ML19260B131
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| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Clinton  |
| Issue date: | 11/26/1979 |
| From: | Carr J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Schwart J PRAIRIE ALLIANCE |
| References | |
| FOIA-79-479 NUDOCS 7912070266 | |
| Download: ML19260B131 (3) | |
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November 26, 1979 Docket Nos. 50-461 50-462 Ms. Joanne Schwart Prairie Alliance - Law Division P.O. Box 2424 Station A IN RESPONSE REFER Champaign, IL 61820 TO F0!A-79-479
Dear Ms. Schwart:
This is in further response to your letter dated November 1,1979, in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, copies of documents pertaining to the Clinton Unit: I & II and the Reed Report as mentioned in the seven items of your letter.
In response to your request, copies of the documents listed in Appendix A are enclosed (total 156 pages).
Copies are also being sei.c to the NRC Public Document Room (PDR),1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC and to the Clinton Units I and II NRC Local Public Document Room (LPDR) located in the Vespasian Warner Public Library,120 West Johnson Street, Clinton, Illinois.
Please note that we did not locate a copy of the letter which transmitted Bulletin No.79-05A. Also, you should note in particular the statements made in the first full paragraph on page 3 of Appendix A, document 9, concerning licensees' implementation of the actions contained in NUREG-0578 as modified and/or supplemented by items (a) through (f) as stated in document 9.
In summary, we have responded to the seven items contained in your November 1,1979 F0IA request as follows:
Item 1:
See Appendix A, documents 8 and 9 Item 2:
See Appendix A, documents 1 through 7 Item 3: See (a) letter to you from S. J. Wolfe dated November 19, 1979, and (b) letter to Mr. Peter Penner, of your organization, from S. J. Wolfe dated October 15, 1979.
Item 4:
See reply to Item 3 above Item 5:
See reply to Item 3 above Item 6:
In response to your question, please be informed that there are no documents in the NRC's records which state any NRC final decisions or opinions which incorporate or in any way rely on the Reed Report, including concurring and dissenting opinions as well as orders or rules, and provisions for enforcement.
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Item 7: All documents located in our search, which are subject to your request, are identified in Appendix A.
This completes action on your request.
Sincerely,
$g'_/,fn' ohn C. Carr, Acting Director Division of Rules and Records Office of Administration
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F01A-79-479 APPENDIX A 1.
April 1,1979, Transmittal Letter, to W. C. Gerstner from J. G. Keppler, Re:
IE Bulletin No. 79-05*
(1 page) 2.
April 11,1979, Transmittal Letter, to W. C. Gerstner from J. G. Keppler, Re:
IE Bulletin No. 79-06*
(1 page) 3.
April 14,1979, Transmittal Letter, to W. C. Gerstner from J. G. Keppler, Re:
IE Bulletin No. 79-06A*
(1 page) 4.
April 14,1979, Transmittal Letter, to W. C. Gerstner from J. G. Keppler, Re:
IE Bulletin No. 79-06B*
(1 page) 5.
April 14,1979, Transmittal Letter, to W. C. Gerstner from J. G. Keppler, Re:
IE Bulletin No. 79-08*
(1 page) 6.
April 18,1979, Transmittal Letter, to W. C. Gerstner from J. G. Keppler, Re:
IE Bulletin No.79-06A Revision No. 1* (1 page) 7.
April 21, 1979, Transmittal Letter, to W. C.,Gerstner from J. G. Keppler, Re:
IE Bulletin No. 79-05B*
with enclosures *, and ACRS Recommendations to the Commission dated 4/18/79* and 4/20/79*
(1 page) 8.
July 25,1979, Letter to L. J. Koch from D. B. Vassallo,
Subject:
TMI-2 LESSONS LEARNED TASK FORCE REPORT - NUREG-0578 (2 pages), with enclosures NUREG-0578 (102 pages) 9.
October 10, 1979, Letter To All Licensees of Plants Under Construction, from D. B. Vassallo,
Subject:
FOLLOWUP ACTIONS RESULTING FROM THE NRC STAFF REVIEWS REGARDING THE THREE MILE ISLAND UNIT 2 ACCIDENT, (4 pages) with enclosures (il pages)
- Copies of these Bulletins are filed in the NRC Local Public Document Room (LPDR) located at the Vespasian Warner Public Library,120 West Johnson Street, Clinton, Illinois.
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PM Prairie Alliance law Division P O Box 2424 Sta. A Champaign, IL 61820 November 1, 1979 Mr. J. M. Felton, Diirector Division of Rules ated Records Office of Administrerion FREEDOM OF INFORMATION Nuclear Regulatory C: mission ACT REQUEST Washington, D. C. 20555 f0ZA-79-4 7'7 Ax 'd ll4-79
Dear Fe. Felton:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
I would like a copy of the following:
1)
The TMI-2 LESSONS LBARNED TASK FORCE STATUS REPORT AND SHORT TERM RECOMMENDATIONS (Ju171979) made specific provision f'r imple-o mentation of the sheert-term recommendations For ell post CP plants which had not yet applied for operating licenses,.
the NRC was to send a letter to the CP holder specifying par-ticular licensing requirements for that plant We would like a copy of the letter to Illinois Power Company, the CP holder for Clinton units I & II, as well as any other documents such.
as lists or attachmernts which may further specify design or procedural modifications necessary.
