ML19283B716
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| Issue date: | 01/31/1979 |
| From: | Rehm T NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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The Comissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant to the Executive Director for Operations
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WEEKLY INFORMATION_ REPORT - WEEK ENDING JANUARY 26, 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 Developmerit 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 a'nd Program Analysis J
Controller K*
Calendar of Significant Events L
Items Approved by the Comission M**
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WEEKLY INFORMATION
SUMMARY
. Week Ending January 26, 1979 Surry Units 1 and 2 The Steam Generator Repair Program for Surry Units 1 and 2 was approved on January 20, 1979.
It is expected that Surry Unit 2 will be shut down on ' January 26 to begin the repairs.
10 CFR Part 50.55a A proposed amendment to 10 CFR Part 50.55a, Codes and Standards, was published in the Federal Register.
The amendment incorporates, by reference, the 1977 Edition of the ASME Code and Addenda section that deals with inservice inspection of nuclear reactor components.
Radiation Exposure Information In response to a request.from a statf member from Governmental Activities and Transportaticn Subcommittee of the house Committee on Government Operations, SD is providing information on whether the radioactive material shipments in regular commercial flights may affect pregnant passengers.
Value/ Impact Analyses On January 24,1979, the ED0 issued instructions to the staff regarding rulemaking(papers sent to the Commission.1) the. availability and opportunity fo These instructions will improve:
value/. impact analyses associated with rulemaking papers and (2) uniformity and quality of the resolution of public comments on rulemaking papers.
Power Burst Facility The Power Burst Facility ran a control-rod-system-type test on December 1 to determine the effect of burnup on the failure threshold of four pre-irradiated fuel rods subjected to reactor transients.
The preliminary test report said that there was general retention of the integrity of the four rods.
International Safeguards On January 25, an IP representative attended the first formal meeting of the NRC Safegu?rds Agree.nent Implementation Group, formed to coordinate implemen~tation of the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement.
The principal topic was_ the progress of proposed Part 75 to implement the Agreement for licensees.
Plain English Pilot Project: Editorial Review of F0IA Regulation Provided the.ED0 with a report on rewriting regulations in plain English.
The report suggests establishing a training program for personnel who
' write regolations, organizing a writing / editing group, and defining an initial program for rewriting ~ regulations.
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OFFICE OF' ADMINISTRATION Week Ending January 26, 1979 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 53 7
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1 Pending 41 6
ACTIONSTHIS'NEEK Received John M. Bryson, Requests access to information and documents Steptoe & Johnson concerning the incidence of leukemia among Utah (79-13) residents exposed to radioactive fallout from atomic bomb tests.
(An individual requesting Requests information concerning his Reactor information about himself)
Operator License Examination exam.
(79-14)
Carol S. Perlmutter, Requests documents regarding the formula used by (79-15) the NRC for' determining low population zones.
Irene Lemanowicz, Requests a copy of the entire docket file on Citizens. Against Nuclear Pennsylvania Power and Light Company s Dangers Susquehanna Units 1 and 2.
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Anthony Z. Roisman, Requests a copy of the draft study conducted by Natural-Resources the National Academy of Sciences at the request Defense Council, Inc.
of the NRC as described in Inside D.0.E. dated (79-17)
January 8, 1979.'
James E. 'Schlesser,
. Requests a copy of WASH-740 and WASH-1400 with
-(79-18 & 79-19) all appendices and attachments.
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211-FNCLOSURE A
Received, Cont'd J. M. Johnson, Requests portions of the Office of Inspection Carolina Power & Light and Enforcement Manual and certain documents Company
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regarding interpretations of ANSI standards.
(79-20)
Radnor Requests a copy of the decision by' the Commission (79-21) to reevaluate its position on the accuracy of the Reactor Safety Study and information pertaining to U.F.0. sightings at nuclear facilities for the past 21 years.
Donald P, Dise, Requests all docume'ts relating to the Radwaste Niagara Mohawk Power Reduction System.
