ML19340D513
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December 17, 1980 For:
The Comissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING DECEftBER 12, 1980 A sumary of key events is it.cluded as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration A
Ntaar Reactor Regulation B
Standards Development C
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D
7 Inspection and Enforcement E
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Executive Legal Director G
International Programs H
State Programs I
Management and Program Analysis J
Controller K*
l Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L
Small and Disadvant' aged Business Utilization M*
' Items ' Approved by the Comission
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l Calendar of Speaking Engagements O
/T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations l
Office of the Executive Director for Operations l
- No input this week.
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Su=tary of Weekly Informat > ". aport Week Ending December 12, 1980 i
Haddam Neck, Millstone 1 and 2, and Oconee 1, 2, and 3 The licensees requested a hearing in regard to the October 24, 1980 Equipment Qualification Order. The hearing request is addressed to the issue of whether all safety-related electrical equipment should be environmentally qualified in accordance with the 00R Guidelines or NUREG-058S by June 30, 1982.
EPA Occucational Guidance and Public Meeting On December 10, EPA personnel delivered to the NRC staff member of the inter-agency working group an advance copy of the revised guidance to Federal agencies on occupational radiation protection. EPA now plans to publish the FRN for cement during January 1981 and to begin the joint EPA / OSHA /NRC hearings on the guidance approximately 60 days after publication. While the proposed gaidance wculd retain the 5 rem /yr annual limit, the FRN requests comments on the desira-bility and implications of reducing the annual limit to.05 rem /yr, 1 rem /yr, or 3 rem /yr. The revised guidance also states that present standards for concentrations of radioactive material in air, as applied in existing operations, should not be raised to higher levels by the regulatory agencies.
US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement The US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement went into force on December 9, 1980.
Meeting with States Fifty-two representatives from 48 of the 50 States met for a day and a half this week in the Comissioners' meeting room. Chairman Ahearne, William Dircks, and Directors of Program Offices made presentations to the assembled State Liaison Officers en emergency preparedness, reactor licensing, waste management, transportation, and other issues of mutual interest. State representatives j
indicated that it was one cf the most effective exchanges of views they have had with NRC.
Health and Safety Study Report l
The NRC staff has completed its evaluation of a draft Final Report prepared by the Franklin Research Center on an " Analysis of U.S. t'uclear Health and Safety i
l Infonnation Dissemination to Selected Foreign Countries." This study was I
undertaken pursuant to the Commission's decision to have a contractor examine in more detail the utility of NRC providing additional detailed safety information to foreign countries to aid them in improving the safety of their nuclear powe-programs. The staff believes that the study objectives have been achieved in this report and intends to forward a copy of the final report to the Commission as soon as it is received. At that time the staff will also comment on the recommendations presented in the report.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending December 12, 1980 Issuance of Renewed License for Western Nuclear, Inc.
A renewed source material license for the Split Rock Uranium !!ill has been issued to Western Nuclear, Inc., by the Uranium Recovery Licensing Branch.
The Split Rock facility is a conventional acid leach mill and tailings impoundment authorized to produce 850 metric tons of yellowcake per year.
[{ew License Apolication From Uranerz, U.S.A., Inc.
The Uranium Recovery Licensing Branch has received an application from Uranerz, U.S.A., Inc., for a research and development license to conduct a pilot test of solution mining for uranium on its Ruth site, Johnson County,
'4yomi ng. The objectives of the proposed license are to investigate the technical feasibility-of a diluted carbonate-bicarbonate lixiviant and oxidant to leach the uranium frem the Ruth are body, and to develop accept-able aquifer restoration procedures.
FY81 Safeguards Project Descriative Summaries A set of apprcved Project Descriptive Swnmaries constituting approximately 90% of FY81 safeguards contractual funds has been processed by the Safeguards Technical Arsistance and Research Coordinating Group (STAR) and distributed to the progr m offices by the Domestic Safeguards Program Area Manager.
llS/IAEA Safeguards Agreement The US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement went into force on December 9,1980.
The written notification called for in Article 24 of the agreement was deposited and accepted by the IAEA on that date. The next step in the implementation proces; is the selection by the IAEA of the facilities in which they wish to apply safeguards We have been informally informed that we can expect to be notified of this relection sometime about the middle of January.
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Y Study of Burial Trenches at Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) - Leechburg Site The initial visit to the B&W, Leechburg, Pennsylvania site was made to acquaint an FC contractor with the status and general location of i
Iow level waste burial trenches. The contractor will review burial records, characterize materials buried, locate specific tren:h coordinates, perform radar iraging surveys to supplement burial material n:haracterization, and conduct sufficient sampling and analyses to determine whether migration of isotopes has occurred. On site work is scheduled for the spring of 1981. The B&W site is the first of several that will be examined by the contractor for HMSS.
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0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending December 12, 1980 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REOUESTS Initial Appeal of Reouest Initial Decision Received 686 38 Granted 538 16 Denied 104 19 Dending 44 3
ACTIONS TRIS WEEK Received Karl Grossman, Requests a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding Island Closeup between the NRC and the Federal Emergency Management News Service Agency (FEMA).
(80-594)
Jacquelyn M. Ashton, Requests a copy of the successful contractors' proposals in response to RFP RS-0SD-80-012, "Information Energy Resources Co., Inc.
Needs for Site Characterization Plans" and RFP RS-0SD-(80-595)80-019. " Evaluation of Geotechnical Surveillance Techniques for Monitoring High-Level Waste Repository Performance."
Jill Wright Requests a copy of the winning proposal in response to (80-596)
RFP RS-RES-80-214. " Evaluation of Ecosystem Simulation Models as Tools for Assessment of Power Plant Impacts on Fish Populations."
(An individual requesting Requests information on his Reactor Operator License information about himself) exam results.
