ML20141K986

Staff Requirements Memo Re SECY-97-036, Millstone Lessons Learned Rept,Part 2:Policy Issues

ML20141K986
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	05/20/1997
From:	Hoyle J NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
To:	Callan L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
References
REF-10CFR9.7 NUDOCS 9706020224
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MEMORANDUM TO: L. Joseph Callan Execu 've Dir ctor for Operations FROM: Jo . o le Icretary

SUBJECT:

ST F REQUIREMENTS - SECY-97-036 - MILLSTONE LESSONS LEARNED REPORT, PART 2: POLICY l ISSUES '

The Commission has aonroved continuina imnlementation of the followino short-term actions 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, I

and 16. Specific comments follow, providing clarification on  !

certain of these actions, and providing Commission direction on i 1

several additional actions in the paper. {

The staff should implement 10 CFR 50.71(e) to ensure that Final Safety Analysis Reports (FSARs) are updated to reflect changes to the design bases,.and to reflect the effects of other analyses performed since original licensing which should have been  ;

' included under 10 CFR 50.71(e). The enforcement of licensee compliance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e) should be E

taken in conjunction with the Commission's decision on SECY .

l 154, in which the Commission approved granting enforcement  ;

discretion for a period up to two years for licensees which had  !

initiated a program to identify and correct FSAR deficiencies.

The staff should formulate an approach that would: 1) ensure that licensees have updated the FSARs to reflect the most //

safety / risk significant issues first (e.g., Station Black Out, Anticipated Transient Without Scram ....), and 2) allow obsolete /3

' or less meaningful information and commitments to be readily removed from the FSAR. The staff should promptly develop i regulatory guidance for making the risk-informed decisions on 3 l information to be contained in the updated FSAR. The Commission ,

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W WGS&1 SECY NOTE: SECY-97-036 WAS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC ON FEBRUARY 19, 1997. THIS SRM AND THE COMMISSION j VOTING RECORD CONTAINING THE VOTE SHEETS OF ALL COMMISSIONERS WILL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE 5

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i s will consider extending the period for enforcement discretion if experience so dictates.

(EDO) (SECY Suspense: 12/30/97; Approach & Regulatory Guidance)

(EDO) (SECY Suspense: 10/18/98; l Enforcement Discretion) l The staff should provide the Commission a paper that discusses i the experience gained with implementation of the short term l

actions, any license and design basis issues that remain, and any i

recommendations for further improvements to the regulatory process. Any future staff recommendation should address the j applicable potential backfit implications. In addition, the staff should consider the need for public comment. This paper should be coordinated and integrated with staff consideration of Commission guidance regarding SECY 97-035 and other guidance relating to implementation of 10 CFR 50.59.

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i cc: Chairman Jackson Commissioner Rogers Commissioner Dicus Commissioner Diaz Commissioner McGaffigan OGC CIO CFO OCA OIG Office Directors, Regions, ACRS, ACNW, ASLBP (via E-Mail)

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