ML19294C118
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February 14, 1980 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 8,1980 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners 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*
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L*
Items Approved by the Commission M**
/
T. A. Rehm, n sistant for Operations Office of the EDO
- No input this week.
- Deleted from Commissioners and PDR copy.
Contact:
T. A.Rehm, 49-27781 fYf 8008000
SUMMARY
OF KEY EVENTS WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 8,1980 Security Twenty two individuals were approved for NRC employment prior to the completion of the required investigation and report under Section 145b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, under the authority delegated to the Executive Director for Operations by the Comnission.
Fourteen requests have been received from various NRC offices and divisions for similar approval.
Haddam Neck On Monday, February 4,1980, a power operated relief valve (PORV) at Haddam Neck opened upon receipt of a spurious signal.
The valve opening was detected by four alarm systems, each of which gave audible and visible alarms. After detection the operators switched the PORV to the closed position and the valve closed. The elapsed time of the valve opening was less than 6 seconds and the drop in reactor primary system pressure was limited to 8 psi.
Davis Besse, Unit No. 1 On February 5,1980, Davis Besse Unit 1 experienced a trio caused by a failure in the main turbine Electro-Hydraulic Control system resulting in the closure of the turbine control valves.
All primary and secondary parameters behaved normally except that both main steam line isolation valves received an automatic close signal following the reactor trip.
This has been attributed to low feedwater header pressure which actuated the Steam and Feedwater Line Rupture Control System.
Millstone 1 Northeast Nuclear Energy Company recently discovered that one inch reinforcement steel had been used instead of one and 3/8 inch rebar as specifidd in the Millstone 1 construction drawings. The discrepancy was discovered when a large section of the concrete was removed to expose the isolation condenser steam pipe support anchor bolts.
Environmental Impact of Tc-99 in the LWR Fuel Cycle A standard write-up of tne environmental impacts of Tc-99 in the LWR fuel cycle has been prepared and is now being reviewed for use in the EIS' of LWR power plants.
Impacts arise from releases due to leaking fuel elements, but these are insignificant.
Releases of Tc-99 from enrichment plants are the result of re-enrichment of uranium from defense programs and of toll re-enrichment af fuel from foreign power reactors.
These environmental
. impacts are not caused by-U.S. LWR commercial power plants and are independent of their construction and coeration.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending February 8,1980 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 142 10 Granted 72 1
Denied 18 2
Pending 52 7
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Clarence Johnson, Requests a copy of the " Chlorine Minimization TexPIRG Study."
(80-58)
Gary Howard Simpson, Requests a copy of two EE0C Complaints by an Attorney-At-Law NRC employee.
(80-59)
James W. Champlin, Requests a listing of the eduction and licensing New England Nuclear requirements that have to be met to receive a (80-60) radioactive material license.
Jim X. Lynch, Requests a copy of SECY-79-264, " Environmental Student Action Center Aspects of Commercial Radioactive Waste (80-61)
Management."
Len Hendrickson, Requests a copy of the license submission made by Amersham Corp.
Honeywell for their smoke detector device.
(80-62)
(An individual requesting Requests records in the NRC relating to herself.
information about herself)
(80-63)
Brian Fishkin, Requests information relating to NRC's advisement Attorney-At-Law of E.R. Squibb C Sons, Inc. tnat a Squibb (80-64) representative may have violated NRC regulations.
CONTACT:
J. M. Fel ton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
2 Received, Cont'd R. B. Borsum, Requests documents relating to the NRR staff's Babcock & Wilcox ATWS position to require NUREG-460 Alternative 3 (80-65) fixed now, and Alternative 4 fixed in five years, to be made available.
Frederick J. Boncher, Requests information concerning nuclear waste Attorney-At-Law sites in the State of Michigan.
(80-66)
Steve Gannis Requests information on evacuation. plans, (80-67) instructions to employees regarding their expressing opinions about nuclear energy, number of organizations and individuals the NRC has transmitted information about to the FBI or CIA and information on Freedom of Information Act requests.
Granted Leslie K. Danner, Made available a copy of contract NRC-10-80-400 Boeing Computer entitled " Continued Development and Operation of Services Co.
the Nuclear Plant Reliability Data System."
