ML20129J306
| ML20129J306 | |
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| Issue date: | 11/02/1976 |
| From: | Minogue R NRC OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT |
| To: | Karen Chapman, Rusche D, Volgenau E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE), NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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. v D. C. Ru:che, Director, Office of Huclear Reactor Regulation
' X. R. Chapman, Director. Office of fluclear ;!aterial Safaty 5 Safeguards .
. E. Volqcnau, Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcer.ent S. Levine, Director, Office of i:uclear Regulatory Rescarch ..
, J.. A. Harris,. Director, Office of Public Affairs ,.
' STAFF REVIEd 0F 14A;iCUSD, STEWART, XMEALE PAPER ..
Enclosed for your infor=ation is a comorandu:n of :fovceber 16, 1976,
. . rep 6rting the conclusions of a technical review by staff from SD, RES,
, and EDO of the recent popor by !!ancuso, et al. The paper describes an analysis of the causes of rmrtality of for cr we,rhers at Hanford Laboratory. . .
. Tho'0ffice of Standards Davelop=ent has revier d the staff repor'. '
. . He aCree with the staff reviewers' conclusiens that the paper by Mancuso, et al, does not warrant regulatory action at this tics to -
. . change citiieFthe cose liniting regulations of 10 CFR or the cathods
.. . of analysis of radiation effects now in use by i:RC staff. There is .
' continued assurance that activitics licansed in accord witn the cur-rent regulations provido protection of the health and safety of the
. , public and radiation worker:.
I am asking the Offica of Public Affairs to consider preparation of
. c press announcement describing the conclusions of this f!RC staff revicw. Such an announcement ecy be warranted as follcu-up on the -
- press interest and coverage of the Hancuso report in late Oc~tober. .
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.- ' Dr. Michael Parsont of SD coordinated the~ staff review of the Mancuso report. He is available to aid your staff representatives in preparation for hearing or other activities where the report is likely to be a contested issue. '
Further actions in this field which should be considered are:
c A. The data from the AEC !!aalth and Mortality Study should be carefully analy:cd to dotemine whether or not there are any discernible radiological health effects in e .ployces .of nuclear power plants and other installati.pns F?.ndling radio- .
o activa r:aturials. This is of tho highest priority. -
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B. Any other partinent 'Jata in addition to those of the AEC I!calth and Mort.ality Study should also be analyzed to .
acclify tne above analysis. .
C. If possibic, establish fred: the analysis of t!nse data, .
esti!.utes of risks of radiation exposure resulting from
- licensed operations under present rsJiation protection -
standards.
D. Establish an ongoing !!RC prdgram in radiation epidemiology for the p.urposes given above which also can serve as a
- resource for responding to questions on the ctiology of ' -
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radiological effects.
Consideration should be given to the possible need for
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epidemiological study of workers employed in !:RC licensed, J activitics. -
I will be speaking with the Office of :{uclear Regulatory Research within the next few weeks to initiate for:c.ulation of a plan of action for !!P.C efforts along these lines. .
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. . Robert 3. P.inogue Director .
. 0ffice of Stan::ards Cavalopmant -
Enclosure:
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cc: ~1.ee V. Gossick, EDO
. Chaircan Rowden .
Comissionar ::asen ,
. Corr.issioner Gilinsky ' '
Co::cissioner Y.ennedy . .
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