ML19320C244
| ML19320C244 | |
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| Issue date: | 06/25/1980 |
| From: | Rehm T NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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June 25, 1980 t
For:
The Comissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, ' Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JUNE 20, 1980 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contenty 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 Comission M**
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T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations Office of Executive Director for Operations
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- Deleted from Comissioners and PDR copy.
CONTACT:
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SUMMARY
OF WEEKLY INFORMATION CPORT Week Er. ding June 20, 1980 6
TMI-1 The TMI-1 Restart SER, NUREG-0680, was issued on June 16, 1980. The SER covered the items in the Commissicn order of August 9,1979, and noted that the staff will make additional recommendations on actions to be implemented by the licensee.
The ASLB has ordered that the hearing on TMI-l restar'; will begin 115 days after the issuance of the SER.
National Plan for Radioactive Waste Management Representatives of NMSS/WM met with DOE and Mitre on Tuesday, June 10,1980, to discuss the Mitre draft rewrite of the NRC segment of the National Plan for Radioactive Waste Management. As a result of the meeting, Mitre and DOE agreed to withdraw the Mitre draft and use instead the NRC submission as written, with minor changes to the chapter title.
HEU to Japan / Exports to Taiwan The staff has received additional views from the Exect tive Branch on two applica-tions to export highly Enriched material to Japan, one of which is considered urgent. The staff will be forwarding papers for Consrission review early next week.
IP has recently received Executive Branch views on 10 license applications for components, special nuclear raterial, source material, and byproduct material for Taiwan.
Radiological Emergency Response Plans The NRC represented by the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) participated in a major radiation exercise with the State of Tennessee and the Tennessee Valley I
Authority (TVA) or June 16 and 17,1980. The purpose of this exercise was to test the radiological emergency response plans of the State of Tennessee and the TVA.
A major test of Georgia's Radiological Emergency Response Plan is expected to take place within the next 60 days.
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Shipments On Tuesday, June 17, 1980, the Region V RSLO attended a Metropolitan Edison briefing requested by Washington Governor Ray regarding the current status of low-level radioactive waste shipments to the Hanford site and future anticipated shipments.
FY 1981 Budget The House Appropriations Committee reported out NRC's FY 1981 appropriation providing $437.2 million and 3,268 full-time pennanent positions. This is a reduction of $31.3 million and 122 full-time permanent positions from the President's request.
North Anna Power Station,- Unit 2 l
VEPC0 has advised the NRC that North Anna Unit 2 ach'aved initial criticality at 9:48 p.m. on June 12, 1980.
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e OFFICE OF ADMINISTpATION Week Ending June 20, 1980 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 395 28 Granted 280 6
Denied 68 14 Pending 47 8
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received (NRCemployee)
Requests information regarding the NRC Senior Executive (80-309)
Series Candidate Development Prograra, (NRCemployee)
Requests a copy of the Office of Inspector and Auditor's (80-310) report on the findings of their investigation concerning i
the Cashier's Office.
Paul S. Skorohod, Requests information on the dates for scheduled and non-Briggs scheduled outages for each individual nuclear power plant (80-311) in the U.S.
J Rick Trombetta Requests information regarding the release of Krypton gas (80-312) from Three Mile Island.
A11etta d'A. Belin, Requests, on behalf of her client, all records relating to Center for Law in or mentioning her name.
the Public Interest (80-313)
J. Michael McGarry, Requests five categories of documents regarding the Attorney-At-Law environmental impact of the proposed regulations for the (80-314)
Fire Protection Program for nuclear power plants operating prior to January 1, 1979.
Jerome Balter, Requests a list of all the isotopes found in the samples Public Interest Law at Three Mile Island, Unit 2 for the period March 1, Center of Philadelphia 1980 to the present.
(80-315)
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
2 R ceived. Cont'd Alletta d'A. Belin, Requests all records relating to the organization known Center for Law in the as People Generating Energy.
Public Interest (80-316)
(NRC employee)
Requests information on her in the Office of the Inspector (80-317) and Auditor and information on charges made against her.
Tom Keenan, Requests a copy of two mailing lists maintained by Region Inside D.O.E. ~
II and Region IV.
(80-5io)
(NRC employee)
Requests information on him in the Office of the Inspector (80-319) and Auditor and information on charges made against him.
John Martin Bemis Requests records regarding medical-psychic projects.
(80-320)
Martin A. Welt, APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for a copy of a document regardin Radiation Technology, Inc.
the Comission's decision not to review the Radiation (80-A-18-80-48)
Technology,Inc. appeal for a By-Product material license.
Deborah Davidson, APPEAL TO THE EDO for a copy of the " Route Overview" and 1
American Friends ancillary documents as prepared for compliance with NRC Service Comittee rules for the Physical Protection of Irradiated Reactor (80-A-19-80-275)
Fuel in Transit, Part 73.l(b)(5) for eight listed proposed or approved routes.
Donald F. Knuth, APPEAL TO THE EDO for infonnation on environmental KMC, Inc.
qualification tests of equipment.
(80-A-20-80-136) 2 Granted A11etta d' A. Belin, In response to a request, on behalf of her client, for Center for Law in all documents on him relating to nuclear power plants that the Public Interest were being planned in Bodega Bay and Mendocino, California (80-256) made available 35 documents.
Eugene R. Fidell, In response to a request for a copy of SECY-75-429, made Attorney-At-Law available a copy of this Jacument.
(80-264)
Michael S. Balter In response to a request for information on the rule (80-267) banning environmental impact report analysis of possible risks in the event of major accidents at nuclear reactors, j
made available 11 documents.
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' Andrew B. Reid.
In response to a request for documents since October,1979 Black Hills Alliance relating to the Edgemont Uranium Mill decommissioning,
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(80-270) infonned the requester these records are available at the PDR.-
3tephanie J. Nocella, In response to a request for a copy of the contract and ADTECH Advanced the winning proposal for contract solicitation NRC-03 Technology, Inc.
117 entitled " Study Requirements for Operator Licensing "
(80-279) made available a copy of the non-proprietary versions of these documents.
Lincoln B. Hubbani, In response to a request for documents relating to the cost ;
American Association benefit analysis of the order of May 7,1980, the list of of Physicists in Medicine the incidents listed in the first paragraph of Section I (80-284) of the Order including the estimated excess exposures received by both patients and radiacion therapy personnel, and the way in which the indicated m'lfunction was detected made available one document.
Informed the requester that~
no cost benefit analysis was perfonned and how the indicated malfunction was detected is not readily available in our records.
