ML20205M077
| ML20205M077 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 01/29/1987 |
| From: | Jennifer Davis NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Udall M HOUSE OF REP., ENERGY & COMMERCE, HOUSE OF REP., INTERIOR & INSULAR AFFAIRS, SENATE, ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS |
| References | |
| FRN-52FR2540, RULE-PR-30, RULE-PR-32 AB34-1-30, AB34-2-44, NUDOCS 8704020264 | |
| Download: ML20205M077 (2) | |
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19 6Y7' JAN 3$ W Chairman Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Washington, DC 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Enclosed for the information of the Subcommittee are copies of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to be published in the Federal Register.
The proposed amendments to 10 CFR Parts 30 and 32 will provide clearly in the regulations for the long-standing practice whereby manufacturers of sealed sources of radioactive material and devices containing sealed sources file radiation safety information about their products with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The information is evaluated and when refer-l enced in specific license applications by the manufacturers' customers, is used by the NRC and the Agreement States in determining that an applicant's proposed equipment and facilities are adequate to protect health and minimize danger to life or property.
This practice is currently conducted under a general provision in the regulations that allows an applicant for specific license to incorporate, by reference in an application, information contained in previous reports filed with the Commission.
The practice is extensively used. The NRC maintained sealed source and device registry contains information on approximately 3,000 models of sources and devices from about 400 manufacturers and distributors (vendors). -
Both the NRC and the 28 Agreement State licensing groups contribute data to and use the registry.
We believe that the practice has now sufficiently matured and is used to the extent that it warrants specific provision in.the regulations.
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cation of the rule will assure that all vendors of sealed sources a.nd devices are informed of this practice and will clearly state that manufac-turers registering their products with the NRC have a responsibility to ensure that the distributed products meet the radiation safety related specifications filed with'the registry.
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In view of the minor nature of the proposed amendments which merely formalize present practice, the Commission considers that i'ssuance of a public announcement is not warranted.
Sincerely, M 9.Sigir John G. Davis, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Enclosure:
As stated cc:
Ranking Minority Member Distribution NMSS R/F D.B. Mausshardt FC Central File J.G. Davis FC Files E. Heumann S. Baggett S. Cornell V. Miller C. Seelig R.E. Cunningham J. Fouchard, PA Congr. Affairs Identical letters sent to:
The Honorable Morris K. Udall, Chairman Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 cc:
Rep. Manuel Lujan Chairman Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives
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