Energia i regulacje · 9.11.1999

Revision of the NRC Enforcement Policy

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing a complete revision of its General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions (NUREG-1600) (Enforcement Policy or Policy). This is the third complete revision of the Enforcement Policy since it was first published as a NUREG document on June 30, 1995; 60 FR 34381. The NRC publishes the policy statement as a NUREG to foster its widespread dissemination. This revision: (1) Revises the approach for assessing the significance of violations; (2) Changes guidance to conform to recent revisions to the NRC's regulations for operating reactors regarding changes, tests, and experiments (64 FR 53582; October 4, 1999); (3) Updates the Policy to reflect the Deputy Executive Director for Reactor Programs and the Deputy Executive Director for Materials, Research and State Programs as the principal enforcement officers of the NRC; (4) Corrects the schedule for exercising enforcement discretion for findings involving the completeness and accuracy of licensee Final Safety Analysis Reports (FSAR); (5) Consolidates the guidance on dispositioning Severity Level IV violations as either Notices of Violation or Non-Cited Violations;