(79-526)
Stephen Kohn In response to a request for information concernin (79-529) nuclear research activities at Brown University in Rhode Island, made available 20 license files.
John W. Redmond, Made available a copy of the non-proprietary Nuclear Associates version of documents relating to RFP RS-77-26 International entitled " Implementation and Operation of the NRC (79-566)
Document. Control System."
(An individual requesting In response to a request for documents relating to information about himself) himself that are contained in the NRC's Systems (80-12) of Records, made available 37 documents.
(Individuals requesting Made available information regarding their Reactor information about themselves)
Operator license written and oral examination (80-20 through 80-29, results.
80-34 and 80-35)
Frank B. Angarola, In response to a request for regulations relating Legal Services to NRC requirements or criteria for employment as Corporation of Alabama a construction worker at a nuclear power plant, (80-37) made available a copy of 10 CFR Part 73.
ENCLOSURE A
3 Granted, Cont'd In response to a request for a copy of the 1959 Daniel Guttman, Attorney-At-Law proposal of the City of Ft. Pierce, Florida to (80-42) participate in the Power Reactor Demonstration Program and documents showing the disposition of the Ft. Pierce proposal, informed the requester the NRC has no records subject to his request.
(An individual requesting Made available information regarding his Reactor infornition about himself)
Operator license written anC oral examination (80-54) results.
Made available access to a copy of the Rogovin Diane Russo (80-56)
Report.
Made available a copy of the " Chlorine Minimizatio Clarence Johnson, TexPIRG Study."
(80-58)
Brian Fishkin, In response to a request for information related Attorney-At-Law NRC's advisement of E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
(80-64) that a Squibb representative may have violated HRC regulations, made available a copy of the inspection report revealing that E.R. Squibb &
Sons, Inc. was in compliance with NRC's regulatio Denied Edward W. Osann, In response to a request for records which relate Attorney-At-Law to the Commission's purported finding which is (79-527) characterized in the Notice of Opportunity for Hearing on Construction Permit Extension, dated November. 26, 1979 for the Bailly Generating Station, Unit 1, made available five documents.
Denied one document in its entirety containing draft language embodying preliminary advice, opinions and recommendations.
ENCLOSURE A
DIVISION OF CONTRAC75' Week Ending February 8, 1980 PENDING COMPETITIVE REOUIREMENTS 1.
RFP RS-RES-80-177 Title - Fission Product Transport Analysis Description - A research and development program to provide assistance to NRC in the area of fission product release and transport behavior under LWR accident conditions Period of Performance - Three years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Solicitation being prepared. RFP to be issued on or about February 26, 1980.
2.
RFP RS-RES-80-180 Title - Source Term Characterization Resulting From Explo.ively-Caused, Secondary Violations of Spent Fuel Shipping Casks Description - A study to establish the magnitude and characteristics of potential radiological source terms associated with specified explosive attacks on spent fuel casks and releases through violations away from the point of explosive attack Period of Performance - Fifteen months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Solicitation being prepared. RFP to be issued on or about February 20, 1980.
3.
RFP RS-RES-80-182 Title - Definition of Bounding Physical Tests Representative of Transport Accidents - Rail and Truck Description - Based on an investigation and assessment of extremely severe transport accident events, define a set (s) of radioactive material shipping package performance tests which bound the environments experienced in such accidents Period of Performance - Eighteen months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Solicitation being prepared.
RFP to be issued on or about February 14, 1980.
4.
RFP RS-RES-80-214 Title - The Evaluation of Ecosystem Simulation Models as Tools for Assessment of Power Plant Impacts on Fish Populations Description - Theoretical models and computer simulations provide possible techniques for performing confirmatory impact assessments of nuclear power olants on commercial and recreational fishing resources, which the NRC is responsible for under NEPA.
This project will evaluate now models developed by applicants, consistent with previous model examinations, develop a test to determine site specificity of existing nodels, and compare model behavior under different conditions and consider the option of verification with field data Period of Performance - Two - Three years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Solicitation being prepared.
RFP to be issued on or about February 25, 1980.
ENCLOSURE A
. IFB'S ISSUED 1.
IFE RS-ADM-80-371 Title - Lease of Ten Class III Automobiles Description - Furnish ten (10) class III automobiles to the !!3C for lease Period of Performance - Two years Spcnsor - Office of Administration Status - IFB issued on January 31, 1980, due February 29, 1980.
