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ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 1 DATE:
January 1, 1983 TO:
ALL NRC EMPLOYEES
SUBJECT:
1983 POLICY AND PLANNING GUIDANCE Attached is a copy of the Commission's 1983 Policy and Planning Guidance (PPG) for your personal use.
The PPG establishes a basis for setting agency priorities.
The fundamental goal of the document is to make the whole regulatory process more effective and efficient.
As in the past, the PPG focuses on specific areas where the Commission believes emphasis is required.
However, the fact that a particular activity is not mentioned does not mean it is unimportant.
I hope you all will read the document carefully.
The more widely and clearly this guidance is understood, the more readily can each of us exert our efforts on the individual tasks that combine to achieve the NRC's mission to protect the public health and safety.
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POLICY AND PLANNING GUIDANCE Table of Contents Page I
INTRODUCTION 1
SAFE OPERATION OF LICENSED PLANTS 2
NEAR-TERM LICENSING PROBLEMS AND RESPONSES 4
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i COORDINATING REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS 5
i IMPROVING THE LICENSING PROCESS 7
SUPPORTING NEW INITIATIVES 7
Waste Management 7
TMI-2 Cleanup 9
4 IMPROVING RELATED REGULATORY TOOLS 9
Safety Goals 9
Risk Assessment 10 Radioactive Source Term / Siting Policy 10 Quality Assurance 11 Research 12 SAFEGUARDS 13 International 13 Domestic 14 i
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POLICY AND PLANNING GUIDANCE INTRODUCTION The Policy and Planning Guidance document is issued annually by the Commission.
The purpose of the Policy and Planning Guidance is to provide a common basis for establishing priorities throughout the NRC.
The guidance should also be used for developing budget requirements.
The goal of the document is to make the whole regulatory process more effective and more efficient.
The document is organized in terms of seven major themes:
Safe Operation of Licensed Plants; Near-Term Licensing Problems and Responses; Coordinating Regulatory Require-ments; Improving the Licensing Process; Supporting New Initiatives in Waste Management and the Cleanup of Three Mile Island; Improving Related Regulatory Tools; and Safeguards.
The policy section in each theme is intended to establish a general framework for shaping NRC plans and programs.
Planning guidance is furnished in those areas where the Commission believes more detail is warranted to meet specific priorities and schedules or where major i
assumptions are needed for program development.
Guidance with respect to each and every activity within NRC is not furnished, since it is not intended that the document be all-inclusive.
However, this should not be perceived as a Commission belief that other areas are not important to protecting the public health and safety.
The Executive Director for Operations will develop specific program guidance to implement this policy and planning guidance.
The EDO will also maintain a management system for the Commission to track major program accomplishments and resource expenditures that support the policy and planning guidance.
The Commission recognizes the value of outside comment on major actions planned by NRC.
For example, as the NRC continues to transfer various headquarters functions to its j
five regional offices, the public, the industry, and other government agencies will be apprised of our plans and given an opportunity to comment on them and understand them.
In this case NRC will be particularly sensitive to comments that relate to maintaining consistency between the regions.
It is the Commission's intention that nuclear regulation reflect a continuing commitr.;ent to come to grips with the i
reality of nuclear technology and of its relationships to those who control it, to those who work with it, to those who live near it, and to the general public.
This commit-ment requires not only an open and effective approach
- within the agency, but an approach to the public (including the regulated public) that permits more efficient decision-making.
As part of this process, the Commission must state its basic assumptions and criteria clearly, amend them when the facts so require and live by them consistently and forthrightly in all activities.
To carry out the policies of the Commission, the dedicated effort of all employees and the effective and efficient use of all other NRC resources is essential.
Managers should recognize that NRC's greatest resource is its employees.
The Commission's most creative and productive employees should be recognized and provided opportunity for develop-ment.
Consolidation and coordination of programs and the elimination of marginal programs should be considered in making the optimal use of limited resources.
For personnel planning purposes, the Executive Director for Operations is directed to examine the long-range resource needs of the agency over the next ten years.
This examina-tion should identify what the overall staff and dollar trends appear to be, and how these resources would be allocated over time to various NRC functions such as licensing and monitoring of operating facilities.
