ML19257C076
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January 16, 1980 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the ED0 Subj ect:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JANUARY ll,1980 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
Standards Development C
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D
Inspection and Enforcement E
Nuclear Regulatory Research F*
Executive Legal Director G
International Programs H
State Programs I*
Management and Program Analysis J
Controller K*
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L*
Items Approved by the Commission M**
Calendar of Significant Events N
Status of Nuclear Power Plants O
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Contact:
T. A. Rehm, 49-27781 1797 179 00124o eqq 3
SUMMARY
OF KEY EVENTS WEEK ENDING JANUARY il,1980 Millstone 1 An anonymous telephone call to I&E on January 8,1980, resulted in Northeast Nuclear Energy Company eliminating (administratively) the
" emergency" isolation condenser capability, i.e., declaring it inoperable.
The concern that prompted this action involves surface cracks in the concrete at the location of the semisic restraint plate bolts outside containment for the steam line to the isolation condenser.
Currently approved Tech Specs allow the plant to continue operation with the isola-tion condenser inoperable for 15 days provided suitable compensatory measures are taken.
NNECo plans to propose a Tech Spec change which would permit indefinite operation at power levels below 40% whenever the isolation condenser is inoperable.
Browns Ferry 1, 2 and 3 Chem-Nuclear notified TVA (and apparently other utilities that ship radioactive waste material to Barnwell) that as a result of restrictions imposed by the State of South Carolina, they had to impose a gradually decreasing allotment on the amount of material that could be shipped to the disposal site. On January 3,1980, the Chairman of the Board of TVA issued a news release stating that TVA was taking action to provide the capablity of storing low level wastes on site.
Emergency. Planning Regional workshops with State / local officials a. ' utility representatives on proposed regulations upgrading emergency planning requirements in areas near nuclear power plants are planned for several locations during January.
In response to widespread interest, each meeting will now include an additional evening session for receipt of public comments.
Uravan Uranium Mill In response to recommendations from the Uranium Recovery Licensing Branch, the State of Colorado issued an order on January 4, 1980, to the Union Carbide Corporation to cease discharge into tailings pond Number 3 until remedial actions to stabilize the embankment are completed. This order follows a similar ordei in December of 1979 regarding pond Number 2.
Technical Assistance Reouest from Texas The Texas Department of Health has requested NRC technical assistance on a uranium recovery project proposed by the Anaconda Cooper Company to be located in the state of Texas. Anaconda has requested review of a tailings disposal plan that would allow private ownership of the land to continue.
The staff has also been requested to make a determination as to whether near surface burial of tailings back in the mine from which the ore was removed can be approved without ownership of the land to enable title transfer at the termination of operations.
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0_FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending January 11, 1380 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 88 8
Granted 7
1 Denied 9
2 Pending 72 5
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received John F. Doherty Requests 11 listed documents regarding the (80-8) construction license proceedings for the Allens Creek nuclear generating station.
Debra Mcdonald, Requests information regarding the Nuclear Nuclear Pharmacy Pharmacy of K.C., Inc.
Incorporated (80-9)
David S. Fleischaker, Requests records pertaining to Joseph M. Hendrie's Attorney-At-Law participation in the review of the Diablo Canyon (80-10) licensing application prior to becoming Chairman of the NRC, Leonard Bickwit's notes taken in connection with an October 9,1979 meeting and Edson Case's notes of his telephone conversation with Joseph Hendrie regarding Diablo Canyon.
Shirley Ricker, Requests a copy of NUREG-0575, Volume 1, Executive The University of Summary Text, Final Generic Environmental Impact Rochester Library Statement on Handling and Storage of Spent Light (80-11)
Water Power Reactor Fuel, August 1979.
(An NRC employee)
Requests records pertaining to himself in Systems (80-12) of Records NRC-ll, NRC-19, NRC-37 and NRC-39.
(An individual requesting Requests information on herself in the NRC.
information about herself)
(80-13)
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211 1797 181 ENCLOSURE A
2 Granted Ronald E. Wood, Made available the non-proprietary versions of Teknekron Research, Inc.
five documents relating to contract solicitation (79-505)
RFP RS-NMS-79-043, "Bul k Material Control."
