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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 

Abnormal Occurrence Report Section, 208 Report Submitted to the 
Congress

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the requirements of section 
208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published and issued another periodic 
report to Congress on abnormal occurrences (NUREG-0090, Vol. 16, No. 
3).
    Under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, which created NRC, an 
abnormal occurrence is defined as ``an unscheduled incident or event 
that the Commission (NRC) determines is significant from the standpoint 
of public health or safety.'' NRC has made a determination that events 
involving an actual loss or significant reduction in the degree of 
protection against radioactive properties of source, special nuclear, 
and by-product material are abnormal occurrences.
    The report to Congress is for the third calendar quarter of 1993. 
The report identifies the occurrences or events that the Commission 
determined to be significant and reportable; the remedial actions that 
were undertaken are also described.
    This report discusses two abnormal occurrences at NRC-licensed 
facilities. One involved a medical sodium iodide misadministration and 
one involved a 1981 fatal radiation exposure of a radiographer. One 
industrial radiographer overexposure event and four medical 
misadministrations that were reported by the Agreement States are also 
discussed, based on information provided by the Agreement States as of 
November 1, 1993. The report also contains information updating four 
previously reported abnormal occurrences at NRC-licensed facilities and 
three reported by the Agreement States, and includes information on two 
other events of interest.
    Appendix D has been added to this report which includes events 
submitted by Agreement States that are likely to be categorized as 
abnormal occurrences. For these events, insufficient information was 
available as of November 1, 1993, to positively identify them as 
abnormal occurrences.
    A copy of the report is available for inspection or copying for a 
fee at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW. (Lower Level), 
Washington, DC 20555, or at any of the nuclear power plant Local Public 
Document Rooms throughout the country.
    Copies of NUREG-0090, Vol. 16, No. 3 (or any of the previous 
reports in this series), may be purchased from the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Post Office Box 37082, 
Washington, DC 20013-7082. A year's subscription to the NUREG-0090 
series publication, which consists of four issues, is also available.
    Copies of the report may also be purchased from the National 
Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 5285 Port 
Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.

    Dated at Rockville, MD this 8th day of April, 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John C. Hoyle,
Assistant Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 94-9007 Filed 4-13-94; 8:45 am]
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