ML19338F930

Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 801010

ML19338F930
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Issue date:	10/15/1980
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October 15.-1980 For:

The Comissioners From:

T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO

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WEEXLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 10, 1980 4

A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.

Contents Enclosure Administration A

j Nuclear Reactor Regulation B

1 Standards Development C

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D

Inspection and Enforcement E

Nuclear Regulatory Research F*

Executive Legal Director G

International Progratis H

State Programs I

Management and Program Analysis J

Controller K*

Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L*

i Items Approved by the Commission M

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Summary of Weekly Information Recort Week Ending Octcber 10, 1980 Secuoyah Unit 1 Sequoyah Unit No. I was shut dcwn en October 5,1980, due to a_small leak (0.5 GPM) in the Seal Water Injection Line to No. 3 reactor coolant pump from a pipe crack.

Preliminary analysis indicates that the crack was caused by vibration and additional line supports may be needed to eliminate this problem.

Farley Unit 2 On Octcber 7, 1980, the applicant advised the NRC project manager that, due to delays in modifications to pipe hangers (required to ccmply with IE Bulletin 79-14),

the plant is not expected to be ready for a fuel leading license until about Octcber 22, 1950.

TMI Reactcr Building Entry The third reacter building entry, originally scheduled for September 25, has been rescheduled for Thursday, October 16. The entry will be made by five individuals, some of whom may remain in the reacter building for up to one hour.

In addition tu photography and radiological mapping, the tasks for the third encry include:

1) repair of the equipment hatch personnel airleck differential pressure interlocks,

2) removal of the N-I-2 neutrcn source range monitor preamplifier for repair, and

3) replacement of cne vibration detector amplifier.

Foreign Arrangement Activity The Department of State advised IP on October 10 that it had dispatched the air-gram transmitting NRC's cooperation proposal to the People's Republic of China.

On October S IP received, through the Department of State, a revised copy of the proposed U.S.-Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority Information Exchange Arrangement, with an indicaticn.that the Egyptians are ready to sign.

Differing Professional _Coiniens Manual Chapter 4125, covering the policy and procedures for resolving differing professional cpinions, was circulated to all employees.

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'l Week Ending October 10, 1980 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS

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Initial Appeal of Recuest Initial Decision Received 584 37-Granted 4 51 11 Denied 91 17 Pending 42 9

ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Martin Levy, Requests, on behalf of an employee, for documents NTEU Steward regarding alleged incidents which resulted in connents (80-496) on employees' revised performance appraisal.

Debra D. Mcdonald, Requests copies of NRC inspection reports for the Nuclear Pharmacy, Inc.

Phamatopes facilities in Washington, DC and Detroit, (80-497)

Michigan.

Toby O'Brien, Requests a copy of the non-proprietary version of the Rand Corporation winning proposal awarded to Battelle Columbus Lab on (80-498)

Disease Incidence Rates from Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Substances.

S. White Rhyne, Jr.,

Requests all records relating to charges of hazardous Counsel for SCM practices and violations of safety regulations by Corporation Rockwell International Corporation and/or Rockwell (80-499)

Hanford Operations in the storage and disposal of radioactive wastes at the nuclear facility in Hanford, Washington and information on charges made by Stepnen Stalos and Allen Wegele.

David F. Power Requests specific information on the March 24,1976 issue (80-500) of the NRC's Weekly Highlights.

(NRC employee)

Requests all information regarding the ratings and (80-501) evaluations relied upon for Vacancy Announcements79-229, 79-230,79-369, 80-C and 80-1725.

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Received, Cont'd C. W. Fay, Requests copies of the latest reports of inspection for Wisconsin Electric the Okonite Company and the Rockbestos Company.

Power Company (30-502)

Joseph C. Boyle Requests the reason and the data upon which the (30-503)

President's Ccmmission on TMI based its public health and safety conclusions.

Kenneth F. Oehrle Requestr a copy of the job descriptions for all (80-504) journeymsn and first level supervisor GS-1811, Criminal Investigators.

