ML19212A291
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| Issue date: | 08/21/1979 |
| From: | Rehm T NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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August 21, 1979 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant to the Executive Director for Operations
Subject:
WEEXLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING AUGUST 17, 1979 A summary of key events is included asa convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enciosure 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 Di~ rector G
International Programs H
State Programs I
Management 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 P1 n
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SUMMARY
OF KEY EVENTS Week Ending August 17, 1979 Beaver Valley, Unit 1 NRR terminated the March 13, 1979 Show Cause Order that required the plant to be shut down. Ouutanding concerns related to the environmental qualifications of certain electrial equipment were resolved in a meeting en August 9 and the licensee expects to have the plant back on line by August 17, 1979.
Point Beach, Unit 1 On August 5, the plant was brought to cold shutdown for an inspection of a leak in the steam generators.
The inspection indicated 52 tubes required plugging.
Further tests and plugging are expected to be completed this week.
Crystal River, Unit 3 On August 13, radiation leakage at the plant was broadcast in the news. State physics personnel were sent to CR-3.
The plant is experiencing some reactor coolant leakage (to containment and to the secondary system) but is well within Technical Specification limits.
Kewaunee On August 9, the plant was shut down to repair a pressurizer safety valve leaking at the rate of.87 gpm. The licensee anticipates startup on August 15, 1979.
CEQ Toxic Substances Strategy Committee The CEQ Toxic Substances Strategy Committee's final Draft Report to the President is being circulated for staff comment. Although radiation is not within the report's scope, a number of the recommendations and principles developed in the report could be applied to radiation protection and are relevant to NRC programs.
NRC comments will be submitted to the Commission after September 10, 1979.
Clean Air Act In reference to the Clean Air Act, EPA determined that radionuclides, including source, byproduct, and special nuclear material, are hazardous air pollutants.
The Clean Air Act also requires that follow-on EPA actions will include (1) issuance of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking in September 1979, (2) issuance of proposed Clean Air Act standards by February 1980, and (3) completion of an NRC/ EPA interagency agreement by February 1980, on implementation of the Act.
Emergency Preparedness in a recent meeting with SP, the Governors of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont have agreed to develop a regional plan as part of their individual State plans which will assure coordination and cooperation of the States in responding to a radiological emergency. All states committed to having draft plans for review within 6 months.
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OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending August 17, 1979 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STA10S OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 361 25 Granted 224 6
Denied 56 11 Pending 81 8
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Deborah C. Wyatt, Requests all correspondence within the past two Counsel for Safe years regarding plans in the State of Virginia for Alternatives for any uranium mining, milling, conversion, enrichment, Future Energy or reprocessing of spent fuels, or storage of any (79-318) nuclear wastes.
Richard A. DeSantis, Requetts, on behalf of his client, all records Attorney pertaining to [a named person].
(79-319)
D'On Voelzke, Requests a bibliography of Docket 50-142 and any Cormiittee to Bridge other files pertaining to the UCLA Nuclear Energy The Gap Laboratory.
(79-320)
Richard A. DeSantis, Requests, on behalf of his client, all records Attorney pertaining to [a named person].
(79-321)
Richard A. DeSantis, Requests, on behalf of his client, all records Attorney pertaining to [a named person].
(79-322)
Paul E. Pohler Requests information concerning radioactive fallout (79-323) from atmospheric testing during the years 1950-1970.
Douglas 0. Lee, Requests the previous employment for 40 named NRC Americans for employees.
Nuclear Energy (79-324)
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211 872.350 ENCLOSURE A
2 Received, Cont'd A1letta d'A. Belin, Requests, on behalf of her client, all records Center for Law in relating to [a named person].
the Public Interest (79-325)
Alletta d' A. Belin, Requests, on behalf of her client, all records Center for Law in relating to [a named person].
the Public Interest (79-326)
Alletta d'A. Belin, Requests, on behalf of her client, all records Center for Law in relating to [a named person].
the Public Interest (79-327)
Richard A. DeSantis, Requests, on behalf of his client, all records Attorney pertaining to [a named person].
(79-328)
Richard A. DeSantis, Requests, on behalf of his client, all records Attorney pertaining to [a named person].
(79-329)
Thomas B. Cochran, Referral from the Department of Energy of one Natural Resources document regarding retransfer approvals (MB-10's) for Defense Council, Tnc.
spe ' uclear fuel of U.S. origin.
(79-330)
Granted Diane E. Findley, Made available the non-proprietary version of the Science Applications, Inc.
technical proposal submitted by Boeing Computer (79-229)
Services in response to RFP No. RS-NMS-79-028.
William M. Spodak, In response to a request for documents relating to Westinghouse Electric the NRC's recent decision to recommend to the Corporation Department of Commerce that an export license not be (79-237) granted to Westinghouse Electric Corporation, made available two documents.
Ellyn R. Weiss, In response to a request for documents prepared by Sheldon, Harmon, foreign countries concerning the Three Mile Island Roisman, and Weiss, incident, made available eight documents in the PDR.
on behalf of UCS (79-251) 872351 ENCLOSURE A
3 Granted, Cont'd Edward Gogol, In response to a request for documents relating to Citizens Against the delay in construction and completion of the Nuclear Power LaSalle Nuclear Power Station Units 1 and 2, made (79-264) available four documents.
Barry Scott In response to a request for documents relating to (79-266) hazards to consumers and to the environmental resultin from the use and disposal of ionization type smoke detectors, informed the requester these records era located in the PDR.
Susan M. Pierce, Made available pages 1 through 7 of the request for Lowenstein, Newrnan, proposal RS-NRR-79-134, " Tearing Stability Analysis Reiss, Axelrad & Toll for Light Water Reactor Piping", and the winning (79-273) technical proposal submitted by Washington University.