2.
IFE.RS-ADM-80-372 Title - Shuttle Bus Service Description - Furnish daily bus service to transport NRC personnel to different office locations in Maryland ar.d Washington, D.C.
Fericd of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - IFB issued on February 6,1980, due March 5,1980.
PROPOSALS UNDER~ EVALUATION 1.
RFF RS-01E-80-251 Title - Technical Assistance to Support NRC IE Personnel in Investigations of Incidents Description - Technical and engineering assistance required by the Office of Inspection and Enforcement to assist IE personnel in inspections and investigations of incidents at NRC licensed facilities.
Fericd of Performance - Two years Socnsor - Office of Inspe tion and Enforcement Status - RFP closed, and proposals received on February 4,1980.
CONTRACT / GRANT AWARDS 1.
RF; RS-NRR-80-102 Title - Energetic Thermal Interaction, Recriticality, and Coolant Flow Phenomena Associated with Advanced Nuclear Reactor Concepts Description - This project will provide to the NRC technical assistance in the areas of energetic thermal interactions and recriticality associated with advanced reactor concepts Fericd of Performance - Three years Sp nsor - Office of Nuclear Retctor Regulation Status - A cost type contract in the total estimated amount of 5512,754.00 was awarded to the Purdue Research Foundation on January 21, 1980.
ENCLOSURE A
. 2.
NRC-06-80-307 State of Texas Description - This grant assists the state with the development of state regulatory programs in support of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (UMTRCA)
Period of Performance - February 7,1980 - December 31, 1980 Sponsor - Office of State Programs Status - Awarded on February 7,1980.
3.
RFP RS-MPA-79-353 Title - MPA Product Evaluation Description - Conduct an evaluation of 10 MPA management information products to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of each product Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Management and Program Analysis Status - A cost-plus-fixed-fee contract in tha --ount of 583,993.00 was awarded to TRW Energy Systems Planning Divi sion,.'. clean, VA on January 31, 1980.
4 RFP RS-ED0-80-502 Title - Study and Review of Issues Concerning Equal Employment, Opportunity at NRC Description - Perform an assessment of NRC's EED Program and prepare recommen-dations for improving EE0 at NRC should the assessment reveal any areas requiring management attention Peried of Performance - Ten months Sponsor - Office of the Executive Director for Operations Status - A cost-plus-fixed-fee contract in the amount of $197,114.00 was awarded on January 31, 1980, to CRC Education and Human Development, Inc., Belmont, Massachusetts.
CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT_
( All admini. 'rative action completed and final payment made)
CONTRACT No.
Contractor Close-Out Date NRC-02-77-024 Lulejian and Associates, Inc.
1/31 /80 NRC-02-77-102 U.S. Army Mobility Equipment 1/25/80 Research Development and Command NRC-04-78-232 University of Milwaukee -
1 /31 /80 Wisconsin ENCLOSURE A
4_
ADril'!ISTRATIVE MATTERS The Commission, on February 6,1980, has transmitted to the GAO its response to the protest of A. T. Kearney, Inc., on the award of Contract No.
NR C 7 9-003.
A GA0 evaluation of the facts and a resulting recommendation regarding this matter is expected by 29 February 1980.
E!1 CLOSURE A
i DIVISION OF SECURITY ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 8, 1980 1.
NRC Manual Appendix, "NRC Security Program," Part I, " Definitions," was approved for publication and is in the process of being printed and distributed.
2.
A ten-hour CPR course was conducted in the Division of Security to
. assist NRC personnel in responding to emergency situtions.
3.
Mr. R. Williams of the Office of Personnel Management, who testified at the NRC Hearing on Material Access Authorization Program, has been in contact with the Personnel Security Branch in order to coordinate as much in advance as possible OPM's possible conduct of full field investigations of licensee personnel who would require NRC material access authorization for access to or control of unclassified Special Nuclear Material.
4.
Twenty two (22) individuals were approved for NRC employment prior to the completion of the required investigation and report under Section 145b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, under the authority delegated to the Executive Director for Operations by the Commission.