(An NTEU Steward)
In response to a request for all correspondence (79-521) from [a named person] to employees under his supervision, made available 15 documents.
Gil Davis, In response to a request for documents regarding The Blade - Tribune seismic safety for the three units of the San (79-525)
Onofre nuclear generating station, informed the requester records subject to his request are located at the LPDR in Mission Viejo, California.
Mrs. Roberto Armijo In response tc a request for documents relating to (79-531) the NRC's policy on differing professional opinions, made available 53 documents.
Douglas 0. Lee, In response to a request for grants made, proposed Americans for Nuclear or requested by the " Consumer Fr. aeration of Energy America," " Consumer Energy Council" or " Energy (79-551)
Policy Task Force of the Consumer Federation of America", informed the requester the NRC has made no grants to private individuals or organizations.
(An NTEU Steward)
Made available information regarding the denial of (79-563) a within grade and the removal action taken agains
[a named employee].
Denied John R. Emshwiller, In response to a request for copies of any NRC The Wall Street Journal investigations into possible improper practices (79-416) by NRC inspectors during the course of their duties over the past ten years, made available 39 documents.
Denied one document in its entirety and portions of 16 documents.
(An NRC employee)
In response to a request for information related (79-552) to allegations made against him to the Office of the Inspector and Auditor, made available six documents.
Denied portions of three documents relating to an ongoing law enforcement investigation.
1797 182 ENCLOSURE A
3 Denied, Cont'd Thomas B. Cochran, In response to an appeal for the withheld portions Natural Resources of a December 23, 1976 Memo to the Executive Defense Council, Inc.
Director for Operations from the Secretary of the (79-A-31-79-260)
Commission regarding the Task Force on Safeguards Policy, the ED0 continued to deny these portions containing classified information.
1797 183 ENCLOSURE A
DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending January 11, 1980 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION 1.
RFP RS-NRR-80-102 Title - Energetic Thermal Interaction, Recriticality, and Coolant Flow Phenomena Associated with Advancing Nuclear Reactor Concepts Description - This project will provide to the NRC technical assistance in the areas of energetic thermal interactions and recriticality associated with advanced reactor concepts.
Period of Perfonnance - Three years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - C6MMission paper, SECY-79-648, was approved on January 3,1980.
2.
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 tne TMI-2 accident.
Period of Performance - Three years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - Proposals were submitted to the Source Evaluation Board on January 8, 1980 for evaluation.
3.
RFP RS-NRR-80-ll7 Title - Study of Requirements for Operator Licensing Description - The project will result in the development of recommendations for improvement in the selection and training of nuclear power plant personnel.
Period of Performance - Five and one-half months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - Proposals were submitted to the Source Evaluation Board on December 28, 1979 for evaluation.
4.
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 Manacement and Program Analysis Status - Best and Final offer letters issued January 7,1980, with responses due on January 14, 1980.
ENCLOSURE A
2 CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made)
Contract No.
Contractor C_ lose-Out Date NRC-10-77-198 A. M. Bruning Corporation 1/4/80 AT(49-24)-0227 Rand Corporation 1/7/80
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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATI0'i 9
WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Week Ending January 11,1979)
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Following correction of the leak, leakage for continued reactor operation.
reactor operation was resumed at 12:45 a.m. on January 6,1980.
Indian Point Unit No. 3_
The " Selection of Preferred Closed Cycle Cooling System Final Environmenta Statement" has been printed and Notice of Availability went to the Federal The FES concludes that Natural Draft Cooling Register on January 8,1980.
Tcwers are the preferred closed cycle cooling system at Indian Point.
The final decision on the type of cooling system which will be reouired is the The EPA is currently holding hearings on the responsibility of the EPA. impacts of power plants on the Hudson River (s From the hearing will come a decision as to the type Indian Point Units.
Final decision is not expected of cooling system which is acceptable.Eecause EPA is holding its hearings, it is until some time in 1981.
problematical as to whether NRC will need to hold'a hearing.
