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1 November 25, 1981 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO 7
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT.- WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 20, 1981 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefe'r a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration A
g f3 kc Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
g Nuclear Material Safety and Safeg ards C
t NOV2 7 !s375 Inspection and Enfercement D
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Executive Legal Director F,
Jnternational Programs G
State Programs H
I Management and Prograni Analysis Controller J
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data K*
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FOR SU55CRIBERS
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SUttiARY OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT Week Ending November 20, 1981 i
Sequoyah Unit 2',
l On November 14, the Unit 2 operator discovered a stuck control rod. An investigation identified a malfunction in the control circuitry to the drive-mechanism.
Prior to this incident, the exciter on the turbine / generator
. failed. The power ascension program will now be delayed at least one' week R. E. Ginna' On November 14, during testing of the fire suppression system, a manufacturer's representative inadvertently initiated the system, releasing water and Halon into several areas. Water running into the rod drive cabinets caused circuitry problems. The plant was then shut down'and returned to power on November 15.
Fort St. Vrain On November 6, Fort St. Vrain achieved 100 percent power for the first time since the start of commercial operation.
i TMI-2 Emergency Drill On December 2 and 10, the licensee plans to conduct a " dress rehearsal" drill and annual exercise, respectively, to test the implementation of the TMI-2 Emergency Plan.
Emergency Preparedness Implementation Apprais*als Appraisals were held at R.E. Ginna, Calvert Cliffs and Zimmer.
Diablo Canyon Unit 1
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On November 19, the Commission issued an Order suspending the fuel loading and low power' testing license for Unit 1 pending the completion of certain specified design verification and review prcgrams.
v FY 1982 Budget Congress has passed and sent to the White House "ie Energy and Water Development t.
Appropriations Act, 1982. NRC's portion of the,* set is $465.7 million.
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m OFFICC OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending November 20,1981 ~
ADMINIS1 RATION OF THE FREEDOM GF 11 FORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 522 16 Granted 384 4
Denied 82 10.
,Pending 56 2
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Riceived Leo Benardo, Requests a copy of the radioactive material licenses Aerojet Ordnance Company for Honeywell, Inc. and Nuclear Metals, Inc.
(81 461)
Cynthia Stewart Requests all documents related to the damage and (81-462) repatrs of the reactor containment vessel at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station, i^
Harold J. Spelman, Requests all documents relating to the health of Attorney-At-Law employees at the West Chicago, Illinois facility of (81-463)
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation and its predecessors, American Potash and Chemical Corporation and Lindsey Chemical Company.
Harold J. Spelman, Requests all documents relating to the Environmental Attorney-At-Law Impact Statement of NRC for Kerr-McGee Chemical (81-464)
Corporation's depomissioning plan at its West Chicago, Illinois facility.
Harold J. Spelman, Requests all documents relating to the licenses issued Attorney-At-Law by the NRC to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation or its (81-465) predecessors, American Potash and Chemical Corporation a.nd Lindsey Chemical Company.
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Requests four categories of personnel related (81-466,467, information pertaining 1;o NRC employees who are in 473 and 476) their job series and hold a higher grade.
Robert F. Schiff, Requests all records relating to a license held by l
Washington Service New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey..
Bureau, Inc.
(8T-468)
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211
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' Received, Cont'd Frank B. Jewett, Jr.,
Requests a copy of " Report of the Reactor Safety
' Technical Audit Research Review Group" to the President's Nuclear j
Associates, Inc.
Safety Oversight Comittee, September,1981.
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Thomas Devine, Requests a copy of SECY-81-588, along with all notes,
- Government Accountability drafts, telephone logs, etc. concerning this paper.
Project (81-470)
Requests six categories of information regarding the Paul Leventhal, i
The Nuclear Club, Inc.
Morgan Menorandum.
(81-471)
Roland Golcoeches, Requests the names and addresses of the NRC employees John Hancock Mutual in Region IV.
Life Insurance Company (81-472)
(NRC employee)
Requests the names of all employees GG-14 and above (81-474) in four listed Branches in the NRC and a copy of each individual's position description and the date they were promoted to the GG-14 or above levels.
Mary Carmen Cupito, Reouests a copy of the report by the Office of Inspector and Auditor on alleged criminal and safety abuses at The Cincinnati Post (81-475) the William H. Zimmer Nuclear Power Plant.
Richard Udell, Requests four categories of documents regarding the Critical Mass Barnwell facility and the West Valley, New York plant.
Energy Project (81-477)
Thomas J. Madden, Requests a copy of SECY-77-229 dated May 4,1977.
Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, i
Hays & Handler (81-478) l Mark A. Stein, kequests a copy of "On-Site Radiological Contingency
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Los Angeles. Times Plan for Rockwell International Operations Licensed (81-479)
Under Special Nuclear Materia.ls License No. SNM-21" dated August 28, 1981.
l Charles W. Elliott,
~ Requests a copy of the fault trees which were prepared Thomas and Hair as part of the Probabilistic Risk Assessment for the l
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Limerick Nuclear Power Plant.
