ML19347A759
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k September 19, 1980 For:
The Concissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK El4 DING SEPTEMBER 12, 1980 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners wl.o may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
Standards Development C
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 0
Inspection and Enforcement E
Nuclear Regulatory Research F*
Executive Legal Director G
International Programs H
State Programs I
Management and Program Analysis J
Controller K
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L
Items Approved by the Commission M
Calendar o:
wking Engagements N
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T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
- No input this week.
- Deleted from Commissioners' and PDR copies.
CONTACT:
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Summ'ary of Weekly Information Report Week Ending September 12, 1980 Davis-Besse 1 On September 6, while replacing the lubricating oil to the No. 1 Diesel Generator at Davis Besse, maintenance personnel found the sheared-off head of a 5/8" bolt in the oil-sump.
It was found that the Spring Drive Gear Assembly, which is used to transfer power from the main gear to the turbocharger, utilizes four bolts of the 5/8" size, and it was determined that this was the source of the bolt head in the sump. The other three bolts were found to have backed out with resulting severe thread damage. Damage to the main gear was also noticed and work-is under-way to repair all of fie damaged parts.
Region III inspectors are generating an IE Circular on this subject.
(The plant is currently in Mode 5 (cold shutdown) following its first refueling outage which commenced last April.)
Prairie Island Unit 1 On September 4, Northern States Power Company informed the staff that, as a result of ultrasonic testing conducted on the Steam Generator Support Bolts for indica-tions of stress corrosion cracking, 47 of the 48 bolts on Unit 1 were found to have indications of cracking or of breaks in the bolts.
(Unit 1 is in shutdown for its annual refueling and other matters.) The bolts are used in-the upper portion of the structural steel support columns and are required by design to resist tensile service loads only during LOCA loading conditions. The issues of interest are: (a) whether the Unit 1 bolts were pretensioned when installed (to make them more susceptible to stress corrosion cracking) and (b) the nature of the coating on the bolts.
NRR is following the developments as information is made available to the licensee.
Exxon Nuclear - Richland, Washington An updated, completely revised license for the Exxon-Nuclear Company fuel fabri-cation plant was issued on September 10.
A full five-year term renewal license will be considered after completion of the environmental review of the renewal application now being conducted, Development of Acceptance Criteria for the Physical Protection Upgrade Rule i
NMSS has developed acceptance criteria for use in evaluating security plans sub-mitted_in accordance with the Upgrade ble recuirements. The criteria will assist in providing consistent evaluation of upgraded security plans and a means for assuring licensee compliance with every regulatory requirement of the Upgrade
_ Rule relative to-the protection of the public health and safety.
FY 1982 Budget The budget was formerly transmitted to OMB on September 8.
0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending September 12, 1980
. ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial
. ' Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 546 36 Granted 418 11 Denied' 87 16 Pending 41 9
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received (Individuals requesting Requests information on their Reactor information about themselves)
Operator License exam results.
(80-463 & 80-464)
Eric J. Zwick Requests a copy of the written report and (80-465) the letter of correspondence regarding the HRC inspection of Diagnostic Isotopes, Inc.,
in June 1980.
Richard P. Pollock, Requests a list of all fines, penalties.and Critical Mass Energy Project violations cited by the NRC from calendar (80-466) year 1978 to September 1,1980.
Nancy Zito Requests information on the release of (80-467) uranium hexafluoride from the Piketon Ohio Gaseous Diffusion Plant and procedures and standards regarding waste disposal at 4
this plant.
Lilias Jones, Requests a copy of 11 listed documents.
Black Hills Alliance (80-468)
(NRC employee)
Requests all records concerning her maintained
-(80-469) by the Division of Organization and Personnel.
doyceGillogly, Requests a list of current contracts maintained PRC Information Sciences Co.
by the NRC.
(80-470)
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton, DRR 49-27211 1
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2 Received. Continued (An individual requesting Requests information on his Reactor and information about himself)
Senior Reactor Operator License exam results.
.(80-471)
Granted Steve F. Sheridon In response to a request for specific details
(,'0-429) of the transportation of spent fuel rods by truck from San Onofre, California to Morris, Illinois, made available two documents.