Erunswick Unit fl On December 12, 1979, a visual inspection of inaccessible snubbers on the H safety relief valve (SRV) tailpipe identified ten (10) damaged snubbers ranging in size from 3 to 20 Kips.
This damage is believed to have occurred following a reactor scram on November 20, 1979 when three (3) SRV's lifted.
The H valve Two of the valves (F & H) shared a com.on exhaust header.
After the reportedly opened approximately 1 second after the F valve.
snubbers were repaired, a test was conducted on the F and H valves at NOP to No further dar. age was found.
There has approximate the opening sequence.
reportedly been only one other case schere both valves on the same header lifted - no damage was noted.
1797 186 ENCLOSURE B
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The licensee is in the process of analyzing the transien The Mark 1 Tee-Quencher modifications are expected to eliminate the como stress margins.
exhaust header arrangement, which is apparently unique to Brunswick.
Millstone 1 An anonymous telephone call to I&E on January 8 The concern isolation condenser capability, i.e., declaring it inoperable.
that prompted this action involves surface crac steam line to the isolation condenser.
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prevent excessive movement of piping during seismic events, are not r for normal use of the isolation condenser.
It is possible that the cracks were caused by water ha ner during nom operation when water slugs entered the isolation condenser steam The cracking, first detected abnormal periods of high reactor water level.and evaluated by i
d and re-evaluated.
The plant is allowed, in accordance with the currently approved Techn Specifications, to continue operation with the isolation condenser inoperable for 15 days provided suitable compensatory measures are t NNECo has elected to limit power to 40% during this period to prevent core This is a prudent action that provides an uncovery if feedwater is lost.It is in accord with previously approved NRC added measure of safety.
Amendment 26 (later replaced by Amendment 29).
NNECo plans to propose a Technical Specification 19, 1980, when the If such approval is not granted by January Technical Specification 15 day operating limit exp is inoperable.
ld not been fully resolved, it will be necessary to place the plant in co shutdown condition.
Browns Ferry Units Nos.1, 2 and 3 On January 3,1980, Chem-Nuclear notified TVA i tions imposed by the State of South Carolina, they had to irpose a gradua decreasing allotment on the amount of material that could be shioped t Initially, the allotment for TVA would be one-half of the average volume shipped in previous years and would apply to all TV disposal site.
On January 3, 1980, whether from Browns Ferry, Sequoyah or future plants.
the Chairman of the Board of TVA issued a news 1797 187 ENCLOSURE B
0FFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY ll,1980 1.
Regional Workshops with State / local officials and utility representatives on proposed regulations upgrading emergency planning requirements in areas near nuclear power plants will be. held in New York City on January 15, San Francisco on January 17, Chicago on January 22, and in Atlanta on January 24.
In response to widespread interest, each meeting will now include 61 additional evening session for receipt of public comments.
Great intee sst for public participation has been expressed for the New York and San Fra.'cisco meetings.
Each session cill have presentations in the morning on the proposed rule, criteria for concurrence, role of FEMA, and role of Public Affairs.
Each afternoon session will be a discussion by invited participants on the various aspects of the proposed requirements.
(Contact:
K. R. Goller 443-5991) 2.
Don Hopkins, Transportation and Product Standards Branch,is assisting NMSS and Region V in monitoring radioactive waste shipments received at the Richland low level waste burial site.
Mr. Hopkins tour of duty at Richland is January 7 through January 18.
3.
On January 8,1980 Don Nellis and Ralph Jones participated in the first meeting of the Task Force on Emergency Planning for Transportation Accidents Involving Radioactive Materials.
The meeting was chaired by Don Collins of SP and Wendell Carriker of DOT.
Representatives from several state organizations, FEMA, EPA, Sandia Labs, and other NRC offices were in attendance.
The general scope of the problem was discussed along with the approach to be taken in meeting the task force objectives.
Attendees were asked to submit suggestions for areas that needed improvement in present guidance.
SD representatives provided some suggestions resulting from previous and present SD efforts in this area.
