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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 6,1981 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.

Contents Enclosu~ e r

Administration

'A Nuclear Reactor Regulation B

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Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C

Inspection and Enforcement D

Nuclear Regulatory Research E

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, Executive Legal Director F

International Programs G

State Programs H.

Management and Program Analysis I

Controller J

1 Analysis and Evaluation of QP etional Data K

Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization L*

Items Approved by the Comission J

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

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FOR SUBSCRIBERS

Contact:

T. A. Rehm, EDO ONLY

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SUMMARY

OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT Week Ending November 6, 1981 Emergency Preparedness Emergency preparedness implementation appraisals took place this week for the following plants: Prairie Island, Dresden, Turkey Point and San Onofre.

' Point Beach Units 1 and 2 On November 5, 1981, the presiding ASLB issued a Memorandum and Order authorizing the issuance of an amendment to the license for Unit 1 to permit operation of Unit 1 with degraded steam generator tubes sleeved rather than plugged.

Proposed Restriction on HEU Exports Congressman Edward Markey (Mass.) offered an snendment to H.R. 4255, the NRC authorization bill, which would prohibit NRC from using authorized funds to review, process, or approve applications for licenses to export highly enriched uranium, except when the export is for use in reactors which NRC determines cannot feasibly be converted to low enriched uranium.

Washington State Initiative In the election on November 3,1981, Washington State Initiative 394 was approved.

The initiative stated that voter approval is required prior to a public agency issuing bonds for construction or acquisition of a major public energy project.

This initiative would also affect nuclear power plants presently being constructed by public agencies. The most immediate effect is upon the Washington Public Power Supply System.

FY 1982 The Senate passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations. 1982. NRC's portion was for $465.7 million. The House passed NRC authorization bill for FY 1982 for $485.9 million.

Case Study Released on Millstone 2 January 2, 1981 Event AE00 completed a case study on the Millstone 2 event. This event, which was initiated by an operator mistakenly de-energizing one of the station 125 V de buses, involved several incidents. Although the evaluation did not identify any safety concerns, there are certain lessons to be_ learned that AEOD believes should be addressed in an IE Circular and in the qualification of plant operators.

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0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending November 6,1981

' ADMINISTRATION'0F'THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT

' STATUS OF~ REQUESTS Initial Appeal of

' Request Initial Decision Received 490 16 Granted 359 3

Denied 80 10 Pending 51 3

' ACTIONS'THIS WEEK Received Don Munton, Referral from the Department of Energy of two Dalhousie University documents regarding the Great Lakes Water Quality (81-434)

Agreement.

Wendy Schnelker, Requests documents regarding a GA0 audit of the Committee to Bridge Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant conducted between the Gap May 30 and June 10, 1977.

(81-435)

Robert Alexander, Requests a copy of 51 listed documents.

Ohio Citizens for Responsible Energy (81-436)

Charles W. Elliott, Requests all documents relating to disqualification Thomas and Hair from adjudicatory proceedings of members of the (81-437)

Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards, Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Boards or the Comission, by reason of prior employment by the NRC.

Mark C. Hartley Requests a copy of the NRC report concerning an (81-438)

Office of Inspection and Enforcement investigation into allegations by Harold W. Hartman, a former TMI control room operator, that employees at TMI deliberately falsified the results of required test prior to the accident at TMI.

Mark C. Hartley Requests a copy of a Memorandum to File from Harold (81-439)

I..' Ornstein dated July 16, 1981 regarding " Events at TMI-2 During Preoperation Testing" and its attachments.

CONTACT:

J. M. Felton 492-7211

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2 Received, Cont'd Stephen C. Sholly, Requests specific information regarding an affidavit Union of Concerned from Paul J. Kellogg, which describes the process Scientists which led to the publication of Draft 1 of the (81-440)

TMI.L. tion Plan and information on the TMI Action Plan Steering Group.

Stephen Green Requests copies of transcripts of the testimony of (81-441) fonner CIA official Carl Duckett before the AEC in 1976 concerning the diversion of nuclear material from the U.S. to Israel.

St: phen Green Requests copies of records relating to the secondment (81-442) of AEC personnel to the CIA and/or the Government of Israel during the period 1955-1965 for the purpose of development of Israel's nuclear weapons program.

St phen Green Requests all documents relating to Israel's nuclear (81-443) weapons potential or capacity during the period 1955 to the present.

