ML20031H491
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9 October 7, 1981 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2,1981
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A sumary of key events.is included as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclo.ure e
Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C
Inspection and Enforcement D
Nuclear Regulatory Research E
Executive Legal. Director F* '
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International Programs G
H State Programs Management and Program Analysis I
Controller J*
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data X*
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization L*
Items Approved by the Commission M
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FOR SUBSCRIBERS
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SUMMARY
OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT Week Ending October 2, 1981 South Texas Project The Houston Lighting and Pontr Company announced changes in the role of its Architect Engineer / Constructor for the South Texas Project. Brown & Root will be replaced by Bechtel as the Architect Engineer and will provide construction management service. Brown & Root has been asked to continue to perform the const!uction work. Also, a further slip in construction completion, currently July 1984 for Unit 1, may result.
' 00T Regional Meetings Concerning Highway Routing of Radioactive Materials In accordance with a recent DOT rule, after February 1, 1982, highway carriers of certain shipments of radioactive materials will be required to use interstate highways or state-preferred alternate routes.
DOT has developed criteria to aid states in the selection of state-preferred alternative routes that will be acceptable to DOT. These criteria are being presented to state representatives at workshops at all five regional locations.
United. Nuclear Ccrporation - Termination of License, NRC staff met with representatives of the Governor of Rhode Island to discuss the standards NRC will require UNC's facility at Wood River Junction to meet prior to termination of the license, and with UNC personnel at the site to evaluate the decommissioning progress of the lagoon area.
Decommissioning of the Texas Instruments (TI) Facility NRC staff met with officials of TI in Attleboro, MA, to discuss plans for decommissioning the TI facility at the same location. The facility currently manufactures high-enriched fuel elements for research reactors. However, TI plans to get out of the nuclear business, which occupies only a small fraction
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'of the site, so that the plant area could be used for their non-nuclear activities.
International RER0' Course Begins On September 30, the 9-day, NRC-sponsored International Radiological Emergency Re:ponse Operations Course started in Nevt.da with the attendance of 18 foreign nationals from eight countries.
In early 1982, sponsorship of the international course will be transferred to the IAEA.
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0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending October 2,1981 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request
, Initial Decision Received 434 14 Granted 321 3
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Pending 43 3
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Ralph Rack Requests a copy of the NRC's organizational chart (81-384) to include the names of all department and section chiefs.
Phyllis Zitzer, Requests all documents relating to any previous Limerick Ecology involvement by Lawrence Brenner, Richard F. Cole Action and Peter A. Fbrris in any licensing matters (81-385) before the NRC on applications submitted by the Philadelphia Electric Company prior to their appointment to;the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Carlos Byars, Reauests documents known as the Systematic Analysis Houston Chronicle of Licensee Performance Review.
(81-386)
Diane Blane, Requests documents relating to the fallout
'r Greenpeace Seattle a Japanese fishing boat, from a nuclear bemb (81-387) explosion on March 1,1954.
Bob Warneke Requests a _ copy of the NRC staff report dealing (81-388) with a study of 50 operating nuclear power plants and the ratings the plants received as to their overall performance.
Jo Ann Shotwell, Requests all documents relating to the NRC Staff's The Commonwealth of recent implementation review of Boston Edison Massachusetts Company's emergency plans for Pilgrim I.
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CONTACT:
J. M. Fel ton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
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Received, Cont'd Jack E. Pevenstein, Requests a copy of the n?n-proprietary version of NUSAC Incorporated the technical proposal to RFP No. RS-NMS-81-040, (81-390) entit'ied "In-Process Control of SNM."
Myron Levin, Requests seJen categories of information relating The Kansas City Star to all NRC personnel now assigned, or in the (81-393) process of being assigned,under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act.
Richard A. Udell, Requests copies of the minutes of the SALP Review Critical Mass Group meetings.
Energy Project (81-392)
Lt:ch P. Tremper, APPEAL TO THE E00 for the grades of the A NTEU Steward candidates for each criteria for Vacancy
'81-A-13 & 81-A-14)
Announcement 81-2231.
[81-332&81-345)
Gra'nted John Miglietta, In response to a re' quest for copies of the New York Public Interest transcript, notes, recordings or other records Research Group, Inc.
of a meeting held August 18 or 19,1981 at the (81-351)
NRC where FEMA, officials reported on the interim state of emergency preparedness around nuclear power plants in New York,' made available three documents.
Pamela Ann Beardsley, In response to a request for all documents Georgians Against retrievable in a search under the names of Nuclear Energy Georgians Against Nuclear Energy and five (81-367) listed individuals, made available 22 documents.
(An individual requesting In response to a request for information on information) standards for a firefighter at a nuclear power (81-358) plant, provided pertinent information.
Lesi ' Birnbaum, In response to a request for information concerning Council on Economic a trucking accident that occurred December 8, Priorities 1970 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee involving spent fuel (81-373) casks, made available three documents.
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3 Received, Cont'd (An individual requesting In response to a referral from the Department information) of State of two documents regarding the (81-382) requester, made available these documents.
Ralph Rack Made.available a copy of the NRC's organizational (81-384) chart and.the names of all department and section chiefs.
b'enied Martin Leyy, In response to a request, on behalf of an NRC NTEU Chief Steward employee, for a copy of the Candidate Evaluation, (81-364)
Certification and Selection Record (CERT) for Vacancy Announcement No. 81-3693, denied portions of the CERT, the disclosure of which wculd constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending October 3,1981 RFP'S ISSUED 1.
RFP No. RS-NMS-82-034 Title - MCLAMS Modification Description - The objective ~ is to incorporate additional statistical features into the AMASS nodel that will permit obtaining a probability distribution for the estimated inventory difference taking into account such factors as the uncertainty associated ~ with the estimates for measurement error variances that result from the licensee's analysis of measurement control data as well as estimates for process
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and non-measurement errors (These are features that were incorporated into the earlier MCLAMS Model).
Period of Performance - One year from date of contract award Sponsor - NMSS Status - RFP issue date October 5, 1981, Closing Date November 5, 1981.
PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION 1.
RFP No. RS-NMS-32-031 Title
" Assessment of Waste Retrieval Alternatives" Description - Identify and evaluate alternatives being considered by the DOE for retrievability or recoverability of high level waste from geologic repositories as. defined in existing conceptual designs.
