ML18078A174

Adequacy of Implementation of Voluntary Industry Initiative on Safety Culture

ML18078A174
Person / Time
Issue date:	03/22/2018
From:	Gregory Bowman NRC/NRR/DIRS/IRAB
To:	Eric Bowman Division of Licensing Projects
Keefe M, NRR/DIRS, 415-5717
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E. Bowman UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 March 22, 2018 MEMORANDUM TO: Eric Bowman, Acting Chief Beyond-Design-Basis Management Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: Gregory T. Bowman, Chief /RA/

ROP Assessment Branch Division of Inspection and Regional Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

ADEQUACY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF VOLUNTARY INDUSTRY INITIATIVE ON SAFETY CULTURE In the staff requirements memorandum to SECY-13-0132, Staff Requirements SECY-13-0132U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Recommendation for the Disposition of Recommendation 1 of the Near-Term Task Force Report, dated May 19, 2014, the Commission approved a proposal to evaluate the current status of the implementation of the most risk-significant Type 2 voluntary industry initiatives (VIIs) and to verify that these voluntary initiatives are being adequately implemented. The Commission further directed the staff to provide the Commission with the results of this verification process and any recommended improvements, if warranted, for its review and approval.

Subsequently, in a Commissioners Assistants note dated August 27, 2014, the staff identified that most Type 2 VIIs were being adequately implemented without the need for additional regulatory action. However, the staff identified two VIIs that needed further review. At the time, the staff informed the Commission that an ongoing working group on substantive cross-cutting issues was addressing one of those initiatives, safety culture, and that further assessment of this VII was needed in light of that activity. The staff committed to providing the Commission with the results of its evaluation of that VII, in addition to a VII on low-power/shutdown risk, by June 30, 2018.

The enclosure provides the staffs evaluation of the safety culture VII. Based on the results of its evaluation, the staff has determined that the current process for monitoring and assessing safety culture at nuclear power plants, including the industrys implementation of Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 09-07, Fostering a Strong Nuclear Safety Culture, is effective. The staff will continue to monitor performance using the Reactor Oversight Process and will inform the Commission if future performance trends in this area warrant reconsideration of that conclusion.

Enclosure:

Safety Culture Initiative CONTACT: Molly Keefe-Forsyth (301) 415-5717

ML18078A174 Pckg.ML18078A156 *Via email OFFICE NRR/DIRS/IRAB QTE* NRR/DIRS/IRAB NAME MKeefe-Forsyth JDougherty GBowman DATE 3/ 19 /2018 03/ 16 /2018 3/ 22 /2018