(80-597)
Karl Grossman, Requests a copy of NUREG/CR-1775, " Environmental Island Closeup Assessment of Consumer Products Containing Radioactive News Service Material."
(80-598)
James A. McLellan, Requests a list of all individuals granted a " Operators" Pro-Tech Support or " Senior Operators" licenses.
Services, Inc.
(80-599)
Herbert H. Brown, Requests all records which relate to the potential Hill, Christopher and environmental impacts associated with fuel loading Phillips, P.C.
and/or low power testing of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear (80-600)
Power Plant.
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton
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2 Received. Cont'd (An individual regiesting Requests information on his Reactor Operator License information about himself) exam results.
(80-601)
R. Strout Requests information on nuclear power.
(80-602)
Gregory Rusiecki, Requests a list of people and/or companies licenseo by Aaxon Industries, Inc.
the NRC to use radioactive material and an adJ w
- list (80-603) of the Agreement States.
(An individual requesting Requests information maintained f e the NRC on himself information about himself) or his activities.
(80-604)
Eric Buetens, Requests a list of spent fuel routes in New York State.
The Chronicle-Express (80-605)
F. Frank Lyman, Requests a list of the names of all persons or LeBoeuf, Lamb, organizations which submitted proposals in response Leiby & MacRae to RFP RS-0SD-81-001, " Evaluation of Utility Self-(80-606)
Insurance as an Option for Assuring Funds for Decomissioning."
Nancy Feinstein, Reque3ts documents which relate to nuclear weapons The Sydney Morning testing which occurred in Australia in the late 1950's Herald Limited and 1960's.
(80-607)
Nancy Feinstein, Requests documents on Australian attempts in the The Sydney Morning research or development phase to build its own Herald Limited nuclear weapons.
(80-608)
Ed Forti, Requests access to the mailing list for tne."211e Ketchum, MacLeod 00cument Room's Daily Accession List.
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(NRCemployee)
Requests the names of individuals and their Candidate (80-610)
Evaluation Certification and Selection Records for Vadancy Announcement 80-4427.
(An individual requesting Requests infonnation maintained in the NRC on herself infonnation about herself) or her activities.
(80-611)
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John F. Squibb, In response to a request for records pertaining to the l
Needles Desert Star precautions taken to provide security on spent fuel (80-540) shipments near Needles, California and information on control of truck speed, made available 10 documents.
Kim Eastman, In response to a request for a copy of the closed door t
Citizens Concerned statement made by Victor Stello and items identified 4
About Nuclear Power by NRC investigators which were not included in the 1
(80-551)
Show Cause Order, made available three documents.
" ~ Feter J. Gallagher In. response to a request for documents pertaining to i
(80-563) a nuclear incident in the Soviet Union in, or about, 1955, made available 18 documents.
i Karl Grossman, In response to a request for a copy of the spent nuclear Island Closeup fuel transportation route from Brookhaven National News Service Laboratory through New York City and the proposed (80-568) route off Long Island, infomed the requester Brookhaven National Laboratory is not an NRC-licensed facility i
and he may wish to contact DOE.
John E Mueller, In response to a request for records which reflect Dobt. & Nielsen complaints against the University of Northwestern
( 0-569)
Dental School, Chicago, Illinois, during the period 1967 througF 1971, infomed the requester the NRC '
Bas no doennents subject to this request.
i Burt Hubbard, In response to a request for information on the Albuquerque Tribune storage of nuclear, radioactive or any other hazardous (80-572) waste in the State of New Mexico, made available 14 documents.
- (NRCemployee)
In response to a request for a copy of two documents (80-573) pertaining to herself, made available this information.
McNeill Watkins, II, In response to a request for records containing the Debevoise & Libeman meanings of certain terms and other information (80-575) related to fire protection requirements in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, made available one document.
John R. Stover, In response to a request for a copy of the non-Franklin Research proprietary version of the technical proposal submitted Center by Capital Communication Systems, Inc., under NRC (80-577)
Request for Proposal RS-ADM-80-381, made. available this infomation.
Linda Weiss, In response to a request for a list of NRC contractors, Paul /Howard Associates made available this information.
(80-582)
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4 Granted, Cont'd Michele McCarthy In response to a request for documents pertaining to (80-588) the Windscale Nuclear Reactor Accident in Cumberland, England in 1957, made available three documents.
R. 3. Borsum, In response to a request for a document titled: Sumary Babcock & Wilcox of Meeting Held on June 5,1978, which was authored by (80-592)
R. A. Birkel dated June 7,1978, made available a copy of this document.
Karl Grossman, In response to a request for a copy of the " Memorandum Island Closeup of Understanding" between the NRC and FEMA, made News Service available copies of two documents.
(80-594)
(An individual reouesting Made available information on his Reactor Operator information a6out dimself)
License exam results.
(80-597)
Karl Grossman, Made available a copy of NUREG/CR-1775, " Environmental Island Closeup Assessment of Consumer Products Containing Radioactive News Service Material."
(80-598)
James A. McLellan, In response to a request for a list of all individuals Pro-Tech Support granted a " Operators" or " Senior Operators" licenses, Services, Inc.
informed the requester the NRC does not maintain such (80-599) a list and advised him that copies of each license issued has already been made available at the PDR.
(An individual requesting Made available information on his Reactor Operator information about himself)
License exam results.
(80-601)
R. Strout In response to a request for information on nuclear l
(80-602) power, made available one document.
l Denied l
Thomas B. Cochran, In response to a request for documents relating to the Natural Resources NRC's consideration of the licensing of the NFS-Erwin
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Defense Council, Inc.
nuclear fuel facility, as well as all transcripts (79-560 & 80-38) relating to closed Comission meetings, made available l
18 documents. Denied portions of 29 documents under i
exemptions 1, 3, 4, and 5 and denied 25 documents in their entirety under exemptions 1, 4 and 5.