Period of Performance - 2 Years Sponsor - HMSS Status - The Source Evaluation Panel has submitted their report to the Contracting Officer' recommending the competitive range.
CONTRACTS AWARDED 1.
RS-NRR-81-139 Title - Fire Protection Program - Review and Evaluation V Descriction - The objective of this. project is to acquire technical assistance in review of fire protection programs of applicants seeking an operator's license (0L) for nuclear power plants.
Period of Performance - September 28, 1981 through March 28, 1983 Sponsor - NRR Status - Time and Material Contract #NRC-03-81-139 in the amount of
$86,742.00 was awarded on September 2.9, 1981' to Gage-Babcock and Associates as a task under B0A NRC-03-78-131.
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NRC-05-81-267 Title - Portable Intrinsic Germanium Detector System Description - This procurement will provide NRC Region II Safeguards personnel with a portable intrinsic germanium detector system for gamma spectral analyses.
Period of Performance - Within' 90 days after award Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - Firm Fixed Price Contract No. NRC-05-81-267 awarded to Princeton Gamma Tech, Inc., on 9/28/81, in the amount of $21,950.00 3.
NRC-05-81-257 Title - Graphic / Photographic Services Description - To provide NRC Reactor Training Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee with graphic / photographic services support to facilitate training of NRC employees and other government officials in the design, construction and operation of NPPS.
Period of Performance - Two (2) years from effective date of award Sponsor - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status - Fixed Price (Requirements) Contract No. NRC-05-81-257 awarded to Robert C. Moles & Associates on 9930/81, in the amount of
$128,263.50.
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NRC-06-81-293 Title - Study entitled, "An Examination of the Agreement State Program" Description - Conduct a thorough review of the goals, performance, strengths and deficiencies of the Agreement State Program.
Also, development of recommendations on 1) long-term goals for the Agreement State Program, 2) alterations in the present program to provide assurance these goals will be met, and 3) how these goals can be met.
Period of Performance - Twelve Months Sponsor - Office of Sta'te Programs Status - A Fixed Price contract in the amount of $99,640.00 was awarded on September 30, 1981 to the National Governors' Association.
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I CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made)
Contract No.
Contractor' Close-Out-Date NRC-02-79-029 Science Applications, Inc.
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NRC-03-79-142 MIT 9/29/81 c
NRC-03-79-158 J. R. Lundberg & Assoc.
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NRC-10-80-391 Benjamin A. Theeman 9/30/81 NRC-10-80-701 Graphic Data Inc.
10/1/81 NRC-04-77-019 MIT 9/30/81 AT(49-24)0041 Eberline Instrument Corp.
9/25/81 NRC-04-78-194 SUNY at Stonybrook 9/30/81 NRC-04-76-358 NY Medical Center 9/28/81 NRCc04-76-249 Woods Hole Oceanographic 9/30/81 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 1.
NRC-G-04-81-022 Title
" Development of an In Situ Method for Testing of Neutron Sensors
. Used in Nuclear Power Reactor Protection Systems.
Description - Support is provided to develop a method for testing neutron sensor (compensation chamber) response time to meet the '
l provision of draft ISA S67.06, IEEE 338-1977 and HRC Regulatory l
Guide 1.118. The planned method requires the perturbation of the high voltage. detector (sensor) power supply and measurement of the sensor response.
l Period of Performance - One Year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Grant Awarded to Ohio State University in the amount of $37,268.00 effective September 29, 1981.
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NRC-G-04-81-023 Title
" Partial Support of the Committee on Seismology" Description - Support is provided for the work of the conniittee on Seismology of the Assembly of Mathematical.and Physical Sciences National Research Council. A report on l
a Seismological studies of the lithosphere will be completed as part of this work.
Period of Performance
.One Year Sponsoe - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Grant awarded to the National Acadeny of Sciences in the amount of $20,000.00 effective September 30, 1981.
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NRC-G-04-81-024 Title
" Experimental Phase of the Development of a Non-Invasive Liquid Level ud Density Gauge'for Nuclear Power Reactor Vessels".
Description - Support is provided to develop a Density Gauge for Nuclear 9
Power Plant Pressure Vessels.
The gauge will serve as a i
mean's for. determining the density.and level of the primary
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Period of Perfonnance - One. Year.
Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Grant awarded to Pennsylvania State University in the amount of i
$59,398.00 effective September 25, 1981.
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NRC-G-04-81-026 Title. " Condensation and Evaporation Rates, for Nuclear Aerosols: Fission Product Release and Hydrogen Mitigation" l
Description - Support is provided to obtain an. understanding of condensation l
and evaporation rates of vapor and gases on water droplets and nuclear. aerosols under dynamic (extreme to not so extreme) conditions of post accident degraded core light water reactor containment environments.
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Period of Performance - One Year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research t
Status - Grant awarded to the University of Missouri-Columbia in the amount of $37,775.00 effective September 23, 1981.
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.NRC-G-04-81-027 Title
" Processes of Droplot Deposition in Two Phase Gas-Liquid Flow:
Analysis of Mechanism and Modelling" Description - Support is provided to explore certain aspects of the complex hydrodynamic behavior of. annular and annular dispersed gas-liquid flow.
I Period of Perfonnance - One Year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Grant awarded to the University of Houston in the ainount of
$74,000.00 effective September 18, 1981.
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NRC-G-04-81-028 Title
" Fundamental Problems in Modelling BWR Containment Systems Flows" Description - Support is provided to conduct a rigorous gethod for pre-dicting system natural frequencies of flexible structures partially filled with liquid and containing gas cavities that may, themselves, oscillate (e.g. SRV air bubbles) or deform (e.g.poolswell).
Period of Performance - One Year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Grant awarded to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the amount of $116,484.34 effective September 30, 1981.
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NRC-G-04-81-029 Title
" Formulation of Recommendations on Radiation Protection and Measure-ment Related to the Technology Base Needed to Assessthe Safety of Nuclear Power" Description - Support is provided to develop recommendations on radiation protection and measurements related to the technology base needed to assess the safety of nuclear power.
Period of Performance - One Year Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Grant awarded to the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements in the amount of $150,000.'00 effective September 22, 1981.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 03, 1981 l
SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT On Thursday, September 24, 1981, the Houston Lighting and Power Company served
" notice to the ASLB concerning changes in.the role of its AE/ Constructor for the South Texas Project.
In brief, Brown & Root will be replaced by Bechtel
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as the AE and will also provide construction manacement services.