Donna Warnock in response to a request for all records pertaining to the nnization known as the Coalition for a Non-Nuclear (80-288) clo:.d from March 25, 1980 and April 30,1980, made i
available six documents.
John Doherty.
In response to a request for a copy of 18 listed documents, (80-289) made available these records, i-
~ Dean Hansell, In response to a request for all documents pertaining to State of Illinois the NRC decision to issue a supplement to the Final (80-292)
Environmental Statement for the Pebble Springs Nuclear Power-Plant, made available 11 documents.
James T. Wiedenhorn, In response to a request for seven categories of NRC Nucleonics Week distribution lists, made available these lists.
(80-293)
In response to a referral from the National Security Dean Hansell, Council of one document regarding the transportation of State of Illinois (80-300)-
special nuclear material, made available this record.
William H.-Button,.
.In response to a request for records pertaining to a firm Radiological Control identified as NUMANCO in Rhode Island, informed the -
Consul tants -
requester the NRC has no records subject to his request.
(80-307)
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In response to a request for information concerning the (80-309)
NRC Senior Executive Series Candidate Development Program, made available four documents.
Denied
-Andrew B. Reid, In respon e to a request for five categories of documents Black Hills Alliance pertaining to specific companies in South Dakota and (80-268)
Wyoming, made available 10 documents. Denied portions of one document, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
William Reynolds,'
In response to a request for documents prepared for American Friends compliance with the NRC's regulations for 10 CFR Part 73, Service Cocinittee concerning the physical protection of irradiated reactor (80-275) fuel in transit for eight listed proposed or approved routes, denied eight documents in their entirety containinc commercial or financial (proprietary) infonnation.
(NRC employee)
In response to a request for documents pertaining to (80-299)
Vacancy Announcement 80-1483, made available three documents. Denied portions of two documents, the disclosur of which would constitute a clearly unwa' ranted invasion of personal privacy.
Marvin Resnikoff, In response to an appeal for a copy of the NL Industries Sierra Club Radioactive recently approved route plan, the EDO denied this Waste Campaign information containing coninercial or financial (proprietar; (80-A-15-80-219) information.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending June 20, 1980 PENDING COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS 1.
RFP RS-0SD-80-012 Title - Information Needs for Safe Characterization Plans Description - The intent of this project is to examine exploration tech-niques so that safe exploration and characterization will maximize the potential for detecting any disqualifying features of the site before construction is begun. The information would be used both to provide guidance to the DOE in selecting sites and preparing its site characteri-zation program, and to assist the NRC in its review of the DOE's plans for site exploration.
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Standards Development Status - CBD notice sent.
RFP issue date of June 24, 1980 established.
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RFP RS-ADM-80-689 Title - Acquisition and Installation of a Data General 4244 (or Equal) 900 LPM Line Printer Subsystem Description - The contractor shall provide the subsystem described above and install on existing NRC-owned Data General ECLIPSE computer.
Period of Perfonnance - One year with option for additional year Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - Solicitation being developed.
RFP'S ISSUED 1.
RFP RS-0SD-80-019 Title - Evaluation of Geotechnical Surveillance Techniques for Monitoring High-Level Waste Repository Performance Description - This project is designed to' provide recommendations for geolcgical and geotechnical monitoring systems for geologic repositories for.high-level nuclear waste. The contractor shall make the reconnendations on the basis of an analysis of what data is necessary to assure that the performance of tha repository is monitored and an analysis of the state-of-the-art for obtaining that data.
. Period of Performance - One year.
Sponsor - Office of Standards Development Status - RFP issued June 10, 1980. Proposais due July 9, 1980.
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RFP RS-0SD-80-005 Title - Three Statistical Tasks fcr Nuclear Material Accountability Description - This project is intended to explore metnods of improving nuclear material accountability. The following three methods will be examined: 1) statistical analysis of cumulative inventory difference and cumulative shipper-receiver difference data, 2) resolution of shipper-receiver differences, and 3) ' statistical inference for the controllable unit approach.
Period of Ferformance - One year Sponsor _ - Office of Standards Development Status - RFP issued June 13, 1980. Proposals due July 14, 1980.
PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION 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 cloud June 19, 1980.
Proposals distributed to SEP on June 20, 1980.
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RFP RS-0SD-80-001 Title - Study of the Parameters that Affect NDA Measurement Response and the Development of Design Specifications to Minimize their Effect Description - The contracter is to identify all of the parameters which might degrade NDA measurement reliability, survey HRC licensed facilities to identify NDA measurement problems, visit various NDA laboratories to confirm NDA parameters identified, recommend experiments for verification of parameters identified and conduct experiments to verify methods to reduce, eliminate or control adverse effects i
identified.
Period of Performance - Thirty months Sponsor - Office of Standards Development Status - Competitive range established and approved by D0.
Discussion scheduled for June 25, 1980.
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RFP RS-0SD-80-004 Title - Security Force Effectiveness Description - Identify various management, supervisory, and organizational techniques which could improve security force effectiveness.
Using the techniques identified, develop a framework specify-ing the relationships between the effectiveness of security force characteristics of concern and the management techniques that bear on them.
Period of Performance - Ten months Sponsor - Office of Standards Development Status - Competitive range established by SEP.
Report to DO June 16, 1980.
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RFP RS-ADM-80-687 Title - Professional Secretary Development Program Description - Program designed to (1) assist secretarial personnel in becoming better informed of the areas of knowledge associated with the work of a professional secretary, (2) assist them in clearly identifying areas of knowledge that may be required, and (3) assist them in developing and implementing individual career development needs.
Period of Performance - Two years Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - Solicitation closed June 9, 1980. Proposals are under evaluation.
CONTRACT AWARDS NRC-05-80-259 Title - Nondestructive Examination (NDE) Mobile Van, Region I Description - Special vehicle designed to be used for conducting indepen-dent nondestructive examinations of licensees' facilities.
Period of Performance - Seventy-five days Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - A fixed-price contract was awarded on June 18, 1980, to Mobile Systems, Indianapolis, IN, in the amount of $36,035.00.
CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made)
Contract No.
Contractor Close-Out Date AT(49-24)-0317 RDA Associates 6/13/80 AT(49-24)-0273 Miner and Miner 6/13/80 9
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DIVISION OF SE"JRITY ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING JUNE 20, 1980 i
Representatives from the Facilities and Systems Security Branch ;;rticipated in a workshop which involved the reviewing and commenting on a Draft of the Proposed Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) on Password Use, sponsored by the National Bureau of StanGards on June 18, 1980.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Week Ending June 20,1980)
North Anna Power Station, Unit 2 VEPC0 has advised the NRC that North Anna Unit 2 achieved initial criticality at 9:48 P.M; on June 12, 1980.
