ML19257A241
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t December 13, 1979 For:
The Comissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDC
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 7,1979 A sumary of k'ey events is included as a convenience to those Commissionars who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
SGndards 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
Management and Program Analysis J
Controller K*
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L*
Items Approved by the Commission M**
Calendar of Speaking Engagements N
/T. A. Re n,
ssistant for Operations Office of the EDO
Contact:
T. A. Rehm, 49-27781 1666 199
- No input this week.
- Deleted from Commissioners and PDR copy.
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Summary of Key Events Week Ending December 7, 1979 Trojan During the Trojan proceeding in the matter of the control building modifications, ASLB modified its order permitting interim operation of the Trojan Nuclear Plant, citing delays in completion of modification plans by the licensee and issuance of an NRC staff safety evaluation related to these plans. The ASLB ordered Trojan not to resume operation pending further Board order.
s Point Beach Unit 1 NRR issued a confirmatory order supported by a full safety evaluation, which required Point Beach Unit 1 to comply with certain restrictions upon return to power following discovery of extensive deep corrosion cracking of the steam generator tubes below the surface of the tube sheet. These restrictions included lighter tube leakage limit and more frequent eddy-current inspections and hydrostatic tests. The reactor has been returned to operation and its performance is being closely monitored by IE.
Renewal of NECO SNM License at Hanford, Washington The Waste Management Low-Level Licensing Branch issued to the Nuclear Engineering Company (NECO) a renewed license for disposal of SNM at NEC0's disposal facility located in the center of the.Hanford Reservation. The renewed license super-sedes all authority for activities at the Hanford commercial site previously
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authorized under License No. 13-10042-01 (Docket No. 27-39).
IAEA Vacancy Announcements The International Atomic Energy Agency has announced nine vacancy openings for positions in Vienna.
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0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending December 7, 1979 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Recuest Initial Decision Received 555 37 Granted 406 12 Denied 92 17 Pending 55 8
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Stephen Kohn, Requests all infomation regarding the Wood The New Paper River Junction nuclear facility located in (79-511)
Rhode Island and all information regarding any other nuclear facilities in Rhode Island.
Catherine Quigg, Requests all records which refer to the use of Pollution and Environmental higher fuel burnups in lightwater nuclear reactors Problems, Inc.
from 1975 to the present.
(79-512)
Claudia M. Drum, Requests information on the annual throughput Nuclear Assurance of plutonium, by year, for each year of operation, Corporation for Kerr-McGee, Crescent, Babcock & Wilcox, (79-513)
NUMEC, General Electric, Vallecitos, Westinghouse, Cheswick, Exxon Nuclear Company, Richland, and Nuclear Fuel Services, Erwin.
Roger D. Runningen, Requests Investigation reports #50-254/77/14 and The Daily Dispatch
- 50-265/77/14 concerning alleged security breaches (79-514) at Commonwealth Edison's nuclear power plant at Cordova, Illinois.
Andrew B. Reid Requests citations for violations of law (79-515) governing the activities of Union Carbide Corporation and Tennessee Valley Authority under any and all specific source material licenses possessed by them for mining and milling.
(An NRC employee)
Requests all information concerning grievances (79-516) filed in relation to Vacancy Announcement 79-551.
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 1666 201 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
. Received, Cont'd Richard A. DeSantis, Requests, on behalf of his client, all records Attorney-At-Law relating to her in the NRC.
(79-517)
Janice A. Wezelman, Requests rules, regulations and standards governing Attorney-At-Law safety of underground uranium miners from (79-518) 1957-1977 and all documents regarding exposure of Navajo uranium miners to excessive amounts of
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radon daughters in the Kerr-McGee mining operations in Arizona from 1957-1965.
Randy L. Dryer, Requests all information relating to the SL-1 Attorney-At-Law accident in Idaho.
(79-519)
Catherine Quigg, Requests all records w'ich refer to sabotage Pollution and Environmental analyses for the spent tuel storage at the Morris Problems, Inc.
operation in Morris, Illinois from 1966 to the (79-520) present.
