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8 Main Citations and Abstracts
dress these issues. In addition, the report describes actions
taken by the staff and the nuclear industry to develop a thermal
annealing process for possible use at U.S. commercial nuclear
plants to mitigate the effects of neutron radiation on the fracture
toughness of RPV materials. The Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion (NRC) issued GL 92-01, Revision 1, Supplement 1, to
obtain information needed to assess compliance with regulatory
requirements and licensee commitments regarding RPV integri-
ty. GL 92-01, Revision 1, Supplement 1, was issued as a result
of generic issues raised in the NRC staff's review of licensee
responses to GL 92-01, Revision 1, and plant-specific RPV
evaluations. In particular, an integrated review of all data sub-
mitted in response to GL 92-01, Revision 1, indicated that li-
censees may not have considered all relevant data in their RPV
assessments.
NUREG-1518: DIFFERING PROFESSIONAL VIEWS OR OPIN-
IONS.1994 Special Review Panel. * Ofc of Personnel (Post
870413). September 1996. 79pp. 9612040132. 91007:134.
In July 1994, the Executive Director for Operations of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) appointed a Special
Review Panel to assess the Differing Professional View or Opin-
ion (DPV/DPO)process, including "...its effectiveness, how well
it is understood by employees, and the organizational climate
for having such views aired and properly decided." An addition-
al area within this review was to address "...the effectiveness of
the DPO procedures as they pertain to public access and confi-
dentiality." Further, the Panel was charged with the review of
the submittals completed since the last review to identify em-
ployees who made significant contributions to the agency or to
public health and safety but had not been adequately recog-
nized for this contribution. The report presents the Special
Review Panel's evaluation of the NRC's current process for
dealing with Differing Professional Views or Opinions. Provided
in this report are the results of an employee opinion survey on
the process; highlights and suggestions from interviews with in-
dividuals who had submitted a Differing Professional View or
Opinion, as well as with agency managers directly involved with
the Differing Professional Views or Opinions process; and the
Special Review Panel's recommendations for improving the
DPVIDPO process.
NUREG-1524: A REASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL FOR AN
ALPHA-MODE CONTAINMENT FAILURE AND A REVIEW OF
THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF BROADER FUEL-
COOLANT INTERACTION ISSUES. Report Of The Second
Steam Explosion Review Group Workshop. BASU,S. Division of
Systems Technology (Post 941217). GINSBERG,T. Brookhaven
National Laboratory. August 1996. 200pp. 9608230217.
89450:001.
This report summarizes the review and evaluation by experts
of the current understanding of the molten fuel-coolant interac-
tion (FCI) issues covering the complete spectrum of interac-
tions, i.e., from mild quenching to very energetic interactions in-
cluding those that could lead to the alpha-mode containment
failure. The experts' review and evaluation took place in the
form of a Second Steam Explosion Review Group (SERG-2)
Workshop, held in Annapolis, Maryland, on June 15 and 16,
1995. The first such workshop (SERG-1) took place in 1985.
Extensive discussions took place at the SERG-2 workshop on
the alpha-mode failure issue, based on the experts' responses
to the questions raised, and consensus opinions on the status
of resolution of the issue emerged from the discussions. Of the
eleven experts polled, all but two concluded that the alpha-
mode failure issue was resolved from a risk perspective, mean-
ing that this mode of failure is of very low probability, that it is of
little or no significance to the overall risk from a nuclear power
plant, and that any further reduction in residual uncertainties is
not likely to change the probability in an appreciable manner. To
a lesser degree, discussions also took place on the broader FCI
issues such as mild quenching of core melt during non-explo-
sive FCI, and shock loading of lower head and ex-vessel sup-
port structures arising from explosive localized FCIs. Theselatter issues are relevant with regard to determining the efficacy
of certain accident management strategies for operating reac-
tors as well as for advanced light water reactors. The experts
reviewed the status of understanding of the FCI phenomena in
the context of these broader issues, identified residual uncer-
tainties in the understanding, and recommended further re-
search (both experimental and analytical) to reduce the uncer-
tainties.
NUREG-1529 V01: PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED 10
CFR PART 51 RULE FOR RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT OPERATING LICENSES AND SUPPORTING DOCU-
MENTS: REVIEW OF CONCERNS AND NRC STAFF
RESPONSE.Executive Summary. * Division of Regulatory Appli-
cations (Post 941217). May 1996. 40pp. 9606180325.
88634:190.
This report documents the nuclear regulatory commission
(nrc) staff review of public comments provided in response to
the nrc's proposed amendments to 10 code of federal regula-
tions (cfr) part 51, which establish new requirements for the en-
vironmental review of applications for the renewal of operating
licenses of nuclear power plants. The public comments include
those submitted in writing, as well as those provided at public
meetings that were held with other federal agencies, state
agencies, nuclear industry representatives, public interest
groups, and the general public. This report also contains the nrc
staff response to the various concerns raised, and highlights the
changes made to the final rule and the supporting documents in
response to these concerns.
NUREG-1529 V02: PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED 10
CFR PART 51 RULE FOR RENEWAL OF NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT OPERATING LICENSES AND SUPPORTING DOCU-
MENTS: REVIEW OF CONCERNS AND NRC STAFF
RESPONSE.Appendices. * Division of Regulatory Applications
(Post 941217). May 1996. 671 pp. 9606180333. 88627:001.
See NUREG-1529,V01 abstract.
NUREG-1531: DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
RELATED TO RECLAMATION OF THE URANIUM MILL TAIL-
INGS AT THE ATLAS SITE,MOAB,UTAH. Source Material Li-
cense No. SUA-917,Docket No. 40-3453. (Atlas Corporation)
BLASING,T.S.; EASTERLY,C.E. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
FLIEGEL,M.; et al. Division of Waste Management (NMSS
940403). January 1996. 300pp. 9602050062. 86981:001.
This Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) has been
prepared by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, to address potential
environmental impacts associated with a request by Atlas Cor-
poration to amend its existing NRC License No. SUA-917 to re-
claim an existing uranium mill tailings pile near Moab, Utah. The
proposed reclamation would allow Atlas to (1) reclaim the tail-
ings pile for permanent disposal and long-term custodial care by
a government agency in its current location on the Moab site,
(2) prepare the 162-ha (400 acre) Moab site for site closure,
and (3) relinquish responsibility of the site after having its NRC
license terminated. The DEIS describes and evaluates (1) the
purpose of and need for the proposed action, (2) alternatives
considered, (3) potentially affected environmental resources, (4)
environmental consequences of the proposed action, and (5)
costs and benefits associated with reclamation alternatives.
Public and agency comments on this DEIS will be considered in
the Final Environmental Impact Statement.
NUREG-1532: DRAFT TECHNICAL EVALUATION REPORT FOR
THE PROPOSED REVISED RECLAMATION PLAN FOR THE
ATLAS CORPORATION MOAB MILL.Source Material License
No. SUA-917,Docket No. 40-3453.(Atlas Corporation)
BRUMMETT,E.; FLIEGEL,M.; IBRAHIM,A.; et al. Division of
Waste Management (NMSS 940403). January 1996. 128pp.
9602070045. 87015:139.
This Draft Technical Evaluation Report (DTER) summarizes
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff's review of Atlas
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