ML19281A812
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| Issue date: | 03/20/1979 |
| From: | Rehm T NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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fpg March 20,1979 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant to the Executive Director for Operations
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 16, 1979 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners 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*
Calendar of Significant Events L
Items Approved by the Commission M**
CalendarofSpeakingEngapments
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Executive Director for Operations
Contact:
T. A. Rehm 49-27781 790407dD$s2
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WEEKLY INFORMATION
SUMMARY
Week Ending March 16, 1979 Five Plants Shut Down On March 8. D0R learned of Stone and Webster's use of an unconservative version of its PIPESTRESS Code to calculate seismic stress on safety-related pipes and pipe supports. The code version predicted stresses significantly lower than would be preideted by currently acceptable techniques. As a result, the following five plants were brought to ~
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cold shutdown on the dates indicated: Beaver Valley (3/13), and-'- - ~ - []
Fitzpatrick, Surry 1/2, Maine Yankee (3/15).
The Catholic University of America On March 12, 1979, Catholic University of America was granted a license renewal for 20 years.
Kewaunee On March 9,1979 we issued a license amendment approving an increase in capacity to store spent fuel at Kewaunee.
R. E. Ginna Nuclear Plant
'The Ginna plant has reached the end of the first 10 year inspection interval. The licensee will meet with NRC staff to present the results of their evaluation on March 16, 1979 at the plant site.
Plant startup from this refueling outage is scheduled for March 20, 1979.,
Generic Adversary Characteristics Study The classified version of the " Generic Adversary Characteristics" study was published on March 10. The study entails an analysis of adversary chara~ teristics associated with subnational conventional crimes and c
terrorist actions that could be analogous to potential nuclear events.
An unclassified version of this study is scheduled for publication later this month.
Transportation Safeguards Research On March 12, NMSS endorsed the RES FY 79 Transportation Safeguards Evaluation Methodology Research Program. This program will provide a basis for evaluating the capability of in-transit safeguards systems to meet performance criteria established by NRC regulations.
Decision Unit Tracking The first decision unit tracking system pilot program was made by John Davis at the IE Performance Appraisal briefing on March 9.
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l OFFICE'0F ADMINISTRATION Week Ending March 16, 1979 A_0 MINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F'INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 104 9
Granted 47 2
Denied 12 4
Pending 45 3
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Thomas B. Cochran, Requests the first Annual Report to Congress Natural Resources on Domestic Safeguards (FY 1978).
Defense Council, Inc.
(79-67)
Thomas B. Cochran, Requests copies of the exchange of correspondence Natural Resources between KMC and the NRC related to the "two-man Defense Council, Inc.
rule" referenced in the Weekly Infonnation Report (79-68) of January 12.
Lisa Heckman, Requests all information regarding the award of Legal Assistant contract NRC-10-77-140 issued to DAMANS and (79-69)
Associates.
Leah S. Kosik, Requests a copy of the Reed Report compiled by Attorney-At-Law the General Electric Company.
(79-70)
David Perkins, Requests a copy of Dr. Hanauer's " nugget file",
Libre School, Inc.
Draft EIS on the Gas Hills Uranium Mill, (79-71)~
waste disposal areas in the U.S.
NUREG-CR-0308, and documents on radioactive George R. Zachar, Requests documents pertaining to attempted Critical Mass Journal and/or successful sabotage efforts at nuclear (79-72) facilities.
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
2 Received, Cont'd W. H. Bundy, Jr.,
Requests a list of individuals and organizations Howe & Howe involved with nuclear material at the (79-73)
Charleston, South Carolina Naval Shipyard.
A. Kranish, APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION deletions from the Trends Publishing, Inc.
transcript of the Comission's meeting of (79-A-3-78-318)
November 6, 1978 relating to the EDO Testimony.
Granted Thomas B. Cochran, In response to a request for any information Natural Resources relating to whether or not a foreign agent or Defense Council, Inc.
" mole" operated within the AEC during the 1960's, (79-48) and whether or not [a named individual] was suspected of operating as a foreign agent while at the AEC or Congress, informed the requester the NRC has no documents subject to the request.
Sue Reinert, In response to a request for a copy of NRC (79-53)
Translation No.161 and related documents, and instructions to the staff by the Comission concerning implementation of the decision on the Lewis Report, made available six documents.
Ben F. Phlegar, l' de available to the requester information U.S. News and concerning NRC's informational, educational, World Report and public affairs activities.
