ML19343A751
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November 13, 1980 For:
The Comissioners From:
.T. - A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 7,1980 -
4 A_ summary of key evenis is included as a convenience to t$ose Ccmissioners.who may: prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
"l Standards Development C
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Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D
Inspection and Enforcement E
Nuclear Regulatory Research F*
Executive Legal Director G
International Programs H
State Programs I
Management and Program Analysis J
Controller K*
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization M*
Items Approved by the Comission N
Calendar of Speaking Engagements 0
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CONTACT:
T. A. Rehm, 277S1-18012210/W Co#/S
'A Summary of Weekly Tnformation Retort Week Endino November 7,1980 Calvert Cliffs, Unit No.1 3altimore' Ge s and Electric reported the identification of stud corrosion in two of four Reactor Coolant Pumps at Calvert Cliffs, Unit No.1.
A total of 21 studs show clear degradation and an additional 6 studs have some indications of corrosion. The cause of the corrosion was determined to be external exposure to primary coolant. The licensee will provide NRC with detailed information, including photographs, before Unit i restarts in late November. Most of the studs will probably be replaced.
Quad Cities Station On November 2, while Unit 2 recirculation flow control was being adjusted, the B recirculation pump went into overspeed and the unit scrammed on high APRM. Later, on unit restart, the 5 recirculation pump overheated for reasons yet unknown.
Paulty pump cooling by reactor building closed cooling water system is suspected.
Unit 2 is shutting down to fix the problem.
Davis-5 esse, Unit No.1 Oa October 27 a failure of a reactor protection system (RPS) channel resulted in the opening of the pressurizer power operated relief valve (PORV), opening of the spray valve, and a de-energization of the pressurizer heaters.
The plant was in cold shutdcwn with reactor coolant system pressure at approximately 800 psig following the facility's first refueling outage. The event resulted in only a slight pressure transient since the PORV black valve was closed at the time.
Clean Air Act Acreement The NRC/ EPA Clean Air Act Agreement was signed by both agencies on October 17.
The Agreement defines in general terms the roles of EPA and NRC in regulating airborne radionuclide emissions from NRC licensees.
EPA Guidance on Occucational Radiation Protection An informal report from EPA indicates that further delay has occurred in the publica-tion of the draft EPA guidance to Federal agencies on occupational radiation protection. EPA is also attempting to publish a Federal Register Notice announcing the time and place of the hearing (s) prior to the end of the year; however, it does not appear likely that this. objective will be met.
OFFICE OF ADMIN!STRATTON Week Ending November 7,1980 AD:UNISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
-STATUS-0F REOUESTS Initial Appeal of Recuest Initial Decision
. Received-622 38 Granted 488 13 Denied 99 17 Pending 35 8
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Jay E. Silberg, Requests nine categories of documents relating to Shaw, Pittman, Fees for NRC Review of Withdrawn, Suspended or Potts & Trowbridge Postponed Applications.
(80-536)
Jeffrey D. Littlejohn, Requests information relating to the transportation League Against Nuclear and inspection of eight shipments of radioactive Dangers waste from the Dairyland Power Cooperative, Lacrosse (80-537)
Boiling Water Reactor located at Genoa, Wisconsin and nine categories of documents regarding cask model NFS-4 (NAC-1, Serial ' A).
Lillas Jones, Requests a copy of "A Review of Behavior of Black Hills ' Alliance Plutonium in Soils and Other Geological Materials,"
(80-538) 1979, NUREG/CR-0628, NUREG/CR-0758 and NUREG/CR-1155.
Karl Grosaman, Requests a copy of the map of routes for the Island Closeup-transportation of. spent fuel.
News Service (80-539) j John F. Squibb, Requests information on the precautions taken to Needles Desert Star provide security on spent fuel shipments near (80-540)
Needles, California and controls taken to assure safe speeds are be.ing maintained by shippers.
l CONTACT: - J. f t. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
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' Received, Cont'd l Lucille-Sadwith,
- Requests a list of all reports-and studies, including
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internal memoranda, conducted within the last five 4
Research, Inc.
years on radionuclides in milk, leafy vegetables, (80-541) root v'egetables, grains and meats.
Warren D. Siemens, Requests a copy of the non-proprietary version of the
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l Martin Marietta winning proposal under contract RFP RS-RES-CO-214.
Corporation (80-542)
(An individual requesting Requests information on his Reactor Operator License information about himself) exam results.
(80-543)
Charles W. Elliott Requests five categories of documents relating to
-(80-544) applications for approval by the NRC for the transportation of spent fuel through specific areas i
in Pennsylvania.
Lindsay Audin Requests five categories of information relating to (80-545) the dates, modes, cask type, quantities and routes of shipments of plutonium to or from any facility between 1
October 1,1979 and October 1,1980.
Roger Beers 7aquests a copy of a study conducted in 1971-72 (80-546) regarding " Radiation Levels in Areas near Active and 4
i Inactive Uranium Mills in~ Western United States."
Charles P. Mooney, Requests abstracts of computer programs available to -
Engineering Design the public.
Concepts, Inc.
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Granted Diane M. Cameron, In response to a request for a list of all commercial' Indiana Public and military spent fuel _ routes..in Indiana, made Interest Research Group, Inc.
available one document.
Informed the requester the (80-413)
NRC does not hr.ve any information on military spent fuel routes tnrough the State of Indiana.
Debra D. Mcdonald, In response to a request for copies of NRC inspecticn Nuclear charmacy, Inc.
reports on Pharmatopes, Inc., facilities in two named (80-497) locations, made available four documents.
Anne L. Ekstrom, In response to a request for copies of documents Business Organized for concerning spent radioactive fuel routes which pass a Safe Society through Colorado, made available one document.
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Gra nte' d, ' Cont 'd Peter Verrecchia.
- In raponse to _a request for memoranda between the-Rhode Island Public. -
NRC and its predecessor agencies concerning the Interest Research Group
- processing of reactor fuel at the United Nuclear (80-511)
Recovery Systens since 1972, informed the requester the NRC has no documents subject to this request.
Lane Krause, In response to a request for reports and correspondenct
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ALTERNATIVES regarding the choice and actuality of-the River Bend.
'(80-513)
Nuclear Plant becoming a Boiling Water Reactor, informed the requester the NRC has no documents subject to his request regarding reactor selection.
The selection of tne type of reactor is a matter of individual utility choice.
Ellyn R. Weiss,-
In response to a request for a copy of a document Harmon & Weiss dated September 1980, by the Office of Analysis and (80-514)
' Evaluation of. Operational Data on the interim i
equipment and procedures at Brown's Ferry to detect I
water in the scram discharge volume, made available a copy of this document.
(An individual requesting-
'In response to a request for information on his l
infonnation about himself)
Senior Reactor Operator License exam-and results, (80-517) made available this information.
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Anna.L. Nerenberg, In response to a request for a. copy of a PSAR or a Center for Development PSIR and any other records not already available in Policy
- the POR pertaining to 'the design, siting, and/or (80-521) consideration of Taiwan Power Nuclear Units 7 and 8,.,
made avai?able one document.
Informed the requester the NRC does not possess any document on this nuclear plant that would be equivalent to a PSAR or l
PSIR.
David Williams, In response to a request for a copy of.the non-i URS/o hn A. Blume and:
proprietary version of the winning. proposal in response Associates, Engineers to contract RS-RES-30-192, made available a copy of i
(80-523) the document.