Ellyn'R. Weiss.
In response to a request for a copy of the Harmon & Weiss new control and accounting standards (80-441) proposed by HRC staff for strategic special nuclear materials, made available one document.
Informed the requester the proposed rule, which specifies new control and accounting standards, is still being developed and will be made publicly available upon completion.
Charles W. Beegle, In response to a request for documents (80-449) relating to the granting of License 45-00034-26 to the University of' Virginia, made available four documents.
(An individual requesting In response to a request for information information about himself) on his Senior Reactor Operator License (80-452) exam results, made available this information.
J. M. Johnson, In response to a request for the released Carolina Power portions of the I&E Manual Change Notices, and Light Company beginning with Change Notice 80-03, made (80-453) available these records.
(An individual requesting In response to a request for all documents informationabouthimself) retrievable by search under his name, (80-457) informed the requester the f.kC has no information pertaining to him in its personnel, security, or radiation exposure records.
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Al Stern, In response to a request for a list of firms Al Stern Associates that responded to an announcement in the (80-459)-
Commerce Business Daily concerning NRC RFP-1 RS-NRR-80-138, made available this information.
Janice F. Rutherford, In response to a request for a copy of the The BDM Corporation non-proprietary versions of the winning (80-460) proposal under NRC Contract 03-80-147 entitled " Effects of Shif t Manning Strategies on Nuclear Operator Licensing Action Program,"
made available a copy of this document.
James L. Marker In response to a request for a copy of the (80-462) text, The Los Alamos Project, informed the requester we referred his request to the DOE for direct response to him.
(Individuals requesting Made available information on their Reactor l
information about themselves)
Operator License exam results.
(80-463 & 80-464)
Nanc.y Zito Ia response to a request for information on (80-467) the release of uranium hexafluoride from the Piketon Ohio Gaseous Diffusion Plant and procedures and standards regarding waste i
dit )osal at this plant, informed the r-Jester we referred her request to the D.
for direct respc se to her.
Denied Michael E. Veve, In response to a reqtest for documents rel.ted Attorney-At-Law to any inspections c snducted by NRC perse inel (80-341) between January 1, 1579 and June 30, 1980 at any facility opertted by Pharmatopes, Inc.,
Pharmaco Nuclear, Inc, and Nuclear Pharmacy, Inc., and the results af the inspections and action taken, made avai able 81 documents.
l Denied portions of thret documents, the disclosure of which woult constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
s ENCLOSURE A
DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending September 12, 1980 CONTRACT AWARDS 1.
NRC-04-80-177 Title - Fission Product Transport Analysis Description - A research and development program to provide assistance to NRC in the area of fission product release and transport behavior under LWR accident conditions.
Pariod of Performance - Three years Spor.sor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - A cost-plus-fixed-fee-type contract was awarded to Battelle Memorial Institute - Columbus Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio, in the total estimated ceiling amount of $803,910, 2.
NRC-04-80-224 Title - Wabash Valley Seismic Profile Description - A study to develop and conduct a seismic reflection research program in southeastern Illinois and southwestern Indiana to search for evidence of the possible extension of the New Madrid tectonic structure in the vicinity of the Wabash River Valley fault system as far north as 39'N, and to delineate subsurface structural elements that may be related to earth-quake activity along the possible northeast extension of the New Madrid seismic zone.
Period of Performance - Two years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Cost reimbursement contract awarded to Purdue Research Foundation West Lafayette, Indiana, in the total estimated ceiling amount of
$256,570.
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NRC-04-80-180 Title - Source Term Characterization Resulting from Explosively Caused, Secondary Violations of Spent Fuel Shipping Casks Description - A study to establish the magnitude and characteristics of potential radiological source terms associated with specified explosive attacks on spent fuel casks and releases through violations away from the point of explosive attack.
Period of Performance - Fifteen months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - A cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded to Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, in the total estimated amount of
$484,620.
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NRC-04-80-182' 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 environments experienced in such accidents.
Period _ of Performance -' Eighteen months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - A _ cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded to Ridihalgh, Eggers and Associates for a total estimated amount of $558,097.
CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made)
Contract No.
