ML20023C120
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?pp May 6, 1983 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING APRIL 29, 1983 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Enclosure Contents Administration A
I;uclear Reactor Regulation B
fluclear Material Safety and Safeguards C
D Inspection and Enforcement t;uclear Regulatory Research E
Executive Legal Director F*
International Programs G
H State Programs Fesource Management I
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data J
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights K*
Regional Offices L*
CRGR Monthly Report M*
Executive Director for Operations N*
Items Addressed by the Commission 0
Meeting Notices P
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HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY IfF0PJ4ATI0fl REPORT Week Ending April 29, 1983 Supervisory Development The first Group Orientation session of the new Pre-Supervisory Orientation Program (P-SOP)washeldonApril 20-21, 1983. The P-SOP, which is a part of the overall liRC Supervisory Development Program, provides a means by which non-supervisory employees may explore their desire for career development toward a supervisory position.
Reopening Union Agreement Under the current flRC-fiTEU collective bargaining Agreement, both parties had the right to propose one new article and to prcpose revisions to two current articles no later than February 14, 1983.
The Union proposals have been received and they include revisions to three current articles.
!!aine Yankee - Loss of 115Kv Backup Offsite Power At approximately 1107 on April 25,1983, !!aine Yankee lost the one operable 115Kv incoming line.
This line was its sole scurce of imnediately available offsite power. The loss was caused by a lightning strike.
The line was restored at 1452. The plant continued to operate at power during the outage.
W st Yelley Penonstration Project t".55 staff has received for review the infornetion related to the Department cf Energy's plcns for designing and constructing a component test sttnd.for the i.'est Valley high level waste solidification project.
e Emercency Operating Procedures flUREG/CR-2005, Revision 1, Checklist for Evaluating Emergency Operating Pro-cedures used in nuclear power plants was issued by IE this week.
flew liexico !!ill Tailings Regulations The Governor of flew flexico has informed the staff that he is creating a small working group of technical experts to evaluate the State's radiation and mill tailings regulations.
Scientific Programming
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The STREf;DAT System for f!RR has been installed at filH and is now being docu--
mented.
It will be used to provide non-radiological, environmental data at operating power plants.-
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I 0FflCE OF ADMINISTRATION
' Week Ending April 29, 1983 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 271 14 Granted 178 2
Denied 40 8
Pending 53 4
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Martin Levy, Requests all correspondence from the Document Management NTEU Chief Steward Branch, Division of Technical Information and Document (83-197)
Control to Computer Data Systems Incorporated from January 1981 through April 1983.
Brian D. Hunt, Requests all permits allowing for radioactive material Three Mile Island in sewage or sewage sludge from the TMI plant to be Alert, Inc.
transported to area sewage treatment plants or (83-198) sanitary landfills since January 1,1982 or any reports from the TMI plant concerning levels of radiation or radionuclide contamination within either liquid or sewage sludge.
Susan L. Hiatt, Requests Board Notification 83-17; a listing of OCRE Representative Board Notifications issued in 1981,1982 and 1983; (83-199) documents concerning the March 23, 1983 meeting between the Accident Source Term Program Office and
. FEMA regarding possible revisions to NUREG-0654, FEMA-REP-1, Revision 1; and all investigative files prepared by Region III in preparing, writing, or investigating all NRC Inspection Reports concerning the Perry Nuclear Power Plant.
Billie P. Garde, Requests all documents concerning an investigation at i
Marya C. Young, Catawba Nuclear Power Plant regarding " Concerns of Government Accountability Welding Inspectors".
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J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A APR 2 91983
2 Received, Cont'd Clarence Martin, Jr.
Requests information regarding safety requirements (83-201) of nuclear power plants.
Robert J. Foster, Requests a list of Reactor and Senior Reactor Electronic Operators by facility.
Associates. Inc.
(83-202)
(An individual requesting Requests records on her deceased husband and information) records regarding the correlation between exposure (83-203) to radiation and/or myelogenema leukemia and leukemia nephritis.
Pamela H. Anderson, Requests the NRC reports on the investigation of Shaw, Pittman, charges that representatives of Bechtel Power Potts and Trowbridge Corporation were on site at the Zimmer Nuclear (83-204)
Power Plant prior to Bechtel's nomination to conduct an independent review of CG&E's management of the Zimmer project and all documents relating to these charges.
Malcolm H. Philips, Requests documents regarding the promulgation of Debevoise & Liberman 10 CFR 50.49(b)(2); documents on the interpretation (83-205) or implementation of 10 CFR 50.49 after its promulgation; and the Staff Requirement Memorandum issued by the Commission.on or about April 19, 1983 related to the certification or accreditation of testing facilities and the Staff's proposed rulemaking on test facility accreditation (SECY-82-153).
(NRC employee)
Requests five categories of documents concerning (83-206) himsel f.
Gene Goldenberg, Requests all documents in either the Office of Scripps-Howard Inspection and Enforcement (IE) or the Office of Newspa pers Inspector and Auditor (0IA) regarding (1) the (83-207) adequacy of security at the Dresden Nuclear Power Plant; (2) alcohol and drug abuse at the Zion Nuclear Power Plant; (3) an Oregon State police officer's report on security at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, more specifically a memo from M. D.
Schuster to D. R. Chapell dated November 21, 1979; (4) security at Lacrosse Nuclear Power Plant, particularly files regarding the investigation of alleged falsification of guard firearms qualifications by the Wisconsin Security Bureau; (5) safeguards events at nuclear power plants or violations of security plans by nuclear power plant licensees; and (6) alcohol and/or drug abuse by personnel of nuclear power plants.
APR 2 91983 ENCLOSURE A'
3 Received, Cont'd John W. Sullivan Requests a copy of the original license application (83-208) submitted by Gama Corporation and the corresponding licenses issued by the AEC for a research reactor in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
S. Guru Prasad, Requests a copy of SECY-82-388, " Withdrawal of the Evanston Hospital Medical Misadministration Reporting Requirements."
(83-209)
Granted Marvin Resnikoff, In response to a request for a copy of a report Council on Economic entitled, " Definition of Bonding Physical Tests Priorities Representative of Transport Accidents - Rail and (83-101)
Truck" made available a copy of the requested document.
Tim Carpenter, In response to a request for records regarding the Orange County Alliance for Survival, Tim Carpenter and/or the Alliance for Survival ongoing NRC investigation of San Onofre Nuclear (83-131)
Generating Stations I, II, and III, made available nine documents.
Informed the requester additional documents subject to this request are already available at the PDR and at the LPDR in San Clemente, California.
Kimberly Armstrong Newman, In response to a request for a copy of Chairman Debevoise & Liberman Palladino's memorandum dated September 30, 1981 (83-157) referenced in the Federal Register notice of proposed rul.emaking on Environmental Qualification of Electrical Equipment for Nuclear Power Plants, made available a copy of the requested record.
Gary Howard Simpson,
'In response to a request for the names and addresses Attorney-At-Law of any outside law firms which have performed legal (83-166) servkes for the NRC during the past three years involving Title VII or similar employment discrimination matters, i.e., age or handicap, informed the requester that the NRC has no documents subject to this request.
Edward Comer, In response to a request for a copy of SECV-82 A99, Edison Electric provided the requester with the releasable portions Institute of the paper.
(83-173)
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Granted, Cont'd John M. Adragna, In response to a request for four categories of Spiegel and documents regarding McGraw-Edison Company, McDiarmid Worthington Compressors, Inc., Worthington Service (83-175)
Corporation, and Edison International Inc.,
informed the requester that the NRC has no records subject to this request.
Debra D. Mcdonald, In response to a request for all correspondence Nuclear Pharmacy, to the NRC from Robert 0. McClintock since March 14,
- Inc, 1983, made available one document.
