ML19347C155
| ML19347C155 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 09/29/1980 |
| From: | Jay Collins Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Harold Denton, Snyder B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| CON-NRC-TMI-80-137 NUDOCS 8010160715 | |
| Download: ML19347C155 (6) | |
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September 29, 1980 NRC/TMI-80-137 l
. IlEi!0RANDUM FOR:
- 11. R. Denton, Director, Office of. Nuclear. Reactor Regulation B. J. Snyder, Program Director,
~Till Program Office FR0ft:
J. T. Collins, Deputy Program Director, Tlil Program Office l
SUBJECT:
NRC THI PROGRAM 0FFICE HEEKLY STATUS REPORT Enclosed is the status repcrt for the week of September 21-27, 1900.
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i AOohn T. Collins Deputy Program Director Tl11 Program Office
Enclosure:
As stated cc:
EDO 0GC Office Directors Commissioner's Technical Assistants f1RR Division-Director
!4RR A/D's Regional ' Directors IE Division Directors X005' X0ftA HEW EPA.
-RO&NS Branch Chief, Region I.
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FFalls Granch Chief,-Region I Put lic' Affairs, Region I T. L'sasser
-Till Program Office Staff 8010160715
NRC TMI PROGRAM 0FFICE. WEEKLY STATUS REPORT Week of-September 21-27, 1980
- Plant Status Core: Cooling Mode:
Cyclic natural circulation in the "A" reactor coolant system (RCS) loo generator (OTSG)p via the "A" once through steam
, steaming to the main condenser, and RCS loop-A and B cyclic natural circulation.to reactor building ambient.
Available' Core Cooling Modes:
0TSG "B" to the main condenser; long-term cooling "B" (OTSG-B); decay heat removal.
RCS Pressure Control Mode:
Standby Pressure Control-(SPC) System.
Backup Pressure Control' Mode:
Makeup system in conjunction with letdown flow (Emergency use only due to suspected leaks in the j
seal injection system).
Major Parameters (As of."500, Se,atember 26, 1980) (approximate values)
Avesage Incore Thermocouples:
133 F Maximum Incore Thermocouple:
175 F
.RCS. Loop Temperatures:
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B Hot Leg 128 F 133 F Cold Leg-(l) 95'F 96 F (2) 89 F 107 F RCS Pressure:
96 psig (DVM) l l
Pressurizer Temperature:
84 F
-Reactor Building:
Temperature:
79 F Uater level:
Elevation 290.4 ft. (7.9 ft. from floor) via penetration 401 manometer.
Pressure:
-0.5psig(Hgise)
Concentration:
8.4 x 10- uCi/cc (Kr-85) (sample taken 9/24/80)-
Environmental & Effluent Information l
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Liquid effluents from THI-l released to the Susquehanna River, l.
after processing, were within the limits specified in Technical
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[ EPA Environmental'. Data. Results' from EPA :enitoring of -the environment around the Till site were as follows:
3 The EPA measured _Kr-85 concentrations (pCi/m ) at several-environmental monitoring stations and reported the following results:
Location September 12-19, 1980
. pCi/m3)
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Bainbridga 23
-Goldsboro 29 Observation Center 22 fliddletown 28 Hill Island 25 4
All of th'e above levels of krypton-85 are considered to be background levels.
'flo radiation above normally occurring background levels vlere detected in any of the samples collected from the EPA's air-and gama rate networks during the period.from September 17 4
thrc99h September 25, 1980.
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IlRC Environmeetal Data.
The -following are the f4RC air sample analytical results for r
l the cr.:ite continuous air sampler:
i-I-131 Cs-137
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(uCi/cc)
(uCi/cc)
H P.-234 September 17 - September 26, 1980
<5.7E-14 <5.7E-14 Fifty-eight environmental TLD measurenents for' the period -
July 31 to August 26,-1980, indicate gamma radiation to be at the natural background levels.
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Licensee Radioactive flaterial and Radwaste Shipments.
The following shipments were made:
i On !!onday,. September.22,1980, a 40 ml Unit 2 reactor coolant E
sample was shipped to Babcock and Wilcox (B&W), Lynchburg,
. Virginia.
On Tuesday, September 23,1980, tinit 2 filter papers and a
_ U'it 1. ?n00 Al waste evaporator condensate storage tank sample were sent 'o Teledyne Isotopes, Westwood, tiew Jersey.
