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4 October 8, 1980 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the E00
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WEEKLY INFOR!% TION REPORT - WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 3,1980 a
A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
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Standards Development C
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D
Inspection and Enforcement E
Nuclear Regulatory Research -
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Executive Legal Director G
International Programs H
State Programs I*
Management and Program Analysis J
Controller X
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L
Items Approved by the Commission M**
Calendar of Speaking Engagements N
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..r Summary of Weekly Information Report Week Ending October 3,1980 Salem 2 There is a significant potential for a delay of the emergency exercise for Salem, and a corresponding delay in the issuance of a favorable finding by FEMA.
Efforts by the utility over the last week to set a date for a meeting between ~ representa-l tives of PSE&G, FEMA, and the State and local authorities have been unsuccessful.
l South Texas Project On September 24, the ASLB issued a Memorandum and Order to implement the Commission's Memorandum and Order dated September 22. The ASLB has called for thc parties involved l
in the South Texas Project to review the I&E Show Cause Order and the applicant's response and make suggestions with regard to expanding or adding additional contentions, considering additional questions, and their effect on the current dis-covery completion date of December 1,1980, and the scheduling of a future prehearing conference and evidentiary hearings.
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The West Valley Demonstration Project Act was signed'by the President on October 1, 1980. The Act authorizes DOE to establish a program for solidifying the high level liquid wastes which are presently stored at West Valley.
j Waste Shipments Rejected at Beatty, Nevada, from UNC Rhode Island Facility The United Nuclear Recovery Systems of Uood River Junction, Rhode Island, is presently decontaminating their facilities and grounds preparatory to requesting termination of their SNM license. The State of Nevada refused to accept a recent shipment of waste on its way to Beatty from UNC after finding a leak in two drums and indicated that it will refuse five other UNC shipments in transit or at Beatty. The State of Nevada stated that all shipments are to be returned to United Nuclear.
State of Rhode Island officials questioned whether or not they should allow the shipments to ~come back into the state and are considering what action they will take on the other five shipments, such as refusing to allow the material to be returned to the United Nuclear facilities.
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The President signed the Appropriations Act, P.L.96-367, on October 1,1980. The allotments were issued effective that date.
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OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Er. ding October 3,1980 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 570 36 Granted 443 11 Denied 90 16 Pending 37 9
ACTIONS'THIS WEEK Received (NRC employee)
Requests all correspondence involving all negotiations uitDi (80-486) the Union relating to the Federal Women's Program and the Federal Women's Program Advisory Committee.
Anna L. Nerenberg, Requests a copy of a memorandum to the Commissioners Center for Development from James R. Shea dated July 21, 1980, SECY-80-336, and Policy a memorandum to James R. Shea from Louis V. Nosenzo (80-487) dated May 6, 1980, which are referenced in the Memorandum and Order CLI-80-30, dated September 22, 1980.
S. Gannis Requests the amounts of radioactive wastes from nuclear (80-488) power plants in the United States and information on safe waste disposal methods.
(Individualsrequesting Request copies of their Senior Reactor Operator License information about themselves) exams.
(80-489 & 80-490)
John F. Doherty Requests a copy of 22 listed documents referenced in (80-491)
NUREG-0540, Vol 2, #4 and #5.
Martin Levy,
_ Requests, on behalf of an NRC employee, assignments on NTEU Steward three listed employees and their Performance Appraisals (80-492) for 1978 and 1979.
(NRC employee)
Requests copies of his personnel security file, NRC-39 (80-493)
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
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Received, Cont'd Mary K. Empey, Requests a listing of all procurement offices, Federal Acquisitions telephone numbers and the commodities procured Counselors by each office in the NRC.
(80-494)
Coral Ryan, Referral from the Department of Energy for Nuclear Information and a memo dated February 2, 1979 by R. O. Meyer
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Resource Service to R. Tedesco, "Resulte of Discussion on Fuel (80-495)
Assembly Response to Mechanical Loads."
t Granted James N. Barnes, In response to a referral from the Department Center for Law and of State of two documents regarding the export Social Policy of nuclear materials to India, made available (80-423) these records.
