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| Issue date: | 03/10/1984 |
| From: | Landau M NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
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NUREG/BR-0025 INFORMATION REPORT ON
@% State Legislation OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION March 10, 1984 Vol. 10, No. 2 NRC has requested the assistance of State health departments in locating potentially radioactive metal table bases which were manufactured in a Mexican foundry and distributed by a St. Louis, Missouri firm called Falcon Products. The Mexican division of Falcon Products used scrap metal obtained from a scrap dealer's yard for the castings which were found to be contaminated from a medical radiation therapy device (with a cobalt 60 radiation source). NRC has provided the States with names and locations of customers who received the table bases during the time period in question.
Customers receiving the table bases are located throughout the country and the bases are used for commercial, industrial, and institutional purposes.
Some of the contaminated scrap iron was also used by another Mexican foundry to produce reinforcing steel bars used in construction. Latest reports indicate most of the contaminated metal nationwide has been located and properly handled.
I Legislation is being introduced into the California legislature and has already been submitted to the Arizona legislature for formation of a Western Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, which may be opened to other States in the west.
The NRC assisted the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in a full-scale emergency preparedness exercise on March 6-8 at the St. Lucie plant in Florida. The focus of the exercise was on national Federal agency response and their support roles for State and local authorities. At least ten Federal agencies participated in the exercise. FEMA will be responsible for developing the final exercise evaluation report, and valuable feedback is expected from the State and local authorities on the quality of Federal support provided.
State Programs staff attended the plenary session of the National Governors' Association Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., February 26-29, 1984.
Two nuclear-related resolutions were passed. The first concerns low-level waste and issues in the compacting process, including definitions, Federal waste, import and export of waste to and from regions, consent language, and the NRC/ EPA interface with a suggestion that NRC be the lead agency.
Congress is urged to clarify respective regulatory responsibilities of NRC and EPA by statute, if necessary.
The second resciution discusses the Federal remedial action program for radioactively contaminated formerly utilized and surplus sites.
It urges
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the government to give higher priority to this program, make DOE the lead agency, and it encourages improved consultation with State and local governments.
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contractor caused some delays in the issuance of this first report for 1984 We apologize for any inconvenience to our readers.
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$W G. Wayne Kerr, Director Office of State Programs Prepared by:
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Indiana, H-1376 Massachusetts, S-481 Indiana, S-298 Massachusetts, 5-482 Missouri, H-1355 Massachusetts, H-1046 Ohio, H-532 Massachusetts, H-1211 Ohio, H-565 Massachusetts, H-2319 Missouri, H-1169 Low-Level Waste Compacts New Jersey, S-1051*
Arizona, H-2548 Radioactive Waste Disposal Missouri, S-6
& Management Power Plants Kansas, H-2760 Massachusetts, H-1036*
Delaware, HR-105 Massachusetts, H-1038 Massachusetts, H-1386*
Emergency Planning Ohio, S-165 South Carolina, H-3378 Arizona, H-2256 Virginia, SJR-33 Massachusetts, H-837 Washington, H-1581 Missouri, S-676 Washington, H-1637 New Jersey, S-609 Washington, S-4534 New Jersey, S-1051*
Washington, S-4558 Virginia, H-459 Washington, S-4689 g
Washington, HCR-37 Power Plant Moratoria Washington, SJM-127 Washington, SCR-142 Massachusetts, H-1036*
Massachusetts, H-1386*
Decommissioning Wisconsin, A-826 West Virginia, H-1096 Missouri, H-889 Radiation General lowa, HSB-527 New Mexico, S-21 Massachusetts, H-1750 Washington, S-4524 Missouri, H-932 Nebraska, LB-716 Pennsylvania, S-987 Insurance Washington, SJM-31
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_ I Enacted legislation Missouri Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, S-6.
Enacts the Compact into law and enters the State as a party.
Provides for the regional management of low-level waste disposal. Eligible States to the Compact are: DE, IL, IN, IA, XS, KY, MD, MI, MN, M0, NE, ND, OH, SD, VA and WI.
