ML19351E484
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| Issue date: | 11/26/1980 |
| From: | Rehm T NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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November 26, 1980-For:
The~ Commissioners Frem:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO Subiect: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 21, 1980 i
j A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
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j Administration A
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Nuclear Reactor Regulation-B aa Standards Development C.
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Internatio1al Programs.
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Management and Program Analysis J
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i Analysis _ and Evaluation of Operational Data L
Small and' Disadvant' aged Business Utilization M*
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Calendar of Speaking Engagements 0
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Summary of Weekly Information Report Week Ending October 21, 1980 EPA Guidance on Occuoational Radiation Protection EPA is changing its direction for Federal guidance on occupational radiation protection.
In its most recent draft of the proposed guidance, EPA planned to recommend 5 rem per year as the proposed annual limit for occupational radiation exposure. They now plan to propose for comment a range of alternative dose values, ranging from 0.5 rem per year to 12 rem per year.
EPA now expects this proposed Federal guidance to be published in the Federal Register for public comment in January 1981 and to be the basis for the joint EPA /0SHA/NRC hearing on occupational radiation exposure limits.
DOE West Valley Demonstration Project Act The staff received a copy of the agreement made between DOE and New York State that specifies the arrangements betweea DOE and New York for conduct of the high-level waste solidification project.
Decomissioning of UNC Facility NRC staff met with United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) personnel at the Wood River Junction Facility to assess the progress of the decomissioning of the UNC facility.
Most of the equipment in the plant has been dismantled and packaged for burial.
UNC is currently evaluating the course of action to take with regard to completing the decontamination of the site. Decontamination of the lagoon areas are approximately 70% complete, but disposal of the lagoon waste that has been packaged is being delayed until a satisfactory Q.A. program for packaging of the wastes has been received and incorporated in the license so that dryness at the burial ground is assured. The plan will be submitted for review within the next month.
In-Transit SNM of Moderate Strategic Significance A Federal Register notice has been prepared for publication of the Final Rule on Physical Protection of Ia-Transit Special Nuclear Material of Moderate Strategic.
Significance.
Transition Team MPA prepared a briefing book for the transition team as requested by the White House (Watson) and is responding to a request from Mr. Kennedy for additional information to be delivered as available.
Manual Chaoter A proposed Manual Chapter covering NRC's program for operational data collection, assessment, and feedback has been issued by AEOD to other NRC offices for review and concurrence.
OFFICE OF ADMIT 1ISTRATI0ft Week Ending flovember 21, 1980 ADMIT 1ISTRATI0fi 0F THE FREEDOM 0F Ii4FORf'ATICfl ACT STATUS OF RE0 VESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decir M Received 644 38 Granted 496 14 Denied 99 18 Pending 49 6
ACTI0f1S THIS WEEK Received Whitney S. Minkler, Requests a copy of the contract, along with applicable Micrographic Systems job specifications for Micrographic Services Technology Consultants, Inc.
Contract No. flRC-10-80-708, as published in the (80-559)
October 30 issue of the Commerce Business Daily.
John R. Stover, Requests a copy of the technical proposal submitted Franklin Research by Federal-State Report, Inc. under contract Center RS-0SP-80-681, " State Legislative Reporting Services."
(80-560)
Richard Shaikewitz, Requests, on behalf of his client, information Wiseman, Shaikewitz, concerning her deceased husband's employment, McGivern & Wahl possible exposure to radiation and information (80-561) available concerning the incidence of carcinema in uranium workers.
Joseph W. Christiana, Requests copies of all documents relating to the Westchester County Board accident at Indian Point, Unit 2.
of Legislators (80-562)
Peter J. Gallagher Requests information on the organization and history (80-563) of the NRC and releasable documents regarding a nuclear incident in the Soviet Union in 1957.
McNeill Watkins, II Requests copies of all records indicating the staff's Debevoise & Liberman opposition to making Appendix R, Part 50, Fire (80-664)
Protection Rule applicable to future plants or licenses and records relating to such future application of Appendix R requireme-
- which staff relied in analy:ing the questio,.
CC.'1 TACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
2 7eceived, Cent'd John Musick, Requests total dollar volume of purchases made for Scny Industries Special Item 50-187, 50-187-1, 50-194, 50-195 and (80-565) 50-226 for FY 79 and FY 80; location and dollar volume of equipment sales for these Special Items; vendors and dollar volume awarded for the Special Items; and locations, quantities and vendors of Central Dictation Equipment purchased for FY 79 and FY 80.
McNeill Watkins, II, Requests six categories of documents relating to Debevoise & Liberman the final rule on " Fire Protection Program for (80-566)
Operating Nuclear Power Plants, Appendix R."
(NRC employee)
Requests all information concerning the selection (80-567) criteria for Vacancy Announcement 80-3428.
Karl Grossman, Requests details on the route for spent fuel Island Closeup shipments from Brookhaven National Laboratory News Service on Long Island through New York City.
