[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 177 (Friday, September 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56277-56278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20042]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2020-0064]


Information Collection: Collection of Operator Simulator Training 
Data

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Renewal of existing information collection; request for 
comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public 
comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval for an existing collection of information. The information 
collection is entitled, ``Collection of Operator Simulator Training 
Data.''

DATES: Submit comments by November 10, 2020. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the 
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received 
on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0064. For 
technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
     Mail comments to: David Cullison, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T-6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0064 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0064. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2020-0064 on this website.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public 
Document Room reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by 
email to [email protected]. A copy of the collection of information 
and related instructions

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may be obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS Accession No. 
ML17128A343. The supporting statements are available in ADAMS under 
Accession Nos. ML20178A317 and ML20178A318.
     NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
contacting NRC's Clearance Officer, David Cullison, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: 
[email protected].

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2020-0064 in the subject line of your 
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make 
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly 
disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment 
submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment 
submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not routinely edit comment 
submissions to remove identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Background

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting public comment on its intention to 
request the OMB's approval for the information collection summarized 
below.
    1. The title of the information collection: Collection of Operator 
Simulator Training Data.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0234.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: N/A.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Six times per 
year.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All holders of, or 
applicants for, a power reactor operating license under part 50 of 
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Domestic 
Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,'' except those that 
have certified that they have permanently ceased operations and have 
permanently removed all fuel from the reactor vessel.
    All holders of, or applicants for, a power reactor combined license 
under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for 
Nuclear Power Plants.''
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 32.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 5.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 148 hours.
    10. Abstract: This information collection request is to the holders 
of, or applicants for, a power reactor operating license under 10 CFR 
part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization 
Facilities,'' except those that have certified that they have 
permanently ceased operations and have permanently removed all fuel 
from the reactor vessel, and the holders of, or applicants for, a power 
reactor combined license under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, 
Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.''
    This information collection is for the specified licensees to use 
the NRC-developed Scenario Authoring, Characterization and Debriefing 
Application (SACADA) software for their operator simulator training. 
The SACADA system was developed to collect licensed operator simulator 
training data to inform human reliability analysis (HRA) and to 
facilitate operator simulator training. The SACADA software can be used 
to author the simulation scenarios, facilitate the post simulation 
debriefing on crew performance, guide performance analysis, and 
generate various types of reports. The information entered into the 
SACADA database can be used to improve simulator training effectiveness 
and HRA. The South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) has 
used the software for its operator simulator training since 2012 and 
highly regards the software. The NRC welcomes more licensees to partner 
with the NRC to use the software. The licensees' participation in the 
information collection is voluntary. In the partnership, the NRC 
provides the SACADA software license, training, and technical support 
to the participating licensees, and the participating licensees grant 
NRC access to analyze the data to improve the NRC's HRA techniques. An 
agreement will be developed to specify the details.
    To participate in the information collection, the licensee will 
notify the NRC contact that it is interested in evaluating the 
software. Then the NRC will provide additional information including an 
onsite briefing. If the licensee thinks the SACADA software could be 
beneficial, the NRC will provide a training session, the software 
license, and technical support for the licensee to pilot the use of the 
software in its simulator training. After the pilot study, the licensee 
will decide whether or not to partner with the NRC on the information 
collection. Either party can terminate the agreement at any time.

III. Specific Requests for Comments

    The NRC is seeking comments that address the following questions:
    1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC 
to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical 
utility?
    2. Is the estimate of the burden of the information collection 
accurate?
    3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected?
    4. How can the burden of the information collection on respondents 
be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology?

    Dated: September 4, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-20042 Filed 9-10-20; 8:45 am]
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