ML20214V580

Forwards Grant for Financial Assistance for Acs Symposium Entitled Chemical Phenomena Associated W/Radioactivity Releases During Severe Nuclear Plant Accidents, for Execution

ML20214V580
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Issue date:	03/02/1986
From:	Smith P NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Niemcsyk S AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
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New Grant No. NRC-04-86-303 for the American Chemical Society's Symposium Entitled " Chemical Phenomena Associated With Radioactivity Releases During Severe Nuclear Plant Accidents" Enclosed for your review and execution are four unsigned copies of the subject grant which provides Commission financial assistance in the amount of

$5,000.00 for the grant period of December 1,1985 through December 31, 1986.

The total amount of this grant is $5,000.00.

Also enclosed is Standard Form 424 (including Parts Il through V) which you should review and complete.

Please note that payment under this grant will be accomplished in accordance with Paragraph 20, Grant Payment Information of the Notice of Award and Article 10, Payment and Financial Reporting Requirements of Appendix A, General Provisions. Subrission of your request for payment should be on Standard Form 270 (copy enclosed) in an original and one copy addressed to:

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Resource Management ATTN: GOV /COM ACCOUNTS Division of Accounting and Finance Washington, DC 20555 A second copy of the request for payment should be addressed to:

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Administration ATTN: Grants Officer Division of Contracts Washington, DC 20555 If this grant is acceptable to you, please so indicate by having three copies executed on behalf of your organization, including affixation of your seal, and return them to me. The fourth copy is for your retention. Following receipt of the three copies of the grant, I will execute them on behalf of the Commission and return one fully executed copy to you.

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1 PART II PROJECT APPROVAL INFORMATION Item 1. Name of Governing Body:

Does this assistance request require State, local, regional, or other priority rating?

Yes x No Priority Rating item 2.

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State, or local advisory, educational or health clearances?

Yes X No (AttachDocumentation)

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Does this assistance request require Name of Approving Agency:

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Federal land or installation?

Yes X No Location of Federal Land Percent of Project Item 8.

Will the assistance requested have See instructions for additional an impact or effect on the information to be provided, environment?

Yes X No Item 9.

Will the assistance requested cause Number of:

the displacement of individuals, Individuals families, businesses, or farms?

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5. TYPE OF AWARD 6. GRANTEE TYPE Section 31a and 141b of Atom ic Grant Non-Profit Energy Act of 1955, as amend ed

7. TEE NAME MD ADRESS 8. PROJECT TITLE American Chemical Society Symposium on Chemical Phenomena 1545 18th Street, NW M t'L.

Washington, DC 2003d Associated with Severe Nuclear Plent Accident

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10. TECHNICAL REPORTS ARE REQUIRED GRMTEE'S PROPOSAL (S) Entitled - See Block 8 PROGRESS AND FINAL DATED November 22, 1985 AND X FINAL ONLY APPENDIX A - PROJECT GRANT PROVISIONS OTHER ..

11. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (S) NAME ANu 12. NRC PROGRAM OFFICE (NAME AND ADDRES ADDRESS Dr. Susan J. Niemczyk J. Mitchell

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15. FUNDING SOURCES SOURCE AMOUNT NRC:

THIS GRANT $ 5,000.00 PREVIOUSLY -o-OBLIGATED $

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THIS GRANT $ PRIOR GRANT $ TOTAL FUNDING $ 5,000.00

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20. GRANT PAYMENT INFORMATION Payment will be made within thirty (30) days after receipt of the billing unless the billi is improper or the grantee has failed to comply with the program objectives, grant award conditions Federal reporting requirements or other conditions specified in OMB Circular A-110. ' '

Payment will be made by:

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Office of Resource Management Division of Accounting and Finance, ATTN: GOV /COM ACCOUNTS Washington, DC 20555 ,.

Vouchers should be submitted in an original and'one (1) copy to the above address.

A copy of the voucher should also be forwarded to the Division of Contracts.

21. Attached is a copy of the "NRC Project Grant Provisions for Institutions of Higher Educatid and Other honprofit Organizations." Acceptance of these tenns and conditions is acknowledg when federal funds are used on this grant project. 9 1

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20. GRANT PAYMENT INFORMTION Payment will be made within thirty (30) days after receipt of the billing unless the billi is improper or the grantee has failed to comply with the program objectives, grant award A-110. / Federal reporting requirements or other conditions specified in OMB Circular conditions Payment will be made by: -

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A copy of the voucher should also be forwarded to the Division of Contracts.