(80-568)
John M. Mueller, Requests documents reflecting complaints made against Dobbs & Nielsen the University of Northwestern Cental School in (80-569)
Chicago, Illinois to the NRC or the AEC from 1967 through 1971.
3 ranted David G. Shaffer, In response to a request for sumaries of transfers The Express or shipments of nuclear waste from the Oyster (80-534)
Creek Nuclear Generating Station, made available one document.
Ellyn R. Weiss, In response to a request for copies of the transcript!
Harmon & Weiss of all Commission and/or staff meetings since (80-535)
October 17, 1980 regarding an accident which occurred that date at Indian Point, Unit 2, made available copies of two transcripts.
Robert S. Hart, In response to a request for a copy of the non-Sierra Geophysics, In:.
proprietary version of the proposal submitted by (80-554)
Woodward-Clyde Consultants under NRC Reque::t for Proposal RS-RES-80-192, made available a copy of this document.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending November 21, 1980 IFS'S ISSUED IFB RS-ADM-81-369 Title - Electrostatic Copying and Related Services Description - Electrostatic copying services, as may be required, shall consist of copying, collating, drilling, stapling, and/or.
thermal binding from one to three inches in thickness.
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - IFB issued on November 21, 1980.
Bids due by December 22, 1980.
f PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION i
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RFP RS-ADM-80-714 l
Title - Understanding of the Regulatory Process Description - To design a course of instruction to provide an understanding of the re This effort will require a
' person (s)gulatory process.
with expertise in the regulatory process and i
philosophy and with knowledge of administrative law and its application.
i Period of Performance - Three and one-half months Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - Proposal under evaluation.
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RFP RS-NMS-81-032 Title - Technical Support for the Confidence Rule-Making Proceedings Description - Provide technical support to the NRC staff working group in j
matters related to the Waste Confidence Rule-Making Proceeding.
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status - Best and. Final offers under evaluation.
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RFP RS-NRR-80-138 Title - Technical Assistance in Support of NRC's Reactor Licensing Actions (Program II)
Description - The purpose of the proposed contract is to provide support to NRR for the management and review of 300 backlog operating reactor licensing actions.
Ultimate decisions regarding the acceptability of the proposed licensing actions will be made by NRR after review of the contractor's evaluation and recom-mendation.
Period of Performance - Two years
-Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status -. Cost negotiations scheduled for' November 24, 25,.26, 1980.
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RFP' RS-MMS-79-043 (Follow-on contract for Phases II and III - Reference Contracts NRC-02-79-043-1 and NRC-02-79-043-2)
Title - Advanced" Process Control-Description - This contract will initiate the efforts of Phases II and III for the development and demonstration of the alternative concepts recommended under the advanced process control i
contracts.
Period of Performance - The contract will be awarded for Phase II to be completed within nine months, and Phase III will 6
be an option to be completed within an additional 12-month period.
Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards l
Status - Proposals under evaluation.
r CONTRACT AWARDS 1.
NRC-10-81-365 Title - Equipment for Property Inventory Description - The contractor shall furnish the equipment necessary to enable the NRC to perform an automatic property inventory.
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action is necessary to comply with recent GSA requirements on property management.
Period of Performance - 14 months-Sponsor - Office of Administration Status
. Contract awarded to Control Module, Inc., of Enfield, CT. This is a lease to ownership program in the amount of $80,280.
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NRC-05-81-242 Title - Purchase of Metal Alloy Analyzer for Independent Measurements (NDE)
Program Description - The alloy analyzer will be used by NRC's Region I office at reactor sites and vendor shops for the purpose of' coordinating independent nondestructive examinations to identify that correct materials are being_used.
Period of Performance - Within 120 days after date of contract Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - A fixed-price contract was awarded to Texas Nuclear, Austin, TX, i
in the amount of $21,000 on November 21, 1980.
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Contract No.
Contractor Close-Out Date NRC-10-78-596 Naticnal Center for 10/6/80 I
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- n r.RC Appendix 2101 Part XVI~," "Propr'f e't'ary Infomation," has been forwarded to the Office of Management and-P.rogram Analysis for coordination with the Execu-tive Director for Operations- @d publication.
Concurrence of the Offices of the Executive Legal Director and Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards was obtained prior to transmission, Pertinent corrnents received frc= other Head-quarters effices and divisions,~ were incorporated, i
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Inf:r stien Security Oversicht Office (ISCO)_ Conference On November 19, and 20,1950,Jrepresentatives of the Division of Security, Division cf Technical Information and Document Control, Division of Rules ' nd a
Cec:rds, as etell as of the Off.' ice of the Executive Legal Director and Office cf the General Counsel, a*. tended a symposium conducted by I500. Among the topics covgred by the guest stieakers wer=_:
"The Balancing Test," " Historian's Perspective," "On the First Ardendment," " Intelligence Community Perspectives,"
and "Dafense Contractor's Perspective."
