ML20039G988
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December 23, 1981
'For:
The Comissioners From_:
T. A. R.ehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO t
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WEEKLYIhiFORMATIONREPORT-WEEKENDINGDECEMBER 18, 1981 5.
A sumary of key events ~ is included as a convenience to those Comiss'ione!s who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
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9 Administration A
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Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
f O/SS/n b Ej "fg#f5f$[pfp' Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C
D Inspection and Enforcement D
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Executive Legal Director F
International Programs G
State Programs H
Management and Program Analysis I*
Controller J*
Analysis and Evaluation of 0perational ' Data.
K Small & Disadvantag'ed Business Utilization L*
Items Approved.by the Comission M
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FOR SUBSCRIBERS
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ONLY T. A. Rehm, EDO 49-27781 8201190386 011223 PDR COMMS NRCC WEEKLYINFOREPT PDR
SUMMARY
OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT Week Ending December 18., 1981 Palisades Palisades is returning to operation from a refueling outage. During the initial heat-up on December 11, a leak from the primary coolant. system of 32 gpm at 2000 psi and 480' occurred.
Oyster Creek On December 9, while at full power, a steam leak from an Isolation Condenser isolation valve was detected. An inspection showed thread damage on the drive mechanism to the valve stem. The plant was taken off line for an estimated 2-week inspection / repair outage.
TMI-l The special hearing into operator cheating and related matters was completed on December 10, 1981. The proposed findings are scheduled for January and the Special Master's report is expected in early March 1982.
On December 14, the presiding ASLB issued a Partial Initial Decision on plant design and procedures, separation and emergency planning issues.
It found that TMI-l could be operated provided the licensee satisfies a number of specified requiremgnts.
It also found that the pendency of the reopened issue of cheating should not preclude short-term operation of TMI-l at power levels not to exceed five percent of design power.
TMI-2 Reactor Building Entries During reactor building ent* ries this week, an extensive characterization of surface contamination was completed in preparation for the decontamination experiment. Surface contamination samples were taken from 48 locations in the reactor building. Decontamination experiment water washes inside the reactor building are scheduled to commence in mid-January 1982.
. Spurious Siren Activation in the Vicinity of TMI On December 17, several early warning sirens in the vicinity of TMI sounded inadvertently. The licensee reported that the siren activation was caused by l
a decoding device malfunction.
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0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending December 10, 1981 ADMINISTRATION OF'TRE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS'0F REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 552 20 Granted 426 6
Denied 90 10 '
Pending 36 4
ACTIONS ~THIS WEEK Received Ronald G. Harper, Requests a copy of the controls agreement between Self-Powered Lighting the U.S. government and the United Kingdom and Inc.
Swiss governments which sets forth the procedures (81-501)-
to be followed to guard against diversion of, or unauthorized use of, bulk tritium gas exported from the U.S.
Peter C. Hearn, Requests seven categories of information regarding NTEU Vice-President Vacancy Announcement 82-0064.
(81-502)
Joseph Halapatz, Requests a copy of the Candidate Evaluation, l
NTEU Steward Certification and Selection Record (CERT), for (81-503)
Vacancy Announcement 81-5509.
(NRCemployee)
Requests four categories of personnel-related (81-504) information regarding individuals in his job series.
- Wayne Westlake, Requests all information dealing with the U.S.
Seaweeds and Constructions.
Navy's 6 strontium-90 powered radioisotope thennai q
generators that have been implanted on the ocean (81-505)
Bill Silkwood Requests all documents on his deceased daughter, (81-506)
Karen Silkwood.
1 CONTACT:
J. M. Felton l
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2 Received, Cont.'d l
Ronald W. Drach,~
Requests, on behalf of an individual, records Disabled American relating to the selection of Vacancy Announcement Veterans 81-3586.
(81-507)
Harold J. Spelman, Requests a copy of NUREG/CR-1420 and ~other available Harold J. Spelman materials relating to this report. '
and Associates (81-508)
Tanya Kaye Konjolka, Requests all documents relating to the investigation Murphy, Lamere and of a named person's over-exposure to. radiation Murphy which occurred on November 23, 1977 at the Pilgrim (81-509)
Nuclear Power Station.
Joyce F. Glucksman, Requests copies of the proposed and/or final NTEU rules promulgated pursuant to 5 USC Section 504 (81-510)
(c)(1), award of attorney fees to a prevailing party other than the U.S. in an agency adversary adjudication.
Harold J. Spelman, APPEAL TO THE EDO for the Environmental Impact Harold J. Spelman Statement for Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation's and Associates decomnissioning plan at West. Chicago, Illinois (81-A-20-81-464) location.
Granted Stephen Green In response to a request for documents related to (81-445) the investigations of Dr. Zalman Shapiro and the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) in Apollo, Pennsylvania, specifically the terms of the " settlement" of the case against Dr. Shapiro and NUMEC, informed the requester the NRC has no documents concerning " investigations" or."the terms of the ' settlement' of the case against Dr. Shapiro and NUMEC in which Dr. Shapiro paid penalties to the AEC prior to selling the-corporation." Informed the requester there are documents already available in the PDR concerning.
the NUMEC organization and subjects related to its activities. Suggested that the requester also contact the Department of Energy.
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3' Granted, Cont'd (NRC employee) hn response to a request for personnel-related (81-474) information regarding individuals at the GG-14 level and above in four present or former branches of NMSS, made available seven documents.
Martin Levy, In response to a request for eight categories of NTEU Chief Steward.,
information pertaining to Licensing Assistants and (81-487) promotions at the GG-7 and GG-9 levels, made available the requested information.
