ML19294B270
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 02/20/1980 |
| From: | Singer L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
| To: | Jordan W, Little L, Smith I Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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February 20, 1980 To Attached Mailing List In the Matter of Metropolitan Edison Company, et al.
(Three Mile Island, Unit 1)
Decket.'1o. 50-289
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the Second Special Prehearing Conference held on February 13,1980, the participants questioned the current status of Volume II of the Rogovin Report for the f1RC Three Mile Island Special Inquiry.
Since the Conference, the Staff has ascertained that the final version of Volume II is tentatively scheduled to be available either the first or second week of March. Whether any delay occurs depcnds upon whether the Special Inquiry Group completes the volume for printing on schedule.
Enclosed for your information in the interim is a copy of the Table of Contents of the draf t of Volume II.
Draft copies of Volume II are available in the local public document rooms. As soon as the final version of Volume II is available, the Staff will provide you with a copy.
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Lisa fl. Singer Counsel for f1RC Staff Attachments:
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TMI-1 Mailing List 2.
Table of Contents of draf t of Volume II - Rogovin Report 0
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UNITED STATES OF A". ERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSI0ft
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BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICEt! SING BOARD In the Patter of
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METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY, Docket l'o. 50-289 ET AL.
(Three Mile Island, Unit 1)
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MAILING LIST Ivan U. Smith, Esq.
Ellyn Weiss, Esq.
Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel Sheloon, Harn::n, Roisman & Weiss 7
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Co aission Su e5 Washington, D. C.
20555 Washington, D.C.
20006 Dr. Walter H. Jordan Mr. Steven C. Sholly 881 W. Outer Drive 304 South :*arket Street Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37330 Mechanicsburg, Per.nsylvania 17055 Dr. Linda' W. Little 5000 Hermitace Drive Mr. Thomas Gerusky Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 Bureau of Radiation Protection Department of Environmental Resources George F. Trowbridge, Esq.
P.O. Box 2063 Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 1800 ti Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C.
20006 Mr. Marvin I. Lewis 6504 Bradford Terrace Karin W. Carter, Esq.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19149 505 Executive House P. O. Box 2357 Metropolitan Edison Company Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Attn:
J. G. Herbein, Vice President P.O. Box 542 Honorable Mark Cohen 512 E ' "3in Ccnital "ui'fira Ms. Ane Lee Ha rri-.;;rg, Pa.ncyl van ia i/ ud R.D. 3;.ex a i Etters, Pennsylvania 17319
Walter W. Cohen, Consumer Advocate Holly S. Keck Department of Justice Anti-fluclear Group Representing Strawberry Square,14th Floor York Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17127 245 W. Philadelphia Street York, Pennsylvania 17404 Robert L. Vaupp, Esq.
Assistant Solicitor John Levin, Esq.
Vaupp and Andrews Pennsylvania Public Utilities Co a.
P.O. Box P Box 3265 40711. Front Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108 Jordan D. Cunningham, Esq.
John E. Minnich, Chairman Fox, Farr and Cunningham Dauphin Co. Board of Cormissioners 2320 T' orth 2nd Street Dauphin County Courthouse Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110 Front and Market Sts.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.17101 Ms.KathyMcdaughin Three Mile Island Alert, Inc.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board 23 South 21st Street U.S. !;uclear Regulatory Commission Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17104 Washington, D. C.
20555 Ms. Marjorie M. Aamodt Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel R.D. e5 U.S. fiu: lear Regulatory Cor. mission Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320 Washington, D. C.
20555 Docketing and Service Sec,on U.S. fiuclear Regulatory Commission Ms. Karen Sheldon Washington, D. C.
20555 Sheldon, Harnon, Roisman & Weiss 1725 I Street,ti. W.
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Robert Q.' Pollard Suite 506 Chesapeak Energy Alliance Washington, D. C.
20006 609 i'antpelier Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218 Chauncey Kepford Judith H. Johnsrud Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power 433 Orlando Avenue State College, Pennsylvania 16301
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Ms. Frieda Serryhill, Chairman Coalition for ::uclear Power Plant Postponement 2610 Grendon Drive Wilmington, Delaware 19808
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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLlME II PART 1 FOREk' OPS
- Description of conten+s and organization of Volume II i
I.