Stephen Green Requests a copy of the CIA Intelligence estimate (81-444) dated September-4,1974 entitled " Prospects for Further Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons."

Stephen Green Requests all documents relating to the investigations (81-445) of Dr. Zalman Shapiro and' the Nuclear Materials and Equioment Corporation in Apollo, Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth M. Fothergill, Requests the names of companies in the U.S. licensed Halgeson Nuclear to handle /use radioactive materials.

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Glenn Cryan, Requests all information concerning an incident of Electric Mutual possible' exposure on April 3,1978 at the Millstone (81-447)

Nuclear Power Plant.

Rob:rt A. Backus, Requests, on behalf of Seacoast Anti-Pollution League, Attorney-At-Law a co.ny of the computational procedures, and basis for 1

(81-448) the procedures, used by the NRC staff in the calculation of Reactor Accident Consequences (CRAC).

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3 Granted Sarah M. Ford, In response to a request for documents regarding Wright, Manning the ' investigation of Automation Industries, Inc.

and Sagendorph concerning overexposure of two individuals.

.(81-341) made available 52 documents.

Denise J. olack, In response to requests for a cop / of the NRC staff United Nuclear report regarding licensee. performance, made Corporation available copies of the "NRC Licensee Assessments."

(81-375) and Carlos Byars, Hodston Chronicle (81-386) and Bob Warneke (81-388) and J. R. Randall, BMK Services, Inc.

(81-430)

Richard A. Udell, In response to a request for a copy of the minutes Critical Mass Energy of the Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance Project Review (SALP) Group, made available 13 documents.

(81-392)

William E. Wurtz, In response to a request for a copy of listed tapes Davis Polk & Wardwell of interviews conducted in connection with the NRC (81-402) investigation of the TMI-2 accident and a copy of the index of all tapes made in the course of the NRC investigation, made availaole the requested information.

Christopher Simpson In response to a request for information pertaining (81-410 & 81-411) to eight listed companies which manufacture semiconductors, integrated circuits and microcomputer chips and reports pertaining to the environmental or workplace impact of the manufacture of integrated circuits, made available three documents.

Informed the requester that the NRC has not prepared any reports pertaining to the environmental or workplace impact of the manufacture of integrated circuits.

Thomas G. Dignan, In response to a request, on behalf of the Vermont Ropes & Gray Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation, for information (81-417) regarding the Generic Safety Evaluation Report on BWR Scram Discharge System, made available 24 documents.

ENCLOSURE A

Granted, Cont'd (NRC employee)

In response to a request for copies of the job (81-422) descriptions for all employees, Grades 11 through 13, in the License Fee Management Branch, Office of Administration, made available this infor: nation.

Amy Goldsmith, In response to a request for a copy of a listing of Northern Sun Alliance all radioactive materials licensees in the State of (81-423)

Minnesota, made available the requested listing.

Denied Ellyri R. Weiss, In resporae to a request for documents to and from Harmon & Weiss the Commission regarding its decision on' September 10 (81-397) 1981 to reconsider its rule on the military functions. exception,10 CFR 2.700a, made available six documents.

Denied five documents in their entirety containing advice, opinions and recommendations.

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CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made) a CONTRACT NO.

CONTRACTOR CLOSE-0UT-DATE NRC-03-79-164 R. W. Beck & Associates 11/5/81 NRC-04-76-204 University of Illinois 10/29/81 NRC-04-77-042 Kaman Science Corporation 11/4/81 NRC-02-81-051 Science Applications, Inc.

11/5/81 NRC-10-81-390 Sidney D. Golberg 11/3/81 1

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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 06,1981 SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT (STP),

On October 30, 1981 the ASLB issued.a Memorandum and Order calling for hearings, and possibly a pre-hearing conference, to begin on December 8,1981 in Austin, Texas.

The purpose of these hearings is to take evidence -

with regard to construction activities during the change of architect engineers-on the STP.)

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L OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending November 6, 1981 INMM Safeguards' Committee The Institute of Nuclear Material Management Safeguards Committee sponsored two meetings concerning the advance notice of proposed rulemaking entitled,

" Material Control and Accounting Requirements for Facilities Possessing Formula Quantities of SSNM." The purpose of the meetings was to provide an opportunity for discussion between licensee and safeguards personnel con-cerning the intent of the rulemaking. Many useful suggestions were made for modifying options in the advance notice in order to better meet the intent of the rulemaking.

