ML20012B958
| ML20012B958 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 12/16/1988 |
| From: | Morris B NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES) |
| To: | NRC |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20012B951 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-89-536, FRN-55FR19890 AC-91-1-66, AC91-1-066, AC91-1-66, NUDOCS 9003190218 | |
| Download: ML20012B958 (1) | |
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-3 MEMORANDUM FOR: Those'on the Attached List e
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Bill M. Morris, Director Division of Regulatory
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SUBJECT:
DIVISIONAL REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED RULEMAKING-NOTIFICATION OF INCIDENTS i
Your assistance is requested in reviewing the proposed rulemaking and its supporting documentation. Please provide me with your coirinents and' 0-recomendations by C.O.B.nEC
- 0 following information is frovided:1988 To assist you in your review, the-u TITLE OF RULEMAKING:
NOTIFICATION OF INCIDENTS TASK LEADER:
JOSEPH J. MATE, RDB/DRA/RES COGNIZANT _ INDIVIDUALS:
Edward Flack, OE John Hickey, OB/IMNS/NMSS Donald Cool.-DB/IMNS/NHSS Justin Long, OB/ INNS /NMSS Kevin Ramsey, OB/IMNS/NMSS Kathleen Black, AEOD/NAS-John-Rinehapan DDD2 mRR poeltubena"u,'SLITP/GPA]
REQUIRED ACTION:-
Review and Comment Questions or comments on this rulemaking package and its enclosures should be directed to Joseph J. Mate, Regulation Development Branch, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone 492-3795.
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Enclosures:
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- 1. Proposed Federal Register Notice
- 2. Memorandum Dated July 9,1987
- 3. Weekly Report to the Connission 9003190218 900312 hh$TONB S36 PDR
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UNITED sTATss y-NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION wAs.uwo,ow,p.c. m es JUL 091997 MEMORANDUM FOR:- Eric S. Beckjord, Director Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research FROM:
James Lieberman, Director Office of Enforcement 3
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10 CFR 20.403(b)(3) - TWENTY FOUR HOUR NOTIFICAT OF INCIDENTS Based upon OE, 0GC, and NMSS staff review and discussion of the subject notification requirement, the staff believes that Part 20 should be amended to clartfy the Ifcensee reporting requirements (see enclosed May The staff believes that a minor rulemaking to amend s
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requirements'is appropriate.
While Sections 20.403(a) and-(b) are reasonably-s clear in terms.of licensee reporting requirements for events-involving l
- exposures" and " releases of radioactive material " the sections are not cle with respect to events involving " loss of operations" and " damage to prop 1
The rulemaking should clarify reporting requirements involving sealed so for example damage to a sealed source or a device containing a sealed so or contamination of a storage facility.
clarifying certain words or tems in Section 20.403This rulemaking should also conside to or greater than a certain cost e.g.. $2,000.to include contam the reporting requirements.should also-define "fmediato" in actual The'rulemaking should consider clarifying the
' tem " loss of time of the operation of any facility" to include " loss of use" of a device containing a sealed source; and add a paragraph to require reporting damage to a container of source, byproduct, or special nuclear-material. Section 20.402 concernin lost material should be revised to be consistent with Section 20.403 to e arify that loss of a source requires re Therefore, it is requested that RES prepare a regulatory analysis and to clarify this licensee reporting requirement. initiate rulemaking, in acco p
r James Lieberman, Director Office of Enforcement
Enclosure:
As stated cc:
J. Taylor, DED0 R. E. Cunningham, NHSS J. Hickey, NMSS S. Sohinki, OGC E. Flack, OE
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