ML19212A554
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,I-December 6,1979 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the ED0
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1979 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
S.tandarcs Development C
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D
Inspection and Enforcement E
Nuclear Regulatory Rhsearcn F
Executive legal Director G
International Programs H
State Programs I
Management and Program Analysis J
Controller K
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L*
Items Approved by the Commission M**
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,T December 6,1979 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1979 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation 3
Standards Development C
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D
Inspection and Eqforcement E
Nuclear Rigulatory R'esearch F
Executive Legal Director G
International Programs H
State Programs I
Management and Program Analysis J
Controller K
Analysis and Evaluailcr of Operational Data L*
Items Approved by the Commission M**
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SUMMARY
OF XEY EVENTS WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1979 Brunswick Unit No. 1 Brunswick Unit 1 is in cold shutdown after tripping on reverse power caused by a failure of the main generator exciter.
Brunswick Unit No. 2 Brunswick Unit 2 tripped from 100% power on November 19, 1979, apparently from a spurious high steam pressure signal. Group 1 isolation occurred iradvertently during the transient. The plant was returned to power on November.21, but reached an Iodine spiking limit.
Power was held at about 15%
5 for 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> until Iodine levels returned to normal.
Canada The Hydrology-Meteorology Branch agreed to orovide the Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board with assistance in evaluating accident meteorologic conditions for a reactor site near Toronto usina NRC methodology.
Vulnerability Assessment of NFS West Valley Facility A Physical Security Development Branch team is conducting the first vulnera-bility assessment of a spent fuel storage site using the new assessment methodology m..
Order to Certain Radiograohy Licensees On November 21, 1979, an order was transmitted to eight radiography licensees authorized to use an Automation Industries Model 36907 sealed source requiring them to discontinue use of. the sealed source until such time that the source had been returned to the manufacturer for modification.
The order was issued because of a very high failure rate of the connection between the source capsule and the pigtail cable of the Model 36907 sealed source.
DOE Hot Experimental Facility (HEF) Project The HEF Project is a research and development effort by DOE in support of breeder reactor development. NMSS staff members met with DOE representatives at the request of DOE to discuss and explore the general scoce of an NRC "licensability" review of the olanned facility. This preliminary discussion was held to provide a basis for later, formal agreements on NRC safety, safeguards and environmental reviews of the project.
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0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending November 30, 1979 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATI0ft ACT STATUS OF RE0 VESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 541 35 Granted 392 12 Denied 91 16 Pending 58 7
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received S. Gannis Requests information related to nuclear power and (79-501) the NRC.
Benjamin I. Goldhagen Requests inspection reports of radiologic sites (79-502) at the University of Southern California for the last two years.
Joe Ptak, Requests a copy of five listed NUREG reports and Research Group any comments on each.
Iowa Public Inter _est (79-503)
(An individual requesting Requests all records relating to him in the NRC.
information about himself)
(79-504)
Ronald E. Wood, Requests a copy of the proposal submitted by Teknekron Research, Inc.
Science Applications Inc. and NUSAC, Inc. in (79-505) response to RF0 RS-NMS-79-043, " Bulk Material Control. "
Laura T. Parker, Requests a copy of the selected proposal in Teknekron, Inc.
response to RFP RS-NMS-79-045, " Licensing (79-506)
Assistance / Socioeconomic Impacts Evaluation."
Joseph Ptak, Requests a copy of six listed Regulatary Guides Iowa Public Interest and to be placed on NRC distribution list for Research Group future Rc; Guides.
(79-507) 1599 027 CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
2 Received, Cont'd Joan McMahan Requests all correspondence between either (79-508)
Appalachian Power Company or American Electric Power Company and the NRC relating to any possible nuclear plants to be constructed in the next 15 years in Virginia or West Virginia.
