ML19309C613
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!)j)k Farch 19,1980 For:
The Comissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the ED0
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 14, 1980 A sumary of key events is included as a convenienee to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed version o'! 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 P*
Executive Legal Director G
International Programs H
'I State Programs I
Management and Program Analysis J
Controller K
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L*
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SUMMARY
OF KEY EVENTS WEEX ENDING MARCH 14, 1980 Division of Security On March 13, 1980, a letter from Patricia Norry, Deputy Director, Office of Administration, forwarded a copy of the recently approved 10 CFR Parts 25 and 95(dealino with access authorization for licensee personne) to approximately twenty facilities.
United Nuclear Corcoration, Wood River Junction Because of current restrictions on connercial waste burial operations;.
United Nuclear Corporation may not be able to meet the date set for final decommissioning of their fuel recovery plant. License SNM-7777 was conditioned in January,1979 to require decontamination and decommissioning of the lagoons by July 1,1982 due to containment problems with process wastes stored in lagoons on the site.
Visit to Nonoower Reactor Sites Safeguards representatives visited nonpower reactor locations at the General Electric facility, Vallecitos, California, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, and General Atomics, LaJolla, California. The visit was cart of an overall NRC effort to determine whether these nonpower reactors should be classified as Category I and thus required to protect their SSNM according to the interim requirements in the Safeguards Upgrade Rule.
Soent Fuel Shioments Aporoval was given to Transnuclear, Inc., and Edlow International to continue using Portsmouth, Virginia, for importe of spent fuel.
Neither the licensees nor the staff were able to identify a practical alternative to the port of Portsmouth.
Several local governments and authorities in New York, North Carolina and South Carolina have recenity enacted ordinances or resolutions regarding spent fuel shipments.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending March 14, 1980 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Reouest Initial Decision Received 204 15 Granted 100 1
Denied 36 6
Pending 68 8
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Steve Gannis Requests information regarding nuclear energy and (30-115) the NRC.
(An NRC employee)
Requests information contained on her in the Offic@
(30-116) of the Inspector and Auditor and information on any charges made against her.
Anne Rackin, Requests all documents regarding thorium residuals Sta'e of Illinois in West Chicago, Illinois.
(31-117)
John F. Doherty, Requests a copy of 35 listed documents.
(80-118)
Lane Kra. se, Requests information regarding Waterford 3.
Alternatives (3C-119)
Margare-Troy Requests information pertaining to the safety /
(30-120) accident reports for the Rockwall Internationc'.
Energy Systems Group regarding *.neir use 5.o handling of radioactive material for '.'ie last 50 years.
Fred Eberlein, Requests a copy of the report on the analysis of Cor. rol Data Corporation information on safeguards prepared by Boeing.
(30-121)
Phyllis R. Girouard Requests a copy of all written interpretations by (50-122) the General Counsel or the Commiss1on on the meaning of 10 CFR 40.4(h),10 CFR 40.4(k) and 10 CFR 40.13(b).
CONTACT:
J. M. Felten 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
2 Received, Cont'd David Harris, Requests a copy of the estimate of the costs Northwestern University incurred in administering the FOIA.
(80-123)
David F. Power Requests a copy of the enclosure to an April 12, (8C-124) 1979 Memorandum for Thomas Renm, et. al., from Raymond J. Brady
Subject:
" Federal Bureau of Investigation."
David F. Power Requests access to the " Weekly Highlights" printed (80-125) by the NRC or the AEC during the years 1974, 1975 and 1976.
Jeffrey D. Smith Requests a copy of an inspection report on Doctors (80-126)
Hospital in Ohio regarding improper disposal of radioactive material.
David Tomkins Requests a copy of the license issued to U.S.
(80-127)
Radium Corporation of Bloomsburg, PA, their application and any inspections conducted within th last three years.
Richard T. Muffler, Requests all disclosable EIR from the NRC for the F0I Services, Inc.
Atomic Energy Comission of Canada.
(80-128)
Dennis S. Shilobod, Requests a copy of the Rogovin Report.
Attorney-At-Law (80-129)
Granted Steve Gannis In response to a request for various information (80-67) concerning the activities of the NRC, made available 14 documents.
Robert P. Read, In response to a request for information pertaining New Hampshire ResEarCh to the Clamshell Alliance and organizations or Project individuals opposed to nuclear power, made (80-70) available one document.