THI-1 The TMI-1 Restart SER, NUREG-0680, was issued on June 16, 1980. The SER covered the items in the Commission Order of August 9,1979, and noted that the staff will make additional recommendations on actions to be implemented by the licensee. The ASLB has ordered that the hearing on TMI-1 restart will begin 115 days after issuance of the SER.
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NRC TMI PROGRAM OFFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT Week of: June 14-20, 1980 Plant Status Core Cooling Mode: Cyclic natural circulation in the "A" reactor coolant system (RCS) loop via the "A" once through steam generator (OTSG), steaming to the main condenser, and RCS loop-A and B cyclic natural circulation to reactor building ambient.
Available Core Cooling Modes: 0TSG "B" to the main condenser; long tenn cooling "B" (OTSG-B); decay heat removal.
RCS Pressure Control Mode: Standby Pressure Control (SPC) System.
Backup Pressure Control Mode: Makeup system in conjunction with letdown flow (Emergency use only due to suspected leaks in the seal injection system).
Major Parameters (As of 0530. Juta 20,1980) (approximate values)
Average Incore Thennoccuples: 154'F Maximum Incore Thennoccuple:
197*F RCS Loop Temperatures:
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Hot Leg 148'F 152*F Cold Leg (1) 93*F 90'F (2) 85'F 86*F RCS Pressure: 82 psig (Heise) 93 psig (DVM controllinj)
Pressurizer Temperature: 89"F Reactor Building:
Temperature: 80*F Pressure:
-0.9 psig (Heise)
Water level: Elevation 290.3 ft. (7.8 ft. from' floor) via penetration 401 manometer 4
Environmental & Effluent Information 1.
Liquid effluents from TMI-l released to the Susquehanna River, after processing, were within the limits specified in Technical Specifications.
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No liquid effluents were discharged from THI-2.
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Results from EPA monitoring of the environment around the TMI site were:
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EPA environmental stations registered background levels for air particulate and water samples.
Gamma scan results for all sampling locations were negative.
Gas / Air (Kr-85) sample results during the period gune 6 through June 13,1980 were: Goldsboro - 19 pCi/m. TMI Observation Center - g8 pC1/m3, Middletown - 18 pCi/m3 and Bainbridge - 19 pC1/m. The EPA states that the Kr-85 back-ground concentratign in the vicinity of TMI to be in the range of 20 and 40 pC1/m.
Instantaneous direct radiation readings showed an average level of 0.013 mrem /hr at the 18 monitoring stations.
The measurements are all attributed to naturally occurring radio-i.cti vi ty.
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NRC Environmental Data The West Screen House continuous air sample (HP-220) for the sampling period June 11 through June 18, 1980, hn been delivered i
to the EPA Coordination Center for analysis.
The following are the NRC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous aii scmpler:
1-131 Cs-137 Sample Period (uCi/cc)
(uCi/cc)
HP-218 May 20 - June 4, 1980
<5.lE 14
<5.lE-14 HP-219 June 4 - June 11,1980
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<5.2E-14 HP-220 June 11 - June 18, 1980
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<5.4E-14 No reactor related radioactivity was detected.
The licensee provided the following monthly inventory of Kr-85 releases for 1980: January-80 C1, February-80 C1, March-63 C1, April-69 Ci, May-85 Ci, and June (to 11:30 a.m.
of June 18) 42 C1. Total-419 Ci.
J Results of the environmental TLD measurements for the period April 30 to May 29,1980, indicate no gama levels above natural background. Fifty-eight TLD's registered doses ranging from 0.11 nR/ day to 0.20 mR/ day. Average dose wa3 0.16 mR/ day. These dose rates are consistent with natural background radiation in the TMI area.
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Radioactive Material and Radwaste Shipments Offsite were as follows:
On Monday, June 16, 1980, the ban on waste shipments to the State of Washington was lifted.
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3 On Monday, June 16,1980, a Unit 2 shipment of effluent samples from EPICOR II was sent to Science Applications Incorporated (SAI), Rockville, Maryland, for analysis.
On Tuesday, June 17,1980 Unit 2 reactor coolant and resin samples were sent to Babcock and Wilcox (B&W), Lynchburg, Virginia, for analysis.
On Tuesday, June l'/,1980, a Unit 2 dewatered resin liner.
LSA Type B, was shipped to the Hanford burial site, Richland, Washington.
On Tuesday, June 17,1980, Unit 2 calibration sources were sent to the National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.
On Thursday, June 19, 1980, a Unit 1 shipment of seven boxes of non-compacted LSA waste was shipped to Barnwell burial site, Barnwell, South Carolina.
On Friday, June 20,1980, a Unit 1 dewatered resin liner, LSA, Type B, was shipped to the Hanford burial site, Richland, Washington.
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EPICOR II Processing Status:
(auxiliary building approximate quantities)
Amount processed this week:
None due to outage Amount processed to date:
331,000 gallons Amount to be processed:
143,000 gallons NOTE: The amount to be processed is approximately 3,000 gallons less this week since the level indicator for the reactor coolant bleed tank read erroneously high last week. At the time of last week's data collection the transfer from the fuel pool storage tank was just completed. The transfer medium utilizes steam eductors, i
The water in the bleed tank was consequently hotter than ambient i
and this affected the level indication.
Major Activities This Week l.
Reactor Building Purge. The controlled purge of Kr-85 from the reactor builoing is scheduled to commence at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 28, 1980. The purge is contingent upon NRC approval of the purge procedure and the satisfactory completion of purge system tests. The tests are currently in progress and it appears that both the " slow" and " fast" purge trains will be ready for use by June 28, 1980. The purge procedure and associated documents are being reviewed by the TMI Program Office staff. To date, no procedural problem: have been identified which would delay the purge.
During this week calibration for the effluent monitor HPR -219 was completed along with the uncapping of the plant (vent) stack.
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A Technical Specification conflict must be resolved before modifi-cations to the " fast" pe ge system can be completed. Technical Specifications require the radiation monitor downstream of the reactor building purge fan to be interlocked with the fan dampers.
A high monitor reading automatically closes the dampers.
During the purge, Kr-85 concentrations will exceed the range of this monitor and, if not defeated, the interlock will close the dampers.
