ML20011F189

Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 900216

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i February 22, 1990-For:

The Commissioners From:

James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations, Office of the ED0

Subject:

WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 16, 1990

' A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.

Contents Enclosure Nuclear Reactor Regulation A

Nuclear flaterial Safety and Safeguards B

Nuclear. Regulatory Research C

Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data D

Governmental & Public Affairs E

General Counsel F*

Administration G

Information Resources Management H

Controller I*-

Personnel J

Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights K*

Enforcement

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-Regional Offices Executive Director for Operations 0

Items Addressed by the Commission P

Meeting Notices Q

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WEEK E'NDING FEBRUARY 16, 1990 Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station. Unit 1 A low-power operating license was issued on February 8,1990. By 6:20 a.m. CST on February 14, 1990, all 193 fuel elements were loaded into the reactor vessel.

Installation of reactor upper internals, vessel head, and CRDM's is expected to be completed during the weekend of February 17 and 18,1990.

Mode 5, which begins when the head,is tensioned, is expected to last about Major activities to be conducted while in Mode 5 include: RCS vent

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and fill; drawing a bubble in the pressurizer; CRD testing; RTB resp'onse time

' testing; startup of the RCPs; heatup to 190'F; reactor trip tests; containment closeout; precritical radiation surveys; and liquid process and temperature 1

monitoring baselines.

i Seabrook The plant was taken to Mode 3 on February 10 for EFW steam turbine pump a cold testing. After steam admission valve stroke time adjustment, injected to start test was performed and was unsatisfactory. Water was the steam generators in 71 seconds; the Technical Specification limit is 60 seconds. The plant was taken to Mode 4 and the turbine governor was

'sent to Colorado for readjustment by the manufacturer.

This will delay readiness for power ascension testing beyond February 14 Thestaffismonitoringthelicensee'scorrectiveactionsandwill 1990.

advise the Commission when the EFW steam turbine pump has been satis-factorily tested.

States to File Suits to Overturn LLW Act New York Governor Mario Cuomo filed a lawsuit seeking to have the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 declared unconstituticnal on

' February 12, 1990. The suit names as defendants the United States of America, the NRC and several government officials, including Secretary of Energy Watkins.

The suit focuses primarily on two aspects of the law; the provision requiring-States to take title of LLW, and the provision that States be responsible for The suit, which was filed-in United States District Court, was Class C waste.

joined by Allegany and Courtland Counties and the State's Attorney General.

Governor Cuomo indicated that the State is continuing to pursue an agreement to dispose of its waste in another State. The Governor has not suspended siting activities in New York.

On February 9,1990, Michigan Governor James Blanchard and the State's Attorney General announced their intent to file suit against the federal government toThe strike _down the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985.

stated intent of the suit is to keep a LLW disposal facility out of Michigan.

It is not Michigan is the designated host State for the Midwest LLW Compact.

clear from the Governor's press release when the suit will be filed, who it will be' filed against and whether Michigan will suspend siting activities currently underway.

1 OMB Clearances 10 CFR 35. Medical Use of Byproduct Material TheOfficeofManagementandBudget(OMB)DeskOfficerforNRCinformed IRH that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been mandated by legislation to collect certain information that is duplicative of that the

-NRC collects under 10 CFR 35. OMB granted a three-year extension for 10 CFR 35 on January 5, 1990, based on the premise that legislation will be enacted to eliminate the duplication. OMB has indicated that future approvals of 10 CFR 35 may be denied unless legislation is enacted to transfer pertinent responsibilities solely to the NRC.

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Cintichem - Order Modifying Licenses R-81 and SNM-639 On February 13, 1990 anOrderModifyingLicenses(Non-PowerandSNM)wasissued to Cintichem, Tuxedo, New York. This action, effective immediately, was based on the identification of an unmonitored release of radioactively. contaminated water from the facility's reactor building to an.onsite retention pond. The cause of the leak was determined to be a failure of the concrete wall of the gamma pit (a water filled pool used for temporary storage of radioactive material) and a subsequent failure of the holdup tank (which is located in a

I the reactor building and which is used to allow decay of shortlived isotopes).

The Order required, among other things, that the reactor remain shutdown until a plan was provided to identify and repair. leaks, as well as implementing a monitoring program.

In addition'the-Order required a detailed plan for the identification of the root causes of the releases.

Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Unit 1 L

A low-power _ operating license was issued on February 8,1990. By 6:20 a.m. CST y

on February 14,1990, all 193 fuel elements were loaded into the reactor L

vessel.

Installation of reactor upper internals, vessel head, and CRDM's is L

expected to be completed during the weekend of February 17 and 18, 1990.

Mode.5,.which begins when-the head is tensioned, is expected to last about l

2 weeks. Major activities to be conducted while in Mode 5 include: RCS vent h

and fill; drawing a bubble in the pressurizer; CRD testing; RTB response time-testing; startup of the RCPs; heatup to 190*F; reactor trip tests; containment closeout; precritical radiation surveys; and liquid process and temperature monitoring baselines.

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 On February 12, 1990, thelicensee(PacificGasandElectric,orPG&E) fully implemented random drug testing for all employees with unescorted access to-Diablo Canyon under its Fitness for Duty Program. Previously, the Program l

had not been implemented for a group of about 600 PG&E employees represented by the IBEW Local 1245 and/or the Engineers and Scientists of California, who had obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the U.S. District Court

-(N.D.- California). On February 5, 1990, the District Court determined that it did not have jurisdiction over the issue-because it was a challenge to the K

regulations, and terminated the TRO. The employees then petitioned the 9th Circuit' Court of Appeals to reinstitute the TRO. On February 8,1990, the j;

Circuit Court denied this request on the basis that the Court lacks

-jurisdiction to delay implementation of a rule that has been published for more than 60 days. The Circuit Court stated that if the employees wish to appeal the District Court decision, they have 14 days to file a perfected appeal.. Based on these decisions by the District and Circuit Courts, the licensee was free to fully implement its Fitness for Duty Program, which it

'did on February 12, 1990.

