ML19316A758
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May 15,1980 1
For:
The Comissioners 4
From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MAY 9,1980 l
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 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
l Management and Program Analysis J
Controller K
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L*
Items Approved by the Comission M**
Calendar of Speaking Engay N
J ?g lT.A.RlhiCAmaistantforOperations e
Office of Executive Director for Operations
- No input t'his week.
- Deleted from Comissioners and PDR copy.
Contact:
T. A. Rehm 27781 8005270
SUMMARY
OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT Week Ending May 9,1980 Quad Cities On May 1, while starting up, Quad Cities 2 had.an unplanned release of gaseous radioactivity of about 7% of the Technical Specification limit. Apparently unrelated, the unit scramed later when a feedwater regulator valve locked in an open position during a rapid power descent. After the scram, the feedwater regulator valve was found to function properly, and the unit was restarted.
Duane Arnold Energy Center On April 30, with the plant at 85% power, a recirculation pump tripped on electrical fault.
Plant' shutdown has commenced. The licensee plans to request a Tech Spec modification to permit operation at reduced power.
Meetings Concerning TMI On May 7, Comissioner Hendrie, H. Denton, J. Collins, and B. Snyder met in Harrisburg with representatives of TMI Alert to discuss cleanup operations at TMI-2.
j On May 13, the ASLB will conduct hearings on the restart of TMI-l in Harr'sburg.
Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS).
NFS License No. SNM-124 was amended on April 30 to authorize decontamination and decommissioning of U-233 and Pu facilities.
Meeting on the Department of Energency's Spent Fuel Storage Program i
At the meeting, DOE indicated that its generic environmental impact statement (EIS) on its spent fuel storage program will be issued in a month. A site specific away-from-reactor EIS will be issued in draft form in November; a final report will be sent to the Congress in November 1981.
NRC-PAEC Arrangement Commissioner Zoilo Bartolome of the Philippine has counter signed the information exchange Arrangement that NRC signed on March 28.
Emergency Preparedness Discussions with Candians The NDFEMA delegation will meet with the Atomic Energy Control Board of Candia on May 29 and 30 to discuss proposed emergency planning and response.
FY 1980 Supplemental The House Appropriations Comittee has marked up the FY 1980 supplemental request, providing 32 additional positions and $31,950,000 in additional funds. Mark-up by the Senate Appropriations Subcomittee on Energy and Water Development is expected next week.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending May 9,1980 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 323 22 Granted 222 5
Denied 54 10 Pending 47 7
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received (NRC employee)
Requests the names and ratings of all candidates for (80-240)
Vacancy Announcement 80-1000.
Debra D. Mcdonald, Requests a copy of the applications for radioactive Nuclear Pharmacy, Inc.
materials licensure and a copy of the actual radioactivi (80-241) materials license issued to Pharmatopes, Inc.
(An individual requesting Requests all documents retrievable by search under his information about himself) name.
(80-242)
Ellyn R. Weiss, Requests all documents authored by Joseph M. Hendrie or Sheldon, Harmon submitted by staff members during his tenture as
& Weiss Deputy Director for Technical Review, related to Indian (80-243)
Point Units 1, 2 and 3, all contracts for consulting work between Dr. Hendrie after he left this position and a copy of his job description.
William H. Button, Requests all information related to Hittman Nuclear and Radiological Control Development Corporation, RAD Services, Inc. and Consultants Radiation Management Corporation and copies of the Offi (80-244) of Inspection and Enforcement, " Items of Interest" for all editions of the Weekly Information Report issued to date in CY 1980.
Laura J. Rayburn, Requests a copy of the S.F. 50 and S.F. 52 utilized in Administrative Advocacy Clinic, the filling of the vacancy for the position of Georgetown University Law Center Director, Operations and Personnel in 1979.
(80-245)
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
2 Received, Cont'd Robert Goldsmith, Requests 10 categories of docuN nts relating for the Citizens for a Better proposed decontamination of Jresden Unit 1.
Environment (80-24f. )
(An individual requesting Requests all documents indexed or maintained under his information about himself) name.
(80-247)
David S. Thomas Requests the names, present and past position titles, (80-248) present and past grades and present duty stations for all employees in Region II.
Granted Sharyn Danch, In response to a request for eight categories of NRC Nationa's Treasury personnel information, made available a copy of three Employees Union computer printouts.
(80-174)
(NRCemployee)
In response to a request for a copy of the paper (80-196) prepared for the Comission which addresses the personnel selection processes as suggested by the Offic of the Special Counsel, made available this document.