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Important Items for Week Ending November 22, 1980 Reolication Fire Test TVA has submitted plant configuration data for the Browns Ferry replication fire test.
This data has been reviewed with NRR and RES was requested to proceed with the test using the configuration submitted.
This configuration has the benefit that it is similar to that fcund at other olants that NRR is currently reviewing. The test is currently scheduled to be conducted in July 1981.
LOFT Soecial Review Grouc The LOFT Special Review Group met in Bethesda on November 17, 1980, for the first time. This group, appointed by the EDO, at the direction of the Commission is chartered to advise the Commission, by February 3,1981, on whether or not to decommission LOFT at the end of FYl982.
The group was provided an overview of the LOFT program and test options:
A, to decommission at the end of FY1982; B, to decommission at the end of FY1983; and C, to proceed as planned to the end of 1985. The group was divided into subcommittees, to focus on the various programs in LOFT. The full group plans to meet next in Idaho, December 9-11, where it will receive extensive briefings and witness the next LOFT experiment, a small break with the primary coolant pumps turned off part-way into the test, followed by a short, partial core uncovery.
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NRC TMI' FROGS.AM 0FFICE WEEKLY STATCS REPORT Week of f;ovember 16 - 22, 1980 Plant: Status Core Ccoling Mode':
Cyclic natural circulation in the "A"
and "B" reactor
.ccolant system (RCS) locos with heat transfer to reactor building ambient (air and sump water).
Available. Core Cooling Modes:
0TSG "A" or "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: One of two decay heat removal pumps to supply
-pressure in conjunction with variable recirculation back to the borated water storage tank (BWST) to provide control of pressure.
4 fiajor Parameters (As of 0500, November 21,1980) (approximate values)
Average Incore Thermocouples:
139 F Maximum Incore Thermocouple ~:
175 F 4
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j Hot Leg 134 F 137'F Cold Leg (1) 74 F 75'F (2) 74 F 74 F RCS Pressure:
98 psig (DVM)
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Pressurizer Temperatu.e:
76'F Reactor Building:
Temperature:
71 F 4
Water level:
Elevation 290.5 ft. (8.0 ft, from floor) via penetration 401 manometer Pressure:
-0.2 psig (Heise)
Concentration:
4.35 x_10-3 uCi/cc (Kr-85)-(sample taken 11/19/80)
J Environmental & Effluent Information 1.
Liquid effluents from TMI-l released to the Susquehanna River, after processing', were within the limits specified in Technical S:ecificatiens.
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No liquid effluents were discharged frem TMI-2.
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Results frco EPA mcnitoring of the envircnment around Ine TMI site were as follows:
3 The EPA measured Krypton-85 (Kr-85) concentrations (pCi/m ) at several environmental monitoring stations and reported the following results:
Location November 7 - November 14, 1980 (pCi/m4)
Bainbridge 20 Goldsboro 20 Observation Center 33 28 Middletown All of the above levels of Kr-85 are considered to be back-ground levels.
No radiation above normally occurring background levels were detected in any of the samples collected from the EPA's air and gamma rate networks during the period from November 12 through November 20,.1980.
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NRC Environmental Data.
Results from NRC monitoring of the environment around the TMI site were as.follows:
The folicwing are-the NRC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler:
I-131 Cs-137 Samole Period (uCi/cc)_ (uCi/cc)
HP-242 November 12 - November 19, 1980
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Licensee Radioactive Material and Radwaste Shiocents. The following shipments were made:
On Monday, November 17, 1980, a 40 ml Unit 2 reactor coolant sample was sent to Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) Lynchburg, Virginia.
On Tuesday, November 18, 1980, five EPICOR-I pre-filter effluent samples (P-4 and P-13), totalling 1250 m1, were mailed to Science Applications Incorporated, Rockville, Maryland.
-On Thursday, November 20, 1980, twenty-four boxes containing Unit 2 non-compacted waste were shipped to the Nuclear Engineering Company, Richland, Washington.
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Reactor Decay Heat Cooling.
The Less of Cecay Heat to Ambient Test (transfer of reactor decay heat to the reactor building ambient) is continuing. No appreciable change in. reactor core / cooling system steady 1 state (equilibrium) temperature have been noticed since the commencement of the test on November 6, 1980.
The licensee'will be submitting a proposal to the NRC to justify the shutdown of the secondary plant for long term layup based on i
the data obtained from the Loss of Decay Heat to Ambient Test.
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Reactor Building Purge / Entry.
The next reactor building entry is tentatively scheduleo for December 11, 1980.
Pre-entry purges are anticipated.
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EPICOR-II. On November 3, 1980, the EPICOR-II system was restarted 4
after a three month outage period.
During this period, the~ system went through minor repairs and modifications.
The accumulated waste water is from the decontamination flush activities and support equipment water in-leakage to the auxiliary building sump.