(An NTEU Steward)
Requests all correspondence from [a named person]
(79-521) to employees under his supervision.
(An NRC employee)
Requests all records of appraisals and/or (79-522) evaluations of all applicants in the selection of Vacancy Announcement 79-259.
(An NRC employee)
Requests all records of appraisals and/or (79-523) evaluations of all applicants in the selection of Vacancy Announcement 79-257.
(An NRC employee)
Requests all records of appraisals and/or (79-524) evaluations of all applicants in the selection of Vacancy Announcement 79-255.
(An NRC employee)
APPEAL TO THE ED0 for infonnation regarding (79-A-30-79-458)
Vacancy Announcement 79-296.
Thomas B. Cochran, APPEAL TO THE EDO for a memorandum dated 12-23-76 Natural Resources to L.V. Gossick from Samuel Chilk regarding the Defense Council, Inc.
Task Force on Safeguards Policy.
(79-A-31-79-260)
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1666 202 ENCLOSURE A Granted J. M. Johnson, Made available a copy of the releasable portions Carolina Power & Light Company of the NRC Inspection and Enforcement Manual (79-444)
Change Notices 78-35 through 78-50 and 79-01 through 79-23.
Diane E. Findley, Made available a copy of the non-proprietary Science Applications, Inc.
version of contract solicitation NRC-04-79-209 (79-455) entitled " Human Factors Evaluation."
Janice Merrill, Made available a copy of the non-proprietary Kinetic Research version of contract solicitation NRC RFP No.
(79-459)
RS-MPA-79-312 entitled " Statistical Review and Methodology Development."
Jack Saluja, Made available a copy of the non-proprietary Viking Energy Corporation version of contract solicitation NRC RFP No.
(79-477)
RS-NRR-80-105 entitled " Utility Management and Technical Resources."
Ellyn R. Weiss, Made available two documents which contain an Sheldon, Harmon, analysis of the application of the proposed and Weiss siting criteria to existing sites.
(79-480)
(An NRC employee)
Made available six documents regarding Vacancy (79-484)
Announcement 79-40, Region I.
David M. Basker, Informed the requester.he NRC has no information Attorney-At-Law pertaining to his client in its personnel, (79-487) security, or radiation exposure records.
Frederick J. Boncher, In response to a request for four categories Attorney-At-Law of information relating to four listed nuclear (79-488) power plants and information on nuclear waste sites, made available 21 documents.
Bob Romic In response to a request for three categories (79-491) of information concerning the Quad-Cities Units 1 and 2 nuclear power facilities, made available 20 documents.
Gary Redmore, Made available a copy of license number Pharmaco Nuclear Inc.
3700245-06MD and informed the requester there have (79-496) been no amendments to this license.
1666 203 ENCLOSURE A
4 Granted, Cont'd Steve Gannis In response to a request for information concerning (79-501) the activities of the NRC and nuclear power plants, made available three documents.
Benjamin I. Goldhagen In response to a request for a copy of the (79-502) inspection reports for the radiologic sites at the University of Southern California, informed the requester the State of California is an agreement state and therefore the NRC has no aucuments.
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Joe Ptak, In response to a request for five listed NUREG Iowa Public Interest reports and additions and connents on each, Research Group made available a copy of one draft NUREG and (79-503) connents.
Informed the requester one NUREG is available through the NTIS and three other NUREG's have not been published yet.
(An individual requesting Informed the requester the NRC has no information infomation about himself) pertaining to him in its personnel, security, (79-504) or radiation exposure records.
Joseph Ptak, In response to a request for a copy of six Iowa Public Interest listed Regulatory Guides and to be placed on NRC's Research Group distribution list for future Regulatory Guides, (79-507) informed the requester where to obtain a copy of Reg Guides and placed him on the distribution list for future Draft Regulatory Guides.
Catherine Quigg, Made available two documents regarding the use of Pollution and Environmental higher fuel burnups in lightwater nuclear reactors Problems, Inc.
from 1975 to the present.
