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The enclosed IE Infonnation Notice 81-22 contains amendments to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which should be brought to the attention of employees and others who are involved in NRC licensed activities.
No other specific actions or response are required at this time.
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Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice 81-22 2.
List of Recently Issued IE Infonnation Notices cc:
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SSINS No: 3270 Accession No.:h3MN UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 IE Informaticn Notice No. 81-22 July 31, 1981 Page 1 of 2 This notice provides information on recent amendments to Chapter 18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 that should be brought to the attention of all persons involved in NRC licensed activities:
"SEC. 236:
Sabotage of Nuclear Facilities or Fuel--Any person who intentionally and willfully destroys or causes physical damage to, or who intentionally and willfully attempts to destroy or cause physical damage to -
"(1) any production facility or utilization facility licensed under this Act,
"(2) any nuclear waste storage facility licensed under this Act,
"(3) any nuclear fuel for such a utilization facility, or any spent nuclear fuel from such a facility, j
shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than l
ten years, or both."
i "SEC. 235:
Protection of Nuclear Inspectors--
"a.
Whoever kills any person who performs any inspections which -
"(1) are related to any activity or facility licensed by the Commission, and
"(2) are carried out to satisfy requirements under this Act under any other Federal law governing the safety of utili-zation facilities required to be licensed under section 103 or 104b., or the safety of radioactive materials, shall be punished as provided under sectinns 1111 and 1112 of title 18, United States Code. The preceding sentence shall be applicable only if such person is killed while engaged in the performance of such duties.
IE Information Notice No. 81-22 July 31, 1981 Page 2 of 2 "b.
Whoever forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person who performs inspections as described under subsection a. of this section, while such person is engaged in such inspection duties or on account of the performance of such duties, shall be punished as provided under section 111 of title 18, United States Code...."
Section 111 of Title 18 USC sets punishment as follows:
... Whoever, in the commission of any such acts uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or impris-ioned not more than ten years, or both."
Section 1111 of Title 18 USC sets punishment as follows:
... Whoever is guilty of murder in the fist degree, shall suffer death unless the jury qualifies its verdict by adding thereto "without capital punishment", in which event he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life; "Whoever is guilty of murder in the second degree shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life."
Section 1112 of Title 18 USC sets punishment as follows:
..."Whoever is guilty of voluntary manslaughter, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years; "Whoever is guilty of involuntary manslaughter, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both."
Known or suspected violations of Sections 235 and 236 should be reported to the NRC and FBI.
No written response to this information notice is required.
If you need addi-tional information regarding this matter, please contact the Director of the appropriate Regional Office.
IE Information Notice No. 81-21 July 21, 1981 LISTING 0F RECENTLY ISSUED IE INFORMATION NOTICES Information Subject Date Issued To Notice No.
Issued i
81-13 Jammed Source Rack in a 4/14/81 Specified Irradiator Gamma Irradiator licensees 81-14 Potential Overstress of 4/17/81 All power reactor Shafts on Fisher Series facilities with an 9200 Butterfly Valves Operating License (OL) with Expandable T Rings 81-15 Degradation of Automatic 4/22/81 All power reactor ECCS Actuation Capability facilities with an by Isolation of Instrument Operating License (0L) or Construction Permit (CP)
Lines 81-16 Control Rod Drive System 4/23/81 All power reactor Malfunctions facilities with an Operating License (OL) or Construction Permit (CP) 81-18 Excessive Radiation 6/23/81 Specified licensees Exposures to the Fingers of holding byproduct Three Individuals Incurred licenses During Cleaning and Wipe Testing of Radioactive Sealed Sources at a Sealed-Source Manufacturing Facility 81-19 Lost Parts in Primary 7/6/81 All power reactor Coolant System facilities with an Operating License (0L) or Construction Permit (CP) 81 20 Test Failures of Electrical 7/13/81 All power reactor Penetration Assemblies facilities with an Operating License (OL) or Construction Permit (CP) 81-21 Potential Loss of Direct 7/21/81 All power reactor Access to Ultimate Heat holding an Operating License (0L) or Construction Sink Permit (CP)
Enclosure l
f IE Information Notice 81-22 sent to the following listed licensees.
Licensee Facility / Docket Number Arkansas Power and Light Conpany Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 & 2 Little Rock, Arkansas 50-313; 50-368 Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station Columbus, Nebraska 50-298 Omaha Public Power District Fort Calhoun Station Omaha, Nebraska 50-285 Public Service Company of Colorado Fort St. Vrain Generating Station Denver, Colorado 50-267 Gulf States Utilities River Bend Beaumont, Texas 50-458; 50-459 Houston Lighting & Power Company South Texas Project Houston, Texas 50-498; 50-499 Kansas Gas & Electric Company Wolf Creek Wichita, Kansas STN 50-482 Louisiana Power & Light Company Watertord-3 New Orleans, Louisiana 50-382 Texas Utilities Generating Company Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Dallas, Texas 50-445; 50-446 Texas A&M University 59; 50-128 University of Texas 50-192 US Geological Survey 50-274 US Department of the Interior University of Utah 50-72; 50-407 University of New Mexico 50-252 University of Oklahoma 50-112 Omaha VA Hospital 50-131 Brigham Young University 50-262 Idaho State University 50-284 Kansas State University 50-188 University of Kansas 50-148
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