Information Notice 1992-38, Implementation Date for the Revision to the EPA Manual of Protective Action Guides and Protective Actions for Nuclear Incidents

Implementation Date for the Revision to the EPA Manual of Protective Action Guides and Protective Actions for Nuclear Incidents

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Issue date:	05/26/1992
From:	Cunningham R NRC/NMSS/IMNS
To:
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IN-92-038, NUDOCS 9205050256
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COMMISSION

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION

&OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETX.AND

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c.;-20555 May 129219Rt 26 P2:27 NRC INFORMATION

NOTICE 92-38: IMPLEMENTATION

DATE FOR THE REVISION TO THE EPA MANUAL OF PROTECTIVE

ACTION GUIDES AND PROTECTIVE

ACTIONS FOR NUCLEAR INCIDENTS

Addressees

All holders of operating

licenses or construction

permits for nuclear power reactors, non-power

reactors and materials

licensees

authorized

to possess large quantities

of radioactive

material.

Purpose

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is issuing this information

notice to notify addressees

of a recent Commission

decision that will affect the implementation

date for the revised U.S. Environmental

Protection

Agency (EPA)Manual of Protective

Action Guides and Protective

Actions for Nuclear Incidents.

It is expected that recipients

will review the information

for applicability

to their facilities

and consider actions as appropriate.

However, suggestions

contained

in this information

notice are not NRC requirements;

therefore, no specific action or written response is required.Description

of Circumstances

On November 19, 1991, and January 23, 1992, the NRC issued Information

Notices 91-72, "Issuance

of a Revision to the EPA Manual of Protective

Action Guides and Protective

Actions for Nuclear Incidents" and 92-08, "Revised Protective

Action Guidance for Nuclear Incidents," respectively, to notify licensees

of a revision to EPA's Manual of Protective

Action Guides and Protective

Actions for Nuclear Incidents.

EPA revised this manual to incorporate

the current health physics practice for dose units and to expand the applicability

of the guidance to include nuclear incidents

for both commercial

and Federal facilities.

The NRC agreed with EPA's recommendation

to implement

the manual revision concurrently

with the revised Part 20 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

The original dates for implementing

the revised Part 20 were January 1, 1993, for NRC licensees, and January 1, 1994, for Agreement

States.On February 12, 1992, the Commission

informed the NRC staff of its decision to delay the required implementation

date of 10 CFR Part 20 for a period of 1 year to January 1, 1994. The staff has initiated

the necessary

rulemaking

to reflect this delay. To be consistent

with the change in the date for implemen-ting 10 CFR Part 20, the addressees

may delay for up to 1 year their implementa- tion of the revision to EPA's Manual of Protective

Action Guides and Protective

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Attachment

I IN 92-38 May 12, 1992 Page I of I Attachment

2 IN 92-38 Nay 12. 1992 Page I of I LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED NRC INFORMATION

NOTICES LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED NMSS INFORMATION

NOTICES Information

Information

Notice No.92-37 92-16, Supp. 1 92-36 92-35 92-34 92-33 92-32 Subject Implementation

of the Deliberate

Misconduct

Rule Loss of Flow from the Re-sidual Heat Removal Pump during Refueling

Cavity Draindown Intersystem

LOCA Outside Containment

Higher Than Predicted

Ero-sion/Corrosion

in Unisol-able Reactor Coolant Pres-sure Boundary Piping Inside Containment

at A Boiling Water Reactor New Exposure Limits for Airborne Uranium and Thorium Increased

Instrument

Response Time When Pressure Dampening Devices are Installed Problems Identified

with Emergency

Ventilation

Systems for Near-Site (Within 10Miles) Emer-gency Operations

Facili-ties and Technical

Support Centers Date of Issuance 05/08/92 05/07/92 05/07/92 05/06/92 Issued to All Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Licensees.

