ML19212A177

Weekly Info Rept for Week Ending 790727

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Issue date:	08/02/1979
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Aucust 2, 1979 For:

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T. A. Rehm, Assistant to the Executive Director for Operations

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JULY 27, 1979 A sumary of key events is included as a convenienca to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this r.ecort.

Contents Encicsure Administration A

Nuclear Reactor Regulation B

Standards Development C

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D

Inspection and Enforcement E

Nuclear Regulatory Research F*

Executive Legal Director G

International Programs H

State Programs I

"anagement and Program Analysis J

Controller K

Calendar of Significant Events L

Items Approved by the Commission M*

• Calendar of Speaking Engagements N

Status of Nuclear Power Plants 0

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T. 3 Rehm, Assistant to the T. A. Rehm Executive Director for Operations 19-27731

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SUMMARY

OF KEY EVENTS Week Ending July 27, 1979 Pilgrim On July 27, the switchyard at Unit 1 was hit by lichtSe reackn1 tina in 1[h ina re of offsite power to the station. As a consequence, t or scramme. Un, startup attempt, incomplete valve closure was indicated. The plant was brought to cold shutdown to repair or replace the topworks of the valves. Startup is expected tomorrcw. Ci On July 26, GE advised us of a Part 21 notification relative to the environmental qualification of teflon coated motor leads to Limitorque operators. GE is now notifying plants of required corrective actions and schedules. Fort Calhoun Omaha Public Power District has acolied to the NRC for authorization to increase the power level of Unit 1 from 1429 MWt to 1500 MWt. Oconee On J'uly 24, while at 25% power, Unit I was shut down due to a steam generator tube leak. The shutdown is required by the Technical Specifications. Early Site Review Based on discussions >with Middle South Services, Inc., NRR expects to receive an early site review' application in May 1980 for a two unit nuclear plant in southern Louisiana. Denial of Petition for Rulemaking On July 18, the EDO signed a Federal Register notice of denial of petition for rulemaking. The petition requested the Commission to form a review bcard made up of responsible members of industry to review all pertinent regulations and to clarify the positions of the industry prior to issuance of all new regulations. Procosed Hansen Project On July 23, NMSS received an application to process uranium mill tailings that will be produced at the prcposed Hansen Project. Although Colcrado is an Agreement State, the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 re-quires that a byproduct license to possess tailings be obtained from NRC. Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corocration Acolication NMSS received an acclication and an environmental report from Kerr-McGee Nuclear Ccrporation for a source material license to recover uranium utilizing ion exchange techniques on minewater frcm multiple sites in Wyoming. Strike at Nuclear Fuel Services. Erwin, Tennessee The strike at the NFS facility has been resolved. Workers are to work en August S. 797 192 State Agreements On July 25, SP and CA briefed Senator Packwood's staff and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation regarding the forthcoming shipments of TMI waste to the Hanford low-level waste burial site. Nevada Gcaernor List re:--'ed the Beatty low-level waste burial site on July 24. NASAP/INFCE MPA circulated for comment a draft of the first semi-annual report to Congress on the status of domestic and international evaluations of alternative nuclear fuel cycle systems. FY 1980 Budaet The House and Senate Appropriations Conference Committees met and approved an appropriation for the NRC totalling $363,340,000 and 3,034 permanent positions. The Ar -opriations Act is expected to be signed by the President in mid-August. M. f 797 193

OFF'CE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending July 27, 1979 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDCM OF INFORMATICN ACT STAR'S OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 313 24 Granted 178 5 Denied 52 7 Per. ding 83 12 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Emojean Girard, Requests all documents empowering the Arizona Attorney-At-Law Atomic Energy Comnission to act within the State (79-271) of Arizona in the place of the NRC involving nuclear matters. Alletta d' A. Belin, Requests all documents relating to or mentioning Center for Law in [a named person]. the Public Interest (79-278) Alletta d'A. Belin, Requests all documents relating to or mentioning Center for Law in tha organization known as Project Survival. the Public Interest (79-279) Alletta d'A. Belin, Requests all documents relating to or mentioning Center for Law in [a named person]. the Public Interest (79-280) A11etta d'A. Belin, Requests all documents relating to or mentioning Center for Law in [a named person]. the Public Interest (79-281) Alletta d'A. Belin, Requests all documents relating to or mentioning Center for Law in the organization, Peopic Against Nuclear Power. the Public Interest (79-282) CONTACT: J. M. Felton 492-7211 797 194 ENCLOSURE A

