Use of PRA in Plant Specific Reactor Regulatory Activities: Proposed Regulatory Guides, Standard Review Plan Sections, and Supporting NUREG

Résumé

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment drafts of four regulatory guides, three Standard Review Plan Sections, and a NUREG document. These issuances follow Publication of the Commission's August 16, 1995 (60 FR 42622) Policy statement on the Use of PRA Methods in Nuclear Regulatory Activities. The NRC has developed draft guidance for power reactor licensees on acceptable methods for using probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) information and insights in support of plant-specific applications to change the current licensing basis (CLB). The use of such PRA information and guidance is voluntary. To facilitate comment, the Commission intends to conduct a workshop during the comment period to explain the draft documents and answer questions. The exact time, location and agenda will be announced in a future issue of the Federal Register. Section VI of this notice provides additional information on the scope, purpose and topics for discussion at the workshop.