John F. Doherty Requests a copy of 22 listed documents referenced in (30-505)

NUREG-0540, Vol. 2, No. 6.

Lynn Connor, Requests the guidelines used by the load forecast panel Occ-Search Associates which visited 22 sites to establish a model for (80-506) construction completion.

(An individual requesting Requests information on his Reactor and Senior Reactor information'about himself)

Operator License exams.

(80-507)

Themas J. Crawford, Requests 11 categories of information relating to the Citi:: ens for a Better December 28, 1979 preliminary report prepared by Dames Environment and More concerning the location of a disposal site for (80-508) radioactive wastes in repositories within an area, including the States of Wisconsin, Michigan, or Minnesota during the period January 1, 1979 to the present.

Eugene R. Fidell, Requests all documents relating to the evaluation or Attorney-At-Law adequacy of Exxon's Critical Heat Flux Correlation data (30-509) sutxnitted to the Commission wich rescect to Oyster Creek Unit 1 from 1973 to 1976.

Jim Then s, APPEAL TO THE EDO, on behalf of an employee, tardiness NTEU President records on named employees.

(30-A-29-80 *50)

Granted Phyliss Girouard, In response to a request for copies of environmental Black Hills Alliance reports and other reports regarding Union Carbide and (30-402) its operation of the Gas Hills Uranium Mill, made available three documents.

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3 Granted, Cont'd Lilias Jones, In response to a request for a copy of thirteen listed Black Hills Alliance documents, made available these records.

(80-445)

Saul Rigberg In response to a request for copies of documents (80-446) pertaining to the activities of various anti and pro nuclear organizations, NRC licensing hearings for the Zimmer Nuclear Power Station, and NRC and/or Cincinnati Gas and Electric legal and/or administrative strategy (ies) and/or policy (fes), made available 42 documents.

Informed the requester documents concerning the NRC operating licensing hearings and legal strategies for Zimmer have already been made publicly available at the Local Public Occument Rocm in Batavia, Ohio.

Richard P. Pollock, In response to a request for dccuments pertaining to Critical Mass Energy fines, penalties and violations from 1978 to the present Project made available three documents.

(80-466)

Lilias Jone's, In response to a request for a copy of 11 documents, Black Hills Alliance made available a copy of these records.

(80-468)

Matthaw Gillen, In response to a request for documents pertaining to the.

ACTWU July 31,1980 fire at Ethicon, Inc., made available (80-472) three documents.

4 Rodney J. Davis, In response to a request for a copy of SECY-78-ill, NUS Corporation SECY-78-illa and SECY-78-163 listed in the bibliography (80-477) of NUREG-0625 " Report of the Siting Policy Task Force,"

made available a copy of SECY-78-163 and informed the requester SECY-78-lli and 78-111 A are already 1ccated at the PDR.

Martin Levy, In response to a request, on behalf of an employee, for NTEU Steward documents regarding alleged incidents which resulted in (80-496) comments on employees' revised performance appraisal, informed the requester there are no documents subject to the request.

Denied (NRCemployee)

In respcnse to a request for documentation related to th-(80-479) selection of Vacancy Announcement 80-2507, made availabl!

five documents. Denied portions of the Candidate Evaluation Record, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

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relating to a proposed Fire Protection Rule, released (80-A-28-80-303)

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4 DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending October 10, 1980 RFP'S ISSUED RFP RS-0!E-81-242 Title - Purchase of Metal Alloy Analyzer for Independent Measurements (NDE)

Prcgram Description - The alloy analyzer will be used by NRC's Region I Office at reactor sites and vendor shops for the purpose of coordinating independent nondestructive examinations to identify that correct materials are being used.

?eriod of Performance - Within 120 days after date of contract Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - RFP issued October 6,1980.

Proposals are due November 6,1980.

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

Contract No.