2 Received, Cont'd Troy B. Connor, APPEAL TO THE COMMISSICN the denial of documents Counsel for Nuclear relating to Staff Order to Show Cause in the Engineering Co., Inc. case of the Nuclear Engineering Company, Inc. (79-A-15-79-213) disposal site at Sheffield, Illinois. Ellyn R. Weiss, APPEAL TO THE ED0 for the release of the Incident Sheldon, Ha men, Response Center transcripts. Roisman, & Weiss, on behalf of UCS (79-A-16-79-100 & 79-167) Michael Jenks, APPEAL TO THE EDO for documents pertaining to the (79-A-17-79-205) importation into the U.S., and disposal thereof, of nuclear waste materials frcm foreign countries. Michael J. Horowitz, APPEAL TO THE EDO, n behalf of his client, the Attorney-At-Law denial of documents relating to the selection of (79-A-18-79-201) Director, Division of Organization and Personnel. Granted John R. Emshwilier, In response to a request for tests, written answers, The Wall Street Journal and scores of the reactor operators licensed for (79-128) the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Unit 2, informed the requester this infonration is located in the PDR. Ellyn R. Weiss, Made available documents in the PDR relating to Sheldon, Hannon, Dr. Stephen H. Hanauer's " nugget file" which had Roisman & Weiss, not been previously disclosed to the UCS. on behalf of UCS (79-149) Stephen M. Irving, In response to a request for documents on or Public Law Utilities after March 28, 1979 relating to the delay of the Group Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 2, made (79-217) available one document. David Reager, In response to a request for certain NRC Widoff, Reager, documents relating to anchor bolt problems and Selkowitz, & Adler alleged tritium leakage at the Hatch I and II (79-219) plants in Baxley, Georgia, informed the requester this information is available at the PDR. 797. 195 ENCLCSUPE A

3 Granted, Cont'd Milton T. Shockley, In response to a request for NRC travel expenditures NBC, Inc. for FY 1978; the Commission's FY 1978 budgetary (79-220) allotment to sponsor and attend conferences; travel expenditures by ACRS, ASLBP, ASLAP, EDO, and the Directors for IP, I&E, NMSS, and NRR, made available this information in the PDR. Wayne A. Coffman, Made available information regarding tne number, (79-221) purpose, and cost of consultants hired by the NRC. Tom Thompson, In response to a request for Notice of Violation KCET Television letters that include items of non-compliance for (79-230) California companies or installations that handle radioactive materials, Region V provided this information to the requester. Louis Snyder, In response to a request for a record identifying Natural Resources the title, author, date, and classification of Defense Council, Inc. documents referred to other agencies in response (79-232) to a previous FOIA request, informed her of this information. Craig h. %ick, In response to a request for all Nuclear Material Envirom ental Policy ~ Transaction Reports and all statements of tritium Center inventory filed by American Atomics Corporation, (79-234) Tucson, Arizona between January 1975 and the present, made available 21 documents. Setty Johnson, In response to a request for all records concerning League of Women Voters the consequences of a melt-down of nuclear piants of Rockford on rivers and on the effects of cor amination of (79-245) river sediments with radionuclides released from nuclear power plants, made available eight documents. John E. Bonine, In response to a request for records relating to University of Oregon NRC's administration of the Freedom of Information (79-247) Act, made available eight documents. Thomas B. Cochran, In response to a request for copies of the SAI Natural Resources Study on Safeguards of High Level Waste Repositories Defense Council, Inc. and all subsequent information prepared or utilized (79-258) by the NRC staff concerning this study and its findings, informed the requester the SAI is not expected to have a final draft report available u.1t11 May,1980, and a final report until June 30, 1980. ~ 797. 196 E7.LOS'JRE A

4 Granted, Cont'd_ Janet Pisaneschi, In response to a request for a listing of all Americans for Nuclear GS-15 and above employees and appointees, and Energy their jcb titles, made available a computer (79-261) printcut with this information. Richard J. Conway, InformGd tha requester the NRL lias never been Patton, Boggs, involved in any "V-Loan" guarantees, and has no and Blow records concerning them. (79-265) Denied (NRC employee) In response to a request for copias of documents (79-235) used in selecting a candidate for Vacancy Announcement 79-317, made available nine documents. Dented 18 documents in their entirety and portions of three documents, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. John Raymond, In response to a request for copies of All Murv Glass documents indexed or maintained adeP the name of Ccmmon Ground Karen Silkwood, made available 93 kcuments which (79-272) had been previously disclosed. Denied portions of five documents, the disclosure ef which would constitute a clearly unwarranted ir.vasien of personal privacy. Michael Hungerford, THE C0ft1ISSION DENIED ON APPEAL a memo dated Syracuse University January 10, 1975 to Howard Shapar from James L. College of Law Kelley. (79-A-8-79-47) 797 197 ENCLOSL'0E A

DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending July 27, 1979 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION l. RFP RS-RES-79-183 Title - Limiting Conditions for Operations Description - Develop a methodology to calculate allowable ratios of LCO's based on probabilistic approaches. To apply the methodology, system logic models such as fault trees will be constructed for specific safety systems in nuclear power plants and the allowable values for the LC0's will be calcu-lated using available reliability data. Peried of Performance - Anticipated to be two years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Solicitation closed June 29, 1979. Proposals under evaluation. 2. RFP RS-RES-79-193 Title - Steam Generator Tube Rupture Iodine Transport Mechanisms Description - Under Task I - the Contractor shall experimentally measure the amount of atomization and characterize the drop size distribution of superheated water flashing through a crack-like orifice into a saturated steam environment. Under Task II, the Contractor shall develop (or modify an existing) a computer program to model important iodine transport and removal mechanisms under steam generator tube rupture accident conditions. Period of Performance - One Year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Competitive range established. Negotiations scheduled for the week of July 30, 1979. 3. RFP RS-RES-79-200 Title - RES/ PAS Fuel Cycle Review Description - Technical assistance for peer review to critique the published products from the project, " Risk Assessment Methodology Development for Waste Isclation in Geologic Media" an ongoing study by Sandia Laboratcries. Period of Perfor. nance - Three years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Solicitation to close August 8, 1979. 4. RFP RS-RES-79-203 Title - NRC Mcnitor for Heissdampfreaktor Seismic Tests Description - Assistance in monitoring earthquake investigations at the super-heated steam reactor (Heissdampfreaktor) at the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center in Germany. The Contractor shall assist in fomulation of pretest predictions and observation of inter-mediate level explosive, shaker and snap back tests. Period of Performance - Two years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research atioj.gg Status - Solicitatien closed July 16, 1979. Proposals under v ENCLOSURE A

2 5. RFP RS-NRR-79-118 Title - Engineering Support for Operating Reactor Licensing Actions Description - The NRC is seeking assistance with its review and evaluation of pending operating reactor licensing actions. Assistance is needed to: (1) review licensee submittal, (2) perform compara-tive evaluations relative to established regulatory guides, (3) provide a report documenting conclusions reached, and (4) provide a definition of additional information needed to complete the action. Period of Performance - Three to five years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - Proposals forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel on July 16, 1979. 6. RFP RS-ACM-79-387 Title - Career Counseling Description - A four-hour course in four individual sessions for approxi-mately 100 NRC employees. Period of Perfnrmance - One year Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - Evaluation report approved by Contracting Officer on July 20, 1979. Letters to unsuccessful offerers were issued July 24, 1979. Letters to offerors in competitive range requesting clarifications were issued July 24, 1979. 7. RFP RS-ADM-79-395 Title - On-Call Maintenance for NRC Computer Peripheral Equipment Description - Provide on-call maintenance services for Government-owned computer peripheral equipment located in NRC's Bethesda, Rockville, Silver Spring, and Washington offices. Period of Performance - One year with two one-year options to renew. Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - Proposals received July 18, 1979 and forwarded to the Source Evaluation Board for review and evaluation. CONTRACT AWARDS RFP RS-NMS-79-029 Title - Synthesis for Physical Security and Material Control and Accounting Assessment Results Description - Develop methods for combining observations of MC&A Assessment Team members, develop a method for synthesizing the results of the Physical Security and MC&A assessments. and develop a draft handbook that explains the methodology for deriving the measures of effectiveness and synthesizing them into the final statement of adequacy. Period of Performance - Ten months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status - A Firm-Fixed-Price contract in the amount of $71,920.00 was awarded to Science Applications, Inc., La Jolla, CA. 797 199 ENCLOSURE A

3 ~ -CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made) Contract No. Contractor i Close Out Date AT(49-24)-0268 R. W. Beck 05/01/79 AT(49-24)-0096 Charles River Assoc. 07/11/79 AT(49-24)-0130 Rand Corporation 07/11/79 79) ENCLOSURE A

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR lEGULATION WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Week Ending July 27,1979) Pilarim Unit No. 1 ~ The switchyard at Pilgrim station was hit by' lightening at 1:00 a.m. today (Friday, 7/27/79) resulting in loss of offsite pcwer to the station. As a consequence, the reactor scrammed and the plant was isolated by MSIV cl os ure. The diesels started immediately and SRV's opened automatically. HPCI started manually in test mode. RCIC was started manually and used to control water level. Minimum water level reached during the transient was about 8 feet above top of active core, or about 1 1/2 feet above ECCS automatic start level. Offsite power was restored and diesels were secured at about 3:00 a.m. With SRV's relieving to the torus, pressure went down to about 600 pounds ' before startup was attempted. During the bicwcown, no particular effort was made to control pressure, but only to maintain water level in the vessel. On startup attempt, "D" SRV cycled between open and close, and "A" SRV showed high tail pipe temperature, indicating incomplete valve closure. The plant was then brought to cold shutdown to repair or replace the topworks of the SRV's. They expect to startup tomorrow. A PN is being prepared for issuance this morning. Boston Edison is issuing a press release. ~, GE On July 26, 1979, GE advised us of a Part 21 notification relative to the enviror. mental qualification of tefion coated motor leads to Limitorque operators. GE is ncw advising utilities (cwners of EW1-2, BWR-3 and some SWR-4 type plants with Pierless motors) that the teflon coated electrical leads in the recirculation long discharge isolation vilve Limitorque operator motors be replaced. GE ;tated that based cr its calculations, there was sufficient times available to alicw scheculed refueling replacement without a concern for safety. GE is new notifying plants of required corrective actions and schedules. }}] ENCLOSURE 3

