ML19276G262
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| Issue date: | 04/11/1979 |
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b April 11,1979 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant to the Executive Director for Operations
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING APRIL 6, 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 Adinir.istration 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
Calendar of Significant Events L
Items Approved by the Commission M
Calendar of Speaking Engagements N
T. A. Rehm, ns o
e Executive Director for Operations
Contact:
T. A. Rehm 49-27781 7905240 / 63
- No input this week
"* Deleted from Commissioners and PDR copy
.!EEKLY INFORMATION SUPMARY
'leek Ending April 10, 1979 Zion Station, Units 1 and 2
'lith regard to the proposed expansion of capacity of the Zion Station spent fuel pool, the staff has completed and issued its safety evaluation and environmental impact appraisal..
A hearing on this matter will be held at a time and place to be fixed by the ASLB.
US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement Implementation NRC staff met with Dr. Ferraris of the IAEA on March 29 to discuss future IAEA needs for export of inspection samples and import of calibra-tion standards. Dr. Farrairs confirmed present thinking that several years will be required to completely implement the US/IAEA Agreement.
Foreign Interest in Three Mile Island Ir cident On April 3, IP arranged, and D. Thompson of IE presented, a lh hour briefing on the Three Mile Island incident.
It was attended by 30 foreign representatives from 18 countries and international organizations.
IP arranged a trip on April 5 for foreign safety experts to vis;t Middle-town and be briefed by H. Denton on the Three Mile Island situation.
Statistical Analysis of Power Plant Capacity Factor (NUREG-CR 0382)
Distributed a report entitled " Statistical Analysis and Power Plant Capacity Factors".
This report examines the use of statistical methods for analysis of possible trends and patterns associated with a plant's age, size and type.
FY 1979 Reprogramming The initial reprogramming request for use of FY 1978 unobligated balance carryover was approved by all five Congressional Committees.
Revised financial plans and allotments will be issued early next week to reflect these changes.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending April 6,1979 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 130 11 Granted 59 2
Denied 21 4
Pending 50 5
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Carol E. Perlmutter Requests a copy of all materials regarding the (79-93) promulgation and possible future revisions of Regulatory Guide 1.3, Revision 2 and Regulatory Guide 1.4, Revision 2.
L. Alan Kenton, Requests the name, present and past position (79-94) titles, present and past grades, and present duty stations of all employees employed by the NRC.
Gerald Merigold, Requests a copy of the winning proposal for Science Applications, Inc.
RFP No. RS-RES-78-193.
(79-95)
James W. Scouten, Requests any information which would justify Attorney-At-Law the " failure" to use Boron at Three Mile Island (79-96) plant.
Kathryn Burkett Dickson, Requests a copy of the staff report and Energy Resources Conservation recommendations on PIRG's petition for
& Dcvelopment Commission rulemaking to require plant operators to post (79-97) bond for decommissioning (SECY-78-13-C).
Anthony Z. Roisman, Requests all documents and communications of Natural Resources any kind received by or in the possession of the Defense Council, Inc.
NRC relating to Three Mile Island Unit 2.
(79-98)
CONTACT:
J. M. Fel ton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE:A
2 Received, Cont'd Peggy Strain, Requests all documents relating to Tne Cenver Post environmental impacts and health effects (79-99) resulted from nuclear tests conducted in connection with the Project Plowshare program during the 1960s and early 1970s.
Granted Lawrence F. Roberge, In response to a request for a copy of the (79-4) reports on Abnormal Occurrences for 1977 and 1978, made available the reports.
Lucille Parkerson, In response to a request for a copy of the Kinetic Research, Inc.
technical proposals on the successful awards (79-66) resulting from RFP #01-78-011, " Health Effects of Low-Level Ionizing Radiation", made available these proposals.
Mark T. Hebner, In response to a request for copies of all Pharmatopes, Inc.
documents on file in the f1RC concerning (79-79)
Radiology Associates, P.C., NRC License Number 21-16754-01, made available these documents.
Denied Thomas B. Cochran, In response to a request for documents Natural Resources regarding the adequacy of safeguards at Defense Council, Inc.
NFS, Erwin, Tennessee facility since 1/1/78, (78-264) made available 21 documents.
