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February 10, 1982 p
RECEIVED 9
For:
The Comissioners t
FE81179826 i From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for*~0perations. Office of the EDO "ger 4
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Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 5,1982 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners j
who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
1 Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C
i Inspection and Enforcement D
i Nuclear Regulatory Research E
j Executive Legal Director F*
International Programs G
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State Programs H
1 Management and Program Analysis I
Controller J
i Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data K*
l Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization L*
Regions M*
l Items Approved by the Commission N
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T. A.-R tant for Operations Office of the Executive Director
- No input this week.
Contact:
T. A. Rehm, OEDO 49-27781 FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY 8202250039 820210 PDR COMMS NRCC 1
CORRESPONDENCE PDR
SUMMARY
OF THE WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT Week Ending February 5, 1982 Crystal River Unit No. 3 (CR-3)
On January 28,1982, CR-3 shut down so that the licensee could locate and repair an unidentified main coolant system leak of about 1 GPM.
The leak appears to be due to a circumferential crack in a check valve.
Leakage was also found in the reactor coolant pump second stage seal pressure sensing line. The licensee estimates that repairs will take about two weeks to complete.
West Valley Project i
On February 1, 1982, NFS filed an application for amendment of the
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West Valley facility license that would terminate the authority and responsibility of NFS under the license, subject to certain conditions.
The staff expects that NYSERDA will join the application.
New Mexico Amended Agreement NRC staff will meet with New Mexico officials on February 17 to present staff comments on New Mexico's draft proposal for an amended agreement for regulation of uranium mill tailings.
FY 1983 Budget The NRC budget justification to Congress (Green Book) has been distributed to the Commission and the staff. The Chairman held a press briefing on the FY 1983 budget on February 6,1982.
Workshop on Forecasting Electricity Demand Final preparations are under way for a workshop on forecasting electricity demand by State agencies.
It is being sponsored jointly by NRC and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and will be held at NRC's H Street office on February 23. This workshop is part of an overall effort to place substantial reliance on State assessments of need for power to fulfill NRC's NEPA i
responsibilities.
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0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending February 5,1982 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM'0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 110 4
Granted 31 0
Denied 7
3 Pending 72 1
ACTIONS THIS WEEK R:cei@ed L. Quinlisk Requests a list of nuclear plants now operating and (82-52) those proposed in the States of Arkansas, Maine and Tennessee.
(Individuals requesting Request information regarding their Reactor Operator information about themselves)
License.
(82-53thru82-73)
Wayne Westlake, Requests all documents dealing with AEC license Seaweeds and exempt contractors and Department of Defense license Constructions exempt radioactive waste disposal operations from (82-74) 1946-1972.
Judith Schleicher, Requests documents regarding two accidents at Township of Isomedix in Parsippany, New Jersey in 1974 and 1976.
Deville, New Jersey (82-75)
David A. Coppell, Requests documents concerning Americium-241 alpha Amersham Corporation fail radiation sources manufactured by EAD (82-76)
Metallurgical Inc. of Tonawanda, New York.
Robert Lorei, Requests all non-compliance reports filed with the Community Radio for NRC by the operators of the Crystal River Nuclear the Tampa Bay Area Power Plant and information on unscheduled venting (82-77) of radioactive material from Crystal River.
Alyssa L. Talanker Requests a list of the names and addresses of (82-78) individuals and groups from Massachusetts who have submitted F0IA requests during 1981.
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A
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Liz Galtney, Requests documents on the investigation of Louisiana GAN IT Newspaper Power and Light's corporate security manager, I
(82-79)
Wallace Friloux.
Malcolm H. Philips, Jr.,
Requests nine categories of documents regarding the Debevoise & Liberman Proposed Rule on Interim Requirements Related to (82-80)
Hydrogen Control.
l Harold J. Spelman, Requests a copy of the statement by William J.
Harold J. Spelman Dircks in a December 1981 letter to Congressman and Associates John Erlenborn regarding Replacement of Wells (82-81) in West Chicago, Illinois by Connections to a Public Water Supply at Lindsey Chemical Company's Expense.
Lucian Kirby Paul, Jr.
Requests a copy of the technical proposal resulting (81-82) in the award of Contract NRC-10-82-356, " Operation and Maintenance of the NRC Document Control System (DCS)."
Granted Ruth E. Van Demark, In response to a request for documents identifying Wildman, Harrold, operating licensed and/or amendments pertaining Allen & Dixon to the possession, shipping, receiving and storing (82-16) of nuclear fuels at Dresden, Quad-Cities and Zion Nuclear Power Plants, made available a reference list of 24 documents.
(An individual requesting In response to a request for information regarding information about himself) his Reactor Operator License exam results, made (82-17) available the requested documents.
Steven C. Sholly, In response to a request for a copy of a memorandum Union of Concerned from Harold R. Denton, Director, NRR to NRR Scientists Division Directors, dated 7/10/81 directing that (82-26) no resources be expended on NUREG-0660 Priority 2 and 3 issues until FY 83, made available a copy of this document.