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DIVISION OF SECURITY ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 12, 1980 Access to Classified Information by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
ReDresentatives Proposed revisions of NRC Appendix 2101.Part III, " Control of Classified Informa-tien and Documents," and Part IX, " Control of Visits," have been forwarded to Directors of Offices and Divisions for concurrence or comment.
These revisions contatn procedures applicable to transmission of classified documents to IAEA s
and classified visits by IAEA representatives to NRC offices.
J Material Accen Accroval Program (MAAP) Meeting Representativ;s of the Division of Security met on Thursday, December 11, 1980, with representatives from the Regulatory Improvements Branch and the Physical Security Licensing Branch, Division of Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; the Safeguards Standards Branch, Office of Standards Development; and the Office of the Executive Legal Director to discuss the sig-nificance and application of the " Potential Threat to Licensed Nuclear Activities from Insiders" (Insiders Study), NUREG-0703, to the scope of investigations and standards for adjudication of material access authorizations under the recently Dublished 10 CFR rart 11, " Criteria and Procedures for Access to or Control Over Spacial Nuclear katerial." As a result of this meeting, comments will be provided to the Division of Security on this matter and other related matters discussed.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending December 12, 1980 RFP/IFB'S ISSUED 1.
RFP RS-NMS-81-030 Title - Analysis of Safeguards Needs for Transport of High-level Waste Description - NRC is undertaking several related studies to provide detailed analyses of safeguards needs for specific nuclear materials in production, transport or use by the comercial nuclear power industry. These studies address specific regulatory concerns, i.e., the need to confirm or refute current safe-guards needs for high-level waste in repositories, byproducts and small quantities of special nuclear materials (SNM), high enriched uranium facilities, and graded physical protection measures.
Period of Perfomance - Thirty-two months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status - RFP issued November 26, 1980 and established a closing date of January 15, 1981.
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RFP RS-ADM-81-379 Title - Provide NRC's Supervisors with Assistance During their Development of Critical Elements and Performance Standards for GG-15 and Below Jobs which Report to Them.
Description - Review and analyze job elements and performance standards after they are drafted by line supervisors in order to provide constructive critiques and assistance to the super-visors.
l Period of Performance - Six months Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - Solicitation issued December 9, 1980.
Response due January 9, 1981.
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IFB RS-ADM-81-368 Title - Tsunami Bibliography Description - Provide NRC with bibliography cf Tsunami reference cards arranged alphabetically and in format specified by NRC.
Period of Performance - Ninety days Status - IFB issued December 12, 1980.
Bid Opening scheduled for January 12, 1981.
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Contract No.
Contractor Close-Out Date NRC-06-79-301 Baylor College of Medicine 12/9/80 NRC-10-77-113 American Society of 12/9/80 Mechanical Engineers NRC-10-79-378 Rehab Group, Inc.
12/9/80 NRC-19-80-472 Science Applications, Inc.
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NRR Weekly Highlight December 8 - 12, 1980 Joseon M. Farley, Unit No.1 On December 8,1980, we were advised by Alabama Power Company of preliminary results of the Farley Unit No.1 turbine disc examination. The turbines have completed two core cycles of operation since plant licensing in June 1977.
Test results for low pressure discs revealed keyway and bore cracks in disc number one and keyway cracks in disc number 2.
Testing is still under way on the remaining discs.
faddsm Neck and Mill: tone 1 and 2 Plants Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company and Northeast Nuclear Energy Company by letter dated December 4, 1980, requested a hearing in regard to our October 24, 1980 Equipment Qualification Order. The hearing request is addressed to the issue of whether all safety-related electrical equip-ment should be environmentally qualified in accordance with the 00R Guidelines or NUREG-0588 by June 30, 1982.
CYAPC0 and NNEC0 state that this request fo'r a hearing will provide ample opportunity to clarify the requirements of the Orders and resiew the safety evaluation reports scheduled for issuance on February 1, 1980.
Oconee 1/2/3 Duke Power Cohraany by letter dated December 3.1980, reouested a hearing in regard to our October 24, 1980 Equipment Qualification Order. The hearing request is addressed to the issue of whether all safety-related electrical equipment should be environmentally qualified in accordance with the DOR Guidelines or MUREG-0588 by June 30, 1982. Duke stated that they will con-tact the staff to r.ttempt to resolve their concerns. They added that if the concerns can be resolved they will withdraw the request for a hearing.
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NRC TMI PROGRAM OFF!CE WEEXLY STATUS REPORT Week of December 7-13, 1980 Plant Status Core Ccoling Mode:
Cyclic natural circulation in the "A" reactor ecolant system (RCS) loop via the "A" ence throu;h ste::
generator (OTSG), steaming to the main condenser, and RCS loop-A and B cyclic natural circulation to reactor building ambient.
Available Core Cooling Modes: OTSG "B" steaming 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: One of two decay heat removal pumps to supply pressure in conjunction with variable recirculation back to the borated water storage tank (BWST) to provide control of pressure.
Major Parameters (As of 0500, December 12,1980) (approximate values)
Average Incore Thermocouples:
124*F Maximum Incore Thennoccuple:
159*F RCS Loop Temperatures:
A B
Hot Leg 120*F 124*F Cold Leg (1) 35'F 58"F (2) 37*F 55*F r
RCS Pressure:
94 psig (DVM)
Pressurizer Temperature: 70*F Reactor Building:
Temperature: 67'F Water level:
Elevation 290.5 ft. (8.0 ft. from floor) via penetration 401 manometer Pressure:
-0.3 psig (Heise)
Concentration:
6.5 x 10-5 uCi/cc (Kr-85) (sample taken 12/11/80)
Environmental 2: 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 TMI-2.
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EPA Environmental Data.