Designated waste water was transferred to the "B" reactor coolant bleed tank for sample analysis prior to processing throug: EPICOR-II.
Approximately 50,000 gallons of wastewater has been processed since the restart, i
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On Mencay, November 17, 1980, S. Snycer, L. Barrett, P. Leech, O. Lyncn and M. Bills.(EPA) met with 1: cal ~ officials, citizens and press at the Baltimore City College in Saltimore, Maryland, to discuss the contents of the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS).
The major issue discussed at the meeting was the possibility of discharging the processed water frem TMI-2 into the Susquehanna River and the fear that it may contaminate the Chesapeake Bay and thereby impacting the fishing industries and water supply.
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On Wednesday, November 19,1980, at 10:30 a.m., J. Collins appeared on WHP-TV 21 to discuss the status of.the cleanup at TMI-2.
At 12:45 p.m. J. -Collins also appeared live on WCMS Radio from Strawberry Square in Harrisburg with Joel Roth (former Chairman of TMI Alert) to discuss various issues concerning current and future activities at Three Mile Island.
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On Wednesday, November 19, 1980, Chairman J. Ahearne, B. Snyder, J. Collins, L. Barrett and M. Bills (EPA) met with local officials, citizens and press at the Middletown Ccmmunity Hall to discuss.the contents of the draft PEIS.
This was the final public meeting prior to the completion of the comment period, which ended November.20,1980.
Major comments received from those who attended were the following:
the-possibility of discharging water into the Susquehanna River, the impact of continuing effluent releases during the cleanup operation, long-term health effects, the need for public participation in-the decision making process, the need for considering decomissioning of TMI-2 in the PEIS, and the need to consider the psychological stress issue.
The public also complained.about the short notice given to the meeting and the lack of media publicity of the meeting.
Future Meetings 1.
During the week of November 24 - 28, 1980, J. Collins will attend and chair a meeting at International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna of the Advisory Group on the Retention of Gaseous Radionuclides from Nuclear Power Plants.
The meeting is being sponsored by the IAEA.
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During the week of December 1 - 5, 1980, J. Collins will attend and chair a meeting of experts on the Air Cleaning Systems Under Accident Situations. The meeting is being sponsored by the Organization for l
Econcmic Cooperation and Development in Paris.
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OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1930 1.
A Notice of Intent that the NRC will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Reactor-Siting rulemaking has been sent tc the Federal Reaister for publication.
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, tne Notice describes: (1) EIS scoping process for the siting rule, (2) a tentative outline for the EIS, and (3) the technical approach which the staff presently intends to pursue with respect to analyzing certain issues. A Scoping Summary Report will be issued early in 1981 to document the results of the scoping process.
Special distribution of the Federal Reaister Notice is being made.
(Contact:
W. R. Ott 443-5966) 2.
Radiation Policy Council Working Grous Meetine - November 18, 1980: At tne November 18, 1980 meeting of the U.S. Radiation Policy Council's Working Group, Dr. William Mills, EPA, notified the group of a significant i
change in direction for EPA's development of federal guidance on occupational radiation protection. As ir.dicated in the most recent draft 7
of this proposed guidance EPA had planned to recommend 5 rem per year as the proposed. annual lirit for occupational radiation exposure.
Dr. Mills stated that they now plan to propose for comment a range of alternative dose values for the upper limit. The range of these alternative dose values is anticipated to be from 0.5 rem per year to 12 rem per year. EPA now expects that this proposed federal guidance will be published in the Federal Register for public comment in January 1981. This proposed guidance is to be the basis for the joint EPA / OSHA /NRC bearing en occupational radiation exposure li mi ts.
(Contact:
K. R. Goller 443-5991) 3.
Meeting between Representatives of INPO and the NRC Staff: A meeting was-neld on iiovemoer 19, 1980 cetween representatives of SD, AE00, NRR and ELD and E. Wilkinson, R. Pack and E. Thomas of the Institute for Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) at the Office of Standards Development at Nicholson Lane. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the overall role of both the Office of Standards Development and INPO and to discuss specific issues sucn as NRC involvement with and use of INP0 naterial and the interface batween development of INP0 material and the national standards program.
G. Arlotto of SD described.the organization and objectives of SD as well as the process by which SD regulations and regulatory guides are developed.
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. plants and developacnt of draft criteria to be used for those inspections particularly in the areas of personnel training and plant operations. Other 4
issues discussed included the proprietary nature of some INP0 material, possible NRC review of draft INPO material and the differences between use
- m of INPO material in regulations or regulatory guides as opposed to incorporation into NUREG reports or NRR letters to licensees.
Points identified for further discussion included a clarification of what INPO intends to be the appropriate use of their material by the NRC and, secondly, does this intended use call for an interface between SD and INP0. A target date of not later than two months was established for another meeting to discuss these issues.
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S. D. Richardson 443-5913) 4.