21. Attached is a copy of the "NRC Project Grant Provisions for Institutions of Higher Educatit and Other Nonprofit Organizations." Acceptance of these terms and conditions is acknowledt when federal funds are used on this grant project.

22. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE In the event of a conflict between the grantee's proposal and this Notice of Grant Awa the terms of the Notice of Grant Award shall prevail.

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM on CHEMICAL PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH RADIOACTIVITY RELEASES DURING SEVERE NUCLEAR PLANT ACCIDENTS to be held at the ACS 192nd National Meeting in Anaheim, California September 8-12, 1986 Organizer: Dr. Susan J. Niemczyk Total Cost of Proposal to NRC: $16,692.00 to $21,692.00 Period of Proposal: December 1, 1985 to December 31, 1986 Organization: Division of Nuclear Chemistry And Technology American Chemical Society Organizb'r-e M d _ bi N Susa J Ni mczyk Date 1545 18th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 202-328-8113 Chairman ( .} M f 5. )DM I AM [b William B. Walters Date Chemistry Department University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 301-454-2605 Treasurer: Ddr . NOFDMb b J wph R. Peterson Date De.artment of Chemistry University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996 615-974-3434 6/f

1. INTRODUCTION This proposal applies for U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission support i

for a technical symposium entitled Chemical Phenomena Associated with i

Radioactivity Releases During Severe Nuclear Plant Accidents. It also of theapplies for possible support for publication of the proceedings symposium.

f Because NRC is currently involved in an extensive reassessment of source terms (radioactive releases) during severe nuclear plant acci-

1. dents and because certain chemical processes and phenomena have been

' recently recognized as being potentially important to source term estimation, this symposium should be of interest to NRC.

2 PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES I

The basic goal of the severe accident chemistry symposium is to pro-

' vide a technical forum for discussion of all chemical problems poten- '

tially important to severe nuclear plant accidents and their source i terms. To date, there has been no such forum.

Historically, chemical problems associated with severe nuclear plant accidents have not been treated in nearly as much detail as other aspects of accident analysis. As analysts have attempted to generate i more realistic descriptions of severe accidents in the past few years, it has become increasingly apparent that improved treatment of certain chemical processes is critical to better description of severe accident 4

phenomena and estimation of accident source terms. Much chemical research have has been performed in the past few years and many insights resulted.

problems remain unresolved. However, a number of potentially significant chemical have been " discovered".

In addition, some new chemical problems i

i The specific goals of the symposium are the followings

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To provide a professional technical forum for researchers i

j involved in severe accident chemistry to present their research chemists, results and to exchange information with other [

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! To assemble a sufficient number of chemists and others in- i volved in chemical research relevant to severe accidents  !

to permit balanced dialogue on a variety of chemical-related topics.  !

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3. To provide an environment to enhance communication between I chemists and nuclear plant safety analysts; in particular,  !

l to facilitate communication directed toward discussing the chemical issues which may impact on severe accident source [

terms and determining which of those chemical issues may be '

i of significance for estimation of source terms.

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4. To provide an opportunity for chemists not already partici-pating in severe accident chemistry research to gain an appre- ,

clation of the nature of the chemical problems important to 4

severe accident analysis and hopefully both to gain new in-sights from these chemists and to encourage their future participation in resolving chemical problems relevant to severe accident phenomena.

5. To compile a report (the symposium proceedings) reflecting the state-of-the-art of chemical knowledge important to severe accident analysis. i

3. PROJECT OUTLINE '

, NRC funding is sought to facilitate both the organization of the severe accident chemistry symposium and the subsequent publication 1

i of the technical papers.

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3.1 BACKGROUND

The severe accident chemistry symposium will be part of the ACS '

i national meeting to be held in Anaheim, California, September 8-12, 1986. Attendence at such meetings typically exceeds 10,000.

Thus, an ACS national meeting provides an ideal forum for discussion of chemical issues in general. It is an excellent place to encour- l i

age participation by chemists not already involved in considering j severe nuclear plant accident chemical problems and therefore to l potentially gain new insights and perspectives,

ACS sponsorship is often adequate to organize symposiums on topics typically covered by ACS technical meetings. However, the subject  ;

l of the severe accident chemistry symposium extends well beyond that technical range. Both the unique topic of the symposium and the symposium's goal of facilitating interaction among experts as diverse as chemists and nuclear plant safety analysts impose demands far beyond those the ACS adequately provide for the symposium. Funding from the NRC is intended to cover the costs arising from those

, extra-ordinary requirements.  !

