ML20031H496

Public Version of Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 811016

ML20031H496
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PbR October 21, 1981 For:

The Comissioners From:

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

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16, 1981 A sumary of key events is included as. a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.

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Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data K

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Items Approved by the Comission M*

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FOR SUBSCRIBERS

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SUMMARY

OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT Week Ending October 16, 1981 TMI - Submerced Demineralizer System (SDS)

As of October 16, 1981, approximately 100,000 gallons of reactor building sump water has been processed through the SDS.

TMI-2 Information Recovery Seminar On December 4-5, 1981, there will be a seminar on information recovery from TMI-2 in San Francisco. The seminar is being sponsored by the four-party TMI-2 research agreement group (DOE, NRC, EPRI, GPU) with arrangements through its technical working organization.

Its objective is to provide to representatives of the U. S. nuclear power community a report of the current status, plans and accomplishments of the TMI-2 research program, and to solicit their suggestions for making the program more relevant.

Meeting on the Research Associated ~with the Severe Accident Rule On October 14, NRC staff met with DOE and industry representatives to discuss the schedule of the Severe Accident Rulemaking, the technical basis for the rule and the decision criteria to be used in deciding what research was needed and how the results would be implemented in the rule.

Agreement States Meeting Program Directors and senior staff of the 26 Agreement States will meet with NRC staff in Arlington, Texas, October 20-22.

Panel discussions I

will be held on uranium mill regulation, emergency preparedness, industrial l

radiography safety, waste management and transportation.

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OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending October 16, 1981 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Pequest Initial Decision Received 4 58 14 Granted 3 31 3

Denied 73 8

Pending 54 3

ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Jack F. Schweigert, Requests information on the precautions that have Environmental Law been taken to " earthquake proof" the Diablo Canyon Center of the Pacific Nuclear Power Plant.

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Thomas Devine, Requests a copy of the report prepared by the Government Accountability Office of Inspector and Auditor on the Zimer Project Nuclear Power Plant.

(81-407)

Sidney Langer Requests a copy of Ms. Jeannine Honicker's coments (81-408) of January 5,1979 on the staff's analysis (SECY-78-560) of her petition to shut down all nuclear power plants and the staff's response to her coments (SECY-79-180).

Susan E. Shearer, Requests four categories of documents relating to Abrams, Kovacs, Westermeier computer security requirements.

& Goldberg, P.C.

(81-409)

Christopher Simpson Requests specific infonation on eight listed (81-41 0) companies which are manu...turers of semiconductors, integrated circuits ar inicrocomputer chips.

Christopher Simpson Requests all documents concerning the environmental (81-411) or workplace impact of the manufacture of integrated circuits.

CONTACT:

J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A

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R'ceived, Cont'd R. B. Borsum, Requests a copy of SECY-81-517 which discusses Babcock & Wilcox occupational radiation exposure in nuclear (81-412) power plants during 1980.

Kimberly A. Armstrong, Requests a copy of SECY-80-468 entitled Debevoise & Liberman

" Indemnification of Licensees Stored Spent Fuel (81-413) at Sites Other Than the Site Where the Fuel Was Irradiated" and a copy of SECY-81-549.

James H. Feldman, Jr.,

Requests a copy of the Office of Inspector and i

Attorney-At-Law Auditor report of Region III's inspection of the (81-414)

Zimer Nuclear Power Plant.

Lisa A. Longwell, Requests four categories of information relating Worcester Polytechnic to the storage and maintenance of data about the Institute general public.

(81-415)

Judith A. Dorsey, Requests a copy of all documents regarding the Attorney-At-Law scope of the Probabilistic Risk Assessment for (81-416) the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1-and 2.

Granted Jack E. Pevenstein, In response to a request for a copy of the non-NUSAC Incorporated proprietary version of the technical proposal (81-390) submitted by Science Applications, Inc under RFP RS-NMS-81-040 entitled "In-Process Control of SNM," made available a copy of this document.'

(An individual requesting In response to a request for docurnents maintained information about herself) under her name, informed the requester the NRC (81-394) has no information pertaining to her in its personnel, security, or radiation exposure records.