(Reffer to pg B-1, NURI:G 0578).
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All CP holders are requirod to provide the NRC with a letter of compliance within 30 dnys.
I would like a copy of this letter., as well as any attachmente that may exist.
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Attached to a letter (dated March 22,.1978 by Glenn G. Sherwood Qd? }9llO'I0l'I{
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I request a copy of that attqchment.
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There was a letter dated May 26,. 1978 from GE to the NRC.
This letter was in response to Roger Matts $n's verbal request of May 1,1978.
There Amt is an attachment to that SL letter whice provided a status report on the 27 Iicensin'g issues identified in the Reed Report.
I would like a copy of this attachment.
3)
The verbatim extractions of the Reed Report prepared by GE and supplied to the Black For 1:nterveners.
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Any-NRC finaI decisions or.opinous which incorporate or in any way rely on the Reed Report, including concurring and dissenting opinions as well as orders or rules, and provisions for enforce-ment.
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Any correspendenca between Illinoi's Power Co. and the NRC pertaining to the above.
In the unlikely event that copies of any of the requested information are denied, please describe the deleted material in deta.11 and specify tha statutory basis for the denial as a well as your reasons for believing that the alleged stqtu-tory justification applies in this instanca.
This might help to avoid litigation at a future date.
The Amended Act permits reduction or waiver of fee if the request "is in the public interest because furnishing the infor-1511 051
Lation can be considered as primarily benefiting the public."
I believe.that this request plainly fits that category and ask you to waiva any fees.
5 U S. c. Q 522 (a) (4) (A).
If you have any questions regarding this request', please feeI free to caII at-(217) 384-4103 Is provided for in the amended Act,. I. will. expedt-to receive a reply withit ten working days.
Thank you for your. time and consideration.
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Docket No. 50-461 Docket No. 50-462 Illinois Power. Company AT1W: lir. W. C. Cerstner Executive Tice President 500 South 27th Street Decatur, IL 62525 Centlenen:
The enclosed IE Bulletin No. 79-05 is forwarded to you for information.
No written response is required.
If you desire additional information regarding this matter, please contact this office. The Prelininary Notifications of the subject incident (Enclosure 1) will continue to be issued periodically. These vill be forwarded to you as they are issued.
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Enclosure:
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The enclosed Bulletin No.79-06A, is forwarded to you for information.
No written response is required.
If you desire additional informatism regarding this matter, please contact this office.
Sincerely, James G. Keppler Director
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APR 141979 Docket No. 50-461 Docket No. 50-462-Illinois Power company ATTN: Mr. W. C. Gerstner Excentive Vice President 500 Soutb 27th Stieet Decatur IL 62525 Centirm:
The enclosed IE Eulletin No.79-06B, is forwarded to ym* for information. No written response is required.
If you desire additional information regarding this r.atter, please contact this office.
Sincerely, James C. Keppler Director
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Ibe enclosed IE Bulletin No. 79-08 is forwarded to you for information.
No written response is required. If you desire additional information regarding this matter, please enntact this offica.
Sincerely.
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No written response is required.
o you tional information regarding this matter, please contact thiIf you desire addi-s office.
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October 10, 1979 (T0 ALL LICENSEES OF PLANTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
FOLLOWUP ACTIONS RESULTING FROM THE NRC STAFF REVIEWS REGARDING THE THREE MILE ISLAND UNIT 2 ACCIDENT Over the past several months following the Three Mile Island accident, the NRL naff has been conducting an intensive review of the design and operational aspects of nuclear power plants and the emergency procedures for coping with potential accidents. The purpose of these efforts was to identify measures that should be taken in the short-term to reduce the likelihood of such accidents and to improve the emergency preparedness in responding to such events. To carry out this review, efforts within NRR were established in four areas:
(a) licensee emergency preparedness, (b) operator licensing, (c) bulletins and orders followup (primarily in the areas of auxiliary feedwater systems reliability; loss of feedwater and small break loss-of-coolant accident analysis; emergency operating guidelines and procedures) and (d) Short-Term Lessons Learned.
The purpose of this letter is to provide for planning and guidance purposes the NRR staff position on the status and applicability of the results of these efforts to plants under construction. The Commission may add to or modify these staff positions after reviewing them. Additional staff require-ments may be developed as NRR's Lessons Learned Task Jorce completes its long-term recommendations.
Several other investigations, including the Presidential Commission and NRC's Special Inquiry Group, can be expected to lead to addi-tional requirements.
Lessons Learned Task Force Report The prircipal element of the staff activities listed above is contained in the report titled, "TMI-2 Lessons Learned Task Force Status Report and Short-Term Recommendations" (NUREG-0578), a copy of which was previously sent to "ou.
The Task Force report contains a set of recommendations to be impir ented in two stages over the next 16 months 01 operating plants and pending operating license applications. The Task Force recommended 20 licensing requirements and three rulemaking matterr in 12 broad areas.
