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, Reactor Assessment Program” for the “Operating 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.
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.
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