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Richard A. Udell, In response to a request for eight categories of Critical Mass information pertaining to steam generators, made Energy Project available 60 documents.

Informed the mquester (81-313) additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.

Denied portions of four documents containing proprietary information.

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L Denied, Cont'd (NRC employee)

In response to a request for documents pertaining (81-329) to three Vacancy Announcement packages, made available eight documents. Denied portions of 18 documents, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Informed the requester the 1978 Vacancy Ann'ouncement package has been destroyed in accordance with the records retention schedule.

ENCLOSURE A

DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending October 16, 1901 RFP'S ISSUED 1.

RFP No. RS-NMS-82-032 Title - Borehole and Shaft Sealing Performance Criteria Description - The NRC seeks a thorough review of the subject of borehole and shaft seal perfornance and the identification of potential regulatory guidance and needed research.

It is anticipated that the results of this study effort will be important to the development of technical directives and regulatory guides, review of site characterization and safety analysis reports,.

and the development of license review capabilities.

Period of Performance - Nineteen (19) months from date of contract award Sponsor - NMSS Status - RFP issue date October 9,1981; closing date November 9,1981.

PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION 1.

RFP RS-NRR-81-134 Title - NRR Management Study - Management of Resources Description - The contractor shall perform a review of the NRC's management, processes, procedures and operations. The study shall focus on management practices, tools and systers, and improvements thereon.

Period of Performance - Seven months Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - Best and Final Offers requested on September 29, 1981; Due October.13, 1981.

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RFP RS-ADM-82-356 Title - Operation and Maintenance of the NRC Document Control System (DCS)

Description - The contractor shall provide ill necessary personnel, supplies and services to maintain and aperate the NRC Document Control System.

This effort shall consist of the following tasks:

Title List System; Catalog Index and Retrieval System; System for Abstracting NRC Documents; Microform System; Report Generation; Special Document Services; User Training and Assistance; System Statistics; Program Planning and Progress Reporting; Software tiodification; Documentation, Procedures and Records; DCS Maintenance; and Facility Administration.

Period of Performance - Two (2) years Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - Initial Evaluation Report received September 16. 1981. Negotiations with those offerors' in competitive range held during the period of September 28 through October 14, 1981.

Best and Final offers requested on October 14, 1981; due on October 21, 1981.

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CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made)

Contract No.

Contractor Close-Out-Date NRC-05-79-307.

State of Florida 10/13/81 NRC-10-30-470 Woodward-Clyde Consultants' 10/13/81 NRC-10-31-361 Joseph Stone 10/13/81 NRC-01-77-014 Naval Facilities Engr. Comand 10/9/81

' NRC-05-79-261 Portland Canent Assoc..

10/14/81 NRC-03-78-150

?!athan M. Newmark,. Task IV 10/15/81 NRC-03-79-132 Dept. of Comerce/NOAA 10/15/81 NRC-02-75-151 General Electric 10/15/81 G

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NRC TMI PROGRAM OFFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT A U ';

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Available Core Cooling Modes:- Decay heat removal systems.

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RCS Loop Temperatures:

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Hot Lag 108"F 111 *F i

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(2) 69'F 69'F RCS Pressure:

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Elevation 289 7. ft. '(7.2. ft. from floor)

E-via penetration 401 manometer i

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Concentration:

4.3' x 10-6 uCi/cc Kr-85.

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. Effluent and Environmental _(Radiological) Information

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tl..: iLiquid' effluents from the TMI site released to the Susquehanna 21 t t #. d.2 8:1.

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point and individual effluent sources which originated within Unita2. t1 a.

contained no detectable radioactivity.

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Envi ronmental : Protection. Agency (EPA) Environmental Data. ; The EPA i

i announced on July 6,1981 that, due to a new shipping procedifre for.

tn; it Kr-85 samplesi to the laboratory, the results for the Kr-85. environ

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The fol' lowing are the NRC air sample analytical results for c

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. 4 Licensee _ Radioactive Material __ and Radwaste Shipments.-

On Wednesday, October 7,1981, one EPICOR II dewatered resin.

