ML20041A367
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| Issue date: | 01/29/1982 |
| From: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Bevill T HOUSE OF REP., APPROPRIATIONS |
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| NUDOCS 8202220047 | |
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.....f yx OFFICE OF THE January 29, 1982 CHAIRMAN The Honorable Tom Bevill, Chairman Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Committee on Appropriations United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
This monthly status report is in response to the direction given in House Report 96-1093. Enclosed is our fifteenth report covering the period from December 15, 1981 to January 15, 1982. This fifteenth report discusses actions that were taken during this period on operating reactors and on licensing reviews cf new facilities.
On December 14, 1981, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board for TMI-l issued a Partial Initial Decision concerning the plant design and procedures, Unit separation and emergency planning issues. The NRC staff is reviewing the Board findings.
The Board estimates that a decision on the cheating issue will not be made until March or April 1982. On January 7,1982, the U.S. Court of Appeals directed the NRC to consider the psychological effects-on the local population of the restart of TMI-1. The Comission is considering various courses of action to address this finding.
Pre-hearing conferences have begun on the Indian Point 2 and 3 hearing.
The NRC Staff has given its initial responses to the issues raised by the Board.
The hearing is scheduled for completion by September 18,1982.
During this report period, changes in the construction completion dates for Susquehanna Unit 1 (from April 1982 to July 1982), LaSalle Unit 2 (from December 1982 to January 1983) and Grand Gulf (f rom February 1982 to March 1982) have been announced by the utilities and are included in this month's report. These pl' ants did not have a projected regulatory delay.
Sincerely, z(d{6cLL d
sua Nunzio J. Palladino
Enclosure:
NRC Monthly Status Report to Congress cc: The Honorable John T. Myers 8202220047 820129 PDR COMMS NRCC CORRESPONDENCE PDR
O NRC MONTHLY STATUS REPORT TO CONGRESS This is the fifteenth monthly status report to Congress. in response to the direction given in House Report 96-1093. This report provides a discussion of the major actions that were taken on operating reactors and on licensing reviews of new. facilities during the period of time between Deceaber [5, 1981 and January 15, 1982.
TMI Unit 1 Restart On December 14, 1981, the Licensing Board issued a partial initial decision on plant design, plant separation and emergency planning issues. The Board determined that TMI-l can restart and. operate up to five percent of design power pending the Board's decision concerning the cheating question on NRC operator licensing exams.
The Board specified a number of requirements which must be met prior to rest' art. The Special Master, appointed to preside over the hearing on the ch' eating matter, is expected to issue his report in early February. The Board estimates that its final decision on the cheating matter will not be issued until March or April 1982.
On January 7,1982, the U.S. Court of Appeals essentially ordered the NRC to keep TMI-l shut down until the NRC conducts an environmental assessment on the effect of psychological stress on the people in the area.
The C nmission is cons'idering vari.ous courses of action to address this development.
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- Steam generator tube leaks were detected in both steam generators.at TMI-1 during the licensee's testing of the plant in. late November 1981. An intensive program has been underway since that time to determine the extent and cause of the failures. The-problem is major and will probably require plugging or sleeving of several thousand tubes.
It is estimated that repairs to steam generator tubes will result in at least a six month delay in the readiness of the reactor for restart. The full extent of the steam generator tube problem is not yet known. However, correction of this problem is at present the pacing item for plant readiness to rertart.
Indian Point Special Investigative Proceeding The Commission's Order of May 30, 1980 announced its intention to hold a discretionary adjudicatory hearing before an Atomic Safety and Licer: sing Board for the resolution of safety issues related specifically to Indian Point Units 2 and 3.
A subsequent Order dated January 8,1981 identified the specific issues that would be addressed in the special investigative proceeding. A Commission Memorandum and Order dated September 18, 1981 appointed an ASLB panel and established the completion date for the hearing as September 18, 1982.
A pre-hearing conference was conducted on December 2,1981. On December 31, 1981, the staff (1) submitted to the Board a Statement of Position on each of the issues, and (2) responded to approximately 45 contentions that had been filed by eleven petitioners to intervene in the proceeding. A hearing to receive limited appearance statements was held on January 21-23, 1982.
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OPERATING LICENSE APPLICATIONS Licensing Schedules During the past month, considerable emphasis continued to be focused on operating license applications activities. The present licensing schedules for all plants with pending OL applications are given in Table 1.- Plants are listed chronologically according to Commission decision date. The schedules shown for CY 1983 plants and beyond are based on standard assumptions for review and hearing times, except for those plants that are expected to be heavily contested (Seabrook Unit 1 Byron 1, and Midland Unit 2).
