ML19312D547

Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 800307

ML19312D547
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Issue date:	03/11/1980
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. March 11,1980 For:

The Comissioners From:

T. A. Rehm Assistant for Operations, Office 6f the EDO

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 7, 1980 A sumary 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**

. Calendar of Speaking Engagent 2

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[T.'A.Rehm,4ssistantforOperations Office of the ED0

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T. A. Rehm, 49-27781 8003240

SUMMARY

OF KEY EVENTS

' WEEK ENDING MARCH 7,1980 Zion 1 &~2 On March 29 a Confimatory Order was issued to Commonwealth Edison (CECO) as part of NRCs effort to address potential problems caused

by the location of Zion Station in a relatively high population density area. The Order amended the Zion. licenses by incorporating and confirming CECO comitments relating to short term actions to increase.'the safety of the-plant.

Dresden Turbine Inspection A turbine inspection cf Unit 3 resulted in UT. indication of water cutting'in the keyway of the 5th wheel of the'"B" low prissure turbine. :The cutting apoears to be more severe in depth and length of cuts than that recently found at-Pilgrim. Extending the inspection to other Unit 3 turbines is still being considered.

D0R is reviewing the problem.

Report of. Incident Mitigation Assisted by Equipment Installed in Response to Short-Term Lessons Learned Requirements,

On February 4 a oower operated relief valve at. Haddam Neck opened upon receipt of a sourious signal. - The valve opening was detected by four alarm systems in the following sequence:

(1)valveposition indicator, (2) newly 11nstalled acoustic monitor in the PORV discharge oice,.(3) high pressure in the relief tank to which the PORV discharges :and (4) high temperature in the line to the relief tank.

The elapsed time of valve openina was less than 10 seconds and the drop in reactor primary system pressure was: limited to 28 psi.

Exxon Nuclear Company Fabrication of Mixed 0xide Fuel Exxon has completed fabrication of tha mixed oxide fuel assemblies for

~ Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) and the assemblies were shipped -

on February 25, 1980. Twelve excess mixed oxide rods are stored

'in the' Exxon;valut awaiting shipment to 00E.

Sealed Radiograohic Sources An Ceder to Cease and Desist was issued to Gorsira X-Ray, Inc. because it-was cossessina and using byproduct materials for the conduct of adi:graohic coerations without NRC' authorization.

An Order to Show ause and Order Suscending License was issued to American X-Ray and :nsoection, Inc. because of alleged excessive radiation levels and::e:ause it transferred control of a Materials License and licensed

.a e-ial-to Gorsira X' Ray,.Inc.

0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending March 7,1980 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 189 15 Granted 96 1

Denied 34 6

Pending 59 8

ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Victor M. Glasberg, Requests a copy of a letter dated on or about Attorney-At-Law February 11, 1980 from the Advisory Committee on (80-95)

Reactor Safeguhrds to Chainnan Ahearne dealing with the concerns of the Committee regarding the NRC's actions in light of Three Mile Island.

John R. Riina, Requests a. copy of contract solicitation NRC RFP Personnel Assessment RS-0SD-79-002, " Standards for Psychological and Selection Service, Inc.

Assessment of Security Personnel" and RFP RS-0SD-(8 0-97)79-003, " Behavioral Observation Program to Assure Continued Reliability of Employees."

Jim Thomas, Requests the names of all managers, supervisors.

NTEU President and confidential employees in the NRC who have (80-93) been involved in the review of the NTEU contract proposals dated June 27, 1979, the quantity of time spent, and the total expenditures to date to send these members to Frederick, Maryland or elsewhere to prepare for negotiations with NTEU.

(NRCemployees)

Requests all information contained on them in the 80-99,80-100, 80-102, Office of the Inspector and Auditor and infcrmation 80-103,83-104, 80-106, on any charges made against them.

'80-107,80-105 & 80-114

'ana Cobb, Requests, on behalf of an NRC employee, all NTEU Steward documents used to evaluate all applicants for (80-101; Vacancy Announcement 80-0021.

Teresa Jeffer:

Requests all ; records renting to the application of

.(80-i:E)

Edlow International Company, Inc. to store radioactive materials in (r near East St. Louis, Illinois.

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J. ". Felton 4 2-7217 ENCLOSURE A

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. Received,-Cont'd 2 Charles'H. Rose, Requests a copy of the reports from 1978 through General Electric the first six months of 1979, submitted by the Company licensees in Virginia regarding the transport of (80-110) radioactive wastes through the State of Virginia.

