ML20003H459
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| Issue date: | 04/24/1981 |
| From: | Rehm T NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555
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INFORMATION REPORT sEcy-81-2sa For:
The Comissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING APRIL 17, 1981 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure k4 Administration A
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Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
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lH*,g;y0.1l7g Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C }
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Inspection and Enforcement D
4 Nuclear Regulatory Research E
p Executive Legal Director F*
International Programs G
State Programs H
Management and Program Analysis I
Controller J*
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data K
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization L*
Items Approved by the Comission M
T. A. Renm, Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations DISTRIBUTICN
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Comissioners Ccmission Staff Offices
Contact:
ACRS T. A. Renm, ECO Secretariat l
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Summary of Weekly Information Report Week Ending April 17, 1981 R. E. Ginna On April 14, 1981, a transient at Ginna caused a partial loss of offsite power which resulted in a turbine runback to 85% power. The transient was caused by an electrical fault between a substation transformer and an auxiliary trans-former. Several conference calls were conducted between various NRC staff and the licensee, and it was ascertained that no Technical Specifications had been violated and that the plant was being operated safely. Offsite power was restored within several hours.
Millstone 1 Millstone 1 is scheduled to resume power generation on or about April 16, 1981, after a plant outage of nearly six and one half months.
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Monticello experienced an unanticipated scram on low air pressure in the scram air header after installing the Automatic Air Dump System required by Order dated January 9, 1981. Apparently, a pressure fluctuation occurred in the air header when a b scram inserted during an APRM functional test was reset. The licensee has installed an orifice and an accumulator which provide a time delay to preclude recurrence.
NUREG-0725,_ Public Information Circular for Shipment of Irradiated Reactor Fuel The staff is in the process of the first re-write of NUREG-0725, containing maps of the routes used for spent fuel shipments.
New Bill Nevada officials informed the Office of State Programs that the legislature has passed a Bill providing authority for levying civil penalties on low level waste site operators, providing for the third party inspection program, and providing for certain license and inspection fees.
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o 0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending April 17, 1981 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 194 4
Granted 123 0'
Denied 18 1
Pending 53 3
ACTIONS THIS WEEK i
Received Kent Eldridge, Requests, on behalf of his client, information on the Attorney-At-Law client in the NRC and references to him in four specific -
(81-140) listed categories.
Sanford L. Hartnan, Requests eight categories of documents relating to Debevoise & Liberman Memorandum and Order CLI-80-21 concerning the (81-141) environmental qualification of Class IE equipment.
David F. Power, Requests specific communications between the NRC and Attorney-At-Law the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) regarding the (81-142)
Memorandum of Understanding dated November 24,1980.
Lynn Connor, Requests four categories of information on the wires and Doc-Search Associates cables manufactured by Continental Wire and Cable (81-143)
Company, Anaconda Company, Okonite Company and Collyer l
Wire and Cable Company.
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Requests all records of appraisals and/or evaluations (81-144) of all applicants in the selection of Vacancy Announcements81-039 and 81-040.
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2 Received, Cont'd Allan Kanner, Requests all rules, regulations, actions, submissions David Berger, P.A.
to Congress, memoranda, correspondence and all other (81-145) materials produced or received by the NRC as a result of or germane to specified sections of the NRC Appropriation Authorization.
Peter 4. Monk, Requests a list of all personnel in the NRC who occupied Keene, Monk & Associates noncareer positions and excepted positions from 1/7/79 (81-146) to the present and were converted to SES career positions; a list of all personnel who occupied Schedule C (non-attorneys) who converted from excepted to career positions or to Schedule A positions from 1/21/77 to the present; the number of noncareer appointments transferred to career; list of all NRC personnel who were detailed to the White House and other offices within~the offices of the President from 1/21/77 to the present; and the names, positions, titles, grades, organizations and 171's of all the above personnel.
Robert Alexander, Requests a copy of nine listed documents and a copy of tbckingbird Alliance a report by Carlyle Michelson relating to GE manufactured (81-147) reactors having breaks in the coolant system pipes.
W. T. Crawford,
Requests specific data on urantum shipments.
General Electric (81-148)
Steven C. Sholly, Requests a copy of a draft report prepared by Oak Union of Concerned Ridge National Laboratory concerning a review of BAW-Scientists 1564, a Babcock & Wilcox Company report entitled (81-149)
" Reliability Analysis of the Integrated Control System."
C. Juliet Pittman, Requests a copy of Contract No. NRC-04-81-186 entitled Sense Inc.
" Development of a Comprehensive Human Factors Plan for (81-150)
Nuclear Reactor Regulation."
M. J Hobson, Requests a copy of the non-proprietary version of ACRES American the successful proposal of Contract No. RS-NRR-80-138.
Incorporated (81-151) i Carol Schapira, Referral from the Department of Energy for information Attorney-At-Law concerning licenses and/or applications for Jersey (81-152)
Nuclear and related firms in connection with a fuel fabrication plant and handling of fissionable materials.
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Received, Cont'd Robert Goldsmith, APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for 12 documents denied Citizens for a relating to the decontamination of Dresden 1.
Better Environment (81-A-4-81-18)
Granted Christopher McLoed, In response to a request for documents relating to Foundation for five categories of information on uranium mills in
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National Pmgress Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming, (81-8) made available 203 documents.
Robert L. Cohen In response to a request for documents relating to the (81-59) consideration, planning, execution or utilization of two studies by P. Slovic, et al. and E. J. Walsh, copies of the studies themselves and copies of reports, memoranda, correspondence, work papers, minutes of meetings anc' ttaff papers based on these studies, made available three documents.
Informed the requester we have not located any copies of the Slovic or Walsh studies.
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In response to a request for documents pertaining to (81 )
his security clearance, made available 16 documents.
Richard A. Udell, In response to a request for a list of all Licensee Critical Mass Energy Event Reports (LER) for events which occurred during Project calendar year 1980, which includes the ABCDE grading (81-119) system used by the Office of Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data, made available one document.
