ML19312A153
| ML19312A153 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/22/1979 |
| From: | Fraley R Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
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| REF-10CFR9.7 SECY-79-134, NUDOCS 7903220354 | |
| Download: ML19312A153 (5) | |
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February 22, 1979 NUCLEAR REG T RY COMMiss!ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM FOR:
ine ccmmissioners FROM:
Raymond F. Fraley, Executive Director, ACRS
SUBJECT:
Re-Appointment of ACRS Member PURPOSE:
To Reccrrend the Reappointment of Dr. Max W. Carbon to the ACRS DISCUSSION:
Dr. Carbon's current tenn on the ACRS will expire on March 31,1979.
Dr. Carbon is serving as ACRS Chairman for calendar year 1979.
In addition to his duties as Chairman, Dr. Carbon serves as Chainnan of the ACRS Procedures and Administration Subcomittee, as Chairman of the Standing Subcomittee on Advanced Reactors, and as a member of ACRS Subcomittees on Core Perfonnance, Extreme External Phenomena, Safeguards and Security, and Waste Management.
As Chairman of the Subcomittee on Advanced Reactors Design, Dr. Carbon has taken a leading role in the ACRS consideration of advanced reactor designs and was responsible for drafting the Advanced Reactor Safety Section of the 1977 and 1978 Reactor Safety Research Reports to Congress.
Dr. Carbon holds a Ph.D. in Heat Transfer and Tnenno-dynamics and brings to the Ccmmittee a background in fluid ficw and heat transfer which includes 6 years experience in support of operation of the Hanford Production Reactors.
In this assignment, he served as nead of the Heat Transfer Unit at Hanford with responsibilities for heat transfer and safety.
Since 1963, he has been involved in research and teaching activities at the University of Wiscensin in fields related to nuclear fission, nuclear fusion and environ-mental studies.
Dr. Carbon has been a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin since 1958 and has been Chairman of the Nuclear Engineering Department since 1963.
He also has held the position of Chainnan of the Physical Sciences Di vision.
79032203 A brief resume of Dr. Carbon's background is attached.
Reappointment of Dr. Carbon is consistent with the dis-ciplines needed to conduct Committee activities. A preposed letter to Dr. Carbon is also attached for Commission approval.
As you are aware, there is an existing vacancy on the Committee, and a request for public nominations has been made by the Commission (Press Release 78-242, November 7,1978) for individuals to fill this vacancy.
The Committee hopes to complete its review of candidates for this appointment and make a recommendation to the Commission regarding the individt.al to fill the additional position in the near future.
RECOMMENDATION:
That Dr. Carbon be reappointed to the ACRS for a second four year tenn beginning April 1,1979.
COORDINATION:
The Members of the ACRS recommend that Dr. Carbon be reappointed to the Committee.
Dr. Carbon has advised he is willing and available to serve for ar.other four year term. The Office of the General Counsel has no legal objection to his reappointment.
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R. F. Fraley Executive Director ACRS Attachments:
1.
Resume of Dr. Max Carbon 2.
Proposed Letter of Appointment CONTACT:
R. F. Fraley
- Ccamissioners' comments or consent should be provided directly to the Office of the Secretary by c.o.b. Wednesday, " arch 7. 1979.
Ccamission Staff Office ccmnents, if any, shculd be submitted to the Ccmmissioners NLT March 1, 1979, witn an information copy to the Office of the Secretary.
If the paper is of sucn a nature that it requires additional time for analytical review and ccmrent, the Commissioners and the Secretariat should be aoprised of wnen comments may be expected.
This paper is tentatively scheduled for affirmation at an Open Meeting during the Week of March 12, 1979.
Please refer to the appropriate Ccamission Schedule, wnen published, for a specific date and time.
DISTRIBUTION:
Commissioners Commission Staff Offices Exec. Dir. for Opers.
ACRS Secretariat
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Feb ruary 15, 1979 MAX CARSCN Dr. Max Carbon was born in Menen, Indiana, on January 19, 1922, and received his higher educatien at Purdue University where he was awarded Sachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering in 1943 and 1947 respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics also frem Purdue in 1949.
Dr. Carbon, a member of the Advisory Committee en Reactor Safeguards since May 1975, has been a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin since 1958 and has been Chairman of the Nuclear Engineering Department since 1963.
In that position he has been involved in researen, teaching, and administration related both to nuclear fissien and to controlled thermenuclear fusion. He also has held the position of Chairnan of the Physical Sciences Divisien.
Frem 1955 to 1958, Dr. Carbon was employed by Avco Manufacturing Cor-poration primarily as Chief of the Thermodyramics Section on work involving ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) nose-cene design.
From 1949 to 1955, he held various assignments at the General Electric Company in Richland, Washington, in particular as Head of the Heat Transfer Unit, where he was involved in the heat removal and safety aspects of the Hanford Producticn Reactors.
Dr. Carbcn is the author of numerous reports en heat transfer and reactor cooling. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Nuclear Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Society for Engineer-ing Education.
Dr. Carbon was recently elected Chairman of the ACRS for calendar year 1979.
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s, CHAIRMAN Dr. Max W. Carbon 4906 Fond du Lac Trail Madison, Wisccnsin 53705
Dear Dr. Carbon,
I have been infonned of your willingness to serve an additional four-year term as a member of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. As you know the Comittee serves an important role in providing independent advice to the Comission with respect to the licensing of nuclear facilities, the adequacy of proposed reactor safety standards, and the NRC reactor safety research program.
I understand that the forms necessary to comply with government-wide conflict of interest regulations are being forwarded for your completion, and, subject to their review by the Commission's Office of the General Counsel, a modification extending your Letter of Appointment will be issued.
I recognize that the demands entailed in service on the Comittee involve some sacrifices on your part. We appreciate your willing-ness to give your time and energies to an effort which is so es-sential to the further progress of the Nation's nuclear regulatory program.
Sincerely, Joseph Hendrie Chai nnan