ML20126E132

Notifies All Licensees & Applicants That Amends to 10CFR50 Re Facility Licensing & 10CFR73 Re Physical Protection,Have Been Forwarded for Fr Publication.Regional Meetings Scheduled to Discuss New Requirements

ML20126E132
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Site:	Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date:	02/25/1977
From:	Rusche B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Bixel D CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
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NUDOCS 8101120373
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\ L Docket No. 50-155 Consumers Power Company FEB 2 51977 ATTH: Mr. David Bixel fluclear Licensing Administrator 212 '.lest fiichigan Avenue Jackson, Michigan 49201 Gentlemen:

4E: BIG P.0CK POINT This letter is being sent to all licensees authorized to operate a nuclear puer reactor and to all applicants with applications for a license to operate a power reactor (FSAR docketed) to advise you that the Nuclear Regulatory Conmission has forwarded to the FEDERAL RF.GISTER amendments to its regulations 10 CFR Part 50, " Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities", and 10 CFR Part 73, "Fhysical Protection of Plants and !?aterials". These new regulations icentify reasures to be taken for the protection of nuclear power reactors against industrial sabotage. Copics of these new require-cents are enclosed. Of particular interest is the adoption of a new tection 10 CFR 73.55, " Requirements for physical protection of licor. sed activities in nuclear power reactors against industrial sabotace". The new regulatinns require that you submit an anended physical security plan within 90 days of the publication of the rule in the FEDERAL REGISTER describing how you plan to comply with the requirements of 10 CFR 73.55, including schedules of inplementa tion.

To provice additional detailed guidance on iciplementing the new rule, we are scheduling regional meetings to discuss the recuirements of 10 CFR 73.55, to present an. acceptable format and content for the recuired amended physical security plan and to provide prelininary acceptance critoria which the HRC staff will use to detennine the acceptability of submittals. An agenda for these neetings is enclosed, including the dates and location of the meeting for each f:RC Reaion and supplemental information related to some of the tnnics listed on the acenda. In order to provide a forum for W / d"f ef fective discussion, recresentatives you areYou to the meeting. requested my wishtotosendinclude noyourmore A/Ethan four [9,. pe/

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The Connission has under active consideration a requirement that security clearances be obtained for certain licensee employees.

Ve will present an overview of this proposal at the meeting and -

will consider any comments that you wish to give. )

i The Commission also has under development amendments to its-  !

regulations that would require nuclear power plant Itcensees .

l tc develop and follow safeguards contingency plans for dealing .

with threats, thefts, and sabotage relating.to.special nuclear I naterial and nuclear facilities. A presentation and discussion on this subject is on the meeting agenda and background infoma-tion on this sub,iect is also enclosed.  :

If you have any particular related topics or generic safeguards problems that you would like discussed at the meeting, please let us know. For any further information or comments, please contact James R. I'111er of my staff (301/492-7014).

Sincerely, Qt o'f$ h0 S l& b Mh d N s, M Cen C. Pusche, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor ,

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