Linda M. Rauner, Requests a copy of the winning technical proposal Advanced Technology, Inc.

in response to contract solicitation RS-ED0-80-502, (80-111)

" Study.and Review of Issues Concerning Equal Employment Opportunity at NRC."

Linda M. Rauner, Requests a copy of the winning technical proposal Advanced Technology, Inc.

in response to contract solicitation RS-NRR-80-102 (80-112)

" Energetic Thermal Interactions, Recriticality Equal Employment Opportunity at NRC."

Shelley M. Kowkabany,

- Requests a copy of SECY-80-107, " Proposed Interim Burns.. & Roe, Inc.

Hydrogen Controls Required for Small Containments."

(80-113) ~

Granted Mary Alicia Roach Paige, Made available the non-proprietary versions of Computer Engineering Associates contract solicitation RFP RS-MPA-79-353, "Evaluatior (80-19) of Eleven (11) MPA Information Products."

and Jack E. Pevenstein, NUSAC Incorporated (80-68) and

. John F. Weiss,-

JWK International Corporation (80-80)

(An NRC employee)

In response to a request for information relating (80-77) to the selection of Vacancy Announcement 79-576, made available 14 documents.

Mickey 3assfc-d, Made available a copy of contract solicitations.

All'A. sri:a Reporting NRC-17-80-a48-01 and NRC-17-80-448-02, " Stenographic Servi:e Reporting Services."

.(3C-95)

ENCLOSURE A

3 Granted, ' Cont'd l

Charles H. Rose.

.In. response to a-request for information on General Electric procedures to be followed for obtaining information Company-under the FOIA, made available a copy of i-(80-109) 10 CFR Part 9.

Denied (AnNRCemployee)

.In response to a request for infornation on the (80-76) selection of Vacancy Announcement 80-0347, made available six documents.

Denied six documents in their entirety and portions of two documents, the disclosure of which would cor.stitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

i' Martin Levy, In' response to a request for a copy of a NTEU Steward performance appraisal of [a named employee], denied (80-85) portions of this document, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending March 7,1980 PENDING COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS 1.

RFP RS-RES-80-224 Title - Kabash Valley Seismic Profile _

Description - A study to-develop and conduct a seismic reflection research program is Southeastern Illinois and Southwestern Indiana to search for evidence of the possible extension of the New Madrid tectonic structure in the vicinity of the Wabash River Valley fault system as far north as 39'N, and to delineate subsurface structural-elements that may be related to earthquake activity along the possible northeast extension of the New Madrid seismic zone.

?ericd of Performance - Two years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Solicitation being prepared.

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RFP RS-RES-80-180 Title - Source Term Characterization Resulting from Explosively Caused, Secondary Violations of Spent Fuel Shipping Casks escription - A study te 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 March 7, 1980.

Proposals due by April 7, 1980.

RFP'S ISSUED

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RFP RS-N!'.S-80-028 Title

. Licensing Assistance Environmental Impact Statement Preparation esc-i-tion - This effort requires contractors to support the NRC's licensing review process through providing assistance in the preparation of environmental impact statements for these applications. The work requires a review of each licensee's, actual or antici-pated, submittal.

Following the review the contractor shall provice a. Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and-subsecuently a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).

s 1:c ;# Oerformance - Three years I:;rs:

- Of# ice of ::cclear Material Safety and Safeguards I t 2s - RFP issued on February 21, 1989.

Prcposals are due by March 24, i

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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

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environments experienced in such accidents.

Period of Performance --Eighteen months Sponsor - Office' of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - RFP issued on February 21, 1980.

Proposals are due by March 25, 1980 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION RFP F.S-NRR-80-lli Title - Characterization of Nuclear Power Plant Protective Coating Systems Under Design Basis Accident Conditions Description - The purpose of the project is to characterize generically the nuclear power generation plant protective coating systems that have been or are being developed for use and to develop those criteria for the NRC licensing review process that will constitute the controls necessary to provide assurance of the health and safety of the public.

Pericd of Performance - Two years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - Proposals were submitted to the Source Evaluation Board for evaluation on March 5,1980.

-CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed-and final payment made)

C:n ract ' No.

