ML20035H285
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| Issue date: | 04/30/1993 |
| From: | Blaha J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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APii 3 01993 For:
The Commissioners From:
James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO l
Subiect:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING APRIL 23, 1993 i
Contents Enclosure Nuclear Reactor Regulation A
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B
Nuclear Regulatory Research C
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Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data D
General Counsel E*
Administration F
Information Resources Management G
j Controller H*
i Personnel I
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights J
Enforcement K
Consolidatir..
L State Pros ms M
Policy Planning N*
Public Affairs 0*
International Programs P
Congressional Affairs Q
Regional Offices R
Executive Director for Operations S
Meeting Notices T
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James L. Blaha Assistant for Operations, OEDO 030001
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G. Grant, OEDO I
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For:
The Commissioners From:
James L. Blaha, Ass.istant for Operations, Office of the EDO o
Subiect:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING APRIL 23, 1993 l
Contents Enclosure Nuclear Reactor Regulation A
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B
Nuclear Regulatory Research C
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data D
General Counsel E*
Administration F
Information Resources Management G
Controller H*
Personnel I
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights J
l Enforcement K
Consolidation L
State Programs M
Policy Planning N*
l Public Affairs 0*
International Programs P
Congressional Affairs Q
Regional Offices R
j Executive Director for Operations 5
Meeting Notices T
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- No input this week.
James L. Blaha Assistant for Operations, OED0
Contact:
G. Grant, OEDO l
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES) - Unit 2 The unit is currently at 48 percent power, holding to perform power plateau's flux mapping, nuclear instrument calibrations, and steam dump and feedwater pump testing prior to performing a scheduled 10 percent load swing. TU Electric's start-up testing schedule has been delayed approximately three days, because of secondary water chemistry cleanup.
r The following schedule includes milestones for upcoming start-up testing:
Perform remote shutdown test (reactor t'-ip from 20 percent power)
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Perform turbine trip from 25 percent and Loss of Offsite power test May 1 Complete Mode 3 outage May 6 Begin 75 percent Power Plateau testing May 9 Begin 100 percent Power Plateau testing May 20 A 50 percent readiness assessment is scheduled to be performed by Region IV during the week of April 26, 1993. The team will, through independent inspection, review the licensee's 50 percent assessment, and their identification, evaluation, and resolution of start-up and plant deficiencies.
The Comanche Peak Oversight Panel plans to meet on site in early May to review power ascension testing to date.
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The staff met with TVA senior managers led by 0. Kingsley, Generation Group President, in the Region 11 office on April 21, 1993. NRR staff was headed by Mr. Steven Varga. This is one of a series of management meetings that are held periodically to address significant issues.
Included in the meeting agenda was the target date for issuance of the operating license and fuel loading.
TVA informed the staff that the new target date is April 1994, a slip of 3 months from the previous fuel load target of January 1994. The new date reflects the fact that construction work is behind schedule.
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On April 15, 1993, the staff held a meeting with EPRI to discuss the issue of regulatory treatment of non-safety systems in the passive advanced light water reactor designs. The meeting centered on the processes proposed by EPRI and the staff to be used by plant designers to identify risk significant systems, structure, and components, their reliability and availability missions and-regulatory requirements.
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principle or substance, but that the packaging of the EPRI process needs to be improved. The meeting concluded with an agreement to hold another meeting on May 17, 1993. One week before the meeting, EPRI will provide to the staff its comments on the staff-proposed process or a revised process.
Meetina with NUMARC on Guidelines for Dioital Instrumentation and Control
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On April 15, 1993, the staff from the Division of Reactor Controls and Human f
factors met with NUMARC to discuss the recently submitted NUMARC document i
" Guideline on Licensing Digital I&C Upgrades." This document is a joint effort of NUMARC and EPRI to establish criteria for licensees to use when performing the safety evaluation for a digital, upgrade to an analog 18C system
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under the requirements of 10 CFR 50.59. The document is intended to assist licensees in determining whether a proposed digital system retrofit involves j
an unreviewed safety question thereby requiring staff. approval before its implementation. The staff and NUMARC exchanged views on the content of the document and on the establishment of a threshold with examples, and discussed future actions. The staff plans to provide.NUMARC with its comments and i
recommendations concerning the document by the end of May 1993. This effort j
is part of the resolution of issues resulting from the comments received on l
the draft generic letter on this subject published for comment in May 1992.
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Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items.of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 Louisiana Enerav Services (LES) Proposed Construction of the Clairborne Enrichment Center (CEC) in Homer. Louisiana The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has recently received over a hundred letters protesting the proposed LES uranium enrichment facility to be constructed in i
Homer, Louisiana.
All of the letters express similar concerns against nuclear facilities and
" environmental racism," because of selecting of the CEC site in a poor black community. Some of the letters appear to be from private citizens, while others are from organizations such as Greenpeace and the Sierra Club.
t Meetino With Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board On April 20, 1993, staff of the fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards (FCSS)
Division met with representatives of the Defense Nuclear facilities Safety
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Board (DNFSB) to discuss common interests in the development of Standard Review Plans (SRPs) that address all of the safety principles essential for protecting the public health and safety during the operation of nuclear material processing facilities.
DNFSB's principal function is the review and evaluation of the content and implementation of standards relating to the design, construction, operation and decommissioning of defense nuclear facilities of the Department of Energy. The Board is to recommend to the Secretary of Energy those specific measures that should be adopted to ensure that the public health and safety are adequately protected.
in the process of carrying out these responsibilities, DNFSB staff determined that the provisions of NUREG-1324, " Proposed Method for Regulating Major Materials i
Licenst s," addressed their major areas of interest. Using the NUREG as the focal point, DNFSB staff identified reference documents and specific guidance within those documents that will be useful in the development of SRPs. This information was provided to FCSS staff during the meeting for use in the ongoing efforts to review NRC-licensed fuel cycle facilities.
Combustion Enaineerino. Inc. (CE)
On March 26, 1993, CE was authorized by License Amendment 23 to store special nuclear material (SNM) in the Kardex unit. The Kardex unit is a computer-controlled multi-module storage unit for fuel pellets.
During CE's "preoperational inspection," CE discovered that the actual number of storage shelves differed from that previously reported in licensing documents.
i On April 14, 1993, CE representatives met with staff of the Office of Naclear Material Safety and Safeguards and Region 111 to clarify this discrepancy.
In the meeting, CE provided information detailing safety implications, root causes, and actions taken to prevent recurrence. Also discussed in the meeting was information that CE provided in a letter dated April 13, 1993.
Although the discrepancy poses no immediate nuclear safety concerns, CE indicated that they will not introduce SNM into the Kardex until they have completed modifications that will bring the unit back to the "as designed" APRIL 23, 1993 ENCLOSURE B
2 condition. The modifications are to be completed by April 23, 1993. CE has requested that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission concur in the use of the Kardex as described in CE's April 13, 1993, submittal. We will respond to CE's request after the staff has completed the review.