(79-53)
Lynn Connor, Made available to the requester a NUS memo dated Doc-Search Associates 3/7/77 regarding hydrogen generation rates (79-62) after LOCA.
(An NRC employee)
Made available to the requester released portions (79-64) of an 0IA report regarding the EE0 Office.
Denied (An NRC employee)
Made available to the requester portions (79-11) of an OIA report regarding the EE0 Office.
Denied portions of the report on the bases of exemptions (5), (6), and (7)(C).
ENCLOSURE A
4 DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending March 16, 1979 RFP'S ISSUED 1.
RFP RS-0SD-79-003 Title - Behavioral Observation Program to Assure Continued Reliability of Employees Description - The contractor will develop criteria to define a behavioral observation program which could be used in the NRC licensed nuclear industry to assure continued emotional stability and reliability of employees.
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Standards Development Status - RFP issued March 8,1979.
Proposals are due April 9, 1979.
PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION 1.
RFP RS-NMS-79-029 (formerly 78-065)
Title - Synthesis for Physical Security and Material Control and Accounting Assessment Results Description - Develop methods for combining observations of MC&A Assessment Team members, develop a method for synthesizing the results of the Physical Security and MC&A assessments, and develop a draft handbook that explains the methodology for deriving the measures of effectiveness and synthesizing them into the final statement of adequacy.
Period of Performance - Ten months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status - Competitive range established on March 12,.1979.
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RFP RS-NRR-79-134 Titie - Tearing Stability Analyses for Light Water Reactor Piping Description - The contractor shall perform elastic-plastic tearing stability analyses for LWR piping using various anticipated and postulated flow sizes and stress conditions. The NRC will use the results of this program to determine if unstable ductile crack extension will occur for the anticipated and postulated flow and stress conditions for LWR piping.
Period of Performance - One and one-half years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - RFP : issued on March 9,1979. Proposals are due April 9, 1979.
ENCLOSURE A
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RFP RS-NMS-79-031 Title - Licensing Assistance / Tailings Management Program Technical Evaluation Description.- The contractor will provide technical assistance in the evaluation of long-term stability of tailings disposal alternatives.
Period of Performance - Thirty months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material: Safety and Safeguards Status - Proposals received. Technical proposals sent to panel members for evaluation March 8,1979.
CANCELLATIONS l.
RFP RS-NMS-79-023 Title - A Study of Institutional Arrangements in Low-Level Waste (LLW) Management Description - The contractor shall first define alternative organizational roles and institutional arrangements in LLW management.
Next, a method to evaluate alternative arrangements, and conduct workshops for the purpose of reviewing and inputting into the ongoing work. When the NRC selects the arrangement to be considered in detail, the contractor shall conduct an analysis to identify actions and procedures which the NRC and other organizations will be required to take to execute the designated arrangements.
Period of Performance - Nine months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguar'ds~
Status - Cancelled March 6,1979 at the request of the Program Office.
ENCLOSURE A
DIVISION OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENT CONTROL
- Week Ending March 16, 1979
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ENCLOSURE A
9 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Week Ending March 16, 1979)
Beaver Valley, FitzPatrick, Surry 1/2 and Maine Yankee Dates Receipt of shutdown orders has~ been confirmed with these utilities.
and times for the shutdowns are listed in the table below.
Date Order Will Be In Sent/ Received
. Cold Shutdown By Date_
Time Date_
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3/14/79 9:10 AM 3/13/79 6:55 PM FitzPatrick 3/13/79 10:13 PM 3/15/79 9:33 PM Surry 1/2 3/13/79 10:20 PM 3/15/79 10:40 PM Maine Yankee 3/13/79 9:00 PM 3/15/79 9:00 PM
- Beaver Valley Safety Review Conmittee after reviewing the data developed by Stone and Webster this past weekend decided on March 13 to go from hot shutdown to cold shutdown. The cold shutdown began arourfd 9 AM on March 13, 1979.
The Catholic University of America (Docket No. 50-77)
On March 12, 1979, Catholic University of America was granted a license renewal for 20 years.
This extends the expiration date of the license to November 15, 1997.
This renewal upgrades the technical specifications, physical security plans, emergency plans, and safety analysis reports, Kewaunee Nuclear Plant On March 9,1979 we issued a license amendment approving the increase in capacity to store spent fuel at Kewaunee.