David O. Thompson In response to a request for all pages contained (79-283) within Docket 70-734 regarding the shipment of uranium to General Atomic, informed the requester the NRC has located no documents.
Informed the requester the NRC has no documents (A'; ' dividual requesting) i r.fo rt.-..on about himself relating to him in NRC's systems of records (79-294) relating to medical, travel, personnel research and test validation, and radiation exposure information and reports files.
(An individual requesting Informed the requester the NRC has no documents infonnation) relating to her deceased husband.
(79-298)
Paul E. Pohler Informed the requester the NRC has no documents (79-323) concerning radioactive fallout from atmospheric testing during the years 1950-1970.
John Raymond, The requesters withdrew their appeal regarding Murv Glass, deletions made in five documents concerning Karen Conmon Ground Silkwood.
(79-A-19-79-272)
Denied Martin 0. Cohen, In response to a request for the contract pr]posal Science Applications, submitted by Science Applications, Inc. to '.he NRC (79-107) in response to RFP RS-RES-79-193, its Amenument 1, and any modifications, made available SAI's "Best and Final" proposal.
Denied SAI's business proposal and portions of SAI's technical proposal containing confidential business (proprietary) information.
872352 ENCLOSURE A
4 Denied, Cont'd (An NRC employee)
THE EDO DENIED ON APPEAL certain documents maintained (79-A-14-PA-79-18) in the Labor Management and Employee Relations Branch, 0&P.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending August 17, 1979 PENDING COMPETITI*.* REQUIREMENTS 1.
RFP RS-01E-79-263 Title - Vendor Selection and Data Collection System Description - Development of a system to collect and '.at. gorize nuclear component vendor-related data and selecc s..idors for inspection, based upon safety significance, inspection history, and other weighted criteria.
Period of Performance - Thirteen months Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - Solicitation being developed 2.
RFP RS-ED0-80-502 Title - Study and Review of Issues Concerning Equal Employment Opportunity at NRC Description - Perform an assessment of NRC's EE0 Program and prepare recommendations for improving EE0 at NRC should the assess-ment reveal any areas requiring management attention.
Period of Performance - Nine months Sponsor - Office of the Executive Director for Operations Status - Solicitation being developed IFB'S ISSUED IFB RS-SEC-79-350 Title - Stenographic Reporting Services Description - Furnish stenographic reporting services for hearings, press briefings, Commission meetings, security interviews, and other meetings as required.
Period of Performance - Two years Sponsor - Office of the Secretary Status - Solicitation issued August 14, 1979.
Bid opening September 7, 1979.
RFP'S ISSUED 1.
RFP RS-NMS-79-039 Title - SECOM Test Description - Participation of a commercial transporter of special nuclear material in an extended field test to determine the increase in transportation safeguards capability which might result from the use of the SECOM Communications System.
Period of Performance - Eighteen months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status - At the request of prospective offerors, the due date for receipt of proposals has been extended to August 31, 1979.
3723E4 ENCLOSURE A
2 2.
RFP RS-0IE-79-257 (Step one of two-step IFB)
Title - Region III Mobile Laboratory Description - Special vehicle designed to be used for conducting the confirmatory measurements program to evaluate the capability of the licensee to measure radioactivity in effluents.
Period of Performance - Ninety days (tentative)
Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - Time for receipt of technical proposals extended to August 20, 1979.
PROPOSALS UJ(D_E_R EVALUATION 1.
RFP RS-ADM-79-387 Title - Career Counseling Description - A four-hour course in four individual sessions for'approxi-mately 100 NRC employees.
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - Clarification letters received August 6,1979 from offerors in competitive range.
Copies forwarded to Source Evaluation Board for evaluation on August 7, 1979.
2.
RFP RS-MPA-79-353 Title - MPA Product Evaluation Description - Conduct an evaluation of 10 MPA management information products to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of each product.
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Management and Program Analysis Status - Proposals received August 3, 1979.
Technical proposals provided to Source Evaluation Board for review and evaluation August 6, 1979.
3.
RFP RS-NRR-80-103 Title - Buckling Behavior of Steel Containment Shells Description - The objective of this program is to develop a current staff position on buckling of steel containment shells for NRC review of applicant designs.
Period of Performance - Two years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - Competitive range established on August 9, 1979.
Discussions will be held with the offerors in the competitive range from August 17, 1979 through August 23, 1979.
972355 ENCLOSURE A
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CONTRACT AWARDS 1.
NRC-10-79-393 Title - Keypunching and Verifying Services Description - Keypunching and verification of EAM cards, including pick up and delivery, key-to-tape data entry services, emergency keypunching and verifying services in support of NRC's Controller's payroll system, and keypunching and verifying services of classified information on site at Silver Spring offices.
Period of Performance - One year?.
Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - A fixed-price contract was fully executed on August 9, 1Q79 with the Small Business Administration and International Business Services, Inc., an eligible 8(a) minority concern, in the amount of $76,885.66.
2.
NRC-04-79-210 Title - Nuclear Reactor Crisis Management-Alternatives for Government Action Description - To provide a listing and an evaluation of alternatives for Government action in nuclear crisis management based on experience in other industry and Government sectors.
Provide comments on draft NRC-TMI Special Inquiry evaluation which
-deals with NRC's own emergency response.
Period of Performance - Four months Sponsor - TMI Special Inquiry Staff (RES Funds)
Status - Cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded to National Academy of Public Administration in the amount of $89,395.00 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS Invitation for bid (IFB) number RS-ADM-79-658 for Microfiche Services at Oak Ridge, lennessee, was processed as a 100% small business set-aside procurement.