Thomas B. Cochran, Requests information related to the recently Natural Resources reported possibility of the explosion of a small Defense Council, Inc.
nuclear device in the southern hemisphere and (79-509) information related to the analysis of weapons fallout data in New Zealand or elsewhere and any sonar data that may relate to this explosion.
Thomas 8. Cochran, Requests all information related to shipments, Natural Resources purchases or negotiations for delivery of uranium Defense Council, Inc.
by Pakistan and/or Libya during the past 12 (79-510) months and information relating to the design or construction of a nuclear explosive device by Pakistan and/or Libya.
Peter Penner, APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION the denial of the " Reed Prairie Alliance Report" by the ASLBP.
(79-A-27-79-414)
James Dougherty, ~
APPEAL TO THE EDO, on behalf of his client, Willi Attorney-At-Law Reynolds, for lack of response regardir.g document (79-A-28-79-471) pertaining to the detemination of a route for the shipment of spent nuclear fuel from foreign sources to the Savannah River Plant.
Thomas B. Cochran, APPEAL TO THE ED0 for four classified viewgraphs Natural Resources generated by the Task Force on Safeguards Policy.
Defense Council, Inc.
(79-A-29-79-260)
Granted (An NRC employee)
In response to a request, as a representative of (79-429) another NRC employee, four specific documents, made available two documents and informed the requester the NRC has no records pertaining to tha other two requested records.
Diane E. Findley, Made available a copy of the non-proprietary Science Applications, Inc.
version of RFP RS-NMS-79-024 entitled " Volume (79-431)
Reduction Techniques in Low Level Radioactive Waste Management."
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3 Granted, Cont'd Ellen Flynn, Made available a copy of the non-proprietary National Evaluation version of RFP RS-0SD-79-002 entitled " Standards Systems, Inc.
for Psychological Assessment of Security (79-462)
Personnel. "
David S. Fleischaker, Made available one document pertaining to a Attorney-At-Law meeting held on October 19, 1979 on Diablo Canyon (79-464)
Nuclear Power Plant, here Commissioner Richard T.
Kennedy was present.
S. P. Carfagno, Made available 41 documents pertaining to IE Franklin Research Center Bulletins for 1975 and IE Information Notices for (79-470) 1979.
Edward C. Cavazos, Made available a copy of an organizational computer Sacramento Insurance listing of NRC :mployees.
Marketing Corp.
(79-485)
James Dougherty, In response to an appeal for documents related to Attorney-At-Law the determination of a route for the shipment of (79-A-28-79-471) spent nuclear fuel from foreign sources to the Savannah River Plant, made available eigh' documents.
Denied
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Thomas B. Cochran, In response to a request for all documents Natural Resources generated or utilized by the Task Force on Defense Council, Inc.
Safeguards Policy and any subsequent information (79-260) developed by the NRC pertaining to recommendations of the Task corce, made available 26 documents.
Denied four documents in their entirety and portions of six documents.
George E. Monroe, In response to a request for a copy of the winning PRC Energy Analysis Company proposal submitted by the Franklin Research (79-404)
- nstitute in response to contract solicitation NRC RFP No. RS-NRR-79-ll8 entitled " Review and Evaluation of Approximately 500 Pending Operator Reactors Licensing Actions", a copy of the resulting contract and other information regarding this solicitation, made available a copy of the non-proprietary version of the winning technical proposal and a copy of the contract.
Denied portions of the evaluation comittee's final report containing advice, opinions, and recommendations of the staff.
1599 029 ENCLOSURE A
DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending November 30, 1979 PENDING COMPETITIVE REOUIREMENTS RFP RS-RES-80-180 Title - Source Term Characteri:ation Resulting from Explosively Caused, Severe Deformations of Spent Fuel Shipping Casks Description - A study to establish the magnitude and characteristics of potential radiologics,1 source terms associated with specified explosive attacks on spent fuel casks and releases through violations away from the point of' explosive attack.
Period of Performance - Fifteen months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Solicitation being prepared RFP'S ISSUED 1.
