ML20196A708
| ML20196A708 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 04/19/1999 |
| From: | Dicus G NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Vietticook A NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20196A689 | List: |
| References | |
| SECY-99-007-C, SECY-99-7-C, NUDOCS 9906220293 | |
| Download: ML20196A708 (2) | |
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N OT ATIO N VOTE RESPONSE SHEET l
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Annette Vietti-Cook Secretary of the Commission FROM:
COMMISSIONER DICUS i
SUBJECT:
SECY-99-007A - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS (FOLLOW-UP TO l
Approved x in part Disapproved x in part Abstain
.i Not Participating Request Discussion COMMENTS:
See attached comments th. O.
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Commissioner Dicus' Comments on SECY-99-007A' ~
l approve the staff moving forward on the scope and concepts of the recommended changes, but defer my final. approval of_ full implementation of the revised oversight and assessment program until part of the pilot program is completed and the staff is able to factor the lessons
~leamed into the final implementation process. I commend the staff.for its hard work. This new
' process is changing the fundamental way we've done business for 30 years and change is not
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always easy or quick.-
l would liks to stress the importance of continued communication intemally as well as
.extemally so that some of the misconceptions that may be out there are cleared up. As Ldiscussed at the Commission meeting, I recommend public meetings near all the pilot sites
.either before or during the pilot to inform the public of the new process and what they should expect out of us.
4 The staff should continue to consider the policy and organizational issues associated with full
. implementation as identified in SECY-99-007,'during the Commission meeting, and during the pilots,l and provide a discussion and resolution of these issues to the Commission prior to full j
implementation.
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I disapprove the staff's proposal regarding deletion of the exception to the enforcement I
program with regard to Severity Level IV repetitive violations identified by the NRC. The staff's
~ basis for approval is that this type of violation would be captured under the new program by the performance' assessment of the licensee's corrective action program, however, not all plants will be assessed under the new oversight and assessment program at this time. The staff should defer implementing this' option industry wide until after the Office of Research provides
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their input on the possible safety significance of the cumulative effect of cT911 non safety significani violations and the staff provides its report regarding the new treatment of SL IV violations as' applied in the'new assessment process, in response to the SRM on SECY 256, due to the Commission 9/1/99. ' However, I do not object to implementing this enforcement policy at the pilot plants.
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