Prooram plans for the U.S. Sucoort to the Former Soviet Union After one year of intensive bilateral discussions, the U.S. and several republics of the former Soviet Union (FSU), including the Russian Federation are close to finalizing the Implementing Agreements on cooperation in the area of material control and accounting (MC&A) and physical protection. These Implementing Agreements will be under the Umbrella Agreements resulting from i
the Nuclear Safe and Secure Dismantlement (SSD) initiative. The U.S. effort in the area of MC&A and physical protection, which will be funded by the Nunn-Lugar resources, is jointly led by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Energy (DOE). The U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) will serve as the Program Manager overseeing the execution of the implementing programs.
At this time, detailed implementing program plans are being developed by a 1
working group consisting of representatives from NRC, DOE, and DNA. The U.S.
effort will result in installation of model safeguards systems in selected FSU nuclear facilities for the purpose of demonstration of system capability and training.
International Trainino Course on physical protection of Nuclear Facilities and i
Materials A representative of the Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards made a presentation at the eleventh International Training Course on "The U.S.
i Nuclear Regulatory Commission System of Physical Protection." This three week course is conducted approximately every eighteen months by Sandia National i
Laboratories, as mandated by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Act, on behalf of the Department of Energy, and in consultation with the NRC and the IAEA.
Thirty nine students representing 32 countries, including 13 from republics of the former Soviet Union, participated.
TN-24 Scent Fuel Storace Cask On April 16, 1993, a notice was published in the Federal Reaister to extend the comment period for the Proposed Rule to add the TN-24 spent fuel storage cask to the list of approved tasks in 10 CFR Part 72. The comment period was reopened for an additional 30 days to ellow comments or supplementary infor-mation, previously categorized as proprietary, that was recently released pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.790(c).
The proposed rule, originally published on June 26, 1992, would amend the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's list of approved storage casks by adding casks to the list that holders of r
power reactor operating licenses would then be authorized to store spent fuel in under a general license. A Final Rule for the other cask, the VSC-24, in the original proposed rule was published on April 7,1993.
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Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Items of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 e
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Recently issued Publication Draft Regulatory Guide DG-3006, " Standard format and Content for Fire Protection Sections of License Applications for fuel Cycle Facilities,"
Comments requested by July 9, 1993.
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Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Items.of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 Diaonostic Evaluation and Incident Investication Branch (DEIIB)
The South Texas Project (STP) Diagnostic Evaluation Team (DET) will be back on-site next Monday, April 26, 1993, for its final planned on-site evaluation period. An interim exit with the licensee, on the status technical issues, is scheduled for 9:00 am April 30, 1993 at the STP site. The final exit meeting with the licensee to discuss the DET results is tentatively scheduled for May 26, 1993.
Technical Trainino Center (TTC)
On April 18-21, the TTC Technical Assistant participated in the American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Man-Machine Interface Technologies, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The TTC staff activities at the ueeting included chairmanship of several technical sessions and participation on the planning committee meeting. This meeting proved an excellent forum for I&C and human factors experts to exchange information and ideas; over 250 professionals from the U.S. and 12 foreign countries participated. Other NRC staff attending the meeting included representatives from the I&C and Human Factors branches of NRR and the Electrical and Mechanical and Human Factors branches of RES.
Managers from the OECD Halden Reactor Project visited the TTC April 22-23.
Representing the Halden Reactor Project were Torbjern Bjerlo, Process Control Program Manager, and Kjell Haugset, Man-Machine Systems Research Division Head. The purpose of the visit was to see the simulation activities associated with the TTC, to meet with TTC management and cognizant simulation staff, and to see work being done to use the PICASSO system to graphically display variables computed by full scope simulators and engineering workstations. PICASSO is the picture assembling software tool developed by the OECD Halden Reactor Project for process control applications.
Incident Response Branch (IRB)
IRB staff met with SRA, the new contractor for the Task Order Agreement
" Technical Assistance for Emergency Response," in a preliminary meeting on April 20 to provide them with an orientation on NRC's Incident Response System and acquaint them with their potential responsibilities under the contract.
IRB staff participated in a FRMAC Operation Work Group Meeting at Las Vegas during this week.
i Preliminary Notifications PN1-9312, Biogen, Inc., Cambridge, MA, Phosphorus-32 Contamination Identified in Building at Biogen, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts.
PNO-IV-93-015, Gulf States Utilities Co., River Bend 1, Security Guard Shot at Individual Inside Protected Area.
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PN1-9319, Scientific Inspection, Hixon, TN, Report of Extremity Overexposure.
i PNO-II-93-017, South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., Summer 1, Jenkinsville, SC, Fatality on Site.
PN1-9320, Schnabel Engineering, Bethesda, MD Report of Theft and Recovery of i
Portable Moisture / Density Gauge.
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Office of Administration Items of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 Earth Day 1993 On April 22 and 23, 1993, the Division of Contracts and Property Management coordinated Headquarters Earth Day activities. On April 22, an Earth Day Information Center was featured in the OWFN lobby providing employees with a variety of literature on recycling, conservation and energy efficient methods of commuting to work. Headquarters employees who have regularly used energy efficient and environmentally sound comuting options (alternative transportation) for three years or more were recognized by the Chairman in a picture taking ceremony. On April 23, the Employee's Welfare and Recreation Association sponsored a lunch time walk and cleanup of Battery lane Park in Bethesda.
Sionificant F0IA Recuests Received by the NRC For 5-Day Period of Aoril 16 -
April 22.1993 Request for copies of the license, license application, Decommissioning Plan and Environmental Report submitted by Schott Glass Technologies for their facility in Duryea, Pennsylvania.
(Melody Baldi, Rust Environment &
Infrastructure,F01A-93-221)
Request for documentation on specified corporations and/or individuals who may have performed contract work for the NRC.
(Jennifer Evans, Attorney-At-Law, F01A-93-222)
Request for three categories of records regarding the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory, Balcones Research Center, University of Texas.
(Roger Mandel, Marc R. Stanley, P.C., F01A-93-223)
Request for a copy of the winning proposal for the telecomunications cable distribution system installation and maintenance contract.
(Douglas Martin, Connectivity,Inc.,F01A-93-224)
Request for records regarding a December 21, 1992 letter to John Darke concerning past disposal of non-IIe(2) byproduct material in uranium mill tailings impoundments.
(John Darke, F01A-93-225)
Request for records regarding a February 23, 1988 memorandum for Hugh Thompson from Robert Martin regarding the legal and policy decision on authorization to dispose of non-byproduct wastes in uranium tailings ponds.
(John Darke, FOIA-93-226)
Request for records which discuss the off-site response to the November 17, 1992 accident at the Sequoyah Fuels facility.
(Lance Hughes, Native Americans for a Clean Environment, F01A-93-228)
Request for copies of specified exhibits associated with OMB Circular A-ll for the FY94 budget.