RFP RS-NMS-80-024 Title - Development of an Advanced Material Accounting System Simulation Model Description - Develop a model which will be used by NRC to evaluate current material. accountin.g practices at licensea nuclear fuel cycle facilities and which will serve'as an input for studying
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a Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status - RFP issued November 26, 1979.
Proposals are due January 4, 1980.
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RFP RS-NMS-80-027 Title - Environmenta.1 Assessment of Surface and Groundwater Impacts from Uranium Recovery Operations Description - The Commission, in its review of license applications, re-newals, and modifications requires the technical assistance of a contractor to assist in the development of environmental appraisals and impact statements. The effort requires a review of applicants' submittals and the preparation of an environmental assessment. The assessment, along with other data, will be furnished in a technical evaluation report.
The contractor shall additionally be prepared to respond to public comment on these assessments and to possibly collect actual field data on some sites.
Period of Performance - Two years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Saft:g"ards Status - RFP issued November 27, 1979.
Proposals are due January 4, 1980.
1599 030 ENCLOSURE A
2 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION RFP RS-MPA-79-353 Title - MPA Product Evaluation Description - Conduct an evaluation of 11 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 - Letters requesting clarifications were issued to offeroi s in the competitive range on November 26, 1979.
Clarifications are due Decenber 18, 1979.
Unsuccessful letters were also issued November 26, 1979.
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ENCLOSURE A
DIVISION OF SECURITY.
WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1979 1.
Comments and suggestions were transmitted to the General Services Administration on their proposed draft revisions to two Federal Property Management Regulations and twe Federal Procurement Regulations related to the physical security of ADP facilities. These proposed revisions are a direct result of OMB Memorandum A-71, Transmittal Memorandum No. 1, Security of Federal Autonated Information Systems.
2.
Recommendations were transmitted to Region III for upgrading the physical security of their office areas as a result of a recent technical security survey.
3.
Revision of Appendix 2101, Part III, " Control of Classified Information and' Documents," including an implementation of Executive Order 12065, " National Security Information," and the Information Security Oversight Office directive implementing that Executive Order, has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Program Analysis to obtain concurrence and for publication.
Pertinent comments of Headqu'arters Offices and Divisions have been incorporated.
4 The Division of Security has been actively involved in reviewing and commenting on the functional and data requirements report on its Central Personnel Security Clearance Index, which was conducted by the Division of Automatic Data Processing Support and its principal contractor, International Business Services, Inc. (ISS).
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The Division of Security, in coordination with the Division of Safeguards Inspection (OIE) and the Division of Organization and Personnel (ACM) has established procedures for the orderly and timely upgrade of security clearances of OIE inspectors to the "Q" level as approved by the Ccmmission (SECY 79-518).
1599 032 ENCLOSURE A
0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Week Ending November 30,1979)
T:stoy Point Steam Generator Repair Hearing Cn "ovember_15, 1979, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board cancelled the scheduled dates for the filing of testimony and the hearing on the steam wnerator repair program for the Turkey Point Plant Unit Nos. 3 and 4.
The response date for discovery requests not in dispute is now set for December 15, 1979..
Brunswick Unit No. 1 Grunswick Unit No.1 is in cold shutdown after tripping on reverse potter on ::ov eber 20, 1979. The reverse power v as caused by a failure of the main generator exciter.
Subsequcntly a loss of off-site pc, er was sensed due to apparent grid voltage degradaticn and the emergency diesel generators actua ted.
An inverter was also lost and rain steam isolation valves closed during the transient.
Four relief valves lifted due to the pressure increase (cne of the four tras inadvertent) and Reactor Vessel !!ater level decreased.
'CIC started but tripped on overspeed due to a governor setting error.
- as isolated for surveillance testing.
".e cperators restored HPCI to scevice and reset RCIC before RV t ater lavel decreased to -40".
00R is folic. ing this matter closely with I&E.
