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RCED-84-37 1 (1983-11-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabehl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE U.S, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC Needs Alternative To Mandatory Relocation For Maintaining Objectivity Of Resident Inspectors Since 1978, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has stationed resident inspectors at nuclear powerplant sites. A continuing concern is the ability of these inspectors, or residents, to retain their objectivity over an extended period of time. NRC plans to relocate residents at least every 5 years as one way to help assure objectivity. However, residents are likely to incur personal financial hardship--on the average of $7,700-- upon relocation, because federal employee re- location allowances are less than actual reloca- tion costs. Therefore, NRC has not yet required esidents to relocate due to concern that many of them might resign. 3AO believes there are better ways to preserve esidents' objectivity than by mandating reloca- ,ion within a set time period. NRC should make more use of alternative measures now being psed by some regional inspection offices to help ossure that residents objectively perform their Outies. These measures could be used in conjunc- tion with a flexible relocation policy which en- Oourages--but does not mandate--periodic relocations. 122750 GAO/RCED-84-37 'CCout4'V NOVEMBER 2. 1983

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