(79-512)
Denied Lindsay Audin The EDO continued to deny documents pertaining to (79-A-25-79-333) the routing of spent fuel shipments.
1666 204 ENCLOSURE A
DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending December 7,1979 RFP'S ISSUED RFP RS-NRR-80-104 Title - Core Melt Materials Interaction Evaluations Description - Technical assistance in the area of materials interactions following. postulated core meltdown accident in connection with staff evaluations for Floating Nuclear Plants and in response to the TMI-2 accident.
Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - RFP issued en December 3,1979.
Proposals are due on January 7, 1980.
CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made)
Contract No.
Contractor Close-Out Date NRC-10-77-176 Terminal Data Corporation 12/6/79 NRC-10-78-585 Abraham H. Maller 12/6/79 1666 205 ENCLOSURE A
DIVISION OF TECHNICAL INFORIMTION AND DOCUi4ENT CONTROL
- WEEK ENDING DECEf4BER 7,1979 s
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ENCLOSURE A
OFFICE OF E JCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (WeekEndingDecember7,1979) s Radiological Assessment Branch MAGI -- A training session by the Mathematical Applications Group, Inc. on the use of a Monte Carlo Code for Radiation Steaming Analyses was given to the staff during December 5-8, 1979. This code was recently used at Mil'istone II power plant tt, predict steaming. The results generally agree witn other sources, computational data and measured results.
Yuaoslavia L. Brown, Hudrology-Meteorology Section, is assisting the Yugoslavian regulatory agency in reviewing meteorological aspects associated with an operating license in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia for the period December 1 to December 17, 1979 at the request of IAEA.
Meetina with Terrestrial and Aouatic Sections of ANL Division of Enviromental Imoact Studies - Precaration of Environmental Impact Statements Members of Environmental Specialists Branch met with the Terrestrial and Aquatic Sections of ANL Division of Environmental Impact Studies on November 27 to discuss procedures for preparation of environmental impact and 28,1979 Subjects included discussions of new CEQ regulations, the Yellow statements.
Creek decision, alternative site procedures, endangered species regulations, staff and management responsibilities and others. Both groups thought the meeting useful for prevention of staff misunderstandings during case review and for updating of staff on environmental regulations and felt that such meetings should be repeated at six months to yearly intervals.
1666 207 ENCLOSURE B North Anna, Unit 1 On Friday, November 30,1979, VEPC0 and Westinghouse met with the NRC staff to further discuss the discovery of cracks in steam generator tubes. The results of the eddy current testing (ECT) for Steam Generators A, B, and C are presented below:
A total of 888 tubes were inspected for 5.G's A, B, and C.
Testing was conducted for 400 khz,100 khz, and 71/2 khz for all three S.G.'s.
Two cracks were found tangent to the U Bend in two tubes of S.G. C (Row 1 - columns 51 and 60).
Also based primarily on 71/2 kht testing, indications from ECTs on 306 tubes indicated the presence of support plate corrosion (or cracking).
Thus, for the 888 tubes inspected, 25% had ECT indications of support plate corrosion or cracking. Westinghouse stated that corrosion in the annulus between the plate and the tube is full blown.
Westinghouse also stated the support plate corrosion occurs before the cracking.
Westinghouse believes that the support olate damage observed was caused by the inadvertent dumping of 200 to 300 pounos of resins from the polishers of the full flow demineralizers into S.G.'s.
Supnonic acid attigit temperature produced sulfuric acid which attacked carbon steel. (Westinghouse said a simi~lar problem with a resin bed occurred at a Belgium reactor.)
The staff requested VEPCO and Westinghouse to document the results of the North Anna 1 inservice inspection and supply the basis for proposed corrective actions as soon as possible for NRC staff review prior to closing up the steam generators.
VEPC0 and Westinghouse have been: requested to present the technical scenario for the interface { resins & corrosive action in S.G.'s).