A request to change this section of the Technical Specifications has been initiated by the licensee.
During the purge, the stack radiation monitor, will be used to monitor the release.
Grab samples from the reactor building and the stack will be taken periodically to back up the stack monitor readings.
The licensee has established procedural hourly radiation release limits that are 1/3 of the release limits permitted by the NRC.
The NRC order, which per.aits the purge, limits the maximum hourly skin dose to 3 mrem and the maximum hourly total body dose to 1 mrem. The licensee's procedure limits the hourly skin dose to l mrem and the hourly total body dose to 0.3 mrem.
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Reactor Building Entry. Purging of the personnel airlock (No. 2) began June 20, 1980, in preparation for an attempt to free the jammed solenoid pin on the inner door as described in the June 16,1980, report. This will involve drilling a 3/4 inch diameter hole in the innt e door with containment integrity maintained at all times. The TMI P ogram Office will monitor the evolution.
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EPICOR II STATUS. EPIC 0R II unscheduled outage continued throughout this week for system maintenance.
The one week delay was unexpected.
Startup of the system is expected on Monday, June 23, 1980.
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(Temporary) Nuclear Sampling System. The system became operational on Tuesday, June 17, 1980. The first reactor coolant system sample was obtained without incident.
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5 Meetings Attended with Public Officials and Interested Groups 1.
On Monday, June 16, 1980, J. Collins and R. Browning met with Governor Ray of Washington State and representatives of Met-Ed to discuss waste shipments to the Hanford burial site, Richland, Washington.
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On Thursday, June 19, 1980, J. Collins, B. Snyder, e; al, met with Metropolitan Edison officials to discuss preparations for purging the reactor building.
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On Thursday, June 19,1980, J. Collins, B. Snyder, et al, met with representatives of Metropolitan Edison, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Environmental Resources and the Department of Energy to discuss interaction between the various groups during the purging operation.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending June 20, 1980 Governor Brown of California Requests Information on Spent Fuel Shipments On June 9,198.. Covernor E. G. Brown, Jr., of California wrote to the Director, Division of Safeguards, requesting that NRC notify the California Department of Highway Patrol in advance of spent fuel shipments. The Safeguards staff has coordinated with Region Y to provide such notice prior to each shipment. The Safeguards staff is a 30 preparing a formal reply advising Governor Brown of these arrangements.
Physical Protection of Transient Shipments The final rule for Physical Protection of Transient Shipnents has been dis-tributed to interested offices throughout NRC for comments. The final rule should be ready to be circulated for formal concurrences by the end of June.
Morris Operation-General Electric Q,cmpany We are providing safeguards support, as needed, in connection with the license renewal proceeding from the Morris facility. Intervenors have filed two significant safeguards contentions with respect to this proceeding. The first alleges that the physical security plan for the facility does not meet the requirements of 10 CFR Part 73. The second alleges that an adequate assessment of credible sabotage risks has not been made.
National Plan for Radioactive Waste Manacement Representatives of NMSS/WM met with DOE and Mitre on Tuesday,. June 10, 1980, to discuss the Mitre draft rewrite of the NRC segment of the National Plan for Radioactive Waste Manapt.nent. As a result of the meeting, Mitre and DOE agreed to withdraw the Mitzt draft, use instead the NRC submission as written, with minor changes to chapter title. The initial draft of the entire plan is expected to be submitted for agency review within the next two weeks.
Considerable intense staff effort will be required to review the plan and consolidate comments to meet the anticipated two week turnaround. It appears that the staff time required will far exceed time previously estimated.
Mitre indicated that NRC's submission was (1) the best received from any agency and (2) the only complete submission (the other agencies submitted
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-various documents and asked Mitre to prepare a plan for them.
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NFS West Valley On Friday, June 13, 1980, the staff >'ceived copies of a report by the General Accounting Office (GAO) entit ad " Status of Efforts to Clean Up the Shut-Down Western New York Nucler-Service Center". In the report GA0 recommends that the most practical answer to the questien surrounding the future of West Valley requires that the Federal Government and the State of New York share responsibility for implementing a comprehensive site cleanup program which recognizes legitimate state and national inter-ests. GA0 has also recommended that New York make available the spent fuel and low level waste burial facilities to help solve its own and national waste.nanagement problems. The report mentions that both New York State and the Department of Energy objected to the GA0 position that federal participation in remedial action at West Valley should be linked to the State's agreeing to open the spent fuel and low level waste facilities.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending June 20, 1980 1.
The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched during the past week:
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EN-80-21 Washington Public Power Supply System (Washington Nuclear Project No. 2) - On June 17, 1980, a Notica of Violation and a Notice 3
of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $61,000 were issued to the subject licensee. This action is based on alleged items of noncompliance related to deficiencies in the quality assurance program during the construction and certification of the sacrificial shield wall and the pipe restraints at the contractor's shop during the period 1976-1978.
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EN-80-22 Tennessee Valley Authority (Browns Ferry) - On June 18, 1980, a Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $5,000 were issued to the subject licensee.
This action is based on an alleged item of noncompliance relating to a radiation level in excess of regulatory limits on a transport vehicle, c.
EN-80-23 Georgia Power Company (Hatch Units 1 and 2) - A Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $4,000 were issued to the subject licensee on June 19, 1980. This action is based on an alleged item of noncompliance relating to radiation levels in a truck cab which exceeued the regulatory limit.
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EN-80-24 Toledo Edison Company (Davis-Besse) - On June 20, 1980, a Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $13,000 were issued to the subject licensee.
This action was based on three alleged items of noncompliance which contributed to an overexposure of one employee of 4.76 rems and the exposure of another employee of 1.30 rems.
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EN-80-25 Commonwealth Edison Company (Quad Cities Units 1 and 2) -
On June 20, 1980, a Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed
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Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $4,000 were issued to the subject licensee. This action is based on one alleged item of noncompliance relating to a shipment of radioactive material where the n
externt' surface radiation levels of the vehicles exceeded regulatory limits.
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Dreliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
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PNO-I-80-91 Vermont Yankee - Unscheduled Shutdown Due to Water Leakage in Drywell b.
PNO-I-80-92 Haddam Neck Plant - Collapse of Refueling Water Storage Tank'(RWST)
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PNO-I-60-93 Ildian Point Units 2 & 3 - Pending Labor Strike d.
PNO-II-20-107 North Anna Unit 2 - Initial Criticality e.
PNO-II-80-108 Farley Unit 1 - Steam Generator Tube Leak f.
