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i March 7, 1990 For:
The Commissioners From:
James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 2, 1990 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Nuclear Reactor Regulation A
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B
Nuclear Regulatory Research C
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data D
Governmental & Public Affairs E
General Counsel F*
. Administration G
Information Resources Management H
Controller Personnel J
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights K*
Enforcemant L
l Consolidation M
N Regional Offices Executive Director for Operations 0*
I Items Addressed by the Commission P
Meeting Notices Q
l Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for R
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l WEEK ENDING MARCH 2. 1990 Fort Calhoun On February 26, 1990, at 2:50 p.m. CST, the plant was in its tenth day of shutdown for refueling when the unit experienced a loss of offsite power.
l There are two normal offsite sources with one source being down for maintenance at the time of the occurrence.
In addition, there are two Emergency Diesel Generators (EDGs) at the site and also at the time of occurrence one EDG was out of service for surveillance testing.
All four main )lant electrical busses were being fed from the operating offsite i
power supply w1en a relay tripped opening the feeder breakers to all four busses. The EDG automatically started but the shutdown cooling pump was not automatically shed upon the loss of power because the emergency bus undervoltage i
trip relays never deenergized due to the electrical lineup. The shutdown cooling pump was manually shed from the bus before the EDG could load. The EDG i
was loaded within one minute of the event and shutdown cooling was restored within two minutes. The reactor coolant temperature did not increase throughout and it was determined that this event did not meet the " Unusual Event" criteria because the reactor was already shutdown.
Meeting With the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Drs.A.Tse(RES)andD.B. Howe (NMSS)metwiththeNationalAssociationof CoardsofPharmacy(NABP)onFebruary 12, 1990. NABP is a voluntary association representing the State Boards of Pharmacy (SBP). Although the possession and use of byproduct material is regulated by the NRC directly, or l
through the Agreement States program, the SBPs are the State regulatory agencies which license pharmacies and pharmacists. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss issues involving the practice of nuclear pharmacy as raised in a petition submitted by the American College of Nuclear Physicians and Society of Nuclear Medicine on the medical use of byproduct material (10 CFR 35).
The discussion was specifically focused on the responsibilities and authorities of -
NABP, the SBPs, and existing national standards of practice for nuclear l
pharmacies. Although NABP has a model regulation for nuclear pharmacies, it is not followed by all states. Actually, only 28 states have specific regulations for nuclear pharmacies.
In addition, some states even exempt institutional nuclear pharmacies from their regulatory requirements. Further, the State regulatory programs related to nuclear pharmacologies that do exist differ from state to state. The staff plans to discuss respective programs l
with the SBPs in selected States in an attempt to identify broadly applicable I
standards for nuclear pharmacies as part of its efforts in responding to the above cited petition.
National Contract Management Association Mary Lynn Scott has been elected to the status of Fellow by the Board of DirectorsoftheNationalContractManagementAssociation(NCMA). Ms. Scott is the Acting Chief, Operations Support staff Division of Contracts and Property l
Management.
The HCMA has over 22,000 members who are contracting officers or specialists, lawyers, private industry contracts personnel, businessmen, and others interest in the contracts field. As a recipient of the third highest award given by NCMA, Ms. Scott joins the Council of Fellows which provides
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-Fort Calhoun 1990, at 2:50 p.m. CST, the plant was in its tenth day of i
On February 26, fueling when the unit experienced a loss of offsite power.
l shutdown for re There are two normal offsite sources with one source being down for maintenance at the time of the occurrence.
In addition, there are two Emergency Diesel j
Generators (EDGs) at the site and also at the time of occurrence one EDG was out of service for surveillance testing.
l All four main slant electrical busses were being fed from the operating offsite i
i power supply w1en a relay tripped opening the feeder breakers to all four busses. The EDG automatically started but the shutdown cooling pump was not automatically shed upon the loss of-power because the emergency bus undervoltage trip relays never deenergized due to the electrical lineup. The shutdown cooling pump was manually shed from the bus before the EDG could load. The EDG was leaded within one minute of the event and shutdown cooling was restored within two minutes. The reactor coolant temperature did not increase throughout and it was determined that this event did not meet the " Unusual Event" criteria i
because the reactor was already shutdown.
Quad Cities l
On February 23, 1990 an Order was issued to Commonwealth Edison Company and an Order was issued to a Quad Cities fuel handling foreman. The Orders immediately removed the foreman from the performance of licensed duties under 10 CFR Part50andsuspendedhisSeniorOperatorLicense(Limited). The Orders l
y resulted from an October 17, 1989 incident in which the foreman directed i
members of the refueling crew to perform an unauthorized fuel manipulation l
in violation'of station nuclear safety procedure in order to correct a fuel loading error.
Seabrook - Unit 1 - Full Power License On March 1, 1990, The Commission voted 3-0 to authorize a full-power operating license for Seabrook Station, Unit 1.
The Commissioners placed a " courtesy" stay until March 8, 1990 on the effective-ness of their decision to permit the filing of judicial stay motions with the U.S. Court of Appeals.
If stay motions are filed, then the Commissions effectiveness date will be one week after the motions are filed.
'Waterford 3 The Louisiana Public Service Commission has ruled favorably on the consolidation of operations under Entergy Operations, Inc. of the Grand Gulf, Waterford, and
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0" EArkansas Nuclear One facilities.- The Arkansas Public Service Commission is scheduled-to discuss the consolidation on March 15, 1990. _The New Orleans City Council wilichold a hearing or discussions in April and the Security and_ Exchange
- 4' Commission will act on the proposal before them immediately thereafter. The consolidation of_ operations at the three sites could occur by mid 1990. The-NRC' action was completed in December 1989.