Corporation (79-22)
Granted Clarence M. Ditlow, In response to a request for all contracts or Center for Auto Safety grants, in excess of $5,000, entered.into since (79-1) 1/1/72 with American Motors Company, General Motors, and Volkswagen, informed the requester the NRC has located no documents.
Paul Shaw, In response to a request for a copy of " Entry (79-9)
Control System Handbook, Sandia~ Report 77-1033, informed the requester the document was referred to the Department of Energy for direct response to him.
(An individual requesting In response to a request for information information about himself) concerning his Reactor Operator License e).am, (79-14) sent to the requester 12 documents.
Anthony Z. Roisman, In response to a request for a copy of the Natural Resources draft study conducted by the National Acsdemy (79-17) of Sciences at the request of the NRC as Ocfer.se Council, Inc.
described in Inside D.O.E. dated January 8, 1979, informed the requester this document is available in the NRC Public Document Room.
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Denied Sue Reinert, THE EDO DENIED ON APPEAL one document and
-(78-A-23-78-188) released portions of three documents relating to correspondence between the NRC staff and Niagara-Mohawk Power Corporation, Newport News Industrial Corporation, and Energy, Inc.
concerning the radwaste incinerator subject to Topical Report No. EI/NNI-77-7.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending January 26, 1979 PENDING COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS 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 impact 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 p.repare reports for OMB and the Congress in FY 1979 and 1980.
Period of Performance - Two years Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - Solicitation being developed PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUTION 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 liaterial Safety and Safeguards Status - Proposals received in response to the solicitation were forwarded to the Source Selecuion Panel for technical
- evaluation on January'17,1979.
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RFP RS-NRR-78-151 Title - Technical Assistance for Steam Generator Replacement and Repair Description - Assist the NRC in reviewing and evaluating licensees' proposed steam generator repair or replacement programs.
Period of Performance - Eighteen months Sponsor - Office of. Nuclear Reactor Regulation '
Status - The Designating Official forwarded the Source Evaluation Board's report recommending the firms to be included in the competitive ranges to the Contracting Officer. '
CONTRACT. AWARDS RFP RS-SEC-78-467 Title - PDR Micrographic Storage and Retrieval System Description - Will provide for the automated storage and retrieval of the PDR's microformed documents Period of Performance - January 31, 1979 through January 31, 1980 Sponsor - Office of the Secretary Status - Contract NRC-17-79-449 awarded on January 25, 1979 to ACCESS Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, Firm Fixed Price contract in the amount of $299,581.00 E
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0FFICE OfIJUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEKLY ITEMS OF IllTEREST (Week Ending January 26,1979)
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Surry 1 and 2; The Steam Generator Repair Program for Surry Units 1 and-2.t:as approved These ar.endT.ents were supported by a Safety on January ~ 20, 1979.
Evaluation Report issued Deceber 15, 1978 and an Environmental Impact Appraisal.isst.ed with the amendT.ents, v.hich concluded that this action It is expected would not sign?ficantly affect the human environment.
26, 1979 to begin the that Surry Unit 2 will be shut dcwn on January Two of the Surry 2 steam generators arrived at the site by repa'i rs.
and the third will arrive in a few v.eeks.
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0FFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 26, 1979 1.
A proposed amerdment to 10 CFR 5 50.55a, Codes and Standards, was published in the Federal Register which would incorporate, by reference, the 1977 Editiu of Section XI of the ASME Code and Addenda through the 1978 Addenda.Section XI deals with inservice inspection of nuclear reactor components.
Editions of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code are issued every th'ree years and addenda to the~ editions are issued on a semi-annual basis.
It has been a continuing policy of the Commission to update Section 50._55a as the referenced codes are revised.
However, adoption of the addenda following the Summer 1975 Addenda to Section XI (and the 1977 Edition, which incorporated the addenda through the Winter 1976 Addenda) was delayed perding the resolution of NRC concerns with several provisions considered unacceptable.