Ellyn R. Weiss, In response to a request for a copy of NRC Harmon & Weiss Inspection Report 70-143/79-40 and all other (80-447) documents relating to environmental monitoring and control at NFS-Erwin, Tennessee, informed the requester that all documents subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
(An individual requesting In response to a request for copies of all information about himself) documents on himself in the NRC, informed the (80-478) requester the NRC has no information pertaining to him in its personnel, security or radiation exposure records.
Kim Batchelor, In response to a request for records pertaining The Armadillo Coalition to various organizations, including the Armadillo-of Texas Coalition of Texas, made available four documents.
(80-480)
A11etta d'A. Belin, In response to a request for all documents i
Center for Law in relating to the organization, Comanche Peak Life the Public Interest Force, or any of its affiliate organizations, (80-482) informed the requester the NRC has no files indexed or maintained under this organization.
i Alletta d'A. Belin, In response to a request, on behalf of an Center for Law in individual, for all records in the NRC on the Public Interest him, informed the requester the NRC has no (80-483) information pertaining to that individual in
-its personnel, security or radiation exposure records.
l Laurel W. Palmer, In response to a request for a copy of the NRC Nucleonics' Week Degraded Core Rulemaking distribution list, made
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Granted, Cont'd (IndividJals reques' ting Made available copies of their Senior Reactor information about themselves) Operator License exams.
(80-489 & 80-490)
John F. Doherty In response to a request ter copies of 22 (80-491) listed documents referenced in NUREG-0540, Vol. 2, #4 and #5, made available a copy of these documents.
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..t DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending October 3, 1980 RFP'S ISSUED 1.
RFP RS-ADM-81-358 Title - Professional Secretary Development Program Description - Program consisting of two orientation programs;; counseling, diagnostic testing,' interviewing and preparation of individual CPS career development plans; review seminar for personnel planning to take CPS examination; and a program of continual counseling for all participants.
Period of Performance - Thirteen months with option for additional thirteen months.
Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - RFP issued September 30, 1980.
Proposals due October 30, 1980.
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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 matters related to the' Waste Confidence Rule-Making Proceeding.
Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status - RFP issued to firms qualified for Task 4 under the Waste Management Basic Ordering Agreement (HRC-02-77-201-00) on October 1,1980.
Proposals are due October 15, 1980.
CONTRACT AWARDS 1.
NRC-10-80-719 Title -' Furnishings for Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel's Three Mile Island I Restart Hearing Description - Lease of furnishings Period of Performance - Six months with options Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - A fixed-price supply contract in the amount $17,209.50 was awarded on September 25, 1980, to Cole and Company.
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NRC-10-80-702 Title - Word Processing Services Description
'To perform word processing and otner related services for
.the Commission's Office of Administration Period of. Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - A fixed-price (equipment) contract in the amount of $55,493 was awarded on September 30,-1980, to Automated Correspondence Systems, Inc.
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flRC-10-80-690 '
Title' - Workshop on Sexual Harassment i
Description - To develop and conduct a four-hour course on Sexual L
Harassment for approximately 300-400 NRC supervisors and l
managers.
To assist participants in developing a sensitivity J
to problems created by se.x-related harassment.
I Period of Performance - Six months 2
Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - A fixed-price indefinite quantity contract in the amount of
$4,275.20 was awarded on September 30, 1980, to Dr. Mary M. Fuller.
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flRC-10-80-708 j
Title - Micrographic Services Description - Services to provide microfiche from source documents, j
computer output and aperture cards.
j Period of Performance - One year with one year option l
Sponsor - Office of Administration j
Status - A fixed-price requirements type contract, in the amount of
$125,835.50 was awarded to Microtech Industries, Inc., on L
September 30, 1980.