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3' Grrnted B:n L. Kaufman, In response to requests for a copy of the Office of The Cincinnati Enquirer Inspector and Auditor's report entitled " Adequacy of (81-337)
IE Investigation 50-358/80-09 at the William H. Zimmer and Nuclear Power Station," made available five documents.
James H. Feldman,
. Attorney-At-Law (81-414)
R. B.-Borsum, In response to a request for a copy of SECY-81-517 Babcock & Wilcox -
regarding occupational radiation exposure in nu: lear (81-412) power plants during 1980, made available a copy of this SECY peper.
Kimberly A. Armstrong, In response to a request for copies of SECY-80-468 and Debevoise & Liberman SECY-81-549, made available four documents.
(81-413)
Mark C. Hartley In response to a request ~or a copy of a July 16, 1981 (81-439) memo to file from Harold L. Ornstein, AE0D, regarding
" Events at TMI-2 During Preparation Testing," including attachments, made available a copy of this document.
Stephen Green In response to a request for copies of t'ranscripts of (81-441) the testimony of former CIA official Carl Duckett before the Commission in 1976, informed the requester no transcript exists of any testimony or briefing.
In response to a request for records pertaining to Glenn Cryan, an incident of possible exposure at the Millstone Electric-flutual (81-447)
Nuclear Power Plant on April 3,1978, informed the requester the NRC has no documents subject to this request.
Mark A. Pearson In response to a request for the findings of fact made (81-449) by the AEC concerning the loss of the U.S.S. Scorpion, informed the requester the NRC has no documents subject to this request. Suggested that he contact the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense.
Steven C. Sholfy",
In response to a request for three categories of Union of Concerned records relating to ths"THI Action Plan Tracking Scientists System, made available one document.
(81-454) i Denied None ENCLOSL'RE A
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7 DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week of November 20, 1981 RFP'S ISSUED l
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RFP No. RS-ADM-82-363 Title - Ide'ntification of NRC Official and Vital Record File Locations Description - To collect the information and perform the analyses necessary to prepare an Agency official file station network and a vital record schedule which conforms to established federal regulations.
Period of Performance - Seven months.
Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - RFP issued November 20, 1981.
Proposals due December 22, 1981.
PROPOSAL UNDER EVALUATION.
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RFP No. RS-RES-81-173 Title "Long Term Performance of Materials Used For High-Level Waste Packaging" Description - The objective of this project is to develop a validated method fo'r predicting the long term (~1000 years) behavior
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of waste pa.ckages emplaced in different geologic media under consideration by DOE.
Period of Performance - 5 Years l
Sp.onsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - The competitive range has been established and negotiations are scheduled for December 8 and 9, 1981.
CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action complet'ed and final rayment made)
Contract No.
Contractor Close-Out-Date NRC-05-80-290 Bendix Field EnfCbrp.
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NRC-04-81-199 George Washington Univ.
11/13/81 NRC-10-81-368 Technocrats, Inc.
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NRC-10-80-689 SouthernSystems,$nc.
11/16/81 NRC-01-79-006 Dept. of the Army 11/16/81 NRC-04-78-220 Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.
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NRC-05-78-300 Opinion Research Corp.
11/16/81 NRC-04-79-202 University of CA, Berkeley 11/16/81 NRC-02-77-201 -2 Science Applications, Inc.
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NRC-03-78-158 Natl. Bureau of Standards 11/17/81-EXCLOSURE A
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0FFICE-0F NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 20, 1981 SEQUOYAH-2 On November 14, ~1981, a Unit 2 operator discovered that one control rod,
in a bank of rods would not move in; the rod.would move out.. The reactor-was shutdown (sub-critical) when the stuck rod was discovered. An 1
investigation identified a malfunction in the control circuitry to the drive
, mechanism. The ' primary system is being cooled down below 2000F 'in order to-i remove the shield over the RV and to work on the mechanism.
Problem should be corrected quickly.
Prior to this incident,-the exciter on the turbine / generator failed..This will delay the power ascension program at least one week.
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At 10:26 a.m. on Scturday, Novemb'er!14,1981,'during testing of the
- fire suppr&ssion system pursuant to.
- its being turned.over to the plar.t for use, a manufacturer's representative inadvertently initiated the l' -
system, releasing water and Halon into several areas. Flow was terminated !
quickly, but not before water, running into the rod drive cabinets, caused circuitry problems resulting in indication that two rod control. cluster.
assemblies had dropped.' The operators, following their procedures, shut the plant down.
' No physical damage or injury to pdrsonnel resulted from.'the deluge, and the plant was returned to power.on' Sunday aftennoon, November 15, 1981.
i OPERATOR LICENSING ~
During the month of October the NRC issued 33 new Reactor Operator licenses and 36 new Senior Reactor Operator licenses. These licenses were issued to 3
personnel at 12 facilities.
Als' o, during October, 27 Reacter Operator renewal licenses and 46 Senior Reactor Operator renewal licenses were issued i
for 22 facilfties.