In addition, fourteen (14) requests from various NRC offices and divisions were received by the Personnel Security Branch to initiate such processing.
ENCLOSURE A
WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Week Ending February 8,1980)
Haddam Neck On Monday, February 4,1980, e power operated relief valve (PORV) at Haddam Neck opened upon receipt of a spurious signal. At the time of the incident the reactor was operating at 100 percent pcwer and a primary coolant pressure of 2000 psi. The valve opening was detected by four alarm systems (each of which gave audible and visible alarms) in the following sequence:
1) valve position indicator (stem mounted limit switch) 2)
the newly installed acoustic monitor in the PORV discharge pipe
- 3) high pressure in the relief tank to which the PORV discharges
- 4) high temperature in the line to the relief tank The acoustic monitoring system was installed in December 1979 in response to Lessons Learned Requirement 2.1.3.a.
After detection the operators switched the PORV to the closed position and the valve closed. The elapsed time of valve opening was less than 6 seconds and the drop in reactor primary system pressure was limited to 8 psi.
Following the incident the PORV was placed back in automatic and the down stream block valve was closed. CYAPCo has not yet determined the cause of the spurious signal.
Fitzoatrick The James A. Fitzpatrick Plant was shutdown on February 4,1980 in order to:
(1) Accomplish repairs on the inboard containment isolation valve for the Drywell Floor Drain System, and (2) Inspect and Repair unidentified leakage sources inside containment which resulted in approximately 4.0 gpm leakage.
In accordance with plant Technical Specifications failure of an isolation valve necessitates closure of at least one other isolation valve in the given line.
Since the unidentified leakage required periodic sump pump down, the redundant isolation valve could not be closed. The isolation valve was repaired, the sources of unidentified leakage were reduced to 0.5 gpm and the plant returned to power operation on February 8,1980.
Davis Besse, Unit No.1 At 3:40 p.m. on February 5,1980, the Davis-Besse, Unit No.1 plant experienced a trip while operating at 100%. The cause of the trip was a failure in the main turbine Electro-Hydraulic Control system which resulted in closing the turbine control valves. The reactor tripped on high reactor coolant system pressure resulting from the drop in steam load. All primary and secondary parameters behaved nomally except that both main steam line isolation valves received an automatic close signal following the reactor trip.
This has been attributed to low feedsater header pressure which actuated the steam and Feedwater Line Rupture Control System. This problem is being reviewed by Region III, I&E Headquarters, and NRR personnel. However, there does not appear to be any safety implications from this transient.
ENCLOSURE E Brunswick A Construction Office Building caught fire and burned dogn at 4:15 a.m. on Saturday morning (February 2). The building, an 8000 ft' structure, was located approximately 300' outside the protected area.
Outside assistance and the fire brigade were mobilized to combat the fire. Damage was esti-mated at 1/4 million dollars. The ca%e of the fire is being investigated, although arson is not expected.
Dresden Unit No. 3 At 2:30 a.m., Saturday, February 2, 1980, Dresden Unit No. 3 experienced a 35 MW instantaneous drop in electric output.
At the time, the plant was at 550 MWe (about 67% rated output), starting a weekend coastdown to stretch the core to the scheduled March 1980 refueling outage. Significant core parameters were:
(1) core plate differential pressure dropped from 16 to 13 psig, (2) indicated core flow increased from 98 to 104 million pounds per hour and (3) the APRMs dropped about 15% in indicated power. The plant dropped the power level to run tests on the two recirculation loops, from which they concluded that jet pump no.13 in the B recirculation loop had failed. The plant started an orderly shutdown at 3:05 a.m., February 2, 1980 ar.d w e in cold shutdown at 5:55 p.m. that evening. ConTaon,malth Edison has decided to start the spring refueling outage about 7 weeks earlier than scheduled.
Pilarim Unit No. 1 Cracks were discovered in the Core Spray Spargers during underwater camera inspections in the Pilgrim Unit No. 1 reactor vessel. The unit is shutdown for refueling and modification work.
Seven cracks were identified varying in length from 1 to 8"; all but one in the pipe material (one in weld area at T-connection). Five of the cracks were found in the upper sparger and two in the lower sparger.
IE Region 1 is on site.