Oconee Nuclear Station 18,1979 at 7:55 p.m., lightning struck the Greenville, S. C. On July substation resulting in isolation hf the Greenville to Oconee 280 kV transmission line from the Oconee switchyard. Prior to isolation there was a voltage swing on the 69 kV bus which feeds the Unit 2 reactor The Unit 2 generator, coolant pumps, causing pump trip on undervoltage.The Unit 2 trip did not result turbine and reactor subsequently tripped. The in any upward pressure spikes and posed no challenge to the PORV.The Unit 1 pressurizer level dropped to 35 inches and returned to normal. Water "B" main feedwater pump suction line simultaneously blew a gasket. The from the leak flashed to steam in the turbine building basement. steam shorted the control panel for the Unit I hot well and booster pumps Unit 2 is being restored to pcwer operation. in the feedwater system. As soon as the Unit 1 blown gasket is replaced that unit will be brought The operator stationed in the basement per NRC requirements - up in power. was uninjured. inis inrcrmation is preliminary, Fort Calhoun Unit 1 Omaha Public Pcwer District (CPPD) has applied to the NRC for authorization to increase the pcwer level of Fort Calhoun Unit I from 1429 MWt to 1500 MWt. OPPD proposes that this increase in power 5e authorized with Cycle 6 operations to Begin in March 1980. Cycle 6 will also involve the use of Exxon fuel instead of the CE fuel which is presently used. Oconee Nuclear' station," Uni t No.1 At 0300 on duly 24,1979, at 25% power, the unit was shut down due to a The Technical Specifications require 0.4 gpm steam generator tube leak. that a reactor shut dcwn shall be initiated within four hours of discovery of a tube leak equal to or in excess of 0.3 gpm and in a cold condition within the next 36 hours. Vermont Yankee 25, 1979 Ver :.t Yankee called Region I ILE to inform At 11:15 am July tnem tnat pull-tests on anchor bolts in respcnse to 3d'etin 79-02 had resulted in 15% of the bolts pulling completely loose for the 171 tested to date (171 + 3% of total). Vermont Yankee does not consider these test results cause concern about continued, safe operation of VY. Region I_ is oreparing a PN. There have been no news releases. Arrancements are,in progress to bring appropriate HQ IE and Licensing personnel together to discuss these matters further with VY. New Acclication for Early Site Review (ESR) On July 25, 1979 the representatives or Middle Scuth Services, Inc. discussed w1th the staff their upccming application for an ESR. The creccsed site is for a two unit nuclear plant in southern Louisiana. Units to ce on line in 1990-1995 time frame. ESR application is expected in May 1950. 797 202 ENCLCSURE 3

O Black Fox 1 & 2 19, 1979 with Public Service Company of Oklahcma A meeting was held on July (PS0) regarding the staff's review of PS0's report to NRC responding to the P50's report is the first utility report submitted regarding a TMI event. proposed response to the TMI event. Fort St. Vrain Since Fort St. Vrain is at 30% pcwer, generating 50 MWe on to the grid. of the first refueling, some problems were encountered in the completion None were encountered in the nuclear secondary side of the steam system. PSCo feels that the power ascension schedule has only been delayed side. by two days, so that 70%. power is expected to be achieved by August 2,1979. 19, 1979 highlights will Therefore, the schedule as presented in the July still be maintained. 797 203 ENCLOSURE 3

OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 27, 1979 1. Meeting of the Fredrickson Comittee on Biological Effects of Radiation: On July 24, 1979 the Interagency Counittee on Bio!69ical Effects of Radiation, chaired by Dr. Donald Fredrickson, NIH, met in Buiesda. F. Swanberg, RES, and R. Purple and M. Parsont, SD attended. Dr. A. Upton, NCI, presented a discussion of the current and proposed folicwup studies of the offsite TMI population. He presented also the report of the Subcomittee which he chairs (deliberations of which have been reported in previous weekly events). The Committee accepted the Subcommittee report with minor corrections. Dr. Michael Parsont, SD, presented infor: nation on NRC licensee data reporting requirements and some TMI dose data. In addition he discussed the NRC/ EPA Feasibility Planning Study contract as it pertains to Three Mile Island wor kers. Dr. Upton was asked to prepare an additional repcrt on the TMI worker population radiation exposure and the records thereof. This report is to include all of the informatinn provided by NRC to NIOSH on TMI data records as requested by Secretary Califano. DOE and 000 representatives gave an overview of their programs to synthesize dose data resulting from fallout weapons testing. A CDC representative spoke on their efforts to get affected states (in Hestern U.S.) to set up a regional council to deal with health effects studies related to weapons testing. The Committee agreed that this was a good idea. A draft protocol was circulated that would establish the Comittee's procesares for reviewing all Federally-funded epidemiologic studies. All Comittee members were asked to furnish coments. A draft letter, from the Secretary of HEW to appropriate House Overs;ght Comittees, reporting on the status of HEW's efforts to coordinate Federal research on the biological effects of ionizing radiation was also circulated. Committee members were asked to coment on this draft within a week. [M. Parsant - 443-5854] 2. Cn July 18,1979, the E00 signed a Federal Register notice of denial of petition for rulemaking, PRM 7-1, that will be published in the near future. The petition requested the Cognission to form a review board made up of responsible members of industry to review all pertinent regulations and to clarify the positions of the industry prior to issuance of all new regulations. By letter dated July 18, the EDO informed Walter P. Peeples, Jr., the petitioner, that PRM 7-1 was denied on the grounds that the NRC policy and procedures for direct distribution of proposed and effective amendments of NRC regulations to 797 204 ENCLCSURE C licensees and other interested persons: (1) Fully satisfy the objectives in the petition; and (2) Assure that affected licensees and applicants are aware of all proposed and effective regulations of a substantive nature, without the need to form a review board as requested in the petition. [J. Henry - 443-5946] ENCLOSURE C 797. 205

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending July 27, 1979 Cvorus Mines Corocration - Proposed Hansen Project On July 23, Cyprus Mines Corporation sumitted to the Uranium Recovery Licensing Branch an application to process uranium mill tailings (byproduct material as defined in the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) of 1978) that will be produced at the proposed Hansen Project. The project will be a conventional, acid leach mill with a 4,500 ton per day capacity in Fremont County, Colorado. Although Colorado is an Agreement State, UMTRCA requires that a byproduct license be obtained from NRC to possess tailings. Meetino with DOE and States on Inactive Mill Site Remedial Action A member of the Uranium Recovery Licensing Branch participated in a DOE sponsored workshop in Denver, Colorado, on July 20 on the DOE remedial action program at 22 inactive mill tailings sites. The program authorized by the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) of 1978 calls for States to participate in cleanup of sites and contribute a portion of cleanup costs. NRC has an oversight role in these actions. Receipt of Acolication from Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corcoration_ The Uranium Recovery Licensing Branch received an application and an environ-mental report from Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation for a source material license to recover uranium utilizing ion exchange techniques on minewater from multiple sites within the South Powder River Basin, Wyoming. The mine-water is currently pumped from the mine workings, treated, and released to the Iceal drainage pursuant to NPDES permits without recovery of uranium values. Incident Resconse Planning A draft of the NMSS Emergency Preparedness Action Plan has been developed and distributeG to the staff for comment. The plan is now being integrated with the earlier report of the FC Incident Response Planning Group for incorporation into the Task Force's report to the Comissioners, scheduled for August 3,1979. ENCLOSURE D ]h

Items of Interest 2 Uccrade Rule Guidance Comoendium First drafts of all the effectiveness test questionnaires not included in the published Upgrade Rule Guidance Compendium have been completed. Drafts of all the information request sheets of the Standard Fonnat and Content Guide have also been completed. These drafts will be distributed for coments. Value/Imoact Analysis - MC&A Upgrade Rule The remaining areas for which value/ impact analyses will be performed to support the MC&A Upgrade Rule have been identified, scoped, and forwarded to Battelle-Pacific Northwest Laboratory for technical task analysis initiation. Scent Fuel Protection In Transit We are continuing to respond to a series of letters prompted by the new rule for the protection of spent fuel snipments in transit and related acti vi ti es. Among the inquiries we are responding to this week is one from Senator Helms of North Carolina and one from Delegate Grayson of the Virginia House of Delegates. We are also respending to remarks made by Mr. Sheldon Mayer of Tri-State before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee. Scent Fuel Route Surveys During the period between July 24-29, Safeguards Division teams surveyed the route proposed by Duke Power Company for transporting spent fuel frcm Oconee, S. C. to McGuire, N.C. and the route proposed by the University of Missouri from Columbia, Mo., to the Savanah River plant. Workshoo on Behavioral Science and Physical Security NMSS representatives attended the Fourth Behavioral Science Workshop spcnsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency on July 25 and 26,1979. The program included a presentation by the Lawrence Livermore Labs of an NRC spcnsored study entitled, "Use of Analogous Incidents in Characterized Safeguards Threats", and an open meeting of the interagency Physical Security Evaluation Advisory Group to address behavioral science research needs. Strike at Nuclear Fuel Services, Emin, Tennessee The strike at the Nuclear Fuel Services facility located in Erain, Tennessee has been resolved. Workers are scheduled to go back to work on August 5, 1979. ENCLOSURE D

OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending July 27, 1979 1. Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatche'd during the past week: a. PNO-79-270 and -270A Rancho Seco - Results of Analysis and Testing on Class 1 Piping Supports - As a result of analysis and testing of piping supports as required by IE Bulletin 79-02, the licensee discovered piping supports with safety factors lower than required. The olant was taken to hot shutdown and pipe supports were upgraded. (Closed) b. PN0-79-271 Indian Point Unit 2 - Contamination of Workers - Six employees were externally contaminated. The employees were decontaminated and given whole body counts. (Closed) c. PN0-79-272 Marble Hill Units 1 & 2 - Recurring Concrete Placement Deficiencies - On July 20, 1979, the Director of Region III (Chicago) and members of his staff met with members of Public Service of Indiana corporate management to discuss the concrete placement activities at the Marble Hill nuclear site. The licensee has new stopped further Class I concrete work pending evaluation of the contractor's corrective actions. (Closed) d. PNO-79-273 Hatch Units 1 & 2; Farley Units 1 & 2 - Southern Company Task Force Recommendations - A task force formed by the Southern Company issued its report containing 20 recommendations designed to improve the safety of nuclear power plants operated by the Genrgia Power Co. and the Alabama Power Co. (Closed) e. PNO-79-274 Transportation Incident Involving Medical Isotopes - A delivery truck containing medical isotopes collided with an oncoming vehicle, injuring both drivers. Although contamination was initially suspected, it was subsequently deterinined that all packages were accounted for and were free of contamination. (Closed) f. DN0-79-275 Mallinckrodt, Inc., St. Louis, MO - Lost Shipment of Licensed Byproduct Material - A package of radioactive material being shipped from St. Louis to Charlotte, NC did not reach its destination. The package contained 63 millicuries of iodine 131, 100 millicuries of molybdenum 99, and less than 2 millicuries of iodine 125. The licensee has put a tracer on the shipment. 00T and FAA are assisting in the search. (Closed) 9 PNO-79-276 Rancho Seco - Washington Post Inquiry Regarcing IE Investigation of Rancho Seco Design Error Allegations - A reporter for the Washington Post informed IE that an NRC employee alleged that the NRC investigation relating to design errors at Rancho Seco was a whitewash. The reporter was given rebuttal information. (Closed) h. PNO-79-277 Oconee Unit 1 - Steam Generator Tube Leak - The reactor was shut down on July 24, 1979 due to an apparent steam generator tube leak in excess of Technical Specifications limits. The leaking tubes will be plugged prior to startup. (Closed) 797. M ENCLOSURE E 1. PNO-79-278 Washington Nuclear Project No. 1 - Construction Fatality - An ironworker installing reinforcing steel in the steam generator wall fell 37 feet. The worker was taker, to a local hospital where he died from the injuries. (Closed)

j. PNO-79-279 Mallinckrodt, Inc., St. Louis, M0 - Lost Shipment of Licensed Byproduct Material - A package of radioactive material being shipped to Waterville, Maine did not reach its destination. The package contained 500 millicuries of molybdenum 99. The consignee has put a tracer on the shipment. D0T and FAA are assisting in the search.