- Gretchen Z. Wells, In response to a request for a copy of all NRC j
Berman & Glauque documents regarding the September 19,1980 Titan (80-524).
Missile Silo Explosion in Damascus, Arkansas, informed th'e requester the-NRC has no documents subject to this request.
(An individual requesting In response to a reauest for information on his information about himselt)
Reactor Operator License written and oral exams,
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made availaole this information..
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4 Granted, Cont'd' Karl Grossman, In response to a request for a copy of the' specifics Island Closeup and map of routes fer the transportation of spent News Service nuclear fuel, made available a copy of this (80-539) document.
(An individual requesting In response to a request for information on his
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Reactor Operator License exam results, made available
-(80-543) this information.
Denied Stephen Laudig, In response to a request for access to specific Attorney-At-Law records concerning License Number 13-02752-03, made (80-448) available eight documents. Denied portions of one document, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Bruce MacGregor In response to a request for documents pertaining to-(80-481) the Nuclear Materials Import License ISNM 79005 from Exxon Nuclear Corporation, made available 12 documents.
Denied portions of two documents containing confidentiz business (proprietary).information and two documents containing commercial or fiaancial (proprietary) info rmation.
(NRC employee)
In response to a request for 'all documentation (80-501) relating to the selecti,on of Vacancy Announcements79-229, 79-230,79-369, 80-01, and 80-1725, made available 23 documents. Denied portions of-29
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(An individual requesting In response to a request for documents pertaining information about himself)-
to his application for employment with the NRC, (80-532) made available 29 documents. Denied portions of two documents, the disclosure of which would constitute '
a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending November 7, 1980 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATICN 1.
RFP RS-ADM-80-714 Title - Understanding of the Regulatory Process Description - Design a course of instruction to provide an understanding of the regulatory process.
The primary focus of the course would be on the historical development of the regulation of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Period of Performance - Two months Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - RFP closed October 20, 1980.
Proposal is under evaluation by the program office.
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RFP S-NMS-81-032 Title - Technical Support for the Confidence Rule-Making Proceedings Description - Provide technical support to the NRC staff working group in matters related to the Waste Confidence Rule-Making Proceeding.
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status - Negotiations are being-conducted the week of Novemoer 3,1980.
Best and Final offers will be due November 10, 1980.
CONTRACT AWARDS 1.
NRC-10-80-363 Title - Establishing Critical Elements and Performance Standards Description - To develop a course of instruction, specifically tailored for the NRC and its position evaluation system, to train its managers and supervisors in establishing critical elements and performance standards.
Period of Performance - Fifty-four days Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - An Interagency Agreement with USDA, Graduate School, in the amount of $47,888 was awarded on October 30, 1930.
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NRC-10-80-669 Title - Subscription Service Description - The centractor shall provide all plant, personnel, equipment, and r..aterial necessary to provide service support to the Library Branch of the Office of Administration.
The contractor shall :rovide for subscription acquisition, renewal, and cancellaticn as required by the Library Staff.
Period of Performance - One year with two one-year options Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - Awarded Fixed-Price-Requirements contract to F. W. Taxon Co., of Nestwood, PA, in the amount of $135,070.
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NRC-10-81-357 Title - Newspaper Clipping Service Description - Service to provide all clippings related to Nuclear / Atomic
' fields from local and national publications.
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - Fixed-Price-Requirements type contract awarded on October 31, 1980 CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made)
Contract No.
Contractor Close-Out Date Ai(49-24)-0277 ITIC (NOAA) 11/4/80 AT(49-24)-0281 Civil Service Conmission 11/4/80 NRC-02-78-071 Stanford Research Institute 10/23/00 NRC-09-79-388 SBA/0A0 Corporation 10/31/80 NRC-10-79-653 Eastern Audio Associates. Inc.
11/5/80 NRC-16-77-036 Claire Merrill 10/30/80 ENCLOSURE A
November 6, 1980-
'JEEKLY -INFORMATION REPORT t
~ Division of Facilities and Ocerations Succort OMB Bulletin 80-6.. issued February 27,1980, placed a. freeze _ on procurement of all office and household furniture until a Furniture Requirements ' Expense Plan for FY'1981 had been submitted to GSA and approved by the Office of Management and Budget. NRC~ was advised by. 0M3 on October 31, 1980, that its agency-wide Expense Plan has been approved as-submitted. GSA, as well as the NRC Property Management Officer, will closely monitor the Plan to assure that we' adhere to OM3 Fiscal. Limitations and NRC' policy which stresses full utili-zation of furniture. Preparation of the NRC Expense Plan was the responsi-i bility of the Property and Supply Branch, Division of Facilities and Operations Support, in close coordination with various Headquarters and. Regional-Offices.
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WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 7,1980
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Suitability Investigations and Adjudication standards Two representa+.ives-of the Personnel Security Branch attended a two-day seninar, conducted by the Association of Federal In,_stigators, entitled ' Suitability Investigations and Adjudication Standards."
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'JFFEE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEY,LY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Week Ending November 7,1980)
Calvert Cliffs, Unit No. 1 Baltimore Gas and Electric (SGLE) has reported the identificatien of stud corrosion in two of four Reactor Coolant Pumps (RCP) at Calvert Cliffs, Unit No. 1.
The RCPs are Byron Jackson pumps with 16 studs per pump head flange.
BG&E inspected all four pumps during the current refueling outage and found that studs in Pump numbers llB and 12A snowed corrosion.
The worst stud showed a reduction in diameter to 4.3" compared to the original diameter of 4.55".
This is less than the minimum acceptable diameter of 4.375" calculated by Byron Jackson.
A total of 21 studs show clear degradation and an additional 6 studs have some indications of corrosion.
Combustion Engineering and Byron Jackson are evaluating the problem.
Although a final decision has not been ruched, they probably will replace at least 13, and at most 27, corroded studs.
The cause of the corrosion has been determined to be external exposure to primary coolant.
Leakage from a nearby instrument line and a seal leak off line has been identified as the source of primary coolant.
Design changes have been made to pre' vent vibration of these lines in order to correct the identified cause of failure.
The licensee has agreed to pro-
- vide us detailed information, including photographs, before Unit i restarts in late November.
The RCP stud corrosion problem is similar to that found at Fort Calhoun in May 1980, but is not as severe. The primary coolant leakage was from the reactor coolant pump head flange seal in Fort Calhoun rather than from nearby small instrument lines.
Human Engineering Or, Hanauer will meet on Noyember 10, 1930 with Mr Kthier of the President's s
Oversight Committee to discuss Human Engineering i:n Nuclear Plant Operations.
Quad Cities Station On Sunday evening November 2,1980, while Unit 2 recirculatien flow control was being adjusted, the B recirculation pump went into over-speed and the unit scramled on high APRM.
Later, on unit restart, the 8 recirculation pump overhectcd for reasons yet unknown.
Faulty pump cooling by reactor building closed cooling water system is suspected.
Unit 2 is shutting down to fix the problem.
Although Unit 1 is already in refueling outage and other fossil units are in forced outages, the system at present has no problem meeting lot i l
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27,1980, a ' failure of a reactor protection systen (RPS) channel On October resulted in the opening of the pressurizer power operated relief valve (PORV),
of the pres-Opening of the pressurizer spray valve, and a de-energizatiori The plant was in cold shutdown with reactor coolant system surizer. heaters.
pressure at approximately 800 psig following the facility's first refueling The event resulted in only a slight pressure transient since the outage.
PORV block valve was closed at the time.
