LICENSING AND REGULATION |
REACTOR SAFETY
The AEC staff conducted safety reviews of more than §5 privately owned and Government-
owned facilities. Reactors at the Geneva Conference were evaluated for safety of operation.
‘The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards met in July and August to review eight
projects referred to it by AEC,
COOPERATION WITH STATES AND OTHERAGENCIES
Upon request, the AEC staff reviewed proposed legislation on radiation safety regulations |
of a number of states including Idaho, Tennessee, and New Mexico. It {s expected that the 45
state legislatures meeting early in 1959 will consider a numberof bills in the atomic energy
field.
Several meetings were held with other Federal agencies to discuss problems and develop
pertinent regulations with respect to the transportation of radioactive materials, -
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Representatives of the South Carolina Industria] Commission met with the AEC staff to
discuss usage and movements of radioactive materials within South Caroling, The staff also
met with officials of the Utah Department of Health, the Idaho Health and Labor Departments,
and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission,
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FINANCIAL PROTECTION AND INDEMNITY |
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Work was nearing completion on a third proposed amendment, concerning the method of
computing the amountof financial protection which reactor licensees must procure. (End af
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Two proposed amendments to the temporary indemnity regulation (10 CFR Part 140) were
published in the Federal Register on August 28, The first set forth the proposed form of indemnity 2greement to be entered intowith reactor licensees; the second requested public
comment concerning whether or not the AEC should accept the insurance associations’ standard
nuclear energy lability insurance policy as proof of financial protection, Interested persons
had until November 1 to submit written comments on the two proposed amendments.
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