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Schedule for NTOL plants:
INITIAL FULL PLANT LOW POWER CRITI-COMMISSION POWER AUTHORZTN CALITY BRIEFING AUTHORZTN COMANCHE PEAK 1 2/8/90C' 3/28/90E 4/2/90E 4/11/90E SEABROOK-5/26/89C 6/13/89C 1/18/90C 3/90E II. ' Schedule for RESTART plants:
COMMISSION STATUS PLANT SHUTDOWN BRIEFING PLANT RESTART BROWNS FERRY 2 9/15/84C 8/90E 9/90E*
NINE MILE POINT 1 12/19/87C 4/90E 5/90E
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Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of Interest Week Ending March 2, 1990
- SAFEGUARDS AND TRANSPORTATION International Bilateral Safeguards Meetings During the period February 12-21, 1990, C. N. (Mike) Smith participated as a member of a United States Government interagency team in bilateral safeguards meetings in the Federal Republic of Germany, Luxembourg, France and the United Kingdom. Topics of discussion included:
implementation of international safeguards for reprocessing plants, safeguards for nuclear waste, safeguards,for spent fuel conditioning plants and repositories, nuclear safeguards material flow verification, the International Atomic Energy Agency's Safeguards Implementation Report, and safeguards in nuclear weapon states, and cooperation in safeguards research and development.
Transportation Canister Insert in the Model 1500 Cask An application for use of a canister insert in the Model 1500 cask has been received by the Transportation Branch. The canister insert will be used to transport cesium-137 chloride capsules currently stored at facilities owned by Radiation Sterilizers, Inc. The canister insert is designed to carry up
.to three cesium chloride capsules which may not qualify as special form radioactive material. Final testing of the canister insert, including 30-foot free drop tests, is expected to be performed shortly. Results of the tests will be submitted to the Transportation Branch after testing is completed.
INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY Fuel Cycle Safety Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, West Chicago, Illinois On February 23, 1990, pursuant to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's February 13, 1990, decision, the staff issued a license to Kerr-McGee authorizing onsite disposal of the Section 11(e)(2) byproduct material located at the West Chicago site.
United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) Incorporated, Montville, Connecticut On February 27,'1990, the NRC staff (NMSS and Region I) met with UNC
' representatives. UNC provided a presentation on the modified nuclear fuel
-operation in new Building L.
An application for full scale production is expected soon. During the meeting, the staff discussed the information that needs to be submitted in the application. The staff indicated that the submittal should include the safety evaluation for radiation, criticality, environmental, chemical, and fire protection.
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On December 15, 1989, UNC applied for an amendment to Materials License No..
SNM-368 to authorize the use of very limited quantities of enriched uranium in the chemistry laboratories and process areas of new Building L.
UNC plans operations in these areas by the end of March 1990. During the meeting, the staff indicated that since the licensee did not provide adequate environmental information, the staff could not complete an environmental review; and therefore, it is not likely that the requested amendment could be issued by the end of z
March 1990.
LMaterials Licensing Publishing in the Federal Registert Issuance of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of no Significant Im)act for the Proposed Use of Thermal Neutron Activation Devices in Concourse
.ocations at Airports
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) currently is an NRC licensee which had requested a license amendment to authorize FAA to install and operate the Model EDS-3C thermal neutron activation (TNA) system (manufactured by Science ApplicationsInternationalCorporation,SantaClara, California)inthe concourse (lobby level) areas at airports anywhere in the U.S.
The principle of operation is based on the property of nuclei of baggage elements to absorb moderated neutrons from a 150 microgram californium-252 source and emit gamma rays with energies characteristic of particular elements, such as nitrogen which is a major constituent of all common explosives. When activated nitrogen
. atoms are detected, a computer attached to the system gives a warning signal that explosives,in-luggage are being smuggled onto an airplane. Three environ-mental assessments and sC'? wt Findings of No Significant Impact have been completed by the Office M
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(1)for the first prototype dev'~ n
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_ (licensed for ramp use oM; ', August 15, 1989; andcurrently_(3)forthe
.Model EDS-3C, which will be deu on the concourse level of airports to screen international' check-in luggage. A Finding of No Significant Impact for the-proposed amendment was published on March 1, 1990, in the Federal Register.
The State of-California-expects to issue the sealed source and device registration sheet within a few days of the Federal Register notice. Upon receipt of the registration-sheet for the SAIC Model ED5-30 Region I will amend the FAA's license to include concourse use installation and operation of the system.
MARCH 2, 1990 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Items of Interest Week Ending March 2, 1990 Status Report - TMI Unit-2 Vessel Inspection Project The sample recovery phase of the project to investigate the Three Mile Island Unit-2 reactor vessel lower head was brought to successful completion on March 1, 1990. This ends the thirty day in-containment work window.
During the sample _ recovery ph'ase of the project, the contractor removed fifteen samples from the inner surface of the reactor vessel lower head, fourteen nozzle stubs, and two guide tube samples. The nozzle and guide tube samples are from the lower head penetrations for the in-core instrumentation.
The accident left the nozzles and guide tubes in various states of damage ranging from severely damaged to untouched. The samples from the vessel, nozzles, and guide tubes provide representative examples for that damage range.
One of the vessel samples that was removed was noted to have surface cracking.
Media interest occurred when it was reported that the sample had a crack extending through the-sample. The sample was sent to the Argonne National Laboratory for metallurgical examination. That examination showed that the surface crack does not extend through the vessel base material. Rather, the
" crack" appears to be a tear in the cladding which stops at the clad-base metal interface. Current metallurgical examination shows only globs of iron oxide in the base of the tear, containing some tiny spheres of cadmium, silver, and indium. At least one other sample shows surface " cracks" which will provide comparison data.
The THI-VIP is a cooperative program involving the U.S. and ten foreign partners. The objective of-the project-is to remove and analyze specimens from the inside surface of the TMI-2 reactor pressure vessel lower head.- The samples are to be analyzed by laboratories in the U.S. and in_the foreign
. partners' countries.
'The contractor for the work was MPR Associates with subcontract support from Power Cutting Services, Inc., and GPU Nuclear.
The examinations of the reactor vessel metal samples and the guide tube nozzles will take a year and a half.
Integrity of Reactor Components Recognition of the Heavy Section Steel Technology Program Recognition of the accomplishments of the Heavy Section Steel Technology Program over'its nearly 25 year history was made during a dinner in Oak Ridge on February 1.