Millstone 1 Northeast Nuclear Energy Company recently discovered that one inch reinforcement steel had been used instead of one and 3/8 inch rebar as specified in the Millstone 1 construction drawings.
The discrepancy was discovered when a large section of the concrete was removed to expose the isolation condenser steam pipe support anchor bolts.
The Company issued a press release on the matter.
The safety significance of the discrepancy is being investigated by Northeast Nuclear Energy Company and the regulatory staff.
ENCLOSURE B
Turbine Disc Cracking Status Report Zion 1 Zion 1 is scheduled for restart on February 6.
By letter of January 23, 1980 the licensee stated its belief that the staff had agreed, in our meeting of January 18,to operation for a period not to exceed 15 months before the next turbine inspection.
By telephone discussion of January 31 (Reeves and Ross with Peoples, et al) the licensee was notified that the staff had not approved the 15 month period recommended by Westinghouse, but that we wiTT~
inform the licensee as soon as a position on extent of continued operation can be justified on the basis of our ongoing review.
Zion 2 The licensee requested on January 28 that it be notified by the staff if any change in mode of operation of Unit 2 will be required before May 2,1980 as the result of Unit I returning to power.
Arkansas 1 By letter dated January 31,1980 (Trimble to Reid) the licensee updated the results of its recent inspection of the #2 LP rotor of this unit as justifi-cation that this unit can be safely restarted on February 4 The two #1 discs have been replaced by baffles and Westinghouse has recommended that the gross MW load output be limited to 782 MW (design rating is 850 MW). The keyway sections of the #1 discs are to be inspected by microscopic techniques and then will be made available to the staff upon future consultation between licensee and staff. Westinghouse did not find any additional keyway or bore cracks and has recommended that both LP rotors be inspected no later than April 1,1981. The staff has notified the licensee that it places no restrictions, related to LP turbines, on startup and will remain in consul-tation relative to the length of time before 'the next inspection.
Indian Point 3 The Ticensee notified the staff on February 1 that the flawed keyways in disc #3 had been cut out and are being tested at the labs of the licensee and Westinghouse. The cracks in the sample retained by the licensee have been split but will be made available to the staff upon the receipt of a more detailed description of the type of samples desired.
PASNY is telecopying on February 1 an advance copy of a submittal that' provides the description of the inspection test results and subsequent actions taken to remove keyway cracks. The licensee is also justifying return of Unit 3 to operation on February 2 or 3.
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ENCLOSURE B
Yankee Rowe The licensee has submitted advance information related to possible parameters associated with turbine disc cracks in response to our telephone request of January 25. A meeting between the licensee and Westinghouse is scheduled for the week of February 4 to discuss technical aspects of this problem.
The licensee advises that it has scheduled an inspection during the refueling outage in August 1980. The licensee is also designing a shielding wall for the control room.
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Ei'C' 05URE B 3
OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 8, 1980 1
EPA's Interagency Committee on Federal Guidance for Occupational Exposures to Ionizing Radiation Meeting - February 1,1980 The EPA's Interagency Committee on Federal Guidance for Occupational Exposures to Ionizing Radiation met on February 1,1980, to review an EPA Federal Register Notice which will announce the joint EPA /0SHA/NRC hearing on occupational radiation protection.
This Notice Nill also-publish, for public comment, proposed EPA guidance to Federal agencies on this topic. Agency representatives were asked to submit written comments on the proposed guidance as soon as possible.
EPA staff members plan to consider the agency comments, revise the guidance in the Notice accordingly, and by the end of February they plan to formally submit the revised Notice to the various agencies for concurrence.
According to the present EPA schedule, the final Notice will be sent to the Federal Register in mid-April, and the hearing will be held in July.
It had been our understanding that the agencies would be asked to concur in publishing for comment the present draft guidance now, rather than conducting another round of agency representative comment and draft revision. At least the entire month of February will be lost, creating considerable doubt as to whether the July date can be met. We will communicate with EPA management promptly and will urge them to proceed at once with publication of the Notice as written.
If an agency desires to do so, it may concur in publication of the Notice for comment without concurring in the content of the guidance. This procedure would allow the agency the benefit of the hearing before making a final decision regarding the guidance. Appropriate wording could be added to the Notice, making it clear that the affected agency had not concurred in the guidance content.