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.i liner (F-2) was shipped to U.S. Ecology Richland, Washington, t,

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"On Monday, October 12, 1981, two TMI-l liquid samples were shipped i '

1.:to Teledyne Isotopes, Westwood, New Jersey.

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(F-4 and F-5) were shipped to U.S. Ecology, Richland, Wshington.

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Submerged Demineralizer System (SDS).

Processing of. batch number 7 began October 9,1981, ano as of October 16, 1981, 34,500 gallons

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resumed.' As of October 16, 1981, appro'ximately 100,000 gallons of,;

reactor building sump water has been processed through the SDS.

On October 17, 1981, an SDS zeolite vessel loaded with approximately..

25,000 Ci df Cs-137. and approximately 1,000 Ci of Sr-90 was successfully,

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The NRC onsite staff provided backshift coverage during:

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This data will be used to determine if. < 4 the vessels can be loaded up to approximately 60,000 Ci of Cs-137...

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to commense processing batch number 8 (another 50,000 gallons of

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.n system continued this week except for the~ two day interuption due to the auxiliar.y building ventilation problem as mentioned in the. a.t.

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(F-6) along with one of the second stage liners (K-1) were removed.i 1

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95,000 gallons of sump water has been polished.

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Meeting Attended

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The NRC's Advisory Panel for the Decontamination of Three Mile Island Unit 2 will meet October 21, 1981, in York.. Pennsylvania and November 16, 1981, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

At both meetings, the.

panel plans to discuss the current status of cleanup activities at Three Mile Island.

The October 21 seeting will be held at 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM in the Hotel Yorktown, 48 East Market Street, York.

The November 16 meeting will be held from 7:00 PM.to 10:00 Pd in the Municipal Building, 400 South 8th Street, Lebanon.

Both meetings are open to the public.

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On Saturday, November 11,1981, at 5:00 PM, Lake Barrett will participate in a panel c aussion at the Elizabethtown Public Library on the government's response to the TMI accident.

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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending October 16, 1981 Division of Safeguards - Planned Meetings 1.

Subject:

Meeting with Babcock and Wilcox, Naval Nuclear Fuel Division, to perform SVAP assessment of safeguards Date:

October 19-23, 1981 Location:

Lynchburg, Virginia Attendees:

S. Fratelli 1

J. Prell J. Ennis D. Huff G. Gundersen (Attendees from LLNL) 2.

Subject:

Meeting with Westinghouse to discuss material control and accounting concerns Date:

October 28-30, 1981 Location:

Columbia, South Carolina Attendees:

H. Foster D. Huff 3.

Subject:

Meeting with INMM to discuss MC&A Reform Amendment Date:

October 28-29, 1981 Location:

San Diego, California Attendees:

B. Evans M. Smith 4.

Subject:

University of Virginia TRTR Managers Meeting Invited Speaker Date:

October 27 - 29, 1981 Location:

Charlottesville, VA.

Attendees:

R. F. Burnett

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ABSENCES OF THE DIRECT 0R OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR October 28, 1981: Robert F. Burnett - Acting:

D. R. Chapell A

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4 Me& tings - Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety 1.

Subject:

Draft Environmental Impact Statement for West Valley.

Date/ Time:

October 19 Location:

Germantown Attendees:

L. Rouse (FC), T. Clark (FC), R. Boyle (WM),

DOE Representatives, Dan Ferringer (?)

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Subject:

Site visit with ORNL environmental review team to Westinghouse.

Date/ Time:

October 19-21 Location:

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Attendees:

E. Shum (FC) 3.

Subject:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Monitoring for West Valley.

Date/ Time:

October 27-28 Location:

Idaho Operations Office Attendees:

L. Rouse (FC), T. Clark (FC), IE Representatives, DOE - Idaho West Valley Project Representatives 4.

Subject:

Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri on Waste Sites -

At the request of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) the League of Women Voters of Missouri is sponsoring a public infonnational meeting regarding the six radioactive waste sites in the St. Louis area. The sites include four which are or were DOE /AEC/MED sites:

(1) Mallinckrodt Chemical Co's Destrehand Street Plant, (2) Disposal site adjacent to the St. Louis airport, (3) Weldon Spring Quarry, and (4) The Heldon Spring raffinate pit areas.