The sequence of events was initiated by an RPS pressure channel failing high.
The pressure signal is supplied to the non-nuclear instrumentation through a buffer, and is then utilized to control the position of the PORV and the Since the RPS channel fa' led spray valve as well as the pressurizer heaters.
high, the valves _ were signaled to open and the heaters were signaled te de-energize in order to' counteract the apparently high system pressure.
The Office of Inspection and Enforcement is assessing the level of action that is appropriate for this event.
R. E. Ginna Rochester Gas & Electric Company has requested a. meeting November 7, 19S0 to describe their intention of installing B&W design test sleeves in the R. E. Ginna steam generators. RGLE plans to obtain NRC approval of the B&W sleeve design.
Ocerator Licensing Examine _rs' Conference The 1980 Examiners' Conference will be held November 13,1980 in Bethesda, Maryland. The general session will present new programs that are being implemented-as 'a result of the accident at TMI and the changes in NRC that impact operator licensing. Workshops will be held the next day to expand on the information presented earlier and its application to the administration of examinations.
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NRC 7MI PROGRAlt CFFTCE WEEKLV STATui REPOR-Week of November 2 - 8, 1980 Plant Status Core Cooling Mode:
Cyclic natural circulation in the "A" and "S" reactor coolant system (RCS) loops with heat transfer to reactor building ambient (air and sump water).
Available Core Cooling Modes:
OTSG "A" or "B" to the main condenser; long-term cooling "B" (OTSG-B); decay heat removal.
RCS Pressure Control Mode:
Standby P'/ essure Control (SPC) System.
Backup Pressure Control Mode: One of two decay heat removal pumps to supply pressure _ in conjuncticn with variable recirculation back to the borated water storage tank (BWST) to provide control of pressure.
Major Parameters (As of 0500, November 7,1980) (approximate values)
Average Incore Thermocouples:
140*F Maximum Incore Thermocouple:
177"F RCS Loop Temperatures:
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Hot Leg 135'F 138*F Cold Leg (1) 76'F 76'F (2) 76 F 76*F RCS Pressure:
90 psig (DVM) 80 psig (Heise)
Pressurizer Temperature:
78'F Reactor Building:
Temperature:
70 F Water. level:
Elevation 290.5 ft. (8.0 ft from floor) via penetration 401 manometer Pressure:
-0.2 psig (Heise)
Concentration:
1.6 x 10-4 uti/cc (Kr-85) (sample taken 11/5/80)
Environmental.& Effluent Information 1.
Liquid effluents from TM1-1 released to the Susquehanna River, after processing, were within the. limits specified in Technical Specifications.
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Ne liquid effluents were discharged from TMI-2.
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EPt, Environmental Cata.
Results ircm EPA renitcring of the environment around the TMl site were as follows:
The EPA measured Krypton-85 (Kr-85) ccncentrations (pCi/m3) at several environmental monitoring stations and reporteo the following results:
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October 24 - 31, 1980_
(pCi/m3)
Bainbridge 25 Goldsboro 19 Observation Center 20 Middletown
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No radiation above nom. ally occurring background levels.were detected in any of the samples collected frca the EPA's air and ganna rate networks during the period from October 29 through Hovember 6, 1980.
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M.C Environmental Data.
Results fecm NRC monitoring of the environment around the IMT site were as follows:
The following are the NRC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler:
I-131 Cs-137 Samole Period (uCi/ccl (uCi/cc)
HP-240 October 29 - November 5, 1980
<8.1 E-14 <8.1 E-14 5.
Licensee Radioactive Material and Radwaste 5hicments. The following shipments were made:
On Monday, November 3,1980, a 40 ml Unit 2 reactor coolant sample was sent to Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) Lynchburg, Virginia.
On Tuesday, November 4,1980, a metal box containing solidification equipment parts (LSA) was shipped to the Larken Laboratory of the Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan.
On Friday, November 7, 1980, 32 drums containing Unit 2 contaminated laundry were shipped to Tri-State Industrial Laundries, Utica, New York.
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' Maior Activities 1.
"ini C:ecay Heat (MDH) system.
The fiDH system remains in an operational status pending turnover to the operations group and issuance of technical specifications.
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Reactor Buildin; Purge and Entry.
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Approximately 10-15 curies (Kr-85) were released.
The next entry into the building is scheduled for November 13, 1980, in which another purge of the building atmosphere is anticipated to start on November 12, 1980.
Task items _to be. completed have not been finalized but plans include:
reinstallation of a source range preamplifier; continued radiological and photographic surveillance; decontaminati)n assessment; and movement of the fuel handling bridge to permit access t; the fuel transfer cavity on future entries.
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Reactor Decay Heat __ Cooling.
At 9:00 a.m., on November 6, 1980, the
_itcensee commenced tne Loss to Ambient Test (Loss of Reactor Decay Heat to Reactor Building Ambient Test).
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demonstrate that sufficient heat transfer occurs from the reactor coolant system to the reactor building ambient (air and sump water) to adequately cool the reactor core.
This test reflects a change in the past reactor coo.lant mode since the March 28 accident.
Prior to the test steaming occurred under vac'uum in the "A once through steam generator (OTSG) with the "B" OTSG isolated.
The test conditicn new requires both OTSG's to be isolated.
The test is conducted in accordance with a procedure (with associated safety evaluation) approved by the onsite NRC staff.
The test will be terminated if:
The average incore thermocoucle temoerature exceeds 150'F or increases more than 10'F in one hour.
Any incore thermocou;'es and hot leg termperature exceeds 200 F.
The hot leg temperature for either OTSG increases more than 10 F in one hour.
Equipment necex ry to reestablish steaming on the "A" OTSG will remain operable throughout the test.
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5 The test is planned to last 15 days.
At tnat time the licensee will. evaluate gatherec data and recc.
ru: to the onsite NRC staff cn whether or not to continue the t".st.
No appreciable change in reactor core /ccoling system steady state (equilibrium) temperatures were noticed since the commencement of the test.
Onsite staff review of this ares continues.
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NRC TMI Procram' Office Decuty Procram Director-Position. On Thu. sday, Novaraber 6.1980, it was announced that Lake H. Barrett, Huclear Reactor Regulation, was appointed Deputy Program Director of the NRC TMI Program Office, tir. Barrett will leave his present position as Section Leader for the Radiological' Section of Operating Reactors Assessment Branch, NRR, and is expected to be on site late November 1980.
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Several people raised concerns about the possibility of a year or more delay before TMI-I could be restarted and its affects on their current electricity bills.
Also of' interest, was the current decentamination efforts presently going on at TMI-2.
Future Meetings 10, 1980. V. Gilinsky, B. Snyder, J. Collins, On ftonday, Noventee 1.
F. Congel, T. Els:.s,er and M. Bills (EPA) will meet with local officials,' citizens and press at the Forum in Harrisburg to discuss the contents of the draft Progrannatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS).
12, 1930, J. Collins will attend a luncheon On Wednesday, November 2.
meeting with the Hummelstown Rotary Club to discuss various aspects of the TMI-2 cleanup program.
12, 1980, the NRC's newly established On Wednesday, November 3.
Advisory Panel for the Decentamination of Three Mile Island, Unit 2, will hold its first meeting at the Forum in Harrisburg, PA.
The 12-member panel will meet to discuss its role as an advisory In addition, body to the Commission and the scope of its activities.
it will be briefed by the NRC staff on the draft PEIS on the Unit 2 cleanup effort.
13, 1980, J. Collins will meet with the On Thursday, November 4.