Contractor Close-Out Date AT:49-24)-0138 Boasberg, Hewes, Klores, 2/29/80 (NR:-14-75-138) and Kass 3R:-14-78-444 Kominers, Fort, Schiefer 3/5/80 and Boyer ENCLOSURE A

DIVISION OF SECURITY ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDI'NG MARCH 7, 1980'

1. -Proposed Regulatory Guide, " Protection of Classified Information and

. Matter," for use of NRC licensees and other NRC license related activities in the implementation of 10LCFR Parts 25 and 95 has been furnished to.the Office of Standards Development for editing and

. preparation for publication.

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has formally adopted two new regulations relating to the protection of'NRC classified infor-mation.at licensed facilities..These regulations, 10 CFR Part 25,

" Access Authorization for Licensee Personnel," and Part 95, " Security Facility Approval and Safeguarding of National Security Information and Restricted Data," were published in the Federal Register on March.5, 1980. These rules will become effective on May 19, 1980.

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During the week of March 3, 1980, 12 individuals were~ approved for

.;RC 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 3perations.by the Commission. Durin~g this same period, 30 requests from various NRC offices and divisions were received by PERSEC to

-initiate such processing.

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ENCLOSURE A

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION

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WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Week Ending March 15,1980)

Inceiry on the Millstone Winter Flounder Model A rep:rter fror, the States News Service called the NRC and spoke with an ESB staff ne-ter. The reporter stated that a former subcontractor for Northeast Utilities was asked several years ago by the utility to review the winter flou.cer 1: pact simulation model developed by S. Saila at the University of Rhode Isla-d. The subcontractor's conclusion was that certain values of para.ete-s used in the model were incorrect and that these incorrect values could lead to a prediction of no impact to the winter flounder fishery when, in fact, t ere might be. The reporter asked if we were familiar with the problens e th the model. The reporter was informed that the NRC assessment of imsact.o : ir.ter flounder in the vicinity of the Millstone site was performed prior to the development of the model. This assessment, using more traditional methocologi, predicted no impact and was presented in both the Fina1 Environ--

mental I-; set Statements (FEIS) for Millstone 1 and 2 and Millstone 3.

The model developed subsequent to the issuance of our impact statements supported our oredi c-ion.

To verify or refute our predictions made in the FEIS, a m:nitcrir.g program was initiated at the stations subsequent to licensing and has beer, c:llecting impingement, entrainment and far field data on the winter flour.de r.

Rece.tly, a re.'iew of impact simulation models was performed under contract wi.h : e U-iversity of Washington. The results of this effort is reported in NURE3s C:. 474, CR-0865, CR-0552 and CR-1182. One model that was reviewed in detati was t' e winter flounder model developed for the Millstone Station.

Tne cc clusion reached by our contractor in 1978 is that no presently existing ir:a:t m:cel, including the Millstone winter flounder model, can be used to make caa.titative predictions of impact.

The Mf;1st:ne modeling study was completed in 1976.

The ESB staff has since ten-fr.stec the requirement for continuance of this modeling effort at the Millstone Station based principally on the University of Washington review.

The E53 staff has placed emphasis on more empirical methods of assessing impact tc tne wir. er flounder fishery due to station operation.

It was sug;ested that the reporter contact the U.S. Environmental Protection Agen:y a c t~e Sta'e of Connecticut for additional information.

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_3'; :, 3 ::ecti:n of the low pressure tlestinghouse turbines, Lessons e

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I ~':t-':rs, a d " ark I torus modifications. This outage, which

.; 3:3 t. s:Mhied for " arch 15, was ahanced to March 1 by Nebraska F.:' : i; 2-lis rict to permit an earlier inspection of turbine discs.

ENC'OSURE B

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7. ion,1_& 2 On l' arch 29,1980 'a' Confirmatory Order was issued to Commonwealth Edison

.Cc 7.any (Ceco).

The order ar.anded the licenses for Zion Station, Units 1

-and 2 by incorporating and confirming Ceco comitments relating to short-term actions to increase' the safety of the plant.-

The Order is.part of the NRC effort currently underday to address, potential problars caused by the location of Zion Station in a relatively high population density area.

A press release is being issued by NRC.

Dresden Turbine Inspection On " arch 5,1980, DDR discussed with Dresden Station and Dresden NRC resident inspector the. results of a turbine inspection being performed on Unit 3.

UT indicatien of water cutting (erosion) have been found in the keyway of the 5th wheel of the "B" low pressure turbine. The cutting appears to be more severe in depth and length of cuts than was recently found at Pilgrim.

Although there were external indications. of water erosion on other wheels, there were no 0T indications in the keyways.

