ML20153H440

Forwards Significant Intergovernmental Activities & Issues Feb 1988 Rept, for Info

ML20153H440
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Issue date:	05/18/1988
From:	Kammerer C NRC OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS (GPA)
To:	Bernthal, Roberts, Zech NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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MONTHLY SLITP AND REGIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 1988 The February 1988 Significant Intergovernmental Activities and issues Report is enclosed for your information. This Report is the result of the '

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CONTENTS HEADQUARTERS Commission Meeting on SLITP 1 i

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners 1

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Meeting with Louisiana Public Service Commission 1 REGION I HAINE State Nuclear Safety inspection and Monitoring Program for Maine Yankee 2 MASSACHUSETTS Public Meetings in Plymouth, Massachusetts on Pilgrim Restart Pla n 2 NEW YORK Meetina of New York Committee on Licensing 3 Interim Visit to New York Department of Labor 3 Meeting at New York Academy of Medicine 3 PENNSYLVANIA Review of Draft State inspection Procedures 4 VERMONT Vermont Petitions to Intervene 5 State House Committee Hearings on Expanding EPZ 5 REGION II TENNESSEE Meeting with the State of Tennessee 5 NORTH CAROLINA / SOUTH CAROLINA Emergency Preparedness Exercise 5

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Page SOUTH CAROLINA Meeting with the State of South Carolina 6 GENERAL f

3M Static Eliminator Devices 6 REGION III ILLINOIS 3M Contamination 6 State Resident Engineer 7 Trainino Reouest 7 IOWA 3M Contamination 7 MICHIGAN Section 274b Agreement Meeting 7 GENERAL 3M Static Eliminator Devices 7 REGION IV ARKANSAS I

Emeroency Planning Petition 8 IDAHO Radiation Control Program Staffing 8 KANSAS Nuclear Safety Engineer Leoislation 8 l LOUISIANA River Bend Rate Case 8 i

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Page NEBRASKA Petition Drive and Proposed Legislation 9 TEXAS

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River Bend Rate Case 9 9

, Radiation Protection Week Meeting on University Reactor Jurisdictional Issues 9 Nuclear Energy Education Proaram 10 REGION Y CALIFORNIA Emeraency Response Legislation 10 ARIZONA Interim Visit to Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 10 NEVADA Interim Visit to Nevada Radiological Health Section 10

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HEAD 0VARTERS Comission Meetina on SLITP Harold Denton, Director, Office of Governmental and Public Affairs, and Carlton Kamerer, Director of State, Local and Indian Tribe Programs (SLITP),

accoerpanied by the SLITP staff, briefed the Comission on February 3,1988 on the status of NRC's State, Local and Indian Tribe Program. The Comission expressed a concern that staff budget cuts may not support continued funding .

of travel and per diem expenses for Agr'eement State participation at NRC l training workshops. SLITP was directed to provide the Comission with a I report discussing funding for Agreement States' travel and per diem expenses I at NRC-sponsored training courses. SECY-88-5, "Status of NRC Program with 1 State and local Governments and Indian Tribes," is being prepared as a NUREG  ;

document for distribution to State and local governments, Indian Tribes, and j other SLITP constituents. '

National Association of Regulatory utility Comissioners Sheldon Schwartz, Deputy Director, SLITP, accompanied by Spiros Droggitis, SLITP, participated in a National Association of Regulatory Utility Comissioners Subcomittee on Nuclear Issues meeting on February 28, 1988.

Representatives from INPO gave a presentation to the Subcomittee on INP0 activities. Although the agenda for the NRC presentation included the emergency planning rule change where State and local governments refuse to participate, decomissioning, and the program for a coordinated intergovernmental approach to nuclear safety, the NARUC comissioners only focused the discussion on the emergency planning rule change and related emergency planning issues. There was also a question frcir the Vermont comissioner on the status of the staff's review of BWR MARK I containment issues. SLITP has provided the Vertnont comissioner with additional information on the MARK I containment issue.

