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No. 96-119                                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)


              NRC ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF RUSSELL
             AS HEAD OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION

     The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that William T. Russell,
Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), will retire
September 30.

     Frank J. Miraglia, Deputy Director of NRR, will serve as acting
director until the position is permanently filled. 

     Ashok Thadani, Associate Director for Technical Review, NRR, will
become the acting deputy director.

     Mr. Russell assumed his position as Director of NRR in March 1994,
after serving as Regional Administrator for the NRC's Region I office from
1987 to 1990 and Associate Director for Inspection and Technical
Assessment, NRR, from 1990 to 1994.  Previously he served in a number of
technical management positions after joining the agency in 1976.

     Mr. Russell received the Presidential Meritorious Rank Award in 1988.

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