Publications to Be Issued in the Near Future
Title:
Introduction and User's Information - Fixed Site Physical Protection Upgrade Rule - Guidance Compendium Exoected Issuance Date:
February 1980
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Description:==
The referenced document describes the interrelationship of the various documents supoorting the physical protection upgrade rule.
Contact:
T. Michaels 443-5904
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Title:
Persont el Neutron Dosimeters (Reg. Guide 8.14, Rev. 2)
Expected Issuance Date:
March 1980
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Description:==
This guide provides guidance acceptable to the NRC staff on the use of personnel neutron dosimeters. The guide supplements ANSI N319-1976 by adding an accuracy requirement.
Revision 2, on the bases of recent research, advises that power reactor licensees should not use NTA film to monitor neutrons.
The N/r ratio may be used only when prior surveys warrant.
Contact:
H. Pettengill 443-5970 Publications Issued During the Week of January 7-11, 1980 Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Statement: Nuclear Criticality Safety for Pipe Intersections Containing Aqueous Solutions of Enriched Uranyl Nitrate (Task FP 925-5)(Comments requested by March 14,1980) 1797 189 ENCLOSURE C
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending January 11, 1980 Application for LWR Fuel Fabrication Facility, Prattsville, Alabama An application and an environmental report have been received from Westinghouse Electric Company for their new light water reactor fuel fabrication facility in Prettsville, Alabama. Westinghouse has expressed a desire to start breaking ground for this facility in early CY-1981 and to start operation in mid-CY-1983. Westinghouse has informed us that eventually this facility will have a capacity comparable to the facility at Columbia, South Carolina.
General Electric, Wilmington, North Carolina Applications for two major amendments have been received from General Electric Company, Wilmington, North Carolina. One is to operate and use an incinerator for processing combustible waste, and the second is to authorize the con-struction and use of several new UO2 conversion lines.
These new lines will use the GEC0 process. This is a dry process developed by GE which converts UF6 directly to UO2 in a hydrogen flame.
This expansion will allow GE to shut down their wet ADU lines.
Public Meeting Re.
Atomics International, Canoga Park, California On January 22, 1980, a public informational meeting will be held in Ventura County, California, before the Ventura County Supervisors to discuss the activities involving radioactive materials at Atomics International in Canogea Park, California.
These activities are licensed by NRC under Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-21 and include the fabrication of highly enriched fuel elements for research reactors, a small plutonium R&D laboratory and a hot-cell.
The meeting was precipitated by a group known as "Stop Uranium Now" (SUN).
Specific concerns are centered around the types of radioactive materials licensed, and potential risk posed to public health and safety; regulatory activities for insuring public safety in transporting of radioactive materials to and from the site; requirements for offsite environmental monitoring; health hazards created by decontami-nating and decommissioning; and requirements for emergency response plan.
Region V has been requested to participate.
1797 190 ENCLOSURE D
Items of Interest 2
Meeting with the Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois Representatives of the Fuel Cycle Division, ELD and Region III met with the Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois on January 3,1980.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the concerns regarding the operations of a radioactive waste collector which is an NRC licensee located in the State of Illinois.
The basic concerns were raised by members of the Attorney General's staff during a recent inspection and dealt with emergency planning and fire p rotection.
NRC agreed to look into those areas of concern and report back to the Attorney General's office.
Meetina Sponsored by the American Collece of Radiology and the Medical
_ School of University of New Mexico Members of the Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety attended a meeting of the nuclear medicine communities ad hoc group on the NRC medical ALARA pro gram. The current philosophy of standard bodies (NCRP, ICRP, UNSCEAR and BEIR III) instrumental in establishment of personnel radiation exposure limits was presented. There were no agreements reached at the meeting. However, the ad hoc group plans to convene a small working group within a week to formulate counter proposals meant to fully meet NRC objectives without, or with modified revisions of, those features they considered objectionable.
MC&A Upgrade Rule Development A preliminary draft of the basic structure of the MC&A Upgrade Rule has been prepared and was submitted for initial staff review on January 9,1980.