(NRC employee)
In response to a request for copies of the quarterly (81-124) reports identified in Appendix 4125.G.4, " Reports to Commission" for the quarters ending 6/30/80, 9/30/80 and 12/31/80, informed the requester there has been no reports produced pursuant to this Appendix.
Irwin D. J. Bross, In response to a request for the names of personnel Roswell Park participating in the development, approval or Memorial Institute implementation of Contract No. W-31-109-ENG-38, made (81-132) available six documents containing this information.
Dede Ryan, In response to a request for a copy of the NRC Waste Business Publisher's, Inc.
Management mailing list, made available this information.
(81-136)
Stephen E. Miller, In response to a request for a copy of the NRC license Diversified Nuclear, Inc.
for Todd Shipyard, Inc., along with a copy of the (81-138) most recent list of Agreement States, made available this inforination.
ENCLOSURE A
4 Denied James N. Barnes, In response to a request for records relating to export Center for Law and of special nuclear material and replacement parts to Social Policy India, made available 70 documents. Denied six (80-336) documents in their entirety and portions of 10 documents containing classified information, information which identifies procedures for safeguarding licensed special nuclear material and information which constitutes advice, opinions and recommendations of the staff. Referred additional documents to the Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency for direct response to the requester.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending April 18, 1981 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE l.
NRC-G-04-81-010 Title - High Temperature Electronics Conference Description - To provide a perspective of the field of high-temperature electronics, its needs and problems, and its future directions.
Period of Performance - Three and one-half months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory r,esearch Status - Grants awarded to the University of Arizona in the amount of
$4,000.00 effective March 15, 1981 CONTRACT AWARDS 2.
NRC-10-81-394 Title - Partitions Description - To provide Inter Royal Partitions or equals Period of Performance - Within thirty (30) days after date of award Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - Fixed Price C'.>ntract awarded on April 14, 1981 to Techniques In Wood.
Can'.ract amount is $21,640.50.
TERMINATED CONTRACTS 3.
OR 81-0347 Title - Gaithersburg Office Machines, Inc, Description - Maintenance IBM Typewriters Period of Performance - December 1,1980 - September 30, 1981 Sponsor - Property Management Branch Status - It was reported that the NRC had received a dispute concerning its decision to terminate for default its order with this contractor.
Defaulted orders under Federal Supply Schedule contracts are subject to the appeals procedures of GSA. The factual material of the case will be reviewed by the GSA Contracting Off!cer, and the contractor will be afforded appeal rights through the GSA Board of Contract Appeals.
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' i CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made)
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NRC-10-78-598 Automated Correspondence Systems 4/10/81 NRC-03-79-128 Mitre Corp.
4/10/81 NRC-02-78-048 H. B. Block & Associates 4/16/81 NRC-02-80-063 BARR Engineering 4/13/81 i
I NRC-02-80-037 National Academy of Sciencis 4/13/81 l
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DIVISION OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENT CONTROL
- WEEK ENDING APRIL 17, 1981 TRANSLATIONS The following translations were received by the D. vision of Technical Information and Document Control during the month of March 1981. Copies of these translations will be available in the Library.
FRENCH DSN No. 392 Analysis of the Incident Whir.h Took Place in Unit 1 on February 13, 1980.
Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Institut de Protection Et de Surete Nucleaire.
Paris, France. November 1980. 17 Pages. Requested by: IP. NRC Translation: 845 & A.
PROPRIETARY.
DSN Wo. 393 Analysis of the Incident Which Occurred in the Unit on March 13, 1980.
Saint-Laurent-Des-Eaux Nuclear Power Plant "A" (Natural Uranium-Graphite-Gas).
Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Institut de Protection Et de Surete Nucleaire.
Paris, France. March 13,1980.
13 pages. Requested by: 7.
NRC Translation: 851.
PROPRIETARY.
Attempt to Classify Human Errors in Incidents Involving French Reactors from 1973-1978.
Departement de Surete Nucleaire. 5 pages. Requested by: IP, NRC Translation: 853.
PROPRIETARY.
French Reactors-Incidents from 1973 to 1980.
H. Jarry.
28 pages. Requested by: IP.
NRC Translation: 854. PROPRIETARY.
GERMAN CH-4143. Equipment and Methods of Atom Orientation for the Purpose of tran.hr. Con-duction and Production of Energy (Thesis).
H. Kyburz. Dornach, Switzerland. 1980.
19 pages.
Requested by: IP. NRC Translation: 807.
BMFT RS 316 (Final Report). MEISIM2 and LUECKE2: A Modular Program System for Analysis of Core Meltdown in the Reactor Pressure Vessel of Light Water Reactors.
(Part 1).
R. Bisanz, W. Shchverman, W. Gulden, H. Unger.
Institut for Kernenergetik Und Ener-giesysteme, Stuttgart, F.R. Germany. March 1980.
157 pages. Requested by: RES. NRC Translation: 837.
BMFT RS 316 (Final Report).
KESS, A Program System for the Analysis of Hypothetical Core Meltdown accidents (Part 2).
W. Gulden, R. Bisanz, W. Schvermann, H. Unger.
INstitut fur Kernenergetik Und Energiesystem. Stuttgart, F.R. Germany. March 1980, 89 pages. Requested by: RES. NRC Translation: 837-A.
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O DIVISION OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENT CONTROL..... cont.
SR 121 -A 1.7.
Proposal for the Determination of Allowable Repair Times.
W. Kleppmann.
Department of Nuclear Energy and Radiation Protection. Stuttgart, F.R. Germany.
June 1980.
S4 pages.
Requested by:
IP. NRC Translation: 840.
Anchor Piet for Support Structures.
I Schrage, H. Scharn. Institute for Construction Research of the WTH, Aachen, Germany. 1973.
13 pages. Requested by: SD. NRC Trans-lation: 846.
