W20 NRC Oversight and Inspection During Periods of Site Inaccessibility

This session will focus on how the NRC had to adjust its regulatory approach to providing oversight and conducting inspections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics to be discussed include lessons learned from conducting our regulatory oversight during the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., vendor and quality assurance implementation inspections, operator license examinations, regional inspections, etc.), permanent changes to our regulatory framework that could be implemented from the lessons learned, and improvements on how to share important safety information remotely.

SESSION CHAIR(S):

• Mike King, Deputy Office Director for Reactor Programs, NRR/NRC e-mail: Mike.King@nrc.gov

SPEAKER(S):

• Introductory Remarks
  Mike King, Deputy Office Director for Reactor Programs, NRR/NRC
• Lessons Learned Performing Oversight of Facilities During the Pandemic
  Mark Franke, Director, Division of Reactor Safety, RII/NRC
• Security Inspections During Periods of Site Inaccessibility
  Jared Justice, Security Specialist, Security Oversight and Support Branch, Division of Security Operations, NSIR/NRC
• NRC Oversight and Inspection During Periods of Site Inaccessibility-Utility Perspective
  Cheryl Gayheart, Fleet Regulatory Affairs Director, Southern Nuclear Operating Company
• UCS Views on the NRC's Pandemic Response and Implications for the Future
  Edwin Lyman, Director, Nuclear Power Safety, Union of Concerned Scientists

SESSION COORDINATOR(S):

• Antoinette Sakadales, Program Analyst, Quality Assurance Vendor Inspection Branch, Division of Reactor Oversight, NRR/NRC e-mail: Antoinette.Sakadales@nrc.gov