Plans are being made to continue this dialogue at indi-vidual sites in order to enhance an understanding of site specific concerns.

Du Pont Briefed on 10 CFR Part 61 Proposed 10 CFR Part 61, " Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radio-active Wastes" was discussed with radiation safety personnel of E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company on November 4, 1981.

Safety personnel from the vari-ous plants and locations were participating in a biannual two day training course, "Ioisizing Radiation Update" held in New Castle, Delaware.

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1 Meetings - Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety 1.

Subject:

Southern States Energy Board Transportation Workshop.

Date/ Time:

Novenber 8 - 10 Place:

Atlanta, Georgia Attendees:

J. Long (FC), and other federal and state representatives 2.

Subject:

Process modifications and waste disposal.

Date/ Time:

November 10, 8:00am Place:

Willste Building, 5th floor conf room Attendees :

G. Bidinger (FC), E. Shum (FC), L. Roche-Farmer (FC),

E. Reitler, C. Sanders and Project Manager (Westinghouse, Columbia, South Carolina) 3.

Subject:

Accompany IE inspector at UNC-Montville and UNC-Wood River Junction.

Discuss two license amendment applications for UNC-Montville.

Date/ Time:

November 16 - 20 Place:

Montville, Connecticut; Wood River Junction, Rhode Island Attendees:

E. Shum (FC), G. Bidinger (FC)

ABSENCES'0F DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR:

Richard E. Cunningham - Novenber 16 - 23 (Annual leave)

Thomas F. Carter, Jr. - Nove'mber 17 (Jury Duty)

November 19 and 20 (Official Travel to Nuclear Weapons Orientation Course)

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1981 NWTS Program Information Meeting Date/ Time:

November 17, 18, and 19 Location:

Columbus, Ohio Attendees:

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November 19 Location:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Washington, D.C.

Attendees:

Tim Johnson, WMLL i

Absences of Director / Deputy Director John B. Martin will be on official travel until 11/16.

Robert E. Browning, Deputy Director, is' acting in Mr. Partin's beFalf.

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Planned Meetings - Division of Safeguards 1.

Subject:

Doe /NRC Liaison Board meeting Date:

November 12, 1981, 10:00 a.m.

Place:

Germantown Attendees:

Paul Baker.. Bud Evans (NRC)

Attendees from DOE 2.

Subject:

Testimony on the Physical Security Convention before the House. Judiciary Committee (Rodino)

Date:

November 12, 1981, 10:00 a.m.

Place:

Capitol Hill Attendees:

Robert F. Burnett, NRC R. Bettauer, State Others 3.

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Meeting with N.E. Utilities re licensing matter Date:

November 19, 1981 (leave p.m. 11/18)

Place:

Hartford, Conn.

Attendees:

R. F. Burnett H. Thornburg ABSENCES OF THE DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR November 19, 1981 - R. F. Burnett - Acting:

D. R. Chapell November 20, 1981 - R. F. Burnett (Tentative) - Acting:

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The following Notification of Significant Enforcement Action'was dispatched during the past week:

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EN-81-39 Power Authority of the State of New York (James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant) - A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $40,000 will be issued to subject

~1icensee on or about November 9,1981. This action is based on two l

alleged violations concerning the failure to adhere to Technical Specification requirements for having operable containment leakage detection systens. This event resulted from the licensee's failure to l

properly prepare and review surveillance test procedures relating to sample line isolation valves on the drywell continuous atmosphere monitoring system. At the conclusion of a surveillance test on August 20, 1981, these valves where left closed rendering thesystem inoperable.

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

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PNO-I-81-120 Massachusetts General Hospital - Less of Iridium-192 Seeds l

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PN0-I-81-121 Peach Bottom Unit 3 - Unplar.ned Noble Gas Release c.

PNO-II-81-85A Hatch 1 - Unplanned Outage l

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PNO-II-81-92 Browns Ferry Unit 1 - Failure of Two Annunciator Panels e.

PNO-II-81-93 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant - State of Tennessee Distribution of Potassium-Iodide f.

PNO-III-81-93 Prairie Island Nuclear Power Station - Media Interest in Excessive Containment Purge Valve Leakage g.

PNO-III-81-94 D. C. Cook, Unit 1 - Shutdown in Excess of 48 Hours-External Pressurizer Spray Valve h.