The new guidance now contains, for the first time, statements that would limit the radiation dose for pregnant women to 0.5 rem during an entire pregnancy, and would prohibit women of reproductive capacity from working in areas where the annual dose could exceed 1.5 rems.
It has been previously reported to the Commission that the only point of disagreement between NRC staff representatives and the EPA staff is the upper annual dose limit for internal organs.
The Commission has approved the interim position of the NRC staff representatives that the limits should continue to be 30 rems for the bone and thyroid, and 15 rems for all other internal organs.
Retention of the 15-rems limit would appear to be appropriate at this time; we do not yet have sufficient knowledge about the biological effects of low-level radiation to justify raising the organ dose limits at this time. However, it does not appear likely that the EPA position will be changed.
Since the NRC position is more conservative than that of the EPA, the Commission could issue standards based on 15 rems and remain within the EPA guidance.
[
Contact:
Robert E. Alexander, 443-5975]
ENCLOSURE C
2-Publications to be Issued in the Near Future Title : Shipping and Receiving Control of Strategic Special Nuclear Material (Reg. Guide 5.57)
Expected Issuance Date: March 1980
==
Description:==
Guidance on fundamental material accounting and c'ontrol for snipping and receiving strategic special nuclear material.
Contact:
L. C. Solem 443-5904
Title:
Instruction Concerning Risk from Occupational Radiation Exposure Expected Issuance Date: March 1980 Descriotion:
Provides guidance to licensees as to acceptable instruction concerning risk from occupational radiation exposure.
Questions and answers in the appendix are intended to serve as a component of radiation protection training.
Contact:
A. Roecklein 443-5970
Title:
Health Physics Programs in Uranium Mills Expected Issuance Date: April 1980 Des cri pti on :
A guide describing health physics programs for protecting uranium mill workers from radiation and the chemical toxicity of uranium while on the job.
Contact:
Stephen A. McGuire 443-5970 Publication Issued Durino the Week of February 4-8. 1980 Reg. Guide 7.9, Rev. 1 - Standard ormat and Content of Part 71 Applications for Approval of Packaging of Type B, Large Quantity, and Fissile Radioactive Material
[ Issued to Reflect Comments]
ENCLOSURE C
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERI AL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending February 8,1980 Process Monitoring Project Progress on the Process Monitoring Project was reviewed with Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, Washington, on January 24, 1980. The project is on schedule with a final report due on June 1,1980. The thrust of the project is to establish process monitoring systems at HEU and Pu facilities that can significantly increase safeguards effectiveness. A briefing on the project will be held during the week of April 21 for the NRC staff.
Bul k Ma terial Control Project The Bul k Material Control ( Advanced Process Monitoring) project with Science I.pplication Inc. was reviewed with the contractor on January 21-22, 1980.
This project is concentrating on the use of production control, process control, quality control and health physics data for safeguards purposes.
A briefing for NRC staff on the study progress is planned for April.
Meeting with NUSAC A reeting with staff members of SGMD, SGRI, SGML and the Bulk Material Control (Advanced Process Monitoring) study team of NUSAC, Inc., was held on February 1, 1980.
The new license conditions for NFS Erwin were discussed with NUSAC prior to their facility visit on February 5-8, 1980.
NUSAC will review the existing process monitoring systems for the NFS scrap recovery operation and prepare a Task 2 report on this review by March 10, 1980.
A final report on the project is due in August 1980.
Physical Security Requirements for Category I Nonpower Reactors A policy paper is being prepared discussing two Category I nonpower reactor issues, safeguards credit for fuel and reactor design, and determination of contiguous sites based on reasonable application of 10 CFR 73.60.
The resolution of these issues will support guidance to licensees in preparing their physical security pl a n s.
Envi-onmental Impact of Tc-99 in the LWR Fuel Cycle A standard write-up of the environmental impacts of Tc-99 in the LWR fuel cycle has been prepared and is now being reviewed for use in tne EIS' of LWR power plants.
Impacts arise from releases due to leaking fuel elements, but these are insignificant.
Releases of Tc-99 from enrichment plants are the result of re-enrichment of uranium frcr defense programs and of toll re-enrichment of fuel from foreign power reactors.
These environmental impacts are not caused by U.S. LWR commercial power plants and are independent of their construction and operation.