The Degraded Cooling Steering Group has held three meetings to date. The main focus has been to (a) achieve a common understanding of the intent of the degraded cooling advance notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on October 2,1980, (b) arrive at a rational basis for cecisions, sucn as using probabilistic risk assessment, and (c) agree upon the need to focus quickly on technical areas and their timing that have. fundamental impacts on safety analyses and systen design such as better understanding of fission product chemistry and aerosol behavior and resulting source term definition.
The Steering Group is involved in several parallel activities to expedite the coordination of staff efforts' related to degraded cooling and associated rulemakings. These activities involve areas such as reviewing the ongoing work in each office related to rulemaking being coordinated by the Steering Group, meeting with the ACRS Class 9 Accident Subcommittee to exchange ideas, and preparing "first cuts" at proposed rules for degraded cooling, minimum engineered safety features, and siting rulemaking with the principal purpose J
of getting a better idea of what is needed and when. Other areas of current activity include reviewing the pros and cons of proceeding with a minimum engineered safety features rule and a siting rule in advance of preparing a proposed rule covering degraded cooling; understanding Zion / Indian Point l
decisions and their applicabili_ty to-Steering Group activity; and providing guidance to siting rule writers.
The Steering Group'is continuing to plan the general direction degraded cooling and associated rulemaking activities should take, including coordination and scheduling of work. As indicated in SECY-80-478 dated October 20, 1980, the Steering Group still expects to produce a detailed action plan within two to three menths after the degraded cooling advance notice of proposed rulemaking comment period closes on December 31, 1980.
i A lenger (4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br />) meeting is scheduled for November 26 so that ideas of what is needed and when it is needed can be explored.
(Contact:
M. Medeiros 443-5913)
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iblications Issued Durina the Week of November 17-21,1980 Reg. Guide 3.11.1 - Operational Inspection and Surveillanca of Embank: rent Retention Syste?.s for Uranium Mill Tailings (Rev.1) - Issued to Reflect Comments Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Statement: Safety Features of Gauges Containing Radioactive Material, Task -TP 102-5.
Comments requested by January 23, 1981.
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OFFICE CF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending November 21. 1980 Storage of Radioactive Wastes at Reactor Sites A staff paper, jointly prepared by FC and NRR with consultation from ELD, that describes a proposed licensing position on increased storage of low-level wastes at reactor sites was completed for the EDO. The paper takes note of TVA's announced plans for its Browns Ferry Nuclear Station to provide storage of Icw-level wastes for life-of-plant and proposes that the implications of such long-term storage can best be assessed through preparation of a program-matic EIS.
In the interim, expansion of storage capacity at reactors to accommodate up to one to two years of waste accumulation would be subject to the provisions of Section 50.59, 10 CFR 50. Actions taken by licensees to provide additional contingency storage would require specific NRC approval and would be limited to five years waste generation volumes through a Part 30 license. Licensing acticn on propouls for lenger-term storage would be delayed pending completion of the programmatic EIS and development of Comission policy.
DOE West Valley Demonstration Project Act The staff has received a copy of the agreement made between DOE and New York State, as required by the Act, that specifies the arrangements between DOE and New York for conduct of the high-level waste solidification project.
This agreement is under review by FC and ELD staff since the terms of the agreement are important to modifications of the existing West Valley license that must be acconplished for the project to proceed.
Decommissioning of UNC Facility On November 13 members of the NM.SS and Region I staffs along with a State of Rhode Island official met with United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) personnel at the Wood River Junction Facility to assess the progress of the decom-missioning of the UNC facility.
Thus far, most of the equipment in the plint has been dismantled and packaged for burial.
UNC is currently evaluating the course of action to take with regard to completing the decontamination of the site, i.e., should the buildings be decontaminated or demolished and buried in a licensed burial ground. Decontamination of the lagoon areas are a;; proximately 70". complete but disposal of the lagoon waste, that has been packaged, is being delayed until a satisfactory Q.A. program for packaging of the wastes has been received and incorporated in the license so that dryness at the burial ground is assured.
The plan will be submitted for review within the next month.
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-US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement NMSS and :IAEA representatives visited Exxon Nuclear Co. on November 18 to work on the drafting of a model Facility Attachment for LEU fabrication 1
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list that. is to be transmitted to the IAEA at the time the Agr.genent is put i
into-force. Work is progressing on preparing minor amendments to 10 CFR Part 95 to permit authorized IAEA representatives access to certain classified information in the course of their activities.
Federal Register Notice A' Federal Register notice has been prepared for publication of the Final Rule on Physical Protection of In-Transit Special Nuclear Material of Moderate Strategic Significance.
The notice includes a summary of comments received on the proposed rule, the staff's responses to them, and the rule in final form. ' The notice is being forwarded to the Executive Director's office.for approval-for direct publication on the basis that the changes in the proposed rule are of a minor or non-policy nature and do not require specific Commission approval.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMEjE, Items of Interest Week Ending Novemcer 21, 1980 1.