This examination should consider a range of assumptions regard-ing the future of the nuclear inddstry and should be completed in time to be used for the upcoming budget deliberations.
SAFE OPERATION OF LICENSED PLANTS Policy A.
NRC's fundamental task is to make sure that existing plants and those coming on-line operate safely.
Consequently, the highest priority will be given to assuring that operating facilities maintain adequate levels of protection of public health and safety.
B.
The staff should carry out NRC regulatory activities in a way that recognizes that licensees and vendors have the ultimate responsibility for the safe design, construction and operation of nuclear power plants.
C.
The NRC and the industry must continue to learn the lessons that only experience can teach.
Regulations must be based on a close study of operating experiencen.
D.
As applied to operating reactors, the goals of NRC's enforcement program will be to assure compliance with NRC regulations.
For licensees who do not comply with NRC regulations, prompt and vigorous action will be taken.
A licensee must not benefit by violating NRC regulations.
Licensees who cannot achieve and maintain an adequate level of protection of public health and safety will not be permitted to operate.
Planning Guidance 1.
NRC on-site inspection of operating reactors should continue to focus directly on the operations of licensees.
The analysis of operational data and systematic assessment of licensee performance will be used to help focus inspections and to allocate inspection resources.
Priority attention will be given to licensees with poor performance histories.
2.
Efforts to collect, analyze, disseminate, and act upon operational data relevant to the safe operation of major licensed facilities must continue to receive priority attention, without hindering plant operation or becoming a hazard.
3.
The NRC will continue to operate and improve, as needed, a License Event Reporting (LER) system.
A final rule for a LER system should be issued in early 1983 and implemented in the latter part of 1983.
The EDO is directed to develop a more diversified data-gathering system --possibly as suggested by the Brookhaven and other studies --that would help do the more comprehensive statistical analyses contemplated by the AEOD charter.
4.
The staff should complete its work on the long-range human factors program plan and implement the program incorporat-ing guidance from the Commission.
The staff should make effective use of available human factors data.
The staff should also improve qualification and requalification programs for reactor operators.
5.
Experience gained from application.of the enforcement policy should be used to evaluate and revise the policy to make it more effective.
Evaluation results should be provided to the Commission along with suggested revisions by mid-1983 and every two years thereafter.
6.
The Commission will support alternative regulatory concepts which recognize the contributions of industry self-policing
..___ programs to the extent that such programs are effective and consistent with NRC regulatory responsibilities.
7.
Phase II of the Systematic Evaluation Program, the actual.
review of 10 older operating plants, should be completed by the end of FY 1983.
The staff should submit a proposal describing the need for and the extent and nature of Phase III of the SEP and the National Reliability Evaluation Program for approval prior to implementation.
NEAR-TERM LICENSING PROBLEMS AND RESPONSES Policy A.
The NRC intends that its regulatory processes be efficient and cost-effective.
Actions should be taken to eliminate all unwarranted delay in reaching regulatory decisions.
The Commission reaffirms its Statement of Policy on the Conduct of Licensing Proceedings of May, 1981, which urged Boards to take actions needed to assure the efficient conduct of hearings.
At the same time, pressure to issue new licenses should not be allowed to compromise safety.
i Planning Guidance 1.
Consistent with maintaining safety of operating plants, staff reviews and public hearings should be completed on a schedule that assures the licensing process will not unnecessarily be a critical path item which would delay reactor startup.
Recognizing that the length of hearings may depend on the number of contested issues and on the management of the hearings by the licensing boards, normally it should take not more than 11 months from issuance of the final supplementary safety evaluation report to an operating license decision by the Commission in contested cases.
The staff should make independent estimates of construction completion dates.
2.
Licensing boards should adhere rigorously to the Commission's procedural rules and to established schedules in order to reach timely decisions, while preserving rights of the public to pursue valid health and safety, security, and environmental issues.
3.
The NRC will conduct the licensing review of the Clinch j
River Breeder Reactor consistent with its statutory responsibilities and without unnecessary delay.
4.