L. Quinlisk Made available two documents pertaining to operating (82-52) nuclear power plants and those proposed in Arkansas, Maine and Tennessee.
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3 Denied Thomas Devine, In response to a request for documents prepared in Government Accountability connection with the Office of Inspector and Project Auditor's report on the Office of Inspection and (81-488)
Enforcement's investigation of the Zimmer Nuclear Power Station, made available 16 documents.
Denied portions of two documents, the release of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and disclose the identities of f
confidential sources.
Denied four documents in their entirety which are communications between Commissioners and their staffs and constitute advice, opinions and recommendations. Also denied two transcripts in their entirety since the discussion focused on the review of investigatory reports and the consideration of potential enforcement actions, including the imposition of civil penalties, all within the context of an ongoing agency adjudication.
(NRCemployee)
In response to a request for a copy of the Candidate (82-18)
Evaluation, Certification and Selection Record (CERT) for Vacancy Announcement No. 82-0429, I
denied portions of the CERT, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week of February 5,1982 RFP ISSUED 1.
RFP No. RS-RES-82-006 Title "Nemaha Ridge Seismograph Networks" Description - Conduction of confirmatory seismological research in the Nemaha Ridge /Mid-Continent Gecphysical anomaly area. There will be four seismological tasks which include the installa-tion and operation with data analysis of seismographic networks in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa.
Period of Performance - 3 years with options for two additional years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - RFP issued on February 5,1982, Proposals due March 8,1982 IFB ISSUED 1.
IFB-RS-ADM-82-377 Title - Lease of Sedans Description - The lease of ten (10) midsize sedans for a one year period with a one year option.
Period of Performance - One year
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Sponsor - Office of Administration Status - CBD notice issued January 22, 1982 CONTRACT AWARDED 1.
NRC-05-82-248 Title - Acquisition of one (1) Multichannel Analyzer and Accessories Description - Equipment will be for routine inspections and for non-destructive assay measurements in response to emergency l
situations.
-d Period of Performance - Within 30 days after contract award.
Sponsor - OIE Status - A fixed price contract in the amount of $7,830.00 awarded to l
D.S. Davidson Co., Inc.
CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made)
CONTRACT NO.
CONTRACTOR CLOSE-00T-DATE NRC-05-79-251 Combustion Engineering, Inc.
2/2/82
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A AT(49-24)-0355 NUS Corporation 2/3/82 NRC-10-80-361 Microtech, Industries, Inc.
2/4/82 NRC-02-81-059
,Geotechnical_Eng., Inc.
2/5/82
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ENCLOSURE A
0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 5,1982 CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT NO. 3 (CR-3)
On January 28, 1982 CR-3 shut down to locate and repair an unidentified main coolant system leak of about 1 GPM.
On first entering the containment it was thought that the leak was due to a gasket leak in the top flange (bonnet) in the 21/2". check valve on the make up line to the loop A reactor inlet line. This connection also serves for High Pressure Injection. When the insulation was removed it was found that the leak was due to a circumferential crack in check i
valve to pipe stainless steel weld on the downstream side of the check valve (i.e., on the reactor inlet side of the valve).
The crack covers over one ha~lf the circumference. The licensee is making preparations to remove the weld and have it examined. The licensee has also found leakage in the reactc~. coolant pump second stage seal pressure sensing line. The seal package will be replaced a'nd the replaced seal package will be examined to determine the exact location and cause of the leak.
The licensee is estimating that the repairs will take about two weeks to accomplish.
t MEETING NOTICE
Subject:
Clinch River Bre-der Reactor Loose Par ts Monitoring Meeting Date/ Time:
February 24, 1982, at 8:30 a.m.
Location:
Air Rights Building, Room 2242, Bethesda, Md.
Attendees:
J. Longenecker, D. Goeser, et. al. (DOE) l J. Mauck, D. Moran, J. Weldenhammer, R. Stark, et. al. (NRC) 9 k
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NRC TMI PROGRAM 0FFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT January 31,1982 - February 6,1982 Plant Statu_s Core Cooling Mode: Heat transfer from the reactor coolant system (RCS) loops to reactor building ambient.
Available Core Cooling Modes: Decay heat removal systems.
Long term cooling "B" (once through steam generator-B).
RCS Pressure Control Mode: Standby pressure control (SPC) system.
Backup Prer.sure Control Modes: Mini decay heat removal (MDHR) system.
Decay heat removal (DHR) system.
Major Parameters (as of 0500 February 5,1982) (approximate values)
Average Incore Thermocouples : 103*F Maximum Incore Thermocouple:
135'F RCS Loop Temperatures:
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Hot Leg 96*F 98"F Cold Leg (1) 81 *F 78*F (2) 89*F 83*F RCS Prer.sure: 97 psig Reactor Building: Temperature :
60*F Water level :
Elevation 284.6 ft. (2.1 ft from floor)
Pressure:
-0.27 psig Airborne Radionuclide Concentrations:
2.7 x 10-7 uCi/cc H3 I
(sample taken 2/4/82) 1.5 x 10-6 uti/cc Kr85 (sample taken 2/1/82)
-Effluent _and Environmental (Radiological) Information 1.