Denied, in whole or in part, 32 documents under exemptions 1, 4, and 5.
Anthony Z. Roisman, In response to a request for documents Natural Resources relating to the environmental effects of the Defense Council, Inc.
uranium fuel cycle and the disposal of (78-295) nuclear wastes, made available 73 documents.
Denied portions of four documents containing advice, opinions and recommendations. Also informed the requester 13 documents relating to this request are already located in the PDR.
ENCLOSURE A
3 Cenied, Cont'd Gerald Merigold, In response to a request for a copy of the Science Applications, Inc.
winning technical proposal for RFP RS-NMS (79-84) 067, denied portions of the technical proposal containing confidential business (proprietary) information.
ENCLOSURE A
DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending April 6,1979 PEi; DING C0tiPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS 1.
RFP RS-NMS-79-043 Title - Bulk Material Control Description - This requirement is a three-phase effort. The first phase is conceived to have one contractor or several contractors formulate material control systems.
The Phase I contractor (s) will submit, at the end of Phase I, proposals for a possible development and demonstration phase, Phase II and III, respectively.
Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Period of Performance - Phase I
- 8 months Phase II
- 7 months Phase III - 12 months Status - Solicitation being developed.
2.
RFP RS-NRR-ll8 Title - Engineering Support for Operating Reactor Licensing Actions Description - The NRC is seeking assistance with its review and evaluation of pending operating reactor licensing actions.
Assistance is needed to:
(1) review licensee submittal, (2) perform comparative evaluations relative to established regulatory guides, (3) provide a report documenting conclusions reached and (4) provide a definition of additional information needed to complete the action.
Period of Performance - Three to five years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - The 3ource Evaluation Panel has completed their review of the 49 qualification statements received, and the Contracting Officer has advised all submitters of the results. The Evaluation Panel is presently developing a Request for Propo.al and the Division of Contracts intends to issue it during the month of April.
RFP'S ISSUED RFP RS-0IE-79-256 Title - General and Refresher Courses in Non-Destructive Examinations Description - This technical assistance is required by the Office of Inspection and Enforcement to provide NRC personnel a working level knowledge of practices, procedures and practical work of non-destructive examir.ations as related to nuclear power plant construction.
Period of Performance - Twenty-eight months Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - RFP issued April 3,1979.
Proposals due May 3, 1979.
E:iT_05U:2 !,
PROF 0SALS UNDER EVALUATION 1.
RFP RS-ADM-79-362 Title - Cataloging Support Services Description - Cataloging, processing, data conversion and related activities for backlog of approximately 9650 titles in the NRC Library.
Period of Performance - Seven months Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - Competitive range approved March 28, 1979.
Offerors in/out of competitive range notified.
Negotiations to be conducted during week beginning April 16, 1979.
2.
RFP RS-01E-79-253 Title - Independent Assessment:
Destructive Testing and Analysis Description - This technical assistance is required by the Office of Inspection and Enforcement to provide independent assessments, including destructive testing and analysis of samples from licensees' facilities which will serve as independent measurements and verifications that reactor construction and vendor materials and work-manship meet prescribed codes, standards and speci-fications in the mechanical, chemical, concrete, and electrical areas.
Period of Performance - Two years Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - The Source Selection Board met on April 4,1979 to determine the competitive range.
3.
RFP RS-0IE-79-254 Title - Evaluation of NRC's Revised Inspection Program Description - This technical assistance is required by the Office of Inspection and Enforcement to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the Revised Inspection Program and its concurrent impacts on the Commission, licensees, and the public. The Contractor will develop the methodology for evaluation of all elements of the Revised Inspection Program:
Resident Inspection, Performance Appraisal, Independent Measurements, and Career Management and Training.
The results of this work effort will be used to prepare reports for 0MB and the Congress in FY 1979 and 1980.
Period of Performance - Two years Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - Proposals received March 28, 1979, and distributed to the Source Selection Board on March 29, 1979.
P~P RS-NRR-79-102 Title - Technical Assistance Program for Two-Phase Flow Aspects of Reactor Safety Description - Provide licensing support in the area of two-phase flow, consisting of a review of existing tests, experiments, and analytical methods used in this area.