Lancaster Jaycee's to discuss current and future. activities on the cleanup cperation of the Unit 2 reactor building at TMI.
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. 0FFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 7, 1980 1.
Clean Air Act Agreement: Mr. Hawkins of EPA signed the NRC/ EPA Clean Air Act Agreement on October 17, 1980.
Mr. Dircks has also signed the Agreement, and it appeared in the Federal Register on 11/3/80 (45 FR 72980). The Agreement is essentially the same as the version approved by the Commission in July,1980 (SECY-80-302). EPA made one minor change to the Federal Register notice (not the Agreement itself). They deleted a paragraph dea:
x~ih EPA's priorities in setting Clean Air Act standards, because they have no;,so established those priorities.
The Agreement defines in-general terms the roles of EFA and NRC in regulating airborne radionuclide emissions from NRC licensees. After EPA has made more progress in establishing priorities and developing standards, EPA and NRC roles will be established in more detail.
(Contact: John Hickey, SD 443-5966; Tom Dorian, ELD 492-8690) 2.
Misadministration Reoortino: In response to some inquiries from physicians regarding the implementation of the misadministration reporting requirements rule change, the staff has developed a series of questions and answers titled:
"What is a misadministration under 10 CFR 35.41 m" Copies of this document were mailed to 'll of NRC's medical licensees.
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Copies of the misadministration reporting requirements were also mailed to these licensees in June 1980.
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Edward Podolak, SD 443-5860) 3.
MC&A Ucarade Rule Example System Aloha Meeting - October 30-31, 1980: A meeting was held witn personnel from Battelle Pacific Northwtst Laboratory, NMSS, and SD to discuss progress on the contract "MC&A Upgrade Rule Example System Alpha." The PNL Example System describes an MC&A System which is intended to satisfy the requirements of the Upgrade Rule.
The most recent -draft of the Upgrade Rule dated October 24, 1980 was discu..ed in detail.
All aspects of the draft rule were covered and the draft Example System was discussed in detail.
Four changes or additions to the Example System were requested by NMSS and 50 because of changes in requirements of the Upgrade Rule. A milestone schedule was agreed upon for the required work.
(Contact:
J. L. -Tel ford, SD ' 443-5903)
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4 Meeting with!L'awrence Livermore National Laboratory - November 5,1950: A meeting was neld with personnel from Lawrence Livermore.Hational Lacoratory (LLNL) and SD to discuss ' progress on the ~ contract " Evaluation of the Variance-of Inventory-Difference and Sets of Loss Estimators."
The. following topics were discussed: a rough draft of an executive summary for a final report, an outline for a Regulatory. Guide,' detail technical requirements of the..
current statement of work and project plans for FY. 82.
A milestone schedule was agreed 'upon for the required ' changes in the statement of work.
(Contact:
J. L. Tel ford, SD 443-5903)
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' personnel assigned to complete the background and bases document supporting the new guidance: have been working instead on pro'olems that recently developed within EPA's Office of Radiation Programs regarding contract award practices. Availability to the public of this background document i
is required prior to the. formal announcement of the draft guidance and hearing date(s).
EPA staff personnel are attempting to publish a Federal Register Notice ' announcing the time and place of the hearing (s)-prior to the end of the year; however it does not appear likely that this-4 objective will be met.
Publications to-be Issued in the Near Future Ti tle : Effluent Monitoring at Nuclear Fuel Processing and Fabrication Flants (Reg. Guide 4.16, Rev.1)
-Excetted Issuance Date:
January 1981 Descri otion : This guide describes effluent monitoring at nuclear fuel processing and faorication plants.
Contact :
A. Morrongiello 443-5966 Ti tle :
Criticality Accident Alarm Systems (Reg. Guide 3.12, Rev.1)
Excected Issuance Date:
December 1980 Des cri otion :. The guide describes a criticality accident alarm system to eset 570.24 of the regulations.
Centact:
- 5. M cGuire i-443-5970 Publications Issued 'Durine the Week of' November 3-7, 1980 l
NL'RE2[CR-1621 - A Characterizatic, of. Faults in the tocalachian Foldbelt ENCLOSURE ^
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- OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending November 7, 1980 US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement The Department of State.fs finalizing the U.S. list of eligible facilities for transmission to the IAEA and has informally notified us that they hope to put the Agreement into force in the very near future. Staff is preparing a notice for publication in the Federal Register announcing the date of entry into force of the Agreement and the effective date for implementing the new 10 CFR Part 75 and conforming amendments to other parts.
Minor amendments to 10 CFR Part 95 to permit access to certain classif,ied information have beer, prepared and are expected to be published shortly.
Presentation of Paper Lidia Roche-Farmer presented a paper on Institutional Wastes at the Region II and III Conference of the Radiation Control Program Directors. The Conference was held in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, on October 29-31, 1980.
GESMO-Public cr,mments on the question of whether the GESMO proceeding should be reopeneo (previously reported in the October IT,1980 Items of Interest) have. bee.1 analyzed in.more detail, The responses are characterized as follows:
For Against Individuals writing as private citizens 32 5
Members of Cp1gress (one commenting, one transmitting a constituent's comment letter) 2 Nuclear industry companies'(excluding one which simply requested more time) 4 Nuclear utilities and organizations 9
State Attorney General 1
Environmentalist groups 3
47 9
Of the private citizens writing in, 8 were from Beaumont, Texas, and 6 of these wrote on the same type of postal card.
Two private citizens in California sent in nearly identical letters. One more comment has been received from a nuclear-utility company in favor of the resumption of GESMO, in addition to the above total of 47.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending November 7, 1980 1.
Tne following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched during the past week:
a.
EN-G0-21A Washington Public Power Supply System, Richland, WA - On November 6,1980, an amended Notice of Violation and Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties were issued to the subject licensee.
After consideration of the licensee's responses to the original notices issued on June 17, 1980, the staff concluded that four items of the original Notice of Violation should be amended and the penalty proposed for one of the items should be mitigated.
The amended proposed civil penalty is $59,500 compared to the originally proposed civil cenalty of
$61,000.
b.
EN-80-51 De Paul Hospital, Cheyenne, Wyoming - On November 5,1980, a Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $500 were issued to the subject licensee. This action is based on an alleged item of noncompliance involving the loss of a molybdenum 99/technicium 99m generator which was left in an unrestricted area and was not under constant surveillance.
2.
Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dis;:atched during the past week:
a.
PN0-I-80-159 Pilgrim Unit 1 - Target Rock Relief Valve Ocened During Power Operation b.
PNO-I-80-160 Indian Point Unit 2 - Service Water Leak c.
PNO-I-80-161 Salem Units 1 & 2 - Local Fire Company Votes Not To Respond To Site Fire Calls d.
PNO-I-80-162 Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., West Valley, NY - Spill of Liquid at the NFS State Licensed Low Level Burial Site e.
PN0-II-80-157 Grand Gulf Unit 1 - Fire Dampers in Control Room Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) System:
Inadequate Installation Drawings f.
PNO-II-80-158 McGuire Unit 1 - Improperly Designed Hangers g.
PNO-II-30-159 Turkey Point Unit 3 - Stean Generator Tube Leak h.
PNO-III-80-200 & -200A Palisades - Equiptrent Problems Resulting in a Plant Shutdown in Excess of Two Days i.
