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Editorial StaffPUBLISHERJon PayneEDITOR-IN-CHIEFGregg M. TaylorINTERNATIONAL EDITORDick KovanSENIOR EDITORElizabeth S. TompkinsSENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITORRichard A. MichalASSOCIATE EDITORPatrick SincoPRODUCTION EDITORLorien S. KaminskyDESKTOP EDITORChris SalvatoEDITORIAL ASSISTANTNancy SloveCONTRIBUTING COLUMNISTBill MinklerAdvertising StaffSALES MANAGERJeffery R. MossesADVERTISING/PRODUCTION ASSISTANTPatricia FairchildCIRCULATION ASSISTANTBess WeglarzEditorial AdvisoryCommitteeRamon Ashley, Sam K. Bhattacharyya,Annick Carnino, Doug Stickney,Roger Tilbrook, and Paul TurinskyANS HeadquartersGENERAL NUMBER708/352-6611Facsimile 708/352-0499Web site NUCLEAR NEWS ADVERTISING708/579-8226, 800/NUC-NEWSFacsimile 708/352-6464Web site e-mail NUCLEAR NEWS EDITORIAL708/579-8245Facsimile 708/352-6464e-mail INTERNATIONAL EDITOR(DICK KOVAN)011-44-1737-842687e-mail <strong>Nuclear</strong> NewsDecember 2000 Volume 43, Number 13p. 33p. 71FEATURE ARTICLESRussian space nuclear power and nuclear thermal propulsion systemsBY NIKOLAI N. PONOMAREV-STEPNOI, VICTOR M. TALYZIN, AND VENIAMIN A. USOV 33NEI’s Bell: Insight into the amended 10 CFR 50.59 INTERVIEW BY RICK MICHAL 28BOOK REVIEW 55Heavy Water and the Wartime Race for <strong>Nuclear</strong> Energy,by Per F. Dahlp. 28REVIEW BY SEAN R. BOHRERPOWER 18ACRS defends NRC’s use <strong>of</strong> PRA in developing safety standards. ANS announces new UtilityWorking Conference Implementation Award. <strong>Nuclear</strong> plant dealings—completed, underway, and in negotiations. ComEd’s fleet shaving days <strong>of</strong>f refueling outages, setting records.Gas-cooled PBMR design draws PECO’s interest. <strong>Nuclear</strong> power helps U.S. hold down CO 2emissions. Report shows nuclear engineering students in the pipeline to get degrees. Utilities,nonutilities release salary information following survey. Five-year plan sets NRC priorities.NRC’s event-reporting rules for nuclear plants amended. New technologies lead to new dosimeteruse.OPERATIONS 28The <strong>Nuclear</strong> News interview—NEI’s Bell: Insight into the amended 10 CFR 50.59.INTERNATIONAL 49IEA says Sweden should slow down phaseout. RAPP-4, India’s 14th reactor, goes critical. <strong>Nuclear</strong>needed to fight global warming, according to the European <strong>Nuclear</strong> Council. U.K. study:Preconception exposure has no effect on outcome. UKAEA issues 60-year plan to clean upDounreay. British Energy appoints Jeffrey next chairman. UKAEA stripped <strong>of</strong> civil securityrole. Trial <strong>of</strong> new Magnox fuel design—MagRox—begins. New director <strong>of</strong> U.K. health, safetyagency named. Ukraine President Kuchma approves Chernobyl closure actions. Ukraine invitesmembers <strong>of</strong> other parliaments to speak. Consortium signs K2/R4 modernization protocol.Germany’s Stade nuclear plant to be closed in 2003. Six JCO workers arrested forpr<strong>of</strong>essional negligence.WASTE MANAGEMENT 57DOE rescinds WIPP M&O contract <strong>of</strong>fer to Westinghouse group. Bechtel SAIC selected asnew OCRWM/Yucca Mountain M&O contractor. Report on emergency response to HanfordSite fire completed. Fernald contract to Mactec; PESI starts mixed waste facility.2 N U C L E A R N E W S December 2000
