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MAR 21981 MEMORANDUM FOR:
R. G. Smith, Acting Director Office of Standards Development FROM:
W. E. Campbell, Jr.
Reactor Systems Standards Branch Division of Engineering Standards, SD
SUBJECT:
ATOMIC ENERGY ACT, SECTION 223(b) the actions that SD had taken and would take in regard to Section 223(bthere wer On February 23 and 24, 1981, That section was added to the Atomic Energy Act by Public Law 96-295.
During discussion's with W. M. Morrison on February 24, I became aware that in Section 223(b) and the portions of the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee on Conference (House Report 96-1070) that relate to Section 223(b) there is no mention of " reporting." I consider the action L
that NRC must take in response ~ to Section 223(b) (that is, limit setting l
for enforcement purposes) is'not directly linked to the action that the l
N conferees desire NRC to take with regard to considering changes to Part 21.
Below are listed the actions that I believe NRC should address to be responsive to the new 223(b), to be responsive to the expressed desires of the conferees, and in anticipation of the report of the Comptroller General in regard to extendi.ng the authort ty of Section 223(b) to operation of commercial nuclear power plants.
1.
Commission must establish limits for unplanned offsite release of fission products. This is required to " fill the gaps in existing criminal penalty authority" related only to construction and fabrication. The normal method of the Conmission establishing such a limit is by a Commission Paper. There is no statutory requirement that this limit when established be converted to a regulation. This limit would become operative if IE comenced an enforcement proceeding against an employee who knowingly and willfully is involved under specific circumstances in a significant impairment of a basic component.
2.
The Commission should consider making the public aware of the limit established. This could be by a regulation, possibly 'by a policy statement or possibly by the development of a form to be posted at the appropriate locations.
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37The Comission should be responsive to the expressed desires of the conferees by considering the advisability of amending an existing reporting of defects regulation )fl0 CFR part 21) to delete the current reporElng threshold in 21.3(a (3) and substitute the limit established in 1 above. The vehicle to address the possibic amending should be a Comission Paper. The result of the Comission action should be either an amended regulation or a record that the Cocraission considered the advisability as desired by the conferees and decided not to amend.
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The inspection ana of the Co:nission should at sete time comence inspecting to see if the provisions of Section 223(b) are posted.
ThepostingisrequiredbySection223(b).'Iassumethatthe failure to post could be penalized under Section 223(a).
5.
If the Ccaptroller General recemnends extension beyond the consciously limited area of construction and fabrication to include operation and a new public lau is enacted then the ucrk in items 1 and 2 above would need to be codified.
Before any uork in SHSS, based on the caeting of February 23,1931(Smith, Goller Arlotto, et al), gats too far along, I recctnard that the scope of work,be set as follows and the current task (RS 1231) and HITS (612247) 9 e
itea be revised accordingly:
SHSS:
Prepare and present the Comissica Paper to (a) accomplish the c:'.ablishment of the limit to be used for enforcement purposes and (b) make the public aware of the liait in the manner determined appropriate.
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Subsequent to establishment of the limit noted above, prepara c'Cc~:alssica Pap r to ccasidar tha ad71sability 07 cc:njing 21.3(a)(3) and if appropriate an amended regulation.
W. E. Catrphell, Jr.
Reactor Systcas Standards Branch Office of Standards Develcpcent i
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- 1. AEA 5223(b) (Pub. Law SS-295 6203)
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- 2. House Report 95-1070, pg. 30-31 W. E. Campbell, Jr.
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Inc, or supplying the compen. officer.or em; oyec of a firm construct-
"b. Any individual director ents of any uti iration facility required tok licensed under section 103 cr 104 b. of this Act who by act or omission, in connection with such construction or supply, knowingly and willfully violates or causes to be violated, nny section of this Act, any rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder, or any license T
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