ML20031H489

Public Version of Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 810918

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September 23, 1981 For:

The Commissioners From:

T. A. Rehm, Assistarit for Operations, Office of the EDO

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 18, 1981 A sunnary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.

Contents Enclosure Administrat mi A

Nuclear Reactor Regulation B

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C

Inspection and Enforcement D

Nuclear Regulatory Research E

Executive Legal Director F

International Programs G

State Programs H

Management and Program Analysis I*

Controller J*

Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data K

Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization L*

Items Approved by the Commission

/T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations

• No input this week.

FOR SUBSCRIBERS

Contact:

T. A. Rehm, ED0 49-27781 UhkElena*ng!gm WEEKLYINFOREPT PDR

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SUMMARY

OF' WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT Week Ending September 18, 1981 Millstone 1 An unintentional scram from 100% power occurred on September 14 while batteries for the recently-installed ATWS power supply were being charged. The turbine was manually tripped, and automatic turbine by-pass to the main condenser resulted in a steam pressure drop low enough to cause main steam isolation valve closure. The licensee is examining turbine controls to determine the cause of low pressure following turbine by-pass.

Reopening of TMI-l Restart Hearing Record By Order dated September 11, 1981, the TMI-1 hearing. Board reopened the TMI-l hearing record for the purpose of taking evidence on the matter of cheating on the R0 and SR0 examinations. The Board scheduled a prehearing conference for October 2, 1981, to determine issues to be heard and procedures for hearing and prehearing matters.

Hope Creek Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 On September 10, 1981, NRC authorized construction permit extensions for Hope Creek Unit 1 from May 31, 1931, to December 31, 1986; and for Unit 2 from May 31, 1982, to December 31, 1989.

Pqmedial Action Plans - Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 TUMTRCA)

At a DOE briefing,the manager of the UMTRCA Project Office presented revised estimates of the costs and schedules for remedial action with respect to UMTRCA. The current projected cost. for all UMTRCA sites is estimated at $800 million. The schedule for remedial actions has been delayed because the EPA criteria, to be used, will not be issued until January 1983.

MC&A Reform Amendments The Federal Register notice for Material Control and Accounting Requirements for Facilities Possessing Fonmula Quantities of SSNM was published in the Federal Register on September 10, 1981. The Comment period ends on November 9, 1981.

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i OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending September 18, 1981 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial

~ Appeal-of Request Initial Decision.

Received 41 5 12 Granted 305 3

Denied 68 8

Pending 42 1

ACTIONS THIS WEEr' Received Robert Alexander, Requests a cop," cf 16 listed documents.

Ohio Citizens for Responsible Energy (81-362)

-Robert D. Pollard, Requests all dissenting or additional views to Union of Concerned the July 14, 1981 ACRS letter by individual.ACRS Scientists members regarding the restart of Three Mile (81-363)

Island,. Unit 1.

Martin Levy, Requests, on behalf of an NRC employee, the NTEU Chief Steward ~

Candidate Evaluation, Certification and -Selecti.on (81-364)-

Records (CERT) to include the names and grades on each criteria for the "A" candidates for Vacancy Announcement 81-3693.

Joseph Soffer, Friedman and Friedman Requests three categories of information regarding grant awards and contracts by the NRC to (81-365)_

organ,izations in New York State from 1980 to the present.

Eugene Rosolie, Coalition for Requests 15 categories of documents regarding the Safe Power Washington Public Power Supply System.

(81-366)

Pamela Ann Beardsley, Requests all documents retrievable in a search under Georgians Against Nuclear Energy Georgians Against Nuclear Energy and five listed individuals.

(81-367)

CONTACT:

J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A

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_ (An individual requesting Requests information on standards for a'firefighter

~-infonnation) at a nuclear power plant.

(81-368)

Steven C. Sholly, Requests three categories of information on the -

Union of Concerned structure and employees-in' the Office of Scientists Inspection and Enforcement; and documents-

-(81-369) concerning NRC staff evaluation of licer.see, state, and local ~ emergency' plans.

C. H. itsel ey, Jr.,

Requests a copy of the released portions of the Carolina Power &

IE Manual beginning with Change Notice 80-20.

Light Company (81-377)

(NRC employee)

Requests a copy of the-Candidate Evaluation,

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Certification and Selection Record. (CERT) for Vacancy Announcement 81-3101 and documents used as the basis for the selection of the two candida tes.

James E. Stephenson, Requests eight categories of documents regarding

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the inspection in 1977 of HVAC Seismic Support (81-372)

Structure on the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3.

Leslie Birnbaum, Requests all information on a trucking ~ accident Council on Economic on December 8,1970 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Priorities involving spent fuel casks.

(81-373)

Granted Mary Hargrove, In response to a request-for six categories of The Tulsa Tribune (81-314) documents regarding companies with NRC licenses, companies which have been investigated, companies which have had their licenses revoked in Oklahoma and the investigation of Douglas Crofut, maoe available four docaents.

Informed the requester no company in Oklahoma has had its license l

revoked.

Janice F. Rutherford, The BDM Corporation In response to a request for a copy of the contract (81-354) awarded under RFP No. RS-NMS-81-030, inQrmed the reruester-this document is already available at tne PDR.

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Union of, Concerned additional views to the July 14, 1981 ACRS Scientists letter by individual ACRS members' regarding (81-363) th.: restart of Three Mile Island, Unit 1, informed the requester the information is contained in-the 257th ACRS Meeting Trhnscription.

Denied Joanne Dann, In response to a request for copies of SECY-81-312, lnside NRC SECY-81-231 and correspondence regarding these (81-284)-

SECY papers and a list of completed investigations -

conducted by the Office of Inspector and Auditor (OIA) since January 1981, made available 15 documents. Made available a list of the completed investigations by OIA, denying the names of individuals, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal-privacy.