(An individual requesting In response to a request for information concerning infomation about himself) his written and oral Operating License exaniination (81-493) results, informed the requester the requested information was sent to him by Paul Collins, Operator Licensing Branch.
Dorothy R. Harris, In response t'o a request for a copy of the notes of New England Nuclear a one-day NRC Advisory Comittee Meeting held in (81-496).
Chicago in August 1981, informed the requester this document, " Advisory Comittee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes" is already available at the PDR.
(An individual requesting In response to a request for records concerning information about himself) his written and oral Reactor Operator License (81-500) examination results, infonned the requester the requested information was sent to him by Paul Collins, Operator Licensing Branch.
Peter C. Hearn.
Informed the requester the selection for Vacancy NTEU Vice-President Announcenent No. 82-0064 has not yet been made.
(81-502)
(NRC employee)
In response to a request for four categories of (81-504) personnel-related information pertaining to employees in his job series, informed the requester we have made available copies of the NRC Organization and Alpha Profile to the NTEU.
Harold J. Spelman, Informed ~ the requester we made available a copy Harold J. Spelman of NUREG/CR-1420, " Health Status and Body and Associates Radioactivity of Former Thorium Workers" in (81-508) response to his earlier F0IA request,81-463.
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4 Granted, Cont'd Rob:rt L. Cohen In response to an appeal to the Comission for a (81-A-ll-81-36) copy of "Public and Leadership Attitudes Toward Nuclear Power Development in the United States,"
Study No. P -2846, dated December 1978 by Louis Harris and Associates, Inc., released this document in its entirety.
Denie_d_
Charles W. Elliott, In respons'e to a requ.est for a copy of the fault Thomas and Hair trees which were transmitted t'o the NRC by the (81-480)
Philadelphia Electric Company, denied this document in its entirety containing confidential business (proprietary)information.
l Joseph Halapatz, In response to a request for a copy of the Candidate NTEU Steward Evaluation, Certification and Selection Record (81-503)
(CERT), for Vacancy Announcement 81-5509, denied portions of the CERT, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
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l DIVISIQ1 OF CXNIRACIS Week of Decer:bar 18, 1981 COTfRACIS CUEED OUT (A_l1 administrative action ecurnleted and final payment made)
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NBC-10-81-399 Nicholas H. Zumas 12/10/81 NBC-02-81-063 Stanley Consultants Inc.
12/11/81 NBC-03-78-166 M. T. Davisson 12/11/81 NBC-10-79-397 City of Riverside 12/15/81 NRC-03-77-181 Battelle Pacific Labs 12/17/81 NRC-02-77-201-23 Synergy, Inc.
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'0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981c,
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.s The.special. hearing into operator. cheating and related matters at the TMI-l facility was. completed on-December.10,1981.. ;Although.the hearing -
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issues and to receiv.et.. additional: testimony 4f necessary.. <The proposed findings are scheduled for January and the Special Master's repprt,is expected'in early March 1982.
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Palisades Nuclear Plant Palisades Nuclear Plant is returning to operation from the refueling outage for Cycle.5. '.The. plant was shut down for refueling on August' 29,.1981.
During the outage, in addition to the normal refueling activities, maintenance, and surveillance testing, the following significant modifications were performed:
Auxiliary Feedwater System Modifications to' prevent water hamer arid.to increase reliability; Reactor Pressure Vessel Vent; Wide range. steam generator level l
indication; Long Term cooling-boron precipitation prevention modification;.-
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Radwaste Modifications; New station batteries to double capac.it_y;. Automate
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auxiliary fee'dwater start; Water. level indication for condensate storage tank; 7'
Seismic anchorages for piping and electrical equipment; NUREG-0737 post accident shielding.
During.the initial heat-up on December 11, 1981 a leak from the primary coolant.
system of 32 gpr at 2000 psi and 4800F occurred. The charging pumps (2 contiguous,1 intermittent) were able to keep up with the leak. The reactor was still in the pre-critical stage of start-up and had not operated since August.
Therefore, there was no significant release of radioactivity from the reactor coolant system. An " unusual event" was declared.in accordance with the Emergency Plan and all notifications.were made.
After the plant was depressurized and cooled down, it was determined that in replacing a control
. rod drive seal. package, aidrkman.had.failedfto finsta-1 a'fTexital.lic~ gasket...
This was rectified and the plant heat-up was restarted on December 14,1981.
- O Criticality is now scheduled for December 16, 1981.
Oyster Creek' 0n December 9,.1981, while at f,ull power, a steam leak from an Isolation Condenser isolation valve was detected. The;normally' ~open valve was manually closed.
Inspection of.the Limitorque operator showed thread damage on the drive mechanism to the valve stem.
Review of the problem indicated that limit bypassing to backseat the valve is the probable cause. Six other motor operated -
Isolation Condenser valves, and 2 cleanup system valves may have similar damage.
The plant was taken off line at 9:25 am on December 9,1981 for an estimated
,-week inspection /, repair outage.
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' Unit.1. completed icycle 9' refueling.with appioach to criticality on December 9,
. ' 1981. The following ~ activities were completed during.the. outa.ge: a successful..
containment integrated leak rate test,. remaining'120 month in. service inspection,
items; test sleeving of 12. tube's in the B steam generatot wix of.which had
-been previously. plugged due to the 'pr'esence of defects and' replacement of both,-
low pressure turbine. rotors..
