Energia i regulacje · 22.01.1999

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 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 methodology for grading the regulatory response to performance on the basis of information derived from the performance indicators and inspection findings. The changes are the result of continuing work following public comment and workshops held on a previously noticed concept, the integrated review of the assessment process (IRAP) [``Public Comment on the Integrated Review of the Assessment Process for Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors,'' August 7, 1998; 63 FR 152, 42439]. Public comments are requested on the proposed regulatory framework, baseline inspection program, assessment process, and associated assessment tools. The NRC is soliciting comments from interested publi