ML20148G423

Motion for Extension of Time. Applicant Needs Extension of Time for Filing Testimony & Objections on Contention 19 from 781103 to 781110 Because Hearings in Ok Have Created Backlog Conflicting W/Counsel'S Schedule.W/Cert of Svc

ML20148G423
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Site:	Black Fox
Issue date:	10/26/1978
From:	Gallo J PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF OKLAHOMA
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Georgia Power Company ATTN: Mr. J. H. Miller, Jr.

Executive Vice President 270 Peachtree Street, N.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Gentlemen:

The enclosed Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Paper, POLICY SESSION ITEM i (SECY-78-554, dated October 25, 1978) with subject " Licensee Regulatory l Performance Evaluation" describes three approaches tried by the NRC staff for evaluating the regulatory performance of operating nuclear power plants.

These approaches were preliminary efforts toward developing a technique for evaluating the regulatory performance of NRC licensees on a nationwide basis. The staff has requested Commission approval of a two-year trial program to further develop and test an evaluation technique.

If successful, licensee regulatory performance evaluation should give the NRC staff the ability, on a nationwide basis, to distinguish between levels of licensee regulatory performance. This could lead to more effective use of the agency's inspection and enforcement resources and to identification of plants that need further examination by the agency.

The NRC staff emphasizes that, while an evaluation program may be useful in focusing staff attention on the plants that depart from the performance of the majority of plants, the means of assuring adequacy of plant safety will not be changed. This assurance will continue to rest on detailed reviews of plant operations by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and plant-by plant judgements made as a result of inspections by the Of fice of Inspection and Enforcement.

The three evaluation approaches which have been tried are:

1. The " statistical method," b- on evaluating two measures of per-formance; the number of nr .ompliance findings and the number of events, considered directly controllable by the licensee of the total events required to be reported to the NRC. These factors then were l

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NOV 151978 Georgia Power Company items of noncompliance and the amount of staf f inspection time required to identify indiv2 dual items of noncompliance. Under the statistical method, reactors or sites were identified as being in one of three groups

A, B, or C.

2. The " trend analysis method," based on a detailed review of events which licensees are required to report to the NRC. An effort then was made to identify trends, repetitive problems, or those linked to similar causes.

3. The " regional survey method," which collected expressions of opinion l of facilities by NRC inspectors and regional management. For the trial l effort, NRC field inspector personnel were asked to express themselves l on a scale, from acceptable to exceptional, about factors concerning l operating reactors.

The Staff Paper, SECY-78-554, and five enclosures describing the approaches tried by the NRC staff, are enclosed. These documents are being sent to each licensee whose facility is mentioned in the paper or reports and to other individuals expressing an interest in this matter. Copies also have been placed in the NRC's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W. , Washington, D.C. , and the Commission's Regional Of fices--631 Park Avenue, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; Suite 3100, 101 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Georgia; 799 Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn, Illinois; Suite 1000, 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Arlington, Texas; and Suite 202, 1990 North California Boulevard, Walnut Creek, California.

Sincerely, m 'O mes P. O'Reilly Di ector

Enclosure:

USNRC Policy Session Item, SECY-78-554, dtd 10/25/78, w/5 encls.

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