(83-183)
John Scudder In response to a request for lists of Plant Managers, (83-190)
Training Managers, Radiation Control Officers and individuals holding reactor operator licenses that are either active or expired, made available the requested information.
Informed the requester that we do not have a list of expired reactor operator licenses.
Max 0. Truitt, Jr.,
In response to a request for records relating to Jane Tucker Dana, Book Mart International, Inc., and Daniel L. Hall, Wilmer, Cutler made available nine documents.
& Pickering (83-191)
Robert J. Foster, Itade available a list of Reactor and Senior Reactor Electronic Operators by facility.
Associates, Inc.
(83-202)
Denied Billie P. Garde.
In response to a request for documents connected with Government Accountability the processing of her F0IA request,82-618, made Project available 20 documents.
Denied portions of two (83-154) documents, disclosure of which would be a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
(NRC employee)
In response to an APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the (83-A-1-82-592) release of an Office of Inspector. and Auditor report and related documents concerning allegations of misconduct on the part of a former NRC Region III employee, continued to deny these records because disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
APR 2 91983 ENCLOSURE A,
n WEEKLY INFORMATI0ft REPORT DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEK ENDING APRIL 29, 1983 IFB ISSUED I FB No. : RS-ADM-83-341
Title:
" Subscription to the Final Safety Analysis Report Service"
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Description:==
To provide the NRC up to fifteen (15) sets of the Final Safety Analysis Reports for all operating power reactors and all power reactors under construction which are in the review process.
Period of Performance: Twenty-six months Sponsor: Office of Administration Status:
IFB issued on April 27, 1983.
IFB due on May 27, 1983.
I FB No. : RS-ORM-83-459
Title:
" Maintenance for IBM Mag Cards and Memory typewriters"
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Description:==
To provide maintenance, repairs and replacement parts to NRC-owned IBM equipment.
Period of Performance: One year Sponsor: Office of Resource Management Status:
IFB issued on April 25, 1983.
IFB due on May 24, 1983.
P_ROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION RFP No. :
RS-RG4-83-661
Title:
"In-service Automatic Telephone Switching System Equipment"
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Description:==
The contractor shall lease / furnish, install, engineer and maintain a complete operational in-service automatic tel.! phone switching system / equipment at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office, Arlington, TX.
Period of Performance:
For installation within 45 days of effective date of contract.
Sponsor: Region IV Status: Proposals forwarded to Source Evaluators for review.
Competitive range to be established on May 6,1983.
CONTRACT AWARDED Contract No. :
NRC-27-83-446
Title:
" Development of Business 0pportunities for High Technology 8(a)
Firms with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission"
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Description:==
The contractor shall develop a handbook listing of 8(a) firms capable of satisfying NRC high technology requirements.
Period of Performance: April 25,1983 through July 24, 1983.
Sponsor: OSDBU/CR Status: Contract was awarded to Miranda Associates-in the amount of
$35,000.00 effective April 25, 1983.
CONTRACTS CLOSED-0UT NRC-10-79-666 Montgomery County Schools 4/25/83 NRC-03-78-186 Dr. Enrique Luco 4/27/83 APR 2 91983 ENCLOSURE A
s WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT DIVISION OF SECURITY WEEK ENDING APRIL 29, 1983 Central Personnel Clearance Index Computer System ADM/SEC and RM/D are entering into an agreement with the DOE Office of Safeguards and Security allowing SEC to use the DOE computerized Central Personnel Clearance Index (CPCI) for NRC personnel security clearance data.
Use of the DOE system will eliminate duplication of records and computer systems and will be both managerially and fiscally sound and cost-effective. The use of the DOE system should expedite security clearance processing of individuals of common interest (e.g., licensees, contractors, and federal employees / applicants) and reduce the paperwork burdens on individuals and their employers when requesting security clearance.
SEC's on-line capability to the DOE CPCI is expected to occur during September / October 1983.
i ASLBP Hearings ADM/SEC provided security support services for ASLBP Hearing regarding Indian Point, flidland and Byron Station.
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KANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING STAFF WEEKLY IllFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING 4/29/83 SUPERVISORY DEVELOPMENT The first Group Orientation session of the new Pre-Supervisory Orientation Program (P-50P) was held on April 20-21, 1983. The P-SOP, which is a part of the overall NRC Supervisory Development Program, provides a means by which non-supervisory employees may explore their desire for career development toward a supervisory position. The Program consists of two parts: Part I - a self-study correspondence course entitled Applied Supervision, designed to clarify the major roles of the first-level supervisor; and Part II - a Group Orientation designed tA provide career guidance related to supervisory positions.
Currently, there are 365 NRC employees enrolled in the Program, both at Headquarters and tha Regional Offices. Additional Group Orientation sessions for employees who have completed Part I have been scheduled by MDTS for May 23 and 24 and June 16 and 17.
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1 DIVISION OF ORGANIZI.fl0N AND PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST - APRIL 29, 1983 CHANGES IN THE REGIONAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM On June 29, 1982, Regional Administrators were limited regarding outside hiring when NRC Headquarters employees are well qualified and available.
The same date, Headquarters employees were invited to register their interest in Regional positions with the Division of Organization and Personnel.
As of April 29, 1983, two more Headquarters employees had been selected by Regional Administrators.
This brings the total number of selections to 85, distributed by Region as follows:
27 Selections REGION I
23 Selections REGION II REGION III - 15 Selections 15 Selections REGION IV REGION V 5 Selections A total of 143 Headquarters staff members remain on the Volunteer Register.
GENERIC PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS & STA!;DARDS:
The Task Force on Regional Generic Performance ElePents ar.d Standards met in Eethesda on April 19 and 20,1983, to cc.plete revising generic elements and standards for Inspector. positions in the Regions.
Report and recommendations were sent to Regional Administrators-by the Directcr, Office of ADM on April 26,'1983.
REOPE!;If;G UNION AGREEMENT Under the current I;RC-NTEb collective bargaining Agreement, both parties had the right to propose one new article and to propose revisions to two current articles no later than February 14, 1983. The Union proposals have been received and they include revisions to three current articles.
The dispute over the third article is being prieved by the Union; meanwhile the Management Negotiating Team has offered EDO-approved counterproposals and the parties are scheduled to banin negctiations no later than May 31, 19:3.
APR 2 91983 ENCLOSURE A
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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending April 29, 1983 Turkey Point Unit 3 On April 20, 1983, NRR was informed that manual isolation valves for the steam supply to the turbine driven auxiliary feedwater pumps were found closed on April 19.
Unit 3 was operating at power and Unit 4 is shutdown for steam generator repair.
The auxiliary feedwater system (AFWS) at Turkey Point consists of three steam driven pumps for the two units. The pumps are designated A, B, and C.
Pump A is out of service leaving pumps B and C for single unit operation.
Modifications were being implemented on i.he AFWS which include providing a second source of steam for the turbine driven pumps.
Tests, including hydros, were being performed on the new steam supply system from April 11 thru 13. On April 14, the isolation valves on the new steam supply systems were tagged closed.
The Turkey Point procedures require that the proper valve alignment for the AFUS be verified every four hours. On April 19 at 6:30 a.m. one manual isolation valve on each of the norrial steam supplies to the turbine driven pumps was discovered to be closed and tagged out.
The AFUS was inoperable.
The records indicate the valve alignment was verified every four hours; however, it cannot be determined at this time how long the AFWS was inoperable.
The licensee has notified the Ret.sent Inspector and the Region II Office and are taking the following actions as agreed to by the Region staff:
1.
Walkdown of the accessible portions of all safety related system flowpaths which verified that each accessible valve (manual, power operated and automatic) in the flowpath is in its correct position.
2.
Performed a review of all safety related clearances (in accessible areas) which ensured that they are correct and that the tags are.
properly placed.
3.
Items 1 and 2 above will be repeated once more approximately one week after the completion of the above items.
