Hope Creek's Resident Staffing: What Does This Mean?

Update Jan 24

Here the NRC's response to the licensee. Why can't the NRC specially disclose if they got too many inspectors or not enough?  


***What does this mean? N+1 means Hope Needs three inspectors. A single plant is required to have two residents. Really this troubled plants need six inspectors.

Either Hope is requesting the NRC to reduce their NRC's resident staffing to three inspectors (four or more inspectors on site now) or they want more inspectors (only one or two residents inspector on site now) on site? 

The letter from Hope hasn't reached the NRC's Adams yet?  

January 16, 2019

SUBJECT: RESIDENT INSPECTOR STAFFING AT SALEM AND HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATIONS

Dear Mr. Sena:

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of PSEG’s letter (LR-N18-0122) dated December 4, 2018, regarding resident inspector staffing at Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations.  Your letter has been added to the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) for the information of the public, and may be found under ADAMS Accession Number ML18340A0241.  

By the December 4, 2018, letter, PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG) requested that the NRC review the current resident inspector staffing at the Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations with respect to the policy described in SECY-99-227, “N+1 Resident Inspector Staffing Policy,” and align it with the level described in the policy for a multi-unit site consisting of three units.  The NRC intends to review PSEG’s request while considering applicable agency policy including, but not limited to, Inspection Manual Chapter 2515.09 through 2515.11 and provide you a letter documenting the basis for any decision.  Our goal is to complete this review within 90 days.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRC’s “Rules of Practice,” a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC’s Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of ADAMS.  ADAMS is accessible from the NRC’s website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).