RIS 2005-16, Issuance of NRC Management Directive 8.17, Licensee Complaints Against NRC Employees.
| ML050100329 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 08/10/2005 |
| From: | Hiland P, Chris Miller NRC/NMSS/IMNS, NRC/NRR/DIPM/IROB |
| To: | |
| Allsopp D, NRR/DIPM, 415-3073 | |
| References | |
| Management Directive 8.17 RIS-05-016 | |
| Download: ML050100329 (5) | |
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS
WASHINGTON, DC 20555-0001 August 10, 2005 NRC REGULATORY ISSUE SUMMARY 2005-16 ISSUANCE OF NRC MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE 8.17, LICENSEE COMPLAINTS AGAINST NRC EMPLOYEES
ADDRESSEES
All U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees and certificate holders.
INTENT
The NRC is issuing this Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) to inform addressees of the issuance of NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.17, Licensee Complaints Against NRC Employees.
This MD standardizes the NRCs process for resolving licensee complaints against NRC
employees.
Licensees need to understand the NRC threshold for implementing MD 8.17 to avoid unintentionally initiating this formal process. This RIS requires no action or written response on the part of an addressee.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
It is the policy of the NRC to manage licensees complaints about improper action by NRC
employees in such a way as to promote open communication between the licensees and the NRC.
SUMMARY OF ISSUE
MD 8.17 contains policies and procedures for internal NRC functions necessary for accomplishing the agencys regulatory mission. The MD provides a fair and objective process for complaint resolution. The process is equitable to the staff member against whom the complaint is made, to the licensee representative making the complaint, and to the legitimate interests of the NRC.
The process described in MD 8.17 is designed to promote:
- licensee confidence that a complaint lodged against an NRC staff member will be taken seriously and investigated in a timely manner and that the licensee will be informed of the final resolution, and
- NRC staff confidence that a complaint lodged against a staff member will be handled in a fair manner, that the staff member will be given an opportunity to address the issues raised in the complaint, and that he or she will be informed of the final resolution.
Nothing in MD 8.17 is intended to impede any licensee or NRC employee from contacting the NRC Office of Inspector General directly with a concern.
Copies of MD 8.17 are available at the NRC public Web site and in ADAMS (Accession No.
ML051460542) and may be obtained by request from the NRC Public Document Room (PDR)
at 15 cents per page. The PDR can be reached at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737 or via Internet link at <www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html>.
BACKFIT DISCUSSION
This RIS does not require any action or written response and is, therefore, not a backfit under
10 CFR 50.109. Consequently, the staff did not perform a backfit analysis.
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTIFICATION
A notice of opportunity for public comment on this RIS was not published in the Federal Register because this RIS is informational.
SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT FAIRNESS ACT
The NRC has determined that this action is not subject to the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996.
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT
This RIS does not contain information collections and, therefore, is not subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.3501 et seq.).
CONTACT
Please direct any questions about this matter to the technical contact(s) or the Lead Project Manager listed below, or to the appropriate Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) project manager.
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Charles L. Miller, Director Patrick L. Hiland, Chief Division of Industrial and Reactor Operations Branch Medical Nuclear Safety Division of Inspection Program Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and Safeguards
Technical Contact:
David K. Allsopp, NRR
301-415-3073 E-mail: dka@nrc.gov Attachment: List of recently issued NMSS Generic Communications Note: NRC generic communications may be found on the NRC public Web site, http://www.nrc.gov, under Electronic Reading Room/Document Collections.
ML050100329 OFFICE IIPB:DIPM TECH EDITOR IIPB:DIPM C:IIPB:DIPM SC:TSS:IROB:DIPM D:DLPM
NAME DKAllsopp PKeene JWAndersen SARichards THBoyce TMarsh DATE 12/22/2004 12/14/2004 12/27/2004 12/27/2004 05/05/2005 05/05/2005 OFFICE NMSS:SFPO NMSS:DWMEP NMSS:FCSS OE OGC (NLO) OGC
NAME WBrach LCamper RCPierson WBader DATE 06/06/2005 06/12/2005 06/15/2005 06/21/2005 07/14/2005 07/20/2005 OFFICE PMAS OIS OES:IROB:DIPM SC:IROB:DIPM D:DIMNS C:IROB:DIPM
NAME DLMcCain BCStMary AWMarkley MJRoss-Lee CLMiller PLHiland (CCruz-Roque for)
DATE 07/25/2005 07/28/2005 08/04/2005 08/04/2005 08/10/2005 08/10/2005
Attachment Recently Issued NMSS Generic Communications Date GC No. Subject
Addressees
7/13/05 RIS-05-13 NRC Incident Response and All licensees and certificate the National Response Plan holders.
7/11/05 RIS-05-11 Requirements for Power All holders of operating licenses Reactor Licensees in for nuclear power reactors and Possession of Devices generally licensed device Subject to the General vendors.
License Requirements of 10
CFR 31.5
6/10/05 RIS-05-10 Performance-Based All industrial radiography Approach for Associated licensees and manufacturers and Equipment in 10 CFR 34.20 distributors of industrial radiography equipment.
4/18/05 RIS-05-06 Reporting Requirements for All material licensees possessing Gauges Damaged at portable gauges, regulated under Temporary Job Sites 10 CFR Part 30.
7/29/05 IN-05-22 Inadequate Criticality Safety All licensees authorized to Analysis of Ventilation possess a critical mass of special Systems at Fuel Cycle nuclear material.
Facilities
6/23/05 IN-05-17 Manual Brachytherapy All medical licensees authorized Source Jamming to possess a Mick applicator.
5/17/05 IN-05-013 Potential Non-conservative All licensees using the Keno-V.a Error in Modeling Geometric criticality code module in Regions in the Standardized Computer Analyses Keno-v.a Criticality Code for Licensing Evaluation (SCALE)
software developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
5/17/05 IN-05-012 Excessively Large Criticality All licensees authorized to Safety Limits Fail to Provide possess a critical mass of special Double Contingency at Fuel nuclear material.
Cycle Facility