(Kelly Curtis, Electronic Industries Associates, F01A 229)
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Request for seven categories of records regarding the Callaway and Clinton l
nuclear power plants.
(Bill Lambrecht, St. Louis Post-Dispatet;, F01A-93-230)
Request for a copy of all licenses granted to Warner Lambert-Parke Davis in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
(David Rheingold, The Michigan Daily, F01A-93-231)
Request for a copy of IG report 91-72.
(Michael Cioffi, The Penn Central Corporation,F01A-93-232)
Request for a copy of all licenses in specified zip codes in the state of Massachusetts.
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t Office of Information Resources Management Items of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 Computer Security Plans Security plans were approved for the Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data, Office of Administration and Office of Information Resources Management. Approval letters were signed and distributed.
NIH Computer Timesharina t
Effective June 1, 1993, tne hours of operation for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Programmer Assistance and Liaison Unit (PAL) Consulting Desk will be reduced, closing one hour earlier than current practice. The new hourslof operation will ba from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm.
Microcomputer Relocation Support Increased requests for support have been received from the Program Offices such that the moves of microcomputers and associated peripherals are scheduled for every Friday throughout the month of May and the first few weeks of June.
This is in addition to the routinely scheduled installation and move activi-ties on Tuesday and Thursday of each week, AUTOS Agency Upgrade of Technology for Office Systems (AUTOS) implementation is complete for the Office of Information Resources Management (IRM) in the Phillips Building. A total of 169 machines have been installed. This total includes all workstations, printers, and file servers.
IRM installation and indoctrination continues through May 3, 1993.
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Office of Personnel Items of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 Personnel Directors Group Meetino Attended Eileen Mason attended a Small and Independent Agency Personnel Directors Group meeting on April 21 concerning performance standards. Robbie Kunreuther, Director of Government Personnel Services, presented a program on evaluating employees on their manner of performance. The theory behind this system is that the goal of improving performance is seldom attained through the results-oriented performance elements and standards characteristic of most Federal performance appraisal systems.
NRC Team Participated in WalkAmerica Challence l
On April 18, eighteen NRC employees, friends, and family members walked with the NRC team in the annual WalkAmerica Challenge, the largest annual fundraiser for the March of Dimes.
Funds from WalkAmerica support the March of Dimes Campaign for Healthier Babies, a nationwide effort to prevent birth defects, low birth weight, and infant death.
Earth Day Observed by NRC Employees On April 22, fourteen NRC employees participated in Earth Day events in Bethesda. Activities included planting flowers donated by the EWRA at the Battery Lane Park and cleaning the grounds.
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donated by the Maryland Park and Planning Commission and NRC stadium cups donated by the EWRA.
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i Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Civil Rights Items of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 i
Upcomino Procurement Conferences t
On June 3,1993, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will convene a conference beginning at 8:00 a.m. at the Washington Convention Center. The conference will l
focus on the potential for small businesses to do business with the Federal government through small purchases.
Congresswoman Norton is requesting that small purchase and procurement specialists plan to participate and bring to the conference any projected small purchase orders under 525,000 that will be available on June 3,1993. If you have any questions on this conference, please contact Harris E. Coleman (492-4667) or Von Deloatch (492-8877) of SBCR.
The Small Business Administration will hold its Second Annual 8(a)/SDB Training Symposium and Trade Fair on June 21-22, 1993, at the Washington Convention Center. The symposium will highlight the quality products and services offered by minority firms. More than 490 of the country's most successful minority firms will display their capabilities. Procurement specialists, project officers, and other individuals involved in the procurement process are requested to attend.
For further information contact Harris E. Coleman (492-4667) or Von Deloatch (492-8877) SBCR staff.
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Items of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 Sionificant Enforcement Actions:
Three Notices of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the cumulative amount of 5175,000 were issued on April 19, 1993 to the tiouston Lighting and Power Company (South Texas). The first of these three separate actions was based on a number of violations of established procedures which resulted in the failure to inform NRC licensed operators in the control room of potentially significant conditions that could have affected the operation of the plant. Because the failures to follow established procedures involved plant management personnel, these violations have been classified as a Severity Level III problem. The base civil penalty of $50,000 has been escalated 50 percent to 575,000 after finding 50 percent mitigation appropriate for the licensee's corrective action and 50 percent escalation appropriate for NRC identificaticn of the violations and 50 percent appropriate for the licensee's prior opportunity to identify one of the violations.
(EA 92-175, EA 93-023, and EA 93-047)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the cumulative amount of $12,500 was issued on April 20, 1993, to Mercy Catholic Medical Center, FitZgerald-Mercy and Misericordia Division, Darby and Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. The action was based on a Severity Level III violation and a Severity Level III problem.
The Severity Level Ill violation involves a substantial failure to implement the Quality Management Program, as i
required by 10 CFR 35.32, in that written directives signed and dated by the authorized user were not prepared prior to administration of certain radioactive materials to patients. A 56,250 penalty is proposed for this violation. The Severity Level III problem is an aggregate of sixteen violations of the radiation safety program which collectively represent a breakdown in the control of licensed activities. A $6,250 penalty is also proposed for this problem.
For the first penalty, a basis existed for 50%
escalation because the violation was identified by the NRC, and 100%
escalation based on multiple examples.
For the second penalty, a basis existed for 50% escalation based on NRC identification, and 100% escalation based on prior opportunities to identify the violation.
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Civil Penalties Paid:
Memorial Hospital of Laramie County, Cheyenne, Wyoming paid the civil penalty i
in the amount of $1,250. The action was based on:
(1) failure to instruct key personnel in the licensee's Quality Management (QM) Program; and (2) failure to follow a procedure in the licensee's QM Program, which caused a therapeutic misadministration. An improper verification of brachytherapy source strength led to an event in which a patient received a dose of 5669 centigray (cGy) instead of the prescribed dose of 3258 cGy. A second event occurred due to the same violation; however, in that event the treatment was discontinued because of patient intervention. The issue of whether the second event constitutes a misadministration (within the definition of 10 CFR 35.2) is currently under NRC staff review. The violations have been categorized in the aggregate at Severity Level III. The base civil penalty was mitigated by APRIL 23, 1993 ENCLOSURE K
i 50% because the licensee took prompt and effective corrective action.
l (EA 93-011) k'estern Technologies, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona paid the civil penalty in the amount of 58,000. The action was based on the willful failure to wear alarm ratemeters when performing radiography in NRC jurisdiction, which was classified at Severity Level II.
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Office of Consolidation ltems of Interest
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Week Ending April 23, 1993 Second Buildino Status During the week, pavers were laid and concrete curbs were poured on the plaza, and south and east sides of the building grounds were brought to final grade.
Concrete ramps meeting Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards were poured in two locations along the path of access from One White Flint North to Two White Flint North at the P1 level. About 100 workers were on-site daily through the week.
Painters, elevator installers, mechanical and electrical contractors are finishing up their respective assignments.