SPANISH JEN 386. Breakage of Cladding in Pools.
(Incident Report). Juanta de Energia Nuclear, Madrid, Spain. November 1976.
17 pages. Requested by: IP. NRC Translation: 843.
SWEDISH Preventive Measures Against Sabotage at Thermal Power Plants. Staten, Karnkraftinspektion, Stockholm, Sweden. October 1974. 79 pages. Requested by: IP.. NRC Transation: 833.
Bms-3482.
Ringhals 3 - Check Valves in the' Feedwater System.
Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, Stockholm, Sweden. November 1980. 3 pages. Requested by: IP. NRC Translation: 847.
Quarterly Report of the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate: January-March 1980. Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, Stockholm, Sweden. August 1980. 22 pages. Requested by: IP.
NRC Translation: 850.
DOCUMENTS PROCESSED BY TIDC Number of NUREG reports printed and/or distributed by TIDC in March.
Number processed Type of Report in March Draft Environmental Statement 1.0 Final Environmental Statement 1.0 Safety Evaluation Report 0.0 Environmental Standard Review Plan 0.0 NRCI 3.0 Staff Report 33.0 Contractor Report 40.0 Conference Proceeding 0.0 Brochures 1.0 TOTAL 77.0
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A listing of these NUREG reports is contained in " Regulatory and Technical Reports Compilation" (NUREG-0304), issued quarterly and available from TIDC.
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DIVISION OF SECURITY Week Ending April 17, 1981 i
Integrated Safeguards Information System (ISIS)
Division of Security received for comment a revised ISIS Request for Proposal to 4
assess its security implications.
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GSA Alarm / Access Control Systems Division of Security representatives met with GSA personnel to discuss the installa-i tion and maintenance of alarm / access control systems in the Air Rights and Willste Buildings.
H Street Fire Safety and Security Review I
A joint Division of Security / Division of Facilities and Operations Support walk-through of NRC space at 1717 H Street was done to review fire and safety procedures for tenth and eleventn floor NRC personnel.
Certificate of Destruction ft Secret Documents Forwarded to the Office of Management and Program Analysis, a proposed revision to i
NRC Appendix Part III, " Control of Classified Information and Documents," regarding i
i destruction records for Secret documents. This revision includes NRC Form 81, "Certi-ficate of Destruction," and requires a witness for the destruction of Secret documents.
The Information Security Oversight Office reconsnended we amend our security require-ments to require such a witness.
Computer Security Workshop i
A Division of Security employee attended a computer security workshop which addressed j
data privacy legislation, computer system software / hardware security and contingency
. plans to, among other things, consider the workshop's possible use in a security aware-ness program for OMB Circular A-71, Transmittal Memorandum No.1.
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not classified but is sensitive in that its loss, alteration, destruction or unauthor-ized disclosure would represent a risk, magnitude of loss or harm to the US Government.
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MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING STAFF The first NRC Executive Seminar for Deputy Division Directors and above will be conducted on May 8 and 9,1981, in the National Press Building.
Participants will discuss a NRC related case study and review their findings with a panel of experts composed of representatives from the Congress, media and special interest groups.
The first session of the NRC Managerial Workshop, for Assistant Directors and below was completed by 18 managers on April 2, 3, and 4,1981. Addi-tionally, the Management Development and Training Staff is continuing an t
ongoing one and one half day seminar in " Critical Elements and Performance Standards," in compliance with statutory requirements and the new NRC Performance Appraisal System for non-bargaining unit members.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS - APRIL 17, 1981 R. E. GINNA At 7:39 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 1981, an electrical fault between a site substation transformer and an auxiliary transformer resulted in the loss of power to Safeguards Buses 14,16.17 and 18 and t'1e automatic starting of both 480 V emergency diesel generators to restore power to these buses. The transient which ensued upon the partial loss of offsite power resulted in a turbine runback to 85% power. The operators quickly stabilized plant conditions.
The NRC Incident Response Center was manned to provide a central source of communications and data analysis. Several conference calls were conducted with representatives of the licensee, the NRC Resident Inspector. OIE Region I personnel, and Headquarters personnel from OIE and ONRR.
It was ascertained that no Technical Specifications had been violated and that the plant was being operated safely.
Station personnel isolated the problem and at 12:17 p.m. it was reported that normal offsite power had been restored and that the diesel generators were being.
returned to standby service.
MILLSTONE 1 Millstone 1 is scheduled to resume power generation on or about April 16, 1981 after a plant outage of nearly six and one half months. The plant was shutdown on October 4,1980 for a planned outage with an anticipated restart by December 8,1980.
MONTICELLO NUCLEAR POWER STATION Monticello experienced an unanticipated scram on low air pressure in the scram air header after installing the Automatic Air Dump System required by Order dated January 9, 1981. Apparently a pressure fluctuation occurred in the air header when a 1/2 scram inserted during an APRM functional test was reset. The Licensee has installed an oriface and an accumulator which provide a time delay to preclude recurrence.
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NRC TMI PR.0 GRAM OFFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT Week of April.12-18,1981
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Core Cooling Mode:
Heat transfer from the reactor co51 ant. _ tem TRC5) sys loops to reactor building ambient.
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Long-tenn cooling "B" (once through
. steam generator-B); decay heat removal systems.
RCS Pressure Control Mode:
Standby Pressure Control (SPC) System.
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De y Major Parameters (as of 0400. April 17,1981) (approximate values)
AveTrage Incore Thermocouples: 117*F
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Elevation 290.7_ft. (8.2 ft. from floof4-
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1.4 x 10-5 uC1/cc (Krypton-85 (K 85}]_
(sample taken 4/13/81)
__i Effluent and Environmental (Radi4caical) Information-1.
Liquid effluents from the TMI site released to the Susquehanna River
. :aftee proseiss.iag,:were made within the regulator-y *6 Ej accordance with NRC requirements and City of Lancaster Agreement dated February' 27,~ 19'80.