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.c Summary of CRBR Review Meetings' A meeting was held on December 10~,1981 in Bethesda, Maryland' to discuss emergency'
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preparedness for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project. The applicant stated -
that planning for CRBRP emergency preparedness is based on:
10 CFR, Appendix E; NUREG-0696; NUREG-0654; NUREG-0718; NUREG-0814; and, Regulatory Guide 1.101. The applicant discussed the technical support center, the operational support center,
.I the emergency operations ' facility, and the use 'of meterological data. The applicant stated that evacuation time estimates have been completed and that the probabilistic risk a'sessment had been issued in 1977 and will soon be updated s
to include more recent reliability data. The applicant stated that section 13.3 of the PSAR " Emergency Planning" is being updated and this revis~ ion will be sub-
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'in Bethesda, Maryland to discuss CRBRP A meeting was held on December 14, 1981 safety related instrumentation and control systems.
The applicant described the reactor and plant systems as documented in Chapter 7 of the PSAR. The presentation included:
the design concepts and requirements; the design criteria and their implementation; a discussion of the shutdown heat removal systems; and, e
a discussion of the reactor plant auxiliary systems.
The applicant also discussed supporting plant control systems as well as instrumentation which is unique to LMFBR's.
The applicant stated that Chapter 7 of the.PSAR is being revised to:
(1) include I&C Regulatory Guides issued after Regulatory Guide 1.89; and, (2) include a discussion of IEEE. standards issued after 1975.
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NRC TMI PROGRAM _ OFFICE WEEKLY STAlljS REPORT 1 '.i:. i g
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Plant Status _
Core Cooling Mode: ' Heat transfer from the reactor coolant system (RCS)
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Decay heat remoyal systems,.i Long ters cooling "B" (once through steam generator-8). o,
l RCS Pressure Control Mode: Standby pressure control'(SPC) system. "
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s Decay heat removal (DHR) spstem.
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.t Average Incore Thermocouples: 109'F Maximum Incore Thermocouple:
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l RCS Loop: Temperatures: :(The'last. cycle'of natural circulation occurred 9
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8 Hot Leg 795'F 100*F :
70*F 88'F Cold Leg ((1) 2)
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RCS Pressure: 95'psig Reactor Building: Temperature:
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' Water level:
Cievation 287.2 ft. (4.7 ft. from floor)
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dated February 27, 1980.
l During the period December 11, 1981, thro' ugh December 17,1981, the effluents contained no detectable radioactivity at the discharge point and individual effluent sources which' originated within Unit 2 contained no detectable radioactivity.
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EPA monitoring of the environment around the TMI site were as followsi EPA'Kr-85 sample results were net available due to delays in. -
reporting analytical results. Area Kr-85 concentrations will
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No radiation abo've nomally occurriagl background levels was :
detected in any of the samples colleued from the EPA's air i
and gama rate networks during the period from December 9,1981, through December 17, 1981.
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around the THI site were as'follows:
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The following are the NRC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler:
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(uC1/cc) f HP-295* '.' November 18,1981 - November 24,' 1981
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HP-297 December 2,1981 - December 10, 1981
<6.1 E-14 <6.1 E-14 i i HP-298 December 10, 1981 - December:1.7 I 1981
<7.3. E-14 <7.3 E-14
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Sample number was reported as HP-294'.
4 Licensee Radioactive Material' and Ra_dwaste Shipments.
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On Tuesday, December 15, 1981, one EPICOR II dewatered resin.
liner (liner F-3) was shipped to U.5; Ecology, Richland,.
I On-Tuesday, December 15 1981,.ona EPICOR II dewatered resin liner (liner F-177 was s, hipped to 'J.S. Ecology, Richland,.
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Unit 2 contaminated laundry were shipped to Tri-State Industrial Laundry Inc., Utica New York.
3 On : Friday, December 18',1981, ten 60!ml SDS (Submerged Demineralizer System) samples from Unit II were shipped to Oak Ridge National,
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group of 1.000 pec ple were to receive 'a dose of 0.001 ' rem (1 mi,111 rem). or ii two people were to receive a dose of 0.5 res-
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Submerged __Demineralizer System (SDS).
Processing of batch number 13 was gompleted on December. 18. 1981.
Batch 13 contained miscallaneous
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tank for processing.
Reactor building sump water processing will m
recommence after filter media change outland some minor repairs to the SDS.
To date. 290,000 gallons of reagtor building sump water i
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EPICOR II.
EPICOR II processing of SDS effluent continued ~this 1,. :.i
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extensive characterization of surface contamination was completed' in preparation for the decontamination experiment.
Surface. con-tamination samples were taken from 48 locations in the reactor building.
The sampling technique included a vacuuming device for collecting loose-surface contamination and.a boring machte. in
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4 Spurious Siren Activation.
On December 17, 1981, between SiOO and i
L 6:00 PM several early warning strens in the vicinity of TMI sounded l
inadvertently.
The licensee reported that the siren activation was caused by a ' decoding device malfunction. lThe sirens were installed by the licensee as a part of the area emergency preparedness network.
Control of the sirens is schedul'ed to be turned over to the local counties by next week.
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.On Friday, February 26,'.1982 Lake Barrett will be speaking for the
. dinner. meeting being held'by the Engineers Week Joint Planning i.
l-Council to honor Lehigh Valley's' Engineer of the. Year!and. Young g... :
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On' Saturday, March 13, 1982 Lake Barreft will addre'ss# the Society.
of Manufacturing Engineers in Williamsport, PA. on the cleanup of -
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The NRC.'s Advisory Panel for thei Decontamination of TMI Unit 2.is scheduled to meet on. January 13 'and Januaty 28,i1982, at, the Holiday
.c Inn; 2nd and' Chestnut Street, Harrisburg,'PA from 7:00 to 10:00 PM,a i.