The base-building interior work is i
essentially completed except for floor 4 and a few isolated areas.
During the week, the Office staff worked with GSA staff to resolve outstanding issues on base-building chtnge orders. The staff submitted new change orders to be processed under the interior build-out contract, and clarified and refined data in fund and work tracking systems used jointly by Consolidation and GSA to monitor progress.
The Office staff coordinated with GSA on revisions of the locations of key-carded entrance doors on all floors which were made necessary by changes required in bathroom design and layouts on each floor.
Changes to layouts in two areas of floor 4 were coordinated to address concerns raised by a preliminary permit review with Montgomery County.
On April 23, Lerner Enterprises notified the Director that award of the interior d
construction contract for TWfN has slipped about a week, until the week ending May 30 or shortly thereafter.
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Office of State Programs Items of Interest Week Ending April 16, 1993 Subcommittee on Water Resources Meetina Maria Lopez-Otin, Federal Liaison, attended the April 14, 1993, meeting of the Subcommittee on Water Resources (SWR). The members discussed the April draft of the report," WATER RESOURCES SCIENCE: A Research Strategy for Meeting Critical National Needs". The report is intended as the first step in the development of long-range plans for the overall coordination of interagency Federal research and i
development efforts to address relevant continental water issues. There appears l
to be agreement on the outline of the report and the work done so far. However, Ms. Lopez-Otin expressed reservations regarding the proposed chapter 6 which dealt with budget matters. She also requested a timetable for modifications to the report, with a view towards having a sufficiently static document with which she could brief the NRC principal. The NRC's principal to the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences is Dr. Eric Beckjord. In this regard, Steve Ragone, Chairman of the SWR, stated that he intends to meet with each of the CEES's principals in the near future.
Insoection Procedures Course Office of State Programs sponsored an inspection procedures course on April 19-23, 1993, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The class consisted of twenty-four students from State radiation control programs.
The course covered the various aspects of inspection procedures. James Myers, State Programs, was the
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Items of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 Foreion Visitors On Friday, Harold Denton, Ronald Hauber, and Karen Henderson met with Dr. Carlos A. Hernandez of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and t
Mr. Eduardo Acevedo Diaz of the Argentine Embassy. The Argentine visitors t
were interested in learning more about the i;RC's role and relationships within the Federal Government and to understand what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs might do to facilitate implementation of the regulatory exchange arrangement concluded between the NRC and the Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) in November 1990.
i Dr. Adolph Birkhofer, Managing Director of the GRS in Germany, met with the Chairman, Commissioners and other senior staff to discuss his impressions of recent visits to Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria.
Dr. Birkhofer informed us of the opening of a joint GRS-IPSN(France) office in Moscow to facilitate their safety assistance efforts with the former Soviet Union.
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Region I Items of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 1.
Enforcement Conference with Radiation Oncolooy Center at Marlton An Enforcement Conference with Radiation Oncology Center at Marlton, Marlton, New Jersey, was held in Region I on April 16, 1993, to discuss the apparent violations identified during a routine safety inspection conducted at the licensee's facility on February 2 and 4, 1993.
Region I participants included the Regional Administrator, Thomas T.
Martin, and DRSS Division Director, Richard W. Cooper. Also attending the Conference were representatives of the NRC's Office of Enforcement and Office of General Counsel.
Licensee participants included the owner of the Center, Douglas Colkitt, M.D. and Carolyn Horowitz, M.D.,
Medical Director of the facility and Radiation Safety Officer (RS0).
The principal areas of concern discussed at the Conference included the licensee's lack of oversight of the radiation safety program, the RS0's lack of knowledge of regulatory and license requirements, and the lack of knowledge demonstrated by the RSO and her staff in the routine and emergency operation of their high dose rate remote afterloader and associated safety systems.
A total of 15 apparent violations were discussed. Er.forcement action is currently being considered.
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Region II Items of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 1.
General Electric Company - Wilminoton. North Carolina On April 20, the Regional Administrator, Director of the Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards, and staff from the Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards held a meeting to discuss the licensee's completion of the performance improvement program established to improve the licensee's criticality safety program after the May 1991 event where material containing uranium-235 was inadvertently transferred. The program addresses findings in the NRC's Incident Investigation Team report (NUREG 1450).
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Tennessee Valley Authority - Watts Bar On April 21, representatives of the Tennessee Valley Authority were in 1
the Region 11 Office to meet with Regional management regarding schedule and status for their Watts Bar facility.
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Duke Power Company I
On April 23, representatives of the Duke Power Company were in the Region 11 Office to present a self-assessment of their Catawba Nuclear Power Plant.
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Radiation Monitors Declared Inocerable at Robinson Radiation monitors used to monitor radioactivity in plant area and process streams were declared inoperable by Robinson plant management on April 20, 1993. The monitors were declared inoperable after it was d?termined that an internal power supply for radiation monitor R-18 failed without indication in the control room via annunciator. Alti.cugh fuictional, the licensee declared all remaining process and area m;nitors inoperable. The radiation monitors are manufactured by the duclear Research Corporation. The R-18, utilizing a MD-51 Gamma Scintillation detector, monitors all waste disposal system liquid releases from the plant. The plant has implemented compensatory i
measures while the monitors are out-of-service. These measures include the analysis of grab samples, and the use of alarming dosimetry for area radiation detection and increasing monitoring of functional control room radiation monitors.
A Part 21 report will be issued by the vendor.
It appears a circuit board may have to be modified to cause an alarm when the power supply fails. Nuclear Research Lorporation indicates these monitors are in use in other power reactor facilities.
Region 11 has discussed this with NRR.
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without license required Nuclear Licensing Board approval and without license required NCS controls in placa. The licensee had recently t
received a license amendment authorizing a K (multiplication factor) of 0.90 during wet operations involving clad,gcomponents under normal conditions. The amendment also required additional NCS controls be implemented to preclude the introduction of additional components if the introduction of such components would cause the multiplication factor of the operation to exceed the licensed accident limit of 0.95.
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controls should have been in place prior to performing the wet l
operations on the cluster.
The licensee has stopped all HPFC 56W related activities and will not resume operations involving these clusters until all requirements have been met.
The licensee is continuing root-cause evaluation of the event, including a review of all operations at the facility to determine NCS are in place and are being followed. The licensee will brief the NRC on its review findings on April 27, 1993.
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Region III Items of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 1.
Saratoaa Community Hospital On April 22, 1993, an Enforcement Conference was conducted in the Region III office between representatives of Saratoga Community Hospital (License No. 21-16891-01) and members of the Region III staff. The purpose of the conference was to discuss the findings from the routine safety inspection conducted from March 22 through April 6, 1993. Nine apparent violations were identified during the inspection. The licensee did not contest any of the apparent violations during the conference.
The results of the conference are under review and a final determination on enforcement action is pending.
