NRC INSPECTION MANUAL IRIB INSPECTION MANUAL CHAPTER 2515 APPENDIX B SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION PROGRAM The supplemental inspection program is designed to support the goals of maintaining safety, enhancing openness, improving the effectiveness, efficiency and realism of the regulatory process, and reducing unnecessary regulatory burden. While the baseline inspection program and performance indicators provide sufficient information to allow the NRC to meet the goal of assuring licensees are maintaining safety at facilities with an absence of risk significant performance issues, supplemental inspections are generally required to provide enhanced information regarding safety at facilities where risk significant performance issues have been identified. These performance issues may be identified either by inspection findings evaluated using the significance determination process (SDP) or when performance indicator thresholds are exceeded. The breadth and of the supplemental inspections increase in proportion to the relative risk significance of the identified performance issues and will be based upon the provided in Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0305, “Operating Reactor Assessment Program” for the assessment Action Matrix APPLICABILITY The supplemental inspections contained in this Appendix apply to all strategic performance areas and associated cornerstones of safety. The inspection report written for the supplemental inspections the assessment for each inspection requirement. These inspection requirements are independent of whether the performance issues were the result of performance indicators or inspection findings. The resource estimates provided in each supplemental inspection procedure (IP) are estimates only. may vary considerably due to the complexity of the issue(s) and the thoroughness of the own evaluations and proposed corrective actions. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION PROGRAM The supplemental inspection program contains three procedures which become deeper and broader as the safety significance of the performance issues increases. IMC 0305 contains on when to perform each type of supplemental inspection.
SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION OVERVIEW Supplemental Inspection Procedure (IP) Scope Assessment of Supplemental Inspection Findings IP Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area” I evaluation of root and contributing causes extent of condition and and corrective actions. limited to specific issue(s) or performance area of concern. Significant weaknesses in the l evaluation may result in expansion of the inspection to independently acquire the information necessary to satisfy the inspection objectives. The original issue may be “Held Open” in the Action Matrix until the weaknesses in the evaluation are addressed and corrected (refer to IMC 0305 for additional ). IP 95002, “Supplemental Inspection for One Degraded Cornerstone or any Three White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area” evaluation of root and contributing causes, extent of condition and cause, and corrective actions for both for individual and collective issues. I if safety culture components caused or significantly contributed to risk significant performance issues the extent of condition using inspection procedures selected from Attachment 1. IP 95003, “Supplemental Inspection for Repetitive Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Degraded Cornerstones, Multiple Yellow Inputs or One Red Input” Inspection evaluates the key attributes of affected strategic performance areas to determine if continued operation of the facility is acceptable and whether additional regulatory actions are necessary. the extent of risk significant issues, the adequacy of the programs and processes used to identify, evaluate, and correct performance issues the adequacy of programs and processes in the affected strategic performance areas. It insights into the overall root and contributing causes of identified performance deficiencies if the NRC oversight process provided sufficient warning to significant reductions in safety the third-party safety culture assessment and a graded assessment of the licensee’s safety culture based on evaluation results. Results of this supplemental inspection will be assessed to determine if additional agency actions are warranted and whether the facility shut down and under IMC 0350.
ATTACHMENT 1 INSPECTION PROCEDURES TO BE USED FOR ASSESSING EXTENT OF CONDITION INITIATING EVENTS Protection Against External Events Performance Procedure Quality Equipment Performance Design Configuration Control 71111.01 71111.05 71111.06 41500 71841 72701 50002 55050 55100 61726 62700 62706 71111.07 71111.08 71111.12 93805 50002 52003 93803 93811 62709 71111.04 71111.13 71111.20 General Inspection Procedures 90700 90712 93801 93802 93806 See for the complete list of all current non-security inspection procedures. MITIGATING SYSTEMS Design Protection Against External Events Configuration Control Equipment Performance Procedure Quality Human Performance
52003 56700 62710 71111.17 71111.18 71111.21 93803 93807 93810 93811 71111.01 71111.05 71111.06 62709 71111.04 71111.13 71111.20 38703 49001 55050 55100 56700 57050 57060 57070 57080 57090 62002 62700 62706 62708 62709 62710 70370 71111.07 71111.12 71111.13 71111.17 71111.18 71111.19 71111.21 71111.22 73756 93805 93810 93811 42001 42700 72701 73052 36301 41500 71111.11 71715 71841 General Inspection Procedures 90712 92700 93801 93803 93804 93806 See for the complete list of all non-security related inspection procedures. BARRIER INTEGRITY Fuel Cladding RCS Equip. & Barrier SSC & Barrier Procedure Quality Design Control Control 61705 61706 61708 61709 61710 55050 55100 57050 57060 57070 49001 50002 55050 55100 56700 41500 71111.11 71841 42700 70307 72701 73052 50002 71111.17 71111.18 93803 93811 62709 71111.04 71111.13 71111.20
57080 57090 61728 62700 62706 71111.08 71111.13 71111.17 71111.18 71111.22 73753 73755 73756 93805 57050 57070 57080 57090 61720 62002 62700 62706 70370 71111.12 71111.18 93805 General Inspection Procedures 90700 90712 92700 93801 See for the complete list of all non-security related inspection procedures. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ERO Readiness Facilities and Equipment Procedure Quality ERO Performance Offsite EP 71114 82001 82201 82202 71114 82201 82202 71114 82001 82202 82001 No NRC inspection of this key attribute. - Evaluation performed by FEMA See for the complete list of all non-security related inspection procedures. PUBLIC RADIATION SAFETY Facilities/Equipment Program/Process Human Performance 83502 42400 80521 84524 41500 71841 83523 83723
Tracking Number Accession Number, Date, Change Notice Description of Change Description of Training Required and Completion Date Comment and Feedback Resolution Accession Number Non-Public) N/A 10/29/09 Revised to add IP 52003, “Digital Instrumentation And Control Modification Inspection,” and remove references to previously deleted procedures. N/A N/A N/A 02/09/11 CN 11-001 Revised to remove redundant and contradicting assessment guidance this guidance resided in IMC 0305. Updated Attachment 1 to reflect currently available procedures. Deleted the old Attachment 2 and since it is redundant to the information maintain on the web. Renamed Attachment 3 to Attachment 2. N/A N/A 08/18/11 CN 11-013 Updated Attachment 1 to reflect the current security and radiation safety procedures. N/A N/A N/A ML15204A007 12/18/15 CN 15-031 Partially addressed ROPFF 95003-1976 (Include the best practices as guidance in the Inspection Procedures 95003 and 95002). The ROPFF will be closed upon subsequent revisions to both IP 95003 and IP 95002 to reference Attachment 2. Terminology enhancements and clarifications associated with “should vs. shall” and “governance vs. requirement vs. guidance” were incorporated. Grammatical, typographical, formatting, and code transfer issues were also corrected. N/A