p. 51ANS OfficersPRESIDENTJames A. LakeVICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT-ELECTGail H. MarcusTREASURERDenis E. O’BrienCHAIRMAN, ANS PUBLICATIONSSTEERING COMMITTEERobert W. Hessp. 55AdministrativeEXECUTIVE DIRECTORHarry Bradleyp. 26Coming up . . .January—The latest List <strong>of</strong>Selected Outages at U.S.<strong>Nuclear</strong> Power PlantsApril—Special Section on OutageManagementMEETINGS 60Spectrum 2000: Deployed, emerging, and advanced technologies.INDUSTRY 65Roe undergoes realignment; Bicron renamed; acquisitions. Westinghouse/STP reach fuel agreement;other news about contracts.FUEL 66DOE to improve safety at East Tennessee Technology Park at Oak Ridge, Tenn. Screening forearly lung cancer <strong>of</strong>fered to gaseous diffusion plant workers.RESEARCH 71Sandia vessel test ends with a bang.ISOTOPES & RADIATION 72Study to assess risk to airline passengers from cosmic radiation. ORNL sees sales increase incancer isotopes.STANDARDS 73ANS standards recently published; comments requested.Backscatter 80Calendar 6Calls for Papers 9Equipment & Services 75Index to Advertisers 69Late News in Brief 13Letters 16DEPARTMENTS79 Literature from Suppliers74 People11 Proceedings Available10 Recently Published4 Setpoint9 Short Courses and Seminars78 S<strong>of</strong>tware/Data Bases AvailableCoverA view <strong>of</strong> the Russian TOPAZspace nuclear power system, asused in the Cosmos 1818 and1867 spacecraft. For an articleabout Russian space nuclearpower and nuclear propulsionsystems, see page 33.<strong>Nuclear</strong> News (ISSN: 0029-5574), Volume43, Number 13. Published monthly(except during the month <strong>of</strong> Marchwhen issued twice monthly) by the<strong>American</strong> <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, Incorporated,with business, executive, and editorial <strong>of</strong>ficesat 555 N. Kensington Ave., LaGrange Park, Illinois 60526; telephone708/352-6611. Subscription rate is $236for 2000; overseas subscribers add $51per year for postage and handling. Singlecopy price is $19; $8 additional for overseaspostage and handling (except for the Buyers Guideissue, which is $78; $10 additional for overseas postageand handling). Individual ANS members receive NN aspart <strong>of</strong> membership (up to $48 <strong>of</strong> dues allocated to NN).Replacement copies may be obtained at the single copyprice, as long as copies are available. Inquiries about thedistribution and delivery <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nuclear</strong> News and requests forchanges <strong>of</strong> address should be directed to the <strong>American</strong><strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Allow six weeks for a change to becomeeffective. POSTMASTER: Send change <strong>of</strong> address ordersto <strong>Nuclear</strong> News, <strong>American</strong> <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, 555 N.Kensington Ave., La Grange Park, Illinois 60526, or.<strong>Nuclear</strong> News is printed in New Richmond, Wis.54017, by St. Croix Press, Inc. Nonpr<strong>of</strong>it periodicalspostage paid at La Grange, Illinois, and at additionalmailing <strong>of</strong>fices. Copyright © 2000 by the <strong>American</strong><strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, Inc. Trademark registered in USAand Canada.Opinions expressed in this publication by the authorsare their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions<strong>of</strong> the editors, the <strong>American</strong> <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, or the organizationswith which the authors are affiliated, norshould publication <strong>of</strong> author viewpoints or identification<strong>of</strong> materials or products be construed as endorsementby this publication or by the <strong>Society</strong>.Texts <strong>of</strong> most <strong>Nuclear</strong> News articles are available onthe NEXIS data base, from Mead Data Corporation.December 2000 N U C L E A R N E W S 3
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