C308 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 06/18/1976 |
| From: | Rusche B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Boyd R, Harold Denton, Heineman R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19308C302 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-80-359, TASK-TF, TASK-TMR NUDOCS 8001220689 | |
| Download: ML19308C308 (2) | |
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June 18, 1976 O
R. Heineman, Director, Division of Systems Safety R. Boyd, Director, Division of Iroject Managemen:
H. Denton, Director, Division of Site Safety and Environ = ental Analysis Stello, Jr., Director, Division of Operating Reactors V.
NRR OFFICE LETIER NO. 9 Documantation of Departures from Standard Review Plan
SUBJECT:
The purpose of this Office Letter is to establish NRR policy with respect to documentation of departures from the Standard Review Plan Use of the Standard Review Plan as a routine tool in our review (SRP).
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process was established b', Office Letter No. 2 dated August This letter directed % part that:
" 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 NRR staff member will assure an acceptable level of safety for all plants licensed."
A special problem arises with respect to operating license reviews when these review plans are used.
Because the construction permit reviews of these facilities were not reviewed along the Standard Review Plan guidelines, licensing decisions were and are continuing to be made concerning the acceptability of alternative approaches.
These decisions, and especially the bases f or these decisions, are often not documented in the Safety Evaluations which summarize the The staff spends considerable resources assuring that staff reviews.
plants have a safe design prior to authorizing plant operation, but the staff accomplishments can be lost if the bases for staff decisions are not clearly documented for future use.
From time to time in the future, we will be called on to demonstrate licensing the safety of operating plants and their relationship to current It would be extremely difficult and inefficient on these criteria.
occasions for the staff to re-review and determine the bases for acceptance of these plants with respect to various current issues.
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I June 18, 1976 Multiple Addressees Therefore, in an effort to minimize the number of plants where this duplicative effort may be necessary, I am directing the Divisions of Systems Safety, Project Management, and Site Safety and Environmental Analysis to do the following:
Establish and submit procedures to me by August 1,1976, for 1.
documenting the bases for all deviations from the Standard Review Plans ir; each operating license Safety Evaluation.
Special attention should be given to documanting departures from SRP Acceptance Criteria. The Division of Project Management will take the lead responsibility for coordinating this effort.
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Implement these procedures for all operating license Safety Evaluation Reports to be issued after January 1, 1977.
en C. Rusche, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation b-