ML21025A004
| ML21025A004 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 01/25/2021 |
| From: | Siva Lingam Plant Licensing Branch IV |
| To: | |
| Lingam S, NRR/DIRL/LPL4, 301-415-1564 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML21025A005 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID L-2019-LRO-0074 | |
| Download: ML21025A004 (9) | |
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2 A Map of the Universe of Findings High safety Low safety Clearly within the licensing basis Address issue with appropriate tools such as:
- Enforcement
- Order
- Inspect licensee corrective actions Clearly within the licensing basis Address finding/violation with appropriate tools (i.e., either the licensee comes into compliance or proposes changes to the licensing basis):
- Inspect licensee corrective actions (e.g., 50.59, PI&R)
- Change the licensing basis (LAR, relief, exemptions, etc.)
- Assess adequacy of the requirement (i.e., rulemaking)
Not clearlywithin the licensing basis Evaluate issue to determine regulatory actions with tools suchas:
- 50.54(f) or generic communication
- Backfitting
- Generic issue process
- Use LIC-504 and TIA as applicable Not clearly within the licensing basis but clearly low safety significance EXIT:
- Document decision
- Make public record Address issues in this quadrant
3 Risk-informed Process for Evaluations (RIPE)
- RIPE establishes a more efficient process to review licensing actions that address low safety significance (LSS) issues.
- RIPE leverages existing regulations and approved risk-informed initiatives to create a streamlined NRC review process for plant-specific exemption and license amendment requests for LSSissues.
- Adoption of RIPE was recommended in a memo to the NRR Office Director dated January 5, 2021 (ML20261H428).
- The NRR Office Director approved RIPE by memo dated January 7, 2021 (ML21006A324).
4 What is RIPE?
Regulations Does not generically apply to regulatory issues and is not intended to displace rulemaking.
Does address unique plant non-compliance issues that would be specific to a narrow portion of the regulation for that licensee.
Evaluation Does not change how licensees make the determination concerning validity of licensing request.
Does inform the level-of-effort NRC staff will expend to conduct review and approval/denial of license requests.
Inspection/Enforcement Does not involve inspection and enforcement of findings and violations.
Does support how those violations and findings are corrected.
5 How Does RIPE Work?
Leverages work done in previous risk-informed initiatives IDP TSTF-505 RIPE (using existing regulations)
Integrated Decision-making Panel (IDP) Reviews Key Engineering Principles Demonstrates Probabilistic Risk Assessment Acceptability
Licensee identifies non-compliance that has a minimal safety impact Licensee documents the exemption or amendment request using Guidelines for Analyzing the Safety Impact of Issues (ML20261H462)
Licensee requests licensing action per streamlined review process 6
NRC reviews licensing action using streamlined review guidance in TSG-DORL-2021-01 (ML20261H473)
Approval Process Safety Impact Characterization Submittal to NRC Implementation of RIPE NRC Actions Licensee Actions
7 Why RIPE?
- Focus NRC and licensee resources on the most safety significant issues.
- Address low safety compliance issues in an efficient and predictable manner consistent with NRC's Principles of Good Regulation.
- Leverage existing regulations and risk insights.
- Incentivize the further development and use of probabilistic risk assessment models and risk-informed applications.
8 Whats Next?
- Explore expansion of RIPE to include:
- Exemption and amendment requests from licensees that do not have an approved TSTF-505 (Risk-Informed Completion Times) amendment, but have an approved TSTF-425 (Surveillance Frequency Control) amendment or can provide other forms of risk information.
- Exemption and amendment requests in other areas (EP, Security, etc)
- Continue outreach to interested parties
9 Questions?
Send additional feedback or questions to:
Antonios.Zoulis@nrc.gov