ML22097A136
| ML22097A136 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 03/23/2022 |
| From: | George Tartal NRC/NMSS/DREFS/MRPB |
| To: | |
| J. Lynch, NMSS/MSST | |
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| Download: ML22097A136 (8) | |
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2022 National State Liaison Officer Conference Presentation:
Nonemergency Event Notifications Rulemaking
George Tartal NRC Project Manager
ADAMS Accession No. ML21337A345
Background
- The NRC requires all operating nuclear power reactors to report to the NRC emergency and certain non-emergency events.
- In 2018, NEI submitted a petition for rulemaking to eliminate all non-emergency event reports.
- In 2020, the NRC staff recommended rulemaking.
- In 2021, the Commission directed the NRC staff to pursue rulemaking with certain conditions.
2 Rulemaking Process
3 Regulatory Basis
- A regulatory basis document helps the NRC decide whether rulemaking is the right solution to the problem being addressed.
- A regulatory basis document:
- Discusses the scope of the problem and possible options
- Considers legal, policy, technical, and cost-benefit analysis
- Identifies the preferred regulatory action
- Possible options:
- Maintain status quo
- Revise regulations
- Revise guidance
- Other?
4 Public Meetings
- The NRC staff held public meetings in November and December 2021 on this rulemaking.
- Feedback was requested on issues to be considered in the regulatory basis.
- Several SLOs attended these public meetings.
- All feedback was documented in the meeting summary.
- NRC is considering all feedback it received as it develops the regulatory basis.
5 Project Status / Next Steps
- The NRC staff is developing a regulatory basis.
- There will be a public comment opportunity later this year.
- A proposed rule and final rule would follow if the regulatory basis recommends moving forward through rulemaking.
6 References
- 10 CFR 50.72(b), Immediate notification requirements for operating nuclear power reactors
- The rulemaking process (from NRCs public Web site)
- https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/rulemaking/rulemaking-process.html
- PRM-50-116, Elimination of Immediate Notification Requirements for Operating Nuclear Power Reactors, dated August 2, 2018
- ADAMS Accession No. ML18247A204
- SECY-20-0109, Petition for Rulemaking and Rulemaking Plan on Immediate Notification Requirements for Nonemergency Events (PRM-50-116; NRC-2018-0201), dated November 30, 2020
- ADAMS Accession No. ML20073G008
- SRM-SECY-20-0109, Petition for Rulemaking and Rulemaking Plan on Immediate Notification Requirements for Nonemergency Events, dated July 28, 2021
- ADAMS Accession No. ML21209A947
- November 2021 public meeting summary
- ADAMS Accession No. ML21341B452
- December 2021 public meeting summary
- ADAMS Accession No. ML21350A033
7 Questions?
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