For those plants, the projected schedules allow for a 13-month (rather than the typical 11-month) l l
hearing phase from issuance of the Staff Supplemental Safety Evaluation Report (SSER) to Comission decision date on a full-power license. The staff review process for those cases has been accelerated to compensate for the additional time allotted for the hearing process.
l The estimated regulatory delays and the target dates for Comission decision shown in Table 1 do not reflect any potential impact from the schedules for FEMA findings on off-site emergency preparedness.
Any additional potential delays, based on the staff's analysis of the schedules for the FEMA findings, are included in a monthly report to the Senate Subcomittee on Nuclear Regu-lation, which, is transmitted jointly by the NRC and FEMA.
During this report period, changes in the construction completion date for Susquehanna Unit 1 (from April 1982 to July 1982) and LaSalle Unit 2 (from December 1982 to January 1983), and Grand Gulf Unit 1 (f rom February 1982 to March 4
1982) have been announced by the utilities. These plants did not have a projected regulatory delay.
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PLANT-BY-PLANT DISCUSSION OF DELAYED PLANTS The only plant presently projected to have a regulatory delay is Summer 1.
Although Diablo Canyon Unit 1 and San Onofre Unit 2 do not have a pro-jected regulatory delay, they are included in the discussion because they are delayed due to oth,er causes.
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San Onofre Unit 2 - As discussed in last month's report, the scheduled completion date for the plant was December 1981. The NRC has confirmed that only a few items remain to be completed.
A Board initial decision regarding a low-power license was issued on January 11, 1982.
Last months's report indicated that a number of operators f ailed c
their license examinations.
Additional examinations for 15 SR0 candidates are scheduled to begin in late January 1982.
The applicant has initiated a quality assurance reverification pro-gram with emphasis on the seismic design of the facility.
The General Atomic Corpany (GA) has been contracted to do an independent design review. An interim report on GA's findings was issued on January 25, 1982, with a final report scheduled for March 1982. NRC will conduct an audit of GA's results af ter their completion.
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Diablo Canyon Unit 1 - As d'iscussed in last month's report, on November 19, 1981, the Commission suspended the license to load fuel and conduct tests up to five percent of rated power due to the errors found in the seismic design of certain equipment and piping in the plant. The staff is continuing to evaluate the seismic design /QA deficiencies at Diablo Canyon.
. The full-power hearing started on January,19,1982. A Comission decision regarding a full-power license is projected for May 1982.
Issuance of the Staff SSER on emergency preparedness has been delayed pending receipt of additional information from FEMA..
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Sumer Unit 1 - The hearing regarding reservoir-induced seismicity and limited emergency planning issues began on January 11, 1982. The projected decision date for a full-power license is May 1982, based on a projected date of April 1982 for a Board initial decision. The projected construction completion date for the facility is the end of February 1982. Assuming a favorable Board decision, a low-power license will be issued in April 1982, immediately following the ASLB initial decision. This results in a projected two-month delay for this facility.
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT. APPLICATIONS In August, it was reported that the Commissioa approved a final rule re-garding TMI-related requirements applicable to Construction Permit and Manufacturing License (CP/ML) applications filed prior to the TMI-2 accident.
Tim rule establishes the licensing requirements that resulted from the Commission's ongoing efforts to apply the lessons learned from the accident at TM1-2.
The rule was projected to be published in the Federal Register in October 1981.
Subsequent to the Comission's approval of the rule, further, discussions were held with the staff regarding changes to the rule.
On October 13, 1981, the Comission directed the Staff to prepare certain clarifying additional modifications to the rule for Comission consideration.
e The clarifying modifications were provided and the Commission reaffirmed its approval of CP/ML Rule on December 22, 1981. The Rule is projected to be published in the Federal Register in January 1982 and will become effective 30 days after publication.
The staff review of the TMI-related information for Black Fox Units 1 and 2 has been coapleted and a7 SSER was issued on December 31, 1981.
The projected licensing schedules for the remaining pending CP and ML applications are given in Table 2.
Tables 1.
Licensing Schedules for Pending OL Applications 2.
Licensing Schedules for Pending CP and ML Applications
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(inclintes Schedules for Mditional Units with Projected Construction Comyletion in CY 1982-1983)
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_-__S E R SSER Est Staff Staff AStB Conn.1/ Appl.
l> lay Issue Technical Issue ACRS Issue Technical Issue 10/
Start of Initial Dec. ~ Constr.