The bid opening under this solicitation was held on AJgust 10, 1979.
The apparent low bid was submitted by Microtech Industries, Inc., (MI) which certified that it was a small business concern as required by the solicitation package.
On August 15, 1979, Division of Contracts received a telegram from Engineered Systems, Inc., (ESI) protesting the award of a contract to MI alleging that MI was not a small business concern.
In accordance with FPR Subpart 1-1.703, the Contracting Officer forwarded a letter to SBA requesting a determination as to the small business status of MI.
If SBA determines MI to be other than a small business concern, MI will be eliminated from further consideraticn for award and the contract will be awarded to the second low bid.
37235g ENCLOSURE A
4 2.' NRC Manual Chapter 5103 - NRC Review of Contractor Invoices - has been released and is now applicable to all invoices submitted by NRC contractors.
This review process establishes a requirement for all NRC project officers to assess individual contractor's performance, as well as to review costs billed and to answer specific questions relating to performance on the NRC Form 292. The invoices are then forwarded to the Division of Contracts for an in-depth business review to determine allowability of costs billed.
It is expected that this system will provide that potential contract difficulties will be determined early enough to enable corrective action to be taken by the NRC before such potential problems materialize.
872357 ENCLOSURE A
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION UEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Ueek Ending August 17,1979)
.Beaver Valley 1 On August 8,1979, NRR issued an Order terminating its March 13, 1979 Show Cause Order relating to the seismic designs of safety related piping systems. That Order required the plant to be shut down until acceptable reanalysis and modifications :ould be made. On August 9, 1979, the staff net with the licensee to resolve some outstanding concerns related to the environmental qualifications of certain electrical equipment before the plant was returned to power operation.
These concerns were resolved to the Staff's satisfaction and the licensee indicated that it expects to have the plant back on line by August 17, 1979.
Vermont Yankee On August 9,1979, the Ticensee reported leakage of reactor coolant into the drywell of approximr.tely 4 gpm.
Inspection revealed moisture on one of the recirculation loop discharge valves.
Reactor shutdown was comenced and was in Cold Shutdown vithin the 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> penaitted by the Technical Specifications.
A Pli and Press release were issued because of media interest to nuclear plant issues.
Repair of leaking valve packing was completed and the plant returned to power on 8/12/79.
Reoort of the Sitino Policy Task Force The Report of the Siting Folicy Task Force was sent to the Commission.
In June 1975 the Commission requested that the staff draw tocether nuclear reactor siting related ir. formation and develop a comprJ ensive statement of Correaission siting policy and practice. The Report of the Siting Policy Task Force (NUREG 0625) is the culmination of this effort.
As a consequence of reviewing the siting policy and practice leading to preparation of the Report, the Task Force identified a number of areas in which changes or clarification to current siting policy and practice are recommended.
These recommended changes are included in Section 3 of the Report and were made with the following goals in mind:
To strengthen siting as a factor in defense in depth by establishing a.
requirements for site approval that are independent of plant design considerations.
b.
To take into consideration in siting the risk associated with accidents beyond the design basis (Class 9) by establishing population density and distribution criteria.
To require that sites selected will minimize the risk from energy c.
generation.
S7235S ENCLOSURE B
. ' Point Beach 1 On August 5,1979, Point Beach 1 was found to have a leak of 1.5 gpm in steam generator A, and it was brought to cold shutdown for a steam generator inspection. The inspection showed one tube a " gusher" and two tubes " weepers."
The leaks were in the kidney shaped area of the hot leg that had less flow through it than the rest of the generator. There were no cold leg leaks.
An initial eddy current test of 6 percent of the tubes found 15 tubes pluggable.
This was followed by a test of all tubes in the hot leg which indicated a total of 52 tubes required plugging. All of the tubes were in the hot leg, all in the crevice area about one inch below the top of the tube sheet.
The B generator is currently being tested and 52 tubes have been found to need plugging through August 13, 1979. The tests and plugging are expected to be completed this week. A 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> notice has been sent to Region III, and a 14-day report will be issued August 24, 1979.
Point Beach I had been showing a small steady leakage (15 gpd) from May through July.
During startup, after a maintenance outage on August 4,1979, this leak increased leading to the inspection.
Point Beach 1 steam generators have been sludge lanced during each refueling since 1974. WEPC0 is considering numerous actions such as chemical cleaning, mechanical plugging (permits tubes to be pulled and examined at a later date), and multi frequency eddy current techniques which would help to understand and correct the problem.
Crystal River Unit No. 3 A news story regarding radiation leakage at Crystal River 3 was broadcast on the Orlando, Florida Channel 9 news at 6 p.m., August 13, 1979.
As a result State of Florida health physics personnel were sent to CR-3.
A Florida Power Corporation employee was cited as the news source.
CR-3 is operating at 100% power having recently restarted from a refueling outage. The plant is experiencing some reactor coolant leakage (to contain-ment and to the secondary system) but this leakaga is well within Technical Specification limits and did not develop immediately prior to the TV news s tory.
Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3 On August 14, 1978, Philadelphia Electric Company (PECo) reported to 0IE that they have identified 122 valves for which they do not have documentation that they are seismically qualified. Of the 122, only 4 are larger than 2".
These 4 are 6" valves on the cooling water lines to the diesel.
PECo has verified that the purchase specs require them to be seismically qualified and have discussed the issue with the valve manufacturers (BSB).
PECo feels the problem is one of documentation only.
IE is issuing a PN on this item.
972353 ENCLOSURE B
. Kewaunee Nuclear Plant On Thursday, August 9,1979, the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant was shut down to repair a pressurizer safety valve leaking at the rate of.87 gpm.
The licensee anticipates a five-day shutdown to repair the leak.