Contractor Close-Out Date AT(49-24)-0156 Princeton University 10/6/80 AT(49-24)-0098 Illinois Dept. of Public Health 10/6/80 AT(49-24)-0312 U.S. Arms Control & nisarmament 10/3/80 Agency teRC-02-77-177 Lulejian & Associates 10/6/80 NRC-10-76-254 Combustion Engineering, Inc.

10/2/80 AT(49-24)-0251 Ruffner Malesardi Architects 10/2/80 ENCLOSURE A

DI'/ISION OF RULES AND RECORDS 4

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION The costs for copying documents at the Public Document R:om were reduced by an amendment to Commission regulations signed by the EDO this week. The' cost reduction results from savings realize.d in a new copying service contract recently awarded to the Literature Research Company which charges five cents, instead of ten, to make a paper to paper copy. The amendment also reduces the costs for contractor copying of microform documents at the PDR and costs for paper copies of documents made at Commission offices other i

than the PDR.

The changes become effective upon the amendment's publication in the Federal Register i

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Items of fnta _ot MANAGEMENT DEVELO"iENT AND TRAINING STAFF Week Enfing October 10, 1980 SEXUAL HARASSMENT The Congress of the United States and the Office of Personnel Management have placed great emphasis on the n 'ed to be aware of sexual harassment-in tht: c'ederal workplace. The media has reinforced this concern with reasonably heavy coverage. All agen-ies have been required to institute training for managers and superviscr-. to " encourage them to affirmatively and convincingly inform their employeis that sexual harassment is illegal and to take specific steps to prevent it."

The Management Development and Training Staff (MDTS) has secured a contract to provide sensitivity training as tt what constitutes sexual harassment Dr. Mary M. Fuller will conduct 4-hot.r workshops on sexual harassment for managers and supervisors. There will be morning and afternoon sessions beginning Novamber 12 through November 20 in the NRC training rooms in the Lancow Building.

A memorandum will be sent to Office Directors requesting the names of managers and ' supervisors who will attend the workshcp. Scheduling of participants will follow.

SYSTEM SAFETY To satisfy the need for training in multi-disciplinary areas, highlighted by requirements of TMI, MDTS arranged for GWU to present a course in System Safety during the week of October 6-10, 1980.

NUCLEAR REACTOR CONCEPTS Because of the large influx of new professionals, many of whom are not technically-trained, MDTS is again offering a 10-hour, twice weekly course from October 15-29 on Nuclear Reactor Concepts, taught by Dr. Marvin Roush.

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DIVISION OF FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT Space for the TMI-l Restart Hearings to be held in Harrisburg, PA, has been acquired, renovated, furnished and initial supplies delivered so that hearings can begin C;tober 15, 1980. This effort required coordination with GSA (Region 3, Philadelphia), the Atomic Safety and Licensing Soard Panel, and the Divisions of Sc;urity, Technical Information and Occument Control, Contracts (ADM). Within this Divisicn the effort involved the Building and Operations Sranch, Property and Supply Branch and Telecommunications Sranch. The space is located at 34 North Court Street and 35 North Court Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101.

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OFFICE OF ADfilNISTRATION TIDC Week Ending October 10, 1980 Document Management Branch is responsible for cbtaining clearance from GA0 for information collections imposed on 1; or more entities. The following

.is status of recent activity.

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Clearances under internal ' review 10 CFR 30 extension (NMSS) i 3.

Clearances in Concurrences for submittal to GAO-l 1) 10 CFR 32 extension

2) Amendment to 10 CFR 40 re:. Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Uranium Mills C.

Clearance recuests under~ review at GA0 (GA0 review process takes a minimum 45 work days)

1) 10 CFR 31 extensten i

2) 10 CFR 33 extensien

3) 10 CFR 70 extension i

4) 10 CFR 21 extension 5) 10 CFR 20 extension.

6) 10 CFR 55 extension

7) Amendments to 10 CFR 70 re: emercency preparedness

8) Amendments to 10 CFR 50 re: emergency preparedness

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IAEA rule (NMSS) 2)

10 CFR 34 (NMSS)

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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Week Ending October 10,1980)

Secuoyah, Unit 1 Sequoyah Unit No. I was shutdown on October 5,1980 due to a small leak (0.5 GpM) in the Seal Water Injection Line to No. 3 reactor coolant pump.

