All comments are available for review in the NRC Public Document Room.
One commenter stated that much of the content is based on terminology or definitions that are very different from one participant to the next. This makes the specific results nebulous at best. The survey was intended to gather information from NRC and Agreement State materials licensing and inspection personnel concerning typical annual doses to workers for the various systems, safety of each system under various conditions, the types and frequencies of incidents occurring at each system, definitions of safety, and opinions about the appropriate bases for regulatory decision making. The NRC did not intend for the States to use the results in making decisions related to their programs. The staff recognizes the limitations of the survey, but believes that there is useful information that reflects informed opinions.