ML20148D886
| ML20148D886 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | (SSD-7) |
| Issue date: | 05/29/1997 |
| From: | John Lubinski NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Grames S AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| SSD, NUDOCS 9706020183 | |
| Download: ML20148D886 (14) | |
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j May 29, 1997 l
Susan Grames Chilton Company 191 S. Gary Ave.
CarolStream,IL 60188 4
Dear Ms. Grames:
Please find enclosed a copy of the viewgraphs that I will be using during the panel i
discussion on June 5,1997, during New Steel's conference on Managing Metals. If you have any questions, you may contact me at 301-415-7868.
Sincerely,
/s John W. Lubinski, Mechanical Engineer Sealed Source Safety Section Medical, Academic, and Commercial Use Safety Branch Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Enclosure:
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May 29, 1997 Susan Grames Chilton Company 191 S. Gary Ave.
Carol Stream, IL 60188
Dear Ms. Grames:
Please find enclosed a copy of the viewgraphs that I will be using during the panel discussion on June 5,1997, during New Steel's conference on Managing Metals. If you have i
any questions, you may contact me at 301-415-7868.
Sincerely, 5
John W. Lubinski, Mechanical Engineer Seated Source Safety Section Medical, Academic, and Commercial Use Safety Branch 2
Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 4
Enclosure:
Copy of Viewgraphs for New Steel's Conference on Managing Metals DISTRIBUTION:
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i What is the Problem?
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+ Inadequate Regulatory Oversight?
+ Inadequate Control and Accountability by Licensees.
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+ Improper Disposal.
+ Orphaned Devices.
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+ Prevent Radioactive Material from Leaving Regulated Community.
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+ Identification and Control of Sealed Sources and Devices.
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+ Identification and Control of Unsealed Radioactive Materials - After a Smelting.
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Actions Taken by NRC and Others
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+ NRC - Studies of Hazards Associated with the l
Regulation of Sources and Devices:
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- Study of General Licensees' Compliance - 1983 a
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities - 1987
- Survey of 3,000 General Licensees - 1991
- Pacific Northwest Laboratory - 1994 i
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- In-house Probabilistic Risk Assessment - 1998 s
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Actions Taken by NRC and Others (cont.)
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+ NRC - Chartered a Working Group (WG) of NRC and l
Agreement State Personnel. (July 1995)
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- All Stakeholders Were Invited to Participate.
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- Final Report / Recommendations to the NRC -
l NUREG-1551 (July 1996).
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+ NRC Staff Recommended to the Commission 4
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- Full Evaluation of the WG Recommendations.
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- Development of an Action Plan for Commission Approval.
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- Two Part Commission Briefing (November 13,1996):
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- Working Group Presentation.
- Staff's Recommendations.
+ Commission Directed the Staff to Proceed to Develop
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an Action Plan and to Provide Justification for Accepting or Rejecting Each WG Recommendation.
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Actions Taken by NRC and Others (cont.)
+ Staff's Action Plan - status May 29,1997
- Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Regulation.
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- Four Options Being Reviewed by the Executive Director of Operations.
- Staff Cannot Implement Until it Receives Commission Approval.
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.bN Actions Taken by NRC and Others (cont.)
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I "Three Points of Concern" l
+ Prevent Radioactive Material from Leaving Regulated i
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- Addressed in Staff's Action Plan.
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-Increase Control and Accountability and Verify l
Proper Disposal of Radioactive Material.
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- Licensees' Knowledge of Regulations and Radioactive Materials.
-Independent Verification that Licensees Meet Regulatory Requirements.
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Actions Taken by NRC and Others (cont.)
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+ Identification and Control of Sealed Sources and j
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- Education of Non-Licensees.
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- Labeling and Marking.
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- Radiation Monitoring Equiument.
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- EPA's Proposed Actions to Conference of Radiation i
i Control Program Directors -Includes NRC and DOE Participation.
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Actions Taken by NRC and Others (cont.)
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+ Identification and Control of Unsealed Radioactive l
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- Radiation-Monitoring Equipment.
- Technical Position on the Disposition of Cesium-137 l
Contaminated Emission Control Dust.
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- The Position was Developed Through an Open Public Process, Coordinated with EPA, and Published in the Federal Register on March 19,1997.
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What Industry Can (Continue To) Do
+ Educate Workers.
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- Visual - Labeling and Marking.
- Use of Radiation Monitoring Equipment.
+ Report When Material is Identified in the Unregulated Process.
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