Design Inspection Review
In February 2017, a working group consisting of experienced supervisors and inspectors was formed by the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation to conduct an assessment of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) engineering inspections that verify the adequacy of facility design, operations, and testing and make recommendations on improving both the effectiveness and efficiency of the suite of engineering inspections within the ROP. The working group was tasked with the review of NRC engineering inspection procedures (IPs) to determine if gaps and/or overlaps of inspection areas exist. The documents provided on this webpage contains information being used to support this review effort.
| Date | Description |
| 05/24/2018 | Proposed Transformational Changes to NRC Engineering Inspections |
| 02/22/2018 | Summary of the Public Meeting on February 22, 2018 to Present the Recommendations for the New Suite of Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Engineering Inspections Developed by the NRC ROP Engineering Inspection Working Group |
| 02/02/2018 | Meeting Summary of December 12, 2017 Public Meeting on NRC's Engineering Inspections |
| 11/30/2017 | Letter from NEI, "Collaborative Effort to Identify Efficiencies in Engineering Inspections |
| 11/27/2017 | NRC's Engineering Inspections – Pilgrim Watch (PW) and The Town of Duxbury Nuclear Advisory Committee (DNAC) Object to Industry Self- Assessments |
| 11/22/2017 | NRC Safety Inspection at Nuclear Power Plants Must Continue |
| 10/23/2017 | D. Lochbaum e-mail: Relative value of NRC vs. nuclear industry safety assessments |
| 10/23/2017 | Union of Concerned Scientists Letter: Comments on NRC Engineering Inspections |
| 10/17/2017 | D. Lochbaum e-mail: Value of NRC's safety inspections |
| 10/15/2017 | H. Corsentino e-mail: Nix on the nuclear industry's proposal to replace NRC's engineering inspections with self-assessments" |
| 10/11/2017 | NRC Public Meeting Attendee List |
| 10/11/2017 | NRC Public Meeting on Licensee Use of Self-Assessment in the ROP – Meeting Summary |
| 10/11/2017 | Industry Perspective on Use of Self-Assessments in ROP |
| 10/10/2017 | Nuclear Jenga (a.k.a. Industry Self-Assessments in NRC ROP Baseline Inspection Program) |
| 10/08/2017 | Nuclear Utility Group Comments on the NRC EQ Inspection Program |
| 09/29/2017 | NRC's Presentation for the October 11, 2017 Public Meeting to Discuss Licensee Self-Assessment |
| 09/01/2017 | Comments from Nuenergy on NRC Initiative to Improve Effectiveness and Efficiency of ROP Baseline Inspections |
| 08/07/2017 | Charter for Improving the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Engineering Inspections |
| 07/26/2017 | Meeting Minutes from June 6th 2017 Public Meeting on Design Verification Inspections |
| 07/03/2017 | NEI Letter: Collaborative Effort to Identify Efficiencies in Engineering Inspections |
| 06/15/2017 | Union of Concerned Scientists Letter: Comments on NRC ROP Engineering Program Changes |
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