Those changes, which reduced the amount of examination required, would tend to lower the effectiveness of inservice inspection programs for nuclear power plants. These addenda and the 1977 Edition would be acceptable for incorporation by reference into the regulations only with appropriate modifications that would retain those requirements considered necessary for an inservice inspection program.
In this regard, the Summer 1978 Addenda do provide such modifications to Sectiorr XI of the ASME Code. The examination requirements removed from the code by previous addenda, but still required by the regulations, have either been restored.or have been superseded by provisions considered by NRC to be improvements or acceptable alternatives to the previous requirements.
In light of the changes made in the Summer 1978 Addenda, the proposed amendment. would. incorporate by reference into the regulation the 1977 Edition of Section XI of the ASME Code and addenda through the Summer 1978 Addenda. These provisions would also provide more flexibil'ity for-inservice inspection of pipe. welds in operating facilities and facilities in the construction stages and would avoid potential conflict between the code and the technical specifications concerning examination requirements for steam generator tubing.
The proposed amendment would also include several minor and clarifying amendments, including a change in the time interval for revising inservice inspection programs for operating facilities. The time interval would be.
extended from 40 and 20 months to 120 months to make implementation of the regulation more consistent with code requirements and to save time and effort.
Extending the time interval is not considered a significant relaxation of safety requirements since new code changes generally deal with practical considerations and the application of new developments.
Further, new code changes could be imposed at any time. if safety considera-tions so dictate.
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Meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Radiation Mr., Robert'B. Minogue and other representatives from NRC attended a meeting of the _ Interagency Task Force on Ionizing Radiation Research and Regulation.
Peter Libassi, General Counsel, HEW, who is leading this effort, carled the meeting to allow for a final review and discussion of the Task Force Work Group reports and recently developed summaries of these reports as well as the procedure and schedule for releasing these reports for public comment.
Four, if not all five, of the' Work Group reports and their summaries are expected to be released for public comment, including formal coment by Federal agencies, sometime between January 30 and February 2.
Also discussed were the procedure and schedule for developing the Task Force's summary report to the White House and the content of this report. There was much discussion of what this report shouH contain and recommend relative to the Federal government organization (institutional) aspects of coordinating research and controlling exposures to ionizing radiation; no clear cut conclusions on this were reached at the meeting..The present schedule calls for submitting the summary report and recommendations to the White House and/or releasing it for public comment on March 30, 1979.
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NRC-EPA Joint Hearing on Occupational Radiological Health Standards As reported last week, EPA officials have agreed in principle on joint participation in a fact-finding hearing on occupational radiation health standards. On January 19, 1979, NRC staff members met with EPA staff personnel to work out hearing details. As viewed by EPA staff, the primary purpose of the hearing, which is to be chaired by EPA, is to obtain public comment on new occupational radiation protection guidance for Federal agencies, now being developed by EPA. They exoect to publish this guidance for comment, and announce the hearing, in April.
The hearing would then take place in June.
EPA staff felt that the scope of issues to be considered at the hearing should be limited to issues raised in their new guidance document. NRC staff agreed, on the basis that this approach would inevitably lead to consideration of the full range of basic health risk issues and the adequacy of present standards.
We intend to assure that the Federal Register notice announ~cing the herring is clear on the point that the scope will include the full range of health risk issues.
The hearing will be presided over by a member of the EPA General Counsel staff with'-a 6 to 8 member panel to ask questions of those who testify.
The NRC will be represented on this panel. The composition of the rest of the panel was discussed, but not settled on, at the meeting.
The hearing will not include cross examination. The hearing panel will make no." findings"; rather, its function is fact-finding: to assure a fair airing bf all issues and the development of a complete transcript of the proceedings.
ELD is being asked to determine whether this form of hearing is compatible with the NRC's policy and procedures for hearings and would satisfy the NRDC request for a hearing in PRM-20-6.
Additional meetings are planned to work out further details.