Lana C. Cobb, In response to a request, on behalf of an NRC NTEU Steward employee, for documents relating to the selection 6 (80-88)
Vacancy Announcement 80-0021, made available two documents.
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Granted, Cont'd Victor M. Glasberg, In response to a request for a copy of a letter Attorney-At-Law dated on or about February 11, 1980 from the (80-96)
Advisory Connittee on Reactor Safeguards to Chairman Ahearne dealing with the f.oncerns of the Committee regarding the NRC's actions in light of Three Mile Island, made available two documents.
Denied (An NRC employee)
In response to a request for all documents pertain 9 (80'84) to a grievance regarding Vacancy Announcement 79-5551, made available four documents.
Denied one document in its entirety, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Charles H. Rose, In response to a request for a copy of the General Electric preceptorship and g) plication for licensing of Dr. John Francis of the Borgess Medical Center Company )
in Michigan, denied portions of one document, (80-92 the disclosure of which would constitQte a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
ENCLOSURE A
DIVISION OF RULES AND RECORDS 0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION The Executive Directcv for Operations has issued a minor amendment to the Notice of ty:tems of Records which establishes a new system of records entitled Document Control System, NRC-29.
The purpose of the new system is to enable the agency to maintain document control for all docurents originated by or received by the NRC and to serve as an information source for these documents.
The system incorporates existing system NRC-26, and when the new system NRC-29 becones effective, existing NRC-26 will be deleted. The Executive Director for Operations has also issued a final amendment to 10 CFR Part 9 which exempts from certain requirements of the Privacy Act portions of the new NRC-29.
The exemptions are intended to prevent access to records that contain infornation specifically authorized under Executive Order (E.0.12065) to be kept secret in the interest of the national security and foreign policy.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending March 14,';1980 PENDING COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS 1.
RFP RS-ADM-80-381 Title - Conference Program for Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Description - A five-day conference consisting of a series of mock hearing sessions which will be videotaped and played back for critique, study, and explanation.
Period of Performance - One year with option for additional year.
Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - A meeting of the Source Evaluation Panel was held on March 12, 1980, to discuss the draft solicitation. The SEP is revising the Statement of Work which will be submitted to the Division of Contracts on or about March 26, 1980.
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RFP RS-0SP-80-302 Title - Medical Use of Radionuclides for State Regulatory Personnel Description - Training courses designed to increase and maintain the technical competence of State personnel.
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of State Programs Status - Solicitation being developed 3.
RFP RS-0SP-80-304 Title - Safety Aspects of Industrial Radiography for State Regulatory Personnel Description - Training course designed to increase and maintain the technical competence of State radiation control personnel.
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of State Programs Status - Solicitation being developed RFP'S ISSUED 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 issued March 5,1980.
Proposals are due by May 5,1980.
ENCLOSURE A
2 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATICN 1.
RFP RS-NRR-80-104 Title - Core Melt Materials Interaction Evaluations Description - Technical assistance in the area of materials interactions following postulated core meltdown accident in connection with staff evaluations for Floating Nuclear Plants and in response to the TMI-2 accident.
Period of Performance - Three years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - Revised proposals were submitted to the Source Evaluation Board on March 7,1980, for contractor selection.
2.
RFP RS-0!P-80-338 Title - Evaluation of U.S. Nuclear Health and Safety Infonnation Dissemination to Foreign Countries Descript' ion - Study to determine if existing nuclear health and safety dissemination practices and mechanisms are adequate to serve the legitimate information needs of regulatory bodies in developing countries and, in the case of a negative finding, propose alternative methods whereby these needs can be better met.
Pericd of Performance - Six months Sponsor - Office of International Programs Status - Competitive Range Report received March 14, 1980.
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DIVISION OF SECURITY ITEMS OF. INTEREST WEEK ENDING MARCH 14, 1980 1.
During the week of March 10, 1980, 6 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. During this same period, 21 requests from various NRC offices and divisions were received by PERSEC to initiate such processings.
2.
On March 13, 1980, a letter from Patricia Norry, Deputy Director, Office of Administration, forwarded a copy of the recently approved 10 CFR Parts 25 and 95 to approximately twenty facilities.
Additional communication, correspondence and reetings.are olanned 4
between the Division of Security and those affected regardino the imolementation of th= Classified Safeguards Pronram.