All holders of OLs or CPs for nuclear power reactors.All holders of OLs or CPs for nuclear power reactors.All holders of OLs or CPs for nuclear power reactors.Infonration

Notice No.92-37 92-34 92-14 92-11 92-10 Subject Implementation

of the Deliberate

Misconduct

Rule New Exposure Limits for Airborne Uranium and Thorium Uranium Oxide Fires at Fuel Cycle Facilities

Soil and Water Contamina- tion at Fuel Cycle Facil-ities Brachytherapy

Incidents Involving

Iridium-192

Wire Used In Endobronchial

Treatments

Revised Protective

Action Guidance for Nuclear Inci-dents New Reporting

Requirements

for Contamination

Events at Medical Facilities

(10 CFR 30.50)Date of Issuance Issued to 05/08/92 All Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

Licensees.

05/06/92 All licensees

whose opera-tions can cause airborne concentrations

of uranium and thorium.02/21/92 All fuel cycle and uranium fuel research and develop-ment licensees.

02/O5/92 All uranium fuel fabrica-tion and conversion

facil-itles.01/31/92 All Nuclear Regulatory

Com-mission (NRC) licensees authorized

to use iridium-192 for brachy-therapy; manufacturers

and distributors

of iridium-192 wire for use in brachy-therapy.01/23/92 All fuel cycle and materi-als licensees

authorized

to possess large quanti-ties of radioactive

materi-ial.12/27/91 All licensees

authorized

to use byproduct

materials for human use.05/06/92 All licensees

who e opera-tions can cause a rborne concentrations

of uranium and thorium.04/30/92 All holders of OLs or CPs for nuclear power reactors.92-08 04/29/92 All holders of OLs or CPs for nuclear power reactors.91-86 OL

• Operating

License CP -Construction

Permit

IN 92-34 May 6, 1992 The new revision to NRC Regulatory

Guide 8.25, "Air Sampling In The Workplace," gives guidance for setting up an air-sampling

program that can be used to estimate internal dose from airborne activity.

The associated

NUREG-1400

explains acceptable

implementation

of methods described

in Regulatory

Guide 8.25.In addition, Table 2 of Appendix B to 10 CFR 20.1001-20.2401 places much more stringent

limits on effluent concentrations

for soluble uranium and thorium in water, and for thorium and insoluble

uranium in air. The reduction

in the allowable

effluent concentrations

to about a hundredth

of the former values may necessitate

changes in procedures

or monitoring

methods, or may even necessitate

installation

of new effluent treatment

systems requiring appreciable

lead time to procure.This information

notice requires no specific action or written response.

If you have any questions

about the information

in this notice, please call the technical

contact listed below or the appropriate

NRC regional office.Richard E. Cunningham, Director Division of Industrial

and Medical Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Technical

contact: Edward Shum, NMSS (301) 504-2607 Attachments:

1. List of Recently Issued NMSS Information

Notices 2. List of Recently Issued NRC Information

Notices

Attachment

1 IN 92-34 May 6, 1992 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED NMSS INFORMATION

NOTICES Information

Date of Notice No. Subject Issuance Issued to 92-14 92-11 92-10 92-08 Uranium Oxide Fires at Fuel Cycle Facilities

Soil and Water Contamina- tion at Fuel Cycle Facil-ities Brachytherapy

Incidents Involving

Iridium-192

Wire Used in Endobronchial

Treatments

Revised Protective

Action Guidance for Nuclear Inci-dents New Reporting

Requirements

for Contamination

Events at Medical Facilities

(10 CFR 30.50)Problems with Criticality

Alarm Components/Systems

Training and Supervision

of Individuals

Supervised

by an Authorized

User 02/21/92 02/05/92 01/31/92 01/23/92 12/27/91 12/26/91 11/12/91 All fuel cycle and uranium fuel research and develop-ment licensees.

All uranium fuel fabrica-tion and conversion

facil-ities.All Nuclear Regulatory

Com-mission (NRC) licensees authorized

to use iridium-192 for brachy-therapy; manufacturers

and distributors

of iridium-192 wire for use in brachy-therapy.All fuel cycle and materi-als licensees

authorized

to possess large quanti-ties of radioactive

materi-ial .All licensees

authorized

to use byproduct

materials for human use.All Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) fuel cycle licensees, interim spent fuel storage licens-ees, and critical mass licensees.

All NRC medical licensees.

91-86 91-84 91-71