Brown & Root has been asked by HL&P to continue to perform th. construction work..
The impact of these changes have not yet been fully. assessed with respect to
. the current proceedings and OL review.
However, the hearings scheduled for the week of September 28, 1981 were cancelled.
Parties are to meet during the seek of October 5,1981 and contact.the ASLB on October 9,1981 with results.
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and recommendations.
Also, a further slip in construction completion, currently Further information is expected to be July 1984 for Unit 1, may result.
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NRC TMI PROGRMi 0FFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT s,
Week of;pptember 27f;- Octob'er 3,1981
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Plant Status Core Cooling Mode:
Heat. transfer. !from the reactor coolant system (RCS)
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loops to_ reactor. bui.idlig ambient.
-Available Core Cooling Modes':~ Decay heat? removal: systems.
Long tens cooling *B" (o'nce thr6 ugh steam generator-B).
RCS Pressure Control Mode: SEandby pres re control (SpC) system.
Backup Pressure Control Mode.s: Mini decay heat rhmoval (MDHR) system.
Decay heat-rembval (DHR) system.,,
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I F4or Parameters (as of 0500,,
4 Average IRcore 7hermocouples: 116*F Maximum Incore lhernoccuple:
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Eledation:290.2 ft. (7.7 ft. from floor)
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Conce~ntration: 6.B 'x 10-6 uCi/cc Kr-85 l,(Sample:taken 9/24/81)
Effluent and Environmental (Radiological):Irfformation 1.
Liquid effluents from the TMI site released to the Susquehanna River after processing, were reade withi.n the !. regulatory. limits and in accordance with NRC require::.ents a' d City.of Lancaster Agreement n
dated February 27, 1980.-
Daring the period Septemher 25,.1981.p.through.0ctober 1,1981, the effluents contained no detectable radioactivity at the discharge point and indivtdual 'effhent sources which originated within Unit.2 contained no detedabid radioactff vity.-
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Environmental Protqction Xgency-(EPA 9 Environmental Data-The IPA announced on July 6.198T that, due to,a new cnipping procedure for i
Kr-BS samples to the laborato(y, the :results for the Kr-85 environ-cental monitoring statid ardund 'Tii1 Nill not always be available on a weekly basis.
The NRC will ' rep'oi t these results as they become available.
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No radiation above no'rmally occurring background levels was detected in-any of the samples collected from the EPA's air and gamma rate networks during the' period from September 23, 1981, through Octc,'oer 1,1981.
3 NRC Environmental Data. - ~e.sults fir 6d.'hBC monitoring of the environment around the TMI site wera 'as f611osts: 1
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Environmental TLD measurmentt for (h5 ' period June 3,1981 -
hly 1.1981 around THI indicated.ga:=a radia~ tion to be at the natural background levell'~"Nfty-sesin' TLD's' registered doses
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The a~verage dose was ranging from 0.1 mR/ day.to.O.3 mR/ day:l istent with natural back-0.11 mR/ day.
These dose"r'ates_are_ cohs ~
ground radiation in thegarea. - ' '.
Effective July 1,1981, USNP.Cl Region I ' announced that the exchange frequency for TLD stations around the"THI site will be changed from r.onthly to quarterly.
The changes will; be done on or about ibly 1. -
Octob'er 1. January 1, and April 1. Jhe; purpo~se of the frequency change is to obtain better quality dataiby increasing the ratio o.f fleid TLD exposures to control' TLD exposures.-
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Licensee Radioactive Material and badwaste Shipments.'
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1 On Monday, Septembec.28,.1981, t 40 ml Unit 2 reaster coolant sample was sent to Babcock -and W11' ox (B&W). Lynchburg.
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Chem-Nuclear Eyrtens. Inc., Barnwell, South Carolina.
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noncompacted trash Ler.e; shipp;ed t'o',U.S. Ecology Richland, On Thursday. 0ctob'er 1 1981 20 metal containers of Unit i Washington.
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r sump water continued throughout the week.
As of 12:00 midnight on October 3,1981 apiroximhtely 69.,000 gallons had been transferred I,
out of the reactop.1uilding samp and approximately 53,500 gallons had been processed by th'e SDS.
The SDS zeolite vessels have removed approximately 18,0bo ci of. cesium 1137 and approximately 600 C1 of strontium-90 from* the wa ter. Th'id represents re;noval of than 99% of these niiclides from;;the watert passed thmugh, great n
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EPICOR TT is 'continu,ing to. polish the effluent water' '
The polishing pro' ess is removing approximately 99%
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c of the remaining cesium-137 activity from the water and is removing greater than 99% of1;he'remaln16g strontium-90 and antinony-125.
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Following pumping of from the= r'es increased.eactor building sump on September 27. M 50,000 gallons of water empecatur On September 28, 1981, the incore thermoc6upleM the temperatures staht11 sed and 'st'arted a slight downward trend.
The licensee repor~ted~thkt the 'tedperattfre change appears to have occurred as.a result.of.loweringt he water level in the reactor t
with the lower dome of the reactbqlat which the water is in contact bilding basement below the'. point vessel.
Construction drawings show that the loweif ' dome!of the ; reactor, vessel is between the 290' elevation and. the 29F 2'17.2*l elevation.
The water level prior to pumping.was. 29Cj 10 3/8" and after pumping was 290' may no longer be co,tyanzftr'chafactpristics have changed since, heat 1 1/4".
The heat nducted.t'o,the pater.in contact with the vessel '
and the temperatures %uld change bnti1' equilibrium conditions are
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3 The highest incore thermocouple Ga); approximately 147'F (12*F increase). -
and the calculated sverage temperature.was 117*F (2'F increase).
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Additional changes in the. te:i'perat'ure profile in the reactor coolant system may occur as3.he Mater leYel in the reactor building basement is further reduced.-~ Thede chang'6sl will 'not affect the condition available to maintaan sy(stem temperatu're' below 200*F. core sin'pe ad and safety of the reacto The TMIPO is monitoring the temperatude tha6ges clo'sely as additional water is l
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On Tuesday. October 13, 1981, t.ake Barre;tt wil): address the Downing-town Rotary Club to give an update on the cleanup!
efforts at IMI and discuss the functions of the. NRC.