3.
During the week of March 10, 1980, Facilities and Systems Security Branch personnel coordinated with local law enforceme'.it agencies
.and provided security support services for the Atomic Safety and Licens-i ing Board Panel Hearings in Valparaiso, Indiana, and Portland, Oregon.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (b'
(Week Ending March 14,1980)
YU Robinson 2 CP&L plans to shut down Robinson 2 this coming weekend (March 15-16) because Reactor coolant to secondary of increasing steam generator tube leakage.
The leakage rate side leakage has been detected since early February 1980.
is 0.12 gpm in "A" steam generator and 0.01 gpm in "C" steam generator com-pared to a Technical Specification limit of 0.35 spm per steam generator.
Crystal River 3 The licensee infomed the staff on March 11, 1980 that the current outage at The extended outage Crystal River 3 will be extended to include refueling.
will include a turbine inspection in addition to scheduled inspection and Restart is scheduled in the time period of mid-May maintenance procedures.
to early June.
Surry 2 The staff has completed its review of the Surry 2 seismic reanalysis which was initiated by the Show Cause Order dated March 13, 1979. A draft order has been prepeed for Co=aission review which allows resumption of p:wer while certain analyses and modifications outside of containment are completed.
Pcint Beach Unit 2 Following a February 28, 1980 shutdewn due to a 1400 gallons per day steam generator leak, steam generator tube inspections were performed and all required plugging accomplished and the unit returned to power on March 14, 1980.
Foint Beach Unit 1 This unit is currentiy dcwn for the steam ganerator tube inspection required by Co.7.T.ission staff order.
Preliminary evaluation of the inspection results indicate 18 tubes in SGA and 24 tubes in SG3 had eddy current indications.
All but one of these indications were below the top of the tube sheet in the crevice region.
The staff expects to recuire tubes to be pulled for evaluation prior to allcwing Unit 1 to restart.
ENCLOSURE S Quad ' Cities The resident inspector at Quad Cities Station informed 00R en 3/10/EG that a leak of less than 0.5 gal /hr was found in a core spray line during hydro-The leak is in a buttweld between static testing on Unit 2 pressure vessel.a 90' elbow and a short 10' be The line located so:ne 3 feet out from the vessel at the penetration level.
was last inspected by UT in Parch 1978 (the last refueling outage) and no The station plans to UT all core spray lines from the pressure vessel outward to the manual cut-off valve just inside the drywell indications were seen.
Re;ien 111 is sending a specialist to the site.
fior*.h Anna Unit 1 Following a reactor trip on February 20, 1980 intermittent high frequency noise signals were indicated on the plant's Loose Parts Monitoring System (LPMS). On February 22, 1980 the plant was allowed to proceed with power operations based upon an increased frequency of monitoring for loose parts.
The intermittent noise signals continued to occur until February 27, 1980.
Since then no noise signal alarms have been indicated on the plant LPMS.
On March 6,1980 an NRR acoustic monitoring team inspected the LFMS, pro-cedures and plant personnel using the LPMS. The NRR team found the licensee's use of the LPMS to be acceptable and, based on the February 22, 1980 increased frequency of monitoring for loose parts, recem ended no restrictions on continued power operation. The origin of the intermittent high frequency noise has not yet been determined. The licensee is continuing to analyze for the origin of the noise.
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ENCLOSURE B
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' s, p{Q h STATUS REPORT Week of:.trch 8-14,1980 Plant Status Core Cooling Mode: Natural Circulation in the A" Reactor Coolant System (RCS)
Loop via the "A" Once Through 5 team Genetrator (OTSC).
Steaming to the Mein Condenser; and RCS Ioop-B Cyclic Materal Circulation to Ruactor Building ambient. -
Available Core Cooling Modes:
OTSG "B" t.o the Main Condenser; Long Tem Cooling"B"(015G-B);DecayHeatRenoval.
RCS Pressure Control Mode: Makeup system in conjunction wit.h letdown flow. -
Bacimp Pes:sure control Mode: 5tandby Prussure Control (SPC) System.