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On Uednesday, September-24,.1980, eighteen'(18) boxes containir,.
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' Unit 2 non-compacted waste were shipped to'Huclear Engineering l Company (NECO), Richland. Washington.
'On Thursday,. September 25,1980,' twa (2) radiation detectors were sent to Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New flexico.
On Friday, September 26, 1980, twelve-(12) boxes / drums containing Unit I compacted and noncompacted Lcw Specific Activity (LSA) solid waste were shipped to Chem-Nuclear System, Incorporated, Barnwell, South Carolina.
flajor Activities 1.
liini Decay lleat (MDil) System. Work continued on preoperational
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-items and the correction of functional test discrepancies. No date has been established for operation of the system.
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Reactor Building Entry and Purge. The reretor building entry scheduled for Thursday, September 25, 1980, and the pre-entry purge were postponed by the licensee pending clarification of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission order prohibiting cleanup and recovery activities not covered by insurance.
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4 Meetings' Held 1.
On Monday,-September 22, 1980, J. Collins appeared on UAHT's
' Fred Williams' radio broadcast program from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m..
They discussed the draft Programatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) and received and answered ques cions from the~ public while on the air.
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On Monday, September ~ 22, 1980, J. Collins, T. Elsasser, and rep-
.resentatives from EPA and DER held a meeting with the West Shore l
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- ed officials to discuss the contents of the dra t PEIS.
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On Tuesday, September 23, 1980, J. Collins, T. Elsasser, EPA and DER representatives held a meeting with the East Shore local elected officials to discuss the contents of the draft PEIS.
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On Thursday, September 25, 1980, J. Collins, T. Elsasser, EPA and DER representatives held a meeting with York and Lancaster area labor unions to discuss the contents of the draft PEIS.
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On Saturday, September 27, 19CO, J. Collins addressed the American 4
Association of Univeristy Women at their annual meeting in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Future Meetings
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On Monday, September 29, 1930, J. Collins, EPA and DER representatives will meet with representatives of the PA Grange Association to discuss the contents of the draft PEIS.
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On Tuesday, September 30, 1980, B. Snyder, T. Elsasser and EPA representatives will meet with local officials, citizens and press from Maryland in Annapolis, MD, to discuss the contents of the draft PEIS.
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On Tuesday, September 30, 1980, J. Collins, EPA and DER representatives will hold a meeting with the Friends and Family of TMI to discuss
-the contents'of the draft PEIS.
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On Thursday, October 2, 1980, J. Collins, T. Elsasser, EPA and DER representatives will hold a meeting with representatives area Chambers of Commerce to discuss the contents of the draft PEIS.
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On Thursday, October 2, 1980, J. Collins will address the Middletown Rotary to discuss the contents of the draft PEIS.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMESS!ON I
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No.80-167 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel. 301/492-7715 (Friday, September 26, 1980)
JOHN T. COLLINS NAMED DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NRC REGIONAL OFFICE AT ARLINGTON, TEXAS 9 John T. Collins, who has been Defuty Director of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Thres Mile Island Program office at Middletown, Pennsylvania, has been appointed Deput.y Director of NRC's Region IV Office of Inspection and Enf orcement at Arlington, Texas.
Mr. Collins' appointment will be effective in November.
The NRC has begun the search for a qualified replacement who will be chosen prior to Mr.
Collins' departure.
In announcing Mr. Collins' appointment, NRC Chairman John F.
Ahearne said:
" John Collins has been a key figure in the NRC's activities at Three Mile Island since the acci-dent.
He accompanied Harold Denton to the site on March 30, 1979, and has been there since that time.
He has done an out st.anding job in handling many difficult regulatory tasks invalving cleanup of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor.
Ir..is new assignment, Mr. Collins will help direct NRC's innpection and enforccment activities in 14 states."
Mr. Collins joined the NRC in April 1975 as Chief of the Effluent Treatment Branch in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR).
He served at Middletown with the NRP Task Force for Three Mile Island 2 Support from June 1979 until he was named Deputy Director of the TMI Program Office in April 1980.
During.his tenure with the former Ate nic Energy Commission, from July 1963 until October 1974, Mr. Collins serv.~ as an industrial hygiene engineer, material and process engineer, and systems analysis section leader.
He is a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and has
' tudied engineering at Penn:iylvania State University and s
Idtno Stato University.
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