This action followed the ASLB Order of February 14, 1979 which dismissed the hearing proceeding based on a settlement agreement entered into among the intervenors, the licensees and the NRC staff.
ENCLOSURE'B
QUESTIONABLE PIPE STRESS CODE USED BY STONE & WEBSTER ON FIVE PLANTS In continuing its followup on an initial Licensing Event Report of October 27, 1978 on Beaver " alley, DDR learned for the first time on March 8,1979 that Stone & Webster used an unconservative version of its PIPESTRESS code to calculate seismic stresses on safety-related pipes and pipe supports. Algebraic surrnation was used instead of the acceptai techniques of summation of absolute values or tak.ing_the square
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5.he sum of the squares of the absolute values (SRSS).
The code
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Use of a newer code, HUPIPE, considered to be acceptably conservative, yielded unacceptatile stresses in two of the three pipe runs then at issue.
Because of the potential generic aspects of this matter, Duquesne Light Company and Stone & Webster were asked to identify whether any other safety related piping systems could have unacceptable stresses when analyzed by NUPIPE or another code acceptable to us.
Further, Stone and Webster was also asked to identify any other plants that used the nonconservative version of PIPESTRESS to calculate stress levels in safety-related piping. Four other plants are involved: Fi tzpatrick, Maine Yankee, and Surry Units 1 and 2.
Efforts were initiated by Stone & Webster on March 9,1979 to obtain the requested information on an expedited basis.
D0R dispatched technical staff to the Stone & Webster Boston offices over the weekend, as did Duquesne Light Company, to monitor this effort. Also on March 9 DDR called the other licensees to inform them of this potential ' problem and to request that they also inform the NRC of any safety systems that could be adversely affected, the extent of possible overstresses, and the schedule for forwarding this information.
A preliminary response from all licensees has been requasted by Monday, March 12.
At the present time three of the five plants are operating and two are shut down.
(Surry Unit 2 is shut down for steam generator replacement.
Beaver Valley shut down March 9 and Duquesne Light Company has indicated that the plant will not be restarted without prior notification of DOR).
Crystal River Unit No. 3 - Power Increase By letter dated February 28, 1979, Florida Power Corporation submitted a Crystal River Unit 3 Cycle 2 Reload Report in support of operating CR-3 at 2S44 MWt, the ultimate core power level identified in the FSAR.
The 100% rated core power level is currently 2452 MWt.
Cycle 2 is scheduled to begin in mid-June.1979.
ENCLOSURE B
. R. E. Ginna Nuclear Plant Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) reported by telephone on March 9,1979, that they had completed the reactor vessel in-service inspection for Ginna required by Section XI of the ASME Code.
The Ginna plant ~ has ' reach'ed the End of the first 10 year inspection interval.
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They conducted 100% inspection of all welds including all safe ends.
Seven indications. greater than 20% DAC were found.
Four have been evaluated and found acceptable, two are still under evaluation but are expected to be acceptable. One indication in the 8 reactor coolant loop inlet noz.zle to vessel weld was initially reported as unacceptable by Section XI criteria.
The indication is subsurface in the weld material.
It is about midway through the 9 inch thickness.
RG&E's preliminary size estimate is approximately 0.5 inch in through-wall dimension and about 8 inches long.
They feel that this size may be reduced by further evaluation and correction for calibration.
The licensee believes that it is slag inclusion.
Fracture-mechanics analysis is being performed and should be completed this week.
The licensee will meet with the staff to present the results of their evaluation on March 16,1979 at the plant site.
Plant startup from this refueling outage is scheduled for March 20, 1979.
ENCLOSURE B
OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 16, 1979 Documents to be Issued in the Near Future 1.
Title:
Emergency Planning for Fuel Cycle Facilities and Plants Licensed Under 10 CFR Parts 50 and 70 (Reg. Guide 3.42 Rev. 1)
Expected Issuance Date:
July 1979
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Description:==
Emergency plans for coping with emergencies both within the boundary of the plant site and in the environs of the site are required for 10 CFR Part 50 and for 10 CFR Part 70 fuel cycle facilities and plants. This regulatory guide provides general guidance to the license applicant as to an acceptable approach for preparing emergency pl ans.
Contact:
Frank J. Witt 443-5910 2.
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Standard Review Plan Section 9.3.1, " Con.p. essed Air Systems" and Associated Value/ Impact Statement Expected Issuance Date: April 1979
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Standard Review Plan (SRP) Section 9.3.1, " Compressed Air Systems," establishes the requirements for those compressed air systems (e.g., instrument and control air systems) which provide air to safety-related equipment in nuclear power plants.