Contractor Close-Out Date NRC-10-77-110 National Security Agency 9/4/80 AT(49-24)-0029 Citadel Corporation 9/5/80 HRC-04-76-351 United Engineers and 9/11/80 Constructors, Inc.
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DIVISION OF SECURITY REIK InDJNG. SEPTEMBER 12, 1980 Revision of NRC Manual Appendix 2101, "NRC Security Program," Part IV, presently entitled, " Control of Official Use Only Information," and to be re-entitled,
" Control of_ Official Use Only and Limited Official Use Information," was forwarded to Headquarters Offices and Divisions for comment. This proposed revision has been coordinated with the Department of State, which had no objection to Limited Official Use implementation.
The revision incorocrates the provisions of NRC Bulletin 2101-14, " Protection of Limited Official Use Information," and expands the guidance for both Official Use Only and Limited Official Use information.
ENCLOSURE A T
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEKLY ]TEMS OF INTEREST (Week Ending September 12,1980) i Davis-Besse 1 i
While repla'cing the luirtcating oil the No.1 Diesel Generator at Davis-Besse on 9/5/80, maintenance personnel found the sheared-off head of a S/8" bolt in the' oil sump. After checking with the manufacturer (the unit is a GM-EMB Diesel), a check was made of the Spring Drive Gear Assembly (SDGA) which is used to transfer power from the main gear to the turbocharger.
The assembly utilizes four bolts of the 5/8" size, and it was detennined that this was the source of the bolt head in the sump. The other three bolts were found to have backed out with resulting severe thread damage.
Damage to the main gear was also noticed and work is underway to repair all of the damaged parts. The plant is currently in Mode 5 (cold shutdown) following its first refueling outage which commenced last April.
Region III inspectors are generating an IE Circular on this subject. They have detennined that the diesel generator manufacturer had previously issued a bulletin noting the potential for the SDGA bolts to back out since they are provided no locking mechanism.
However, the wording used in this bulletin was not sufficient to draw the immediate attention of utilities utilizing the diesel generator model.
Prairie Island Unit 1 On Septembpr 4,1980,.the staff was informed by the licensee, Northern States Power Company, that, as a result of ultrasonic testing conducted on the Steam Generator Support Bolts for indications of stress t.orrosion cracking, '47 of the 48 bolts on Unit I were found to have indications of cracking or of breaks in the bolts. (Unit 1 is shutdown for its annual refueling and other matters.) The same inspection methods, using the same inspection contractog 'about 14 months ago revealed no similar indi-cations.
The bolts are used in the upper portion of the structural steel support colums and are required by design to resist tensile service loads only during LOCA loading conditions.
The NRR staff discussed the situation with the licensee on the morning of 9/5/80.
Several issues of interest are:
(a) whether the Unit 1 bolts were pretensioned when installed.
(Pretensioning the bolts is thought to make them more susceptible to stress corrosion cracking) and (b) the nature of the coating on the bolt.s.
Unit 2 was shutdown from 100% power, on 9/4/80 to permit inspection of the Unit 2 bolts which are believed to have not been pretensioned.
NRR (0RAB and MEB) is following the developments as information is made available from the licensee.
ENCLOSURE B
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- 1 NRC TMI' PROGRAM 0FFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT Week of September 7 - 13, 1980 1
Plant Status
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Com Cooling Mode:
Cyclic naturel circulation in the "A" reactor coolant
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system (RCS) loop via the "A" once through steam generator (OTSG), steaming to the main condenser, and RCS loop-A and 8 cyclic natural circulation to reactor building ambient, g.
Available Core Cooling Modes:
OTSG "B" to the main condenser; long-tem
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cooling "B" (OTSG-B); decay heat removal.
i RCS Pressure Control Mode:
Standby Pressure Control (SPC) System.
Backup Pressure Control Pode:
Makeup system in conjunction with letdewn flow (Emergency use only due to suspected leaks in the scal injection system).