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'g, The October 21 meeting will be held at M:.00 PM.to 10:00 PM in the Hotel Yorktown. 48 East Market Street, Yprk.'- The November 16 meeting will be held from 7:00 Ph to 10:00 M 'in the Municipal Building. 400 South 8th Street; Caba'non. BdTmeetings are open to the public.
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DOT Regional Meetings Concerning Highway Routing of Radioactive Materials In accordance -with a recent DOT rule, after Febru.ary 1,1982, highway carriers of certain shipments of radioactive materials will be required to use inter-i state highways or state-preferred alternate routes. DOT has developed criteria to aid states in the selection of state-preferred alternative routes that will be acceptable to DOT. These criteria are being presented to state representa-tives at workshops at each of five regional locations. An NRC representative is participating in each workshop to explain the interaction between'the DOT routing requirements and the NRC routing requirement for physical protection of spent fuel shipments. Thus far, NRC representatives have attended the l
workshops in Columbia, SC, Springfield IL, Lincoln, NE, and Concord, NH.
4 United Nuclear Corporation - Termination of Lice _me, I
On September 22, 1981, a member of the HMSS staff met with representatives of the Governor of Rhode Island to discuss the standards NRC will require the United Nuclear Corporation's facility at Wood River Junction, Rhode Island, to meet prior to termination of the license. The specific standards discussed j
(1) surface contamination criteria for facilities and eqQipment; (2) soil i
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l contamination criteria and (3) criteria to be used in ev_aluating the groundwater contamination. The State is preparing a propose.1 agreement with NRC concerning the decommissioning of the plant which they will submic to NRC for further consideration.
United Nuclear Corporation - Decommissioning of the Lagoon Area On September 23, 1981, a member of the NMSS staff met with UNC personnel at the
' f Wood River Junction site to evaluate the decommissioning progress of the lagoon The license currently requires that the 1.agoons be decommissioned by area.
July 1,'1982, and UNC has estimated that it would be completed by November 1981.
The decontamination effort has proceeded better than anticipated and all lagoon sludge was removed and packaged by Friday, September 25. All that remains for disposal is a small quantity of liquid. UNC also indicated that their discus-sions with DOE concerning disposal of the solid residues are "on-going" and a i
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1 "oper.-house" for the public on Sunday, October 4, 1981, as a gesture of good-will to the local citizens and to show them that they plan to 1 cave the site in such a state that it will present no health and safety hazard i
to the public nor will it have an adverse impact on the environment.
Decommissioning of the Texas Instruments facility On September 22,1981, members of the NMSS staff met with officials of the Texas Instruments (TI) at Attleboro, MA, to discuss their plans for decom-missioning ti.e TI facil.ity at the same location.
It currently manufactures o
l' high-enriched fuel elements for research reactors such as the HIFR and the HFBR for DOE.
Last year TI advised the Commission that they planned to. get out of the nuclear business, which occupies only a small portion of the site, so that the plant area could be used for their non-nuclear activities. All processing has been essentially completed and all equipment will be removed and packaged for shipment to the Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) Naval Reactor facility in Lynchburg, VA.
B&W was the successful bidder on the DOE contract.
The operations at TI were very clean with no liquid wastes being generated.
Accordi_ngly, no problems are anticipated in decomissioning the buildings i
I and grounds.
Combustion Engineering, Inc. (CE) Negative Declaration j
On September 30, 1981, a Negative Declaration'was published in the Federal Register (46 FR 47904) relative to the Environmental Impact associated with J
CE's proposed plant expansion. The Negative Declaration was supported by the Environmental Impact Appraisal, which concluded that the environmental l
impact created by CE's proposed action would not be significant and does not l
warrant the preparation of an environmental impact statement.
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Meetings - Division of Waste Management f
1.
Subject:
DOE Materials Review Board Meeting Date/ Time:
October 5-9, 1981 Location:
Hanford, Washington Attendees:
DOE Representatives; M. J. Bell, WMHL 2.
Subject:
Hydrology Committee on Water Resources Council Meeting Date/ Time:
October 6,1981 Location:
Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Attendees:
Council Members; E. Hawkins, WMLL (NRC representative) 3.
Subject:
Meeting with Uranez to Discuss New-Licensing Conditions Date/ Time:
October 7, 1981 - 9:00 a.m.
Location:
Willste Building, 4th floor Attendees:
Uranez representatives; WMUR staff r
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Division of Safeguards - Planned Meetings 1.
Subject:
DOE experiehce in resolving MC&A alarms Date:
September 28-October 2 Location:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, ! as Alamos, N.M.
Rocky Flats Fabrication Plant, Denver, Colorado Attendees:
Dr. Withee, SG,NMSS R. Davis Hurt, SG/NMSS 2.
Subject:
To discuss with 00T personnel protection of spent fuel shipments and to relate them to DOT's routing requirements
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Date:
October 7, 1981 Location:
Reno, Nevada Attendees:
Tom Allen,.SGRI Meeting with Energy Systems Gruup, Rockwell International, to discuss 3.
Subject:
physical security measures for Canoga Park, CA., facility during the phase-out of Category I operations in the next year Date:
October 7, 1981, 9:00 a.m.
Location:
Willste Bldg., 9:00 a.m.
Attendees:
Energy Systems Group: Wayne Myers, Robert Jones, Marlin Remley NRC: Robert Burnett, George McCorkle, Russel Rentschler, Mike Smith, Odell Smith 4.
Subject:
Meeting at DOE for the US-French Technical Bilateral Exchange on Nuclear Terrorism Date:
October 13, 1981 Location:
DOE, Germantown Attendees:
NRC: Robert Burnett, Elizabeth Quinn Representatives of SOE French participants 5.
Subject:
Meeting with management of N.E. Utilities re licensing and enforcement matter Date:
October 8, 1981 e
Location:
Hartford, Connecticut Attendees:
Robert Burnett, SG Harry Thornburg, IE 6.
Subject:
INMh sponsored " Technical Workshop on Guard Training" - invited speaker Date:
October 15, 1981 Location:
St. Charles, Illinois Attendees:
Robert F. Burnett Members of INMM and other agencies Absences of the Director and Deputy Director, Acting:
D. R. Chapell 10/5/81:
R. F. Burnett Acting:
D. R. Chapell i
10/7/81:
R. F. Burnett Acting:
D. R. Chapell 10/8/81:
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Meetings - Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety 1.
Subject:
Attending meeting on incineration of radioactive wastes and low-level radiation exposure at North Carolina State University.
