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Forwards Responses to Gao Rept, NRC Should Rept on Progress in Implementing Lessons Learned from TMI Accident
ML20132G625
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Site: Three Mile Island, 05000000
Issue date: 09/19/1985
From: Roberts T
NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To: Brooks J, Roth W, Simpson A
HOUSE OF REP., GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, SENATE, ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS, SENATE, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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o UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION E WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 3

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The Honorable idilliam V. Roth, Jr., Chairman Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Washington, D. C. 20510

Dear Mr. Chairman:

In accordance with the statutory obligation to res recommendations by the General Accounting Office (pond toga 0) within 60 days of publication, we hereby submit our responses to the.

recommendations made by the GA0 in their report entitled, "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Should Report on Progress In Implementing Lessons Learned from the Three Mile Island Accident."

The Commission in its responses to the five GA0 recommendations notes that NRC efforts are already underway to provide a one-time report to Congress addressing GA0 concerns.

Specific comments on the GA0 recommendations are presented in the enclosure.

Sincerely, Thomas M. Roberts

i. Acting Chairman

Enclosure:

Response to GA0 Recommendations cc: Senator Thomas F. Eagleton i

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RESPONSE TO GA0-RECOMMENDATIONS The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Should Report o'n Progress i In Implementing Lessons Learned from the Three Mile Island J

Accident -- GA0/RCED-85-72, July 19, 1985 i

Chapter 3 NRC Should Account for Action Plan Progress ,

1. GA0 Recommendation: ...that the Chairman, NRC, report to the Congress on a one-time item-by-item accounting of the j 176 items listed in the Action Plan."

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1 NRC will provide a one-time item-by-item accounting to 1

1 Congress on the 176 items listed in the Action Plan, i

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2. GA0 Recommendation: "For the 39 utility Action Plan items, l

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. items completed at all the 65 nuclear power plants that were operating when the Three M.ile lsland accident occurred and I

-- items that have not been completed at_all plants, the t number of plants that have not completed each item, and the expected date that each item will be completed

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! NRC Response The NRC will include in the one-time report to Congress items comp'leted at all 65 operating plants that were 1 operating when the Three Mile Island accident occurred, 4 items that have not been completed at all plants, the number of plants that have not completed each item, and the expected date that each item will be completed at all plants.

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! status of the licensing reviews associated with the TMI i

Action Plan, but has not verified the implementation of every new generic requirement by every licensee. Through

] the NRC inspection program, we have audited licensee i performance in this area. In our November 16, 1984

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i response to the GA0 report, " Management Weaknesses Affect l' Nuclear Regulatory Commission Efforts to Address Safety i Issues Common to Nuclear Power Plant," (GA0/RCED 84-149),

NRC made a commitment to examine the process of tracking j and reporting the implementation of e'ch. a generic i

! requirement at each plant. NRC has now decided to expand the current reporting system to include written 4

I confirmation from licensees when plant modifications  ;

resulting from. generic requirements are completed.

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. 3. GA0 Recommendation: "For the 120' Action Plan developmental items, the report should address \

-- items that-have been' completed, the resulting NRC j staff prodt,ct(s), and any related changes in sjuclear  :

power plant regulatory requirements or NRC regulatdry procedures and

-- items that have not been completed, when NRC expects to complete each item,.or the reason why the item will not be completed."

NRC Response .,.

1 NRC will include'the 120 Action Plan developmenta1 items in ,

the one-time report to Congress and will address: (1) d items that have been completed, the resulting NRC staff. ,

products, and any related changes in nuclear power pl'i ant regulatory requ'irements or NRC regulatory procedures; and (2) items that have not been completed, when NRC expects to

' complete each item, or the reason why the item will not be completed. .,

This informationlis contained in current NRC periodic reports. NRC lists in-its Annual Report to Congress l generic issues (including TMI Action Plan items)' resolved f

.during the' year ,and expected completion dat s'of:the issues 1

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0 that remain to be resolved. More complete information about generic issues is provided'in NUREG-0933 which is updated with supplements that are published semiannually.

This report lists all previously-resolved generic issues (including TMI Action Plan items) and references the revised requirements or guidance that resulted from the-resolution of the issues. Also listed are the generic issues (including THI Action Plan items) that are not to be resolved along with the reasons for not completing each of these issues (usually because of small safety significance).

4 GA0 Recommendation: "For the 17 Action Plan. items assigned to the Commission, the report should discuss the actions taken, Commission plans for any additional action, and whether or not Commission action on each item has led, or may lead, to changes in NRC's policies, organization, or management practices."

NRC Response The one-time report to Congress will include all actions

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taken on the 17 Action Plan items assigned to the Commission. Note that NUREG-0933 does not include the items in Chapter V of the TMI Action Plan which were assigned to the Commission, but concentrates on those issues that are directly related to plant safety.

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5. GA0 Recommendation: ...the report should address the-significance of incomplete Action Plan items to public safety and show how NRC intends to pursue, account for, and report on these items in NRC's new generic safety issues management system."

NRC Response NRC will address the significance of incomplete Action Plan items to public safety in the one-time report to Congress.

The significance of unresolved generic issues (including TMI Action Plan items) is provided in NUREG-0933. Because most TMI Action Plan items that licensees were required to implement are complete, their significance has not been estimated beyond what was originally presented in the TMI Action Plan (NUREG-0660). The NRC generic issues prioritization program is described in the NRC 1982 Annual Report (p. 29). A summary of the generic safety issues management system is presented in the~'1984 NRC Annual Report and will be included in future NRC Annual Reports. '

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