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Strontium 90 2.5 x 10 <1,1 x 10J5 Antimony.125 i,5 x 10-3 3.9 x 10-I,. ' 9.0 x 103
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest
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Stepan Chemical Company 1
On December 11 a meeting was held with representatives of Stepan Chemical Company to discuss what additional information was needed for our. review l
of the amendment application to move the thorium contaminated soil from the Ballod Associates property in Maywood, New Jersey,'for storage under the Stepan Chemical Company's license. The Stepan represent'atives were j
informed that a description.was needed of their procedures for removing and, transporting the residues to the Stepan property as well as the actions j
they would take to protect the workers and the environment at both the Ballod i
site and the Stepan storage site. Also r.eeded was the concentrations of the various radionuclides in the material that is being moved and the leach-4 ability of these materials with solutions having a pH of between.5 and 8.
l The Stepan representatives stated that Ballod Associates desired to move the i
material come time between now and the first of the year. The staff in-j formed them that with the holiday season coming up, it is doubtful that our t
contractor (0RAU) whoi.dll perform a radiological survey to verify that the
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site meets release criteria could be scheduled on such short notice; how-ever'.. if Stepan would get the requested information to us, the staff would do everything possible to expedite the review of the application.
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j On December 14 staff members of NMSS, ELD, IE Headquarters and Region I met with representatives of the Department of Energy to discuss which group would be responsible for the survey of the W. R. Grace property in Pompton i
Plains, New Jersey.
Rare Earths, Inc. of Pompton Plains, New Jersey (now 1
owned by W. R. Grace), processed monozite ores to extract thorium for the I
Atomic Energy Commission and rare earths for public sale. The processing for the Atomic Energy Comission was initiated in 1948 and continued until j
1954 when an AEC license was issued for this processing.
e The license was~ terminated in January 1975.
It is-on a list of approximately i
40 sites formerly licensed which are being evaluated to determine if a com-i prehensive radiological survey is necessary. A recent survey by Region I indicates that there are_ areas onsite as well as along a creek adjacent to i
'the property that have concentrations of thorium that exceed our current
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guidelines for unrestricted use. Accordingly, a comprehensive radiological survey will be performed to determine what, if any, remedial actions need to be taken.
Westlake Landfill I
i As has been reported previously, residues from the former Cotter Corporation operation at Latty Avenue in Hazelwood, Missouri, were transferred to the i
Westlake Landfill at Bridgeton, Missouri.
NRC has recently received a dra'ft j
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Corporation. Some of the conclusions of this report were the subject of -
recent newspaper articles in the St. Louis Post Dispatch and St. Louis Globe Democrat. There has been considerable public interest in what actions the NRC may require at this site. The draft report will be reviewed with the State, EPA, and the property owners prior to NRC deciding what, if any, remedial action is necessary, Meeting with Gesellschaft fuer Nuklear Service A meeting with NMSS staff on December 15, 1981, Gesellschaft fuer Nuklear Service, mbH (GNS) staff confirmed that thh GNS dry spent fuel storage cask standard design topical report will be submitted in January 1982.
It will cover the design of the Castor 1C cask which has a capacity of 16 BWR assem-blies (s3.3 MTU).
Medical Broad Licensing Workshop On December 14, 1981, the Medical and Academic Section of the Material Licen-sing Branch held a workshop at Region I Headquarters on the issuance of broad medical licenses. Senior reviewers of the Medical and Academic Section, Material Licensing Branch, members of the Region I Licensing Staff and the Section Leader from, Region III were in attendance.
Purpose of the workshop was to discuss methods and policies for the issuance of. broad medical li-censes.
Visit to Babcock and-Wilcox Members of the Division of Safeguards are visiting Babcock and Wilcox in Lynchburg, Virginia. The purpose of the visit is to assess the feasibility and impact of implementing the provisions of the advance notice of proposed rulemaking for the MC&A Reform Amendments. Similar visits to all affected licensdes are planned.
Review of Program of Technjcal Assistance to the IAEA Representatives of NMSS, ACDA, State and D0E, members of the Technical Sup-port Coordinating Committee (TSCC), met with the IAEA during the week of December 6,1981, to review the the IAEA's preliminary requests for assistance in FY82.
It is clear that all the IAEA identified tasks will not be funded due to budget constraints and TSCC concerns regarding the utility of some pro-posed tasks.
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R. F. Burnett 12/24/81 - Acting:
D. R. Chapell 4-R. F. Burnett 12/28/81 - Acting:
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Subject:
Initial meeting on second Symposium on Low-Level Waste Disposal:
Site Suitability Requirements Date/ Time:
December 22, 1981, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Location:
Willste Building Attendees:
Edward F. Hawkins, David Siefken, Maxine Dunkelman, WMLL; Dr. Donald Banks, Anqy Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS; Dr. Rowena Chester, ORNL A_bsences of the Director / Deputy Director Mr. John B. Martin, Director, WM, will be absent on annual leave 12/22-29.
Mr. Robert E. Browning, Deputy Director, WM, will be acting for Mr. Martin.
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Meetings - Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety 1.
Subject:
NFS-4 Amendment Date/ Time:
December 21 - 9:30am-4:30pm Location:
Willste, 5th floor conference room Attendees:
C. E. MacDonald (FC),
C'. Chappell (FC),
R. Odegaarden (FC), C. Johnson, T. Thompson (Nuclear Assurance Corp), T. Snead (Duke Power Co.)
ABSENCES OF DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR Richard E. Cunningham - December 23 & 24 (Annual Leave)
Thomas F.. Carter. Jr. - December 22 & 29 (Jury Duty)
December 24, 28, 30, 31 (Annual Leave)
Note:. R. G. Page to be Acting Division Director on December 24.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending December 18, 1981 1.
Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched
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PN0-I-81-130 Nine Mile Point and J. A. Fitzpatrick '- Anomalous Environmental Water Sample Measurements b.
