ML20155H502

Responds to 980824 Ltr Re Risk Review Working Group Nuclear Byproduct Matl Survey (SP-98-065,dtd 980723).NRC Presently Awaiting Receipt of Scientech Final Rept to Which Survey Results Will Be Compared

ML20155H502
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Issue date:	10/21/1998
From:	Lohaus P NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP)
To:	Aldrich R NEW YORK, STATE OF
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SP-98-065, SP-98-65, NUDOCS 9811100155
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 30006 4001 g,,7 October 21, 1998 Ms. Rita Aldrich, Principal Radiophysicist i

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Dear Ms. Aldrich:

. This is in response to your letter of August 24,1998, which referenced the risk review working group's nuclear byproduct material survey (SP-98-065, dated July 23,1998). You asked what information NRC's contractor, Scientech, has provided and how the survey responses augments or confirms that information. Presently, NRC is awaiting receipt of Scientech's final report to which the survey results will be compared.

As way of background, the survey of licensing and inspection personnel was designed to assist the risk review working group in identifying and documenting a technical basis for a risk-informed approach to nuclear byproduct material regulation and in development of plans for a

. graded approach to regulation of such material based on risk information. The survey asked inspection and licensing personnel about typical doses, typical events and frequencies, perceptions of safety, materials and quantities typical to various systems, the existence and value of various barriers to dose, and the value of particular regulatory options. Scientech's report will address most of those same areas. The working group received 41 responses to its survey of licensing and inspection personnel. Data from the responses have been entered into a spread sheet for analysis. The sproarf sheet was modified as data entry progressed in order to accommodate the fullest possible imge of responses (e.g., to expand coding of data to include responses that were not consistent with instructions but that appet red to be useful).

Comments that could not be entered into the spread sheet, but that could affect the data analysis, were noted.

Based on the review to date, respondents appear to have provided information in which they

' had confidence, to admit that they were unfamiliar with some systems and that they could not provide information about them with confidence, and to indicate when they believed that response alternatives were too limited. The review group believes that each individual respondent's answers reflect their own professional opinions based on their experience in licensing and/or inspection (i.e., their exposure to facts). The review group does, however, I recognize that some questions could not be answered solely on the basis of experience. Such situations will be kept in mind during analysis of survey responses. The review group understands the limitations of the survey, but believes that there will be useful information that

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Shou d you have additional comments or questions, please feel free to contact Dennis Serig at 301-415-7901 or via e-mail at disante cov.

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Should you have additional comments or questions, please feel free to contact Dennis Serig at 301-415-7901 or via e-mail at djs.@nrc.oov.

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Dear Mr. Lohaus:

I have completed the survey referred to in your letter SP-98-065 and retumed it to Dennis Serig. However, this survey instrument was seriously flawed and I do not see how the responses received could be used as indicated in your letter to capture the " corporate knowledge" of regulatory personnel.

It is unclear what pieces of the data gathered through this survey will be treated as factual and what will be treated as opinion. Since participants were instructed not to review files or other sources, and not to consult with other staff, it would appear that all of the responses should be regarded as anecdotal. It is also apparent that responses should not be regarded as the professional opinions of the respondents, since they are responses to carefully framed questions with a limited choice of answers.

I would be very interested in knowing how the survey responses will be used to " augment and confirm information provided by Scientech." What information has Scientech provided.,and how will responses to this survey augment or confirm them?

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