Arkansas Power and Light Ccmpany - Civil Penalty Action - On November 17, 1980, the Ccmmission received a check in the amount of $21,000 from the subject licensee is full payment of the proposed civil penalty issued on October 20, 1980.
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Power Authority of the State of New York (Fitzpatrick) - Civil Penalty Action - On November 17, 1980, the Commission received a check in the amount of 548,000 in full payment of the civil penalty imposed by Order issued on October 29, 1980.
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Preliminary Notification relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week a.
PNO-I-80-165 Peach Bottom Unit 2 - Noble Gas Release b.
PNO-I-80-166 Calvert Cliffs Unit 2 - Unplanned Noble Gas Release c.
PN0-I-80-167 Undeveloped Land, Rochell Park, NJ - Radioactive Material in an Unrestricted Area d.
PNO-I-80-168 Beaver Valley Unit 1 - Reactor Trip and Safety Injection e.
PNO-II-80-161 Turkey Point Unit 3 - Feedwater System Pipe Break f.
PNO-III-80-216 Marble Hill Units 1 & 2 - Resumption of Receipt Inspection by Public Service of Indiana (PSI) Subcontractors
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PNO-III-80-217 Clinton - Walkout of QC Inspectors h.
PNO-V-80-77 Nuclear Engineering Company Richland, Washington Burial Site - Banning of Todd Research Technical Division, Pelican Island, Galveston, Texas (State Licensee) for Radioactive Waste Shipments i.
PNS-I-80-24 Indian Point Unit 2 - Bomb Threat j.
PNS-V-80-09 Diablo Canyon Units 1 & 2 - Bomb Threat ENCLOSURE E l
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGUL4 '4Y RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending November 21, 1980 On ilovember 20, 1980, Professor A. Birkhofer, Director of GRS Munich, visited RES (T. Murley and A. Spano) to discuss the cost and test schedule for the BMFT Upper Plenum Test Facility Program, which is the German por-tien of the trilateral 2D/30 cooperative program.
The Semiscale Mod 5 (3&W) proposal was also discussed and RES was requested to prcvide addi-tional information on the possibility of a US-FRG cooperative agreement.
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O ei 9 0FFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE '.EGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1980 In the Matter of Authority For Access to or Control Over Scecial Nuclear Material On November 17, 1980, the Commission issued its Decision (CLI-80-37) in this rulemaking proceeding. By split decision, the Commission accepted the proposed traditional clearance program for use to grant access or control over those materials in the nuclear fuel cycle presenting the most serious safeguards risks and announced the NRC's decision to de-velop and publish for comment a proposed rule for broader use through-out the nuclear industry that embodies cc1cepts widely advocated by the nongovernment participants in the hear ng.
i La Crosse Boilinn Water Reactor On November 17, 1980, the Appeal Board issued a Memorandum and Order (ALAB-618) in this show-cause proceeding in which it responded to a question certified by the presiding ASLB. The question posed was if in its consideration of the ultimate issue before it - whether a site dewatering syste, must be installed - the ASLB must accept a pa.'ticular level of acceleration as s "given."
The Appeal Board ruled that the ASLB was empowered to consider and determine da novo the ground acceleration ma tte r.
Bailly Generatine Station, Nuclear 1 On November 20, 1980, the Appeal Board issued a Decision (ALAB-619) in this construction permit extension proceeding in which it affirmed the denial of petitions to intervene of City of Gary, Indiana, a labor union and three organizations and George Schultz.
ENCLOSURE G
ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF InTERNATIONA'. PRCSOAMS LEE <, ENDING NOVE!BER 21,180 Reactor Safety Assistance Discussions were held with M. Rosen of the IAEA staff, during his visit to the U.S., to review cending requests for NRC assistance on reactor safety projects being coordinated by the IAEA. Recruitment of experts to provide speciali:ed advice on regulatory activities in Yugoslavia and Korea, and identification and support of U.S. carticipants for upcoming IAEA workshops and other safety meetings were among the subjects discussed.
Assistance to State Department IP this week forwarded to the Department of State NRC's input to the 2nd Annual Recort on Science, Technology and Anerican Diplomacy, to be subnitted by year's end to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Science and Technology.
American Nuclear Society /Eurocean Nuclear Society / Atomic Industrial Forun This week, November 16-21, members of IP staff attended various plenary and technical sessions presented at the ANS/ ENS /AIF joint conference and the DOE-sponsored internationai seminar on the TMI research program, both held in Washington, D. C.
In connection with the conference, many foreign attendees visited NRC while they were in Washington.
Foreign Visits to NRC On Monday, Mr. Hyung Tack Huh, Director of the Research Division of the Korean Ocean Research Development Institute, met with D. R. Muller, AD for Environmental Technology of flRP, to discuss siting and related environmental impact assessments.
