ML20132F538
| ML20132F538 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 10/18/1996 |
| From: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Hoyle J NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| References | |
| SECY-96-193-C, NUDOCS 9612260006 | |
| Download: ML20132F538 (2) | |
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John C. Hoyle, Secretary FROM:
CHAIRMAN JACKSON
SUBJECT:
SECY-96-193 - ABNORMAL OCCURRENCE REPORTS:
l IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 208 ENERGY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1974; FINAL POLICY STATEMENT I
subject to attached Approved XX comments Disapproved Abstain Not Participating Request Discussion COMMENTS:
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s CHAIRMAN JACKSON'S COMMENTS ON SECY-96-193 I approve the final abnormal occurrence (AO) policy statement, to be published in the Federal Register, subject to the following:
1.
On page 15 of the final policy statement, make the following changes:
"Eccauce cynly minor changes have been made to the criteria since ACMUI*s reviewl, the Commiccion-docc not bclicvc that it ic ncccccary 'for.'.CMUI to further examine the crit-eesa "
2.
On page 19 of the final policy statement, reword in more general terms or eliminate the paragraph regarding Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 1360.
IMC 1360 does not contain a list of physicians.
Also, some of the information on NRC's review of the physician consultants' credentials may be private (such as conflict of interest information),
so it is not appropriate to address NRC's review of the credentials.
3.
Throuchout the linal policy statement, all uses of the term
" nursing infant" should be replaced by " nursing child."
In addition to publishing the final policy statement in the Federal Register, the staff should take the following actions regarding the AO criteria:
To rapidly disseminate significant incident information to e
the public, the staff should file information on potential AOs in the Public Document Rooms (PDRs) and make the information available to the public as soon as possible, but not later than 15 days after the staff determines that the incident may meet the revised AO criteria.
The staff should not wait until an AO determination is made by the Commission, once a year, to make the information available to the public.
Staff should focus on incidents that may not already be documented in the PDRs, such as those that did not receive Preliminary Notifications or press releases.
The staff should begin to develop conforming changes to the e
final.AO policy statement to cover fuel cycle facilities that may receive NRC certification, such as the gaseous diffusion plants (GDPs). These conforming changes should be in place if and when NRC accepts jurisdiction for the GDPs.
The criteria in the final policy statement in SECY-96-193 state " fuel cycle licensees" and " license conditions."
The staff should report to the Commission on how NRC will identify unintended medical radiation exposures to an embryo / fetus or a nursing child.
At the present time, there is no reporting requirement for NRC licensees or Agreement States involving unintended medical exposures to an embryo / fetus or a nursing child, and rulemaking on this issue is on hold.
If the staff does not recommend a mechanism to identify unintended medical radiation exposures to an embryo / fetus or a nursing child, the staff should recommend whether voluntary reporting of these types of incidents is sufficient, or address whether the final AO policy criteria should be revised at a later date to omit reference to these types of incidents.