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In response to.a request from a staff member from Governmental Activities and Transportation Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations, SD is providing information on radiation exposures associated with transportation of radioactive materials in passenger-carrying aircraft.
The information is for the purpose of responding to an inquiry on whether the ra'dioactive material shipments in regular commercial flights may affect
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In response. to a request referred to us by the Department of Transportation, SD plans to provide, through SP, information on the types and amounts of '
radioactive material shipments transported in Virginia to a delegate in the Ho0se of Delegatas of the State of Virginia.
The delegate is sponsoring a bill to.equire advance notification of certain radioactive shipments considered to b.e very hazardous if involved in serious accidents.
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Publications Issued Regulatory. Guide 1.144 - Auditin of Quality Assurance Progra.:ns for Nuclear Power Plants [ Issued for Comment Regulatory Guide 3.36 - Nondestructive Examination of Tubular Products for.
Use in Fuel Reprocessing Plants and in Plutonium Processing and Fuel Fabrication Plants - WITHDRAWN Value/Imoact Analyses On January 24, 1979, the Execut e Director for Operations issued. instructions to the staff regarding rulemaking papers sent to the Commission.
These instructions will improve:
(1) the availability and opportunity for public
.comnent on value/ impact analyses associated with rulemaking papers and (2) uniformity and quality of the resolution of public comments on rulemaking papers.
In view of the definite trend in judicial decisions over the past few years toward inc.reasing judicial scrutiny of the bases for rulemaking, it is anticipated that these instructions are both. timely and important.
These instructions were prepared jointly by the Office of Standards Development and the 0ff. ice of the Executive Legal Director.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending January 26, 1979
. Union Carbide Gas Hills Uranium Mill DES Published The Uranium Mill Licensing Section has issued a Draft Environmental Statement on the environmental considerations associated with the application of the Union Carbide Corporation for a renewal of its license to operate their Gas Hills uranium mill. The mill is located about 60 miles west of Casper in Natrona County, Wyoming.
The applicant proposes to
, crease the mill capacity from 465,000 tons of uranium ore 'per year to 500,000 tons.
In addition, Union Carbide proposes to build and operate two heap leaching facilities for the initial processing of low grade ore, one at the mill site and the other in nearby Fremont County, about ten miles west of the mill site.
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FES Published for the Atlas Minerals, Moab, Utah, Uranium Mill The Final Environmental Statement (NUREG-0453) related to operation of the Atlas Minerals Division, Moab, Utah, uranium mill was published by the Uranium Mill Licensing Section. The mill has operated for about 20 years. The FES concludes that the license should be renewed, a~nd the statement includes various mitigating actions for continued operations at this site.
Waste Management Licensing Study A first draft of the report was issued for review and comment.
The draft is under concurrent review by the Commission, NRC staff, DOE, and other Federal Agencies. A final report is scheduled to be delivered to the Commission by-February 15 and to the Congress by March 1.
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_ OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending January 26, 1979 1.
Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
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PN0-79-10 Duane Arnold - Nonconforming Welds in Safe End Repairs -
Preliminary findings by NRC inspectors, assisted by NRC consul-tants, during inspections conducted at the site indicate. hat seven welds on five of the eight safe ends under repair to not meet code requirements. The NRC inspectors are concerned with the existence of crevice-like conditions in the root of the welds which may be potential sites for subsequent stress cor-rosion attack similar to that which led to the original shutdown and repairs. The licensee was informed that the NRC does not agree with the 1-icensee's finding that the seven welds are accept-able. Operation of the reactor will be delayed until the weld quality related problems are resolved.
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PNO'79-11 Zion Units 1 and 2 - NRC Region III Director Subpoenaed to Testify in Criminal Court Proceeding - The Director of Region III (Chicago) learned on January 19, 1979, that he is being served with a subpoena to testify as a witness for the defense in a criminal court trial involving the arrest of 20 individuals for unlawful tres-passing during a peaceful demonstration at the Zion Station in October 1978. On January 23, 1979, the attorney for the defendants notified the Regional Director that the subpoena was being torn up and that it would not be necessary for the director to testify.