Date/ Time:
9/28/81 - 10/2/81 Location:
Raleigh, North Carolina Attendees:
An-Liang Soong, NMSS.
2.
Subject Meeting with officials of Union Carbide Corporation and local officials from Tuxedo, New York, to discuss the Tuxedo Union Carbide Facility.
Date/ Time:
10/1-2/81 Location:
Tuxedo, New York Attendees:
Arthur T. Clark and Wendy W. Ting, NMSS; Harold Bernard and Jocelyn Mitchell, NRR; Jerry Roth, IE RI; Frank Wimpey and Ray Roland, SAI; and Union Carbide officials and local Tuxedo, N.Y. officials.
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Subject:
ACRS Review of Transportation Certification Branch activities.
Date/ Time:
10/1-2/ 81 Location:
Oak Ridge, TN Attendees:
Charles E. MacDonald, Richard H. Odegaarden, C. Ross Chappell, William H. Lake, NMSS; ACRS Subcommittee on Transportation and consultants.
4.
Subject:
To discuss on-site sfaSlization of 3he1ralioactive
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waste at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
Date/ Time:
October 7 Location:
To be determined
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W.A. Nixon (FC) 5.
Subject:
Structural review of General Electric packages.
Date/ Time:
10/16/81,1:00pm Location:
Fifth Floor Conference Room, Willste Building Attendees:
Richard H. Odegaarden and C. Vernon Hodge, NMSS; Tom Hau, GE 6.
Subject:
Discussions regarding General Electric's IF..
'ressure Relief Valve.
Date/ Time:
10/16/81, 9:00am Location:
Fifth Floor Conference Room, Willste Building Attendees:
Richard H. Odegaarden and William H. Lake, NMSS and Dave Dawson and Larry Fisher, GE l
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5 0FFICE OF INSPECTI0ft AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest l
Week Ending October 2,1981 1.
The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched during the past week:
a.
EN-81-33 Union Electric Company - A Notice of Violat' ion and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $2,000 was issued to subject licensee on September 25, 1981. This action was based on alleged violations relating to the failure to follow procedures to lock out level gauges, which contained radioactive material, before the licensee's personnel performed maintenance in the coal hoppers in which the gauges were installed. This resulted in an individual receiving a calculated 3.5 rem whole body exposure, b.
EN-81-34 Notices of Violation were forwarded on September 22, 1981, to six licensees for their failure to inform NRC prior to July 1,1981 of their ina-bility to complete implementation of the prompt public notification system.
This system was required to be operational by July 1,1981 in accordance with the revised emergency planning rule of 10 CFR 50.54(S)(2). This rule requires each nuclear power reactor licensee to demonstrate that administrative and physical means have been established for alerting and providing pronpt instructions to the public within the plume exposure pathway of the Emergency Planning Zone within about 15 minutes. The Notices of Violation were sent to:
Dairyland Power Cooperative-Lacrosse, Consumers Power Company - Palisades, Tennessee Valley Authority. Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, and 3, Wisconsin J
Fublic Service Corporation - Kewaunee, Iowa' Electric Light and Power -
Duane Arnold, and Jersey Center Power & Light Company - Oyster Creek.
c.
EN-81-35 Carolina Power and Light Company (Brunswick Unit 2) - A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $40,000 was issued to subject licensee on October 1,1981.
This action was based on alleged violations involving failure to perform an adequate radiation survey that reelted in an exposure to an individual in excess of NRC limits and the use of a technically unqualified radiation control technician that was a causative factor t1 the exc7sive radiation exposure.
d.
EH-81-36 Huclear Diagnostics - A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition,
i of Civil Penalties in the amount of $1,000 will be issued on or about l
October 6,1981, to subject licensee. This action is based on alleged violations involving failure to perform adequate surveys that resulted in an uptake by an employee into the body of iodine-125 in excess of NRC limits.
Three other violations not related to the exessive internal exposure occurrence were also found. The nature and significant.e of those items were such that civil penalties would not be warranted.
2.
Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the week:
i a.
PN0-I-81-108.J. A. FitzPatrick
'nadvertent Liquid Release b.
PNO-I-81-109 United States Pipe and Foundry Company - Reported Possible Overexposure l
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PNO-II-81-52B Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2 and 3 - Loose Parts Identi-fied in Reactor Coolant. System ENCLOSURE D
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PNO-II-81-81 McGuire Unit 1 - Unplanned Outage e.
PNO-II-81-82 Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc. - Waste Shipments Resulting in Fines by South Carolina f.
PNO-II-81-83 Sequoyah Unit No.1 - Worker Injury PN0-III-81-83 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station - Minor Unplanned Airborne g.
Radioactivity Release h.
PNO-IV-81-26 Houston Lighting & Power Co., South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 -
Reallocation of Responsibilities for Certain Functions at the South Texas Project 1.
PN0-IV-81-27 Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 - Unit Shutdown Exceeding 48 Hours J.
PN0-V-81-49 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No.1 - Containment Spray Initiated by Failure of Power Supply k.
PNO-V-81-50 Diablo Canyon Unit Nos.1 & 2 - Inoperability of the Residual Heat Removal (RHR) System - Incorrect Seismic Analysis I
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PNO-V-81-51 U.S. Ecology, Inc., Richland, Washington Burial Site - Banning of Boone County Hospital (NRC Licensee), Columbia, Missouri from Burial of Low-level Radioactive Waste Shipments m.
PNO-V-81-52 U.S. Ecology, Inc., Richland, Washington' Burial Site - Banning of Consumers Power Company (NRC Licensee), Big Rock Point, Charlevoix, Michigan from Burial of Low-level Radioactive Waste Shipment n.
PNS-I-81-19 United Nuclear Corporation, Naval Products - Bomb Threat-o.
PNS-II-81-13 Brunswick Units 1 and 2 - Bomb Threat p.
PNS-II-81-14 Babcock & Wilcox, Comercial Nuclear Fuel Plant, Lynchburg, VA -
Transportation Accident 3.
The following IE Information Notice was issued:
a.
IE Information Notice 81-30, "Velan Swing Check Valves", was issued on September 28, 1981 to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or construction permit.
4.. Other Items:
a.
Activities of the Division of Emergency Preparedness -
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' September 29, 1981 Director participated in the hearing on San Onofre relating to emergency preparedness issues.
Chief, EPLB, participated in the emergency preparedness exercise at the Dresden Nuclear Power Station.