A crack was discovered in the pipe near the fillet weld that connects the injection line to the pump.

Preliminary analysis indicates that the crack was caused by vibration and additional line supports may be needed to eliminate this problem.

The ongoing investigation covers all seal water injection lines and a written report will be submitted to I&E.

The plant cculd re-initiate the power ascension program by October 12, 1980.

(The program was at a 10% power level when the event occurred).

Farley Unit 2 On October 7,1980, the applicant advised the NRC project manager that due to delays in modifications to pipe hangers, (required to comply with IE Sulletin-79-14), the plant is not expected to be ready for a fuel loading license until about October 22, 1980.

A fuel loading and low Tower testing license, approved by the Ccamission in September, will be issued upon notification from I&E that all remaining prelicensing requirements have been met.

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NRC TMI PROGRAM 0FFICE WEEXLY STATUS REPORT Week of October 5 - 11, 1980

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Cyclic natural circulation in the "A" reactor coolant l

system (RCS) loop via the "A" once through steam i

generator (OTSG), steaming to the main condenser, j

and RCS loop-A and B cyclic natural circulation to reactor building ambient.

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0TSG "3" to the main condenser; long-term d

cooling "3" (OTSG-B); decay heat removal.

Ups Pressure Control Mode:

Standby Pressure Control (SPC) System.

{s\\ckup Pressure Control Mode:

Makeup system in conjunction with letdown a

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Average Incore Thermocouples:

131 F Maximum Incore Thermocouple:

174 F

. RCS'Locp Temperatures:

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Hot leg 133*F 136 F Cold Leg (1) 100*F 92 F (2) ll2*F 91*F RCS Pressure:

96 psig (DVM) 85 psig (Heise)

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83*F l Reactor Building:

Temperature:

75 F Water level:

Elevation 290.4 ft. (7.9 ft. frcm flocr) i:

via penetration 401 mancmeter Pressure:

-0.8 psig (Heise)

Ccncentration:

2.84 x 10-4 uCi/cc (Kr-85) (sample taken 10/8/80)

$lironmental & Effluent Information h.' l~ Liquid effluents frca TMI-l released to the Susquehanna River, I

after processing, were within the limits specified in Technical i Specifications.

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Results -from EPA monitoring of the environment jaround tne TM1 site were as follows:

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background levels.

No radiation above normally occurring background levels were detected in any of the samples collected from the EPA's air and gamma rate networks during the period from September 24 through October 2,1980.

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and issuance of technical specifications.

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The third reactor building entry

!j. originally scneduled for September 25, 1980, has been rescheduled lfor Thursday, October 16, 1980.

The entry will Se made by five

individuals, some of whom may remain in the reactor building for up lto one hour. The length of the entry will depend on the time required

to ccmplete assigned tasks, physical stamina, and dose accumulation.

The entry procedures specify that the entry will be terminated whenever an individual has accumulated a dose of 625 mr.

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ill be reinstated one day prior to the entry and will continue through t

f'purgawthe entry in an attempt to maintain the krypton 85 concentration below HPC.

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The licensee has proposed to discontinue j

imechanical cooling of the primary water system in favor cf heat remcyal jto the reactor building atmosphere (less to ambient cooling).

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' cutout of the core has been calculated to be 73 kilcwatts, ccmparable to che heat produced by 720 light bulbs with a power rating of 100 watts each.

This heat is transferred from tne fuel to the 88,000 gallens of water in the primary system.

Currently, the primary system water is cecIed by heat transfer to the "A" steam generator which is steaming to the main i. l condenser.

The licensee has proposed to shut the "A" steam generator main 1. ; steam valve and to allow the primary system water to be cooled by the

reaccor building air.

In this mode of operation, no mechanical components

will be required to cool the reactor.