PNO-III-80-201 Palisades - Cegraded Emergency Beration Capability
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PNO-III-80-203 Dresden Units 2 & 3, Quad Cities Units 1 & 2 - Petition to Shut Dcwn 4 BWR's L
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PNO-III-80-EG4 Davis-Besse Unit 1 - Return to Operation Following 207-Day Outage for Refueling, Maintenance, and Modifications m.
PNO-III-80-205 Monticello - Shutdown in Excess of 48 Hours n.- PNO-III-80-206 Duane Arnold - Maintenance Shutdown for Greater Than 48 Hours a
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PNO-III-80-207 Quad Cities Unit 2 - Equipment Problems Resulting in Plant-Shutdown in Excess of 2 Days
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PNO-V-80-75 Nuclear Engineering Company, Beatty, Nevada Burial Site -
Banning of General Electric Company, Wilmington, North Carolina (NRC Licensee) for Radioactive Waste Shipments q.
PNO-TMI-80-49 Three Mile Island Unit 2 - Loss of Decay Heat to Reactor Building;. Ambient Test r.
PNS-II-80-30 Shearon Harris Units 1, 2, 3, and 4 - Bomb Threat 3.
The following IE Bulletin was issued:
a.
IE Bulletin 80-23, " Surveillance of Mechanical Snubbers," was issued on
' November 7,1980 to all nuclear power'facilites with an operating license or' construction permit.
4.
The following IE Information Notices were issued:
- a. IIE Information Notice 80-39, " Malfunctions of Solenoid Valves Manufactured-by Valcor Engineering Corporation," was issued on October 31, 1980 to all light water nuclear power facilities with an operating license or construction j
permit.
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IE Information Notice 80-40, " Excessive Nitrogen Supply. Pressure. Actuates Safety-Relief Valve Operation to Cause Reactor Depressurization," was issued on November 7,1980 to all nuclear power facilities with an operating l
license or construction permit.
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OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 7, 1980 Tyrone Eneray Park, Unit 1 On November 3,1980, the Commission issued an Order (CLI-80-36) in which it denied the request of the North Dakota Public Service Commission and the South Dakota Public Utilities Comnission for a public hearing on the Director of NRR's order to show cause why the construction oermit for Unit I should not be revoked and their request for a 12 month deferral of Comission action on the revocation of the permit.
Staterrent of Policy:
Further Comission Guidance For Power Reactor Cceratinc Licenses On November 3,1980, the Commission issued an Order in which by divided vote, it denied a petition filed by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Shorehtm Opponents Coalition for a stay of the Commission's June 20, 1980 Statement of Policy.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 Cn Novsmoer 4,1980, the presiding ASLB issued an Order denying a petition for a hear'ng with respect to an NRR Confirmatory Order amending the Unit 1 operating licenss to permit operation under certain limiting conditions because of steam generator tube problems.
The petition contended that the confirmatory order did no: go far enough to remedy safety defects.
The ASLB ruled that the cetiticn did r.o: raise any litigable issue that the reredies inposed by the confirmatory order.<culd themselves cause injury to the petitioner.
New Haven Station, Units 1 and 2 Cn '!cvsmber 6,1980, the presiding ASLB issued an Order dismissing this contruc-tien permit application and terminating the proceeding.
This action was taken at the re:uest of the applicants, New York State Electric and Gas Corporation and the Long Island Lighting Company.
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ITEMS OF IllTEREST OFFICE OF INTE%ATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 7, 1950 Non-Proliferation Understandirgs for NRC Arrangements and Agreements On November 4, J. Lafleur and H. Faulkner, IP, met with representatives of the Department of State, ACDA, and DOE to discuss understandings and procedures between the Executive Branch and the NRC in connection with the retransfer of NRC-supplied safety infomation by our arrangement partners.
These procedures and understandings will be femalized shortly in a letter from State to the staff.
Foreign National RERO Session flineteen participants from fourteen countries are attending a special session of the.adiclogical Emergency Response Operations training course at Las Vegas, o
Nevada feca October 29 through November 7.
The course, which is essentially the same as the one offered several times each year to U.S. state and local officials, is being conducted by Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company, a DCE contractor.
IAEA Assignment Harcid Collins, Emergency Preparedness Program Of fice, NRR, lef t NRC on Thursday, November 5, to begin a one-year assignment as a cost-free expert at the IAEA Hea4arters in Vienna, Austria. For the next twelve months Mr. Collins will be scrking in the emergency planning area. Tasks will include: (1) catal ogue inter-natio-al nuclear emergency response personnel and equipment resources, (2) develop program of IAEA missions to member states to review and evaluate national emergency pr a:aredness, and (3) identify and develop needed emergency planning / preparedness training programs.
Foreign Visits to NRC On Monday, Mr. Lars Andermo, Manager of the Division of Nuclear Energy, and Dr. Sforn Kjellstrom, of AB Fjarrvarme, consultants to the Swedish Nuclear Pcwer Ins:cctorate, George Vayssier of the Dutch Nuclear Power Inspectorate and Mr. Jan van de Bagaard of the Dutch Energy Research Center met with
- 3. Sheron, R. Audette, J. Guttman, and E. Thom of RSE/4RR to discuss small-break ECCS evaluation models and related topics. G. Vayssier also met with D. A. Pcwers of CP3/NRP to discuss topics related to cladding embrittlement.
Da -uesday, Messrs. Vayssier and van de Sagaard met with F. Eltawila of CSS /NRR, C '.. Grimes of LB-3/NRR, and N. Su of GIB/NRR, to discuss containment load prcblems.
Cr ":-day, "r. Masahiko Hayakawa, Deputy Director General of the Institute for Nuc*eir Safety (INS) of the Japanese Nuclear Power Engineering Test Center, Dr. e sasni Hishida, Principal Engineer of IMS, Mr. t'asaichi Kamimura, General
ana;se of the Overseas Electrical Industry Survey Institute, and Mr. Masayasu
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discuss information exchangeslon nuclear safety. and (2) T.-Speis and 3. Sheren off RSB/NRR;to discuss the' application of safety analysis codes in safety reviews and a system for code development.
On Tuesday, Mr. Brian.Tolly of the Nuclear Safety Division of the European Com-munities met with (1) E. F. Conti, EPSB/SD, to discuss the rule making situation on siting practices and emergency planning, (2) R. Bernero, Director, SRR/RES, to discuss the status of the Interim Reliability & Evaluation Program, (3)
C. Kelber, AD/ARSR/RES, to discuss current esearch activities relating to degraded and melted cores and alternative containments, (4) J. Zwolinski, DHFS/NRR, to discuss human factors. and man / machine interaction, (5) L. Shao, AD/GRSR/RES, to discuss seismic programs and protection against external events, and (6)
R. Browning, Deputy Director, L. White and P. Lchaus of WM/NMSS to discuss current situation and rule making regarding high-level and low-level waste.
- Foreign Reports
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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 7, 1980 On November 3, Tom Elsasser (RSLO Region I) spoke at Drexel University in Philadelphia to the local chapter of IEEE.
Tom reviewed the NRC's regulatory role in nuclear safety.
On November 10, 1980, Tom's temporary detail to Three Mile Island will be completed.
Since the beginning of April, Tom has been assisting the TMI Program Office and the State of Pennsylvania in setting up meetings to discuss the Krypton venting issue and the draft programmatic EIS for the cleanup of TMI Unit 2.
After November 10, Tom may be reached at his old telephone number, FTS-488-1354 in the Region I office.
On November 5 and 6, Sheldon Schwartz participated in a S.outhern States Energy Board conference on transportation of radioactive materials.