PNO-I-81-132 Hewlett-Packard Company - Fire 'in a Room Containing Radioactive Material c.
PN0-III-81-109 Perry, Unit 1 - Suspected Act of Vandalism d.
PNO-III-81-112A Palisades - Primary System Leakage (Update)'
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PNO-III-81-113 Zion, Unit 2 - Failure of Auxiliary Feedwater Pumps to Start Automatically f.
PNO-III-81-ll3A Zion, Unit 2 - Failure of Auxiliary Feedwater Pumps to Start Automatically g.
PN0-III-81-114 William H. Zimmer Nuclear Power Station - Ohio Public Utility Commission-Hearings i
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PNS-III-81-10A Dresden Units 1, 2, and 3 - Guard Strike and Allegations Made to News Media i.
PNS-III-81-11A Northern States Power, Monticello - Inattentive-(Sleeping)
Guards j.
PNO-III-81-ll5 Palisades - Containment Integrity Violation k.
PNb-III-81-ll6 Prairie Island Units 1 & 2 - Damaged Fuel Assembly.
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PNO-III-81-ll7 LaSalle, Unit 1 - As-Built Configuration Not in Agreement With Design Documents m.
PNO-III-81-118 Big Rock Point - County Board Opposing Prompt Public Notification System 2.
The following IE Information Notices were. issued:
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IE Information Notice 81-37, " Unnecessary Radiction Exposures to the Public
, and Workers During Events Involving Thickness and Level Measuring Devices",
was issued on December 15, 1981, to selected licensees holding byproduct material licenses whose programs involve the use of measuring devices.
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Resulting from Contamination of Air-0perated Sys December 17
' license or c,onstruction penmit.1981, to all power reactor facilities hold 4
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Other Items Activities of the Division of Emergency Preparedness:
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December 16, 1981
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EPLB staff memb'er participated in the emergency preparedness implementation appraisal exit interview at Fort Calhoun.
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EPLB staff member participat'ed in the emergency preparedness exercise at Sequoyah.
EPLB staff member participated in a, meeting with representatives from Zimmer to discuss emergency preparedness and also met with FEMA to discuss Zimmer testimony, i
December 17, 1981 1
i EPLE staff member participated in the emergency preparedness implementation appraisal' exit interview at Diablo Canyon.
EPLB staff member participated in the emergency preparedn.ess ' implementation appraisal exit interview at Peach Bottom.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULA'IORY RESEARGI NM EETS FOR lllE h'EEK EGING DET.BER 18, 1931 Experimental Programs Branch 1.
FLECHT SEASET The report NUREG/CR-2256 "PWR FLECHT SEASET Unblocked Bundle, Forced and Gravity Reflood Data Evaluation and Analysis Report" has been The report contains the new PWR 17 x 17 rod printed and distributed.
heat transfer correlation and the analysis of'the test data.
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ECC Bypass The concluding reports for the ECC Bypass Program have been published.
(1) "1/5 Scale Countercurrent Flow Data Presentation and They are:
Discussion," NUREG/CR-2106, and (2)'"Sunnary of Refill Effects Studies with Flashing and ECC Interactions," NUREG/CR-2058. There will be no additional reports published for this program.
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Semiscale Test S-UT-8; to evaluate the Westinghouse level device, PWR atypicalities and pump restart; was conducted on December 9,1981.
Preliminary test results indicate an acceptable test. A Westinghouse representative attended the test and has returned to Westinghouse A data reduction team is working at Idaho with preliminary datt.
to provide rapid infomation turnaround due to the high priority NRR need. The pump restart phase was also successful. Test information will be available following completion of work associated with the level device.
Work is now underway to configure the facility for an Intermediate Break Test series. Planning is in progress for tests to support the pressurized thermal shock investigations.
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BWR FIST Work is continuing on the FIST upgrade. Major activities include l
vessel internals design and site preparation (e.g., cleaning, painting, pump rebuilding, etc.). GE and INEL are working on a data reduction plan. Quick' Look Data will be generated within 2-3 days of a test on site.
Final data qualification will be GE performed on the INEL computer within three weeks of a test.
l and INEL have also agreed on a workscope for BWR TRAC scaling studies and pretest predictions of FIST tests.
GE i.s completi~ng work on a detai. led proposal for phase II of FIST, This infomation is scheduled to be provided to NRC and EPRI by the end of December 1981.
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20/3D Representatives of U.S., Japan and Federal Republic of Germany will meet on December 16-18, 1981, to review the measurement requirements in the Upper Plenum Test Facility (UPTF). The results of the meeting will determine whether the presently-planned instrumentation will-meet the requirements and what measurement range the instruments should be designed for.
The contract for the UPTF construction has finally been signed be' tween GRS and KWU. -
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LOFT The work schedule for refueling has been reworked to allow'for additional inspection of the downcomer instrument stalk area. Problems with
. removal of the original instrument stalk has made it necessary to perform additiohal checks for protrusions or reasons for the stalk to hangup during removal. Work originally planned for the post-refueling period is now being performed prior to F1 bundle insertion.
The change should keep the L9-3 ATWS test on schedule for the end of March. The test date critical path' is receipt and installation of new code safety valves and PORV actuator hardware.
A reeting is scheduled with INEL and DAE nanagement for next week to
. plan the budget and program for the remainder of FY 1982 and FY 1983.
