ML19318A357
| ML19318A357 | |
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| Issue date: | 11/06/1979 |
| From: | Aresenault F NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Tam P Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
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| ACRS-1683, NUDOCS 8006190668 | |
| Download: ML19318A357 (4) | |
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J MEMORANDUM FOR:
Peter Tam Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards FROM:
Frank J Arsenault, Director Division of Safeguards, Fuel Cycle and Environmental Research
SUBJECT:
WASTE MANAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING OF OCTOBER 31, 1979 During the meeting of the Waste Management Subcommittee on October 31, 1979, I was asked to resolve some questions of ambiguity concerning the project classification matrices transmitted with my memorandum to R. F. Fraley dated October 22, 1979. Specifically, there was one question about the relationship between the first five columns of these matrices, which represented the purpose or objectives of research, and the last two columns which represented the degree of urgency and importance associated with the research projects.
Part of the confusion arose from the project classification key.
As a basis for my clarification of the matrices, I am enclosing a revised key to the matrices (Enclosure 1). The first five column headings represent the purposes to be served by the research projects and the index numbers represent the degree to which the project is expected to support the functions (i.e.,
it explains the relevance of the projects to the functions).
The degree of urgency or importance of a project within the overall NRC program is not necessarily related to the degree of relevance that it has to one or more of these functions.
In order to emphasize this independence, I used letters rather than numbers to index the last two columns. As I stated during the meeting, the letters represent the subjective judgments of SAFER Division staff and can not be related to any objective, explicit criteria.
There was also a questian concerning the rating of certain research projects in support of the mill tailings program where a low assessment of both urgency and importance was coupled with substantial funding in FY 1980 and in the case of one project a continued effort in FY 1981. With respect to these three projects, the substantive research results have already been informally transferred to the regulatory staff and have been incorporated in the regulatory program. The effort remaining is simply to finalize the results and produce the final' reports. Although a literal application of the 8006190 M
. November 6, 1979 Peter Tam rating criteria resulted a low urgency and importance being assigned to this remaining effort, funds in fY 1980 are necessary to bring the projects With respect to project B2269, the allocation ot funds in to a conclusion.
FY 1981 and some of the funds allocated in FY 1980 were based on the presumption that a new scope of work will be developed to reflect the necessary emphasis 8
It would have been clearer had we on assessment of stabilization methods.
shown this as a separate new project with a descriptive title and a much higher priority, as indicated in the draft revisions enclosed as Enclosure 2.
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Frank J. Arsenault, Director Division of Safeguards, Fuel Cycle and Environmental Research Enclosures :
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Revised Project Classification Key 2.
Revised Mill Tailings Sheets 1
TIT 1.E USER NEED FY1979 FY1980 FY1900 FY1981 f.!5 INITIAL REVISED _
REQUESTED Uranitsu Mills & Tailings _
A-2046 Urani m Mill Tallings HMSS-77-13 311 200 125 0
B-2095 Resuspension Characterization NMSS-7-13 300 180 50 0
Radon Exhalation From Tailings NMSS-77-11 80 0
50 0
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UNDES Radon Attenuation - Lab Study NMSS 79-06 0
,0 100 190 B-2292 Assessment of teachate Movement.
157 300 150 250 Mill Tallings NMSS-79-06 IM 50 12 y
B-2302 Mitigation of Long Tem Erosion NMSS-79-06 100 100 200 A-7220 Radon Attenuation Field Study.
NMSS-79-06 N
100 j
B-7030 Environ Monitoring HMSS-79-06 A-2050 Health Effects of Industrial RES-77-03 220 220 220 200
, Exposure to Thorium 80 A-575G Evaluation of the Thorium RES-77-03 35 90 80 Content of Human Tissue l ~.
ENCL 0tURE 1 KEY: PR0 JECT CLASSIFICATION ACRS BRIEFING - OCTOBER 31, 1979 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES (PURPOSE)
Risk:
Research to assess risk, to identify cr rank the most significant risk factors, and to define and evaluate methods of reducing risk.
Disclose and Understand Phenomena: Research tc identify or improve NRC understanding of phenome,na that are important factors in the regulatory process.
Improve Technical Basis for Safety and NEPA Standards: Provide analytical methods and data for quantitative evaluation of conservatism and testing of sensitivity to parametric variation.
Facilitate Safety and NEPA Evaluations:
Development and improvement of analytical methods and data to increase the uniformity, objectivity and technical validity of NRC reviews of licensee submittals and post-licensing operations.
Maintain Experts to Assist NRC: Maintain an independent body of technical competence in areas requiring independent NRC judgment.
INDEX OF DEGREE Indicated on a scale of 0-5, where 5 indicates a high degree of direct relevance to, and support of the objective and zero indicates no application.
RESEARCH PRIORITIES Importance: The level of impact which the project can have on the ability of the NRC to carry out its mission.
Urcency/ Timeliness: The urgency or timing of the NRC need for the results of the research.
INDEX OF DEGREE Indicated on a scale of A (high) to D (low) based on subjective staff judgment.
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