The unit was restarted on November 29, 1979 after repairing the inverters and trouble shooting the generator exciter.
Full pcuer operation is expected to resume after verification tests of the Senerator exciter at 3.0% power.
Erun,swickUnitNo.2 Brunswick Unit No. 2 tripped from 100% power on !!ovember 19, 1979, apparently from a spurious high steam pressure signal.
Group 1 isolation occurred inadvertently during the transient.
The plant was returned to power on November 21, but reached an Iodine spiking limit, Power was held at about 15% for 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> until Iodine levels returned to normal.
On November 23, 1979 Unit No. 2 was at 83% power in the process of resuming full power operation.
'aine Yankee The licensee requested by a license amend:acnt application dated September 18, 1979, permission to expand the spent fuel pool storage capacity from 953 to 1545 spent fuel assemblies. A unique compacted spent fuel pin assenbly was proposed rather than an increase in storage locations. A non-profit corporation, Sensible !'aine Power, filed a petition for leave to intervene on November 23, 1979, the last day of the prenotice period.
1599 033 ENCLOSURE B
Canada Dr. Ulo Nurmsoo, Canadian Atcmic Energy Centrol Board, called L. Hulman, Hydrology-Meteorology Branch on November 24, 1979 and requested assistance in evaluating accident meteorologic conditions fer a reactor site near Toronto using NRC. methodology. Assistance wLs agreed to in the form of limited consultation and computer analysis.
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ENCLOSURE B
OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS F00 THE WEEK ENDING NOVEBER 30, 1979 1
On November 20, 1979, the Executive Director for Operations approved for publication and signed a Federal oecister notice of denial of petition for rulemaking PR91501 that requested the NRC to amend Part 150 by removing 9150.20(b)(3). This would have removed from the NRC's general license for reciprocal recognition of Agreement State licenses a condition stating that any person who engages in activities in non-Agreement States under 5150.20(a) shall not possess nr use radioactive materials or engage
'in authorized activities for more than 180 days in any calendar year.
On
-he same date, the petitioner, Chem-Nuclear Systems Inc., was informed with a statement of the ground of dental: The limit of 180 days in any calendar year should not be removed from 5150.20 because it is still.
approcriate to have a breakpoint between NRC's recognition of Agreement State licenses for transient field operations in non-Agreement States and issuance of NRC licenses for longer-term activities and transient operations throughout the United States.
[ Ralph Jones, 443-5949]-
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On November 21, 1979, the EPA Office of Radiation Programs held a meeting with representatives of NRC, DOE, NASA, 000, HUD, NBS - Commerce, and ERM on the EPA proposed Federal Agency guidarce on transuranics in soil.
DOE, 00D and NASA continue to have serious problems with the proposed guidance. MRC uncurrence with comments was provided to EPA in March 1978.
The White House has requested Mr. Costle to review the EPA proposed guidance with other affected agencies at the policy level.
NRC as well as other agencies will be requested to review the proposed rodified guidance within several weeks.
Since.several EPA technical support documents were not available in 1978, the reexamination of the proposed guidance will require several months to complete.
[E. F. Conti, 443-5966]
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ENCLOSURE C
. Regulatory Guides to be Issued in the Near Future Ti tle : Radiological Effluent and Environmental Monitoring at Uranium fiills (Reg. Guide 4.14, Rev.1 - new title)
Excected Issuance Date:
January 1980
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Description:==
This guide describes programs acceptable to the NRC staff for measuring and reporting releases of radioactive materials to the environment from uranium mills.
Contact:
John Hickey 443-5966 Ti tle : Containment Isolation Provisions for Fluid Systems (Reg, Guide 1.141, Rev.1)
Excected Issuance Date:
February 1980
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Description:==
This guide describes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with the Commission's requirements with respect to containment isolation of fluid systems.
