ML19312E393

Forwards Div of Site Safety & Environ Analysis Research Needs for FY81 & FY82

ML19312E393
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Issue date:	04/01/1980
From:	Muller D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Budnitz R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES)
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o APR 1 1980 HEMORANDUti FOR: Robert J. Budnitz. Director, RES i

I FROM Daniel R. Muller. Acting Director DSE SUBJECTr DSE RESEARCH NEEDS, FY '81 AND '82 In order to assist your planning and budget process, DSE has identified research needs for which we are seeking RES support. Many of these research projects are already undemay but some will require the preparation of new user need requests. The projects have been segregated into two categories, Site Analysis (Attachment 1) and Environmental Technology (Attachment 2),

and assigned priorities according to the following criterlat Category At

- The project will resolve an unresolved safety issue (identified and in the system)

- The proposed itsearch is critical to an identified licensing action

- The research relates to an imminent hazard to public health, safety, or the environment.

- The research is critical to DSE emergency response capability

- The research is essential to maintain the independent evaluation capability of the staff

- The research offers a high assurance that significant procedural i

improvements will accrue thus producing significant reduction in staff resources required per review.

- Those category B issues that have been deferred for several years, are still important, and whose continued postponement will result in gradual erosion of staff capability lO '

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i APR 1 1980 Category B:

- Research that will significantly irmrove the technical bases for safety and NEPA reviews on issues that are important but not yet critical

- Research that has a high potential for producing savings in staff resources required for routine reviews.

- Research that offers generic resolution of frequently encountered issues

- Safety issues that are important but whose resolution is deferable in order to accocuodate more urgent work Category C

- Research support primarily to maintain experts to assist NRC staff

- Research to disclose and understand phenomena in anticipation of need for the results of the proposed research

- Those issues for which errors in assessment are not expected to have severe impacts on public health, safety or the environment Even though NRR has undergone major reorganization, the need for these identified research projects will be unchanged.

Some of the NRR Branches identified as cognizants may soon be functioning within a different management framework, and the working arrangements between specific individuals may require readjustment.

In rqy judgement, however. It is important that topical research needs be identified, prioritized, and sont to you in time for the budget process even though details of institutional organization are temporarily unresolved.

I am pleased to continue working closely with RES by providing this statement of prioritized information needs.

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, lodine transport mechanisms under Applicable to task action plan AAB FBRB 1 32 nil nil FV80 steam generator tube failure Ill.D.2.2 to some extent RSR conditions FIN R. Sherry RR-NRR-78-17 A-2 Tornado generated misslie criteria FIN AAB SED 101.5 nil nil FVH0 RR-N RR-76-15 RSR J. Costello A-3 Non-radiological transportation Work in progress AAB PAS 330 125 125 accident evaluation for siting FIN K. Murphy nuclear power plants RR-NRR-76-17 A-4 E f fects of post-accident decon-Work in progress at PNL ETSB SPRB 50 50 50 FV83 tamination in reactor radioactive FIN D2281 SAFER paste management HR-NRR-A-5 Performance of activated charcoal Related to task action plan and ETSB FBRB 110 115 122 FV82 in ventilation exhaust systems at to Rogovin Report RSR (proposed) nuclear power reactors during flew project.

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SITE ANALYSIS - PAGE 2 D5E RES Anticipated Title - Jus ti fication Dranch &

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$ - In Thousands Priority Control Number Remarks - Status Mana ge r Manager Current FY81 FY82__ Completion Date A-6 Evaluation of real-time atams-Accident analysis related INS 150 500 300 FYH2 pheric dispersion models FIN

,RR-NRR-19-19 A-7 Atmospheric transport in shoreline Related to A-6 above - need HMS 250 400 500 envi ronmen ts preliminary results by end of RR-NRR-73 19 FY80 FIN A-8 Accidental release plune tracking New project - outgrowth of THI flHB nil 100 FY81 identi fied needs. Need to develop user need letter A-9 Evaluation of feasible technology New project. Post-THI identi fied ET50 nli 50 75 FY82 for large volume noble gas need. From Rogovin reconnendation.

recovery or delay system User need letter depends on approval of task action plan 111.D.1.2 A-10 Modi fication of environnental dose New project RAB nil 100 100 FY85 nodels as a result of the deter-Task action plan III.D.2.2 mination of behavior of various chemical forms of radiotodines.

