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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200
Washington, DC 20555-001 E-mail: 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 e-
mail subscription.

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

     New features of the NRC internet web site include:

   . Search capability for the information on the NRC web pages
   . NRC news releases
   . Periodic reports on the performance of nuclear power
     plants, known as SALP reports
   . NRC staff telephone listings
   . Schedule of NRC meetings open to the public (Commission,
     Advisory Committees, and NRC staff)
   . Semiannual "Watch List" of nuclear power plants 
   . Weekly summary report of agency activities
   . 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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