Major Paramaters ( As of 0500, September 11,1980) (approximate values)
Average Incore Thermocouples:
136 F Maximum Incore Thermocouple:
179 F RCS Loop Temperatures:
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1' Hot Leg 132'F 136 F Cold Leg (1) 89'F 98 F (2) 84*F 106 F
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RCS Pressure:
95 psig (DVM) 89 psig (Heise)
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Pressurizer Temperature:
87*F Reactor Building:
Temperature:
81 F l
Water level:
Elevation 290.5 f t. (8.0 f t. from floor) i via penetration 401 manometer j
-0.2psig(Hgise) 1-Pressure:
5.0 x 10- uCi/cc (Kr-85) 1.
Concentration:
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Liquid effluents from TMI-l released to the Susqt.channa River, after processing, were within the limits specified in Tcchnical p
Specifications.
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No liquid effluents were discharged from TMI-2.
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EPA Environental Dat_a.
P.esults from EPA monitoring of the environment cround the Tdl site were as follows:
The EPA measured Kr-85 concentrations (pci/m3) at several environmental monitoring stations and reported the following I
results:.
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Goldsboro 31 Observation Center 27 Middletown 26 Hill Island 26 3
d All of the above levels of krypton-85 are considered to be
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No rcdiction above nomally occurring background levels was detected in any of the samples collected f rom t.he EPA's air i
and gama rate networks during the period from September 3 through September 11, 1980.
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NRC Environmntal Data.
The following are the NRC air imple analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler.
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Licenses Radioactive Material and Radwaste Shipments.
The folloaing II shiprants were made:
On Monday, September 8,1980, a Unit 2 reactor coolant sample tj was shipped to Babcock and Wilcox (B&W), Lynchburg, Virginit j
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On Thursday, September 11, 1980, a box containing Unit 2 air 1
Uesthood, New Jersey.
'j sample filter and smear papers was sent to Teledyne Isotopes',
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EPICOR II System.
The work items scheduled for the outage are j
complete. The system will stay in a standby made until sufficient
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Reactor Building Status.
The licensee tentatively plans to purge.
the reactor building on September 19 and 24,1980, in preparation for cnother reactor building entry on September 25, 1980.
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Mini Decay iteat (MDH) System.
Tentctive plans are to make the system operationclly ready during the week of September 22, 1930, a3' pending fiRC approval of the associated proposed Technical Specifica-tion change.
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Progrtmtic Environmental Imoact Stttemen_t (PEIS).
On Friday, September 12, 1980, the ccment period for the draft PEIS was extended to November 20, 1980.
Fbetings Held J. Collins attended a meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 10-13, 1980,
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with representatives of the Environ:rantal Protection Agency (EPA),
Departnent of Energy (DOE), PA Department of Environmental Resources i
(DER) 2.nd t'etropolitan Edison Company to discuss the results of-1 purging krypton-85 from the TMI-2 reactor building.
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On Tuesdcy, September 16, 1980, J. Collins. T. Elsasser and EPA i!
representatives will meet with members of the local labor unions to j
discuss the contents of the draft PEIS.
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On Wednesday, Septe=ber 17, 1920, J. Collins, T. Elsasser and epa j
representatives will hold two separate meetings to discuss the 7
contents of the draft PEIS.
The first meeting will be held with i,!
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-cond with Dauphin County Conaissioners.
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On Thursdcy September 18, 1980, J. Collins, T. Elsasser and. EPA
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contents of the draft PEIS.
The first meeting will be held with d
4 the York County Comnissioners; and the second with members of ANGRY, (anti-nuclear group representing York).
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On Friday, September 19, 1980, J. Collins, T. Elsasser and EPA j1 representatives will hold a meeting with local clergy to discuss L'
the contents of the draft PEIS.
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- l 0FFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 12, 1980 1
The Office of Standards Development received the May 1980 Edition of the Calendar of Federal Regulations from the U. S. Regulatory Council.
This document provides an overview of important regulations which agencies are developing, and a summary of the analytical bases for them.
It is designed to encourage greater public participation in the regulatory process, identify areas of multiple regulatory impact, and to assist the regulators in developing cost-effective and consistent regulations.
Copies of this document have been distributed to the Commission, the principle NRC Offices, and the Advisory Committce on Reactor Safeguards.
For further information, contact Pat Rathbun (443-5981).
