ML19323B947
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 06/19/1979 |
| From: | Hanauer S NRC - TMI-2 UNRESOLVED SAFETY ISSUES TASK FORCE |
| To: | Bland W PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE ACCIDENT AT THREE MILE |
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| TASK-TF, TASK-TMR NUDOCS 8005140446 | |
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wAssincron. o. c. 20sss JUN 191979 Dr. William Bland Presidents Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island Suite 714 2100 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037
Dear 'Jr. Bland:
This is a summary answer to your recent telephone question regarding the use in the licensing process of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
In order to get you a quick answer, I canvassed the ten technical review branches in the Division of Systems Safety which is where I would expect most of this work to take place.
Five branches reported they don't use FMEA at all. They are the Core Performance Branch, Mechanical Engineering Branch, Analysis Branch, Materials Engineering Branch and the Structural Engineering Branch. The
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replies of the other five branches are attached. As you can see the amount
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of usage of this technique varies considerably among the difference techni-cal disciplines. Partly this is because the appropriateness varies among system types and partly because of differences in personal approaches of senior reviewers in the different disciplines.
Also attached are various references primarily the standard format and contents of safety analysis reports for nuclear power plants (NRC Regula-tory Guide 1.70) and the NRC Standard Review Plan (NUREG 75/087).
I hope this information will be useful to you. Please feel free to call me if you need more.
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anauer, Director Unresolved Safety Issues Program
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Memo to S. Hanauer fm l
R. Bosnak dtd 6/18/79 2.
Memo to S. Lynd fm T. Dunning ot.d 6/18/79 3.
Memo to S. Lynd fm R. Fitzpatrick dtd 6/15/79 4.
Memo to S. Lynd fm l
T. Novak dtd 6/18/79 5.
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H. Denton R. Mattson E. Case D. Eisenhut i
T. Novak i
Z. Rosztoczy K. Kniel W. Butler R. Bosnak S. Pawlicki i
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