..ajor Paruaetars (As of 0500. March 14,1980) (approximate values)
Average Incore Thermocouples:
146"F Maximum Incore Thermoccup12:
187*F RCS Loop Temperatsres:
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Hot Leg 147'F 150"r ColdLeg(1) 125"F 111 4 (2) 132"i 108"F f
RCS Pressure:
291 psig 4,
Pressurizer Temperature:
344"f (Saturation Pressure 110 psig)
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Ter.perature:
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'Prussure:
.5 psig Water level: Elevatica 290.4 f t. (7.9 ft from floor)
Er. vin:.- ental & Effluent Information 1.
Licaid effluents frum IM1-1 rolcased to the Susquehanna River. after
, ro:essing, were within the limits specified in Technical Specific t. ions.
a N: vster was discharged on 3/10/80, 3/12/30 and 3/19/80.
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No liquid effluents were discharged fem: IMI-2, 3.
A;urexicately 57 n.Ci of Kr-85 were relecsed fecm TMI 2 personnel airlock No. 2 in a centrolled reie se lasting approximnely 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />.
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MatorJctivities (past and,P,rp;.:;rd 1.
Tne stini decay heat removal system (MDtia) has been installed, hydrostatically tested and turned over to QA.
Certain minor ite:ns must still be completed including a rehydro test after additional
. piping modifications are completed.
Cc=pletion of the system including design documentation and opertting and emergency procedures is targeted for April 1,1980. Any d21ays :nuch beyond that date becocte questionable in that primary heat lor.ses to the reactor building can adequately maintain core ccoling.
2.
On 'dednesday, March 12, 1930, the IEC/TM1 staff presented to the Cocnission the Environmental Assessment for the Decent 4rnination of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor Building atmosphere. The t:rff recow. ended that the reactor building atriosphere oe decontam-insted by controlled purging to the environment.
The consnission established a 15 day period during which public co: cents on the assessment would be accepted. April 8,1980, has been set as the target date for presenting an update of the EA with response to ccenents to the Consnission.
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Or. Thursday, March 13, 1980, the licensee started a ;lanned outage for the EPICCR II liquid racwaste system to initiate a variety of tystem tasks.
The outaue is scheduled to last until March 28. 1980.
2 On Thursday, March 13, 1980, the first entry into the reactor building personnel airlock No. 2 was made.
Prier to the entry, the airlock W&s ; urged of a small quantity cf Kr-35 gas (approximately 57 mci) which started on March 10, 1980 and lasted until March 13, 1980.
Re:iation surveys taken in ths airlocr. indicated no surface or airborne contamination.
The averaec cre reading in the airlock w.s 50 mr/hr with a eaximum reading of 130 r.r/hr (localized to a 1 ft syucrc area).
Visual observati:ns through the observation
- 0-t in tne inner airlock door did not reveal any visual damage. The area in front of tne door appeared cif
- an ar.d cry.
Additional en: ries into the air lock are anticipated.
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On Tnursday, r. arch 13, 1980, a tr,ancmeter system was installed tr-cagn penetration 401 as a secc.id moons of measuring reactor m..liing water level. The measured value, using this technique,
-as calculated to bc 290.1 ft.
This correlates to 290.4 ft, using deca / heat systes piping from +.he cont.ainnent surp.
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On Thursday, March 13, 1980, the licenzae shipped a 6' x 6' liner ef ce.:stered spent resins tro:n th 2 CPICOR-I liquid waste processing sys.cn to the Richland, War.hington, low level waste burial facility.
The Ini;> tent was escorted by liceaue empicyve.
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M NAC Task Force reviewud the licensee's program for nan-entry into t *. e THI-2 reactor building.
The Task Force recummended to the
<:::y Dire:Lur NRC/I:n Technical hpport staff, that entry not be e:t.fmtad unlesr. it i; established that ccr.tainment atacaphere vill kstain life in tne event of a eNunction of the respiratory p~;tection equi;.nent.
The Task Force clso made reconraendatiens to irpreve the entry program f ri the event an vurgency entry is required.
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On March 20, 1980, the license intends to conduct a casualty drill at TMi-2 requiring implementation of the Frergency Plan.
The licensee comitted to the NRC to conduct these types. of drills on a quarte.-ly basis.
Offsite notification during the drill are anticipated.
The NRC/TMI Technical Support Steff monitored the January 1980 drills. The staff will be looking for the ccrrection of a ma.iority of tne saterial and personnel problems identified during those drills.
Public Affairs 1.
On Friday, March 14, 1980. J. T. Collins partleipated in a town seting in Goldsboro, along with representatives of PA-DER. PENA.