(Closed) k. PN0-79-280 Crystal River Unit 3 - Failure of Emergency Diesel Generator During Surveillance Testing - During surveillance testing of both diesel generators, a fire occurred in the exhaust manifold of one diesel gener-ator. The fire was self-extinguished. The licensee subsequently deter-mined that the fire was caused by an excessive fuel rich mixture on engine startup and aided by excessive oil and carbon accumulation in the manifold. Corrective measures were taken. (Closed) 1. PNO-79-281 Zion Unit 2 - Reactor Trip Due to the Loss of a Feedwater Pump Caused by Personnel Error - A reactor trip from 90% power occurred due to 1*ne loss of one of the two operating feedwater pumps caused by personnal error. An engineer inadvertently backed down the hand speed changer on an operating feedwater pump instead of a feedwater pump that was out of service thereby causing a reduction of feedwater flow and subsequent plant trip.,(Closed) m. PN0-79-282 Saint Peters General Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ - Film Badge Exposure of 10 Rems - A filn badge assigned to an x-ray technician showed a dose of 10 rems for the month of June. Film patterns indicate the badge was exposed in a stationary position or during a single exposure of short duration. The individual's work assignments did not include handling radioactive materials. The licensee is conducting an investigation to determine if the dose was rrceived by the individual. (Closed) n. PNO-79-283 Marble Hill Units 1 & 2 - Construction Deficiencies Noted by ASME Inspectors - An inspection team of the National Ecard of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors recommended that the ASME certification issued to Public Service of Indiana be suspended pending correction of a number of code violations. Region III (Chicago) has dispatched an investigation team to deternine the extent of code violations, the relationship of these to the QA/QC program, and whether that program is functioning properly. (Closed) o. PS0-79-284 Waterford Unit 3 - Plant Evacuation - Construction forces at Waterford were evacuated due to a chlorine gas release by a chemical plant nearby. There were no injuries to site personnel. (Closed) p. PNO-79-285 Schlumberge'r Technology Corp., Houston, Texas - Lost Sealed Sources - Five scaled sources were lost overboard in the Gulf of Mexico about six miles from Grand Island, Louisiana. The sources were in shielded containers within a tool box which was loaded on a pallet on a boat. The beat was in transit from an offshore platform to shore when the callet was lest overgaard during a tropical storm. (Closed) 797 209 E."CLCSME E

. q. PNS-79-77 Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Erwin, TN - Operators' Strike - Management and the union reached agreement on July 22, 1979 on settling the strike. Union employees are expected to return to work on or about August 6, 1979. Supervisory personnel continue limited operations. (Closed) r. PNS-79-78 River Bend Unit 1 - Bomb Threat - A bomb threat was received by a guard at the main gate. Plant management was notified and a search of principal buildings was conducted. No bomb was found. (Closed) 2. The foliowing IE Bulletins were issued: a. IE Belletin 79-16, " Vital Access Area Controls," was issued on July 26, 1979 to all holders of and applicants for reactor operating licenses. b. IE Bulletin 79-17, " Pipe Cracks in Stagnant Borated Water Systems at PWR Plants," was issued on July 26, 1979 to all pressurized water reactors with an operating license. c. IE Bulletin 79-05C and 79-06C, " Nuclear Incident at Three Mile Island - Supplement," was issued on July 26, 1979 to all pressurized water reactor facilities with an operating license. n. 797. 210 ENCLOSU E E

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST _FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 27, 1979 Palisades Nuclear Plant On July 23, the Licensing Board issued a notice of hearing in Palisades. They found standing by Intervenors and admitted three contentions in this first steam generator replacement proceeding. The admitted contentions are, in summary: (1) total man-rem exposure will be 7342 man-rem and there must be an EIS to consider somatic and genetic effects of such exposure; (2) the occupa-tional exposure will not be kept as low as possible; and (3) the impacts of construction are not adequately considered. ,m. 191 2\\\\ ENCLOSURE G

ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING JULY 27, 1979 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Foreion Visits On Tuesday, Mr. Bruce P. H. Chu, Vice President of Te1 power and three members of his staff met with J. R. Shea, J. D. Lafleur, and M. Peterson of IP 9 discuss U.S. export policy and future nuclear programs in Taiwan. On Tuesday, a ten-member delegation of South Korea newspaper, radio, and television journalists ' met with staff members of IP, OLB/NRR, and PA to discuss (a) NRC's role in domestic and export licensing, and (b) the pro-bable implications of TMI-2 on such factors as safety, operator training upgrading, and accident response. On Tuesday, Messrs. G. Roukens and G. A. De Vrey of the Dutch Nuclear Office of Labor Inspectorate, Ministry of Social affairs met with staff members of DPM, DSS, and DSF. to discuss quality assurance, operator licensing, reactor systems safety, and accident analysis. On Thursday, Mr. Bo Rydnert of Lutab (a Swedish Consulting Group) and Consultant to the Swedish Government Ccmmittee on Nuclear Reactor Safety met with J. J. Holman of OLB/NRR and W. S. Farmer of RSR/NRR to discuss the TMI-2 control room layout and operator actions in relation to human engineering (man-machine interaction) aspects of the TMI-2 incident. Mr. Rydnert also met with C. B. Oh of PAB/RES to discuss Methods of Risk Analysis from a psychological point of view. Foreicn Reports Deleted from PDR copy.