Startup scheduled for August 15, 1979.
972360 ENCLOSURE B
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STATUS OF OPERATIliG PLAliT FIRE PROTECTI0li REVIEWS The fire protection review; of each operating plant results in a license
, amendment which places a condition in the license requiring modifications to the plant for the addition of fire suppression and detection systems, installation of fire doors, dampers, and barriers, retabling for separation, additional equiptrent for manual fire fighting, and upgrading of adminis-trative controls. A safety evaluation report accompanies the amendment and in many cases there are a few incomplete items that will require a supple-ment to the safety evaluation in order to complete their resolution.
The status of the fire protection reviews is as follows:
Total fiumber of Plants to be reviewed 68 58 tiember of reviews completed 10 fiu=Ser of plants remaining tiumber of plants originally scheduled for July 11 Actual completed 10 tiumber of plants originally scheduled for Aug.
5 Actual completed 3
fiumber.of piants originally scheduled for Sept.
6" Tctal fiumber cf SER supplements required 49
!! umber of SER supplements i.ssued 3
Date by which all SER supplements issued April 1981
- We are attemoting to accelerate these reviews into August.
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SEISMIL SHUTDOWN PLANTS STATUS AS OF 8/8/79 "5 Plant Shutdown" MAINE YANKEE Restarted 5/24/79 BEAVER VALLEY Order permitting restart issued 8/8/79 Order permitting restart issued 8/14/79 FITZPATRICK SURRY l Restart week of 8/20/79. Proposed order and SER has been approved by the Commission.
SURRY 2 Restart in late November.
Steam Generator replacement in progress.
Baseolate/ Anchor Bolt Shutdown Plants OCONEE 3 Restart 9/15 Restart 9/1 FARLEY l 873002 ENCLOSURE B
FEEDWATER CRACKS PLANTS 1&E Bulletin.79-13 dated June 25, 1979_
Requirements: Plants with W or CE S/G's complete volumetric exam if FJ nozzles within 90 days as follows:
RT (supplemsnted by UT) of all FW nozzle-to-piping welds &
adjacent pipe & nozzle areas If cracking identified, conduct volumetric exam of all FJ line welds up to ist piping support or snubber & snubbers in containment Visual exam of FK system supports & snubbers in containment All PWR facilities perform following inspection at next outaga of sufficient duration or at next refueling outage after inspection required above.
For S/G's with comm:n nozzle for MFJ/AFW conduct volumetric inspection all FJ nozzle-te-pipe weld areas & all FW pipe welds inside containment (includes weids connecting AFW to MFW outside containment)
For S/G's with separate nozzies for MPJ/AFJ conduc~t volumetric exam of all welds inside containment & upstream of external ring header or vessel nozzie of each S/G.
If external ring heauer used, inspect all welds of one inlet riser on each feedring of each S/G Visual exam of all FR system piping supp:rts & snubbers in containment If ind'ications fbund in Fn' nozzles or pipir,; welds in one unit of a multi-unit facility, othertunits must be shutdown and inspected unle'ss justification provided for continued operation.
Report cracking or discontinuities to I&E recier within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> Provide schedule for inspections within 20 days and adequacy of procedures to respond to a FW line accident & methods to detect FJ leaks in containment.
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Plants with Cracks evaluated: 10 restarted: 7 D P D
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ENCLOSURE B _
STATUS OF PLANTS SHUTDOWN FOR OTHER REA50"S Big Rock Point Control Rod Drive Leak Restart 10/1/79 Dresden 1 ECCS Inspection Restart 4/80 Hatch 1 Reload 9/1/79 Indian Point 1 ECCS Restart ?
Indian Point 2 Reload Restart 9/12/79 Three Mile Island 1 Order Restart ?
Three Mile Island 2 Accident Restart ?
873005 ENCLOSURE B
0FFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT NPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 17, 1979 1.
R. Minogue, as the NRC member of the Council of Environmental Quality's Toxic Substances Strategy Committee (TSSC) has received an advance copy of the Committee's final Draft Report to the President. The executive summary of the report was published in the Federal Register on August 16, 1979.
Initial chemical industry, and some press, reaction has been hostile.
NRC staff has contributed appreciable effort to the development of the content of this report. Although radiation is not within its scope, a number of the recommendations and principles developed in the report could be applied to radiation protection and are relevant to NRC programs.
The Federal Reaister Notice stresses that the draft does not necessarily represent final member Agency views. As this is NRC's last chance at input, copies of the report are being distributed to relevant Offices and to the TSSC Task Group participants for a single intensive Agency review.
Coordinated NRC comments will be submitted to the Commission for its review before forwarding to the TSSC.
Deadline for comments from staff is September 10, 1979.
[R. Grill, 443-5966]
2.
Under the Clean Air Act, tne Administrator of EPA is required to list hazardous air pollutants by August 1979. A Federal Register Notice announcing that radionuclides, including source, byproduct, and special nuclear material, have been determined to be hazardous air pollutants has been prepared by the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Radiation Programs for the Administrator's signature.
The Clean Air Act also requires that follow-on EPA actions will include (1) issuance of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking in September 1979, (2) issuance of proposed Clean Air Act standards by February lo80, and (3) completion of an NRC/ EPA interagency agreement. also by Feb. uary 1980, S i implementation of the Act.
[I. C. Roberts, 443-5935]
Regulatory Guides to be Issued in the Near Future
Title:
Standard Format and Content for a Renewal Application for Uranium Fuel Fabrication Plants Expected Issuance Date: September 1979 973006
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Description:==
Thii guide was prepared to provide format and content guidance in the preparation of a renewal license application for uranium fuel fabrication plants to facilitate an orderly review.
