An Experiment on Accelerating the Writing of Nuclear Standards Conducted for the American National Standards Institute.

摘要

This project was an administrative experiment,run in cooperation with the NRC and the American National Standards Institute. Its purpose was to determine whether any or all of four changes in the method of developing nuclear standards is a desirable method for accelerating the establishment of responsible standards which are approved by ANSI and adopted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Several changes in the normal way consensus standards are drafted were made to see if their development could be expedited and the information underlying them increased. It tested: (1) the use of a full-time committee chairman (versus a volunteer chairman), (2) the provision of technical editorial services for the preparation of early draft standards, (3) the provision of technical secretarial help to expedite the translation of committee discussion into draft standards,and (4) the convocation of committees for an extended period of time by paying out of pocket costs. It was hypothesized that the changes would substantially reduce the amount of time consumed by coordinating views via the mail,telephone,and through shorter meeting periods.