EPA, Mst-Ed I;nd Civil Defense to discuss future activities at 1MI and emergency planning. Approximately 300 pcopic were in attend-ance at this meeting.
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On Friday. March 14, 1480, J. T. Collins and A. %ith, FPA On-Site coordinator, met with Dan Tanul, representing Congressman Frtel's office to discuss more coranunity involve tent in environnental monitoring pecgrams and better ways of diseminating environraental monitoring Jiata.
The meeting was nrranged as a result of discussions held betwken Longressman Crtel and Connissioner Gilinsky.
3.
On Sunday, March 16, 1990, J. T. Collins presented a discussion of the NRC role at TMI at a synposium on nuclear energy sponsored by the Trinity Ur.ited Church of Christ. York, Pennsylvania.
4 On tioncay, t'. arch 17. 1980. J. T. Collins will attend a press con-ference sponsored by EPA to discuss the updating of the long tenn e wiromnental nonitoring program at TMI.
The prest conterence will be neld at the capitol newsroorn, Harrisburg, PA. beginning at 1:00 P.M..
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On Wednesday, March 19, 1980 R. Vollmer. J. f. Cc111ns and other N?.C staff members will particippe in a oublic meeting at the Liberty Fire Hall in Middletown.to rev ca and discuss the reasons behind -he staff's recommendation f or purging the containmevit building 6tmosphere.
A second public eceting will be scheduled at a later date to elicit additional connents on the staff assessment.
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0.1 Thursdsy, March 20, 1930 J. T. Collins will participate in the DER sponsored briefings to discuss clean.up activities at TMI.
The triefing will be held in the cafetoriam of the El12abethtown Area
.:iddle School, Ell:abethtcwn, PA, anc will include representatives f rom P!.-DER at:d Het-Ed.
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On Thursday, Maren 20, 1950, R. Vollmar, along with representatives of CCS, will participate in a meeting in Galtimore, Maryland, to discuss the scoping of the invironm6ntal Impact Statement for the TMI-2 Recovery Prcgram.
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A meeting has been tentatively scheduled for Friday, March 21, 1980, in Middletown with local officials frora the 14tddictown-Lancaster-liarrisburg arca to discuss comrnunity involvement in monitoring programs during the recovery operations.
J. T. Collins will represant the NP.C at this meeting.
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j OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT I.MPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 14, 1980 1.
Public Meeting Soonsored by the NIH Committee on Federal Research into the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation: On March 10 and ll,1980 a public meeting, sponsoref by the Committee on Federal Research into the Biological Effects of Ic,nizing Radiation, was held at NIH in Bethesda.
Presented on March 10 were papers on issues addressing subjects related to radiation research and puolic concern, and on March 11, papers on discussion of scientific issues were presented.
NRC is represented on the sponsoring Connittee by R. Budnitz, RES. Members of the NRC staff attended and participated in various portions of the meeting.
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Alice Stewart and George Kneale Meeting with NRC Staff - March 14, 1980:
On Maren 14, 1990, Dr. Alice Stewart and Mr. George Kneale are scheduled to meet with the NRC staff at the SD offices in Rockville.
The agenda includes a discussion of their most recent..alyses of health effects usin.:
the Hanford employee data and the Japanese atomic bombs survivor data.
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Meeting to Discuss Agenda of Federal Radiation Policy Council - March 14, 1980:
On March 14, 1980, C. Gerber, Office of Science and Tecnnology Policy, with Mr. Robert B. Minogue, NRC representative on the Radiation Policy Council, R. Cunningham (NMSS), and F. Arsenault (RES), and other NRC staff will meet to discuss ugenda items and method of operation of the first meeting of the Federal Radiation Policy Council, which was recently created by Presidential Executive Order.
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Publications Issued During the Week of March 10-14, 1980 Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Statement: Proposed Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 8.14 - Personnel Neutron Dosimeters (Task OH 940-4) -
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Endino March 14, 1980 United Nuclear Corcoration, Wood River Junction United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) operates a uranium fuel recovery plant at Wood River Junction, Rhode Island, licensed under SNM-777, Docket 70-820.