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flRC-06-80-681 Title - State Legislative Reporting Services Description - Contractor will furnish timely copies of all bills, Governor actions, and final law copies of all State i
legislation related to Atomic /fluclear fields. Also
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service for such legislation.
j Period of Performance - One year i
Sponsor - Office of State Programs Status - A fixed-price requirements type contract was awarded to i
Federal-State Reports, Inc., of Falls Church, Va., in the j
amount of $18,500 on September 30, 1980.
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flRC-10-80-381 Title - Conference Program for Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Description - A five-day conference consisting of a series of mock hearing sessions.which will be videotaped and played back for critique, study, and explanation, j
Period of Performance - One year 1
Sponsor - Office of Administration.
- Status - Fixed-price contract in the amount of $88,867 was awarded to i
Capitol ~ Communication Systems, Inc., on September 30, 1980.
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DIVISION OF FACILITIES AND OPERATI0i43 SUPPORT WEEK ENDING GCTOBER 3,1980 The NRC Manual Chapter 0270 - TELECOPMUNICATIONS - was approved by the Executive Director for Operations on September 11,1980, and is being processed for distribution by the Division of Technical Infor-mation and Document Control. This Manual Chapter covers the policies and procedures applicable to the acquisition and utilization of tele-communications equipment and services. AEC 0270, dated March 23, 1973, is hereby superseded by the NRC 0270 for all NRC telecommunications matters.
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 3, 1980 The Division of Security received 1,814 requests for NRC access authorization under the " grandfather" provision of 10 CFR Part 25.
October 1, 1980 was the final date for requesting NRC access authorization under this special processing provision.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST (WeekEndingOctober3,1980)
Salem 2 The applicant has advised that progress on the development of an emergency exercise and state / local emergency plan is deteriorating.
Efforts by the utility over the last week to set a date for a meeting between representatives of PSE&G, FEMA, and the state and local authorities have been unsuccessful.
Consequently, there is a significant potential for a delay of the emergency exercise for Salem, and a corresponding delay in the issuance of a favorable finding by FEMA.
c South Texas Project On September 24, 1980, the ASLB issued a Memorandum and Order to implement the Commission's Memorandum ar.d Order dated September 22, 1980.
The ASLB has called for the parties involved in the South Texas Project to review the I&E Show Cause Order and the Applicant's response and make suggestions with regard to expanding contentions; adding additional contentions; considering additional questions; and their effect on the current discovery completion date of December 1,1980 and the scheduling of a future prehearing conference and evidentiary hearings.
The parties have been asked to respond l
by October 15, 1980, either individually or collectively.
The staff has initiated action to comply with the ASLB Memorandum and Order.
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NRC TMI PROGRAM OFFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT' Week of September 28 - October 4,1980 Plant W tus CP Mode:
Cyclic natural circulation in the "A" reactor coolant system (RCS) loop via the "A" once through steam generator (OTSG), steaming to the main condenser, and RCS loop-A and B cyclic natural circulation.to reactor building ambient.
Available Core Cooling Modes:
0TSG "B" to the main condenscr; long-term cooling "B" (OTSG-B); decay heat removal.
RCS Pressure Control Mode:
Standby Pressure Control (SPC) System.
Backup Pressure Control ltode:
Makeup system in conjunction with letdown flow (Emergency use only due to suspected leaks in the seal injection system).
Major Parameters (As of 0500, October 3,1980) (approximate values)
Average Incore Thermocouples:
121 F Maximum Incore Thermocoup'le:
177 F RCS Loop Temperatures:
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Hot Leg 132 F 134 F Cold Leg (1) 99 F 78 F (2) 114 F 81 F RCS Dressure:
98 psig (DVM) g 86 psig (Heise)
Pressurizer Temperature:
84 F Reactor Building:
Temperature:
77 F Water level:
Elevation 290.5 ft. (8.0 ft, from floor) via penetration 401 manometer Pressure:
-0.7 psig (Heise)
Concentration:
2.0 x 10-4 uCi/cc (Kr-85) (sample taken 10/1/80)
Environmental & Effluent Information 1.
Liquid effluents from TMI-l released to the Susquehanna River, after processing, were within the limits specified in Technical Specifications.