OFFICE OF STATE PFOGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING JULY 27, 1979 State Acreements The Assistant Director for State Agreements program and a repre-sentative of Congressional Affairs briefed Senator Packwcod's staff (Oregon) and representatives of the Senate Ccmmittee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on July 26 regarding the meeting to be held with Washington officials on July 27 and the forthcoming shipments of TMI waste to the Hanford low-level waste burial site. Nevada Governor List reopened the Beatty low-level was te burial site on Tuesday, July 24. In reopening the site, he required by executive order that: (a) waste generators provide the S tate with a Compliance Certificate warranting that the shipment conf orms to both Federal and State requirements for shipment, transportation, and disposal, and (b) waste brokers who ship or transport commercial low-level radioactive waste into the State for disposal certify that' they have conducted an external visual and dose rate inspection of packages and that no items of non-compliance were found, and (c) waste carriers certify to the S tate that the vehicle is properly placarded and secured and'that all shipping papers as required by U.S. DCT have been properly; executed. Procram Develorment Shelly Schwartz and Marie Janinek participated in the quarterly meeting of the Executive Board of the Ccnference of Radiaticn Control program Directors in Louisville, Ky., the site of the 1980 annual mee ting. In additien to the regular business of the Conference, facilities at the Galt Ecuse were lined up for the 12 th annual meeting, to be held May 18-22, 1980, and preliminary work was begun on setting up a program. Andy Robart, Region V SLO, and Frank Young me t with Oregon Department of Health and Department of Energy officials en Friday, July 20 regarding a proposed general Memorandum of Understanding and a protective subagreement for proprietary information. The Depar tment of Health wanted assurances that the proposed MOU wculd not affect the existing 274b agreement. We expect the MOU and 3 subagreement to move forward promptly now. ENCLOSURE 79

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest Week Ending - July 27,1979 Operational Data Analysis Assisted EDO in responding to Commission tasking on establishing a new office to analyze operating data frem nuclear facilities. Coal and Nuclear Power Costs With assistance from NRR, responded to Ccmmissioner Ahearne's request for informa-tion on generating costs, including investment, O&M expenses and decommissioning. NASAP/INFCE Circulating for comment draft of the first semi-annual report to Congress on the status of domestic and international evaluations of alternative nuclear fuel cycle systems. Report due to Congress by August 15, 1979. OI A Report on NRC's Management of ADP Systems Reviewed and commented to A/ED0 on OIA report that recommended centralizing all ADP support in NRC. 797. 214 ENC'.0SU?E J

Of fice of the Controller Items of Interest Week Ending July 27, 1979 Sudget Formulation The FY 1981-1983 budget and the FY 1980 supplemental were transmitted to the Ccmmission for their review. The Commission is scheduled to have a final mark on these budgets on August 8. FY 1980 Budget The House and Senate Apprcpriations Conference '.cmmittees met and approved an appropriation for the NRC totalling $363,340,000 and 3,034 permanent positions. This Apprcpriatiens Act is expected to be signed by the President in mid-August. FY 1979 Reprogrammin~g Approval has been received from the House Appropriations Committee, Subecmmittee on Energy and Water Development. We expect approvals frcm the remaining four Committees next week. 797. 215 EnClCsure K

CALENDAR OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS August 6 & & Case forecast visit to Limerick Nuclear Station on August 6 and 7 797 216 ENCLOSURE L

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• CALENDAR OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AUGUST August 6-10 Lecture the IE Insoectors on Concrete and Other Structural Defects Exoerienced in Nuclear Power Plant Construction -

L. L. Seratan SEPTEMBER September Nuclear Records Management Association Symposium, San 12-13 Francisco, CA - Two RV Staff Personnel to Particioate on a NRC Panel for two Questien/ Answer Sessions September 16 ANS Topical Conference on Cecontamination and Deccmmissioning of Nuclear Facilities, Sun Valley, ID - Residual Activity Limits for Unrestricted Release from Decommissionino - E. Centi ~24 797 2l7 ENCLOSURE N

STATUS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS-JUNE 30,1979 Number Rated Capacity Of Units (MWe)

• 70 L! C E N S E D TO O P E R ATE.....................................................

51,00 0 ~

• 92 CO N STRU CTIO N PER MIT G R ANTED................................. 101,000 37 Under Operating License Review..

40,000 .. 61,000 55 Operating License Not Yet Applied For 27 U N DER CONSTRU CTION PERMIT REVIEW..................... 31.000

• • 4 Site Work Authorized, Safety Review in Process.

4,000 ... 27,000 23 Other Units Under CP Review.. 4 ORDERED................................................................................ 5,000 2 P U B Li C LY A N N O U N C E D...................................................... 2,000 r., 5-M,, 195 T O TA L.................................................................................. 190,000 m ro e a y

• To date there have been 467 reactor years of operation. Not included are two operable DOE-owned reactors with a cornbina d capacity of 940 MWo.
• Total of units authosized construction (Construction Permit Granted plus Site Work Authorized): 96 units,105,000MWe, t4Pt.19}}