ML22230A190
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| Issue date: | 04/19/1978 |
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RITURN TO s:cRETAR\\A1 RECOROS NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF:
PUBLIC MEETING AFFIRMATION SESSION 78-4 Place -
Washington, D. C.
Date -
Wednesday, 19 April 1978 ACE - FEDERAL REPORTERS, INC.
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25 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.
PUBLIC MEETING AFFIRMATION SESSION 78-4 Room 1130 1717 H Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
Wednesday, 19 April 1978 The Commission met, pursuant to notice, at 2:25 p.m.
BEFORE:
DR. JOSEPH M. HENDRIE, Chairman PETER A. BRADFORD, Commissioner RICHARDT. KENNEDY, Commissioner PRESENT:
- s. CHILK, Secretary J. HOYLE, Assistant Secretary l
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P R*O CE ED ING S CHAIRMAN HENDRIE:
Do you have a list of things on.whjch we agree we can affirm1 MR.* CHILKz Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN HENDRIE:
You may proceed.
.MR. CHILK:
We have some i terns,on the affirmation iist to be affirmed.
And as I go through the~, in one or two instances, we are going to need a vote to hold on
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Short noti.ce.
.C)ne.of them wi 11 be.78-28,. which was put on the schedule late *
.CHAIRMAN HENDRIE*
Warn us when you get to it.
MR. CH1LK:
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- The first.item is78-142. It deals with the physical protection of Class JI and Class JfI material.
The purpose of the paper was to.obtain.the Commission"'s approval on 10 C~F.R., Paft 73, an amendment on which NRC was considering an amendment to its regulations +/-or physical protection of plants, materials, including manpower, reactors.
The amendments would require physical pr.otection measures against* theft,.of special nuclear material of moderate and low strategic_ ~ignificance, and would have proposed, in the interest of common defense and security.
All of you have approved it.
Commissioner kennedy has suggested that, since some of the licensees are universities, that a letter of
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notification would be.desirable.
Mr.* Bradford has concurred in that.
.COMMISSIONER KENNEDY:
Unless someone can 4
reasonably assure me that universities, as a rule, read 5
the Federal Register avidly each morning at the beginning 6
of their day.
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We are prepared to write letters to 8
the universities, unless there is -
I would*a~k you to 9
affirm yQur votes.
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Those in favor?
Aye.
COMMISSIONER KENNEDY-:
Aye.
COMMISSIONER BRADFORD:
Aye.
COMMIS&IONER GILJNSKY:
Aye.
.CHAIRMAN HENDRIE:
So ordered.
The second item is SECY-78-159, an 1 7 amendment to 10 C. F. R. 50/70 to provide for resident inspectors and 18 prompt facility access to NRC inspection persoonel.
19 This is a paper which requests your approval of 20 public comment, changes to part 50/]0, for which we require 21 a power-reactor li~ensee, and construction permit holders, 22 and selected fuel-cycle facility ljcensees, to provide 23 on-site office space and prompt facility access to inspection 24 personnel.
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Commissioner Kennedy has questioned the need for a press release *. Chairman Hendrie has indicated he likes a press release, but subject to our working that out, I would ask you to affirm your vote on that.
CHAIRMAN HENDRIE:
Those in favor1 Aye.
COMMISSIONER KENNEDY-a Aye.
COMMISSIONER BRADFORD:
Aye.
COMMISSJ.ONER.GILJNSKY:
Aye.
COMMISS.IONER KENNEDY-:
Useless press releases, I would note +/-or the record, serve no purpose.
.CHAIRMAN HENDRIE-:
I would withdraw the comment on the press release.
COMMISSIONER KENNEDY*
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. think it is useless paper conveying, I might add, sometimes an erroneous impression and not the one intended by the press release.
MR. CHILK:
The first item deals with SECY-A-78-28, which is a review of two ALABs: Wolf Creek Generating Station and Hartsville.
And before I go through that, I will need a short-notice vote from the Commission to add that.
CHAIRMAN HENDRIE:
May I have your vote on the short notice so we can consider it?
Aye.
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COMMISSIONER KENNEDY:
Aye.
COMMISSION.ER BRADFORD:
Aye.
C0MMISSI.0NER,GILINSKY:
Aye.
CHAIRMAN HENDRIE:
So ordered.
MR. CHILK:
The purpose is to obtain Commission 6
approval of an order to extend the time for a review of both matters 7
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- The attached order would extend the time for
.Commission review o.f both ALABs until 30 days after the final board a.ct ions.
COMMISSIONER KENNEDY:
462 and 4631 MR. CHILK:
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I have signed votes from Chairman Hendrie and Commissioner Kennedy.
I understand that Commissioner Bradf.ord and.Gilinsl<y also.
Can I ask you to affirm?
~HAIRMAN HENDRIE:
Those in favor1 Aye *
. COMM! SS I.ONER KENNEDY:
Aye.
COMMISS.I0NER BRADFORD*
Aye.
COMMISSIONER GILINSKY:
Aye.
MR. CHILK:
I have one other item -- I thought I had -- which I would like t.o bring up.
That is, SECY-78-48B
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which is an as~essment of the environmental. impacts of uranium mills in agreement states.
COMMISSIONER KENNEDY:
I was just informed by 4
my (?ffice that there were some changes being proposed in 5
this paper, by OGC.
I have not seen them.
I have no 6
intenti.on whatever of voting on the matter this afternoon.
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Might I just ask one thin~1 There 8
were some changes.
There were some changes-made by 9
Commissioner Gilinsky-"s office, and some later changes made 10 by Commissioner Bradford's office.
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I have not seen them and 1 2 13 do not intend to vote on the matter this afternoon.
CHAIRMAN HENDRIE:
Dkay; it will carry over.
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I have nothing further.
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.Can I just mention, for the re.c.ord, 16 one that was on the list and got dr.opped2 17 MR. CHILK:
There were two that got dropped.
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I wan te.d to make a comment about one.
19 We have made a iecommendation in the matter of a 206 denial 20 by a case with reference to Detroit Edisorr's FERMI facility 21 where we had recommended review.
I am informed that there 22 w~re three negative votes on our recommendation.
Is that 23 24 25 right?
Is that correct?
MR. CHILK:
I can~t answer your question.
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In any event, of these two I believe the Chairman and Commissioner Kennedy did not agree with 3
our recommendation.
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MR. CHILK:
There were -two that I know of.'
MR. KELLEYr Two is enough, because it takes 6
three to carry the day.
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Mr. Bradford indicated his interest in the subject.
We have 9
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So it would give us a generic forum from which to look at the same question.
I think your not reviewing it here does not forecLose a fairly timely lo6k at the same issue.
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I think that is fair enough.
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I wouldn-' t agree with that, 18 but I guess we are not in a position to discuss it at this 19 point.
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.CHAIRMAN HENDRIE:
Let's see.
I would like to 21 move forward and g~t the other two items before the house.
22 We have a discussion of the Prarie Island, Vermont Yankee 23 recommendation from the general counsel in the matter, 24 recommending a -- let*'s see.
We have petitions for review 25 of ALAS, in particular.
We have a petition for review of
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ALAB 455.
We have another.one, a similar sor.t o.f a _thing, I believe, for ALAS 459.
The substantive matters are quite different.
LetJs talk about 455.
Does somebody want to do this; very briafly2 MR. VASSALLO:
In ALAB 455, it deals with the expansion of the spent-fuel capacities at Pr.arie Island and Vermont Yankee.
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