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-_ poi.nt al.though_ind.ivi. dual effluent sources which originated within Unit 2 contained minute amounts of radioactivity.
Calculations indicate that less than 1 millionth (0.000001) of a curie was
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Resqlt_s.froq NRC_ mon _itorino of the environ-ment around the TMI site were as follows:
The following are the NRC air sample analytical results for the on, site continuous air sampler:
I-131 Cs-137 r=u Sample Period (uCi/cc)
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Licensee Radioactive Material and Radwaste Shioments. The folicwing shipments were. mad.e:.
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l sa'm'ple* was sent 10 Babcock and Wilcox (B&W)~ Lyncnburg,
i Virginia.
.._.._.Orl. Tuesday, A_pri.1 14, 1981, one 6' x 6 ' EPIC.OR-I dewater_ed_ r.esia., '
liner (liner P-14) from Unit i us shipped to the Chem-Nuclear Site, Barnwell, South Carolina.
i On Tuesday, Apri'i 14,1981, a Unit 2 shipment of 30 drums of laundry was sent to Tri-State Industrial Laundries, Utica, New York.
On Thursday, April 16,1981, one 6' x 6' EPICOR-I dewatered
- resin Jin&r (linier P-15) from Unit I was shipped to the
Chem-Nuclear Si te, Barnwell, South Carolina.
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~%tiiidede'd 'Dami e' rsizier System (5D51 Region I and TMI Progr.am..
Preparation of the
.._ Office ininecliprJS_.of_.the(SDS are continuing.SER) by the TMI Prograjif ONic
'5afat'y Evaluation Repbrt progress although -some necessary information has_not yet been....
received. The licensee has submitted a schedule for providing the l
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The licensee is performing functional tests of the SOS components to verify that the equipment will operate as designed.
The testing does not involve processing of contaminated water. The fuel pool i
in which the SDS is located is expected to be filled by the end of
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Reactor Building Entry.
The next entry into the Unit 2 reactor bunding (RB) is scheduled for Thursday, April 30, 1981.
The licensee has redesignated the entry numbering sequence.
A 40 minute RB entry which took place on April 8,1981, was initially called an entry 8 pre-entry.
The 40 minute entry has now been redesignated as entry 8 and the April 30th entry has been designated as entry 9.
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During entry 9, the licensee will perform a decuntamination experiment on the 305 ft elevation of the RB. Approximately 2,000 square feet e
of horizontal and vertical surfaces will be decontaminated using low and high pressure water sprays.
Pre-and post-decor:tamination radiation surveys will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the techniques.
The low and high pressure water sprays are tecP.niques which proved effective in decontaminating the auxiliary buildir.g.
In preparation for the decontamination experiment, the licensee has submitted a proposal to modify RB penetration R-561.
The R-561 penetration is a flanged,10 inch diameter pipe through the RS wall which was originally installed for use with the chemical cleaning system. The licensee plans to install packing glands in the outer flange of the penetration. Water spray and breathing air hoses will be routed into the RB through the pac. king glands in the outer flange.
The inner flange of the penetration will be removed. The l
.ons-ite NRC -staff is reviewing the proposed penetration modification.
A floating sump pump is also scheduled to be installed during entry 9.
This pump is being installed to remove sump water from l
the RB in preparation for processing in the SDS.
The pump will be lowered into the sump water from the 305 ft elevation through the open staimay access. The pump discharge will be routed out of the 78 through penetration R-626 on the 347 ft. elevation. The NRC
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending April 17, 1981 US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement The Design Information Questionnaire (DIQ) prepared by Exxon for their fuel fabrication plant at Richland was received on April 10. After a review by the staff, it will be provided to the State Department on or before April 20, for transmittal to the IAEA. The DIQ for the Trojan Power Reactor has been received by NRR and the one from Rancho Secc is expected at any time. After appropriate reviews, these also will be forwarded to the IAEA via the Depart-ment of State.
ISIS A revised ISIS RFP Work Statement was distributed for final comments prior to issuance of the RFP. Comments are due by April 21.
States' Participation in Emergency Preparedness Rulemaking for Fuel Cycle and Materials R. G. Page and F. D. Fisher attended a meeting with representatives of the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, to brief them on the status of the NMSS radiological contingency planning program. NRC staff from NMSS, IE, RES, SP, ED0 discussed possible States' roles in NRC's planned emergency preparedness rulemaking proceeding for fuel cycle and materials licensees.
Meeting with Brooks & Perkins; and.<itihalgh, Eggers & Associates On Wednesday, April 15, 1981, representatives of Brooks & Perkins; and Ridihalgh, Eggers & Associates met with the FCAF staff. After discussion of 10 CFR Part 72 and associated regulatory guides, and various aspects of dry storage of spent fuel and its licensing and safety review by NRC staff, the firms' representatives indicated that their firms intended to submit a topical report on dry cask storage of spent fuel for review. A letter of intent will be sent to NRC stating this. Submittal of the topical report is expected this June.
NUREG-0725, Public Information Circular for Shipment of Irradiated Reactor Fuel The staff is in the process of the first re-write of NUREG-0725, containing maps of the routes used for spent fuel shipments. Coordination is ongoing with other NRC offices. Completion and distribution date is cxpected in June 1981.
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, Information Package on Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipments for Law Enforcement Agencies - NUREG BR-0020 In the past eighteen months the Division of Safeguards has received and filled requests for approximately five thousand copies of the subject brochure. State and local law enforcement agencies have commented on its usefulness as a train-ing aid. Due to the continuous demand for this publication, it has been desig-nated as NUREG BR-0020.
Speech before Midwestern Psychological Association On May 2,1981, Sallie Mullen of the Division of Safeguards will participate in a symposium at the fifty-third annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association in Detroit. The symposium entitled " Perspectives on Nuclear Safety:
Government, Industry, Community", was organized by DePaul University, Chicago.
Ms. Mullen's presentation will consist of a briefing on NUREG-0703, " Potential l
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Meetings - Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety 1.
