| Major Management Challenges | Specific Performance Goals |
| NRC lacks assurance that nuclear plants are safe. |
Performance Goals: (1) zero civilian nuclear reactor accidents; (2) maintain low frequency of events that could lead to an accident; (3) zero deaths because of radioactive releses from civilian radiation exposures because of civilian reactors. |
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NRC is slow to require corrective action. Although NRC’s performance indicators show that conditions throughout the nuclear energy industry have generally improved, they also show that several plants are chronically poor performers. |
Performance Goals: (1) zero civilian nuclear reactor accidents; (2) maintain low frequency of events that could lead to an accident; (3) zero deaths because of radioactive releses from civilian radiation exposures because of civilian reactors. |
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NRC’s culture and organizational structure impede effective actions. |
None. |
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Developing and implementing a risk-informed, performance-based appropach to regulatory oversight. |
Performance Goals: (1) zero civilian nuclear reactor accidents, deaths, and significant radiation exposures; (2) zero deaths or significant radiation exposures from the civilian use or loss of source, byproduct, and special nuclear material; (3) zero off-site releases of radioactive material from operating facilities; and (4) others. |
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Developing information management systems and being able to anticipate and measure the benefits to be gained. |
None. |
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Responding to the impact of industry deregulation and license transfers. |
None. |
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Administering and overseeing agency procurement under government contracting rules. |
None. |
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Ability to effectively communicate with the public and industry. |
None. |
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Maintaining an unqualified financial statement opinion in light of new and existing Chief Financial Officer requirements. |
None. |
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Ensuring that NRC’s processes, such as spent fuel cask certification and licenses renewal, are responsive to industry needs. |
Performance Goals: (1) zero radiation-related deaths and significant radiation exposures from the civilian use or loss of source, byproduct, and special nuclear materials; (2) zero off-site releases of radioactive material from operating facilities; and (3) no significant accident releases of radioactive material from the storage or transportation of nuclear material or waste. |
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Ensuring that NRC’s enforcement program has an appropriate safety focus and reflects improved licensee performance. |
Performance Goals: (1) zero civilian nuclear reactor accidents, deaths, and significant radiation exposures; (2) zero deaths or significant radiation exposures from the civilian use or loss of source, byproduct, and special nuclear material; (3) zero off-site releases of radioactive material from operating facilities; and (4) others. |
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Refocusing NRC’s research program to reflect a mature industry. |
None. |
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Responding to external influences for changing NRC’s operations; for example, NRC’s ability to meet its missions and the requirements of the Results Act following the agency’s proposed reorganization. |
None. |