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On Friday, November 6. -1981 at 3:47 Mi the Fort. St. Vrain Nuclear Generating Station achieved 100 percent power for the first time since the start of commercial operation:
Full powar was-achieved during the. fluctuation testing..
i program, the purpose of which is to verify the absence of power-temperiture fluctuations after the installation of core restraint devices.
Public Service Company. of Colorado plans to shutdown Fort St. Vrain for a maintenance qutage at the-completion of the fluctuation testing program.
The maintenance outage will last for 3-4 months and will' involve splitting j
the purified helium header to yield one stream for each loop.
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,There was a meeting on November 17,' 1981, 9:00' a.m., with the Department of
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CRBRP-unique systems; CRBRP PSAR Chapter 10 systems, The contact was R. Stark, NRR.
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There will be a meeting on December 10, 1981, 9:00 a.m., Air Rights Bldg.,
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Room 2242', to discuss CRBR Emergency Planning. DOE and NRC representatives
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TSare will be a.CRBRP meeting on December 9,1981, 9:00 a.m., Air Rights Bldg.,
Room 033, to discuss NUREG-0718. Revision 1 Requirements. DOE and NRC
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There will be a CRBRP meeting on December 8,i1981,. 9:00 a.m., Air Rights Bldg.,
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Room 5033, to discuss TMI-related licensing requirements as defined in NUREG-0718, r
Revision 1.
DOE and NRC representatives will be present.
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NRC TMI PROGRA'? 0FFICE WEEKl.Y ' STATUS REPORT WeEh of November l'i 21, 1981 j
Plant Status Core Cooling Mode: Heat transfer from the reactor coolant system (RCS) loops to reactor building ambient.
l Available Core Cooling Modes:
Decay heat removal systems.
Long term cooling "B" (once. through steam generator-8).
l RCS Pressure Control Mode: Standby pressure control (SPC) system.
1 Backup Pressure Control Modes:
Mini decay heati removal (HDHR) system.
Decay heat removal (DHR) sptem.
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Major Parameters (as of 0500, November 20,1981!) (approximate values)-
Average Incore Therinoccupl.es: 112'F Maximum Incore Thdrmocouplej:
140*F RCS Loop Temperatures:
(A cycle 'of natural circulation occurred in the iB" loop oh 11/18/81)
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Hot leg 106*Fj 108"F Cold leg (1) 68*FI 78"F (2) 68'F 76*F RCS Pressure:
96 psig i
Reactor Building:
Temperature:
64 *F Water level :
Elevation 287.8 ft. (5.3 ft. fram floor) via penetration 401 manometer Pres,sure :
-0.15 psig Concentra. tion:. less than 6 x 13-8 uti/cc Kr-85 (Sample taken 11/17/81) l l
Effluent and Environmental _(Radiological) Infonnation s
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Liquid effluents from the THI site released to the Susquehanna River after processing, were made within the regulatory limits and in accordance with NRC requirements and City of Lancaster Agreementi
. dated February 27, 1980 i
I During the period November 13, 1981, through November 19,1981, the effluents contained no detectable radioactivity at the discharge point and individual effluent sources which; originated within Unit 2 contained no detectable radioactivity.
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Airborne Effluents.
Airborne effluents released to tiie environment were within the regulatory limits.and in accordance with NRC requirements.
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The licensee reported the following gaseous releases:
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_ August M ember October Noble Gases (C1) 94.3 T s.1 14.8 Particulates (Ci) 9.29x10-7 2.4:7x10-6 1.84x10-6 Tritium (C1) 2.52 0.815 3.26 i
The above releases represent a small fraction of the allowable regulatory limits..These quantities are consistent tirith previous releases associatedtwith routinc operations.
I The downward trend irr noble gas releases can be attributed to recent
'efinements in evaluating monitoring instrument output data. Based r
upon an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) analysis of a vent sample-and comparison with HPR-219A readings during the month of i August, it wes concluded that 'the HPR-219A gas channel was, indicating i
larger than actual noble gas releases due to low level instrument noise and temperature effects.
Environmental Protection _ Agency (EPA) Envirlonmental Data.
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from EPA monitoring of the environment a.ound tne IMI site were as
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The EPA measured Kr-85 concentrations ;(pC1/m ) at several i
environmental monitorin,q stations and 'rtported the following results :
I Location October 23 - November 6,1_981 (pC1/m*)
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detected in. any of the samples collected from the EPA's air and gamma rate networks during the period from November 13, 1981, I
through November 19, 1981.
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NRC Environmental Data.
4 around the TMI site were as follows The following are the' NRC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler
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Sample. ' Period j
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(uC1/ccl HP-294 November 12, 1981 - November 18, 1981
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Licensee P.adioactive Material and Radwaste S ipments_.
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i 16,1981, 6ne Unit 1 solidified powdex 0n Monday, November resin liner (precoat in HN-600 liner nudher 28) was shipped to Chem Nuclear System Inc., Barnwell, South Carolina:
I On Monday, November 16, 1981, one Unit 1 solidified powder resin liner (precoat in HN-600 liner nomber~ 29) was shipped to Chem Nuclear Systems Inc., Barnwell,! South Carolina.