Subject:
Research and development efforts concerning spent fuel rod compaction in reactor basins, dry storage of spent fuel at reactor sites, and transportation casks for spent fuel.
Date/ Time:
April 21, 8:30 (Please note date chango from last week's report)
Location:
Willste Building, 5th floor conference room Attendees:
L. C. Rouse and J. P. Roberts, NMSS, R. C. Clark, NRR, D. Reisenweaver, RES, and David Dunn, et al, TVA 2.
Subject:
Working session with Region III Licensing Personnel regarding Materials License Study.
Date/ Tine:
April 22-24 Location:
Glen Ellyn, IL Attendees:
T. F. Carter, V. L. Miller, and J. Cooper (RIII), NMSS Dr. Elliott and Mr. Arcuni of IEAL 3.
Subject:
Invited paper entitled " Institutional Radioisotope Waste Disposal Methods Under Current Regulations" to be given at the Hotel Inter-Continental at the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Clinical Radioassay Society.
Date/ Time:
April 29,1:45 Location:
Miami, Florida Attendees:
Lidia Roche-Farmer 4.
Subject:
Discussion of NFS efforts to process the available technical information that is needed to provide a basis for future decontamination and decommissioning of the West Valley facility.
Date/ Time:
April 30,10:30 Location:
Willste Building, 5th floor conference room Attendees:
L. C. Rouse, C. J. Haughney, W. Ting, NMSS, T. DeBoer, et al, NYSERDA, J. Clark, J. Duckworth, N. Newman, et al, NFS Absences:
Thomas F. Carter, Jr. - April 22-24 (Region III meeting)
April 27-May 1 (FEI Training Course in Charlottesville, VA)
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Planned Meetings - Division of Waste Management 1.
Subject:
Licensing of Monazite Recovery Operation i
Date: April 21,1981; 9:00 a.m.
Location: Willste Bldg.
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Discussion of 40 CFR 190 l
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Meeting with B&W, Naval Nuclear Fuel Division and United Nuclear Corporation, Naval Products, to discuss recovery of scrap Date/ Time: April 16,1981 - 9:00 - 5:00 Location: B&W, Lynchburg, VA Attendees: H. McClanahan, Mgr, Nuclear Materials Control T. Collopy, Mgr, Nuclear Materials Safeguards J. Bates, IE, Reg. I 2.
Subject:
NRC Incident Response Program with FBI Date/ Time: April 17, 1981, 2:00 p.m.
Location:
FBI Headquarters Attendees: John Davidson, SG FBI /A,Seddon 3.
Subject:
Action Plan Working Group Meeting Date:
April 21,1981 Location: State Dept., Wash., D. C.
Attendees:
T. S. Sherr, M. Lopez-Otin, SGMD Houck/Murphey, ACDA Bartels, Ebetino, DOE Sessoms, DOS Cohen /Myers, IP/NRC 4.
Subject:
Discussion of the Safeguards Vulnerability Assessment Field Test at Crystal River Date/ Time: April 21, 1981 Location:
Crystal River, FLA Attendees: Elizabeth Quinn, SG Florida Power Corporation, Mr. Ken Parnell, Director Corporate Security 5.
Subject:
INMM-14 International Safeguards Committee Date/ Time: April 21-22, 1981, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location:
Willste Bldg, Rm. 825 Attendees:
K. E. Sanders, SGMD Representatives of IAEA, BNL, PNL, AGNS, Exxon, GE, TVA
Purpose:
To review and redraft first set of guidelines for physical inventory taking for international safeguards 6.
Subject:
Safeguards Agreement Working Group (SAWG) Meeting Date/ Time: April 23, 1981, 9:30 a.m.
Location: State Dept., Washington, D. C.
Attendees:
P. Morrow, E. Sparks, SGMD Representatives of State, ACDA, DOE 7.
Subject:
US/IAEA Semi-Annual Review of Technical Support for IAEA Safeguards Date/ Time: April 27-30, 1981 Location: Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, N. Y.
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Subject:
Presentation of paper at the Advanced International Training Course on State Systems of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Materials Date:
April 27-May 1, 1981 Location: Santa Fe, NM Attendees:
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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending April 17, 1981 1.
The following Notification of Significant Enforcement Action was dispatched during the past week:
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EN-81-12 Southern California Edison Company (San Onofre Nuclear Generating An Order Imposing Civil Penalties in the amount of Station, Unit 1)
$150,000 was issued to subject licensee on April 15, 1981.
Previously, a Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $150,000 was issued based on alleged violations relating to (1) the exposure of steam generator repair workers to radiation in excess of allowable limits under NRC regulations; and (2) the improper handling of a spent fuel shipping cask that resulted in unnecessary radiation exposure to workers.
After consideration of the licensee's response the IE Staff concluded that the violations did occur and that no adequate reasons were given by the licensee for mitigation or remission of the proposed penalties.
- 2. Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
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PNO-I-81-47 Indian Point Unit 2 - Revised Restart Date for Indian Point Unit 2 b.
PNO-I-81-48 Ginna Nuclear Power Plant - Loss of Offsite Power - Unusual Event c.
PNO-I-81-49 Peach Bottom Unit 3 - HPCI Room Flooding d.
PNO-I-81-49A Peach Bottom Unit 3 - HPCI Room Flooding
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PNO-II-81-27 Crystal River 3 - Unplanned Outage to Repair Main Steam Isolation Valve f.
PNO-II-81-28 Bellefonte Nuclear Plant - Industrial Accident g.
PNO-III-81-39 Marble Hill Units 1 & 2 - Safety-Related Construction Work to Resume at Marble Hill Construction Site h.
PN0-III-81-40 Duane Arnold Energy Center - Possible Leakage in Thermal Sleeve Transition Recirculation Pipe i.
PNO-III-81.0A Duane Arnold Energy Center - Possible Defects in Recirculation Piping ano Thermal Sleeve Welds j.