The renewal application format consists of two major parts. The first part contains applicant info, nation and license conditions and the second part contains the detailed safety demonstration and descriptive information.
Contact:
Frank J. Witt (443-5910)
ENCLOSURE C
. Publications Issued During the Week of August 13-17, 1979 Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Statement - Inservice Inspection Code Case Acceptability, ASME Section XI, Division 1 - Task SC 721-4
[ Comments requested by October 10, 1979]
Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Statement - Proposed Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide 1.33, Quality Assurance Drogram Requirem.nts (Operation)
Task RS 902-4 [ Comments requested by October 12, 1979]
NUREG-0554 - Single-Fai sure-Proof Cranes for Nuclear Power Plants
[NUREG-0554 replaces Regulatory Guide 1.104, " Overhead Crane Handling Systems for Nuclear Power Plants".
Regulatory Guide 1.104 has been withdrawn.]
973007 ENCLOSURE C
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Ir.terest Week Ending August 17, 1979 Oconee-McGuire Hearing The Licensing Board Hearing for the proposed shipment of spent fuel from the Oconee reactor to the McGuire reactor resume in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 6 and continued through August 9.
The staff is appealing the board's decision to hold public hearings on matters which would involve disclosure of specific routes.
Spent Fuel Shipment Rule The public comment period for the Safeguards Spant Fuel Shipment Interim Rule ends Friday, Augur,t 17, 1979. A number of comments have been received, and it is anticipated that certain revisions to new regulations will result.
Meeting with Department of State Representativas of NMSS~and IP met on August 14 with the Director, Office of Export and Import Cont *ol (DOS). The purpose of the meeting was to discuss in detail approaches for obtaining safeguards information that were agreed upon at the August 2 meeting between NRC personnel and the Executive Branch.
A report to the 'rmission an both meetings has been prepared by NMSS and is now being Oc rdinated with IP and OPE.
Safeguards Consolidation Six mecbers of the Division of Safeguards have been assigned to full time duties related to the transfer of all reactor safeguards activities to NMSS.
Coordination with appropriate personnel in NRR has begun to identify those areas which requira immediate attention to assure an orderly transfer of functions.
ENCLOSURE D 9730C8
Items of Interest 2
Probabilistic Hazard Analysis for Medical, Academic and Industrial Licenses.
Work has started as a cooperative effort between the Material Licensing Branch and the Procedures and Certification Branch to evaluate the use of probabilistic hazard analysis for medical, academic and industrial licenses.
Initial criteria for the selection and/or rejection of generic groups of licenses has been developea. A systematic review of each licensing group will now be performed.
Management Meeting at Reaion I Headquarters On Friday, August 10, a representative from the Material Licensing Branch, NMSS, attended a management meeting at Region I Headquarters to discuss compliance procedures and medical distribution practices with representatives from Diagnostic Isotopes, Inc.
It is expected that this, and similar meetings planned for the future, will result in a more precise definition of licensees' obligations under the tenas of the medical distribution licenses (Nuclear Pharmacies).
Consolidation of the University of Alaska Licenses The initial review-of the University of Alaska's request to renew Material License No. 50-02430-07 and consolidate their non-irradiator licenses into a single license has been completed. This application was submittted in cooperation with a request from the Material Licensing Brand and Region V inspection personnel.
The final renewed licenses will reduce the number of licenses issued to the University of Alaska from thirteen (13) to two (2) and will allow for greater management control over the use of radioactive ma terial.
Decontamination of the Army's Weldon Sprina Chemical Plant Material Licensing Branch staff met with U.S. Army representctivgs to discuss the Army's plans for compliance with the order to provide a plan for decon-tamination of the Army's Weldon Spring Chemical Plant located near St. Louis, Mi ssouri.
The Army representatives provided the results of a detailed survey of the facilities conducted at Weldon Spring by its contractor.
The elements needed for the decontamination plan were discussed. The Army representatives indicated that the plan would be provided in the time frame specified in the order.
8730rs ENCLOSURE D
Items of Interest 3
Gulf Mineral Resources Company, Mount Taylor Project Gulf Mineral P.esources Company (GMRC) submitted to the Uranium Recovery Licensing Branch an application to possess the ranium mill tailings (byproduct materials as defined in the Uraniun. Aill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) of 1978) to be produced at the proposed Mount Taylor Project. The project includes a proposal for a conventional, acid leach uranium mill with a 4,200 ton per day capacity to be located near San Mateo, New Mexico. Although New Mexico is an Agreement State, the UMTRCA requires that a byproduct material license be obtained from NRC to possess tailings.
Ogle Petroleum, Inc., Files for New Facilities In-Situ Mining License Ogle Petroleum, Inc., operator for a joint venture known as OPI-Western Joint Venture, has filed for a source material license with the Uranium Recovery Licensing Branch for a production scale in-situ operation in southern Fremond County, Wyoming.
Meeting with AIF On August 14, 1979, R. E. Browning, Deputy Director, Division of Waste Management, met with the Radicactive Waste Subcommittee of the Atomic Industrial Forum to bring to their attention the seriousness of the low-level waste packaging, transportation and disposal problem.
The actions NRC was taking as described in Chairman Hendrie's letters to the three Governors of the states containing the coninercial burial sites were noted.
Emphasis was olaced on the need Mr the principal waste generators to, taka an active role in ensuring sufficient regional low-level waste disposal ca pabil i ty.
The Subcommittee plans to meet again on September 19, 1979, to detemine ways in which waste generators can take an active and innovative role in encouraging the development of mare regional disposal capability.
37810 ENCLOSURE D
0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending August 17, 1979 1.