Contact:
A. S. Hintze 443-5913 Documents Issued During the Week of March 12-16, 1979 Reg. Guide 1.132, Rev.1 - Site Investigations for Foundations of Nuclear Power Plants [ Issued to Reflect Comments]
Reg. Guide 1.134, Rev.1 - Medical Evaluation of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel Requiring Operator Licenses [ Issued to Reflect Comments]
Reg. Guide 7.9 - Standard Format and Content of Part 71 Applications for Approval of Packaging of Type B, Large Quantity, and Fissile Radioactive Material [ Issued for Comment]
ENCLOSURE C
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending March 16, 1979 Table S-3 Radon Environmental Releases Report NUS Corporation has submitted a second draft of the technical report on radon releases from mining and milling operations.
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of the draft has started in preparation for a possible rule making to re-establish the Table S-3 estimata of radon releases to the environment from fuel cycle operations.
Preparation of Narrative Explanation of Table S-3 Valdes Representatives of NMSS and NRR have developed plans for preparation of a narrative explanation of the values in Table S-3.
NMSS will-provide descriptions of fuel cycle facilities, processes, occupational exposures, and environmental release source terms.
NRR will describe the population dose commitments, estimated health effects and socioeconomic impacts.
The first draft of the narrative is scheduled to be completed ' or internal review by the end of March.
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Ge$eric Adversary Characteristics Study The classified version of the " Generic Adversary Characteristics study was published on March 10, 1979. The study entails an analysis of adversary characteristics associated with subnational conventional crimes and terrorist actions that could be analogous to potential nuclear events. The six generic types of adversaries analyzed are (1) terrorists, (2) organized / sophisticated criminals, (3) extremist protestors, (4) disoriented persons, (5) disgruntled employees, and (6)miscellaneouscriminals. A NUREG unclassified version of this study is scheduled for publication later.this month.
ENCLOSURE D
Items of Interest 2
Transportation Safeguards Research On March 12, HMSS endorsed the RES FY79 Transportation Safeguards Evaluation Methodology Research Program. This program will provide a basis for evaluating the capability of in-transit safeguards systems to meet performance criteria established by NRC regulations. Program elements include analysis of communications performance, analysis of combat engagements, and development of an upgrade rule evaluation methodology to provide guidance for transporters of nuclear material.
ACRS Meeting A representative from NMSS was sent to the ACRS meeting on March 9, 1979. Among other subjects, sabotage of spent fuel shipments was discussed. Members of the ACRS expressed the view that it would be useful for the staff to develop a comparative analysis of the risk to the public from sabotage of spent fuel shipments vs. the risk to the public from sabotage of shipments of other hazardous material.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending March 16, 1979 1.
Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
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PNO-79-46 Wolf Creek Unit 1 - Status Update on Safety-Related Construction Activitics at the Site - This Preliminary Notification was issued to provide updated information and to report that the licensee had stopped work on safety related concrete on March 8, 1979 after having resumed work in that area, except for contain-ment, on March 6, 1979.
(Closed) b.
PNO-79-47 Farley Units 1 & 2 - Wildcat Strike - Operations and maintenance personnel did not report for work on the day shift on March 9, 1979. The reactor had been shut down on March 8 for an eight-week refueling outage. The plant security force was not represented by a union and security manning was not affected.
A court injunction was issued on March 9 and the employees returned to work on March 10.
(Closed) c.
PN0-79-48 National Lead Industries, Wilmington, Delaware -
Decontamination of Facility - The licensee's contractor for decon-tamination work, Chem Nuclear, found that leaks of contaminated water had occurred around underground pipe joints thereby contam-inating the soil. Also, nitric acid solutions with depleted uranium had been dumped on the bank of river adjoining the site causing a buildup of uranium over the years.
Chem Nuclear is removing the contaminated soil and uranium.
Sampling indicates that the contamination is limited to the licensee's property.
(Closed) d.
PN0-79-49 Montefiore Hospital Association of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA - Missing Cesium-137 Implant Sources - An appli-cator containing 175 millicuries of Cs-137 sources, implanted in a patient on March 8 and due for removal on March 10, was determined to be missing. A hospital-wide survey was initiated with the help of University of Pittsburgh radiation safety personnel. An NRC inspection was conducted on March 13 and 14. The hospital officials believe the implant to be in the sewer pipes. Screens have been placed at sewer outlets to catch any material and sewer maintenance personnel are surveying the sewers. To date, the implant sources have not been found.
