ML19263D068
| ML19263D068 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 05000514, 05000515, 07701927 |
| Issue date: | 02/07/1979 |
| From: | Bordenick B NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
| To: | Jordan W, Martin W, Yore J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED, Battelle Memorial Institute, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7903210208 | |
| Download: ML19263D068 (2) | |
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Docket Nos. 50-514 & 50-515
Dear Memcers of the Board:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff has recently become aware of a document which contains information potentially relevant to the issue of sabotage of spent nuclear fuel.
The document is classified as national security information and is in draft form.
It is uncertain that a final version will ever be published.
The sabotage issue was the subject of an earlier letter dated January 16, 1979 to this Board which transmitted certain Commission reports and a copy of SAND 77-1927 entitled " Transport of Radionuclides in Urban Environs.
Working Draft Assessment."
A copy of the transmittal memorandum,3/ unclassified, is attached for the information of the Board and the parties.
A Staff assessment of the significance of this information is being conducted and will be forwarded to the Board and the parties as soon as it becomes available.
Sincerely, Bernard M. Bordenick Counsel for NRC Staff Enclosure as Stated cc:
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_1/ Memorandum of January 22, 1979 from T. F. Carter, Jr. to Director and Chief Counsel, Hearing Division, OELD.
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.a Pursusnt to the Canissica Policy on 1 otification to.Iicensing Boards, /gpeal Boards, or the.Ccrrission of neu relev=1t =td r:sterial mfomaticn,.the attached documat (C/1'SI) is co.sidered p6tentially.relemnt and roterial to the proceedin;;s before the.
ui',,7dg In6ar3 to 1:couire Units 1 and 2 (50-329/370).md.is foruarded
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('Ihis recort is still in dr ft for:. It is uncerenin that a final version s.-ill ever, published.)
The nature of tN inforntian is as follous:
Inalyses of sabotam attac s on the spent 5cl t::nsportatica s;' sten.
Descriptica of da-ny caused by varicEis types.of higi c:glosive attack on obsolete spent fuel casks and scale redels.
T.e.sults of attacks on these cas! s using rilitary weapons.
T.eletiens'1ip bet.'.nca the cachs tested (obsolete designs) and current c,.ca w.s.
T_:glosive tests en scale rodels contairlr glass rods (srt: latin radicactive uastes) to detemine the ennt of n:tcrial ejected and the pcrticle siac distribution.
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u x.- T.:e inforaticn is considered p'tentially reic=1t =d tatcrial because this is the first tirittcn rcTrt availabic to the staff conceming hidi Icvel c:: plosive atta'ck.cn spent fuel shipping cashc.
As such, the data contained therein could influence or assist the board in its deliberaticus in regard to the safety ed cafed_s of spent fuel while in transit fim. the facility.
i Tc.c inforrntion is also considered potnntially relcant and ruteric1 to the follo'. ing other proceedin~s:
Jrcsport Lilits 1 =d 2 (T E-516/5171 Pilgrir. L' nit 2 (5Cr-471)
Sterling (G.' SM5)
Tyrone (Sr SCW4)
Uolf Creek (5Cr-4S2)
In all of these proceedings, testinony cn sabonam of spent fuel in transit m s considered by the to rds.
A staff assessernt of the simificance of the infor ction ccntained in this report is being conducted and vill be fon.nrie:1 by February'16,1979.
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Deputy Director Division of. Safeguards Office of Nuclear lhterini Safeer and Safeguartis Fnclosure:
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