PNO-II-80-109 Oconee Unit 3 - Unit Shutdown Due to Steam Generator Tube Leak g.
PNO-II-80-110 H. C. Robinson - Abnormalities in Fish from Lake Rob,inson h.
PNO-II-80-111 Sequoyah Unit 1 - Switchyard Breaker Failure 1.
PriO-II-80-112 Harris Units 1, 2, 3, & 4 - Delays for Connercial Operation-
- j. PNO-III-80-112 Consumers Power Company, Jackson, MI - Alleged Overexposure to Radiographer k.
PNO-III-80-113 Marble Hill Units 1 & 2 - Interview of Alleger 1.
PNO-III-80-114 Point Beach Unit 2 - Reduction in Capability of Engineered Safety Features (ESF) m.
PNO-III-80-115. Point Beach Unit 2 - Reduction in Capability of Emergency Core Cooling Systems n.
PNO-V-80-51 Trojan - Eruption of Mt. St. Helens o.
PNO-V-80-52 Nuclear Engineering Company, Richland, Washington Burial Site - Banning of Portland General Electric Company Trojan Nuclear Plant, Ranier, Oregon (NRC Licensee) for Radioactive Waste Shipments 3.
The following IE Bulletin was issued:
a.
IE Bulletin 80-15. "Possible Loss of Emergency Notification System (ENS)
With Loss of Off-Site Power," was issued on June 18, 1980 to all nuclear power reactors and fuel facilites with operating licenses.
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0FFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST Week ending June 20, 1980 Sterling Power Project, Nuclear Unit No.1 On June 17, 1980, the Appeal Board issued a Memorandum and Order (ALAB-596) in which it considered applicant's request to terminate all proceedings in this matter because of action by the New York State Siting Board in vacating a certificate of environmental capability and public need for the Sterling Uni t.
At the time of applicant's request the CPhad been issued but there were pending before the Appeal Board two issues involving need for power and the environmental impact of certain radon releases. The Appeal Board granted the requested relief.
It also vacated the initial decision authorizing the issuance of the CP and instructed the Director of NRR to revoke the CP.
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On June 19, 1980, the Commission issued an 0rder in which it granted a request for a withdrawal from the antitrust proceeding of the Massachusetts Municipals and determined that no further proceedings concerning the antitrust aspects of the application were required.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING JUNE 20, 1980 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION NRC-JNSB-ANRE Arrangement The Department of State this week verified the textual authenticity of the Japanese-language version of the new NRC-Japan Nuclear Safety Bureau - Agency for Natural Resources information exchange Arrangement.
(This will replace the original Arrangement, which technically expired May 30,1979.) A paper is en route to the Commission on the near-signature status of this Arrangement, including the details of signature.
Proposed Cooperation with China The Department of State has responded favorably to an NRC draft information exchange Arrangement with China. A Commission paper with full details is being staffed on this.
Foreien Assionee Arrivals David C. Y. Huang, Taiwan Atomic Energy Commission, has arrived to begin his assignment with the NRC/TMI Program Office at the TMI site. Mr. Huang can be. reached by contacting the Deputy Program Director, John Collins.
Mr. Bernard Fourest, from the French Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, will arrive this week-end to begin his assignment on June 23 with the Operating Experience Evaluation Branch, NRR.
Mr. Fourest can be reached by contacting Dr. Carl Berlinger.
In the program coordinated by IP, the Metropolitan Edison Co. has received Dr. Felix Sagastibelza from the Spanish Junta de Energia Nuclear and Mr. Paul Shen from the Taiwan Atomic Energy Council to work with the Met Edison staff on the TMI Unit 2 cleanup.
Visit by IAEA Mexico Expert A. Garland, NRC/IAEA Mexico Advisor, and R. Gonzalez, Mexican National Nuclear Safety and Safeguards Commission, visited IP on Thursday, June 19 to discuss areas for future cooperation and training between the NRC and CNSNS Technical staffs.
Foreign Visitors to NRC On Monday, six members of the U.K. Parliamentary Select Committe'e an Energy, he cec by Committee Chairman Ian Lloyd, met with Chairman Ahearne, Commissioners Gii nsky, Kennedy, and Hendrie, and J. R. Shea, IP Director, to discuss nuclear i
er.ers in the U.S. and the PWR from a regulatory perspective. The delegation visited T"I -on Thursday, June 12.
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l Foreign Visi+ ors to NRC Cont'd On Monday, Dr. Frank Horsch, Manager of Analysis and Reduction of Environmental Impact of Nuclear Installations at the German research facility at Karlsruhe, met wit 5 R. M. Blond, M. Silberger, R. DiSalvo and R.R. Sherry of RES, and J. A. Kudrick of NRR to discuss (1) possible impact on filters used in venting the containment during a core melt accident, and (2) safety measures for maintain-ing containment integrity in the course of a core melt accident.
On Tuesday, Prof. Dr. Klaus Becker, of the Internationt.1 Organization for Standard-ization in Germany, met with R. G. Smith and G. A. Arlotto of SD to discuss (1) the effects of TMI on U.S. standards development, (2) the relative role of IAEA and ISO standards, (3) trends and priorities in nuclear standardization, and (4) areas of cooperation.
On Wednesday, Dr. D. H. Njo, of the Swiss Nuclear Safety Division (ASK), met with J. D. Lafleur, Jr., Deputy Director, D. M. Chenier and W. S. LaVine of IP to discuss the renewal of the NRC-ASK Cooperation Arrangement. On Wednesday and Thursday, Dr. Hjo met with C. Z. Serpan of RES to discuss the irradiation surveillance program for the RPV and also wii.h J. Nehemias of NRR to discuss BWR occupational radiation exposure.
On Friday, Mr. Shiyohl Park, the former Director General of the Korean Nuclear Regulatory Bureau and presently the Science Attache of the Embassy of Korea, met with J. R. Shea, IP Director, J. D. Lafleur, Jr., IP Deputy Director, and C. N. Smith of NMSS to discuss current nuclear topics. Mr. Park will return next week for similar. discussions with H. R. Denton of NRR and W. J. Dircks, Acting EDO.
Foreign Reports The following foreign reports were received at IP during the period of June 16-20.
The ** indicates the reports are in English.
For further infonnation contact Maxine Johnson (492-7788) IP.
From Italy:
Seismic Risk: (4) Energy Propagation and Earthquake Occurrence Kinetics **
Experimental Investigation in Water on the Downstream Flow from a Central Blockage in a 19-Rod Bundle for the Fast Breeder Reactor Safety **
Seasonal Variations of the Environmental Gamma Radiation on the Territory Surrounding the Brasimene Site Response of a Pitot Tube in a Turbulent Flow
- Deleted from PDR Copy.