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Florida Power and Light Company personnel will meet with members of the NRC staff during the week of April 25, 1983 to discuss these issues.
Fort Calhoun Various areas within the auxiliary building and one area outside the l
auxiliary building were radiologically contaminated on the night of April 21, 1983.
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A hose connected to the demineralized water supply was put in the refueling transfer canal. The nozzle to the hose was reported to be closed.
For some unknown reason, the nozzle opened and the canal filled and overflowed into the spent fuel pool.
(The axial height of the door between the refueling transfer canal and spent fuel pool is lower than the walls of the canal and spent fuel pool.) The spent fuel pool has an overflow drain that drains to theSafetyInjectionandRefuelingWater(SIRW) Tank. This is the path that the now contaminated water took. The SIRW Tank overflowed via the upper hatch, and the contaminated water made its way by gravity out of the auxiliary building via the bottom of the fuel shipment door.
Various areas within the auxiliary building are contaminated.
An area approximately 30 feet by 50 feet outside the auxiliary building is contaminated. The outside area is roped off.
Some surface areas are radioactively hot and measurements cre being taken.
The total quantity of liquid spilled is unknown at this time.
The boron concentration within the SIRW Tank and Spent Fuel Pool were reported to be within technical specifications. An unusual event was not declared by the plant management.
Maine Yankee - Loss of 115Kv Backup Offsite Power At approximately 1107 on April 25, 1983, Maine Yankee lost the one operable 115Kv incoming line. This line was its sole source of immediately available offsite power. The loss was caused by a lightning strike.
The line was restored.at 1452. The plant continued to operate at power during the outage.
Indian Point Unit 3 The Power Authority of the State of New York (PASfiY) presently estimates the restart of IP3 for mid to late May. The facility has been shutdown for more than a year in order to accomplish steam generator tube repairs.
Among other things, the licensee attributed steam generator tube failure to corrosion. As a result, by letter dated April 21, 1983, the staff requested the licensee's commitment to either the EPRI or Steam Generator Owner's Group PWR Secondary Water Chemistry Guidelines.
PAS!4Y has expressed a serious concern regarding the staff position.
Therefore, an Appeal Meeting has been scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on Friday, April 29, 1983 in Room P-114.
Arkansas fluclear One, Unit 1 (ANO-1)
Arkansas Power & Light Company (AP&L) has decided to remove the vessel head to inspect the upper core barrel bolting of ANO-1. This is the result of a concern identified in the ultrasonic (UT) inspection of the upper core barrel bolts of Rancho Seco and more recently Crystal River 3 (CR-3). At Rancho Seco, 19 bolts out of 120 had UT indications and at CR-3, 25 out of 65 APR 2 91983 ENCLOSURE B
. inspected had indications. The licensee estimates it will require approximately four weeks to complete the inspection and startup for power operation.
ANO-1 was shut down on November 8,1982 as a result of a reactor coolant pump seal leak. The unit then proceeded into a refueling outage.
During this outage the licensee perforned the 10-year inservice inspection of the vessel, the steam generator tube inspection, the electrical distribution verification test, the replacement of the turbine of the emergency feedwater pump and the reactor coolant pump fly wheel examination.
Thesteamgenerator(SG) tube inspection resulted in a 100% inspection of both SGs and the plugging of 45 defective tubes in "A" 0TSG and 86 defective tubes in "B" 0TSG.
Delays in 4
startup were due to the OTSG inspection and the operation of the EFW turbine.
During this time, ANO-1 experienced a control rod drive trip breaker failure.
Af ter reviewing information provided by the licensee, the staff prepared a safety evaluation.and authorized startup and operation. On April 6, ANO-1 went critical and in the operation of bringing the generator on line, a main turbir.e bearing failed.
The plant was returned to shutdown condition. ANO-1 was estimated to start up about April 28 when the licensee decided to inspect the upper core barrel bolts. The thermal shield bolts were inspected during the last outage.
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ENCLOSURE B APR _2 91933
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NRC THI PROGRAM 0FHCE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT April 24, 1983 - April 30, 1983 Plant Status Core Cooling Mode:
Heat transfer from the reactor coolant system (RCS) to reactor building ambient.
Available Core Cooling Mode: Mini Decay Heat Removal (MDHR) system.
RCS Pressure Control Mode:
Standby Pressure Control System.
Major Parameters (as of 5:40 AM, April 29, 1983) (approximate values)
Average Incore Thermocouples*:
87'F Maximum Incore Thermocouple *:
115'F RCS Loop Temperatures:
A B
Hot Leg 86*F 84*F Cold Leg (1) 76*F 76*F (2) 78'F 16*F RCS Pressure:
63 psig Reactor Building:
Temperature:
70*F Pressure:
-0.2 psig Airborne Radionuclide Concentrations:
3 1.4 E-7 uCi/cc H (sampletaken4/27/83) 2.1 E-9 uti/cc particulates (sample taken 4/28/83) 2 1.
Effluer.t and Environmental (Radiolooical) Information Liquid effluents from the TMI site released to the Susquehanna River, after sampling and monitoring, were within the regulatory limits and in accordance with NRC requirements and City of Lancaster Agreement.
During the period April 22, 1983, through April 28, 1983, the effluents contained no detectable radioactivity at the discharge point and individual effluent sources, which originated within Unit 2, contained minute amounts of radioactivity.
Calculations indicate that less than one ten-millionth (0.0000001) of a curie of cesium was discharged.
- Uncertainties exist as to the exact location and accuracy of these readings.
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Environmental Protection Acency (EPA) Environmental Data The EPA measures Kr-85 concentration at several environmental monitoring stations and reported the following results:
March 31, 1983 - April 15, 1983 Location 3
(pCi/m )
24 Goldsboro 27 Middletown Insufficient for Analysis Yorkhaven 28 TMI Observation Center The EPA Middletown Office has not received the environmental Kr-85 analytical results for the samples which were taken subsequent to April 15, 1983, from the EPA's Counting Labcratory at Las Vegas,
!!evada.
These results will be included in a subsequent report.
tio radiation above normally occurring background levels was detected in any of the samples collected from the EPA's air and gamma rate networks during the period from April 21, 1983, through April 28, 1983.
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f;RC Environmental Data The following are the l;RC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler:
I-131 Cs-137 Sample Period (uti/cc)
(uCi/cc)
HP-367 April 20 - 28,, 1983
<6.4 E-14
<6.4 E-14 4.
Licensee Radioactive Material and Radwaste Shipments 25, 1983, one CitSI 8-120-3 (Type B) shipping cask On April containing Unit 2 EPICOR prefilter llo. PF-34 was shipped to EG&G Idaho Inc., Scoville, Idaho.
27, 1983, one drum containing one resistor bank and two On April control relays taken from the Unit 2 polar crane was shipped to EG&G Idaho, Inc., Scoville, Idaho.
27, 1983, one Hti-200 (Type B) shipping cask containing On April Unit 2 EPICOR prefilter flo. PF-28 was shipped.to EG&G Idaho Inc.,
Scoville, Idaho.
28, 1983, 20 steel boxes containing non-compacted trash On April from Units 1 and 2 were shipped ~to U.S. Ecciogy, Hanford burial site, Richland, Washington.
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On April 28, 1983, one CNSI 1-13C-II (Type B) shipping cask.
containing Unit 2 SOS liner No. D20027 was shipped to Rockwell Hanford Operations, Richland, Washington.
On April 28, 1983, 93 drums containing contaminated laundry from Units 1 and 2 were shipped to Interstate Uniform, New Kensington, Pennsylvania.
Ma,ior Activities Submerced Demineralizer System (SDS).
SDS processed approximately 34,000 gallons of reactor building sump water during the past week.