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Egrtheast Ohio Recional Sewer District (NE0RSD)
On April 19, 1993, NRC/RIII personnel met with members of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NE0RSD) staff and their consultant in Cleveland, Ohio, to discuss the status of the decontamination plans for their Southerly Plant and related topics. The NE0RSD stressed the need for removal of ash from the sanitary ponds at the facility by early summer so that the sewage treatment for that portion of the City of Cleveland can remain in operation. The discussion also included NE0RSD plans to install radiation monitors to detect any future releases to their three plants, its site characterization plans, and attempts to obtain information on the source of the cobalt-60 contamination.
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Gaseous Diffusion Uranium Enrichment On April 20-22, 1993, several staff and management representatives from Region 111 participated in a three-day training session on uranium enrichment gaseous diffusion technology. The course was presented by DOE at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Training included cascade theory., operational occurrences, UF cylinder handling and storage, and 6
tours of the shutdown K-25 facilities. Also, NRC staff met with DOE and Martin-Marietta staff to discuss current progress of the FSAR upgrades for the Portsmouth and Paducah facilities.
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ST. Joseph Hospital. Flint. Michioan On April 21, 1993, the licensee reported a medical misadministration to NRC Region III (Chicago) when on April 20, 1993, a brachytherapy tandem source assembly was removed from a patient before the radiation treatment had been completed.
The temporary implant involved 69.9 millicuries of cesium-137 which sometime during the night was removed from the patient.
It is not known at this time who or how the assembly was removed. The attending nurse has stated the patient handed the source assembly to her, and she placed the assembly on the window sill approximately 2.3 meters from the patient. The source assembly was discovered at 8:20 a.m. EDT on April 21, 1993. The attending physician retrieved the sources and the RSO placed them into storage. The APRIL 23, 1993 ENCLOSURE R
licensee estimates that the patient received 311 rad of the 2000 rad.
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intended treatment ~ dose and the dose to the attending' nurse'was estimated less than 10-millirem. Region III will conduct a special inspection, April 26, 1993, to evaluate the circumstances of the incident and the licensee's response to it..The inspection will also include-a determination of potential personnel exposures to the patient and workers.
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conducted a training session for Region III technical staff on lessons j
learned from hurricane Andrew and the startup of Turkey Point.
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Duane Arnold Manaaement Meetina i
On April 20, 1993, Messrs. A. Bert Davis, Regional Administrator, j
H. J. Miller, Deputy Regional Administrator, T. O. Martin, Acting Director, Division of Reactor Safety, and other members'of the Region III staff, and Mr. R. M. Pulsifer, NRR Project Manager, met with Mr. J. Franz, Jr., Vice President Nuclear and Manager, Nuclear Division j
for the Duane Arnold. Energy Center, and members of his staff. This routine management meeting was held to discuss recent operating-performance, the scope of.the upcoming refueling outage, including l
shutdown risk plans, several licensing. issues, and the status of the MOV program.
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DOE Picks Up Well-locaina Sources DOE contractor, Bionomics, picked up well-logging sources owned by Brand-X Perforator's, Inc. and Hole-Truth, Inc. on April 16, 1993. The americium sources were packaged and shipped to Los Alamos. The cesium sources were transported to Bionomics' facility in Tennessee, where they will be prepared for transport to Barnwell for burial.
2.
Open Public Enforcement Conference - River Bend Station The Vice President, River Bend Nuclear Group and members of his staff participated in an enforcement conference on April 21, 1993, in Region IV regarding the licensee's failure to maintain the electrical i
interlocks on the containment airlock doors which resulted in an inadvertent breach of containment integrity. This enforcement conference was open to the public.
3.
Enforcement Conference with Houston Liahtina & Power Company (HL&P)
The Group Vice President - Nuclear and members of his staff met in the Region IV office, Thursday, April 22, for an enforcement conference.
The purpose of the enforcement conference was to discuss apparent violations identified during a followup inspection to the augmented inspection team inspection conducted at South Texas Project.
Specifically, the violations concerned repeated overspeed trips that were occurring on both units' turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pumps (TDAFWP) and the inoperability of a Unit 1 emergency diesel generator (EDG) that resulted from painting the exterior of the machine. These TDAFWP issues, concurrent with the problems identified with the EDGs, were subsequently determined to have rendered Unit l's TDAFWP and two motor-driven auxiliary feedwater pumps inoperable for a period of 61 hours7.060185e-4 days <br />0.0169 hours <br />1.008598e-4 weeks <br />2.32105e-5 months <br />.
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Meetina with Omaha Public Power District Omaha Public Power District personnel, at their request, met with Region IV personnel on April 23, 1993, to provide the status of the Fort Calhoun Generic Letter 89-10, " Safety-Related Motor-Operated Valve Testing and Surveillance," program. NRR participated via conference phone.
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Office of the Executive Director for Operations Items of Interest Week Ending April 23, 1993 1.
Proposed Rule Sianed by EDO On April 23, 1993, the Executive Director for Operations signed a proposed rule for a 30-day public comment. The proposed rule would extend the expiration date from August 23, 1993, to December 31, 1994 of the rule entitled, " Authorization to Prepare Radiopharmaceutical Reagent Kits and Elute Radiopharmaceutical Generators; Use of Radiopharmaceuticals for Therapy" (Interim Final Rule). This action would permit licensees to continue to use byproduct material under the provisions of the Interim Final Rule until the NRC completes a related rulemaking to address broader issues for the medical use of byproduct material (including those issues addressed by the Interim Final Rule).
This constitutes notice to the Commission that, in accordance with the rulemaking authority delegated to the EDO, the EDO has signed this proposed rule for publication in the Federal Register.
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April 23, 1993 NRR Meeting Notice
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5/5/93 50-219 One White Flint North To discuss matters related to NRC/GPUN A. Dromerick 10:00-4:00 Room 48-11 the 14R Refueling Outage, inspection of the Oyster Creek Containment Drywell, and future inspections.
5/6/93 None One White Flint North To discuss publication of a REGULATORY REVIEW F. Gillespie 8:00-1:00 Room 12B-11 Federal Register Notice.
GROUP 5/11/93 50-29 One White Flint North To discuss update on NRC/YAECO H. Fairtile 1:30-3:30 Room IF-5 decommissioning status at Yankee Rowe.
5/17/93 669 One White Flint North To discuss the process for the NRC/EPRI N. Markisohn 1:00-4:00 Room IF-7/9 Regulatory Treatment of Non-Safety Systems in passive advanced light water reactor designs.
5/19-20/93 52-001 GE Nuclear Energy To discuss concerns and issues NRC/GE S. Ninh 8:30-4:30 175 Curtner Avenue associated with the review of San Jose, CA the GE ABWR standard safety analysis report and the final safety evaluation report and to provide the ACRS sub-committee the opportunity to tour the GE facility.