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PN0-79-50 Ginna - Ultrasonic Test Indications in Reactor Vessel Inlet Nozzle - During the current refueling outage, a preliminary evaluation of inservice inspection ultrasonic test indications from the reactor pressure vessel "B" primary loop inlet nozzle to pressure vessel weld showed that they exceeded applicable code requirements.
ENCLOSURE E
.. The licensee was meeting with consultants from Westinghouse and Teledyne Engineering concerning the possible need to perfom a fracture mechanics analysis. A meeting with NRR and IE in Bethesda to discuss this matter is planned.
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PNO-79-51 Nuclear Engineering Company, Inc. (NECO), Sheffield, IL -
Proposed Abandonment of Waste Burial Site - As a result of a letter sent to NMSS by NECO stating that the licensee was teminating its NRC license and its lease with the State of Illinois for the burial site, NRC inspectors together with an Illinois State representative conducted an inspection of the burial site on March 9, 1979. The NEC0 Vice President stated that the company plans no further main-tenance of the property. The compnay owns property surrounding the State owned burial site property and still operates a chemical waste treatment plant on its own property.
(Closed) g.
PNO-79-52 Trojan - Earthquake Approximately Twenty Miles North of Trojan Nuclear Plant - An earthquake of 3.8 Richter magnitude centered approximately 20 to 25 miles north of the Trojan site occurred on March 11, 1979. The event, which went essentially unnoticed at the Trojan site, attracted considerable news media coverage in the greater Portland area. Telephone contact with the licensee's onsite staff revealed that neither the plant's seismic alam nor seismic recording network was tripped by the event.
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PNO-79-53 Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center, Chicago, IL -
Surface Levels in Excess of 200 Millirem Per Hour on a Package -
The licensee reported on March 12 that radiation levels of about 500 mrem /hr were observed on a shipping container with a Xe-133 gas vial. The package was shipped from G.E. in Pleasanton, CA.
The D0T label indicated a surface level of 1.0 mrem /hr.
It is speculated that either the glass vial did not have a lead shield or the vial leaked causing the gas to fill the outer sealed shipping container. The final carrier and the States of California and Illinois were notified.
Region III (Chicago) conducted an inspection to detemine the cause of the high radiation level and to determine the probable radiation doses to personnel involved in the shipment.
Preliminary plans are not to open the container because the material might escape if the vial leaked.
Rather, the container will be left intact for 40 to 50 days to permit decay and then be opened to determine the cause.
(Closed)
- i. PN0-79-54 Point Beach Unit 1 - Steam Generator Tube Leak - Unit 1 was shut down on March 13, 1979, to repair a primary to secondary tube leak in the "A" steam generator. The licensee expected the outage to last approximately four days. (Closed)
- j. PNS-79-19 Diablo Canyon Units 1 & 2 - Bomb Threat - No bombs were found and none exploded. (Closed)
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F'NS-79-20 Diablo Canyon Units 1 & 2 - Bomb Threat - No bombs were found and none exploded.
(Closed) 1.
PNS-79-21 Haddam Neck - Vehicle Search at Main Gate to Protected Area, Uncovered Shotgun and Unknown Supposedly Controlled Substance -
During a routine search of a tractor trailer at the main gate leading to the protected area on March 15, 1979, an unloaded shotgun was found in the tractor along with a vial of an unknown, supposedly controlled drug referred to by the driver as " Rockets". The Haddam Neck security guard detained the driver and summoned the Connecticut state Police who arrested the driver.
It was determined that the driver was legally in possession of the shotgun, however, the State Police detained the driver pending the results of an analysis of of the supposedly controlled substance.
(Closed) 2.
IE Bulletin No. 79-03, " Longitudinal Weld Defects in ASME SA-312 Type 304 Stainless Steel Pipe Spools Manufactured by Youngstown Welding and Engineering Company," was issued on March 12, 1979 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or a construction permit.
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IE Circular No. 79-04, " Loose Locking Nut on Limitorque Vcive Operators,"
was issued on Mar:h 16, 1979 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or a construction permit.