On behalf of the Commission, presentation was made by Charles Serpan, Chief of the RES Materials Engineering Branch to Don Trauger of the ORNL directors staff, of a certificate of appreciation for technical excellence
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.and for a long list of achievements of significant value to NRC. Most notable of-these include validation of the linear elastic fracture mechanics approach
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in the ASME code for design and. operation of reactor vessels, and of the materials embrittlement basis for the screening criterion in the pressurized thermal shock rule. The entire HSST program staff was present, along with many retirees living in the area, and all but one of the former HSST program While expressing sincere appreciation to the staff for their managers.
excellent contributions in the past, Serpan challenged them all, esaecially the newer members, to-continue to produce the high level of researci needed for~ responsible and safe regulation of light water reactors.
Resolving Safety Issues and Developing Regulations Meeting With the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
.Drs.'A. Tse (RES) and D. B. Howe (NMSS) met with the National Association of 7
BoardsofPharmacy(NABP)onFebruary 12, 1990. NABP is a voluntary association-representing the State Boards of Pharmacy (SBP). Although the
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y possession and use of byproduct material is regulated by the NRC directly, or through the Agreement States program, the SBPs are the State regulatory agencies which license pharmacies and pharmacists. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss issues' involving the practice of nuclear pharmacy as raised in a petition submitted by the American College of Nuclear Physicians and Society of Nuclear MedicineLon the medical use of byproduct material (10 CFR 35). The discussion was specifically focused on the responsibilities and authorities of NABP, the SBPs, and existing national standards of practice for nuclear
. pharmacies. Although NABP has-a model regulation for nuclear pharmacies, it is not Vollowed by all states. Actually, only 28 states have' specific
. regulations for nuclear pharmacies.
In addition,.some states even exempt institutional nuclear pharmacies from their regulatory requirements. Further, the State regulatory programs related to nuclear pharmacologies that do exist differ from state to state. The staff plans to discuss respective programs with the SBPs in selected States in an attempt to identify broadly applicable
- trJ,deret jw butiwr ph;m:ies as part of its efforts in_ responding to the above cited petition.
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Office for' Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Items of Interest Week Ending March 2, 1990 Division of Operational Assessment (00A)
Preliminary Notification
?The following Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week, a.-
PN0-1-90-14, Cintichem, Incorporated, Releases to Indian Kill Reservoir, b.
PNO-I-90-16,UnknownLicensee(Sharon, Pennsylvania),KevexX-ray, Source Found in Public Domain, c.
PNO-I-90-17, Syncor, Incorporated Accider.t Involving Nuclear Pharmacy Delivery Vehicle, d.
PNO-III-90-11, University of Minnesota, Inadvertent Disposal of Licensed
- Material, PN0-III-90-12, Cabot Corporation, Excavation of Previous Buried R6dioactive e.
- Waste, f.
PNO-III-90-13, Agmet Materials, Contaminated Scrap Metal.
PNO-V-90-07, Southern California Edison (San Onofre Unit 3), Inadvertent g.
Engineered Safety Features (ESF) Actuation and Reactor Trip, h.
PN0-90-08, Southern California Edison (San Onofre Units 1, 2, and 3);
University of California, Irvine; and General Atomics Technologies, Earthquake in Southern California Area.
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- DC, Commissioner Rogers, accompanied by Myron Karman, Legal Assistant, and Spiros Droggitis, State Programs, participated in the Subcomittee on Nuclear Issues / Nuclear Waste meeting on February 25, 1990. The Subcomittee discussed the status of:the Department of Energy's high-level waste program. The Sub-m committee received a briefing from Robert Loux, Director of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office, on Nevada's concerns and position on the status of the HLW program.
Comissioner Rogers focussed his remarks on the status of plant performance,'the proposed rule on plant license renewal and the NRC position on the-Clean Air Act Amendments. Commissioner Rogers'also participated in a roundtable discussion of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. -0n February 26,1990, Comissioner Rogers spoke on NRC's general concerns with Public Utility Comission performance incentive programs
-with the Electricity Committee.
National Governors' Association Winter Meeting Carlton Kammerer, Director of State Programs, and Spiros Droggitis, State Programs, attended'the National Governors' Association (NGA) Winter Meetings in Washington, DC on February 26-27, 1990. The major focus of this year's NGA meeting was education and the environment.
Secretary of Energy James Watkins
' addressed the NGA Comittee of Energy and Environment on the status of activi-ties at DOE. The Secretary indicated that the high-level waste repository is now scheduled to open'in 2010, that a waste r.egotiator should be named soon, that he hoped the Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Manage-ment would soon be confirmed and that DOE has not presupposed the suitability of the Yucca Mountain site. The NGA Task Force of Global Climate Change heard from a Federal Government panel including Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William Reilly, National Aeronautics and Space Administrator Richard Truly, Department of State Assistant Secretary Frederick Bernthal and
' Mark Kerrigan, representing Department of Energy Secretary Watkins. A panel of industry. and environmentalist representatives also spoke to the climate change issue.
Meeting with New Jersey Officials on Oyster Creek NRC staff met with officials from the New Jersey Department of Environmental
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Protection on February 28, 1990 in Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the State's concerns regarding the performance of the Oyster Creek Huclear Generating Station. The State requested that a Level III PRA be required for Oyster Creek to gain a better understanding of plant vulnerabilities and that the New Jersey Bureau of Nuclear Engineering be allowed to obtain access to the plant SPDS for improved accident management, The State also requested a public forum for discussion of the FTOL conversion 7
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National Energy Strategy EPC Sub-Group Staff Workshop Spiros Droggitis, State Programs, participated in an Economic Policy Council Sub-Group Staff Workshop on the National Energy Strategy on February 28, 1990
'at DOE Headquarters in Washington, DC. The principal objective of the workshop was to review on-site the first draft of the National Energy Strategy Interim Report. The Interim Report is scheduled to be issued for a 5-month public comment period on April 2, 1990. A meeting of the Economic Policy Council principals, on which GPA Director Harold Denton represents the NRC, will be scheduled for later.in March.
FEMA Regional Assistance Committee Meeting Robert Trojanowski, Region II State Liaison Officer, attended a Federal Emer-gency Management Agency Regional Assistance Comittee meeting on February 28, 1990 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The aurpose of the meeting was to discuss ingestion pathway issues, scheduling of tie next Federal Field Exercise and the proposed FEMA fee schedule.