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River Bend On_ Monday, February 12, 1990, an Augmented Inspection Team was dispatched to the River Bend site to investigate a series of events which resulted in a partia1' engineered safety _ actuation and apparent loss of one barrier.of high pressure to low pressure system interface. The events began with preventive maintenance on a battery charger. When the electrician

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charger on equalize charge, a Topaz inverter tripped on ligh voltage. The licensee placed many_ of the ESF systems in bypass to prevent actuation upon resetting the battery charger. The Topaz inverter has'an internal trip / reset feature and upon reset of the battery charger, a high voltage spike caused the remaining ESF systems on'the train to actuate. This included the opening of valves on the Low Pressure Coolant Injection (LPCI) system which allowed system pressure to back up against check valves which provide protection against low pressure systems. The AIT is to gather information to substantiate the above scenario, which is uncertain at this time, and to allow an investigation into

_ generic implications.

'The AIT is exaected to convene at the site late Monday or early Tuesday. All systems have 3een reinstated and the plant is continuing operation.

Waterford 3

'On Thursday, February 8, 1990, the "A" main feedwater pump suffered an outboard seal failure over a 15 minute period. This failure released steam

-generator feedwater into the turbine building as steam which then condensed

creating a rain forest atmosphere in the building. The operators were able to ramp down in power and maintain the steam generators level control without further control complications. The unit is currently at 65% )ower while the-licensee attempts to make repairs. The isolation valves at tie pump are not

< closing completely and main feedwater is still being released but at a much reduced rate. The licensee will attempt to close the valves and stop all feedwater leakage which will allow repairs to be made while at 65% power, otherwise, it may be.necessary to shutdown. The unit is relatively clean which makes any radiological concerns minor; the safety concern will be for maintenance or reJair personnel working on the thermally hot feedwater system. The Region IV

.and tie Resident Inspector's Offices remained cognizant of the licensee's actions.

On Monday, February 12, 1990, the licensee for Waterford 3 shutdown the facility to allow the suction valve on feedwater pump A to be repaired. The feedwater pump-A had failed an outboard seal on Thursday as noted above, but suction valve leakage prevented on-line repairs to the pump. The unit was held on-line during he weekend to provide power to the grid because of loss of

'other units. The licensee will repair the suction valve at hot standby and thereafter will return to 65% power.

The' licensee will then repair the feedwater pump. This course of action was chosen by the licensee as causing the least impact on reactor coolant pump (RCS) seals. The RCS pump seals have caused problems in the past whenever the system is taken to cold shutdown and then returned to power.

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.The Resident's office and Region IV will continue to follow closely the

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Maintenance Team Inspection Refresher Training The Performance and Quality Evaluation Branch-conducted maintenance

• team inspection refresher training for Region-based team leaders and headquarters personnel. The training provided reinforcement of the maintenance < inspection i

guidelines. The revised maintenance policy statement and enforcement policy were also discussed. The training was also attended by two inspectors from theDepartmentofEnergy(DOE).

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. SAFEGUARDS Transportation Survey of State and Tribal Emergency Response Capabilities to Respond to Radiological Transportation Incidents The final report of a project to survey states and selected Indian Tribe

' capabilities to respond to transportation incidents involving radioactive materials was received. The survey was conducted by the Transportation Research Center, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University. Publication of the report, as NUREG/CR-5399, is planned for March 1990.

International

. Meeting with Institute of Nuclear Material Management On February.14, Division of Safeguards and Transportation staff

. met with the Institute of Nuclear Material Management (INMM) Safeguards

-Comittee to discuss items of mutual interest. One topic of discussion was a'recent decision by the Safeguards Comittee to form an International Safeguards Subcomittee. According to its charter, the INMM Subcomittee has~the responsibility to provide an informal forum for the exchange of international safeguards ideas and information.

INDUSTRIAL ^AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY Materials Licensing Integrity Testing of Sources at Applied Radiant Energy Corporation-(ARECO)

On February 10-11,.1990, staffoftheWestinghouseHanfordCorporation-(WHC),

a. contractor for the Department of Energy (D0E), performed tests on:the 25 Waste Encapsulation and Storage. Facility (WESF) sources that are currently in use at ARECO, a comercial irradiator facility.- The WESF sources contain

, cesium-137 and are leased to AREC0 by DOE. WHC conducted the tests to determine the status of ARECO's WESF sources after a similar source failed at another comercial irradiator facility. The tests included visual examination of the sources using underwater closed circuit television, a e

" clunk". test (i.e., a sound test to determine if the inner capsule moves t

freely in the outer capsule), and, on those sources that failed the " clunk" test, a ring-gauging test to determine if any capsules are swollen.

All of ARECO's sources passed the tests. WHC staff comented favorably on the appearance of the sources during the visual examination, the cleanliness Since all of the facility, and ARECO's attention to pool water chemistry.

of the sources passed the " clunk" test WHC did not perform any ring-gauging tests. An NRC inspector from Region II witnessed the tests.

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'On February 13, 1990, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) issued the

' initial decision in the matter of the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation's Rare Earths facility located in West Chicago, Illinois.

Kerr-McGee was seeking

, authorization to permanently stabilize wastes from the facilities operations

in an onsite disposal cell. The ASLB has directed the staff to issue a license amendment permitting onsite disposal of the West Chicago mill tailings. Unless a> pealed, the initial. decision, which explains the basis of the ruling, becomes t1e. final agency decision after 45 days.

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Advance Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking Published On February 7,1990, an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. (ANPR) was published in the Federal Register (55 FR 4181). This ANPR responds to conc, erns that international transfers of radioactive wastes, in particular low-level

-radioactive wastes, may not be pro)erly controlled. The ANPR set forth various options that are being considered.)y the Comission regulating the import and export of radioactive wastes. The comment period-ends on March 9, 1990.