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SITE ANALYSIS - PAGE 3 DSE-RES An ticipa ted Title - Justification Branch &

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$ - In Thousands Completion Priority Control Number Remarks - Status Manager Manager Current FY81 FY82 Date A-II Evaluation area radiation monitors New project. Follow on to FIN RAB nil 120 nil FY81 and airborne radioactivity nonitors

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Task action plan III.B.3.3 No user need letter sent A-12 Performance of adsorbants other New project. Related to A-5 above ETSB nit nil 125 FY84 than activated charcoal in Task action plan III.D.I.3 ventilation exhaust systems at User need letter being developed nuclear power plaints A-13 Necessity and desirability for New project. Rogovin Report RAB nil 200 200 FY82 installing environmental sinnitors motivated. Task action plan to measure real-time dose rates due III.D.2.4 No user need letter to noble gases, radiolodines, and sent particulates A-14 Test telecomunications network for New project. Requested by llHB nil 50 nil FYB1 meteorological data acquisition Teleconmiunications Branch. ADM and analysis A-15 feasibility of transmitting of fsite New project. TAP III.D.2.5 No RAB nil 100 100 FY82 dose and dose rate information user request issued yet directly to NRC or other locations A-16 Nuclear power plant long-term low New project ETSB nil 125 100 FY82 I evel radwaste unsi te s torage l

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$ - In thousands Completion Priorth Control Number Remarks - Status Man a ge r Mana ge r Current FV81 FY82 Date U-1 Statistical analysis of floods HHB PAS 140 nli 210 FY82 RR-NRR-79-16 i

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B-2 ISnurce term measurements program FIN A6015 ETSB SPRO nil 625 625 FY82 RR-NRR-75-02

$106 expended to date B-3 Close-in atmospheric dif fusion in progress llHS 60 70 nil FY81 RR-NRR-79-19 FIN 0-4 iP-32 bloaccumulation factors in User need letter in concurrence RAB nil 60 40 FY83 fish New. project 8-5 Processing of contaminated oli at New project, but related to work ETSB nll 50 FYo1 nuclear power plants at Drookhaven for NMS$ titled

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ENVIRONMENTAL TEENNOLOGY - PAGE I DSC RES Anticipated Title - Jus ti fication Branch &

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5 - In Thousands Completlun priority Control Number Remarks - Status

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Ff82 Date A-l Value-Ing>act analysis of regula-.

New project - Follow-up to NRR CHAD

[rHB nil 400 300 Ongoing thru tory safety decisions program support study FY85 FYG 3-85 = 1250 A-2 Energy demand and supply Ongoing-update of CONCEPT and CDAB EERB 300 400 Continuing RR-NRR-80-02 OMCOST codes 76-06 A-3 Ef fect of nuclear power plan't In progress E5B EERB 60 60 80 FYB2 operation ori the distribution and FIN 85744 Masnik j abundance of marine boring and l fouling organisms RR-NRR-76-7 i

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- Nonradiological cunsequences of New project CBAB EERB nil 300 500

. accidents ESB Kline A-5 Assessment of pathogenic organisms in progress ESB EERB 40 80 in puwer plant ef fluents and FIN B0418 Geckler receiving waters RR-N RR-7 7-25 A-6 Demographic and land use changes In progress CHAB EERB 70 200 300

,FY83 around nuclear puwer plants FIN B6173 ESB RR-NRR-79-22 AAB l

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ENVIRONMEtlTAt. TEClitt0t0GY - PAGE 2 DSE RES Anticipated Priority Control thmuber Remarks - Status Mana rie r Mana ger Current FYH1 FY82 ~ Completion Title - Justi fication Oranch &

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$ - In Thousands Oate A-7 Evaluation of ecosystem models In progress - U. Washington ESB EERB 130 130 130 FY83 RR-NRR-79-17 FIN 07008 or 17018 Masnik A-8 Evaluation of remote sensing as New project ESB EERB nil 40 290 a source of environmental FIN B6281 Kline in forma tion RR-NRR-77-0 7 A-9 Development of methodology for New project ESB EERB nfl 100 100 assessing biological Bl1Iups habitats by neans of physical characteristics A-10 Analysis of operating data and of New project ESB EERB nil 230 250 impact statements to (1) identify Cain and document environmental effects that are mitigable, de minimus, or site independent, (2) assess the