Results from EPA monitoring of the environment arour.o tne iMI site were as follows:
3 The EPA measured Krypton-85 (Kr-85) concentrations (pCi/m ) at several environmental monitoring stations and reported the following results:
Location December 1 - December 8,1980 3
(pCi/m )
Bainbridge 25 Goldsboro 25 Observation Center 22 Middletown
- Equipnent malfunction All of the above levels of Kr-85 are considered to be ' ack-c ground 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 December 3 through December 11, 1980.
4 NRC Envi_ronmental Data. Results from NRC monitoring of the environment around the TMI site were as follows:
The following are the NRC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler:
r I.131 Cs-137
_Samole Period (uCi/cc)
(uCi/cc)
HP-245 December 3 - December 10, 1980
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Licensee Radioactive Material and Radwaste Shipments.
The following shipments were made:
On Friday, December 5, 1980, 142 drums of Unit 1 compacted LSA l
i waste were shipped to the Nuclear Engineering Company's (NECO) burial site in Richland, Washington.
I On Monday, December 8,1980, a 40 ml Unit 2 reactor coolant sample was sent to Babcock and Wilcox (B&W), Lynchburg, Vi rginia.
Major Activities 1.
Reactor Decay Heat Cooling.
The loss of Decay Heat to Ambient j
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3 turbine bypass valves. This action causec a raturn to ciclic natural circulation in the reactor ccolant systen recucing steady state plant temperatures approximately 10*F.
The licensee has submitted a proposal justifying the lo:t to cmbient mode as a viable means of decay heet rcmoval b::ct en test data. The TMI Program Office staff is reviewing the test data (r.d the licensee's proposed procedures for utilizing this cooling mode.
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Contaminatic_n of Buildina Exoansion Joints.
Samples of cork frcm the expansion joints were cotained tnree feet belcw floor level.
The samples show that the cork is more highly. contaminated in the deeper levels and towards the seal injection room.
The most highly contaminated sample was three feet below floor level, a short distance away from the seal injection room.
The radiation contact with the sample was 25 mr/hr gcma and 432 mrad /hr beta. The licensee has sent samples of the cork to a contractor for a complete isotope analysis of the activity since the cesium activity nasks the isotopes of lower activity in some of the samples. The complete isotope analysis should help detennine the source of the activity.
Additional work in this area is continuing in order to verify the integrity of water stops in the expansion jnints and to determine if any of the activity has reached the environment.
The ensite NRC staff will continue to closely monitor the licensee's actions in this area.
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Reactor Building Entry.
The fifth entry into the Unit 2 reactor briioing occurred on Thursday, December 11, 1950.
J. Collins, Deputy Prngram Director, TMI Program Office, was one of the fcurteen men who participated in the entry. Based on preliminary indicators (dosimeters), the may' mum to'..1 body exposure for any member of the entry team was approximately 650 mr. The maximum exposure was accumulated during a radiation survey of " hot spots" cn the 305' elevation.
The ambient radiation levels on the 305' elevation ara between 400 and 600 mr/hr.
" Hot spots" on th's elevation reached 20 R/hr.
Other tasks completed during the entry include a survey of the reactor head from inside the refueling pool.
The ambient gamma l
The readings in the vicinity of the reactor head were 400 mr/hr.
maximum gamma radiation detected during the head survey was 800 mr/hr.
Radiation levels between 100 and 200 mr/hr were recorded during a l
climb to the polar crane. The crane cab was not entered, hc. ever visual observations from the platform immediately below the cab revealed considerable heat damage to electrical components.
A decontamination experiment was performed on the 347' elevation.
It appeared that detergent scrubbing and bot water flush were both effective in removing visible surface crud.
Pesults of swipes taken before and after the decontamination ewer iment are not available at this time. The neutron source range preamplifier das not replaced during the entry.
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s Meetir.; Attended Cn Thursday, December 11, 1980, L. Barrett and R. Sellamy attended a public briefing in Harrisburg sponsored by the Department of Envirorcental Resources on the status of deconte.mination at Three Mile Island.
Representatives from General Public Utilitie's (GPU) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also participated in the presentation.
Future Meetings l..
On Thursday, December 18, 1980, the TNI Advisory Panel will meet at the William Penn Museum, Third and North Streets, Harrisburg, to ciscuss radioactive waste management issues pertinent to the decontamination cf THI-2.
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On Friday, December 19, 1980 L. Barrett, R. Bellamy and G. Kalman will hold a seminar on the Three Mile Island containment in Bethesda, MD, for the NRC staff.
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OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 12, 1980 1.
In response to a request by the AIF Comriittee on Reactor Licensing, the Degraded Cooling Steering Group met with the AIF Committee on December 4,1930, to provide the AIF Committee an opportunity to present its views concerning degraded cooling rulemaking. The AIF stressed the view that a quantitative safety goal and a methodo-logy for risk assessment shoulLbe developed before degraded cooling rulemaking proceeds to the rule writing stage. While not recommend-ing abandoning the degraded cooling rulemaking altogether, the AIF recommended that activity be limited to identifying technical informa-tion needs and initiating the research or engineering study required to produce such technical information. The AIF voiced the opinion that research may show that efforts toward prevention may sufficiently address severe accidents without need for additional mitigating f ea tures.
The Steering Group questioned waiting until a quantitative safety goal has been agreed upon before proceeding with degraded cooling rul en:aking.
Steering Group members made it clear that, although they were not charged with writing the rules, the fact that the Group was established to coordinate these rulemakings indicates that rules probably would be developed. The Group was particularly interested in the AIF Comittee's views on what individual technical items should be covered in these rulemakings; the AIF Committee had not really focused on this problem.
The meeting ended with the Steering Group stating that any subsequent meetings should focus on technical issues that should be addressed in their rulemakings.
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The proposed exemption of technetium-99 and low-enriched uranium as residual contamination in smelted alloy published in the Federal Register October 27, 1980, is being opposed by interest groups and l
crganizations. As a result of a campaign, the NRC has received approximately 1200 letters of comment, many with identical text j
stating that the writer will not tolerate products made from radio-active scrap metal to be used in daily life.. There is national media interest in this matter.