20, 1981, seven Unit 2 SDS (Submergeid On Friday, November Demineralizer Syr, tem) liquid samples, each 60 ml., were shipped to Oak Ridge National 1.aboratori, Oak Ridge.
Licensee TLD (Thermoluminescent Dosimeter) i TMI Occupational Exposure.
records indicate the following Unit 2 total occupational radiation 6.
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Total 1981 (January-October) 110 sian-ren j$
Major Activities Submerced Demineralizer systes (505).
Proce sing of batch number 10 19, 1981.
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was completed on November approximately 40,000 gallons of reactor bu11' ding sump water were transferred to the SDS feed tanks in the fuel handling building.
This transfer brings the amount of water transferred from the i
295,000 gallons.
reactor building sump to a total!of approximately Processing of batch number 11 commenced on November 22, 1 981.
.As of November 20, 1981, approximately 255,000 gallons of reactor butiding sump wate'r had been processed.
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Processing of SDS effluent through the EPICOR II' system 2.
EPICOR II.
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continued this week.
gallons of reactor building sump water had been polished.
245,000 Recent performance parameters for EPICOR Il tare attached.
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h Reactor Building Entries.
Reactor building (RB) entriies.21 and 22 were completed on November '7 and 20,1981.
These entries are part of.an accelerated program during which large scale decontamination experiments will be conducted.
Tosks during the entsies were performed in preparation for the gross decentamination experiment.
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tasks accomplished during the two entries were:
(1)! work commenced on the polar crane to obtain a detailed assessment of daninge, and.
.i to' evaluate repair requirements; (2) 6xtensive stilll photography documentation.of areas on the 305 ft. elevation and lthe 347 ft.
elevation; (3)'testinp of video equipment to be used for video tape documentation of the reactor building; and> (4) placement of a i
battery powered high reach platform in containment for use during the decontamination test.
Work on the polar crane was teminated earlier thanf planned when one of the.Sorkers inspecting the polar crane teported,that he felt; hot l
and stated that he desired to exit the RB.
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- polar crane team was ordered to leave the RB by personnel, controlling
- the entry from a command center outside the RB.
During the descent from i
the crane, the individual who reported the apparent heat problem stopped on a platfom and loosened his full face respi*ator.
1he man appeared exhausted and immobile to personnel in the cow and! center who were
- monitoring the descent o'n closed circuit. teley:sion'.
A back-up woiker was sent into the RB to assist.
The full face respirator and some protective clothing were removed from the exhausted, individual and he l
was assisted down from the platfam and out of the RB.
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examined by doctors on site and was released.
The individual had small areas of hair and skin contamination which were decontaminated prior i
to release.
A whole body radionuclide count indii:ated approximately 50 nanocuries of activity.
This amount of activi:ty is insignificant from personal health concerns, but is higher than' the natural radio-activity in the human body.
The occurrenta is being evaluated by the NRC staff.
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The RB entry scheduled for the week of November 23, 1981, has been can-' ied.
The next entry is tentatively scheduled.for December 3,1981, 4.
Emergency preparedness.. On December 2 and '10, lh81, the licensee plans to.. conduct a " dress rehearsal drill and annual exercise, respectively, to test the implementationif'the jTHI-2 Emergency Plan.
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Work-up drills were conducted in the phst threermonths in preparation for th~e.te exercises.
The NRC on-site staff plans to participate in both drills.;
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. Meetings Hald 1
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The NRC's Advisory Panel.for the Decontamin4 tion of 1MI Unit 2 met' on November 16. 1981, in Lebanon..The major topic of discussion was the financial problems that are hindering the pace of the cleanup of Unit 2.
The panel heard various groups expressing their opinions on cost sharing approaches and the restart of TMI Unit i reactor.
The. panel decided to obtain and discuss additional economic information during future meetings before taking a position on any of the various proposed resolutions to the f;inancial problem.
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The panel unanimously passed a resolution un, coupling the restart of l
Unit 1 from future Unit 2 financial. discussions by stating that "the restart of Unit i should be ' based solely on health, safety and technological considerations and not on economic considerations of the cleanup of Unit 2".
The panel also authorized Chairman Minnich to send a letter to the NRC Commissioners urging them to further emphasize the safety significance of continued cleanup delays to convince national grour.s, e.g. Congress, that the TMI financial problem is not only a local issue, but is also one of national importance requiring prompt resolution, j
The next meeting is scheduled to be' held on becember 10,1981, from 7:00 to 10:00 PM in Lancaster, 208 North Duke Street.
Additional meetings are scheduled for January 13, and January 28,1982,.at the i
Holiday Inn in Harrisburg.
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On Thursday, Nohember 19. 1981 Lake Barrett! met with a group of area mothers to discuss the forthcoming reactor building decon-taccination experiment, the status r&d plans to ship EPICOR II prefilters, reactor vessel imbrittlement, inadequate core cooling instrumentation, and operator licens,ing examinations.