Contact:
T. G. Scarbrough 443-5913 Publications Issued During the Week of November 26-30, 1979 Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Statement - Proposed Revision 2 tc Regulatory Guide 1.136, " Materials, Construction, and Testing of Concrete Containments ( Articles CC-1000, -2000, and -4000 through -7000 of the ' Code for Concreto Reactor Vessels and Containments')", Task SC 814-5
[ Comments requested by January 31, 1980]
Regulatory Guide Division 3 - Fuels and Materials Facilities - Table of Contents 1599 036 ENCLOSURE C
0FFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending November 30, 1979 Action Plan Working Group Meeting Members of this interagency group met at the State Department on November 27, 1979, to continue the planning of the U.S. efforts to strengthen IAEA safe-guards. The principal item of business was finalization of a procedure for coordinating U.S. assistance to other countries in developing and.
improving their state systems of accounting and control.
NMSS had prepared the draft procedures that were finalized in the course of the meeting.
Vulnerability Assessment of NFS West Vallev Facility A Physical Security Development Branch team is conducting the first vulnera-bility assessment cf a spent fuel storage site using the new assessment methodology. The assessment began on November 26 and was completed on November 29, 1979.
Discosal of Liouid Scintillation and Institutional Wastes Plans are being mace to visit selected medical institutions to study alternative methods for disposal of institutional radioactive wastes. The first trip has been tentatively scheduled for Decenber 6 and 7 at Duke University.
Report on Radon Releases from Minina and Millina A revised draf t of the radon report has been prepared for NRC internal review.
Although the latest radon release data from underground mining will not be documented by Battelle PNL until the end of the year, the preliminary numbers have been incorportced in the draft.
It is believed that the review should proceed while the final underground mining radon release estimates are being documented.
In the event the PNL underground mining report shows a need to revise the radon release estimates, the necessary changes could be incorporated with other changes resulting from the NRC inttrnal review, 15S/ 037 ENCLOSURE D
Items of Interest 2
Order to Certain Radiocraohv Licensee; On November 21,1979,.n order wa> _ransmitted to eight radiography licensees who were authori:ed to usa Automation Industries Model 36907 sealed source.
The or Mr cquired le licensees to discontinue use of the sealed source until such time that the source had been returned to the manufacturer for modification.
The order was issued because of a very high failure rate of the connection between the source capsule and the pigtail cable of the Model 36907 sealed source. Since the Model 36907 sealed' source is authorized to contain up to 200 curies of cobalt 60, which produces high radiation levels, a source separation creates a potential for a serious overexposure.
Based on these factors, the staff concluded that continued use of the Automation Industries Model 36907 sealed source as presently constructed constituted a potential hazard to the public health and safety.
DOE Hot Excerimental Facility (HEF) project The HEF Project is a research and development effort by DOE in support of breeder reactor development.
As conceived. the HEF would provide a demonstration of breeder fuel reprocessing technology and as such, is planned by DOE as an integral part of the overall breeder program.
NMSS staff members met with DOE representatives at the request of DOE to discuss and explore the general scope of an NRC "licensability" review of the planned facility.
This preliminary discussion was held to provide a basis for later, formal agreements on NRC safety, safeguards and environ-mental reviews cf the project. Conceptual design work is underway at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, including development of some key process equipment,.in anticipation of submittal of a conceptual design report to Congress in FY 1981 (The schedule is keyed to conceptual design work on breeder reactors).
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ENCLOSURE D
OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items af Interest Week Ending November 30, 1979 1.
Preliminary Notifications r6ating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
a.
PNO-I-79-22. Millstone Units 1 & 2 - Injury to Construction Worker b.
PNO-II-79-34 Srowns Ferry Nuclear Plant - Emergency Response Drill For a Simulated Transportation Accident Involving Radioactive Waste c.
PNO-III-79-44A St. Margaret's Hospital, Spring Valley, Illinois -
Loss of Mo-99/Tc-99m Generators d.
PNO-III-79-45 & -45A Davis-Besse Unit 1 - Reactor Coolant System Flow Below TS Minimum e.