GE recomended that the unit be put back into service with another inspection in 9 to 12 months.

They are still considering whether to extend the inspection to the other Unit 3 turbines.

D0R is reviewing the problem and will take appropriate action prior to reactor startup which is presently scheduled for. May.

.Surry_ Unit 1 The Virginia Electric and Power Conpany is in the process of inspecting.the low pressure turbine rotor discs.

(See Daily Highlights on February 20, and 21,1980). The cause of the turbine vibration before shutdown is three broken

. turbine blades, two on row L-3 and one at the governor end of the turbine.

The disc inspections should be complete about March 10, 1980. The plant is expected to return to. power on or about March 27, 1980.

Ginna-The four pistonium cxide (",ixed Oxidk M0X)) fuel asse blies, authori:ed by A er.d ent 31 dated Fetruary 13, 1980 for storage in the R. E. Ginna spent

-fuel pool, arrived at the Ginna site on schedule at 7:30 p.m., February 28, 193% ~The fuel rods and associated hardware had been shipped fren Cheswick, 0ckland for asse-bly by Exxon into

• bendies and then to, Fer.nsyhsria t: 0 the 'Gi".a ohnt in !!ew York in accordance-with an approved hC plan. _The.

four." X asts."blies v.ert,nserted in the spent fuel pool for storage.

ENCLOSURE B

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. D J..'R Feef.ater Pipe Cracki,ng - Wegnghouse 0. ner's Group lseeting

- On February 27, 1930 a caeting was' held with the Westinghouse Daners Group on F;.R Fe2d. tater Pipe Cracting to discuss their latest information on flow rodeling and possible_ corrective actions.for the pipe cracking. Mr. George

. !:hnttel is chairran of the e.:ners group. Most of the meeting was taken up by the shh.ing of a film of a water test in a plastic pipe mock-up of the feed. ster pipe at the nozzle. This mock-up simulated a short_ pipe extension design..ith a pipe bend close to the nozzle.

Test results were similar to thrse of prsvious tests. Ther.al layering of water was clearly visible in tests at.arious flows.

" Stripping," an oscillation of the interface of the hot and c:ld teater layers was also evident. This condition had been previously

. der:nstrated in a film by the study group.

Some of the remedial methods

co esed include (1) raising the temperature of the feeddater by heating with stez ar.d!(2) adding tharnal sleaves inside the feedwater pipe. The study gr0ap cxpects to complete their final report approximately mid April 1980.

FWR Feedwater Pipe Crackina - Results of Inspections and Status of On-Going Studies

n res:cnse to IE Bulletin 79-13 and an earlier NRR ietter da ed May 25, 1979, ali J. iicar.;es have inspected their feed.:ater citing in the vicinity of the stea ger:erator nozzle welds.

The licer. sees have repaired and/cr replaced the affected piping in most cases with improvec designs to minimize stress risers.

In addition, the licensees have'cc--itted to reinspect the steam generator to feedwater piping weld vicir.ities at the subsequent refueling outage.

Althcugh the piping has been repaired, the staff believes that cracking could re-occur in the future.

However, the-staff and Owners Group both have performed independent analyses and have determined that flawed feedwater piping-could withstand challenges fro. operating and faulted loads including seismic and limited water loads without loss of piping integrity.

~ The.NRC has instituted a Pipe Crack Study. Group to review this and other pipe cracking croblems in PWR's.

It is anticipated that the Pipe Crack Study. Group

'will cc.:le e.its work by June 1980 and provide reco-nendations for review and

' : e en stion by licensees as new criteria for operating plants.

,.e.::.:i*de tnat repairs to the feedwater piping, the nondestructive inspections

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ed an: scheduled, and the analyses performed for flawed piping ensure

.a: - e-:i:He integrity will be maintained until the reco:r.endations of the N e-s;3r::: and the Pice CrackLStudy Group have been evaluated.

Should the TW# ce e'--ine.that further actions are re:;uired after evaluation of.the Owners 3-:.::.a: :i:l Crack. Study Group recommendations, the licensees will be notified a: -,at ire.

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.. Inclusien of ACRS Comments in the Draft Action Plan (NUREG-0660)

By memo dated November 26, 1979, the Chairman directed that we provide the ACRS a written summary of how the staff is responding to the ACRS recommendations included in their August 14, 1979 letter.

In developing draft 2 of the Action Plan the staff determined the particular sections of that document which responded to the various ACRS recommendations. This was done not only for the August 14 letter, but for all ' ACRS letters issued between March 28, 1979 and January 1,1980.

