Energia i regulacje · 19.04.1999

Public Comment on Recommended Improvements to the Oversight Processes for Nuclear Power Reactors

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing significant revisions to its processes for overseeing the safety performance of commercial nuclear power plants that include integrating the inspection, assessment, and enforcement processes. As part of its proposal, the NRC staff established a new regulatory oversight framework with a set of performance indicators and associated thresholds, developed a new baseline inspection program that supplements and verifies the performance indicators, and created a continuous assessment process that includes a method for consistently determining the appropriate regulatory actions in response to varying levels of safety performance. The changes are the result of continuing work on a concept as described in SECY-99-007A,'' Recommendations for Reactor Oversight Improvements (Follow-Up to SECY-99-007)'' dated March 22, 1999. The NRC is soliciting comments from interested public interest groups, the regulated industry, States, and concerned citizens. The NRC staff will consider comments it receives in developing the procedures for implementing the new processes.