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i;o liquid effluents were discharged trom Tt11-2.
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EPA Environmental Data.
Results from EPA monitoring of the environment around :ne THI site were as follows:
The EPA measured Kr-85 concentrations (pCi/m3) at several environmental monitoring stations and reported the follcwing results:
Location September 19-26, 19_80_
(pCi/m3)
Bainbridge 18 Goldsboro 22 Observation Center Middletown 18 Hill Island 10
- Analysis incomplete.
Will be reported next week.
All of the above levels of krypton-85 are considered to be background levels.
- o radiation above normally occurring background levels were detected in any of the samples collected from the EPA's air l
and gamma rate networks during.the period from September 24 through October 2,1980.
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NRC Environmental Data.
l The following are the NRC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler:
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l HP-235 September 26 - October 1,1980
<10.3E-14 <10. 3E-14 Fifty-eight environmental TLD measurements for the period July 31 to August 26, 1980, indicate gamma radiation to be at the natural background levels.
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Licensee Radioactive Material and Radwaste Shipments.
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shi::msntiwere made:
On t'.or. day, September 29,1980, a 4G ml Unit 2 reactor coolant sample was shipped to Babcock and Wilcox (B&W), Lynchburg,
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On l'onday, September 29, 1980, sixty-one drums containing Unit 2 compacted /non-compacted wastes and radiac wash were sent to Nuclear Engineering Comoany (NECO), Richland, Washington, l
On Wednesday, October 1,1980, Unit 2 air sample filters were mailed ta Teledyne Isotopes, Westwood, New Jersey, j
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On Friday, O'ctober 3,1980, an EPICOR-I resin liner (D-5),
Type B LSA, was shipped to.NEC0, Richland, Washington, On Friday, October 3,1980, a Unit 2 shipment of laundry was s
sent to Tri-State Industrial Laundries, Utica, New York.
Major Activities 1
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Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Funding Decisions.
Recent actions by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PAPUC) to deny the request of the. licensee for emergency rate relief and further interpretations that prevent revenues received from rate j.
payers from being used for cleanup activities resulted in a noticeable
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Although the work slowdown has i
been in effect, no adverse affects on public health and safety or failure to comply with appropriate regulations has been noted.
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[1ini Decay Heat System.
Remaining effort.is centered on the inline filter changeout methodology for this sytem.
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Reactor Building Status.
The next reactor building entry is tentatively scheduled for October 16,-1980.
Purge evolutions to support this entry are anticipated.
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4 Meetings _ Held 1.
On Monday,. September 29 1980, J. Collins,'W. Kirk (EPA) and
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On Tuesday, September 30, 1980 B. Snyder, T. Elsasser and M. Bills (EPA) met with local officials, citizens ard press from-Maryland in Annapolis, MD, to discuss the contents of the draft PEIS.
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On Tuesday, September 30, 1980, J. Collins, H. Kirk (EPA) and T. Gerusky (DER) held a meeting with -the Friends and Family of TMI to discuss the contents of the draft PEIS.
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On Thursday, October 2,'19'80, J. Collins, T. Elsasser, W. Kirk j-(EPA) and T. Gerusky (DER), held a meeting with representati es of area Chambers of Com?.erce to discuss the contents of the drart
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On Monday, October 6,1980, J. Collins,.T. Elsasser, D. Cleary,
?. Congel, O. Lynch, P. Leech (NRC), M. Bills, W. Kirk (EPA), and
- i. Gerusky (DER),-will meet with local officials, citizens and press in Lancaster to discuss the contents of the draft PEIS.
Mayor Morris, City of Lancaster will chair the public meeting.
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On Tuesday, October 7,1980, J. Collins, T. Elsasser, W. Kirk (EPA) and T. Gerusky (DER), will meet with representatives of the PA rarmers Association to discuss the contents of the draft PEIS.
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On Wednesday, October 8,1980, J. Collins, B. Snyder, M. Bills, 1
6', Kirk (EPA),.and T. Gerusky (DER), will meet with the Newberry Township Steering Committee and local residents to discuss.the contents of the draft PEIS.