, need for thermal restrictions on power plant discharges; and (3) quantify impacts on planktonic and periphytic organisms due to p(wer plant operation I

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e ENVIR0!iMENTAL TECilfl01 OGY - PAGE 3 DSE RES Anticipated Title - Justification Dranch &

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5 - In Thousands Comple t ion Priority Control Number Remarks - Status Mange r Manager Current fi5I IVF Date i

11 - 1 itomputer code for small region Continuing project CHAB EERB 300 200 socio-economic inyact analysis FIN RR-NRR-B-2 lapact mitigation by stock replace-New project ESB EERB nli 80 80 ment and enhancenent Billups H-3 Optiminn cycles of concentration New project E5B EERB nil 40 nil One year study in closed cooling systems Lehr B-4 Validation of models for predictint IJork in progress ESB EERB 120 120 conposition of chlorinated waters FIN.06248 Lehr i

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B-5 financial disincentives to safety New project CtlAH LERS nil 150 20 TAP IV G l

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B-7 Ildenti fy factors a f fecting New project l %I IERB nil 75 0

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ENVIRONMf NTAL TECil40t 0GY - PAGE 4 DSE RES Anticipated Title - Jus ti ficattun Granch &

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$ - In Thousands Priority Con t ro l Numbe r Renw rks - Sta ties M.in a ge r Mana ge r Current fysi fis2~ Completlun Oate B-li

[nvironnental inpacts of blocides New project ESB EEkB nil 50 50 other than chlorine tchr g ublic educa tion New project

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H-10 l Develop quantitative nethods to New project ISB nil 60 100

! support reviews and evaluatiosis I

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,Probabilistic assessment of non-New project ESB nl1 110 150 radiological environnental lapacts B-12 Socioeconomic impacts of waste CBAD 100 200 aianagenent facilities C-1 literature review on the effects New project ESB 95 0

One year study of thermal discharges on Hickey recreational fisheries

ENVIRONMENTAL TttitNOLOGY - PAGE 5 DSE RES An ticipa ted Title - Justification Bran (.h &

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$ - In Thousands Couple t ion Priority Control flamber Remarks - Status Manager Manager Current FYHI FY82 Date C-2 Trends in environmental quality New project Esa 250 250 at operating plants Sanwo rth C-3 NEPA considerations of neeting New project Esa 100 100 zero discharge goal of the Clean Sanworth Water ACt C-4 Economic analysis of impact of loss CBAB 250 300 of all or some of the nuclear power plants in the nation or a region C-5 Alternative fish return systems to New project ESB 80 80 reduce layingement nuirtality C-6 Technical bases to support New project ESB nil 80 nil he year preparation of a guide for gather-liickey

'ing ecological information during a site visit C-7 Technical bases to support New project LSB nil 80 nil Jne year ireparation of a guide for evaluat-Ilickey ing fishery resources during a

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LHVIRONMfHIAI Tf Cliflot0GY - PAGE 6 DSE Rf5 Anticipated Title - Justification Bram h f.

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1 - In Thoissands Completion priority Control Number Remarks - Status it.ip a ge,. r Manager Curr en t (Vill IVH2 Date C-H Compensatory reserve in natural New project E5li EERB 80 80 fish populations Billups C-9 Experimentally determine ef fects of In progress - in third year as no Esti EERB no cost nil nll FY80 cooling system entralnment on fish cost extension of two-yi ar study Wilson Reid extension eggs, larvae and food organisms FIN B629ft RR-N R R-7 7-2 3 C-10 Synergistic effects of chlorination In progress (5ft FERB 120 200 py-products and other ef fluent FIN B2098 teler tonstituents RR-NRR-76-Il C-Il Copper discharges from nuclear In progress ESB EERB 75 75 power plants FIN A0119

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/aluation of environmental impacts New project EBAB

[ ERB nil nil 200 if nuclear power plants I

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