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In preparation for refurbishing the spent fuel pool for fuel removal, the SDS staging tanks in the "A" cpent fuel pool were not used during Water from the sump was processing of the latest batch of water.
pur. ped directly through the SDS system to the monitoring tanks by-passing the tank farm.
Six waste storage tanks were installed in the "A" spent fuel pool to increase radioactive water storage capacity im ediately following the The stored water in these tanks was processed, and four accident.
(15,000 gallon) tanks were used as staging tanks in the SDS system.
Engineering work has commenced to reclaim the "A" spent fuel pool for eventual defueling and fuel storage.
1,598,552 gallons of water have been As of April 28, 1983, a total of In the course of feed and bleed cleanup of processed through the SDS.the reactor coolant system and decontar.ina building, the same water may be cycled through the SDS several times.
EPICOR 11 processed approximately 20,500 gallons of SDS
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EPICOR II.
effluent during the past week.
Three reactor building entries were completed 3.
Reactor Building Entries.
The polar crane in conjunction with a during the week of April 24, 1983.
5 ton portable hoist was used to move shielding supports from the 305 ft.
The shielding supports were installed elevation to the refueling pool.
Lead around the control rod drive mechanisms on the reactor vessel hea blankets will be attached to the supports to decrease the radiation levels in the vicinity of the reactor vessel head.
The dose rate in the working areas around the control rod drive service structure has been reduced to less than 200 tr/hr by decontamination and However, prior to head removal, the other dose reduction techniques.
control rod lead screws will be raised from their present position inside the reactor vessel to a parked position in the service structure.
Radiation levels on the three lead screws, which were removed from the reactor to facilitate the Quick Look inspection, were in excess of In the parked position, the remaining 66 lead screws 50 R/hr on contact.
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4 have a potential to substantially increase radiation levels in the reactor vessel head area.
The service structure snielding is being installed to reduce existing radiation levels aW to ninimi;:e the impact of the anticipated source. term increase in the funt!re.
Five reactor building entries have been scheouled for the Neek of May 1, 1983. One of the tasks scheduled to b: perforr involves source checking the source range neutron monitor 3.
A 4.59 c
- a Am be neutron source will be lowered alongside each of the source raage neutron detectors to calibrate the instrumentation.
The neutron monitoring circuitry downstream of the detectors has been calibrated periodically, however, this will be the first time since the 1979 accident that the neutron sensors will be included in the calibration.
On Wednesday, May 4, 1983, two f4RC personnel from the TMIPO will make a two hour reactor building entry to evaluate general conditions in the building.
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SDS Liner Shipments.
TheeighthSDSwasteliner(D2002i),inagroupof tnirteen, was shipped from TMI to the Rockwell Hanford facility (Richland, Washington) on April 28, 19E3.
This 10-cubic foot zeolite liner, which contained approximately 30,000 curies of mixed fission products (predominately Cesium-137, Strontium-90, and their daughter products) was loaded with a catalytic recombiner to maintain non-combustible conditions during the handling and shipment period.
The next SDS waste liner (D10014) shipment is tentatively scheduled on
~May 12, 1983.
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EPICOR 11 Prefilter (FF) Shioment.
Two EPICOR 11 prefilters (PF-28 and PF-34) were shippec f rom TM1 to the Idaho !;ational Engineering Laboratory (IllEL)lastweek.
These shipments represent a tctal of 36 prefilters (in a group of 50) that have been shipped by the Department of Energy to IllEL.
One prefilter (PF-37) is scheduled for shipment next week.
Future Meeting On May~2, 1983, Lake H. Barrett will meet with the Concerned Mothers of Middletown to discuss TMI related issues.
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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending April 29, 1983 Futura Chemical / Cotter Corporation At the request of the Missouri State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) a meeting was held with Mr. E. Dean Jarboe (owner of Futura Chemical Company) to discuss the possibility of restricting access to a pile of soil contaminated with residues from the extraction of uranium from ore during World War II.
This soil is currently stored on Futura Chemical Company property in Hazelwood, Missouri.
Mr. Jarboe indicated that the contaminated soil was blocking an area needed to expand his business.
Rather than restrict the area by fencing, Mr. Jarboe proposed that Cotter Corporation, the former licensee, construct a building on the backend of his property large enough to store the material until a suitable disposal site is found.
DNR representatives agreed that Mr. Jarboe's proposal would satisfy the State's concerns.
West Valley Demonstration Project FCAF staff has received for review the information related to the Department of Energy's plans for designing and constructing a component test stand for the West Valley high level waste solidification project.
Contract Award On April 21, NUSAC, Incorporated, was awarded a contract under which they will be utilizing the augmented Automated Material Accounting Statistics System (AMASS) methodology to evaluate material accounting performance at various NRC - designated licensee fuel fabrication facilities.
NUSAC will be analyzing measurement control programs and measurement bias and error estimation proce-dures, as well as evaluating measurement and non-meansurement contributors to the uncertainty of the inventory difference.
The applicability of the AMASS methodology for analyzing process monitoring data also will be studied.
EPA Standard On December 29, 1982, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published proposed environmental standards for management and disposal of high-level radioactive wastes.
The public comment period for the proposed standards closes May 2, 1983, and public hearings are scheduled for May 12, 13, and 14 in Washington, D.C. and May 19, 20, and 21 in Denver, C0.
EPA's Science Advisory Board has been reviewing the proposed standards since their publica-tion, and the next public meeting of the Board is scheduled for May 2 and 3 in Washington.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending April 29, 1983 1.
The following Significant Enforcement Actions were taken during the past week:
EN 83-25, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (Susquehanna, Unit 1) -
a.
A Notice of Violation ~and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $60,000 was issued on April 22, 1983. This action is based on Licensee's failure to establish, implement and maintain certain procedures required by Technical Specification 6.8.1.a.
As a result, both standby gas treatment systems were inoperable for approximately one day in violation of a technical specification limiting condition for operation.
b.
EN 83-26, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Nine Mile Point - Unit 1) -
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $100,000 was issued April 26, 1983. This action is based upon the Licensee's failure to assure the adequate implementation of a quality assurance program by a principal contractor in that trainees who were not fully certified performed safety-related inspections and several inspection reports were signed by certified inspectors indicating they had performed an inspection, when in fact, the inspection had been performed by a trainee.
Since this violation involved the falsification
.of inspection records, the maximum civil penalty has been proposed to indicate to all licensees that the NRC will not tolerate falsification of records.
2.
The following Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week:
a.
PNO-IE-83-06, Plants Using Westinghouse DS 4/6 Reactor Trip Breakers (Listed in PN) Potential Deficiencies of DS 4/6 Reactor Trip Breakers.
b.
PNO-I-83-35, Northeas't Nuclear Energy (Millstone, Unit 2) - Inadvertent Partial Initiation of Emergency Core Cooling Systems.
PNO-I-83-37, Maine Yankee ' Atomic Power Corporation (Maine Yankee) - Loss c.
of Offsite Power.
d.
PNO-I-83-38, Philadelphia Electric Company (Peach Bottom - Unit 3) -
Recirculation Pump Riser Indications.
PNO-I-83-39, GPU Nuclear Corporation (Three Mile Island - Unit 1)'-
e.
Minor Fire at TMI-1.
f.
PNO-I-83-40, GPU Nuclear Corporation (Three Mile Island - Unit 1) -
Protest at TMI North Gate.
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PN0-I-83-41, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (Salem, Unit 1) -
DB-50 Trip Breaker Failed to Latch Closed, h.
PN0-TMI-83-02, GPU Nuclear Corporation (TMI, Unit 2) - NRC Places Hold on THI-2 (EPICOR II) Shipment.
on TMI-2 (EPICOR II) Shipment (poration (TMI, Unit 2) - NRC Places Hold 1.
PNO-TMI-83-02A, GPU Nuclear Cor update).
