ML20042F861
| ML20042F861 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 03/06/1990 |
| From: | NRC |
| To: | Udall M HOUSE OF REP., INTERIOR & INSULAR AFFAIRS |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20042F858 | List: |
| References | |
| CCS, UDALL-900306, NUDOCS 9005100087 | |
| Download: ML20042F861 (2) | |
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.y QUESTION 2.
The June 18, 1987, report by the Committee on Government Operations entitled, "NRC's Regulation of Fuel Cycle Facilities:
A paper Tiger" contains eighteen recommendations concerning changes needed in NRC's regulation of fuel cycle facilities, i
Please indicate whether the NRC has implemented or rejected each of these recommendations.
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ANSWER.
The NRC responded to the eighteen recommendations of the House Government Operations Committee in a letter from then NRC Chairman Zech dated October 6, 1987, to improve the NRC process for regulating fuel cycle facilities.
With a few minor exceptions, the letter stated that NRC staff had taken or would take action to implement the recommendations.
The NRC staff has since completed the actions that were committed to and the improvements are an ongoing part of the NRC regulatory process.
In response to the above question, the NRC staff has reviewed our implementation and has confirmed that the actions the NRC had committed to have been accomplished with the exception of recommendation #17.
In several cases, we have gone considerably beyond the actions we committed to take in our 1987 response to Congressman Synar.
For example, we have executed a-l Memorandum of Understanding with OSHA to ensure coordinated agency reviews of' non-radiological hazards; competed a rulemaking that establishes emergency 40p3/p bo y 9 WOf/?
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' preparedness requirements for fuel cycle facilities; revised the term of licenses for major. facilities while providing for more frequent safety reviews and team inspections; and upgraded training requirements and the curriculum for NRC inspectors, including a course conducted by OSHA for NRC on hazardous materials; i
fire safety, and occupational hazards.
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Recommendation 17 stated that the NRC should set up 24-hour " hot lines" (rumor control centers) to provide information to local residents, news media, i
and others.
The llRC response stated that we agreed with the objectives and were considering the possi!if of including an 800 toll-free number-Although NRC has an existi% 600 toll-free number, we do not anticipate that it would need to be used for emergencies because we accept collect calls during emergencies.
The NRC also stated in our response that we would incorporate a recommendation for state and local-rumor control arrangements into a Regulatory Guide. The Guide is still under review and will be published in the near future.
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