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i SDS Performance for Batch Number "do i
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Cesium 137 1.2 x 102 9.2 x 10-4
.1.3 x 105 Strontium 90 5.3 8.9 x 104
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Cesium 137 1.0 x 10-3 2.6 x 10-7; 3.8 x 103 t
Strontium 90 1.4 x 10-2 1.4 x 10'I 1.0 x 103 Antimony 125 1.4 x 10 2 3,5 x ja-T 4.0 x 104 l
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OFFICE OF NUCl. EAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending November 20, 1981 Revised Requirements for -the Protection ~of Spent' Fuel Shipments The staff has received the results of a research study des.igned to ' verify the consequences of spent fuel cask sabotage.
Research indicates that sabotage consequences originally projected may in fact be much lower than originally anticipated.
MC&A Reform. Amendments Members from the Division o'f Safeguards staff are planning a meeting on November 24 with representatives at AGNS in Barnwell, S. C.
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the applicability of the draft MC&A Reform Amendments to reprocessing facilities.
s Action Plan Working Group On November 17, the Interagency Action Plan Working Group for Strengthen-ing International Safeguards met at the.Stcte Department.
Plans and USG positions were discussed for upcoming IAEA' Advisory Group meetings. The meeting was attended by DOE, ACDA, and NRC.
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-Meetings - Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety j
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~ Plant site visit and coordination for review of contingency plan' for Westinghouse Columbia.
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November 24-25.
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Location:
Columbia, South, Carolina Attendees:
T. R. Decker (FC), F. Fisher (FC),
Westinghouse personnel 2.
Subject:
Pre-application meeting for waste packaging.
Date/ Time:
November 23 - 10:30-3:30 Location:
Willste Building, 5th floor conference room Attendees:
R. Odegaarden (FC), H. Lee (FC),
Reps. of Ridhalgh, Eggers & Associates.
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Subject:
SN-1 contents modification.
Date/ Time:
November 24 - 10:30-1:00 Location:
Willste Building, 8th floor conference room 1
Attendees:
R. Odegaarden (FC), B. Lake (FC), H. Lee (FC),
Carl Hrbac (Metropolitan Edison Conpany - TMI) 4.
Subject:
To present paper at the meeting of the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. The paper is entitled:
" Effective Waste Management at Institutions Utilizing Radioisotopes."
Date/ Time:
November 26-27 Location:
Tokyo, Japan Attendees:
R.E.Cunningham(FC) 5.
Subject:
Attend American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting.
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Discuss "Borosilicate-Glass Raschig Rings as Neutron Absorbers," ANS/8.5.
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Discuss "ANS Standards and Regulatory Guides."
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Participate in meeting of Subcommittee ANS-8 for-development of nuclear criticality safety standards on " Fissionable Materials Outside Reactors."
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Attend four sessions, sponsored by the Nuclear Criticality Safety Division, on development in nuclear criticality shTely.
Date/ Time:
November 29 - December 4 Location:
San Francisco, CA Attehdees:
N. Ketzlach (FC) '
x ABSENCES OF DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR Richard E. Cunningham - November 24 - 27 (Paper presentation)
Thomas F. Carter, Jr. - November 24 (Jury Duty) i
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- PLANNED MEETINGS - DIVISION OF SAFEGUARDS NONE-Absences of-the Director or Deputy Director
.R. F. Burnett: Annual leave November 27, 1981 - Acting:
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Subject:
BWIP' Site Review Date/ Time:
November 23 Location:
DOE,. Germantown, MD Attendees:
~H. J. Miller, R. J. Wright, J. T. Greeves, and.P. S. Justus, WMHT; DOE representatives.
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Subject:
Meeting with Energy Nuclear to Discuss' Alternative Plans for-the White Mesa Tailings Cell 3 Leak Detection System.and Items Pertinent to the White Mesa Mill Expansion Amendment i
Date/Tims:
November 24 Location:
Willste Building, 4th Floor Attendees:
Dan Gillen, WMUR; representatives from Energy Fuels Nuclear 3.
Subject:
Meeting with Union Carbide Corporation to Discuss Resolution-of the. Request for a Hearing Regarding License Condition No. 73 Date/ Time:
December 1 Location:
Willste Building, 4th F1.oor Attendees:
H. Pettengill, WMUR; representatives from Union Carbide Corp.
Absences of the Director / Deputy Director Mr. Browning will be on annual leave Friday, November 27, 1981.
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The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched
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EN-81-41 Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company (Wm. H. Zimn.er Nuclear Power Station) - A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $200,000 will be issued to subject. licensee on or about November 24, 1981. This action is based on numerous alleged violations concerning the licensee's failure to exercise adequate oversight and control of his principle contractors', to whom he delegated the work of establishing and executing quality assurance programs. This failure manifested itself in a widespread breakdown of the licensee's implementation of his quality
. assurance program and caused the NRC to require the licensee to undertake an extensive quality confirmstion program to provide confidence that safety-related structures, systems, and components would perform satisfactorily-in service.
Significant aspects of the quality assurance breakdown were
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control inspectors.
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EN-81-42 University of Wisconsin - A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $500 will be issued to subject licensee on or about November 24, 1981.