(Signed by Governor: 1/5/84; Effective: 4/5/84)
Introduced Legislation Arizona Nuclear Emergency Management Fund, H-2256. Appropriates $286,676 to the Nuclear Emergency Management Fund for use by various departments for programs relating to nuclear emergency planning. (Introduced: 1/25/84)
Western Low-Level Waste Disposal Compact, H-2548 Would enact the Compact into law and enter the State as a party.
Eligible States named are AZ and CA.
(Introduced: 2/29/84)
Indiana Advance Notification of Waste Shipments, H-1376, S-303. Requires the Governor or his designee, upon receiving advance notification of a nuclear waste shipment, to notify the sheriff of each county through which the shipment will pass.
(Introduced: 1/6/84)
Transportation Prohibition, S-298 Prohibits the transportation of nuclear Waste into or through the State from anywhere outside the State after July 1, 1984.
(Introduced: 1/5/84)
Iowa Radiation Control, HSB-527. Designates resnoasibility for the regulation of radiation machines and use of radioactive materials. Describes training standards, license information and registration. Allows the State to enter inte an agreement with NRC to assume licensing and regulatory authority over certain radioactive materials that are now managed by the Federal government.
(.ntroduced: 1/12/84)
Kansas Radiation Control Act, H-2760. Amends certain sections in the Act to provide for the availability within or outside the State for the disposal of low-level waste generated within the State except for certain Federally produced wastes. Establishes procedures to provide analyses and assessments for licensed activities involving source material milling, source material mill tailings and low-level waste disposal.
(Introduced: 1/24/84) c_
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__ Massachusetts Cost Overruns, S-481. Requires the Department of Public Utilities to prohibit the pass-through of certain cost overruns on new nuclear power plants.
(Introduced: 1/4/84)
Utility Costs, S-482 Prohibits the Department of Public Utilities from allowing utility companies to charge their customers for certain costs relating to the development of cancelled nuclear power plants.
(Introduced: 1/4/84)
Special Comission Study, H-837. Provides for the creation of c special comission to make an investigation and study relative to emergency preparedness at nuclear power plants in the State and in neighboring States.
(introduced: 1/4/84)
Moratorium on Power Plant Construction, H-1036.
Prohibits construction of new nuclear power plants until a safe method for the permanent disposal of radioactive waste is develcped. Lists requirements which would be adequate for a proposed storage method.
(Introduced: 1/4/84)
Siting of Radioactive Waste, H-1038. Requires that the General Court be notified before any investigation of potential sites for radioactive waste storage repositories is conducted.
(Introduced: 1/4/84)
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Public Utility Charges, H-1046. Prohibits the Department of Public Utilities from allowing utility companies to charge their customers for certain costs relating to the development of unlicensed and cancelled nuclear power plants.
(Introduced: 1/4/84)
Pass-Through Costs, H-1211.
Prohibits the costs involved in the planning and construction of unfinished nuclear facilities from being passed on to consumers.
(Introduced: 1/4/84)
Power Plant Prohibition, K-1386. Prohibits land use of any nuclear power plant until a demonstrated technology exists for high-level waste disposal.
This does not necessarily require that facilities for disposal be available at the time the siting is approved.
(Introduced: 1/12/84)
Radiologic Technologists, H-1750. Establishes a Board of Registration of Radiologic Technologists to establish requirements for registration, set ethical standards, and investigate complaints having to do with radiologic technologists.
(Introduced: 1/4/84)
Costs for Cancelled Plants, H-2319.
Prohibits the Department of Public utilities from allowing utility companies to charge their customers for certain costs relating to the development of unlicensed and cancelled nuclear power plants.
(Introduced: 1/4/84)
Missouri j
Nuclear Accident Preparedness Program, S-676. Creates a program to deal with power plant accidents affecting the State.