On 1onday, Mr. John Dunster, Deputy Director General of the U.K. Health and Safety E.ecutive, met with K. R. Goller, Director of the Division of Siting, Health, and Safeguards Standards of SD, and B. K. Grimes, Director of the Division of Emergency Preparedness of IE, for current nuclear discussions of mutual concern.
On Monday, Mr. Kosciusko-Morizet, Director General of Industrial Safety for the French Ministry of Industry, Mr. Pierre Tanguy, Director of the Institute of Protection and Nuclear Safety of the French Atomic Energy Commission, Mr. Jean-Marc 3
Oury, of the Central Service for the Safety of Nuclear Installations, and Mr. Yves Tanguy, of the Embassy of France, met with Chairman Ahearne and Commissioners Gilinsky, Hendrie, and Bradford, W. J. Dircks, E00 and J. D. Lafleur, Jr., IP Deouty Director, for a discussion of current nuclear issues.
On Monday, Mr. T. Haginoya, Technical Consultan of the Jaoanese Nuclear Material Control Center (N"CC), and Messrs. Tsutsuni and Tanaka of NHCC, met with (1)
C. N. Smith of SGML/NMSS, and L. F. Wirfs of SG'O to discuss MCAA activities and upgrades, and (21 F. Arsenault, Director of SAFE 3/RES, G. K. Tomlin, and R. Shecari of the Safeguards Research Branch o# RES'to discuss safecuards technology research.
ENCLOSURE H
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N Tuesday, Dr. Hiroaki Wakabayashi, of the Nuclear Engineering Research Leoratory at the University of Tokyo, net with J. D. Lafleur, Jr., IP Deputy Directo' and A. Spano and R. W. Wright of RES to discuss possible future cooperaJon activities.
On Tuesday, a twelve-lhember Japanese study.f ssion on shielding and radiation protection headed by Mr. Shunichi Miyasaka, Head of the Division of Safeguards Information Treatment of the Japanese Nuclear Material Control Center, met with (1) R. Odegaarden of the Transportation Certification Branch of NMSS i
to discuss radiation shielding design criteria and related licensing issues, and (2) K. G. Steyer and C. Feldman, of the Fuel Process Systems Standards Branch of SD te discuss the status of, and future olans for, decommissioning stand rds.
4 On Tuesday Mr. Carl Tham, a Member of the Swedish Parliament and former :linister of Energy, and Lars Larsson, Attache (Science and Technology) of the Swedish E-bassy, ret with Commissioner Hendrie for a brief courtesy call and disussion o' current nuclear issues.
Oh Wednesday Dr. Velenoa, Deputy Central Director for Nuclear Engineering of the Italian National Power Authority (ENEL, a state-owned utility) met with R. A. Durple, Deputy Director of the Division of Licensing of NRR, to discuss (1) general post-TMI regulations and (2) the backfitting of older plants.
On Wednesday Mr. Nack-Chung Sung, Executive Vice President (for Nuclear Energy) of the Korean Electric Company (KECO) met with W. J. Dircks, EDO, and J. D. Lafleur, Jr., IP Deputy Director, for a brief courtesy call.
On Thursday Dr. Agustin Alonso, Head of the Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety Division of the Spanish Junta de Energia Nuclear (JEH) and the Spanish Adninistrator of the NRC-JEN bilateral Arrangement, Dr. Sagastibelza and Srs. Recreo and Carraminana of the JEN, and Dr. German Dominguez, Industrial 4
and Energy Attache of the Spanish Enbassy, met with (1) H. R. Denton, NRR Director, J. R. Shea, IF Director, and J. D. Lafleur, Jr., IP Deputy Director for general discussions, and (2) D. J. Skovholt, Chief, and L. Riani of the Licensing Guidance 3 ranch of NRR to discuss Regulatory Guide 1.70 and the Standard Review Plan for construction permit applications.
On Friday Dr. 't. Redpath, Head of Reactor Safety Services of the Safety and Reliability Directorate of the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) met with (U S. osmos, Chief of the Emergency Preparedness Development Branch of IE
- discuss energency planning at comercial reactors, and (2) B. Carter of t e StaMardization and Special Projects Branch of NRR to discuss research reactor safety and the problem of agina plants.
On Triday "r. Heinz Peter Butz, Public Affairs Officer of the West German Society for Reactor Safety (GRS), met with F. Ingran of PA to discuss general issues ir public affairs.
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- Triday, Dr. M. Rabie Ali, Director of the Nuclear Safety Cenmittee of the g-dian Atomic Energy Authority ( AEA) net with J. D. Lafleur, Jr., IP Oecuty 9ec to r, 9. M. Chenier of IP, and El Bassioni o# NRD, to discus! future NRC-AEA c Oreration activities.
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CFFICE OF STATE PROGRs45 ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1980 Frank Bradley, head of the New York State Department of Labor radiological health program, and George Kasyck, Licensing Unit Chief, met with OSP and NMSS.