PNO-III-81-41 Zion Nuclear Power Station - Offsite Contamination Caused by Workers Contaminated Clothing k.
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PNO-V-81-20 Washington Nuclear Project No. 5 - Construction Worker Fatality m.
PNO-V-81-21 University of California Research Reactor - Media Interest in Research Reactor n.
PNO-V-81-22 General Atomic Company - Media Interest in Radioactive Material o.
PNS-III-81-06 Kerr-McGee - Found High Enriched Uranium 3.
The following IE Circular was issued:
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IE Circular 81-06, " Potential Deficiency Affecting Certain Foxboro 10 to 50 Milliampere Transmitters", was issued on April 14, 1981 to all nuclear reactor facilities holding an operating license or construction permit.
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The following IE Information Notices were issued:
a.
IE Information Notice 81-13, " Jammed Source Rack In Gamma Irradiator",
was issued on April 14, 1981 to specified irradiator licenseees.
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IE Information Notice 81-14. " Potential Overstress of Shafts on Fisher Series 9200 Butterfly valves with Expandable T Rings", was issued to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license on April 17, 1981.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATOP.Y RESEARCH IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE HEEK ENDING APRIL 17, 1981 A.
Experimental Pgqrams Branch L0iT L9-l/L3-3 Test l
LOFT test L9-1/L3-3 is being run during the afternoon of April 15.
The test will simulate loss of feedwater leading to dryout of the steam generator. This will be followed by a locked open pressurizer PORV to relieve primary coolant system pressure. After core uncovery begins, the PORV will be closed and feedwater restarted to the steam generator. This is to determine if natural circulation can be reestablished in the primary coolant loop. The primary coolant pumps will then be restarted to increase the rate of cooldown of the fuel via forced two-phase flow.
The ECCS will finally be I
started to refill the plant and terminate the test.
Independent Core Coolino Instrumentation Testing of the Westinghouse differential pressure reactor liquid level measurement system has begun at Semiscale with Westinghouse agreement. The first test performed was a 5 percent small break.
The quick look data report is in preparation. Data analysis has been started by OhML to evaluate the performance of the measurement system.
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Analytical Methods Branch 1.
On April 14, 1981 S. Fabic met with R. Ireland, S. Weiss, P. Collins',
and L. Beltracchi, Division of HFS/NRR and then with T. Speiss and B. Sheron, Division of System Integration /NRR, to discuss the NRR reply to the RES request for endorsement of research on improving simulators. During the meeting with DHFS staff the discussion centered on the training simulator section of the NRR's memo to RES. The NRR staff admitted that the current simulator capabilities do not match the requirements set forth by ANS and NRC criteria and hope that the industry will correct them. Concerning the NRR request that RES purchase an engineering simulator, Speiss and Sheron admitted that such a tool does not presently exist and that it ought to be developed, more or less almg the lines of the RES proposal previously submitted for NRR concurrence.
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During the ACRS subcomittee meeting on ATWS the ACRS consultants expressed desirability for AiWS analyses with more advanced codes than RELAP-38. RES staff, with contractor's concurrence, stated that RAMONA-3B will be capabie of calculating BWR ATWS and " half ATWS" by the end of this fiscal year.
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Fuel Behavior Branch Technical Bases Report on Fission Product Behavior (NUREG-0772)
Comission information paper concurrences in RES and NRR were completed and paper transmitted to EDO on April 13, 1981.
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9 Publications to be issued in the Near Future
Title:
Instruction Concerning Risk from Occupational Radiation Exposure Expected Issuance Date: June 1981
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Guide includes an appendix consisting of questions and answers concerning risks from occupational radiation exposure intended to be provided to workers receiving radiation protection training.
Contact:
A. Roecklein 443-5970
Title:
Preoperational Testing of Instrument and Control Air Systems (Reg. Guide 1.68.3, Rev. 0)
Expected Issuance Date: July 1981
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This guide describes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with the Commission's regulations with respect to verifying, by preoperational testing, the proper operation of instrument and control air systems and the proper operation of loads supplied by instrument and control air systems to assure the operability of functions important to safety in the event that system pressure is lost or reduced below normal operating levels.
Contact:
A. S.Hintze 443-5913 Publication Issued During the Week of April 6-10, 1981 Reg. Guide 1.148 - Functional Specification for Active Valve Assemblies in Systems Important to Safety in Nuclear Power Plants Publications Issued During the Week of April 13-17, 1981 I
Reg. Guide 8.27 - Radiation Protection Training for Personnel at Light-l Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants i
Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Statement: Proposed Rev. 3 to Reg. Guide 1.28 - Quality Assurance Program Requirements (Design and Construction), Task RS 002-5. Comments requested by June 12, 1981.
Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Statement: Guidance on Preparing a License Application to Store Spent Fuel in an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Task FP 907-4. Comments requested by June 19, 1981.
Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Statement: Establishing Quality Assurance Programs for Packaging Used in the Transport of Spent Fuel, High-Level Waste, and Plutonium, Task TP 020-4.
Comments requested by June 22, J1981.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAC PROGRAMS WEEK EhDING APRIL 1/, 3 I IAEA Staff Vacancies The International Atomic Energy Agency is recruiting fcr two vacancy positions currently available at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The first one is for a P-4 First Officer, Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Department of Technical Operations. The second one is for a P-5 Senior Officer, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Departrcent of Technical Operations. Copies of these two vacancy announcements will be posted on the NRC vacancy announcement board within the next 2 weeks.
Foreign Visits to NRC On Monday Mr. M. Miyabayashi, First Secretary (Scientific) of the Japanese Embassy, and Messrs. Kamimura, Watanabe, and Fukahori, of the Overseas Electrical Industry Survey Institute, met with R. Vollmer, Director of DE/NRR, S. Pawlicki, W. Hazelton, and R. Klecker of MTEB/NRR, G. Holahan of SPEB/NRR, and H. Levin of DE/NRR, to discuss issues related to (1) PWR thermal shock and (2) pipe break in the BWR scram system.
