ML19312D057
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March 5,'1980 For:-
.The Comissioners From:
T. A. Rehm,' Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 29,1980 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuclear iteactor 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
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Management and Program Analysis J
. Controller K
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L*
Items Approved by the Comission M**
,l T. A. Rehm, ssistant for Operations Office of the EDO-
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Contact:
T. A. Rehm 49-27781 8008190.
Summary of Key Events Week Ending February 29, 1980 Sequoyah-Unit 1 On February 29,1930,~ the Commission issued a license that authorized
. fuel loading and zrtro power testing for Sequoyah Unit 1.
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Point Beach Unit 2 was shut dcwn at 2:30'am, on February 28, 1980, due to steam-generator tube leakage at la00 gallens per day. On February 29, 1980, Point. Beach Unit i reached 60 effective full power days (EFPD).of operation following issuance:of a Confirmatory Order of November 30, 1979, which requires-a steam generator tube inspection at that time. The licensee has requested an extension of the inspection by 10 EFPD's to avoid having both units shut down at the same time.
D. C.' Cook Unit 2 On February 19, 1980, the Brown Boveri Turbine at D. C. Cook Unit 2 experienced an increase in vibration of bearings number 4 during reheater and moisture operator testing._ The unit was shut down by operator i
action. -On February 25, 1980, the turbine bearing number 5 began to increase in vibration. The causes are being. investigated. -
Presidential Order Creates' Radiation Policy Council A Presidential Executive Order was issued on February 21, 1980, creating an Interagency Radiation Policy Council. NRC is invited to participate on the Council.
Its primary functions will be to coordinate the formu-
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.NCRP Public Statement on Dose Limit for Neutrons The Board of Directors of the NCRP will soon release an advisory public announcement-stating, "... steps should be taken to reduce the potential exposure'of. individuals who may receive neutron doses that are a substantial
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fraction of'the current maximum permissible dose." The need to revise the neutron dose limit will be one of the subjects in the joint EPA /NRC/0SHA public' hearing on proposed revision of Federal guides for occupational exposure sometime this summer.'
TMI Cleanup-The Task Force (chairediby Director, NPA) sent special report to EDO fevaluating cleanup activities at TMI.
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. Week Ending February 29, 1980'.
ADMINISTRATION'0F THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF' REQUESTS _-
Initial Appeal.of Request ~
Initial Decision Received-170:
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ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received' Douglas L.[ Kell',.
. Requests specific information on Kawecki. Berylco y
l Attorney-)At-Law Industries, Fansteel. Inc., Mallinckrodt,'Inc.,
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NRC, Inc., Teledyne Wah Chang Albany, and -
Kennamatal, sinc.
' Lana Cobb,.
Requests, on behalf of an ~NRC employee, documents NTEU Steward relating to the selection of Vacancy Announcement '
_(80-88).
80-0021.
.Debra Jan East, Requests information regarding the process for
-Wyoming Outdoor.
intervention and -hearings on a source material Council license renewal.
-(80-89)
J.-M. Johnson, Requests the releasable portions of I&E Manual Carolina Power and.
Change Notices.beginning with change 79-24.-
Light Company (80-90)
Franklin T. Gerlach,-
Requests information on the 1976 Investigation of Attorney-At-Law
-Riverside Methodist Hospital.
(80-91 ).
Charles H. Rose,.
. Requests a copy of the'preceptorship and
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General ~ Electric application for licensing of-Dr. John-Francis Companyi located at Borgess Medical Center. in Michigan.
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' Received, Cont'd Dennis P. Harkawik, Requests all preliminary versions of the Draft
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National Laboratory relating to the construction o New England Power Units 1 and 2; staff connents i
r.c on all preliminary drafts on " Prairie Island Nuclear. Generating. Station - Intake Related.
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Studies"; staff connents since January 1,1976 I
concerning all preliminary drafts of Environmental l Impact Statements prepared by Oak Ridge National 1
Laboratory or Argonne Laboratory, which relate to the location, design, capacity or construction of '
cooling water intake structures and staff-comments since January 1,1976 concerning all documents prepared by Oak Ridge or Argonne which relate -to the location, design, capacity or construction of cooling water intake structures.
4 Patrice Metro,-
Requests a copy of the winning proposal for
. System-Development contract solicitation NRC RFP RS-NRR-80-ll7, "A Corporation Study of Requirements for Operator Licensing."