Leah Tremper.

In response to requests, on behalf of an NRC NTEU Steward employee, for information pertaining to Vacancy (81-332 & 81-345)

Announcement 81-2231, made available four documents. Denieo portions of eight documents, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion.of personal privacy.

Daniel R. Mintz, In response to a request for three categories of Citizens for a documents pertaining to the decontamination of' Better Environment Dresden 1, made available six documents.

Denied (81-346) two documents in their entirety containing advice, opinions and recomendations.

(NRC employee)

In response to a request for a copy of the Candidate (81-356)

Evaluation, Certification and Selection Records (CERT) fcr Vacancy Announcement R81-3101 as well as copies of the documents used to evaluate the two selectees, made available one document.

Denied portions of three documents, the oisclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

ENCLOSURE A

DIVISION OF-CONTRACTS Week-Ending September 19, 1981 CONTRACT AWARDED 1.

NRC-03-81-138 Title - NRC Reliability Program Description - Interagency Agreement with U.S. Air Force, Rome Air Development Center, Griffiss Air Force Base to conduct a survey and evaluate i

current reliability programs.

Based on the evaluation and results of the survey, propose a Reliability Program Plan to be implemented by NRC Period of Performance - September 14, 1981 to March 14, 1983 Sponsor - NRR Status - Contract awarded September 14, 1981 to Rome Air Development Center (RADC), Griffiss 6F.B $172,300.00.

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NRC-03-78-127-12 Title - Engineering Assistanca in Ccnnection with Antitrust Hearings Description'- The contractor shall provide technical assistance services in connection with antitrust hearings as the Government may order in the manner thereinafter provided.

Period of Performance - 15 September 1981 through 30 September 1982 Sponsor - NRR Status - Basic Ordering Agreenent awarded to Allen J. Schultz, P.C.,

added to Basic Orderi.1g Agreement series NRC-03-78-127-12 3.

NRC-03-81-026 Title - Benchmarking of Computer Codes and Licensing Assistance Description - Services to benchmark computer codes for supporting regulations and for performing reviews of proposed nuclear waste management systems, evaluate the codes, and provide licensing snalysis using these codes, as required.

Period of Performance - Five (5) years frora the effective date r

including options Sponsor - NMSS Status - Contract awarded September 15, 1981.

ENCLOSURE A FINANCIAL ALSISTANCE 1.

NRC-G-04-81-014-Title "A Study of Effects of Grid Spacers and Blockage on Mist Coolino During LOCA Reflood of PWR" Description - Support is provided to conduct a comprehensive experimental investigation of the important effect on heat transfer of droplet hydrodynamics in a water droplet-vapor dispersion flow through the simulated fuel rod subchannels with grid spacers or blockage during LOCA reflood cf a pressurized water re.ntor.

Period of Performance - One year.

Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

Status - Grant Awarded to the Research Foundation of Stony Brook, New York in the amount of $60,000.00 effective September 9, 1981.

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NRC-G-04-81-015 Title

" Studies of Cretoceous and Palezoic Faulting in Northwest Alabama" Description - Support is provided to conduct research on structural features in northwest Alabama and to extend the area of investigation to include Northeast Mississippi where con-struction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Wateneay is in progress.

Period of Performance - One year.

Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

Status - Grant Awarded to the State of Alabama in-the amount of $30,000.00 effective September 9, 1981.

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NRC-G-04 016 Title

" Structural Geology in the Vicinity of the Shawneet' wn, Fault Zone, o

Southeastern Illinois" Dxcription.- Support is provided to detennine if the Wabash Valley Fault System extends through the 38th Parallel Lineament and is contiguous with the Northeast-Trending faults of the Flucrspar -

Area Fault Complex to the south.

Period of Performance - One year.

Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research L+ete - Frant Awarded to the University of Illinois in the amount of

$34,842.00 effective September 9, 1981.

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NRC-04-81-020 Title

" Study of Steam-Water Flows" Description - Support is provided to conduct studies directed towards corrective boiling and dryout in narrow crevices, such as in the PWR steam. generator secondary side.

The thrust of'the work is designed to provide data useful for modification and verification of Computer Codes.

Period of Performance - One year.

Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Grant Awarded to Northwestern University in the amount of $60,000.00 effective September 9,1981.

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tiRC-G-04-81-021 Title "A Study of Countercurrent Two Phase Flow in Horizontal Pipes Description - Support is provided to investigate countercurrent flow parameters of a-two phase fluid in horizontal pipes.- The fluid used wil.1 be water, with liquid flowing in the bottcm of the pipe and steam flowing above the liquid phase and in the opposite direction.

Period of.Perfomance - One year.

Sponsor --Office of tiuclear Regulatory Research Status - Grant Awarded to the University of Maryland in the amount of

'$60,000.00 effective August 5, 1981.

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fiRC-G-04-81-025 Title

" Degraded Core Heat Transfer" Description - Support is provided to conduct research that will lead to an understanding of the governing physical processes to a level appropriate for development of macroscopic models for use in existing reactor system safety analysis codes such as RELAP 5 or TRAC.

Period of Performance - One year Sponsor - Office of tiuclear Regulatory Research Status - Grant Awarded to the University of California, at Los Angeles in the amount of $80,000.00 effective September 15, 1981.

C0t{ TRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made) fiRC-06-77-116 Louisiana State University 9/1 6/81 tiRC-05-78-351 Center for fiatural Areas 9/16/81 tiRC-17-75-154 ABS Duplicating, Inc.

