ARTCC RADAR CTLR IS CONCERNED THAT NON-RVSM (REDUCED VERT SEPARATION MINIMUM) ACFT ARE BEING ALLOWED TO USE THE RVSM ROUTES.

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THE SECTOR WAS FAIRLY SLOW. ALL OTHER SECTORS WERE SPLIT OFF. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 7 PLANES IN SECTOR WITH 2 OR SO NON-RADAR SVFR ACFT WORKING INTO ANI. THE C441 IS A NON-RVSM ACFT THAT WAS FLYING FROM CZF-SQA ON ITS WAY TO ANC. ZAN ALLOWAS NON-RVSM ACFT INTO THE RVSM STRATUM. WHEN I SCANNED FOR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS; MY INITIAL PERCEPTION IN EVALUATION OF ACFT Y WAS THE ACFT WAS AT FL290; NEEDS 1000 FT AND IS R FOR DIRECTION. NO POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. WHEN I TOOK THE HDOF FROM SECTOR 5 ON ACR X; MY INITIAL PERCEPTION WAS THAT ACR X IS RVSM; NEEDS 1000 FT; IS R FOR DIRECTION; IS LEVEL AT FL300; NO POTENTIAL CONFLICTS.(THERE IS NO BUFFER ZONE BTWN THE DIFFERENT ALT STRATUS.) WHEN ACR X FINALLY INITIATED CONTACT; IT WAS ABOUT 8 MI AWAY FROM ACFT Y; OPPOSITE COURSES. ACR X DID COME OVER LATE; ABOUT 10-20 MI INSIDE MY SECTOR BOUNDARY; WHICH MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DELAY IN RECOGNIZING THE CONFLICT. UPON TALKING TO ACR X; I RECOGNIZED THE CONFLICT BTWN THE ACFT; WHICH ASSUMES WE NEED 2000 FT FOR THE DC10; SINCE THE C441 WAS NON-RVSM. I INITIATED 50 DEG TURNS TO BOTH ACFT: THE C441 DELAYED TURNING; QUESTIONING THE CLRNC AND THE DC10 ONLY TURNED 15 DEGS. I MISSED THE READBACK FROM THE DC10 BECAUSE IT OCCURRED WHEN THE C441 QUESTIONED THE TURN. THE ACFT WERE ON DIFFERENT FREQS. SECTOR 13 HAS 5 FREQS. THERE IS NO WARNING SYS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST CTLRS TO IDENT POTENTIAL RVSM/NON-RVSM CONFLICTS. IF THE C441 HAD BEEN ABOVE FL290; I WOULD HAVE IDENTED A NEED FOR 2000 FT SEPARATION. WE NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT ACFT AT FL300 BEFORE. THE ATP 7110.65 IS VAGUE ATP IN DESCRIBING THE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS. EACH ACFT; UPON INITIAL INSPECTION; REQUIRE 1000 FT; A VERY EASY AND MUCH REPEATED MISTAKE. A SIMPLE SOLUTION WOULD BE TO PREVENT NON-RVSM ACFT FROM FLYING ABOVE FL280. ZAN ALLOWAS NON-RVSM ABOVE FL290; USES BOTH CONVENTIONAL AND NON-CONVENTIONAL ASSIGNMENT OF ALTS FL310; FL330; FL350 VERSUS FL300; FL310; FL320; AS WELL AS METERS; FOR ACFT TRANSITIONING TO RUSSIA.