ML20198J974

Notice of Pending NRC Action to Submit Info Collection Request to OMB & Solicitation of Public Comment.Info Pertaining to Requirement Collection:Nrc Form 366, Ler

ML20198J974
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment request AGENCY:

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

ACTION:

Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information collection request to OMB and solicitation of public comment.

SUMMARY

The NRC la preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the PaperworkReduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:

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The title of the information collection: NRC Form 366,

• Licensee Event Report"

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Current OMB approval number: 3_150-0104 3.

How often the collection is required: On occasion 4.

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commercial nuclear power plants.

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The number of annual respondents: 109 holders of operating j

licenses for commercial nuclear power plants.

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The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement

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or request: Approximately 50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 months <br /> per response The totalindusty burden is 80,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br />, j

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Abstract: NRC collects reports of operational events at commercial i

nuclear power plants 'in order to incorporate lessons of that -

experience in the licensing process and to feed back the lessons of l

that experience to the nuclear industry.

Submit, by (insert date 60 days after p'Jblication in the Federal Register), comments that address

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Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical utility?

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Is the burden estimate accurate?

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Is there a.way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the.

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How can the burden of the information collection be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology?

A copy of the draft supporting statement may b6 viewed free of charge at the NRC Public Documert Room, 2120 L Street, NW (lower level), Washingtori DC. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC worldwide web site (http://www.nrc. gov) under the F6dWorld collection link on the hone page tool bar. The document will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice.

Comments and questions about the information collection requirements may be directed to the NR; Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo. Shel'on, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T-6 F33, Washington DC, 20555 3001, or by telephone at 301 415 7233, or by Internet electronic mail at BJSi@NRC. GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this day of auero,1998.

.j For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

&A rend) Jo. Styst6n>NRd Clearance Officer Office o e Chief Information Officer s

i SUPPORTING STATEMENT FOR l

NRC FORMS 366,366A, and 336B

" LICENSEE EVENT REPORT LER" 10 CFR 50.73 (3150-0104)

Ducriotion of the Information CollectioD Nuclear power plant Licensees are regulred to report operational events having safety significance at commercial nuclear power plants on NRC Form 366,

• Licensee Event Report (LER)."

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JUSTIFICATION 1.

Need for and Practica[JJtility of tt e Collection of inform 01iQD l

The accident at Three Mile Island (TMI) in March 1979 focused attention en the importance of an effective understanding and feedback of operating experience of nuclear power plants. Studies of the TMl accident (e.g., Rogovin, Kemeny) emphasized the importance of collecting and evaluating operational uperience.

Operational experience feedback is required to meet the NRC's statutory requirements for regulating the nuclear Industry. Events of the type described in 10 CFR 50.73 are reported as Licensee Event Reports (LERs) on the NRC Forms 366 366A, and 3668. Examples of such evonts are shutdowns required by the Technical Specifications (TS), deviations from the TS, and events resulting in the plant being in a degraded condition, or an extemal event which poses, a threat to plant safety. The Licensee is required to indicate the applicable section/ paragraph of 10 CFR 50.73 pursuant to which the event is being reported, or if the LER is a special report or a voluntary report.

Effective January 1,1984, it became mandatory that all U.S. nuclear power plant licensees holding operating Licenses under Sections 103 and 104b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, submit LERs for events reportable under the provision of 10 CFR 50.73, regardless of the plant conditions, l

On September 10,1992 the agency published a minor rule change that became effective October 13,1992 which exempted from reporting certain types of events, primarily those involving invalid actuations of a limited set of engineered safety features (ESFs). Such events included the invalid actuation /isolat5n or realignment of the following ESFs: the reactor water clean-up system, the control room emergency ventilation systems, the reactor building ventilation system, the fuel building ventilation system, and the auxiliary building ventilation system or

- the equivalent ventilation systems. Also excluded from reporting were invalid ESF actuations that occurred either after the safety function had already been completed or when the system was properly removed from service. - These types of events have little or no safety significance and do not contribute significantly to an understanding of reactor operational safety. The removal of these event reporting requirements has not adversely affected the agency's ability to carry out its miss'on to protect the public health and safeiy.