PNO-III-81-95 Monticello Nuclear Power Station - Unauthorized Removal of i

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PNO-IV-81-26A South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 - Reallocation of Res-ponsibilities for Certain Functions at the South Texas Project l

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PNO-V-81'-61 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit ho.1 - Discharge of Borated Water to Condenser Hotwell 1.

PNO-V-81-62 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit No.1 - Licensee Identification of Low-level Radioactive Material Outside the Restricted Area Boundary m.

PNO-V-81-63 Veterans Administration Medical Center - Misadministration of Radiopharmaceuticalf n.

PNO-V-81-64 ' San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit No.1 - Unit Returns to Power Following Modification of Safety Injection System 3.

The following IE Circular was issued:

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IE Circuler 81-14 " Main Steam Isolation Valve Failures to Close", was-issued on November 5,1981, reconinending action to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license er a construction permit.

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(1) Activities of Saf'ety Review Comittees with weaknesses such as not including within its span of review for safety significant infomation, material from internal audit reports, NRC inspection reports, and NRC Bulletins and Circulars.

(2) Quality Assurance Audits with weaknesses such as failure of management to be responsive to and supnort the program, and program inadequacies.

(3) Maintenance with weaknesses such as the lack of an integrated preventive maintenance program, an ineffective training program for maintenance personnel and a large backlog.of low priority maintenance requests.

(4) Corrective Action Systems with weaknesses such as program inadequacies, failure to implement the existing program, and inadequate training for personnel to use the program.

(5) Non-Licensed Training' Program with weaknesses such as the lack of cor-porate policy and the implementation of training programs in many areas.;

Some weaknesses were also noted in the Licensed Training Program.

(6) Procurement with weaknesses such as improper storage of safety-related materials.

Boston Edison has responded to these identified problem areas and corrective action is being followed by Region I.

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November 2,1981 EPLB staff member participated in the emergency preparedness implementation appraisal for Prairie Island which started this date.

EPLB staff member participated in the emergency preparedness implementation appraisal for Dresden which started this date.

November 5,1981 Chief, EPLB, participated in the emergency preparedness implementation appraisal exit briefing at Turkey Point.

Deputy Director, DEP, participated in the emergency preparedness implementation appraisal exit briefing at San Onofre.

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IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 6, 1981 Experimental Programs Branch l.

Semiscale Test S-NC-8 was successfully completed on 10/27/81. This was a 0.4%' break with the additional assumption of no ECC. Upon obtaining core heatup, a steam generator secondary side blowdown was conducted to simulate a possible recovery procedure. This was followed by accumulator injection, PORV opening, and initiation of HPI. The experimental data are being evaluated.

Test S-NC-9 was conducted on 10/20/81. The data are being evaluated prior to acceptance of the test and initiation of hardware changes for the next test series.

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j the L6-8 Operational Transient tests. The ATWS test has been identified h

by NRR as a high priority test. Meetings will be held with DOE-ID and EG&G i

at the end of November to effect the necessary programatic changes.

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BWR Full Integral Simulation Test (FIST)

BWR FIST modifications are proceeding on schedule. The vessel design is complete and ready to be ordered. INEL staff are continuing to increase their direct involvment in the program.

Instrument vessel penetration' designs were provided by INEL and the Feedwater. Control System reviewed.

4-INEL will also perform the vessel stress analysis at a significantly lower cost than estimated by GE.

GE will Negotiations for Phase II of the program are nearly complete.

provide a proposal for Phase II by December 19R1. 'A commission paper is currently being prepared sumarizing the planned Phase II.

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Multi-National Participation in' the NRC Severe Fuel Damage (SfD) Program A meeting was held on October 30, 1981, with representatives from foreign organizations to present the major elemen ts of the on-going and planned SFD research program and to discuss possible modes of participation.

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t OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL' DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6,1981 Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 On November 5,1981, the presiding ASLB issued a Memorandum and Order authorizing the issuance of an amendment to the license for Unit 1 to pennit operation of Unit 1 with degraded steam generator tubes sleeved

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On Monday Dr. Hisashi Mikami, Member of the Advisory Committee of the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), and Mr. Atsuo Kosaka, Manager of the Reactor Code Preparation Office of the Institute of Nuclear Safety, met with NRR Director Harold Denton and representatives of the NRR Divisions of Licensing, Engineering, and System Integration to discuss issues related to core performance, hydrogen control and siting criteria.