Visit'to' Western New York Nuclear Service Center The staff from the Division of Low, Level Waste Management and Decommissioning visited the Western New York-Nuclear Service Center on February 13, 1990. The purpose of the visit:was to evaluate the construction of.an interceptor trench I

that is'being. constructed at the NRC-licensed disposal area because solvent l:

(N-dodecane and tri-buty1 phosphate) was detected in one of the monitoring wells.

The trench provides a mechanism to control solvent movement and to collect the.

contaminated solvent. -The West Valley Nuclear Services recommended the installation of the interceptor trench as a short-term solution to the solvent 7

problem and requested NRC's review of this-project.

HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT Hydrogenic Deposits at Yucca Mountain Site On February 6-7, 1990, NRC and DOE staff met concerning hydrogenic deposits in the vicinity of the Yucca Mountain proposed high-level waste repository site.

The hydrogenic deposits are an issue because they could be potential evidence-p of-a previously higher water table or past hydrothernial activity related to volcanism. On February 6, DOE investigators presented preliminary results related to characterization and evaluation of the deposits. NRC and State of Nevada representatives discussed the significance of the results with the DOE y

investigators, and a representative of the State gave a )resentation on recent work relating to the age of some of the deposits.

On Fe)ruary 7. DOE led a field trip to six sites in the vicinity, where various kinds of hydrogenic

-deposits are exposed, and the participants discussed the possible origins based upon observable field evidence.

NRC staff feel DOE's approach to the characterization of the deposits should provide the information needed, and that a' definite effort is being made to integrate the various disciplines in this study.

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Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Items of Interest Week Ending February 16, 1990 Confirming the Safety of High Level and Low Level Waste Disp 6 sal During the week of February 5,1990, Thomas Nicholsen, Ralph Cady, Timothy McCartin, and George Birchard and their contractors traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada to participate in the 4th INTRAVAL (i.e., international effcrt on validating geosphere transport models used in performance assessment of radioactive waste disposal facilities) workshop, Validation Overview and Intogration Committee meetings, and 5th INTRAVAL Coordinating Group meeting.

NRC-sponsored test cases, Las Cruces Trench and Apache Leap Tuff, were approved for incorporation into the Phase II proposal by the Coordinating Group. The final workshop for the Phase I work will be in Cologne, Germany, October 15-22, 1990. The Phase II effort, following approval of the sponsoring international parties, is anticipated to begin in Spring 1991. The U.S. EPA officia.11y accepted an invitation from the-project Secretariat to join the INTRAVAL effort and were in attendance.

On the first three days of the following week, Birchard and McCartin remained in Las Vegas to participate in the International Alligator Rivers Analogue Project meeting. The project is being conducted in Australia and is supported in part by the NRC and other international agencies through the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.

On February 13, 1990, Mel Silberberg, John Randall, and Robert Kornasiewicz met with Kjell Andersson and Johann Andersson of Sweden's Nuclear' Power Inspectorate (SKI) to identify areas of cooperation in waste management research that could be carried out under the terms of the NRC/ SKI information exchange agreement that Chairman Carr signed October 1989. The SKI representatives also met with NRC staff from RES and HMSS to compare SKI's Project 90 HLW performance assessment activities with NRC's iterative HLW performance assessment work.

THI vip The project to_ investigate the Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor vessel lower head is a cooperative program involving the U.S. and ten foreign partners.

The project was established under the auspices of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. The base goal of the project was to remove eight prism shaped specimens from the lower head inside surface. The samples are to be analyzed by laboratories in the U.S. and the foreign partners. Through the examinations we expect to learn more about the temperatures the vessel experienced and the resulting stress levels in the vessel from the accident.

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The eight basic samples have been removed and will be shipped to Argonne National Laboratory (ANL);fpr initial examination. The sample removed the night of February 8, 1990, was found to have a surface crack and possible base metal crack. The base metal crack was not clearly identifiable so the specimen was promptly shipped to AHL for metallographic examination. The initial results of those exams are expected in the first part of the week of February 19. At that time we should know if there is cracking of the base metal or only of the stainless steel clad.

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Examination of both types of nozzles should help. explain the temperature conditions that occurred in the accident.

(The examinations of'the reactor vessel metal samples and the guide tube

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Week Ending February 16, 1990 Division of Operational Assessment (DOA)

The Headquarters and Region III incident response teams participated in a full scale exercise at the FERMI nuclear power plant.. Commissioner Remick served

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-as Director of the Executive Team. Also participating in the exercise were the -

State Department, the Atomic Energy Control Board'of Canada and the IAEA. All of.the exercise objectives were successfully addressed. One of those objectives,

-which was to evaluate the interface between the NRC and the State Department during an event involving a potential transboundary release, indicated the need to-continue working together to ensure that both agency's respective responsibilities are taken into consideration during an event of potential international consequences.

On February 16, 1990 AE0D management transmitted the Palo Verde Diagnostic g

Evaluation Team Report to the ED0 for his review and signature.

Division of Safety Programs (DSP)

Engineering Evaluation Report, " Crosby Low Pressure Relief Valves, Nozzle Ring Problems,".AEOD/E90-02, was issued on February 12, 1990. This study describes the consequences of incorrectly adjusting the nozzle ring on these low pressure relief valves that are used in residual heat removal systems and component cooling water systems. Too low a setting can result in valve chatter and'

-ultimately, valve failure. Too high a setting can significantly reduce reseat pressure, resulting in an extended system blowdown like the one that occurred recently at Braidwood. Use of a4 mechanical locator such as-a scribe line would facilitate the ring adjustment process. The report suggested that an information notice be issued to alert licensees to the problems.

Preliminary Notification-The following Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week, PNO-ADSP-90-03, TU Electric (Comanche Peak Unit 1), Low Power License a.-

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Units 1 and 2 Unsatisfactory Requalification Program.

