ML20236H781
| ML20236H781 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/07/1998 |
| From: | Diaz N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Hoyle J NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20236H758 | List: |
| References | |
| SECY-98-059-C, SECY-98-59-C, NUDOCS 9807070347 | |
| Download: ML20236H781 (2) | |
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NOT ATIO N VOTE RESPONSE SHEET l
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COMMISSIONER DIAZ
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SECY-98-059 - PROPOSED OPTIONS FOR ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE AND COMPETENCY OF LICENSEE MANAGEMENT-Approved I O_
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Approved Option 1.
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COMMISSIONER DIAZ'S VOTE ON SECY 98-059: PROPOSED OPTIONS FOR ASSESSING j
THE PERFORMANCE AND COMPETENCY OF LICENSEE MANAGEMENT I approve Option 1. We should continue to conduct performance-based inspections in all areas of facility operations and design.
Within the NRC's assessment processes, it is inevitable that performance information will arise that reflects the operational consequences of both effective and ineffective licensee j
management performance, and such insights will surface within the context of traditional performance assessment categories. It is therefore acceptable to see the results of management activities in NRC assessments, and, occasionally, it could even be adequate to infer the effects of management performance on safety issues.
In light of the above, however, we should keep in mind that the NRC does not manage plants.
I believe that the regulatory activities implemented by NRC staff are effective enough, without overtly assessing licensee management, to provide sufficient margins for reasonable assurance of public health and safety.
Management competency should neither be inspected nor assessed. Furthermore, the staff should discontinue the efforts to develop:
o a comprehensive and direct assessment of licensee management as a leading indicator i
of plant performance; 4
a process to assess management performance on cn ongoing basis; and 4
o management and organization as a separate category within the assessment proce o
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