Liquid effluents from the TMI site released to the Susquehanna River after processing, were made within the regulatory limits and in accordance with NRC requirements and City of Lancaster Agreement dated February 27, 1980.
During the period January 29, 1982, through February 4,1982, the effluents contained no detectable radioactivity r.t the discharge point although individual effluent sources which originated within Unit 2 contained minute amounts of radioactivity.
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cesium was discharged.
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Data.
j The EPA Middletown Office has not received the analytical results for Kr-85 measurements around the TMI site from the EPA's Counting Laboratory at Las Vegas, Nevada. When these results become available, they will be included in a subsequent report.
i The EPA is currently collecting environmental air samples for tritium (H-3) analysis from three sampling stations near the site and one control station near Reading.
EPA has informed the NRC that the air tritium samples are being analyzed and i
the collected data is being reviewed and evaluated prior to publishing a report on the H-3 sampling around TMI.
The NRC will report the H-3 analytical results once they become available from EPA.
l No radiation above normally cccurring background levels was detected in any of the samples collected from EPA's air and gamma rate networks during the period from January 27, 1982 through February 4,1982.
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NRC Environmental Data.
Results from NRC monitoring of the environment around the TMI site were as follows:
j The following are the NRC air sample analytical results for l
the onsite continuous air sampler:
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Sample Period (uC1/cc)
(uC1/cc)
HP-305 January 28, 1982 - February 3,1982
<8.1 E-14 <8.1 E-14 4.
Licensee Radioactive Material and Radwaste Shipments.
On Thursday, February 4,1982, two drums, each containing seven l
SDS (Submerged Demineralizer System) samples from Unit 2, were i
shipped to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ook Ridge Tennessee.
j On Thursday, February 4,1982, a Unit 1 one liter composite sample (waste evaporator condensate storage) was shipped to Radiation Management Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On Friday, February 5, 1982, 127 drums of Unit 1 and Unit 2 compacted LSA trash were shipped to U.S. Ecology Inc., Richland, Washington.
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' Major Activities 1.
Submerged Demineralizer System (SDS).
Processing of batch 18 commenced on January 31, 1982, and completed on February 6,1982.
The radioactivity in the spent fuel pool water is now approximately 5.9 x 10-3 uc/ml (gross 6-y activity).
The supplemental spent fuel pool cleanup system, des.igned to remove the radioactive materials leaked through a faulty "0"-ring at a connection to an SDS vessel on January 20, 1982, became operational on February 2,1982.
The DF for this cleanup system averaged 2.6 x 103 during the report period.
Five SDS zeolite vessels are currently stored under 23 feet of water in spent fuel pool "B".
Four of these 10 ftJ stainless steel sessels contain from 25,000 to 56,000 curies, predominately as ces i um-137, 134, and strontium-90.
One additional vessel, which was generated from processing RC bleed tank water, contains approx-imately 4,800 curies of radioactive materials.
DOE has agreed to accept the 10-20 highly loaded SDS zeolite vessels for R&D disposal demonstration.
The licensee's program for handling and shipping the anticipated 10 to 20 SDS vessels is being finalized.
As expected, measurable amounts of hydrogen and oxygen gas have been detected in the spent SDS vessels es a result of radiolysis of residual water.
These zeolite vessels, which have been physically dewatered, are normally vented to an off-gas system to eliminate hazardous gas mixtures.
Radioactive containment requirements during shipment preclude continuous vessel venting during transit.
Currently GPU, with technical assistance from DOE's contractors at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory and Rockwell Hanford, is pursuing engineering designs to either minimize the radiolysis of water or to recombine the hydrogen and oxygen in compliance with applicable Federal Regulations. The potential engineering designs which include a vacuum drying concept and in-vessel recombiner, are being fabricated.
This work is estimated to be completed over the next four to six months.
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EPICOR II.
The EPICOR II system continued to process SDS effluents during the report period.
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Reactor Buil_ ding Entries.
Two entries were made into the Unit 2 reactor building (RB) during the first week in February.
Tasks completed during the entries included a load test of the polar crane mounted supports for a power lift, assembly of the power lift platform on the 347 ft. elevation of the RB, and work comenced to replace fire hoses on RB fire stations.
An NRC, TMIPO Radiation Specialist entered the RB for an independent radiation survey and inspection of accessible areas. No RB entries are scheduled for the week of February 7,1982.
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4 TMI Unit 1 Developments _
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On February 4 and 5,1982, the NRC sponsored a workshop in McLean, Virginia, on psychological stress in the TMI area.