International Programs Visit to Laguna Verde NPP in Mexico During the period February 15-19, William Upshaw, GPA/IP, visited several nuclear facilities in Mexico, including the Institutes for Nuclear Research and Elec-trical Research and the Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant. Laguna Verde I, which had been down for maintenance a month and a half prior to the-visit, was
'back on line and-now is expected to reach 100% power during April /May. The National Commission of Nuclear Security and Safeguards is reviewing the facility for full' licensing, which is expected sometime in the near future. Mr. Upshaw met with Mr. Miguel Medina and other CNSNS officials to discuss personnel exchanges under-our bilateral agreement. Areas of interest are BWR simulator training, technical specifications, writing of regulatory guides, and assistance with the evaluation of-operational events which occurred at Unit I during commissioning at low power.. They also expressed interest in NRC support in-the areas of incident response'and emergency planning.
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COMMITTEE DCA
- Combs 03/06/90 9i45 Bernero, Malsch Licensing of Reps. Udall/Hansen n
. Uranium Enrichment Energy and the Environment House Interior & ' Insular. Affairs Facilities Gerke 03/06/90 11:30 Markup H.R. 2514, Fedi Reps. Ackerman/Myers o
Employees' TSP Compensation & Employee Benefits House Post Office & Civil Service Callahan 03/07/90 1:30 Non-NRC Fast Flux Test Reps. Lloyd/Morrison Facility Energy Research & Development House Science, Space & Technology Civil Service (Sikorski/Morella)
Gerke 03/08/90 9:30 Non-NRC Security Clearances House Post Office & Civil Service Due Process Civl 8'Constl Rights (Edwards /Sensennbrenner)
Procedures House Judiciary Callahan 03/14/90 2:00 Commission Seahrook, NRC's Reps. Kostmayer/Vucanovich General Licensing Gen 1 Oversight & Investigations House Interior & Insular Affairs Procedures Madden 03/21/90 10:00 Commission NRC's FY91 Budget Reps. Bevill/Myers Energy & Water Development House Appropriations Gerke 03/21/90 9:30 Non-NRC Civil Service Pay Senators.Glenn/Roth Senate Gbvernmental Affairs Reform 03/22/90 House Science, Space, & Technology Combs 03/29/90 9:30
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Office of Administration Items of Interest Week Ending March 2, 1990
. National' Contract Management Association Mary Lynn Scott has been elected to the status-of Fellow by the Board of DirectorsoftheNationalContractManagementAssociation(NCMA). Ms. Scott is the Acting Chief, Operations Support staff Division of Contracts and Property
' Management.
The NCMA has over 22,000 members who are contracting officers or specialists, lawyers, private industry contracts personnel, businessmen, and others interest in the contracts field. As a recipient of the third highest award given by NCMA, Ms. Scott joins the Council of Fellows which provides leadership and expertise to NCMA members and management and contracting personnel throughout industry.
Criminal History Check Fee Increase A recent rule revision _to 10 CFR Part 73.57 Requirements for Criminal History Checks, became effective March 1, 1990. This revision reflects an FBI increase in the-fee charged to. nuclear power reactor licensees for processing fingerprint cards required by Section 149 of the atomic Energy'Act of 1954, as amended. Licensees submitting fingerprint cards through the NRC must now do so at the new rate of $21.00 per fingerprint card, an increase of $6.00 from the prior rate of $15,00.
Seabrook Affirmation Session The Division of Security provided enhanced security _ support at OWFN prior to-and during the Commission meeting on the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant held March 1, 1990. The support included discussion and coordination with Federal
-and local law enforcement agencies, the NRC staff, and organizers of the planned demonstrations, to ensure Commission' business was completed in a safe
_and orderly manner. The Commission's meeting was held with no serious incidents.
Significant F0IA Requests Received by the NRC for 5-day Period February 23 - March 1, 1990
'Requestforcopiesof(1))recordsrelatedtoChina'sexport_toIraqofall records pertaining t
- centrifuge'magnetsand(2 nuclear facilities, equipment, components, or technology from China to Iraq.
(Paul Leventhal, Nuclear Control Institute, F01A-90-82)
Requestforcopiesof(1)twomemosreferencedinthesecondandthird paragraphs of the attached DOS memo and (2) all records related to a seismic event recorded in China on May 16,1983.(PaulLeventhal,NuclearControl Institute,F01A-90-83)
Request for copies of (1) SECY-89-384 and (2) all records related to prospective shipments of plutonium by sea from Europe to Japan. (Paul Leventhal, Nuclear Control Institute, F01A-90-84)
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Request for copies of all memoranda from the EDO or DEDO regarding the NRC management meeting of January 22-23, 1990 atRegionV.-(GabrielleWilliams, Southern Technical _ Services, Inc., F01A-90-85)
Request for a copy of SECY-89-55, " Briefing on Alternatives for Conduct of
-NRC-Administered Requalification Examinations." (Nancy Chapman, Bechtel Power Corporation,F01A-90-87)-
Request for copies of-three categories of records related to decommissioning confirmatory surveys at Texas Instruments in Attleboro, Massachusetts.
(John
- Sullivan,'F01A-90-88)
Request for copies of SECY-89-228, " Draft Safety Evaluation Report on Chapter 5
.of the Advanced LWRs" and SECY-90-16. " Evolutionary LWR Certification Issues and Their Relationship to Current Regulatory Requirements." (Ophelia Williams, J/R/AAssociates,F01A-90-89)
-_ Request for records forming the basis of the notice of violation, NRC report-No.86-015, regarding TVA plants, including " substantial evidence" referenced in the NOV. (Dorothy Stu1 berg of Mosto11er and Stu1 berg, F01A-90-93)
Request for copies of records that list or define " criteria"'and " attributes" 15,1990"PeriodicBriefingonOperating) Reactors referenced in-the February and. Fuel Facilities" by James Sniezek. (Michael OMealia, F01A-90-94
. Request for records containing information about funding of the Science and Technology Center at Syracuse University by the Federal Government. (Katherine Drouin, The Daily Orange Corporation, F01A-90-95)
Request for copies of six' categories of records covering the past 10 years regarding Cintithem, Tuxedo, New York. (Wayne Hall, The Times Herald _ Record,.
Request for records that provide the following information on-Federal databases:
(1) contents,and(2)contactsfromwhompeoplecanrequest accessibility.
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Office of Information Resources Management Items of Interest Week Ending March 2, 1990 1.