Regulatory Guide to be Issued in the Near Future Ti tle: Operational Inspection and Surveillance of Embankment Retention Systems for Uranium Mill Tailings (Reg. Guide 3.11.1, Rev.1)
Expected Issuance Date: November 1980 Description : This guide, a supplement to Reg. Guide 3.11, describes in greater detail a basis acceptable to the NRC staff for developing an appropriate inservice inspection and surveillance program for earth and rockfill embankments t. sed to retain uranium mill tailings.
Contact:
G. Arndt 443-5997 Publications Issued During the Week of September 8-12, 1980 Reg. Guide 6.4 - Classification of Containment Properties of Sealed Radioactive Sources (Issued to-Reflect Comments)
NUREG/CR-0743 - Transportation of Radionuclides in Urban Environs: Draft Environmental Assessment NUREG/CR-0744 - Identification and Assessment of the Social Impacts of Transportation of Radioactive Materials in Urban Environments NUREG/CR-0742'- Review and Integration of Existing Literature Concerning Potential Social Impacts of Transportation of Radioactive Materials in Urban l
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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending September 12, 1980 Spent Fuel Storage On September 10, 1980, staff members of Fuel Cycle, SD and ELD met with representatives from DOE-Headquarters, D0E-Savannah River Operations and Dupont-Savannah River at their request to discuss NRC regulations, licensing practices and procedures as applied to AFR spent fuel installations. A major focus of interest was the NRC hearing process and the various steps were discussed in detail.
Savannah River is the lead field office for the DOE spent fuel storage program.
Exxon Nuclear - Richland, Washington An updated, completely revised license for the Exxon Nuclear Company fuel fabrication plant at Richland, Washington, (Docket 70-1257) was issued on September 10, 1980. A full five-year term renewal license will be considered after completion of the environmental review of the renewal application now being conducted.
Development of Acceptance Criteria for the Physical Protection Upgrade Rule In response to a recommendation by the Office of Inspector and Auditor, the Regulatory Improvements Branch has developed acceptance criteria for use in evaluating security plans submitted in accordance with the Upgrade Rule requirements. The criteria will assist in providing consistent evaluation of upgraded security plans and a means for assuring licensee compliance with every regulatory requirement of the Upgrade Rule relative to the protection of the public health and safety.
Improved Control of In-process HEU Scrap Study An NRC contractor briefed the NRC staff on feasible alternatives for improving control of in-process material at a HEU scrap recovery plant.
Performance factors considered included -timeliness of loss detection, quantity detectable, collusion ~ resistance,.and alarm assessment times.
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On' September 5, ~1980, a member of the Material Control and Accountability
. Licensing Branch visited Westinghouse-Cheswick to discuss the Fundamental Nuclear Material Control Plan for decommissioning of the Plutonium Fuel Development Labcratory.
Speaking Engagement Pat Vacca presented'a talk on September 5,-1980, on NRC Medical Licensing at the Conference on Health Physics in the Practice of Nuclear Medicine at the 'VA Medical Center, Washington, D.C... Nuclear medicine physicians, radiation safety ~ officers and consultants to VA Medical Centers were present.
They were particularly interested in NRC's medical ALARA program and waste disposal.
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0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending September 12, 1980 1.
Metropolitan Edison Company (Three Mile Island Unit 2) - Civil Penalty Action - On September 11,~1980, the Conmission received a check in the amount of $5,000 from the subject licensee in partial payment of the civil penalty proposed on August 7, 1980. The licensee objected to one of the items of noncompliance and withheld the civil penalty proposed
($4,000) for that item. The licensee's response is under review.
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The following Notification of Significant Enforcement Action was dispatched during the past week:
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EN-80-39 Magnaflux Corporation, Chicago, IL - On September 10, 1980, a Notice of Violation and a Notice of Propsed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $2,000 were issued to the subject licensee.
This action is based on an alleged item of noncompliance relating to the noss of a radiographic exposure device during transportation. The device was not blocked and braced as required by Department of Trans-portation regulations.
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Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
a.
PNO-I-80-126 Vermont Yankee - Picket Line at Plant Gate b.
PNO-I-80-127 General Electric Company, Valley Forge Space Center -
Demonstration at Facility c.
PNO-I-80-128 University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts - Serious Personnel Injury d.