9/16/81 fiRC-13-77-136 Damans & Associates 9/16/81 AT(49-24)-0253 tiUS Corporation 9/11/81 AT(49-5)-02E67 tiathan M. Tiewmark 9/15/81 tiRC-04-78-219 Univ of CA 0 Berkeley 9/11/81 f4RC-05-78-33E Pagna flux 9/ll/El AT(49-24)-0248 Westinghouse 9/11/81 f4RC-04-77-032 American fluclear Society 9/17/81 Et4 CLOSURE A

OFFICE DE NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION

' Il-WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 19, 1981

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MILLSTONE 1 An unintentional reactor scram from 100% power level occurred at 11:33 a.m.

Sep,tember 14, 1981 while charging batteries for the ATWS power supply that was installed during the most recent plant outage (Oct. 4,1980 - June 17, 1981).

The turbine was manually tripped four seconds later.

Automatic turbine by-pass to the main condenser resulted in a steam pressure drop low enough to cause main steam isolation valve closure.

Up to this point the transient was similar to the transient that occurred on August 11, 1981.

H6 wever, during the most recent tiansient, as a result of operator. action, reactor vessel. water level was maintained within normal range, and pressure was limited without Osing the isolation condenser or pressure relief through any'of the six relief valves to the torus.

Currently the reactor is critical at 500 psig while a General Electric turbine expert examines turbine controls

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Reopening of'TMI-1' Restart HearingrRecord c

By Order dated September 11, 1981, the'TMI-l hearing Board reopened the

TMI-l hearing record for the purpose of taking evidence on the~ matter of

' cheating on the RO and SR0 examinations.

The Board appointed a special.

Master to conduct the hearing, and scheduled.a prehearing conference for October 2,1981 to determine' issues to be heard and procedures for hearing and pre-hearing matters.

Hope Creek Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 In a timely filed letter dated April 29,'1981, Public' Service Electric and Gas Company requested construction permit extensions for. Hope C eek Generating Station, Unit 1 from May 31, 1981 to December 31, 1986 and for b it 2 from May 31, 1982 to December 31, 1989.

On September 10, 1981, we istued an order that authorized the requested extensions.

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i NRC TMI PPOGRAM'0FFICE VEEKLY STATUS REPORT Week of S:ptember 13 - 19, 1981 1

[lantStatus Heat transfer l from the reactor coolant system (RCS)

Core Cooling Mode:

loops to readter building ambient.

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Available Core Cooling Modes:

Decay heat removal systems.

Long tem cooling "B" fonce through steam generator-B),

i RCS Pressure Control Mode: Standby pressure control (SPC) system. -

i Backup Pressure Control Modes: Mini decay heat removal (MDHR) systra.

Decay heat removal (DH3) system.

I Major Parmeters (as of 0500, September 18,1981) (approximate values) i Average Incope Themoccuples:

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RCS Loop Te=peratures :

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RCS Pressure: 100 psig Reactor Building: Temperature:

72fF Water level:

Elevation 291 ft. (8.5 f t. from floor)

Pressure :l iia penetration 401 manometer

-0.5 psig Concentra' tion : 2.6 x 10-6 uti/cc Kr-85 (Sample taken 1

9/ 3/ 81.

Weekly reactor building air sampling has been discontinued while the sampling system is rodified for continuous sampling capability.)

Effluent and Environmental (Radio'locical) Informati_on t-l 1.

Liquid effluents from the TM River after processing, were,I site ' released to the Susquehanna made within the regulatory limits and in accordance with NRC requirements arid City of Lancaster Agreement dated February 27, 1980.

During the period September 31, 1981 t'hrough September 17, 1981, the effluents contained no detectable ! radioactivity at the discharge point althodgh individual ef, fluent sources which originated within Unit 2 contained minute anstints of radicactivity.

Calcula tions indicate that less than 2 millionths (0.000002) of a curie of Cs-137 were discharged.

This represents less than 0.00002% of the permissable total liquid activity as spei:ified in ' Technical Specifications for operational commercial reactors.

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' Environmental Protectio'n' Agency..(EPk). Environmental Data.

Results from EPA monitoring of tne environment around the TM1 site were as follows :

The.PA measured Kr-85 concentrations (pCi/m3) at several environmental mon.itorin'g ' stations' and reported the following

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NRC Environmental Data.

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(uti/cc) i HP-285 September 9,1981 -- September 16,.1981 <7.7 E-14 <7.7 E-14

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4 Licensee Radioactive Materiil and Ridwaste Shioment.

On Monday, September 14,1981, a;; 40 ml Unit 2 reactor coolant sample and a san:ple of} radioacti've riaterial from a make-up filter were sent to Babcock and b'ilcox (B&W), Lynchburg, Vi rginia.

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Sub erced _Demineralizer System (SDS).i The intermediate level Reactor Coolant Bleed Tank (RCST) water (appnoximately 4,000 gallons) in the SDS feed tanks was processed through :the SDS zeolite vessels.

The processing of this water was an opera'tional check of the system following an outage for minor modifications.

Except for a minor instrumentation malfunction in the fuel pool B cleanup system, the operational check revealed no problems.

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EPICOR II.

The EPICUR II spitem has processed (polished) approx-imately 25,000 gallons of.wat'er from the SDS.

Approximately gallons rescin to. be proce' sed., The EPICOR II system is 125,000 s

operating as expected...Eff1'uer.t water is being stored onsite in one of the two 500,00,0,,gillon processed water storage tanks.

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Reactor Buildine ErbW. iWe._ sixte'enth entry into the Unit 2 reactor Duilcing (RS) is scheauledler September 24, 1981.