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Agencylse ofInfonnation The reported events are assessed both individually and collectively to determine their safety significance and their generic implications and to identify any safety concems with the potential to seriously impact the public health and/or safety.

The evaluation of these events provides valuable insights on improving reactor safety.

The information required includes detailed event descriptions, plant conditions at the ont% of the events, root cause(s) of the occurrences, an assessment of safety consequences and implications, data on operator actions and personnel errors, and the corrective actions taken by the Licensee to prevent recurrences.

The timely assessment and feedback of operating experience is a vital and Integral prerequisite to improving reactor safety. Within the NRC, a formal and systematic program has been established for the collection, asses; ment, and feedback of operatior.al experiena gained from the LERs. This program has proven effective and resulted in an improved understanding of reactor performance, timely identification of important safety issues, and timely initiation of corrective or remedial actions such as issulng generic letters, revising license requirements, and Issuing bulle' ins requiring liconsee action and information notices, initiation of action may be immediate, as In the case of an event generating an inspec'lon, or over a long period of time, where analysis of LER trends may indicate a possible generic lasue to be implemented, in addition, formal and informal methods have been developed to couple the NRC's program with the industry's programs where a strong NRC and nuclear industry commitment exists to assess the safety significance and generic implications of operating events. Continued cooperation between the NRC Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data (AEOD) and the industry Institute of Nuclear Powsr Operations (INPO)is indicative of that comm,tment, as are the NRC's allocation of extensive resources and assignment of high pr!ority to the analysis and feedback of operational data as a matter of Agency policy. NRC's commitment is further expanded in a global sense by participation in bilateral agreements with various countries, the Nuclear Energ) Agoney (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Incident Reporting System (IRS).

Both the NEA and lAEA are committed to developing and implementing programs to collect and share worldwide reactor operating experience. Major progress has been made over the years in international data collection, storage, and dissemination of nuclear experience. 'he NEAllAEA IRS has been operational for a number of years and event analysis reports are being provided to participating countries. The U.S. continues to be a major supporter and contributor to the IRS. The international organizations are provided with Information on the U.S. experience by the NRC from utility supplied LERs, LER databases, and NRC reports (e.g., technical studies and generic communications). The worldwide sharing of nuclear operating experience has pmven valuable, particularly for accident prevention.

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.ation of data collection would seriously degrade the NRC's ability to assess g ating experience and to feed back the lesons learned in a timely manner, including corrective actbns to prevent recurrences.

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fadwdian of Burden Throuah Inform ='lan Technoloav

- The electronic transfer of information between ti)e industry and the NRC is under review by a pint NRC/ industry Electronic information Exchange task forcei Both

' the NRC and industry representatives are supporting this effort. Currently, the i

~ event coports are not collected electronically from the Licensees.

Upon receipt by the NRC, LERs are entered into the agency's NUDOCS database and subsequently electronically transferred to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for input into the Sequence Coding Search System (SCSS) -

operational experience database. After entry into the NUDOCS ottabase they

- are also made available for electonic retrieva! by INPO.

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Efforts to identifv Duelle=+1on and Use Similar Information In the rulemaking process for 10 CFR 50.73, the staff riaviewed numerous other NRC reporting requirements (e.g.,10 CFR Part 20, Part 21 Paragraph 50.55(e),

and Section 73.71) and attempted, to the extent practica;, to eliminate redundant reporting and to ensure that the various reporting requirements are consistent.

The LER form allows reporting under mnst of these requirements, and all applicable requirements may be addressed on the one LER form. The information R~iuirements Control Automated System was searched for duplication, and none was found.

