ML20154M670

Transcript of 880916 Affirmation/Discussion & Vote in Rockville,Md Re General Statement of Policy & Procedures for Enforcement Actions (10CFR2,App C) & Final Rule on Emergency Planning & Preparedness.Pp 1-6

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Issue date:	09/16/1988
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE i

Location: ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND l

Date: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1988 ,

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The transcript is intended solely for general informational purposes. As provided by 10 CFR 9.103, it is not part of the formal or informal record of decision of the matters discussed. Expressions of opinion in ti.is transcript do not necessarily reflect final determination or beliefs, 2 No pleading or* o'4her paper may be filed with the Commissian l in any proceeding as the result of, or addressed to, any statement or argument contained herein, except as the Commission may authorize.

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1 1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2 NUCLEAR R'EGULATORY COMMISSION 3

4 AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE 5

6 PUBLIC MEETING 7

8 9 Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 10 Rockville, Maryland 11 Friday, September 16, 1988 12 13 The Commission met in open session, pursuant to 14 notice, at 11:55 a.m., the Honorable LANDO W. ZECH, Chairman 15 of the Commission, presiding.

16 17 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:

18 LANDO W. ZECH, Chairman of the Commission 19 THOMAS M. ROBERTS, Member of the Commission 20 KENNETH M. CARR, Member of Li.: Commission 21 KENNETH C. ROGERS , Member of the Commission 22 23 24 t

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. 3 g PROCEEDINGS 2 (11:55 a.m.)

3 CilAIRMAN ZEC11: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

4 This is an affirmation session. Before I ask the Secretary 8 to walk us through the item we have before us this morning, 6 do any of my follow Commissioners have any comments to make?

7 (No response.)

8 CilAIRMAN ZECit t . Mr. Dates, you may proceed.

9 MR. DATES: Mr. Chairman, we have one item to add 10 this morning to the affirmation sgssion. It is SECY-88-226.

11 We need to have you vote .n it to hold that on less than one 12 weeks notice.

( 13 CliAIRMAN ZECH: E):cuse me. Is it 226 or 246? That 14 has been confused here a little bit. I thought it was 246.

15 COMMISSIONER ROBERTS: 246 was already on there.

16 Cl! AIRMAN ZECil: Oh, it's already on.

17 MR. BATES: We are adding 226 on short notice.

18 C il A I R M A N Z E C il : All right.

19 MR. BATES: We need to ask you to vote to hold that 20 on less than one weeks notice.

21 CilAIRMAN ZECH: Aye.

22 COMMISSIONER ROBERTS: Aye.

23 COMMISSIONER CARR: Aye.

24 COMMISSIONER ROGERS: Aye.

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M MR. BATES: Mr. Chairman,88-226, the revision to

4 1 the general statement of policy and procedures for enforcement 2 actions, 10 CFR, Part 2, Appendix C; the Commission is being 3 asked to approve final revisions to Appendix C which would 4 revise the Commission's enforcement policy to, among other 5 considerations, provide added incentives for licensees to 6 identify, report, and correct significant violations.

7 All Commissioners have approved the policy changes 8 with modifications proposed by the Chairman and 9 Commissioner Carr.

10 Would you please affirm your votes?

11 CHAIRMAN ZECH: Aye.

12 COMMISSIONER ROGERS: Aye, 13 COMMISSIONER ROBERTS: Aye.

14 COMMISSIONER CARR Aye.

15 MR. BATES: The second item, Mr. Chairman, is 16 88-246, the final rule on emergency planning and 17 preparedness requirements for nuclear power plant fuel 18 loading and initial low power testing.

19 The Commission is being asked to approve final Mi changes to 10 CPR 50.47, paragraph (d) of the Commission's 21 Rules. The changes are intended to reconcile discrepancies 22 between the language of the statement of considerations anc M the language of the Commission's 1982 omergency planning 24 rule, by making clear that systems for notification of the 25 public off site are not required prior to the issuance of a

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1 2 All Commissioners have approved the rule changes j 3 with editorial comments provided by Commissioner Carr.

4 Would you affirm your vote?

5 CHAIRMAN ZECH: Before we vote on that, let me just 6 make a comment. The rule that we are voting on today is 7 designed to remove an inconsistency in the NRC's emergency a planning rules. As issued in 1982, those rules provided that e for low power testing of nuclear power plants only on site

, 10 emergency planning would be needed.

11 Nevertheless, the statement of consideration i 12 accompanying the rule states that before authorizing low 13 power testing, the NRC would review systems such as sirens 14 for prompt notification of the public off site.

15 That rule that we are voting on today would remove 16 that inconsistency and make clear, as the 1982 rule intended, 17 that only on site emergency planning is needed for fuel 18 load;ag and low power testing.

19 I might add that although the problem we are 20 addressing today came to light in the context of the Seabrook 21 licensing proceeding, we are not deciding today whether that t

22 plant should receive a low power license. What we are doing 23 today is simply assuring that our rules are internally 24 consistent.

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. 6 1 Commissioners have indicated that you will ': prove the rule 2 changes. Would you please affirm your vcte?

3 CHAIRMAN ZECH: Aye.

4 COMMISSIONER ROBERTS: Aye.

5 COMMISSIONER CARR Aye.

6 COMMISSIONER ROGERS: Aye.

7 CHAIRMAN ZECll Is there anything else to come 8 before us?

9 MR. DATES: Mr. Chairman, we had one third item to that we had li wed tentatively on the schedule in the matter 11 of ALAB-895 on Seabrook on financial qualifications. On 12 this matter, the Commission has not yet completed its 1

13 deliberations. We will have to postpone that item.

14 CilAIRMAN ZECll: We will not vote on that financial 15 qualifications issue today. All right. Anything else to l -

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I 17 (No response.)

18 Cl! AIRMAN ZECH: If not, thank you very much. We 19 stand adjourned.

3) (Whereupon, at 12:01 o' clock, p.m., the Commission 21 meeting was adjourned.)

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