' To adequately identify and notify prospective participants, much effort will be needed, especially as no previous meeting has been directed toward severe accident chemistry. Because of participation by two relatively disjoint technical communities, chemists and nuclear safety analysts, significant planning and coordination beyond that l 4

necessary for an ordinary ACS symposium will be required. In addition, '

international participation will be critical as the compara,tive'i.y  !

limited number of researchers working on severe accident chemistry l arn dispersed world-wide. Thus, effort will be needed to solicit '

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In addition, effort will be needed to encourage productive participa-tion by chemists not previously involved.

3.2 SYMPOSIUM AND PROCEEDINGS 3.2.1 Presentations The symposium will include both invited and submitted papers. In-vited papers will be overviews of either of two types:

1. Overviews of specific chemical topics related to severe accident phenomena. (These are designed to help nuclear safety analysts (and interested chemists) understand cer-tain general chemical factors potentially important to severe accidents.)

2. Overviews of selected severe accident analysis topics.

(These are designed to help chemists put chemical problems in perspective in a severe accident context.)

It is anticipated that submitted papers will involve chemical-related topics (rather than strictly severe accident perspective topics) and that the majority of these submitted papers will discuss detailed research results, either experimental or theoretical. However, sub-mitted chemical-related overviews will be considered for acceptance.

It is further anticipated that submitted papers will range from those exploring primarily chemistry problems related to severe accidents to those which deal with broader technical severe accident issues for which chemical problems may be only one of several significant contributing technical factors.

Among the invited chemical overview papers will be the following presentations:

1. Dr. Dana A. Powers (Sandia National Laboratories): chemis-try of core-concrete interactions;

2. Dr. Anthony P. Malinauskas (Oak Ridge National Laboratory):

chemistry of iodine during severe accidents;

3. Dr. George Parker (Oak Ridge National Laboratory): chemistry

• of in-vessel releases from fuel, control-rod materials and structural materials;

4. Dr. Robert Sallach and Dg. Richard Elrick (Sandia National Laboratories): tellerium, cesium and iodine chemistry in the reactor coolant systems an experimental overview;

5. Dr. David Torgerson (Atomic Energy of Canada Limited):

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Dr. James A Gieseke (Battelle's Columbus Laboratories):

the state-of-the-art of modeling of chemical processes for severe accidents.

A numberasofwill overviews other invitationsin will be discussed be issued subsection 3.4, for Itemadditional

1. Invita- chemica tions will also be extended for severe accident overview papers .

Sessions will be devoted to at least the following topics: in-vessel releases of radioactive and non-radioactive species from the fuel, control rod materials and structural materials; transport and behavior of those species within the reactor coolant system; transport and behavior of those species within the containment and related structures; releases during corium-concrete interactions, as well as other aspects of those interactions; plant systems; effects of engineered safety features and other tion fields and combustionextreme effects of zones); in-plant environments (such as radia-and potentially disruptive phenomena (such as high-pressure ejection of corium from the reactor vessel).

The number of papers on each topic will depend in part on the number of abstracts submitted and accepted. Other relevant chemistry-related topics will be considered if sufficient interest is indi-cated.

3.2.2 Publication of Proceedings The organization of the proceedings of the symposium will approxi-mately follow the organization of the symposium. Publication by the ACS of the papers presented at the symposium depends in part on a favorable outcome of a marketing analysis by the ACS.

sought.in this proposal to help ensure that publication.(Funds are See Section 6.)

If more papers than expected are submitted and accepted, a decision may be made proceedings.

the published not to include all papers presented at the symposium in The decision as to which papers will be omitted from the proceedings will be the decision of the technical chairman. Alternatively, publication elsewhere may be pursued so that all successfully reviewed papers can be published.

3.3 PARTICIPANTS Major contributions by the following organizations are anticipated:

the Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology of the ACS; the American sion (if it Chemical funds this Society; and the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commis-proposal).

at a lower level of participation. Other Fororganizations may be involved example, see Subsection 3.4, Item 5.

The anticipated participation by both the Division of Nuclear Chemis-try and Technology and the ACS its' elf is outlined in Section 5.1.

Those organizations are responsible for the overall organization of of the severe accident chemistry symposium.

( Anticipated participation by the NRC will include both direct and

" indirect" financial support of the symposium. NRC's direct sponsor-ship (funding this proposal) will facilitate handling the special requirements arising from the symposium and will substantially enhance the potential value cf the symposium by encouraging communication between the chemical community and the nuclear safety community. NRC's indirect support (not explicitly covered in this proposal) will permit NRC-sponsored researchers to attend the symposium. In addition to financial technically, e.g.,

participation by NRC, it is hoped that NRC will contribute by providing technical reviewers, by suggesting invited papers, and by identifying relevant researchers and research not known to the technical committee.

