[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68705-68706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31761]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Revised Reactor Oversight Process Pilot Program Lessons Learned 
Workshop

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: 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-99-007, ``Recommendations for 
Reactor Oversight Process Improvements'' dated January 8, 1999, and 
SECY-99-007A, ``Recommendations for Reactor Oversight Improvements 
(Follow-Up to SECY-99-007)'' dated March 22, 1999. In June 1999 the NRC 
began a six-month pilot program with two sites participating from each 
region. The purpose of the pilot program is to exercise the new 
oversight process, identify problems, develop lessons learned, and make 
any necessary changes before full implementation at all sites currently 
scheduled for April 2000.
    The NRC will hold a public Lessons Learned Workshop to review the 
results of the pilot program, and identify key issues requiring 
resolution, and develop proposed actions and approaches to address 
these. Attendees should be familiar with the key attributes of the new 
oversight processes and their associated program documents and 
understand the key differences between the new processes and the 
existing oversight processes. Information about the revised reactor 
oversight process and the pilot program is available on the Internet 
at: www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/index.html
    A preliminary agenda for the workshop will consist of the 
following:

Day 1: Registration and check-in, background and concept review, 
workshop objectives, identification and prioritization of key issues
Day 2: Workshop sessions addressing identified issues to develop 
resolutions
Day 3: Workshop sessions addressing identified issues to develop 
resolutions
Day 4: Presentation of workshop accomplishments

    Individuals desiring to attend the workshop may register on the day 
of the workshop, however pre-registration with the NRC prior to 
December 20, 1999 is desired. Attendees may pre-register either by mail 
or electronically (see attached). Pre-registration confirmation notices 
and the workshop final agenda will be sent out by December 27, 1999.

DATES: The workshop will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on 
Monday, January 10, 2000, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday and 
Wednesday, January 11 and 12, 2000, and from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on 
Thursday, January 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC, 
Phone 202-898-9000, Fax: 202-789-4213. Special group rate of $115.00 is 
available when registering with the hotel and asking for the ``NRC's 
Regulatory Oversight Process Pilot Program Lessons Learned Workshop'' 
block of rooms. The group rate is subject to applicable state and local 
taxes, currently 14.5%. The hotel will release these rooms after 
December 15, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Madison, Mail Stop: O5-H4, 
Inspection Program Branch, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-001, telephone 301-
415-1490.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of November 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean,
Chief, Inspection Program Branch, Division of Inspection Program 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

(Electronic Registration Form)

Online Registration Form

NRC Revised Reactor Oversight Process Lessons Learned Workshop

    Complete the following form, click on the ``Register Me'' button 
to complete and send this request.
    You should receive a confirmation of your registration by e-mail 
two weeks prior to the workshop.

    Note: This form will enable you to electronically register for 
the workshop. However, you will need to contact the hotel to 
register for lodging.


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Name:
Title:
Organization or member of public, if applicable):
E-mail:
Business Phone:
Facsimile:
Mail Address:
    Street:
    City:
    Zip + 4:
Special needs or assistance (if any):

    Please indicate in priority order, beginning with number 1 as 
the most interested session, those topic area groups in which you 
prefer to participate.

____Performance Indicators
____Baseline Inspection Procedures
____Supplemental Inspection Procedures
____Enforcement
____Assessment
____Problem Identification and Resolution
____Event Response
____Significance Determination Process
____Public Confidence/Communication

REGISTER ME

Registration Form

NRC Revised Reactor Oversight Process Lessons Learned Workshop

Mail Registration: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, Inspection Program Branch, Lessons Learned 
Workshop, Mail Stop O-5H2, Washington, DC 20277-2904
Electronic Registration: Send the information on this form to: 
JXC[email protected]

Or

    Go to the Revised Reactor Oversight Process WEB page: 
www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/index.html
    You should receive a confirmation of your registration two weeks 
prior to the workshop.

    Note: This form will enable you to register for the conference. 
However, you will need to contact the hotel to register for lodging.

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    Please indicate in priority order, beginning with number 1 as 
the most interested session, those topic area groups in which you 
prefer to participate.

____Performance Indicators
____Baseline Inspection Procedures
____Supplemental Inspection Procedures
____Enforcement
____Assessment
____Problem Identification and Resolution
____Event Response
____Significance Determination Process
____Public Confidence/Communication

[FR Doc. 99-31761 Filed 12-7-99; 8:45 am]
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