The following tasks are scheduled ter bt perfomed during the entry:

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The entry will commence at appFo'xisately 9:00 AM and is scheduled to be c.nmpleted by 2:00 tM. q,, '

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EDO OGC Office Directors Commissioner's Technical Assistants hRR Division Directors NRR A/D's R2gional Directors IE Division Directors TAS EIS TMI Program Office Staff (15)

PHS EPA DOE Projects Br. f2 Chief, DT.PI, RI DRPI Chief, RI Public Af fairs, RI State Liaison, RI e

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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS

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Items of Interest

. Week Ending' September 18, 1981

.BWIP-Site Visit On September 22, 1981, several-members of the High-Level Waste Technical Development Branch, WM, will be visiting the Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP) in Washington. Topics for discussion will include: hydrogeology; geochemistry; design, including the Experimental Shaft Testing Facility (ESTF), conceptual design, and the Near Surface Test Facility (NSTF);

quality assurance; geophysics; and remote sensing.

Barnwell SNM License Renewed on September 15, 1981 On September 15, 1981, NRC issued a renewed license for Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc., (CNSI) of Kirkland, Washington, for disposal of special nuclear material at CNSI's low-level radioactive waste disposal facility located near Barnwell, South Carolina. A negative declarction for the renewal action is being published in the Federal Register. An environmental impact appraisal and a safety evaluation report were prepared and are being forwarded to the PDR.

The renewed license authorizes disposal of solid wastes containing U-235, U-233, and plutonium in concentrations of 10 nanocuries -per gram of waste or less.

DOE Procram Committee to be Addressed The proposed Low-Level Waste Rule,10 CFR Part 61, will be discussed at the September 17 and 18,1981 meeting of DOE's Low-Level Waste Management Program Review Committee at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts. The Program Review Committee's purpose is to review DOE program activities and related issues and to suggest additional efforts that may be needed ta ensure that the DOE program meets its objective to develop methods and procedures to ensure isolation of LLW from

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man and his environment. The Committee is composed of individuals from academia industry, government, and the public. The NRC LLW Program will also be briefly addressed.

MC&A Reform Amendments The Federal Register notice for Material Control and Accounting Requirements for Facilities Possessing Formula Quantities of SSNM was published in the Federal Register on September 10, 1981. The Comment period ends on November 9, 1981.

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Items of Interest 2

Meeting with Congressional Staff The Division.of Safeguards staff met with members of Congressman Markey's staff and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation staff. The main areas of discussion centered on safeguards-for reprocessing and NRC statistics requirements and procedures.

Pennsylvania Power and Light Comoany y

On September 10, 1981, Materials License No. SNM-1870 was issued to Pennsylvania Power and Light Company authorizing the receipt, possession, inspection, and storage of uranium enriched in the U-235 isotope contained in fuel assemblies at the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Unit 1.

Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg Research Center On September 14, 1981, representatives of Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg Research Center met with NMSS staff members to discuss the B&W proposed plans for the decontamination of the soil near the solid waste storage area.

They will now finalize their plans and submit them to the NRC by October 8, 1981.

UNITED NUCLEAR CORPORATION - WOOD RIVER JUNCTION, RHODE ISLAND NMSS has been developing decontamination criteria on a site specific basis using general guidance provided by the Environmental Protection Agency for protection against transuranium elements present in the environment as a result of unplanned contamination.

A case in point is decontamination criteria prepared for United Muclear Corporation's former scrap recovery plant in Wood. River Junction, Rhode Island.

Recently, NMSS has developed generic decontamination and' disposal criteria for operations involving thorium and uranium.

REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS - URANIUM MIL'l 'TAILIt'GS RADI ATION CONTROL ACT On September 11, 1981, members of the NMSS staff attended a briefing at DOE, Germantown, on the status of the remedial action plans for the sites identified in the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978.

The briefing was presented by Mr. R. Campbell, Manager, UMTRA Project Office.

Mr. Campbell presented revised estimates of the costs and schedules for corrective action.

The current projected cost for cli UMTRCA sites is estimated at $800 million. The schedule for remedial actions has been delayed because the EPA criteria, to be used, will not be issued until January 1983.

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. Meetings - Division of Waste Management.

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Meeting with DOE LLW contractors at LASL and ORNL to discuss.the NRC and DOE LLW Programs for design ~ and operation of-LLW sites, ine'uding discussion of TA and RES studies supporting ooth programs.

Date/ Time:

September 21-25, 1981 Location:

Oak Ridge, TN and Los Alamos, tai Attendees:

E. F. Hawkins, David Stefken, Roger Pennifill, WMLL; Edmond Tourigny, WMPI;.R. E. Browning, WM; various representatives of ORNL and LASL.

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Subject:

' Region III State ~ Liaison Officers Meeting -'Infonnation Exchange on items of concern to NRC.and state officials (K. Dragonette to discuss 10 CFR Part 61, and M. J. Bell to discuss 10 CFR Part 60).

Date/ Time:

September 23-24, 1981 Location:

Americana Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois Attendees:

G. W. Kerr, Sue Weissberg, SP; K. S..Dragonette, WMLL; M. J. Bell, WMHL.

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Divisicn of Safecuards - Planned Meetings 1.

Subject:

Meeting with United Nuclear Corporation, Naval Products, to ' perform SVAP assessment-of safeguards Date:

September 20-24, 1981 Lccation:

Uncasville, Connecticut Attendees:

S. Fratelli J. James D. Huff C. Emeigh N. Ervin 2.

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' Briefing on TA for " Design Features to Facilitate IAEA Safeguards at Mixed 0xide Fuel Fabrication Plants Date:

September 21, 1961, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location:

Willste Bldg., Silver Spring Attendees:

.Kenneth E. Sanders, NMSS

_ Attendees from ACDA, DOS and DOE 3.

