ML20207H457
| ML20207H457 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/13/1999 |
| From: | Merrifield J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Vietticook A NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
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| ML20207H428 | List: |
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| SECY-99-119-C, NUDOCS 9906160334 | |
| Download: ML20207H457 (1) | |
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SUBJECT:
SECY-99-119 - RULEMAKING TO MODIFY THE EVENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR POWER REACTORS IN 10 CFR 50.72 AND 50.73 Approved Disapproved Abstain Not Participating COMMENTS:
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COMMISSIONER MERRIFIELD'S COMMENTS ON SECY-99-119 l
l approve the staff's recommendation to publish the proposed rule to modify the event reporting requirements for power reactors in 10 CFR 50.72 and 50.73.
It is important to reiterate to our stakeholders that declarations of an emergency class will.
continue to be reported as soon as pract. cal and in all cases within 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />. Furthermore, deviations from technical specifications authorized pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(x) will also continue to be reported within this time frame. The message to our stakeholders should be very clear: The NRC is not relaxing reporting requirements for those events where there may be a need for immediate action by the NRC.
I agree with the staff's change to re:: uire written licensee event reports (LERs) within 60 days after discovery of a reportable event or condition instead of within 30 days as is currently required. However, it should be made clear to licensees that this change does not imply that they should take longer than they previously did to complete root cause analyses or develop and implement corrective actions. I agree with the staff that licensees should complete these tasks on a time scale commensurate with the significance of the issue.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20d5-0001 h.gl June 15, 1999 GECRETARY MEMORANDUM 70; William D. Travers i
Executive Director for Operations FRCA:
Annette Vietti-Cook, Secretary
SUBJECT:
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - SECY-99-119 - RULEl/ LAKING TO MODIFY THE EVENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR POWER REACTORS IN 10 CFR 50.72 AND 50.73 The Commission has approved the staff's recommendation to publish the proposed rule to modify the event reporting requirements for power reactors in 10 CFR 50.72 and 50.73 in the Federal Reaister for a 75-day public comment period.
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r The staff should specifically invite public comment acd determine the need for reports on historical problems. The staff should also request public comment on applying the three-year limit on written reports to all of the wntten report requirements for consistency.
The staff should specifically invite public comment on the new requirement to report component problems that significantly degrade the ability to fulfill a safety function and that could reasonably be expected to affect other similar components in the plant. J/hile recognizing members of the staff desire to capture significant degradation with generic implications, this change attempts to define a new threshold for reporting that could be subject to varying interpretations by licensees and inspectors.
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Chairman Jackde.
Commissioner Dicus l
Commissioner Diaz l
Commissioner McGaffigan l_
Commissioner Merrifield i
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