3.4 TASKS The following tasks are planned:

1. Inviting of overview presentations. In addition to indivi-duals already invited to present overview papers (see Sub-section 3.2.1), more invitations are planned. The additional

! invited presentations are intended (1) to expand international participation; (2) to provide overviews of topics not already covered; and (3) to ensure the widest possible representation of responsible technical viewpoints. Recommendations will be solicited izations. from a variety of national and international organ-

2. Issuing of the preliminary call for papers and announcement of the symposium.

In addition to the routine ACS announce-ment and call-for-papers procedures (e.g. , notification in Chemical and Engineerina News), notifications will be placed in other magazines and journals reaching prospective parti-pants (e.g. , Nuclear News) . Further, an international direct mail campaign will be carried out to notify chemists already involved in severe nuclear plant accident analysis, nuclear safety analysts concerned with estimating severe accident source terms, and others interested in nuclear plant accidents.

3. Issuing final call for papers. Two months prior to the dead-line for technical abstracts (April 25, 1986), a second direct mailing will be performed. More detailed information about symposium attendence will be provided.

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Reviewing of technical abstracts, scheduling of presentations, and notification of authors. Within one month after the dead-e line for abstract receipt, abstracts will be technically reviewed, sessions within the symposium scheduled tentative-ly, and authors Eotified as to acceptance and tentative scheduling of the symposium. (Final scheduling is deter-mined by the ACS.) Technical review will be the responsi-bility of the Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology of the ACS, with participation by any major co-sponsoring organizations.

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. 5. Soliciting funding for refreshments. Funding will be sought to provide refreshments (tea, coffee, and doughnuts) through-out the symposium as well as for a cymposium social hour.

After funding is obtained, arrangements will be coordinated with the ACS and others as necessary.

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Providing izations. information to interested individuals and organ-Upon request, detailed information will be pro-vided about the technical agenda of'the symposium, hotel ar-rangements, ground travel, meeting registration, and so forth.

7. Coordinating symposium. Prior to and during the symposium, arrangements will be coordinated with all organizations and individuals involved. -

8. Reviewing of papers. Final photo-ready copies of all papers will be due at the time of the symposium. Copies of each paper will be sent to two technical reviewers.

All authors will be asked to review papers, as will other experts identified by the technical chairman.

9. Publishing of the proceedings. It is anticipated the ACS will publish all techical papers presented at the symposium as part of the ACS Symposium Series of publications. Prior to publication, the " final" versions of the papers, sub-mitted at the time of the symposium, will be updated by the authors if the need is indicated by the reviewers and con-curred with by the technical chairman.

3. 5" SCHEDULE The following completion dates are anticipated:

1. Invitation of papers December 1985

2. Preliminary call and announcement December 1985

3. Second call February 1986

4. Abstract review Deadline for receipt April 25, 1986 Review of abstracts early May 1986 Notification of authors June 1, 1986 o

5. Refreshment solicitations June 1, 1986

6. Responses for detailed requests September 1986

, 7. Coordination September 19h6 i

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4. PROJECT BENEFITS The emphasis of the severe accident chemistry symposium,is much

.different than the emphases of the.. myriad of other meetings which have been held or are planned to consider severe nuclear plant acci-dents and their source terms. In particular, the symposium's emphasis is on chemical problems related to severe accident processes and pheno-mena.

just that As topic.

previously noted, no technical meeting has ever dealt with As severe accidents and their source terms are of considerable interest to the international nuclear community and as certain chemical issues have recently been recognized to be of poten-tail symposium significance is very to timely.

source terms, the severe accident chemistry ,

It can be t expected to serve an important '

' function both by providing a platform for the airing of recent research results and by encouraging interaction among researchers and others.

i The sympo'sium will attempt to assemble a significant fraction of the chemists and others working on chemical research potentially impor-tant to severe nuclear plant analysis to encourage interaction among them.

