[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-21585]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Pilot Program for NRC Recognition of Good Performance by Nuclear
Power Plants; Request for Comment
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission requests public comment on
the Pilot Program for NRC Recognition of Good Performance by Nuclear
Power Plants. The relevant program information was provided to the
Commission on March 18, 1994, and is available in Public Document Rooms
under accession number 9403280344 (SECY-94-071). The NRC will consider
comments received from interested parties in analyzing the pilot
program prior to making a final recommendation to the Commission.
DATES: The comment period expires October 3, 1994. Comments received
after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but
assurance of consideration cannot be given except for comments received
before this date.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: The Chief, Rules Review and
Directives Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555. Hand delivered comments may also be delivered to Room T-6 D59,
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.,
Federal workdays. Copies of comments received may be examined at the
NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), Washington,
DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael T. Markley, Operations
Engineer, Inspection and Regulatory Criteria Branch; Program
Management, Policy Development and Analysis Staff; Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555, (301) 504-1011.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In March 1990, the Commission requested the
staff develop a pilot program to recognize outstanding safety
performance in the industry. In August 1990, the Commission approved a
program proposed by the staff for trial implementation. At the January
1991 senior management meeting (SMM), senior managers discussed
implementation of the Good Performer Program, and recommended several
improvements to the process. The program was first used at the June
1991 SMM. Since June 1991, the NRC has recognized 16 nuclear power
plants that have demonstrated outstanding performance.
The staff provided the Commission with an update on the status of
the pilot program on March 18, 1994 (SECY-94-071). The current staff
guidelines for the NRC Good Performer Program and the historic results
are detailed in that paper.
During the Periodic Briefing on Operating Reactors and Fuel
Facilities on June 23, 1994, the Commission requested that the staff
solicit industry and public comment on the Good Performer Program. The
staff has developed a set of questions for the public to consider in
reviewing the Good Performer Program. These questions are:
1. Should the NRC continue the Good Performer Program?
2. What changes, if any, would enhance the current program?
3. What attributes should the NRC consider in assessing licensees
for Good Performer recognition?
4. What other programs can the NRC use to provide positive
reinforcement or recognize good performance?
5. What other NRC programs should be modified to support the Good
Performer Program?
6. Has the NRC's Good Performer Program selected the outstanding
plants?
7. Do licensees consider recognition by the Good Performer Program
as an organizational goal?
8. Are there any adverse effects, real or perceived, from being on
the NRC's Good Performer list?
9. Are there any indications of ``rising standards'' for Good
Performer recognition since 1991?
10. Has the industry benefited or been penalized from use of Good
Performer Program results by external organizations?
11. What benefits, if any, have been realized by the licensees
recognized for good performance?
Public comments are requested to assist the NRC in the analysis of
the Good Performer Program. The program is described in SECY-94-071,
``Update on the Status of Pilot Program for NRC Recognition of Good
Performer by Nuclear Power Plants,'' which is available in NRC Public
Document Rooms under accession number 9403280344. In addition to
comment on the technical and regulatory aspects, responses referenced
to the specific questions listed above would be appreciated.
Subject
Pilot Program for NRC Recognition of Good Performer by Nuclear
Power Plants; Request for Comment.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of August 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Anthony T. Gody,
Chief, Inspection and Regulatory Criteria Branch, Program Management,
Policy Development and Analysis Staff, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-21585 Filed 8-31-94; 8:45 am]
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