Period of Performance - Three years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - Final Evaluation Report approved on March 30, 1979.
DIVISIO:; 0F SECURITY ITEF.S OF I!;TEREST
.;EEK Ef;DII;G APRIL 6, 1979 The Facilities and Systems Security Branch (FSSB) provided for and arranged additional protective measures for H Street during public meetings held by the Commission and ACRS in response to public interest over the Three Mile Island nuclear incident. Additional security support has also been provided for East-West Towers in support of the 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> operations of the I;RC staff.
Security support, in coordination with Region 1, was provided for the Middletown, Pa. f;RC Press Center:also.
FSSB coordinated and arranged for protective service for the. Atomic Safety and Licensing Board prehearing conference in the Allens Creek proceeding scheduled for Houston, Texas, April 18-19, 1979.
ENCLOSURE A
DI'!ISION OF TECHNICAL It;FOR"ATIO" AND DOCU"ENT CONTROL *
'n'eek Ending April 6,1979 TRANSLATIONS
' This entry deleted from PDR copy ENCLOSURE A
prFICF CF 'IUCLEA P. W.C O3 REUL *.TIO';
UEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Utsk Ending April 6,1979)
H. B. Robirson 2 The stcff's Supplement No. 2 to the Safety Evaluation for the H. B.
Robinson Unit 2 Powar Increese was issued for information on March 30, 1979.
This supplement is being sent to the ASLS and ACRS.
The power increase is 100 MWt from 2200 MWt to 2300 P.Wt.
Zion Station, Units 1 and 2 With regard to the proposed expansion of capacity of the Zion Station spent fuel pool, the staff has completed its safety evaluation (SER) and environmental impact appraisal (EIA) and on March 29, 1979 issued these documents for the information of the licensee, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) and to the interested parties in this preceeding.
On March 23, 1979, the ASLB had issued a notice that a hearing on this matter will be held at a tire and place to be fixed by the ASLB. Members of the public may request permission to make limited appearance statements at that hearing.
Salem Unit No. 1 On March 29, 1979, the ASLB for the proposed expsnsion of the Salem Unit No. I spent fuel pool capacity, issued an Order announcing that a hearing, if it is to be held (decisions on summary disposition are still pending) will commence at 9:00 a.m. cn Wednesday, May 2,1979 in Salem, New Jersey.
Peach Bottom Cn '*crch 23, 1979 the Atcmic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board issued its decision with respect to water quality issues at Peach Bottom. This decisic, apprcved the stipulation among the parties and the proposed Environtr. ental Technical Specifications en the thermal component of efnuent discharge, DDR will initiate an amendment to implement the Scard's Decision.
ENCLOSURE B
0FFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 5,1979 1.
Meeting with Dr. Andrew McLean, U.K. - April 4, 1979: On April 4, 1979, members of the staf f met with Dr. A. McLean, Director of the United Kingdom National Radiological Protection Board, in response to a request from the British Embassy.
Dr. McLean wanted to discuss the staff's position with respect to the new ICRP recommendatione nn occupational protection (ICRP Publication 26),
and to discuss zid Mr. Minogue certain aspects of a talk he made at the Atomic Industrial Forum Conference on April 2.
Most of Dr. McLean's concerns about the ICRP recommendations had arisen from his recent reading of an article in Nucleonics Week which attempted to summarize a paper by R. E. Alexander and W. Cool which was recently presented at an international meeting in Vienna, Austria.
(See SECY 79-138).
The discussion of Mr. Minogue's speech centered around ALARA concepts and the feasibility of establishing deminimus levels with respect to radiation protection.
Dr. McLean said that in the U.K. personnel dosimetry processing inaccuracies had been recognized several years ago and that the government has recognized certified laboratories that are required to be used by users of personnel dosimeters or in some cases does the processing itself.
Dr. McLean also noted that one of the most significant shortcomings and frustrating problem areas following the major incident at the Windscale facility some years ago was the establishment of lines of connunication; the existing commercial telephone system was quickly swamped.
He noted that the U.S. seemed to have a similar problem at the Three Mile Island incident.