On Monday Prof. Edward Mr.Ginnis, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University College in Dublin, Ireland, toured TMI.
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The ** indicates the reports are in English. For further information contact Eva Szent-Ivany (49-27788) IP.
From France:
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GRS - A - 562 Analysis of the Tracking Accuracy of Out-of-Core Instrumentation - PROPRIETARY From Italy:
CNEN - Advances in Heat Transfer **
- A Strategy for the Disposal of Radioactive Wastes in Italy **
- Reducing Occupational Doses at BWRs and PWRs**
- Study of Containment of Radioactive Products after an Accident in Nuclear Power Stations
- Evaluation of the Dose Commitment to the Italian Population Due to Nuclear Tests
- Determination of Sr 90 in Vegetal Samples
- The Study of In-Pile Creep-Rate of a Cold-Worked Clad Under Uniaxial Tension From the U.K.:
h H&SE - Windscale: The Management of Safety **
FROM OECD-NEA:
Status of LMFBR Safety Technology:
- 2. Reactivity Monitoring in an LMFBR at Shutoown**
NEA: IRS - Loviisa 1 - Finland:
Steam Generator Relief Valve Malfunctions **
Problems with Start-Up of Diesel Generators During Testing **
Changes in Reactor Pressure Vessel Material Properties. Including Actions Resulting Therefrom **
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. ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING APRIL 17, 1981 Nevada officials informed OSP that the legislature has passed a Bill providing authority for levying civil penalties on low level waste. site operators, providing for the third party inspection pr6 gram, and providing fBr certain license and inspection fees.
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A letter has been sent to the State of Washington providing comments on the Northwest Interstate Compact on Low Level Radio-active Waste Management as contained in Washington Senate Bill 4182.
Thia bill has been adopted by the Washington Senate and is now being considered in the House.
The compact has already been adopted by Idaho.
The letter identifies possible conflicts with existing Federal law and offers to meet with the Northwest States to discuss NRC's concerns with the compact.
On April 8, 1981, Dean Kunihiro, RSLO Region V, attended the meeting of the Nevada State Board of Health in Carson City, Nevada.
The Board heard testimony regarding the emergency regulations that established Nevada's third party inspection i
system for the Beatty Low Level radioactive wast-burial site.
i The emergency regulations were to have expired on April 16, 1981, however the board voted to adopt the regulations with minor I
amendments, the most significant of which was to allow for public hearings and final board approval of the inspection criteria to be used by the third party inspector, Nevada Inspection Services, Inc.
The projected completion date for establishment of the handbook / criteria is July, 1981.
j On April 9, 1981, Dean Kunihiro met with Assemblywoman Marion l
Bergeson of California, author of AB210, to discuss provisions I
of her bill on waste disposal and other relevant waste disposal developments that have been taking place in the other States in Region V.
On April 7-9, Tom Elsasser, RSLO, Region I, participated in various RAC II and III activities which supported the emergency response drill held at the Salem Nuclear Generating Station.
Both New Jersey and Delaware participated in the drill which was held on l
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. On April 15, Tom Elsasser attended a meeting in Albany, New York attended by various NRC, FEMA, State and county officials.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the implications of defi-ciencies in off-site radiological emergency response planning and potential impact of these deficiencies on the operation of the State's nuclear generating facilities.
Jerome Saltzman met on April 9 in Portland, Oregon, with Dr.
Marshall Parrott, Chairman of the conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, to discuss model State legislation and other issues of interest to the Conference.
He also participated in discussions of the Price-Anderson Act with other participants in the annual meeting of the Risk and Insurance Management Society in San Francisco.
Robert Wood and Darrel Nash met with the Chief and staff of IRS's Engineering and Evaluation Branch to discuss recommendations made in the Rogovin Report with respect to financial disincentives to safety.
Sue Weissberg and Jane Grant attended on April 9 and 10 the National Conference of State Legislatures' State-Federal assembly in Washington, D. C.
They attended the Energy, Transportation, and Natural Resources and Environment Committee meeting where transportation of hazardous material, utility financing, and the Clean Air Act were discussed.
A draf t updating of the suggested State Radiation Control Act, ~
originally published by the council of State Governments in 1961, was circulated to members of the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors for comment.
The draft reviscC model act includes provisions on source material processing and tailings management, low level waste disposal, user fees, civil penalties and surety requirements for source mabrial mill tailings and low level waste burial.
William B. Menczer, RSLO Region III, attended the National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration held in Detroit, Michigan, April 12-15.
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sessions primarily concerned with emergency management and response, inter-governmental relations, government regulation, and infor-mation resources of State and local governments.
During the conference Mr. Menczer also met with Wisconsin State Representative Mordecai Lee to discuss interactions between State Legislatures, State Executive Branch agencies and the public.
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Note to Tom Rehm:
Item for " Speaking Engagements" Calendar Map 3, 1981 13th Annual conference Little Rock, Opening Remarks c,n G. Wayne Kerr, on Radiation Control Ark.
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Overtime Report Sent summary report to ED0 and Office Directors showing paid overtime worked by office for pay periods ending March 21 and April 4.
Developing Division and Branch-level reports at request of AEDO.
4 Congressional Questions and Testimony Coordinated and reviewed responses to questions from Simpson subcom-t mittee and sent to,ED0 on April 15.
Publications Distributed March 31, 1981 issue of " Standards Development Status Summary Report" (NUREG-0566, Green Book) and April 1981 issue of
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Presentation to Region IV On April 15, 1981 J. Heltemes gave a presentation to Region IV site representatives on the functions, programs, and status of AE00. Because of the newness of AE0D and the relationship between AE00 and the site offices, such presentations and associated discussions are considered an important step towards establishing effective communication channels and assuring mutually supportive efforts. The presentation covered: AE00 objectives, organization and program activities; current activities to develop LER sequence coding techniques needed for trend and pattern identification; status of 10ER regarding needed changes in NPRDS and LER systems for event reporting; the AE00 procedures and philosophy for reviewing operating i
events and judging significance; and identification of the case studies that are now in progress. Similar presentations have been held in the other four Regional Offices.