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.New York Governor Mario Cuomo filed a lawsuit on February 12 1990, seeking to havetheLow-LevelRadioactiveWastePolicyAmendmentsActof1985 declared unconstitutional. The suit names as defendants the United States of America, i

'the NRC and several government officials, including Secretary of Energy Watkins.

The suit focuses primarily on two aspects of the law; the provision requiring States' to take title of LLW, and the provision that States be responsible for Class C waste. The sult, which was filed in United States District Court, was i

joined by Allegany and Courtland Counties and the State's Attorney General.

Governor Cuomo indicated that the State is continuing to pursue an agreement to dispose of its waste in another State. The Governor has not suspended siting activities in New York..

On February 9, 1990, Michigan Governor James'Blanchard and the State's Attorney General announced their intent to file suit against the federal government to strike down the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985. The

.i stated intent of the suit is to keep a LLW disposal facility out of Michigan.

Michigan is the designated host State for the Midwest LLW Compact.

It is not clear from the. Governor's press release when the suit will be filed, who it i

-will be filed against and whether Michigan will suspend siting activities currently underway.

Meeting with IDNS Director James Taylor, Executive Director for Operations, Harold Denton, Director of

Governmental and Public~' Affairs, and A. Bert Davis, Region III Administrator, met with Terry Lash, Director of the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety, on February 13,.1990 at NRC Headquarters in Rockville, Maryland..The purpose of the. meeting was to discuss the status of issues involving the NRC and IDNS, including the proposed resident inspector and ASME memoranda of understanding and Agreement State related matters.

Robert Bernero, Director of Office of

. Nuclear Material. Safety and Safeguards, Carlton Kammerer, Director, State Programs, and Joseph Scinto, Office of the General Counsel,-also participated in the meeting.

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Nuclear Waste Importation Region IV has passed along an inquiry from NUKEM, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), regarding license requirements to dispose of source material from the FRG in a waste facility in Utah.

IP has advised NUKEM that the import of source material can proceed under a general license, but informed them that the U.S. facility in question was not authorized to dispose of that material.

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Visit by Member of FRG Parliament i

-The FRG Embassy has requested a March 7 appointment for Mrs. Wollny, a Member of the FRG Parliament, to discuss high-level waste disposal and high tempera-ture reactor R&D. Appointments have been scheduled with HMSS and RES~ staff.

State Negotiation of S&T Agreement with Czechoslovakia

'IP was consulted by State Department regarding authorization for State to enter _into negotiations with Czechoslovakia on an science and technology (S&T) agreement, similar to one recently signed with Hungary.

State was told that the staff had no objection to this proposed initiative.

IAEA Vacancy Notices The following vacancy notices have been received from the International Atomic Energy Agency:

P_ Program Support Officer, Program Coordination Section, Department of Technical Cooperation D-1 Director, International Laboratory of Marine Radioactivity, Department of Research and Isotopes P-3 Life Scientist, INIS Section, Division of Scientific and Technical Infor-mation Department of Nuclear Energy and Safety P-3 Programmer / Analyst, Nuclear Data Section, Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Department of Research and Isotopes 1

P-5 Section Head, Latin America Section, Division of Technical Cooperation i

Programs, Department of Technical Cooperation P-4 ' Nuclear Instrumentation Engineer, Section for Instruments and Equipment, Provision and Management, Division of Development and Technical Support, Department of Safeguards P-4. Unit Head, Isotopic Analysis, Safeguards Analytical Laboratory, IAEA l

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. SUBJECT COMITTEE Gerke 02/21/90 9:30 Mon-NRC

5. 1742, Paperwork Senators Glenn/Roth 02/22/90 Reduction Act Senate Governmental Affairs g Cosbs 02/22/90 9:30 DOE DOE's Civilian Nuclear Senators Johnston/McClure lg.

Waste Program Senate Energy & Natural Resources Gerke 02/27/90 TBA Mon-NRC Equal Opportunity Civil Service (Sikorski/Morella)

Complaint Pro-House Post Offc & Civil Service cessing EmpI Opportunities (Martinez /Gunderson)

House Education & Labor Callahan 02/28/90 Morning Jim Taylor Advanced Reactors Reps. Lloyd/Morrison Energy Research & Development House Science, Space & Technology Combs 03/06/90 TBA Bob Bernero Uranium Enrichment Reps. Udall/Hansen Energy and the Environment House Interior & Insular Affairs Combs 03/08/90 9:30 DOE DOE's Plan to Open Senators Johnston/McClure WIPP Senate Energy & Natural Resources hadden 03/21/90 10:00 Consiission NRC's FY91 Budget Reps. Bevill/Myers Subc on Energy & Water Development House Appropriations lkNOTE: The advanced reactor hearing, previously scheduled for March 20, has been changed to February 28.

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Sier ificer.t F01/ Fgeeste h.ceived by the NRC For 5-day Period of February 9, 1990 - February 15, 1990 Requestforrecordsrelatedto(1)InspectionReportNos. 50-445/90-05 and 50-446/90-05 and (2) NRC's inspection into the therm-o-lag issues that were subject -to this inspection report reg,arding the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant.(BillieGardeofRobinson, Robinson,Peterson, Berk,Rudolph, Cross

& Garde,F01A-90-54) y Request for copies of three specified HMSS records. (David O'Connor, Marsh &

is McLennan,F01A-90-55)

Request for seven 0IG reports on specified audits identified in'0lG's recent Seniar.nual Report to Congress. (John King, Associated Press, FOIA-90-57) l Recmcst for copics of records cc,rtainii:9 spcified inspection data from 1973 to the present for 14 listed nuclear power plants. (Ophelia Williams, J/R/A Associates,F01A-90-58)

Requests for records on Lockheed Plant B-1, Burbank, California. (Zoe Aguiar, McLarenEngineering,F01A-90-59andFOIA-90-60)

Request for notices of violt.tions issued within the last five years to RTI/_

Process Technology and Isomedix of New Jersey. (William Washington, Elwyn Incorporated,F01A-90-61)

-Request for original application documents for the following LLW sites: (1)-

U.S. Ecology in Richland, Washington; (2) U.S. Ecology in Beatty, Nevada; and y

(3)ChemNuclearinBarnwell,SouthCarolina.(KazutoshiOba,Battelle, L

' Pacific Northwest Laboratories F01A-90-63)

Request for records related to problems with circuit breakers and related

pieces of equipment at the Seabrook nuclear power plant. (Robert Cushing,_

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EmployeesLegalProject,F01A-90-65)

Request for records related to tape recordings of radio transmissions from the Seabrook nuclear power plant that were made by a named individual.