No similar fully inclusive Information is available. In the rulemaking process for 10 CFR 50.73, the NRC gave extensive consideration to the relationship between LER reporting, other NRC reporting requirements, and the Nuclear Plant Reliability Data System (NPRDS). The NPRDS component database was i

maintained by INPO on a voluntary batis following a commitment during the LER l

rulemaking process from the U.S. Industry in 1981 to fully implement the system.

The NRC believes that both component failure and other types of operating experience data are essential to the NRC mission. The Equipment Performance and Information Exchange (EPIX) system is replacing NPRDS EPIX consists of selected component data which pertains to maintenance and reliability issues of

- Interest to the industry, while the LER database consists of a variety of occurrences of interest to the NRC.10 CFR 50.73 was also structured to eliminate duplication of reporting of operating experience to the NRC.

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Effort to Reduce Small Business Burden Not applicable.-

6, Conseausneae to Federal Proaram or Potiev Activities if the Collection is N1 Conducted or is Conducted Less Frequentiv Less frequent data collection would, in general, degrade the NRC's ability to i-g i assess operating experience and feed back the lessons leamed in a timely U

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Consultation Outs'.de the NRC

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This clearance request is being published in the Federal Register for comment.

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Coni, den *"^v of Informatiort NRC provides no pledge of confidentiality for this collection of information.

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Justification for Sensitive Questions l

No sensitive information is requested.

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- 12. _ Estimated Burden and Burden Hour Cost In 1996,109 operating nuclear power plants submitted approximately 1600 LERs,; l.e., total responses, it is estimated that each LER requires approximately 50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 months <br /> to prepare. Therefore, the total burden associated with the 1600 1

responses is approximately 80,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br />.- LERs are required to be submitted as the events occur. How cften the LERs are submitted varies among the Licensees of 109 operating nuclear power plants, dependent on the frequency of events. The annual monetary cost associated with 80,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> at $131 per n

hour is approximately $11M.

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Estimate of other Additional costs Not applicable

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Typically, many NRC staff members (headquarters, regional, and resident F

Inspectors) are involved in providing additional guidance in imposing 10 CFR 50,73 (i.e., responding to Licensee inquiries).

. Tasks performed include but are not limited to: review'.f reporting practices, review of plant operatir,g history and Licensee practices, and evaluation of the -

- adequacy of the existing rule. An estimated 2,100 hours0.00116 days <br />0.0278 hours <br />1.653439e-4 weeks <br />3.805e-5 months <br /> per year are spent on all these tasks combined. At $131 per hour, this araounts to approximately $275K.

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No contractor effort is currently involved for impodng the requirement. Total monetary cost for imposing the requirement is $275K.

Nearly 26 staff-years involving occasionai to full time effort of 250 NRC personnel are expended in LER review and follow up actions each year. The efforts include c

event analysis, inspection, enforce went, feedback 'o the industry and the world

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A large variety of reports are produced (e.g., inspection reports, AEOD reports, etc.). The number of hours required for the LER review and subsequent follow up actions are estimated to be 60,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br />. Cost for each staff hour is $131, the annual cost for staff efforts is 60,000 x 131 = $8M. Program support cost, contractor cost, etc., is about $3M. Total monetary cost of products of information collection is $1 iM.

The total Federal government cost from all Information collecthn, storage, processing, support activities, including contractor effort and follow up actions ic

$11M + $275K = $11.3M.

This cost is fully recovered through fee assessments to NRC Licensees pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 170 and/or 171.

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Reasons for Chance in Burden or Cost An increased rate of receipt of LERs was experienced in 1996 and the first part of 1997 to the projected burden estimate of 1600 LERs per year. Licensees during this period have submitted approximateb; 100 more LERs each year associated with their initial design basis that have necessitated increased NRC cttention.

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Publicat;on for Statistical Use Not applicable.

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~ Ra==on for Not Disolavina the Exolration Date The expiration date is displayed 18.

Excentions to the Certification Statement Not applicable B.'

Collection of Informh Imolovina Statistical Methods The collection of information does not employ statistical methods.

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