According to the attorney, the decision was based on the conclusion that the Regional Director's testimony may not prove beneficial.
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PNO-79-12 Calvert Cliffs Unit 2 - Unscheduled Shutdown to Repair D6maged Seals on Reactor Coolant Pump and Degraded Reactor Coolant System Pressure' Boundary - The Unit 2 reactor was manually tripped due to excessively high seal temperatures on a reactor coolant pump.
Repairs to the pump and weld joint will result in an estimated one-week shutdown..
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PNS-79-05 Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 - Bomb Threats - No bombs were found and none exploded.
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c OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH
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Power Burst Facility The Power Burst Facility (PBF) ran an important control-rod-system-type test, designated RIA 1-2, on December 1,1978..The objective of this test was to determine the effect of burnup on the failure threshold of four~ pre-irradiated (5000 MW days /Tonre) fuel rods subjected to reactor transients. The preliminary test report said that there was general retention of the integrity of the four rods, based on the internal fuel rod gas pressure and post-test fission product activity in the loop.
More recent visual inspection shows that three test rods which'were fitted with plenum fill gas pressure transducers are intact, but that a fourth test rod without a pressure transducer has a large. number of longitudinal cladding cracks.
The apparent difference between the cracked rod and the three intact rods is as follows: before the test, when the pressure transducers were placed on the three intact rods, it was necessary to replace the irradiated, fission-product-rich fill gases with a nonradioactive fill gas of equivalent thermal conductivity.
It is thought that the fission product inventory of the gap between the fuel and the cladding in the cracked fuel rod may have contributed to the observed clad cracking.
Failures of the type observed in operating reactors are usually described as caused by pellet-cladding interaction.
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C/FICE CF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR
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ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 20, 1979 Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 On January 23, 1979 the Appeal Board issued a Memorandum and Order reversing a Licensing Board ruling denying Intervenors' motion to subpoena ACRS consultants whose views differed from the ACRS and the NRC staff. The Appeal Board found that " exceptional circumstances" justified issuing subpoenas. The Board rested its determination on its finding that Diablo was a plant designed and built on one set of seismic assumptions which underestimated the magnitude of potential earthquakes subsequently discovered and that the reanalysis and post hoc conclusions that the plant is safe as built are based on theories partly untested and previously unused for licensing purposes.
Jamesport N'uclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 On January 25, 1979 the Appeal Bo:rd issued a Memorandum and Order (ALAB-521) denying Suffolk County's request for a stay of the licensing Board's Initial Decision authorizinj the issuance of construction per-mits. The Appeal Board noted that the Applicant could not commence
. construction until it received approval from the State of New York, thus the County could not show any injury at all resulting from the absence of a stay.
North Anna Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (SFP)
On January 29, the Appeal Board (ALAB-522) reversed the Licensing Board's December 19, 1978 Order denying two intervention petitions for lack' of standing.
It held that the Licensing Board had erred in imposing on petitioners an obligation to show a causal relationship between interest and the possible results of the proceeding. Under established Commission practice. petitioners close proximity to a proposed or actual facility h?s been enough to establish interest.
Petitioners here lived in close proximity to the facility.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST 0FFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING JANUARY 26, 1979 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Foreign Assignees
- 1. Arrangements are being made to extend the assignment of Mr. Roberto Trevino, a Mexican national, to work with the staff in Reactor Safeguards.
Mr. Trevino has been working with the Division of Project Management since January 1978.
- 2. Mr. Osnan M. Mersin, a Turkish national, is expected in early March to start a one-year assignment in DSS /ASB.
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EXP0RT IMPORT AND INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS On January 25, an IP representative attended the first formal meeting of the NRC Safeguards Agreement Implementation Group (SAIG), formed to coordinate implementation of the US/IAEA Sefeguards Agreement. The principal' topic of discussion was the progress of proposed Part 75 to implement the Agreement for NRC licensees.
