ML20210L118
| ML20210L118 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/16/1999 |
| From: | Mcgaffigan E NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Vietticook A NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20210L093 | List: |
| References | |
| SECY-99-162-C, NUDOCS 9908090042 | |
| Download: ML20210L118 (2) | |
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RESPONSE SHEET TO:
Annette Vietti-Cook, Secretary l
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COMMISSIONER MCGAFFIGAN 1
SUBJECT:
SECY-99-162 - POLICY FOR REGULATORY ACTIONS FOR l
LICENSEES OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS THAT HAVE NOT COMPLETED YEAR 2000 READINESS ACTIVITIES Approved X
Disapproved Abstain Not Participating COMMENTS:
See attached comments.
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Commissioner McGaffigan's Comments on SECY-99-162 I approve the staff's proposed policy on regulatory actions for nuclear power plant licensees that have not completed Y2K readiness activities, and concur in the comments by Commissioner Merrifield and Chairman Dieus. The staff and the nuclear power industry have done an outstanding job over the past three years to resolve Y2K issues and get U.S. nuclear power plants Y2K ready. We now need to stay the course and deal with the remaining issues in a straight forward, transparent fashion.
i i share the concem that we must provide the public with an accurate and full accounting L
of our licensees' plans for Y2K readiness. In my view, the information on the 35 plants that were not fully Y2K ready as of July 1,1999, is incomplete. We have not yet adequately conveyed to the public the reasons why 35 of our licensees failed to meet the July 1 readiness goal. I believe that we can do more in embracing the advice which l
John Koskinen, Chairman of the President's Council on the Year 2000 Conversion, shared with the Commission during the February 11 public meeting on Y2K. At that meeting, Mr. Koskinen urged the Commission and our licensees to be open and candid with the public on the status of Y2K readiness, to share all the information we have whether it's difficult or positive. I commend the staff for its Y2K public information efforts thus far, but i believe we can do more.
I understand that the responses to Generic Letter 98-01 and its supplement are available in the Public Document Room, but are not accessible via our Y2K website.
For all plants, with priority for those plants that have yet to achieve Y2K readiness, I
' favor placing on our Y2K website either the licensees responses or a synopsis that provides the status -including the licensee's stated rational for postponing remediation actions - and schedule information for remediation. The Y2K website should also j
1 include the staff's preliminary assessment of each of the sites that are not fully Y2K ready as Category A, B, or C, as described in the attachment to SECY-99-162.
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