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NRC adopts ROP updates
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a significant overhaul of its Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) baseline inspection program that stresses a leaner, more risk-focused inspection process.
This adoption comes just over a month after NRC officials published their findings on the proposed ROP changes. The changes would reduce the number of hours spent annually on direct inspections at U.S. nuclear power plants by 38 percent.
Haozheng J.Qu (GE Global Research), Maria Higgins (Penn State), Hamdy Abouelella (GE Global Research), Fabiola Cappia (INL), Jatuporn Burns (INL), Lingfeng He (INL), Caleb Massey (ORNL), Jason Harp (ORNL), Rajnikant V. Umretiya (GE Research Center), Andrew K. Hoffman (GE Research Center), Janelle Wharry (Purdue), Raul B. Rebak (GE Global Research)
Proceedings | Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES 2023) | New Orleans, LA, December 10-14, 2023 | Pages 278-278