Workload Information and Scheduling Program (WISP)
On February 28, 1990, a meeting was held with NRR to describe the April 1990 WISP deliverable. This deliverable will, to a large extent, mimic the INEL Prototype.
In attendance were Les Barnett, John Larkins, and Jim Carter of NRR, Pamela Kruzic, Fran Goldberg, Dave Drapkin of IRM, as well as several other IRM staff and staff contractors.
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FY 1989 Annual Records Holding Report-The Office of Information Resources Management (IRM) has prepared its FY 1989 Annual Records Holding Report based upon input from all Headquarters and Regional Offices. The Offices reported a six percent increase in record and nonrecord holdings (6,395 cubic feet) that are dispersed as follows:
Headquarters Offices - 4,219 cubic feet, Regional Offices -
1,690 cubic feet, and records retired to storage - 487 cubic feet.
Despite the active records management program conducted in FY 1989, increases in holdings reported by many Offices, combined with reports of little or no reductions, suggest that future emphasis should be placed on familiarizing file custodians with the use of their " Files Maintenance and Disposition Plans" to ensure that files are properly retired.
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i Office of Personne1' Items of Interest Week Ending March 2, 1990-Individualized Learning Center Now Open
-TheIndividualizedLearningCenter(ILC)isnowopenintheNRCTraining Complex in the Woodmont Building. All employees were mailed a spring catalog (NUREG/BR-0155) of the courses now available to employees. The ILC offers self-study-courses in_ areas such as computer software, employee assistance, interpersonal communications, secretarial, and supervisory / managerial training. Both video'and audio tapes plus computer-based instructions are now available.
Interactive video / computer training programs also will be available in the near future.
Seminar on Substance Abuse Presented OnMarch1,1990,PatKaplan(TrainingDevelopmentandEmployeeAssistance),
and Mike Fox (Labor Relations), presented a seminar on " Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Detecting and Confronting the Troubled Employee." This program was one_ in-a series of management seminars sponsored by the Small Agency Council, a group of-74 small Federal Government agencies, of which NRC is a member.
Recruitment Efforts Continue The Office of Personnel Management conducted a Celebration of Public Service in six-cities across the United States on' March 1, 1990. Representatives from NRC attended the celebrations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
These events were intended to draw attention to the challenges and rewards of careers in the Federal service and served to-officially kickoff, Federal-job fairs in each city.
From seven to fifteen
'thousand applicants per city with various administrative, secretarial and technical backgrounds came to interview with prospective employers.
Recruitment of technical professionals was very productive and applicants of interest to our offices are being reviewed on an expedited basis.
Arrivals
-Diane Brewer, Voucher Examiner (PFT), RI Larry Nicholson, Sr. Resident Inspector (PFT), RI
-George O'Rourke, Mail and File Clerk, RI PeterSena,ReactorEngineer(PFT),RI Thomas Yingst, Personnel Staffing Specialist, RI Retirements William Regan, Chief, Human Factors Assessment Branch, NRR James Kelly, Sr. Physical Security Specialist, RIV Departures Michael Oliveri, NDE Technician, RI l
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l Office of Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending March 2, 1990 Significant Enforcement Actions A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount
. of $3,750 was issued on February 23, 1990, to Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, New Jersey. The action was based a willful violation for use of radioactive materials in an unrestricted area and providing inaccurate information, and other violations which in the aggregate -indicate lack of management oversight.
-These~ violations are of concern as they demonstrate the need for increased oversight of licensed activities and a need to ensure adherence to the terms of the-licensee and-that all information communicated to the NRC. is both complete and accurate. The mitigation / escalation factors in the Enforcement Policy were considered and the base civil penalty for the willful violation was increased
-50% for multiple occurrences while the lack of management oversight violation was mitigated by 100% for good past performance.
(EN90-022)
An Order Suspending License (Effective Immediately) and Order to Show Cause Why' License Should-Not Be' Revoked was issued on February 23, 1990 to Mr. Robert L. Dickherber, a Senior License Operator (limited to fuel handling) at the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station. The action was taken because the licensee violated Technical Specifications and refueling procedures on October 17, 1989 by directing that an unauthorized fuel movement take place in the reactor core. Notwithstanding the fact that a fuel handler informed Mr.
Dickherber of the need to comply with facility refueling procedures, Mr.
Dickherber, nonetheless, directed that the action be. carried out. During the fuel movement, Mr. Dickherber failed to assure that the control room was informed so that core monitoring could be performed, to.obtain'a required-change to the Nuclear Component Transfer List, and to assure that consistent communication was maintained.
In view of the willfulness of this violation, the order-is immediately' effective.
(EN90-025)
An Order Modifying License (Effective Immediately) was issued to Commonwealth Edison Company on February 23, 1990 to prohibit Mr. Robert L.-Dickherber from participating in any licensed activity at Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station without prior written approval of the Regional Administrator, Region III. The action-was taken due to the willful violation of Commission requirements during refueling activities on October 17, 1989, (see EN 90-025) and the lack of reasonable assurance that, with Mr. Dickherber involved in any activities licensed under 10 CFR Part 50, the Licensee's current operations can be conducted such that the health and safety of the public, including the Licensee's employees, will be protected.
(EN90-026)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of
$75,000 was issued on February 26, 1990 to Indiana Michigan Power Company (D.C. Cook). The action was based on an inoperable Turbine-Driven Auxiliary FeedwaterPump-(TDAFP). After NRC identification of an AFW system instrument anomaly, the licensee determined that the TFAFP flow retention feature would
.not have functioned to prevent pump runout and damage during a feedwater or main steam line break. The condition existed from initial startup in 1978.
The civil penalty was escalated 50% because the NRC identified the violation.
No other factors were deemed applicable to this case.
(EN90-023)
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'of $8,000 was issued on February 28, 1990 to Combridge Medical Technology Corporation, Billerica, Massachusetts. The action was based on the release of iodine-125-as effluent to the environment in amounts approximately 9 times the
. regulatory limit when averaged over the period February 14 through' October 19, 1989. Escalation for NRC identification of the violation was offset by
.. mitigation for the _ licensee's corrective action.
