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Operating Experience Smart Sample (OpESS) Program
The OpESS program is designed to provide NRC inspection staff a detailed synopsis
of selected operating experience which the agency considers to have generic
safety implication. The OpESS is designed as an additional tool to be
used by agency staff in ROP baseline inspection preparation. The information and
trends identified from OpESS inspections may provide further indication
that a specific issue warrants additional agency action.
Operating Experience Smart Samples
Each OpESS has a unique and sequential identifier. The designator FY
is "Fiscal Year," which will support tracking by the NRR Operating
Experience Branch for determining OpESS utilization and effectiveness.
2000s: | FY2007
| FY2008 | FY2009
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