Meeting with Louisiana Public Service Comission On February 18, 1988 Martin Virgilio, NRR, and Edward Showmaker, OGC, met with l representatives of the Louisiana Public Service Comission (LPSC), at LPSC's I request, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The subject of the meeting was General .

Electric Company's (GE's) 1975 Nuclear Reactor Study (also referred to as the l "Reed Report"). The NRC representatives made a presentation on safety-significance of the issues identified in the Reed Report and answered specific questions on NRC's evaluation of the Report and NRC's licensing l process. Chainnan L. J. Lambert represented the LPSC at the meeting.

Following NRC's presentation, representatives from Gulf States Utilities (the licensee for River Bend) and GE provided testimony on construction expenditures resulting from changes in the design of River Bend. Specifically, the LPSC questioned the Gulf States Utilities and the GE representatives on changes required to resolve concerns identified in the Reed Report and those required to meet new NRC requirements during the construction of River Bend.

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l REGION I MAINE State Nuclear Safety Inspection and Monitoring Program for Maine Yankee As required by Maine's legislation to implement a Nuclear Safety Inspection Program, there have been three meetings between the State and Maine Yankee officials. Staffing required by the le'gislation is in progress. The State Nuclear Safety Advisor, who will be a liaison to the Governor's office on technical issues involving Maine Yankee, will be selected by mid-March.

Interviews are ongoing to select the State Nuclear Engineer, who will be the onsite technical representative at the Maine Yankee facility. The selection is expected to be made by mid-April. Discussions with the licensee and the representatives from the Division of Health Engineering included site access and security clearances for State personnel, State access te the licensee's Safety Parameter Display System, and utilization of the State's proposed enhanced effluent radiation monitoring system.

MASSACHUSETTS Public Meetinas in Plymouth. Massachusetts on Pilorim Restart Plan The NRC held meetings to receive public comments on the Pilgram Restart Plan in Plymouth, Massachusetts on February 18, 1988. The meetings took place in the town's Memorial Hall from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

State and local officials and private citizens were invited to comment on the plan or to submit comments in writing. The meetings were formal, transcribed sessions where the public's testimony was heard by the panel of NRC management. The panel consisted of Mr. Samuel J. Collins, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Projects, Region I; Dr. Ronald R. Bellamy, Chief, Emergency Preparedness and Radiological Protection Branch, Region I; Mr. A. Randy Blough, Chief, Reactor Projects Section 3B, Region I; and Mr. Richard M. Wessman, Director, Reactor Projects Directorate 1-3, NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR).

Early on February 18, 1988, the Massachusetts Attorney General announced during a press conference that he and the Governor would not support or attend the meetings. Prior to that, NRC had coordinated with the Commonwealth to enhance participation. NRC Region I had sent a letter to the State Liaison Officer in early November requesting cooperation and advice regarding meeting location and schedule. On January 4,1988, the Connonwealth replied by letter, reiterating earlier demands for an adjudicatory hearing but stating that the Connonwealth would participate in the meetings so long as the Connonwealth received written assurance that such participation would not be relied upon or cited as a waiver of the Commonwealth's demand for an adjudicatory hearing. NRC Region I endeavored to provide that assurance in a January 15, 1988 letter, which stated, "Your support of these meetings is separate from and does not constitute a waiver of any rights related to the Cmunonwealth's October 15, 1987 Petition for a formal adjudicatory hearing."

The boycott by the Governor and Attorney General resulted in limited attendance by State and local officials and private citizens. Members of Senator Kerry's and Senator Kennedy's staffs read statements into the meeting record. Senator Kerry expressed strong disapproval at the Commission's refusal to hold a formal hearing on restart and displeasure that this meeting was intended as a substitute.

Senator Kennedy also expressed displeasure over the refusal to hold a public hearing and listed five items he insists upon prior to restart, including that he be given the opportunity to appear before the Commission prior to any deliberation they have concerning Pilgrim restart.

