ML20246M158
| ML20246M158 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/07/1989 |
| From: | Todreas N NRC - NUCLEAR SAFETY RESEARCH REVIEW COMMITTEE |
| To: | Beckjord E NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES) |
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..f ; NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 1
} %.,,,/ , Nuclear Safety Research Review Committee Washington, o.c. 20sss 4
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February 7,1989 Mr. Eric S. Beckjord '
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Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research '
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 .;
Dear Mr. Beckjord:
This letter is the second report of the Nucleu Safety Research Review Committee by the United States Nuclear Commission USNRC) on February)8,1988. The Committee's objectives, smpe of activitie established by Charter of February 8,1988 and its initial membership constituted by Commission appointment.
The first report of August 11 first three items ofits Chuter, i.e.,,1988 presented Cammittee observations concern
- s. Conformance of the NRC nuclear safety research program to the NRC Philosophy of Nuclear Reg,ulatory Research, as stated in the Commission's Strategic Plan, and to specific Comminion directions.
- b. Likelihood of the program meeting the needs of the users of research.
- c. Agr directionpriateness of the longer range research programs and the cor This second report forwards the reports of four subcommittees formed to further evaluate the following four key technical areas through meetings with the relevant project subcontractors and their NRC managers:
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Accident Management and Severe Accidents Aging and Containment Structural Elements Human Factors and Reliability These suhmmmittee reports present Committee observations concerning all five items of its Charter. These reports, although prepared b reviewed and approved by the ent; re Committee membership.y subcommittees, liave bee The Committee wishes to thank the Office of the Nuclear Regulatory .Research for arranpng these meetings and insuring their substantial technical content. We are especially pleased that you and other senior members of your staff participated personally 8903270058 890207 PDR ORG NREA prf
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Mr. Eric S. Beckjord February 7,1989 page two in most of these reviews. Program review in the 6 eld by subcommittee was confirmed to.
be a satisfying and effective mode of interaction for our Committee. We plan to do this again in the fall of 1989 subsequent to our full Committee meeting at your headquarters, currently scheduled for May 23 and 24,1989.
At the May meeting, the Committee will develop further observations from these subcommittee meetings wliich reflect commonalities within the NRC research program. At this time, the principle such observation relates to weaknesses in the stated rational for -
undertaking certain specific research tasks. While the overall conformance of the program to NRC philosophy of nuclear regulatory research is satisfactory, our subcommittee reports identify several examples where either the rational needs restatement or the research Pressure Vessel Safety, direction needsand High Level Waste a more focused Low Level Waste. scope, We will be i.e., Nuclear Plant Aging, d to lear intereste meeting how your office is ensuring that this requirement of conformance is being reinforced throughout the program.
Sincerely
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Neil E. Todreas Chairman, Nuclear Safety
. Research Review Committee
\ewp attachments:
- 1. Aging and Containment Structural Elements Subcommittee, Chairman S.H.
Bush, December 22,1988.
- 2. Accident Managements and Severe Accidents Subcommittee, Chairman S.
Levy January 4,1989.
- 3. Hum,an Factors and Reliability Subcommittee, Chairman T. Sheridan, January 3,1989.
- 4. Waste Disposal Program Review Subcommittee, Chairman W.F. Miller, Jr.,
February 6,1989.
xc: NSRRC Members R. Shepard O