Because of containment problems with the process wastes stored in lagoons on the site, License SNM-777 was conditioned in January,1979 to require decontamination and decomissioning of the lagoons by July 1,1982. We have been notified, by UNC in a letter dated February 19, 1980, that they may not be able to meet the date set for final decommissioning because of current restrictions on commercial waste burial operations.
prooosed Standard - Nuclear Criticality Control of Soecial Actinide Elements A review was made of a draft for a proposed standard on " Nuclear Criticality-Centrol of Special Actinide Elements." The draft was sent for ballot by members of Subcomittee 8 of the American Nuclear Society on Fissionable Materials Outside Reactors. There has been little published data in the past that accurately identifies safe handling quantities of special actinides.
Future applications of certain of the actinide elements could lead to their production in large quantities.
High level wastes from a fuel reprocessing plant will contain large quantities of special actinide elements. ' The propcsed' standard wbuld establish a conservative base for the evaluation of the nuclear criticality safety operations that involve these elements.
Value/Imcact Model for MC&A Uccrade Rule Safegcards staff members participated in a joint NRC-LLL systems analysis team en a plant visit of the B&W Lynchburg facility. They gathered data for the de-velopment of a representative facility model tc be used in performing value impact analyses of various regulatory alternatives for the MC&A Upgrade Rule.
The model development is being performed by LLL under FY 1980 Research funding.
Visit to Nonrower Reactor Sites Safeguards representatives visited nonpower reactor locations at the General Electric facility, Vallecitos, California, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, and General Atemics, Ladolla, California, during the period February 25-29, 1980.
The purpose of the visit was to assess the sites as part of an overall NRC effort to determine whether these nonpower reactors should be classified as Category I and thus required to protect their SSNM according to the interim requircments in the Safeguards Upgrade Rule.
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Scent Fuel Shioments Approval has been given to Transnuclear, Inc., and Edlow International to continue using Portsmouth, Virginia, for imports of spent fuel.
Neither the licensees nor the staff were able to identify a practical alternative to the port of Portsmouth.
Several local governments and authorities have recently enacted ordinances or resolutions regarding spent fuel shipments, e.g., Geneva, New York, Skyler County, New York, Mt. Holly, North Carolina, Charleston County, South Carolina, and the North Carolina State Ports Authority.
The New York ordinances have made it necessary to change a route already approved by the NRC for shipments of scent fuel moving from Chalk River, Canada to Savannah River.
The fit. a 'ly resolution was passed socn after the routes to be used for moving spe-fuel frem Oconee Station to McGuire Station were released for public discicsure.
(Mt. Holly was located on one of the approved routes).
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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending March 14, 1980 1.
Portland General Electric Company (Trojan) - On March 12, 1980, the Comission received a check in the amount of $5,000 from the subject licensee in partial payment for the proposed civil penalty of $13,000 issued on February 15, 1980. The licensee withheld payment for one alleged item of noncompliance in which he disagreed with the proposed civil penalty and for another alleged item of noncompliance in which he disagreed with the findings of the staff. The licensee's response is under review.
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The following Notification of Significant Enforcement Action was dispatched:
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On March 10, 1980, an Order Imposing Civil Penalties in the amount of
$8,400 was issued to the subject licensee.
Previously, a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the same amount had been issued to the licensee. After consideration of the licensee's response, the IE Staff concluded that the items of noncompliance did occur and no adequate reasons were given by the licensee for mitigation or remission of the proposed penalties.
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Preliminary Notifications rehting to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
a.
PN0-80-01 Title 10 CFR Part 21 Report - Westinghouse PWRs - Potential Cracking of Control Rod Guide Tube Support Pins b.
PNO-I-80-35A Indian Point Unit 3 - Repeated Reactor Trips c.
PNO-I-80-36 Calvert Cliffs Unit 2 - Site Emergency Due to Fire in Diesel Generator Room No. 21 d.
PN0-I-80-37 Oyster Creek Unit 1 - Fire System Out of Service e.
PNO-I-80-38 Pilgrim Unit 1 - Violation of Fuel Handling Technical Specifications f.
PNO-I-80-39 Millstone Unit 2 - Nonconservative Analysis of Baron Dilution Accident g.
PNO-I-80-40 Peach Bottem Unit 2 - Injury to Worker During Unit 2 Startup h.
Pac-II-80-38 Browns Ferry Unit 2 - Investigation of Reactor Trips i.
PNO-II-80-39 Sequoyah Unit 1 - Potential Start-Up Delays J.
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PNO-III-80-43 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, Minneapolis, MN -
Vehicle Contamination From Leaking Po-210 Static Eliminator 1.