October 1,1981 Chief. EPLB, participated in the emergency preparedness implementation appraisal exit briefing at the Palisades nuclear facility.
October 2, 1981 EPLB staff member participated in the emergency preparedness implementation appraisal exit briefing at the Farley nuclear plant.
Director and IRB t'.uff member participated in a meeting with contractor personnel to discuss potential move of the Operations Center.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2,1981 Experimental Programs Branch 1.
LOFT LOFT Test L5-1 was successfully conducteel September 24, 1981. The test was a simulation of the rupture of an accumulator line on a CE plant with low pressure accumulators. Tha test was initiated at a power level of 47 MW and normal PWR operating conditions.
Response of the plant to the accident was ve'ry close to the pretest prediction. The depressurization matched the prediction very closely.
The peak cladding temperature reached 8280F, well below the temperature necessary'to cause fuel damage. The test resulted in an almost complete core voiding.
However, the ECCS was able to quench the core before. damage to the fuel cladding could occur.
A repeat-of the test, designated L8-2, will be performed on October 8,01981.
l In that test, the ECCS will be delayed until the cladding reaches 1200 F to study the quench behavior of a: core uncovered at a high decay heat level.
Following the L8-2 test, the central fuel bundle will be removed and replaced with a pressurized fuel bundle.
2.
BWR Refill /Reflood Program A meeting of the Program Management Group will be held on October 14-15, 19.81 in Lynn, Massachusetts. At that time, the last phase of testing (BWR/4 LOCA simulations) in the 300 SSTF will be in progress. The meeting agenda.will e
include:
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Review of 300 SSTF results to date, b.
Witness of test, and c.
Shutdown of the 300 UTF.
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November 1981) will take place.
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Semiscale Assembly of the complete two loop system in preparation for natural convection test S-NC-7 is complete, and the broken loop pump has been successfully tested.. Final checkout.and operations tests l
are planned for September 28,1981. Test S-NC-7 is anticipated on
, September 29, 1981.
A repeat test of S-UT-3 incorporating facility modifications is being authorized. This test, needed for further evaluation of the l
l Westinghouse reactor vessel level device, was requested by NRR following recommendations by ORNL and Westinghouse.
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An NRR/RES/INEL/BNL meeting was held on September 24, 1981 to discuss RELAPS status, difficulties, plans and NRR needs. We are reviewing the results to assure best response to NRC needs.
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FLECHT SEASET_
Westinghouse completed the analysis of the 17 x 17 unblocked bundle test data and will send the master to NRC for publication (NUREG/CR-2256).
Fuel Behavior Branch 1.
NRU Reactor Test A series of nuclear-heated thermal-hydraulics '(TH) tests are to be per-formed in the NRU this week. This test series uses a 32 rod bundle of full length, unpressurized fuel rods. The TH tests shou 11 provide infor-mation on peak clad temperatures, times at temperature and bundle quench characteristics needed for the~LOCA heatup clad ballooning tests planed for FY 1982.
The test bundle is in place in the reactor and preconditioning is scheduled to start on September 29, 1981.
Analytical Models Branch The Advanced Code. Review Group met on September ?.1, and 22, 1981 1.
in Silver Spring and reviewed TRAC-PFI, TRAC-BDl, RELAp 5 and COBRA-TF.
Although it is difficult to ide.~.tify a concensus from such a diverse group some important observations made were: (a)Eachcode's. mission of experts,learly defined to avoid duplication of effort, in.both
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should be c development.and assessment; (b) code acceptance criteria should be based on broad, rather than narrow, capabilities.
LANL presented TRAC-PD2 calculations to NRR on September 23, 1981.
2.
These calculations were in response to NRR and DRA requests on the (a) pumps-on vs. pumps-off, best-estimate behavior following issues:
in B&W. plants during small-break LOCA, best-estimate calculation.of a large-break LOCA,. pressurized thermal shock. transients.in B&W plants.
NRR provided guidance for reporting these calculations.
ENCLOSURE E
i Publications to be Issued in the Nea, uture T
Drait kegulatory Guide: Instrument Setpoints l
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Description:==
The draft regulatory guide will endorse ISA Standard S67.04, i
"Setpoints for Nuclear Safety Related Instrumentation Used in Nuclear Power Plants.
Contact:
D. Boehm 443-5966 Draft Regulatory Guide: Guide for the Preparation of Applications for Medical Teletherapy Programs
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Description:==
This guide describes the type and extent of information needed by the NRC to evaluate an application for a specific license for the possession of byproduct material in a teletherapy unit for the treatment of human beings.
Contact:
M. E. Wangler 443-5825
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2, 1981 Meeting with EURATOM on HEU Exports On September 30 IP represented NRC at an interagency meeting with EURATOM officials regarding HEU exports to EURATOM. The officials expressed their appreciation to the U.S. Government representatives for the timely processhg of HEU expert license applications in recent months. They also reaffirmed their commitment to convert to the use of lower-enriched fuel at the earliest practical date but indicated some concern regarding DOE's continued support of the reduced enrichment test program (RERTR).
International RERO Course Begins On Wednesday, the 9-day, NRC-sponsored, International Radiological Emergency Response Operations Course started in Nevada with the attendance of 18 foreign nationals from eight countries. The course was open to personnel from foreign regulatory, civil defense, emergency service, and radiological health organiza-tions charged with direct responsibility for radiological emergency response in their own countries. Representatives from Brazil, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Venezuela attended this year's session.
In early 1982, sponsorship of the international course will be transferred to the International Atr aic Energy Agency (IAEA)
J and the course will be conducted primarily for rep'resentatives from developing countri es.
Foreign Visits to NRC On Monday Mr. Lennart Hansson of the Swedish Engineering firm VBB met with R. F. Burnett, Director of the NMSS Division of Safeguards, and members of i
his staff to discuss physical security regulations.
On Monday Professor Y. Togo, of Tokyo University and Technical Adviser to the Japanese Science and Technology Agency, met with G. Sege of OPE to discuss safety goals, W. Lahs and R. Blond of RES to discuss siting criteria, and F. Rowsome, Deputy Director of the RES Division of Risk Assessment, to discuss probabilistic risk assessment.
l On Monday and Tuesday, Mr. W. Vinck, Director General for Industrial and Techno-logical Affairs of the European Communities, held a series of technical meetings l
., with senior respresentatives of RES, NRR, IE, NMSS, AE00, OPE, and IP to discuss Areas discussed included the status of rulemakings for i
various current issues.
degraded core, siting, decommissioning, and waste management, and the status of the development of safety goals, operational data analysis, human factors and man-machine interaction efforts, and the Incident Response Center.
