ML18254A332
| ML18254A332 | |
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| Issue date: | 10/01/2018 |
| From: | Mary Anderson NRC/NRR/DIRS/IRAB |
| To: | |
| Anderson M, NRR/DIRS, 301-415-7126 | |
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| Download: ML18254A332 (14) | |
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Reactor Oversight Process Budget Overview November 2018 Mary Anderson 1
Per Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 122 / Monday, June 25, 2018 / Rules and Regulations:
- The Division of Inspection and Regional Support within the NRCs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation is also working on a new document that will be made publicly available to explain the highlights and overall structure of the Reactor Oversight Process budget model.
This brief explains the highlights and overall structure of the ROP budget model 2
ROP Budget Structure: Preparation In order to execute the baseline inspection program, the Resident/Senior Resident Inspector (or Regional Inspectors for team inspections) must prepare for the inspection.
- Preparation (prep) activities include but are not limited to:
- inspection plan development; information requests; licensee discussions; review of information requested in advance of documentation review; research; attending a briefing from resident inspectors; badging / site access, including obtaining dosimetry; and entrance meetings.
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ROP Budget Structure: Inspection Each bill includes charges from the baseline inspection program governed by the inspection procedures referenced in IMC 2515 Appendix A.
- Each inspection procedure has resource estimates for the hours required to accomplish the associated work (sample/inspection).
- These inspection procedures are evaluated every two years to ensure that these resource estimates are appropriate.
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ROP Budget Structure: Documentation Cont.
- Documentation activities include but are not limited to:
- writing inspection reports; review of report inputs and feeders; reviewing reports for final signature; certifying reports and troubleshooting; updating the PIM for this specific inspection report; updating open items; entering inspection data (samples, completion status) into RPS; whole body count; and exit meetings.
Prep/doc activities are an additional ~70% of baseline inspection resource estimates 5
ROP Budget Structure: Other Activities
- Travel - Time devoted to traveling to and from a location to perform inspection activity.
- Plant Status - Resident inspectors have a specific responsibility, outside of inspection activities, to be aware of plant conditions on a routine basis. The issues and concerns identified during plant status shall be inspected and charged under the applicable inspection procedure. For additional details and resource estimate, please see IMC 2515, Appendix D.
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ROP Budget Structure: Other Activities
- Reactor Performance Assessment - Time spent evaluating assessment inputs (PIs and findings) and determining follow-up action in accordance with IMC 0305.
- Routine Inspection-Related Communications (must be at a plant-specific bases in order to use this CAC).
- Examples are: morning plant status call with the sites
- presenting at the morning meeting
- discussions with licensing personnel; 7
ROP Budget Structure: Other Activities
- Time spent evaluating the significance of inspection findings using the detailed risk evaluations or flow charts.
- Team inspections vary based off of complexity of issues and other variables.
- There is non-fee billable program support to aid in the execution of inspection.
- Historical data to support these different activities can be found at:
- https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1727/ML17271A262.
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ROP Budget Structure: Historical (Site) Hours Low Average High The values range for significantly number of plants, severity/complexity of issues etc.
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ROP Budget Structure: Historical (Site) Hours Low Average High 10
ROP Budget Structure: FY18 Fee Rule Consistent with 10 C.F.R. § 170.12(c)(1), resident inspectors are using new CACs to ensure that inspection fees will be assessed to recover full cost for each resident inspector (including the senior resident inspector), assigned to a specific plant or facility. As further noted by § 170.12(c)(1), inspection fees are based on the number of hours that each inspector assigned to the plant or facility is in an official duty status (i.e., all time in a non-leave status), excluding time spent by a resident inspector in support of activities at another site.
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Back Up Slides 12
Sample Invoice (Old)
Invoice Details for Inspection Before January 2018 13
Sample Invoice (New) 14