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Facility Attachments for Implementing the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement Date:

September 21-25, 1981 Location:

Vienna, Austria Attendees:

P. K. Morrow, SGMD Representatives of the IAEA, US Mission, Executive Branch and others 4.

Subject:

Quarterly Credibility Assessment Working Group Meeting Date:

September 22, 23 & 24, 2:30 a:30, 8:30-5:00, 8:30--3:00 Location Willste Bldg, MNBB, rm 6110, MNBB, rm 6110 Attendees:

R. Burnett, E. Quinn, B. Jones, P. MacMurdy, NMSS Representatives from DOE (D'Agostino), FBI (A. Seddon),

Lawrence Livermoore National Lab (F. Jessen)

Thornburg, Miller, Goller and Brady have been invited to attend 9/22 session 5.

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Meeting with NRC State Liaison Offices from Region 3 to discuss NRC requirements for ' notification of governors Date:

September - 24, 1981 Location:

Chicago, Illinois Attendees:

Tom Allen, SGRI 6.

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theting with Edison Electric Institute on reactor safeguards issues' Date:

September 28, 1981 Location:

Denver, Colorado Attendees:

Tom Allen, SGRI 7.

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Meeting with B&W to resolve differences wic. IE on interpretation of their Fundamental Nuclear Material Control Plan Date:

September 29-30, 1981 Location:

Lynchburg, Virginia Attendees:

D. Zeff, B&W B. Powers,-B&W Har Bartz, SGML 8.

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Meeting with NFS-Erwin to discuss bias corrections and measurement control

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September 29 - October 2, 1981 i

Location:

Erwin, Tennessee Attendees:

D., Joy, SGML; K. Hensley, T. Lee and C. Brown, NFS ENCLOSURE C

Absences of the Deputy Director or Director 9/21/81: Robert F. Burnett, official business @ North Anna Acting:

D. R. Chapell ENCLOSURE C

Meetings - Divisic_n_of Fuc1 Cycle and Material Safety 1.

Subject:

Pre-meeting conference on NEA program directives and U.S. representative to the NEA committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health.

Date/ Time:

September 18 - 26 Location:

Paris, Fiance Attendees:

Richard E. Cunningham (FC) 2.

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To accompany PNL contractor for facility visit in support of accident uource term contract.

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3eptember 20 - 25 4

Location:

Metropolis, Illinois & Boston Billerica, Massachusetts Attendees:

T. Decker (FC) 3.

Subject:

Site visit to discuss decontamination activities prior to license termi "..on; meet with Rhode Island officials regarding Wood River Junction (WRJ) plant; site visit to UNC (WRJ).

Date/ Tine :

September 21 - 24 Location:

Attleboro, Massachusetts; Wood River Junction, Rhode Island Attendees:

William T. Crow (FC) 4.

Subject:

Symposium on High-Level Nuclear Waste - Speech entitled

" Safely Transporting Radioactive Wastes" Date/Tict:

September 25 Location:

University of Southern Mississippi Attendees:

Vernon Hodge (FC), DOE staff 5.

Subject:

To discuss, clarify and resolve issues pertaining to the Air Force management of 30mm armor piercir.g incendiary munitions containing depleted uranium.

Date/ Time:

September 29 - 10:00am Location:

Willste - 5th floor conference room Attendees:

MLB Staff, Air Force Radioisotope Committee Meetings - Past 1.

Subject:

Revicw draft EIS on Kerr-McGee West Chicago Jate/ Time:

September 15 - 18 Location:

Argonnie, Illinois Attendees:

W. A. Nixon (FC), E. Y. Shum (FC) 2.

Subject:

Contamination Levels of Model No. NFS-4, Seiial NAC-lD PKG Date/ Time:

September 16, 9:00 am Location:

Willste Building, REC's office Attendees:

R. E. Cunningham (FC), C. E. MacDonald (FC),

R. H. Odegaarden (FC), Paul Schutt (President, NAC),

Charles Johnson (Vice President, NAC)

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Subject-Participate in communications check at NRC alternate operations center.

Date/ Tine:

September 17 Location:

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Attendees:

J. T. Long (FC)

ABSENCES OF DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR Richard E. Cunningham - September 18 - 26 (Paris trip)

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Items of Interest

sek Ending September 18, 1981 1.

Preliminary Notifications r. elating to the 'following actions were cispatched during the week:

a.

PNO-I-81-103 Millstone Nuclear Dower Station, Unit 3 - Fire at Construction Site b.

PNO-I-81-104 Pilgrim, Unit 1 - Potential Violation of Containment Integrity - No Release of Activity c.

PNG-II-81 -72 Sequoyah 2 - Radioactive Gas Release In-plant d.

PN0-II-81-73 Farley 1 - Unplanned Outage Due to Main Generator i

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PN0-II-81-74 Sequoyah 1 and 2 - Acid Spill f.

PNO-II-81-75 McGuire Unit 1 - Reactor Coolant System Leak and Safety Injection g.

PNO-II-81 -76 General Electric Company, Wilmington Manufacturing Department - Uranium Hexafluoride (UF ) Release 6

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PND-III-81-79 Zion Unit 2 - Inoperative Auxiliary Feedwater Pumps j.

PNO-III-81-80 Dresden Unit 3 - Unit Shutdown as a Result of Inoperable ECCS Components 2.

Other Items:

a.

Region II:

Sequoyah 2 is delaying critical until 9/21/81 because of pump seal repair.

No PN was issued.

A woman was killed at ti.2 Vogtle. construction site 9/14/81 when hit by a grader.

No PN was issued.

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Activities of the Division of Emergency Preparedness:

September 17, 1981 A meeting of headquarters and regional Emergency Preparedness review teams washeldon)9/17/81todiscussmeansofexpeditingonsiteemergencypreparedness appraisals and reports. As a result of this meeting, report length will be reduced and report review procedures improved.

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site visits and personnel assigned to the teams will be stabilized and N

consultation on schedule changes improved to reduce stress on team leaders C

and team members. The Director, Deputy Director and Branch Chiefs of DEP l

participated as well as three Regional Division Directors and the Deputy 0

Director of Region IV.