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U.S. Radiation Policy Council Meeting The RPC will meet on Thursday, December 18, 1980. John Davis, l
Director, NMSS, will be the NRC representative. Attendance at the l
meetir.g is expected to be spotty because most of the representatives i
are "lameduck" assistant secretary level appointees. The agenda l
for the meeting is also somewhat indefinite at this time, but will l
include a review of agency activities related to decisions made by the Council at its previous meetings and the consideration of deci-sion papers on radiological emergencies, U.S. adoption of S.I. units and a public advisory committee for the R.P.C.
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.. - 4 EPA Occupational Guidance and Public Meeting On December 10, 1980, EPA personnel delivered to the NPC staff member of the f r>teragency working group, Robert E. Alexander, an advance copy of the revised guidance to Federal agencies on occupational radia-tion protection. Actually, two documents were delivered:
(1) a draft of a Federal Register Notice (FRN), providing the full text of the guidance to be published for comment and announcing the joint EPA / OSHA /NRC hearing on the guidance; (2) the background technical report prepared in support of the guidance. These documents are now in the EPA management approval process. The EPA staff now plans to publish the FRN during January,1981, and to begin hearings approxi-mately 60 days after publication.
While the proposed guidance would retain the 5 REM /YR annual limit, the Federal Register Notice requests comments on the desirability and implications of reducing the annual limit to 0.5 REM /YR,1 REM /YR, or 3 REM /YR.
The NRC staff has found the revisions in the guidance to be generally responsive to NRC staff coments.
In particular, the revised guidance states that present standards for concentrations of ndioactive material in air, as applied in existing operations, should not be raised to higher levels by the regulatory agencies. This revision is in conformance with the Commission's interim position on this sub-ject established in a Chilk-to-Gossick memo dated October 30, 1979 (response to SECY 79-1B).
EPA personnel delivering the advance copies of the documents stated that formal transmittal would be to the NRC representative on the Radiation Policy Council, rather than to the Commission as pre-l viously indicated. Agency concurrence to publish the FRN for public coment will be sought from the agency representatives on the Radiation Policy Council.
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Third-Party Certification _
j It is virtually certain that the NRC can in some cases improve its regulatory program, with a minimal expenditure of resources, through the use of third party certification programs. NPC applica-tions of this approach under serious consideration are the certifica-tion of personnel dosimetry processors, survey instruments, bioassay laboratories that measure internally dcposited radioactive materials, radiographers, radiation instrument calibration laboratories, and the accreditation of reactor equipment qualification laboratories.
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In this connection, a SD staff representative recently attended a meeting of an ad hoc ANSI committee which concerns the government use of such certification programs. The meeting was held at ANSI Headquarters in New York, December 5,1980. This committee has two objectives :
(1) to prepare a document on guidelines for evaluation and use of private sector certification programs by departments and agencies of the Federal Government; (2) to prepare a proposed Federal government policy statement on this topic. The resulting documents will probably be submitted to OMB for their consideration.
The committee is chaired by an ANSI employee and is composed of in-dustry and Federal government personnel. This meeting was primarily a review of the work completed so far; the next meeting is to be held in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 1 981. The schedule for comple-tion of this project was not discussed, however, this was the fif th meeting and a great deal renains to be done.
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Twenty-Second Meeting of the Senior Advisory Group to the IAEA Nuclear Safety Standards (NUSS) Program Ray Smith represented the United States at the twenty-second meeting of the Senior Advisory Group to the IAEA Nuclear Safety Standards (NUSS) Program. The meeting, which was held in Vienna (December 8 - 10, 1980), had the review of 5 safety guides (SG-S6, SG-59, QA-4, QA-5, QA-ll) on the agenda. Meetings of two Technical Review Committees within the same NUSS program were attended during the preceding two weeks by Craig Roberts (Siting; 11/24 - 28) and Wilbur Morrison (Quality Assurance; 12/1 - 5).
Nex; week, Craig Roberts will present a paper on behalf of R.B. Minogue at an IAEA Seminar in Vienna on " Selection and Implementation of Safety Standards for Nuclear Power Plants." The paper is entitled "The Use of Standards in Selecting Sites for Nuclear Power Plants."
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OFFICE OF FNSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT, Items of Interest i
Week Ending December 12, 1980 i
1.
The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Actioc. were dispatched during the past week:
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EN-80-38A Power Authority of the State of N. Y. (Indian Point Unit 3) -
An Order Imposing Civil Penalties in the amount of $11,000 was issued to subject licensee on December 8,1980. Previously, a Notice of 4
Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $12,000 was issued based on alleged items of noncompliance relating to overexposures.
a After consideration of tha licensee's response, the IE staff concluded that the penalty for one item should be mitigated by $1,000 but that the l
penalties for the other items should be imposed as proposed.
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EN-80-41A Atomic Disposal Company, Inc., Tinely Park, Ill. - An Order Imposing Civil Penalties in.the amount of $2,000 was issued to subject licensee on December 4,1980. Previously, a Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $2,000 was issued based on alleged items of noncompliance relating to the shipment of low specific activity radioactive material. After consi-deration of the licensee's response, the IE staff concluded that the items of noncompliance did occur and no adequate reasons were given by the licensee for mitigation or remission of the proposed penalties.