Also included are two sites which are the responsibility of NRC:

(1) the former Cotter Corporation site in Hazelwood, Missouri, and (2) the Westlake Landfill in Bridgeton, Missouri. The following agencies have been asked to participate as follows:

AGENCY SUBJECT Missouri DNR Role of the State EPA Radiation Standards DOE Status of the Four DOE /AEC/

MED Sites NRC Status of the Hazelwood.

and Westlake Landfill -

Bridgeton Sites Date/ Time:

October 29, 7:30 - 10:30pm Location:

Bridgeton Comunity Center, Bridgeton, Missouri Attendees:

Bill Crow (FC)

0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending October 16, 1981 1.

Feeliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the week:

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PNO-I-81-115A New England Nuclear Corporation - Contamination Resulting From Transtsrtation of Phosphorus-32 (Update) b.

PNO-I-81-ll5B New England Nuclear Corporatio'n - Contamination Resulting From Transportation of Phosphorus-32 (Update) c.

PNO-II-81-86 Nuelear Fuel Services, Inc. - Unplanned Release of Radioactivity Within Regulatory Limits d.

PNO-III-81-86 Callaway Nuclear Power Station - Cancellation of Callaway Unit 2 e.

PNO-III-81-87 Kerr McGee Chemical Corporation - NRC Named as Defendent in City of West Chicago Suit f.

PN0-IV-81-29 Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 - Fire in the Reactor Containment Building g.

PNS-II-81-16 Crystal River 3 - Trespassing on Florida Power Corporation Property

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The following IE Infonnation Notice was issued:

IE Information Notice 81-30, " Failure of Safety Infection Valves to Operate a.

Against Differential Pressure", was issued on October 8,1981 to all power reactor facilities holding operating licenses or construction permits.

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Othe'r Items:

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Activities of the Division of Emergency Preparedness -

October 13, 1981 E'PDB staff members participated in a meeting with French cepresentatives to l

discuss emergency preparedness activities.

October 14, 1981 Staff members from EPDB and IRB participated in a meeting with representatives from Taiwan to discuss. emergency preparedness activities.

October 15, 1981 Director, Deputy Director, IRB and EPDB staff members participated in a meeting with representatives from Tennessee Valley Authority to discuss Browns Ferry exercise held on September 9,1981.

Chief. EPLB, participated in the emergency preparedness implementation exit 4

briefing at Beaver Valley.

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2, October' 16, 1981 Director, DEP, participated in a meeting with Richard Krimm, FEMA, to discuss FEMA inputs to NRC licensing process and other schedular matters.

Director, DEP, participated in a meeting with Dr. Klaus Stadie, Head of the Nuclear Safety Division of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, to discuss emergency preparedness activities.

Chief. EPLB, participated in the emergency preparedness implementation exit briefing at Calvert Cliffs.

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g OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16, 1981 Experimental Programs Branch _

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TMI-2 Information Recovery Seminar OnDechmber 4-5, 1981, there will be a seminar on information recovery from THI-2. The seminar is being sponsored by the four party TMI-2 researchagreementgroup(D0E,NRC,EPRI,GPU)witharrangementsthrough its technical working organization (TWG).

Mr. Dircks is being asked to be a leadoff speaker along with Mr. Brewer of DOE, Mr. Taylor of EPRI and Mr. Arnold of GPU. The agenda of this research information seminar corresponds to that of a similar seminar las't year, in which Mr. Dircks also participated as a levioff speaker.

The objective of this seminar is to provide to represer.tatives of the U.S. nuclear power comunity a report of the current status, plans and accomplishments of the TMI-2 research program and to solicit their suggestions for making the program most relevant. The seminar will be held at the location of the winter ANS meeting in San Francisco and will take place on Friday and Saturday immediately following the meeting.

