ML20140H592
| ML20140H592 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 09/25/1996 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| ML20140H556 | List: |
| References | |
| ACRS-3042, DSI-19, NUDOCS 9705130192 | |
| Download: ML20140H592 (2) | |
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! MEMORANDUM To: Chairman Jackson .. SEP 201936 FROM: James M. Taylor ' - i . 32.Ji Executive Dir for erations
SUBJECT:
REVIEW ACTIVITIES.iOF NSRRC IN EV0LVING REGULATORY
! NEEDS (INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT - DSI 19) i a
The Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) has completed a preliminary I survey of the areas of common interest and potential overlap in the activities '
of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) and the Nuclear Safety Research Review Connittee (NSRRC). Further examtnation of this initial information will be made to determine the extent of overlap of the two oversight Comittees with particular focus on th. ". .irter of the NSRRC which l includes assessment and recommendations concerning: conformance of the NRC research program to the NRC Philosophy of Nuclear Regulatory Research and to specific Commission directions; likelihood of the program meeting the needs l of the users; appropriateness of longer range researca programs and the correctness of their direction; whether the best people are doing the work at .
the best places; whether the program is free of obvious bias; and whether the I research products have been given edequate, sabiased peer review. The results ,
of this examination will be used by the NSRRC to evaluate what value the NSRRC i is contributing to the Agency's mission, and to produce a set of criteria under which the performance of the NSRRC would be evaluated in the future. A meeting of the NSRRC is scheduled for November 14 -15, 1996, to address these items.
In parallel with the evaluation described above, the Chairman of the NSRRC and the Director, RES, discussed coordination of NSRRC activities with the ACRS at a meeting of the ACRS on September 13, 1996. This discussion was motivated by the SRM, M960826, dated September 10, 1996, to E. Thomas Boulette, Chairman, NSRRC, that requested the NSRRC to coordinate its activities with those of the ACRS in areas of joint interest to ensure that the activities are supportive and complimentary and not duplicative. Joint meetings of the subcommittees of ACRS and NSRRC on topics of mutual interest were posed as an initial step to ensure better coordination. The ACRS PRA subcommittee will hold a meeting on October 31-November 1,1996, to discuss with the staff their draft regulatory :
uide, "An Approach for Plant Specific Risk-Informed Decision Making: General j lutdance." ACRS will welcome NSRRC participation in this meeting. An initial i discussion was held on a joint meeting on digital I&C which will be scheduled l later in 1996 pending the publication of the report from the National Research j l
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3 Council. These meetings will help to guide the process of improving coordination, help to ' dentify if the overlap between the Committees' i activities can be reduced, and will contribute additional insights to answer the question of the value of NSRRC to the Agency's mission.
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