Mr. Schwarts made a presentation on the NRC and FEMA roles.
Participants included representatives of DOE, EPA, State officials and the transportation industry.
The principal fccus of the working sessions related to regulatory and institutional issues, notification and emergency response, A full report of this con-ference will be distributed to the participants shortly.
On November 5 and 6, 1980, Bob Trojanowski participated as a member of the Regional Advisory Committee in a meef.ng with officials from the State of Alabama.
This meeting was the final review meeting prior to a public meeting and a' major radiation
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exercise which will test the Alabama Radiological Emergency Response Plan.
These activities will be conducted during the period of November 18 through 21, 1980.
On November 6, 1980, William Menczer, RSLO Region III, was in Worthington, Ohio at the State Emergency Operations Center observing an exercise of the Ohio Radiological Emergency Response Plan for the Davis-Besse Power Plant.
Following the exercise Bill met with Major General James Clem, Ohio Adjutant General and Curtiss Grif fith, Director, Ohio Disaster Services Agency to discuss the conduct and objectives of the exercise.
Later that day, Bill also met with the Regional Advisory Committee to discuss his observations and criticisms of the exercise.
On November ~, 1980, Mr. Menczer was in Port Clinton, Ohio, participa ting in a critique of the exercise with State and Federal officials as well as in a public meeting to discuss the Ohio Plan.
Representatives from the Regional Advisory Committee, State and local governments, news media, and the public were present at the public meeting, i
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e Five initiatives o'n nuclear related topics were voted on in the general elections held on November 4,1980.
They deal primarily with the nuclear waste disposal issue, and in some cases ties this to the operation or construction of nuclear power plants.
Two States, Oregon and Washington, passed the initiatives.
For the three other States, the initiatives failed.
Details follow.
Proposition No.11. With 91% of the vote counted, there were 1,052,984 "no" votes and 684,111 "yes" votes.
Thus, the initiative was rejected by the voters 3 to 2.
This proposition would have prohibited the operation of electrical power facilities utilizing nuclear fission, unless federally approved sites existed for permanent storage of spent fuel and other radioactive material anticipated to have been produced during the life of the facility; and, the owners or operators would have posted a bond securing the cost of decommissioning the facility.
Initiative No. 84. With 941 of the 964 precincts counted, there were 16l.127 votes "against" and 159,457 "for."
Thus, the initia-tive was rejected by a margin of almost 2,000 votes.
The proposed initiative would have forbidden the disposal of radioactive waste material within the State. The proposal did not specifically prohibit the mining of minerals such as uranium, but did forbid the disposal of radioactive waste produced by milling or other processing of ore.
Some radioactive material used for medical, educational, and scientific purposes could have been deposited in Montana.
OREGON. Measure No. 7.
With about 96% of the vote co'unted, there were about 413,000 "yes" votes and 371,000 "no" vcten Thus, the measure was passed by 53% of the voters.
The measure will require finding of existence of federally licensed permanent disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive wastes before site certificate for power plant will be granted or Public Utility Commissioner will approve plant financing. Statewide voter approval will be required to issue a site certificate.
Site certificates granted before November 15,1980, will be exempted from this requirement.
In addition, the initiative measure will net prevent applicant from obtaining licenses.
SOUTH DAKOTA. Measure No. 2.
Based on 90% of the vote counted, the measurTwas defeated by about 2% of the voters with 138,917 votes "no" and 132,674 votes "yes."
The measure would have prohibited new urarium mining or milling, new operations for storing nuclear waste materials, and construction of nuclear power plants in the State unless approved by the State Department of Water and Natural Resources and by a majority of voters.
Initiative Measure 383. With 98% of the vote counted, the measure was approved by 75% of the voters.
There were 1,059,562 votes "yes" and 348,276 votes "no."
The initiative will prohibit the impor-tation of non-medical radioactive waste after July 1,1981, for the ENCLOSURE I
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Regional storage of radioactive waste will be allowed through an inter-state compact. The Washington regulatory agency believes that the initiative will be challenged in the courts on constitutional grounds.
Note: Although most votes will be counted by November 8,1980, certified results will not be available until 4 to 6 weeks from the date of the election. Observers believe that there will be no changes in the results.
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i 0FFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 7,1980 Reorganization Plan No. 1 Prepared for AECO a list of documents and regulations that may have to be revised as a result of the President's reorgani:ation plan.
Sceaking Engagement David Rubinstein presented a talk "A Statistician's View of NRC Statistics" to the American Statistical Association Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Nuclear Research, Friday, November 7.
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OFFIC FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING NOVEf:BER 7, 1980 On November 4,1980, AECD (Wayne Lanning) participated with IE in an onsite examination of the Indian Point 2 containment which had been partially ficoded by service water leakage on October 17, 1930. On November 5, AEOD attended a public meeting between the NRC and Consolidated Edison Company concerning the event. AEOD has initiated a case study of this event in order to help identify the lessons and implications en safety from leakage from "open" cooling systems inside containment and other areas.
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"TE"5 APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 7, 1980 A.
BRIEFING BY ATOMIC INDUSTRIAL FORUM (AIF) AND ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (EPRI) ON ANTICIPATED TRANSIENTS WITHOUT SCRAM (ATWS), 2:00 P.M., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE). ' Memorandum for the Record fm Chilk, ctd 10/31/80.
The Commissien was briefed by the following AIF/EPRI repre tentatives on their views as they relate to AT11S:
D. Clark Gibbs, AIF, Chairman, Committee on Reactor Licensing & Safety D. A. R. Buhl, Vice President, Technology for Energy Corporation G. C. Sorenson, Chairman, AIF, CRLS, Subcomittee on AT11S F. Stetson, Manager, RL & Safety Projects, AIF G. Lellouche, and Dr. Ian Wall, E?RI There were no actions taken nor requests made during the reeting.
3.
SECY-80-477A - BRAZILIAN PNE ASSURANCES. Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 11/3/80.
On November 3,1980 the Commission approved the attached letter for transmittal to the Department of Energy expressing views on the propcsed retransfer of LEU from West Germany to Brazil. The Commission requests that Mr. James R. Shea, Director, Office 'of International Programs, sign and dispatch the subject letter to F.r. Harold D. Bengelsdorf, Director for Nuclear Affairs, International Nuclea-r and Technical Programs, DOE.
(SECYSuspense: November 4) l C.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 80-47, 10:00 A.M., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1960, CCf.MISSIONER$' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE)
Pero SE(.Y to Dircks, dtd 11/3/80.
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SECY-80-486A - Extension Of Relief From Pat-Dcwn Searches at Pcwer Reactors (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM) l The Comission, by a vote of 4-0* approved for publidation in the Federal Register an atendrent to its rules allowing a 30-day extension (to December 1, 1980) of the current relief from pat-down searches at cower reactors to allow tine for Cc=ission consideration of revised search procedu-es for such facilities.
[3333) l (Subsecuently the Secretary signed the Notice).
'Secticn 201 cf the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. 55841, provides that acticn of the Commission shall be determined by a "r.ajority vote of the members present."
Comissioner Bradford was not present when this item was affirmec, but had previously indicated his approval of this item.
Had Commissioner Bradford been present, he would have affirmed his prior vote.
Accordingly, the formal vote of the Cornission was 3-0 in favor of the decision.
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STAFF REOUIREMENTS - CONTINUATION OF DISCUSSION AND V0TE ON FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM (SEE SECY-80-438A), 2:05 P.M., MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1980, CCMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE). Memo SECY to Oircks, dtd 11/3/80.