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EN-80-53 Appliec Health Physics, Inc., Bethel Park, Pa. - On December 8,1980, an Order to Modify License (effective immediately) and to Show Cause why such modification should not be made permanent was issued i
to subject licensee. This action is based on the licensee's failure to transfer all waste byproduct material to an authorized land burial facility as required by an Order issued July 2,1980, as amended by an l
Order dated July 18, 1980 which extended the deadline date from July 18, l
1970 to August 18, 1980, t
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EN-80-54 Indian Point Unit 2 (Con. Ed. Co. of N. Y.) - On December 11, i
1980, a Notice of Violation and Notice of Proposed Impost Mon of Civil Penalties in the amount of $210,000 was issued to subject licensee based on ten alleged violations which were associated with the flooding of the reactor containment, discovered on October 17, 1970. The alleged j
violations were in regard to:
(1) failure to report a significant occurrence, (2) failure in the management controls system designed to prevent or mitigate.
a serious safety event, and (3) inadequate implementation of the Shift Technical Advisor's function.
2.
Pre'. asinary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the week:
a.
PNO-03 EPA Environmental Water Sample from Missicuri River b.
PNO-II-80-169 Grand Gulf 1 (Mississippi Power & Light) - RHR Systun Overpressurization
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PNO-II-80-172 Hatch 1 and 2 (Ga. Power Co.)
Offsite Survey of Waste Oil Dealers f.
PNO-III-80-193A Indiana & Michigan Power Company, D.C. Cook Unit 2 - Return to Operation Followi.ig an Extended Outage Due to Equipment Malfunction g.
PNO-III-80-2008 Palisades Nuclear Power Plant (Consumers Power Co.) -
Return to Operation Following an Extended Equipment Malfunction Outage h.
PNO-!TI-80-224 Marble Hill Units 1 and 2 (Public Service of Indiana) -
Rest:acion of Limited Electrical and Mechanical / Piping Work by Public Service of Indiana (PSI) Subcontractors 1.
PNO-III-80-225 Quad Cities 2 (Commonwealth Edison Co.) - Reactor Shutdown Exceeding Two Days J.
PNO-III-80-226 Callaway Units 1 & 2 (Union Electric Co.) - Voids in Containment Dome - Unit 1 k.
PNO-III-80-227 Davis-Besse 1 (Toledo Edison Co.) - ECCS Actuation During Shutdown 1.
FNO-III-80-228 Teledyne Ohiocast, Springfield, OH - Apparent Overexposure of a Radiographer m.
PNO-III-80-229 Dresden Unit 2 (Commonwealth Edison Co.) - Manual Reactor Scram Due to Hi-Hi Annunciator on Scram Discharge Volume (SDV) n.
PNO-IV-80-40 Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 - Motor to Pump Drive Shaft Failure That Will Require More Than Two Days to Repair o.
PNO-TMI-80-53 Three Mile Island, Units 1 & 2 - General Public Utilities (GPU) Files Claim Against NRC p.
PNO-TMI-80-54 Three Mile Island, Unit 1 - Fire in TMI-1 Reactor Building q.
PNS-V-80/10 Rancho Seco Unit No. 1 - Security Alert i
3.
The following Information Notice was issued:
a.
IE Information Notice 80-43: " Failures of the Continuous Water Level Monitor for the Scram Discharge Volume at Dresden Unit No. 2," was issued on December 5,1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction permit.
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In the Matter of Final Rule on Emeroency Plannino On December 5,1980, the Comission issued a Memorandum and Order (CLI-80-40) ion in which it denied the petitioners of two electric utilities for reconsiderat and for a stay of the 16-minute notification capability requirement in the emergency planning rule.
Summit Power Station, Units 1 and 2 On December 5,1980, the applicants, Delmarva Power and Light Co., et. al., for these construction permits filed a motion with the presiding ASLB to withdraw the application and terminate the proceeding.
Seabrook Station. Units 1 and 2 On December 9, 1980, the Appeal Board issued a Memorandum and Order (ALAB-623) in connecten with a motion by an intervenor to suspend the contruction permits pending the outcome of the remanded proceeding involving seismic issues. The Appeal Board denied the motion.
St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2 On December 12, 1980, the Comission issued a Memorandum and Order in which it announced its decision to reconsider its previous determination not to review the decision of the Appeal Board in ALAB-603.
In ALAB-603 the Appeal Board found that total loss of on-site and off-site AC power must be considered a design basis event for this plant.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 12, 1980 Health and Safety Study Report The NRC staff has completed its evaluation of a draft Final Report prepared by the Franklin Research Center on an " Analysis of U.S. Nuclear Health and Safety Information Dissemination to Selected Foreign Countries."
Staff connents are being forwarded to the contractor for his preparation of the final report (due to be completed at the end of January). This study was undertaken pursuant to the Commission's decision on SECY-78-365 (Health and Safety Considerations in NRC Reactor Export Licensing and Nuclear Assistance Programs) to have a contractor examine in more detail the utility of NRC providing additional detailed safety information to foreign countries to aid them in improving the safety of their nuclear power programs.
The staff believes that the study objectives have been achieved in this report and intends to forward a copy of the final report to the Commission as soon as it is received. At that time the staff will also connent on the recommendations presented in the report.
Foreion Assionees to NRC Assignment programs have been completed for Dr. Jiri Semecky, a Czech national, in the Structural Engineering Branch and for Jeng-Yuan Chen, a Taiwan national, in the Region II Office of Inspection and Enforcement.
Dr. Semecky is supported during his assignment by the IAEA and Mr. Chen is supported by the Taiwan Atomic Energy Council.
Official letters of invitation, to be signed by the Executive Director for Operations, will be sent through established U.S. Government channels.
- oreign Visits to NRC On Monday a seven-member Japanese Inspection Mission met with L. E. Phillips and L. Lois of CpB/NRR, and W. S. Farmer of RSR/RES, to discuss the diagnosis of system abnormality by neans of noise analysis methods.
On Thursday an eleven-member Japanese Instruction Mission met with L.'_Beltracchi of HFEB/NRR to discuss man-machine interaction with the systems for. disturbance analysis and surveillance.
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WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 12, 1980 Fif ty-two representatives from 48 of the 50 States met for a day I
and a half this week in the Commissioners' meeting room.