Because the researcherr involved are distributed world-wide and because there is no established communication network among them, the, symposium will provide a valuable forum for technical exchange.

i 4 As noted previously, to help chemists better understand which chemi-

. cal problems can potentially be significant to severe' accident source '

! terms and which chemical problems are not, the symposium is being scructured safety to include input and other participation by nuclear plant analysts.

i It is hoped that this will foster discussion to ,

help distinguish the problems of academic interest only from those of l potential importance for severe nuclear plant accidents, and that by sdoing future research. so will ultimately help provide focus for the direction of In addition, the symposium will encourage involvement by chemists i

not working on severe accident research tunity.for those chemists to contribute new insights as to solu-and thus provide the op

i. tions of unresolved chemical problems relevant to severe accident analysis.

l national meeting Holding will the symposium f acilitate this.as part of the much larger ACS T

The proceedings of the symposium will provide a snapshot of what is l

'-o known about severe nuclear theplant chemical processes accidents. and phenomena occurring during As such, the proceedings will cen-

, stitute chemistry. the only comprehensive volume devoted to severe accident As much relevant work ,has been done recently, the pro-ce<edings will provide a valuable' overview both for those already l

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5. PROJECT MANAGEMENT i- 5.1 MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW The ACS is responsible for organization of the overall ACS National Meeting, including arrangements for all meeting facilities, notifi-cation of ACS members of the meeting through routine channels, establishing deadlines for paper submission, publication of the pro-gram for the meeting, (if a market analysisand publication of the symposium proceedings is positive). ,

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. Special organized topical by a symposia sponsoring planned within any major ACS meeting are ACS division.

Chemistry and Technology, as the sponsoring Thedivision, Division of Nuclear is responsible for the try technical symposium. organzation and content of the severe accident chemis-abstracts and papers, responsibilities include reviewing technical Those i

the agenda for the symposium, and handling all special requirem

, posed by the symposium as distinct from the overall meeting, such as I

! notifying about the individuals symposium.outside the ACS's normal communication channels

• Chemistry Department, The division chairman is Dr. William B. Walters, 20742.

Dr. Susan The technical J. Niemczyk, chairman and organizer for the symposium isU i.

1545 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20036.

5.2 1 THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY The American Chemical Society is the largest organization in the world 130,000devoted members.) to a single scientific discipline. (It has more than It is a non-profit professional organization devoted to furthering understanding of chemistry and chemical engi neering. -

Its activities include publication of over 20 magazines and technical journals, sponsorship of technical meetings and symposia and reports, of sponsorship technical courses of basicand workshops, publications of books ,

and-funding research. The headquarters of the ACS is located at 1155 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC (20036).

I 5.3 TECHNICAL CHAIRMAN

- s' The symposium retical chemistryorganizer(chemical andphysics).

technical chairman has a Ph.D. . in theo-i tal of ten years at two national laboratories:Dr. Niemczyk worked for a to-Sandia National Laboratories incoak Ridge,inTN. Albuquerque, NM, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory nuel, ear safety problems,Most includiof that time was spent working on various ng estimating severe accident source terms for a variety of nuclear plants and developing new procedures to that in advance workthe were state-of-the-art efforts of source term estimation. Included

certain chemical processes in severe accident models.to improve Currently, the theoretical Dr.

safety Niemczyk works as anproblems.

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6. PROJECT COSTS As already noted, the funding solicited from the NRC is intended to cover those costs which arise because the topic of the symposium is somewhat outside the ACS's typical technical range and because the symposium seeks participation of members of two relatively distinct technical communities: chemists and nuclear plant safety analysts.

An important product of the symposium will be publication of the pro-ceedings.

Until the ACS completes its own marketing analysis, the ACS cannot guarantee to publish the symposium proceedings. (The ACS is a non-profit organization and needs to expect to break even on each proceedings it publishes.) It is anticipated, on the basis of comparison to " comparable" proceedings published by the ACS, that the ACS market survey will indicate a sufficient audience.

event it does not, However, in the underwrite the costs of publishing the proceedingsthis proposal (up to $5000.00) . asks t If the ACS marketing survey indicates a sufficient market and/or early to the sales ACS. are adequate, this part of the grant would not be paid The budget requested from the NRC is itemized as follows:

1. Salaries 1 S 9,000.00

2. Equipment 0.00 3.

Travel and Per Diem / Subsistence 3,000.00

4. Publication Costs 5,000.00

5. Other Direct Costs 3,600.00

6. Indirect Costs 4 1,092.00 Total

$ 16,692.00 (to S 21,692.00)2 I

Includes secretarial and " management" support.

Includes $5,000.00 to help " guarantee" publication of the symposium proceedings.

Includes supplies, copying, postage and telephone.

4 Includes 7% " overhead" on all but publication costs.

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The funds solicited from NRC will be used only for the purposes stated in this proposal. They will not be used to underwrite expenses associated with any portion of the ACS National Meeting other than the severe accident symposium or to sponsor any other ACS activities.

As noted previously, separate funds for refreshments during the symposium will be sought from sources other than those identified in this pro-posal.

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