ML19309F960
| ML19309F960 | |
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| Issue date: | 10/11/1979 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Levine S NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES) |
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| SECY-79-635, NUDOCS 8005020064 | |
| Download: ML19309F960 (4) | |
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Saul Levine, Director NMSS y R5 rwn,
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Office ofluclear teactor Reculation PROPOSED.M00!FICATICS TO PROCEDURES FER E CORSE" INT, SUSJECT:
CF RES RESEARCH The ACRS and the EDO have rer.ently indicated the need to consider nodifica--
tiens to the existing KRC pr ccedures for establishing and icple enting
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I agree that flexibility should be prcvided so that research requirements.
RES can sponsor exploratory research and other forward-looking research i
procrats on its o,un initiative.
Your accorandua dated Feb'ruary 23, 1979 enciesed a draf Of a ne'.. procedure f
which proposed that RES be given authority to initiate programs that wculd i
not excced 5500,000 each and that the aggregate total of such programs would not exceed 15.per.ent of the research budget.
I believe that this type of an 0ur l
a, proach uculd 50.a long way toward providing the r.eeded flexibility.
recent review of ycur proposal s'ugtested that' a fhed ::lla obiitation linit i
by fiscal year could be more appropriate for planning ;urrcses rather than a
, ercentage of the RES budget.
In addition, a yearly Co ission Paper su,-
carizing those programs initiated by RES could provide the necessary visibi,lity n
and accountability.
The enclosure prcvides cur sugges ed additions to the previsions of SECY 77-1.303 to inplement these nodificaticas.
ii Your February 23, 1979 nenorandum and draf t procedures risc prc;csed that an " endorsement" would usually apply to a program that is race up of a nu oer of individual projects taken tc;s ner, linile us a_:ree that there are so e prograns such as LOFT to uhich this prograncatic ent0rser:ent could apply, there are other. programs where detailed revie:. at the project level has been appropriate.. Ocsed on cur exparience, us do nt relieve that a ceneral policy of progracriatic approval.:culd be the as arran;ecent at this He will censider progra=atic approval on a casi-:y-:ase basis if I
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RESEARCH CARRIED OUT SY RES UN:ER ITS Ok'N EN00R5 E".ENT occasionally the Office cf Nu: lear Regulatory The Commission recognizes that is sought or Research will develop research ideas for schich no endorsement can be obtained from another Office.
Fcr example, for which no endorsement the Director of RES requires resources to aid in the icng-ra ge planning and of work and rapid resolution of prcblems.
Also, there may sometimes management arise genuine technical disagreements between RES and other Offices as to the relevance, timeliness, probability of succes s, or usefulness of the propes d Alternatively, the RES Of fice Director may occasicnally decide not research.
to seek cuiside endorsement.
This could ari se, for example, with highly speculative research, or with expenditures cf minor ascunts ef ' funds.
- Also, high levels of innovation are sometimes fcund in unsolicited propesals cen-training novel and meritorious ideas.
To reali:e the agency-wide benefits of giving flexibility of this kind to the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, the Oc. mission permits the RES Of fice Director to endorse RES research himself, ll=ited to a small pcrtion of the subject to other budgetary and administrative cc straints, and RES budget, This authority extends. to endersement of within Occision Unit allocations.
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individual programs no larger than $500,000 each, and in the aggregate total A
to exceed. (510,000,000) obligation authority in each fis:al year.
i not initiated under this arrangerent is transmitted 1
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2-to the EDO and to Directors of other relevant Offices for inforr.ation prior A Co :nission Information Paper is to be prepared at to contract initiation.
the end of each fiscal year listing those projects endorsed by the Director, RES.
This information paper will provide the objective of the program, a sur..ary of the accomplishments to date, the funding ievei, and the projected completion date and cost to completion.
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11/21, 10 AM From Bill Forehand /SD re TAR Memo on REVISED PROCEDURES FOR ENDORSEMENT OF RES RESEARCH Page 8 in the second sentence of the last paragraph, after word " work" ADD "or a significant change in the identified need for research."
Page 9, second paragraph from bot'.Un, phrase "to exceed 15 to 30 per_ gent" SUGGESTS eliminating "to 30 percent".
Otherwise SD has no problem with the whole paper.
The above are just suggestions that you might want to make.
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