Chairman Ahearne, William Dircks, and Directors of Program Of fices made presentations to the assembled State Liaison Officers on emergency preparedness, reactor licensing, waste management, transpor tation and other issues of mutual interest.
The exchange of views was lively, frank, informative and open; State representatives indicate it was one of the most effective exchange of views they have had with NRC.
All five Regional State Liaison Officers also attended j
the meeting and met subsequently to plan activities for the coming year.
Dean Kunihiro, RSLO, Region V, attended a December 12 meeting of Western State representatives assembled to discuss the formation of a Low Level Waste Compact.
Marie Janinek attended a meeting of the executive committees of the Conference of Radiation Control Progran Directors, Wednesday through Friday.
The periodic review of the Texas radiation controfIprogram is to be l
completed during the week of December 15, 1980.
Representatives from State Programs and NMSS will participate in the review.
The review meeting will focus on uranium mill regulatory practices.
During the week of December 15, 1980, a representative of OSP will be conducting a followup meeting with the New York State Department of Health to discuss progress made on the finding of the periodic review.
Six members of the Florida radiation control program will attend a one-week course on basic radiological health at the University of Florida.
The State, as a result of recent OSP recommendations, has increased its staff significantly.
OSP is funding the State s tudents ' tuition under its training budget.
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Document Control System Briefed ED0's Policy Advisory Group on findings from MPA's study of benefits and costs of the system.
Information for Connissioner Gilinsky Provided background information to Commissioner Gilinsky's office on Sa am 1 and Salem 2 prior to his trip to New Jersey.
TMI Action Plan Circulated tracking system information for updating in response to Chairman's request for status briefing in late January.
Reo. Bevill Schedule With NRR, did a preliminary update of Blue Book and associated Bevill schedules t
for licensing reactors.
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OFFICE FOR ANAL \\SI3 AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 12, 1980 A presentation on AE0D functions, organization, and work activities was made to the Region I site representatives on December 11, 1980. Because of the newness of AE00 and the relationship between AE00 and the site offices, such presentations and associated discussions are considered an important step towards establishing effective communication channels and assuring mutually supportive efforts. The presentation covered:
AEOD objectives, organization and program activities; current activities to develop LER sequence coding techniques needed for trend and pattern identification; recommendations and status of Commission Paper identify-ing needed changes in NPRDS and LER systems for event reporting; the AE00 procedures and philosophy for reviewing operating events and judging significance; and identification of the case studies that are now in progress. Similar presentations have been held in Regions II and III; t
presentations will be scheduled in the two remaining regions.
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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 12, 1980 A.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 80-52 AND DISCUSSION & VOTE, 2:15 P.M.,
NEDNESOAY, DECEMBER 3,1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE). Memo SECY to Bickwit/Dircks/Kammerer/Fouchard, dtd 12/8/80.
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SECY-A-80-175 - ALAB-613, In The Matter of Pennsylvania Power & Licht Co., et al.,
]Suscuehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 & 2), Docket Nos. 50-387 CP ana 5 F388 CP The Comission by a vote of 4-0 approved an Order, which denies the ~~
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(0GC)
(Subsequently, the Order was signed by the Secretary)
II. SECY-80-481 - Protection of Unclassified Safeguards Infomation The Co: mission by a vote of 4-0 approved for publication in the Federal Reaister proposed amendments to 10 CFR Parts 2, 50, 70 and 73, as mocified by OGC memos dated 11/5/80 and 11/25/80. The proposed amendments would require licensees and other persons to protect certain specified safeguards infomation against unauthorized disclosure.
The Comission requested that staff prepare a revised Federal Register Notice to reflect the modifications noted above. (NMSS)
The Commission noted that:
1.
the proposed amendments as modified are to be published in the Federal Register for public comment; (NMS5) (SECY Suspense: 12/22/80) 2.
a letter (attachment 4 to the SECY paper) is to be sent to the Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the approoriate Congressional Committees; (OCA/NMSS) (SECY Suspense:
12/22/80) 3.
a public announcement will be issued when the amendments are filed with the Office of the Federal Register; (OPA/NMSS) (SECY Suspense:12/22/80) 4.
a NUREG document and a manual chapter will be prepared to provide guidance for implementing these new requirements.
(NMSS)
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III. SECY-80 465 - Advance Notification of Procosed Rulemakinc Concerning Design and Other Chances After CP issuance The Commission by a vote of 4-0 approved for publication in the Fede*al Recister an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, as modified below.
The proposed rule would amend NRC regulations to define more clearly the limitations on a construction permit holder to make changes in a facility during construction.
The Comission requested that staff prepare a revised Federal Register l
Notice to include the following modifications:
'to reflect the Commission's preference for implementation of Alternative 3 with a shift to Alternative 5 on June 1,1983;
'to seek comment on the extent to which the rule should be applied to existing construction pemit holders; "to restate Alternative 5 to read:
"5.
Restructure the licensing process to require that sufficient plant design details and equipment perfomance specifications be provided in the PSAR so that the safety analysis can be essentially a final one. Upon review and approval, the important safety-related elements of the design would be made conditions of the CP and could not be changed without prior Commissioner approval.
Staff review at the OL stage would then be primarily a matter of confiming that the "as built" plant confomed to the CP-stage safety analysis."
to allow for a 60 day connent period.
(NRR)
The Commission requested staff to submit the proposed rule, a Value-Impact l
Statement and Resource Analysis to the Comission within 60 days after the l
end of the comment period unless higher priority Comission tasks prevent it.
l (Subsequently, the FRN was signed by the Secretary).
IV. SECY-A-80-168 - Rulemakinc in 10 CFR Part 2 The Comission discussed the proposed rule change incorporating the military and foreign affairs exception of the Administrative Procedure Act into the Comission's adjudicatory procedures.
l At Comissioner Bradford's suggestion the Commission rescheduled this item for the next affimation session.