The participants for the workshop were 11 professional psychiatrists, psychologists and research experts with 4 additional expert witnesses and a professional facilitator to lead the discussion.
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A verbatim transcript of the workshop was kept and will be available for reading in the TMIPO Middletown Office.
The Mitre Corporation is under contract to the NRC to prepare a summary report of the results of the workshop.
This report should be completed in early March and will also be availabic in the Middletown office.
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The NRC has received a draft report entitled, " Chronic and Acute Stress Associated with the Three Mile Island Accident and Decontamination:
Preliminary Findings of a Longitudinal Study", from its contractor, Dr. Andrew Baum, a medical psychology professor at the Uniform Services University.
The draft report concluded that residents in the TMI area experienced low but measurable levels of stress when compared to control groups in other areas.
The draft report is available for reading in the Middletown office.
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Future Meetings 1.
On Friday, February 26, 1982, Lake Barrett will be speaking for the dinner meeting being held by the Engineers Week Joint Planning Council to honor Lehigh Valley's Engineer of the Year and Young Engineer of the Year.
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On Saturday, March 13, 1982, Lake Barrett will address the Society of Manufacturing Engineers in Williamsport, PA, on the cleanup of TMI and general aspects of nuclear power.
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ENCLOSURE B
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending February 5,1982 Meeting with Natural Resources Defense Council A meeting was held on January 27, 1982, with the Natural Resources Defense Council to explain provisions of the MC&A Reform Amendments. Other public interest groups had been invited, but were unable to attend. The meeting was useful for clarifying some of NRDC's questions about the Reform Amend-ments and for presenting the Safeguards staff with NRDC's perspective on some of the issues involved.
' KERR-MCGEE A meeting was held on February 2,1982, with Kerr-McGee to discuss pro-cessing of waste residues at the Sequoyah UF6 conversion plant.
Kerr-McGee described their future plans for the processing and disposal of lagoon sludge at their Sequoyah facility. Pilot studies have indicated that by calcining the sludge, Kerr-McGee can get a volume reduction of approximately 80% and end up with a residae that contains approximately 1-1/2% uranium which may be suitable for processing at their uranium mill. This preliminary discussion was to get the staff's opinion on their proposed plant processing design and any comments on proposed methods of transport.
Meeting with Combustion Engineering A meeting was held on January 27, 1982, with Combustion Engineering, Inc.
(CE) representatives to discuss shortcomings in CE responses to NRC comments on their SNM-1067 license renewal application. Most of our coments were resolved.
However, CE desires to review further several recommendations made for their radiation safety program and is completing a nuclear criticality safety analysis to justify some of the criteria that differ from those in their present license.
The subsequent meeting with CE has been scheduled for March 1982 to discuss any outstanding questions relating to their license renewal application.
Meeting with Westinghouse A meeting was held on February 2 and 3,1982, with Westinghouse to discuss preliminary safety analysis and schedule for licensing a new UF6 dry con-version line for the production of U02 fuel assemblies.
At the conclusion of the meeting, additional information on geometric con-figurations on processing equipment, limited process parameters, chemical and physical properties of the U02 and process additives. and details of KEN 0 calculations based on such information were identified as being necessary for the NRC review. Westinghouse had left this information out of the draft safety document because it may be proprietary (the process is licensed by BNFL) and may require BNFL permission to submit it to NRC. Westinghouse plans to initiate procurement of the equipment by the end of 1982 and needs NRC agreement on the adequacy of the moderation controls prior to procurement.
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2 West Valley Project On February 1,1982, NFS filed an application for amendment of the West Valley facility license that would terminate the authority and responsi-bility of NFS under the license.
Such termination would be effective upon (1) acceptance of surrender and assumption of responsibility for the facility by NYSERDA (presently a co-licensee with NFS); (2) DOE's assump-t tion of exclusive possession and control of the facility; and (3) the settlecent date of an agreer:ent to be made between the cc-licensees resolving the dispute now being litigated in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of New York.
The application indicates that NYSERDA and DOE support the application.and that NYSERDA, by separate letter, will join in the appli-
, cation.
It is the staff's understanding that NFS and NYSERDA are nearing, or have reached, agreement on their dispute and that filing of the supporting letter by NYSERDA is iminent.
i Society of Nuclear Medicine Committee Meeting On January 26, 1982, Dr. William Walker, representing the Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, attended a meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine's Committee on the Legislative Relations in Phoenix, Arizona. This meeting was in conjunction with the Annual Society of Nuclear Medicine Executive Committee Meeting.
Dr. Walker presented an outline of NRC's planning under-way for the proposed revision of the medical licensing process. There was much interest among the attendees and reaction to the anticipated approach was favorable. This approach includes: recodification of 10 CFR 35, development of a simplified medical licensing a'pplication form and computerization of material licensing functions.