On February 24, 1988, a publicly-noticed management meeting was held between NRC and Boston Edison Company (BECo) officials at the NRC offices in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The Cannonwealth of Massachusetts Office of Public Safety and the Office of State Senator William Golden monitored the meeting via telephone conference. BEco senior management presented its "self assessment process" designed to determine readiness for requesting restart.

The minutes of this meeting will be documented in NRC Report No. 50-293/88-10.

NEW YORK Meetine of New York Committee on Licensino On February 4,1988, John McGrath, Regional State Agreements Officer, attended a meeting of the New York State Committee on Licensing which is responsible for coordinating activities among the four New York Agreement State agencies.

Topics included the status of LLW regulations under development by the Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Health actions to implement medical misadministration reporting requirements, an update on clean-up activities at Radium Chemical Company, and an update of the clean-up of the Tonawanda rewage treatment plant. Mr. McGrath discussed the revised criteria for the review of Agreement State programs and personnel changes at NRC.

i Interin Visit to New York Department of Labor On February 11-12, 1988, John McGrath conducted an interim visit to the Department of Labor to ascertain the status of the radiation control program since the last regular review. The inspection backlog which, according to the program director, had been virtually eliminated after the last review has increased again due primarily to the staff effort which has been devoted to the Radium Chemical Company decommissioning effort. The Department is progressing well in improving other areas where problems were identified during the last review.

Meeting at New York Academy of Medicine On February 19, 1988, John McGrath attended a meeting of New York City licensee radiation safety personnel. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Working Group on Health Effects of Radiation, Subcommittee on Environmental Health /Cmunittee on Public Health of the New York Academy of Medicine. The meeting was also attended by regulatory personnel of the City and State Departments of Health. The two key issues reoarding the New York Agreement State Program were (1) low-level waste and (2) the City's inspection policies and procedures.

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l With regard to low-level waste, New York City has not adopted the NRC's biomedical waste rule (20.306) and specifically prohibits the incineration of any radioactive waste. In addition, the City has not increased the limits for  ;

sewage disposal of H-3 and C-14 (20.303). City licensees are concerned about i these restrictions on the basis that they are not "compatible" with NRC regulations, there is no sound technical basis for the City's position and the l 1

City requirements are becoming increasingly more expensive to comply with.

During the discussions, Mr. McGrath cla'ified r the NRC's meaning and use of the tenn compatibility, specifically stating that 20.303 and 20.306 were not matters of compatibility and discussed the rationale for this. The licensees  ;

also expressed concern about the impacts of the Low-Level Waste Policy Amendments Act on their operations, particularly if the Southeast compact restricts biomedical waste currently going to Quadrex in Florida for ,

incineration. The question as to whether the New York State LLW site, l yet to be developed, will accept this waste is still subject to debate.

With regard to the City's inspection policies and procedures, the licensees pointed out that these are different from the NRC's and the State's.

Mr. McGrath discussed the NRC's position vis-a-vis compatibility and  !

some of +he history behind the City's policies and procedures. New York City inspection procedures call for more frequent inspections than NRC,, surveys of more labs using radioactive material, and inspection fees that exceed NRC's inspection fee schedule. Dr. Kulikowski, representing the City Department of Health, indicated that they were working on modifyino their inspection program to bring it more in line with NRC and State practices.

The city licensees also expressed concern about the appeal mechanism for the review of what they believe to be unfair judgments by the City staff in the area of LLW, inspection policies, and other areas. Mr. McGrath indicated that under the agreement the City is an independent regulatory authority and, therefore, NRC was not in any direct way an appeal board for decisions (technical or policy) made by the City. NRC does a selective review of agency actions to determine compatibility and adequacy (in terms of public health and safety) of agency actions, and NRC does review the program to assure that it meets NRC guidelines for fair and impartial administrative procedures. To resolve their concerns, the City licensees' recomended that the City appoint an independent technical board to mediate differing technical opinions between licensees and the regulatory bodies. The agency representatives indicated that there were certain difficulties in that approach but would consider the recomendation.