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V.
SECY-80-482 - Petition for Rule Makino from Public Citizen Litigation Group on Recuired Levels of Financial Protection The Commission discussed staff's recommendation that the petition to amend Part 140 to increase the amount of primary financial protection required of persons licensed to operate reactors with a rated capacity of 100 Mw(e) or more from
$160 to $460 be denied.
At Commissioner Gilinsky's suggestion the item was deferred to a future affirmation session.
VI.
SECY-80-472A - Revised Criteria for States The Commission discussed the proposed revised statement of policy regarding the criteria by which the NRC would discontinue its regulatory authority in Agreement States and the assumption of regulatory authority by those States.
The Commission withheld action on the subject paper.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF SECY-80-409 - PRM TO AMEND 10 CFR 50 CONCERNING ANTICIPATED TRANSIENTS WITHOUT SCRAM ( ATWS) EVENTS,10:10 A.M., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE). Memo for the Record fm Chilk, dtd 12/9/80.
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The Commission noted that:
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the matter would be disCJssed again in mid-December and that a f'nal version of a proposed rule'(November 7 version); a draft environmental l
impact statement; an, assessment frem ELD and OGC; and an analysis from i
the probablistic assessment staff should be available by then (subsequently, a meeting was scheduled for the week of December 15);
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in response to a Commissioner Gilinsky request, staff would review the history section of the Federal Register Notice to more clearly state the shift in approach toward mitigating ATWS events; i
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in response to a Commissioner Hendrie question, the staff would review page 7 of the November 7 rule to clarify the discussion of reliability of reactor protection systems; d.
in response to a Comnission Hendrie question, the staff would re-evaluate the question of using reactor head vents for safety valving; and e.
the Director, OPE, would be meeting with staff on alternates in ATWS.
(OPE /NRR/RES)
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SECY-80-508 - FIRST NRR MONTHLY STATUS REPORT TO CONGRESS On Novemoer 21, 1980, the Commission approved and the Chairman signed a letter to Representative Tom Bevill transmitting the subject report.
Copies of the letter and the report were provided to your staff on November 24, 1980.
In approving the subject letter and report, Commissioner Bradford provided the following comments:
1._ Each-monthly report should contain a qualitative description of the progress made within each major TMI Action Plan category.
The staff need not report quantitative progress in these areas on a monthly basis.
2.
Semi-annually, the staff should explicitly and quantitatively report its progress on each of the TMI Action Plan items made during that half year.
3.
The next monthly report should include a description of the NRR reorganization and how this has improved management and resource allocation.
4.
The next monthly report should include a description of any other measures taken during the period April 17th until the report date associated with the improvement of management and resource alloca-tion.
Each subsequent monthly report should include to the extent possible a discussion of other improvements in this area within the reporting period.
Chairman Ahearne notes that the report as it stands addresses those items requested by Representative Bevill. Using staff resources to add additional information does not seem an appropriate use of our already overly stretched people.
However, some of these topics do seem appropriate for the EDO to report on to the Commission, at least semiannually.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISC'JSSION OF SECY-80-474/474A - FINAL RULE - 10 CFR PART 60, DISPOSAL OF HIGH LEVEL RADI0 ACTIVE WASTE IN GE0 LOGIC REPOSITORIES - LICENSING PROCEDURES,10:05 A.M., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE l
R00" (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE).
Memo for the Record fm SECY, dtd 12/10/80.
The Commission was briefed by staff on the proposed final rule. Although no final action was taken, the Commission noted:
1.
that staff would subnit a marked up copy of page changes to the proposed notice (subsequently, staff submitted the changes, as SECY-80-474C);
2.
that individual Commissioner questions and comments would be submitted directly to staff; and 3.
that additional meetings on this subject would be scheduled every two weeks.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASES AT NFS-ERWIN AND OTHER FUEL CYCLE PLANTS, 2:00 P.M., MONDAY, DECEMBER 1,1980, CDF.MISSIONERS CONFERENCE ROOM (OPEN TO PU3LIC ATTENDANCE).
Meno SECY to Dircks, dtd 12/10/80.
The Commission
- was briefed by staff on Envi.ronmental releases at NFS-Erwin, the kinds of controls at Erwin and other related concerns.
The Commission
- requested that staff prepare a paper discussing:
'the length of time radioactive material is retained in the body and the reason radiation dose levels vary between children and adults.
- estimates of the possible health effects caused by the largest release period; and
- the upper bound of the quantity of uranium released during the accident and the health effects associated with the ' elease.
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12/29/80)
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SECY-80-464 - ABNORMAL OCCURRENCE RECOMMENDATION - IMPROPER USE AND INADEQUATE CONTROL OF LICENSED MATERIAL (RADI0 PHARMACEUTICALS)
(C0"MISSIONER ACTION ITEM).
Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 12/11/80.
l This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has approved the Federal Register Notice (FRN) containing a discussion of l
the proposed abnormal occurrence determination, subject to revision in I
accordance with the attached mark-up.
The Office of Management and Program Analysis was informed of this action by telepnene on December 10, 1980.
It is requested that you forward the FRN in final form, as revised by the Commission, 'ar the signature of the Secretary by c.o.b. December 24, 1980.
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SCllEDULED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Date Organization Location Subject Speaker 3/26/81 22nd Annual Quality Clinic / Knoxville. TN What the NRC Regulations W. Ruhlman, RO I Require from a QA Program
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3/31/81 American Chemical Society Atlanta, GA Regulatory Implications of II. Peterson, SD Radiation-Dose Effect Relationships 4/1/81 Spouses of Operattag Staff Education Center Quality Assurance Requirements A. Cerne, R0 I at Seabrook Station Seabrook, Nil and Licensing Procedures Related to Seabrook Station rnr1n9ffRF 0