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Input to DL SER Mt9 TES Input to DL SSER ~'
Itearing_ Decision Date Comph tasalle 1 01/
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C C
C C
C tbne tbne 02/02 2/ 02/82 1/
Grand Gulf 1 0
C C
C C
C C
C tione tbne 02/82 03/82 San Onofre 2 0 3/
C C
C C
C C
C C
C 03/82 3/ 01/82 3/
Stamer 1 24f C
'C C
C C
C C
C 04/82 05/82 02/82 Diablo Canyon 1 0 5/
C C
C C
C C
C 01/82 6/ 04/82 05/82 03/81 Diablo Canyon 2 0 C
C C
C C
C C
01/82 6_/ 04/02 05/82 01/82 Susquehanna 1 0
C C
C C
C C
C C
04/82 05/82 01/82 taSalle 2 0
C C
C C
C 4/ 01/ 82 5/ 01 / 8 2 None tione 06/82 01/83
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C 3/12/82 4/05/82 5/04/82 C
S/26/82 6/12/82 tune tione 01/82 03/82 Wrir-2 0
C 2/12/82 3/06/82 4/09/82 C
4/30/82 5/28/82 None tbne 01/82 12/82 Zinner 1 0
C C
C C 1_l /
C C
C 01/ 82 06/82 07/82 01/82 San Onof re 3 0
C C
C C
C 6/01/82 7/01/ 82 C
02/82 08/82 11/82 Fermt 2 0
C C
C C
C C
C 03/82 08/82 09/82 11/82 Shorehan 1 0
C C
C C
C I/30/82 2/08/82 03/82 08/82 09/82 09/82 Comanche Peak 1 0 C
C C
C C
C 1/15/82 C
09/82 10/82 06/83 St. Lucle 2 0
C C
C C
2/15/82 C
C tbne tbne 10/82 10/82 Sub-Total 2
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~ Licensing Schedules for All rending OL Applications
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~(-includes Schedules for MJ1FRona lInlE williTF5JFclFJTonstruction Epletion in CY 1982-19331 (Page 2'nf 4)
(LTTtWin Order of Projecteil Comission DecisEMle)
SER SSER Est Staff
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A$l8 Com.1/ Appl.
Delay Issue Technical issue ACRS Issue Technical Issue 10/ Start of Initial Dec. - Constr.
Plant (Months [
DES Infih. to DL SER Mtg FES Input to OL SSER - Hearin t Decision Date Compt.
Callaway 1 0
C C
C C
I/15/82 C
I/15/82 C
09/82 10/82 06/83 Palo Verde 1 O
C C
C C
2/12/82 1/18/82 1/ 31/82 05/82 10/82 11/82 11/82 Waterford 3 0
C C
C C 7/
C C
C 03/82 10/82 11/82 10/82 Cilnton 1 0
C C
2/ 01 /8 2 3/05/82 3/15/82 3/12/82 3/31/82 8/02/82 12/82 01/83 01/83 McGuire 2 0
C C
C C
C 12/01/82 1/01/83 C
C 03/83 01/83 Watts Bar 2 0
C 3/12/82 4/05/82 5/01/82 C
1/01/83 2/ 01/83 None None 03/83 06/83 Gyron 1 0
C 2/01/02 2/07/82 3/05/82 4/05/82 3/10/82 3/30/82 08/82 8_/
03/83 04/83 04/83 Wolf Creek 1 0
C 3/07/82 4/07/82 5/07/82 6/05/82
.."10/82 5/30/82 10/02 03/83 04/83 12/83 Susquehanna 2 0
C C
C C
C 2/01/83 3/01/83 C
04/82 01/83 07/83 Perry 1 0
2/05/82 4/10/02 5/10/82 6/11/82 1/05/82 6/15/82 6/30/82 11/82 04/83 05/83 05/83 Midland 2 0
2/05/82 4/06/82 5/06/82 6/06/82 7/05/82 6/10/R2 6/30/82 11/82 8_/ 9/ 06/83 07/83 07/83 Catawba 1 0
5/05/82 1/09/82 8/06/82 9/10/82 10/05/82 9/12/82 9/30/82 02/83 07/83 08/83 08/83 Bellefonte 1 0
11/22/82 2/11/83 3/10/83 4/15/83 5/20/83 5/27/83 6/24/83 None None 09/83 09/83 River acnd I O
1/05/82 9/01/82 10/04/82 11/05/82 12/05/02 11/08/82 11/29/82 04/83 09/83 10/83 04/85 12/
Seabrook I O
5/05/82 8/07/82 9/07/82 10/08/82 10/05/82 10/10/82 10/30/82 03/83Bf.