(An individual requesting In response to a request for records pertaining to his informationabouthimself) security investigatien, informed the requester the NRC (80-220) has no documents subject to his request and forwarding his request to the Department of Energy.
(An individual requesting In response to a request for information on him in the information about himself)
Office of the Inspector and Auditor and information (80-221) on any charges made against him and his personnel file, informed the requester the NRC has no records pertainin.
to his request.
Charles Varon In response to a request for information on the Abalone
(.80-222)
Alliance, made available one document.
Eugene R. Fidell, In response to a request for a copy of Chairman Attorney-At-Law Ahearne's memorandum dated liarch 21, 1980 concerning thi (80-232) investigation at Three Mile Island, and any related documents, informed the requester these records are located at the PDR.
(NRCemployee)
Informed the requester the NRC has no information (80-234) pertaining to him in the Office of the Inspector and Auditor or information on any charges made against him.
ENCLOSURE A
3 Granted, Cont'd (An individual requesting Made available information on his Reactor Operator information about himself)
License exam results.
(80-237)
Kim Rapacz, In response to a request for a copy of all incident Prairie Island Project reports on accidents involving spent fuel pools at (80-238)
Idaho Falls Testing Reactor from 1966 until 1970, informed the requester the NRC has no information subject to this request and forwarding his request to the Department of Energy.
Denied Marvin Resnikoff, In response to a request for a copy of NL Industries Sierra Club Radioactive recently approved route plan for the Canadian shipment Waste Campaign of spent fuel, denied portions of one document consider (80-219) commercial or financial (proprietary) information.
ENCLOSURE A
DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending May 9,1980 PENDING COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS IFP RS-ADM-80-689 Title - Purchase / Installation / Maintenance of a 900 LPM Line Printer Subsystem Description - Subsystem co6sisting of Data Products 2290 line printer and Data General RDOS/AOS data channel line printer controller (Brand name or equal).
Period of Performance - Ninety days after award Sponsor - Office of Administration Status, Solicitation being developed RFP'S ISSUED 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 - Solicitation to be issued May 9, 1980.
2.
RFP RS-ADM-80-687 Title - Professional Secretary Development Program Description - Program developed to assist secretarial personnel in becoming better informed of the areas of knowledge associated with work of professional secretary and in developing and implementing Individual Career Development Plans.
Period of Performance - Twenty-five months Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - RFP issued May 8, 1980.
PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION 1.
RFP RS-01E-80-259 (Two-Step IFB)
Title - Nondestructive Examination (NDE) Mobile Van, Region I Description - Special vehicle designed to be used for conducting independent nondestructive examinations of licensees' facilities.
Period of Performance - 120 days Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - Revised technical proposals were issued to the Source Selection Board on May 7,1980, for selection of those offerors with acceptable technical proposals and who should be invited to submit bids under Step 2.
ENCLOSURE A
2 2.
RFP RS-0IP-80-338 Title - Evaluation of U.S. Nuclear Health and Safety Information Dissemination to Foreign Countries Description - 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.
Period of Performance - Six months Sponsor - Office of International Programs Status - Best and Finals rectived May 5, 1980, and forwarded to Source
. Selection Board on May 7, 1980.
CONTRACTS AWARDED NRC-02-80-027 Title - Licensing Assistance - Environmental Impact Statement Preparation Description - 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 provide a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and subsequently a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status - Basic Ordering Agreements have been awarded to two firms: Science Applications, Inc., of Oak Ridge, TN, and PRC Toups of Orange, CA.
CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made)
Contract No.
Contractor Close-Out Date NRC-10-79-601 Computer Systems Support Corp.
5/1/80 NRC-10-78-587 Dr. Albert H. Taub 5/7/80 NRC-10-76-241 McGraw-Hill, Inc.
5/7/80 (AT(49-24)-0241)
NRC-10-78-408 McGraw-Hill, Inc.
5/5/80 ENCLOSURE A
3 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS Contract No. - NRC 17-77-117 with ACE Federal Reporters, Inc., for Stenographic Reporting Services Sponsor - Office of the Secretary Previous Report - February 29, 1980 Status - The Division of Contracts is currently negotiating with ACE Federal to settle claims for costs incurred in connection with the contractor's performance during the TMI incident.
