ML20049A333
| ML20049A333 | |
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| Issue date: | 08/19/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| FOIA-82-93 NUDOCS 8011190428 | |
| Download: ML20049A333 (2) | |
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_*5::r Commissioner Gilinsky fommissiuner Hendrie Commissioner Bradford FROM:
Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation THRU:
William J. Dircks, Acting Executive (Sigd)Yli! Hat J.Dircks Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
COMPLIANCE OF OPERATING LICENSE APPLICATIONS WITH CURRENT NRC REGULATIONS, REGULATORY GUIDES, AND BRANCH TECHNICAL POSITIONS This refers to and supplements my memoranda to you of June 13 and July 23 on the above subject.
As I noted in my June 13 memorandum, the staff
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believes that better documentation in the staff safety evaluation reports of the conformance of power reactor applications with NRC safety regulations would be desirable.
In light of this and tSe continued Commission interest in this subject, the staff no, plans to undertake the first of the five steps needed to complete the overall program described on pages 2 and 3 of my June 13 memorandum on this subject.
The reasons for undertaking this first step at this time are:
(1) this portion of the overall program can be accomplished without serious impact on other priority NRR programs; and (2) completion of this step will put us in a much better position to estimate the time and resources needed by the staff and industry to complete the entire program.
As part of this first step the staff intends to develop a matrix between the existing Standard Review Plan sections and applicable safety regulations.
This matrix would identify those instances in which there currently is sufficient correlation between the Standard Review Plan sections and the regulations, and instances where such correlation is lacking.
For example, where acceptance criteria for satisfying a regulation do not currently exist in an appropriate Standard Review Plan section, this would be identified.
In cases where the acceptance criteria in a Standard Review Plan section are l
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We estimate that the matrix could be completed within the next two months.
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Next the staff will modify the Standard Review Plan using the matrix to make the Plan congruent with the regulations.
As part of this effort, previously approved staff.-requirements and positions not currently covered by the Standard Review Plan will be incorporated in the Plan. This will include at least a cross reference to the approved TMI requirements specified in NUREG-0694. We estimate that this portion of the first step can be accomplished in 3 to 4 additional months.
The remaining steps outlined in my June 13 memorandum to improve the documentation in the staff's Safety Evaluation Reports of the conformance of power reactor applications with the rege'3tions will not be begun until the lessons learned from these initial steps have been incorporated in the overall plan and there have been further discussions with the Commission.
In the meantime, applicants for operating licenses (starting with North Anna 2) have been requested to address, with supporting references and as part of their application for an operating license, the question of whether their facility has been designed and will be operated in compliance with all applicable NRC regulations.
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