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 NRCÂs 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