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Meetings - Division of. Waste Management F
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Subject:
Discussion of comments of regulatory departments of the United Kingdom on proposed 10 CFR Part 60 Date/ Time:
Februsry 7-8, 1982 Location:
London, England Attendees:
F. S. Feates, Department of Environment, London; Dr. Michael J. Bell, WMHL 2.
Subject:
Participation in Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy Meeting Date/ Time:
February 10-11, 1982 Location:
Paris, France Attendees:
Radioactive Waste Management Committee, Paris; Dr. Michael J. Bell, WMHL Absences of the Director / Deputy Director None i
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Meetings - Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety E
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Subject:
Review design of NFS ventilation modifications and review EIA for Kerr-McGee fertilizer use with ORNL.
Date/ Time:
February 3-4, 1982 Location:
Spartanburg,.. South Carolina and Oak Ridge, Tenneseee Attendees:
W. A. Nixon (NMSS) and Representative from Region II 2.
Subject:
Observe fuel hcndling facilities (BWR)
Date/ Time:
February 5,1982 Location:
Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania Attendees:
G. H. Bidinger, N. Ketzlach and B. L. Serini (NMSS),
Resident Inspector and representatives from PA Electric Company.
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Subject:
Briefing to be given to Congressman Corcoran on Kerr-McGee, West Chicago.
Date/ Time:
February 8, 1982, 2:00 p.m.
Location:
Congressman's Corcoran's Office, 1107 Longworth House Office Building Attendees:
J. G. Davis, R. G. Page, W. T. Crow, W. A. Nixon (NMSS) and Representatives from ELD and CA.
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Subject:
To participate in the workshop of the New York Acadenly of Medicine to discuss low-level institutional waste.
Date/ Time:
February 8-9, 1982.
Location:
New York Attendee:
LidiaA.Roche(NMSS) 5.
Subject:
Meeting with Steven Kraft of Edison Electric to discuss GESMO.
Date/ Time:
February 19, 9:00 a.m.
Location:
Room 562, Willste Building Attendees:
R. E. Cunningham and Homer Lowenberg (NMSS) and Steven Kraft, Edison Electric 6.
Subject:
Meeting with New England Nuclear and IEAL to discuss Licensing Management System.
Date/ Time:
February 19, 1982, 9:00 a.m.
Room 566, Willste Buildin Location:
T. F. Carter, Jr. (NMSS) gand Representatives from IEAL Attendees:
and New England Nuclear.
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Planned Meetings - Division of Safeguards 1.
Subject:
Changes to Security Plan Date:
Feb. 3 Location:
Silver Spring, Md.
Attendees:
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station NRR Progran Manager C. Gaskin 2.
Subject:
73.55 Plan Review and initial site visit Date:
Feb. 4-5 Location:
Perry Nuclear Plant Attendees: Applicant D. Kunze 3.
Subject:
73.55 Plan Review and initial site visit Date:
Feb. 16-18 Location: Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant Attendees: Applicant D. Kunze 4.
Subject:
Miles /Less Program (Meeting with Sandia Laboratories)
Date: Feb. 17-18 Location:
Silver Spring, Md.
Attendees:
L. Chapman, Sandia J. Cawley L. Quinn J. Hockert 5.
Subject:
Meeting with BG&E security organization staff and safeguards staff to conduct a site tour and to obtain information to be used in the development of licensee guidance on screening programs.
Date:
Feb. 9 Location:
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Facility Attendees:
R. Hayer, BG&E T. Allen, SGPR J. Metzger, SGPR N. Paradiso, SGPR P. Dwyer, SGPR 6.
Subject:
Meeting with Stress Control, Inc., New York to observe a series of psychological clinical interviews to assist
. in the development of licensee guidance on screening programs.
Date:
Feb. 12 Location:
T. Allen, SGPR J. Metzger, SGPR P. Dwyer, SGP,3 Members of Stress Control, Inc.
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Subject:
Communicated Threat Credibility Assessement Project Date: Feb. 16 Location: Silver Spring, Md.
Attendees:
G. Moore, LLL L. Quinn P. MacMurdy Absences of the Director and Deputy Director R. F. Burnett - February 16-19,1982 (Annual Leave)
Acting:
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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT ITEMS OF INTEREST February 1,1982 to February 5,1982 1.
There were no Significant Enforcement Actions imposed during the past week.
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Prelimi.4,ary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the week:
a.
PNO-I-82-09D and 09E, R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant - Steam Generator Tube Rupture, Updates.
b.
PNO-I-82-13, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co. (Maine Yankee) - Plant Design Error.
c.
PN0-I-82-14, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (Salem Unit 1) - Failed Fuel Pin.
d.
PN0-I-82-15, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (Salem Units 1 and 2) -
Spill of Contaminated Water and Contamination of Personnel.
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PN0-II-81-ll4A, Virginia Electric and Power Co. (Surry Units 1 and 2) -
Security Force Terminations at Surry and Resultant Media Attention.
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PN0-II-82-13 and 13A, Florida Power Corp. (Crystal River Unit 3) -
Unplanned Outage.