Report of Incident Mitigation Assisted by Equipment Installed in Response to Short-Tern Lessons Learned Recuirements Cn Monday, February 4,1980, a power operated relief valve (PORV) at Haddam

- Neck ' opened upon receipt of a spurious signal. At the time of the incident, the rea: tor was operating at 100 percent power and a primary coolant pressure of 2323 osig.

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 ac'oustic monitor in the PORV discharge pipe, (3) high pressure in the relief tank to which the P3R7 discharges, and (4) high temperature in the line to the relief tank and

(*) highlecperature in the line to the relief tank. The acoustic monitoring sys en was ' installed in December 1979 in response to Lessons Learned Requirement 2.1.3.h.

After detection the operators switched the PORV to the closed position and the valve closed.

The elapsed time of valve opening was less than ten seconds and the drop in reactor primary system pressure was limited to 28 psi.

Following the incident the PORV was place " hack in automatic and the down stream block valve was closed.

CYAPCo has not yet determined the cause of the spurious signal.

They will inform us of the results of their investigation of the cause.

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STATUS OF SHUTD.'L!N PLANTS.

(!!ar.5,1980)

Restart Date Arkansas 2.

TMI lbdifications 3/21/80

' Beaver Valley Refueling / Design Changes 7/26/80 Browns Ferry 1 Refueling 3/10/80.

10 weeks Brunswick 2 Refueling Ccoper Refueling App. 2 mos.

Crystal River 3 Mode 5 Unknown Dresden 1 Decontamination Mid-1980 Dresden 3 Refueling Early April Duane Arnold Refueling ~

Unknown Fort Calhoun-Refueling March Hatch 2-Cold Shutdown (Torus fiodification) 4/20/80 Hut.boldt Eny Se.ismic Evaluation Unknown

-Indian Point i ECCS Unknown Maine.. Yankee Refueling 3/8/80 Nine Mile Point i Retrofit App. 3/9/80 Ocenee 2 Refueling 3 months Oys_ter Creek Refueling and itaintenance 1-4 weeks Palisades Refueling

. fiid-April Peach Sottom 3:

Repair RHR Pump Unknown Pilgrim 1 Refueling 4/80 Peir,t, Beach 2 Tube Leak 1 week Quad Cities 2 Refueling 3/15/80 Rancho Seco Refueling App. 3/10/80 Unknown Surry 1 Piping Surry 2 St. Gen. Repair 4/80 Three ::ile Island 1 -

Order Unknown T*,ree itile Island 2.

Accident Unknown

":;.icello.

Refuel 3 weeks Ya-les 3:.e

-Turbine Repair Unknown k

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0FFICE OF STANDARCS DEVE!.0PMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS - F0D. THE WEEK-ENDING " ARCH 7,1980 1.

Dublication of Proposed Rule to Delete Source 'iaterial Medicinals from the General License for Small Quantities of Source Material On March 6,1980, a proposed amendment to Part 40 was published in the r deral Register under the signature of the Acting Executive Director e

for Operations. This amendment would delete the provision which authorizes the use of source material medicinals by physicians, pharmacists and other aersons receiving the source material in the form of medicinals or drugs.

This proposed action would prohibit any internal or external administration of scurce material, or the radiation therefrom, to human beings, except where authorized by NRC specific license. The 60-day comment period ends on May 6,1980.

'.Contac t: Deborah A. Bozik (443-5860)]

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adiograohy Safety Steering Committee:

Karl Goller, Ralph Jones, and 5teve McGuire met with representatives of NMSS, IE, AEOD, ELD, and SP at the first meeting of the Radiography Safety. Steering Committee. Twelve action items were discussed and agreements reached on lead organizations for the items to expedite the program. The program was initiated as a

oncerted. cooperative effort to respond to industry, public, and Commission concerns for the continuing problems of overexposure in radiography operations.

Duslications to be Issued in the Near Future

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Guidence for Residual Heat Removal to Achieve and Maintain Cold Shutdown

, Reg. Guide 1.139, Rev.1)

Exce:ted Issuance Datei July.1980 Desc-iction: This guide describes a method acceptable.to the NRC staff.for

c ::ytn; witn the Commission's regulations with regard to the removal of decay

. iest-and sensible heat after a reactor shutdown.