An IP representative attended a meeting of the Department of State on January 26 to discuss issues related to the final meeting in Vienna in early February on the International Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.
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. Agreements for Cooperation - Canada and Australia H. Schechter att' ended on January 24 and January 26 two interagency meetings
-at the Department of State aimed at reaching agreement on a number of issues in draft amended agreements for cooperation with Canada and Australia, in preparation for the upcoming negotiations with these countries.
Agreement was reached on most of the text in the agreements. Several un-resol.ved questions remain to be resolved by NRC and DOE personnel over the next few days.
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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WFFK ENDING JANUARY 26, 1979 Program Development
.On January'17 and 18, the Region V State Liaison Officer was briefed by Arizona Energy and Radiological Health official on various Arizona-NRC matters of mutual interest including State government reorganization efforts and uranium mill licensing activities.
During-the visit to Phoenix NW. Robart also visit'ed Palos Verdes Nuclear Power Plant.
Emergenc y Preparedness Robert JeFayette participated in the Department of Transportation's Annual Emergency Transportation Planning Conference.
This meeting brings together many of DOT's regional personnel to discuss issues of interest to the Office of Emergency Transportation.
DOT participation in the Federal in'teragency concurrence in State radiological emergency response plans was discussed.
Messrs. Ryan and Sanders visited a DHUD location in the Ral'eigh-Durham,. area which is a candidate for the emergency operating facility of NRC's executive team Charlie.
There will be further discussions with HUD concerning the joint use of this facility.
The New York State Plan for Radiation accidents has received NRC concurrence.
Governor Carey and the Commissioner of the State Department of Health were notified in ' letters from the Director on January 23.
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0FFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
' Items of Interest Week Ending January 26, 1979 p
Annual Report Fo6 warded.Information Report to the Commission on January.24 enclosing.
revised Chapter 1 (Overview and Summary) with documentation of changes ~
requested.by Connissioners and stating pl'ans for furnishing page proofs -
to cognizant Congressional committees.on -January 31.
Report to Congress on Domestic Safeguards Incorpo' rated Commission comments into report forwarded under.SECY-79-39 so final Commissio,n report can be forwarded to Congress by January 31, 1979.
EDO Recommendations for Legislative Proposals for the 96th Congress Forwarded to the Commission the ED0's recommendations for legislative proposals for the 96th Congress (SECY-79-56 dated January 22,1979).
Plain English Pilot Project:
Editorial Review of F0IA Regulation Provided the EDO with a report on rewriting regulations in plain English.
The report suggests establishing a training' program for personnel who write regulations, organizing a writing / editing group, and defining an initial program for rewriting regulations.
" Radioactive Mat'erials Raleased F. rom Nuclear Power Plants,' Annual Report 1977" Fublished NUREG-0521, " Radioactive Materials Released from Nuclear' Power Plants, Annual Report 1977".
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CALENDAR OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS FOR TWO WEEK PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 5,1979 January 29-30 Susquehanna 1 & 2 - Pre-hearing conference Wilkes Barre, PA January 29-31 Perkins Hearing January 31 Zimmer 1 - Issue SER February 2 McGuire - SER Supplement Units 1 & 2 will be issued during week ending February 2 February 5 Oral arguments will be present<* in the d.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, New Orleans, Louisiana, concerning the February 21, 1978, Final Notice of Rule-making which amended the NRC license fee schedules.
Mr. C. James Holloway'and Mr. William 0. Miller will attend from the Office of Administration February 6 LaSalle 1 & 2 - Meeting with applicant to discuss the Fuel Load Date Projected by the Caseload Forecast Panel February 8' Salem 2 - ACRS Full Committee meeting February 9 Davis Besse 2 & 3 - SER Supplement will be issued the week ending February 9 Greene County - SER Supplement will be issued during the week ending February 9 e
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