Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: c550ed1b-451d-4553-8536-5aa3564d57b4
Document Type: srp
Title: - 13.1.3 OPERATING ORGANIZATION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0415/ML041550746.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.1.2
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ining of licensed operators under SRP Section 13.2.1 * organizational provisions for independent reviews and verifications under SRP Section 13.4 * procedure adequacy under SRP Section 13.5.2 * use of human factors engineering principles under SRP Section 18.0 The primary review branch will coordinate evaluations and reviews by other branches involved in the overall review of the operating organization, as follows: 1. with the branch responsible for emergency preparedness and radiation protection, as part of its primary review responsibility under SRP Section 13.3 for reviewing the emergency organization and under SRP Section 12.5 for reviewing the radiation protection organization 2. with the branch responsible for safeguards which has primary responsibility under SRP Section 13.6 for reviewing the applicant's plans and provisions for security, including the security organization 3. with the branch responsible for quality assurance, which has primary responsibility under SRP Chapter 17 for reviewing the quality assurance organization The referenced SRP sections for these areas give the acceptance criteria for the reviews and instructions on applying them. II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA A. General Criteria This section of the SAR should demonstrate the applicant's commitment to and implementation of plans to staff the onsite operating organization and to define and delegate responsibilities to provide assurance that the plant can be operated safely. In reviewing and evaluating the subject matter in this section of the SAR, the following points should be considered: 1. Plant staff organizational structures are not rigidly fixed. However, experience has shown that certain components are common to and necessary for all plants. Among these are operational, onsite technical support, and maintenance groups under the direction and supervision of a plant manager. 2. The operating organization should be free of ambiguous assignments of primary responsibility. Operating