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PNS-I-83-07, GPU Nuclear Corporation (0yster Creek, Unit 1 - Bomb Threat.
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PNS-I-83-08, Power Authority of the State of New York (Indian Point - Unit 3) -
Possession of Marijuana.
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PNS-I-83-09, GPU Nuclear Corporation (0yster Creek, Unit 1) - Bomb Threat.
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PNS-I-83-10, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (Hope Creek, Unit 1) -
Bomb Threat.
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PN0-II-83-29, Babcock & Wilcox, Comerical Fuel Facility (Lynchburg, VA) -
Transportation Accident.
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PN0-II-83-30, Carolina Power and Light Company (Robinson, Unit 2) - Shutdown in Excess of 48 Hours.
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PN0-III-83-31, Private Citizen (Pontiac, MI) - Private Citizen May be in Possession of a Radioactive Piece of Rock.
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PNO-III-83-31 A, Private Citizen (Pontiac, MI) - Private Citizen in Possession of a Radioactive Piece of Rock (update).
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PN0-III-83-32, Iowa Electric Light and Power Company (Duane Arnold) - Failure of Scram Function During Mode Switch Surveillance Testing.
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PN0-IV-83-10C, Gulf Nuclear, Inc. (Webster, TX) - Exposure to Americium-241 (Update).
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PN0-IV-83-16A, Union Carbide Corporation (Gas Hills, WV) - Failure of Heap Leach Retention Pond (Update).
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PN0-IV-83-17, Arkansas Power and Light Company (Arkansas - Unit 1) - Outage Extended for Core Barrel Bolt Inspection.
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PN0-IV-83-18,. Nebraska Public Power District (Cooper) - Replacement of Plant Superintendent.
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PNO-V-83-18, Southern California Edison Company (San Onofre, Units 2 & 3) -
Steam Generator Delta Pressure Setpoint.
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PNS-V-83-05, Pacific Gas and Electric (Diablo Canyon, Unit 1) - Possible Malicious Mischief.
3.
The following Infomation Notices were issued during the past week:
a.
IE Information Notice 83-22, Boiling Water Reactor Safety / Relief Valve Failures was issued April 22, 1983 to all boiling water reactor facilities holding an operating license or construction permit.
b.
IE Infomation Notice No. 83-23, Inoperable Containment Atmosphere Sensing Systems was issued April 25, 1983 to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or construction permit.
c.
IE Information Notice 83-24, Loose Parts in the Secondary Side of Steam Generators at Pressurized Water Reactors was issued April 28, 1983, to all pressurized water reactors holding an operating license or a construction
- permit, d.
IE Information Notice 83-25, Standby Gas Treatment System Heater High Temperature Trip Setpoint Adjustment was issued April 28, 1983 to all Nuclear Power Reactor Facilities holding an operating license or construction permit.
4.
Other Items a.
Quality Assurance 1)
QUAB staff met with Region III representatives on April 26 to discuss procedures for implementing the new rule for reporting QAP changes.
- 2) QUAB staff met with SANDIA Lab personnel on April 26 to discuss future work on contract for developing criteria and methodology for classify-ing equipment important to safety.
- 3) ASME/HQA-2,1983, "QA Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants," which consolidate seven ASME/N45.2 daughter standards, was approved by ANSI for publication.
b.
Emergency Operating Procedures NUREG/CR-2005, Revision 1, Checklist for Evaluating Emergency Operating Procedures used in nuclear power plants was issued this week, c.
Enforcement i
Acting Director, Enforcement Staff attended an Enforcement Conference at Brunswick on April 26, 1983.
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Training The Director, TTC and selected staff members attended an ANS Symposium on Training of Nuclear Facility Personnel in Gatlinburg, TN on April 25, 1983.
e.
Public Meetings Deputy Director, IE attended a public meeting on Zimer at Cincinnati, OH on April 25, 1983.
f.
Emergency Preparedness FEMA made a presentation of their findings regarding offsite emergency preparedness implementation around the Indian Point facility to the Commission on April 20, 1983. The principal finding was that the implementa-tion was not sufficient to assure the health and safety of the public around the facility.
Foremost among those was the finding that the State of NY did not provide sufficient measures to compensate for Rockland Co. lack of participation. The staff is developing its recommendations to the Commission based upon the FEMA findins.
g.
Temporary Instructions A Temporary Instruction is being prepared for regional folicwup to Bulletins 83-01 and 83-04.
In addition to providing additional guidance on review of testing maintenance, reporting of failures and safety cl'assification of components, the TI will request inspectors to identify and communicate to IE:HQ instances of previously unreported failures of W DB-Type breakers. A followup Bulletin is also being prepared to request identification and review of other applica-tions of undervoltage trip devices in safety-related systems.
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Hayward Tyler Pump Company On April 20, 1983, members of the Engineering and Generic Communications Branch made a presentation to the CRGR on a proposed IE Bulletin on pumps and spare parts manufactured by the Hayward Tyler Pump Company. The CRGR approved issuance of the Bulletin, but sugar.sted some relatively minor revisions. These revisions are generally tuing incorporated into the Bulletin.
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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending April 29, 1983 Severe Fuel Damage Research Program Status Meeting i
A 2-day status meeting on the Severe Fuel Damage Research program was held with the foreign program partners and the program contractors in Idaho Falls on April 18 and 19. The results of the PBF 5evere Fuel Damage Scoping Test (SFD-ST) were reviewed, including the post-test neutron radiographs of the damaged fuel bundle and the tomographic reconstructions (like medical CAT scans) from these radiographs. The future program plans and status for th*e integrated research program were also reviewed.
In addition to the integral (multi-effect) tests in PBF, the program included integral check tests in NRU with full-length fuel bundles, separate-effects expetiments on debris fomation and relocation and on damaged-core coolability in ACRR, laboratory separate-effects experiments in the US and at KfK in the Federal Republic of Gemany, and development and verification of the SCDAP mechanistic severe-fuel damage code and the MELPROG mechanistic melt-progression code.
The foreign partners attending the meeting were the Federal Republic of Gemany, the United Kingdom, Japan. Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
The review meeting was successful, and all of the foreign partners expressed strong support for the program. Each of the foreign partners contribute direct financial or substantial in-kind research to the program. The direct foreign financial support amounts to about 15% of the program cost, and this increases to about 25% when allowance is made for the in-kind research support.
The next SFD. program review among the partners will be held as a closed meeting in conjunction with the WPSR Infomation Meeting in October. The foreign partners expressed an interest in making this more of a two-way interchange of infomation, with 1 day for new results from the SFD program and 1 day for foreign partner results.
It was agreed that Dr. Ron Potter of the UK would coordinate the foreign partner participation.
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i s PBF Severe Fuel Damage Test 1-1 The PBF Severe-Fuel Damage Test 1-1, scheduled for April 21 has been delayed by a small leak in the test train. This leak between the test fuel bundle and the coolant by-pass loop in the test train was detected at the start of the test transient following a 4-day operation at full power for fuel preconditioning and shutdown for build up of the proper cesium-iodine fission product ratio for the test.
l In-place tests to detemine the precise location of the leak are near completion.
It will then be detemined whether it is possible to run the test with an adjusted near-zero pressure drop across the leak for negligible leak flow, so that the test objectives will not be jeopardized.
If this is possible, the test will be perfomed in a week or two.
If not, the 1-1 test train will be removed from PBF and the 1-2 train installed, after making sure that the cause of the leak has been corrected in the 1-2 train. The 1-2 test would then be perfomed, ahead of schedule, in about a month, and the 1-1 test train, which is now radioactive, would be repaired so that the 1-1 test would be perfomed this summer. The decision on the course of action should be made this week.
i BWR FIST Data from the natural circulation and small-break tests conducted to date continues to be analyzed. The PMG has agreed that the small-break test, which was prematurely terminated by conservative safety limits on temperature, will be repeated toward the end of the test s
program. The existing test will be useful for code assessment and l
is, therefore, being analyzed.
