ML19344D572
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l Aoril 9, 1980 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING APRIL 4,1980 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuc~ ear Reactor Regulation B
Standards Development C
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D
Inspection and Enforcement E
Nuclear Regalatory Research F*
Executive Legal Director G*
International Prograr.s H
State Programs I
Management and Program Analysis J
Controller K
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L*
Items Approved by the Commission M**
Calendar of Speaking Engagements N
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stant for Operations Office of Executive Director for Operations
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- Deleted from Commissioners and PDR copy.
Contact:
T. A. Rehm 27781
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SUMMARY
OF KEY EVENTS WEEK ENDING APRIL 4,1980 i
Haddam Neck Plant t
On March 27, 1980 while operating at 100% power the Haddam Neck Plant experienced a containment isolation signal, a safety injection signal and a reactor scram. The cause was believed to be a short of contacts l
during installation of containment isolation valve control relays in resocnse to Short Term Lessons Learned requirement 2.1.4.
All systems i
operated as designed and the plant stabilized in a normal but standby condition.
Plum Brook Test Reactor NASA has requested authorization to dismantle the 60 tiWt Plum Brook Test Reactor and the 100 KWt Mock-Up Research Reactor.
These reactors have been shutdown since 10/3 and have a possession only license.
Public Demonstrations - Vermont Yankee and Pilgrim 1 An estimated 1000 people demonstrated peaceably on March 30,1980 in front of the Vermont Yankee plant. About 150 people were arrested during two shift changes for blocking the gate.
Strikers picketed all gates at Pilgrim i between 7 a.m. on April 1 and 7 a.m. on April 2,1980. Union workers including reactor operators honored the picket lines. Non-union personnel were not affected.
Eriefing before Senate Eneroy and Natural Resources Committee, Kansas State Leaislature A representative of the Low Level Waste Licensing Branch briefed the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Kansas State Legislature l
cn the low-level waste disposal situation in the United States. During a question and answer session there was some discussion of NRC's role in this activity and the suitability of the Lyons mine for the intended activity. NRC's review of an application for use of the Lyon's, Kansas, salt mine for retrievable storage of low-level radioactive waste was i
also disce: cd.
Licer.see Safecuards Guidance Group Meeting On March 28, 1980 B&W Lynchburg briefed the Licensee Safeguards Guidance Grout (LSGG) on questions that they had developed in response to Physical Prote:tien Upgrade Rule requirements. The puroose of the LSGG is to act as an extension of the written guidance and to provide a service to licensees concerning the solving of generic technical questions encountered in develooing safeguards plans.
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s OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending April 4,1980 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INF0PJ4ATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 257 18 Granted 247 1
Denied 41 7
Pending 69 10 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Richard T. Muffler, Requests a copy of an FOIA request made by Brian FOI Services, Inc.
Fishkin on January 26, 1980 and NRC's response to (80-164) his request regarding violation of NRC policy by a Squibb employee.
(NRCemployee)
Requests a copy of the appraisals submitted on him 1
(80-165) as part of the SES Candidate Development Program.
(NRCemployee)
Requests information on her in the Office of the (80-166)
Inspector and Auditor and information on any charges '
made against her.
(An individual requesting Requests information regarding his Reactor Operator information about himself) license written and oral examination results.
(80-167)
Andrew C. Kadak, Requests documents relating to Footnote 3 on a Yankee Atomic Electric Proposed Rule on Energency Planning for alerting Company the public within the plume exposure pathway EPZ (80-168) within 15 minutes of the notification by the licensee of local and State officials.
(NRCemployee)
Requests information on him in the Office of the (80-169)
Inspector and Auditor and information on any charges made against him.
(NRCemployee)
Requests information on her in the Office of the (80-170)
Inspector and Auditor and information on any charges made against her.
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
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Received, Cont'd Roger Runningen, Requests a copy of reports 50-254/77/14 and 50-265/
Smell Newspapers 77/14 relating to alleged security breaches at the (80-171)
Quad Cities nuclear power plant.
John Cutro Requests records relating to unaccounted for special (80-172) nuclear material and inventory differences at NL Industries Colonie Plant, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratories, Knolls Site, Niskayuna. NY and Kesselring Site, West Milton, NY.
John J. Murray Requests infomation on the required training and (80-173) education for security plant personnel and informatior on the minimum requirements set for the weaponry and communication equipment needed for the Enrico Fermi II nuclear power plant.
Sharyn Danch, Requests nine categories of records relating to National Treasury specific types of employees in the NRC, their grades, Employees Union ages and job classifications.
(80-174)
Adam Paul Banner Requests a copy of the Preliminary Safety Analysis (80-175)
Report (PSAR) to be placed in the Local Public Doce ar; Room in Midland, Michigan.
(An individual requesting Requests information on him in NRC-23 and NRC-24.
information about himself)
(80-176)
David F. Montoya, Requests eight categories of records relating to the National Image Inc.
hiring of Hispanics.
(80-177)
Harry K. Nier, Requests, on behalf of his client, infonnation Attorney-At-Law relating to his client's deceased husband.
