[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 149 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40252-40253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19587]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Formation of Working Group To Review Incidents 
Involving Stolen Industrial Radiography Equipment

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of formation of working group.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), with the 
Organization of Agreement States, is forming a working group to review 
the issues related to incidents involving stolen radiography equipment.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Myers, Office of State Programs, Mail Stop 
OWFN-3-D-23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 
20555. Telephone: 301-415-2328. Internet: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC), with the Organization of Agreement States, is forming a working 
group to review the issues related to incidents involving stolen 
radiography equipment. The initiating event involved Larpen of Texas, a 
Texas licensee. The group's mission is to objectively review events 
involving stolen radiographic equipment and provide recommendations for 
preventing similar events. The working group's first task will be to 
develop a charter governing the scope of work, type of products, a work 
schedule, and internal procedures.

WORKING GROUP ORGANIZATION: The working group consists of the following 
individuals: Jim Myers, NRC, Office of State Programs; Patricia 
Santiago, NRC, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; Brad 
Caskey, Texas; Walter Cofer, Florida; and Mike Henry, Louisiana. The 
group will be Co-Chaired by Jim Myers, NRC, and Brad Caskey, Texas.

WORKING GROUP MEETINGS: The working group will hold meetings and gather 
comments from regulatory agencies, the radiography industry, and 
interested members of the public. Maximum use will be made of other 
media for facilitating interaction between members of the working 
group, e.g., conference calls, facsimiles, and electronic mail. Working 
group meetings will be open to the public and will be held in the 
Washington, D.C. area, or other locations as agreed upon by the working 
group members. Individuals attending working group meetings are welcome 
to provide

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comments to the working group's consideration orally, or in writing, at 
times specified by the working group, Co-Chairs. Seating at the working 
group meetings will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS: No meeting is scheduled at this time. 
Announcements for the first, and subsequent, meetings will be made 
through the NRC's Meeting Announcement system. The meeting announcement 
system can be reached three ways:
    1. Voice: 800-952-9674.
    2. Electronic Bulletin Board: 800-952-9676.
    3. Electronic Bulletin Board at FedWorld: 800-303-9672.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of July, 1996.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Richard L. Bangart,
Director, Office of State Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-19587 Filed 7-31-96; 8:45 am]
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