This action is based on one alleged violation concerning the licensee's failure to follow his own operating instructions. This failure resulted in the research reactor being operated at full power without a licensed operator present at the controls for a short period of time (less than one minute). Due to the operating characteristics of this research reactor, the safety significance of this incident is limited.
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Preliminary Notifications relat'ng to the following actions were dispatched during the week:
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PNO-I-81-24 United Priority Transit Corporation - Transportation Incident b.
PN0-II-81-93A Sequoyah Nuclear Plant - State of Tennessee Distribution of i
Potassium Iodide PNd-15-81-1.01 McGuire Unit 1 - Steam Generator Iube Tests c.
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PNO-II-81-102 Sequoyah Unit 2 - Inoperable' Control Rod e.
PNO-III-81-89B Dresden Unit 3 - Emergency Diesel Generator Inoperable f.
PN0-III-81-101 Davis-Besse - Shutdown in Excess of 48 Hours.
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PN0-III-81-102 Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. - Localized Fire i
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PNG-V-81-66 Diab'o Canyon Unit Nos. 1 & 2 - Storm Damage to Plant Intake Area Breakwater i.
PN0-V-81-67. San Onofre' Nuclear Generating Station Unit 1 - Both Diesel Generators Inoperable 3.
The following IE Information Notice was issued:
IE Information Notice 81-34, " Accidental Actuation of Prompt Public a.
Notification System", was issued on November 16, 1981, to all power reactor facilities holding an operating license or constructior, permit.
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Other Items:
a.
Activities of the Division of Emergency Preparedness -
November 13, 1981 I
EPLB staff member participated in the emergency preparedness implementation appraisal exit briefing at Ginna.
November 17, 1981 EPLB staff member pa'rticipated in the emergency preparedness implementation appraisal exercise at Calvert Cliffs which started this date.
November 18 l981 u
i EPLB staff member. participated in the emergency preparednets implementation appraisal exercise at Zimmer which started this date.
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w-OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH-IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR-THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 20, 1981 Experimental Programs' Branch 1.
LOFT The A2 snpressurized center fuel assembly has been removed and is being held in the fuel transfer cask. The F1 pressurized center assembly is scheduled to be installed in mid-December.
In the interim period the peripheral fuel modules will be inspected and -
the downcomer instrument stalks will be replaced This is necessary due to failure of a significant number of the instruments on the. -
dgwncomer stalks. When the schedule permits, the A2 bundle will
'be moved to the storage pool where it will be insp cted.
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Data Bank i
Data from six (6) FLECHT SEASET tests were added to the system:
33849, 33903, 34006, 36463, 36564 and 36766.
The revised version of the User's Manual is now in the text job (word processing) format and will be entered into the DOC's system in the near future.
3.
ECC Bypass The ECC Bypass Research Information Letter has been completed and will be forwarded to NRR. The completed research indicates'that current licensing models and "end of bypass" definitions are conservative.
4.
BWR Full Integral Simulation Test (FIST)
NRC, EPRI and GE have reached tentative agreement on a proposed Phase II for the FIST program. GE will prepare a draft propos.a1 by December 1,1981, based on negotiations to date.
W. Beckner will visit San Jose on December 4 to review the draft with GE and EPRI.
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20/3D JapanAtomicEnergyResearchInstitute(JAERI)2D/3Dpersonnelmet with Westinghouse and NRC/RES representatives at the Westinghouse Nuclear Center, Monroeville, Pennsylvania oniovember 6,1981, to exchange the information on test results obtained so far, and the future planning in FLECHT SEASET and SCTF Core I.
Major objectives of both facilities are to investigate the flow blockage effect on core coolability. The FLECHT test facility is limited to one bundle size while the SCTF I consists of 8 bundles. On the other hand, FLECHTcanguntestswithmuchhighertemperature(1200C)than SCTF I (850 C). Therefore, two facilities complement each other, and the valuable infonnation was exchanged. The preliminary test results showed that a local flow blockage does not have significant effect on coolability of core even for high blockage percentages such as 93 percent l
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Semiscale The final natural circulation test, S-NC-9, was detennined to be successful. There was no core uncovery due to the small break (0.4 percent)withHPI. The natural circulation series is now The MOD 2A facility is being modified for the NRR complete.
requested experiment, S-UT-8, which is anticipated on approximately December 3, 19Bl.
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The planned November LOCA heatup and reflood thermal hydraulics and clad ballooning tests in the NRU reactor (' described in detail last week) were successfully completed November 13.
In the final reactor test, clad ballooning and clad failures were made tn occur at a time of slow peak i
There was.no significant. flow blockage and clad temperature increase.
no threat to test rod coolability either during or after the clad balloon-ing. The ballooned test rods were visually inspected after the test and appears to have only moderate peak circumferential clad eiongation (about The test was considered to represent a very severe cle.d balloon-30-35%).
ing environment, so the test yesults are considered quite reasuring, i.e.,
that n6 significant clad blockage was induced despite long time holding (100-150 seconds) of peak clad temperatures.at or near 1075K (1475'F).