(80-178)
Pat Bible, Requests information on the amount of uranium Times News-involved in the inventory difference in 1979 at the (80-179)
Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Erwin, Tennessee.
Michael Givel Requests six categories of records relating to (80-180)
Crystal River Unit 3, Turkey Point and St. Lucie nuclear power plants.
(NRCemployee)
Requests all correspondence relating to the (80-181) reorganization of the Division of ADP Support and all information pertaining to the audit of the Division of ADP Support positions.
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Received, Cont'd Lorence L. Kessler, Requests information as to whether pregnant employees:
Equal Employment can safely be expcsed to the same workplace Advisory Council radiation levels con;idered safe for non-pregnant (S0-182) employees.
(NRCemployee)
APPEAL TO THE ED0 for a copy td all management (80-A-10-80-133) approved documents which NRC has used or plans to use to avaluate or classify her p>sition and the date on which these documents were approved and who approved them.
Granted Jim Thomas, In response to a request for the names of all NTEU President managers, supervisors, and confidential employees (80-98) in the NRC who have been involved in the review of the NTEU contract proposals dated June 27,1979, the quantity of time spent, and the total expenditures to date to send these members to Frederick, Maryland, or elsewhere to prepare for negotations with NTEU, made available this information.
Steve Gannis In response to a request for records described in (80-115) twelve categories, made available 33 documents.
George Mantell, In response to a request for the names, grade, Charles William Kruck department, and/or office of all civilian employees (80-139) assigned to NRC Region V, made available this information.
Thomas W. Engelhardt, Made available access to records regarding Three Attorney-At-Law Mile Island Unit 2.
(80-140)
(NRCemployee)
Infr J the requester the NRC has no infonnation (80-142) pertu. sng to him in the Office of the Inspector and Auditor or information on any charges made against him.
Ellyn R. Weiss, In response to a request for a copy of a study Sheldon, Harmen performed by Sandia Laboratories which dealt with
& Weiss, on behalf the liquid effluent pathway at Indian Point, made of UCS available a copy of this draft report.
(80-148)
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4 Granted, Cont'd Ellyn R. Weiss, In response to a request for a copy of an analysis l
Sheldon, Harmon of the time required to evacuate the public from a
& Weiss, on behalf ten mile area surrounding the Indian Point site, of UCS made available one document.
(80-151)
Thomas E. Casey, In response to a request for a copy of the report Attorney-At-Law done for the NRC by Science Applications, Inc.
(80-154) regarding the safety of ionization (radioactive) smoke detectors, made available a copy of NUREG/CR-1156.
Gary W. Roberts, In response to a request for information concerning Attorney-At-Law violations of Federal law with regard to the storage (80-155) of Radium 226 or any comparable regulated radiation hazard, on specific St. Petersburg properties, informed the requester the NRC has no records pertaining to his request but he may write to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services in Tallahassee, Florida.
Jim Coffin, Made available a copy of NUREG-0550, Revision 1.
Resources Publishing, Company (80-156)
(NRCemployee)
Informed the requester the NRC has no information (80-157) pertaining to him in the Office of the Inspector and Auditor or information on any charges made against him.
Diane Arp Made available a copy of NUREG-0610 and NUREG-0578.
(80-158)
Debra D. Mcdonald, In response to a request for a copy of the Nuclear Pharmacy, Inc.
application for a radioactive material license issued (80-160) to Pharmatopes, Inc., informed the requester that the license has not yet been issued.
(An individual requesting Made available information regarding his Reactor information about himself)
Operator license, i
(80-161) 1 Stephen Laudig, In response to a request for a copy of the " Critical !
Attorney-At-Law Items List" mentioned at Page III-B-6 of Public i
(80-163)
Service Indiana's Description of License Activities Addressing Order Confirming Suspension of Construction, informed the requester the " Critical Items List" has not been submitted to the NRC by the licensee.
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5 Granted, Cont'd Richard T. Muffler, Made available a copy of an FOIA request made by F0I Services, Inc.
Brian Fishkin on January 26, 1980 and NRC's (80-164) response regarding a violation of NRC policy by a Squibb employee.
(An individual requesting Made available information regarding his Reactor informationabouthimself)
Operator license.
(80-167)
Denied Brett Bursey, In response to a request for four categories of Grass Roots Organizing information concerning radioactive effluents, Workshop exposures, decommissioning, and future plans (80-55) concerning the Carolinas Virginia Tube Reactor located at Pharr, South Carolina, made available 40 documents. Denied portions of two documents, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Franklin T. Gerlach, In response to a request for information relating Attorney-At-Law to the 1976 Investigation of Riverside Methodist (8 0-91 )
Hospital, made available relevant documents.
Denied two documents in their entirety and portions of one document containing advice, opinions and recommendations of the staff.
Denied portions of nine documents, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal.
privacy.
Catherine Quigg, THE EDO continued to deny on appeal portions of two Pollution and Environmental documents relating to sabotage analysis for spent Problems, Inc.
fuel storage at the Morris Operation in Morris, (80-A-5-79-520)
Illinois, pertaining to procedures for the safeguarding of licensed special nuclear material.