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PNO-II-82-14, Alabama Power Co. (Farley Unit 2) - Unplanned Outage.
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PNO-II-82-15, Florida Power and Light Co. (Turkey Point) - Alleged On-Site Use of Drugs.
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PNO-II-821F, Florida Power and Light Co. (Turkey Point Unit 4) -Unplanned _ _
Outage in Excess of Two Days.
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PNO-III-82-08B, Illinois Power Co. (Clinton Station) - Rehiring of Elecrical QC Inspectors.
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PNO-III-82-11 A, Consumers Power Co. -(Palisades) - Operational Problem Resulting In An Outage Which Is Expected To Last Longer Than Two Days.
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PN0-III-82-13A, Commonwealth Edison Co. (Zion) - Videotaped Threats Against Zion Received By Chicago News Media, th.
PN0-III-82-14, American Electric Power Service Corp. (D. C. Cook) - Turbine Trip Due to Vibration.
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PNO-III-82-15, Consumers Power Co. (Palisades) - Operational Problem Resulting In The Automatic Initiation Of The Safety Injection System And A Manual Trip Of All Reactor Coolant Pumps.
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PN0-III-82-16, Consumers Power Co. (Palisades) - Hydrogen Leak On Main Generator, Explosion, Fire, and Personnel Injury.
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PNO-IV-82-02, Kerr McGee Nudlear Corp. (Sequoyr.h - Uranium Conversion Facility) - Release of Radioactive Material to Unrestricted Areas As A Result of Pipe Rupture.
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PNO-IV-82-03, Analytic Inspection, Inc. (Licensee of State of Louisiana) -
Offshore Radiography Exposure.
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PN0-IV-82-04, Omaha Public District (Fort Calhoun Unit 1) - Release of Waste Gaseous Products During Sampling.
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PNO-IV-82-05, General Atomic Co. (San Diego) - Leaking Shipment of Radioactive Material.
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The following IE Information Notices have been issued:
a.
IE Information Notice No. 82 Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Lockout Resulting From Westinghouse W-2 Switch Circuit Modification was issued on January 25, 1982 to all power reactor facilities holding an operating license or construction permit.
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IE Information Notice No. 82 Westinghouse NBFD Relay Failures In Reactor Protection System At Certain Nuclear Power Plants was issued on January 27, 1982 to all power reactor facilities holding an operating license or construction permit.
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Other Items a.
Payment of Civil Penalty - On February 3,1982, NRC received payment 'in full of $1,000.00 from Nuclear Diagnostics, Inc. for civil penalty imposed
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The Deputy Director of the Division of Emergency Preparedness participated in a meeting with INP0 on February 3,1982, to discuss integration of both NRC and INP0 emergency preparedness programs, c.
Members of the Quality Assurance Branch met with representatives of the FAA on February 4,1982 to discuss quality control measures used by the FAA.
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IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDlNG ' FEBRUARY 5,1982 Experimental programs Branch 1.
BWR Full Integral Simulation' Test (FIST)
GE has now completed the fomal proposal for the Phase II of the FIST program and has forwarded it to NRC and EPRI. This oroposal was delayed approximately 1 nonth due to changing cast estimating factors (overhead, escalatioh, etc.). It is ar.ticipated that a PMG meeting will be held the first week in March to review the proposal.
2.
Data Bank More data from the Swiss NEPTUN Facility were added to the data bank: 5006, 5007, 5008, 5009,50011 and 50012. These data pertain l
to core boiloff experiments to check the effect of clad themocouples on rods. An intermediate break test, S-IB-01, the first from a new series of Semiscale tests, was added and is presently password protected. Data from PBF test, on LOFT lead rod 4A, was also entered into the data bank.
3.
Semiscale A series of tests has been scheduled for March through June. Included are two steam generator characterizations' tests, three feedwater line breaks (100 percent, 50 percent and 14 percent), and three steam line breaks (100 percent with loss of power,100 percent with power available, on small break with detail to be determined).
'We are also evaluating the need for and usefulness of a Ginna transient simulation.
4.
Bundle Heat Transfer Evaluation On December 18, 1981, a letter requesting rod bundle heat transfer data was sent to various international agencies. Responses have been received from organizations in Italy, Japan and England. Each has expressed their willingness to provide,and locate heat transfer data for correlation, evaluation and development..
Severe ccident Assessment Branch 1.
The Large Melt Facility (LMF) large scale fuel test is s eduled for the week of February 22-26, 1982. A final preparatory test m..h a glass charge is to be tested the week of February 8-12.
Both fluidic thermometry and ultrasonic thermometry will be installed for final calibration and operational check. LANL has completed the finish machining of the Ta-10w crucible and final welding will be completed February 10 to 12.
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Marviken Aerosol and Fission Product Transport Tests R. Sherry /FBB attended a 3-day planning meeting (1-20/1-22) at Norrkoeping.