(EN90-024)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,750 was issued on February 28, 1990 to Deaconess Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The action was based on falsification of an NRC-required record of a dose calibrator constancy test as well as failure to perform the constancy test on a number of occasions. Escalation of the civil-penalty by 50% was considered appropriate because the licensee's corrective actions did not go far enough-to determine-the underlying causes of the problem.
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Civil' Penalty Paid United Hospital of Neward, Newark, New Jersey paid the civil penalty in the amount of $2,500. ~The action was based on a violation involving falsification of _ dose calibrator constancy test data.
(EA89-193)
Arkansas Power & Light Company (ANO Unit 1) paid the civil penalty in the amount of $75,000. The action was based on the miswiring of the control
- circuitry for two of the three service water pumps for Unit 1.
(EA89-220).
Louisiana Power & Light Company-(Waterford 3) paid the civil penalty in the amount of $50,000. The action was based on a violation involving the failure to properly evaluate ASME section XI test results for the B High Pressure Injection. Pump.
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..On February PartnershipprincipalsandtheDirector,OfficeofConsolidation(CONS), met
'to discuss the remaining issues between the developer and the Government.
4-In response to the Government's proposal to add purchase options to the con-tract at the end of the fifth, tenth, and twelfth years with right of assign-ment to a third party to the contract, the developer proposed changes to the
-building structure and finishing to reduce its cost. The changes proposed
. 1) substitution of pre-cast (concrete) panels for the marble and granite are:
slabs originally planned for the skin of the building; 2) elimination of, the
-proscenium arch on the front face of the first five floors of the building; 3)eliminationofonefloor(from12to11 floors)fromthebuildingplan;and
- 4) elimination-of the ground-level enclosed link between One White Flint North (0WFN) and the second building with the understanding that a pedestrian walkway between the two buildings will be possible through the garage.
It was noted that elimination of the proscenium arch would add square footage to-the interior. floor space, exceeding the zoning limitation. Elimination of one floor would offset this increase and result in a total rentable area ap-proximately 2,000 square feet less than the original design, a reduction of
.less than one percent.
On March'2, WFN Partnership's project manager, Karl Kaufman, requested a meeting.
with-the NRC and the architectural firm of Dewberry and Davis to discuss resumption of the second building space planning activity suspended by WFN last August.
0WFN Cafeteria On March 1, CONS staff met with representatives of the State of Maryland's Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Blind Industries and Services of Mary-
. land (BISM), GSA Regional Office Concessions, and the blind stand operator, Linda Edwards, to discuss the 0WFN cafeteria menu. Ms. Edwards proposed a menu that.would include at least one hot entre three days a week with two hot vegetables in addition to hot pizza, grilled items to be determined, hot soup and chili, salad bar, made-to-order sandwich counter, hot and cold beverages including fountain sodas, and the currently available quick snack and refrigerated items such as pre-packaged sandwiches and desserts. The menu must be approved.in a written agreement still being riegotiated between GSA and BISM.
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Cintichem. Tuxedo, NY As a result of licensee-identified radioactive contamination in an onsite retention pond, Region I dispatched a team to the Cintichem site on February 9 to monitor the licensee's corrective actions. The team confirmed that the reactor had been shut down, confirmed the licensee's measurements of radionuclides in water, and assured that, after its arrival on site, all liquid releases met regulatory limits. The team also
-_ monitored the licensee's actions to identify the source of the contami-nation leaks. A concrete wall in a portion of the transfer canal leading to the hot cells was identified as a source of the leak to the retention pond. -A leak was also identified in the reactor holdup tank.
On February 13, an NRC Order was issued to Cintichem requiring submission of a plan of short and long term actions to correct current and prevent future leaks.
New York announced plans to issue an order that will revise
-the air and water emission permits for the site. A public meeting with the Town of Tuxedo Board was attended by the NRC, State and licensee on February 14 to discuss actions taken to assure that public health and safety had not been affected by the onsite leaks.
The NRC Team completed its onsite activities on February 16. As a result of the reactor shutdown, no new prottuction of radioisotopes is occurring.
On February 20, 1990, the licensee notified the NRC that several discharges, contaminated with iodine-131 at about twice the allowable discharge limit specified in 10 CFR Part 20, and with sodium-24 and iodine-131 at less-than the allowable limits, were made from the holding pond to the Indian Kill Reservoir on February 9, 1990. notification, the NRC is Subse No. 1-90-005 on February 23, 1990, which required-the licensee to (1) stop all intentional releases of water from the onsite holding pond to the reservoir, (2) eliminate leakage / seepage from the holding pond to the reservoir through the S-1 gate, (3) divert all discharges from the holding pond to the 001 discharge point in the Indian Kill Creek downstream of-the reservoir after sampling and analyses to assure the radioactivity is below applicable maximum permissible concentrations and (4) inanediately notify the NRC Region I Office if radioactivity is measured in the holding pond above background levels or if any unmeasured releases occur.
Subsequent to receipt of this CAL, the licensee notified the Region 1.0ffice on the evening of February 23, 1990, that elevated levels of radioactivity (although less than the appropriate MPCs) were found in the holding pond and that, due to rainfall during the day, the holding pond had to be discharged to the 001 discharge point prior to completion of analyses, in order to protect the integrity of the holding pond. These releases were made in accord with the CAL.
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Seabrook The plant was being maintained at normal operating pressure and temperature and the Clamshell Alliance vigil continued at the South Gate, where extra security personnel were stationed. One of the site guards was struck by a-car by the South Gate on 2/28, and an ambulance was called to take her to the hospital. The licensee followed up on this matter.
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Pilgrim An NRC teeting with the Plymouth Selectmen was held on 2/27. The meeting went smoothly. The Selectmen requested a copy of the IG investigation report when it's available. Also, the Selectmen expressed a need for continuing licensee support of local community emergency planning activi-ties.
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Region II Items of Interest Week Ending March 2, 1990 1.
Virginia Electric and Power Company On February 27, representatives of the Virginia Electric and Power Company were in the Region II Office to attend an Enforcement Conference regarding a containment escape air lock leakage event which occurred recently at their North Anna facility.
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Florida Power and Light Company On March 1, the Vice President-Nuclear Assurance, Florida Power and Light Company, was in the Region II Office to meet with the Deputy Regional Administrator and Region 11 staff.