PNO-II-80-145 Emergency Communications Systems e.
PN0-II-80-146 Brunswick Units 1 & 2 - Confirmation of Action Letter on Personnel Dosimetry Program f.
PNO-III-80-169 & -169A Dresden Units 1, 2, & 3 - News Media Interest Concerning Allegations of Operations at Dresden g.
PN0-III-80-170 & -170A Prairie Island Unit 1 - Failure of "Vascomax 250 -
1h Inch Heli-Coil Screws" Steam Generator Upper Supports h.
PNO-III-80-171 Caspersen, Inc., Glencoe, IL - Apparent Theft of a Mo-99/Tc-99m Generator 1.
PN0-III-80-172 Ohmart Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio.- Damaged Gauge Shipment j.
PNO-III-80-173 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan - Allegations of Unsafe Practices-ENCLOSURE E
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PNO-III-80-174 0.-C. Cook Units 1 & 2 - Free Standing Liquid in
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PN0-IV-80-29A DePaul Hospital, Cheyenne, Wyoming - Loss of a Technetium-99m Generator m.
PNO-IV-80-30 Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 1 - Steam Generator Tube Leak a.
PN0-IV-80-31 Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 2 - Procedural Error in
. Containment Building Purge o.
PNO-IV-80-32 Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 1 - Uncontrolled Release of P,adioactive Gases Through Plant Stack p.
PNS-II-80-25 Browns Ferry Units 1, 2, & 3 - Bomb Threat q.
PNS-II-80-26 H. B. Robinson Unit 2 - Bomb Threat 4.
The following IE Bulletin was issued:
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IE Bulletin 80-22, " Automation Industries, Model 200-520-008 Sealed Source Connectors," was issued on September 11, 1980 to all radiography licensees.
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The following IE Circular was issued:
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IE Circular 80-21, " Regulation of Refueling Crews," was issued on September 10, 1980 to all holders of power reactor operating licenses and construction permits.
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OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DZRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 12, 1980 t
North Coast Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 10n September li,1980, the applicant, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, withdrew its application for a construction permit and moved the presiding ASLB to terminate the licensing proceeding.
Sundesert Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2 On September 11, 1980, the applicant, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, withdrew its application for construction permits and moved the presiding ASLB to terminate the licensing proceeding.
Big Rock Point Nuclear Plant On September 12, 1980, the presiding ASLB directed the NRC staff to prepare an environmental impact statement covering the environmental impacts-of an expended. spent fuel pool and the additional term of operation of the facility that such expansion would permit. The ASLB referred to the Appeal Board the rulings underlying that direction. On September 12, 1980, the Appeal Foard accepted the referral and directed the parties to submit briefs and invited the;CEQ.to file a brief amicus curiae expressing its views on the referred 3
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ITEMS OF IllTEREST OFFICE OF INTERHATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDl!!G SEPTEliBER 12, 1980 Foreign Visits to NRC, During the period of Monday through Thursday, Srs. Gonzalez and Escudero of the
- Mexican National fluclear-Safety and Safeguards Conmission (CNSNS) net with F. R. Allenspack and NRR staff to discuss the Ct!SNS review of FSAR Chapter 13.
The visitors were accompanied by A. Garland, IAEA advisor to the CllSNS.
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OFFICE OF' STATE PROGRAMSi ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 12, 1980 Frank Young attended the meeting of the State Planning Council where-policy issues regarding high level and low level waste were.
. discussed and recommendations adopted.
The Council adopted positions favo' ring among other things, amendments to the Agreement State program to provide for minimum national standards for dis-posal of low level waste and for the possibility of an agreement to regulate only a low level waste disposal site.
Bill Menczor, State Liaison Officer, Region III, met with the Regional Advisory Committee on Emergency Planning in Kansas _ City, Mo.,
September 8, to discuss the evaluation of the Benton County and Clinton County, Iowa, radiological emergency response plans.
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0FFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PRCGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 12, 1980 l
NRC Management Studies At the ED0's request MPA is preparing to coordinate the study which will be-conducted under contract (s). MPA has also been assigned the responsibility of consolidating the contractors' reports into a report to Congress.
