ML20207T137
| ML20207T137 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 03/19/1987 |
| From: | Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Curran D HARMON & WEISS |
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| ML20207T138 | List: |
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| FOIA-86-849 NUDOCS 8703230240 | |
| Download: ML20207T137 (2) | |
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INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST E 1 9 1987
.eese DOCKET NUM8EntSi ut opptreams REQUESTER J r? h 2.
Uf"P R h PART 1.-RECORDS RELEASED OR NOT LOCATED (See checked boxest No agency records subject to the request have boon located.
No additional agency records subsect to the request have been located.
Agency recorde subject to the request that are ident#ied in Appendia are already availatie for public inspecte end copying in the NRC Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC.
Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendia b
are being made available for public inspection and copying in the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street. N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOIA number and requester name.
I' The nonproprietary version of the proposal (s) that you agreed to accept in a telephone conversation with a member of my staff is now being made avalable for public inspection and coying at the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOIA number and requester name.
Enclosed is information on how you may obtain access to and the charges for copying records placed in the NRC Public Document Room,171 AH Street, N.W., Washington, DC.
Agency records sub;ect to the request are enclosed. Aray applicable charge for copies of the records provided and payment procedures are noted in the comments section.
Records subject to the request have been referred to another Federal agency (ies) for review and direct response to you.
In view of NRC's response to this request, no further action is bemg taken on appealletter dated PART ll.A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Certain information in the requesied records is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the FOIA exemptions described in and for the reasons stated in Part il, sec-tions B, C, and D. Any released portions of the documents for which only part of the record is being withheld are being made available for public inspects and copying in the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street. N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOIA number and requester name.
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SutTE 430 WASHINGTON, D.C. 2ooo9-H25 GAIL MCGREEVY H ARMON TELEPHONE ELLYN R WEISS (202)328 3500 DIANE CURRAN DEAN R. TOUSLEY ANDREA C. FERSTER -
October 21, 1986 HAND DELIVERED FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST Donnie H. Grimsley, Director Division of Rules and Records
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Dear Mr. Grimsley:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U. S.C. S 552, et seq., the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution ("NECNP")
requests that you make available the following documents that re-late to statements made on page 36 of a memorandum from Victor Stello, Jr. to Samuel J.
Ch ilk, re:
" Report Requested by Commis-sioners Asselstine - and Be rnthal."
Copies of the relevant pages of the memorandum are attached.
For each document identified in response to this request, please identify the title and date of the document, the author, the author's title, and the recipient of the document.
i 1.
Please identify and release all documents which form the basis for the the statements made in paragraph (1) on page 36.
2.
Please identify and release the " currently available models" for dose projections to which paragraph (2) refers, and release any documents that indicate at what nuclear power plants those models are used.
3.
Please identify and release all NRC staff risk assess-ments involving plume washout, as described in paragraph (2).
4.
Please identify and release all documents reflecting the way in which conservative assumptions used to compensate for un-certainties in licensing evaluations are developed and used, as described in paragraph (2).
5.
Please identify and release all documents which describe l
the research described in paragraph (3), all results of that re-
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HARMON & WEISS Donnie H. Grimsley December 10, 1986 l
Page.2 search, and any documents which describe the current status of the research.
NECNP is an intervenor in the Seabrook operating license proceeding.
The organization intends to use this information in the licensing hearings to further the public's interest in the safety of operation of the Seabrook plant.
Therefore we request that you waive any copying and search fees pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 9.14(c).
I look forward to receiving your response within ten working days, as required by the Freedom of Information Act.
Sincerely, Diane Curran
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APR 3 0 SE ME*CRANDUM FOR:
Samuel J. Chilk Secretary F::M:
Victor Stello, Jr.
Executive Director for Operations S;. EJECT:
REPORT REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONERS ASSELSTINE AND BERNTHAL Ir. response to your memorandum of November 20, 1985, enciesed is a report as re:uested by Comissioners Asselstine and Bernthal on research projects which f:- budgetary reasons were deferred or coulo not be accomplished. This report a;so addresses the impact of the deferred and cancelled research projects.
Ir prioritizing research activities, the staff has attempted to provide for a stable, prcperly balanced research program focused on supporting regulatory ac tivities to ensure safety at operating facilities.
There is clear re:ognition in this prioritization that industry must as'sume 'the burden of fc-ding research wnere industry is the primary benefactor.
I do not articipate that the deferred or cancelled projects will have an adverse impact er the health and safety of th public.
However, the effect of the erosion of research capabilities and the resultant inabilities to provide necessary irformation to answer safety questions cannot be[undetes_timated for the future.
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Executive Directs for Operations' Er. closure:
Ir cact of Budget Cuts on NRC's Ability to Assure Safety cc: Chairman Palladino Comissioner Roberts Comissioner Asselstine Comissioner Bernthal Comissioner Zech OGC OPE Y
Real-Time Atmospheric Dispersion, Plume Rise and Washout Model Evaluation (Frogram Terininated in FY 1984 with a reduction of 5900K.
The out year projections had been $350K for each of FY 1985, 1986, and 1987.)
1.
Safety Issue:
The currently available real-time atmospheric dispersion, precipitation washout and plume rise models for dose projections in emergency response situations have not been adequately validated.
Accordingly, there is the potential for an inappropriate, unreliable or inaccurate model being used in an emergency response situation and which would produce incorrect dose projections. Washout of radionuclides due to precipitation falling through the plume and carried to the ground has not been accurately quantified.
Risk assessments and other licensing evaluations in which the models are used have large uncertainties.
2.
Current Treatment by NRC:
The currently available models are necessarily used for emergency response dose projections by licensees and the NRC, pending further information on their performance under different meteorological and other terrain conditions and their accuracy and reliability.
NRC staff risk assessments involving plume washout continue to have large uncertainties in a scenario that contributes significantly to calculated potential prompt fatalities. Conservative assumptions are 1
used to compensate for uncertainties in licensing evaluations using those models.
3.
Role of Deferred Research:
The deferred research was to validate models used for emergency response dose projections and other ifcensing actions to ensure that they are reliable and accurate under all meteorological and terrain situations in which they will be applied. This validation can be accomplished only by comparing model results from data collected during field tests.
4.
Prospect of Work Being Performed by Industry:
Essentially none.
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