Tro.ian On November 30, 1979 the ASLB in the Trojan proceeding in the matter of the control bui' ding modifications modified its order permitting interim operation of the Trojan Nuclear Plant. The ASLB, citing delays in completion of control-building modification plans by the licensee and issuance of an NRC staff safety evaluation related to these plans, ordered:
Trojan not to resume operation pending further Board order, NRC to immediately inform the Board of the specifics of all unresolved problems on the issues in the proceeding, The licensee to immediately provide the Board with a full written report on the status of all information requested by the NRC staff that it has not satisfactorily supplied, 1666 208 ENCLOSURE B NRC to furnish a date for completing its SER and The views of all parties as to how long interim operations of Trojan should be pemitted in the absence of firm plans for control building modifications.
Point Beach Unit 1 On November 30, 1979, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation issued a confirmatory order supported by a full safety evaluation, which required the Point Beach Unit 1 to comply with certain restrictions upon return to power following discovery of extensive deep corrosion' cracking of the steam generator tubes below the surface of the tube sheet. These restrictiont included tighter tube leakage limits and more frequent eddy-current inspec,tions and hydrostatic tests.
Also, based on the full safety evaluation which justified the NRR confimatory order, the petition of Wisconsin's Environmental Decade in this matter was denied 30, 1979.
by the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation on November The reactor has been returned to operation and its perfomance is being closely monitored by the Office of Inspection and Enforcement.
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ENCLOSURE B
STATUS OF SHUTDOWN PLANTS (Dec.5,1979)
Restart 7/1/80 Beaver Valley Refuel & Modifications Cook 2
' Refueling ~
Restart ~12/22/79
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Davis-Besse 1 Leak in RTDs of RCS Restart 12/11/79 Restart 11/80 Dresden 1 ECCS~ Modification Fort St. Vrain Refueling and installation of Restart 12/7/79 Luci" Locks Restart 12/10/79 Ginna S/G Tube Repair Restart ?
Humboldt Bay Seismic Evaluation Restart ?
Indian Point 1 ECCS Indian Point 2 Reactor Coolant System Leakage Restart 12/10/79
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Restart 12/15/79 Indian Point 3 Refueling Restart 1/1/80 North Anna 1 Reload Restart 2/1/80 Oconee 1 Reload Palisades Extended Shutdown for Modifications Restart End of 12/79 per I&E 79-02 Restart 3/10/80 Quad Cities 1 Refueling Salem 1 Qualification of Hangers in Diesel Generator Room Restart 12/12/79 Surry 2 St. Gen. Repair Restart 4/18/80 Three Mile Island 1 Order Restart ?
Three Mile Island 2 Accident Restart ?
Turkey Point 3 Refueling Restart 1/80 Trojan Review of walls / seismic supports Restart 12/7/79 Zion 1 Steam Generator Nozzle Repairs &
Turbine Maintenance Restart 1/15/80 Zion 2 Steam Generator Nozzle Repairs Restart 12/15/79 1666 210 ENCLOSURE B
IE biletin 79-13 eev. 2 Deted Deteber 16, 1979 Plants with W or CE 5/G's complete volumetric exam of FW within 90 days (starting. lune 25, 1979) as follows:
Raoutrenents:
1.
RT (supplemental by UT) of all FW nozzle-to-pipe welds & adjacent pipe and nozzle areas Ifiraciing identified, conduct volurastric exam of FV welds to 1st pipe support or snubber Visually exam FW pipe supports or snutbers in contairenent At the next outage of sufficient duration or next refueling outage, perform the following inspections:
For $/G's with corron AFV/FW nozzle, conduct volumetric examination of FW pipe weld areas from the A.
steam generator to the first support and the feedwater line to containment penetration welds.
(incluces AFW to FV connecting welds outside contairunent)
For steam generator designs utilizing auxiliary feedwater systems connected by eeans of welded 8.
nozzle connections, perform volumetric examination of all auxiliary feedwater nozzle to piping welds and the first adjacent outboard pipe-to-pipe welds (risers),
For designs utilizing auxiliary feedwater systems connected to the steam generator by eieans of bolted flange connections, perform volumetric examination of the flanged nozzle to piping and first outboard pipe-to-pipe welds (risers).
C.
