ML20255A092
| ML20255A092 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 10/01/2020 |
| From: | Ho Nieh Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Baker B NRC/OIG/AIGA |
| Christopher Cauffman, NRR/DRO/IRIB | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19325D308 | List: |
| References | |
| OIG 19A-19 | |
| Download: ML20255A092 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 October 1, 2020 MEMORANDUM TO:
Dr. Brett M. Baker Assistant Inspector General for Audits Office of the Inspector General FROM:
Ho K. Nieh, Director / RA MGavrilas for/
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
STATUS OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE AUDIT OF THE NRC'S OVERSIGHT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION CORRECTIVE ACTIONS (OIG-19-A-19)
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) with a status update of the recommendations associated with OIG-19-A-19, Audit of NRC's Oversight of Supplemental Inspection Corrective Actions (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML19256A776).
Recommendation 1:
Update NRC inspection guidance to support documentation of significant planned corrective actions associated with IPs 95001 and 95002 supplemental inspections.
Staff Response:
On October 10, 2019, the staff stated that they agreed with the recommendation and planned on updating the NRC inspection guidance to support documentation of significant planned corrective actions associated with inspection procedures (IPs) IPs 95001 and 95002 supplemental inspections by August 31, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19325C330). The staff has drafted the changes to IP 95001 and plans to issue the procedure by October 1, 2020.
The staff will use IP 95001 as a template to complete the revision to IP 95002. The staff determined through the revision process that additional changes, such as (1) addressing Executive Director of Operations recommendations from Differing Processional Opinion 2018-001 to explicitly communicate assessment outcomes to an independent reader, (2) creating 95001 and 95002 supplemental inspection report templates, (3) developing enhanced governance for assessing supplemental inspection objectives, (4) developing enhanced governance for initiating, delaying, suspending or expanding inspection activities, (5) describing differences between expectations and regulatory obligations, and (6) providing governance on the inspection of planned corrective actions, were necessary to these documents and that it would be most efficient to issue the revisions together. As such, the staff now plans on completing all the actions for this recommendation by December 31, 2020 instead of by August 31, 2020 as originally planned.
CONTACT:
Christopher C. Cauffman, NRR/DRO (301) 415-8416
B. Baker 2
Recommendation 2:
Implement an efficient means for inspectors to readily identify and retrieve information about completed and planned corrective actions associated with 95001 and 95002 supplemental inspections.
Staff Response:
On October 10, 2019, the staff stated that they agreed with the recommendation and planned to make improvements in guidance needed to support an efficient means for inspectors to readily identify and retrieve information about completed and planned corrective actions associated with IPs 95001 and 95002. The staff stated that they would specifically update Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0611, Appendices C and D, the governance for documenting both supplemental inspection and baseline problem identification and resolution inspection reports, respectively, and other governance, as necessary by August 31, 2020. On May 29, 2020, the staff revised the Reactor Program Systems (RPS or ISTAR) software to create a tracking mechanism to efficiently allow inspectors to readily identify and retrieve information about completed and planned corrective actions associated with IPs 95001 and 95002 supplemental inspections. Additionally, the staff is revising IMC 0611, Appendix C to provide guidance regarding RPS tracking actions and IMC 2515, Appendix B for inspection and documentation of completed and planned corrective actions using any appropriate baseline inspection procedure.
The staff determined that revising IMC 0611, Appendix D was no longer appropriate because of other changes indicating baseline procedures could be used in addition to IP 71152. The staff plans to complete issuance of these changes for this recommendation by December 31, 2020 instead of by August 31, 2020 as originally planned.
B. Baker 3
SUBJECT:
STATUS OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE AUDIT OF THE NRC'S OVERSIGHT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION CORRECTIVE ACTIONS (OIG-19-A-19) DATED: OCTOBER 1, 2020 DISTRIBUTION: OEDO-19-00551 Public RidsNrrOd RidsNrrDro RidsNrrDroIrib RidsOigMailCenter Resource RidsNrrMailCenter Resource J. Jolicoeur, OIG ADAMS Package Acc. No.: ML19325D308 ADAMS Accession No. ML20255A092
- via e-mail NRR-106 OFFICE NRR/DRO/IRIB NRR/DRO/IRIB NRR/DRO/D NRR NAME CCauffman*
RRichardson*
CMiller*
HNieh (MGavrilas for)*
DATE 9/1/2020 9/11/2020 9/17/2020 10/1/2020 OFFICAL RECORD COPY