Publications Issued Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Statement - Proposed Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide 8.8 - Information Relevant to Ensuring That Occupational Radiation Exposures at Nuclear Power Stations Will Be As low As Is Reasonably Achievable ( ALARA) - Task OH 507-4 [ Comments requested by June 8,1979]
ENCLOSURE C
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR CATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending April 6,1979 Review of NUS Contract Status and Proposed Additions The staff of Fuel Cycle Division reviewed the progress of all work under the NUS Corporation's contract for updating Table S-3 and for providing a technical report to support a rule making on radon-222.
Proposals are being considered to expand the scope of work under the contract to include development of information on socio-economic impacts, as recommended by the S-3 Hearing Board, and to include evaluating various population dose integration periods and recommending one for NRC use in environmental impact assessments.
Reoort on Transportation of Nuclear Material through Fairfax County, Virginia A survey was completed on the movement of nuclear material during CY 1978 through Fairfax County, Virginia.
The survey was undertaken in response to a request received by NMSS from Mr. Mallard, a member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
Direct Assistance to IAEA Safecuards Evaluation Section Mr. Lawrence Wirfs, Division of Safeguards, is scheduled to provide technical support to the IAEA Safeguards Evaluation Section in Vienna, Austria during April 30 - May 11,1979, as part of the U.S. direct assistance program to that organization.
The purpose of the trip is to develop methods and general procedures for the evaluation of inspection performance in the examination of facility operating and accounting records. A preliminary meeting will be attended at Battelle in Seattle on April 5-6.
US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement Implementation Messrs. Partlow and Wirfs from NMSS and Mr. Kessler f rom IP net with Dr. Ferraris of the IAEA on March 29 to discuss implementation topics of common interest.
One of the main topics was the discussien of future IAEA needs for export of inspection samples and import of calibration standards.
Dr. Ferraris confirmed that the present thinking of the IAEA is that several years will be required to completely implement the US/IAEA Agreement.
ENCLOSURE D
- te.s cf Interest 2
- nternational Safeguards Cn Ma rch 26-29, 1979, representatives of the Department of State, ACDA, DOE, and fiRC met at Brookhaven flational Laboratory with IAEA representatives to discuss the U.S. program for technical assistance to IAEA safeguards.
In addition to the 12 tasks related to the Tokai Advanced Safeguards Technology Exercise (TASTEX), some 129 ongoing or proposed rew tasks for providing direct assistance to the IAEA were reviewed.
This program provides assistance to IAEA safeguards activities in the areas of measurement technology, training, systems studies, information processing, containment and surveillance, and in support of field cpe ra tions.
Ef; CLOSURE D
OFFICE OF IfiSPECTI0ti Ai!D ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Ueek Ending April 6,1970 1.
Nuclear Incident at Three flile Island Unit 2 - The NRC Operations Center was activated on the morning of March 28, 1979 and has been in continuous use since that time. The incident has been the subject of numerous Preliminary Notifications, press dispatches, press con-ferences and other releases of information.
fiRC efforts are expected to continue for an extended period of time.
2.
Preliminary flotifications relating to the following actions were dispatched since March 23, 1979:
a.
PNO-79-59 fiorth Anna Unit 2 - Cracked Flow Splitter - Cracks were found in each end of the flow splitter for one of three reactor main coolant pumps. Westinghouse representatives assisted VEPC0 in determining the cause of failure and proposed corrective action.
Unit 2 is undergoing preoperational testing and is not licensed to operate.
(Closed) b.
PfiO-79-60 Errors in Calculations for First LOFT fluclear Test -
During preparations for the pretest calculations of the second nuclear test in LOFT, Idaho Nuclear Engineering Laboratory personnel discovered two errors in the input data for the first nuclear test.
In addition, personnel from Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory dis-covered a second error in the input data.
New calculations are underway using correct input data. This Preliminary Notification was issued for infomation only.
(Closed) c.
PfiO-79-61 Surry Units 1 & 2 - Potential Emergency Electrical Loads Exceed the Design Rating - A preliminary reanalysis oy the licensee indicated that existing loads could exceed the design rating for some 4160/480 voit transformers and circuit breakers.
Additional analyses are being made by the architect-engineer (Stone and Webster) to determine the extent of the problem and corrective action required.
The licensee intends to modify the electrical system to handle the required loads. Additional testing will be required to demonstrate the ability to carry the required loads.