E!; CLOSURE A
4 DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending April 4, 1980 PENDING COMPETITIVE REQUIREMENTS 1
RFP RS-RES-80-214 Title - The Evaluation of Ecosystem Simulation Models as Tools for Assess-ment of Power Plant Impacts on Fish Populationt Description - Theoretical models and computer simulations provide possible techniques for performing confirmatory impact assessments of nuclear power plants on commercial and recreational fishing resources, which the NRC is responsible for under NEPA.
This project will evaluate new models developed by applicants, consistent with previous model examinations, develop a test to determine site specificity of existing models, and compare model behavior under different conditions and consider the option of verification with field data.
Period of Performance - Two-three years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Solicitation issued March 31, 1980.
Proposals are due Apri'l 30, 1980.
PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION 1.
RFP RS-01E-80-259 (Two-Step IFB)
Title - Nondestructive Examination (NDE) Mobile Van, Region I Description - Special vehicle designed to be used for conducting independent nondestructive examinations of licensees' facilities.
Period of Performance - 120 days Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - Panel members picked up technical proposals on March 26, 1980 for their evaluations.
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RFP RS-RES-80-182 7
Title - Definition of Bounding Physical Tests Representative of Transport Accidents - Rail and Truck Description - Based on an investigation and assessment of extremely severe transport accident events, define a set (s) of radioactive material shipping package performance tests which bound the l
l environments experienced in such accidents.-
Period of Performance - Eighteen months l
Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research l
Status - Solicitation closed April 1, 1980.
Proposals are under evaluation.
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RFP RS-NRR-80-101 Title - Advanced Reactor Accident Delineation and Assessment Description - This project will provide technical assistance to the NRC in the areas of safety and licensing associated with advanced reactor concepts.
Period of Performance - Three years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - The Commission disapproved the proposed project on March 10, 1980. The statement of work has been rewritten to comply with the Commission's direction, and was forwarded to the offerors in the cor
.itive range on March 28, 1980.
Revised proposals are due April il,1980. This action will be resubmitted for Commission approval.
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RFP RS-NRR-80-104 Title - Core Melt Materials Interaction Evaluations Description - Technical assistance in the area of materials interactions following postulated core meltdown accident in connection with staff evaluations for Floating Nuclear Plants and in response to the TMI-2 accident.
Period of Performance - Three years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - Final selection report approved on March 27, 1980.
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RFP RS-NMS-80-028 Title - Environmental Assessment of Surface and Groundwater Impacts from Uranium Recovery Operations Description - The Commission, in its review of license applications, re-newals, and modifications requires the technical assistance of a contractor to assist in the development of environmental appraisals and impact statements. The effort requires a review of applicants' submittals and the preparation of an environmental assessment. The assessment, along with other data, will be furnished in a technical evaluation report.
The contractor shall additionally be prepared to respond to public comment on these assessments and to possibly collect actual field data on some sites.
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status - Proposals received in response to the solicitation have been forwarded to members of the Source Evaluation Panel for technical evaluation.
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RFP RS-NMS-80-035 Title - Licensing Technical Assistance Description - Provide technical assistance to the Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety for safety and environmental reviews of license applications for the construction, operation or re-commissioning of fuel cycle facilities.
l Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status - Final selection report approved on March 27, 1980.
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3 CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made)
Contract No.
Contractor Close-Out Date NRC-03-79-162 Helgeson Nuclear Services, Inc.
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WEEK ENDING APRIL 4, 1980 1.
Bulletin on the Protaci.fon of Classified Microfiche has been submitted to the Office of Manag5::ent and Program Analysis for necessary coordinktion and publication.
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The Facilities and Syst' ms Security Branch coordinated security support' a
services for the Ranchc! Seco Evidentiary Hearing to be held on April 8,1980, in Sacramento, CA..
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4 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATIO!!
WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (Week Ending April 7,1980)
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Oh HADDA!<fECK PLANT On March 27, 1980 while operating at 1005 power the Haddam fieck Plant experienced a containment isolation signal, a safety injection signal The cause was believed to be an equipment instal-and a reactor scram.
lation error, i.e., a short of contacts during installation of containment
': solation valve contrel relays in response to Short Term Lessens learned requirement 2.1.4.
All systems operated as designed and the plant stabilized in a normal but standby conditir,n.
The olant was broucht back on line the followir rnorning after the licer.see ccmpleted'an investigation of the eve c.
N will followup on any additional actions by the licensee.
P_lun Brook Test Reactor _
!;;SA has requested authorization to disrantle the 60 IGt Plun Erock Test Reactor and the 100 K'it tiock-Up Research R5 actor.
Distantling plans and environrental plans have been provided in support of these requests.
These reactors have been shutdown since 1973 and have a possession only license.
Ver.cnt Yankee An esti ated 1000 people demonstrated pescably Sunday, 3/30/80, in front of the Verront Yankee plant. About 75 were errested because they were blocking the gate at shift change time when the 3/31/80 graveyard shift car.e-on duty, and abt another 75 were arrested for the sa a reason when the 8-4 shift came on duty this norning.