The next test to be conducted will be a large-break test. The l
critical path item for this test is the pretest prediction using TRAC-BWR. This test should be conducted late this week.
A second representative from INEL will be onsite starting next week to aid the data reduction and test analysis.
Both INEL site representatives will remain at GE through conclusion of the Phase I testing.
Code Assessment There will be a meeting to review the code assessment program in the MNBB, Room 1713 and 6507 on May 3-5, 1983 O
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The proposed rule, developed by the Division of Risk Analysis in response to Section 135(g) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, will be published in the Federal Register on Friday, April 29,1983.
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Reg. Guide 3.15, Rev.1 - Standard Format and Content of License Applications for Storage Only of Unirradiated Power Reactor Fuel and Associated Radioactive Material t
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING APRIL 29, 1983 Interaction with China On Friday, April 22, Kevin Burke of IP met with Mr. WANG Defu, First Secretary (Scientific) of the PRC Embassy, to transmit some NUREG reports and a computer code being provided under the terms of the Nuclear safety Protocol that NRC has signed with the Chinese State Scientific and Technological Commission. They also discussed the May visit of Larry Shao, RES, to China to lecture on seismic design criteria and structural and mechanical design related to reactor vessels, steam generators and piping; the proposed one-year technical assignment of XUE Da-Zhi to BNL to work on NRC-sponsored research on probabilistic risk assessment; the development of China's nuclear power program; and continued NRC receipt of Chinese nuclear safety documents.
Intcrnational Agreements Within the past few weeks the staff has concluded agreements relating to cooperation in the NRC Severe Accident Research Program with Belgonucleaire and CEN/SCK-Belgium, ECN-Netherlands, ENEA-Italy and KfK-Federal Republic of Germany.
In return for participation in the Seve~re Accident Program, each party is providing monetary funds or in-kind services, such as fuel rods, to NRC.
International Meetings IP has received notices from the IAEA and the NEA concerning the following international meetings:
IAEA Advisory Group Meeting to Finalize the Code of Practice on Management of Radioactive Wastes from Nuclear Power Plants, June 6-10, Vienna.
IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on the Preparation of an IAEA Technical Document on Disposal of Radioactive Waste in Deep Geological Formations--
Near Field Effects, August 22-26, Helsinki.
IAEA Technical Meeting on Effects of Heat from High-Level Waste in Deep Geological Repositories, August 29-September 1, Stockholm.
IAEA Advisory Group Meeting on Nuclear Facility Design Assisting the Implementation of IAEA Safeguards, September 5-9, Vienna.
NEA Committee on Reactor Physics Specialists' Meeting on In-Core Instrumentation and the Assessment of Reactor Nuclear and Thermal /-
Hydraulic Performance, October 10-13, Halden, Norway.
ENCLOSURE G.
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2 International Visitors On Monday and Tuesday Dr. Peter Clough, Senior Scientific Officer of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, visited ORNL to discuss iodine chemistry in LWR safety analysis.
During the week Mr. Ernest Lillyman of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) and Mr. Jean Claude Malet of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) attended a CSNI specialist meeting on fire ventilation systems in nuclear plants at LANL.
On Thursday and Friday Mr. Stig Bergstrom, Vice President of the Swedish government research organization Studsvik Energiteknik, toured INEL to discuss the PBF and LOFT projects.
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3 0FFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST tlEEK ENDING APRIL 29, 1983 New Mexico Mill Tailings Regulations The Governor of New Mexico has informed the staff that he is creating a small working group of technical experts to evaluate the State's radiation and mill tailings regulations. The working group's findings and recommenda-tions will be presented to the Environmental Improvement Board for its determination of measures necessary to strengten the State's regulations.
New York Department of Labor Review The New York Department of Labor radiation protection program will be reviewed May 2-6, 1983. OSP staff will participate in the review.
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0FFICE OF RESOURCE MANAGEtiENT ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING MAY 2,1983 IW/6000 Computer Seminar Planned and prepared a seminar and laboratory workshop for Headquarters and regional staff on Data General MV/6000 for Intermediate Dose Assessment System.
Training provided hands-on practice on Data General computer and color graphics terminals that will be used during emergencies and tests.
Scientific Programming The STRENDAT System for NRR has been installed at NIH and is now being documented.
It will be used to provide non-radiological, environmental data at operating power plants, i
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0FFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEM 0F INTEREST WEEK ENDING APRIL 29, 1983 Failures of Class 1E Safety-Related Switchgear Circuit Breakers to Close on Demand, AE0D/C301 The AE00 case study report on " Failures of Class 1E Safety-Related Switchgear Circuit Breakers to Close on Demand" was issued on April 29, 1983. This final report incorporates the resolution of peer review comments from NRR, IE, RES, regional offices, INP0, and NSAC.
The report provides:
- 1) a brief summary of related actions for circuit breakers developed by the NRC; 2) results of review and evaluation of specific events involving failures of Class 1E circuit breakers to close on demand; and (3) suggestions and recommendations that, if implemented, could lead to improvement in the operational performance of these circuit breaker units. The results of the study suggest that the monitoring of the' closing circuit of such breakers is appropriate, augmented with additional measures relating to surveillance and maintenance procedures and practices.
In addition, the results suggest that training covering the associated logic and operation may be appropriate for breakers equipped with anti-pumping controls.
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ITEM ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDIf;G APRIL 29,*1983 A.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF STEPS TO DECISION Ifl TMI-1 RESTART PROCEEDING, 2:00 P.M., FRIDAY, APRIL 15,1983, C0!NISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN PORTION), Memo SECf to Dircks, 4/25/83 The Commission was briefed by staff on the status of the steam generator repairs and on the status of the staff certifications.
The Commission requested information on the differing dates for a decision on the request for a license amendment (steam generators) depending on the no significant hazards determination.
(EDO)
(SECY Suspense:
4/28/83)
B.
BRIEFING ON TMI-2 CLEANUP, APRIL 22, 1983, 3:00 P.M., TUESDAY, COMMISSIONERS' C_0NFERENCE ROOM, (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo SECY for the Record, 4/25/83 The Commission was briefed by representatives of GPU, the Advisory Panel on TMI-2 Cleanup and the TMI Program Office on the status of cleanup activities.
The Co =ission took no action and made no requests.
C.
STAFF REOUIREMENTS__- BRIEFING ON INDIAN PC NT EXERCISE, 2:00 P.M.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1983, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo SECY to Plaine, 4/25/83 Y
The Commission was briefed by Richard Krimm, Frank Petrone and Jeff Eragg of FEMA on the March 9, 1983 emergency.
exercise at Indian Point.
The Commission requested that OGC send FEMA a list of questions on their assessment of emergency preparedness, particularly on the methodology and bases for FEMA's conclusions.
Additional questions provided to OGC by Co:.missioners Ahearne and Roberts are. to be included.
(OGC)
(SECY Suspense:
4/26/83)
The Cc=ission hopes to receive responses to the. questions from FEMA before'the May S Commission meeting.
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i s ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING APRIL 29, 1983 D.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE, 3:35 P.M., THURSDAY, APRIL 21. 1983, COMMISSIONERS' CONFEP,ENCE ROOM, (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE),
Mer.o SECY to Dircks, 4/28/83 t
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SECY 83 10 CFR Part 5'O General Revision of Appendices G and H, Fracture Toughness and Reactor Vessel Material Surveillance Requirements.
1 The Commission, by a vote of 5-0*,
approved a final rule modifying 10 CFR Part 50, Appendices G and H.
7* e Commission also agreed that the Supplementary informa-tion be modified to note that the Commission is examining thermal annealing of reactor vessels and that further revision to Appendix G may result from this examination.