2.

LOFT Experiment L8-2 was successfully performed on October 12. The test simulated the rupture of a 14 inch accumulator line in a large PWR, As.a means of testing the abil.ity of the primary coolant pumps to cool the ' core with a low water content fluid, the pumps were turned off until the peak cladding temperatures reached 10000F. After the pumps were turned on, no change in cladding temperature was observed. The temperature was allowed to coatinue to rise to 12500F at which time the ECCS was activated. The ECCS, with the accumulator pressurized to 600 psi, quickly quenched the fuel.

0 During the test, the peak cladding temperature recorded was 1317 F.

No fuel damage was observed after the test. A Quick Look Rr art covering tests L5-1 and L8-2 is due out in ten days.

Work will begin in late November to remove the center fuel assembly and replace it with a pressurized fuel assembly in preparation for the first LOFT test with pre-pressurized fuel.

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FLECHT SEASET A bimonthly program progress and financial status meeting was held on October 6, 1981. Westinghouse reported that the overall program is on schedule and within budget. Report No.10,17 x 17 Unblocked Burwiie Tests Data Evaluation and Analysis Report NUREG/CR-2236 was compledted and the master has been sent to NRC for printing and distribution.

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Pulsed Neutron Activation (PNA)

Argonne National Laboratory published and distributed the report on Feasibility of using PNA techniques for In-Situ Cal-ibration of UPTF Two-Phase Flow Instrementation NUREG/CR-1971. The findings will be used for 4

the 3D instrumentation evaluation.

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Bundle Heat Transfer Evaluation Program A panel of heat transfer er.perts will be invited to participate in the review of film boiling and low /irttemediate flow iforced convection to a

steam bundle heat transfer data. -They will be asked to identify additional j

sources of data as well as tb determine the data's usefulness for correlation I

evaluation and development.

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Semiscale 1

l Test S-NC-7 was repeated due to failure of critical pressure sensors f

reported last week. All needed information was obtained and we are studying the data. Test S-NC-8 is anticipated on October 21,'1981.

i This will be a test with a small break without ECC and a recovery I

procedure,will be attempted when core heatup has been obtained.

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2D/3D i

A previously identified material fatigue problem with the tie plate dragbody Development of this instrument which measures momentum has been corrected.

flux at the upper plenum core interface is now complete and calibration is in pr>gress.

Ananytical Models Branch This weekend LANL conducted the steamline break calculations with the 1.

TRAC-PD 2 code for the pressurized thermal shock on the same conditicns previously calculated by the IRT code to check the validity of the IRT results.

LANL is using TRAC te calculate the uncontrolled'feedwa'ter transient case.

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This is being done to check the validity of the 11/2 year old results produced by the IRT cade at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Both of these calculations are being made in response to a critique expressed in the recent ORNL report.

Dr. Zuber has: organ!:ed a meeting in Bethesda on October 23 to review the RPI accomplishments for FY 81 and to obtain concurrence on the FY 82 work scope in the area of BWR stability analysis.

N. Zuber is reviewing the IRT code and results, as Staff assignments:

F. Odar;is writing the paper on code part of the ORNL report review tai;k.

assessment status he will present at the 9th'WRSR Information Meeting.

Fuel Behavior Branch 1.

Halden_

Fuel Behavior branch has determined that continued irradiation of tw assemblies in the Halden (Norway) re.ctor is in the interest of NRC.

Four rods frc= FRC-sponsored IFA-432 (currently at 30,000 MWD /MTM) will Twelve rods from be irradiated to obtain high burnup gas release data.

l DOE-sponsored IFA-518 (currently at 10,000 MWD /MTM) will be irradiated to obtain perfomance data on advanced LWR fuel designs expected to be submitted in core reflood applications.

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3 Severe Accident Assessment ~ Branch Meeting on the Research Associated with'the Severe Accident Rule A second meeting between DOE, NRC and industry representatives was held on October 14,1981 at DOE Headquarters, Germantown, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the timing or schedule of the Severe Accident Rulemaking, the technical basis for the rule and the decision criteria to be used in deciding what research was needed and how the reso ts would be implemented in the rule. The industry's perspective on the need fcr and objective of the rule was presented by D. Reed, Chairman of the IDCOR Steering Group.