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Alabama Power Company On February 28, the Deputy Regional Administrator, accompanied by a DRP Section Chief, visited.the Farley facility.
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Meeting with Duke Power to discuss proposed changes in Emergency Action Levels On February 26, 1989, representatives of Duke Power met with Region II and headquarters emergency preparedness staff to discuss Duke's proposed changes to their Emergency Action Levels.
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South Carolina Electric and Gas Company-On February 26, the Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Projects, pre-sented Operator Licensing Certificates to recently licensed reactor g
operators at the Summer facility.
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Florida Power Corporation On March 1, the Regional Administrator presented Operator Licensing Certificates to recently licensed reactor operators at Crystal River.
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Union Electric - Callaway Plant On February 27, 1990, C. E. Norelius, Director, Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards and members of the staff met with representatives of Union Electric in an Enforcement Conference to discuss:
(1)anapparent violationpertaining)tosafeguardsinformationcontainersnotbeingthe licensee's p properly secured, (2 licensee's corrective actions taken to address the issue, and (4)-NRC enforcement ~ options.
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' Palisades Nuclear Generating Station Following a reactor trip at 6:25 p.m. on February 28, 1990, the resident inspector responded to the site to review licensee actions and plant status. Equipment malfunctions appeared to have occurred in the charging i
system and auxiliary feedwater system following the trip.
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teleconference among licensee, NRC resident and the DRP branch chief was
. conducted at about-10:45 p.m. to clarify the unknowns for followup. On March 1, 1990, the D. C.. Cook resident was assigned to assist the site review, and a teleconference among Region III DRP, NRR and the licensee and resident inspectors was conducted to assure mutual understanding of
-the event prior to restart.
Charging system malfunctions were resolved and other indications of equipment problems were determined to be L
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D. C. Cook Nuclear Plant 1
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an Enforcement Conference at 1:00 p.m. on February 27, 1990, to discuss l
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January 8-10, 1990. While it appears that a MSSV was inoperable fe approximately six months, the licensee's actions after discovery in January.were conservative.
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Duane Arnold Energy Center A routine management meeting was held with representatives of Iowa Electric Light and Power Company at the Region III office on February 27, i
1990. The Regional Administrator, Director Division of Reactor Projects, l
and other staff members held discussions on the licensee's plans for prioritizing engineering issues.
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Point Beach Nuclear Plant A routine management meeting was held with representatives of Wisconsin Electric Light and Power at the Region III office on March 1,1990. The Director, Division of Reactor Projects, and other staff members held MARGL6d93@
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'Clinton Nuclear Power Plant The Director, Divisico of Radiation Safety and Safeguards, 6.nd other staff
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-a general tour was conducted.
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Recruitment On March 1 and 2, 1990, the Deputy Regional Administrator and other members of the regional staff participated in a 2-day recruiting Job Fair.in Chicago. The Fair was sponsored by the Office of Personnel Management.-
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Nebraska Public Power District On February 28, 1990, the Vice President of Production for Nebraska Public Power District, and other members of his staff, visited the Region Ik offices to attend two meetings with regional management. Areas discussed included licensee actions in response to the most recent SALP report,_and training program weaknesses identified in recent NRC inspections.
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Arkansas Nuclear One The Arkansas Power and Light Company informed NRC Region IV, on February 27, 1990, that Mr. Neil S. Carns, the current Executive Director for Nuclear Operations at Arkansas Nuclear One, succeeded Mr. T. Gene Campbell as Vice President of Nuclear Operations effective February 28, 1990. No announcement of a replacement for Mr. Carns was made by Arkansas Power and Light Company officials.
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Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation The licensee reported pursuant to 10 CFR 73.71 that a contract employee whose background screening was incomplete had been inadvertently granted onescorted access to vital areas. Upon discovery of the event, the licensee deactivated the employee's badge and escorted the individual from the restricted area. The subject employee had previously been properly granted unescorted access to vital areas during the fall of 1988;- therefore, the current background screening only requires updating.
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Arkansas Nuclear One (Unit 1)
At approximately 8 p.m. (CST) on March 1, 1990, the licensee terminated an unusual event following the repair of a leaking coil in Reactor Building Cooling Unit VCC-2D. This repair involved temporary blanking of the service water line and blanking off of one of eight coils in the cooler. As of 7:30 a.m. on March 2, 1990, Unit I was in hot shutdown.
-While repairing VCC-20, the licensee also discovered that the discharge isolation valve associated with VCC-2D (an air-operated butterfly valve) was leaking-by in the reverse flow direction. The. licensee is performing an evaluation of this leakage for short-term operations with repair of the valve to be completed during the next refueling outage in October 1990.
A conference call with Region IV, NRR, and the licensee was scheduled for March 2 to discuss restart plans which were anticipated the morning of March 3.
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Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station a.
In letters dated-February 23, 1990, NRR granted interim relief from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Ap)endix J, and 10 CFR 50.71.
The interim relief was granted until tie NRC can complete the administrative process for the approval of the previously submitted requests for relief, b.-
Significant submittals from SMUD received by the NRC:
2/21/90 - Deferral and Rescheduling of Commitments.
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Washington Public Power Supply System The Region Y Regional Administrator visited the WNP-2 facility on a.
February 26-28, 1990. The visit included a plant tour, briefings by e; gineering and quality assurance personnel, observation of licensed operator requalification exams, and discussions with licensee
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF INDUSTRY'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNRESOLVED SAFETY ISSUES, 2:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1990, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to James M. Taylor, EDO, dated 2/2/90 The-Commission was briefed by the staff on the status of unresolved safety issues (USIs).
The Commission requested and the staff agreed to include an update-on-industry's implementation of USIs at the next Commission briefing on the resolution of generic safety issues.
The Commission also requested the staff'to continue to ensure timely and acceptable implementation of the USI's.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - PERIODIC BRIEFING ON STATUS OF OPERATING REACTORS
'AND FUEL FACILITIES, 9:00 A.M., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990. COMMIS-S10NERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to James M. Taylor, EDO dated 2/2/90 The Commission was briefed by the staff on the conclusions of the recent biannual senior management meeting to review the performance of NRC licensees.
The Commission was encouraged by the apparent overall improvement in the nuclear industry as indicated by the low number of plants on the list of problem facilities.