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0FFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 3,1980 Publications to be Issued in the Near Future Ti tle:
Design of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) -
Water Basin Type Expected Issuance Date: November 1980 Description : This regulatory guide was prepared to endorse ANSI /ANS 57.7-1980,
" Design Criteria for an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (Water Pool Type)".
Contact:
D. W. Reisenweaver 443-5903 Title : Standard Format and Content for the Safety Analysis Report for an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (Dry Storage)
Expected Issuance Date: February 1981 Des cription : This proposed regulatory guide provides guidance to both the applicant and the NRC staff when preparing a Safety Analysis Report for a dry storage ISFSI.
Contact:
D. W. Reisenweaver 443-5903
Title:
Nuclear Criticality-Safety for Pipe Intersections Containing Aqueous Solutions of Enriched Uranyl Nitrate (Reg. Guide 3.45)
Expected Issuance Date: February 1981 Description : This regu'acory guide provides guidance for complying with the Commission's regulations by describing procedures acceptable to the NRC staff for the prevention of criticality accidents in the storage and processing of aqueous solutions of enriched uranyl nitrate in pipe intersections.-
Contact:
M. S. Weinstein 443-5910 ENCLOSUk2 C
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Nuclear Criticality Control and Safety of Homogeneous Plutonium-Uranium Fuel Mixtures Outside Reactors Expected Issuance Date: ~ February 1981 Description : This regulatory guide-provides guidance for complying with the Commission's regulations by describing procedures acceptable to the NRC staff for the prevention of criticality accidents in operations with homogeneous plutonium-uranium fuel mixtures outside reactors.
Contact :
M. S. Weinstein 443-5910 Publications Issued During the Week of September 29-October 3,1980 Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Statement: Second Proposed Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 'l.8, Personnel Qualification and Training, Task RS-807-5 (Comments requested by December 5,1980)
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c-0FFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending October 3, 1980 Hearing on Disposal of Radioactive Waste in Oceans As a result of interest in disposal of radioactive waste in oceans, Congressman Toby Moffett, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, has scheduled a hearing on October 7,1980 in San Francisco, California.
Richard E. Cunningham will testify at the hearing on matters related to AEC licensing of ocean disposal of radioactive wastes.
Public Meeting of ACRS re Package Design Certification Process At the request of the Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, a public meeting has been scheduled with the ACRS Subcommittee on Transportation for October 29, 1980. The purpose of the meeting will be to plan for an ACRS Subcommittee review of package design certification process conducted by the Transportation Certification Branch.
NFS-West Valley The West Valley Demonstration Project Act was signed by the President on October 1,1980.
The Act authorizes DOE to establish a program for solidifying the high level liquid wastes which are presently stored at West Valley.
Staff Visit to Battelle Northwest and Exxon Nuclear Company Members of the Safeguards staff visited Battelle and Exxon Nuclear Comp'ny during the week of September 22. The Battelle-PNL visit was to review the results of several.value-impact analyses they are performing in support of the MC&A Upgrade Rule. They also met with representatives at Battelle-HARC to identify potential research activities in the area of maximizing the effective-ness of guard rasponse under emergency conditions and of maximizing the effective-ness of the MC&A system with respect to the interaction between required procedures and human factors considerations. The visit to Exxon Nuclear was for the purpose of obtaining information of the facility operations to be used in improving the safeguards regulatory base.
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Items of Interest 2
Waste Shipmeats Rejected at Beatty, Nevada, from UNC Rhode Island Facility As previously noted, United Nuclear Recovery Systems of Wood River Junction, Rhode Island, is presently decontaminating their facilities and grounds pi eparatory to requesting termination of their special nuclear material licens2.
During the decommissioning process, they are generating approximately 200 drums a day of waste which is being shipped to licensed burial grounds at Barnwell, South Carolina and Beatty, Nevada.
A recent shipment was received at Beatty and upon inspection it was noted that liquid had seeped out of the bungs on two drums.