The meeting resulted in a successful resolution of questions concerning licensing of distribution of certain gages to general licensees.
Informal discussions were also held on the subject of industrial radiography safety.
During the week of November 17-21 Bob Trojanowski met with the Mississippi and Florida State Liaisen Officers in Jackson and Tallahassee to discuss NRC programs and policies. Later during the week Bob participated (along with the Regional Assistance Committee) in a full scale emergency exercise at the Farley Nuclear Power Station in Dothan, Alabama.
Jim Montgomery, SLO Region IV, visited five states during the week of November 17. Meetings with State Radiation Control Program Directors, Emergency Pre::aredness Directors, Governors' representatives and scientific advisors were held in Boise, Idaho; Helena, Montana; Bismarck, ND; and Pierre,.SD.
The purpose of the meetings was to establish initial contact with State personnel, introduce the State Liaison Officer concept and answer questions regarding NRC policy and procedures which may affect these States.
On November 19, Mr. Montgomery participated in an Emergency Preparedness Panel discussion at the meeting of the Mid-America Chapter of the Health Physics Society in Lin.oln, Nebraska.
On November 17, 1980, Dean kunihiro met with the Department of California Highway Patrol officials to discuss plans to comply with provisions of Assembly Bill 2747 which requires that the Department adopt regulations specifying the times and routes to be used for transportation of hazardous radioactive materials. Officialsexpressed interest in pursuing a contact with NRC/ DOT for radioactive materials surveillance enforcement purposes.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1980 Transition Team (a) Prepared briefing book for transition team as requested by White House (Watson).
(b) Also responding to request from Mr. Kennedy for additional information to be delivered as available.
Inventory Differences With NMSS, sent Commission paper to ED0 entitled "Possible Changes in the Statistical Treatment of Inventory Differences in Nuclear Material Accounting."
Gray Book Released October issue of "Oper: ting Unit Status Report."
(NUREG 0020, Vol. 4, No. 10)
E'1 CLOSURE J
OFFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEMS CF INTEREST WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1950 A proposed Manual Chapter covering the NRC's program for operational data collecticn, assessment, and feedback has been issued by AE00 to other NRC offices for review and concurrence. This proposed Manual r
Chapter is the formal documentation for a major portion of this pro-gram, and was prepared en the ba' sis of the existing program. The scope and objectives of the program are presented, the responsibilities 3
of the NRC offices involved with operational data activities are iden-l tified, and the sequence of actions involved with the prccessing of operational data are discussed.
AE00 has requested concurrence by December 13 in order to have a final version available for approval before the end of the year.
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'ie.c SECY to Dircks, dtd 11/19/80.
Reference is made to your memorandum to SECY, subject as above, dated November 3, 1980.
This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has approved the revised Statement of Work attached to the reference memoran'dum.
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SECY-80-455 - SECTION 208 REPORT TO TM CONGRESS ON ABNORMAL OCCURRENCES (C0K11SSIONER ACTION ITEM). Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 11/19/80.
This is to advise you that the Ccmmission (with all Commissioners approving) has approveu the proposed report to the Congress (Inclosure 2), subject to the following modifications:
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Page 6, Item S0-6, Failure of Control Rods to Insert Fully during a Scram:
NRC has reported more detail en :nis 1:em in recent Congressional respenses.
The report should be revised to include a short discussion of its currenu status in the development of long-term hardware fixes to preclude recurring railure of SWR control reds to fully scram.
Also, the Azoo report should a least be referenced.
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_Fage 15 - Item 76-11, steam Generater T.:be Integrity, should be added to Appendix 3 as an update 1:em based on the novel approach being taken at San Cnofre 1.
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Je 2 ', Developmen: of Steam Void under Vessel
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The ANO-2 event and c hers may be discussed briefly as examples.
Further, the staff shculd draw attention to the f act that the St. Lucie 2 event invcived a relatively large s: ear bubble tha persisted for a nu-ber of hours.
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Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford would have preferred that the Marble Hill ccnstruction deficiencies (Enclosure 4 of the subject report), which were originally reported as an Appendix C item in NURIG 0090, Vol. II No. 3 - the report on abnormal occurrences for July - September 1979, be categorized as an abnormal occurrence.
In this connection, Cc=missioner Gilinsky provided the following comment:
" Marble Hill should be an A0 because the breakdown in the QA/QC program was such that future construction could have resulted in a major reduction in the degree of protection had the deficiencies gone uncorrected."
A majority of the Commission did not suppcrt the views of Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford that the Marble Hill events met the criteria fer abnormal occurrences.
The Office of Management and Program Analysis was informed of this action by telephone en November 19, 1980.
It is recuested that the report to the Congress be revised based en the Commission's modificatiens and forwarded along with letters of transmittal for the Chairman's signature to the Office of the Secretary by c.o.b.
December 5, 1980.
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