PNO-III-80-44 Clinton Unit 1 - Reported Ccmputer Code Input Error m.
PNO-III-80-45 & -45A Quad-Cities Unit 2 - Crack in Core Spray Piping n.
PNO-III-80-46 St. Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI - Possible 5.2 Rem Whole Body Exposure o.
PNO-IV-80-12 Fort St. Vrain - Circulating Water Cooling Tower Distribution Header Failure p.
PNO-V-80-17 Rancho Seco - Damage to Fuel Assembly Spacer Grids at Rancho Seco q.
PNO-V-80-18 San Onofre Unit 1 - Loss of Salt Water Cooling System (SWCS) at San Onofre Unit I r.
PNO-V-80-19 Degradation of Fuel Rod Cladding at Rancho Seco s.
PNO-TMI-80-09 Three Mile Island Unit 2 - Automobile and Tractor Trailer Accident t.
PNO-TMI-80-10 Three Mile Island Unit 1 - Annual Fire Drill u.
PNO-YMI-80-11 Three Mile Island Unit 2 - Ambulance Leaves Site v.
PNO-TMI-80-12 Three Mile Island Unit 1 - Ambulance Leaves Site w.
PNO-TMI-80-13 Three Mile Island Unit 2 - Containment Personnel Airlock Entry x.
PNS-II-80-8 Browns Ferry Units 1, 2, & 3 - Security Threat 4
The following IE Bulletins were issued:
IE Bulletin 80-05, " Vacuum Condition Resulting in Damage to Chemical a.
Volume Control System (CVCS) Holdup Tanks," was issued on March 10, 1980 to all PWR power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction pemit.
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IE Bulletin 80-06, " Engineered Safety Feature (ESF) Reset Controls,"
was issued on March 13, 1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license.
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The following IE Circular was issued:
IE Circular 80-04, " Securing of Threaded Locking Devices on Safety a.
Related Equipment," was issued on March 14, 1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction pemit.
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The following IE Infonnation Notices were issued a.
IE Information Notice 80-10. " Potential Loss of Non-Nuclear Instrument System Power Supply During Operation," was issued on March 7,1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction pe nni t, b.
IE Infonnation Notice 80-11, " Generic Problems With ASCO Valves in Nuclear Applications Including Fire Protection Systems," was issued on March 14, 1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction pennit and to all fuel fabrication and processing facilities, except uranium mills.
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l OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING MARCH 14, 1980 l
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 On March 12, 1980, the Appeal Board issued a Memorandum and Order (ALAB-583) i in which it rejected the request of the Governor of California to have the Appeal Board remand to the Licensing Board seismic matters for further 1
hearing.
The Appeal Board, however, accepted the Governor's brief as amicus curiae for consideration in connection with its review of the Licensing i
Board's decision relative to seismic matters.
Marble Hill Nuclear Generatino Station, Units 1 and 2 On March 13, 1980, the Comission issued a Memorandum and Order in which it denied a petition for a hearing on an order issued by the Director of the Office of Inspection and Enforcement which confimed the suspension of construction activity at Marble Hill.
In this Order, the Comission concluded that the Director's order confers standing on parties claiming injury from the suspension of construction but does not extend to parties asserting injury from failure to grant more extensive relief.
Furthermore, the Comission determined that there was no basis to grant a hearing as a matter of discretion. The Comission also requested the Director to brief the Comission prior to lifting the order suspending Marble Hill construction activities and to address in the briefing the issues raised by petitioners.
Midland Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 On March 14, 1980, the Comission issued a notice of hearing in response to a request of Consumers Power Company for a hearing on an order issued by the Director of the Office of Inspection and Enforcement which prohibits Consumers Power Company from perfortning certain soil-related activities pending approval of amendments to the construction permits.
Atlantic Research Corporation On March 15, 1980, the Comission by majority vote issued a Decision in this enforcement matter involving the levying of a civil penalty against a radio-graphy licensee for violations of the license and NRC regulations. The issue involved in this Decision was the Appeal Board's reversal of the Administrative i
Law Judge's denial of the licensee's request for mitigation of the civil penalty of $8,600.
In its Decision the Comission ruled that civil penalties may be imposed under the Atomic Energy Act in the absence of a finding of malfeasance, j
nonfeasance or misfeasance on the cart of licensee management, or of a showing that the licensee failed to take pcompt corrective action.