Sweden.on the proposed aerosol and fission product RCS transport test program at the Marviken test facility. Twenty-two people representing l
ten countries (in addition to Studsvik/Marviken personnel) attended the I
meeting. The meeting was quite successful from the standpoint that program planning activities and schedules follow almost exactly the recommenda-tions set forth in the joint NRC/EPRI (Bassett/Lowenstein) to Studsvik (Collen) letter. As recommended by NRC/EPRI, four working groups (1)
Aerosol and Fission Product Generator Techniques (2) Test Parameter Measneement Technique, (3) Accident Sequence / Test Conditions, and (4)
Mode Assessment Data Needs Identification, have been established to aid Marviken personnel in preparing a final program plan by June 1,1982.
Studsvik will in parallel prepare a revised cost estimate and proposed cost sharing formula for the project. The revised program plan, cost estimates, and funding arrangements will then be discussed at a meeting scheduled for mid-July. Project initiation (pending final project approval and finalization of cost sharing arrangements) is scheduled for late summer /early fall.
Analytical Models Branch 1.
LANL has released two reports on Developmental Assessment of TRAC PF1 comparing the code with SBLOCA data from Semiscale-M003. LA-TDA/PF1-TN-82-2 shows comparison of TRAC-PF1 with data from test S-SB-P1, while LA-TDA/PF1-TN-82-3 shows comparison with test S-SB-P7.
2.
NRC.has received from LANL TRAC. post-test predictions for SCTF tests 51-07 (Run 513) and S1-08 (Run 514). These tests are the power-shape effects teds. These results will be presented at the next 2D/3D Coordination Meeting in Japan.
3.
LANL has transmitted two reports on data transmittal.of TRAC results.
underthe2D/3DProgram(LA-2D/3D-TN-81-35:nd.TN-82-1). These reports i
-detail the agreements worked out with Japan and will serve as the basis l
for discussion with Germany.
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Taiwan Power Company agreed by telephone to honor our request for Kuosheng's SRV test data.
5 A meeting was held on Friday, January 29, 1982 with G. Holman, the liaison from LLL at Karlsruhe, FRG, for the HDR Containment test program. GRS's request for expanding the scope of our participation, over what was agreed on earlier, was discussed. Because of limited resources and high priority issues which our contractor is participating in, we could not grant the i'
request.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 5, 1982 Foreign Visits to NRC On Monday and Tuesday Professor Adolf Birkhofer of the German Society for Reactor Safety (GRS) and Dr. Dankward Struwe of Karlsruhe met with RES Director Robert Minogue, Charles Kelber, Deputy Director of the RES Division of Accident Evaluation, other senior RES staff, P. S. Check, Director'of the CRBR Program Office of NRR, and IP Deputy Director J. D. Lafleur to discuss various aspects of breeder reactor risk analysis. The visitors also met with I. Villalva of IE for a briefing on the incident at Ginna.
This week Mr. Hidetoshi Ukawa, Director General for Science and Technology Affairs, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the current Chairman of the IAEA Board of Governors, accompanied by First Scientific Secretary Miyabayashi and Hiroshi Fukuda, Counselor, of the Japanese Embassy, met with Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Gilinsky, Bradford, Ahearne and Roberts. Discussion topics included current nuclear issues such' as reprocessing and waste disposal as well as IAEA safeguards.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST i
WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 5, 1982 1
l Steve Salomon attended a workshop on the packaging, transportation and disposal.of radioactive materials organized by Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc., in Columbia, South Carolina, February.2-4,:1982.
State and Federal regulations were. reviewed and discussed.
An integral part of the workshop included a visit to the Barnwell disposal. site.to. observe and discuss the inspection, off-loading and burial of the wastes.
The new high integrity con-tainers made from cross linked polyethylene with a burial life-time of 300 years were discussed.
.' Frank Young attended an Executive Board meeting of the Conference of. Radiation. Control Program Directors.in New Orleans, Louisiana Eebruary 3-5 to discuss the overall planning of the Conference's activities, including its annual meeting which will be held May 24-27 in Portland, Maine.
I A meeting has been scheduled for February 17 with New. Mexico.
officials to present NRC comments on_the draft proposal for an i
amended agreement for regulation of uranium mill tailings.
Staff members from SP, NMSS, ELD and Region IV will participate.
FinEl prepErations are under way for.E workshop of forecasting
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electricity demand by State agencies.
It is being sponsored jointly by NRC and Oak. Ridge National. Laboratory.
The workshop and is being_ held at H Street.
A is scheduled for February 23,ials who are using econometric.and 4
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mathematical models to assess need.for power in regulating and licensing decisions.will present summaries of the models and i
experiences.
The. panel will_then evaluate the various models.
j The workshop is part of an overall effort to place substantial reliance on State assessments of need for power to fulfill NRC's NEPA responsibilities.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 5,1982 Publication
" Summary Information Report" NUREG-0871, Vol.1, No.1, was printed and will be distributed the week of 2/8. This docu-ment contains general historical information on NRC's programs primarily emphasizing data on power reactors.