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( and specified in the technical specifications.

During the test, an cption j.i to imediately reestablish the "A" steam generator steaming mode will be

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Folicwing the test, an evaluation will be mate

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.whether the "A" steam generator steaming should be re-established.

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{ '.i ' g P. orris, City of Lancaster, chaired the public. meeting. press in Lancaste

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' hose v.ho attended the meeting expressed the view that no processed j '. '

I water from,the cleanup of TMI-2 should be allowed to be discharged

{l into the Susquehanna River..There were also many specific questiens concerning how the public could influence the NRC Commissioners decisicn g:f making process in this regard - that is : to insure that processed.

lji waters from TMI-2 would never be discharg'ed into the Susquehantia River.

U Cn Tuesday,! October 7,1980, J. Collins, '. Elsasser, C.. Jones (DER),.

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general areas of concern expressed by the' Farmer's Association at the g'

caeting. The f armers also expressed the opinion that cver-reaction i:I en the part! of the news media has doce much to create unwarranted public concern ove'r the potential radioactive contamination of area agricultural pl[

prcduc s.

They indicated that more responsible reporting and an effective public information and education program pould do much to avert this

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t dj W. Kirk (EPA), and T. Gerusky (DER), held a meeting with the Newberry

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of the draft PEIS. Emotional stress was one of the major concerns expressed by those who attended the meeting.

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0FFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 10, 1980 1.

Withdrawal of Reg. Guide 1.101, " Emergency Planning for Nuclear Power Plants":

Reg. Guide 1.101, Rev.1, was issued in Marcn 1977 to provide guidance to applicants for developing the emergency plans required in the Final Safety Analysis Report for nuclear power plants.

Since the guide was issued, the Commission has upgraded its requirements for emergency preparedness in amendments to 10 CFR Part 50 that were published in the Federal Register on August 19,1980 (45 FR 55402), Because the guidance contained in Reg. Guide 1.101 does not reflect these new requirements, the guide is being wi thdrawn.

The information contained in the amendments and in NUREG-0654 (FEMA-REP-1),

" Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plan and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants," which has been published for interim use and comment, will be used to completely revise Reg. Guide 1.101.

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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending October 10, 1980 GESMO In response to the Commission's Federal Register Notice (45 FR 53933) requesting public comments on reopening the GESMO proceeding, 22 responses have been received to date:

17 supporting the reopening, 4 against and one requesting more time (denied),

i Fuel Cycle Licensing Fuel Cycle Licensing -staff members met on two occasions with a GA0 representative to discuss NRC fuel cycle licensing requirements, policies, and practices. The meetings were in connection with the GA0 investigation that has been initiated to explore whether DOE nuclear facilities should be subject to NRC or other independent oversight. During the discussions, the staff suggested to the GA0 representatives that NUREG-0527, " Regulation of Federal Radicactiva Waste Activities", might provide useful background in formation. The referenced document is the report to Congress on extend-ing NRC's authority to federal radioactive waste storage and disposal facilities that was published in September 1979.

NFS West Valley A meeting has been scheduled on October 20, 1980 with DOE in connection with the recently enacted West Valley Demonstration Project Act. The first portion of the meeting will be used by DOE staff to describe for NMSS management the activities that have been initiated by DOE this past year in anticipation of the provisions of the Act and the status of these activities. Following this presentation, FC and ELD staff members will have preliminary discussions with 00E representatives regarding the scope and content of *..; amendment to the existing facility license that is required to permit the project to proceed.

US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement Imolementation A response is being prepared to a GAO query on the package of new reporting forms and instructions which will implement the US/IAEA Safeguards Treaty reporting requirements. The GA0 has indicated that their work will be completed within "2 to 3 weeks" after all their questions have been answered.

Our response should be prepared by the end of this week.