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OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 16, 1979_
Sterling Power Project, Unit No.1 On March 8, the Commission granted, in part, Intervenor, Ecology Action's, petition for review of ALAB-502. The Commission will review the issue of whether, in the factual circumstances pre-sented in this proceeding, the Appeal Board correctly interpreted the Commission's "obviously superior" standard for rejecting the applicant's proposed site because of the existence of a~ preferable alternative.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING MARCH 16, 1979 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IAEA Reactor Safety Assistance to Developing Countries Morris Rosen, a member of the staff of the IAEA Division of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Protection, visited NRC during the week of March 5 to discuss NRC-IAEA cooperation on reactor safety assistance to countries building US-type LWRs.
USAID Funding of NRC Activities in Support of IAEA DOE has written its annual letter to NRC making available for NRC's use certain USAID funding to be applied to support of IAEA programs.
$32,000 has been allotted for NRC travel and per diem expenses for participation in CY 1979 meetings of the Technical Review Committees and Senior Advisory Group of the IAEA NUSS (nuclear reactor safety standards) program.
$54,000 has been made available for NRC and other U.S. expert advice in CY 1979 in support of IAEA reactor safety assistance to developing countries.
Fire Protection Expert to Korea NRC has offered the sE rvices of V. Benaroya, Division of Systems Safety, NRR, tc the Korea Electric Company and to the Korea Atomic Energy B0reau to pro-vida safety advice rc[arding fire protection at the K0RI-l reactor.
Such assistance was requessed of NRC several months ago by KECO and KAEB.
An earlier approach involving the services of an NRC consultant had encountered delays and funding problems.
The Benaroya visit has been proposed for April 28-May 9,1979 and would be funded from USAID funds earmarked for reactor safety assistance under 1 AEA auspices.
Expanded Research Cooperation Between the U.S. and the European Communities During Commissioner 3 runner's visir to the U.S. he will discuss expanded research cooperation between the U.S. and EC.
IP has reviewed and commented on the U.S. proposal to be discussed with Commissioner Brunner. NRC staff has identified interest in the areas of waste management, safeguards and physical security at d environmental effect of energy production and utilization, and will participate in future discussion with the EC on these topics.
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EXPORT / IMPORT AND INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS Agreement for Cooperation Meeting On March 15 Hans B. Schechter attended an interagency meeting at State to discuss additional changes in the text of the Australian and Greek Agree-ments for Cooperation.
No substantive issues were addressed; the changes involved were primarily of a " cosmetic" nature.
U.S. Action Plan Working Group Meeting to Upgrade International Safeguards Ken Cohen (IP), Ted Sherr and Ben Easterling (NMSS), participated in a meeting of the APWG at the State Department on March 14.
The Group dis-cussion focused principally on the future scheduling of meetings; use of implementation aids such as milestone charts and progress statements and a review of the status of the work plans.
It was agreed that the future meetings should be more frequent (monthly basis) and additional meetings scheduled as necessary to address pressing matters such as the review of Action Plan Work Plans.
It was also agreed that work should continue on the milestone charts and that a progress statement should be drafted on a regular basis.
All of the unfinished Work Plans were reviewed and several assignments were made, including rewriting some plans and implementing studies for others.
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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING MARCH 16, 1979 Emergency Preparedness A radiological emergency response planning training course will be conducted next week in Jackson, Mississippi by NRC and other Federal agency representatives.
State and local representatives from Mississippi and Louisiana will be attending as well as representatives from the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station.
State Agreements State Agreements Program will provide technical assistance to the State of Colorado during the week of March 19, 1979.
Colorado requested our assistance in its licensing program while Colorado is engaged in identifying and assessing numerous radium sites which have been the subject of so much publicity in recent weeks.
The New York State Health Department radiation control program will be reviewed during the week of March 26, 1979.
A course on Inspection Procedures will be given by I&E's Region III office during the week of March 26, 1979.
Sixteen State regulatory personnel will attend.
Wayne Kerr will present testimony before the Vermont House Committee on Natural Resources on March 22, 1979 on NRC's uranium mill regulatory program and Vermont House Bill H. 327.
ENCLOSURE I
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest March 16, 1979 Week Ending Proposed Response to GA0 Report Prohided EDO with proposed response to GA0 report
" Reporting Unscheduled Events at Comercial Nuclear Facilities: Opportunities to Improve NRC Oversight" (EMD-79-16),to forward to the Commission.
Questions from House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Dehelopment Coordinated and reviewed responses to some 200 questions from House Appro-priations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development (Bevill).
