ML20138B795
| ML20138B795 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 04/10/1997 |
| From: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Hoyle J NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20138A938 | List: |
| References | |
| SECY-97-035-C, SECY-97-35-C, NUDOCS 9704290279 | |
| Download: ML20138B795 (2) | |
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NOTA' TION VOTE RESPONSE SHEET TO:
John C. Hoyle, Secretary FROM:
CHAIRMAN JACKSON
SUBJECT:
SECY-97-035 - PROPOSED REGULATORY GUIDANCE RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF 10 CFR 50.59 (CHANGES, TESTS AND EXPERIMENTS)
(SUPPLEMENTALV0TE)
Approved w/comentr, Disapproved Abstain Not Participating Request Discussion COMMENTS:
SEE ATTACHED COMMENTS 4~
Shirley Ann Jackson SIGNATURE Release Vote
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4//() /97 DATE Withhold Vote
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Entered on "AS" Yes No 9704290279 970425 PDR COMMS NRCC DR 3
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CHAIRMAN JACKSON'S COMMENTS ON SECY-97-035 (Highlighted portion is a Supplement to original vote)
I approve issuance of the proposed regulatory guidance relating to implementation of 10 CFR 50.59, including discussion of possible policy issues Following conclusion of the and options, for a 60-day public comment period.
comment period, the staff should prepare a paper for the Commission considering the public comments and Millstone lessons Learned along with guidance provided on SECY-97-036, and provide recommendations for further improvements to the regulatory process.
Included in this Commission paper should be a rulemaking plan for 10 CFR 50.59 that would consider a risk-informed approach for both:
- 1) the threshold for an Unreviewed Safety Question, and 2) specifically, whether " negligible" increases in the probability or consequences of an accident or malfunction can be allowed for certain systems without prior NRC review. While the risk informed approach is not intended to expand the scope of accidents considered in the 50.59 process, the staff should explore risk-informed options and determine the corresponding legal implications for This rulemaking plan should include an expedited Commission consideration.
schedule (fast track, approximately one year).
Changes similar to those on the attached page 1 of the proposed Federal should be incorporated to make clear that the NRC is Register Notica requesting comment on Section IV, " Policy Issues," of SECY-97-035.
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