ENCLOSURE D
_2 While no provisions have yet been made for permanent disposal of spent fuel, an EPA scenario has been analyzed to assess the impacts of disposal under the criteria they expect to apply in their new environmental release regulations for spent fuel.
It is anticipated that in 10,000 years, after permanent disposal, spent fuel would slowly release leachable radionuclides to groundwater, causing an estimated 0.01 to 100 cancer deaths (up to one death per 100 years in a world population of 3 billion) and about 90% of these would be due to Tc-99.
The cancer risk for this scenario is far less than that from natural background radiation or from natural, undisturbed ore bodies.
ENCLOSURE D
OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending February 8, 1980 1.
Kansas Gas & Electric Company (Wolf Creek Unit 1) - On January 31, 1980, the Director of the Office of Inspection and Enforcement issued a revised decision to the request made on behalf of the Mid-American Coalition for Energy Alternatives, the Critical Mass Energy Project, and other persons who have petitioned the Commission to suspend or revoke the construction permit for the Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1.
The decision remains as a denial to the petitions and was issued pursuar.t to 10 CFR 2.'206 of the Commission's regulations.
2.
Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
a.
PNO-I-80-19 Millstone Unit 1 - Inconsistnecy in Reactor Building Floor Slab Reinforcing Rod Size b.
PNO-I-80-20 Westinghouse Electric Corp., Cheswick, PA - Plutonium Worker Receives Contaminated Wound c.
PNO-I-80-21 Yankee Rowe - Improperly Installed Time Delay Relays Resulting in an Inoperable Accumulator d.
PNO-I-80-22 Maine Yankee - Fall Into the Spent Fuel Pool e.
PN0-II-80-19 Brunswick Units 1 & 2 - Fire in a Temporary Frame Building f.
PNO-II-80-20 Sequoyah Unit 1 - Inadvertent Actuation of Containment Spray g.
PNO-III-8?-22 Allied Chemical Company, Metropolis, IL - Failure of 0xide Calc.ner h.
PN0-III-80-23 Dresden Unit 3 - Unplanned Unit Shutdown Due to a Failed Jet Pump
- i. PNO-III-80-24 Quad Cities Units 1 & 2 - Press Conference and Public Meeting
- j. PNO-III-80-25 Point Beach Units 1 & 2 - Inoperable Motor Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pumps k.
PN0-III-80-26 Davis-Besse Unit 1 - Reactor Trip - Steam Feedwater Rupture Control System Trip i.
PNO-III-80-27 Package Marked With Radioactive Symbol Left in Telephone Booth m.
PNO-III-80-28 Marble Hill Units 1 & 2 - ASME Code Conformance Discrepan-cies Identified During Audit of Piping Subcontractor ENCLOSURE E
. n.
PNO-IV-80-06 Comanche Peak Units 1 & 2 - Apparent Malicious Damage to Emergency Diesel Generator Stator o.
PN0-V-80-08 Nucelar Engineering Company, Beatty, Nevada - Radiation Level in Excess of Deaprtment of Transportation (DOT) Regulation 49 CFR 173.393(j) p.
PNO-TMI-80-02 Three Mile Island Units 1 & 2 - Ex-Watchman Informs Television Media of TMI Papers q.
PNS-V-80-03 Trojan - Anonymous Bomb Threat r.
PNS-V-80-04 Trojan - Newspaper Allegations of Inadequate Security s.
PNS-TMI-80-01 Three Mile Island Unit 2 - Imposter on Security Force 3.
The following IE Bulletins were issued:
a.
IE Bulletin 80-03, " Loss of Charcoal From Standard Type II, 2 Inch, Tray Adsorber Cells," was issued on February 6, 1980 to all power reactors with an operating license or construction permit.
b.
IE Bulletin 80-04, " Analysis of a PWR Steam Line Break With Continued Feedwater Addition," was issued on February 8,1980 to all PWR power reactors with an operating license and those nearing licensing.
4.
The following IE Circular was issued:
IE Circular 80-02, " Nuclear Power Plant Staff Work Hours," was issued a.
on February 1,1980 to all holders of construction permits and to all holders of reactor operating licenses including power, research, and test reactors.