Interim Physical protection of Irradiated Reactor Fuel in Transit The Interim Physical Protection of Irradiated Reactor Fuel in Transit Rule, and the associated Statement of Considerations, will be circulated for staff review and comment the week of January 14, 1980. Some major changes in the rule relate to policy on through-city transits, definition of heavily populated area, requirements for shipments by boat, and specification of minimum spent fuel quantities subject to the regulation.
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Items of Interest 3
Uravan Uranium Mill In response to recommendations from the Uranium Recovery Licensing Branch, the State of Colorado issued an order on January 4,1980, to the Union Carbide Corporation to cease discharge into tailings pond Number 3 until remedial actions to stabilize the embankment are completed.
This order follows a similar order in December of 1979 regarding pond Number 2.
These actions have resulted in a total mill shutdown.
Union Carbide is currently presenting information to the State which they hope will allow discharge into previously used pond Number 1.
Research and Development In-Situ Extraction License Issued to Teton The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a Source Material and Byproduct Material License to Teton Exploration Company for their research and development in-situ extraction project.
The license area, known as the Leuenberger Site, is located in Converse County, Wyoming, approximately thirty (30) air miles east of Casper.
Objectives of the project are to determine the economic feasibility of ore extraction at the Leuenberger Site and development of operating and environmental parameters for future commercial scale operations.
Techical Assistance Request from Texas The Texas Department of Health has requested NRC technical assistance on a uranium recovery project proposed by the Anaconda Copper Company to be located in the state of Texas.
Anaconda has requested review of a tailings disposal plan that would allow private ownership of the land to continue.
The proposal involves disposal of tailings back in an o. pen-pit surface mine with approximately 60 feet of overburden.
The NRC staff has taken the preliminary position in the Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) that Government land ownership will probably be required except possibly in the case of deep mine disposal.
The staff has been requested to make a determination as to whether near surface burial of tailings back in the mine from which the ore was removed can be approved without ownership of the land to enable title transfer at the termination of operations.
Meetino with NRDC re 10 CFR Part 60 On January 7,1980, members of the NRC staff met with Messrs Cochran and Tamplin of NRDC to discuss the draft technical requirements for geologic disposal of high-level wastes (10 CFR Part 60).
They strongly supported the multi-barrier approach and the requirement that the repository design permits the waste to be retrieved throughout the operational period and for 50 years afterward.
They argued for incorporating numerical criteria in the technical rule.
They agreed with the requirements of the procedural rule for characterizing alternative haste forms and alternative sites in di#ferent geologic media.
They also agreed with the four-stage licensing process contained in the proposed licensing procedures.
They suggested that we should consider licensing the waste form separately.
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ENCLOSURE D
OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending January 11, 1980 1.
The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dis-patched during the past week:
a.
EN-79-05A United Nuclear Corporation, Wood River Junction, Rhode Islani On January 9,1980, an Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalties in the amount of $11,250 was issued to the subject licensee.
Previously, on July 16,1979, a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $15,750 was issued based on noncompliance items related to physical security and material control and accounting.
After con-sideration of the licensee's response, the IE staff concluded that the penalty for one item should be remitted in its entirety and the penalty for another item should be mitigated.
b.
EN-79-11A Diagnostic Isotopes, Inc., Bloomfield, NJ - On October 15, 1979, a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $8,000 was issued to the subject licensee.
In our letter to the licensee, we re-feried to a potential item of noncompliance pertaining to the obtaining of reports by Diagnostic Isotopes from its customers who receive technetium-99m eluate.
This matter has now been clarified in discussions with the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration and it has been determined that the matter is an alleged item of noncompliance.
Consequently, an additional Notice of Violation and an additional Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $500 was issued on January 10, 1980. Also, additional information has been requested from the licensee to supplement his response to the October 15, 1979 Notice of Violation.
c.
EN-80-01 Eastern Testing and Inspection, Inc., Pennsauken, N.J.
A Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $8,400 were issued to the subject licensee on January 7,1980.
This action was based on six alleged items of noncompliance relating to loss of radioactive source and exposure of an individual.
2.
Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
a.