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TheOfficeofManagementandBudget(OMB)DeskOfficerforNRCinformed IRi1 that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been mandated by legislation to collect certain information that is duplicative of that the u

NRC collects under 10 CFR 35. OMB granted a three-year extension for 10 l

l CFR 35 on January 5,1990, based on the premise that-_ legislation will be j

enacted to eliminate the duplication. OMB has' indicated that future approvals of 10 CFR 35 may be denied unless legislation is enacted to transfer pertinent responsibilities solely to the NRC.

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NUDOCS/AD On February 13, a pre-pilot session for-the NUDOCS/AD Experienced User Course was conducted. A special database for training has been established and tested on the secondary computer to accommodate five students and the instructor. This allows students to log on and not interfere with users on the production database. Students with diverse user profiles from 1

different offices were recruited to attend the pre-pilot session.

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for testing by NRR. This deliverable, while not identical to the INEL

_ prototype, will be virtually functionally identical. The addition of this deliverable will delay the implementation of the Baseline WISP system; however, IRM believes it will assist both NRR and IRM to make the transition from the prototype to the IDMS system a smoother one.

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Recruitment Efforts Escalate cThe focus of-the spring recruiting rush has been on universities around'the country. Frank Elizondo, OP Recruitment Officer, was joined by Jackie Bess, Region IV, at a job fair at Prairie View A&M on February 13, 1990. On February 14, 1990 Mr. Elizondo interviewed prospective applicants at Texas A&M

with Skip Young of Region I and Mike Yasquez of Region IV. Janet Burke, 1

leader of the NRR OP Satellite Office, was joined by Walt Pasciak and Jerry Mauk of the Colorado School of Mines on February 16, 1990. Barbara Williams, OP, Desiree Calhoun; Region'III, and Norm Bloomberg and Mohamed Shanbaky, Region I traveled to Purdue University to attend the National Society of Black Engineers Job Fair on February 17-18, 1990. Debbie Chan, OP, and Terence Chan, NRR, interviewed prospective applicants at Georgia Tech on February 17, 1990..

i 1990 Graduates of the Executive Potential Program The Training, Development and Employee Assistance staff announced that six NRC employees graduated from the Executive Potential Program for Mid-Level Employees on February 15, 1990. Those employees are Debora Corley, OC; Erasmia Lois, RES; Jeffrey Lyash, RI; Patrick Milano, NRR; Lynn Scatto11ni, LSS, and Claudia Seelig, OC.

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Thomas.Boyce, Project Engineer (PFT), NRR Rozier Carter, Secretary (PFT), NRR Michael-Franovich,GeneralEngineer(PFT),NRR Melanie Miller, Operations Engineer (PFT), NRR Cornelia Robinson, Secretary (PFT) NRR

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Items of Interest.

1 Week Ending February 16, 1990 Significant Enforcement Actions An Order Modify (ing License and a Notice of Violation was issued to the Detroit Edison Company Fermi 2)onFebruary 12, 1990. The action was based on a number of violations occurring during the 1984-86 time period involving deliberate Material False Statements and failures to properly evaluate construction-deficiencies and provide complete and accurate information to the NRC staff.

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AnOrderModifyingLicenses(EffectiveImmediately)wasissuedtoCintichem, Inc., Tuxedo New York on February 13, 1990. The action was based on the identification of an unmonitored release of radioactively contaminated water from the facility's reactor building to an onsite retention pond as a result of a failure of the concrete wall of the gamma pit (a water filled pool used for temporary storage of radioactive material) and a subsequent failure of the holdup tank (which is located in the reactor building and which used to allow the decay of short-lived isotopes).

(EN90-018)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $50,000 was issued on February 13, 1990 to Pacific Gas & Electric Company.

The action was based on three violations relating to Containment Sump operability. The violations concerned the failure to take adequate corrective actions for-gaps in-the sumps trash screens identified in 1985, opening sump access hatches on a number of occasions for time periods exceeding technicol specification limits and the-failure to do adequate surveillance inspection resulting in operation with debris inside the sump screens. The. civil penalty was escalated 50%-because the NRC identified the problem of debris in the Unit 1 sump and raised questions concerning the as-built screen configuration. Due to the licensee's good overall past performance, the civil penalty was mitigated 50%. No'other factors were deemed applicable to this case.

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A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,750 was-issued on February 13, 1990, to Testmaster Inspection Company, L

Inc., Perrysburgh, Ohio. The. action was based on licensee's failures:

to make a survey after each radiographic exposure, to make an adequate survey after each radiographic exposure, to retract a source into the exposure' device at the end of an exposure, and to immediately contact the RSO after it was determined the dosimeters worn by the radiographer and the radiographer's i

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mitigation / escalation factors in the Enforcement Policy were considered and the base civil penalty reduced by 25 percent after balancing mitigation of 25 percent for identification and reporting and 100 percent for good past perfor-mance versus escalation of 50 percent for limited corrective action and 50 l-percent prior notice given in NRC's Information Notice No. 88-66, " Industrial Radiography Inspection and Enforcement." Application of other factors in the L

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" Montgomery Newsletter," cast doubt.on the completion of the White Flint consolidation.