To date, 21 site visits have been completed and S

5 reports issued.

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Director, EP, will participate in a meeting requested b3 Jeveral members of D

public interest gr6ups on a variety of subjects related to ettergency preparedness.

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 18, 1981 Experimental Programs Branch 1.

Advanced Tso-Phase Instrunentation for Safety Technology ORNL completed the analysis of the Westinghouse dp reactor liquid level ir.dication sy: tem testing at the Semiscale S-UT-3 experiment.

ORNL concluded that the apparent discrepancy between the Westinghouse measurement and the Semiscale measurement was caused by the geometry in the upper plenum, and the Westinghouse system is conservative when compared to the two-phase froth level, but not

- the collapsed water level.

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BWR Refill /Reflood Program 0

Lynn 30 SSTF operating costs continue to be a major problem. The current plan is to complete testirg in December 1981. However, GE is attempting to accelerate the testing to allow an earlier shut down and thus maintain total costs within budget.

3.

Meeting on BWR BDHT Review Group A meeting of the BWR Blowdown Heat Transfer Research Review Group will be held on September 18,1981 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 150 of the Willste Building. Topics to be discussed include results from the TLTA program, plans for BWR FIST and results from the BWR Refill /Reflood program.

Contact:

W. D. Beckner (42-74265).

4.

Semiscale System conversion to run' the integral natural convection tests is continuing.

Test NC-7 is anticipated on September 9, 1981.

A meeting '; discuss the Westinghouse level device behavior in Semiscale was held ith Westinghouse, NRR, ORNL and RES on September 11, 1981.

All participants requested the Semiscale Program Manager to arrange

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for an additional transient test of the level device with vessel head modifications on a high priority. NRR is preparing a user need request.

Tentatively, this test will be added folloeing the NC l

test series snd prior to the intermediate break (IB) series.

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Analytical Models Branch 1.

Both in-house and ACRS meetings were attended on the topic of Pressurized Thermal Shock. As a result of these meetings, actions for this Branch include:

(1) Produce TRAC-PF1 input decks for H. B. Robinson (3-loop W)-

and Fort Calhoun (C.E.) plants. Survey has shrwn that no input decks exist for plants for argt computer code.

(2) Perform LBLOCA SBLOCA SLB, and uncontrolled FN transient analyses for the.e two plants. While the input decks are being developed (6 months), perform other analyzes identified 'by NRR or ORNL. ORNL's consultant wii1 help in identifying scenarios.

NRR's program in this area needs to be coordinated with those of RES.

T. Marley and AMB staff are taking the necessary steps.

2.

The Advanced Code Review Group will meet on September 21-22 in Silver Spring. LANL staff will present to NRR a descripitan of TRAC-PF1 and of TRAC-PD2 results on September 23 in Bethesda.

Transportation & Materials Risk Branch 1.

Effective Amendment to 10 CFR' 30.15(a)(9)

On September 11, 1981, the Executive Director for Operations approved for publication and signed a Federal Register notice amending 10 CFR 30.15(a)(9) to add 0.05 microcurie of americium-241 to the list of radionuclides approved for axempt use in ionizing radiation measuring instruments far purposes of internal calibration or standardization. This staff initiated action was l

prompted by discussions with manufacturers of instruments which indicated a need for a very small amount of an alpha emitting radioactive material in certain instruments. Use of the material leads to more reliable radiation measurements.

For comparative purposes it may be noted that 0.05 microcurie of americium-241 is much less than the 1 microcurie quantity that is widely used in residential smoke detectors.

The preamble to the emendment contains a statement that since the amendment relieves persons from present regulatory restrictions, the Commission, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, certifies that the amendment will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Persons with a need for instruments with small americium-241 calibration sources will be able to obtain those instruments without incurring the costs associated with satisfying the requirements of a specific or general

. license.

The proposed amendment for this rulemaking was published July 9,1981. Three comments were received during the 45-day comment period. All the commenters favored adoption of the final rule.

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0FFf CE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DfRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 18, 1981 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (Restart)

On September 14, 1981, the presiding ASLB issued a Memorandum and Order reopening the hearing record on matters related to cheating during operator examinations.

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (Restart)

On September 17, 1981, the Commission issued an Order (CLI-81-20) in which by a majority vote it confirmed its ruling of December 5,1981, to exclude from this proceeding contentions involving psychological stress and community deterioration.

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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK EhDlhG SEPTEMBER 18, 1981 Foreign Visits to NRC On Monday Mr. Sillivius Hartwig, of the Batt211e-Frankfurt National Laboratory in West Germany, met with S. Ramos, Chief of the Emergency Preparedness Development Branch of IE, to discuss future programs in the area of emergency preparedness.

Under contract to the German Federal Ministry of Interior (BMI, NRC's regulatory counterpart) Mr. Hartwig is preparing a review of emergency preparedness programs and future policy directions for several major countries.

On Monday Dr. J. A. Dennis, Assistant Director for Research and Development of the UK Nuclear Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), met with J. Kastner of FCMS/NMSS and W. Cool of HERB /RES to discuss the implicati?ns of proposed UK legislation on radiation protection guidance for occupational exposure.

On Tuesday Professors Vladimir Yeroshenko and Yuri Kuenetsov of the Soviet Heat Engineering Institute of Moscow, met with S. Fabic and N. Zuber of RES to discuss research on fluid flow and heat transfer.

On Thursday Dr. L. Rybach, a member of the Swiss Federal Commission for the Security of Atomic Installations _and a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, met with J. Martin, Director of the NMSS Division of Waste Management, F. Arsenault, Director of the RES Divi: ion of Health, Siting, and Waste Management, and J. Davis, Chief of the RES Waste Management. Branch, to discuss the licensing and research implications of 10 CFR Part 60.