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Draft' Regulatory Guide - Qualification and Acceptance Tests for Safety-Related Snubbers Excected Issuance Date: May 1980

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Description:==

The proposed guide describes acceptable construction and test methods for design qualification and acceptance testing.of snubbers for use in safety-related systems in nuclear power plants.

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M. -' Dal ka L.porse(443-5997)

Ti tle: ' Standard Format and Content of License Applications and Environmental

- Reports for In Situ Uranium Solution Extraction Exce:ted Issuance Date: April 1980 Descriotion: This guide provides specific guidance on the format and content of an application and environmental report for a commercial-scale in situ uranium solution extraction facility license.

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D. Harmon 443-5910 Ti tle:

Entry / Exit Control to Protected Areas, Vital Areas, and Material Access Areas (Reg. Guide 5.7, Rev.1)

Exce:ted Issuance Date: March 1980 De scri otion: This guide describes measures accentable to the NRC staff for irolemen-ing entry / exit control requirements at facilities other than nuclear caer plants.

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J. Montgomery 44'-5904 74 tie:

Use of Observation (Visual Surveillance) Techniques in "aterial Access Areas (Reg. Guide 5.14, Rev.1)

I4:s:ted Issuance Date: " arch 1980 is:-i:t'o-

.This guids ' describes measures acce: table to the t'RC staff of

2..ai'.iin:e or observa-ion within material access areas to ensure safeguarding rategjespecialnu:learmaterial.

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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending Mar ^ 7,1980 Safecuards Guidance Group The Safeguards Guidance Group, established to assist the licensee in using the Physical Protection Upgrade Rule guidance materials, held its first meeting on February 29, 1980, with representatives from NFS, Erwin.

Other meetings with -licensees are planned to provide further information on implementation of the Upgrade Rule requirements.

Numec Acolic Safecuards Study The,Heuse Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs has commented favorably on the staff's analysis comparing safeguards as they now exist to what they were in the mid-1960's at the Numec facility.

Meeti n: with Amarican Telechone and Telegraph Members of American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T), and their subsidiaries, met'with staff of Material Safety and Licensing to discuss the licensing of

.a surge arrester containing 1.5 microcuries of Americium-214.

The telephone cc=: aries anticipate a need for 10 million devices in their cffices by 1985.

NRC staff anticipates that AT&T will be requesting an exemption from licensing for these devices.

Accea: Eoard Hearino on Radon A cc=:inec hearing before the Appeal Board for four cases of reactor licensing in ani:h intervenors wished to. pursue the radon issue was reopened and heard before the A: peal Board in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on February 26-28.

NMSS staff :rovided te'stimony on radon emissions from: abandoned open pit and underground urar.iu- -ines, uranium recovery associated with phosthate fertilizer production, and urariu- "illin0 and mill tailings. The schedule for completion of the prc:ee:in; allows four months (until the end of June) fer submission of the remai-f r; briefs and rebuttals by the parties.

Concurrent with these activities, tre s af' ~:lar.s to finalize a rulemaking to provide ar c: dated value for Table S-3.

u--u-5v states of 'tew York. Wisconsin 2nd OH e

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n'c ri is. c.-inuing on the development of a staff ;;csition regarding this petition.

?ra# s ~ ? :ne Value/ Impact Statement, ~ Abstract of Cem en s and s taff responses nave :Een Ort;ared'for bran:h review.

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Itens of ' Interest 2

Exxon Nuclear Company Fabrication of Mixed Oxide Fuel

. A representative of Exxon Nuclear Company has informed us that they have completed fabricating the mixed oxide fuel as:emblies for Rochester Gas and Electric Co. (RG&E) and the assemblies were shipped from Exxon to RG&E on February 25. 1980. The 12 excess mixed oxide rods obtained from Westinghouse

'PFDL are nmv stored in the Exxon vault. Exxon expects to remove the mixed oxide fuel. from these tubes and ship the fuel to DOE, as arranged by RG&E.

Exxon also has set an objective to dispose (hopefully to DOE) of all plutonium in their possession at Richland by November 1980.

Onsite Burial of Waste On March 4, Exxon Nuclear, Richland, Washington, called NMSS to discuss onsite burial of waste containing low-enriched uranium in accordance with the pro-visions of 10 CFR 20.304. Exxon was_ informed that consideration was being given to eliminating the burial provisions from Part 20 and that onsite burial -

was being discouraged. Exxon stated that with NEC0 Richland refusing to accept any special nuclear material, Exxon has reached.the point that they are choking on their internally generated waste.