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Informal Discussions of Procosed Contentions re Westinghouse Prattville On October 7 and 8 a member of the NMSS staff, as well as members from ELD, i

met with Julian McPhillips, an attorney representing the Safe Energy Alliance of Central Alabama, to informally discuss the 22 contentions submitted to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board in support of their petition to intervene in the proposed licensing of the Westinghouse fuel fabrication facility in Prattville, Alabama. Mr. McPhillips also presented an additional 59 contentions for discussion and consideration. On the evening of October 7, NRC staff met with Mr. David Allred, a second party who has petitioned to intervene in the above licensing action.

Informally discussed were his 4 contentions previously submitted 13 well as a second set of contentions which he is proposing to submit to the beard for their consideration.

In the short period of-time available, the staff was unable to compiately discuss all of the new contentions submitted by both parties and agreed thr.t a conference call would be made to i

the board on Octcber 10 to request additional time 'for the intervenors to prepare the formal contentions -for submissial to the board.

It was agreed also that a second meeting would be necessary to complete the discussions.

The time of the meeting was tentatively set for the week of November 2.

Visit to United Nuclear Cor: oration Members of the staff visited the United Nuclear Corporation Plant in Mont-ville, Connecticut, the week of September 29. They visited the plant to obtain information on facility operations to be used in improving the safe-guards regulatory base. The NRC staff members concentrated on features of the plant's current material control and accounting (MC&A) system and the impact of various changes being considered as part of the MC&A Upgrade Rule deve'opment project on plant operations.

Pat-Down Search Recuirements for Power Reactors A Commission Paper and associated Federal Register notice-concerning pat-dcwn search requirements for power reactors nas been forwarded for affice director concurrences. The Commission Paper discusses information concern-ing proposed search procedures of regular snployees in lieu of routine pat-dcwn searches; the need for an extension for the implementation of pat-down searches until April 30, 1981, to accommodate the public comment period associated with the proposed search requirements; and the status of other safeguards measures. designed to improve protection against the insider threat.

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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending October 10, 1980 1.

Nuclear. Metals, Inc., Concord, Massachusetts - Civil Penalty Action - On October _9, 1980, the Commission received a check in the amount of $2,000 from the subject licensee in full payment of the proposed civil penalty issued on September 26, 1980.

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The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched during the past week:

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EN-80-36A Lakeview Hospital, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin - On October 8,1980, an Order rescinding the Suspension Order issued on August 11, 1980 was issued. The original order was based on alleged items of noncompliance relating to the administration to certain patients of approximately double the dosage for some scans. Based on the licensee's responses to the order, it was determined that sufficient cause has been shown why the license should not be revoked.

In addition to rescinding the Suspension Order, the new order modified License No.'48-04S8S-01 to incorporate the procedures submitted by the licensee.

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EN-80-48 Rio Algom Corporation, Moab, Utah - On October 8, 1980, a Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $7,100 were issued to the subject licensee.

.This action is based on alleged items of noncompliance relating to the licensee's radiological safety program.

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Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:

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PNO-I-80-139B UNC Recovery Systems, Wood River Junction, RI - Shipment of Low Level Waste With SS-Gallon Drum Leaking Liquid b.

PNO-I-80-143 Pilgrim Unit 1 - Plant Shutdown Extended c.

PNO-I-30-1?a Nuclear Fuel Services, West Valley, NY - Onsite Meteorlogical Tower Hit by Lightning d.

PN0-I-80-14S Pilgrim Unit 1 - Unit Shutdown Following Stuck Open Safety Relief Valve e.

PNO-I-80-146 Vermont Yankee - Two Control Rods Dropped During Refueling f.

PN0-I-80-147 Calvert Cliffs Unit 1 - Indication of Radiaticn Release g.

PNO-II-80-147 Farley Unit 1 - Walkout of Ocerational Personnel h.

PNC-II-80-148 Turkey Point Unit 3 - Feedwater Pipe Crack 4

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PNO-III-80-180 Quad-Cities Unit 2 - Minor Oil Fire in Reactor

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?N0-III-80-181 Lacrosse - Partial Loss of Offsite Pcwer

k. -PNO-III-80-182 Allied Chemical Corporation, Metropolis, IL - Equipment Dama'ge from Hydrogen Explosion 1.