(Closed) d.
PNO-79-62 EXXON Company, U.S.A., Converse County, Wyoming -
Airborne Exposure to Members of the Public - Two welders at a shop in Glen Rock, Wyoming were exposed to airborne concentrations of natural uranium during the period March 1 - 16, 1979. The exposure resulted from sandblasting a contaminated filter press that had been inadvertently shipped from the Highland Uranium Mill located in Converse County, Wyoming. Preliminary investigation by the licensee showed that urine concentrations were 29 and 5 micrograms uranium per liter, respectively, for the two welders compared to the NRC recommended control level of 130 micrograms per liter.
(Closed)
ENCLOSURE E e.
PSO-79-63 Zion Units 1 & 2 - News Media Interest in Spent Fuel Pool Leakage - Pollution and Environmental Problems, a Chicago-area environmental group, issued a news announcement regarding leakage from the spent fuel pool at Zion. Minor leakage through the stainless steel liner has occurred since the pool was placed into service. The leakage has averaged about three quarts per hour and has been gradually decreasing.
This matter is routinely checked during inspections. This Preliminary Notification was issued because of the media coverage.
(Closed) f.
PNO-79-64 North Anna Unit 1 - Potential Overstress of Safety Related Piping Caused by Actual Weight of 6-Inch Velan Valves (Actual Weight Double Design Height) - A reanalysis of safety re-lated piping using correct weights for the 6-inch Velan check valves showed that low head safety injection piping to the hot leg of one of the three primary reactor coolant loops could be overstressed during a design basis earthquake. The licensee is making adjust-ments to piping supports of affected piping and will complete work prior to resuming plant operation.
(Closed) g.
PNO-79-65 La Crosse - Spent Fuel Shipment - Because of limited spent fuel storage space, the licensee shipped some fuel to G.E.'s Morris, Illinois facility, This Preliminary Notification was issued because of the extensive news coverage expected.
(Closed) h.
PNO-79-66 Seabrook Units 1 & 2 - Petition to Revoke Construction Permit - A petition signed by 25 persons was received requesting that the construction permits fnr Seabrook Unit 1 & 2 be revoked.
This Preliminary Notification was issued for information only.
(Closed) i.
PNO-79-67 through 67L Three Mile Island Unit 2 - Nuclear Incident at Three Mile Island Unit 2 - These Preliminary Notification were issued to provide updated status information regarding the incident.
j.
PH0-79-68 North Anna Unit 1 - Potential Overstress of Safety Related Piping Caused by Actual Weight of 6-Inche Velan Valves (Actual Weight Double Design Weight) - See Item 2.f above.
(Closed) k.
PN0-79-69 Peach Bottom Unit 3 - Radioactive Release In Excess of Regulatory Limits - A release of radioactive materials which exceeded a Technical Specification occurred on March 26, 1979. The total release is estimated at 47.8 curies, principally noble gases.
The release occurred due to operator error in line-up of vlaves between equipment drains, floor drains, and the recombiner. The resident inspector will monitor the licensee's corrective actions.
(Closed)
ENCLOSURE E 3
O GUM 1.
PNC-79-70 Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp., West Chicago, Illinois -
Planned Action by the fiayor of West CMcago, Illinois - The fiayor of West Chicago, Illinois informed Region III (Chicago) that he planned to demand that the Illinois Attorney General's Office sue Kerr-McGee and the f1RC regarding the burial of radioactive wastes in West Chicago. The suit will demand that the material be removed from the West Chicago area within 60 days. As of April 6,1979, the NRC had received no additional infomstion regarding the planned suit.
(Closed) m.
PN0-79-71 North Anna Unit 1 - Foreign fiaterial in Secondary Coolant System - Following a reactor shutdown, the licensee deter-mined that foreign material had jammed in the stop valve of a Main Steam Reheater (MSR). The MSR is a large heat exchanger located between the high and low pressure stages of the turbine.
The reactor shutdown was not related to the MSR problem. The licensee removed debris from the fiSR stop valve and recovered operation of the valve.
(Closed) n.
PN0-79-72 Babcock and Wilcox Co., Copley, Ohio - Apparent Overexposure to Three Radiographers at the Midland Nuclear Plant Site - Three radiographers received apparent overexposures while performing radiography at the Midland Unit 2 site.