(80-94)
-Mickey H. Bassford, Requests a copy of contract solicitations NRC All America Reporting 80-448-01 and NRC-17-80-448-02 and a copy of the Service abstract of bids'for each contract.
(80-95)
Martin A. Welt, APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for documents regarding Radiation Technology, Inc.
the Commission's decision not to review the appeal:
(80-A-7-80-48) by Radiation Technology, Inc. for a By-Product Material License.
Granted Len Hendrickson,
. Made available a copy of the license submission by Amersham Corporation the Honeywell, Inc. for their smoke detector
.(80-62) device.
Robert Borsum, In response to a request for documents relating to Babcock'& Wilcox the NRC Staff ATWS position rega.rding NUREG-460 (80-65)'
Alternative 3 and Alternative 4 fixes, informed the requester the NRC.has no documents responsive to his request.-
Frederick J. Boncher, In response to a request for documents related to 4
Attorney-At-Law the Source Material Licenses issued to the
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-(An. individual requesting-Made available information regarding his Reactor-information about himself)
Operator license written and oral examination (8 0-71 )
results.
Craig McIntyre, In response to a requ6st for specific information !
Kay-Ray, Inc.
_ on Texas' Nuclear, Inc., Ohmart, Inc., and Kay-Ray, 4
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Inc., made available three documents.
.(An individual requesting)
Made available information regarding his Reactor ' ;
information about himself Operator license written and oral exauination
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results.
Thomas Qubeck Made available access to the Kemeny Commission (80-78)-
Report.
Denied
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In response to a request for documents commenting (80-5) -
on.the Division.of Safeguards hiring selection and '
recruiting policies from June 1977 to December 1975 made available 26 documents.
Denied three documents in their entirety as part of an ongoing HRC investigation.
John Woliver,.
In response to an appeal for a copy of the 1969 Legal Aid Society Sargent'and Lundy Engineers Report entitled "An of Clermont County.
Economic Evaluation of Alternatives," Ine
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associated transmittal letter, and companion summary report, the EDO continued to deny these documents containing confidential business (proprietary) infonnation.
Roger Runningen,-
In response to an appeal for a copy of the Small_ Newspapers investigation report of alleged security breaches (80-A-2-79-514)
- at Comonwealth Edison's nuclear power plant at -
Cordova~, Illinois, the EDO continued to deny this record, the production of which would interfere with enforcement proceedings.
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,N DIVISION '0F CONTRACTS Week Ending February 29,-1980 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION
- 1. LRFP.RS-NRR-80-104
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~ itle - Core Melt Materials Interaction' Ev'aluations T
1 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 - Discussions' completed on February 22, 1980. Best and Final
~ proposals are due on March 7.1980.
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RFP.RS-NRR-80-ll7-L Title'- Study of Requirements for Operator. Licensing-Description - The project will result in the development of-recommendations U
for. improvement in the' selection and training of nuclear power plant personnel.
- Period of Performance - Five.and one-half _ months Sponsor.- Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - Discussions completed'on February-25, 1980.
Best and Final proposals are due on March 11,.1980.
CONTRACT AWARDS' NRC-10-80-668 Title Photographic Services Description
.The. contractor: shall furnish all labor, material, and equip-ment required-for. processing and printing negatives and the production of' slides.-
Period of Perfonnance - One year
- Sponsor - Office of Administration Status
. Fixed-Price Requirements type contract awarded to Maryland Color.
Photo Lin the amount of $22,020.46.
CONTRACTS' CLOSED OUT
~(All administrative action completed and final payment made)
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Contractor Close-Out Date NRC-23-771137 Control Analysis Corp.
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Contract No. NRC-04-79-209 with Essex Corporation for project entitled "Htraan Factors Evaluation of Control Room Design and Operator Performance f at TMI-7 ' Sponsor: ~1HI Special Inquiry Group, funded'by RES.
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' The contractor h53 rewested additional, funding base'd on NRC-directed ex;:ansion of the. scope of work. :It is~ alleged that the NRC Project Officer did not provice required documbnts within the timeframes stipu-lated in< the contract and that delays were encountered and additional e %oix perfomed.. The final report required under.the contract has been delivered to and accepted by the, NRC. ~ The NRR Project ~0fficer for this contract %s since left the NRC.
