[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]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
[[Page 56278]]
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]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P