ML20010C816
| ML20010C816 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/31/1981 |
| From: | Chilk S NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| To: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| References | |
| REF-10CFR9.7 M810723, NUDOCS 8108210043 | |
| Download: ML20010C816 (3) | |
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M The Commission continued meeting with the staff to discuss the pro budget for FY 1983. The discussion consisted principally of questions on the budget for the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and the Executive Director for Operations.
Reactor Operator Testing Program Mr. Denton began the discusssion by responding to a question from the prior session; in order to change from a 20 percent to a 100 percent reactor operator requalification testing program, the NRR budget for FY 1983 would have to be increased by seven positions and $1.2 million.
Approximately 70 percent of the tests in FY 1981 are administered by non-NPC employees.
Staff repor.ed that a proposal would be forthcoming to the Commission requesting a revised schedule regarding a peer panel on reactor operator qualifications (see SECY SRM dated 6/23/81).
(Subsequently this was supplied by the staff.)
Licensing Workload Staff identified the number of operating license cases that are anticipated for Commission decision by fiscal year. The Chairman requested the projection be extended (subsequently supplied by the staff).
The Comission requested a chart of manpower requirements to process an OL (subsequently supplied by the staff).
Staff reported tnat the Safety Evaluation Reports schedule is gene ally being met.
Staff was requested to furnish numbers of SERs that are prcjected to be issued in FYs 1982,1983 and 1984 (subscquently supplied by thc staff).
Comissioner /.hearne requested a crosscut of budget figures covering the NRR decision units and divisions (subsequently supplied by the staff).
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July 31,1981 ContractManagem_enl The Commission expressed concern that adequate personnel be assigned to assure good management and monitoring of technical assistance contracts. The Chairman indicated the need to review clo ly the products generated by contractors.
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Probabilistic risk assessment requirements are concentrated in one branch of NRR, currently ten staff-years in FY 1982, and eleven in FY 1983. Mr. Denton indicated that it has been a useful program. He further indicated that this does not include staff work cn NREP and that five to six additional staff-years are devoted to that activity.
CRBR The impact of a decision to perform an NRC review of CRBR within existing dollar limitations would be:
Need for senior reviewers, Reduced licensing review, Impose additional workloads on IE, and Defer SEP Phase 3.
Staff indicated that the CRBR estimate assumes no NEPA review. Commissioner Bradford requested a new set of figures that would indicate the impact of a requirement to perform NEPA review (subsequently supplied by the staff).
Non-USI Generic Issues t
There are approximately 120 Category A-D generic issues (non-TMI issues and non-USI).
Staff is preparing a proposal for the Commission which will prioritize.
these issues and the remaining TMI issues and include staff recommendations on which issues to pursue further and which to eliminate.
Staff noted that about half the generic issues deferred arc in the human factors area.
(SECY Suspense:
8/20/81)
The current budget includes, in generic issue areas, 12 staff-years and $1.5 million in FY 1982 for NUREG-0660 Priority 1 and NUi'EG-0737 tasks, but zerc effort on Category A-D and other NUREG-0660 issues.
In FY 1983, the budget includes 45 staff-years and $6.6 million for work on TMI-and non-TMI-related issues. Staff had requested an additional 13 staff-years and $1.5 million over the EDO budget in FY 198? to work on selected Priority 2 NUREG-0660 items; this was not included M the ED0 budget.
(Subsequentiy,thiswas discussed further at the markup m sion.)
Staff indicated that at the beginning of FY 1982 the number of USIs is projected to be la. The staff assumption includes two new unresolved safety issues pac year.
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uly 31, 1981 Licensing Actions Staff indicated there are currently approximately 2,400 non-TMI licensing
.ctions/ amendments being tracked.
The Chairman requested information on how many of these actions are more than five years old.
(SECYSuspense: 8/14/81)
The assumption in the budget is that NRR will work on high priority amendments only and that the complete elimination of the backlog will be extended to 1986. To expedite cleaning up the backlog an additional 40 staff-years and $4 million per year for FY 1983 and 1984 would be required.
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TMI Action Plan Items Staff described the current number of TMI Action Dlan items, now about 2,500 (items derived from NUREG-0737). Only Priority 1 items are funded in FY 1982; Priority 2 and 3 items are in the 1983 budget.
OSP No changes are anticipated in the number of agreement states in FY 1983; staff anticipates no further transfer of State Program staff into regional offices.
EE0 Staff indicated that the EE0 ceiling in the ED0 budget for FY 1983 is four positions.
l MPA i
Staff stated that approximately 15 positions in MPA were transferred to NRR, by cutbacks in the applied statistical group and in special studies.
ADM The Office of Administration was reduced by 15 positions, in the technical information area and facilities and operations area. The technical staff training program (" grow-our-own") was not funded.
Comissioner Ahearne questioned staff about the ceiling cf other than full-time permanent employees.
Staff indicated this number was 123 in 1982 and 1983. The total office request for FY 1983 is approximately 190. The Controller will seek to exclude DARE, sumer hires, interns, etc., from the total.
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