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3 Foreign Reports Cont'd From Italy:
Radiation Protection Design Principles for LWR Layouts Some Problems Currently Related to the Exposed Work Atmosphere ICRP Publication 26 and the Directives of the European Community on Radiation Protection Material From Japan Atoms in Japan:**
-- Construction of MONJU to Begin This Year
-- JAERI and NRC Agree to Extend LOFT Program Cooperation Agreement for Four Years From Sweden:
Amount and Activity of Heavy Nuclides from Sweden's 12 First LWRs With or Without Plutonium Recycling **
Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate Comment on the Nuclear Waste Management Sector and Some Legal Decisions by the Swedish Government From Taiwan:
Monthly Operation Reports for April 1980 for ChinShan Units 1 and 2**
EXPORT / IMPORT A!D INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS HFU to Japan The staff has received additional views from the Executive Branch on two applications to export highly enriched material to Japan, one of which has been extremely urgent. The staff will be forwarding papers for Connission review early next week.
l Exports to Taiwan IP has recently received Executive Branch views on 10 license applications for components, and special nuclear, source, and byproduct materials to Taiwan.
Two of the proposed exports are considered major cases requiring Cammission review. Staff papers on the two cases will be forwarded to the Commission in the near future.
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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING JUNE 20, 1989 State Agreements.
The Arizona radiation control program for agreement materials will be reviewed during the week of June 23.
W. Kerr will meet with the Virginia Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources on June 30, 1980 to discuss the Agreement State program.
Program Development At the request of Phil Paul, of the Vermont Publ.ic Service Commission, we arranged for Bill.Raymond, Resident Inspector at Vermont Yankee, to attend as an observer, a hearing on Ju,1e 20 relating to the extension of the 402 water quality permit.
The request came with only 2 days notice'.
William B. Menczer, RSLO, Region III, met with the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) in Homewood, Illinois on June 16 and 17,1980, to review the Minnesota radiological emergency response plan. On June 18 he met with Minnesota state officials, along with the RAC, to discuss the Minnesota plan and on June 19 he observed an emergency exercise for the Dresden Nuclear Power Station at Commonwealth Edison headquarters in Chicago.
Robert Trojanowski,'degion II, SLO, participated as a member of the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC)'in a major radiation exercise with the State of Tennessee and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on June 16 and 17,1980. The purpose of this exercise was to test the radiological emergency response plans for the State of Tennessee and TVA. The Tennessee' emergency plan, whicn carries the endorsement of the RAC and FEMA IV, is expected to be submitted to FEMA headquarters for review and approval on June 23, 1980.
On June 18, 1980 he also participated in the final RAC committee revicw of the Georgia State Radiological Emergency Response Plan. A public meeting and major exercise to test Georgia's plan are expected to be scheduled within the next 60 days.
Volume 6, No. 9; of the "Information Report on State Legislation" was published June 17,1980.
On Tuesday, June 17, Dean Kunihiro, RSLO, Region V attended a Metropolitan Edison briefing requested by Washington Governor RayJregarding the current status of icw-level radioactive waste shipments to the Hanford site and future anticipated
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l 0FFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PRUGRAM ANALYSIS Itens of Interest WEEK ENDING JUNE 20, 1980 DUTS Mid-Year Review Briefed Chairman in conjunction with the agency's mid-year review of FY 1980 expenditures of manpower, dollars on planned accomplishments.
e Information Reports Distributed copies of "Research Information Letter publication dated 6/4/80, NUREG-0434. Vol 2., No. 2; and " Power Reactor Events" report dated May 1980. Vol. 2, No. 3.
Authorization Bill Sent final FY 80 version to offices to determine if any repro-gramming will be necessary.to meet deadlines.
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I Office of the Controller Items of Interest Week Ending June 20, 1980 FY 1980 Supplemental The House passed the FY 1980 supplemental on June 19.
The amount for NRC was $31,950,000 and 32 full-time permanent positions.
FY 1981 Budget The House Appropriations Committee reported out NRC's FY 1981 appropriation providing $437.2 million and 3,268 full-time permanent positions.
This is a reduction from the President's request of-S31.3 million and 122 full-time permanent positions.
FY 1982 Budget The budget call f5r the submission of the budget to OMB was issued.
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0FFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING JUNE 20, 1980 Discessions were held on June 18 with the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INP0) personnel regarding operational data activities of mutual interest and, specifically, whether INPO is interested in cooperative activities with the NRC, such as the establishment of an operational experience data base. A number of policy and program questions were identified which will be further reviewed with the INFO President, Dennis Wilkinson.
It is expected that resolution of these policy issues and a tentative conclusion regarding the practi-cality of cooperative activities will be available within the next severil weeks.
Diseassions were held on June 19 with personnel from the Nuclear Safety Infc.mation Center (NSIC) on the further development and verification of a.. AE00 developed draft procedure for the systematic codification, in a computer readable format, of the event sequence described in each Licensee Event Report. This procedure would overcome a major difficulty in existing LERs by providing a consistent identification of the equip-ment involved in operational events and would allow computer searches for events with certain sequence characteristics (e.g., cor:rnon mode failures), the cause and specific equipment involved in each step, the mode of failure and functional effect on the system, component, and pl ant.
If NSIC resources perrait, AEOD will initiate action for NSIC to study and further improve this LER evaluation procedure.
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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - RECEIVED WEEK ENDING JUNE 20, 1980_
A.
SECY 80-266 - TRANSFER OF PORTABLE URANIUM MILL TO THE PRC PURSUANT TO 10 CFR Part 810 (COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM) (Memo Chilk to Dircks dated 6-16-80)
This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners concurring) has approved the letter to Mr. Hudgins subject to modification as follows:
Third paragraph, sixth line, replace " copies of your
,. final Action Memorandums to the Secretary of Energy" with "an account of the final disposition".
While Commissioner Bradford approved the dispatch of a letter, he would have preferred to replace the second paragraph with:
"While the NRC has no comment on the Dravo transaction at this time and believes that the assurances proposed by DOE should be sought, it would like an opportunity to review the assurances; received from the PRC."
Commissioner Gilinsky agreed with Commissioner Bradfcrd's change.
The staff is authorized to prepare and dispatch the letter as modified.
The of fice of International Trograms was informed of-this action by telephone on June 16, 1980.
