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ATOM IC ENERGY COMM ISSlON Thank you for your letters reporting on the 105th and 106th metinge of the Advisory Committee €or Biology and Medicine. With respect to the Committee's re com nd ation that licensing authorities require,in addition to an adequate program of health physics covering routine operations, advance plans for hospital procedures i n case of accident a, the following information is provided. It has been the practice of the Regulatory Staff, among other objectives of its licensing procedures, t o determine the adequacy of the licensee ' s emergency planning by assuring that its scope is consistent with the applicant ' s licensed activities, and i s broad enough t o cover emergency situations. required is a statement from the licensee regarding plans for handling emergencies i n his plant including arrangements made with attempted to assess medical procedures and practices,effort is made t o impress the licensee with the fact that he has the responsibility for developing workable procedures t o handle all foreseeable emergency problems, including hospital care. pre-licensing. activities and continues inthe course of the normal inspection program throughout the life of the facility. Following the United Nuclear accident in its mode Island plant, the Director of Regulation established a Task Force t o review present requirements with respect to licensee emergency plans and t o develop a guide for use by the Regulatory Staff in assuring the adequacy of all such plans. We want t o take this opportunity t o thank the ACBM for the report of its review and evaluation of the Commission's biomedical program, particularly of the offsite program, and for the Committee's promptness. in getting it to the Commission. the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, and you will be interested to Among other things Although we have not This effort at arts during the It has been transmitted into to to US DOE ARCHIVES
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learn that at the recent FY 1966 Authorization Hearings, Mr. Boli field,. Chairman of the JCAE, made special reference t o your report and expressed appreciation for the submission of the report to his Coxnittee i n time for the Hearings. We shall look forward t o receiving the report of your next meeting which, I understand, is scheduled for March 26-27 at the Pacific Northweat Department of Radiology University of Michigan Medical Center Ann Arbor, Michigan