I The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards has completed its review of the Task Force report.
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SHORT-TERM RSCW.MDCATICNS CF 'IMI-2 LESSONS LEA.WED TASK FORCE
Dear Dr. Hendrie:
During its 232nd meeting, August 9-11, 1979, the, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards completed a review of the short-term reemmendations of the 'IMI-2 Lessons Learned Task Force as reparted in NUREU-0578.
'Ihese recommendations had been reviewed, in part, by an ACRS Subc:mmittee at a meeting in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 1979.
During its review the Committee had the benefit of discussions with members of the Task Force.
Comments from representatives of the nuclear industry were also considered.
In its review, tne Committee has noted that the recmmendations in NUREG-0578 are those deemed by the Task Force to be required in the short term to provide substantial additional protection for the public health and safety.
The Committ'ee has censidered both the recommendations themselves and the schedules proposed for their implementation.
Regarding the latter, tFa Committee believes that the orderly and effective implementation and the appropriate level of review and approval by the NRC Staff will require a somewhat more flexible, and in some cases more extended, schedule than is implied by NUREU-0578.
With regard to the requirements themselves, the Committee agrees with the intent and substance of all except those discussed below.
2.1.5 Post-Accident Hydrocen Control Systems "he Committee agrees with the reccomendaticas relating to dedicated a.penetrations for external recmbiners or purge sptens for operating plants that luve such systems.
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'Ihe majority of the Task Force has recommended rule-rraking to require inerting of %"R.. ark I and II reactors. A minority of the Task v
Force has reccmmended rule-raking to require that all operating light water reactors provide the capability to use a hydrogen recombiner.
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Honortble Joseph M. Mcndrie Aucust 13, 1979 The Committee believes that cuestions relating to hydrogen generation during and follcwing an accident, the rate and a cunt of generation, the necd to control it,.and the mea.s of doing so, need to be reexamined. We Task Force has advised the Ccmmittee that it is considering this question further in connection with its longer-term reccc.mendations 'ahich are sched-uled to be cec.pleted by September,1979.
Be ACRS believes that decisions concerning pssible additional measures to deal with hydrogen should be deferred pending early evaluat' ion of the forthcoming lorger-tern Task Force recce.mendations.
2.1.8 Instru.entation to Follcw the Course of an Accident With regard to instrumentation to follow the course of an accident, the ACRS believes that containment pressure, containment water level, and on-line monitoring of hydrogen concentration in the containment should also be considered for implementation for all operating reactors.
on the same schedule as that recommended by the Lessons Learned Task Force.
2.2.1.b Shift Technical Advisor he Cee.mittee agrees cm.pletely with the two closely related objectives of this recernmendation. One relates to the presence in the control room dur-ing off-nonnal events of an individual havirg technical and analytical capability and dedicated to concern for safety of the plant. Be other relates to the need for an on-site, and perhaps dedicated, engineering staff to review and evaluate safety-related aspects of plant design and operation.
We achievement of these objectives will contribute significantly to the safe operation of a plant.
De Committee believes that there may be difficulty in finding a sufficient number of people with the required qualifications and interest in shift work to fill the Technical Advisor psitions. The Committee therefore believes the solution propsed by the Staff should not be mandatory but that alternate solutions also should be considered.
2.2.3 Revised Limiting Conditions for Coeration 2e Committee agrees with the findings of the Task Force that there are too many hinan or operational errors resulting in the defeat of an entire safety system, that the nt=ber of such occurrences should be and' can be reduced, and that the ultimate responsibility for doing this must rest with the licensee.
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Honorable Joseph M. Hendrie August 13, 1979 need to improve operational reliability, and suggests that measures short of shutdown, such as a rule that recuires actions similar to those of a show-cause order, may be equally effective.
Sincerely, A
Max W. Carbon Gairman
References:
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NURED-0578, "TMI-2 Lessons Learned Task Force Status Report and Short-Term Recommendations," Of fice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, July 1979.
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I.etter, D. Knuth, President, ~44C, Inc., to Harold Denton, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commis-sion, August 8,1979,
Subject:
'IMI-2 Lessons I4arned Task Force Report (NUREG4578).
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I.atter, Stanley Ragone, President, Virginia Slectric and Power Company, to Joseph M. Hendrie, Gairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conmission, August 8, 1979,
Subject:
I.essons Learned Task Force on 'IMI-2, NUREE-0578.
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Ietter, Floyd W. Lewis, Chairman, Ad Hoc Nuclear Oversight Committee, to Harold R. Denton, Director, Of fice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, August 1,1979,
Subject:
Iassons Isarned from IMI-2.
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Iatter, American Nuclear Society, ANS-3 Committee, to Joseph M. Hendrie, Gairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, August 2,1979,
Subject:
Iassons Iaarned Task Force Status Report NUREG-0578.
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ADDITIONAL REFERENCES TO ACRS LETTER ON SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS OF TMI-2 LESSONS LEARNED TASK FORCE DATED AUGUST 13, 1979 The attached revised Page 3 of the subject letter should be substituted for the one which was originally sent to you.
This page incorporates additional references 6, 7, and 8.
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