Re: DOE Regulation

[Raymond Carroll 441-6944 <CARROLLRG@lmus.com>]

Steve Rima wrote:

"Not true! DOE contractors are the "licensees" under the Price-Anderson 
Amendments Act (PAAA), not the DOE, and are the ones subject to enforcement 
action and fines."

The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) is now a private corporation 
but during the transition to the private sector (which took a couple years) 
USEC was a government corporation.  Prior to that the gaseous diffusion plants 
were under DOE.  There was an agreement between NRC and DOE as to how USEC 
would be regulated in the transition.

During the transition and since that time the NRC regulated USEC.  USEC is the 
licensee and Lockheed Martin Utility Services (LMUS) is a contractor to USEC.  
Any enforcement action is taken against USEC and not LMUS.

If and when DOE installations transition to the NRC regulatory arena I would 
think there will be more negotiation between NRC and DOE.  Hard to predict 
exactly how that would turn out.  If I were a betting man I would bet that 
whoever the "owner" of the facility is will turn out to be the licensee.

Currently in the DOE arena the contractor is the "one held accountable" 
because DOE is the regulator.  It's a new world when you mix the two together.

Ray Carroll
carrollrg@lmus.com

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