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. Foreign Visits to NRC Cont'd On Monday and Tuesday Representatives of the German Federal Ministry of Interior (BMI) and the Reactor Safety Commission (RSK), met with various representatives of NRR, RES and the Commissioners offices.
R. H. Vollmer, Director of the NRR Division of Engineering, led the discussion on Monday which covered pipe rupture criteria, and T. E. Murley, Director of the NRR Division of Safety
. Technology led the discussion on Tuesday which covered reactor pressure vessel embrittlement.
Representatives of the ACRS attended these discussions as observers.
On Thursday Dr. Byong Whie Lee, Standing Commissioner of the Korean Atomic Energy Commission met with Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Ahearne and Roberts to discuss current nuclear issues.
6n Thursday Mr. Paul Homke of the German Society for Reactor Safety (GRS) met with F. Hebdon of AEOD to discuss operational date saalysis.
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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS 1TEMS OF INTEREST WEE'K ENDING OCTOBER 2, 1981 l
The Assistant Director for State Agreements met with Mrs. Judy Kany, a State representative from the Maine Legislature, who was interested in discussing the Agreement State program as it relates to low level waste issues.
Mrs. Kany is also Chairman 'of the Low Level Waste Siting Comittee which is studying the management, transportation and disposal of low level waste generated in or near the State of Maine.
On September 25, 1981, William S. Menczer, RSLO, Region III, attended a meeting.of the Midwest Compact Group (MCG). The MCG consists of repre-sentatives from the Region III States of Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and. Michigan, as well as from Nebraska, Kansas, Kentucky, and North Dakota. Their purpose is to develop a regional compact for the disposal of low level radioactive waste, in accordance with the Low Level Waste Policy Act of.1980. At the meeting, which the States of Ohio and Indiana were unable to attend, the Group explored several key issues relating to compacting and expressed interest in NRC's draft 10 CFR 61 and the authority granted by the Agreement State program.
Considerable progress was made on gaining an understanding of each States' perspective. The MCG I
plans to meet again in~1 ate October.
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j Between September 29 and October 1, 1981, Mr. Menczer was in Morris, Illinois for meetings with the Regional Assistance Committee, observing an exercise of the Grundy County Emergency Plan, in support of the Dresden Station, and attending the post-exercise critique. The Grundy County Chairman, County Sheriff, County Highway Commissioner, Morris City Mayor, Morris Fire and Police Chiefs and the' District School Superintendent all participated in the exercise and Mr. Menczer had +he opportunity to discuss the progress of the exercise with each official.
Although Grundy County had not performed adequately during the previous LaSalle and Dresden exercises, there was evi*dence of improvement at this exercise sufficient to be considered adequate by the RAC to protect the public health and safety during a radiological emergency.
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Donald A. Nussbaumer,.OSP and Kitty Dragonette,,HMSS will make presentations at the Conference-on Low Level Radioactive k Tste Disposal at the University of Minnesota on : October 12, 1981. Mr. NussbaJmer will discuss the Agreement
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State Program and Ms. Dragonette will discuss proposed Part 61.
In the evening they will. participate in a panel discussion at a Legislative Seminar on Low Level ff Radioactive Waste.
Speaking Engagements:
D. A. Uussbaumer will present a paper on Implementation of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation. Control Act by the Agreement States at the Fourth Annual Symposium on Uranium Mill Tailings Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado on October 26-27, 1981.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest t-
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WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2,1981 Congressional Background Information Prepared information for Chairman Pa.11adino for his meeting with Rep. Bouquard.
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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION'- WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2,1981 A.
SECY-81-421/421 A - Revisions to Immediate Effectiveness Rule for Fuel Loading and Low-Power Testing Licenses,. Memo SECY to Bickwit, September 25, 1981 l
I The Comission, by a vote of 5-0, approved for publication in the Federal Register a final rule as modified by Chairman Palladino and Comissioners Ahearne and Roberts.
A majority of the Comission also approved deletion of a section dealing with issuance of a license in the eyent of a 2-2 split Comission vote.
(Comissioner Roberts would have preferred not to delete this section.)
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(SEC's Susoerse:' 9/25/81)
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SEC 521/521 A - San Onofre Sua Sponte Issue, Memo SECY to Bickwit.
September 25, 1981 The Comission, by a vote of 4-12 (Commissioner Bradford dissenting),
i decided to take up on its own the issue of whether emergency planning
,uld be concerned with earthquakes at or beyond the safe shutdown i
^hquake coupled with a release of radiation offsite.
A majority of the,
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'ssion, by a vote of 3-1, voted to obtain written vie'ws of the Atomic Satocy and Licensing Board on the issue, reserving the right to meet with the Board should any Cormissioner have questions on which he believes verbal discussion would be desirable.
(Comissioner Ahearne disagreed with the desirability of verbal discussions.
He believed it would confuse the Board and was not necessary since the issue is basically a matter for the Commissioners to decide.
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(SubsequentIy, the Order was signed by the Secretary.)
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SECY-81-525 - Comanche Peak 'Sua 'S'ponte Iss'ues, Memo SEC'Y t'o Bicliw'it, f
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September 25, 1981 The Comission, by a vote of 4-1 3(CommissionerRobertsdissenting),
approved an order as modified by Comissioners Bradford and Ahearne requesting tnat the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board describe the particular factors upon which it based.its determination of the existence of 'a serious safety, en tironmental, or comon defense and security matter."
Comissioner Gilinsky would have' preferred a shorter order.
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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2,1981 D.
SECY-81-223 - Requests for Hearings in the Matter of the Proposed Decontam-ination of Dresden Unit 1, Memo SECY to Bickwit, September 25, 1981 The Comission, by a vote of 3-24 (Comissioners Gilinsky and Bradford dissenting), approved a final order based on revisions by Commissioners Ahearne and Roberts and by the General Counsel directing that the Director, NRR, issue its determination of whether the requested license amendments pose a no-significant-hazards consideration.
The order directs that a hearing on these license ainendments need not be completed prior to the issuance of the amendments unless the staff' finds there is a significant hazards consideration.
