ML20237E936
| ML20237E936 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 08/28/1998 |
| From: | Kane W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Howard R AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| NUDOCS 9809010303 | |
| Download: ML20237E936 (2) | |
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! August 28,_1998 Mr. Ronald C. Howard l
Assistant Vice President Quality Engineering Services Department i
The Hartford Steam Boiler inspection -
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- One State Street P.O. Box 5024 Hartford, Connecticut 06102-5024 i
Dear Mr. Howard:
L i have received your August 21,1998, letter, in which you express your support for third-party inspection of spent fuel storage cask construction, repairs, alterations, and maintenance.
l Additionally, you state your support for the standards promulgated under the American Society
- of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Section lil, Division 3.
This topic is under consideration by the staff. - As you may know, the staff has met with the Nuclear Energy Institute and other industry representatives in two workshops, held on July 1 j
and August 25,1998, to discuss ASME code-related issues. The staff appreciates the views you expressed in your letter and will take all suggestions and comments into consideration before a final decision is reached. Since this may ultimately involve rulemaking, the
' Commission will provide specific guidance on what action the staff should pursue. If rulemaking L
-is proposed, the public will have an opportunity to comment on the proposed rule and staff actions subsequent to a Commission decision if the rulemaking process begins and public L
comments are solicited, I urge you to make your views known at that time.
Sincerely, Original signed by:
i William F. Kane, Director l
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Dear Mr. Howard:
I have received your August 21,1998, letter, in which you express your support for third-party inspection of spent fuel storage cask construction, repairs, alterations, and maintenance.
Additionally, you state your support for the standards promulgated under the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Section 111, Division 3.
This topic is under consideration by the staff. As you may know, the staff has met with the Nuclear Energy Institute and other industry representatives in two workshops, held on July 1 and August 26,1998, to discuss ASME code-related issues. The staff appreciates the views l
you expressed in your letter and will take all suggestions and comments into consideration before a final decision is reached. Since this may ultimately involve rulemaking, the Commission will provide specific guidance on what action the staff should pursue. If rulemaking is propcsed, the public will have an opportunity to comment on the proposed rule and staff actions subsequent to a Commission decision. If the rulemaking process begins and public comments are solicited, I urge you to make your views known at that time.
l Sincerely, i
William F. Kane, Director Spent Fuel Project Office l
Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards I
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