You should modify the Federal Register Notice to note the above and return it for signature and publication.
(EDO)
(SECY Suspense:
5/16/83)
You should also provide the Commission with a SECY paper addressing thermal annealing and the need for additional revision to Appendix G.
(ED0)
(SECY Suspense: 7/15/83) i-II.
SECY 83-52A - Final Rulemakinc Concerning Licensed Operator Staffing at Nuclear ~ Power Units and Draft Policy Statement on Shif t Crew Qualifications.
The Commission by a vote of 5-0*,
approved a final rule (as attached) which requires (a) the presence of a person with a senior operator license ir the control 2
room at all times that a nuclear power anit is operating; and (b) provides a minimum number of appropriately licensed personnel on each shift at all times.
Commis-sioner Roberts, while approving the rule, disagreed with the modification made to the first paragraph of page 8.
l The Commission postponed final action on the Draft j
Policy Statement on Shift Crew Qualification.
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'Section 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 USC Sec. .5841, provides that action of the Commission shall be determined by a " majority vote of_the members present."
Commissioner Asselstine was not present when these items-were affirmed but had previously indicated that he would have affirmed his prior-votes.
Accordingly, the formal vote of the Commission was?4-0 in favor of the decisions.
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ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDIf;G APRIL 29, 1983 D.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS (Cont'd)
Following a Commission decision on the Draft Policy Statement you should forward the Final Rule for publi-cation in the Federal Register.
(EDO)
(SECY Suipense:
To be Announced)
Commissioner Roberts also stated that:
"I have reservations about both the rule and the policy statement.
The following concerns should be addressed by the staff in its implementation of the staffing measures:
(1)
With regard to the policy statement, I feel that the BS degree requirement for the combined SR0/STA wil1 be difficult for licensees to maintain and, in some cases, will provide only limited improve-ments in the ability of an operating shift to handle unexpected transients or accidents.
The staff should maintain a flexible policy in applying the "or equivalent" criteria to take into account relevant training and experience of operators.
This flexibility will allow the licensee's to select those SR0/ STAS who have demonstrated the characteristics an~d analytical abilities intended by the Commission when it established the interim STA policy.
i' (2)
With regard to the staf fing rule, I am concerned that the SR0 control room limitation is too re s t ri c ti v'e.
I agree that the SR0 should remain current with plant conditions and be immediately-available to direct operator response; however, I am sure that infrequent and momentary excursions from the immediate control room vicinity could be accommodated with little or no added public risk.
Flexibility in the implementation of this restric-tion is appropriate.
(3)
I am-also concerned over the prospects of further-
. changes to plant ' staffing requirements as-a result of the task analysis studies.
The staff should keep the Commission informed of the study results and should encourage industry and public participation in the development of any proposed changes."
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ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK EllDING APRIL 29, 1983 E.
STAFF RE0VIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON URANIU_M MILL TAILINGS STANDARDS, 2:00 P.M.,
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1983, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. 0FFICE (OPEN TO FUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo SECY for the F.ecord, 4/29/83 The Commission
- was briefed by representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency on the proposed rule covering environmental standards for uranium and thorium mill tailings at licensed commercial processing sites.
From EPA were:
1.
Glen Sjoblom, Director Office of Radiation Programs,. EPA 2.
Allan Richardson, Chief Guides and Criteria Branch Office of Radiation Procrams, IPA 3.
Jack Russell, Project Manager Guides and Criteria Branch f.
4.
William Ellett, Staff Officer, EPA EPA representatives asked that NRC's cernents on the rule specifically address the issue of what kind of liner is appropriate, clay or plastic.
In response to a cuestion by Cotnissioner Ahearne, Mr. Sjoblom said he would furnish informaticn on the annual dollar figures for the industry.
Commissioner Gilinsky was not present.
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DOCKET DATE/ TIME g NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 5/2-4/83 50-206 Bechtel's Whittier To discuss seismic evaluation Southern Calif. Edison W. Paulson Office criteria proposed by licensee and Los Angeles, CA licensee's responses to outstanding items addressed in staff's 12/1-3/82 meeting summary; to perform audit review 5/3-5/83 STN 50-456 Braidwood Site Environmental Site Visit Commonwealth Edison J. Stevens 1:30 pm 5/3 STN 50-457 J oli et, - Ill.
9:00 am 5/4-5 5/3/83 50-388 P-114
.To discuss audits and reviews of Pennsylvania Power & Light R. Perch' 1:30 pm Bethesda Susquehanna 2 activities confirming Unit 2 design adequacy 5/3/83 50-254/265 P-114 To receive the CECO presentation on Commonwealth Edison Co.
R. Bevan 10:00 am Bethesda the technical and legal basis for use of their Economic Generation Control systems at Dresden, Quad Cities, Zion and LaSalle Stations 5/4/83 STN 50-454 P-110 To present background information on Commonwealth Edison Co.
L. 01shan 1:00 pm STN 50-455 Bethesda the Byron design verification program 5/4/83 50-413 MNBB-6110 To discuss confirmatory item 17 Duke Power Co.
K. Jabbour
> 10:30 am 50-414 Bethesda of Catawba SER regarding Type C leak rate testing of certain Isolation valves
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'a NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT DATE/ TIME 5/4/83 P-114 To discuss proposed sleeving of Northeast Nuclear Energy P. Leech 9:30 am Bethesda steam generator tubes-Millstone 2 5/4/83 50-413 MNBB-6110 To discuss confirmatory item 17 Duke Power Co.
K. Jabbour 10:30 am 50-414 Bethesda of Catawba SER regarding Type C leak rate testing of certain isolation valves 5/5/83 P-110 To discuss improvements in General General Electric D. Fieno 9:00 am Bethesda Electric physics methods and the submittal of topical reports 5/9-11/83 50-155 Big Rock Pt. Site To discuss integrated assessment Consumers Power Co.
R. Emch Charlevoix, Mich.
5/10/83 P-114 Maine Yankee Seismic Design Review Maine Yankee Atomic
- 50. Heitner 1:00 pm Bethesda Power Co.
5/11/83 50-329/
P-110 To discuss topics related to SER Consumers Power Co.
R. Hernan 9:00 am 330 Bethesda Open and Confirmatory Items in Babcock & Wilcox regard to natural circulation and RV head vent 5/11/83 50-352/
829 Willste Applicant will present plans for Philadelphia Elec. Co.
R. Martin 10:30 am 353 Silver Spring implementation of Security Plan (Limerick) during operation of Unit 1 while Unit 2 is under construction NOTE: This meeting will include discussions of Safeguards information and, therefore, will not be open to the public.
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DOCKET DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 5/12/83 50-269 P-110 To discuss request for additional Duke Power Co.
J. Suermann 10:00 am 50-270 Bethesda information in regard to staff Babcock & Wilcox 50-287 review of Oconee neutron dosimetry provided in BAW-1697 and BAW-1699.
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Briefing on SECY-Commissioner's Assistants Carl Withee(74040) 9:30 am Washington, DC 82-456 OGC OPE NMSS 5/2/83 1:00.pm 70-371 Montville, Ct.
Discussions UNC Naval Nuclear Fuel Raymond L. Jackson 5/3/83 to relating to SNM MC&A Personnel 5/5/83 9-5 SNM-MC&A Licensee
Contact:
United Nuclear Tom Collopy Corp. (UNC) 5/6/83 9-2 70-1100 Windsor, Ct.
Discussions CE SNM MC&A Personnel Raymond L. Jackson relating to Licensee
Contact:
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5/2/83 71-6639 Willste Mll-1A R. Odegaarden (FC)
R. Odegaarden C. MacDonald (FC)
W. Lake (FC)
W. Lee (FC)
A. Trujillo, R. Pope (Sandia)
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H. Crawford, R. Eggers (REA) 4/3/83 40-86 Willste To discuss contarfiination at W. R.