Verr.ont Yankee shut down 3/31/80 to change control rod patterns and repair a steam leak in the turbine steam seal regu'.ator system. The plant was back l
in operation April 2,1980, i
..u-tol dt Eay The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board has scheduled a prehearing conference for June 3,1980 in Eurera, California to consider the request of Pacific Gas and Electric that proceedings be held in abeyance until October 1,1980.
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Pil; rim Unit 1 Strikers picketed all gates at Pilgrim Nuclear Pcwer Station cc:rencing 7 A.M.
cn April 1, and ending about 7 A.M. on April 2,1980. Union workers including reactor operators her.ored the picket lines.
Non-union personnel were not affected.
Fuel loading in pr:gress was not adversely affected.
The 5 R0s on shift were placed en a rctating schedule which allowed ample rest before ccnducting fuel handling operations.
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5TATUS OF SHUTD0"N PLANTS (April 2,1960)
Restart Date Sca.ar Valley Refueling / Design Changes 7/22/80 Erunswick 2 Refueling 5/15/80 Cooper Refueling 5/15/80 Crystal River 3 Mode 5 - Cleanup RB & Refuel Unknown Dresden 1 Chemical Cleaning Unknown Dresden 3 Refueling & Jet Pump Repairs 4/14/80 Duane Arnold Defueled 4/15/80 Fort Calhoun Refueling Unknown Ginna Refueling App. 5/15/80 Hatch 2 Vent Header Mod. for Torus 5/20/80 Humboldt Bay Seismic Evaluation Unknown Ir:dian Point 1 ECCS Unknown M:nticello Refueling 4/5/80 i
Oconee 2 Refueling 6/3/80 Oconee 3 ESF & Containment Insp. Sys. Mod.
4/13/80 0/ ster Creek Refueling and Maintenance 5/1/80 Falisades Refueling 5/1/80 Feach Bottom 2 Refueling Unknown Filgrim 1 Refueling 4/14/80 Foint Eeach 1 Steam Gen. Insp.
Unknown Quad Cities 2 Refueling Unknown Rancho Seco Refueling 4/5/80 St. Lucie 1 Refueling 6-8 weeks Surry 1 Turbine Outage 1 month Surry 2 St. Gen. Replacement Unknown Three Mile :slar.d 1 Order Unknown Three Miles Island 2 Accident Unknown Yankee Rc.:e Turbine Repair September 1980 ENCLOSURE B
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3 tiRC TMI WTFK! Y STAT'_'5 IGFORT a
b t.'( 2k of: Merch 23 - Apr il A.1900 01hn; Status d,eccolingitude:
Cyclic Naturni circulatico in tha "A* Reactor coolant i,
Syste : (P.Cs) Loop via ths "A" Once Through Steam Generator (0!SG), Staaming to the. Win Ct.ndenser, and RCS Loop-A and B
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Cyc!ic filtural Circulaticn LC Rc5ctor Building ambient.
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idiilable. Core Cooling Modos:
OTSG "B" to (n2 Main Cander.ser; I ong form Coolirg "Ed (UISG B); Decay '-icat Ecoval.
.Tt Rf..Prer. sore Control " ode:
Standby P es:,ure **ontrol (5PC) System.
disupPressureControlMede: Makeup e.ystem in conjur.ction with leidown flow 3,
(T n.rgency use only doe to ;tCP seal injection isolated duc to cuspected -leaks-in sys:c::1).
t'.por Parameters (As of 0400, April 4.1980) (epproxicate values)
Average incore Tnarmaccuples:
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Maximum incorg Therxceuple:
184*1 q
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Het Leg 144'F lb0*f
..r.4 Cold Leg (i) 106"F 106"F Q
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I13'F 120*f ait (A anti S Lnop recovering from " burp")
253 p' ig (Heisc)
RCS Prese. ore:
l'i Pressur s.:cr Tempera tura:
341*F (Saturation Pressure 106 psig)
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Temperature:
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Pre:isure:
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'!ater level: Elevation 290.5 ft. (8.0 ft. fro:n ficor) via ji Decay lita-System O
Flevutien 239.9 ft. via Penetration 401 E
Manomater
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!3 Liquid ef fluents fi on IMI 1 rel0Hed to r.hs Su:,cuchanna River, after
[.{ processing, ware. withiri the liinit', sp+0ified in Technical Specifications.
T.O iic liquid efflutnLs '.;tre discharged fru:r TMI 2.
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, P.esul ts f rom LPA a..nitoring uf the cavir0n.:;ent around the liil site were:
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[PA enviromaentil s stions recistered ti.kground levek fnr air j
nd un ter e.an n l es.
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Ir.;t3 n tanc out cirect radiation readin;s,hcwed no la'vels above 2
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~.: :. nous a ir samples (KR-85) resul Ls show0d for the periods:*
.krch 20-26 3 Fet-Ed.iscevo tion Center 25 + 2.1 pCi/m3 1
Me: ch 21-24 M tiolds';cro, Pennsylvania 22 t,1.8 pci/m3 9
'30th results are sell wi-hin the average values reported for y
the pa::t six munths.