The Office of Consolidation has been in frequent consnunication with General Services Administration (GSA) negotiators and realty acquisition managers.

Although GSA is considering alternative locations for NRC's second building, negotiations are continuing for Two White Flint North. The most recent exchange of offers between GSA and WFN occurred on February 9, 1990.

Handicap Ramps GSA finally issued a written authorization to proceed with handicap ramps in the first floor lobby to re) lace the existing lifts. GSA assured the Office of Consolidation that tie ramps would be completed before the cafeteria opening now projected for early April.

Traffic Issues The consulting firm of Douglas & Douglas, retained by the Montgomery County Department of-Transportation, briefed the Transportation Action Partnership board of directors on-a feasibility study it is conducting of a " people mover" connecting the-Grosvenor Metrorail station area with Rockledge Center and Montgomery Mall. Rockledge Center is a large office park bounded by Democracy Blvd. and the Route 270." spurs" in which the Marriott, Martin-Marietta, and IBM complexes are located. A people mover is a passenger transport. system along a fixed route, involving a dedicated right-of-way and usually remotely operated and controlled.

Examples range from hori-zontal moving sidewalks.to light-rail trollies and monorails.

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duction of radioisotopes for use in radiopharmaceuticals. The reactor is licensed by NRC, the hot cells and recovery facility by the State of New York. On Fridey, February 9, the licensee reported identification of-iodine-131, sodium-24 and tritium (hydrogen-3) in an onsite retention pond j

that collects runoff from the site storm drain system and that can dis-charge to the nearby Indian Kill Reservoir. Upon finding contamination in the retention pond the licensee terminated releases from the pond and notified the NRC.

(Subsequently, on February 20,.the NRC learned that the licensee'had released slightly contaminated water from the pond prior to learning of its contamination. The released water was contaminated to-approximately twice the maximum" permissible concentration limit for dis-charge,to unrestricted areas. The volume of water. released was roughly estimated at around 50,000 gallons. At no time has the NRC, the State of New York or the licensee detected any radioactivity in the reservoir it-self.)

F,egion I dispatched a team to the site on February 9 to monitor the licensee's corrective actions..The team confirmed the licensee's measure-ments of the iodine-131,-tritium and sodium-24 in the water, and assured that regulatory limits were met before the. water subsequently was released to a stream below the Reservoir. Subsequent to the teams arrival no radio-i L

tctivity was discharged to the reservoir. The team also monitored the iicensee's actions to identify the source of the contamination leaks. A l.

concretc wall in a portion of the canal used to transfer irradiated material to the hot cells was found to be porous and has been identified as one leak source.

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reactor coolant system was found to be leaking. On February 13, an Order was issued to Cintichem requiring submission of a plan to address both l

short and long term actions to correct the current leaks and prevent future L

L leaks.. Press releases were issued by both the NRC and the State of New L

York, which regulates the use of byproduct material on the site. New York announced plans to issue an order that will revise the air and water emission permits for the site. Representatives of the NRC, the State.of-New York and the licensee attended a public meeting of the Town of Tuxedo Board on February 13. At that meeting, actions taken to that time by both the licensee and the regulatory agencies and to provide assurance that g

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NRC and facility (results indicate that five of the 14 operators failedtwo on-shif the examination failed the written and/or operating portions), including the' additional staff operator used only in the simulator. The licensee has removed from licensed duty those individuals that have failed pending further NRC action. A meeting was held on February 5, 1990, with licensee management and the Deputy Region I Administrator in which the licensee described their results and corrective actions to be taken. On February 9, 1990, the licensee submitted a Basis for Continued Operation.

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Seabrook The plant was taken to Mode 3 on February 10 testing of the emergency feedwater(EFW)steamturbinepump. After steam admission valve stroke time adjustment, a cold start test was performed and was unsatisfactory.

Water was injected to the steam generators in 71 seconds; the Technical Specification limit is 60 seconds. The plant was taken to Mode 4 and the turbine governor was sent to Colorado for readjustment by the. manufacturer.

This will delay readiness for power ascension testing beyond February 14, 1990. The staff is monitoring the licensee's corrective actions and will advise the Commission when the EFW steam turbine pump has been satis-factorily tested.

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Program was determined to be unsatisfactccy. The determination was based L

on the failure of one operating crew and six licensed operators, as well as a low pass / fail agreement level between the NRC and the facility.

Licensed Operator Roqualification Retake Examinations were administered to five of the six licensed operators who had failed during the September 1989 Requalification Examination.

One reactor operator failed the dynamic simulator portion of the examination. All other operators passed the examination.

In addition, licensed operator requalification examinations were administered to 12 licensed operators. One senior reactor operator failed the dynamic simulator portion of the exam. All other licensed operators passed the ex ninations.

The licensee's requalification training program was assessed as satisfactory by NRC Region I.

The satisfactory assessment was based on high pass rate and j

the high level of agreement of results between the NRC examiners and the licensce's training and evaluation staff.

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Florida Power and Light Company i

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Corporate and Site Security staffs and Nuclear Licensing were in tie Region II Office to meet with members of the Safeguards Section to discuss l

proposed revisions to the Turkey Point and St. Lucie Physical Security Plan.

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. On February 13 presentedcertlficatestoseventeenrecentlycertifiedoperatorsat Georgia Power Company's Vogtle facility at an evening banquet.

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. Commission Meeting On' February 15, the Regional Administrator participated in the Commission meeting on operating reactors and fuel facilities with the EDO, NRR, NMSS, Regional Administrators, and members of the public.

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Carolina Power and Light Company On February 15, repre:entatives of.the Carolina Power and Light Company were in the Region II Office to attend an Enforcement Conference regarding miscalibrated excore power range neutron flux instruments at their Harris Nuclear Power Station.

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Florida Power Corporation On February 16, representatives of the Florida Power Corporation were in the Region II Office to present a self-assessment of performance at its Crystal River Nuclear Power Station.