General Electric Morris Operation - License Renewal A prehearing conference was held on February 29, 1980, for the proposed renewal of General Electric's Materials License No. SNM-1265. This license authorizes GE to receive, store and transfer spent fuel at their Morris Operation in Morris, Illinois.

Two intervening parties, the State of Illinois and a group of concerned ~ individuals, Rorem, et al., have been given until March 20, 1980, to restate their contentions. A hearing schedule has not been determined.

Duke Power - Oconee/McGuire Transshipment The proceedings for the amendment of Duke Power Company's Materials License No.

SNM-1773 will reconvene on April 28, 1980. This amendment would authorize the receipt.of 300 spent fuel assemblies from Oconee Nuclear Station.at McGuie Nuclear Station.

The hearings had been delayed as a result of questions

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By Order, On February 29, 1980, the Commission directed the staff to release the routing information.

Remaining topics to be litigated include the environmental impacts associated with the use of approved ~ alternate routes, and cotoliance with the new regulation 10 CFR 73.37 requiring protection of irradiated fuel in transit.

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Perimeter Intrusion Alarm Systems (Reg. Guide 5.44 Rev. 2)

Expected Issuance Date: March 1980

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This guide describes six types of perimeter intrustion alarm systems. It has been revised to include new section numbers resulting from the physical security upgrade rule, performance testing appendices and other changes., Revision 2 has-been commented on by the public and is now under

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T. Michaels 443-5904 Publications Issued During the Week of March 3-7, 1980 NUREG/CR-1039 (0RNL/NUREG/TM-344) - Estimated Radiation Doses from Thorium and Daughters Contained in Thoriated Welding Electrodes 1 -

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O 0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending March 7, 1980 1.

Toledo Edison Company (Davis-Besse Unit 1) - On March 5,1980, an Order Modifying License was issued to the subject licensee. The order, which

.is effective immediately, requires the licensee to take certain actions regarding the assignment and training of-personnel.

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Gorsira X-Ray, Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan - On February 28, 1980, an Order to Cease and Desist was issued to.the subject company. The

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company was required to cease and desist immediately from further use of sealed radiographic sources; store all byproduct material in its possession; and promptly transfer the byproduct material in its possession to a person authorized to receive it. This action was taken because the company was possessing and using byproduct materials.for the conduct of radiographic operations without authorization from the NRC.

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American X-Ray & Inspection, Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan - On February 28, 1980, an Order to Show.Cause and Order Suspending License was issued to the subject licensee. This action was taken because of alleged

-items of noncompliance relating to excessive radiation levels in unre-stricted areas during radiographic operations and because the licensee transferred. control of NRC Materials License No. 21-15455 and licensed raterial to Gorsira X-Ray, Incorporated, a non-licensee.

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EN-80-06 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois - On March 3,1980, a Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $2.400 was issued to the subject licensee.

This action is based on eight alleged items of noncompliance including the whole body exposure of an individual to 14.3 rems and an extremity exposure to that individual of 45 rems.

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PNO-I-80-3' & -34A Oyster Creek - Personnel Exposure to Radioactive Materials-

. PNO-I-80-35 Indian Point Unit 3 - Repeated Reactor Trips

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PNO-II-80-36 Crystal River Unit 3 - Immediate Action Letter on Plant Restart f.

PNO-II-80-37 Crystal River Unit 3 - Cause of Crystal River Transient Determined 19 PNO-III-80-40 Braidwood Units 1 & 2 - Resumption of Construction at Braidwood h.

PNO-III-80 University of Michigan, Ford Reactor, Ann Arbor, Michigan -

Inadvertent Release of Bromine-82 (41% MPC) 1.

FNO-III-80-42 St. L' uke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO - Lost or Misplaced 10 Microcurie Iodine-125 In-Vitro Testing Kit

-j. PNO-IV-80-10 Fort St. Vrain - Minor Hydraulic 011 Fire in Turbine Bay at Fort St. Vrain k.

PN0~-IV-80-11 Scuth Texas Unit 1 - Cadweld Nonconformance Report No.

S-C3584, Summary of Cadweld Documentation Deficiencies 1.

PNO-V-80-15 General Electric Company, Vallecitos Nuclear Center -

Detection of Elevated Radioactivity in Ground Water Samples From an Onsite Area Near GETR m.

PNO-V-80-16 Rancho Seco - Consideration of Escalated Enforcement Action by IE n.

PNO-TMI-80-05 Three Mile Island Unit 2 - EPA Report of Kr-85 o.