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~ tal Kr-US released during January 1
". arch 31,19P.0 was u
R' 72?. Curies (Nrch LcLal release was 63 Curies).
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4r P.ariwuste shipments of f site were 65 follows:
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On '.Jadner. day, April 2, 1930, a Type A Dewatered Resin liner
'.g (LPICOR I) was sent to Richland, Washington burial ground.
The p
shipment, was exar.ined and survcycd by unhite lii C sloff and, j/'--
^i Monday, March 31,19F.0, a reacter water and pressurized gas a :ple was sent le U514 l atility, Lynchburg, Virigina, for
.{h ch=.mical and radiochemical analyses.
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The risconta ination effort in the seal injection rCom continued.
Airbornc j;' par..icuiate concentrations in tha auxiliary building ranged from 10-17 to it 10 uCi/ce.
Periodic air monitor alarms also resulted as expected, h,
%' seal injection room, a leak (fine mist) was noticed to persist even Furthar, as a result of these evolutions and visual surveillance of the
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with 'he seul injection line isolated.
Therefore, en March 79, 1980, the operating makeup pump (rio.13) was sceured and there was no further F.
indication of the persistant spray.
It was suspected that. t.he seal y
shul-eff heed moteup pump pressure.
injec; ion isolation vsive had a certain amount of seat leakage passing
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- CS to 100 psig to support operation of the Mini d
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4 6/ ~ L P] CO-: 11 system modifications are Coliplete. Testing and training is
?)' in pre;ress and will continue through April 5.
1980.
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that e.ye.:7:n 5. art-up and 5 a ter peccaning frc= a reactor coolant. bleed
.6 t3nk (U; will bc on April 7, 1980.
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ne.t few months ei,ht genund w:Ler conituring wells were drilled
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in e i;n Iccatice.s around th.$ Ur.it ? r+ar.tcr f:uilding n detect it:ak3ce 7'
been i.s !y.:ed.
f rM: ' he r eector buiid in,) sump.
19itial s:wpies fr.M the wells have
.L= pies frc:a seven viells indicale Lritium activity in g
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"8 tw i.6 x 10-7 o 9.9 v 10-' uCi/al ran e.
Iriuum activity in well
- o. 2 was i r:i r :. nj r. : 3 x 10 6 uc.i/::1. Aft.er the initial scil water cc.ntent was pwped car., a sec.cnd su)ple was teken and indiceted a tritium activity of 7.50 x 10 *.r.i/nl. !!all :.o. P is located approxir.1ately 50 fa*L from the borated water nor,.9e tant.:
r'. 200 fest from the reactor
'uilding.
c Water semples tro::: several sells vere hen. n in en!or.
The source of the coice w.u not deter:-ined.
D licensen and faC representatives are outlining a program to detendine C
the source of the trilinn activity and the resscn for the water cis-c::lora t ion.
Netural background tritium activity in the erca as recorded by the FPA is 2.00 x 10-' uti/ml.
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inture Lvolutions
,y A Unit 2 cmergency drill is scheduled for April 10, 1980.
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the rese.he.duled drill frem Nrch 20, 1930.
NRC fMI Progrant Office
- ' will ::,enitor this drill with participation of a Region i inspector.
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On Monday, liarch 31, 1980, John Collins attended 6 meeting of the hiddictown C.
Enrnugh Council rud discussed the proposed venting of krypton frc:n the TM1-2
,2 retet.,e building.
Apprcxir:stely /5 residents of Itiddletown attended the G
a:ecting.
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.). Anessment for OccontaMination of Three Mile Island !! nit 2 Reactur j
Building Atr:nsphere" (Ad::endum 2 Lu.'iUNCG-0662).
G The Addendunt ConSidars a variation in the previously reconenended method for decuntaminating the rc&ctor building str.w.phere by purging--venting--
f radioactive krypton-% Lu the at:nosphere.
It roccamends that more
'rdpid purging than previously considerec be used to re:nove the rbdioactive h
gas which are favorable ?.a dir. pere. ion of the cas in the atmosphere.
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.-h. This variation would involve the use of both the hydrogen r.cntrol subsystem E and the reactor building purge system wculd be used to remove the atmosphere
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through a filler Vuen and discharge it f.o the enviren=cnt thrcugh the A
IdU-feul plant vent stack.
Ur.i n t; th i e. e+thod, the total tir:e needed to
.b,. purge the cor!iciter.nt building e. cold be reduced to af.proxir.ately five ddys j c.r.arad t.n about 10 day:, i f the hyd.~ot;.:n purge subsye. tem were used alone.
->x 3.i Ur, ihvesday, April
.3, iOEO, John Cellins end Tom Elsesser niet with
?; Secrciary Clif forn Joner, and Thn11as tiarasky to discuss meetings with
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i OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 4,1980 i
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NCRP Meeting April 2-3, 1980: The annual meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) was held in Washington, D.C.
on April 2-3, 1980. The principal scientific papers discussed the scientific basis for radiation risk assessment, policy alternatives for regulation of cancer causing and mutation producing materials, acceptable levels of risk, the concept of a de minimus dose below which there is no concern, ar.d the use of cost-benefit trade-offs.