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On February 14,'1990, a total of 56 Region III staff participated as Base or Site Team members during the emergency preparedness exercise at the Fermi II' site.

Commissioner Remick directed the Operations Center's i

staff. Site Team members were deployed to the State Emergency Operations j

Center and Joint Public Information Center (JPIC) in addition to the o

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American Radiolabeled Chemicals Inc.

On February 15, 1990, Carl Paperiello, Deputy Regional Administrator, and i

- his staff met with representatives-of Araerican Radiolabeled Chemicals Inc., to discuss their request for relaxation of the recent Order i

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The EDO supported in part, the employee's basic concerns on this matter but adopted the views frota the independent DP0 review that there was little incre-A mental public risk associated with operation of the Zion purge valves.

common concern emerged from the differing professional view and from the inde-pendent review given to the DPO. This concern is best captured by the below view received from this independent DP0 review:

• There seems to be some confusion as to the regulatory requirements for allowable times and conditions for operation of these large valves.

(We noted that this issue may be moot; Zion does not actually) envision routine operation with valves open, we werePerhaps the need informed.

design deficiency which should be addressed.

In any case, it is clear that the containment leak tight criterion is better served if one does not have to open large butterfly valves from time to time, or leave them open indefinitely.

In our opinion, NRR should reexamine policy in this area."

Accordingly, the EDO has required NRR to undertake a reexamination of the abcVe design question and policy issue. The EDO would like to more completely understand the safety rationale for those existing PWR practices that depart from opening of the large purge system valves except on an as-needed, time'-restricted basis. NRR is requited to advise the EDO of its plans for completing this reexemination and the schedule on which the EDO might have the findings.

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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT OF UPDATED SOU;tCE TERM, 10:00 A.M., TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1990, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE i

ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTEN-DANCE) - SECY to James M. Taylor, EDO dated 2/13/90 l

The Commission was briefed by the staff on the status of efforts to develop an updated source term methodology for assessing the consequences of postulated severe accident events for light water reactors and potential regulatory applications resulting from research in this area.

The Commission endorsed the staff's recommendations for the next six months to study options of decoupling reactor siting requirements from plant designs for future reactors.

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commission emphasized that the staff should interact with the ACRS on these topics as early as possible.

The report on decoupling siting requirements from plant designs should address the following:

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The criteria that would be used in siting decisions, if siting is decoupled from plant designs.

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discuss the considerations (e.g., risk, deterministic, policy) of the staff in establishing such criteria and specifically how the criteria were derived.

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Benefits and disadvantages of risk based siting criteria.

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Degree of conservatism between options under consideration.

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The pros and cons for equating the low population zone to the emergency planning zone.

Staff should propose changes to regulatory positions as soon as possible for both current and advanced reactor designs in those areas where the NRC has a sufficient technical basis from available research results (e.g.,

fission product timing).

To the extent possible, staff is urged to complete research in a timeframe compatible with incorporating this information in the design reviews of ALWRs.

Staff should investigate options for early completion (less than the two years predicted at the Commission meeting) of the proposed research activities which will enable the commission to reach a decision on the chemical form of iodine and other areas in TID-14844.

The staff should identify resource requirements necessary to meet the proposed schedules.

Key policy issues that need to be addressed with regard to updating TID-14844 should be provided to the Commission as soon as practical.

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Staff should submit _a paper to the Commission discussing tht) pros, cons, and feasibility of employing PRA-based mechanistic source term methodol gy (i.e., NUREG-1150 methodology) in all areas, other than siting, where deterministic (TID-14844) source term methodology is currently employed.

With regard to the current emergency planning zones (EPZ),

staff should identify those policy considerations, as distinct from strictly technical considerations, that SECY-89-341 indicates were factored into the establishment of the present EPZ sizes.

With regard to emergency preparedness requirements and practices within the existing EPZ, staff should incorporate insights gained from updated source term information (e.g., fission product timing vs. prompt notification requirements, current protective action planning requirements vs. recommendations for protective actions based on revised source terms, etc.) to recommend changes to the emergency planning regulations as part of the rulemaking package to be submitted to the Commission in September 1990 (reft September 11, 1989, memo from S.J. Chilk to J. Taylor on COMKC-89-8).

The Commission requested that it be kept informed on a periodic basis on the status of updating source term methodologies and regulatory positions.

In pursuing source term modifications, staff should look at the effect on existing plants as well as future LWRs.

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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON GOVERNORS' CERTIFICATION OF LOW LEVEL WASTE SITES,10:00 A.M., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1990, COMMISSIONER 5' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to James M. Taylor, EDO dated 2/14/90 The Commission was briefed by the staff on the status of Governors' certifications that their States will be capable of providing for and will provide for the storage, disposal or management of any low lavel radioactive waste generated in the States and requiring disposal after December 31, 1992.

The Chairman commended staff for its rapid processing of the Covernors' certifications and encouraged the staff to:

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Continue monitoring state progress in developing new waste disposal facilities and proactively resolve emerging issues to ensure protection of public health and safety.

This includes fulfilling NRC's obligations for maintaining a stable regulatory framework and for timely completion of licensing actions to support State programs for low level waste management.

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Carefully evaluate the implications of the information contained in the certifications on NRC's regulatory prograu for low level waste management.

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Enhance NRC support for the Agreement State programs to ensure safe management and disposal of low level waste.

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Subsequent to the meeting, the Commission agreed that:

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The staff should ensure that in the process of preparing guidance on on-site storage of low-level waste by NRC licensees and in evaluating such proposed storage, licensees be advised that the Commission will*not look favorably upon long-term on-site storage beyond January 1, 1996; 2.

The staff should submit a paper to the Commission evaluating the issue,s raised by the provision requiring transfer of title to lbw-level waste, the advantages and disadvantages of various conceptual approaches to implementing this provision, and a schedule for proceeding with the necessary regulations or regulatory guidance so that the framework for implementing this provision will be in place by January 1, 1993; and 3.