'Ir. Kosaka also met with F. Hebdon of AE0D to discuss plant data analysis, and uesday he met with P. Rowe of OED0 to discuss the Document Control System a o go on a tour of the DOS facility.

On Monday Mr. Neville McMillan of the Safety and Reliability Directorate of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) met with senior staff of AE00 to discuss AE00 activities and programs.

On Monday Messrs. Bernard Fourest and Alain Pattou, from the Ministry of Industry, France, met with technical staff of the AE0D and the IE Division of Resident and Regional Reactors Inspection, the NRR Divisions of Licensing, Engineering, Safety Technology, and Systems Integration to discuss various technical issues.

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Proposed Restriction on HEU Exports Congressman Edward Markey (Mass.) offered an amendment to H.R. 4255, the NRC l

authorization bill, which would prohibit NRC from using authorized funds to review, process, or approve applications for ifcentes to export highly enriched uranium, except when the export is for use in reactors which NRC determines cannot feasibly be converted to low enriched uranium. Members of Congressman Markey's staff contacted IP prior to introduction of the proposed amendment to obtain data relevant to HEU exports.

Failure of Several RERTR Miniplates IP has received a copy of a communication from Argonne Laboratory to the DOE project manager for the program to reduce fuel enrichment in research and test reactors, including those abroad (RERTR). Argonne noted that potential problems have surfaced in the RERTR fuel development effort. Three 45% enriched, high density, RERTR miniplates removed from the Oak Ridge Research Reactor (ORR) l after approximately 80% of the U-235 has been burnt up, were found to be blistered.

L, Argonne indicated that the impact of these miniplate failures on the overall RERTR program could be~ serious, but~not overwhelming. While a detailed evaluation will be required to determine what caused the failure, and the conditions under which it might occur, Argonne notes that additional funds may be required to resolve the problem.

Copies of the Argonne letter were forwarded to the Comissioner Assistants.

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-,r Jerome Saltzman met in New York City on November 4 with representatives of the Cnemical Bank and Citibank, who are agents for the banks in the.TMI Revolving Credit' Agreement to discuss various proposals relating to nuclear property insurance. He also met with the Insurance Manager of the General Electric Company to discuss broad questions relating to nuclear insurance.

Steve Salomon attended a meeting in Boston on November 5 sponsored by the

. cCoalition of Northeastern Governors to work toward the development of a multi-State regional compact (or compacts) for disposal of low level radioactive waste. The nine States involved are Massachusetts, New Fhmpshire, Vermont, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Maryland is also seeking entry into the Northeast group.

In the election on November.3,1981, Washington State Initiative 394 was approved.

The initiative stated that veter approval is required prior to a public agency issuing bonds for construction or acquisition of a major public energy project

~(i.e. one-capable of generating electricity in an amount greater than 250 megawatts).

This initiative would also affect nuclear power plants presently being constructed by public agencies -- defined as public utility districts, joint operating agencies, cities, counties, or any other State governmental agencies, entities or political subdivisions. The most immediate effect is upon the Washington Public Power Supply System.

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NRC's portion was for $465.7 million.

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. bill for FY 1982 for $485.9 million.

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0FFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEM 0F INTEREST WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 6, 1981 Case Study Released.on Millstone 2 January 2, 1981 Event A case study of the event at Millstone 2 that occurre'd on January 2,1981 has

. been completed and forwarded to NRR and IE for appropriate action. The study was undertaken because the event, which was 1.11tiated by an operator mistakenly de-energizing one of the station 125 V de buses, involved several incidents.

The incidents involved were:

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Partial loss of normal offsite power; 2.

Complete loss of control room annunciators; 3.

Inoperability of both emergency diesel generators (one of them due to an independent failure);

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Loss of several indicators in the control room; and 5.

-Ineffective pressurizer spray through the normal spray system.

The AE0D evaluaticn of the event did not identify any safety concerns or the need for any further action by the NRC other than those being considered in the generic safety task A-30, " Adequacy of Safety Related DC Power Systems" and the Unresolved Safety Issue A-44, " Station Blackout." There are, however, certain lessons to be learned from the event that AE0D believes should be identified to the licensees for their consideration and information. These are:

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The need to revise procedures of operating plants to address the recovery from a loss of a de bus event by including the effects of re-energization of the lost bus; l

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The need to inform plant operators of problems that could be encountered when diesel generators are running in an emergency mode, and the need to add corrective actions in appropriate procedures to counter these problems; i

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The need to make plant operators aware that during partial pump operation certain pump combinations may exist which will not provide adequate spray flow to the pressurizer; 4.