On Thursday Mr. Muneaki Senoo, of the Division of Environmental Safety Research of the Japanese Waste Safety Testing Facility,-met with K. S. Kim of the RES Waste Management Branch to discuss high level waste disposal and 10 CFR Part 60.

On Friday Dr. William Hannum, Deputy Director General of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) met with Chairman Palladino, and Commissioners Gilinsky, Ahearne and Roberts, R. B. Minogue, Director RES, and H. K. Shapar, Director ELD, to discuss current nuclear issues and questions of staffing and U.S. representation on various NEA bodies.

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0FFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK EN!

IMBER 18,1981 On September 16,1981, M1111am *

zer, Regional State Liaison Officer, Region III, was in :fomewood, Ill.nu. meeting with the Regional Assistance Committee, Region V.

Schedules were agreed to for the upcoming Dresden, Zion (Kenosha County only), Lacrosse, and Zimmer emergency plan exercises.

State Program staff met with DOT representatives to review DOT's progress to date in implementing their contract program with States for enforcement of hazardous materials transportation regulations. This DOT program replaces the past NRC/ DOT transportation surveillance program for radioactive materials (RAM). Washington and Maryland are concluding negotiations with DOT this month. DOT expects grant proposals from 20-25 other States by the end of the month. The relative emphasis put on RAM under the program will be decided by each State.

Colorado c.ontinues to devote e ffort to the formalization of a compact for low level radioactive waste disposal. Recently the States of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming met in Reno, Nevada. They have designated themselves as the " Rocky Mountain Group." New Mexico has prepared a draft model compact which will be considered by the group at a tentatively scheduled meeting November 19-20 in Denver. No specific language has been adopted but Colorado officials have indicated plans to have a compact ready for State legislators by January, 1982 However, this would be contingent on obtaining a DOE grant to hire a staff person to do the work, s

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0FFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 18, 1981

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Potential Ai, System Contamination at Rancho Seco Based u'pon an examination of a recent LER from Rancho Seco and an ongoing stJdy involving air system contamination at San Onofre in 1980, AE00 identified a potential common cause failure hazard to pneumaticallj operated equipment.

AE00 recommended that NRR/IE take immediate action to assure that the Re.ncho Seco staff:

1.

Examine the instrument and control air system, determine the source of contamination (defective equipment, inadequate maintenance or operation procedures, etc.), and take appropriate corrective action.

2.

Evaluate the common cause failure potential of desiccant in the air lines.

3.

Examine the instrument and control air system to determine the extent of desiccant contamination.

If the desiccant contamination is determined to be widespread, and if it appears that a valid safety concern exists, the licensee should be required to blowdown, cleanup, and test the entire air system and the safety-related equipment which could be affected by the desiccant prior to bringing the plant up to power from its present outage.

Regarding other plants, AE0D recommended that an appropriate bulletin be issued requiring all licensees to furnish a listing of their experience with air system contamination (contamination by dirt, desiccant, water, etc.), prcvide an assess-ment of the safety implications of the'se events, and evaluete their plant's susceptibility to contamination induced common cause failures of their air system.

Additionally, AEOD believed that NRR/IE should review each plant's operating experience and susceptibility to such commco cause failures and, if required, determine the course of corrective action on a case-by-case basis.

Meetina with INPO and NSAC The second coordination meeting with INP0 and NSAC since the Memorandum of Agreenent was signed was held at AE00 on September 18, 1981. Subjects discussed included:

the results of recent screening and evaluation activities; AE00 plans to phase out the LER file using the NIH computer and to consolidate LER monthly reporting; AE00 activities related to development of a proposed rule for LER reporting requirements; and the future course of the NPRDS under INP0 management.

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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMI3SION - WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 18, 1981 A.

SECY-81-491 - REVISED SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION OF TMI ACTION PLAN ITEM III.D.I., RELIEF AND SAFETY VALVE TESTING, Memo SECY to Dircks, 9/15/81 This is to advise you that the Comission (with all Co=issioners approving) has approved a revised schedule for ccmpletion of

?.he PWR (EPRI) valve test program.

In connection with his approval, Cc=missioner Gilinsky hcs requested that he be provided with a briefing on test results obtained to date.

Arrangements have been made for this briefing on Friday, September 18, 1981.

• he Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation was informed of this action by t lephone on September 15, 1981.

B.

STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION B1-33, 4:05 P.M., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1981, Memo SECY to Dircks & Bickwit, September 15 2 981_

I.

SECY-81-457/457A - EDO Delegations of Authority (Policy Issue)

The Co.m ission requested a new draft of the staff paper including modifications discussed at the meeting.

(OGC) (SECY Suspense:

9/16/81)

II.

SECY-81-421 - Mcdifications to the Immediate Effectiveness Rule with Regar:1 to Pur.1 Loading and Low-Power Operating Licenses (Rulemaking *,ssue)

The Co=ission requested a new draf t of the staf f paper including modifications discussed at the meeting.

(OGC) (SECY Susp,ense:

9/15/81)

III. SECY-81-494 - Integrated Operational Experience Reporting System (Rulemaking Issue)

The Com ission unanimously approved for publication in the Federal Register an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with modifications suggested by Commissioners Ahearne and Gilinsky.

The Notice will inform the public that the Commission plans to defer rulemaking that would establish the Integrated Operational Experience Reporting System.

(AEOD) (SECY Suspense:

9/29/81)

Staf f is directed to develop for Comission review rnd approval a proposed rule to modify and codify the existing Licensee Event Report (LER) reporting requirements.

The Commission endorses the staf f recommendations contained in the SECY paper and directs staff to:

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5 ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 18, 1981 B.. STAFF REQUIREMENTS, cont'd.

1.