Includes procedures for:
(1) development of a radiological emergency response plan; (2) purchase and
_ _ - _ _ _ - - - Missouri, cont'd, installation of special equipment; (3) training for State and local officials; (4) exercises of the response plan; (5) cost provisions; and (6) funding for activities required by NRC and FEMA.
(Introduced: 1/17/84)
Decontamination Costs, H-889.
Prohibits any public utilities, or pool of utilities, f rom sharing the cost of decontamination of any nuclear power plant outside the State, or for any charges to be included in the rate base.
(Introduced: 1/4/84)
Radiation Protection Act, H-932.
Repeals certain sections of the Act and introduces nineteen sections relating to the protection of individuals and the environment from radiation hazards, with penalty provisions. Gives the Division of Health authority to promulgate new regulations. (Introduced:
1/4/84)
Financing New Utilities, H-1169.
Details requirements for the certification of the Public Service Conmission for construction of a new power plant facility.
Provides for cost analyses, hearings, and need for power demonstrations.
(Introduced: 1/4/84)
Transport of Low-Level Waste, H-1355. Requires a permit to be obtained from the Public Service Commission Eefore transport of low-level waste may Details information to be included in thc permit, and PSC occur.
requirements.
(Introduced: 1/10/84)
Nebraska Radiation Control, LB-716 Amends the radiation control program related to licence applicatiens; redefines source material and special nuclear ma terial.
Incorporates provisions of the Model State Radiation Control Act (reference Council of State Government's Suggested State Legislation,1983, Vol. 42).
(Introduced: 1/4/24)
New Jersey Emergency Plans, S-609. Will not permit any power plant not in operation at the time this Act becomes effective to be maintained unless State-wide emergency evacuation plans have been adopted.
(Introduced: 1/23/84)
Power Plant Accident Costs, S-1051.
Exempts from the Gross Receipts and Franchise Tax on Electric Utilities receipts attributable to the recovery of purchased power costs incurred as a result of the shutdown of a nuclear power plant resulting from an accident. Also exempts receipts related to the cost of the cle6nup and contamination of a damaged nuclear plant.
(Introduced: 1/23/84)
New Mexico Appropriations, S-21.
Appropriates $15,000 from the general fund to the Radioactive Materials Committee for expenditures.
(Introduced: 1/19/84)
_ Ohio Intergovernmental Comittee on Low-Level Radioactive Waste, S-165.
Creates the Committee to recomend the course of action to be followed by the State in the management of low-level waste. The Committee will make recommendations regarding interim storage, volume reduction and disposal of the waste. Reports are due no later than March 31, 1984.
(Introduced:
1/4/84)
Permits Authorizing Shipment, H-532. Requires shippers, at least thirty days before a shipment of large quantities of special or by-product nuclear material, to apply to the Director of Environmental Protection for a permit. List'. information to be included on the application.
(Introduced:
11/16/83; carried over to 1984)
Transportation of Nuclear Material, H-565. Requires shippers of large quantities of special nuclear material or by-product material to apply to the Director of the Disaster Services Agency for epproval to transport the shipment through the State. Lists information on the shipment to be included on the application.
(Introduced: 10/25/83); carried over to 1984)
Pennsylvania Raciation Protection Act, S-987. Establishes a comprehensive program of radiation protection in the Department of Environmental Resources.
D Provides for the licensing and regulation of radiologic equipment and persons who administer radiologic procedures. Establishes a nuclear safety program at power plants, and authorizes the assumption of the licensing and regulatory responsibility for radioactive material from the Federal government.
(Introduced: 9/21/83: carried over to 1984)
South Carolina High-level Waste Committee, H-3378. Establishes the South Carolina Nuclear Waste Consultation Committee to officially consult with the Federal government on the management and disposal of high-level, transuranic and spent fuel in the State. The Comittee consists of nine members, including the Governor or his designee.
(Introduced: 1/18/84)
Virginia Emergency Preparedness Fees, H-459. Requires owners of licensed power plants (as of July 1) to pay the State office an annual fee of $107,000, increased from $85,000, for emergency preparedness activities.