The Comission was briefed by staff on alternatives in implementing the Fire Protection Rule, as identified in enclosures to the 10/24/80 memorandum to the Comission from H. Denton.
The Commission:
1.
approved publication in the Federal Register effective amendments (to be effective 90 days after publication) as follows:
a._
approved unanimously Enclosure 1 (Fire Protection Rule and Statement of Considerations) to the staff memorandum; l
b.
approved by a vote of 3 to 1 (Commissioner Hendrie dissenting) the modification in Enclosure 2 (revised pages of Enclosure 1 on backfitting selected portions of operating plants licensed prior to January 1, 1979);
c.
approved unanimously Enclosure 5 as a modification to Enclosure 1 on tolling or exemption schedules; (SD)
(SECY Suspense:11/14/80 )
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approved unanimously an immediately effective rule (Enclosure 4) temporarily waiving completion dates until a new rule or other. Commission action has been taken; (The Secretary signed the notice on 10/27/80.)
3.
requested a quarterly summary of staff activities on requests by licensees for exemptions to the rule; (NRR) (SECY Suspense: 5/1/81
)
4.
requested further discussion with staff on the development of requirements and the level of detail to be included in a rule for future plants.
(EDO) (SECY Suspense:
11/21/80)
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STAFF REOUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON CLARIFICATION OF TMI ACTInN PLAN REOUIREMENTS, 10:05 A.M..
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM (OPEN T0
-PUBLIC ATTENDANCE). Memo SECY to Oircks, dtd 11/3/80.
The Comission was briefed by staff on clarifications to the TMI action plan requirements approved by the Commission for implementation, as set forth in the October 22, 1980 memorandum from H. Denton to the Commission.
The Comission:
1.
endorsed, unanimously, the proposed letter (to licensees of operating i
plants and OL applicants)'and the enclosure setting forth revised action plan requirements and an implementation schedule; (NRR) (SECY Suspense:
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(continued) 2.
approved, unanincusly, a 45-day extension of the coment period on the TMI-2 Action Plan (fiUREG-0660);
(fiRR/0 ELD) 3.
requested a further discussicn en the Emergency Offsite Facility.
(This discussion was held on October 30,1980).
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SECY-80-434 - APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED LICENSE TO EXPORT ENRICHED URANIUM TO INDONESIA (LICENSE N0. XSNM01666).
(COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM)
Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 11/3/80.
This is to advise you that the Commissioners have completed their review of the subject license to General Atomic Company and to confirm for the record their previous authorization on September 20, 1980 to export 1.943 kilograms of uranium, enriched to 19.9% U-235, in the form of fuel elements, for the Kartini Research Reactor in Indonesia.
That authorization was based upon an exchange of notes between the governments of the United States and Indonesia which provide assurance that *he conditions and guarantees of the existing US-Indonesia Agreement for Cooperation will re=ain in force after the existing agreement expires and until a new bilateral agreement enters into force.
By its latest action the Commission (with all Cermissioners approving) has accepted your recc=mendation to expert to Indonesia 4.535 kilograms of uranium, enriched to 19.9% U-235, in the form of TRIGA fuel elements, for the Sandung Research Reactor.
This completes action on the total license to General Atomic to export to Indonesia 6.478 kilograms of uranium, enriched to 19.9% U-235.
The approvals of Chairman Ahearne and Commissioner Hendrie were subject to staff receipt of the exchange of notes between Indonesia and the United States and examining them to verify that the language in the notes was sufficient to provide recessary assurance as discussed in the subject paper.
SICY was advised by the Of fice of International Programs tha: the signed notes had been received and the language verified.
Cc=.issicner 3radford's approval was based en the understanding that the Departments of State and Energy would treat future surolv acreements as subsecuent arrangements.
SECY was ad/ised $y the Office of Internaticnal Programs that such
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s The Office of International programs was informed of tais ccmple:ed action by telephone en November 3, 1980.
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STAFF REOUIREMENTS - BRIEFING BY IE ON REPORT ON NFS-ERWIN,1:30 P.fi., OCTOBER 17, 1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE).
Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 11/4/80.
.a The Commission
- was briefed on the report, " Technical Asse3sment of Inventory Differences at Nuclear Fuel Services."
The Co' mission requested that staff brief the Commission on health and i
safety aspects of environmental releases at NFS-Erwin and generic considerations at other. fuel cycle plants.
-(NMSS) (SECY Suspense:
11/21/80)
Commissioner Gilinsky requested that staff provide calculations on release results under worst-case meteorological conditions. (NMSS)(SECY Suspense: 11/21/80)
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MEETING WITH INDUSTRY GROUPS WORKING ON CCNTROL ROOM DESIGN OUESTTONS, 2:10 P.M.,
FRIDAY, OCT0EER 31, 1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN-TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE). Memorandum for the Record fm Chilk, dtd 11/4/80.
The Commission was briefed on what progress is being made by the nucle:r industry in programs related to control room improvement by:
Stephen Howell Executive,Vice President, Consumers Power Co.
AIF Policy Committee on Nuclear Regulation Chairman, AIF Committee on Power Plant Design, Construction
& Operations William Coley Manager of Engineering Services, Duke Power Co.
Chairman, AIF Subcommittee on Control Room Ccnsidera'. ions 4
acccmpanied by:
Roger Newton (Wisconsin Electric)
Bill Armstreng (Boston Edisen)
Jack Geets (Westinghouse)
Jack Voyles (INFO)
Ron Duffy (EPRI)
Dave Cain (NSAC)
Arthur Sivens (AIF)
There were no actions taken or requests mace during the meeting.
cc: - Chairman Ahearne -
t Commissioner Gilinsky l
Commissioner Hendrie Commissicner Bradford Commission Staff Offices Exec Dir for Operations l
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STAFF RE0VIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 80-48, 2:00 P.M., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTEND'.NCE).
Memo SECY to Bickwit/Dircks/Kammerer/Fouchard, dtd 11/6/80.
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SECY-A-80-146~- Memorandun and Order - Tyrone Enercy Dark Unit I-(C0tSENT CALENDAR ITEM)
The Commission by a vote of 4-0* approved an Order which declines to defer revocation of the construction permit for the Tyrone Energy Park and denies the request of ther two South Dakota Commissions for a hearing.
The separate views of Chairman Ahearne and Commissioner Hendric, and the concurring views of Ccamissioners Gilinsky and Bradford are attached to the Order.
(0GC)
(Subsequently the Secretary signed the Order).
II.
SECY-A-80-152 - Certification to the Commission of a Recuest for Free Transcriots in tne Lacrosse Show Cause Proceecina (CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM)
The Commission by a vote of 4-0* approved an Order which grants a request of the Licensing Board to provide procedural assistance, particularly free transcripts, to intervenors in that proceeding.
(OGC)
(Subsequently, the Secretary signed the Order).
III. SECY-80-4E6 - Advance Notification to Governors of. Transcortation of Nuclear Waste Includino Scent Fuel (CONSENT CALENDAR liEM)
The Commission by a vote of 4-0* approved for publication in the Federal Register proposed amendnents to 10 CFR Parts 73 & 71 as recommended by staff and mooified by the Gereral Ccunsel's memorandum of October 16, 1980 (see Attachment) to provide for advance notification-to states of nutlear waste transportation for all waste including spent fuel that must be shipped in Type B containers.
