[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19912-19913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5736]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


NUREG-1842, ``Evaluation of Human Reliability Analysis Methods 
Against Good Practices, Draft Report for Comment''

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of NUREG-1842, ``Evaluation of Human 
Reliability Analysis Methods Against Good Practices, Draft Report for 
Comment,'' and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
availability of and is seeking comments on NUREG-1842, ``Evaluation of 
Human Reliability Analysis Methods Against Good Practices, Draft Report 
For Comment.''

DATES: Comments on this document should be submitted by June 19, 2006. 
Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent 
practical. To ensure efficient and complete comment resolution, 
comments should include references to the section, page, and line 
numbers of the document to which the comment applies, if possible.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public are invited and encouraged to submit 
written comments to Michael Lesar, Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, 
Office of Administration, Mail Stop T6-D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hand-deliver comments attention 
to Michael Lesar, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, between 7:30 
a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Comments may also be sent 
electronically to [email protected].
    This document, NUREG-1842, is available at the Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on 
the Internet at the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html under Accession No. ML060960216; on the NRC Web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/docs4comment; and 
at the NRC Public Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. 
The PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555; telephone 
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205; fax (301) 415-3548; e-mail 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Erasmia Lois, Human Factors and 
Reliability Branch, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone 
(301) 415-6560, e-mail [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

NUREG-1842, ``Evaluation of Human Reliability Analysis Methods Against 
Good Practices, Draft Report for Comment, Draft for Comment''

    The NRC is developing guidance for performing or evaluating human 
reliability analyses (HRAs) to support risk-informed regulatory 
decision-making and, in particular, the implementation of Regulatory 
Guide 1.200, ``An Approach for Determining the Technical Adequacy of 
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Results for Risk-Informed Activities,'' 
dated February 2004. The guidance is developed in two phases. The first 
phase focused on developing ``Good Practices for Implementing Human 
Reliability Analysis,'' that is documenting the processes and 
analytical tasks and judgments expected to have been performed in order 
for the HRA results to sufficiently represent the anticipated operator 
performance in risk-informed decisions. The good practices were 
submitted for public comment, NUREG-1792, Good Practices for 
Implementing Human Reliability Analysis, Draft Report for Comment,'' 
August 2004, and were published as a final NUREG-1792 in April 2005. 
The second phase, summarized in draft NUREG-1842, evaluated the various 
HRA methods that are commonly used in regulatory applications, with a 
particular focus on their capabilities to satisfy the good practices, 
as well as their respective strengths and limitations regarding their 
underlying knowledge and data bases.
    The NRC is seeking public comment in order to receive feedback from 
the widest range of interested parties and to ensure that all 
information relevant to developing this document is available to the 
NRC staff. This document is issued for comment only and is not intended 
for interim use. The NRC will review public comments received on the 
document, incorporate suggested changes as necessary, and issue the 
final NUREG-1842 for use.
    The NRC will hold a public meeting on May 23, 2006 at the NRC 
headquarters, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, Room: 
Commission Briefing Room (8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., preliminary agenda 
enclosed). The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the findings and 
conclusions documented in NUREG-1842 in order to allow stakeholders 
develop a better understanding of the contents of the report and ask 
clarification questions. The NRC is not soliciting comments on draft 
NUREG-1842 as part of this meeting. Public comments on the draft NUREG 
can be provided as discussed above.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, this 11th day of April 2006.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Farouk Eltawila,
Director, Division of Risk Assessment and Special Projects, Office of 
Nuclear Regulatory Research.

Agenda--Public Meeting on NUREG-1842 ``Evaluation of Human Reliability 
Analysis Methods Against Good Practices, Draft Report for Comment,''

May 23, 2006.

U.S. NRC Headquarters, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, Room 
Commission Briefing Room

                           Preliminary Agenda
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                Morning                               Topic
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8:30-9................................  Introduction/Overview.
9-10:30...............................  Evaluation of Methods.
                                        --Approach and Summary of
                                         results.
                                        --Brief discussion of each
                                         method.
10:30-10:45...........................  Break.
10:45-12..............................  Evaluation of Methods
                                         (Continued).
                                        --Comparison of methods against
                                         some key characteristics.
                                        --Implications--What methods
                                         should be used when?
                                        Lunch.
                                        Discussion on method evaluation
                                         (continued).
                                        Questions and Answers (as
                                         needed).
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