Twin Cii.y Testing and Engineering Laboratory, Inc., St. Paul, MN - Civil Penalty Action - On August 14, 1979, the Commission received a check from the subject licensee in the amount of $2,500 in full payment of the civil penalty imposed by Order on July 12, 1979.
2.
The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched during the past week:
a.
EN-79-06 Public Service of Indiana (Marble Hill Unit 1 & 2) - On August 15, 1979, an Order Confirming Suspension of Construction was issued to the subject licensee. The Order confirms the licdnsee's action in issuing a stop work order on August 7, 1979 for all safety related construction activities.
b.
EN-79-07 University of Wisconsin - A Notice of Violation aid a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $15,700 was issued to the subject licensee on August 15, 1979. This action is based on six alleged items of nencompliance related to radiological safety c.
EN-79-08 and -08A Virginia Elactric and Power Conpany (Surry Unit 2) -
A Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $15,-000 was issued to the subject 1icensee on August 15, 1979.
This action is based on six alleged items of noncompliance related to radiological safety and reporting requirements.
3.
Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
a.
PNO-79-326 General Electric Co., Wilmington, NC - Plant Trash Used in Landfill - A trash disposal contractor delivered four loads of unrestricted plant trash as a landfill.
A plant employee noticed white coveralls in the material which wt e subsequently found to be slightly contaminated. The coveralls were recovered for disposal at an authorized site.
(Closed) b.
PN0-79-327 South Texas Project Unit 1 - Lightning Strike - On August 9, lightning struck a construction electrical panel.
Although there was no damage to other equipment or structures, approximately 40 people reported receiving some shock.
(Closed) c.
PN0-79-328 Palisades - Region III (Chicago) issued an Irrediate Action Letter to Consumers Power Co. on August 10, 1979. This action was taken following disco'.ery of water in a shipment of radioactive waste sent to a burial facility.
The licensee has made commitments for corrective actions prior to making additional shipments.
(Closed)
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PNO-79-329 Pilgrim - Immediate Action Letter Issued to Address Concerns Associated with a Violation of Primary Containment Integrity - On August 10, 1979, Region I (Philadelphia) issued an Immediate Acticn Letter to Boston Edison Co. This action confirmed commitments made by the' licensee related to e violation oi' containment integrity which lasted for about seven hours.
(Closed) e.
PNG-79-330 Robinson Unit 2 - Media Interest in Steam Release - Following a lcad reduction on August 11, the licensee started increasing generator output. A steam buildur in the turbine caused the moisture separator reheater safety valves to open for about two minutes. There was local media interest because of the noise involved in the steam release.
(Closed) f.
PN0-79-331 City of Saginaw, Michigan - Vandalism of Soil Testing Gauge -
A surface moisture density gauge containing 10 millicuries of Cs-137 and 50 millicuries of Am-241 was vandalized at a road construction site.
Although some electronic parts were damaged, the sources and shielding remained intact.
(Closed) g.
PN0-79-332 Three Mile Island Unit 2 & Nuclear Engineering Co., Richland, Washington - Arrival and Offloading at NECO of Compacted Low Specific Activity (L'A) Trash from TMI Unit 2 - On August 10, 1979, a shipment of 157 55-galisn drums of LSA waste from TMI Unit 2 arrived at the NEC0 burial facility. The shipment was offloaded without incident on August 11. All of the barrels were in good condition.
(Closed) h.
PN0-79-333 Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 1 - Trip of Unit 1 from 90% Power -
Following a failure in the turbine control circuit, Unit 1 tripped from about 90% power.
Repairs were made and the unit was restarted.
(Closed) i.
PNO-79-334 Crystal River Unit 3 - Media Escalation of Primary to Secondary Leak Reports - There was considerable media interest in a small primary to secondary steam generator tube leak at Crystal River 3.
NRC inspectors confirmed that no regulatory limits were exceeded.
No radioactivity levels in excess of natural background were detected either offsite or onsite.
(Closed) j.
PN0-79-335 Peach Bottom Units 2 & C - Uncertified Seismic Class I Valves -
The licensee repori.ed that 122 valves in Seismic I systems were not docu-mented as being seismically oualified.
Preliminary contact by the licensee with the manufacturer indica _as that the valves are qualified.
The licensee expects to receive qualification certification based on analyses conducted for other power plants.
(Closed) k.
PNO-79-336 Three Mile Island Units 1 & 2 - Radioactive Contamination on Hands of Worker - An individual contaminated the fingers of both hands when he picked up a torn bag of respirators.
Initial decontamination was not completely successful; however, additional decontamination is planned.
(Closed) 973012 ENCLOSURE E
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Pt;0-79-337 Surry Unit 2 - Apparent Overexposure at Surry - A contract construction employee received an apparent exposure in excess of the 1250 miliirems limit.
Part of the exposure may have been overestimated due to the conversative dosimter reading technique used by the licensee.
Ad;itional evaluation will be performed.
(Closed) m.
Pt40-79-338 University of Virginia, School of tiedicine, Charlottesville, VA -
Unauthorized Transport of Tritium by Passenger in Civil Aircraft - The licensee reported that a student transported seven millicuries of tritium solution in his coat pocket on a round trip from Charlottesville, VA to tJew Haven, Conn.
The trip vias made by civil aircraft. The licensee will submit a written report of ti.e matter.
(Closed) n.
P10-79-339 Crystal River - Trip on High Reactor Pressure - One of four reactor coolant pumps was secured after reducing reactor power to approx-imately 70 percent due to problems with seal flow.
The unit has been returned to power operation with three RCP's.
(Closed) o.
Pri0-79-340 Oyster Creek - Unplanned Liquid ' idioactive Release - On 8/13/79, approximately 2300 gallons of rain water which had collected in the coffer dam surrounding the.hromate water storage tank, was erroneous-ly discharged to the station discha~rge canal instead of being transferred to the radwaste system.