Abnormal Occurrence Reporting The Fourth Quarter CY 1980 Abnormal Occurrence Report was sent to the ED0 for approval and forwarding for Commission approval. A Commission paper was'also forwarded proposing that the inadvertent disconnection of the station batteries at Palisades be reported as an abnormal occurrence.
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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING APRIL 17, 1981 A.
SECY-81-198A - PROPOSED EXPORT OF REACTOR COMP 0NENTS TO ARGENTINA THROUGH WEST GERMANY (SECY-81-198, XCOM0035).
Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 4/13/81.
This is to advise you that the Commissioners have reviewed the subject license to Carpenter Technology Corporation.
The Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has accepted your recommendation to export to Argentina through West Germany miscellaneous zirconium and hafnium components.
In connection with his approval, Commissioner Gilinsky provided the following comment:
"I assume that the 'no explosive' pledge covers any material produced through the use of the exported components If this is not correct, I would like to be informed immediately."
(Subsequently, Commissioner Gilinsky and the other Commissioners were provided written assurance that his assumption was correct).
The Office of International Programs was informed of this action by telephone on April 10, 1981.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF POLICY, PLANNING AND PROGRAM GUIDANCE FOR FY 1983-87,10:30 A.M., TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE). Memo for the Record fm SECY, dcd 4/14/8_1_._
' The Commission continued its discussion of the proposed Policy, Planning and Program Guidance, as contained in the draf t circulated by Concissioner Ahearne on April 10, 1981.
The Commission reviewed the document through Section III.B.1.4.
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The Chairman noted that this subject is scheduled for another Commission meeting on April 21, 1981.
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SECY-81-178 - PROPOSED CONTRACT NUMBER NRC-10-81-359 FOR PROJECT ENTITLED
" CONVERSION, PROGRAMMING, IMPLEMENTATION, DOCUMENTATION AND ACCEPTANCE PROCESSING OF THE NRC INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM".
Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 4/15/81.
This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has granted approval to the Contracting Officer to enter into the subject contract, as stipulated in option 3 of the OPE memorandum of April 7, 1981 (copy attached for ready reference).
The Commission desires that particular emphasis be placed on monitoring costs overruns and reductions of expenditures wherever possible.
In connection with his approval, Commissioner Ahearne provided the following comments:
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If negotiated cost estimates for the full statement of work exceed $1 million or if actual cost for the full statement of work during the execution of the contract exceeds S1 million, then the EDO must seek Commission approval to proceed and explain the basis for cost overruns.
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I would appreciate an explanation of how the $800K estimate was arrived at."
The other Commissioners agree with these comments.
The Offices of Administration (ADPS and Contracts) and the Controller were informed of this action by telephone on April 14, 1981.
It is requested that the following be provided to the Office of the Secretary:
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Notification of when the contract is awarded.
(SECY Suspense:
5/1/81) 2.
A response to Commissioner Ahearne's request.
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SECY-81-201 - PROPOSED UPGRADE OF THE TWO-LOOP TEST APPARATUS (TLTA) UNDER THE BLOWDOWN / EMERGENCY CORE COOLING (BD/ECC) COOPERATIVE PROGRAM WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (EPRI) AND THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMDANY (GE). Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 4/16/81.
Tnis is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has granted approval for the Division of Contracts to enter into a new contract with EPRI and GE involving more than $1.0 million to further upgrade the TLTA to study other BWR operational transients.
The Commission's action is based on the following considerations:
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Approval is conditioned to the extent that if there is a severe funds shortage, as could result from, current Appropriations Committee deliberations, this program (as all others) is subject to funding reallocations.
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Approval is based on the assurance of the Director of Research that NRC will have sufficient influence on the conduct of this program to minimize any conflict of interest.
The Commission notes an inconsistency in the fact that industry funds 60% of this BWR program while providing no funding for PWR programs.
The Office of Research was informed of this action by telephone on April 15, 1981.
It is requested that you inform the Office of the Secretary when the contract is awarded.
(SECY Suspense:
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SECY-81-204A - PROPOSED RETRANSFER FOR REPROCESSING FROM SWEDEN TO THE U.K.
(SECY-81-204). Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 4/17/81.
This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has authorized dispatch of the proposed letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) on this retransfer request.
Commissioner Bradford's approval is based on the assumption that the assurance letter from the transferor is identical to assurance letters received in the past.
The Office of International Programs was informed of this action by telephone on April 17, 1981.
It is requested that you forward to the Office of the Secretary a copy of the le 'er to DOE after signe.ture and dispatch by the Director, Oft;ce of International Programs.
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SECY-81-222 - PROPOSED CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR CONTINUATION OF SHUTTLE BUS SERVICES BETWEEN VARIOUS NRC LOCATIONS. Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 4/17/81.
This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has approved your recommendation that a contract modification be executed with Beltway Limousine Services, Inc. for continuance of shuttle bus services for an additional 10 months'begir.ning June 1, 1981.
The Commission understands that the schedule for Route B, as made effective on July 3, 1978, will be continued.
The following revisions to the scope of work were also approved:
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Add a stop for the Air Rights Building on Route A.
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Delete the Arlington Road stop from Route B.
The Office of Administration was informed of this action by telephone on April 17, 1981.
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SECY-81-205A - PROPOSED RETRANSFER FOR REPROCESSING FROM SPAIN TO THE U.K.
(SECY-81-205). Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 4/17/81.
This is to advise you that the Commission N-ith all Commissioners approving) has authorized dispatch of the proposed letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) on this retransfer request.
i Commissioner Bradford's approval is based on the assumption that the assurance letter from the transferor is identical i
to assurance letters received in the past.
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