However. DC is performing an in-depth analysis of the allegations ~ in order;to determine the allocability'and allmdbility of the contractor's claim.,
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Contract No. NRC-O'4-79-210 with Nation'al AcIdemy of Public Administration for project entitled " Nuclear Reactor Crisis Management - Alternativer for Government Action." Spcosor: TMI Special Inquiry Group,' funded by RES.
The contractor has advised' that costs. incurred in perfomance of this contract have exceeded the e timated cost reflected in the contract. The contract, expired December 31, 1979.
DC.has. requested the contractor provide ~
za detailed. breakdown of.these overrun costs so that a determination of the all.ocability and allowability of such costs can be made.
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Contract No. ' NRC-10-79-651 with Microtech Industries, Inc., for " Source Docuraent Microfiche" services. Sponsor: ADM
- Contractor has overcharged 'NRC'on invoic.es under expired Purchase Order CR-79-0226 and undercharged on invoices under. expired Purchase Order DR-79-1342.
Initial invoices undarithe above contract are also incorrect.
y Meeting will be held with contractor %:eek of March 3,1980, to resolve t1ese p'roblems.-
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Cn :Earuary 19, 1980, the Conta'cting Officer issued a final cecision with respect to certain contested claims by NRC contractor ACE-Federal.for stenographic reporting services
,curirg the period April 2 through May 7,1979.
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.' fir.al. decision' the Contracting 0fficer awarded the sum of $3,965.28.
l ihts-decision is now. subject to appeal by the contractor under the
-;r: vision:of; the." Disputes" clause of the cor. tract.
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Proposed Appendix 2101,_"NRC Security Program," Part XVI,
" Proprietary Information" setting forth procedures for-the preparation and handling of. documents containing trade secrets, privileged or confidential commercial or financial information, safeguards'and foreign government and other foreign information and incorporating future comments was forwarded.to Headquarters Offices and. Divisions principally involved on an interim basis for' comment.
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The Federal Register dated February 25, 1980 (45 FR 12298) con-tained a General Accounting Office (GAO) notice reflecting GA0's receipt of NRC's request for clearance of reports and forms intended for use in collecting. information from the public as prescribed by proposed 10 CFR Parts 25 and 95.. Comments must be received by GA0_on or before March 17, 1980.
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During the week of February 24, 1980, 19 individuals were approved for NRC employment prior to the completion'of-the required investi-gation and report under Section 145b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, under the auth'ority delegated to the Executive Director. for Operations by the Commission. During the same period, sixteen (16) requests from various URC offices and divisions were received by_PERSEC to initiate.such processing.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION Week Ending February 29, 1980 Sequoyah, Unit 1 On February 28, 1970 the Commission authorized the issuance of an
. operating license for Sequoych, Unit.1. On February 29, 1980, a license was issued that authorized fuel loading and zero power testing.
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North Anna, Unit 1 The ASLAB memorandum dated February 12, 1980 requested the licensee and the NRC staff to prepare written appraisals for the impact of the Westinghouse turbine disc cracking on the turbine missile issue. The ASLAB had tentatively scheduled anevidentiary hearing for Thursday, February 21, 1983 regarding the question of whether continued operation of North Anna, 1
Unit 1 should be permitted.
j Based on the infomation supplied by the licensee and'the NRC staff to the Board by February 19, 1950, the Board has cancelled this hearing (February 21, 1980).
Rancho Seco The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has requested an extension of an exemption to 10 CFR 50.46 that was granted for Rancho Seco in December of 1978.
The exemption allows the plant to operate pending modifications to the High Pressure Infection System required to resolve a finding by Sabcock & Wilcox (B&W) that the worst location for small break loss of coolant accidents was incorrectly detemined in the original design. The deadline for completion of the modifications
- is the end of the refueling outage currently in progress.
The problem cited by SMUC in requesting the continuation relates to delays in procurement of valve motors and actuators. The best delivery date for the equipment is March 31, 1980, which is about *; weeks beyond the presently estimated date for return to power.
SMUD has requested an extension that would allow the plant to operate until 30 days beyond the driivery date.
T.'.e licensee stat ~es that the delays in procurement are due in part to the procurement practices required of them by California law.
The Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has verified with the contracting fim, the Limitorque Company, that the projected delivery date of March 31, 1980 cannot be significantly improved. The staff is requesting a detemination of the effect of a delay in restart on power reliability for use in. con'sidering the exe=ption extension.