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4/24-5/2 N/A Monterey, CA Represent NRC at DOE HRC R. Wilson Workshop; ANSI Standard DOE ANS 8.21 4/26-28 N/A Denver, C0 To participate.in NRC D. Orlando National Mixed Waste DOE Incineration' meeting EPA States 4/26-28 N/A Grand Junction, C0 To participate in the NRC D. Gillen Annual Uranium Mill DOE Tailings Remedial States Action Project Tribes DOE / States / Tribes Meeting 4/28-30 N/A Atlanta, GA To Participate in the NRC M. Weber Enhanced Participatory EPA Rulemaking workshop Environmental on radiological criteria Organizations for decommissioning Licensees with Rill Private Citizens 4/29 N/A Albuquerque, NM To participate in a NRC J. Sunneler Uranium Hill Tailings DOE Remedial Action Project DOE /NRC Management Meeting 4/30 N/A Columbia, SC Meeting with RII NRC C. Emeigh ni -
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National Incineration DOE conference EPA States Licensees Public 5/10 N/A Rockville,-MD Public meeting on the Public J. Higdon Crown Plaza -
Design Basis. Threat for Holiday Inn Threat for Radiological Sabotage 5/12 40-8027 Gore. OK Project Manager NRC M. Horn turnover at Sequoyah Sequoyah Fuel Fuel site tour 5/19-21 N/A Albuquerque, NM To give presentation NRC E. Ten Eyck at International DOE Training Course's Sandia Protection of Nuclear Facilities and Materials 5/25-26 N/A Yucca Mt. Site On-Going Activities NRC C."Abrams
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4/27-28/93 N/A Holiday Inn Public Workshop on NRC Program NRC M. Dey Bethesda, MD for Elimination of Requirements Industry Marginal to Safety Public 4/28-29/93 N/A Holiday Inn Nuclear Safety Research NRC G.Sege Chevy Chase, MD Review Committee Meeting (to Industry review the status of information Research organi-and research on nondestructive zations examination of steam generator tubes and the pertinent background of technology and practice) 5/3-7/93 N/A Marriott Hotel Cooperative Severe Accident.
NRC F.Eltawila Residence Inn Research Program (CSARP)
Foreign participants Bethesda, MD Semiannual Review Meeting NRC contractors 5/4-6/93 N/A USGS Joint U.S. Geological Survey /
NRC, USGS, EPA T.Nicholson Headquarters NRC Workshop on Research Agreement States, Reston, VA Related to Low-level Radio-Industry, Public active Waste Disposal 5/10-13/93 N/A
- Brussels, Code Applications and Maintenance CAMP members D.Solberg Belgium Program (CAMP) Semlannual Meeting NRC, NRC contractors, utilities / industry 7/6-9/93 N/A Boston, MA RELAP5 International Users RELAP5 Users D.Solberg Seminar 10/20-22/93 N/A Boston, MA Conference on Achievements of NRC, OECD/NEA, A. Rubin M
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4/26-30/93 NA Frankfort, KY Kentucky Radiation Control State R. Woodruff Program Review 4/26-30/93 NA las Vegas, NV International illW Waste Officials R. Virgilio Conference 4/28-30/93 NA Austin, TX LLW Forum LLW Officials S. Salomon 5/10-13/93 NA Phoenix, AZ Palo Verde Emergency EP Officials D. Kunihiro Planning Exercise 5/17/93 NA Columbus, OH Ohio Utility Radiological State Officials R. Lickus Safety Board Meeting 5/17-20/93 NA San Francisco, CA CRCPD Annual Meeting Radiation 11ealth C. Kammerer/
Officials S. Schwartz 5/17-21/93 NA Burlington, MA Industrial Radiography States J. Myers Course m
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Date/ Time Number location Purpose Applicant NRC Contact 05/05/93 37-1391901 Region i Enforcement Conference to Selected NRC Staff Johansen 9:00 a.m.
discuss lack of Management Members and Licensee Oversight 05/05/93 50-219 Region 1 Management Meeting to Selected NRC Staff Rogge 10:00 a.m.
discuss Emergency Operating Members and Licensee Procedures 05/07/93 50-245/
Waterford, CT Exit Meeting to discuss Selected NRC Staff Doerflein 2:00 p.m.
336/423 results of Training Members and Licensee Inspection conducted April 14-23, 1993 05/11/93 50-286 Region 1 Working Meeting on Selected NRC Staff Eselgroth 10:00 a.m.
Emergency Preparedness Members and Licensee Exercise Scenario 05/18/93 50-272 Region I Management Meeting to Selected NRC Staff White 10:00 a.m.
50-311 discuss Problems with Members and Licensee the Generic Fundamentals Examination 9
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Date/ Time Number location Purpose Applicant NRC Contact s,
us 04/26/93 50-325 Southport, SC Meeting with CP&L RA, RII Staff, Ebneter g) 1:00 p.m.
50-324 to discuss restart and Licensee at Brunswick plant
- 04/28/93 03012684 Ril Office Enforcement Conference RA, RII Staff, Stohr 3:30 p.m.
Metropolitan liospital and Licensee Richmond, VA 04/27/93 Dak Ridge, TN Com. de Planque Com. de Planque Stohr is at Scientific asi Tech. Asst.
Ecology Group, Inc.
for site familiarization 04/28/93 Dak Ridge, TN Com. de Planque Com. de Planque Stohr is at Quadrex, Inc.
and Tech. Asst.
for site familiarization 04/29-30/93 Atlanta, GA Decommissioning Workshop HQs and Regional Stohr for low-level Waste Staffs, and the general public
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Docket Attendees gj Date/ Time Number location Purpose Applicant NRC Contact 4/23/93-Europe Eastern European Director, Division of Reactor Greenman 5/10/93 Reactors - AID SEEDS Projects Program 5/3-5/4/93 Rockville Regional Information Regional Administrator Davis Conference 5/11/93 50-255 Rill Consumers Power Co.
Deputy Regional Administrator Greenman (Palisades) Mgmt.
Selected Staft Mtg., IPE 5/13/93 50-315 Rill Indiana Michigan Deputy Regional Administrator Greenman -
50-316 Power Company Selected Staff (D.C. Cook) Mgmt.
Mtg. - Enforcement Conference 5/17/93 50-255 Site Consumers Power Co.
Deputy Regional Administrator Greenman (Palisades) Mgmt. Mtg.
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NRC g3 Date/ Time Number location Purpose Applicant Contact 4/28/93 50-313; RIV Discuss site engineering Entergy Ops B. Johnson 2:00 50-368 programs 4/28/93 40-8903 URF0 Discuss proposed reclamation Homestake Mining R. Hall 1:00 plan - Grants Uranium Hill 5/3/93 RIV Discuss implementation of Entergy Ops, J. Pellet 10:00 NUREG-1021, Rev. 7 TU Elec, NPPD, OPPD, G50, HL&P, WCNOC 5/6/93 50-498; RIV Enforcement Conference Houston L&P M.Satorious 1:00 50-499 5/25/93 40-3453 Moab, UT Meet w/ Grand County Council Council Members URF0 7:00 p.m.
to discuss NRC review of reclamation plan for Moab millsites.