PNO-TMI-80-07 Three Mile Island Unit 2 - Restoration of Normal Make-Up Control p.

PN0-TMI-80-08.& -08A Three Mile Island Unit 2 - Containment Personnel Airlock Entry q.

PNS-II-80-06 Watts Bar - Bomb Threat r.

PNS-II-80-07 Sequoyah Unit 1 - Unauthorized Entry by Employee s.

PNS-III-80-04 Duane Arnold - Watchperson Arrested for Possession of-Non-Prescription Drugs.

The following IE Bulletin information was issued:

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Supplement Information.to IE Bulletin 79-01B, " Environmental Qualification a.

of Class IE Equipment," was issued on February 29, 1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license.

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The following IE Circular was issued:

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IE Circular 80-03, " Protection from Toxic Gas Hazards," was issued on March 6,1980 to all power reactors with an operating license.

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The following IE Information Notices were issued:

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IE Information Notice 80-07, " Pump Shaft Fatigue Cracking," was issued on February 29 1980 to all light water oower reactor facilities with an operating license or construction pennit, b.

IE.Information Notice 80-08, "The States Company Sliding Link Electrical Terminal Block," was issued on March 7,1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction permit.

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IE Information Notice 80-09, "Possible Occupational Health Hazard Asscciated With closed Cooling Systems for Operating Power Plants," was issued on March 7,'1980 to all power reactors 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 MARCH 7,1980 i

Surry Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 On March 4,1980, the Commission issued a Memorandum and Order with respect to three lQ CFR 5 2.206 decisions of the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation involving the proposed steam generator repair at the Surry Nuclear Power Station. The Commission directed that the NRC staff expeditiously prepare and issue an environmental impact statement on the proposed repair at Unit 1.

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit No.1 On March 6,1980,- the Commission issued an Order (CLI-80-5) in which it provided specific guidance to the presiding Licensing Board as to the issues to be considered in the hearing with respect to the management of Metropolitian Edisor Company.

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Foreign Reports -

The following foreign reports were received at IP during the period of March 3 -

March 7.

The ** indicates the reports are in English. For further information contact Maxine Johnson, (492-7788) IP.

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EXPORT / IMPORT AND INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS Dr. Shibata, Dr. Kanda, and Mr. Miyabayashi accompanied by other representatives of. Nissho-Iwai Corporation visited with IP to discuss the program for Reduced Enrichment for.Research and Test Reactors conducted by.the U.S., Japan, and other countries around the world.

The discussion centered around the status of the reduced enrichment program at Kuca critical assembly and the Kuhfr reactor in Japan and the presently. pending export application for 42 kg of HEU, for which.the-Japanese have urgently requested an export license by March 31.

Executive Branch views were received in the last few days and the case is being expedited to the Commission.

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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF ~.7TEREST

' WEEK ENDING MARCH 7, 1980 Program Development 4

Region V State Liaison Officer meeting was _ held on March 4 and 5 in San Francisco, CA.

Participants included Governor-appointed liaiso.1 officers to the NRC from Region V, NRC staff from-

' Region V, SP, and IE.

On February 26',. Tom Elsasser, Region I SLO,' attended _ a meeting of RAC II in New York. City to discuss the review of the New York and New Jersey Radiological Emergency Response Plans. _On March 4, he attended a briefing in Silver Spring, Maryland at which the progress of the New England Regional Facilities Siting Project was discussed.

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0FFICE OF MANAGEENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest

,iEEK ENDING MARCH 7,1980 TMI Cleanup Briefed Commission on findings of Task Force report to EDO on cleanup recommendations for TMI-2.

Seismic Eauipment Qualification Data Completed feasibility study for seismic data base for NRR.

Study developed a test method for storing and retrieving data on about 120 pieces of electrical and mechanical equipment.

Management Information Publication Distributed January issue of "Operatt ig Unit Status Report" (Gray Book).

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Office of the Controller items of Interest, Week Endino March 7, 1980 FY 1981-Budget The Bevill Subcomittee's 226 questions and answers as well as the mark up to the February 26, 1980 hearing transcript and inserts were provided to the Subcommittee staff.

The Johnston. Subcommittee questions and an:wers, marked up transcript and inserts for the February 27, 1980 hearing will be provided to the Subcommittee staff, on March 10, 1980, with a separate copy to Senator Hatfield.

On March 7, 1980 the Udall Subcommittee authorization hearing was held.

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