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The following IE Information Notices were issued:
IE Information Notice 80-04, "BWR Fuel Exposure in Excess of Limits,"
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was issued on February 4, 1980 to all BWR's holding a power reactor operating license or construction permit.
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IE Information Notice 80-05, " Chloride Contamination of Safety Related Piping and Components," was issued on February 8, 1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction permit.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY B. 1980 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Bilateral Arrangement with the UK IP this week forwarded to the British Health and Safety Executive a proposed text for the renewal of our safety information exchange Arrangement, which is otherwise due to expire March 18, 1980.
State Department Briefina IP (J. Lafleur and D. Chenier) and RES (L.S. Tong, Y.-Y. Hsu, and L. Shao) attended a briefing on Taiwan and China by OES and cognizant desk officers at the Department of State on February 8, 1980. The briefing was set up preparatory to safety assistance missions soon to be undertaken by RES.
Foreign Visitors On Monday, Mr. Norman Lamont, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State f or Nuclear Aff airs and a Junior Member of the British Cabinet met with the Chairman and individual Commissioners to discuss general nuclear topics, and the Kemeny and Rogovin reports.
Mr. Lamont was accompanied by Mr. Richard Wilson, Assistant Secretary of the Atomic Energy Division, Dr. John Gaunt, Atomic Energy Attache of the British Embassy, and Ms. L. Hindmarch, Mr. Lamont's Personal Assistant.
On Wednesday, Mr. Heinz W. Bargmann of the Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor Research, met with M. Vargins of RES to discuss Swiss participation in the HSST program.
Foreign Reports The following foreign reports were received at IP during the period of February 4 to February 8.
The ** indicates the reports are in English.
For further infor-mation contact Maxine Johnson, (27788) IP.
W eTe~tiij from PDR copy.
3 HEU Exports The staff has recently received Executive Branch comments on eight export Five of the proposed license applications for highly enriched uranium.
Commission licenses are for EURATOM, two for Japan, and one for Sweden.
They will papers have been drafted and are circulating for staff comments.
be forwarded to the Commission for review in the near future.
US/IAEA Safeguards Acreement IP has received a letter from the State Department requesting Commission concurrence in comments on implementatior, of the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement.
McClure at December 11 These comments respond to issues raised oy Senator hearings and the Senate Subcommittee is holding the record open to include The staff is preparing a paper explaining the issue and these comments.
recommending Commission concurrence, which will be forwarded to the Commission shortly.
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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 8, 1980 State Acreements The Soutih Carolina program for regulation of agreement materials will be reviewed during the week of February 11, 1980.
Procram Development Nick Lewis, Chairman of the Washington State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, attended an I&E meeting on February 6th about WPPSS 2.
Mr. Lewis, who was appointed State Liaison Officer to the NRC by Governor Ray, also met with State Programs as well as other Commissicn officials to discuss mutual regulatory interests.
Marie Janinek attended a meeting of the Executive Board of the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc., in El Paso, January 29-31.
Among other matters, the board finalized plans for the annual meeting, to be held in Louisville, Ky., May 18-22.
The first day will be devoted to radioactive low level waste management, and the last day.will be concerned with emergency preparedness.
Also, the board hopes to be able to announce at the annual meeting the appointment of a full-time Executive Secretary.
On January 17, 1980, Senator R. Ted Bottiger (D-Wash.) introduced SB-3266, a bill to take over the management of the Washington Public Power Supply System.
The legislation is apparently the result of the Washington legislature's frustration at the slow pace of progress and escalating construction costs on the Supply System's. five nuclear reactors currently under const uction in Washington.
A, yea 2.
ago the Legislature passed HB-1075, a bill which required the Supply System to appoint an administrative auditor to help the supply System's Board better manage its construction program which now has a projected cost of almost $10 billion.
The current proposal would create a three to five person board of directors appointed by the Governor subject to Senate confirmation.
Legislative observers in Washington expect the bill to be passed this session or the next.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 8,1980 Congressional Correspondence Sent to EDO, for the Commission, responses to 24 of 31 questions from Rep. Dingell.
Balance to follow early next week.
Abnormal Occurrence Report Sent 3rd Quarter CY-79 Abnormal Occurrence Report to publishers.
Due out next week for forwarding to Commission and Congress.
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