ML20236V743
| ML20236V743 | |
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| Issue date: | 12/01/1987 |
| From: | Rubenstein L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Schwink W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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DEC 11987 MEMORANDUM FOR: Walter S. Schwink, Chief Generic Activities Integration Section Inspection, Licensing, and Research Integration Branch, PMAS
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SUBJECT:
. COMMENTS REGARDING RES - PROPOSED GRAMM-RUDMAN BUDGET CUTS I
You requested comments on E. Beckjord's November 3, 1987 memo concerning potential FY1988 Gramm-Rudman reductions within RES. Of major concern is the
-reduction in funds "available to support development of the rulemaking and Reg Guides for' implementing the Severe Accident Policy Statement (SAPS) (pages 13 and 14)." For a savings of less than $300,000 (exact amount unclear), RES proposes to delay development-of this guidance by at least'l year. Such a delay is. incompatible with the schedules for the Design Certification hearings for the GE, W, and CE standard plant designs, which are expected to begin the Design Certification process in mid-1990. 'We believe that such a delay is
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inconsistent with the priorities set'by the Commission with regard to l-standardization, as reflected in the strategic or 5 years plans.
If such a delay to this program becomes necessary, then an approach that would be less time consuming (and therefore, less costly), yet resolve the need for appropriate guidance for the three standard designs, is in order. One 1
acceptable alternative can be found in R. W. Houston's November 19, 1987 memorandum to B. M. Morris (attached) which proposes the staff establish formal interim guidance for the standard designs until the final rules and Regulatory Guides are approved by the Commission. Such interim guidance in conjunction with approved Licensing Review Bases would be applied to the three LWR standard designs currently in-house while the final rules and final Regulatory Guides (upon issuance) would be applied to the advanced reactor designs which are still in the conceptual stage.
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