B.
SECY 80-257 - RADIATION PROTECTION - THYROID BLOCKING (COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM)
(Memo Chilk to Dircks cated 6-16-80)
This is to advise you that the Comission (with all Comissioners concurring) has deferred action on this matter pending the staff providing a sumary of the Endocrine Society meeting scheduled for June 18, 1980.
The staff is requested to attend the meeting, sumarize the results of the meeting for the Commission and provide the Commission with a revised statement as deemed appropriate.
(SECY Suspense: 6/25/80)
Commissioner Bradford notes that Task II A.l.3 states a requirement for potassium iodide for onsite personnel and offsite emergency response personnel.
He requested that that requirement be reflected in the revised statement.
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STAFF RECUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 80-28, 10:15 A.M., MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE)
(Memo Chilk to Bickwit dated 6-17-80)
I.
Secy 80-271A - TMI Action Plan (See also Secy 80-271 and Secy 80-230) 1.
.The Commission, by a vote of 3-2,* with Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford dissenting, ** approved, as revised, a proposed Policy Statement which would provide further Commission guidance for power reactor operating licenses and for litigation of TMI-2 issues in operating license proceedings.
(OGC/SECY)
(Subsequently, the Secretary signed the Policy Statement and forwarded it for publication in the Federal Register on June 17, 1980.)
2.
The Commission also requested that a proposed reply to a June 13, 1980 letter addressing the Policy Statement from William S.
Jordan III, Counsel for the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution be prepared.
(OGC) (Secy Suspense:
June 23, 1980)
Section 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C.
E 5841 provides that action of the Commission shall be determined by a " majority vote of the members present."
Commissioner Bradford was not present at this Affirmation session, but had previously indicated his intention to dissent.
Had Commissioner Bradford been present at the meeting he would have dissented.
Accordingly, the formal vote of the Commission was 3-1 in favor of the decision.
Commissioner Gilinsky's separate views and Commissioner Bradford's dissenting views are attached to the Policy Statement.
D.
SECY-80-268 - NRC FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROFILE (C_0MMISSIONER ACTION ITEM)
(Memo Cnilk to Dircks dated 6-17-80)
This-is to advise you that the Commission (with all Comissioners concurring) has approved the staff's recommendation as presented.
The Office of International Programs was informed of this action by ~ telephone on June 17, 1980.
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-3 E. ' SECY-80-180B - PROPOSED REPROCESSING RETRANSFER FROM JAPAN (TEPC0 & JAPCO) TO
- U.K. AND JAPAN (KANSAI) TO FRANCE (SECY-80-180/180A) (COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM)
(Memo Chilk to Dircks dated 6-17-80)
This is to advise you 'that the Comission (with all Comissioners concurring) has approved the transmittal of the proposed letter to DOE, subject to modification 4
as noted below.
The letter should be modified as follows:
1.
Page 1, paragraph "1.", seventh line, U.S. should read U.K..
2.
Page 2,. delete the first three lines and replace with, "The Comission did 'not take a position on whether it would be appropriate for DOE to approve this report.
However, Comissioners Kennedy and Hendrie believe it would be appropriate for DOE to approve this request."
The staff is authorized i;o prepare the letter, as modified, and dispatch it to DOE.
The Office of International Programs was informed of this action by telephone on June 17,1980.
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SECY-80-183 - AMENDMENT TO 10 CFR PART 110, APPENDIX A (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM)
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(Memo Chilk to Dircks dated 6-19-80)
Thi.s is to advise you that the Commission (with three Commissioners concurring) has disapproved the recommendations of the subject paper.
Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford approved
' the staf f's recommendations.
I In' disapproving the paper Chairman Ahearne commented as attached.
Commissioners Kennedy and Hendrie supported the Chairman's comments.
Commissioner Bradford commented to the Commission on this subject in a separate memo, attached.
The staff is requested-to pursue modifying Part 110, Appendix A consistent with the views presented by Chairman Ahearne and Commissioners Kennedy and Hendrie, and provide a status
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The Office of International Programs was informed of this action.by telephone on June 19, 1980.
Attachments:
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SECY-80-212 - PUBLICATION OF FINAL RULE, AMENDMENT TO 10 CFR 2.732 ON DURDEN OF PROOF (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM) (Memo chilk to Dircks dated 6-20-80)
This is to advise you that the Commission (with four Comissioners concurring) has disapproved the staff's recomendation in the subject paper.
Conunissioner Kennedy approved the staff's recomendation, and noted:
"The action taken by the majority in disapproving the proposed rule change set forth in the subject paper reflects a continuing and unfortunate insensitivity on the part of this Comission to the rights of those who have been granted construction permits or operating licenses. The applicant in either case most certainly bears the responsibility for establishing that all applicable requirements have been satisfied prior to issuance of a construction permit or' operating license.
But once this Comission decides that the applicant has carried its burden in this respect, it is simply unconscionable, if not illegal, to subject the licensee to the interminable task of responding to staff-initiated enforcement actions by establishing the absence of permit violations. This is a burden which properly belongs to the staff, with its extensive data-gathering capability, not the licensee.
Indeed, it is precisely this sort of approach to enforcement which diverts the time and resources of licensees from those tasks most central to maintenance of a high level of safety and instead leads to a result precisely the opposite of that intended."
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SECY-80-270 - FINAL GA0 REPORT ENTITLED " EXISTING NUCLEAR SITES CAN BE USED FOR NEW F0WER PLANTS AND NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE (COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM)(Memo Chilk to Dircks dated 6-20-80)
This is to advise you that the Comission (with all Comissioners concurring) has approved the proposed response, subject to modification as noted below.
The staff is requested to modify the response as follows:
1.
Page 1, NRC Response paragraph, modify as noted:
NRC Response Siting of nuclear power plants requires consideration of a number of concerns and objectives, many of which are competing.
There are advantages to locating new nuclear power plants on sites already hosting another nuclear unit; there are also disadvantages to that action. The NRC staff has provided guidance to applicants concerning specific considerations when proposing to add a nuclear unit to an existing cenerating station.
2.
Page 1 NRC response paragraph, briefly identify the advantages and disadvantages referred to on lines 3 and 5.
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Page 2, modify as attached; 4.
Page 3, NRC_ Response paragraph should read:
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NRC Response The NRC supports this GAO recommendation. This recon.mendation is consistent with current NRC efforts toward requiring NRC licensees to have plans for eventually disposing of these wastes in disposal facilities.