The licensee, Babcock and Wilcox, calculated the exposure to each individual to be 14 rems.
The cause of the exposure was the apparent failure to fully retract the 75-curie iridium-192 source and to perfom a survey to verify that the source had been retracted.
Region III (Chicago) has initiated an investigation.
(Closed) o.
PNO-79-73 Turkey Point Units 3 & 4 - Local Blackouts Due to loss of Power from Turkey Point - On April 4, 1979, all distribution lines from Turkey Point opened due to faults on the distribution system. All plant systems perfomed as designed.
The resulting loss of power caused local blackouts in soutn Florida.
Electrical power was returned to most customers within two hours.
(Closed) p.
PH0-79-74 Comanche Peak Units 1 & 2 - News Articles Reporting Failure to Perform Selected Quality Control Testing for Concrete -
A Fort Worth newspaper reported that their investigations had identified problems in the quality control testing program for Comanche Peak constructinn project.
The newspaper investigations covered the same subjegts and times as two NRC investigations con-ducted during 1977 and 1978.
Region IV (Dallas) will resolve any newly identified allegations.
(Closed) a.
PNS-79-24 Diablo Canyon Units 1 & 2 - Bomb Threat - No bombs were found and none exploded.
(Closed) r.
PNS-79-25 Diablo Canyon Units 1 & 2 - Bomb Threat - No bombs were found and none exploded.
(Closed)
ENCLOSURE E s.
PNS-79-2C General Atomic Co., Scn Diego, California - Scmb Threat -
No bombs were found and none exploded.
(Closed) t.
PNS-79-27 Susquehanna Units 1 & 2 - Bomb Threats - No bombs were found and none exploded.
(Closed) u.
PNS-79-28 Diablo Canyon Units 1 & 2 - Bomb Threat - No bombs were fcund and none exploded.
(Closed) 3.
The following IE Bulletins were issued:
a.
IE Bulletin 79-04, " Incorrect Weights for Swing Check Valves Manufactured by Velan Engineering Corporation," was issued on March 30,1979 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or a construction permit.
b.
IE Bulletin 79-05, " Nuclear Incident at Three Mile Island," was issued on April 1, 1979 to all Babcock and Wilcox power reactor facilities with an operating license.
c.
IE Bulletin 79-05A, " Nuclear Incident at Three Mile Island," was issued on April 5,1979 to all Babcock and Wilcox power reactor facilities with an operating license.
4.
The following Information Notices were issued:
a.
IE Information Notice No. 79-06, " Stress Analysis of Safety-Related Piping," was issued on March 23, 1979 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or a construction permit.
b.
IE Information Notice No. 79-07, " Rupture of Radwaste Tanks," was issued on March 26, 1979 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or a construction permit.
c.
IE Information Notice No. 79-08, " Interconnection of Contaminated Systems with Service Air Systems Used As the Source of Breathing Air," was issued on March 28, 1979 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license and to plutonium processing facilities.
d.
IE Information Notice No. 79-09,." Spill of Radioactively Contaminated Resin," was issued on March 30, 1979 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license.
ENCLOSURE E
CFFICE OF TE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF II'TEREST FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 6,1979 St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 2 On April 5,1979, the Appeal Board in St. Lucie 2 issued a Memorandum and Order concerning (1) the soundness of the St. Lucie 2 steam generator tubes, and (2) the stability of the Applicant's electrical grid and the adequacy of the St. Lucie emergency power systems generally.
The Appeal Board followed the same approach as in Seabrook in finding that (1) the Applicant is taking positive measures to deal with the problem of maintaining steam generator tube integrity, and (2) these measures are appropriate ones, given the present anderstanding of the nature and root of the problem. The Appeal Board reminded all parties that if the steam generator tube issue is not resolved to the satis-faction of all concerned, a further opportunity to examine the question at a hearing will occur when the application for operating licensing is filed. With respect to the question of the electrical grid stability and emergency power systems, the Appeal Board indicated its intent to conduct an evidentiary hearing on this issue in south Florida.
Prior to establishing a schedule for that hearing, the Appeal Board instructed the Staff and the Applicant to prepare answers to a number of questions set forth in their tiemorandum and Order.