PNO-80-01 Millstone Unit 1 - Acceptability of Isolation Condenser Seismic Restraints b.
PNO-I-80-02 Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory - Possible Personnel Over-exposure c.
PN0-I-80-02A Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory - Update - Possible Personnel Overexposure 1797 193 ENCLOSURE E
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PNO-II-80-02 Browns Ferry Units 1, 2, and 3 - Low-Level Waste Storage Facilities e.
DN0-II-80-03 Sumer Nuclear Station - Industrial Fatality f.
PN0-II-80-04 McGuire Units 1 and 2 - Duke Power Enployees Drown in Lake Ncrman g.
PNO-II-80-06 St. Lucie 2 - QC Inspector Strike h.
PNO-III-80-03 Hayes Testing Lab, A Kentucky License (Agreement State)
Stolen Radiographic Camera - In Indianapolis, Indiana i.
PNO-III-80-04 Prairie Island I - Both Trains of Sodium Hydroxide Addition System Valved Out of Service j.
PNO-III-80-05 Davis-Besse Unit I - Return to Operation After 32-Day Outage to Repair RTD's k.
PN0-III-80-06 Zion Generating Station - Discharge of Nonradioactive Acid Solution From Waste Water Treatment Facility Exceeding Environmental Technical Specifications 1.
PNSII-80-01 Shearon Harris, Unit No.1, 2, 3 and 4 - Theft of Dynamite and Electric Blasting Caps m.
PNSII-80-05 Columbia Plant - Nuclear Fuel Division - Plant Evacuation n.
PNS-IV-80-01 Wolf Creek, Unit No.1 - Simulated Explosive Device 1797 194 ENCLOSURE E
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING JANUARY 11, 1980 La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor On Jdnuary 10, 1980, the Licensing Board appointed to the LACBWR (La Crosse) spent fuel pool license amendment proceeding issued its Initial Decision approving the spent fuel pool modification and finding a 3 year need for power from the LACBWR facility.
In its decision, the Board referred to the Appeal Board the question of jurisdiction of the Licensing Board to raise sua sponte and order a hearing on the need for power from LACBWR until the SEP review of the plant is complete. The need for power hearing was held in October,1979, as the sole issue litigated in the SFP proceeding since the Licensing Board had previously granted summary disposition of all contentions of the Intervenors.
ENCLOSURE G 1797 195
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0FFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING JANUARY 11, 1980 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Technical Assistance Farouk Eltawila, Cnntainment Systems Branch, will travel to Mexico the week of January 14, to advise the Mexican Regulatory Authority (CNEN) on the containment for the Laguna Verde Reactor.
This is a first step visit that will be followed by a one-month IAEA safety mission to Mexico on containment later in 1980.
Foreion Visit On Thursday, Ms. Emma Bonino, a Member of the Italian National Parliament in Strasbourg, met with J. D. Lafleur, IP and J. A. Norris of DSE, to discuss the procedures for the siting of nuclear plants in the U.S. and the role of local authorities in the siting process.
Foreian Reports The following foreign reports were received at-IP during the period of January 7 to 11,1980.
The *' indicates the reports are in English.
For further infor-mation cont ;t Maxine Johnson (492-7788) IP.
1797 196 ENCLOSURE H
0FFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING JANUARY 11, 1980 Emer ency Preparedness s
Briefed Commission on long-range organizational eptions for emergency preparedness.
Decision Unit Tracking System Issued first FY 80 update reports to NRR, RES, SD and NMSS.
Abnormal Occurrence Reporting Sent report of potential A.0. at rFS-Erwin to Commission for their approval.
Operating Experience Distributed NUREG-0618 entitled " Nuclear Power Plant Operating Experience - 1978".
Radionuclides Received draft of final report "An Economic Study of the Radionuclides Industr' ", that provides estimates of employrent and economic size of this segment of the industry.
1797 197 ENCLOSURE J
CALENDAR OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS For Two Week Pericd Ending January 21, 1980 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Shoreham Americana Hotel, Washington, DC - January 15,16, and 17,1980 1777 198 ENCLOSURE N
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