Press Release-IV-98-004, International Nuclear Regulators Continue Conference with Visits to Livermore Laboratory, Yucca Mountain

Press Release-IV-98-004 International Nuclear Regulators Continue Conference with Visits to Livermore Laboratory, Yucca Mountain

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U.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionOfficeofPublicAffairs,RegionIVWalnutCreekFieldOffice1450MariaLane,WalnutCreek,CA94596-5378RIV98-04CONTACT:MarkHammondJanuary,9,1998 Office:(510)975-0254FORIMMEDIATERELEASE Home:(415)674-1024 Pager:(800)916-4952INTERNATIONALNUCLEARREGULATORSCONTINUECONFERENCEWITHVISITSTOLIVERMORELABORATORY,YUCCAMOUNTAINTheInternationalNuclearRegulatorsAssociation,createdinMay1997inanefforttoenhanceinternationalcooperationandcommunicationsamongtopnuclearregulatorsandto improvenuclearsafetyandregulationworldwide,wrappeduptheinitialportionofitssemi-annualmeetingFridaymorninginWalnutCreek,California.INRAconsistsoftopnuclear regulatorsfromCanada,France,Germany,Japan,Spain,Sweden,theUnitedKingdomandthe UnitedStates.ThegroupmetattheU.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionRegionIVFieldOfficeinWalnutCreek.FromtheNRCoffice,thegroupproceededonatouroftheU.S.Departmentof Energy'sLawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratoryonFridayafternoon.AtLawrenceLivermore, INRAmembersmetwiththeLaboratory'sseniormanagementandtouredtheLab'sAtomic VaporLaserSeparation,NationalIgnitionandPlutoniumfacilities.OnMonday,Jan.12,INRAmembersarescheduledtotourtheDOE'sYuccaMountainsite,whichisbeingconsideredasarepositoryforthespentfuelgeneratedbycommercial powerreactorsinUnitedStates.Duringthemeeting,INRAmembersdiscussedhownationalregulatoryapproachesimpactnuclearsafety.Membersareidentifyingcommonkeyelementsinnuclearsafety regulationtoformabasisforevaluatingandstrengtheningthesafetyofnuclearpower programsworldwide.Theyalsoarediscussinghowtobestplanforandcoordinateapproaches toassistingothernationsindevelopingrobustnuclearsafetyprograms.Dr.ShirleyAnnJackson,ChairmanofboththeNRCandINRA,willconductanewsconferenceat6p.m.MondayattheYuccaMountainScienceCenter,4101MeadowsLanein LasVegas.Shewillmakebriefintroductoryremarksandbeavailable,alongwithotherINRA members,forquestions.ChairmanJacksonalsoconductedanewsconferenceonThursdayin WalnutCreek.TheINRAmeetstwiceayear.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