Analytical Models Branch Coordination meetings'~were held with NRR on l.
NRR attendees: Hodges TRAC-BWR (TRAC-BD1) code applications.
Graves, Addette. RES will provide NRR,sfor distribution to a.
b their contractors, TRAC-BD1 input decks for BWR 3, 4, and 6 l
plant designs.
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Pressurized Thermal Shock. To develop work schedules and identif; responsibilities.
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OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST HEEK OF NOVEMBER 20, 1981 Fulton Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 On November 17,19811 the Appeal Board issued a Decision (ALAB-657) in which it found that'the presiding ASLB had abused its discretion in dismissing the construction permit application for Units 1 and 2 with prejudice. Accordingly, the Appeal-Eoard vacated the ASLB ruling and remanded the matter to the ASLB for further action in conformity with ALAB-657.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 On Novamber 19, 1981, the Commission issued an Order suspending the fuel loading and low power testing license for Unit 1 (CLI-31-30) pending the completion of certain specified design verification and review programs.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 20, 1981 International Meeting Announcements The following international meeting announcements have been received by IP. (For further information contact either Ronald Hauber or Kevin Burke, IP, 492-7788.)
" International Meeting on Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Waste Disposal" jointly sponsored by the Belgian Nuclear Security, European Nuclear Society, and American Nuclear Society This meeting will cover light water reactors, other thermal reactors and fast breeder reactors and will be held April 26-30, 1982 in Brussels, Belgium and will include several technical tours. ~
" Symposium on the Conditioning of Radioactive Wastes for Storage and Disposal" jointly sponsored by the I AEA, European Communities, and OECD-NEA, will be held June 21-25, 1982, in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The objectives of this symposium are: (a) to bring together the results of an earlier symposium on waste management; (b),to evaluate the waste forms and ocher engineered barriers being developed and characterized, and (c) to give direction to assure that future conditioned wastes will meet the storage and disposal requirements.
A " Symposium.on Recent Advances in Nuclear Material Safeguards" will be held November 8-12, 1982 by the IAEA in Vienna, Austria. The main topics to be discussed at the symposium include:
-- Safeguards for existing nuclear facilities
-- Materials accountancy (conventional and near-real time)
-- Use of process instrumentation in IAEA Safeguards
-- Destructive and non-destructive measurement and verification techniques
-- Verification in International Safeguards A " Seminar on Testing and Operation of Off-Gas Cleaning Systems at Nuc16ar Facilities" will be held May 3-7, 1982, in Karlsruhe, the FRG. The main objectives of this seminar, host.ed by the IAEA, are to bring together the specialists in the field of gaseous waste management to discuss and review experience and recent advances relevant to the testing and operation of off-gas cleaning systems (installations) and to exchange the experience gained in the most developed countries with those who are starting activities in this field.
The " Materials in Nuclear Energy" Conference, sponsored 'y the Canadian Nuclear b
Societ), will be held September 29 - October 2,1982 in HuntsvillE, Ontario, Canada. The aim of the conference will be a thorough assessment of the major material problems that have been, or will need to be, solved to satisfy the demand to be placed on nuclear energy. Topic areas to be covered include:
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-- Materials and fabriocation of components in current nuclear and allied
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-- Material performance in current nuclear and allied systems - nuclear steam supply system, balance of plant, supporting and allied systems
-- Materials for future nuclear energy systems - fusion, fuel reprocessing,
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On Monday, an eight-member delegation, sponsored by the Japanese Institute of Applied Energy and headed by Professor Mamoru Akiyama of the University of Tokyo, met with K. G. Steyer, Chief. C. Feldman and F. Cardile of Chemical Engineering Branch of the RES division of Engineering Technology, to discuss decommissioning proceourcs, and to examine regulatory guidelines, research and development, and the status of various decommissioning efforts.
On Tuesday Mr. Ragnar Nilson, Senior Vice-President of Swedish Studsvick Energi-teknik, met with Chairman Palladino, Commissioner Roberts, R. B. Minogue, RES Director, T. Murley, EDO Director for Regional Operations and Generic Requirements,
' S. H. Hanauer, Director of-the NRR Division of Safety Technology, and J.
D.
Lafleur, IP Deputy Director to discuss a variety of current nuclear issues.
l-On Tuesday Mr. Ingvard Rasmussen, Managing Director of the Danish Atomic Research Establishment, made a courtesy call on Chairman Palladino.
IP Dir'ector J. R. Shea
&nd N. Haller-(OCM) also attended.
On Wednesday Dr. Walter Marshall, Chairman of the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority, made a courtsy call on Chairman Palladino and Commissioner Roberts. He later met with No.R Director Harold Denton. Dr. John Gaunt, Atomic Energy Attache at the r
British Embassy, M. Robin Nicholson of the Principal Finance and Programs Office, UKAEA and Mr. James Shea, IP Director also attended the meeting.
On Thursday a five-member delegation of senior Korean nuclear energy specialists, headed by Commissioner Kong Kyu L.im of the Korean Atomic Energy Commission met with NMSS Director J. G. Davis, R. Browning and other senior staff of the NMSS Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety to discuss a regulatory perspective of spent fuel storage, reprocessing, and waste management.s..