Resource proposals for reactor license reviews should be consistent with the projected level of reactor casework and the need to retain a technical capability to review 1 or 2 new applications for construction permits annually taking into account other safety responsibilities.
Management attention should be given to training personnel for positions related to the monitoring and inspection of operating plants.
5.
NRC must continue to work with fella to resolve the difficulties in securing the findings for off-site emergency plans for nuclear plant sites in a timely fashion.
COORDINATING REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS l
Policy A.
NRC must be sensitive to the fact that there is a large volume of requirements imposed on licensees.
Strong measures must continue to be taken to control the issuance of new requirements.
B.
Requirements imposed on the regulated industry by NRC are to have a positive contribution to safety, not only individually, but also when the requirements are taken as a whole.
Requirements proposed to achieve incremental reductions in residual risk should be evaluated on a cost-benefit basis.
Unnecessary regt_atory burdens are to be avoided, and NRC regulations should allow licensees to select the most cost-effective ways to satisfy NRC safety objectives.
C.
Unresolved Safety Issues should be promptly pursued, and the solutions implemented based on a careful analysis of the costs and benefits of implementation.
Priorities for implementation should be established in light of the safety significance of the issue and all other requirements imposed on licensees.
D.
Issues which affect numerous licensees si'ould be addressed in the context of rule-making as opposed to case-by-case review to the extent practicable.
Planning Guidance 1.
Without reducing the levels of protection of public health and safety, the Committee for Review of Generic Require-ments (CRGR) should continue to review and make recommendations to the EDO with respect to generic requirements imposed on reactor licensees.
By submitting its recommendations directly to the EDO, a single agency-wide point of control is provided to assure that proposed requirements and selected existing requirements (a) do in fact contribute effectively and significantly to the health and safety of the public, and (b) do lead to
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optimal a fashion as possible in the overell achievement of protection of public health and safety.
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In cases where there are conflicting priorities in establishing and implementing new requirements, priorities will be based on the expected risk reduction potential associated with the new requirement.
3.
A mechanism should be proposed by the EDO to the Commission to control the issuance of specific backfit requirements for individual licensees.
This mechanism should be in place in 1983.
4.
The staff should continue to implement the policy goals approved by the Commission in October, 1981 for enlarging the role regional offices have in regulatory operations.
NRC's orderly transfer of headquarters functions to the regions should continue and should incorporate experience and useful comments received from the public, the industry and other government agencies.
Commission approval should be obtained for each major step.
The staff should continue to discuss the nature and extent of regionalization with i
licensees in order to promote better information flow and improve regulatory interaction.
Headquarters offices are responsible for assuring that NRC regulations are consistently applied in each region and at a level in conformance with Commission policy.
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By mid-1983 the EDO should submit to the Commission for approval a priority list of generic safety issues including TMI-related issues based on the potential safety significance and cost of implementation of each issue.
This priority list will include the identification of those
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issues which can be eliminated because of marginal importance to the regulatory process.
Procedures and criteria should also be recommended for controlling the addition of new issues to the program.
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Implementation schedules for new and existing requirements should be established for each licensee which reflect the l
importance of the safety requirement to the public health and safety and the licensee's ability to complete the necessary engineering, evaluation and design.
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vigorously enforce license conditions associated with such schedules.
I IMPROVING THE LICENSING PROCESS Policy A.
The Commission intends to make the present licensing process for power plants more effective and efficient for both new power plant license applications and those already under review and to improve the processes for public participation in licensing.
For new construction permits the main elements of the inproved process will be based on concepts such as standardization, early site approvals, and one-step licensing.
Administrative improvements such as changes in hearing formats and the role of the staff as a party in hearings also must be studied.
The Commission intends to consider a legislative package for submittal to the Congress and also a set of reforms which can be implemented by the Commission without the need for legislation.
Planning Guidance 1.
The Regulatory Reform Task Force has identified issues which should be addressed.
A senior Advisory Group has assisted the Chairman in making specific recommendations to f
the Commission as a result of the task force's work.
An Ad Hoc Committee of outside experts is studying the proposed reforms and will provide advice to the Commission.