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2-occasion to consider the circumstances of the case which would justify mitigation of the amount of the penalty. Accordingly, the Consission vacated the Appeal Board's reversal and remanded the matter to the Appeal Board for further consideration solely on the issue of mitigation, Comissioner Kennedy dissented.
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I' EMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING MARCH 14, 1980 g
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Swiss Information Reouest IP this week received an urgent telephone request from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (F0E) for information on reports on cracks in U. S.
power reactor turbines. The F0E was to respond to a Parlimnentary inquiry on this the next day.
IP arranged for technical staff in DOR:NRR familiar with the problem to return the call.
Extension of NRC-HSE Arranaement IP was advised by cable March 13 that the British Health and Safety Executive, although anxious to renew the Information Exchange Arrangement with NRC, will need a little more time before signing the extension because of the unavail-ability of key staff who must approve the modifications. We have agreed to continue the exchange informally in the interim.
Foreton Reports:
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Foreign Visits:
On Thursday, Mr. Kim Byoung-Do, Director of the Nuclear Safety and Safeguards Division of the Nuclear Regulatory Bureau of the South-Koraan Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) met with J. D. Lafleur, IP, C N. Smith, G. W.
McCorkle, D. Kasun, and W. T. Crow of NMSS to discuss (1) NRT. policies on the safeguards licensing of nuclear materials, (2) MC&A safeguard. licensing, and (3) the safety of fuel cycle facilities.
On Thursday and Friday, Mr. Hahn Young-Soung of the South Korean Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). Dr. Rim Chang-Saeng of the South Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Dr. Lee Sang-Hoon of KAERI, and Mr. Lim _Han-Kwae ENCLOSURE H
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m of the Korean Electric Company (KECO) met with J. C. Ledoux, W. G. Reinmuth and B. Weiss of IE, M. Tokar and W. T. Russell of NRR, J. D. Lafleur and A. M. Gore of IP, for discussion of (1) inspection activities, (2) NRC reporting requirements, and (3) fuel rod bowing and related questions.
EXPORT / IMPORT AND INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS HEU to Jaoan The staff is nearing completion of its review on a propose; license to export HEU to Japan for use in the Kyoto University High Flux Reactor (KUHFR).
A license is being requested on an urgent basis because funds for procurement of the material must be spent before expiration of the current Japanese fiscal year on March 31, 1980. A staff paper on the proposed export will be forwarded shortly for Commission review.
IAEA Board of Governort Meeting Marvin Peterson from IP represented NRC at the March IAEA Board of Governors Meeting held in Vienna from March 4-6.
A trip report is being prepared.
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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING MARCH 14, 1980 Program Develooment On March 10, 1980 Tom Elsasser, Region I SLO, attended a meeting of RAC II in New York City to discuss review of the New York and New Jersey radio-logical emergency response plans.
Preliminary findings on the review of the Ned Jersey plan were presented to the State on March 13 in West Trenton by Tom and FEMA members of RAC II.
On March 11, 1980, Tom Elsasser attended a meeting in Albany, New York between various State agencies, FEMA and the NRC to discuss items of significant concern to New York State regarding the entire issue of State radiological emergency response plan development.
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0FFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING MARCH 14, 1980 SES Perfomance Aporaisal With Director, ADM, briefed Chairman on development of perfomance appraisal system for NRC's Senior Executive Service members.
Management Information Published " Construction Status Report" on reactors for the period covering December 1979 (Yellow Book).
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a.. u Office of the Controller Items of Interest O'
Week Ending March 14, 1980g FY 1980 Reprogramming The reprogramming of prior-year unobligated funds was delivered.to NRC's five Congressional Committees on March 10 for their review and approval.
Budget Manual The budget manual (chapter 1301 of NRC's directive system) was approved by the Acting Executive Director for Operations.
The manual is now in final typing and should be distributed in the next 30 days.
FY 1981 Budget Additional questions were received from Senator Schmitt of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
These were distributed to the staff for appropriate answers which are due Monday, March 17.
The final galleys of the transcript (which includes inserts and Q6A's) of the February 26 Bevill hearings were received for proofing.
The proofed copy is due back to the Committee on March 17 for final print.
FY 1982 Budget A draft budget call is being prepared and will be distributed to th'e staff next week for comment.
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