(Introduced: 1/24/84)
Washington Regulation of Radioactive Waste, H-1581. Requires the cooperation with the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) regarding matters on the regulation of waste.
EFSEC may require certificate holders to remove from I
their energy facility sites any dangerous wastes, with 90 days of their generation.
(Introduced: 1/25/84)
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High-Level Waste Disposal, H-1637. Designates the Nuclear Waste Board as the sole responsible body for any matter related to high-level waste disposal. The Directnr of the Department of Ecology will serve on the Board.
The Board will serve as the U.S. Department of Energy's contact on this issue, and will monitor Federal activity progress.
(Introduced: 1/17/84)
Construction Contracts, S-4524. Any contract alnendment dealing with construction of nuclear power plants which increases costs by more than $5,000 nust be subject to comprehensive bidding requirements.
(Introduced:
1/16/84)
Radioactive Waste Management Council, S-4534. Establishes an advisory council to provide advice and counsel to the Department of Ecology on all aspects of waste management. The Governor will set the salary for the Chairman of the Council.
(Introduced: 1/16/84)
High-level Waste Storage, S-4558.
Requires a poll of the legislature if the U.S. Department of Energy notifies the Governor that the State is being recommended as a high-level nuclear waste storage site. Decisions arrived at by the poll will be transmitted to the Governor, DOE and the President of the United States.
(Introduced: 1/16/84)
Low-Level Waste Inspections, S-4689. Requires third-party inspection for B1 out-of-State low-level radioactive waste generators, packagers and I
brokers.
Bids will determine who performs the inspections.
The costs will be borne by the generator, packager or broker being inspected. Defines
" broker" as "any person who acts as an intermediary for a generator or packager or another person, but does not include a carrier whose sole function is to transport low-level waste, a generator or packager of low-level waste, or a low-level waste disposal site operator."
(Introduced: 1/17/84 )
Wisconsin Power Plant Moratorium, A-826. Prohibits Public Service Commission (PSC) approval of any new nuclear power plant unless a reprocessing facility for spent fuel rods is available. Also requires that a waste disposal facility be available, and that alternatives have been studied.
(Introduced:
11/3/83; carried over to 1984)
West Virginia Nuclear Fuel Prohibition, H-1096.
Charges the Public Service Commission with the duty of enforcing a prohibition on the use of nuclear fuel for the generation of electric power in the State.
(Introduced: 1/11/84) e
_ Introduced Resolutions Delaware Salem II Damage, HR-105. Requests the Public Service Commission to refuse approval of any fuel adjustment for the Delmarva Power Company that includes costs involved in repairing the damage at Salem II.
(Introduced:
6/23/83; carried over to 1984)
Virginia High-level Waste, SJR-33. Requests that the Executive Director of the Solid Waste Commission serve as the legislative liaison with the U.S.
Department of Energy on matters concerning the siting of high-level waste depositories.
(Introduce: 1/24/84)
Washington Price-Anderson Act, SJM-31. Requests Congress to immediately examine the issue of Federal liability with respect to proposed national nuclear waste repositories.
If the Price-Anderson Act is found to be applicable to the liability of Federal contractors with respect to repositories, the legislature requests that the liability limit be eliminated.
(Introduced 1/17/84)
I Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, HCR-37. Requests approval by the legislature of a draf t consultation and cooperation agreement between the State and the Federal government which sets forth siting processes and decisions relating to a high-level waste repository site in the State.
(Introduced: 1/17/84)
Repository Selection, SJM-127. Requests DOE to conduct studies on granite to determine its suitability for the first repository selection process.
Requests that the Hanford site not be recommer.ded to the President for inclusion in the first repository selection process until studies on crystalline rock have been performed.
(Introduced: 1/16/84)
High-Level Waste Siting, SCR-142. Requests that any agreement negotiated concerning the potential siting of a high-level waste site be subject to legislative review and approval.
(Introduced: 1/12/84) l
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