Perforn visual exam of all FW systems supports & snebbers in containment If indications found in one unis of multi-facility, shut down and inspect other(s) unless continued operation Justified.
IV.
Report cracking or discontinuities to IE region within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> Provide 20 day response for inspection schedule, eaergency procedures and leak detection of FW in V.
containment.
STATl:5:ho. of plants inspected to date (total No. 44) ~35 ho. of plants with cracks / fabrication discontinuities 18(includeT No. of plants reviewed / approved by staff 15~No of plants inspected without cracks detected 17
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2 fabrication defects requiring repair' ~
INSPECTION PROBABLE NRC LAB.
PtANT RESULTS REMARKS CAUSE ANALYSES 0.C. Coot 1/2 Cracked, 8 of B, 2 thru wall Piping recaired, instrd.*
Cerrosion Assisted Fatigue BNL/Lf Beaver valley 1 Cracked. 3 of 3 piping repaired Corrosion Assisteo F tigue BhdL Kewaunee tracted, 2 of 2 piping repaired Corrosion Assisted Fatigue BNL/L3 hortn Anna 2 Fabrication defect,1 of 3
. Corrosion Assisted Fatigue BNL/L3 Point Beach 2 Cracked, 2 of 2 piping repaired H.3. Rooinson 2 Cractec. 3 of 3 piping repaired, instre.
Corrosion Assisted Fatigue BE/L33 Salem 1 Cracked, 4 of 4 piping repairec, instrd.
Corrosion Assisted Fatigue Bg/L3 San Onofre 1 Cracted. 3 of 3 piping repaired Stress Assist ! Corrosion awtiL3 Surry 1/2 tracked, 3 of 3 piping repaired, instrd.
Corrosion Assisted Fatigue BNL/L 3
Ginna tracked, 2 of 2 piping repaires, instrd.
Corrosinn Assisted Fatigue BNL/L Millstone 2 Cracked, 2 of 2 piping repaired Notanalbred.ross ra rication oefects BE Yanaee Rowe Cracked, 4 of a piping repaired 3
Palisaces Crackes, 2 ef 2 Picing repaired Corrosion Assisted Fatigue BE/L Farley 1 No Cracks found
- haccem Neck No cracks found
(* fab. defect Indian Pt. 2 ho cracks found Indian Pt. 3 No cracks founc Nortn Anna 1 No cracks found Pt. Beach 1 Cracked. 2 of 2 Prairie Islanc 1 No Cracks found Prairie Islanc 2 het inspected Inspection to be performed 1/B0 Trojan 1 No cracks found Turacy Pt. 3 ho cracks found Turkey Pt. A ho cracks found Zion 1 Cracted. 4 of 4 piping repaired Corrosion Assisted Fatigue Zion 2 Cracked, 4 of 4 piping ruoaired Calvert Cliffs 1 No Cracks found Calvert Cliffs 2 ho cracts found Artansas Nuc. 2 ho cracts found "aine Yannee ho cracks founc 5th weld from nozzle -fab. cefece Fort Calhoun I ho cracks founc St. Lucie I ho cracts founo Indian Pt. I hot intoected Shutcown INI.1 Not inspected Shutdown TMI-2 Not inspected Snuscown Cavio Besse 1 No cracas found Arcansas Nuc. I Not inspectec 1444 9
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Oconee 1 Not inspectec lUUU L Cconee 2 Net inscected Oconee 3 Not inscectec Crystal River 3 No cracks found Aancno Secc Not inspectec
- nstru entec STATUS #EPCRT 1.
All Westingnouse and CE plants inspected and repaired or being repaired as recuirec.
2.
Feeowater Pipe Crack Owner's Group seneculed for co cletion by Feoruary 1980.
3.
Pipe Crack Stucy Gr:up formed to evaluate pr:blem anc provice reccernencations *or furthee actions. If necessary, to Staff.
ENCLOSURE B
OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 7,1979 1
The manuscript for the final report, NUREG/CR-0569, " Facilitation of Decommissioning Light Water Reactors," was received from Battelle-PNL for publication and distribution.