The need to familiarize plant operators with the potential for non-equilibrium pressurizer behavior when normal spray flow is unavailable; and 5.

The need to familiarize operators with core conditions that produce rignificant quantities of nor.-condensibles.

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The issues of FEMA /NRC interaction and several pending items related to emergency planning were also addressed.

The Comission requested that staff provide to the Comission a revised draft of SECY-81-554 based on modifications discussed during the briefing.

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The Comission took no action on SECY-81-570, but noted that it is j

_ _ scheduled for affirmation, Thursday, November 12.

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Motion for Reconsideration on the grounds that it is an improper request i :

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A majority of the Comission (Chairman Palladino and Commissioners l

Gilinsky, Bradford and Ahearne) agreed to refer the request to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board for prcmpt review of the Licensing Board's rulings on thi admissibility of joint intervenors' contentions in the full-power proceeding.

Comissioner Roberts would not have directed the Appeal Board to undertake this review.

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(Subsequently, the Order was signed by the Secretary.)

II. SECY-81-245A - Interim Amendments to 10 CFR Part 50 Related to~ Hydro" gen Control (Enclosure C only)

The Comission requested a final draft of the proposed Federal Register notice as modified in EDO memoranda of October 7 and October 14, 1981.

Therefore, this item was rescheduled' for affirmation Th'ursday', November' 5, 1 981.

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The Comission requested that this ' item be rescheduled for Thursday, November 5,1981.

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i ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 6, 1981 C.

SECY-81-583 - PROPOSED LICENSE TO EXPORT NATURAL URANIUM TO EURATOM COUNTRIES, XUO8525, Memo SECY to Dircks, 11/3/81 i

This is to advise you that the Commissioners have reviewed the subject license to Edlow International Company.

The Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has accepted l

your recommendation to export to EURATOM 2,500,000 pounds of uranium ore concentrate containing 961,632 kilograms of uranium.

In connection with his approval, Commissioner Ahearne has provided the following statement:

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will not be issued until after the subsequent arrangement procedures are completed.

As required by Section 402(a) of the NNPA, the Executive Branch has determined that no other commitments by EURATOM are necessary to assure that our approval will be obtained prior to enrichment.

In previous cases no commitments for prior approval were necessary because we gave our approval prior to authorizing the export.

Assuming the situation is the same here, we should complete the approval process prior to issuing the license."

The other Commissioners agree with this statement.

The Office of International Programs'was informed of this action by telephone on November 3, 1981, and the staff ha.s 1

advised SECY that'Commiss hner Ahearne's assumption is correct.

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D. SECY-81-605 (CONT'D)

Commissioner Ahearne, while agreeing with the modification concerning the line of communications, has withheld approval until certain concerns are addressed.

In this connection he has provided the following statement:

State should approve the emergency response section o

prior to' concluding negotiations.

Since this (agree.nent] relies heavily on ' established procedures,' do we understand how changes in procedures for domestic emergencies will be accommodated if we sign the agreement?

For example, what will happen if we give greater responsibility to Regional Directors to handle US emergencies?

Will he'adquarters have a different role for foreign incidents?

Will the. agreement,need to be amended?"

The Commission has also designated the Chairman to sign the arrangement for NRC during Minister Lee's Ncivember visit.

The Office of. International Programs was informed of this action by telephone on November 2, 1981.

l It is requested that you accomplish the following:

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Forward a copy of the agreement after signature 1.

by the NRC and Korean representatives to the Office of the Secretary.

2.

Provide a response to, Commissioner Ahearne's concern pertaining to procedures for domestic l

emergencies.

(SECY SUSPENSE:

November 30, 1981) l E.

STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF PART 170--NEW FEE SCHEDULE BASED ON l

REEXAMINATION OF MANPOWER ESTIMATES, 2:05 P.M., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1981,

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l COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE),

l Memo SECY to Dircks, 11/4/81 1

1 The Comission discussed with staff the proposed revisions to Part 170 fee schedules as stated in SECY-81-615.

Staff stated that fees for radioisotopes licenses (small programs covered by Parts 30, 40, and 70) and for inspection of these programs.have.not been revised. NMSS and IE do not presently use the actual cost method for determining the costs incurred in processing new appli-cations, amendments or renewals or conducting inspections for these licenses l

because professional. s'taTT time expended for these reviews is not charged to i

specific applicants or licensees.