PNO-III-80-183 Marble Hill Units 1 & 2 - Marble Hill Press Inquiries m.

PNO-IV-80-33A State of Moncana - Railway Accident Involving Radioactive Materia' n.

PNO-IV-80-34 South Texas Project Units 1 & 2 - Resumption of Currently Halted Construction at the South Texas Project o.

PNO-IV-80-35 Wolf Creek Unit 1 - Serious Injury to subcontractor Person p.

PNO-V-80-72 Nuclear Engineering Company Richland, Washington Burial Site - Banning of Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York (State Licensee)

For Radioactive Shipments q.

PNS-II-80-29 Farley Unit 1 - Strike Harassment r.

PNS-III-80-20 Zion Station - Bomb Threat 4.

The following IE Liletin was issued:

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IE Sulletin 79-01B, Supplement 2, " Environmental Qualification of Class IE Equipment," was issued on September 30, 1980 to all power reactor facili-ties with an cperating license.

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The following IE Information Notices were issued:

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IE Information Notice 80-35, " Leaking and Dislodged Iodine-125 Implant Seeds," was issued on October 10, 1980 to all medical licensees authorized to perform therapy.

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IE Information Notice 80-36, " Failure of Steam Generator Support Solting,"

was issued on October 10, 1980 to all nuclear power facilites holding an operating. license or construction permit.

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Black Fox Station,' Units 1 and 2 In a ' Memorandum and Order issued on October 9, the Ccmmission determined that the General Electric Ccmpany's Reed Report must be released for public inspection under the requirements of the Freedcm of information Act. A copy of the Reed Report will Ebe available for public inspection at the Puolic Document Room in 20 days-from October 9.

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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING OCTOSER 10, 1980 Revisions to Part 110 IP, NMSS and ELD represented NRC at an interagency meeting at the State Department on October 8 to discuss the staff's draft proposed revisions to Part 110. Based upon the comments received, the staff will now finalize the proposed revisions, obtain formal Executive Branch concurrence and then forward the proposals to the Commission for review.

US/IAEA Safeguards Acreement Imolementation Issue On October 7, representatives of Security, IP, NMSS, and ELD met to resolve an outstanding issue with respect to the procedures by which certain classified information would be provided te the IAEA in the course of inspections. An approach was agreed upon by all offices.

IP is currently seeking confirmation of two understandings from State, and staff action on this matter is proceeding on the assumption that these will be received promptly.

US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement Implementation Group Meeting On October 8, IP attended a. Safeguards Agreement Implementation Group meeting held to discuss the status of NRC activities required to bring the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement into force. Primary topics of discussion were GA0 review /

approval of reporting forms and amendment of 10 CFR Part 95 to authorize access of IAEA inspectors to Confidential NSI. Members present were in agree-ment that the November 1 goal for completion of critical NRC items could be achieved.

Interagency Meeting regarding the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement On October 9, representatives of NRC (IP, NMSS and 50) attended an interagency meeting, chaired by State, to review the status of critical NRC and 00E items required to bring the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement into force. The Executive 3 ranch stated that November 1 was a reasonable date for completion of all critical items and emphasized the importance of achieving this goal. Critical items to be resolved in the next three weeks included Executive 3 ranch clearance of the eligible facilities list,. issuance of a DOE Order to implement the agreement, GA0 approval of.NRC reporting forms, and amendment by NRC of 10 CFR 4

Part 95. Other topics of discussion included amendment o'f 10 CFR Part 110, authorization of IAEA inspectors to possess sealed calibration sources in the U.S., and establishment of an interagency oversight group for implementation of the agreement.

US-Korea JSCNOET Meeting The annual meeting of the US-Korea Joint Standing Ccmmittee en Nuclear and Other Energy Technology will be held October 14-16 at the Departm?At of State. NRC

- will be represented at the Opening Session on Tuesday morning by James R. Shea, Director, IP.

