Efficiency Bulletins

EB 16-08: Eliminate Formal Margin Management Programs

This bulletin will result in greater efficiency by eliminating formal margin management programs at nuclear power plant sites and relying instead on other proven tools and processes. Nuclear power plants’ design and operating safety margins are well understood, considered in decision-making, and consistently maintained with regulatory requirements and operational constraints. Available tools and processes are used to identify, prioritize and resolve safety margin issues. 

This efficiency bulletin will eliminate redundancies associated with having a formal margin management program in addition to other ongoing monitoring and inspection programs. 

Target implementation date: June 2016.