PENNSYLVANIA Review of Draft State inspection Procedures The Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection developed inspection procedures and a checklist in preparation for performing low-level radioactive waste package and transportation inspections. On February 10, 1988, a meeting between Pennsylvania and NRC staff at Region I was held to discuss the scope and implementation of the draft Pennsylvania inspection procedures. The State expects to submit revised procedures for NPC staff coment within the next month.

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VERMONT Vermont Petitions to Intervene On February 25, 1988, NRC received telegraphic notification that petitions to intervene had been mailed by Vermont and Massachusetts with respect to two proposed license amendments for Vermont Yankee under consideration by the NRC staff. The amendments are trip system logic testing frequency change from six months to once per operating cycle (petition from the State of Vermont) and surveillance testing frequency change when engineered safeguards are out of service (petitions from the States of Vermont and Massachusetts). Both of these proposed amendr, ants had been noticed in the Federal Register on January 26, 1988 as an Opportunity for Prior Hearing. Governor Kunin also requested a meeting between appropriate NRC and Vermont officials to discuss these amendments.

State House Committee Hearings on Expanding EPZ On February 11, 1988, the Vermont House General and Military Affairs Committee held legislative hearings on expanding the Vermont portion of the emergency evacuation zone surrounding the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. The proposed increase would extend the EPZ to 22 miles. Vermont Yankee's emergency zone also extends into New Hampshire and Massachusetts, but the bill to expand it would affect only Vermont. '

REGION 11 TENNESSEE Meetino with the State of Tennessee On February 18, 1988, L. Rouse, NMSS; D. Collins, Chief Emergency Preparedness and Radiological Protection Branch; and R. E. Trojanowski, Director, State and Government Affairs Staff, met with senior representatives of the Tennessee Department of Health in Nashville, Tennessee. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss and coordinate mutual regulatory interests regarding the decommissioning and clean up of radiological and nonradiological contaminants from the holding ponds at the Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS) site at Erwin, Tennessee. A follow-up meeting is scheduled to be conducted on March 18, 1988 at the NFS site.

NORTH CAROLINA / SOUTH CAROLINA Emergency Preparedness Exercise During the period of February 19-21, 1988, R. E. Trojanowski, Director, State and Government Affairs Staff, participated as a member of the Regional Assistance Connittee in the full scale exercise involving the Duke Power Catawba facility, the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, and the applicable local governments. During the course of this exercise, the staff at the Charlotte Memorial Hospital failed to adequately demonstrate the capability to respond to the needs of a sirolated contaminated / injured person. Hence, this will be

t identified as a deficiency by FEMA which will require a remedial exercise at j the hospital within the next four months. Other lesser discrepancies were noted in the areas of training and procedures which do not adversely affect the overall emergency preparedness capability. Appropriate corrective actions for these areas must be demonstrated during the next biennial exercise.

SOUTH CAROLINA Meeting with the State of South Carolina During the period February 23-25, 1988, R. L. Woodruff, Agreement States Representative, met with representatives of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to discuss matters of mutual interest and to conduct a mid-cycle review of the State's Agreement State Program. The status of the agreement materials program was updated, including an exchange of information between the State and the NRC. In addition, Mr. Woodruff accompanied two State inspectors to a K-Mart facility in Charleston, South I Carolina that was contaminated by the use of 3M static eliminator devices.

The State continues to manage and conduct the agreement materials program in an excellent manner.

GENERAL 3M Static Eliminator Devices The eight Regional Agreement States are continuing to survey those facilities that are potentially contaminated from the use of polonium-210, 3M static eliminator devices. To date, it is estimated that the States have expended 2,760 person-hours in performing surveys and other administrative matters relative to the use of the 3M devices. Thirty facilities have been identified as having failed devices or contamination. As requested, the detailed data relating to these contaminated facilities have been provided to the Headquarters coordinating office.