RegulatoryActihitiesManpowerSystem Completed dehelopment of all major software for the Operating Reactors Subsystem. The status summary report (next generation Pink Book) will be published next week.
Decision Unit Tracking The first decision unit tracking system pilot program was made by John Davis at the IE Performance Appraisal briefing on March 9..
The IE charts depicting the new infomation system for the reactor construction and operation decision units were sent to the Commission.
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CALENDAR OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS For Two Week Period Ending April 2, 1979 March 20 Allens Creek - SER Supplement to be issued.
Comanche Peak - Caseload forecast panel meeting on March 20, 21 at Comanche Peak site.
San Onofre 2/3 - Meeting in Bethesda with Senior management of Southern California Edison about open issues.
Alan Wright from Canada (AECB)*, has requested appointments with staff mambers of the Mechanical Engineering Branch of NRR to discuss Standard Review Plan section 362, Part 3, Section 3 - Analysis of Jet Impingement Forces.
Details are being arranged.
- AECB = Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board March 21 Palo Verde 4 & S - Meeting with applicant to discuss applicant's seepage analysis and proposed design basis groundwater level.
Susquehanna 1 & 2 - Meeting on March II con'tainment.
Sir Francis Tombs, Chairman of the Electricity Council of the United Kingdcm, and Dr. John Gaunt, Atomic Energy Attache of the British Embassy, are being scheduled for OCM appointments.
March 22-23 Mr. Davice Maniori, Head of the Quality Assurance Office of the Italian National Committee for Atomic Energy (CNEN),
is being scheduled for Licensee Contractor and Vendor Inspection Program (LCVIP) discussions at the NRC Region IV Office, and for quality assurance discussions at HQ with staff members of DPM, IE, SD, and NMSS.
Details are being arranged.
A five-man delegation of the It-lian National Committee for Atomic Energy (CNEN) has requested NRC appointments to discuss a variety of licensing and research topics.
Details are being arranged.
ENCLOSURE L
March 29 Palo Verde 4 '. 5 - ACRS Subcomittee meeting to be held.
March 30 Salem 2 - SER Supplement No. 4 to be issued.
Atlantic Generating Station - Withdrawal of Atlantic Generating Station application will be processed during week of March 30.
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CALENDAR OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS MARCH 19-21 Symposium on Energy and Human Health: Human Costs of Electric Power Generation, Pittsburgh, PA - Occupational Health Experience - Robert Minogue 20 American Society for Industrial Security, Camden-Philadelphia Chapter, University of PA, Faculty Club, PA - Physical Protection at Comercial Nuclear Power Reactors and Fuel Processing Facilities Licensed by NRC - J. W. Devlin ENTELEC (Energy Telecommunications and Electrical Association)
Meeting, New Orleans, LA, - Signaling Duress for Physiological Problems from Remote Locations - John Montgomery 21 University of Illinois - Radiation Risks and Occupational Health Protection - Allen Brodsky 23 Federal Interagency Radiological Emergency Response Planning Course, Jackson, MS - Emergency Response to Transportation Incidents - Donald Hopkins 26 IEEE Power Engineering Society, Baltimore Chapter - Low Level Radiation and Occupational Health Standards - Allen Brodsky 27-28 Energy Quality Assurance Workshop, Princeton, NJ - Status of Pertinent Regulations and Regulatory Guides for Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations - Russell Stanford APRIL l-4 AIF Environmental Conference: Regulation of Radiation in the Nuclear Industry, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC - Regulatory Trends in Radiation Protection - Robert Minogue ENCLOSU.RE N
2 Nuclear Power Safety Course, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA - Definition of Class of Accidents, Safety and Design Base Accident Concept - S. H. Hanauer American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Houston, TX -
Environmental Assessment of In Situ Leaching of Uranium -
Glenn Terry 2-4 American Society for Nondestructive Testing Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA - Use of Alarming Pocket Dosimeters in Industrial Radiography - S. A. McGuire 2-6 Nuclear Power Safety Course, Georgia Institute of Technology (School of Nuclear Engineering), Atlanta, GA - Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulations and Licensing - Robert Minogue 3
AIF Ent:ironmental Conference: Regulation of Radiation in the Nuclear Industry, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC - NRC Studies and Efforts on Health Effects - M. Parsont 7
First Western Energy Quality Assurance Seminar (ASQC), San Francisco, CA - QA Requirements for the Design and Construction of Nuclear Power Plants - T. W. Bishop 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 - Robert Minogue e
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