DC re-jected ACE's original proposal and is now considering a revised proposal dated May 1, 1980.
t ENCLOSURE A
DIVISIONOFSEdbRITY ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ErlDING MAY 9, 1980 The Division of Security held a meeting on May 6, and 7, 1980, which was attended by approximately 25 licensee personnel, Regicnal Office personnel and Headquarters personnel (e.g., flMSS, IE, NRR) to discuss the "NRC Classification Guide for Safeguards Information."' The meeting was held to assist licensees in classifying safeguards information.
e ENCLOSURE A
I OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Week Ending May 9,1980)
OUa0 CITIES At about 9:00 a.m., May 1,1980, while starting up from a refueling outage, Quad Cities 2 had an unplanned release of gaseous radioactivity of about 7% of the Technical Specification limit. The gas was believed to have come from a momentary partial venting of a loop seal, and was released through the turbine building ventilation system. The red phone was used to report the incident to NRC.
In an apparently unrelated incident later in the day, at about 12:30 p.M.
the unit scrammed when a feedwater regulator valve locked in the 30% open position during a rapid power descent.
The unit was going from 650 MW to 300
!O.' during power-flow mapping of the new core. The scram was followed in about 1 minute by a recirculation pump trip.
After the scra'm, the feedwater regulator valve was found to function properly, and the 6 nit was restarted.
Again, the red phone was used to report the incident.
DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER During the morning of April 30, 1980, with the plant at 85% power, the "A" recirculation pump tripped on electrical fault (over-current or under-voltage).
Investigation revealed that a very low ground reading existed on the motor-generator set drive motor.
The licensee has determined that rewinding of the motor is probably necessary.
At the time of the pump trip, a 24-hour LC0 was' entered for power operation with one recirculation loop inoperabla plant shutdown has commenced. The licensee plans to request a Technical
.:fication modification to permit operation at reduced power with one operable recirculation loop.
Seaver Vallev 1 The Duquesne Light Company, licensee of the Beaver Valley power Station, has reported that pipe penetration welds in a number of tanks manufactured by the Graver Tank Company do not meet the manufacturers requirements.
The welds lack full penetration on pipe penetrations inside the tank.
The tanks irivolved include the refueling water storage tank, demineralized water storage tank, condensate storage tank, boron recovery storage tank, and liquid waste tansk.
DLC is making plans to repair the welds before startup in July.
I&E Region I is.following the progress of the investigation and repair.
ENCLOSURE B
St. Lucie Unit 1 On May 5, 1980 we authorized an emergency change to the St. Lucie Unit 1 Technical Specifications to permit the Unit to go from MODE 4 to MODE 3.
The change deferred performance of turbine driven AFW pump surveillance from MODE 4 to MODE 3 (transition at 325'F Tave).
Operation in MODE 3 is necessary for sufficient main steam pressure to perform the surveillance. Previously a now degraded auxiliary boiler was used to perform the surveillance.
(Tube plugging in auxiliary boiler has reduced its capacity below tnat required for the surveillance test.)
b ENCLOSURE B
iiRC TMI PROGRN4 0FFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT,
Week of: May 3 - 9,1980 Plant status Core Cooling Mude:
Cyclic natural circulation in the "A" reactor coolant system (RCS) loop via the "A" once through steam generator (UTdG), steaming to the rain condenser, and-RCS loop-A and B cyclic natural circulation to reactor building ambient.
Available Core Cooling Modes: OTSG "B" to the main condenser; long term cooling "B" (OTSG-B); decay heat removal.
RCS Pressure Control hode:
Standby Pressure Control (SPC) System.
oackup Pressure Control Hode: Hakeup system in conjunction with letdown flow (Emergency use only oue to suspected leaks in the seal injectionsystem).
Major Parameters (As of 1600, May 9,1930) (approximate values)
Average Incore Thermocouples: 153*F Haximum Incore Thermocouple:
189'F RCS Loop Temperatures:
A B
hot Leg 146*F 149*F ColdLeg(1) 64*F 10l*F (2) di'F 103*F i
RCS Pressure:
76 psig (heise) 63 psig (DVM - now controlling)
Pressurizer Temperature:
26o F (Saturation Pressure 26 psig)
Reactor duilding:
Temperature:
79*F Pressure:
-1.4 psig (heise)
Water level: Elevation E90.6 ft. (8.1 ft. from floor) via decay heat system tievation 290.2 ft. via penetration 401 manometer j
Environmental a iffluent Information 1.
Liquid effluents from THI-l released to the Susquehanna River, after processing, were witnin the limits specified in Technical Specificati'ons.
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no liquia effluents were cischargea from THI-2.