The paper on policy alternatives by Nicholas Ashford of MIT was provocative.
He suggested that broader societal involvement in regulatory decision making on these substances was required, especially greater involvement of social scientists such as philosophers. Dr. Ashford also noted that the irreversible and long latency period of radiation required different considerations than short-term pollutants.
Merril Eisenbud berated the NRC for delaying the decision on krypton venting and suggested that the Comission should order the venting and then defend their decision.
In an afternoon panel on exposure limits, the industry representative, Wallace Behnke of Commonwealth Edison supported the present occupational exposure limits and pointed out the increases in collective dose (man-rem) to workers that might result from lowered individual limits.
l The Labor representatives, Paul Shoop of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers also supported the current standards.
Thomas Cochran of the Natural Resources Defense Council told the NCRP that its biggest problem was a lack of credibility. He also chided the NRC on its failure to promptly address the NRDC petition to lower occupational dose limits and noted that current radiation standards.for uranium mining (for which NRC does not have authority) are inadequate. He noted that both he and Dr. Arthur Tamplin of the NRDC were informing people that the risk from venting krypton at Three Mile Island was minimal.
Dr. Cochran noted that people were contacting them on this question because of the lack of credibility of the NRC.
On April 3rd, three epidemiologic studies were discussed: (1) studies on
" Operation Smokey" Personnel; (2) U. S. naval shipyard studies, and (3) Nevada test site fallout studies. The " Operation Smokey" study is a continuing effort being performed by the Center for Disease Control.
Preliminary data suggests a possible increased incidence of leukemia and melanoma among participants but no statistically significant increase in the incidence of solid tumors.
The plans for the Naval shipyard studies were described.
No data has been analyzed to date but records of about 400,000 persons will be studied in this program. The quality of the information available appears to be excellent.
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. Preliminary data from the Nevada fallout studies reported by the University of Utah investigators also appear to indicate a possible increase in leukemia incidence among the population in the highest fallout counties. However, in the Nevada study the normal incidence of leukemia in those counties were less than the average for the State of Nevada and for the U.S.
The increase in leukenia incidence in the high fallout counties caused a rise in the incidence to about the average for the U.S.
The business portion of the meeting covered the progress of NCRP Scientific Connittees writing new standards, as well as election of new NCRP Council and Board members.
Dr. Warren Sinclair, President of NCRP, reviewed the background and purposes of the recent statement on neutron effects (previously reported as a Weekly Event). He reported that there was considerable disagreement on the issuance of this statement in regard to the range of neutron RBE, so that the consensus that resulted represents a cautionary interim statement that effects may be 3 times higher than originally believed, are not itkely to be a fcctor of 10 higher, and that this should be taken into account in programs to. reduce neutron exposures ALARA.
Dr. Sinclair announced that NCRP Committee 40 is conducting an extensive review of radiation effects literature, including dependence of various dose-response end points in dose level and dose rate. Also of interest to NRC are forthcoming reports of the Task Group on Carbon-14 of Scientific Committee 38 on Waste Disposal, Scientific Committee 51 A on Radiation Protection in Pediatric Radiology, and the Study Group on Acceptable Risk from Nuclear Waste.
The report of Committee 51A has been through critical review and should be sent to the Council in May; it includes recommendations for training of all hospital personnel in pediatric radiation protection and contains tables for calculating organ doses to pediatric patients from external and internal sources for various age groups. The committee on cceptable risk in waste disposal has included members from the social sciences and has concluded that risks of waste disposal cannot be separated from a consideration of risk and benefits of the entira nuclear fuel cycle.
Dr. Hymer Friede11, Vice Chairman of the Committee, is calling for a Phase 2 study to examine in more detail how the burgeoning methodology of risk assessment may be used by this committet, and also to determine whether it is practical to establish a level of risk that can be considered "de minimus".
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1 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending April 4.1980 Briefino before Senate Eneroy and Natural Resources Committee, Kansas State Legislature, and Meeting with Kansas Officials A representative of the Low Level Waste Licensing Branch visited Topeka, Kansas, March 19-20, 1980, at the request of Senator Charlie Angell, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Connittee, Kansas State Legislature. The committee was informed of the low-level waste disposal situation in the United States. Following the presentation, there was a question and answer session. Some of the questions centered around NRC's role in this activity and the suitability of the Lyons mine for the intended activity.
The Waste Management Division staff member also discussed NRC's review of Rickano's application for use of the Lyons, Kansas, salt mine for retrievable storage of low-level radioactive waste with Gerald Allen, Director of the Bureau of Radiation Control, and Gerald Stoltenberg, Director of the Department of Envir-onment.
Meeting with Canadian Atomic Enerav Control Board Fuel Cycle and Safeguards personnel met on March 24, 1980, with three representatives of the Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board to discuss licensing approaches for UF6 production and fuel fabrication plants.
