Overview of NRCs Uranium Recovery Inspection Program

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NRC Incident/Event Response • For uranium recovery and related licensees, NRC may become aware of incidents or events by several mechanisms including: – Licensee notifications required by regulation or license – Other regulatory agencies – Routine contact with licensee representatives – Workers at the site – Members of the public – News media • It is the policy of the NRC to ensure that significant operational events are investigated in a timely, objective, systematic, and technically sound manner; that the factual information pertaining to each event is documented; and that the cause or causes of each event are ascertained. • For events/incidents which are not considered significant, NRC may review and close them by normal internal review or inspection follow-up. What is a significant operational event
What Initiates an NRC Incident Investigation NRC Management Directive 8.3, “NRC Incident Investigation Program” • “Incident investigation” is a formal process conducted for the purpose of accident prevention. The process includes gathering and analyzing information; determining findings and conclusions, including the cause(s) of a significant operational event; and disseminating the investigation results for NRC, industry, and public review. • Delineates criteria for NRC conducting investigations according to potential significance using one of the following investigation modalities: • Incident Investigation Team (IIT) • Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) • Special Inspection • By policy, all NRC incident investigations will be announced publicly and to the media • Incident Investigation reports are publicly available • NRC conducted one Special Inspection during 2011 at an operational uranium recovery facility • The Special Inspection was initially evaluated according to Management Directive 8.3 to involve: “circumstances sufficiently complex, unique, or not well enough understood…, or involved characteristics the investigation of which would best serve the needs and interests of the Commission.” • No violations were identified.
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