Results from LPA monitoring of the environment arounc the TMI site were:
EFA environmental stations registered background levels for air particulate ana water samples.
ENCLOSURE B
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Gas / Air (KR-85) sample results during the period April 2S Center - 22 pCi/md, Middletown - 21 pCi/md,pCi/md, THI Ubservat through Hay 2, 196U, were: Goldsboro - ly ano Bainbridge -
21 pCi/m3 The EPA states that the Kr-65 background,, concentration in the vicinity of TitI to be between 20 and 40 pCi/m.
o Instantaneous direct radiation readings showed no levels above natural background (average U.ul5 mR/nr) at tne 10 environ-i mental monitoring stations.
4.
NRC Environmental Data The West Screen House continuous air sample (HP-215) for the sampling period April 30 through Hay 7, 1900, has been delivered to the EPA Coordination Center for analysis. The most current results received from the EPA for air sample Hr'-210 taken April 2-9, 1980, indicated that no reactor related radioactivity was detected.
Results of the environmental TLD measurements for the period March 18 to April 30, 1960, indicate no ganraa levels above natural background.
Fifty-eight TLD's registered doses ranging from 0.09 mR/ day to 0.18 mR/ day. Average cose was l
u.13 raR/ day. These dose rates are consistent with natural background radiation. in the THI area, b.
Radwaste shipments offsite were as follows:
Un Monday, May 6,1980, a Unit Z reactor coolant sample was sent to the dabcock and Wilcox facility, Lynchburg, Virginia, for chemical and radiochemical analysis.
On Friday, May 9, 1960, the licensee made one LSA shipment of low level waste, to b&rnwell, South Carolina. HRC personnel surveyed the shipment and inspected shipping documents prior to granting approval.
o.
EPICOR II Processing Status:
(auxiliary building approximate quantities)
Amount processed this week:
8,000 gallons Amount processed to date:
255,000 gallons Amount to be processed:
194,500 gallons Hajor Activities (Past and Present) 1.
Reactor Coolant System (RCS) Pressure Reduction.
On April 16, 1960, RCS pressure was recuced from 300 psig to 190 psig.
The pressure l
was further reduced to 135 psig on April 29, 1980.
The pressure was reduced to 90 psig on May 9, 1980.
The primary system responded predictably to the pressure reductions. Water samples drawn from the letdown system on May 5, 1980, indicate that dissolved gas concentrations in the RCS will remain below saturation at 100 psig.
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ENCLOSURE B
3 Nchever, due to limited water circulation, it is assumed that gas saturated water and gas pockets do exist in portions of the RCS.
The following gas pocket volumes versus primary pressure have been calculated:
RCS pressure Gas volume 300 psig 50 cubic feet 190 psig 57 cubic feet 135 psig 106 cubic feet 100 psig 138 cubic feet The above pressure / volume relations have been verified during several pressure changes oy comparing the amount of makeup / letdown to the resultant RCS pressure changes.
Tne RCS pressure reauctions have not produced a noticeable effect on the seconaary systein.
Lioth A and 'd loops continued to " burp" i
periodically.
The A loop " burp" interval increased from 21 to 24 iiours. The B loop " burps" sporadically every 80 to 110 hours0.00127 days <br />0.0306 hours <br />1.818783e-4 weeks <br />4.1855e-5 months <br />.
The decreased " burp" frequency in the A loop is attributed to nigiser iieat loses to the reactor builaing atmosphere.
The reactor building eveparative cooling system was activated on April 15, 1980, to recuce tile reactor builaing pressure. The " burp" frequency decreaseo after the reactor builoing cooling system was activated.
1 The RCS leek rete appears to have decreasea as a result of the pressure reouctiuns. Quantitative leak rate data will be provided after additional leak /raakeup volumes are compileo.
Pressurizer heaters will not be usea now that pressure is reduced to luu psig.
The cycling of the neaters produced pressure fluctuations.
Tne heaters haa been used to maintain the water in the pressurizer just below the saturation temperature.
In this ccndition, tiie pressurizer was a potentiel source of pressure for the RCS in tile event of an unplanned pressure reduction.
The hazards associated with an unplanneu uepressurization have decreased with the decrease in tnermocuuple teuperatures below ambient boiling.
i.
Decoy i, eat Removal Syste::: Valves, DH-V-1 and 6H-V-171.
A meeting between tne Tini Program Office staff ana licensee representatives iws been scneaulea for Moacay, May 12,1sco, to discuss the potential proolems which uay oe encountereo after bn-V-1 and DH-V-171 are openeu.
