ML20042A815
| ML20042A815 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 03/09/1982 |
| From: | Shewmon P Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| To: | Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| References | |
| ACRS-GENERAL, NUDOCS 8203240131 | |
| Download: ML20042A815 (2) | |
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SUBJECT:
LICENSEE EVENT REPORT RULEMAKING
Dear Dr. Ahearne:
During its 263rd meeting, March 4-6, 1982, the Advisory Committee on Re-actor Safeguards. considered the proposed Licensee Event Report (LER) Rule-making.
Subcommittee meetings were held in Washington, DC on September 9, 1981, December 8,1981, and March 3,1982 to discuss this matter.
Addi-tional full Committee consideration of the proposed LER Rulemaking occurred during the' 257th ACRS meeting, September 10-12, 1981, and the 260th ACRS meeting, December 10-12, 1981.
. Implementation of the LER reporting procedures described in the Proposed Rule would represent a substantial improvement over the present system.
The new LER reporting system coupled with the proposed Nuclear Plant Re-liability Data System (NPRDS), to be administered by the Institute 'of Nuclear Power Operations, should increase the usefulness of reported oper-ational experience.
For the combined system to be effective, however, the NPRDS must receive the cooperation and support of the nuclear utilities.
l The NRC Staff is aware of this need, and has promised to closely mor.itor the implementation of the NPRDS.
We b'elieve the Proposed Rule represents a natural evolution in the state-of-the-art in data gathering, and we support its publication for comment.
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Proposed Rule should be revised, and even perhaps replaced, we do not be-l lieve its publication should be delayed until a more advanced system is devel oped.
Ultimate goals for such a system include better reporting, analysis, and evaluation of human errors and computer software errors and perhaps the development of a system for more effectively identifying pre-cursors and systems interactions.
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o Dr. John F. Ahearne March 9, 1982 The Comrnittee expects to review the final version of the Proposed Rule after public comments have been received and considered by the NRC Staff.
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P. Shewmon Chairman Reference.
- SECY-82-3, Rulemaking Issue for The Commissioners from W. J. Dircks, Executive Director for Operations,
Subject:
Proposed Addition of 10 CFR 50.73 Establishing the Licensee Event Report (LER) System, dated January 4,1982 cc:
Chairman Palladino Commissioner Gilinsky Commissioner Bradford Commissioner Roberts C. Michelson, AE0D S. Chilk, SECY I
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