Resulting release to the environment was less than 0.1% of the tiPC and no license condition appears to have been violated.
(Closed) p.
Pt10-79-341 Crystal River Unit 3 - React,r Trip due to Feedwater Flow Oscillation - On 8/16/79, while recovering from an earlier reactor trip (Pt10-79-339), at 45% power, a reactor trip on high pressure occurred due to a feedwater flow oscillation.
All safety systems functioned as designed. The unit is presently being returned to power operation.
(Closed) q.
PriO-79-342 tiarble Hill Units 1 & 2 - Licensee - t;RC RIII tianagement Meeting concerning " Order Confirming Suspension of Construction," dated August 15,1979 - On 8/15/79 a meetino was held in RIII and the licensee acknowledged understanding of the issues outlined in the orde.
It appears on the basis of the discussions that the licensee is in the process of taking appropriate corrective actions for each of the concerns.
(Closed) r.
PriO-79-343 Zimmer Unit 1 - tiedia Interest on Allegations related to the Firing of a QA Inspector - tiedia interest as well as that of a staff member of a House subcommittee dealing with the tiRC was generated on 8/16/79, as a result of the firing of a QA inspector at the Zimmer facility.
The committee staff member requested and has been given the name and telephone number of the QA inspector as requested.
(Closed) s.
Pi40-79-344 tiillstone Unit 2 - Crack in Feedwater to Steam Generator Weld -
The licensee has classified the indication as a crack, and the consultant evaluating the radiography is also questioning the corresponding fio.1 SG weld.
Evaluation is continuing, and the licensee envisions discussi g his detailed analysis and plans with t1RR next week.
(Closed) 973013 EtiCLOSURE E
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PN0-79-345 Waterford Unit 3 - Construction Deficiency - The licensee reported on 8/i3/79, a construction deficiency related to improper placement of concrete in the Reactor Containment Shield Buildino parapet.
Form removal revealed honeycombing and areas of inadequate consolidatior in the concrete exterior. Cores are being taken to determine if internal voiding has occurred.
(Closed) u.
PNS-79-87 Tennessee Valley Authori'y, Power Operatic ~ support Facility -
Rcdioa;tive Materials Hoax - On 8/1' /79, the Associt ted Press in Nashville, Tennessee, received an anonymous te ' phone call that 300 grams of radioactive material would be released inside a TVA power operation support facility in Nashville. The event did not involve any TVA facility licensed by the NRC.
TVA notified the FBI and the State of Tennessee has been informed.
(Closed) v.
PNS-79-8C Diablo Canyon Unit 1 - Bomb Threat - On 8/10/79 the office of Pullman Power Products (air craft contractor at Diablo Canyon) was informed by an unknown caller that a bomb was set to go off at 7:00 on the pipe racks on the containment building.
No bomb was found.
(Closed) w.
PNS-79-89 Surry Unit 1 & 2 - Bomb Threat - On 8/16/79, the Daniel Construction Company was informed by an unknown caller that a bomb would go off in one hour in the Unit 2 containment.
Search procedures were initiated with negative resul ts.
(Closed)
W m W ENCLOSURE E
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 17, 1979 General Electric Morris Operation Spent Fuel Storage Facility On August 13, 1979, the Licensing Board established to rule on petitions ior leave to intervene and requests for a hearing granted petitians filed by the State of Illinois and four individuals with respect to the application by General Electric for renewal of its materials license for the Morris fuel storage facility and issued a Notice of Hearing on the application. The Board denied the petition for leave to intervene filed by Appleseed, an incor-porated organization, with it "e for Appleseed to file supplemental informa-tion to correct the deficiencies noted in its petition within fifteen days.
Hartsville Nuclear Plant, Units lA, 2A,1B and 2B On August 14, 1979 the Hartsville Appeal Board ( ALAB-558) resolved an issue involving the effects of diffuser construction on an endangered mussel, thus ending this appellate review except for the generic radon matter. The Board had asked the applicant and staff to submit supplemental memoranda with respect to a plan ~to monitor impacts on an endangered mussel from diffuser
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construction.
In lieu of memoranda, the parties submitted a stipulation calling for significant additions to the portion of the monitoring plan which addresses the diffusor excavation period. The Appeal Board found that the stipulation constituted a satisfactory resolution of the issue.
87.llM 5 ENCLOSURE G
ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING AUGUST 17, 1979 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Proposed Arrangement Activity IP this week proposed that the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission incorporate the recently approved (SECY 79-95A) non-proliferation language into the draft NRC-PAEC information exchange and cooperation arrangement it has under con-sideration.
If accepted, this proposal and one minor change to the list of LWR safety research underway, would clear the way for a signature.
IP has similarly sent a clean copy of the NRC-Mexican National Commission for Safety and Safeguards draft arrangement to Mexico, in follow-up to June 1979 discussions with CNSNS Technical Secretary Ruben Bello.
IP is also following up Wednesday's meeting with Dr. Effat of the Egyptian AEC with a reporting cable specifically on the proposed arrangement discussions, to the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.
EXPORT / IMPORT AND INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS Meetina with Zirconium Western, Inc.
On Tuesday, Mr. S. A. Weber,' President, and Mr. Thomas M. Zidow, Marketing
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Manager, of Zirconium Western, Inc. and Dixon Hoyle, Westinghouse Electric, met with staff members from Commerce, DOE, State and M. Peterson and E. Hemby of NRC/IP to discuss licensing policy and procedures for exports of Zirconium. The meeting covered NRC vs. Commerce licensing jurisdictica, foreign availability, end uses, and the possibility of receiving broad enport licenses to a number of destinations.