Wiien open, tne valves will provide a flow path from the reactor coolant systeza (RCS) to tiie mini decay neat removal (MDHR) system in Ine auxiliary ouilaing.
The rising water level in the reactor building is expectea to cover the valve operators in Ine near future; tnis may precluce tne option to close the valves.
Wnen open, the valves expose the decay heat re: oval system to RCS pressure and as a result, RC5 pressure must be maintained below appruximately 37u psig to prevent exceeding tne decay heat removal system relief valve setting. After tho valves are opened, racistion levels may increase in some sections of the auxiliary building.
ENCLOSURE B f
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Reactor duildinu Entry.
The reactor building entry wnich was seneculeo for April 24, 19ed, was postponed wnen the dational Institute of Occupational Safety ano dealth (HIOSH) inspected the oio harine dio Pac du breatning units and found tnat unauthorized modifications had been made. The dio Pac ts0 has a service life uf u0 minutes anc was selected to be used by the reactor building entry team.
The licensee has rescheduled tne entry for May 20,1960, ani is revising proceoures to either use the dio Pac 60, if HIO51i recertifies the unit, or to use the Mine Safety Appliance Company (MSA) llodel 401 breatning apparatus. The liSA unit nas a service life of only 40 minutes and as a result, would require shortening the entry to 15 minutes.
The TM1 Program Office staff is reviewing the proposed changes.
4.
11pi Decay Heat Removal (hDHR) System.
The licensee contracted a r vate consulting fina to review Ine design of the ilDHR system.
.ie consulting firm recommenced numerous raodifications to the existing systera.
If implemented, tne proposed modifications could celay system co,apletion for 12 months.
Tne original system was scheduled to be operational by May 23, 1900.
The consulting finn's recorxnendatiuns will be revieweo by the licensee and tne WRC THI Program Office.
Ground Water Monitoring Program.
A total of 15 ground water monitoring wells are oeing used to raonitor activity in the ground water around the THI-2 reactor building.
Water samples are taken weekly. No new sample analysis results have been received since the last weekly status report.
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have recommended tnat all water pumped from the monitoring wells should be released through site discharge point 001 to the river. All water discharged througn point 001 is continuously monitored and recorded.
The licensee is opposed to this recommendation on the grounds that it unnecessarily complicates the sampling process and would prefer to release the water to the storm drains which discharge to the holding pond which is sampled on a weekly basis.
The TNI Program Office would support either course of action since both are monitored release points. The issue remains unresolved at this time.
ENCLOSURE B
S iieetinus Helo with Public Officials and Interested Groups 1.
Ori 116y S,19do, J. Collins addressed the 9th grade Civic Classes at East Junior liigh School, riarrisburg.
On riay o,19do, at 7:00 p.ni., J. Collins, T. Elsasser and M. Bills, c.
EPA, conducted a briefing in Manchester for officials invited from the following connunities: Conewago Township (West Shore) Dover Township East Manchester Township, Hellam Township,fianchester, iianenester Township,11ount Wolf, Springettsburg, Warrington Township, ano York Haven. A total of 22 officials were invited; 3 attended.
3.
On May 7, 19d0, J. Collins appeared on a talk program on WAhT radio, Lebanon, called "Two riay Radio" to answer questions from listeners concerning the cleanup operations.
4.
On soy 7, 19o0, at 7:30 p.ia., Coranissioner Hendrie, H. Denton, J. Collins, o. bnyder and M. Bills, EPA, raet in riarrisburg with representatives of TWI Alert to discuss cleanup operations at liiI-2.
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On May u,1900, J. Col. lins addressed tne Lower Swatara Lions Club at 0:4 0 p.id. at the Skyways Inn.
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Un ilay 9,1960, J. Lollins and A. Fasano raet with B. Grier and J. Allen to discuss the Inspection and Enforcement Prograia at Tul-1 ana Ti,I-2.
Future heetinus 1.
On hay le,1980, J. Collins will participate in the graduation cenaony for the Couaunity lionitoring Prograni to be held at the Penn 5 tate Capitol Campus.
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On ilay 13, 1960, tne Ati,cic Safety and Licensing doard will conduct hearings concerning the Restart of TMI-l at the Federal Building in Harrisburg, 3.
Jn liay 14,1980, at 7:30 p.m., J. Collins will meet with the Lower Swatara oc ra of Couaissioners to discuss tne cleanup operations at TiiI-2.