The staff should continue to apprise the Commission of the status of discussions with the State of Illinois on the State's proposed 1 millirem standard.

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Discuss licensees reponse to NRC NRC/LP&L t). Wigginton 9:G0 Room 9B-13 questions transmitted by letter dated July 27, 1989, regarding proposed amendment to revise the control room heating, ventilation and air conditioning technical specifications.

2/22/90 50-336 White Flint Bldg.

Discuss the results of recent NRC/ Northeast G. Vissing Utilities 10:00-3:00 Room 14B-11 steam generator tube inspection for Millstone Unit 2.

2/22/90 50-333 White Flint Bldg.

Discuss various aspects and plans NRC/PASNY D. LaBarge concerning the Intergranular 10:00 108-11 Stress Corrosion Cracking (IGSCC)

Inspections scheduled for the upcoming refueling outage at the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant.

2/22/90 50-266/

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Engineering Workload / Resources NRC/WEPCo.

W. Swenson 1:00-4:00 301 Room 14B-11 meeting.

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1:00 412 Room 108-13 the licensee's April 14, 1989 submittal.

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Duke Power Company will present NRC/DPC L. Wiens 10:30-12:00 270/287 Room 148-13 their proposed response to Generic Letter 89-19, Safety Implication of Control Systems in LWR Nuclear Power Plants (USI A-47).

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Westinghouse Electric Corporation NRC/TVA J. Donohew will discuss the test cart for the 1:30-4:00 328 Room 108-11 Eagle 21 equipment to be installed in the reactor protection system at Sequoyah.

2/27/90 50-155 White Flint Bldg.

Discussion of Consumers Power NRC/CPC R. Pulsifer Simulator Facility Plan at Big 9:30-1:00 Room 6B-11 Rock Point.

2/27/90 50-322 White Flint Bldg.

Discuss NRC schedule for action NRC/LILCO S. Brown Room 14B-9 on LILCO's pending Licensing 9:30 Requests.

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Discuss St. Lucie 1 and 2 NRC/FP&L J. Norris 1:00 389 Room 16B-11 safeguards issues.

2/28/90 White Flint Bldg.

Discuss ongoing B&W Owners Group NRC/B&WOG J. Partlow 1:00-2:30 Room 128-11 activities.

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,5 Nuclear Safety Research Review Committee (NSRRC) Meetings 3/19-20/90 San Antonio, TX MSRRC Waste Disposal Subcommittee R. Shepard 492-3723 meeting Division of Engineering J. Vora 3/20-21/90 Bethesda Ramada Inn Nuclear Plant Aging Program Contractors, Bethesda, MD Research (NPAR):

NRC, HQ and regional 492-3854 Research Review Group review group mem6ers Neeting Division of Systems Research 3/8-9/90 Washington, DC Attend NUREG-1150 Peer J. Murphy 8 M. Cunningham Review Committee M. Cunningham 492-3965 Area Meeting 3/8-9/90 8-B-11, WFN Human Factors Workshop NRC Supervisory T. Ryan, RES 492-3554 for NRC Supervisors /

staff Staff [ Workshop to be R. Eckenrode,NRR 492-1105 conducted by Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

Workshop limited to 25 participants. Regis-9 tration/"first come" P

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Haverkamp NMEC - Millstone 1 RI Staff Members 10:00 am 02/27/90 50-317 RI Office Requal Exas Meeting Licensee and Selected Cowgill BG&EC - Calvert Cliffs RI Staff Mem6ers-1:00 pm 50-318 o

03/01/90 50-309 Wiscasset, Maine SALP Management Meeting Licensee and Selected McCabe MYAPC-Maine Yankee RI Staff Members 10:00 am 03/06/90 50-244 RI Office Management Meeting Licensee and Selected McCabe RG&EC - Ginna RI Staff Members 9:00 am I

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T SALP Presentation - CP&L Licensee, RA, and selected Ebneter 02/20/90 New Hill, NC RII and resident staff Harris facility-o 02/21/90 RII Office Management Meeting Licensee, RA, and selected Ebneter VEPCO RII staff 10:30 a.m.

02/22/90 RII Office Enforcement Conference Licensee, RA, and selected Ebneter DPC - Catawba RII staff 9:30 a.m.

02/22/90 Hartsville, SC Chairman will visit Chairman, Tech. Asst.,

Milhoan Robinson facility for Deputy RA, and Residents site familiarization 02/27/90 RII Office Enforcement Conference Licensee, RA and selected Ebneter VEPC0 - N. Anna facility 10:30 a.m.

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02/20/90 50-266 Headquarters Wisconsin Electric Licensee, Director Miller 50-301 Power Company, Division of Reactor Safety l

Point Beach Engineering 28 Issues 02/22/90 50-254 Quad Cities Plant Commonwealth Edison Licensee, Deputy Regional Greenman Company, Quad Cities Administrator and selected '

1:00 pm 50-265 Systematic Assessment members of RIII Staff of Licensee Performance 02/27/90 50-315 Region III Indiana and Michigan Licensee, Regional Greenman Electric Company, Administrator and selected 1:00 pm 50-316 members of RIII Staff D. C. Cook -

Enforcement Conference

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02/27/90 50-483 Region III Union Electric Company, Licensee, Deputy Regional Morelius Callaway - Enforcement Administrator and selected members of RIII Staff 1:00 pm Conference 03/8-9/90 Region III National NMSS Office Nuclear Materials Morelius Program Review Safety and Safeguards I

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g 2/13/90 with Rio Algom to discuss pending 8:30 groundwater corrective action program submittal and reclamation plans.

kIy VA Medical Center enforcement JSheehan, MShaffer; CCain 2/22/90 conference 1:00 2/28/90 50-298 RIY MPPD management visit to discuss HParris, NPPD; RMartin follow up on SALP findings and 9:30 other informational issues.

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