873C16 ENCLOSURE H
OFFICE Of STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING AUGUST 17, 1979 Emergency Preparedness Robert DeFayette, SP, met with representatives of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont to discuss the status of radiological emergency response planning in those States.
In each case, except Massachusetts, the Governor's special coordinators for radiation emergency planning was present.
The Governors of the four States have agrced to develop a regional plan as part of their individudl State plans which will assure coordination and cooperation of the States in responding to a radiological emergency.
In addition, the New Englano Regional Commission passed a resolution, introduced by Govenor Snelling of Vermont, calling for cooperation among the States in such on emergency. The resolution calls for nae New England States to review existing compacts, mutual aid agreements, plans, statutes, and regulations relating to interstate and regional radiological emergency preparation for consistency and comprehensiveness and to repu-t their findings at the fall meeting of the New England Regional Commission.
At the individual meetings of each of the four States, they all ccmmitted to having a draft plan to NRC for review within 6 months. Target dates are:
Maine - January 30, 1980; Massachusetts - early November 1979; New Hampshire -
December 30, 1979; Vermont - October 30, 1979. At a combined meeting involving Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, officials of Vermont stated they would draft the tri-State coordination annex and send it to the other two States for review. The three States also reiterated their intent to formalize their cooperation by such an annex.
Following the meeting with New Hampshire, Mr. DeFayette met briefly with Governor Hugh Gallen. Governor Gallen stated his concerns about interstate cooperation and said it was a necessity in New England because the States were so small. Mr. DeFayette told the Governor that the NRC is also very interested in the New England regional plan. He also told the Governor that other facilities (e.g., Portsmouth Naval Shipyard) should also eventually be included in the State radiological emergency response plar - Governor Gallen agreed.
State Agreements Notice of Non-Routine Event in an Agreement State No.79-12B was issued closing out a report of overexposures of three persons during a loss of a radiography source in the Gulf of Mexico.
The staff assessment of the proposed section 274b agreement between NRC and the State of Rhode Island was published in the Federal Register for comment for four consecutive weeks beginning June 29, 1979. No comments we.re received.
373017 ENCLOSURE I
_ Proram Development The State of Georgia conducted a year-long program for the surveillance of radioactive materials in transport within and through its border between August 1977 and September 1978. The study, conducted under NRC/ DOT contract, is reported in the newly published NUREG/CR-0931. The State will soon conclude the second year of surveillance and intends to continue for a third year.
Representatives of ORNL briefed representatives of SP,SD and SG on the Nuclear Legislative Data Base Program which they are developing. The program, presently, contains State and Federal laws and regulations on the transportation of radioactive materials.
It is part of the logistical routing model which is being developed for DOE.
Met with staff of the Illinois Legislative Council to discuss nuclear materials transportation and decommissioning.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control conducted a werkshop on the transportation of radioactive materials, in Columbia, August 13-14, to update State and local officials, including law enforcement officers, regarding NRC and DOT regulations and programs involving transportation.
The 50 attendees were principally from the southeastern States, but included representatives of Duke Power Company, TVA, Chem Nuclear, as well as several common carriers. Vern Hodge of NMSS spoke on " Packaging Requirements and Cask Certification," and Marie Janinek of SP described the NRC/ DOT contractual program whereby States monitor th. transportation of radioactive materials.
The State of Missouri has some problem accepting the routing for overweight shipments of TMI - Unit 2 wastes. Seven other States have asked that their State Police be notiMed by Met Ed when TMI - Unit 2 rad waste crosses the State. We asked TMI Support, NRR to assist in responding to these State requests.
973018 ENCLOSURE I
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING - August
'7, 1979 Abnormal Occurrence at Surry Sent Federal Register notice for publication on damage to new fuel assemblies.
Emergency Preparedness For the EDO, prepared draft executive summary of the Task Force's report. Also summarized offices' tasks on a problem-related basis to assist ED0 and Commission in their review of the report, e
ENCLOSURE J
CALENDAR OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TWO WEEK PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 4, 1979 August 24 Pilgrim 2 - SER Supplement te be issued addressing TMI-2 matters.
Agusut 27 Skagit 1 & 2 - Hearing to resume on safety contentions except gualogy/ seismology and loose parts monitor t
9730F0 ENCLOSURE L
CALENDAR OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS September 12-13 Nuclear Records Management Association Symposium, San Francisco, CA - Two RV Staff Personnel to Participate on a NRC Panel for two Question / Answer Sessions September 16 ANS Topical Conference on Decontamination and Decommissioning of Nuclea. Facilities, Sun Valley, ID, Residual Activity Limits for Unrestricted Release from Decommissioning - E. Conti 4
9730ZI ENCLOSURE N
STATUS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS-JULY 31,1979 Number Rated Capacity Of Units (MWe)
- 70 ' LI C E N S E,D TO O P E R ATE........'.............................................
51,000
- 91 CO N STR U CTIO N PER MIT G R ANTED................................. 100,000 37 U n d er O p eratin g Lic e n s e R eview............................'. 40,000 54 Operating License Not Yet Applied For........................ 60,000 25 UNDER CONSTRUCTION PERMIT REVIEW..................... 29,000
- 4 Site Work Authorized, Safety Review in Process.............
4,000 21 O th e r U nits U n d e r C P R eview....................................... 25,000 4 ORDERED................................................................................
5,000 C0 y
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192 TO TA L.................................................................................. 187,000 sa M
'To date there have been 473 reactor years of operation. Not included are two operable DOE owned reactors with a combined capacity of 940 MWo.
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- Total of units authorized construction (Construction Permit Granted plus Site Work Authorized): 95 units,104,000 MWe.