4.
On June 9, 19eu, J. Collins will meet with the Pennsylvania Arson Asscciation in Lancaster to ciscuss clean-up operations at THI-2.
3.
J. Collins will present an invited paper entitled, ";iRC Involveraent uuring tne Tai Accident" at the 19o0 Annual Meeting of the Araerican duclear Society, June c-13, 19c0, in Las Vegas,.ievaca.
ENCLOSURE B
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l 0FFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 9,1980 1.
Meeting of Interaaency Subcommittee on Three Mile Island Followup Research:
A meeting of the Three Mile Island Followup Research Subcommittee of the Interagency Radiation Research Committee (formerly NIH/Upton Committee) was j
held on May 5,1980. Attending were representatives of NCI, D00, BRH, DOE, CDC, EPA, NI AMDD and F. Arsenault, D. Flack, H. Peterson, R. Goldsmith and M. Parsont of NRC. The NRC representatives presented information on TMI worker doses, on allegations of increased infant mortality and neonatal hypothyroidism in the TMI area, and on the recent meeting of the Pennsylvania TMI Advisory Panel on Health Research Studies.
SD staff members are keeping the Subcommittee informed on such matters. The Subcommittee now is chaired by Dr. Oddvar F. Nygaard of NCI and will continue to review the progress of ongoing and planned studies of TMI-related health effects.
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Contact:
R. Goldsmith, 3D (443-5860)]
Publications Issued Durino the lleek of May 5-9, 1980 Reg. Guide 4.14, Rev.1 Radiological Effluent and Environmental Monitoring at Uranium Mills ENCLOSURE C
0FFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending May 9,1980 Comoletion of Latest Draft of NUREG-0561 Copies of the most recent draft of the spent fuel shipments guidance document, NUREG-0561, have been circulated for informal comments within the Division of Safeguards, Offices of Standards Development, Inspection and Enforcement, and the Executive Legal Director.
Based upon tne comments received, a final draft will be circulated for formal concurrence next week.
Babcock & Wilcock Comoany.
Representatives of the Babcock & Wilcox Company, Commerical Nuclear Fuel Plant met with a member of the Material Control and Accountability Licensing Branch to discuss their submittal of a totally revised Fundamental Nuclear Material Control Plan.
International Safeguards On May 5,1980, members of the Safeguards Division staff participated in an " Interagency Steering Group" (ISG) meeting chaired by L. V. Nosenzo, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy and Energy Technology Affairs, Cepartment of State.
The activities of the Action Plan Working Group for improving IAEA safeguards and the status of the progress toward the application of IAEA safeguards in the U.S. under the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreerent were discussed.
Nuclear Fuel Services, (NFS) License No. SNM-124 The Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., (NFS) Special Nuclear Materials License No.
SNM-124 was amended on April 30, 1980, to authorize NFS to begin decontamination and decomaissiong of its U-233 and Pu facilities.
Work en the U-233 facility is scheduled to begin during the first week of June,1960. Further scheduling for both U-233 and Pu facilities is dependent on the availability of sites for disposition of contaminated wastes.
ENCLOSURE D
2 Scent. Fuel Storage -- Dry Storage Technolooy Develocment Program At Germantown, on April 29, 1980, a member of the Division of Fuel Cycle attended a presentation made by Westingnouse personnel on a proposed spent fuel dry storage technology development program at the Nevada Test Site. Total funding would be about $14 million. This ambitious program would cover sealed storage casks (both U.S. concrete and steel and German cast iron transportable cask types) and dry well storage. Air-cooled vault storage studies would make use of the existing lag storage vault at the EMAD building.
The schedule proposed for the program would establish a data base for dry storage technologies for light water reactor spent fuel by 1984. This would allow dry storage to be considered for use in DOE's proposed 1984 license hpplication to store spent fuel in a new independent spent fuel storage' installation (ISFSI).
One of the potential advantages perceived for dry storage is its low cost.
A rough estimate of the storage cost for spent fuel of a 5000 MTU drywell ISFSI is.555/kgU to 575/kgu. The estimated cost for a 5000 MTLU water pool type ISFSI is $130/kgU.
Meeting on the Department of Energy Spent Fuel Storage Program On May 1,1980, members of NMSS and ELD staffs attended a meeting held by DOE at the Forrestal Building to request participation by the Councl on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Nuclear Regulatory Conmission (NRC) in activities requested by the Congress in H. R. 3000 and S. 688.
Neither of these bills has been enacted into law.
