NRC Generic Letter 1990-01

NRC Generic Letter 1990-001: Request for Voluntary Participation in NRC Regulatory Impact Survey

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Issue date:	01/18/1990
From:	Partlow J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:
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GL-90-001, NUDOCS 9001120274
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v0A vNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C.20555 January 18, 1990

TO: ALL LICENSEES OF OPERATING REACTORS, APPLICANTS FOR OPERATING

LICENSES, AND HOLDERS OF CONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR LIGHT WATER

REACTOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN NRC REGULATORY IMPACT

SURVEY (GENERIC LETTER NO.90-01)

In 1981 the NRC conducted a survey of utility views of the impact of NRC

regulatory programs and initiatives on utility operations and resources.

As a result of that survey, the NRC made a number of changes in its organization and practices. To assess the effectiveness of those changes and to inquire into the impact of current NRC practices, the NRC recently conducted Regulatory Impact Surveys at 13 utilities throughout the country.

At each of the 13 utilities, senior managers from NRC headquarters and regional offices held group discussion sessions with a wide spectrum of individuals from the operator and engineer level up to senior corporate management. The NRC is currently evaluating the information gathered from these discussions to determine what changes, if any, should be made to the NRC's regulatory approach to enhancing the safe operation of nuclear power plants.

In order to augment the information gained from the survey of 13 utilities, the NRC is requesting that nuclear utilities, on a voluntary basis, complete the questionnaire provided in the enclosure to this letter. The purpose of this questionnaire is to provide the NRC with insight on the time which key nuclear power plant managers spend in responding to the various operational (or construction) inspections and audits (including those conducted by the company itself) that are Imposed upon them.

Your voluntary submittal of the completed questionnaire by March 1, 1990

will be greatly appreciated. Input from a broad base of licensees is needed to ensure that the results of this survey are representative of conditions across the industry. The information provided will not be directly associated with a particular nuclear power plant. A copy of the final survey report will be provided to you upon completion.

This request is covered by Office of Management and Budget Clearance Number

3150-0011 which expires January 31, 1991. The estimated average burden hours is 60 person hours per licensee response, including searching data sources, gathering and analyzing the information, and the requested reports.

Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch, Division of Information Support

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Services, Office of Information and Resources Management, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0011), Office of Management and Budget, D.C. Washington,

20503.

Sincerely, J ms G. Partlow Associate Director for Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Enclosures:

1. General Instructions/Questionnaire

2. List of Recently Issued Generic Letters

ENCLOSURE 1 NRC Regulatory Impact Survey General Instructions Item Number Instruction

1. A separate Questionnaire Sheet should be completed for each of the following applicable types of operational/

construction inspection, audit or evaluation:

- NRC Team Inspections - OSHA

- Other NRC Resident, - DOT

Regional and Headquarters - State/Local Authorities inspections/audits - NRC-Required QA Audits

- INPO Evaluations/Visits - Other Self-Assessments

- Insurers (ANI) - Other (Specify)

- EPA

2. Based upon actual experience over the past several years, in about how often is each of the activities identified Item #1 conducted? Answers need not be precise, but should provide general statements of recent experience, or such as "Two NRC Regional Office Inspections per Month"

"INPO Plant and Corporate Evaluations every 18 months."

3. Provide a brief description of the operations/construction These areas which are reviewed by the various activities.

descriptions need not be provided for NRC inspections and audits, INPO Evaluations, and NRC-required QA audits.

or

4. Provide information on the extent of the inspection, audit group evaluation in terms of the typical size of the review For and the length of time required to conduct the review.

consist example "NRC Regional Office inspections typically of two inspectors who are onsite for one work week."

5. This question seeks information on the extent to which the available time of key managers is necessarily devoted to in dealing with each of the specific review activities listed Item #1. For multiple positions, such as Plant Department Heads, provide an average annualized percentage for the group and the number of Department Heads included.

NRC Requlator ImpacSurvey Questionnaire Sheet

1. Type of inspection, audit or evaluation:

2. Based on actual experience over the past several years, about how often is this activity conducted?

3. Operations/Construction areas covered:

4. Extent of the activity (how many people, for how long)

5. Approximate percentage of total time (on an annual basis) which the following managers must spend in direct involvement before, during, and in response to the activity described in Item 4l.

a. Plant Department Heads (number involved)

b. Plant Manager c. Corporate Department Heads (number involved)

d. Corporate Vice Presidents (number involved)

e. Chief Nuclear Officer

LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED GENERIC LETTERS

Generic Date of I'

Letter No. Subject Issuance - IssiUed To . f

89-23 NRC STAFF RESPONSES TO 10/23/89 ALL HOLDERS'"OF ,

QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO OPERATING LICENSEES

IMPLEMENTATION OF 10 CFR AND CONSTRUCTION

PART 26 - GENERIC LETTER PERMITS FOR NUCLEAR

89-23 POWER PLANTS

89-22 POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED ROOF 10/19/89 ALL LICENSEES OF

LOADS AND PLANT AREA FLOOD OPERATING REACTORS AND

RUNOFF DEPTH AT LICENSED HOLDERS OF CONSTRUCTION

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS DUE TO PERMITS (EXCEPT BYRON

RECENT CHANGE IN PROBABLE BRAIDWOOD, VOGTLE,

MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION SOUTH TEXAS, AND RIVER

CRITERIA DEVELOPED BY THE BEND)

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

(GENERIC LETTER 89-22)

89-21 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 10/19/89 ALL HOLDERS OF

CONCERNING STATUS OF OPERATING LICENSES

IMPLEMENTATION OF UNRESOLVED AND CONSTRUCTION

SAFETY ISSUE (USI) REQUIREMENTS PERMITS FOR NUCLEAR

POWER REACTORS

89-20 PROTECTED AREA LONG-TERM 09/26/89 ALL FUEL CYCLE

HOUSEKEEPING FACILITY LICENSEES

WHO POSSESS, USE,

OR PROCESS FORMULA

QUANTITIES OF

STRATEGIC SPECIAL

NUCLEAR MATERIAL

89-19 REQUEST FOR ACTION RELATED TO 09/20/89 ALL LICENSEES OF

RESOLUTION OF UNRESOLVED OPERATING REACTORS,

SAFETY ISSUE A-47 "SAFETY APPLICANTS FOR

IMPLICATION OF CONTROL OPERATING LICENSES

SYSTEMS IN LWR NUCLEAR AND HOLDERS OF

POWER PLANTS" PURSUANT TO CONSTRUCTION PERMITS

10 CFR 50.54(f) FOR LIGHT WATER

REACTOR NUCLEAR

POWER PLANTS

89-18 RESOLUTION OF UNRESOLVED 09/06/89 ALL HOLDERS OF

SAFETY ISSUE A-17, "SYSTEMS OPERATING LICENSES

INTERACTIONS IN NUCLEAR OR CONSTRUCTION

POWER PLANTS PERMITS FOR NUCLEAR

POWER PLANTS

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Services, Office of Information and Resources Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555; and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0011), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

Sincerely, Odginal signed us James G.Partlow James G. Partlow Associate Director for Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Enclosures:

1. General Instructions/Questionnaire

2. List of Recently Issued Generic Letters DISTRIBUTION:

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