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Surry Unit 1 5"- y Unit 1 was shutdown beginning at 10:15 on February l',15R, ce:t a j
ef the discovery of, potential overstress conditioss in te -f;in; syctc-r
,-i:. :culd be overstressed durin; a seis.ic event. The analyses perforced i
c* t.ese two piping systems are part of the IE-Eulletin.79-14 evaluation.
Ine to piping lines involved are the n:rmal charging ifne and a reactor purification system line.- Although overstress in these lines themselves is n:t a concern, the area of overstress is in the containment penetrations, It is expected that Surry Unit 1 thereby jeopardizing contaimient integrity.
will be out of service for 2 weeks while new pipiog supports are added.
During this shutdown VEPCO will attempt to detennine the cause of an increase in vibration from 3 mils to 5 mils on the turbine and will inspect the low pressure This may take about 5 weeks. VEPCO may, on an exchange turbine rotor discs.
The Surry 1 basis, install Surry 2 rotors (previously repaired) in Surry 1.No final decision rotors would then, after inspection be installed in Surn 2.
has been made on this exchange.
D. C. Cook On February 19, 1980, the Brown Boveri Turbine at the D. C. Cook Unit #2 experienced an increase in vibration of bearings number A during reheater and moisture operator testing. The unit was shutdown by operator action although the limit for automatic trip (15 miis) was not reached.
On February 25, 1980 the turbine bearino number 5 beoan to increase in vibration reachino about 11.2 mils. The utility and the Erown Boveri representatives have been investicatino the cause of the vibration which may have been caused by thernal shock to shaft or shaft realignment in the bearino. The plant can run for a period of
%ine at 12 mils but the utility would rather heep the vibrations to 5 or 6 mils.
I&E is continuino to monitor the investications.
Poin: Serch Point Beach Unit 2 was shutdown at 2:30 a.m. on February 28,1980, due to stear. generator tube leakage at 1400 gallons. per day.
(Technical specificatior.s limit tube leakage to 500 gallons per day).
On February 29, 1980 Point Beach Unit 1 will reach 60 effective full power days of operation following issuance of a Confirmatory Order of Nove-ber 30, 1979 which requires a steam generator tube inspection at that time.
The lice.see has requested an extension of the required 60 EFPD inspec-Bien or, i: nit 1 by 10 EFPD to avoid having both units shutdown at the same tite.
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' IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 1980 "t
- 1. 'On February 26, 1980, there were published in the Federal Register limmediately. effective amendments to 10 CFR Parts-40 and 159. These amendments were required by recent legislative changes to the Uranium Mill Tailings ~ Radiation Co' trol-Act which now mandates that n
the NRC shall not exercise direct licensing authority over uranium mill'tatlings already regulated by Agreeme.nt States.
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Presidential Order Creates' Radiation' Policy Council: The long expeci.ed Presidential. Executive Order was issued on February 21, 1980 which created the Interagency Radiation Policy Council (Federal Register, February 25, 1980 45 FR 12209). The NRC is' invited to-participate on the Council (as an independent regulatory Commission, the NRC could not be included in a mandatory participation as was done with Executive Branch Agencies).
i The Policy Council is not intended to duplicate the former Federal Radiation Council, which was abolished by the formation of EPA. EPA will retain the function of preparing Federal radiation protection guidance which will be reviewed by the Council. The primary functions of the Policy Council will be to coordinate the formulation and implementation of broad radiation protection policy. These functions are consistent with the recommendations of the Interagency Task Force on. the Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation (Libassi: Task Force) and former HEW Secretary Califano.
LIn addition to the broad functions given the Council by th'e Executive Order the President directed the Council to undertake four specific tasks:
(1) review the radiation guidance function held by the Environmental Protection Agency. 'and'all other statutory authorities; (2) coordinate a
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. program to reduce exposures to ionizing radiation; (3) develop a program to improve communication with the public and, especially with groups exposed to radiation; and (4) review all actions affecting worker and public health and safety submitted by the NRC.
In a related action. the President directed HEW to create an Interagency Radiation Research Committee to coordinate the planning, implementation
-and evaluation of: Federal radiation research programs. This Committee.
LWill replace.the Committee.on Federal ~ Research into the Biological Effects of. Ionizing Radiation,- (Fredrickson Committee).which was created in~ 1979 by. HEW. NRC has been invitid to participate in this new research committee
'and.had.been a member (represented by.RES) of the former' Fredrickson.