RES management discussed current thinking on the development of the rule and the current schedule. Also discussed by RES was the research needed to form the technical basis for the rule.

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l The IREP Final Report on Crystal River pre-print copy was received from I

the contractor. The publication in printed form is expected shortly.

Publication Issued During the Week of October 12-16, 1981 Regulatory Guide 1.101 - Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Nuclear Power Reactors l

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-c ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGP.AMS WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16, 1981 PWR Fundamentals Course in Cairo, Egypt A PWR Fundamentals Course, originally scheduled to begin on Sunday, October 18, in Cairo but postponed last week, has been rescheduled to begin as planned this coming Sunday. Representatives from the Egyptian Atomic Energy Establishment contacted the American Embassy in Cairo to inform them that despite the tragic events of last week, they wanted the NRC in-structors to come to Cairo and teach the two-week PWR Fundamentals Course as scheduled. Steve Showe and Lou Simons from the Reactor Training Center in Chattanooga departed October 15 for Cairo to teach the Fundamentals Course.

IAEA-IIASA Joint Project Dr. Michael Cullingford, RES Division of Risk Analysis, has been nominated for a one-year term in an IAEA-IIASA (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis in Austria) joint project on fuel cycle, waste management and trans-portation risk assessment. Cullingford was specifically requested by IAEA.

His work in this program will complement the work NRC is doing in this area and will enable NRC to benefit fully from the work going on at IIASA.

Foreign Visitor _s_

On Tuesday, an 11-member delegaticn from the French regulatory authority SCSIN, Electricite de France, and Framatome, met with (1) S. Ramos and R. DeFayette of the IE Division of Emergency Preparedness to discuss emergency planning regulations; (2) B. Sheron and L. Phillips of the NRR Division of Systems Integration to discuss core cooling states; and (3) D. Vassallo, J. Buzy, and L. Beltracchi of the NRR Division of Human Factors Safety to discuss aids to operating staff'during accident conditions and new concepts on control demand.

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On Tuesday, Antonio Refre of the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) met with J. Buzy of the NRR Division of Human Factors Safety to review NRC's assistance l

programs with the PAEC in the field of operator training and qualifications.

On Tuesday, Dr. Dan M. Ilberg, Head of the System Safety Department, Licensing Division, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission, met with B. Snyder, Director of the NRR TMI Program Office, and toured the TMI site to discuss the current status of the cleanup operations for Unit 2 and the proposed restart of Unit 1.

On Wednesday, Mr. Y. H. Lee, Director of the Licensing Division of the Taiwan Atomic Energy Council, and Mr. Irving Wang, Health Physicist, met with (1) R. Serbu of the NRR Radiological Assessment Branch to discuss NUREG-0761; (2) J. Boegli of the NRR Effluent Treatment Systems Branch to discuss Regulatory Guide 1.21; (3) M. Hawkins of the IE Division of Emergency Preparedness to discuss the role l

of the Incident Response Center during radiological emergencies; (4) D. Eisenhut, l

Director of the NRR Division of Licensing, to exchange views on reactor licensing; and (5) M. Srinivesan, Chief of the NRR Power Systems Branch, to discuss the loss l

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On Wednesday, Sir Frank Layfield, England's. leading planning lawyer who is expected to conduct their public inquiry into the British Government's decision to build a PWR in Stillwell, England, met with Commissioners Gilinsky, Ahearne and Roberts and with NRR Director Harold Denton and IP Director James Shea to discuss various espects of the PWR.

On Thursday, Dr. J. Kruger, Deputy Director 'f the Isotope and Radiation Division of the South African Atomic Energy 'oard, met with representatives of the IE Division of Emergency Preparedness to discuss emergency planning regulations and to tour the Incident Response Center.