W. T. Crow (FC)
W. T. Crow 10:00 am Grace Site Pompton Plains, NJ.
Reps fm W. R. Grace 5/3-5/6/83
.40-8027 Gore, OK To'accompnay ORNL environmental E. Y. Shum (FC)
E..Y. Shum team to conduct site visit at M. Rhodes (FC)
Kerr-McGee facili,ty.
5/5/83 Project,
West Valley, To discuss seismic design basis A. T. Clark (FC)
A. T. Clark POSTPONED M-32
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W.Burkhardt(FC)
R. Hurt (FC)
(To be scheduled W. llannum (DOE in early June) 5/5/83 Boston, MA To attend meeting of the Low-Level L. Roche (FC)
L. Roche Waste Working Group.
5/6/83 Willste Meeting of the Transportation Ad Rep fm WM, SG, RI, J. Bridge 12:00-4:00 Room 517 Iloc Planning Committee.
R. E. Cunningham (FC)
J. Bridge (FC) 5/11/83
.Willste To discuss nuclear criticality G. Bidinger (FC)
G. Bidinger Room 517 safety matters.
N. Ketzlach (FC)
M. Killinger (FC) g.
C. Marotta (FC):
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DATE/ TIME HUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 5/3-6/E3 Pasco/ Seattle, WA To meet with State of WA H. Kirner, L. Gronemeyer, JASha ffner, officials to coordinate WA WA State; JAShaffner, WMLL WMLL and HRC conments on llanford LLHDF Closure and Stabili-gation Plan tendered by US Ecology; To observe opera-tions at the llanford LLHDF 5/4/83 4th' Floor Conf Rm Discuss groundwater situation D. Martin, K. Dragonette, D. Partin,
Willste Bldg.
at HRC licensed uranium mills G. Gnugnoli, WMLL; R.
WMLL and applicability of proposed Wilde, H. Lowenberg, FC; RCRA groundwater protection R. Williams, consultant; requirements S. Lichtman, P. Hanson, J. Russell, EPA 5/4/83 Old Town lloliday Discuss Part 61 at ASME P. Lohaus, WMLL P. Lohaus, 2:30 p.m.
Inn, Alexandria, Course " Radioactive Waste WMLL VA Management for Nuclear Power s
Reactors and Other Facilities" 5/6/83 Wrightsville Briefing HC Chapter, llealth K. Dragonette, WMLL K. Dragonette, Beach, NC Physics Socidty on Part 61 WMLL Requirements 5/6/83 Room 726 Discuss Technical Positions L. liigginbotham, P. Lohaus, P. Lohaus, 1:30 p.m.
Willste Bldg.
on Haste Classification and T. Johnson, G. Roles, WMLL; WMLL Waste Form with EEI Staff Russ Stanford, EEI 5/14-18/83 Reno, Nevada Meeting of Committee E-5 of E. llawkins, WMLL E. llawkins,
the Conference of Radiation WMLL'
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Embassy of Korea in liashington 5/2/83 Vancouver, BC To deliver speech on QA JTaylor, IE SRichardson, IE Initiatives to Joint SRichardson, IE Committee of ASME and flational Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors Boston,i1S fianagement Meeting to Discuss RDeYoung, IE RDeYoung, IE 5/10/83
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Perfonnance Improvement Program 5/12/83 H St.
Full Committee Hearing on EJordan, IE WMills, IE 10 CFR 50.72 Rule WMills, IE O
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_DATE/ TIME DOCKET LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES /
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4/28/83 Vienna, Austria.
Discuss BEFAST research D. W. Reisenweaver D. REisenweaver L. Richardson, EG8G program H. Konvicka, 0FSG 5/2-6/83 Hannover, WG Attend US/FRG Information D. Reisenweaver D. Reisenweaver Wurgassen, WG Exchange & tour research L. Richardson, EG&G Gorleben, WG facilities J. Fleish, DWK Karstein; WG H. Baatz, GNS Karlsruhe, WG A. B. Johnson, PNL P. Craig, DOE-RL D. Newman, PNL J. Creer, PNL R. Lambert, EPRI M. Peehs, KWU 5/9-12/83 Leicester, UK Discuss dry spent fuel D. W. REisenweaver D. Reisenweaver
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Wyl fa, UK storage research & tour L. Richardson, EG8G Berkley, UK research facilities D. Deacon, GEC C. Ealing, GEC K. Simpson, CEGB
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NRC CONTACT :
NUMBER APPLICANT (IfAppilcable) 05/03-04/83 Richmond, CA Participate in ANSI W.G.13.3 Mtg.
ANSI W.G. mbrs.
A. Brodsky 05/09/83 Calvert Cliffs NPP To see emergency response facilities S. McGuire
.S. McGuire B. Watson T. Fogette 05/09-10/83 INEL, ID Technical review of man-machine INEL oersonnel J. Jenkins interface projects and tasks' J. Jenkins progress J. Norberg 05/11/83 EPRI, Palo Alto, CA Discuss maintenance H."F. research J. Parris J. Jenkins results and coordinate technical J. Jenkins,
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~ San Francisco, CA Present paper on Onerator Stress J. Jenkins J. Jenkins Response at Conference of Heavy Facilities and Stress 05/12/83 Philadelphia, PA Determine feasibility of Noise ORNL nersonnel G. Lewis Surveillance in a BWR at Peach Phila. Electric Co.
3 Bottom NPP, Philadelphia Electric nersonnel Co.
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NRC CONTACT APPLICANT NUMBER (If Applicable) 5/4-5 Wash.,DC ANS Special Committee on W. Pasedag Source Term
'5/24-25 H Street 2nd Peer Review - BMI-2104, R. Bernero ACRS Conf. Room Vol. II, "Radionuclide Release Under Specific LWR Accident Conditions, Vol. II, BWR, Mark I and III Designs" C
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REGION I MEETING NOTICES April 29, 1983 3,
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5/10/83 50-293 Boston, Mass Ibnagement Meeting to BECo-W.Harrington T. C. Elsasser 10:00 am Discuss Performance NRC-R.DeYoung Improvement Program at R. Starostecki Pilgrim
'.5/12/83 50-219 Forked River, NJ Licensee SALP Meeting -
GPU-P. Clark L. E. Tripp 1:00 pm.
Oyster Creek NRC-R.Starostecki 5/17/83 50-387 Salem Township,PA Licensee SALP Meeting -
PP&L-W.Barberich E. C. McCabe 10:00 am 50-388 Susquehanna Units 1 & 2 NRC-R.Starostecki
.5/9-10/83 Albany, NY Environmental Conservation State Officials M. Campbell Toxics and Radiation Section F
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Raleigh, HC Light Company SALP Administrator and Meeting - lirunswick, Selected RII Staff Robinson & Ilarris Sites Members 05/11/83 RII Office Quarterly Ecgional Resident Inspectors, R. Lewis Resident Inspector Selected RII and HQs 8:00 a.m.
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NRC CONTACT PURPOSE DATE/ TIME NUVDER LOCATION Glen Ellyn, IL Enforcement Conf.
Licensee A.B. Davis 5/4/83 Jones & Laughlin Steel A.B. Davis & Staff 1:00 p.m.
License #13-18304-01 5/5/83 50-237 Glen Ellyn, IL Follow-up meeting Com. Ed.
A.B. Davis (snubbers)
A.B. Davis & staff 1:00 p.m.
50-249 Com. Ed.
5/12/83 50-237-Glen Ellyn, IL~
SALP J.G.Keppler & staff J.G. Keppler 10:00 a.m.
50-249 50-373 50-374 50-254 50-265 50-295 50-304 Enforcement Conf.
Com. Ed.
A.B. Davis 5/13/83 50-373 Glen Ellyn, IL Lasalle Nuclear Plant A.B. Davis & staff 10:00 a.m.
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