2.
AIF has formed a subcommittee on decommissioning to review and comment on NRC's decommissioning plans and activities.
Representatives of NRC (SD, NRR, ELD), DOE, EPA and FERC met with the subcommittee on November 28, 1979, at AIF to hear their comments on the materials that had been distributed at the State Workshops on Decommissioning, September 1979.
The meeting was conducted in a very cooperative environment. They will send us their comments in writing in the near future.
Publications Issued Durine the Week of December 3-7, 1979 A notice was mailed to all divisions of the Regulatory Guide distribution list requesting that correspondence on draft regulatory guides and proposed revisions to existing guides include the task number relating to that particular item. The task number appears in the upper right-hand corner of the document and is given in the Federal Register notice announcing its issuance. The use of the task number will expedite the handling of comments and requests for copies.
1666 212 ENCLOSURE C
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending December 7,1979 leeting held with Representatives of the Radioloaical Society of North America (RSNA, The American Association of Physicists in Medicine ( AAPM) and The American Colleoe of Radioloay ACR)
Representatives of the Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety attended a series of meetings with representatives of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) to discuss the NRC's medical ALARA program. The ACR will organize a conference to further define problems in the current program and to propose alternative solutions to ensure radiation exposures are maintained ALARA at medical facilities.
The conference will take place in early January. Representatives of NRC and all of the major professional organizatic:.;, including technologists and nurses, affected by the ALARA program will be invited to attend.
Post Licensina Visit Dr. John Cooper and Mr. Michael Lamastra of the Material Licensing Branch performed a post licensing visit to the Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, Sioux Falls, South Dakota on November 27, 1979. The licensee is one of the largest mobile van nuclear medicine services in the country and information obtained from the trip will be valuable in the licensing of other mobile van operations.
Category II/III Rule Standard Format and Content Guide The guidance for the Category II/III Rule is in final form and will be forwarded for office concurrences on or about December 7,1979.
Guidance for Cateaory I Non-Power Reactors A draft Standard Format and Content Guide for Category I non-power reactor licensees is being finalized.
This document provides guidance to the licensees on the intent of fulfilling the physical security requirements of the recently published (November 28,1979) 73.60 and 73.67.
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Items of Interest 2
Meetino with Congressional Staff Member Members of the Division of Safeguards will meet with Mr. C. Trabandt of the Senate Energy Connittee staff at his request on Friday, December 7,1979, to discuss preparation activities related to the implementation of the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement. Representatives from the Department of State, ACDA, and DOE are also expe'cted to participate in these discussions.
Renewal of NECO SNM License at Hanford, Washinoton On November 30, 1979, the Waste Management Low-Level Waste Licensing Branch issued to the Nuclear Engineering Company (NECO) a renewed license for disposal of special nuclear material (SNM) at NEC0's disposal facility located in the center of the Hanford Reservation. The renewed license (License No.16-19204-01, Docket No. 27-48) supersedes all authority for activities at the Hanford commercial site previously authorized under License No. 13-10042-01 (Docket No. 27-39). The SNM license has been closely coordinated with Washington State officials and is consistent with the State source and byproduct material disposal license which was renewed November 29. The renewed NRC and State licenses address problems and concerns noted with disposal of low-level waste, including site decommissioning, waste fom and packaging, inspection for transportation violations, and record keeping requirements.
Consistent with the Washington State license, after February 29, 1980, disposal of transuranic (TRU) waste in concentrations exceeding 10 nCi/gm is being prohibited. As the Hanford site is the last commercial site accepting TRU waste for disposal, WM has requested the Department of Energy to finalize and implement its plans for routine acceptance of commercial TRU waste for retrievable storage. The three-month period of delay for the limit to become effective will allow DOE to finalize and implement its TRU acceptance plans and allow for the orderly transfer of TRU waste from the commercial sector to DOE.
10 CFR 60 Technical Rule The Office of Standards Development and NMSS have organized working groups to redraft the 10 CFR Part 60 technical rule and prepare for the advance notice of rulemaking to be published in the Federal Reaister.
