These threats to nuclear installations have occurred thus far in 1976:
JAMES A. HALEY, FLA., CHAIRMAN
OF A TAYLOR, K.C.
AROLD T. JOHNSON, CALIF.
MORRIS K. UDALL, ARIZ.
PHILLIP BURTON, CALIF.
ROBERT W. KASTENMETER, Wis.
PATSY T. MONK, HAWAJ!
LLSTO NEEDS, WASH.
ABRANAM KAZEN, JR., TEX.
ROBERT G. STEPHENS, JR., GA.
JOSEPH P. VIGORITO, PA.
JOHN WELCHER, MONT.
TINO RENCALIO, WYG.
JONATHAN B. BINGHAM, N.Y.
JOHN F. SEIBERLING, OHIO
HAROLD BUNNELS, N. ME.
ANTONIO BORJA WON PAT, GUAM
RON DE LAGO, V.I.
BOD ECKHARDT, TEX.
GOSOLOE E. BYRON, MD.
JAIME BENITEZ, P.J.
JIM SANTINI, NEY.
FALL. I. TRONBAS, MASS.
ALLAN T. HOWE, UTAM
JAMES WEAVER, ORES.
BOB CARR, MICH
GEDIGE MILLER, CALIF.
THEDDORE M. (TED) RISENHOOVER.
JOE SKUBITE, KANS.
SAM STRGER, ARIZ.
DON H. CLAUSIN, CALIP,
PHILIP E. RUPPE, MICH,
MANUEL LUJAN, JR., M. MEX,
KEITH G. SEBELIUS, KANS.
ALAN STEELMAN, TEX.
DON YOUNG, ALASKA
ROBERT E. BAUMAN, MD.
STEVEN D. SYMMS, IDAND
JAMES P. (JIM) JOHNSON, COLD.
ROBERT LAGOMARSINO, CALIF.
VIRGINIA SMITH, MEDR.
SHIRLEY N. PETTIS, CALIF.
Mr. Marcus A. Rowden, Chairman
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, D.C. 20555
As you know, the May 27 security alert to NRC
facility licensees has raised several questions concerning
NRC procedures for handling such situations. A meeting
between NRC officials and one of us did not resolve
the question of Commission participation in the matter.
In order to clarify the Subcommittee's understanding, we are asking you and other Commissioners to provide the Subcommittee information with regard to the May 27 message concerning increased security awareness. Please indicate the date on which you became informed of the alert, the method by which you were informed, the date on which the Commission first discussed the alert, and the decisions resulting from such discussion.
In response to your letter of June 10 concerning the May 27 notification of increased security awareness to NRC facility licensees:
O My office was notified on Thursday, May 27,
by means of a Preliminary Notification
report from the Office of Inspection and
Enforcement.
The Commission first discussed the matter
as a group on Tuesday, June 1. The
Commission's discussion primarily centered
on an update of events and on procedures
for responding to various inquiries.
Edward G. Wason
Edward A. Mason
Commissioner
Your letter of June 10, 1976 posed a number of questions
regarding internal notification procedures used concerning
the May 27 notification of increased security awareness to
NRC facility licensees.
I received written notice from the Office of Inspection and
Enforcement on May 27. The notice, which arrived in my office
at about 4:30 p.m., was a Preliminary Notification, an interoffice
communication used to advise Commission offices of matters of
significance.
The Commission met as a group on June 1 to receive an update
on events since issuance of the notice and to review the
procedures followed in disseminating it. The Commission
met again on June 3 to review further the procedures to
be followed by the staff in assessing threat information
and initiating action in such circumstances and to consider
refinement and further formal development of these procedures.
Richard T. Kennedy
Commissioner
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