(OGC)
(SECY Suspense:
9/25/81)
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SECY-81-540 - Diablo Canyon Physical Security --Governor Brown's Motion to Clarify Appellate Procedures and Request for Extension of Time,-Memo SECY to Bickwit, September 25, 1981 The Comission, by a vote of 4-05 (Comissioner Gilinsky abstaining),
approved an order a.s modified by Chairman Palladino which (a) specifies that appeals should be taken pursuant to Section 2.786; (b) extends the time for filing petitions to 25 days after issuance of the order; and (c) clarifies.
the method for the filing and service of documents which 'should adequately protect the sensitive material involved in this proceeding.
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(Subsequently, the Order was signed by the Secretary.)
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SECY-81-550 - Interim Order on Diablo Canyon Effectiveness Review, Memo SECY to Bickwit, September 25, 1981
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SECY-81-471 - GENERIC RULEMAKING FOR COMPARATIVE IMPACTS OF THE NUCLEAR AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL CYCLES (SECY-81-208), Memo SECY to Dircks, September 29, 1981 s_
This is to advise you that the Commission (with Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford approving) has disapproved your recommendation that the Commission not proceed witi.
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generic rulemaking on the health risks of low-level lizing radiation at Appendix I (10 CFR Part 50) and EPA (40 CFR l
Part 190) dose levels.
Accordingly, you should prepare a proposed rule for CP and OL proceedings addressing the health risks of low-level ionizing radiation and forward it to the Commission for l
review.
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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2,1981
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SECY-81-509 - NUREG-0696 CRITERIA FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITIES FOR f
NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS, Memo SECY to Dircks, September 30, 1981 i
- This is-to advise you that the Commission has disapproved-(by a vote of 5-0) your recommendation that the Commission j
authorize the. staff to process and approve licensee requests for exceptions to NUREG-0696 EOF location and backup criteria..
j The Commission agrees that the staff can accept close-in, hardened EOF's, provided that each emergency plan identify an alternate location where utility and government officials
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can meet to discuss plant status and appropriate public protective actions, and that the emergency plan indicate that contingency arrangements have been made to. provide equipment for necessary communication with the TSC in the event of an emergency.
This would be consistent with the -
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21, 1981, S.
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SECY-81-498 - ROUTING POLICY FOR SPENT FUEL SHIPMENTS, Memo SECY to Dircks, September 30, 1981 l
This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has approved the staff position contained in the subject paper with the wording of the Recommendations modified
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deferring a decision to* require NRC licensees to follow DOT routing criteria until the effective date of the DOT rule.
b.
accepting state decisions concerning the use'of-state designated non-interstate routes for spent fuel shipments unless staff determines that there is a significant safety or safeguards weakness!in the state designated route.
The staff will inform the Commission of their determination to overrule
' the State decision."
The Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards was informed of this' action by telephone on September 29, 1981.
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Comissioner Bradford would not have made the 1'
rule imediately effective.
Comissioners Gilinsky and Bradford would i
have preferred that safeguards information on Category II information be protected under Section 147.
The Comission requested that:
1.
the rule be published in the Federal Register; (NMSS) (SECY Suspense:
10/16/81) 2.
a public announcement be issued when the amendments are filed with.the Office of the Federal Register; (OPA/NMSS) (SECY Suspense:
10/16/81)
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guidance document NUREG-0794 be published concurrently with the 3.
final rule; and.
(NMSS) (SECY Suspense:
10/16/81) 4.
copies of the Federal Register Notice be sent to affected licensees and other interested parties and that licensees be j
encouraged to notify their contractors and local police response forces concerning the final rule.
(TIDC/ADM) (SECY Suspense:
10/16/81)
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SECY-80-457/457A/457B - EDO Delegation of Authority, Memo SECY to Dircks,.
October 1,1981 Th'e Comissier by a vote of 5.-0* approved a final version of Manual j
Chapter 0103 as revised below:
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-paragraph 026 is modified to read " appointing and removing, after consultation with the Chairman, without further action by the Commission, all officers and employees of the offices reporting to the EDO except:
Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Nuclear i
Regul,atory Research, and Inspection and Enforcement;"
' paragraph 031 is modified to read "all significant questions
-of policy shall be presented to the Comission for resolution:
With respect to such questions, all major _ views of the affected offices _ shall be presented to the Comission." Tfie General Counsel was requested by the Comission to review this modification to determine whether it is consistent with procedures outlined '
in the Reorganitation Plan.
The General Counsel has advised the Comission that this statement is in agreement with the l
stated procedures.
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SECY-80-457/457A/457B, cont'd.
-the following sentence pertaining to contracts is deleted from paragraph 032:
" Prior to approval, the Chairman will consult with the Commissioners."
In lieu thereof, the Chairman will request the' views of the Comissioners on contracts greater than $750,000.
(OGC) (SECY Suspense:
9/30/81) 2.
paragraphs 0211 andf >8 are temporarily deleted from the manual chapter to be considered separately.
The General Counsel is directed to submit a new proposal regarding EDO rulemaking authority.
(OGC)(SECYSuspense:
10/21/81) 3.
A revised version of Manual Chapter 0103 as approved by the Commission is being sent to staff under separate cover.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON DIABLO CANYON - INCORRECT SEISMIC ANALYSIS, 1T:05 AM, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1981, Memo SECY for the Record, October 1, 1981 The Commission was briefed by staff on a recently reporte'd problem in the seismic analysis of equipment in Diablo Canyon Unit 1.
The General Counsel stated that parties t the Diablo Canyon license -
would be given a week to comment on any contested issues mentioned in the staff presentation.
(Subsequently, the Secretary signed a 1,
letter to parties.)-
Staff indicated that the Commission would be kept informed of future i
developments.
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EDO DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY - SECY-80-457B, Memo SECY to Dircks, October 2, 1981 Attached is a revised version of Manual Chapter 0103 as approved by the Commission at its Affirmation Session of September 24, 1981.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - FINAL GAO REPORT ON "NEED FOR BETT5R POLICY AND CONTR' OVER PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS -(GGD-81-70)", Memo SECY to Dircks,
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October 2, 1981 This is to advise you that the Commission, ~with all Commissioners approving, has approved the attached response to Congress.
The Office of Administration was informed of this action by telephone on October 2,1981.
It is our understanding that the response to Congress will be forwarded to~ the Chaiman for signature by c.o.b. October 7,1981.
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