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| issue date = 01/06/1998
| title = Press Release-IV-98-001 NRC Chairman Jackson and International Nuclear Regulators Schedule News Conference in Walnut Creek
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{{#Wiki_filter:U.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionOfficeofPublicAffairs,RegionIVWalnutCreekFieldOffice1450MariaLane,WalnutCreek,CA94596-5378CONTACT:MarkHammondJan.6,1998Office:(510)975-0254FORIMMEDIATERELEASE Home:(415)674-1024 RIV98-01NRCCHAIRMANJACKSONANDINTERNATIONALNUCLEARREGULATORSSCHEDULENEWSCONFERENCEINWALNUTCREEKDr.ShirleyAnnJackson,ChairmanoftheU.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommission,willholdanewsconferencethisweekinWalnutCreek,California,duringameetingoftopofficials ofthenuclearregulatoryagenciesofCanada,France,Germany,Japan,Spain,Sweden,the UnitedKingdomandtheUnitedStates.Thenewsconferencewillbeat5:15p.m.Thursday,January8,attheNRC'sRegionIVFieldOfficeinWalnutCreek.TheNRCofficeislocatedat1450MariaLane,intheCreekside Oaksofficepark,offNewellAvenuebetweenBroadwayandSouthMainStreetindowntown WalnutCreek.ChairmanJacksonwillmakesomebriefintroductoryremarks,andthenwillbe available,alongwiththeotherINRAmembers,forquestionsfromthemedia.ThenewsconferencewilltakeplaceonthefirstdayofameetingoftheInternationalNuclearRegulatorsAssociation(INRA).TheAssociationwascreatedinMay1997inaneffort toenhanceinternationalcooperationandcommunicationsofahighpolicylevelamongnuclear regulators,andtherebyimprovenuclearsafetyandtheregulationofnuclearreactorsand materialsworldwide.Dr.JacksonistheINRAChairman.BesidesthemeetingattheNRC'sWalnutCreekoffice,officialswillalsovisittwoU.S.DepartmentofEnergy(DOE)facilities:theLawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratoryin Livermore,California,andYuccaMountaininNevada,thesitenorthwestofLasVegasbeing evaluatedforitssuitabilitybyDOEasapermanentgeologicrepositoryforthespentfuel generatedinU.S.commercialnuclearreactors.NRCwouldbethelicensingagencyforthe repositoryandhasbeenmonitoringDOE'sstudiesatYuccaMountain.NRChasbegun identifyingkeytechnicalissuesassociatedwiththelicensingofageologicrepositoryatthat
 
site.Duringthemeeting,topregulatorswillcontinuediscussions,begunattheINRA'sinauguralmeetinglastMayinParis,onnationaltrendsinelectricgenerationandtheireffecton nuclearsafety.Itwillalsofocusonhownationalregulatoryapproachesimpactnuclearsafety andtheidentificationofkeyelementsinnuclearsafetyregulationworldwide.
2TheINRAmeetstwiceayear.BesidesDr.Jackson,INRAmembersare:Canada--Dr.AgnesBishop,PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer,AtomicEnergyControlBoard.France--Andre-ClaudeLacoste,Director,DirectoratefortheSafetyofNuclearInstallations.Germany--GeraldHennenhofer,Director-GeneralforNuclearSafety,FederalMinistryforEnvironment,NatureConservationandNuclearSafetyJapan--YasumasaTogo,Chairman,NuclearSafetyCommissionTomihiroTaniguchi,DeputyDirector-General,MinistryofInternationalTradeandIndustrySpain--Dr.JuanManuelKindelan,President,CouncilforNuclearSafetySweden--LarsHogberg,Director-General,NuclearPowerInspectorateUnitedKingdom--Dr.SamA.Harbison,DirectorandChiefInspector,NuclearInstallationsInspectorate,HealthandSafetyExecutive
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