Specific subjects discussed included the off-site radiological impact of the plants (40 CFR 190), environmental monitoring, waste processing and disposal, accident response and, for fuel fabrication plants, safeguard requirements.
LWR Fuel Facility - Spain On March 28, 1980, representatives of Fuel Cycle and Safeguards met with Mr. German Dominguez of the Spanish Embassy and Messrs. Federico Rodrigo and Eduardo Aparicio of JEN to discuss licensing requirements for LWR fuel fabrication plants. The representatives from JEN were provided copies of the EIS, SER and license for the Westinghouse Plant at Columbia, South Carolina, as well as copies of applicable regulations. A three-step licensing approach is planned for the LWR fuel facility to be built in Spain:
(1) site approval; (2) construction approval and EIA; and (3) operations approval.
Procosed Westinahouse Fuel Fabrication Facility. Prattville. Alabama On March 27, 1980, NRC held a public scoping meeting in Prattville, Alabama.
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fabrication facility, and to identify, early in the assessment process, significant issues that need to be addressed. Approximately 250 officials and individuals attended the meeting, of which 20 requested that specific issues be addressed in the EIS and/or expressed opposition to the building of the facility.
Incident Response Organization Chart Involvino NitSS Licensees A suggested Incident Response Organization chart for health and safety incidents involving NMSS licensees and for safeguards incidents of all types was developed and transmitted to IE. A listing of those reference materials which will be useful in the Emergency Response Center during an incident was also sent to IE in response to their request.
MC&A Uoorade Rule A revised version of the detection and response capability and function statements for the liC&A Upgrade Rule is ready for staff review.
These statements describe the basic capabilities that a licensee's MC&A system must have and the basic functions that are to be performed by the licensee.
Licensee Safeauards Guidance Grouc Meetina A meeting was held March 28, 1980, between B&W Lunchburg and the Licensee Safeguards Guidance Group (LSGG). The LSGG was briefed on questions that B&W had developed in response to Physical Protection Upgrade Rule require-ments.
The purpose of the group is to act as an extension of the written guidance and to provide a service to licensees concerning the solving of generic technical questions they are faced with while developing safeguards plans.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending April 4, 1980 1.
United Nuclear Corporation, Wood River Junction, Rhode Island - Civil Penalty Action - On April 1,1980, the Commission received a check in the amount of $11,250 from the subject licensee in full payment of the civil penalty imposed by Order issued on January 9,1950 2.
The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched during the past week:
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EN-80-02A Atomic Disposal Company, Inc., Tinley Park, Illinois -
On Arpil 3,1980, an Order Imposing a Civil Penalty in the amount of 5500 was issued to the subject licensee.
Previously, a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the same amount had been issued. Based on the licensee's response, the IE staff concluded that the item of noncompliance did occur and no adequate reasons were given by the licensee for mitigation or remission of the proposed penalty.
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EM-80-10 & -10A Confirmatory Orders for Licnesees' Responses to IE Bulletin 79 On April 4,1980, Confirmatory Orders were issued to 10 licensees for 18 facilities to formalize commitments from the licensees to respond to IE Bulletin 79-27, " Loss of Non-Class 1E Instrumentation & Control Power System Bus During Operation."
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EN-80-11 Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Rancho Seco) - On i
April 4,1980, a Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $25,000 were issued to the subject licensee. This action is based on three alleged items of noncompliance relating to operation of the Rancho Seco facility with certain portions of the Emergency Core Cooling System in degraded conditions.
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Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
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PNO-I-80-50 Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Research Triangle Park, NC -
Gauge Containing Radioactive Material Stolen b.
PNO-I-80-51 Oyster Creek Unit 1 - Core Spray Systems I and II Sparger Cracks c.
PNO-I-80-52 New England Nuclear Corporation, Billerica, MA - Unintended l
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PNO-I-80-53 Pilgrin Unit 1 - Operations Personnel Honor Picket Line e.
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PNO-II-80-47A Brunswick Units 1 & 2 - Offsite Concentrations of Cesium-137 Exceed Technical Specification Report Levels g.
PNO-II-80-48 U. S. Department of Energy, Adele, Georgia - Unretrieved Well Source h.
PN0-II-80-49 McGuire Units 1 & 2 - Expected Demonstration at Nuclear Plant 1.
PNO-II-80-50 Vogtle Unit 1 - Industrial Injury
- j. PNO-II-80-51 Brunswick Units 1 & 2 - Reporter's Concerns Regarding 1
Training and Qualifications of Site Employees, Health Physics Practices and Site Security k.
PNO-III-80-62A Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation, Cimarron, OK - Alleged Plutonium Exposure 1.
PNO-III-80-63 & -63A Zion Units 1 & 2 - Unplanned, Gaseous Radiation Release m.
PN0-IV-80-14 Universal Testing, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah - Reported Whole-Body Exposure of 12.8 Rems to Radiographer n.
PNO-TMI-80-19 Three Mile Island Unit 1 - Spent Resin Tank Overflow o.
