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Inspection Guidance
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Inspection Guidance
IMC 2515
, "Light Water Reactor Inspection Program -- Operations Phase" - Description of inspection program at operating power reactor facilities
Baseline Inspections
(IMC 2515 Appendix A) – Inspection procedures performed annually at all plants
Supplemental Inspections
(IMC 2515 Appendix B) – Inspection procedures performed at plants with performance indicators and inspection findings of some safety significance
Special and Infrequent Inspections
(IMC 2515 Appendix C) – Inspection procedures performed for selected safety issues and infrequently performed inspections
IMC 0611
, "Power Reactor Inspection Reports" – Guidance for document inspection findings in an inspection report
IMC 0609
, "Significance Determination Process (SDP)" – Guidance for assessing the risk significance of inspection findings. SDPs for findings in various cornerstones are in appendixes to MC 0609. Risk-Informed Inspection Notebooks are site-specific information used in the SDP, including initiating event likelihood ratings, initiators and system dependency, SDP phase 2 worksheets, and SDP event trees.
Risk Assessment of Operational Events (RASP) Handbook - Methods and guidance that the NRC staff use to achieve more consistent results when performing risk assessments of operational events and licensee performance issues.
Volume 1 – Internal Events (Revision 2.02)
Volume 2 – External Events (Revision 1.01)
Volume 3 – SPAR Model Review (Revision 2)
Volume 4 – Shutdown Events (Revision 1.0)
MD 8.3
, "NRC Incident Investigation Program" – Guidance for agency response to significant events
IMC 0308, Attachment 2
, "Technical Basis for Inspection Program" – Technical basis for the inspection program
IMC 0308, Attachment 3
, "Significance Determination Process Basis Document" – Technical basis for the various SDPs.
Index of Operating Experience Smart Samples
(Pilot Program) - Operating Experience Smart Sample (OpESS) provide a detailed synopsis of selected operating experience that can be used as an additional tool by agency staff in ROP inspection preparation.
Index of Manual Chapters
– Manual Chapters (MCs) are written administrative or inspection program statements of policy that focus on safety issues.
Index of Inspection Procedures
– Inspection Procedures (IPs) are statements of requirements and guidance for inspection activities that focus on safety issues.
A complete index of program documents for the NRC's oversight program is available on the
NRC Inspection Manual
Web page, including
Temporary Instructions
and
Technical Guidance
.
Assessment Guidance
IMC 0305
, "Operating Reactor Assessment Program" – Description of NRC's assessment process for inspection findings and performance indicators, including agency response to these items (e.g., the Action Matrix)
IMC 0350
, "Oversight of Operating Reactors in a Shutdown Condition with Performance Problems"
IMC 0307
, "Reactor Oversight Process Self-Assessment Program"
MD 8.14
, "Agency Action Review Meeting" - Description of the annual meeting of senior NRC management to review ROP actions
IMC 0308, Attachment 4
, "Technical Basis for Assessment" – Technical basis for the assessment program
Enforcement and Allegations Guidance
NRC Enforcement Policy
IMC 0308, Attachment 5
, "Technical Basis for Enforcement" – Technical basis for the enforcement program as it relates to the ROP
MD 8.8
, "Management of Allegations"
Policy Documents
MD 8.13
, "Reactor Oversight Process" – ROP policy, including discussion of regulatory framework and the seven cornerstones of safety
IMC 0308
, "Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Basis Document" – The document and its attachments describe the basis for the significant decisions reached by the NRC staff during the development and implementation of the ROP.
SECY-00-0061
, "Proposed Revision to the Enforcement Policy to Address the Revised Reactor Oversight Process"
SRM for SECY-00-0061
SECY-00-0049
, "Results of the Revised Reactor Oversight Process Pilot Program"
SRM 1 for SECY-00-0049
SRM 2 for SECY-00-0049
SECY-99-007A
, "Recommendations for Reactor Oversight Process Improvements"
SRM for SECY-99-007A
SECY-99-007
, "Recommendations for Reactor Oversight Process Improvements"
SRM for SECY-99-007
Annual ROP Self-Assessment Commission papers
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