1666 214 ENCLOSURE D
OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending December 7, 1979 1.
Duquesne Light Company (Beaver Valley) - On December 5, 1979, an Order was issued to'the subject licensee which required the review and implementation of procedures and controls to preclude the removal of redundant emergency core cooling systems from service at the same time.
In addition, a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $5,000 was issued to the license.e. These actions were based on an item of noncom-pliance when.two trains of an emergency core cooling system were rendered inoperable on November 27, 1979 for approximately two hours.
2.
The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched during the past week:
a.
EN-79-13 & -13A Haddam Neck - A Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $27,500 were issued to the subject licensee on December 6,1979.
This action was.
based on nine alleged items of noncompliance related to radiological health and safety.
b.
EN-79-14 Midland Units 1 & 2 On December 6, 1979, an Order Modifying NRC Permit Nos. CPPR-81 and 82 was issued to Consumers Power Company.
This action was based on quality assurance deficiencies in soil con-struction activities and a material false statement in the FSAR.
3.
Preliminary Notifications relating to the follosing actions were dispatched during the past week:
a.
PNO-I-79-23 Calvert Cliffs Units 1 & 2 - Release of Caustic Liqui /
Effluent to Chesapeake Bay b.
PNO-I-79-24 Eastern Testing and Inspection, Inc., Pennsauken, New Jersey -
Reported Lost Radiography Device Containing 55 Curies of Iridium-192 c.
PNO-I-79-25 Indian Point Unit 2 - Reactor Coolant Ss tem Leakage d.
PNO-I-79-26 Ginna - Steam Generator Tube Leak e.
PNO-I-79-27 Seabrook Units 1 & 2 - Fatal Industrial Accident f.
PNO-I-79-28 & -28A Salem Unit 1 - Unit Shut Down Due to Inoperable Seismic Restraints g.
PNO-I-79-29 Babcock & Wilcox, Apollo, PA - Armstrong County Emergency Planning Meeting h.
PNO-I-79-30 Oyster Creek - Worker Contaminated During Radioactive Waste Operatica 1666 215 ENCLOSURE E 1.
PNO-II-79-35 Browns Ferry Unit 2 - Reactor Trip
- j. PNO-II-79-36 Hatch Unit 1 - Condensate Storage Tank Transfer Pump Seal Leak k.
PNO-II-79-37 Hartsville Unit A Workman Overcome by Gasoline Fumes 1.
PNO-II-79-38 Bolivia, North Carolina - State of North Carolina Exercise m.
PNO-III-79-51 Byron Unit 1 - Post-Tensioning Head Failures s
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PNO-III-79-53 Davis-Besse Unit 1 - Unit Shut Down to Replace Leaking Temperature Element o.
PN0-III-79-54 & -54A Quad Cities Unit 1 - Misposition of Core Spray System Suction Valves p.
PNO-III-79-55 Thennark Division of Avery International, Schererville, IN -
Lost or Stolen Generally Licensed Americium-241 Static Eliminator q.
PNO-III-79-56 D. C. Cook Unit 2 - Personnel Injury r.
PN0-IV-79-18 Wolf Creek Unit 1 - Industrial Accident 4.
The following IE Bulletins were issued:
a.
IE Bulletin 79-27, " Loss of Non-Class-1-E Instrumentation and Control System Bus During Operation," was issued on November 30, 1979 to all power reactor facilities with an operatinr; license and to those near licensing.
b.
IE Bulletin 79-28, "Possible Malfunction of NAMC0 Model EA180 Limit Switches at Elevated Temperatures," was issued on December 7,1979 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction permit.
5.
The following IE Information Notice was issued:
a.
IE Information Notice 79-30, " Reporting of Defects and Noncompliance, 10 CFR Part 21," was issued on December 6, 1979 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction permit and to all vendors inspected under the Licensee Contractor Vendor Inspection Program (LCVIP).