The State of Nevada refused to accept this shipment and has indicated it will refuse five other UNC shipments in transit or at Beatty as well.
The State of Nevada stated that all shipments are to be returned to United Nuclear.
Upon hearing of this, State of Rhode Island officials questioned whether or not they should allow the shipments to come back into the state.
In fact, one truck returning to Rhode Island was stopped at the Connecticut /Rhode Island border on October 1 and was only allowed to proceed to United Nuclear when it was determined tha~t State of Connecticut law prohibited radioactive material in transit after 4:00 p.m.
State of Rhode Island officials are considering what action they will take on the other five shipments such as refusing to allow the material to be returned to the United Nuclear facilities.
Rhode Island officials are also trying to contact officials of the State of Nevada to see if they can convince them to allow the four trailers currently in Beatty to be disposed of at the NEC0 facilities.
Radiological Contingency Planning Visits Visits are being made to a number of fuel cycle and materials licensees to discuss radiological contingency planning.
Radiopharmaceutical suppliers visited included ' Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois; Amersham Corporation, Arlington Heights, Illinois; and E. R. Squibb & Sons, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
In addition, visits were made to the two UF6 conversion plants:
1 Allied Chemical at Metropolis, Illinois; and Kerr-McGee at Gore, Oklahoma.
l Guidance for Vital Area Selection The final Statement of Work (SDW) for the technical assistance project entitled
" Guidance for Vital Area Selection" has been completed.
This project will draw upon the ongoing vital area identification study and will develop a set of i
generic guidancc: that can be used by the licensees during the reactor design phase to help minimize the vulnerability to sabotage attempts.
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3' Field Test of Safeguards-Assessment Techniques ~
Safeguards teams spent two weeks. conducting p.eliminary field tests of vulnerability assessment. techniques at the North Anna power station during September 1980. After completing further field tests, the staff plans to conduct a program of safeguards assessments at power reactors, similar to that conducted at fuel cycle facilities in the past.
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0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending October 3, 1980 1.
The following Notification of Significant Enforcement Action was dispatched during the past week:
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EN-80 47 Confirmatory Orders for Licensees' Responses to IE Bulletin 80 On October 2,1980, Confirmatory Orders were sent to 10 licen-sees for 1E facilities to formalize commitments from the licensees for certain actions in response to IE Bulletin 80-17, " Failure of 76 of 185 Control Rods to Fully Insert During a Scram at a BWR."
The Bulletin and its supplements were issued to initiate short term and interim actions to assure reliability and availability of the GE BWR control rod drive scram system subsequent to the failure to scram event at Browns Ferry Unit 3 on June 28, 1980.
In the case of the 16 reactors, the affected utilities did not provide an acceptable response to an NRC Bulletin which requested additional assurance of ability to scram. Additional communication by the NRC with each utility resulted in acceptable commitments to assure the ability to scram.
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Consumers Power Company (Palisades) - On September 30, 1980, the Commission received a check in the amount of $16,000 from the subject licensee in full payment of the proposed civil penalty issued on September 16, 1980.
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Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
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PNO-I-80-135 Indian Point Unit 2 - Mis-Positioned Spray Pump Switches b.
PN0-I-80-136 Haddam Neck Plant - Unplanned Release of Gaseous Effluent in Excess of Instantaneous Technical Specification Limit c.
PNO-I-80-137 Oyster Creek - Detectable Contamination of Hair and Skin -
Four Individuals d.
PNO-I-80-138 Gamma Diagnostic Laboratories, Attleboro Falls, Mass. -
Theft of Radioactive Materials e.
PN0-I-80-139 & -139A UNC Recovery Systems, Wood River Junction, RI -
Shipment c' Low Level Waste With 55-Gallon Drum Leaking Liquid f.
PNO-I-80-140 Maine Yankee - Potential Strike of Operators and Technicians g.
PNO-I-80-141 Calvert Cliffs Unit 1 - Apparent Noble Gas Release From Facility h.