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General Electric Comoany - Wilminaton. North Carolina I
On April 20, the Regional Administrator, Director of the Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards, and staff from the Office of Nuclear i
Materials Safety and safeguards held a meeting to discuss the licensee's completion of the performance improvement program established to improve the licensee's criticality safety program after the May 1991 event where material containing uranium-235 was inadvertently transferred. The program addresses findings in the NRC's Incident Investigation Team report (NUREG 1450).
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Tennessee Vallev Authority - Watts Bar f
On April 21, representatives of the Tennessee Val k j Authority were in the Region II Office to meet with Regional management regarding schedule i
and status for their Watts Bar facility.
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Duke Power Company l
On April 23, representatives of the Duke Power Company were in the Region II Office to present a self-assessment of their Catawba Nuclear Power Plant.
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Radiation Monitors Declared Inoperable at Robinson Radiation monitors used to monitor radioactivity in plant area and i
process streams were declared inoperable by Robinson plant management on April 20, 1993. The monitors were declared inoperable after' it was determined that an internal power supply for radiation monitor R-18 failed without indication in the control room via annunciator. Although l
functional, the licensee declared all remaining process and area monitors inoperable.
The radiation monitors are manufactured by the Nuclear Research Corporation. The R-18, utilizing a MD-51 Gamma Scintillation detector, monitors all waste disposal system liquid releases from the plant. The plant has implemented compensatory
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These measures include the analysis of grab samples, and the use of alarming dosimetry for area i
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monitors are in use in other power reactor facilities.
Region II has discussed this with NRR.
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The licensee had recently-received a license amendment authorizing a K, (multiplication factor) of 0.90 during wet operations involving clad,, components under normal conditions. The amendment also required additional NCS controls be implemented to preclude the introduction of additional components if the r
introduction of such components would cause the multiplication factor of the operation to exceed the licensed accident limit of 0.95.
These controls should have been in place prior to performing the wet operations on the cluster.
j The licensee has stopped all HPFC 56W related activities and will not resume operations involving these clusters until all requirements have been met. The licensee is continuing root-cause evaluation of the i'
event, iecluding a review of all operations at the facility to determine NCS are in place and are being followed. The licensee will trief the NRC on its review findings on April 27, 1993.
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Saratoaa Community Hospitel On April 22, 1993, an Enforcement Conference was conducted in the Region III office between representatives of Saratoga Community Hospital (License No. 21-16891-01) and members of the Region III staff. The purpose of the conference was to discuss the findings from the routine safety inspection conducted from March 22 through April 6, 1993. Nine apparent violations were identified during the inspection.
The licensee did not contest any of the apparent violations during the conference.
The results of the conference are under review and a final determination on enforcement action is pending.
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Northeast Ohio Reaional Sewer District (NE0RSD)
On April 19, 1993, NRC/RIII personnel met with members of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NE0RSD) staff and their consultant in Cleveland, Ohio, to discuss the status of the decontamination plans for their Southerly Plant and related topics. The NE0RSD stressed the need for removal of ash from the sanitary ponds at the facility by early summer so that the sewage treatment for that portion of the City of Cleveland can remain in operation. The discussion also included NE0RSD plans to install radiation monitors to detect any future releases to their three plants, its site characterization plans, and attempts to obtain information on the source of the cobalt-60 contamination.
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Gaseous Diffusion Uranium Enrichment On April 20-22, 1993, several staff and management representatives from Region III participated in a three-day training session on uranium enrichment gaseous diffusion technology. The course was presented by DOE at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Training included cascade theory, operational occurrences, UF cylinder handling and storage, and 6
tours of the shutdown K-25 facilities. Also, NRC staff met with DOE and Martin-Marietta staff to discuss current progress of the FSAR upgrades for the Portsmouth and Paducah facilities.
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ST. Joseph Hospital. Flint. Michiaan On April 21, 1993, the licensee reported a medical misadministration to-NRC Region III (Chicago) when on April 20, 1993, a brachytherapy tandem source assembly was removed from a patient before the radiation treatment had been completed.
The temporary implant involved 69.9 millicuries of cesium-137 which sometime during the night was removed from the patient.
It is not known at this time who or how the assembly was removed. The attending nurse has stated the patient handed the source assembly to her, and she placed the assembly on the window sill approximately 2.3 meters from the patient. The source assembly was discovered at 8:20 a.m. EDT on April 21, 1993. The attending physician retrieved the sources and the RSO placed them into storage.
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i licensee estimates that the patient received 311 rad of the 2000 rad intended treatment dose and the dose to the attending nurse was estimated less than 10 millirem.
Region III will conduct a special inspection, April 26, 1993, to evaluate the circumstances.of the incident and the licensee's response to it. The inspection will also include a determination of potential personnel exposures to the patient and workers.
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Prairie Island A meeting with Northern States Power Company was conducted on April 23, 1993, to present the Initial SALP 10 Report for Prairie Island.
This meeting was held at the Prairie Island Training Center-and was open to the public.
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Turkey Point Trainino - Lessons Learned l
On Wednesday, April 21, 1993, Frank Congel, Director, Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards in NRR, and two members of his staff, conducted a training session for Region III technical staff on lessons learned from hurricane Andrew and the startup of Turkey Point.
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Duane Arnold Manaaement Meetino On April 20, 1993, Messrs. A. Bert Davis, Regional Administrator, H. J. Miller, Deputy Regional Administrator, T. O. Martin, Acting Director, Division of Reactor Safety, and other members of the Region l
III staff, and Mr. R. M. Pulsifer, NRR Project Manager, met with Mr. J. Franz, Jr., Vice President Nuclear and Manager, Nuclear Division for the Duane Arnold Energy Center, and members of his staff. This routine management meeting was held to discuss recent operating performance, the scope of the upcoming refueling outage, including shutdown risk plans, several licensing issues, and the status of the MOV program.
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Week Ending Apri". e3, 1993 1.
00E Picks Up Well-logging Sour es DOE contractor Brand-X Perfora, tor'sBionomics, picked up well-logging i
Inc americium sources wer,e pac. and Hole-Truth, Inc. on April 16 so sources were transported to Bionomics' f kaged and shipped to Los Alamos will be prepared for transport to B
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ee, where they The Vice President e - River Bend Station Region IV regarding the licensee'nference on Apr participated in an, enforcement co rs of his staff j
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were occurring on both units' turbi rned repeated overspeed trips t (TDAFWP) and the inoperability (EDG) that resulted from painti of a Unit 1 emergency diesel generat TDAFWP issues ng the exterior of the machine concurrent with the problems identifi d were subsequen,tly determined to ha or motor-dri These 61 hours7.060185e-4 days <br />0.0169 hours <br />1.008598e-4 weeks <br />2.32105e-5 months <br />.ven auxiliary feedwater pumps inoperable fove render e
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5/6/93 None One White Flint North To discuss publication of a REGULATORY REVIEW F. Gillespie 8:00-1:00 Room 12B-11 Federal Register Notice.
