FW: GAO Report: NRC Staff Have Not Fully Accepted Planned Changes

["Dunn, Wes" <WDunn@intiso.com>]

FYI.  I will note that, in my personal experience, there are several NRC
regional staff members who have fully bought into the risk-based approach.  

Wes

Wdunn@intiso.com <mailto:Wdunn@intiso.com> 	


-----Original Message-----

> NRC WILL HAVE TROUBLE "EFFECTIVELY" IMPLEMENTING ITS NEW RISK-INFORMED
> regulatory approach because of what appears to be a limited buy-in by the
> staff and resident inspectors, the General Accounting Office (GAO)
> suggested
> in a report released today. The report, titled "NRC Staff Have Not Fully
> Accepted Planned Changes" (GAO/RCED-00-29), found there is a lack of
> strong
> management leadership to steer through the changes and that there may be
> some morale problems at the agency. On a more positive note, the GAO said
> results of the survey it conducted showed that a majority of NRC staffers
> take personal responsibility for the quality of their work and have a
> strong
> commitment to ensuring public health and safety. NRC Executive Director
> for
> Operations William Travers said the agency believes the GAO survey results
> were interpreted in a "more negative light than the data warrants." In a
> written response, Travers said that risk-informing is only one of many
> changes the agency has undertaken and that the adjustment period for
> staffers is typically about five years. NRC is only two years into the
> change process, he noted.
> 
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