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WEEK ENDING-NOVEMBER 20,'1981 Regional' State Liaison Officers from Regions'II and III participated in various
- aspects of State and local government radiological emergency preparedness for the Zimmer Nuclear Power Station from November 16-19, 1981.. The day after the exercise the RSLO's participated in a joint public critique of tne exercise in New Richmond, Ohio. Deficiencies noted include the public information program, the prompt notification system and the' operation of the Emergency Operations Facility (E0F).
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(2) Standards Development Status Summary (Green Book); and (3) Systematic Evaluation Program Status Summary Report.
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'FY 1982 B'udget Congress has passed.and sent to the White House the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1982. NRC's portion of this Act is
$465.7 million.
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STAFF REOUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 81-42, 3:00 P.M., THURSDAY, 1
NOVEMBER 12, 1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. 0FFICE (OPEN i
TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo Chilk to Dircks/Bickwit/Kamerer/Fouchard, 11/16/31 f
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SECY-81-595 - PG&E Motion for Reconsideration of Diablo Canyon Order The Comission unanimously approved an order denying the motion by Pacific l
Gas and Electric Company seeking reconsideration of the Comission's decision directing the Licensing. Board to include low-power contentions 10 and 12 in the full-power proceeding.
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SECY-81-594 - Publication of " Guidelines for the Management of Agreement State Radiation Control Programs" The Commission unanimously approved a modified notice entitled, " Guidelines for NRC Review of Agreement State Rad-iation Control Programs." This statement of policy is being issued to inform the states and the public j
of the criteria and guidelines which the Comission recomends for the j
management of agreement state radiation control programs.
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. approved publication in the Federal Register of a modified notice i
circulated November 12, 1981, to be effective on the date of publicadon; (SP)
(SECYSuspense:
11/30/81) 2.
requested that states be furnished copies of the Policy Statement; (SP)
(SECY suspense: 12/13/81) 3.
requested that approporiate Congressional comittees be informed; (SP/0CA)
(SECYSuspense: 11/30/81 )
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requested that a 'public announcement be issued when the Policy Statement is filed with the Office of the Federal Register;
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requested that the EDO contact the Department-of Labor to determine if the annual redeteminations of the adequacy and compatibility of regulatory programs of the agreement states should be teminated
. and, instead, provide DOL with the results of the 18-month reviews; and (EDO)
(SECYSuspense: To be determined) requested that staff develop for Comission consideration by February 1, 6.
1982, a draft of performance-based. indicators for these guidelire:;.
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SECY-81-582 - TMI ACTION PLAN II.F.2 (NUREG-0737); ADDITIONAL INSTRU-MENTATION FOR DETECTION OF INADEQUATE CORE COOLING, Memo Chilk to.
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Dircks, 11/16/81 This is to advise you that the Commission.(with all Commissioners approving) has' approved the staff's proposed delay in the 4
implementation schedule for PWR applicants and licensees for installation of the vessel level measurement system except-as noted below:
1.
The staff paper (on NUREG-0737 requirements) referenced in the recommendati6n should be sent sp-by the end of November, 1981.
2.
B&W reactors are those plants which need the new instrumentation most.
A tougher approach is needed which includes development of an option for t
ordering them to incorporate an instrumentation system other than the one being developed by B&W (e.g., W or C&E system).
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Firm dates should b'e developed after discussion with laboratories, utilities, and vendors, rather than dates left open for later resolution.
Any staff negotiations on NUREG-0737 should include a hard push on the items in SECY-81-582.
The Office of Nuclear Reactor Regu).ation was informed of this action by telephone on November 16, 1981.-
.Itisrequestedthat'houaccomplishthefollofing:
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Forward *the staff paper-p,ebaining to NUREG-0737 to the Offic.e of the Secretary by c.o.b.
November 3'), 1981.
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'B&W plants to the Office of the Secretary by l
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON SECY-81-504, EQUIPMENT QUALIFICATION PROGRAM PLAN. AND SECY-81-603/603A. PROPOSED RULEMAKING, " ENVIRONMENTAL
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QUALIFICATION OF ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS," 2:00 P.M.,
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The Commission requested:
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that staff rewrite SECY-81-603 based on Version 1 with'the deadline for equipment qualification i
stated th'erein; t
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that, the first sentence of paragraph (g) 'be revis'ed based.on Version 2 to require identification of electric equipment already qualified; c.
that the new draft include a stateme~nt to the effect that the rule does not. cover' seismic and i
dynamic qualification of equipment; and d.
that the new rule be made effective up'on publication
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. Commissioner Ahearne requested that staff brief him on the various seismic and dynamic qualification requirements and how they've been. applied to operat,ing reactors over a number i
of years.
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(NRR) (SECY SUSPENSE:
To be determined)
Commissioner Ahearne requested written responses to'.the questions in his memorandum of November 17, 1981.
(NRR) (SECY SUSPENSE:
To be determined)
- Commissioner Gilinsky was'not present.
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