Leland C. Rouse, Chief, Advanced Fuel and Spent Fuel Licensing Branch, NRC, noted that NRC staff were present as observers only. While NRC staff could provide general licensing guidance, discussion of specific licensed activities at existing sites was excluded because of legal considerations.
As part of its effort, DOE has prepared and sent to the Congress a report
" Department of Energy Study on Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage" (00E/SR-0004).
4 DOE discu:: sed this report in this meeting.
DOE is planning to update its projection of away-from-reactor (AFR) spent fuel storage capacity need.
The DOE generic environmental impact statement (EIS) on its spent fuel storage program is being printed and will be issued in a month. A site specific AFR-EIS will be issued in draft form in November 1980 with on site hearings in early 1981. A final AFR-EIS is scheduled to be issued in July or August of 1981.
A final report on all these activities will then be sent to the Congress in November 1981.
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Recuest for Information from the Nuclear Materials Management and 3afeguards Systems (NMMSS)
William Kirk, U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Mines, requested information from the NMMSS on year end inventories of depleted uranium and thorium for 1977,1978, and 1979. The information was retrieved, reviewed, and forwarded to Mr. Kirk.
U.S. Senator Harry Byrd, Jr., requested information on the amounts of nuclear waste shipped into the.U.S. by way of each of the major ports.
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The NMMSS data base was queried, the data reviewed, and dispatched.
NUREG-0656 On May 1,1980, L. Roche-Farmer met in New York with Dr. Leonard Solon and his staff to discuss specifically NUREG-0656 and, in general, the disposal of institutional wastes. The meeting was held at the request of Dr. Solon, who is Director of the Bureau for Radiation Control, New York City Department of Health.
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1 0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending May 9, 1980 1.
The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched:
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EN-80-16 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation - On May 7,1980, a Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $4,000 were issued to the subject licensee.
This action is based on an alleged item of noncompliance relating to the delivery of a package of low specific activity radioactive mater-ial to a carrier for transport with a radiation dose rate exceeding 200 millirems per hour.
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EN-80-17 Providence Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska - On May 7,1980, a Hotice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $1,700 were issued to the subject licensee.
This action is based on three alleged items of noncompliance which involved the loss of iridium-192 implant seeds, failure to conduct adequate surveys,'and failure to notify NRC immediately of the loss.
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Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were aispatched during the past week a.
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PN0-I-80-70 Haddam Neck - Unplanned Gaseous Radioactivity Release c.
PNO-I-80-71 Millstone Units 1 & 2 - Possible Security Force Job Action d.
PN0-I-80-72 Pilgrim Unit 1 - Failure of Emergency Diesel Generator Field Exciter J
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PN0-I-80-73 Shoreham Unit 1 - News Conference on Shoreham Investigation f.
PNO-II-80-73B & -73C Brunswick Units 1 & 2 - Unauthorized Disposal of Radioactive Material g.
PN0-II-80-75 Surry Unit 1 - Personnel Injury i
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PN0-II-80-77 Turkey Point Unit 3 - Reactor Trip Resulting in Grid Perturbations J.
PNO-II-80-78 Browns Ferry Units.1,- 2 & 3 - Qualification of Hydrogen Analyzer k.
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PNO-II-80-80 Turkey Point Units 3 & 4 - Radioactively Contaminated Soil Found on Site m.
PNO-II-80-81 Turkey Point Unit 4 - Missing Hex Nut on Main Steam Check Valve n.
PNO-III-80-83 Duane Arnold - Unit Shutdown for Greater Than 48 Hours o.
PNO-III-80-84 Dresden Unit 3 - Return to Operation Foilowing an Extended Outage p.
PNO-III-80-85 Zion Units 1 & 2 - Unplanned Gaseous Release q.
PNO-V-80-34 San Onofre Unit 1 - Reactor Coolant Pump Flywheel Crack r.
PNS-I-80-09 Beaver Valley Unit 2 - Bomb Threat s.
PNS-I-80-10 United Nuclear Corporation, Uncasv111e, CT - Guard Shoots Himself While on Duty t.
PNS-II-80-12 Yellow Creek - Bomb Threat u.
PNS-III-80-06 Davis-Besse Unit 1 - Improper Use of Vital Area Access Card Key 3.
The following IE. Bulletins were issued:
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IE Bulletin 80-10. " Contamination of Nonradicutive System and Resulting Potential for Unmonitored, Uncontrolled Releat4 to Environment," was issued on May 6,1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction permit.