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.he Departrent of State advised IP on October 10 that it had dispatched the l

j aircram transmitting NRC's cooperation proposal to the People's Republic of China.

On October 3, IP received, through the Department of State, a revised copy of the croposed U.S. - Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority information exchange Arrangement, with an indication that the Egyptians are ready to sign. The only changes they made to the most recent NRC draft (1978) involved the name of the Egyctian party and the LWR safety research they have underway.

Foreign Visits to NRC On Tuesday, Mr. Xavier Weeger, science editor of Le Mende, France met with J. D. Lafleur, Jr., IP Deputy Dircctor, to discuss at overview of NRC activities on nuclear energy in the U.S. in the 1980's.

On Tuesday, Mr. Nachiko Oguino of the Tachiba Research Center in Japan met with K.' S. Kim of RES to discuss waste management research.

On Thursday, Ors. Joseph Kivity and Joseph Saltovitz, Engineers at Technion University in Haifa (similar to MIT in the U.S.), met with L. Shao and J. O'3rien of RES to discuss the dynamic response of reactor subsystems to explosions within the reactor containment building.

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to discuss energy studies involving electrical pcwer generating costs.

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Fuels Ltd., net with W. Maass and J. Gilray of QAB/NRR to discuss (1) the l

QA of operational plants and (2) QA in the licensing process.

On Friday, Mr. G6'ran Steen, newly appointed Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate and Head of the Swedish Standing accicent Comnission, met with R. E. Burnett, SG Director, and SG/NMSS staff memoers to discuss general safeguards policy, covering (1) material control and acccuntirg, (2) physical protection, and (3) transportation safeguards.

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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 10, 1980 i

Jim Montgomery, RSLO, Region IV, addressed the American Association of Physicists in Medicine during their fall meeting in Oklahoma City on October 3s and 4 His remarks covered NRC regulaticns pertaining _ to ALARA, low-level waste disposal and teletherapy calibration measurements and.

how they relate to medical physicists. While in Oklahoma City, Jim also met with various Oklahoma State officials to discuss the State liaison officer program and items of mutual concern in radiation control.

On October 6-9, Bob Trojanowski, Region II, RSLO, attended the Annual' A;reement States Meeting in Atlanta,. Georgia. On October 10, he also addressed a meeting of the North Carolina Health Physics Society in Boone, North Carolina.

Frank Young, SP, and Clark Pritchard, RES, attended a meeting at the New England Regional Commission on October 9 for the review of progress to date under the Interagency Agreement to develop an Integrated Regional Approach to Energy Facility Siting.

SP and IE staff.will meet with Colorado officials during the week of October 14 to discuss the recently released Colorado Bureau of Investigation report on Cotter Corporation and the Colorado Department of Health.

. Representatives from the 26 Agreement States, several Federal agencies and saveral NRC offices met in Atlanta October 7-9, 1980. Major topics discussed were uranium mill regulation, radiography safety, waste management, transportation, and emergency preparedness. Recommendations made to NRC for consideration include establishment of a review group for NRC's regulatory

. programs,- expediting promulgation. of rules, more. coordination within NRC on regulatory actions, establisnment of new training courses, clarification of State. Liaison Officer functions and preparation of a discussion paper on limited and expanded agreements. Separate meetings were held on October 6 with uranium mill States on criteria for amended agreements and on October 9 and 10 on radiography safety with 4 States.

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Nuclear Plant Reliability Data System (NPRDS)

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and Ccmponent Reliability for the NPRDS.

t Rainbcw Books Provided Babbitt Committee with copies of all 24 MPA publications.

1 Differing Professional Ooinions birculatedtoallNRCemployeesacopyoftheManualChapter(4125)on procedures for resolving CP0's.

Inter-Agency Agreement for Comouter Time Sharing Ccapleted FY 81 agreement with NIH that provides NRC with computer time, training, hardware rental, ccmputer graphics, and other related services.

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