Bring a revised LER rule to the Commission before the end of 1981.

(AEOD) (SECY Suspense:

12/31/81) 2.

Coordinate closely with INPO to minimize duplication between the LER and the NPRDS systems and between subsequent NRC and INPO analysis of NPRDS data.

3.

Closely monite: the progress of INPO's management of the NPRDS..

After INPO takes over the. system,

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provide the Commission with semi-annual status reports on the effectiveness of INPO management of NPRDS and the responsiveness of NPRDS to NRC needs.

IV.

SECY-81-501 - Psychological Impacts in the TMI-l Restart Proceedanc (Adjudicatory Issue)

A maiority of the Commission (Chairman Palladino and Comm.ssioners Ahearne and Roberts) voted not to consider psycnological impacts in the TMI-l restart proceeding, and rtguested that the General Counsel prepare an Order to that effect.

Commissioner Bradford voted to consider psychological impacts.

Commissioner Gilinsky desired to know the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's views prior to taking a position on the treatment of the psychological stress issues.

(OGC) (SECY Susp,ense:

9/15/81)

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SECY-81-502 - Fees for Withdrawn Applications for Power Reactor Construction Permits, Operating Licenses, and Other Approvals or Revieus (Rulemaking Issue)

The Commission unanimously approved for publication in the Federal Register a final rule which would require fees for review of power reactor license applications in the case where that application 's subsequently withdrawn.

(LPM 3/OGC/OELD)

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SECY-A-80-168/168A - Rulemaking to Incorporate in 10 CFR Part 2 APA's " Military and Foreign Affairs Exception" to Adjudications A majority of the Commission (Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Ahearne and Roberts) approved for publication in the Federal Register a proposed rule change as modified by Chairman Palladino and Commissioner Roberts ENCLOSURE M

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STAFF RE0VIREMENTS, cont'd.

which would provide an exception from those rules #o'-

ad-)uc1 cations involving the conduct ofmilitarvand oreign affairs functions.

Commissioner Gilin' sky would have preferred to defer action on this croposed ule until it is better delineated.

Commiss'ioner Bradford fisaoprovedanddesireshisseparateviewstobeincluded

.n - e r ecE cc-Register Notice, (OGC) (SECf Suspense:

9/18/81)

SEPAPATE VIEWS OF COMMISSIONER SPADFORD It is difficult to imagine a greater waste of time than this rulemaking.

Neither this agency nor its predecessor (which really did have military functions) has ever needed to use the military affairs exception to the Administrative Procedures Act.

The sole reason for seeking comment at this time is to shore up the court prospects of the Commission's dubious actions in the NFS Erwin matter (discussed in detail at 11 NRC 799, 809, in June, 1980.

Instead of taking up space in the Federal Register and the time of prospective commenters, the Commission would be bette.. advised to hold the adjudicatory hearings that it of fered to the Natural Resources Defense Counsel in this matter in February, 1980.

Had that proceeding been conducted as it should have been, this rulemaking and the attendant litigation would be unnecessary.

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STAFF REOUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON PRESSURIZED THERMAL SHOCys, 2:05 P.M.,

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1981, Memo SECY to Dircks, September 16, 1981-The Comission was briefed by sta'ff on discussions with industry regarding damage to reactor vessels in the event of a severe overcooling transient.

The Co mission requested a briefing following the 60-day response period to letters mailed to certain licensees on August 21, 1981.

The Co nission asked to be kept informed of new developments regarding the thermal shock issue.

(NRR)

(SECY Suspense:

11/2/81)

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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING SEPTEM3ER 18, 1981 D.

SECY-81 -522 - PROPOSED CONTRACT MODIFICATION TO CONTRACT NO. NRC-10-80-390 FOR CONTINUATION OF THE " CONVERSION, PROGRAMMING, IMPLEMENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE NRC AUTOMATED PERSONNEL SYSTEM" - Memo SECY to Dircks, September 16, 1931 This is to advise you that the Cc=ission (with f our Cc=issioners approving) has approved the subject-contract modification.

Ccmmissioner Gilinsky preferred to withhcid approval until the alternative system described in the paper could be studied further.

His full ec=ents are attached.

Commissioner Ahearne, while approving, provided the attached detailed c c=en t s.

The Office of Administration (MPA : APDS ) and Contracts was informed of this action by telephone or September 15, 1981.

It is requested that you inform the Office of the Secretary of the date of contract award.

(SECY Suspense:

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Scptember 25, 1981)

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SECY-81-492 - SEASROOK - DIREC'e0R'S DENIAL OF PETITION UNDER 10 CFR 2.206 Memo SECY to Bickwit, Sectenber 18, 1981 This is to advise you that the Cc=ission (with Chairman Palladino and Cc=issioners Ahearne and Roberts appreving and Cc=issioners Gilinsky and Eradford disapproving) has decided that there is no need for a review of this decision-cf the Director of Nuclear Reacter Regulation.

Attached are the dissenting views of Cc=issioners Gilinsky with which Cc=issioner Eradf ord agrees.

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The Office of the General Counsel was informed of this action by telephone on September 9, 1981.

SEPARATE VIEWS OF CO.v.MISSIONER GILINSKY Seabrcok poses difficult, and perhaps unique, e.ergency planning problems.

In light of the time and cost likely to be involved in improving Seabrock's emergency preparedness, we should begin to seek solutions new, not some yeirs frem new, when the plant is almest ready to Operate.

Moreover, at that time it will be much more difficult for the NRC to require remedial measures which could delay plant operation.

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i improving parking at the beaches so as to permit rapid evacuation, adding improved access roads to the beaches, and constructing additional access roads to Interstate-95.

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.cperation may be contingent' on :. stricted use of the beaches.

(Commissioner Bradford agrees with these views).

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