Preaccident Licensing and Regulation Background A.
Licensing and Regulation of Nuclear Power Plants 1.
An examination of NRC's licensing and regul ory system for nuclear power plants from diff er perspectives, The systen as established in applicable a.
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and regulations.
b.
Commission's assessment of he s for reactor 12 safety.
c.
The licensing and e 'i ion sys for nuclear 19 power plants: An o "ew f its major defic-iencies in assessing e
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Appendix I. Al-1: T st tutory c n of NRC's organiza-401 io ucture.
Appendix I. Al-2: Agr d n
ivision of responsibility 412 betwe and IE where their functions interfa 2.
Rel a ' ee latory staff actions taken outside of the 47 adju a
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Other te ant matters a.
Regulatory Requirements Review Committee 60 b.
Quality Aseurance 71 c.
Generic Issues 85 d.
Technical qualifications 99 O
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2 Licensing and Operating Histories B.
105 Licensing History of TMI-2 1.
105 Introduction a.
9 106 Summary of Licensing Events b.
108 TMI-2 Construction Permit Review c.
115 Post-Construction Permit Review Period d.
121 Operating License Review Period e.
147 Findings and Recommendations f.
417 e te Plant Designs Licensed Appendix I.B1-1:
Using B&W Nuclear Steam Syst s
418 on 1969 to Licensing Organi Appendix I.B1-2:
1978 421 Standard Review P1 Appendix I.B1-3:
423 ACRS Le t THI tober 22, Appendix I.B1-4:
1976 427 dicatory Decisions racts f Appendix I.B1-5:
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' Three Mile Island Nuclear 2.
Operating Station 167 t Three Mile Island 3.
ection Hist v 182 C.
Pre r E nts 184 1.
Co 1 o s and recommendations 191 2.
Relev ce of precursor events 191 3.
Depositions 192 13, 1971 Dopchie Letter - September 4.
194 Bernau Incident - August 20, 1974 5
197 Reactor Safety Study (WASH-1400) 6.
200 Michelson Report - September 1977 7.
209 24, 1977 Davis-Besse Incident - September 8.
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Kelly-Dunn memo - November 1, 1977 220
- 10. : febble Springs ACRS Question - November 1977 226 11.
Creswell concerns - December 1977 231 I
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Israel-Novak note - January 10, 1978 244 13.
Rancho Seco Incident - March 20, 1978 246 14.
Sternberg memo - March 31, 1978; TMI-2 Incident-249 of March 29, 1978 D.
Pressurizer Design and Performance - A Case Study 268 E.
Incentives to Declare " Commercial Operation" 1.
Introduction and conclusions 293 2.
Existing incentives 25 3.
Actions taken to enable 1978 completion 324 4.
Was safety compromised?
341 5.
Implications 345 6.
Recocnendations 354 O
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Deputy Director Nuclear Regulatory Cocsission Special Inquiry Group DRAFT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME II I
PART 2 f
I FOREb'ORD i
II.
The Accident and Its Analysis A.
Accid ent Chronology (narrative sequence of events) 1 Appendix III. A-1: Tabular Chronology 37a T,. Radiological Releases 1.
Background and introduction 38 2.
Release pathways and mechani 42 Appendix III.B2-1: Carbon Per rm ce with Time 436 3.
Radiological monitor a.
result 75 Appendix II.B3-1: Radi 1
'ca Environmental 439 Monit r
gram for TMI Appendix II 34{} 'rf-site diological Monitoring 444 Ac 4vities of DOE Organizations Appe-d ix II.B3-3:
mospheric Release Advisory 448 pabflity (ARAC) Utilization During TMI Accident 4.
Esti-te o dose and potential health consequences 109 of rad a ive materials.
5.
Radiation protection programs.
130 Appendix II.B-1:
Radiological Chronology of 425 Events C.
Plant Behavior and Core Damage 1.
Deficiencies in the plant and their influence on 180 the accident.
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Introduction and Summary 180 b.
Primary system 182 c.
Engineered Safety Features 199 0
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Secondary Coolant System 209 e.
Environmental qualification and use of 227
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- 2. - Core Damage and Recovery 235 I
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Data analysis for the first 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> 235 b.