The Cenmission requested that:
1.
the proposed new regulations be published in the Federal Recister allowing 90 days for ccament; (NMSS) (SECY Suspense: 11/24/80) 2.
the Subccamittee on Nuclear Regulation of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, the Subccamittee on Energy and
-Environment of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the Subcommittee en Energy and Power of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Rescurces of the House Ccamittee on. Government Operations be informed; (OCA/NMSS)(SECY Suspense: 11/24/80)
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a public announcement be. issued when the Notice of Proposec Rulemaking is-filed with the Office of the Federal Register; (OPA/NMSS) (SECY5uspense: 11/24/80)
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the Agreement States-be advised of the current revision of the rule.
(MMSS)
(SECY Suspense: 12/2/80)
'Section 201 of the Energy. Reorganization Act, A2 U.S.C. 55541, provides that action of the Commission shall be~ determined by a " majority vote of the members present." Conmissioner Gilinsky was not cresent when this item was affirmed, but had previously indicated his approval of this item.
Had Commissioner j
Gilinsky been' present, he would have affirmed his prior vote. Accordingly, i
the fornal vote of.the Commission was 3-0 in favor of the decision.
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STAFF REOUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 80-49, 3:30 P.M., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE).
met.o SE6Y to Dircks, dtd 11/6/80.
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.SECY-80-479 - Recuest for. Stay of Policy Statement By Union of Concerned Scientists, et al.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEfy The Commission by a vota of 4-0* approved an Order denying the request for a stay.by the-Union of Concerned Scientists et al. of the NRC statement of policy er. titled, "Further Commission Guidelines for Power Reactor Operating Licenses."
The Comnission by a vote of 2-2 was evenly divided on whether to grant
.the stay.
Chairman Ahearne and Commis:ioner Hendrie voted to deny the-4 request; Commissioners-Giiinsky and Bradford voted to grant the.
request.
Because a majority of the Commission did not vote to grant the request for a stay, the request was denied.
l (Subsequently, the Order was signed by the Secretary on November 3,1980.)
4 "Se:tien 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act,'42 U.S.C. 55841, provides that
' action of-the Commission shall be determined by a " majority vote of-the members present." Commissioner Gilinsky wss not present when this item was affirmed, but had previously indicated his approval of the Order.
Had Commissioner Gil.insky been present, he would have affirmed his prior vote.
Accordingly, the formal vote of the Commission was 3-0 in favor of the decision.
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SECY-80-451A - APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED LICENSE'TO EXPORT ttEDIUM-ENRICHED URANIUM TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC 0F GERMAfiY (LICEf:SE APPLICATION NO. XSNM1718, SECY-80-451)
COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM. Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 11/6/80.
This is to advise you that the Commissioners have reviewed the subject license to Transnuclear, Incorporated. The Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has accepted your recommendation to exoort to the Federal Republic of Gennany' 6.5 kilograms of uranium, enriched to 45.4% U-235, in the form of UF -
6 The Office of International Programs was informed of this action by telephone on November 6,1980.
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SECY-80-475 - STAFF REPORT ON TAP A-44-STATION BLACKOUT (COMMISSIGNER ACTION ITEM).
Memo SECY to Sickwit, dtd 11/6/80.
Tnis is to advise you that the Comission (with all Comissioners concurring) considers that Chairman Ahearne's memorandum to the Executive Directer for Operations (EDO), subject:
" Station B la ckout", dated October 24, 1980 (copy attached for ready reference), completes action on the recomendation contained in the subject paper. (Elb 9777)
The Offices of the EDO and the General Counsel were informed of this, action by telephone on Noverter 6,-1980.
By copy of this memorandum the E G is recuested to trovide a respcase to Chai=an Ahearne, with AnforbM.cn copies to the other Cc=issioners, OGC, OPE and 5ECY, by c.o.b.
November 12, 1980.
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SECY-30-430A - APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED LICENSE TO EXPORT HIGH-ENRICHED URANIUM TO TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC 0F GERMANY (LICENSE APPLICATION NO. XSNM01680, SECY-80-430)
(COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM). Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 11/7/80.
This is to advise ;;u that the Cc=issioners have reviewed the subject license :o Transnuclear, Incorporated.
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Commission (with all Comissioners approving) has accepted your recc=endation to' export to the Federal Republic of Ge=any 3.0 kilograms of uranium, enriched to 93.3% U-23S, in the form of UF -
6 The Office of International Prc3 rams was informed of this action by telephcne en Neverier 7, 1980.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON CRITERIA FOR EMERGENCY OFFSITE FACILITIES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1930, COMMISSIGNERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. 0FFICE (OPEN l
TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE). Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 11/7/80.
The Comission was briefed by staff on the Action Plan item, alternative.i in location of er ergency offsite facilities near power plants.
Although the Comission took no final action on this matter, the Commission:
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' directed staff to proceed with the letters to licensees regarding changes to the Action Plan, without the item on the E0F, indicating that further corraents will follow; (NRR) i 2.
requested an alternative which would accomodate the majority views as expressed during the briefing. (NRR) (SECY Suspense: 11/12/80) i N.
NFS-ERWTN. Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 11/7/80 i
As a follow-up to the NFS-Erwin briefing on October 17, Commissioner Bradford has requested that staff investigate and report on the lack of an automatic plant' shutdown feature (due to high radiation in liquid or gaseous effluent streams).
This can be included in the staff briefing now planned for j
the Commission during.the week ~of November 24.
Advance submittal of written briefing material would be appreciated.
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SCllEDUI.00 SPEAKING ErlGAGEllENTS.
Date Organization Location Subject Speaker 11/3/80 llawaii Chapter llealth Physics finiversity of flawaii Current Radiation Initiatives li. C. Book.. Region Society lionoluluy llawait in flRC II/l/80
. Fall Symposium - NY Chapter Grand llyatt ilotel, NY Requirements for NRC J. Nicolosi, Reglot Society of fluclear 11cdicine Inspection Process
-11/12/80 Pre-Law Club Chapel 11111, ilC The Role of the NRC 'in.
G.. Maxwell, Region Protecting Public flealth and Safety 11/14/80'
- fluclear Engineering Department Ann Arbor, til THI and its Ef fects on University of flichigan Reactor O erations P
11/17/80 flinisterial Union Charlotte, ilC flRC's Role in Protecting D. Martin, Region ~ l,
,the Public 12/2/80 Lion's Ciub Newtown Square ilP.C Activities Sinc < Three K. Abraham, Region Restaurant, Newtown flile Island j'
Square, PA 12/6/80 League of Homen Veters San Antonio, Texas Inspection and Enforcement K. V. Sey fri t.
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11/18/80 Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, IL Abnormal Occurrence Ilistory J. Crooks, MPA l
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.11/24/80 C0 State University Symposium Ft. Collins, CO Panel on Licensing & Regula-G. W. Kerr, SP
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FORTHCOMING SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Norman A. Eisenberg will present three papers at PATRAM '80 6th International Symposium - Packing and Transportation of Radioactive Materials in Berlin 11/12/80 Transport of Radionuclides in Urban Environs 11/13/80 Modeling the Normal Thermal Environment (paper authored by W. H. Lake, NMSS) 11/14/80 Dynamic Analysis to Establish Normal Shock and Vibration of Radioactive i sterial Shipping Packages (paper authored by S. R. Fields, Westinghouse, Hanford Co., describing work performed for RES)
American Chemical Society meeting Atlanta, Georgia March 31,1981 Speaker:
H. T. Peterson, Jr.
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