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Office of the Controller Item of Interest Week Ending February 5, 1982 FY-1983 Budget The NRC budget justification to Congress (Green Book) has been distributed to the Commission and the staff.
A press briefing on the FY 1983 budget was held on Saturday, February 6, 1982.
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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 5, 1982 l
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SECY-81-700 - SECTION 208 REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ON ABNORMAL OCCURRENCES j
FOR JULY-SEPTEMBER 1981, Memo SECY to Dircks, 2/2/82 i
This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has approved the proposed report to the Congress, l
subject to the following modifications / comments:
l l', Section 81-3, Misalignment of High Head Safety Injection Isolation Valve (Beaver Valley)
The write-up should be consistent with the final, 4
i approved FRN (SECY-81-686).
In addition, the two following changes should be made:
a.
Section on Nature and Probable Consequences, 2d i
paragraph:
Add sentence after third sentence ending in " flow path" to read as follows:
"It should be noted that with the suction valve shut, j
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the high head safety injection pumps could possibly have been damaged had they been operated."
b.
Section on Cause or causes - Change wording to read as follows:
" Careful consideration of available i
information has led the NRC to conclude that the mispositioned valve and missing chains and padlocks were possible acts of sabotage, rather than operator l
errors."
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- 2., page 8 - Under Cause or Causes add a i
statement saying the level gauge indicators in the Control Room could have been used to determine whether the shutter was shielding the source.
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- 3., page 8 - Under Actions Taken to Prevent Recurrenc'e, sub-paragraph, NRC - The second sentence d
j should be replaced by the foTTowing words:
i "Possible enforcement action is under review; to date, i
the licensee has not been cited based on the section of I
the Interim F.nforcement Policy which states, in part, that licensee will not ordinarily be cited for violations resulting from matters not within their control that could not have been reasonably foreseen.
The NRC has since amended the license to make further events of this nature subject to a civil penalty."
4.
For the next AO report, Diablo Canyon should be included (using Criterion #3).
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- 5. - The next AO report should contain the Asiatic Clams problem as either an Abnormal Occurrence or Appendix C item.
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SECY-81-700 (cont'd)
With respect to the Agreement' State Abnormal' Occurrence AS
'81-2, Commissioners Bradford and Ahearne have posed the following questions:
a.
What are the training requirem~ents for radiographers in Louisiana and what is OSP's assessment of this particular licensee's program?
b.
Has an information notice or circular been'sent to I
other Agreement States and licensees regarding i
this event?
c.
What is the basis for allowing Agreement States to make their own determination of which events are Abnormal occurrences?
The Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data was informed of this action by telephone on February 2, 1982.
I_t is requested that you:
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Forward the report and letters of transmittal to the Congress, as modified, to the Office of the Secretary for signature by the Chairman.
(SUSPENSE:
c.o.b. February 11, 1982). (/)f0D)
(2)
Forward a response to Commissioner Bradford and Ahearne's questions.
(SUSPENSE:
c.o.b. February 19, 1982).($f)
B.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 82-3, 4:05 P'.M., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1982, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo SECY to Dircks, Kamerer, 2/3/82 i
SECY-82 General License for Mill Tailings in Agreement States i
The Commission approved a revocation of a general license issued on flovember 10, 1931, to allow persons licensed by an agreement state to process uranium ore to also process uranium mill tailings.
The Commission requested:
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the Federal Register notice be-revised as in the 1/20/82 OGC
' memorandum; and (ED0)
(SECY Suspense:
2/10/82)
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS (cont'd) 2.
that the Subcomittee on Energy and the Environnient, Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation, Committee on Energy and Power, and the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources be notified.
(OCA/ ELD)
(SECYSuspense: 2/10/82)
The Commission charged to OCA the responsibility of overall notification of appropriate Congressional members and staff.
C.
SECY-82 FIRE PROTECTION RULE SCHEDULES AND EXEMPTIONS (QUARTERLY REPORT N0. 4), Memo SECY to Dircks, 2/8/82 This is to advise you that the Commission has approved (by a 5-0 vote) the granting of exemptions to 10 CFR 50.48 schedular requirements as outlined in SECY-82-13.
The Commission (with Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Ahearne and Bradford concurring) has also agreed with Commissioner Ahearne's comments on SECY-82-13.
You are therefore directed to forward the generic letter to licensees to the Commission for review.
You should also increase the resources applied to this program for reviewing the reports
-required by the NRC.
(NRR) (SECY SUSPENSE:
2/19/82)
In addition, the Commission (with Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Bradford and Ahearne concurring) has' asked that an information paper be prepared discussing the staff's program plan and plant-by-plant schedule for assuring compliance with fire protection requirements, licensee conditions, and SER commitments.
The plan should cover all plants and assure that even those plants which have not sought exemp'tions, but have submitted inadequate and incomplete information, have an enforceable obligation to furnish the needed fire protection information by a specified date.
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