North Anna Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 On April 5, the Appeal Board denied a petition to intervene filed by the Union of Concerned Scientists in connection with an evidentiary hearing before the Appeal Board regarding North Anna 1 and 2.
The Appeal Board found that UCS lacked standing since it failed to particularize how interests of members might be adversely affected by the outcome of the hearing. Without deciding the separate issue of whether the Appeal Board has the authority to grant to a non-party full participational rights in a hearing as an amicus curiae, it ruled that such relief was not warranted for UCS in this case since an existing party had indicated that it would participate fully on all issues.
ENCLOSURE G
ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRA"5 WEEK LUDING APRIL 6,1979 INTER *iATIONAL COOPERATION Foreign Interest High in Three Mile Island Incident Several foreign technical expert teams have come to NRC and more are on the way to learn what they can about the Three Mile Island Inci-dent.
IP has been advising callers that such teams will be welcomed and will be given as much information as possible, but that we be-lieve it is unlikely that detailed conclusions from the incident investigations will be available for a matter of weeks.
To date, teams from the following countries and international orga-nizations have arrived at NRC:
FRG (2 representatives)
Italy (3)
France (3)
EC (2)
The Netherlands (3)
Spain (3)
Denmark (2)
Belgium (9)
Canada (1)
Japan (4)
IAEA (2)
Taiwan (2)
IP has also been notified that Argentina and Korea can be expected later.
Additionally, the following local Embassies, aware of the import of the incident and in conjunction with, or in lieu of, visits by tech-nical teams from their own countries, have initiated and maintained close contact with IP:
Japan Bel gium South Africa France Taiwan India FRG Canada Korea Sweden Aus tralia Finland UK Austria Argentina Italy The Netherlands Denmark Spain On April 3, IP arranged, and D. Thompson of IE presented, a 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> briefing on the Three Mile Island incident.
It was attended by 30 foreign representatives from 18 countries and international organizations.
Arrangenents were also made for briefings et 10:00 a.m. April 6 on Energency Planning Operations for the TMI incident (by H. Collins, SP) and at 2:00 a.m. April 6 on design and operation of the B&W reactor syster.s (by R. Benedict of NRR).
ENCLOSURE H
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- n coordination with the NRC center at Three Mile Island, IP arranged e trio on April 5 for foreign safety experts to visit fliddletown and be briefed by H. Denton on the Three Mile Island situation. Admini-strative assistance was also provided by Metropolitan Edison public rela ti ons.
IP staff accompanied the bus load of about 35 persons from 12 countries and two international organizations including foreign experts sent here especially because of the incident, as well as repre-sentatives from the local Embassies.
Nuclear Sabotaae The Associated Press has reported from France that on April 6, at 3:00 a.n., saboteurs set off three plastic charges at a nuclear industrial plant near the Mediterranean town of Toulon.
The blasts destroyed a metallic block to hold atomic batteries; equipment that had been fabricated for Belgium to load nuclear fuel into a reactor; and a cover for a storage container for radioactive materials that was ordered for a West German nuclear power plant.
Foreion Reports Deleted from PDR copy.
9 ENCLOSURE H
3 EXPORT / IMPORT AND INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS
<lestinghouse's Views Concerning Inolementation of President's Executive Order Mr. Mort Hersch of Westinghouse Power Systems Division (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
visited IP on April 3 to inform NRC of Westinghouse's views regarding the implementation of the President's January 5,1979 Executive Order regarding the international reach of NEPA. Also participating in the discussion were T. Norris and V. Moore of NRR.
The first interagency coordinating meeting aimed at developing implemen-tation procedures is being convened by State Department for April 6.
Meeting of IAEA Safeguards Officials with State and ACDA Representatives On Friday March 30 IsEA Safeguards officials Hans Gruemm and Marco Ferraris participated in a' meeting at the State Department with repre-sentatives from State and ACDA.
IP (Ken Cohen) attended the meeting as NRC's representative.
The purpose of the meeting, which was one of a series held with various US agencies, including NRC, was to exchange views on matters associated with International Safeguards.