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Source Term Research Cecrdination The following recent activities have occurred involving source term research coordination and information exchange:
a) Core Melt and Fission Product Research Technical Exchange Meeting (November 2 and 3) - Organizations involved - NRC, EPRI, FRG, and others.
b) TRAP-MELT Workshop on November 4.
c) NRC/FBB-GE Discussions on GE Suppression Pool Tests and other Source Term Research (November 19).
d) NRC/FBB-EPRI Discussions on Source Term Research (November 20).
e) NRC/FB'B-UK (UKAEA/CEGB) Discussions on Source Term Research (December 4).
f) Participation in DOE Fission Product Planning Group and Aerosol Working Group by NRC/FBB and in review of DOE Source Term Research Planning Document (NUS-3808) (0ngoing).
g) Review Meetings on Marviken RCS Aerosol Test Proposal (see detailed discussion below).
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Marviken Aerosol Transport Test Proposal Review In September 1981, EPRI, Ontario Hydro, KEMA (The Netherlands), and Studsvik Energiteknik developed a preliminary proposal for conducting reactor primary system, volatile fission product, and aerosol transport behavior tests at the Marviken facility in Sweden. RES/FBB is currently l
reviewing this proposal for possible NRC participation in the project.
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a) A preliminary review of the draft proposal, by BCL, ORNL, and RES/FBj.
b) A review meeting at ORNL, October 15 and 16, involving BCL, ORNL, and RES/FBB.
c) Discussions with EPRI (Wall and Vogel) on November 20.
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d) A 2-day project review meeting at -ORNL (December 8 and 9) with EPRI, BCL, ORNL, HEDL, and RES/FBB.
NRC will be represented at the upcoming project review meeting (January 20-
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LMFBR/CRBR Irradiated-Fuel-Disruption Experiments The first two irradiated-fuel experiments in the joint NRC-KfK (Gennan) )
program on fuel-failure and fuel-disruption (FD) under Loss-of-Flow (LOF accident conditions in ~a LMFBR were successfully performed in the ACRR l
test reactor at Sandia National Laboratory. In these experiments, sec-tions of clad fuel pins in argon gas (simulated sodium vapor) are exposed, to calculated LOF power histories in the ACRR experiment cavity, and the resulting cladding and fuel failure, fwelling, and disruption, and the surface temperatures are measured by high-speed cinematograpny. The rest.i ts are directly applicable to the CRBR review, and they form a basis for -
development and verification of fuel behavior models in LMFBR accidant analysis codes.
Fuel and clad disruption and displacement'are important both for the initiation-phase accident sequences and for.the transition-phase initial conditions. The NRC-supported FD-2 experiments are for LOF conditions,in the new CRBR heterogeneous core, and the KfK supported FD-4 experiments are for the LOF conditions in the German SNR-300 hemogeneous core, which is similar to the old CRBR core which NRR previously reviewed.
The complementary FD-2 and FD-4 results add to technical understanding of the phenomena.
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.disrijption did not occur, even though the e'nergy deposition in both cases was about 2500 j/gm. With the 90% areal ' melting in the CRBR low-power transient from steady-power conditions,'the fuel remained intact, but had i
very-large (about 40% areal) swelling.
In the higher power SNR-300 transient to the same energy deposition, week, viscous disruption occurred upon surface' melting, with subsequent slumping of the liquid fuel. Detailed I
analysis of the results is underway, and the next experiments are scheduled i
for January.
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Three Mile Island Technical Evaluation Group R. Van Houten, Fuel Behavior Branch, RES, represented ~the USNRC at the December 9 meeting of the Three Mile Island Technical Evaluation Group.
This group, which' includes representatives of GPU, EPRI', NRC, & DOE (GEND),
Bechtel, U.S. reactor vendors, and DOE contractor consultants, is provid-ing guidance for the pre-reactor-head-removal examination of the damaged i
This guidance encompasses recommended data acquisition requirements.
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e.g., from reactor safety, thermal hydraulics, core design, and reactor l
structural perspectives. The group will meet again in mid-January to propose definitive guidahce.
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vaE WudIi!G Gt0UP OS MAT SLIJLATORS i?. 'Zuber attended a 1)JE Working Group on Plant Sirulators. 1)CE intends to support the industry in develoinent of a " plant analyzer" and ideas were solicited from the working group, which intends to meet again before nahing any fim recommendations. A:t is also pl.mning a modest, but significant, effort on develop.:icnt of a " plant analyzer" based on our existing system codes. Our. contractors, who.will be involved in this effort, are also represented on the 1)0E working group.
Publications Issued During the Week of Jecember 14-18, 1981
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0FFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 Three Mile Island, Unit 1, Restart On December 14, 1981, the presiding ASLB issu_ed a Partial Ipitial Decision on plant design and procedures, separation and emergency planning issues.
In this 800 plus page decision the ASLB found that TMI-l could be operated provided the licensee satisfies a number of specified requirements. -The ASLB also found that the pendency of the reopened issue of cheating should not preclude short-term operat. ion of TMI-l at power levels not to exceed five percent of design power.
Three Mile Island, Unit 1, Restart On Decembcr 15, 1981, the presiding ASLB issued a Memorandum and Order in
'which it concluded that there was no need for further evidentiary hearings on any of the contentions relating to the adequacy of the Environmental Impact Assessment or the need for an Environmental Impact Statement.
In addition the ASLB denied an intervenor's motion to reject the Environmental Impact Assessment.
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WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 Foreign Visits to NRC On Monday Mr. Clive Starkey, Director of Radi~ation Protection for the Radiation Protection Inspectorate of Singapore, began a one-week program examini'ng NRC regulations and inspection procedures concerning industrial and n'edical radiog-raphy] and c'onsumer products. Mr. Starkey's' program was sponsored b~y the IAEA.
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On Wednesday Ambassador Roger Kirk, U.S. Resident Represeritative to the IAEA, met with Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Gilinsky, Bradford, Ahearne, and
_ Roberts l to discuss mutual NRC-IAEA concerns.
