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Low Safety Significance Issue Resolution (LSSIR) (February 20, 2020)
ML20056F295
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Site: 99902028
Issue date: 02/20/2020
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NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL4
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Rowley J
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Low Safety Significance Issue (LSSIR) Resolution RITF Meeting February 20, 2020 1

LSSIR Working Group Recommendations

  • The LSSIR WG Memo issued on February 7 (in conjunction with a NRR office director memo to the Regional Administrators
  • The memo contained seven recommendations all of which were endorsed by the NRR office director:

- Recommendation 1 - Very Low Safety Significance (VLSSIR) in the inspection program

- Recommendation 2 - Implementation of LSSIR in the new TIA procedure

- Recommendation 3 - Licensing Basis Standing guidance for the new TIA procedure and LIC-100 (Licensing Basis)

- Recommendation 4 year assessment of the LSSIR approach

- Recommendation 5 - Working group to evaluate options for addressing low safety significance (LSS) issues within the licensing basis

- Recommendation 6 - Enforcement Manual revisions to clarify documenting potential compliance issues

- Recommendation 7 - LSSIR-like conceptual approach for managing NMSS cost-estimating resources (potential forward fits) 2

LSSIR Path Forward/Status

  • Most significant (based on interest to date) follow-on action is the Lower Right Box - Recommendation 5:

- Effort to address low safety significant (LSS) issues that are within the licensing basis

- Nominally this effort is intended to find ways to more efficiently process LSS issues

  • Current status/thoughts:

- Fundamentally LSS issues within the licensing basis must be addressed by either:

  • Licensee making changes following authorized change control processes or corrective actions
  • NRC reviewing and approving changes (10 CFR 50.90 and/or exemptions)

- A new working group is being established 3