PNO-I-80-142 Pilgrim Unit 1 - Reactor Trip From 90 Percent Power
- i. PN0-III-80-178 Fort Hamilton - Hughes Medical Center, Hamilton, OH -
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PNO-V-80-69A San Onofre Unit 1 - Transient Worker Exposure (Update)
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PNS-IV-80-11' Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 & 2 - Bomb Threat 4.. The following IE Circular was issued:
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IE Circular 80-22, " Confirmation of Employee Qualifications," was issued on October 2, 1980 to all holders of a power reactor operating license or' construction permit, architect-engineering companies, and nuclear steaa system suppliers.
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7 OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 3, 1980 Zion Station, Units 1 and 2 On October 2,1980, the Appeal Board issued its Decision in this storage l
pool modification proceeding (ALAB-616).
lhe Appeal Board rejected the appeal of intervenor, State of Illinois, and affirmed the ASLB's initial decision authorizing the enlargement of the storage capacity of the Station's spent fuel pool.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 3, 1980 Arrangement Renewed Commissioner Hendrie, on September 29, 1980, signed the five-year information exchange and cooperation renewal arrangement with Messrs. Jens Kampmann and Per Suhr, Director and Office of Energy Chief, respectively, of the Danish Agency for Environmental Protection.
Foreign Assignees at NRC IP has received acceptance for an on-the-job training assignment for Dr. Jiri Semecky, A Czech national, from the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Structural Engineering Branch.
Dr. Semecky has been recommended to NRC by the International Atomic Energy Agency through the National Research Council.
This assignment has been discussed informally with the Department of State and no objections have been raised. An official letter of invitation, signed by the Executive Director for Operations, will be sent through State Department channels when administrative details for the Essignment are completed.
Meeting with Canadian Officials on Export Matters l
On Thursday, September 26, representatives of State, DOE, Commerce, and NRC (IP) met with Canadian officials from Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) and the Department of Industry, Trade & Commerce to discuss the transfer of US-origin components and technology to Romania, via Canada, for ultimate use in the Canadian-built CANDU nuclear power facility Cernavoda I.
At the meeting, the Canadian officials were provided with a detailed explanation of U.S. export control requirements for Romania. With respect to NRC-licensed components, it was indicated that a consolidated export license application covering all US-supplied components would be submitted in the near future.
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0FFICE 0F MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest l
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Licensing Schedules and Caseload Forecast
' Coordinated with NRR in preparing information for Chairman to update schedules.
Using revised information, recalculated projected number of reactors in commer-I cial operation through the year 2000.
New information shows that the 1980-2000 l
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.Provided information for ED0's use during meeting with IE Regional Directors.
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Obtained reprints of. Chapters 1 & 2 from. report (Overview and TMI Accident) for
-0ffice of Public Affairs to respond to consumer affairs. questions about NRC.
l Congressional Correspondence Sent Chairman information on reactors by licensee, identifying architect / engineer and construction for each facility in operation and under construction. The information was in response to a question from Rep. Eckhardt.
ED0 Speech Sent final draft to ED0 for speech to AIF in Atlanta, Ga., on October 15.
Speaking Engagement =
Lee R. Abramson, Acting Chief, Applied Statistics Branch, will address a meeting of the IEEE ' International Conference on Cybernetics and Society, October 8-10, on the subject "Some Selected Consensus Approaches".
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Items of -Interest Week Ending October 3, 1980 Increases in Maximum Per Diem, Subsistence, and Mileage Allowances i'
I The President signed H.R. 7072, increasing maximum per diem, subsistence, and mileage allowances for federal employees on official travel.
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rates.to-be used were detenmined by the General Services' Administration and are to become effective for travel performed on or after October 5,1980.
I FY 1981. Budget-The President signed the Appropriations.Act, P.L.96-367 on October 1, 1980.
The allotments were-issued effective that date.