IP Director J. R. Shea also attended.
On Thursday Mr. Shiyohl Park, Science Attache at the Embassy of South.-Korea, met with W. Haass, Chief of the NRR Quality Assurance Branch, F. Miraglia, Chief of the NRR Licensi ig Branch #3, and M. Peranich of the IE Division of Resident and Regional Reictor Inspection, to discuss QA problems in reactor constroction.
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.I.TEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 The State of Colorado submitted for NRC comment the draft Rocky Mountain Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact. The potential party States of the Rocky Mountain group are Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
The draft compact will be. submitted for State legislative approval in January 1982.
On December 9 Sue Weissberg attended the Nalianal Conference of State Legislatures State-Federal Assembly in We:hington, D. C.
Of.particular interest to NRC, the State Legislatures discussed low level. radioactive waste regional compacts, high and low level waste management', and Federal energy legislation impacting on States.
Marie Janinek attended a meeting of the site selection and program committee of the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors in Reno, Nevada, December 14-15. The committee drafted the program for the upcoming annual meeting. scheduled to.be held in Portland, Maine at the Holiday Inn - Downtown, May 24-27, 1982. Several NRC staff and management members will be contacted
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to participate as speakers, particularly in such areas as emergency planning and low level waste management. The committee also surveyed hotel facilities in Reno for the May 15-19, 1983 annual meeting.
On December 14, 1981 Mr. M. P. May, FEMA-IV Regional Director visited with Mr. James P. O'Reilly, Regional Administrator, NRC Region II; Mr. R. D. Martin, Deputy A6ministrator; R. E. Trojanowski, the Regional State Liaison Officer and other designated staff members to discuss items of mutual i'nterest.
On Decerpber 15 and 16 Bob Trojanowski participated in a regional assistance committee meeting in Atlanta to review.and discuss response plans for Oconee, Turkey Point, St. Lucie and Crystal River.
William B. Menczer, Regional State Liaison Officer, Region III, was in Byron, Illinois on December 16, 1981, meeting with Mayors and County Chairperson.
from the' city of Rockforde the county of Winnebago, the city of Oregon, the city of Byron, and the county of Ogle to introduce the Senior Resident Inspector at the Byron station and to discuss NRC regulatory programs.
On December 17, 1981, Mr. Menczer and Jerome Saltzman, OSP, were in Indianapolis, Indiana meeting with Ralph Pickard, Indiana State Liaison Officer and Assistant Commissioner for Environmental Health.
Subjects discussed included Interstate Compacts for Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal, Memoranda of Understanding, power plant construction issues, and other issues of mutual interest.
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OFFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION 0F OPERATIONAL DATA
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ITEM OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 Case Study on Loss of Service Water at Calvert Cliffs Following completion of peer review, thE AE00 case stu'dy on.the Calvert Cliffs May 20, 1980 loss of service water was issued in final on December 17, 1981. This event. involved the loss of both redundant trains of the safety-related service water system when the system b.ecame air bound i
as a. result of the failur,e of a nonsafety-related instrument air compressor aftercooler.
The consequences of this event were minor.- However, this event, involving the failure of a single nonsafety-related component causing the disable-ment of both redundant trains of the safety-related service water system, is nonetheless significant since it involved two fundamental aspects considered in the design of safety-related systems:
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Interaction between safety and nonsafety-related systems and components; and 2.
Common caused failure of redundant. safety systems.
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the assumptions used. in analysis of the steam generator tube rupture for Calvert Cliffs and possibly other PWRs licensed prior to the " Standard Review Plan";
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The report has been issued.to NRR and IE for review and appropriate action.
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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION.WEEX ENDING DECEMBER y
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF CLINCH RIVER BREEDER RE Q
W_ EDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1981, COMMISS'IONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo Secy to Dircks, i?)
12/14/81 The Comission was briefed by staff on the status of NRC activities on.
the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project.
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staff prepare a list of documents most relevant ~to 'the history of the Clinch River project; and
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criterfa for LMFBRs will be completed.
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The C'ha'innan requested that staff provide a summary of the. status of ACR 2
review of the C.linch River project when activities were suspended in 1977.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 81-45, 2:30 P.M., THURSDA DECEMBER 10, 1981,
_PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo Secy to Dircks/Kammerer/Fou 12/14/81 l'
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SECY-81-640 - Final Amendments to 10 CFR' Parts 71 and
._73 for Advance Notification to Governors of Transportation of Nuclear Waste including Spent Fuel N
The Commission by a vote of 4-0 (Commissioner Roberts abstaining) approved publication of amendments to 10 CFR Parts 71 and 73 in final form which provide for advahce notification to governors of transportation of nuclear waste including spent fuel.
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The Commission requested that:
(1) the amendments '(Enclosures A and B of.the staff I
paper) be~ published in the Federal Register, and that the effective date be 180 days after publication, j
as stated in Recommendation D of the staff paper; (NMSS) (SECY SUSPENSE:
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(3) a public announcement be issued when the notiice is filed with the Office of the Federal Re'gister (see Enclosure C);
and (NMSS/OPA). (SECY SUSPENSE:
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4 Commissioner Br.sdford asked staff to prepare a written statement covering more detail than is incthe staff paper j
j on how,,when, an'd where the staff will negotiate with the Agreement States to assure compatibility of the Agreelnent State licensee requirements with the NRC regulation.
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SECY-81-637' : h oposed Amendment to 10 CFR 550.54 (r)
. Modi-fication of Regul:' ements for Submittal ot Emergency Plans by Research and Test haactor Licensees The Commission 5'pproved publication in the Federal Register of a, proposed vote that would amend the dates and associated
,p'ower levels for submittal of ' emergency plans by.certain re-search and test reactor licensees.