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_ thatsthe-Board of Directors of. the NCRP will-soon release; a public 25 announcement in~'.the fonn of an advisory' stating, "... steps should be
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neutron. doses that are a substantial fraction of the current maximum'
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' petitioned the NCRP in.1976.to revise its recommendations on the quality factor 1(i.e.' reduce :the. dose limit).for neutrons.. Subsequently, on l
September 6,1978, asia.means Lto achieve scientific peer review, the
- staff requested 1that NCRP review risks associated with exposure to x,.
neutrons. ' On 0ctober.5.1979.the staff again urged: prompt completion.
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J Asifollow-up' actions, a meeting between NCRP principals and NRC staff was
' held on February 21,-1980 to discuss the content of.the' forthcoming.NCRP
. advisory on: neutron dose limits. Staff was advised that final recommendations -
on neutrons. would,be part of a' final' package non recommendations for revision
-of' radiation protection standards, which the NCRP plans to complete within "the next two? years, iTheLNCRP-suggested that similar meetings be held
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'recently requested that there be thorough airing of the need to revise the ' neutron-dose limit in the joint EPA /NRC/ OSHA public hearings on proposed revision of Fe'deral guides for occupational exposure sometime this summer.
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't Activities to Strengthen IAEA Safeauards
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The Action Plan' Working Group composed of representatives from _ Department of
- State, ACDA, DOE and HRC net on February 22,1980, to discuss a number of acti vi ti es curren tly : unde rway ' to' strengthen IAEA ~ sa fegua rds. One topic con-sidered was. the planning of a series of consultations to prepare U.S.
representatives for, participation in IAEA safeguards conferences coming up
-later this year.. The object is to assure.that U.S. agencies have a coordinated position on important safeguards issues.and how they may best be pursued.
Material Licensing' BranchL
. Materials ~ Licensing staff members mat with representatives of the American Phannaceutical Association (APHA) and briefed them on NRC's concerns about radiation safety at nuclear pharmacy licensees. The APHA will transmit these concerns to their members through their monthly newsletter. The APHA was also interested in our current criteria for training and experience for authorized. users of nuclear pharmacy licensees.
In their current work on 1
a " certification" examination in nuclear pharmacy, the APHA members are considering the training and experience criteria for -nuclear pharmacies and 4
are looking at the schools, universities,' colleges, etc. ' that may provide the needed training.
Westingh'ouse Proposed Fuel Fabrication Plant. Prattville.' Alabana A neeting will be held in Prattville, Alabama, on March 27, 1980, to identify the important issues which need to be considered -in the Environmental Impact
~ Statement:that will be prepared relative to Westinghouse Electric Corporation's l proposed-fuel. fabrication plant near Prattville. This meeting will provide for
- a briefing of interested parties concerning the proposed action and alternatives and opportunity for comment on the scope of the proposed statement.
The participation of the public and all interested government agencies have been invi ted.
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d LItems of Interest-2 Emergency Planning-Representatives.of the National Guard Bureau. visited the Division of Fuel Cycle and Material: Safety to discuss.an emergency planning project they are working on..
Specifically,.they are-preparing a planning document for the National Guard which considers various. types of emergencies (including but not limited' to those: arising from nuclear accidents) which might require the sealing off.
or evacuation of. areas by N'ational Guard troops.. The visitors were provided
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e OFF' ICE OF INSPECTION AND. ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending February 29, 1980 1
11 Preliminary Notifications ' relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
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La. PNO-I-80-33 Salem Unit 1 - Reactor _ Trip
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.PNO-II-80-30A~ North Anna Unit 1 - Loose Parts Inside Reactor Vessel c.
PNO-II-80-31 Number not used.
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PNO-II-80-32, -32A, -32B, & -32C Crystal River Unit 3 - Site Dnergency e.
FN0-II-80-33 Shearon Harris Units 1, 2, 3, & 4 - Radioactive Material Allegation f.
PNO-II-80-34 North Anna Unit 1 - Liquid Spill From RWST at North Anna 9
PN0-III-80-35 Transportation Accident h.
PNO-III-80-36 Duane Arnold - Quarantine of Areas Containing Histoplasmosis Bacteria
- i. PNO-III-80 Transportation Accident
- j. PNO-III-80-38 Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan - Lost
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PNO-III+80-39 Point Beach Unit 2 - Point Beach Unit 2 Shutdown Because of Steam Generator Tuoe Leak 1.