PNS-I-80-04 Three Mile Island Units 1 & 2 - Bomb Threats 4.
The following IE Bulletin was issued:
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IE Bulletin 80-07, "BWR Jet Pump Assembly Failure," was issued on April 4,1980 to all General Electric BWR-3 and BWR-4 facilities with an operating license.
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The following IE Circular was issued:
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IE Circular 80-05, " Emergency Diesel-Generator Lubricating 011 Addition and Onsite Supply," was issued on April 1,1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction pennit.
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The following IE Information Notices were issued:
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IE Information Notice 80-12, " Instrument Failure Causes Opening of PORV I
and Block Valve," was issued on March 31, 1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction pennit.
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IE Information Notice 80-13, "h:eral Electric Type SBM Control Switches -
Defective Cam Followers," was issued on April 2, 1980 to all light water power reactors with an operating license or construction pennit.
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IE Information Notice 80-14. " Safety Suggestions From Employees," was issued on April 2,1980 to all power reactor facilities, fuel fabrication and processing facilities, and Materials Priority I licensees.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING APRIL 4,1980 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION NRC-CEN Arrangement IP is incorporating comments received from ELD on the Arrangement renewal draft soon to be proposed for the consideration of the Italian National Committee for Nuclear Energy (CNEN). The original Arrangement, signed in 1975, is due to expire May 20, 1980.
Exchange with Canadians IP is coordinating the first of four NRC staff visits which will be made to Canada in follow up to discussions begun with the Canadian team, led by Jon Jennekens, President of the AECB, that met with NRC November 27-28, 1979. This first meeting, an exchange of inforniation on plant systems, will be held in Toronto the last week of April.
Foreign visitors On Monday, Mr. Jean Pierre Bento of the React:r Systems and Nuclear Safety Division of the Swedish Energy Research Center, STUDSVIK, met with represent-atives of the Probabilistic Analysis Staff of RES, MPA and AEOD to discuss (1) integrated relibil!ty evaluation pro nuclear plant operating experience, (3) gram, (2) systematic assessment of statistical analysis of failures due to maintenance / testing, (4) requirements for and impact of test intervals and allowable repair time on system reliability, (5) reliability criteria, and (6) data collection /CCF.
On Tuesday, Ms. Anne-Marie Lizin, a Belgian Member of the European Parliament and a tiember of the Energy Committee, met with J.R. Shea of IP for a discussion of NRC's approached to nuclear safety enforcement and role in export licensing after INFCE.
On Tuesday, Dr. Victor Cheng, Executive Secretary of the Taiwan Atomic Energy Council, and Dr. Yu Sung, Director of the Science Division of the Coordinating Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) of Taiwan, met with Chairman Ahearne, Commissioners Kennedy and Hendrie, the EDO, and senior staff representatives of the Offices of Regulatory Research, Reactor Regulation, and International Programs to discuss current nuclear issues.
The Belgian Minister of Public Health and Environment Luc Dhoore has postponed his NRC Co :nissioner appointment on Wednesday, April 9, and tour of TMI on Friday, April 11, 1980.
EXP00T/I":03T A*!D INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS A notice of rulemaking was published in the March 21, 1980 Federal Register (45 F.:.15370) amending NRC's 10 CFR Part llc concerning the export of certain rir:r cuantities of nuclear material. The effective date of the amen een s is Aoril 21, 1980.
These amendments establish or expand the general licensing crovisions for the export of gran cuantities of SNM in certain #cr s, deuterium, graphite, and certain kinds of source and byproduct material.
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s' 0FFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING APRIL 4,1980 Program Develocment The Task Force on Emergency Planning for Transportation Accidents involving Radioactive Materials will meet on April 9, 1980 to discuss a detailed outline of a proposed guidance document for State and local governments.
On March 31, 1980, Tom Elsasser, Region I SLO, attended a RAC II Meeting in
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0FFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING APRIL 4, 1980 Caseload Projections Completed caseload projections on NRC licensing activities to be used in FY 82-86 budget formulation process.
Hearing Durations At Commissioner Kennedy's request, prepared a report entitled "A Study of the Hearing Process Duration for Nuclear Power Reactors in the U.S."
Study will be sent to Office Directors for their views on (1) underlying causes for the delays in the process, (2) which causes are controllable by NRC, and (3) what correction actions, if any, should be recommended.
Game Theory Briefed Commission on the use of game theory in resolving materials inventory discrepancies as contrasted with present techniques.
Management Information (1) Distributed February issue of '!0p: rating Unit Status Report" (Grey Book); (2) sent to OCA for authorization committees March issue of
" Power Reactor Events Report."
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Items of Interest Week Ending April 4, 1980 FY 1980 Reprogramming Approval has been received from the. House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.
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Robert Minogue or Guy Arlotto will participate in Session I on April 21 to discuss
" Standards Development for Owner Certification" April 23 R. A. Kornasiewicz, SD, will present a talk on how NRC developed Regulatory Guide 1.145 (Amospheric Dispersion Models for Potential Accident Consecuence Assessments at t
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