The Chairman, Commissioners Rober,ts and Ahearne approved the rule as modified by Commissioner Ahearne.
Commissioner Gilirisky has approved in part; he does not approve the change in power i
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Commissioner Bradford
'ap~ proved; he agrees in part with Commissioner Ahearne's changes but he also would desire to include react. ors from 500 KW to 2 MW and would agree with the date change if there were a firm outer limit to potential delay.
-The Commission requested that:'
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The proposed amendmen'. to 10 CPR Part 50.54 (r) (Enclosure A to the staff paper) be published in the Federal Register; (IE) (SECY SUSPENSE:
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Appropriate Congressional Committees be notified;-
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A copy. of the Federal Register notice be sent to all affec'ted licensees; and
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SECY-80 SECTION 4010F THE ENERGY REORGANIZATION AC IMPACT UPON THE EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES OF NRC LICENSEES j
A LICENSE, Mena Secy to Dircks,._ 12/17/81 3
This is to advise you that the Commission (with Chairman L;
Palladino and Commiss'ioners Roberts and Gilinsky agreeing) has. approved alternative #1 as recommended in thA paper.
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SECY-81-629 - PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX E - FREQ l
i 0F EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISES, Memo Secy to Dircks, 12/.17/81 Following votes of disapproval on this paper by Commissioners.
Gilinsky, Bradford and Ahearne, your' office asked to meet with Commissioners' Assistants to discuss the paper.
On Friday, December 11, 1981 representatives from your office, the NRC staff and FEMA met with representatives of each of, 1
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he believes the Commission should meet with FEMA t6 discuss their position on emergency planning exercises.
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(SECY S~uspense:' 2/5/82)so that a Commission meeting with FEMA can be ngements E.
SECY-81-591 - AMENDMENTS TO 10 CFR PART 140 - CHANGES IN NU LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY, Memo Secy to Dircks, 12/18/81 This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners disapproving) has gisapproved your recommendation for publication
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" Changes in Nuclear Eriergy Liability i
Because of the level of detail and the fact that-this policy is merely one form which would be acceptable.to the Commission rsther than the requir.ed form, it would be more appropriate to publish this appendix (as well'as the other appendixes) as a Regulatory Guide rather than a~ Regulation.
It should include caveats similar to the staff wording on page 4 of SECY-81-591.
The Office of State Programs was inforned of this action by te'lephone on December 17, 1981.
It is recuested that! the Regulatory Guide be published and.
copies provided to the Commission by April 15, 1982.
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SECY-81-592 - IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC LAW 94-197 -
NOTIFICATION OF THE PRICE-ANDERSON ACT, Memo Secy to Dircks, 12/18/81 l '-
l This is to advise you"that the Commission (with four Commissioners j
disapproving), has dishpproved your recommendation for publication in the Federal. Register of an effective rule,to. amend 10 CFR Part 140, " Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity.
Agreements."
The Commission believes that thj.s should be.
l published as a Regulatory Guide iii lieu of a. rule.
Attached are their individu'al response sheets.
Commissioner Robe'rts.
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The st,aff should provide a response to commissioner Ahearne's
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 81-46, 3:05 P.M., THURSDAY, i
DECEMBER 17, 1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO 1
PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo Secy to Dircks/Bickwit/Kemerer/Fouchard, 12/18/81 4
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I II'. ' SECY-8N669 - Final Am'endments:
(A) to 10 CFR Part 50, hppendix E['
i Delaying Implementation Date for Prompt Public Notification Systems,
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(B) to 10 CFR 50.54(s)(2), Clarifying Four-Month Extension Period j
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Part 50 delaying the implementation date for prompt notification systems to February 1,1982, and clarifying the application of.a four-month extension period for correction of deficiencies found'in the initial
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installation and testing of the prompt notification systems.
i Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Ahearne and Roberts have approved the four-month extension period for correcting deficiencies found in l --
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STAFi-REQUIREMENTS - ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON ' CLINCH RIVER BREEDER. REACTOR, 10:30 A.M., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, DC 0FFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE),
Memo Secy to Bickwit, 12/18/81 l,
The Ccnnission heard presentations frtm the following parties to the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Proceeding:
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George Edgar, Attorney, Project Managment Cbryoration' '
Imon Silverstrcm, Asst. General Cbunsel, Department of Energy Lewis E. Wallace, Deputy General Cbunsel, Tennessee Valley Authority I
' State of Tennessee:
' Ted Von Cannon, Assistant Ocmrissioner, Dep Lh.t of Econcmic Cenmnity Develegnen9 Lee Breckenridge, Attorney, Offic.e of the Attorney General Intervenors:
Eldon Gree _ %, Attorney, NRDC and Sierra Club Barbra Firz:cre, Attorney, NR:C Jacob Sherr, Attorney, NKX' l'
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The cr=4=sion agreed that the hinsion, rather than the s*M or an adjudicatory board, would.make the decision on the Depaht of Energy's exe:ption request.
The Ctmrission also agreerl that the Carxcission would proceed in the matter with the canbined assistance 6f the staff, OPE ard OGC.
.A The re-insion M ='2=se:1 the schedule o'f events required for a decision in this matter; althi6gh the Ommission did not reach a final decision, it agreed to issue an Order on or about D - M r 23, 1981, inviting ccxments'and requesting answers to gaestio2., with responses due January 23, 1982 Che General Counsel was requested to advise on legal aspects of the r M ure.
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The Ch=4m=n, working with staff, will prepare and circulate further schedule proposals and alternate op'Av.
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