PNO-III-79-46 Nuclear Engineering Company, Beatty, Nevada - Hearing Callad by the State of Nevada f.
PNS-III-79-47 Marble Hill Units 1 & 2 - Congressional Hearing g.
PNO-III-79-48 Midland Units 1 & 2 - Industrial Accident h.
PN0-III-79-49 Kerr-McGee Chemical Comoany, West Chicago, Illinois -
Reported Contamination in Formerly Owned Building in West Chicago i.
PNO-III-79-50 Quad Cities Unit 1 - Inaccurate Instrument Calibration of ECCS Setpoint j.
PNU-III-79-52 Zion Units 1 & 2 - Gouged Areas Observed on Bergen-Paterson Steam Generator Snubbers k.
PNO-IV-79-17 State-of Nebraska - State of Nebraska Concurrence Exercise 1.
PNO-TMI-79-06 Three Mile Island Units 1 & 2 - Inadvertent Transportation of Contaminated Waste Off-Site m.
PNS-V-79-1A Trojan - Continuing Licensee Investigation Into the Use of Narcotics by Individuals Associated with the Trojan Plant n.
PNS-V-79-2 Exxon Nuclear Corporation, Richland, Washington - Plutonium Nitrate Offered for Sale
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The following IE Circualars were issued:
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IE Circular 79-23, " Motor Starters and Contactors Failed to Operate,"
was issued on November 26, 1979 to all power r. actor facilities with an operating license or construction permit.
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b.
IE Circular 79-24, " Proper Installation and Calibration of Core Spray Pipe Break Detection Equipment on BWRs," was issued on November 26, 1979 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction permit.
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P00R Rg3tA 0Feire U NUCL GULATORY RESEARCH Imcortant Items - Week Endino November 30. 1979 Loss of Fluid Test Cn November 21,1979, a t 8:06 p.m. (MST) the first nuclear powe ed small break test was initiated in the LOFT facility.
This test was the first in a group of three full powered tests in which the cold leg break flow was intended to exceed the high pressure injection system (HPIS) flow (L3-1),
equal the HPIS flow (L3-2), and be less than HPIS flow (L3-3).
The sequence of events is believed to be as follows.
The reactor tripped in '2 seconds before the break was opened and the pump was tripped.
This has no effect on the test behavior; however, the next experiment will be conducted so as to pemit the plant protection system to initiate the trip.
The HPIS flow initiated automatically in 1.2 seconds.
The pressurizer emptied in 16.3 seconds.
The accumulator injection was initiated in 10.5 minutes, with the N injection in 29 minutes.
Since the primary p
coolant system (PCS) prc5sure was dropping very slowly, according to procedures the steam generator secondary feed and bleed was initiated in about I hour.
The icw pressure injection system (LPIS) began automatically in 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> and 11 minutes.
The depressurization and event sequence. proceeded as planned.
In contrast to the L3-0 test when the pressurizer le' vel indicated full for a prolonged period, the level dropped linearly to empty.
The pressure vessel emptied to about 3 feet above the core or 3 feet below the no zies. Once the accumulator began to inject, the downcomer refilled icuickly and the pressure vessel soon refilled to the nozzle level. The accumulator injected water at a slow steady rate.
Once nitrogen injection began, it entered in small short spurts. A newly installed "subcooling meter" did not give a very decisive indication. Because,of the temperature and pressure instrument uncertainties involved in this reading, the indicated temperature at saturation had an uncertainty band of +9 F.
Furthermore, highly subcooled temperatures measured in the cold leg due to ECC. injection pointed out the importance of locating the tem;:erature sensor where equilibrium conditions.are expected to prevail, such as in the top of the pressure vessel.
Prior to the test, predictions were made with the RELAP4, MOD 7, TRAC and RELAP5 codes. NRR required the three PWR vendors and EXXON to predict the results. With selection of L3-1 as an International Standard Froblem many foreign countries will predict tne results.