Interpretations of accident sequence 262 c.
Core Damage estimates from fission product 284 release Appendix II.C2cl - Calculation of e hing 451 d.
Hydrogen production, removal and haz d 290 e.
How close to a core melt
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THIBO c'_ Calculations 453 of Core
- e Appendix II.C.2-2 gen Ca culations 459 Appendix I C.2-3:
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by and for Sandia I"5 4()
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-1 H r f fervescence and the 463 Pre u zer Level Detector
-2 Excerpts from THI-II SRM Sensivitity 470 Study Integrated Analysis of Source Range 472 Monitor Data from THI-II
-4 Alternate Interpretation of the 478 Accident Sequence
-5 Status of the Reactor Core Based on 498 Fission Product Analysis D.
Alternative Accident Sequences 312 E.
Human Factors 335 1.
Introduction 335 2.
Human factors and the TMI accident 335
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Control room design:
343 i
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Requirements and criteria 343
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The TMI Control Room 347 c.
Control rooms at other plants 356 4.
Emergency procedures 359 5.
Operator training and selection 362 6.
Human factors precursors 374 7.
Summary, Findings and Conclusions 386 F.
Envi;onmental and Socioeconomic Impacts 399 1.
Introduction 399
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Background===
400 3.
Information flow dur, t emerge f 401 4.
Public responses V
402 5.
Economic E' eq 410 6.
Effects on Ic 11 ve nment and institutions 416 7.
. Er s on aquat iota and fisheries 420 em 8.
t social and economic effects 421 9.
Find d Recommendations 423
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A Report to the Commissioners and to the Pub' te Mitchell Rogovin Director George T. Frampton, Jr.
Deputy Director Nuclear Regulatory Comission Special Inquiry Group
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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLif!E II PART 3 FOREk'ORD i
i III.
Response to the Accident A.
Utility Response 1.
Introduction 1
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Plant operations response 2
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Radiological emergency response 73 4.
Induntry support 96 5.
Reporting of critical informa o,
NRC on March 28, 1979 124 6.
Management overview o 159 7.
Radiation ese o ey plan v lopment and training 169 B.
NRC Response 1.
Introduction 184 2.
s.'pm on of NRC emergency response 195 a.
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y, March 28, 1979 195 b.
Thu ay, March 29, 1979 208 c.
Friday, March 30, 1979 216 d.
Saturday, March 31, 1979 227 e.
Sunday, April 1, 1979 235 f.
The Aftermath 239 3.
Evaluation of the NRC emergency response 245 Management of the NRC emergency response 245 a.
b.
Evacuation issues and recommendations 260 Summary of recot=nendations for NRC emergency c.
response 274
-s Appendix III.B-1: Background on NRC planning 1
for its response to emergencies 409 j
Appendix III.B-2:
I Deployment of NRC personnel and manage =ent structure 453 Appendix III.B-3: NRC communications early in the TMI emergency response 478 Appendix III.B-4 : Chronology of TM ' hydrogen bubble concer 489 Appendix III.B-5: NRC proc dures for on to reco n
1cuation - April 1, 979 533 Appendix III.B-6:
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and ist of Panelists 536 C.
Response of State d
1 Agencies (except NRC) 281 t e 1.
Ir od tion 281 2.
Em g sponse chronology 283 3.
Federa a State authorities and responsibilities 294 4.
Sheltering and evacuation advisories 305 5.
Evacuation planning before end during the accident 325 6.
Other protective actions considered by officials 338 7.
Radiological monitoring efforts 352 8.
Institutional communications during the accident 358 9.
Technical support for the plant 367 10.
Summary of findings and recommendations 370 O
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Appendix III.C-1:
State and Federal Emergency Response -
An Agency-by-Agency Account t
548 Appendix III.C-2:
Detailed Chronology of Emergency Response 608 Appendix III.C-3:
Federal Legislative Developments Since TMI 617 D.
Information Provided to the News Media 378 1.
Introduction 379 2.
Chronology 380 3.
The Credibility Issue 396 4.
Multiple News Sources 399 5.
Summary of Findings an Recommen it ns 403 g
IV.
Appendices a
Safety Manageme FI{}o e o
Ge rman to the Accident 621 List of Depositions o
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