United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Public Affairs

Washington, DC 20555

Phone 301-415-8200 Fax 301-415-2234

Internet:opa@nrc.gov

No. 96-82 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Thursday, June 13, 1996)

NRC EXPANDS INTERNET WEB SITE

WITH ADDITIONAL FEATURES AND INFORMATION

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has changed and expanded

its internet web page with additional documents and features.

Several types of NRC documents are also available by internet email subscription.

The internet address of the NRC Home Page is: http://www.nrc.gov.

New features of the NRC internet web site include:

ˇ Search capability for the information on the NRC web

pages

ˇ NRC news releases

ˇ Periodic reports on the performance of nuclear power

plants, known as SALP reports

ˇ NRC staff telephone listings

ˇ Schedule of NRC meetings open to the public

(Commission, Advisory Committees, and NRC staff)

ˇ Semiannual "Watch List" of nuclear power plants

ˇ Weekly summary report of agency activities

ˇ Description and status of selected technical issues

The NRC Web Site also has information on members of the

Commission, various NRC offices, rulemaking procedures, and a

variety of regulatory topics.

Several types of NRC documents are also available by

internet e-mail on a free subscription basis. Persons with

access to the internet can obtain NRC news releases and speeches,

NRC generic communications, SALP reports, and a daily plant

report "bundle."

To receive news releases and speeches by e-mail, send an

e-mail message as follows:

To: listproc@nrc.gov

Subject: [leave blank]

Message: Subscribe PR-OPA [your name}

Generic communications -- Bulletins, Information Notices,
Generic Letters, and Administrative Letters -- are issued by the

NRC staff to reactor licensees and other NRC licensees on various

technical and regulatory issues.

To subscribe, send the following message:

To: listproc@nrc.gov

Subject: [leave blank]

Message: Subscribe gc-nrr [your first and last name]

Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) reports

are issued every 18 to 24 months for each nuclear power plant.

These reports cover plant operations, maintenance, engineering,

and plant support, which includes radiation protection, security,

and emergency planning.

To subscribe, send the following message:

To: listproc@nrc.gov

Subject: [leave blank]

Message: Subscribe salp [your first and last name]

The daily report bundle is issued each business day,

including three reports: 1) Nuclear Plant Status Report with the

status of each nuclear plant as provided to NRC by utilities; 2)

Event Reports, including all events required to be reported to

NRC in previous 24 hours by NRC-licensed facilities; and 3) Daily

Report, items of interest prepared by NRC regional offices and

other offices.

To subscribe, send the following message:

To: listproc@nrc.gov

Subject: [leave blank]

Message: Subscribe dr-nrr [your first and last name]

To remove your name from these subscription services,

send a message to the same address (listproc@nrc.gov). In the

message, substitute the word "unsubscribe" followed by the

document [PR-OPA, DR-NRR, SALP-OPA or GC-NRR] and your name.

These documents are also available through the Fedworld

online service. The NRC area of Fedworld is accessible by

computer and modem at a tollfree number: 1-800/303-9672. The

news releases, SALP reports, and daily "bundle: reports are in

the NRC-PDR file library and the general communications are in

the NRC-GC file library. Other technical and regulatory

documents are also available for viewing and downloading at the

NRC Fedworld area.

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