Comparison of the data with these predictions is proceeding as the predictions become available. While initial comparisons of the available predictions shcw some differences, these may be related to the initial accumulator level being 7 inches lower than olanned.
The Cuick Look Report will be issued Noventer 30, 1979, and the Experiment Data Report in late January 1980.
A post experiment analysis report and various reports comparing predictions to data should follow soon afterwards.
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SAFER Following the accidental exposure of a fuel fabricating plant worker to high airborne concentrations of mixed uranium-plutonium oxide particles, staff members of the Lovelace Inhalation Toxicolojy Research Institute provided physico-chemical and biological information obtained from their NRC researen project to assist in estimating the amount of radioactive material deposited internally.
Further analyses will be made of. samples of the material inhaled to calculate the dose received by the exposed worker.
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0FFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR November 30, 1979 Items of Interest THREE MILE ISLAND, UNIT 2 (EPICOR-II)
On December 3, 1979, on the basis of a joint motion by all parties, the
' Licensing Board issued an Order terminating the proceeding.
The joint motien was based on an agreement between the intervenor (Susquehanna Valley Alliance), licensee and NRC whereby the licensee and NRC agreed (1) not to challange the finality of the Coc=1ssion's October 16, 1979 Memorandum and Order (directing the use of EPICOR-II) for purposes of judicial review and (2) not to argue that the intervenor failed to exhaust available administra-tive re=edies by pursuing the hearing before the Licensing Board.
The NRC and Licensee did, however, reserve their rights to challenge tha jurisdiction of any U.S. District Court, should an acrien be brought in such court.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1979 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Steam Generator Tube Wastace at Borssele Reactor The Netherlands nuclear inspectorate reported to IP, November 26, that during a recent in-service inspection significant wastage of steam generator tubing was detected at the Borssele reactor.
The wastage is localized, but thinning up to 60 percent of the tubing wall thickness occurred.
The tube material is Incalloy 800 which is not used extensively in U.S. reactors. The Dutch stated that the wastage phenomena is due to some unknown process that may be associated with sea water intrusitn.
A full description of the tube wastage and the results of a metallurgical examination of a few tubes will be sent to IP when available.
Canadian Exchange Meeting IP this week coordinated and participated in the two-day visit of an ll-member Canadian delegation led by Mr. Jon Jennekens, President of the Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB).
The team, which included AECL and utility repre-sentatives, was in the U.S. to discuss (a) several topics of recent reactor operating experience, including specific incidents and generic problem areas, (b) AECB-NRC communications during radiological emergencies, and (c) the proposed AECB-NRC Safety Information Exchange Arrangement. They also briefed the staff on the sequence of events and lessons learned from the 1952 accident at their NRX experimental reactor (30 MW).
IP had worked with ELD to s'mplify the proposed Arrangement text, as the AECB had requested during Commissioner Kennedy's September 1979 meetings in Canada.
The AECB seemed pleased with the NRC effort to include only essentials, and gave an initial indication that most of the problems seemed to have been removed.
They intend to forward an official response by December 7.
International Attendance of Emergency Response Training On September 19, the staff advised the Commissioners that DOE had again disapproved participation of foreign nationals in the Radiological Emergency Response Operations Training Course, which is conducted at the Nevada Test Site, and that IP would contact DOE to find out whether a special course could be arranged for foreigners. At IP request the DOE-Nevada Operations Office is obtaining from. the Reynolds Electric Company (RECO), the course manager, a proposal to conduct a special session of the emergency response course for representatives of foreign safety agencies, either once or twice a year.
7,he proposal, which we had expected in late November, has been delayed and is now expected in early January.
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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1979 State Agreements The Louisiana and Idaho radiation control programs for agreement materials will be conducted December 3-7, 1979.
A followup review of the Arizona program will be conducted on December 6 and 7, 1979.