1666 216 ENCLOSURE E
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 7, 1979 Trojan Nuclear Plant On November 30, 1979, the Licensing Board in the Trojan Control Building proceeding issued an order requiring the facility to remain shut down (the plant had been shut down since October 12, 1979 because of steam generator tube problems and reaction force,roblems for concrete block walls) until further order of the Board.
The Board also directed the Staff to inform it of all unresolved problems having a bearing on the Control Building proceeding and ordered the Licensee to report on the status of infomation requested of it from the Staff. Finally, the Board directed the Staff to give an estimate as to when it would issue its SER on Control Building modifications and ordered all parties to express their views on how long the plant should be pemitted to operate in the absence of final modifications to the Control Building.
Black Fox Station, Units 1 and 2 In ALAB-573 (December 7,1979), the Appeal Board upheld the Licensing Board's D*rtial Initial Decision on Environmental Matters in this con-struction pemit proceeding which dealt with several novel questions of water quality law under the FWPCA. However, the Appeal Board certified to the Commission the issue raised by Applicants as to whether the Commission's promulgation of Appendix I made the litigation of health effects at pemitted levels in individual proceedings an impermissible attack on that rule which is barred by 10 CFR 62.748.
In addition, the Staff was directed by the Appeal Board to advise the Commission within 30 days of the reasons why it believes the consequences of Class 9 accidents should or should not be considered in this case.
The Appeal Board also retained jurisdiction over the case on the radon matters pending completion of the generic hearings on that issue.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 7, 1979 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IAEA Vacancy Announcements The International Atomic Energy Agency has announced nine vacancy openings for positions in Vienna. Vacancies are in the following areas:
Division of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Protection, Department of Technical Operations, Legal Division, Department of Administration, Division of Operations, Department of Safeguards, Division of Research and Laboratories, Department of Research and Isotopes and Division of Nuclear Power and Reactors.
and Department of Technical Operations.
IAEA applications for these positions are available from either the Office of Personnel or Office of International Programs.
Foreian Reports:
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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAFG ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 7, 1979 Program Develonment Lynn Frank, Director, and Don Godard of the Oregon Department of Energy met in Bethesda this week with the Directors of I&E, Region V,
and SP.
The details relating to the Oregon resident inspector at Trojan was agreed to and are being cast into a memorandum of understanding, between,NRC and the State of Oregon.
Emergencv Prenaredness On November 30, 1979, Tom Elsasser, Region I SLO and Ken Green of NRC Headquarters attended a meeting of Westchester County officials in White Plains, NY, to discuss upgrading Westchester County's Radiological Emergency Response Plan (RERP).
On December 5, 1979, Tom Elsasser attended a meeting in Leechburg, Pennsylvania of various local, county and State officials, who met to discuss Radiological Emergency Response Planning as it pertains to the Babcock and Wilcox Fuel Cycle facilities in the area.
State Acreements The Washington and Tennessee radiation control programs for agreement materials will be reviewed December 10-14, 1979.
Chairman Hendrie signed, in Washington, D.C.
on December 4,
- 1979, the section 274b agreement with Rhode Island providing for transfer of certain regulatory authority to the State.
Wayne Kerr will meet with Governor Garrahy on December 11, 1979 in Providence at which time Governor Garrahy will sign the agreement which becomes effective on January 1, 1980.
Wayne Kerr will meet with the Deputy Health Commissioner of Vermont on December 14, 1979 to discuss the Agreement State program and plans the State may have for seeking a section 274b agreement.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING - DECEMBER 7,1979 PPPG s
Briefed Commission on FY 82-86 Policy, Planning and Program Guidance TMI Action Plan Developed estimate of costs to respond to Kemeny Commission recommendations and to carry out actions identified in letter to Dr. Press.
Concressional Correspondence (1) Answered questions from Senators Glenn and Javitts on operator and supervisor training in U.S., U.K. and F.R.G.; (2) provided Office Directors with an index of NRC responses to Congressional letters.
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CALENDAR OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS December 10-12 KRGoller will participate in the second Workshop on An Acceptable Nuclear Eneray System and present a speech NRC Siting and Emergency planning Policies on December 10, 1979 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
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