GROUP 5/11/93 50-29 One White Flint North To discuss update on NRC/YAECO M. Fairtile 1:30-3:30 Room IF-5 decommissioning status at Yankee Rowe.
5/17/93 669 One White Flint North To discuss the process for the NRC/EPRI
'N. Markisohn 1:00-4:00 Room IF-7/9 Regulatory Treatment of Non-Safety Systems in passive advanced light water reactor designs.
5/19-20/93 52-001 GE Nuclear Energy To discuss concerns and issues NRC/GE S. Ninh 8:30-4:30 175 Curtner Avenue associated with the review of San Jose, CA the GE ABWR standard safety analysis report and the final safety evaluation report and to provide the ACRS sub-committee the opportunity to tour the GE facility.
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4/24-5/2 N/A Monterey, CA Represent NRC at DOE NRC R. Wilson Workshop; ANSI Standard DOE ANS 8.21 4/26-28 N/A Denver, C0 To participate in NRC D. Orlando National Mixed Waste DOE Incineration meeting EPA States 4/26-28 N/A Grand Junction, C0 To participate in the NRC D. Gillen Annual Uranium Mill DOE Tailings Remedial States Action Project Tribes DOE / States / Tribes Meeting 4/28-30 N/A Atlanta, GA To Participate in the NRC M. Weber Enhanced Participatory EPA Rulemaking workshop Environmental on radiological criteria Organizations for decommissioning Licensees with Rill Private Citizens 4/29 N/A Albuquerque, NM To participate in a NRC J. Sunteier Uranium Mill Tailings DOE Remedial Action Project DOE /NRC Management Meeting 4/30 N/A.
Columbia, SC Meeting with RII NRC C. Emeigh' niis and Westinghouse on Westinghouse Reps.
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5/3-5 N/A Knoxville. TN To participate in NRC D. Orlando National Incineration DOE conference EPA States Licensees Public 5/10 N/A Rockville, MD Public meeting on the Public J. Higdon Crown Plaza -
Design Basis Threat for Holiday Inn Threat for Radiological Sabotage 5/12 40-8027 Gore, OK Project Manager NRC M. Horn turnover at Sequoyah Sequoyah Fuel Fuel site tour
- 5/19-21 N/A Albuquerque, NM To give presentation NRC E. Ten Eyck at International DOE Training Course's Sandia Protection of Nuclear Facilities and Materials 5/25-26 N/A Yucca Mt. Site On-Going Activities NRC C. Abrams TBD Facility, NV at Yucca Mt. and DOE Exploratory Studies State of Nevada Facility (ESF) and local governments Activities Discussion 5/31-6/5 N/A.
St. Louis, M0 To attend the Third NRC D. Rom n,
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4/27-28/93 N/A Holiday Inn Public Workshop on NRC Program NRC M. Dey Bethesda, MD for Elimination of Requirements Industry Marginal to Safety Public 4/28-29/93 N/A Holiday Inn Nuclear Safety Research NRC G.Sege Chevy Chase, MD Review Committee Meeting (to Industry review the status of inforeation Research organi-and research on nondestructive zations examination of steam generator L
tubes and the pertinent background of technology and practice) t 5/3-7/93 N/A Marriott Hotel Cooperative Severe Accident NRC F.Eltawila Residence Inn Research Program (CSARP)
Foreign participants Bethesda, MD Semiannual Review Meeting NRC contractors 5/4-6/93 N/A USGS Joint U.S. Geological Survey /
NRC, USGS, EPA T.Nicholson Headquarters NRC Workshop on Research Agreement States, Reston, VA Related to low-level Radio-Industry, Public active Waste Disposal' 5/10-13/93 N/A.
- Brussels, Code. Applications and Maintenance CAMP members D.Solberg Belgium Program (CAMP) Semiannual Meeting NRC, NRC contractors, utilities / industry 7/6-9/93 N/A Boston, MA RELAP5 International Users RELAPS Users D.Solberg Seminar
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.N/A Boston, MA-Conference on Achievements of-NRC, OECD/NEA, A. Rubin mg the TMI-2 Vessel Investigation Utilities / Industry, 5
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Date/ Time Number Location Purpose Applicant NRC Contact 4/26-30/93 NA Frankfort, KY Kentucky Radiation Control State R. Woodruff Program Review 4/26-30/93 NA las Vegas, NV International HLW Waste Officials R. Virgilio Conference 4/28-30/93 NA Austin, TX LLW Forum LLW Officials S. Salomon 5/10-13/93 NA Phoenix, AZ Palo Verde Emergency EP Officials D. Kunihiro Planning Exercise 5/17/93 NA Columbus, OH Ohio Utility Radiological State Officials R. Lickus Safety Board Meeting 5/17-20/93 NA San Francisco, CA CRCPD Annual Meeting Radiation Health C. Kammerer/
Officials S. Schwartz 5/17-21/93 NA-Burlington, MA Industrial Radiography States J. Myers Course E
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Date/ Time Number location Purpose Applicant NRC Contact 05/05/93 37-1391901 Region I Enforcement Conference to Selected NRC Staff Johansen 9:00 a.m.
discuss Lack of Management Members and Licensee Oversight 05/05/93 50-219 Region 1 Management Meeting to Selected NRC Staff Rogge 10:00 a.m.
discuss Emergency Operating Members and Licensee Procedures 05/07/93 50-245/
Waterford, CT Exit Meeting to discuss Selected NRC Staff Doerflein 2:00 p.m.
336/423 results of Training Members and Licensee Inspection conducted April 14-23, 1993 05/11/93 50-286 Region I Working Meeting on Selected NRC Staff Eselgroth 10:00 a.m.
Emergency Preparedness Members and licensee Exercise Scenario 05/18/93 50-272 Region 1 Management Meeting to Selected NRC Staff White 10:00 a.m.
50-311 discuss Problems with Members and Licensee the Generic Fundamentals Examination E
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04/26/93 50-325 Southport, SC Meeting with CP&L RA, RII Staff, Ebneter 3;
1:00 p.m.
50-324 to discuss restart and Licensee 63 at Brunswick plant
- 04/28/93 03012684 RII Office Enforcement Conference RA, RIl Staff, Stohr 3:30 p.m.
Metropolitan Hospital and Licensee Richmond, VA 04/27/93 Oak Ridge, TN Com. de Planque Com. de Planque Stohr is at Scientific and Tech. Asst.
Ecology Group, Inc.
for site familiarization 04/28/93 Oak Ridge, TN Com. de Planque Com. de Planque Stohr is at Quadrex, Inc.
and Tech. Asst.
for site familiarization 04/29-30/93 Atlanta, GA Decommissioning Workshop HQs. and Regional Stohr for low-level Waste Staffs, and the general public
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