REGION III ILLINOIS 3M Contamination On February 24, 1988, the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety (IDNS) I issued an Order to general licensees that:

1. covered all models of static elimination devices, ordering the licensees to return the devices to 3M, and

2. did not allow for continued use in environments such as explosive atmospheres as did the NRC orders. The general licensees are expected to find replacement static elimination devices from other authorized manufacturers if such environments exist.

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State Resident Engineer IDMS announced that it has hired its first Resident Engineer. The individual is a former Region III Resident Inspector who mcst recently worked for TVA.

IDNS has requested a meeting with Region III officials to discuss their program.

Region III understands that the first Resident Engineer will be assigned to the LaSalle plant. Prior to placing him at the site, however, the Resident Engineer will spend approximately 12 months in IDNS's Springfield office developing procedures and completing any necessary' training. IDNS will seek training assistance from the NRC. IDNS expects that the Resident Engineer will also be involved in implementing the proposed Subagreement with NRC relating to ASME Code inspections.

Training Recuest An IDNS representative has contacted the Technical Training Center (TTC) staff to inquire about the possibility of BWR/PWR Technology Courses being presented at a future time in Illinois. The IDNS representative was advised that such a course would be in competition for TTC efforts which are in demand in several areas and that it is unlikely that any such arrangement could be made during FY 1988. There is a possibility that the State's request could be accomodated in FY 1989. ,

IOWA 3M Contamination As of March 3,1988, the Department of Public Health has completed about 35 inspections of facilities using 3M static elimination devices. Eight of the facilities had contaminated devices.

I MICH1GAN l Section 274b Agreement Meeting SLITP and Region III responded to a request from the Michigan State Health Director indicating that the State is prepared to begin negotiations for  ;

Agreement State status. Authorization for Michigan to become an Agreement '

State was enacted in legislation relating to the siting and regulation of a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in the State. SLITP and Region III staff met with Michigan officials on February 17, 1988 to discuss the State's plans and to provide State officials with information on the Agreement State process. State officials indicated that while they have the statutory comitment, they have not obtained the financial comitment to fund the program. Michigan has been designated host State for the Midwest Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact. l GENER/.L 3M Static Eliminator Devices 3M will be submitting 30-day reports to Region III of all users who fail to return the static elimination devices as required in the orders. To date,

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Region III has not received such a report from 3M. Reaion III will notify the Regional Agreement State Officers of those users within their Region who have not returned their devices.

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Emergency Planning Petition Region IV requested FEMA's review of alleged inadequacies in Arkansas' State and local radiological emergency plans. The alleged inadecuacies, relating to impediments to evacuation during adverse weather conditions, were delivered to Region IV in a petition signed by some 261 residents of the emergency planning zone around Arkansas Nuclear One.

IDAHO Radiation Control Program Staffing Idaho responded in writing to NRC's cortinuing concerns about a shortage of health physics staff in the State's radiation control program. In a letter dated February 24, the State told NRC that it is continuing its hiring efforts and does not plan to utilize consultants in the interim (one technical staff member has been hired and begar. work on March 14). The Regional State Agreements Officer as in Boise, Idaho on February 29 to assess the status of Idaho's radioactive materials licersing and inspection procrams.

KANSAS Nuclear Safety Engineer Legislation A bill (House Bill 2936) was introduced in the Kansas Legislature that would create the position of Nuclear Safety Engineer on the staff of the Kansas Corporatinn Commission to "monitor the operation and management of all nuclear powered electric generating facilities located in Kansas in all aspects which may directly or indirectly affect the health and safety of the inhabitants of the state." Region IV has requested OGC review through SLITP and has made Kansas officials aware that NRC has an interest in this legislation.

LOUISIANA River Bend Rate Case A Louisiana state district court judge granted Gulf States Utilities (GSU) a temporary injunction in its suit against the State Public Service Coesnission.

