鑒於聯邦稽核顯示，原子能管理委員會（NRC）工作人員未能有效證明由核能發電廠操作員提出之科技安全資訊的正確性，故有9個公民團體於3日聯合向原子能管理委員會請願，欲吊銷各區年久核能發電廠重新換照營運的許可。
針對督察長對原子能管理委員會之換照許可程序所做的稽核，此次請願書便是對其做出回應。
在稽核期間內，督察員發現，有76%已經查核的核電廠換發證照，都未經過原子能管理委員會工作人員確認其操作員提出之科技安全資訊的正確性。
督察員認為，每當核電廠申請換發執照時，原子能管理委員會覆查人員就直接套用整各換發申請表作為他們自己的意見，而不是用他們本身作出的評估，而此狀況在佛羅里達Turkey Point核電廠及上紐約Ginna核電廠非常嚴重，稽核發現原子能管理委員會工作人員的評估報告從頭到尾都是套用核電廠操作員提出之科技安全評論。
OIG報告提到，由於無法明確區別工作人員的評估報告是否為直接套用，導致讀者難以判定其評估報告是核電廠操作員提出，或是原子能管理委員工作人員獨立寫出的。
此外，督察長認為原子能管理委員沒有適當的程序來判定科技安全評論是否得宜。針對這些明顯不合宜的評估報告，請願人士即向原子能管理委員請願，欲其重新檢視安全評論，以終止核電廠換照營運許可。
Nine citizens' groups today petitioned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC, to suspend all license renewals for the country's aging nuclear power plants in view of a federal audit showing that NRC staff often did not verify the authenticity of technical safety information submitted by nuclear power plant operators.
The petition is presented in response to the NRC Office of Inspector General's audit of the agency's license renewal program.
During the audit, inspectors found that in 76 percent of the audited plant renewals, NRC staff did not check the authenticity of technical safety information offered by nuclear power plant operators.
Inspectors determined that NRC staff reviewers routinely copied whole sections of the renewal application text into their own safety reviews instead of writing their own evaluations.
At the Turkey Point nuclear plant in Florida, and also at the Ginna nuclear plant in upstate New York, the inspectors found that NRC staff had copied 100 percent of the safety review data provided by the nuclear operators into their own reports.
"The lack of precision in differentiating quoted and unquoted text makes it difficult for the reader to distinguish between the licensee-provided data and NRC staff's independent assessment methodology and conclusion." the OIG report states.
In addition, the Inspector General determined that the NRC has no procedures in place to check whether the safety reviews are done properly or not.
The petitioners are asking that the NRC redo the safety reviews for pending license renewals, as "the reviews done so far are obviously inadequate."
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