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Legislative proposals should be forwarded to the Congress by January, 1983.
Administrative remedies should be published for comment by early 1983 with a goal of l
completing rule changes by the end of FY 1983.
l SUPPORTING NEW INITIATIVES Waste Management A.
The NRC waste management program is critical to the success of an urgent national task.
NRC will organize and plan its waste management program to provide the necessary licensing and regulatory program for the Executive Branch's program as approved by Congress.
NRC's waste management program
_ will be based on the premise that, in the absence of unresolved safety concerns, the NRC regulatory program will not delay implementation of the Executive Branch's program.
NRC high-level waste management efforts will focus on the review of DOE site characterization activities and the development of methods to implement licensing criteria for high-level waste repositories.
Planning Guidance 1.
The Commission will conclude its Waste Confidence Proceeding by early 1983 and will issue its decision.
The Commission will also issue a proposed rule that will cover how licensees will address issues of extended fuel storage following the expiration of their licenses. The NRC intends to publish a final rule on this subject in 1983.
2.
Not later than early 1983, the NRC will publish a rule that contains the technical criteria for high level waste repositories.
The rule is to be consistent with draft EPA standards.
The technical criteria will be based on a defense-in-depth strategy that requires thorough consideration of various types of sites, demonstrated capabilities of the waste form selected, and the interaction of the waste form and packaging with the geological, hydrological, and engineered systems involved.
3.
During FY 1983-1985, NRC should plan to review three site characterization reports for a high level waste repository.
After site characterization, the staff should be prepared to review a license application to obtain construction authorization for a high-level waste storage facility.
The NRC review and hearing process should permit a decision on whether to issue a construction authorization within three and one half years of receiving the license application from DOE.
Should the Congress pass legislation requiring an earlier decision than presently planned for, the staff should inform the Commission of any obstacles which may exist preventing compliance with the law.
4.
The NRC must be prepared to review industry or government proposals for away-from-reactor or at-reactor independent 4
spent fuel storage facilities.
Because of the lead time for design, licensing and construction, NRC should be prepared to review applications for new spent fuel storage facilities and spent fuel storage in dry casks.
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TMI-2 Cleanup Policy A.
The content of the containment at TMI-2 is a potential safety and health hazard to the public.
Expeditious cleanup of the TMI-2 reactor is one of NRC's highest safety priorities.
While direct responsibility for cleanup rests with the licensee, NRC will provide oversight, support, and if necessary direction to ensure prompt decontamination of
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the facility as well as safe and timely removal of radioactive products from the site.
B.
NRC should work closely with DOE to reach timely decisions on the removal of wastes and disposition of reactor fuel, and to obtain technical information on the effects of severe accidents that may be available from the TMI-2 core.
Planning Guidance 1.
NRC will continue monitoring site cleanup activities through a dedicated TMI program office.
NRC will direct the licensee to submit updated plans and schedules in early 1983 for cleanup.
The NRC staff should review those plans and make recommendations to the Commission within three months after receipt.
Since the pace of cleanup is affected by the licensee's funding ability, the licensee's financial condition should be monitored by NRC.
2.
NRC should closely monitor the implementation of the agreement with DOE which calls for removal of high specific activity wastes for research and development.
The objective of NRC's monitoring is to help assure that the wastes are safely and expeditiously removed from the site.
I NRC should also help assure that DOE will expeditiously implement its agreement to take responsibility for offsite disposition of the reactor fuel.
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Safety Goals l
Policy A.
The Commission has decided to develop safety goals and related safety guidance with emphasis on individual and I
societal risks which might arise from reactor accidents.
The purpose of this project is to develop a general l
approach to answering the question "how safe is safe enough?"
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Planning Guidance 1.
In early 1983 the Commission will begin a two year period to evaluate safety goals and guidance.
The Commission should be kept informed of the progress of the staff's 4
evaluation of the safety goals and guidance.
2.
Qualitative safety goals and associated numerical guidance should be used during the two year period only as directed by the Commission.
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Probabilistic risk assessment is a useful tool for weighing risks against one another and for estimating achieved safety levels.