PNO-IV-80-08 Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 2-- ANO Unit 2 Emergency Diesel Generator Bearing. Fire' m.
PHO-IV-80-09 State of. Colorado Concurrence Exercise n.
PNO-V-80-14 Earthquake ~ in Southern California on. February 25, 1980 c.
PN0-TMI-80-06 Three Mils Island Units 1 & 2 - Industrial Accident at Three Mile Island p.
PNS-I-80-02 : Pilgrim Unit:1 - Intrusion Into Protected ' Area, Unkncwn
-Individuals PNS-IV-80 University of' Utah,' Salt Lake City, Utah - Bomb Threat
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- 2. :The followingi!E Information Notice was issued:
- a.. IE Information' Notice 80-06, " Notification of Significant Events," was
-issued on February. 27,1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license and_ to near term operating' license applicants.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARYc 29,1980
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'this~ proceeding which involved the conversion of a provisional operating
. license to a full term license.
Amendment to Materials-License to permit the transportation of the spent fuel from the Oconee Nuclear Station to the McGuire Nuclear Station In an Order dated February 29, 1980, the Commission denied the NRC staff petition for Commission review and a protective order covering information specifically identifying and describing alternative routes for the transport of spent fuel between the two stations.. In its Order the Commission.noted that=the question of whether and to what extent. routes for shipping spent fuel should in general be made' public is a matter of some importance' and, perhaps appropriate for Commission review. However, in this case there was-no adequate showing that it was important to protect the infornation.
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' 0FFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PRGGRAMS WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 29. 1955' INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Primary System Pipe Crack at-Spanish Reactor-Spanish nuclear' authorities have informed NRC that a th' rough-wall crack was discovered in the recirculation' riser of.the Santa Maria de Garona reactor.
The crack is reported to have-initiated in~a weld that is-not included in
.the. inservice _ inspection. program. Garona is a 440 MWe BWR designed by GE.
. It has been in service since 1971.
Technical Notification' Cables' A cable giving information on the February 26 Crystal River reactor incident was sent on Tuesday _to 27 U.S. Embassies, Consulates, or Missions, wher'e the information_ was further sent to 29 representatives of foreign regulatory agencies or multinational organizations. On Wednesday a cable with updated and correct d information was sent to to the technical notification addressees
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Foreign Reports The following' foreign reports were received at'IP during the period of February 25 - 29.- The ** indicates the reports are in English. For further information contact Maxine Johnson, (492-7788) IP.
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~0FFICE'0F STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 1980 L
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The review of the Nevada radiation control program will be conducted March 4-7,:1980.
The Assistant Director-for State Agreements and representatives of HMSS will meet with New lioxico officials on thrch 3 & 4, 1980 to discu'ss our continuing technical assistance efforts for uranium mill.
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~ s TOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest L WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 1980 Management -Information-Publication (1) Distributed latest issue of " Program Summary Report" (Brown Book)'
-dated February 22; (2) sent 3rd Quarter CY-79 ' Abnormal Occurrence Report to Congress.
! TMI' Cleanup Task Forte-(chaired by Director, MPA) sent special report to EDO evaluating cleanup activities at TMI. Conclusions and recommenda-tions will be presented in a briefing' to the Commission.
ALAB-570 Hearino iTestified at _ ALAB-570 hearing in Harrisburg, Pa., on the modeling and statistical. data handling features required for estimating the probability of ' heavy airplane crashes into Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 12.
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FY 1981 Buoget Hearings were held by;the Bevill, Johnston and Hart Seucommittees. Answers to 115 questionsLfrom the Bevill Subcommittee received shortly in advance of the
- February 26 hearing were provided-to Subcommittee staff on February 29.- An additional.114 questions were received from the Bevill Subcommittee. Answers to these questions, Llang with the marked up transcript, are due back to the Subcommittee staff on Monday, March 3.
Eighteen questions have been received
. to date from the Johnston Subcommittee. Answers, along with the marked up 1 transcript, are cue back to the Subconnittee staff by March 7,1980.
~ Known remaining budget hearings are: March 7. Udall Subcommittee; March 24 and 25 Hart Subcommittee; and April 16, Bevill Subcommittee.
The OMB allowance letter was received on February 27 and transmitted to the staff for appropriate action. Action is to be completed by the Offices of NRR, RES and EE0 by March 13 and IE by May 28.
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