Additionally, we wish to point out that the President in his message of February 12, 1980, on radioactive wastes management, stated that he was establishing a State Planning Council to advise the Executive Branch and to work with the Congress to r.ddress radioactive waste management issues.
These issues will include planning and siting, construction and facility operations. He also stated that the Department of Energy is to prepare a detailed National Plan for Nuclear Waste Management. The Plan will include i
specific program goals and milestones for all aspects of nuclear waste management.
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Page 3, NRC Response paragraph should be expanded to briefly describe the NRC efforts referred to in line 2 and to briefly discuss the l
Assurance Funds question.
l The staff is requested to modify the responses as indicated above and prepare the letter of transmittal for the Chairman's signature.
(SECY Suspense: 6/30/80)
Attachment:
As noted (Not included)
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CR-80-100 -- LETTER TO ROBERT DUFF, DOE REGARDING CLASSIFICATION OF NFS-ERWIN l
INVENTORY DIFFERENCES (Memo Chilk to Dircks dated 6-20-80)
I The Connission has approved transmittal of the attached letter to l
Robert Duff, Director, Office of Classification, DOE. Please have Mr. Robert Burnett, Director, Division of Safeguards sign the letter and provide a copy to SECY.
(SECYSuspense: June 25)
Attachment:
As stated (Not included)
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION GF SECY 80-219, COMMISSION REVIEW PROCEDURES, 2:05 P.M., THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1980, ROOM 550, EAST WEST TOWERS, BETHESDA, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) (Memo Chilk to Dircks and Dickwit dated 6-20-80)
A.
The Commission discussed alternative procedures for increasing Comission involvement in major actions taken by the NRC, and requested that the following options be developed in more specific detail for further Commission consideration:
1.
NRR/NMSS Licensino Decision (a) Option 1 (delaying the effectiveness of an uncontested NRR or NMSS licensing decision for a given number of days during which the staff would brief the Commission in a public meeting) - to be expanded to describe the procedures to be used by the Commission and the staff, to define the meaning of the term "significant new policy issues", and to specify the type of licensing actions other than those on power reactor licenses that would be included under these procedures; (b) Option 3 (involve the Commission in CP-OL license application reviews prior to docketing the application) - to be devel sped further from the perspective that the Comission might utilize this approach only on the basis of "significant new policy issues" raised in the application.
(c) Option 4 (after CP-OL applications have been docketed, require that intervenors submit contentions within a given period) - to be developed as an approach to be usti at the operating license stage for those licenses presenting "significant policy issues" for Commission review.
(OGC/NRR/hMSS) (SECY Suspense: 8/5/80) z.
I&E Enforcement Actions (a) Option 1 (the current two-day delay between Comission noti-fications and dispatch of an enforcement package could be ex-panded) - to be developed with a delay period of less than ten days but with sufficient time to permit Comissian staff office reviews of the proposed action.
(b) Options 2 & 3 (define a set of "significant enforcement actione for which formal Commission approval will be required) - to be keyed to the offense categories now under development as part of the anforce-ment guidelines revision program.
(IE/0GC) (SECY Suscense: 8/5/80)
(Comissioner Bradford subsequently has requested that for I&E Options 2 L 3, the staff should also present a way for the Comissioners to be involved in significant decisions to forego enforcement action.)
(I&E) (SECY Suspense: 8/5/80)
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B.
The Commission agreed to the following courses of action regarding the remaining options:
1.
NRR/NMSS Licensing Decision (a) Option 2 (amend immediate effectiveness rule re contested reactor licenses), and Option 5 (all Boards to make cnly recommended findings and conclusions, subject to final review by the Commission before a license is authorized) be deferred pending further experience with the procedures set forth in Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 2; (b) Option 6 (Increase Commission interaction with the ACRS in specific licensing cases) - to be considered in the context of NRR/NMSS Options 1, 3 & 4.
(OGC)
(SECY Suspense: 8/5/80)
(c) OPE Option (Commission review of exemptions). The intent of this option 'would be expected to be covered under the "significant new policy issue" approach to be developed under A.1.(a) above.
2.
I&E Enforcement Actions (a) Option 4 (establish three - Cemmissioner boards to pass on
'the initiation of specific enforcement actions, with ultimate authority residing in the full Commission) - no action was taken on this cotion, which was not recommended by the General Counsel.
(b) Option 5 (provide a "sua sponte" review for enforcement packages similar to,that now used for Commission review of 2.206 decision) - Chairman Ahearne did not favor this option and no action was taken on it.
l (c) Option 6 (the Commission itself could decide "significant requests for enforcement action under 10 CFR 2.206)- no action was taken on this option.
(d) Option 7 (the Commission could review, in an appropriately defined class of cases, whether enforcement orders have been satisfied) - to be considered in the context of I&E Options 2 & 3).
(OGC)
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - STAFF PRESENTATION ON FINAL RULEMAKING ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, 2:05 P.M.,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM D.C. OFFICE (See SECY-80-275) (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) (Memo Chilk to Dircks and Bickwit dated 6-24-80)
The Commission
- diseass,ed the proposed fir.al rulemaking on emergency preparedness (SECY-80-27S).
The Commission requested:
1.
That the proposed rule be modified (see a-d below) and returned to the Commission for final approval.
Staff should:
a.
clarify the meaning of the term objective" as it is used in proposed Section 50.47; (SD) (SECY Suspense:
6/25/30) b.
incorporate into 'ec ut.atement of considerations language indicatin:.
.at while the State and local governments are to have available the capability to notify the public within 15 minutes of the State and local officials' being notified of a particular event by the licensee, if an event occurs, the State and local officials are to exercise their judgement in determining when to notify 'the public; (SD) (SECY Suspense:
6/25/80) c.
clarify the frequency of exercises requirement for States that have no reactors located l
within them, but are within the EPZ of a reactor located in another State; (SD) (SECY Suspense: 6/25/50) d.
clarify the different approaches to disseminating emergency preparedness information to the l
transient and non-transient populations around a given reactor.
(SD) (SECY Suspense: 5/25/80)
The Consnission also requested:
2.
That staff either work with PDIA or encourage FEMA in the development of guidance for State and local governments in assessing their response to notificatiens of emergency form licensees;
( NRT.) (SECY Suspense: 9/18/80) 3.
that OGC draft alternative language for those portions of the rule that mandate shut down of a reactor when certain findings of adequacy cannot be made.
(OGC) (SECY Suspense: 7/11/80)
- Corrissioner Gradford was not in attendance.
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