Rather, it is charged to a broad category of license, e.g., medical institutions.

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E.

STAFF REQUIREMENTS (CONT'D)

'T The Comission requested that:

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staff conduct a study to detennine whether use of the actual cost method when determining fees for. radioisotopes licenses would have a significant economic impact on a-substantial number of small entities.

The.results of

~the study are to be presented to the Commission in February.

In the interim period, fees for the stated licenses and inspections need not be 1

revised.

(ADMIN /IE/NMSS)

(SECYSuspense:

2/26/82) 2.

the professional rate be recalculated based on actual FY 1981 costs 4

rather than on FY 1977 costs modified by inflation factors and salary -

increases.

(ADMIN)

(SECY Suspense:

11/13/81) 3.

staff provide a summary of the total IE manpower involved in inspections and other major actions for which the costs are recovered and a summary of the ac'tions that involve the remainder of IE professional manpower expended.

(ADMIN /IE)

(SECYSuspense:

11/13/81) 4.

staff explain the basis for the policy decision whereby licenses issued to Federal, state and local governments and to nonprofit education institutions are exempted from fees. An estimate of the funds-involved e

is to be included.

(ADMIN)

(SECY Suspense:

11/13/81).

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SECY-81-440 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANT STAFF WORKING HOURS, Memo SECY to Dircks, 11/4/81

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This advises you that the Commission (by a 5-0-vote) has' l

approved the following items in regard to the above subject...

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.-As noted below, Commissioner Gilinsky also would'have included

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a technical specification requiring a minimum number of shifts for operation of the plant in various' modes.

1.

The policy 'stTEement (at.tached) on nuclear plant staff working hours should be issued to licensees.

2.

Regulatory Guide 1.33, currently in final stages of revision, should endorse the working hour provisions of Section 5.2.1.6, ANSI /ANS-3.2, taking exceptions ~as-necessary where conflicts exist with the attached policy statement.

3.

A proposed revision to Item I.A.1.3 of NUREG-0737 should be provided to the Commission.

The revision should include the revised Regd.C. tory Guide 1.33 provisions (as modified by the plicy statement) on staff working hours.

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SECY-81-440(CONT'D) 4.

The Administrative section of all technical specifications should be revised to require:

That licensees establish administrative procedures

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that follow the policy statement guidelines and Regulatory Guide 1.33.

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That authorized deviations to the working hours guidelines be documented and available for NRC review.

5.

A FRN should be prepared stating the background to the staff working hours issue and announcing the policy statement as well as the other actions described in this SRM.

6.

When the policy statement is issued, licensees should be informed by letter of the Commission action on SECY-81-440.

At the same time, licensees also should be advised of staff plans for implementation of the working 7

hours provision.

The Commission recognizes that a sufficient number of well l.ig rested and alert operators are as important to safe pir.nt lh-operation as is the availability of the safety relate-Mi.

equipment required.in the technical specifications.

Consequently, the NRC staff should review available options for control of f.

operator overtime.

One option may be Commissioner Gilinsky's f'-

suggestion '(attached) that the technical specifications require a' minimum number of shifts.for different plant modes of operation.

The staff should report back to the Commission with their recommendations on this subject.

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Attachment:

(Not Included)

G.

STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF NRC ENFORCEMENT POLICY, 2:05 P.M.,

WEONESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, DC OFFICE (OPEN.TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo SECY to Dircks/Bickwit, 11/6/81 The Comission discussed a revised general statement of policy and procedure for enforcement actions without taking final action.

The Commission agreed upo~n a press release policy wher'eby a press release will be issued for Levels I, II, and III violations. There will be no press release for Levels IV and V violations.

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STAFF REQUIREMENTS (CONT'D)

The Commission requested the Director, IE, to consider the following revisions to the Statement of Policy (Enclosure 2 of SECY-81-500):

1.

Comments expressed by Commissioner Ahearne at the meeting and detailed in a Response Sheet dated 10/30/81 (attached).

2.

