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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS (1998)
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@MISC{98unitedstates,
author = {},
title = {UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS},
year = {1998}
}
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Abstract
October 2, 1998, we reviewed a draft Commission paper which documents the proposed NRC staff position on the Nuclear Energy Institute's (NEI's) petition for rulemaking to amend 10 CFR 50.54 (a). We also heard presentations by and held discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and the NEI concerning such a petition which was submitted in 1995 by NEI. The petition sought to broaden the scope of allowed unilateral changes that. would not require prior NRC review and approval. They proposed to amend 10 CFR 50.54(a- to make changes exempt if they do not involve an unreviewed safety question as defined in 10 CFR 50.59. We also had the benefit of the documents referenced. In its response, the staff agreed that 10 CFR 50.54(a) should be revised to allow a broader scope of unilateral changes to the quality assurance (QA) programs without prior NRC review but that use of 10 CFR 50.59 criteria to make such changes is not appropriate. Instead the staff proposes a direct final rulemaking to modify 10 CFR 50.54(a) to permit licensees to make changes to selected aspects of their QA programs prior to NRC review and approval. Examples of additional changes that could be made by the licensees unilaterally include adoption of consensus standards newly endorsed by the NRC; use of generic organizational