10/83 11/83 11/83 Palo Vente *2 0
C C
C C
2/12/82 9/01/83 10/01/83 05/8' 10/82 11/83 11/83 Conanche Peak 2 0 C
C C
C C
10/01/83 11/01/83 C
09/82 12/83 12/83 tiidland I
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06/83 12/83 12/83 Sub-Total 0
-Licenstn LSchedules for All rending OL Applications
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,(~~~~~~~Inclustes Schedules for MJiETHnal tiniti JTLE7roJeEERFTerREsctreiT66FTetion in CY 1982-19831 (Page 3 of 4)
(ffsl F in Order o G rojec R Commission Decision Date)
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Est Staff Staff ASL8 Corus.1/ Appl.
Oclay Issue Technical Issue ACRS Issue Technical Issue 10/ Start of Initial Dec. - Constr.
Plant (flont hs)_
DES Input to DL
$[R Mtg FES Input to DL
$$fR ~ llearing Decision Date Compt.,
So. Texas 1 0
04/03 06/83 01/83 08/83 09/83 08/83 08/83 01/84 06/84 01/84 01/04 Limerick I O
05/83 01/83 08/83 09/83 10/R3 10/83 11/83 04/84 09/84 10/84 10/84 Itarris 1 0
10/82 06/83 01/83 08/83 03/83 12/83 01/04 06/84 11/84 12/84 12/84 Braldwomi 1
_ _0, 01/ 84 11/83 12/83 01/84 06/84 04/84 05/84 10/84 03/85 04/85 04/85 Suh-Total 0
Total Delay 2
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TABLE 1 FOOTNOTES
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Licensing schedules and decision dates do not reflect additional potential delay from Emergency Preparedness Review.
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January 31, 1982 is the applicant's projected construction completion date. NRC will be prepared to decide on
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whether to issue an operating license for LaSalle Unit I which will authorize fuel loading and low-power operation up to 5% power prior to plant completion. A Commission decistor regarding operation above 5% power will be made on a schedule commensurate with the applicant's need for full-power-authorization.
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No delay is projected for San Onof re Unit 2 because the unit vill not have a suf ficient number of licensed SR0s to pennit fuel loading before late January or February 1982. An ASLB decision was issued on January 11, 1982.
The NRC staff will act on a low-power license upon satisfactory completion of the facility and upon having '
adequate licensed plant staff for operation.
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The estimated delay of this plant reflects the early issuance of a low-power license immediately following ASLB decision.
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The delay has been reduced to zero based on design errors found at the facility.
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The projected date for an off-site emergency preparedness finding for Diablo Canyon has been delayed, but this delay will not impact the start of the full-power hearing (January 19, 1982).
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Additional ACRS meeting for Waterford Unit 3 required to discuss management organization.
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Ileavily contested plants reflect 13-month hearing schedule (vs 11 months) from SSER to Commission decision date.
Commissioner Ahearne remains convinced this schedule is too optimistic.
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Midland Units 1 and 2 have the same hearing.
10/ Date shown is for first SSER following ACRS meeting. Additional SSER will be issued to close out remaining open items.
Currently no impact on subsequent milestones, l_lf The ACRS has requested that a subcommittee review Quality Assurance issues with regard to construction.
_12/ Date was recently revised. The NRC staff is reevaluating the SER dates.
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C C
C N/S 8/82 1/83 4/83 Skagit/Ilanford 1 & 2 3/82 1/
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4/82 6/82 7/82 11/82 4/83 7/83
, Pebble Springs 1 & 2 C
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N/S 3/
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1/ As a result of fleid explorations conducted by USGS, the seismic design of_ the facility nust be re-examined. Applicants indicated in Septenber 1980 that the proposed facility 's to be relocated to the llanford reservation. Anended ER and PSAR will be filed in Decenber 1981.
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2] By letter dated 3/12/81, the appilcant reconsiended that the NRC not devote any resources beyond support for the alternate site hearing for~ the j
next two years.
2 3/ In response to a 4/28/81 hoard order, the applicant stated (5/14/81) an interest in pursuing the review with respect to conpleting the hearing on environnental and site suitability issues. Ilowever, the applicant has not indicated when they propose to resune activities related to the safety -
review, particularly on THI-related issues, therefore, a Comission decision date is not projected at this tipe for this facility.
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4j Dates shown are for resunption of hearings following resumption of licensing activities for pending CP applications.
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