Page 26, Supplement VII--Severity Categories, Category A -

l clarify the level of management decision, generally to be the i

level of decision vis-a-vis recommendations to superiors; reconsider the need to insert appropriate phraseology regarding "wi11 fulness"; consider elimination of the phrase "would clearly have resulted in regulatory action."

3.

Page.10, Table 1A - EDO indicated that a definition of Category One would be added.

4.

Page 10, Table 1A, Footnote ** - delete " holding material licenses."

5.

Page 6 - the first sentence of the first paragraph needs to be clarified, f

6.

Consider the feasibility of a lettered prefix to the severity categories which would serve to identify its applicability and prevent comparisons of like severities for differing incidents (e.g., T-1 for transportation, severity 1).

7.

Review the Policy Statement for consistency in the numbering system.

l The General Counsel indicated that his office would also have several i

comments that would be provided by memorandum.

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'(0GC)(SECYSuspense:

11/9/81)

Subsequent to the meeting, Commissioner Bradford indicated that he would be circulating additional comments.

The Commission requested that the revisions be submitted fer Commission consideration.

(IE)(SECYSuspense:

11/23/81)

Attachment:

(NotIncluded)

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SECY-81-602 - ABNORMAL OCCURRENCE RECOMMENDATION - OVEREXPOSURE IN AN UNRESTRICTED AREA, Memo Chilk to Dircks, 11/6/81 This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has approved the subject abnormal occurrence together with its associated Federal Register notice.

The Office of Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data was informed of this action by telephone on November 6, 1981.

It is requested that you forward the Federal Register Notice to the Office of the Secretary for signature by the Secretary by c.o.b. November 18, 1981.

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PROPOSED ATWS RULE, Memo Chilk to Dircks, 11/6/81 The Commission has reviewed the proposed ATWS Rule as submb.tted to the Chairman in your memorandum of October 2, 1981.

The Commission has also reviewed the proposed effective dates and suggested changes of H. Denton's memorandum of September 30, 1981.

The Commission (with Commissioner Ahearne disagreeing) has approved the use of the dates set forth in Enclosure 2 of H.

Dentoh's memorandum.

The Commission has also agreed the first two sentences of the first full paragraph on Page 3 of the proposed rule should be dropped so that the paragraph begins with; "ATWS accidents' are a cause for concern because..."

L-The necessary changes to the proposed rule should be made and a package forwarded to the Secretary for publication in the Federal Register.

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(SECY SUSPENSE:

11*/18/81) g J.

STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 81-41, 3:00 P.M., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. 0FFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo Chilk to Dircks/Bickwit/Remick, 11/6/81 I.-

Draft Order for Oral Presentation in the Waste Confidence Proceeding The Comission unanimously approved an order specifying procedures for oral presentations to the Comission in the waste confidence proceeding.

A majority of the Comission (Comissioners Gilinsky.and Bradford disapproving) voted to delete Item 3 on page 13 of the order, which invited coment on the generic subject of accident waste disposal and specifically on the

' nuclear waste resulting from the TMI-2 accident.

(OPE)

(Subsequently, the Order was signed by the Secretary.)

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STAFF REQUIREMENTS (CONT'D)

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NFS Reouest for a Stay of a Hearing on License Amendment to West Valley License The Commission, by a vote of-3-1 (Commissioner Ahearne dissenting and Commissioner Roberts abstaining), approved an order which denies NFS's motion for a stay of the license amendment and instructs the ASLBP to initiate a proceeding on the request for a hearing.

Commissioner Ahearne's separate views will be included in the order.

(0GC)

(Subsequently, the Order was signed by the Secretary.)

III. SECY-81-245A - Interim Amendments to 10 CFR Part 50 Related to Hydrogen Control The Commission unanimously approved for publication in the Federal Reafster a final rule to require inerted atmospheres for BWR Mark I and 11 containments and hydrogen recombir.er capability for LWRs that rely on purge /repressurization systems as the primary means of hydrogen control.

(RES)

(SECY Suspense:

11/20/81)

The Commissior. requested that:

1.

the appropriate Congressional committees be informed; (RES)

(SECYSuspense:

11/20/81) '

2.

a public announcement be issued; (0PA/RES)

(SECYSuspense: 11/20/81) 3.

notices of the final rule be distributed to affected licensees and other interested parties.

(AD. MIN /RES)

(SECYSuspense:

11/20/81).,

A proposed rule on hydrogen control in Mark III and ice condenser containments will be acted ~upon at a later date.

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