Agency adjusted
estimates for justifications 13&14 and added language to
justification 15 that adds transparency to burden change.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2011
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2008
416
0
449
84,500
0
84,520
124
0
0
As part of a joint industry-NRC
initiative, the NRC receives information submitted voluntarily by
power reactor licensees regarding selected performance attributes
known as performance indicators (PIs). PIs are objective measures
of the performance of licensee systems or programs. The NRCs
reactor oversight process uses PI information, along with the
results of inspections, as the basis for NRC conclusions regarding
plant performance and necessary regulatory response. Licensees
transmit PIs electronically to reduce burden on themselves and the
NRC.
The burden has decreased from
84,520 hours/449 responses to 84,500 hours/416 responses a decrease
of 20 hours and 33 responses. The previous burden of 84,520 was
based on 104 licensees responding quarterly at 200 hours per
response (83,200 hours), plus 33 recordkeepers at 40 hours per
recordkeeper (1,320 hours), for a total of 84,520 hours. The
current burden of 84,500 hours is based on 104 licensees responding
quarterly at 200 hours per response (83,200 hours) and 26
recordkeepers at 50 hours per recordkeeper (1,300 hours), for a
total of 84,500 hours. A number of improvements to the PIs were
recently recommended by a joint NRC/industry working group. These
improvements added and deleted some reporting requirements. There
were four changes that impacted the burden: 1. The working group
determined that the NRC needed to consider the cumulative
significance of system failures (unreliability) as well as the
unavailability of five important safety systems to more accurately
determine overall plant performance. Licensees already report
unavailability information for four of the five safety systems. The
group developed specific technical guidance for reporting both
unreliability and unavailability for these five safety systems.
Licensees now report unavailability information for the new system
(cooling water support), as well as unreliability information for
the following systems: high-pressure injection, heat removal,
residual heat removal, emergency AC power, and cooling water
support. As a result of these new reporting requirements, the
burden increased from 40 to 50 hours per recordkeeper. This burden
estimate was updated using input from NEI as of April 1, 2008. 2.
The working group recommended, and the Commission agreed, that two
security PIs be discontinued due to their marginal usefulness,
given changes in the security inspection program and the limited
insights gained beyond information already required to be reported
to the NRC. 3. The working group also recommended that one PI, the
Unplanned Scrams with Loss of Normal Heat Removal, be modified and
renamed, Unplanned Scrams with Complications. The modified PI
reduces industry burden, uses broader performance measures, and
uses more current performance, 1-year rolling time-frame instead of
3 years. 4. Industry burden was further reduced by consolidation
within the industry resulting in fewer (33 to 26)
recordkeepers.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
OMB 30 day Final Supporting Statement 3150-0195[1].doc
Voluntary Reporting of Performance Indicators