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WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 3,-1980 An AE0D report was issued on September 30, 1980 on the interim equipment and
. procedures at. Browns. Ferry to detect water in the Scram Discharge Volume (SDV)
Headers. As discussed in the report, AEOD found that: (1) the interim instru-mentation and related procedures being used to detect and respond to the pre-sence of water in-the SDV at Browns Ferry are generally adequate to protect against all currently identified. sources of water except for a potentially rapid inflow from the scram outlet valves arising from degraded air pressure l-in the Hydraulic Control Unit air header; and (2) any proposed interim equipment and procedures to be used to protect against the degraded air condition must address the very limited time available to the operator for corrective action.
AE0D has recommended that the degraded air. system issue be promptly addressed by NRR and IE to rectify the current deficiencies. A copy of the report has been sent to NRR and IE for information and appropriate action.
A progress meeting was held October 2 at the Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC) on the development of the LER Sequence Coding and Search Procedure.
When fully implemented, this system will provide,.in a computer retrievable form, failure data and information covering not only the principal occurrence in each event,'but also related component and system responses which are asso-ciated with the principal. occurrence.. This program will permit a systematic search for such items as common cause failures and complex system interactions,.
as well as collating the data for trend and patterr analyses. To date, NSIC has developed most of the coi.guter software and hcs encoded about 100 events on a trial basis' and is now verifying the acceptability of computer search strategies'.
Formal presentations and workshops on this system are being scheduled for NRC personnel;in mid-October and for industry organizations in late November.-
Discussions were held between AEOD and EG&G (Idaho) on their operational data assessment activities and on-the LER Sequence Coding and Search Procedure.
It was indicated that AE00 intends to survey several' potential organizations re-garding their interest and capability to routinely implement this procedure after it is fully developed and verified.
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E CALENDAR OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
!10/6/80' School of' Nuclear Medicine Edison, NJ Requirements for NRC L. Friedman, R0 I J.F. Kennedy Medical Center Inspection Process 10/6-9/80 American Nuclear Society Don Cesar Hotel Material Development for a S. Reynolds, Jr., R0 I St. Petersburg, FL FBR Steam Generator Concept 10/7/80 V Of' Illinois Medical Center Chicago, IL Waste Handling and Disposal J. Pagliaro, R0 III 10/9/80 Society of American Military Atlanta, GA Overview of NRC K. Clark, R0 II 10/9/80 Health Physics Society Berkeley, CA Conmunicating with the Public J. llanchett, R0 V about Nuclear Power
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F. Costello, RO I Nondestructive Testing An NRC Perspective 10/23/80 State Radiation Health Iowa City, IA New Developments Affecting W. Menczer, HQ Program Directors the States in Emergency Plan-ning.and Transportation Surveillance 10/24/80 Regional Emergency Medical Canandaigua, NY Transportation Emergencies M. Slobodien, R0 I Services Program, Inc.
Involving Radioactive Materials 10/24/80 Nuclear Energy Symposium Ft. Worth, TX National and International K. Seyfrit, R0 V Texas.Wesleyan College Nuclear Energy Regulation 10/25/80 Nuclear Medicine Technologists Waterbury, CT Inspection Process at J. Glenn, R0 I New England Society of Nuclear Medical Institutions Medicine & Waterbury Hospital llealth Center 10/27/80 Power Engineer Society -
Atlanta, GA Three Mile Island R. Martin, R0 II Atlanta Chapter, IEEE 10/31/80 16th Annual State Radiation Cherry llill, th)
TLD Radiation Surveys Around M. Slobodien, R0 I Control Program Directors Mtg Nuclear Power Reactors ENCLOSURE N
c s 11/8/80 Fall Symposium - NY Chapter Grand Hyatt Hotel Requirements for NRC J. Nicolosi, R0 I Society of Nuclear Medicine NY Inspection Process 2/19/81 Michigan Section of the Detroit, MI Goals and Objectives of J. G. Keppler, R0 III American Nuclear Society NRC's Inspection and Enforce-ment Program in 1981 7/17/81 Energy Education Workshop Riverdale, NY NRC - What It Is and What K. Abraham, R0 I for High School Students It Does at Manhattan College ENCLOSURE N