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Office of the controller Items of Interest Weeking Ending September 12, 1980 New Payroll System On September 16, 1980, NRC employees will be paid from the Agency's new payroll system.
The new payroll system includes on-line data entry and query capabilities and is processed on the mini-computer maintained in the Division of Lccounting.
FY 1982 Budget The budget was formerly transmitted to OMB on September 8, 1980.
FY 1981 Budget The full Senate passed the Energy and Water Development Appropria-tions Bill on September 10, 1980.
The amount recommended for the NRC was (452.5 million'less a reduction to consultant services of
$0.9 million.
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0FFICE FOR ANALYSIS'AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEMS CF INTEREST WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 12, 1980 A presentation on AE00 functions, organization, and work activities was made to the Region II senior site representatives on September 9, 1980.
Because of the newness of AE00 and the relationship between AE00 and the.
site offices,.such presentations and associated discussions are considered an important aspect towards establishing effective communication channels and assuring mutually supportive efforts.
4 The presentation covered: current AE00 activities to develop LER sequence coding techniques needed for tread and pattern identification; status ~of-AE0D actions on identifying needed changes in NPRDS and LER systems for event reporting; the AEOD procedures and philosophy for reviewing operating events and judging significance; and identification of the fifteen case studies that. are now in progress.
A similar presentation is scheduled to be given to the Region III senior site representatives in late October.
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SCHEDULED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Date Organization Location Subject Speaker 9/22/80 League of Women Voters Calvert County, MD Nuclear Energy in R. Architzel, RI Calvert County 9/23/80 League of Women Voters Calvert County, MD Nuclear Energy J.
B'. Durst, HQ Nationally 9/24/80 American Society of Nondestructive Flagstone Re:,taurant NRC Resident Inspection A. Cerne, RI Testing, Northern New England Newington, NH Program 9/30/80 ASQC Houston, Texas NRC Reorganization and Karl Seyfrit,Dir.R8 New Requirements 10/3/80 American Association of Physicists Oklahoma City, OK Nuclear Medicine, Jim Montgomery, RIV in Medicine Radiation Therapy Regs.,
NRC Policy & Alara 10/5/80 Mis'soari Valley Nuclear Med. Soc.
St. Louis, M0 NRC ; Inspection of Nuclear J. Paperiello, Rf Medicine Programs 10/6/80 School of Nuclear Medicine.
Edison, NJ Requirements for NRC L. Friedman, RI J. F. Kennedy Medical Center Inspection Process 10/7/80 U. of Illinois Medical Center Chicago, IL
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Waste Handling and J. Pagliaro, RII0 Disposal 10/9/80 Society of American Military Atlanta, GA Overview of NRC K. Clark, RII 10/15/80 American Society for Roseland, NJ Industrial Radiography -
F. Costellc3 RI Nondestructive Testing An NRC Perspective 10/24/80 Regional Emergency Medical Sheraton Inn, Canandaigua,NY Transportation Emergencies M. Slobodien, RI Services Program. Inc.
Involving Radioactive Materials 10/24/80 Nuclear Energy Symposium Ft. Worth, TX National and International K. Seyfrit, Dir.
Texas Wesleyan College Nuclear Energy Regulation RIV E
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SCHEDULED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS CONT' Date Organization Location Subject Speaker 10/25/80' Nuclear Medicine Technologists, Waterbury, CT Inspection Process at J. Glenn &
New England Soc. of Nuclear Medical Institutions J. McGinness Medicine & Waterbury Hospital Health Center 10/27/80 Power Engineer Society -
Atlanta, GA Three Mile Island R. Martin,RII Atlanta Chapter, IEEE 10/31/80 16th Annual State Radiation Control Cherry Hill, NJ TLD Radiation Surveys M. Slobedien, RI Program Directors Meeting Around Nuclear Power Reactors 2/1 9/ 81 Michigan Section of The American Detroit, !!I Goals and Objectives of NRC's J. G. Keppler, Nuclear Society Inspection and Enforcement Dir. RIII Program in 1981 7/1 7/ 81 Energy Education Workshop for Riverdale, NY NRC - What It Is and What K. Abraham, RI High School Students at It Does Manhattan College o
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