The staff should continue to closely monitor those plants listed as Category 2.
'In addition, the Commission requested the staff to monitor the effectiveness of industry's self assessment and improvement program.
The Commission also requested and the staff agreed to provide a separate Commission briefing on the effects of economic incentive regulation of nuclear power plants.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND V0TE, 11:30 A.M.,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE)-
SECY to-William C. Parler, GC dated 2/2/90 Final Rule to Prohibit Acreements Related to I.
SECY-90-013 Enclovment That Would Restrict the Free Flow of Information to the Commission The Commission, by a 4-1 vote, approved a final rule which prohibits agreements related to employment that would prohibit, restrict or discourage employees who have performed or are performing work related to licensed activities from bringing safety information to the Commission.
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Commissioners Roberts disapproved the rule.
Commissioner Curtiss provided additional comments to be published with the rule.
The final rule should be revised to include Commissioner Curtiss' comments prior to the Environmental Impact Section on page 25, reviewed by the Regulatory Publication Branch, ADM, for consistency with Federal Register requirements, and forwarded for signature and publication.
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT-3/9/90 50-285 White Flint Bldg.
' Discuss areas of concern found NRC/0 PPD
'A.-Bournia 8:00-4:00 Room 14B-11 during inspections i
3/13/90 50-382 Waterford Steam Review plans and proposed station NRC/LP&L D. Wigginton 8:00 Taft, Louisiana modification to relay testing which will allow Engineered Safety System Automatic Actuation Logic Testing to start
-the Diesel Generator monthly.
This proposed method to reduce the number of DG starts and other alternatives will be examined and discussed..
3/13/90 50-369/
White Flint Bldg.-
Discuss-plans by Duke Power NRC/ Duke Power D. Hood 11:00-2:00 370/413/
Room 108-13 Company to request TS change Company 414 to increase allowable uniden-tified RCS leakage rate from 1 gpmi to 3 gpa.
3/14/90 50-029 White Flint Bldg.
Discuss the licensee's NRC/ Yankee P. Sears 1:00 Room 14B-11 Pressurized Thermal Shock Rowe submittal.
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A listing of these meeting. notices can be obtained by calling 492-7424.
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 3/14/90 50-029 White Flint Bldg.
Discuss the licensee's NRC/ Yankee P. Sears 1:00 Room 148-11 Pressurized Thermal Shock Rowe submittal.
3/15/90 50-269/
McGuire Nuclear Plant Discuss the status of various NRC/GPCo L. Wiens
'8:30-4:00 270 licensing activies and safety Duke Power Co.
initiatives at Duke Power l
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3/15/90 50-029 White Flint Bldg.
Discuss the licensee's approach NRC/ Yankee Rowe P. Sears r
9:00 Room 2F-17 to reactor vessel evaluations for license renewal.
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Marriott Hotel Denver.
Review and discuss empirical MRC/PG&E H. Rood.
l 8:00-4:00 323 West ground motion studies, Diablo 1717 Denver West Canyon Long Term Seismic program.
Marriott Blvd.
Golden, Colorado 80401 3/19/90 Electric Power Research Discuss the EPRI Requirements NRC/EPRI T. Kenyon 8:30-6:00 Institute Document for advanced LWRs with EE 3412 Hillview Ave.
passive safety systems.
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Discuss licensees response to NRC/LP&L D. Wigginton 9:00 Room 9B-13 NRC questions transmitted by letter dated July 27, 1989, j
regarding proposed amendment to
~ revise the control room heating, i
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3/26/90 50-5 White Flint Bldg.
Discuss installation of a NRC/Penn State A. Adams 3:00 10H-20 computerized control system for the penn state triga research reactor.
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Docket NRC Contact Date/ Time Number Location Purpose Applicant Familiarization with IMSS P. Ting 3/6-7/90 ORNL Oak Ridge, TN the current enrichment technologies (gas centrifuge, gaseous diffusion and laser)
US/ Japan Bilateral NMSS C. Emeigh l
3/19-20/90 DOS Washington, DC Safeguards Pre-application meeting NMSS N. Osgood 03/21/90 71-9226 OWFN 8:30 - 10:30 71-9227 Room 48-13 Model GA-4 & GA-9 casks DOE General Atomics E. Easton Pre-application meeting NMSS 03/22/90 71-9230 OWFN 9:00 - 11:30 Room 68-11 Model BR-100 Shipping DOE Babcock & Wilcox Cask E. Easton Pre-application meeting NMSS 05/29/90 71-9229 OWFN g
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Docket NRC Contact jf Date/ Time Number Location Purpose Applicant 3/5-8 Chicago, IL To attend EPA Mixed NMSS R. Boyle Waste Workshop J. Surmeier 3/21-22 Palo Alto, CA To attend meeting with NMSS DOE State Technical Coordinating Committee Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety Attendees /
Docket NRC Contact Date/ Time Number Location Purpose Applicant 3/6 Dak Ridge, TN To attend briefing on MMSS P. Loysen uranium enrichment technolgies and tour facilities 3/20 70-143 Erwin, TN To review status report NMSS
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3/20-21/90 Bethesda Ramada Inn Nuclear Flant Aging 492-3854 Bethesda, MD Research (NPAR): Research Review Group Meeting E
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.IRM, EPA, RHS, FEMA, USDA, Rosemary Hogan St., S.W.,
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03/12/90 50-213
.RI Office Management Meeting Licensee and Selected Haverkamp.
1:30 pm CYAPC - Haddam Neck RI Staff Members 03/13/90 50-352 Limerick, PA Mid Cycle SALP Licensee and Selected Doerfleing 1:00 pm 50-353 PECO - Limerick I/2 RI ~ Staff Members E
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03/19/90 RII Office Surry Self-Assessment Licensee and selected
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members of RIII Staff Management Meeting 03/08/90 Headquarters Management Meeting to EDO, Regional Administrator, Davis Discuss Results of President, Toledo Edison Recent Management Company Evaluation of Toledo Edison Company 03/8-9/90 Region III National NMSS Office Nuclear Materials Norelius Program Review Safety and Safeguards 03/15/90 50-315 D.C. Cook Plant Indiana and Michigan Licensee, Regional Greenman 50-3I6 Electric Company, Administrator and selected D. C. Cook -
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