ML20058P231
| ML20058P231 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 10/18/1993 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| References | |
| SECY-93-288, NUDOCS 9310220170 | |
| Download: ML20058P231 (3) | |
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October 18, 1993 SECY-93-288 (Information)
FOR:
The Commissioners FROM:
James M. Taylor Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL REPORT ON ROUTINE EXEMPTIONS GRANTED TO THE FINANCI AL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 1, 1992, TO AUGUST 1, 1993 PURPOSE:
To keep the Commission informed about routine exemptions granted to the financial assurance requirements of the Decommissioning Rule for material licensees.
BACKGROUND:
In the Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) dated September 20, 1991, the Chairman requested that the Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) staff keep the Commission informed about all routine exemptions granted to the financial assurance requirements, by providing a semi-annual summary report.
The first of these semi-annual reports was provided to the Commission on March 26, 1992 (SECY-92-109), for the period from the effective date of the Decommissioning Rule, to March 1, 1992. The second semi-annual report was provided to the Commission on September 18, 1992 (SECY-92-321), for the period March 1, 1992 to August 1, 1992. On October 7, 1992, the Commission changed the frequency for these summary reports from semi-annual to annual.
1 Exemptions to the decommissioning financial assurance requirements are considered on a case-by-case basis.
In general, however, exemptions to the
Contact:
Louis M. Bykoski, NMSS TO BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE NOTE:
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financial assurance requirements are granted only if there is reasonable assurance that funding will be available for decommissioning. Teletherapy source change exemptions are granted routinely, because the licensee possession of material exceeding the threshold is limited in time to less than 30 days. Other exemptions include facilities having Kr-85, which involves either transfer to another licensee or release of the gas to the atmosphare, in accordance with 10 CFR Part 20 effluent release requirements.
DISCUSSION:
The number of routine exemptions granted totaled 16 for the August 1, 1992, to August 1, 1993, period.
In addition, the regions indicated that 18 additional routine exemptions were inadvertently omitted from the previous reports.
Teletherapy unit source exchanges accounted for 29 exemptions, and 2 exemptions are for decommissioning costs less than $1000. Three exemptions were for short-term extensions, to submit decommissioning funding plans.
The magnitude of the problem as a result of the above situations continues to decline since 1) many exemptions have already been approved and are listed in a license condition on the licensee's license, and 2) there appears to be a decline in the sale of teletherapy machines.
As mentioned in previous reports, rulemaking was planned that would eliminate financial assurance requirements for individual teletherapy source changes taking 30 days or less and that would eliminate Kr-85 as a nuclide that would be considered in determining financial assurance requirements.
This rule change has been deferred at this time in light of the relatively low priority that could presently be given to this administrative rule change due to low health and safety concern and the potentially shrinking magnitude of the problem.
Nevertheless, since Agreement States are currently considering new rulemaking, OSP has been requested to contact those Agreement States that do not have this rule in place and to have them consider the above exemption situations when developing their rule. This effort is intended to eliminate the need to get exemptions for similar Agreement State licensees.
An enclosure has been prepared that presents a listing of the exemptions by name of licensee, the license number, and reason for the exemption.
COORDINATION:
The Office of the General Counsel has reviewed the paper and has no legal i
objections.
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Enclosure:
DISTRIBUTION:
Conenissioners Exemptions Granted to the Financial Assurance OGC OCAA Requirements OIG OPA OCA i
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a EXEMPTIONS GRANTED TO THE FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS BY LICENSEE, LICENSE NUMBER, AND EXEMPTION / REASON, FOR PERIOD AUGUST 1, 1992, THROUGH AUGUST 1, 1993 f
LICENSEE LICENSE NUMBER EXEMPTION / REASON 1.
University of Virginia 45-00034-09 Teletherapy Source Exchange 2.
Danville Medical Center 45-15154-02 Teletherapy Source Exchange 3.
The McGuire Clinic 45-16751-02 Teletherapy Source Exchange 4.
University of Puerto Rico 52-01946-09 Teletherapy Source Exchange 5.
Hospital Ramon E. Betances 52-13598-01 Teletherapy Source Exchange 6.
DePaul Medical Center 45-00986-02 Teletherapy Source Exchange 7.
Virginia Baptist Hospital 45-10542-02 Teletherapy Source Exchange 8.
United Hospital Center 47-01458-02 Teletherapy Source Exchange 9.
Charleston Rad. Theraphy Consult.
47-15717-01 Teletherapy Source Enhange 10.
Hospital Oncologico 52-11832-01 Teletherapy Source Exchange 11.
Akron City Hospital 34-01932-01 Teletherapy Source Exchange 12.
Doctor's Hospital 34-05488-02 Teletherapy Source Exchange 13.
Lucy Lee Hospital 24-16652-02*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 14.
Mansfield General Hospital 34-02007-02*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 15.
Miller-Devan Medical Center 22-16390-02*
Teletherapy Source Exchange
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Radiarium Corporation 24-19486-01*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 17.
Southwestern Indiana Radiation 13-25945-0l*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 18.
St. Francis Hospital 13-02128-02*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 19.
X-Ray Treatment Center, P.C.
21-19572-Ol*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 20.
Good Samaritan Hospital 13-01787-04*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 21.
Heartland Hospital West 24-13246-02*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 22.
Hennepin County Medical Center 22-13859-02*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 23.
Kraus, Lubert & Associates, Inc.
34-19119-0l*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 24.
Menorah Medical Center 24-01239-02*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 25.
Metrahealth Medical Center 34-03749-07*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 26.
St. Elizabeth Hosp. Medical Center 13-08615-05*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 27.
St. John's Medical Center 13-17793-02*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 28.
Terre Haute Regional Hospital 13-09649-01*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 29.
University Heights Cancer Center 13-02486-0l*
Teletherapy Source Exchange 30.
Ohio State University 34-00293-02*
DFP** Submission Date Extension' i
(Medical Institution Broad) 31.
U.S. Department of Commerce SNM-362 DFP Submission Date Extension' (NIS1, Broad scope license) 32.
Combustion Engineering, Inc.
SNM-33 DFP Submission Date Extension' (Hematite - UF6) 33.
Solid State Testing 20-18101-01 Decommissioning Costs of less than $1000 (Kr-85)'
34 Displays, Inc.
37-19629-04 Decommissioning Costs of less than $1000 (Kr-85) i
- These exemptions were inadvertently omitted from previous reports.
- DFP Stands for Decommissioning Funding Plans.
' The licensee, due to the complexity of their program, has requested and,was granted an extension for submission of their DFP.
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