On Thursday, the opening plenary session of the U.S. People's Republic of China (PRC) Joint Commission on Cooperation in Science and Technology was held at the U.S. Department of State. Commissioner.Gilinsky, IP Director James Shea and Donna Chenier of IP attended for NRC. The final plenary session will be held on Saturday, at which time the Protocol on Cooperation. in Nuclear 2 Safety Matters Between NRC and the PRC State Scientific and Technological Commission (SSTC) will be signed by Chairman Palladino for NRC and Vice Minister Jiang Ming for the SSTC. Commissioner Gilinsky. IP Deputy Director Joseph Lafleur and Donna Chenier of IP will;stsoMtend;f'or..NRC.

On Friday, Dr. Joachim Fechner of the Rules and Criteria for Nuclear Safety Section of the German Federal Ministry of Interior (BMI) met with V. Moore and J. Persensky of the NRR Division of Human Factors Safety to discuss the present state of, and top priorities with respe'ct to, Human Factors Safety.

On Friday, Dr. Agustin Alonso of the Spanish Nuclear Energy Council (JEN) met with Dr. Robert Van Houten of the RES Division of Accident Technology to discuss NRC's severe fuel damage research program.

On Friday, Mr. Le Niger of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) met with Dr. Joseph Muscara of the RES Division of Engineering Technology to discuss CEA participation in Surry II SG research.

On Friday, Dr. Klaus Stadie, Head of the Nuclear Safety Division of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, met with Chairman Palladino, RES Director R. Minogue, IP Deputy Director J. D..Lafleur, Jr., and other NRC senior staff representatives to discuss NRC participation in NEA activities.

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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16, 1981 On October 12, 1981 Denald Nussbaumer, SP; Kitty Dragonette, NMSS and William B. Menczer, Regional State liaison Officer, Region III, were in St. Paul, Minnesota participating in the Conference on law-Level Radio active Waste Disposal and the Legislative Seminar on Low-Level Radioactive Wastes. The seminars, attended by approximately 100 persons, were designed to provide Minnesota legislators with substailtive and timely information regarding the management of low-level radioactive waste in Minnesota, including the technical aspects of waste. disposal, Federal, State and legislative policies, and policy options available for disposal in the State. Don Nussbaumer made presentations on the Agreement State program and Kitty Dragonette discussed proposed Part 61. During the conference, Mr. Menczer met with State Representative Ken Nelson, Chairperson of the House Energy Committee; Roger DeRoos, Director, Minnesota Environmental Health Division; Dave Giese, Assistant Director, and Alice Dolezal, Chief of Minnesota Radiological Health to discuss State views on low-level waste management in Minnesota.

Program Directors and senior staff of the 26 Agreement States will meet with NRC staff in Arlington, Texas, October 20-22, 1981. The Commissioner of the

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Texas Department of Health will address the meeting. Panel discussions will be held on uranium mill regulation, emergency preparedness, industrial radiography safety, waste management and transportation.

IE, NMSS, ELD, RES and Region IV will participate in the meeting. A pre-meeting of u'.anium mill Agreement States.and NRC staff will be held October 19th to discuss procedures for NRC reviews of Agreement State uranium mill programs.

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WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16, 1981 Activities at the Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

.0n' October 15 and 16, AE00 ' met with the management and staff of NSIC at Oak Ridge' National Laboratory. The meeting covered work in progress = and future activities associated with' the collection and review of foreign operational information.'and with the Sequence Coding and Search Procedure (SCSP) being developed by AE0D.

Discussions on the foreign operational information ' included guidance to assure-that potentially significant foreign events are quickly identified for. NRC consideration and are listed in periodic reports. Additionally, progress made in indexing the foreign information and in developing suitable computer data bases for searching the information was reviewed. NRC/IP participated in this part of the meeting.

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anticipated that _a trial program with outside participation will be initiated during the first quarter of CY 1982 and full system operability should be possible in the second quarter. Additional subjects discussed included: the Nuclear Plant Reliability Data System (NPRDS); the Licensee Event Report Rulemaking; AE0D's plans for FY 1982; the NSIC budget and program for FY 1982; and cooperative activities among NSIC, INP0 and NSAC.

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