Generally speaking, except for some elaborating, Professor Gruemm (who was the principal spokesman) focused on the sane topics which had been discussed during his morning visit at NRC. We understand that State is drafting a summary of the meeting, a copy of which will be provided to other interested NRC offices and the Commission upon receipt.
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- ICE OF MA!; AGE::ENT A:;D.::.05:A", A'MLYSIS Items of Interest
..eek Ending - April e, 1979 Hart Committee Hearing on Shutdown of Five Reactors Coordinated responses to 20 questions from minority members of Hart Comittee and corrected transcript of its hearing cn shutdown of five reactors.
Sent to the Office of Congressional Affairs for Comission review.
Transcripts of Glenn Committee Hearing and Bevill Committee Hearing Edited. transcripts of Glenn Committee Hearing of Marcn 14 on Waste Management and Bevill Committee Hearing on Reactor shutdowns as well as coordinated inserts for record of Bevill hearing of March 21. Forwarded to the Office of Congressional Affairs for Commission review.
Statistical Analysis of Power Plant Capacity Factors hUREG-CR 0382)
Distributed a report entitled " Statistical Analysis of Power Plant Capacity Factors" (NUREG-CR 0382).
This report examines the use of statistical methods for analysis of possible trends and patterrs associated with a plant's age, size and type.
LERs for Three Mile Island Provided numerous LER printouts on events pertaining to Three Mile Island to h'RR, RES, IE and Commissioner Gilinsky's staff.
- esconse to Administrative Conference SARAM Report Prepared letter for Chairman's sianature to Administrative Conference comentina
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en the EARAM Report on the use of cost / benefit analysis by regulatory agencies ~
which was forwarced to the Commission by the EDO.
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OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 6,1979 FY 1979 Reorograrning The initial reprogramming request to Congress (use of FY 1978 unobligated balance carryover) has been approved by all five Congressional Committees.
(House Appropriations Committee approved everything except the additional travel funds and the other four Committees approved everything.)
Revised financial plans and allotments will be issued early next week to reflect these changes.
FY 1979 Operating Plans The FY 1979 Operating Plans reflecting the resources identified in the second reprogramming paper (SECY-79-53 and 53a) were forwarded to the Commission.
FY 1980 Budget The Udall Subcommittee markup scheduled for March 29,and then postponed, has not been rescheduled as of this week.
The Hart Subcommittee markup is still tentatively scheduled for April 27.
FY 1981-1985 Budget / Plan As a reminder, your administrative requirements (Section D of Budget Call) are due to ADM by April 27 and the budget / plan to CON by May 25.
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CALEi;DAR OF SIGilIFICAi;T EVEi4TS For Two Week Period Endina April 23, 1979 April 18 Allens Creek - Prehearing conference April 19 Susquehanna 1 & 2 - Meeting to discuss physical security plan April 20 Salem 2 - SER Supplement flo. 4 to be issued Ei; CLOSURE L
CALENDAR OF SPEAKIN^ EI.GAGEMENTS APRIL _
7 First Western Energy Quality Assurance Seminar (ASQC), San Francisco, CA - 0A Requirements for the Design and Construction of Nuclear Power Plants - T. W. Bishop 12 New Jersey Chapter of the Health Physics Society, Saddlebrook, NJ -
Radiation Incidents and NRC RI Public Affairs Practices -
K. Abraham 19-20 Second Biennial EEI Standards Conference - Theme: Government Interface with the Voluntary Consensus Standards Organizations and EEI's New Posture in the Standards World - Guy Arlotto 26 Westinghouse Research Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, - The Rasmussen Report Revisited: The Lewis Report on Reactor Safety Assessment - Robert J. Budnitz MAY l
State of South Carolina Advanced Management Seminar, Greenwood, SC - NRC Concurrence Proaram for Fixed Nuclear Facilities -
J. W. Hufham 17 National Classification Mangement Society Seminar, Jack Tar Hotel, San Francisco, CA - The NRC Security Prograjn -
Classification Management in a Reaulatory Agency - Raymond J.
Brady 21 Radioactive Waste Manaaement for Nuclear Power Reactors -
Rules, Regulations and Standards, Alexandria, VA - I. C.
Roberts 23 Annual Records Management Conference of the National Archives, Fredericksburg, VA - Automation of Records Management at NRC -
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