Quantitative risk assessment techniques will be used judiciously by the staff and the boards as directed by the Commission to estimate the relative importance of potential nuclear power plant accident sequences.
Planning Guidance 1.
Special attention should be given to using probabilistic assessment techniques in the evaluation period for safety t
goals, as directed by the Commission, and in other regulatory applications especially amenable to risk assessment, e.g.,
in dealing with generic safety issues, formulating new regulatory requirements, assessing and revalidating or eliminating existing regulatory requirements, evaluating new designs, and setting reactor safety research and inspection priorities.
2.
Consideration will be given to the uncertainties associated with existing probabilistic risk assessment techniques whenever used in regulatory decisions.
j Radioactive Source Term / Siting Policy Policy A.
The Commission has decided to better define its safety objectives and better characterize the radioactive source term before proceeding with new siting regulations.
Changes to current regulatory policies will be considered if the reassessment of the radioactive source term so warrants.
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The radioactive source term should be better characterizca by a systematic analysis of the release and transport of radioactivity.
An interim reassessment of the radioactive source term should be developed by February, 1983 for selected regulatory analyses.
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Based on the new radioactive source term and after completion of the two year evaluation program for the
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safety goal, a proposed siting rule should be developed if changes to the current rule are deemed necessary at that i
time. Effects on existing and proposed regulations should also be evaluated when the new source term becomes available.
3.
The staff should submit a report to the Commission on i
potassium iodide by January, 1983.
Quality Assurance Policy 3
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The NRC and the industry must strengthen their Quality Assurance programs with specific attention to implementation.
The NRC must encourage the industry to be more aggressive in assuring the adequacy of design, l
construction, and operation.
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for plants under construction and awaiting licensing review l
must receive priority attention to ensure that the plants l
can be operated safely and that costly delays are avoided.
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NRC's responsibilities in quality assurance include the following: to determine the adequacy of a licensee's quality assurance program description; to ascertain that j
the licensee has established and adequately implemented the l
approved quality assurance program and to verify compliance i
with NRC regulations; and finally, to develop the regulations, standards and guides relevant to quality assurance in design, construction and operation of nuclear facilities.
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A system of designated representatives analogous to the system employed by the Federal Aviation Administration should be studied further with a report to the Commission l
in early 1983.
If found appropriate by the Commission, such a system will be proposed to expand NRC quality 1
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Statutory authority to employ the system would then be requested from the Congress.
3.
Certification by the applicant's chief executive officer or his designee that a facility has been designed, constructed and tested in accordance with the Final Safety Analysis Report and other licensing commitments must continue.
4.
Once the details and direction of the Institute for Nuclear Power Operations' program with respect to quality assurance are developed, the staff should prepare a Memorandum of Understanding for Commission approval to formalize the agency's relationship with that organization.
In the event that these activities prove to be unsatisfactory, consideration should be given to requiring that utilities t
have independent performance audits of their QA activities.
Research Policy A.
The purpose of the research program is to provide the technical basis for rulemaking and regulatory decisions; to support licensing and inspection activities; to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of safety improvements; and I
to increase our understariing of phenomena for which analytical methods are needed in regulatory activities.
There should be increased emphasis on using research results in the regulatory process and on getting research results that are useful.
Staff should not engage in research merely to postpone tackling difficult regulatory issues.
Planning Guidance 1.
In view of general budgetary considerations, the agency must be prepared to carry out its research mission with fewer resources.
This can be accomplished through more business-like methods, consolidation of programs with industry, other agencies and foreign countries, and the elimination of marginal programs.
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The research resources identified in NRC's budget should be allocated to support a balanced program between supportive
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research for regulatory needs, research to reinforce or revise the current regulatory base, and conceptual research for improved reactor safety. The staff should be alert to f
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regulations.
NRC regulations should be changed when research shows them to be either too stringent or not stringent enough.
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The highest priority for NRC research efforts will be light water reactor safety.
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An advanced reactor concepts program will be maintained to provide a technical base on which to make specific CRBR licensing decisions and other advanced reactor concepts consistent with programs adopted by the Executive Branch and the Congress.
5.