The injunction gives GSU an imediately effective rate increase and allows the company to phase in the costs of the River Bend plant over four years. Still at issue is GSU's appeal of the PSC's decision to disallow $1.4 billion of GSU's investment in River Bend. (See Texas report for related discussion.)

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9-NEBRASKA Petition Drive and Proposed Legislation l An effort was begun in February to force Nebraska to withdraw from the five-state Central Interstate low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact and to l require voter approval of any waste disposal facility in the State. j Organizations supporting the effort hopp to get enough signatures on a  ;

petition to have the issues placed on the ballot for the November general  !

election. Nebraska was selected in December 1987 as the location for a j disposal facility to serve the Central Compact. '

In a related matter, at least two bills have been introduced in the Nebraska  !

legislature that also would require voter approval of the location of a disposal facility. One of the bills would, among other things, prohibit the disposal of wastes from the decomissioning of a reactor and require the facility developer to guarantee property values in the vicinity.

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l Because GSU serves customers in both Texas and Louisiana, the TexaI Public '

Utilities Comission also is considering the company's rate requests related I to the River Bend plant. In February, the PUC decided that GSU had proved only $1.6 billion of the company's $3.1 billion investment in River Bend to have been "reasonable." However, the PUC's decision pemits GSU to attempt to prove at a later time that any portion of the remainder of its expenditures was reasonable and thus should be included in the rate base. The PVC is still considering what GSU should be able to charge its customers in Texas and expects to complete that action in March.

Radiation Protection Week On February 5, the Deputy Regional Administrator (ORA) represented NRC at a ceremony in the Governor's office marking the 25th anniversary of Texas having become an Agreement State and declaring the week of February 29-March 4 Radiation Protection Week. The DRA, accompanied by the Regional State Liaison Officer, also met with the Governor's liaison officer to NRC and officials in the Bureau of Radiation Control and the low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority.

Meeting on University Reactor Jurisdictional Issues l

On February 10, the Regional State Agreements Officer and the Chief of the Facilities Radiological Protection Section met in Austin, Texas, with officials of the Bureau of Radiation Control to discuss several jurisdictional issues regarding the Texas A&M University Nuclear Science Center. A draf t Infomation Notice, "Regulatory Responsibilities for Byproduct Materials at Non-Power Reactors," served as the basis for discussions. There was general agreement that this notice provides the guidance needed to resolve jurisdictional issues at non-power reactors in Agreement States.

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Nuclear Eneroy Education Program On February 15, the Regional State Liaison Officer participated in a nuclear energy educational program at the Clark Middle School in Laredo, Texas, by describing the role of the NRC in regulating nuclear power plants and other facilities.

REGION V CALIFORNIA (mergencyResponselegislation Although the Senate Task Force on Nuclear Emergency Response has not yet released the final report of its year-long evaluation of offsite emergency preparedness around nuclear power facilities in California, State Senator Gary Hart has introduced SB 2591, a bill enacting Task Force recomendations.

Among other things, this bill would require the State Department of Health Services to: (1) develop communications systems for quick dissemination of emergency response information; (2) distribute specified materials,to physicians and surgeons; (3) establish executive order guidelines for the establishment of a radiation emergency response team; and (4) establish guidelines for developing special medical facilities for treating radiation victims. The bill would also establish a Citizens Advisory Committee on Radiation Emergency Planning. One of the Committee's responsibilities would l be to report annually recomendations on how emergency plans may be improved. '

ARIZONA Interim Visit to Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency On February 1-4, 1988, Jack Hornor, Regional State Agreements Representative, conducted an interim visit to the Arinna Radiation Regulatory Agency to ascertain the status of the radiation control program since the last regular review.

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Interim Visit to Nevada Radiological Health Section On February 16-18, 1988, Lloyd Bolling, SLITP, conducted an interim visit to the Nevada Radiological Health Section to review the status of its radiation control program.

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