Procram Develocment On November 28 S. A. Schwart testified before the Nuclear Subcommittee of the Oklahema Legislature en State / Federal authority in the regulation of Nuclear Materials and Facilities.
An NRC.S tate Liaison O fficers ' meeting was held on November 28 and 29 in Dallas, Texas to accuaint Region IV State of ficials with NRC's regional office operations and to discuss other topics of mutual concern.
These included the Agreement States Program, NRC response to incidents and NRC/ licensee notification to States, emergency planning, regulation and policy on uranium mill tailings, waste management and transportation of radioactive materials.
Emercencv Precaredness Hal Gaut met with State of Oregon emergency planning officials to discuss development of the S.ta te plan.
During this visit he also conferred with Leon Brown of the Palo Verde facility and briefed a State planning group, comprised of all involved State and local agencies, on NRC emergency planning recuirements.
He also visited the NRC Region V office at Walnut Creek to discuss exercise requirements with Andy Robart (SP), Terry Meate (FEMA) and California OES officials.
Dick Van Niel participated in two NRR site "isits involving Cooper and Ft. Calhoun.
On November 28 Tom Elsasser, Region I SLO, attended a meeting in Region IV with State Liaison Officers.
He discussed two separate topics:
the role of NRC in emergency preparedness and the public information aspects of the accident at Three Mile Island.
During the week of November 5-9 the Region V State Liaison Officer (SP) attended meetings with Oregon and California State Emergency Planning' officials in Sacramento and Portland.
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regulatory effort.
In particular, State officials wanted to clarify the relationship between NRC's on-site emergency planning regulatory efforts and the States' and locals' off-site emergency planning responsibilities.
On November 21 the Region IX Regional Advisory Cummittee met with the State of California to discuss the RAC role in the comprehensive Spring emergency drill to exercise the California, San Diego and Orange County emergency plans.
California's State plan has been concurred in by the NRC but an annual exercise is recuired to maintain concurrence.
As a result of the meeting, the FAC IX will participate as observors in the Spring drill.
Additionally, the State will keep the RAC abreast of the development of the actual scenario.
On November 30, 1979 Ken Green and Tony Marasco will attend a meeting with local officials on the development of a county emergency plan for Indian Point.
Ken Green will discuss and outline the concepts of such a plan.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING - NOVEMBER 30, 1979 FY 1980 Operating Plans Sent (1) to EDO the summary of the Program Offices' operating plans to be forwarded to the Commission; (2) to Program Office Directors the detailed operating information for their offices. These plans will. form the base-line against which the agency's accomplishments and expenditures in'FY'80 can be measured.
NASAP/INFCE (1) Sent to the Commission the first semi-annual "NRC Report to Congress on the Status of Domestic and International Evaluations of Nuclear Reactor and Fuel Cycle Systems."
(2) Sent NRC staff comments to DOE on their final draft NASAP report.
Emergency Preparedness Incorporated ED0's views in cover memo and transmitted to the Commission the emergency preparedness organizational options paper.
MIS Publication Distributed NUREG-0594, " Occupational Radiation Exposure at Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors 1978."
Consumer Affairs Sent to ED0 a letter to Esther Peterson containing comments on Executive Order 12160 on protecting consumers' interests.
Concressional Testimony Corrected' and edited transcript of (1) Rep. Moffett's hearing (of 11/1) on response to Kemeny report; (2) Rep. Dingell's hearing (of 11/5) also on Kemeny report.
1599 047 SES Performance Acoraisal Sent to Mr. Donoghue, Chairman of Performance Review Board, and other members a final draft of the form and procedures for performance appraisal and planning for SESers.
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Office of the Controller Item of Interest Week Ending tiovember 30, 1979 FY 1981 Budget The budget hearings before the House Appropriations Committee, Subecmmittee on Energy and Water Development will be held on February 26, 1980, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
The Subcommittee has also stated that the handling of the Committee transcript (with its quick turnaround) will be required as was done for the hearings on the 1500 budget.
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