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IE Bulletin 80-11, " Masonry Wall Design," was issued on May 8,1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license, except 'rojan.
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IE Information Notice 80-17, " Potential Hazards Associated with Inter-changeable Parts on Radiographic Equipment," was issued on May 5, 1980 to all radiography licensees.
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IE Information Notice 80-18, "Possible Weapons Smuggling Pouch," was issued on May 5, 1980 to all power reactor facilities with an cperating license, fuel fabrication and processing facilities, and byproduct materials processors and distributors.
IE Information Notice 80-19, "NIOSH Recall of Recirculating-Mode (Closed-c.
Circuit) Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (Rebreathers) " was issued on May 6, 1980 to all holders of a power reactor operating license, research reactor license, fuel cycle facility license, and Priority I materials license, mrauxwrno
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IE Information Notice 80-20. " Loss of Decay Heat Removal Capability at Davis-Besse Unit 1 While in a Refueling Mode," was issued on May 8, 1980 to all light water power reactor facilities with an operating license or constructic, permit.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING MAY 9, 1980 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION NRC-PAEC Arrangement The U.S. Embassy in Manila advised IP on April 28 that Commissioner Zoilo Bartolome of the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission had counter-signed the information exchange Arrangement which Mr. Dircks had signed for NRC on March 28. The Embassy is air pouching NRC's copy back.
The PAEC has not yet designated an Arrangement Administrator.
Emergency Preparedness Discussions with Canadians The Atomic Energy Control Board of Canada this week agreed to host the pro-posed emergency planning and response discussions (scecific topics reported in the Weekly Activities of April 28) with the NRC-FEMA delegation, to be headed by Brian Grimes, on May 29 and 30 in Ottawa and Toronto, respectively.
IP is coordinating arrangements.
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On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Mrs. Patricia Zuniga of the Mexican National Nuclear Safety and Safeguards Commission met with staff represen-tatives of FCMS/ NMSS for expanded discussions, originally started on April 8, regarding (1) the procedures for licensing byproduct material used in medical programs; (2) the methods for disposal of waste byproduct materials; and (3) emergency procedures for byproduct materials.
On Monday, Mr. Milo Kabat, Supervisor of the Central Safety Services Contami-nation Control Section of Ontario Hydro, began a two-week visit to TMI to work on Unit-2 decontaminatic' operations.
On Friday, Mr. Joseph Camilleri, Senior Lecturer in Politics from Victoria, Australia, met with J. R. Shea, Director of IP, to discuss the proliferation implications of nuclear exports to West Germany, France, the U.K., Japan, Brazil, India, and Pakistan.
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Foreign Reports Cont'd EXPdRT/ IMPORT AND INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS ISG Meeting On May 5 the Interagency Steering Group met to discuss the status of activities to implement the Action Plan for Measures to Strengthen IAEA Safeguards and the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement (including a report by NMSS on the status of Part 75).
Letter from State - US Physical Security Assurances to UK The State Department has written to the Chairman regarding a request by the UK for assurances that source material within the U.S. is protected in accordance with prudent management. oractice." IP will. orecare, in coordine-tion with NMSS and ELD, a response for the Commission's consideration.
Japan Reprocessing Department of Energy has advised that three proposals for the retransfer of spent fuel for reprocessing will be forwarded to NRC on May 9,1980.
(JAPC0 and TEPC0 to the U.K. and KANSAI to France.)
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ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING MAY 9, 1980 State Agreements The North Dakota radiation control program for agreement materials will be reviewed during the week of May 12-16.
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The members attending expressed interest in the NRC's low level waste program and its relationship to the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act as well as NRC regional activities.
Frank Young attended a meeting at OMB with other Federal Liaison Officers for the A-95 circular.
The meeting updated all Federal Agencies on the A-95 Improvement Program and indicated a Presidential memorandum will be coming to all agencies within the next month regarding the need for coordination of all Federal planning activities within each State.
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Congressional Correspondence Sent Office Directors the March index of NRC-Congress correspondence by subject and by Member.
NASAP-INFCE Sent to ED0 and Commission for transmittal to Congress the second semi-annual report on the evaluations of alternative reactors and fuel cycles.
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Office of the Controller Items of Interest Week Ending May 9, 1980 FY llemental The propriations Committee has marked up on the FY 1980 supplemental i
reqwiding 32 additional positions and $31,950,000 in additional fund The spropriations Subcommittee on. Energy and Water Development is antto mark up sometime next week.
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