NRC will develop and maintLin a long-range research plan directed toward areas of importance to the licensing and inspection processes.
The research plan will be revised and updated annually and subjected to agency-wide and l
Commission review.
Research undertaken by the staff will be consistent with the long-range research plan.
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The staff should prepare a report which lists regulations likely to be substantively modified or substantiated by the research programs.
Target dates for review of these regulations and the completion of changes to them should be specified.
The particular research programs that relate to each of these regulations should also be identified.
Any remaining research programs should be listed along with a brief explanation of their purpose.
Resources allocated to each of these categories should also be provided.
This report is to be provided to the Commission by early 1983 and annually thereafter.
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Joint or coordinated research programs with industry groups, other government agencies and foreign groups should be pursued when possible, both to expand the technical breadth provided to projects and to maximize the benefit to be derived from limited resources.
Due consideration should be given to questions of conflict of interest when contemplating joint or coordinated research with industry.
SAFEGUARDS International Policy A.
The NRC recognizes that the proliferation of nuclear explosive devices poses _a threat to the security interests of the United States.
Hence, the NRC will continue to i
discharge its statutory licensing responsibilities to ensure that effective controls are applied to the import and export of nuclear materials, equipment, and facilities.
The NRC should continue to facilitate the timely processing i
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The NRC will also continue to meet its commitments for the implementation of IAEA safeguards at U.S.
licensed facilities and to work with the Executive Branch as the U.S. pursues improvements in international safeguards.
Planning Guidance 1.
The staff will continue to ensure that NRC's statutory nuclear export / import responsibilities are carried out.
In consultation with appropriate Executive Branch agencies, the staff will keep the Commission apprised of further developments concerning U.S. participation in IAEA activities.
NRC will continue to work with Executive Branch agencies on U.S.
efforts to strengthen IAEA safeguards.
Domestic Policy A.
The Commission considers safeguards an integral and ongoing element of its responsibility.
Safeguards regulation should be conducted with the same high confidence defense-in-depth philosophy as safety regulation.
NRC should not relax its attention to the continual need to maintain adequate safeguards.
Planning Guidance 1.
Emphasis should be given to performance requirements rather than prescriptive requirements to allow licensees to select the most cost effective ways to satisfy NRC requirements.
2.
There are indications that physical security requirements at nuclear power plants could affect safety.
The safety-safeguards relationship should be re-examined with the objective of determining ways to reduce the impact of safeguards on safety.
However, the intent is not to relax the overall level of protection currently provided by safeguards.
The " insider" rule should consider safety-I safeguards trade-offs and be submitted to the Commission by mid-1983 upon completion of the re-examination.
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The material control and accounting reform amendments should be submitted to the Commission by early 1983.
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Evaluation of safeguards events will serve as a basis for regulatory change and response.
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The staff shall not engage in any intelligence activities but rely on the intelligence community for information.
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A cost comparison of alternative safeguards information systems will be conducted and a recommendation made to the Commission by mid 1983 as to which system should be pursued.
6.
Staff, in addition to assuring that safeguard plans are in place at operating facilities and for transportation, will continue its independent assessment that these implemented plans meet safeguards objectives and that safeguards regulations adequately support those objectives.
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The purpose of the Policy and Planning Guidance is to provide a common basis for establishing priorities throughout the NRC. The guidance should also be used for developing budget requirements. The goal of the document is to make the whole regulatory process more effective and more efficient. The document is organized in terms of seven major themes:
Safe Operation of Licensed Plants; Near-Term Licensing Problems and Responses; Coordinating Regulatory Requirements; Improving the Licensing Process; Supporting New Initiatives in Waste Management and the Cleanup of Three Mile Island; Improving Related Regulatory Tools; and Safeguards. The policy section in each theme is intended to establish a general framework for shaping NRC plans and programs.
Planning guidance is furnished in those areas where the Comission believes more detail is warranted to meet specific priorities and schedules or where major assumptions are needed for program development. GJidance with respect to each and every activity within NRC is not furnished, since it is not intended that the document be all-inclusive.
However, this should not be perceived as a Commission belief that other areas are not important to protecting the public health and safety.
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