ML20041E445

Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 820226

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1982 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who nay prefer a condensed version of this report.

Contents Enclosure Administration A

l Nuclear Reactor Regulation B

fluclear Material Safety and Safeguards C

Inspection and Enforcenent D

Nuclear Regulatory Research E

Executive Legal Director F

International Programs G

State Programs H

tianagement and Program Analysis I

Controller J

Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Dato K

Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights L*

Regional Offices 11 CRGR Monthly Report N

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SUMMARY

OF THE WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT Week Ending February 26, 1982 Indian Point Units 2 and 3 The probabilistic risk assessment report is undergoing final review and will be issued around March 5.

TMI Reports of Oxygen Deficiency and Combustible Gases Inside Reactor Building A special entry into the reactor building on February 24 confirmed that the reactor building air contained acceptable levels of 20% oxygen and no combustible gases.

Previous measurements showing the presence of combustible gases and reduced oxygen concentration were found to be incorrect because of instrument interference, e.g., radio transmissions.

Thl-2 Cleanup The installation of systems necessary for the gross decontamination experiment are completed and the experiment will begin the first week in March.

Comercial Compaction of Low-Level Radioactive Waste NRC recently approved a license amendment authorizing commercial compaction of low-level radioactive waste by ADC0 Services, Inc., of Tinley Park, Illinois.

Commerc*21 waste handlers have previously been limited to receipt, storage, and transfer of waste packages. This is the first license issued for comercial compaction and incineration.

DOE / Savannah River Work is continuing at the DOE / Savannah River (SR) site on the design of another fuel conversion facility for producing fuel material for the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.

SR plans to have about'12 personnel spend up to a month each at NFS Erwin studying the production operation.

DOT's Rule on Shipments of Radioactive Materials A U.S. District Judge ordered that 00T be permanently enjoined from enforcing the Routing Rule HM-164. The rule would require or encourage the use of the Interstate System by. carriers of radioactive materials and would override any local prohibitions against such shipments. The Judge concluded that " DOT has acted without sufficient study, and beyond its authority."

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending February 26, 1982 AD' MINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 135 6

Granted 97 0

Denied 10 3

Pending 28 3

ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Steven C. Sholly, Requests iterations 1 and 2 of the Action Plan Union of Concerned Tracking System Report (APTS) which were completed Scientists in late 1980 and early 1981; the Jane,1982 (82-103) iteration of the APTS; and all documen which are related to the APTS Reports.

Nina Bell, Requests three categories of documents regarding the Coalition for Washington Public Power Supply System Units 4 and Safe Power 5; a copy of the information provided to the (82-104)

Chairman's office regarding plant cancellations noted in the January 20, 1982 Weekly Information Report; and a case study on vessel level instrumentation in boiling water reactors done by the Office of Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Da ta.

David Rosenbaum, Requests a copy of Inspection Report 50-317/81-15 Technical Analysis issued September 24, 1981 dealing with the " chloride Corporation incident" of July 14, 1981 at Calvert Cliffs.

(82-105)

(NRC employee)

Requests all information concerning candidate (82-106) selection made under NRC Vacancy Announcement R81-5486. -

W. Taylor Reveley, III Requests, on behalf of the Utility Group on ATWS, James N. Christman 11 categories of documents regarding the notice Anthony F. Earley, Jr.

of proposed rulemaking on ATWS.

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Hunton & Williams (82-107)

CONTACT:

J. M. Felton 492-7211

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o Granted C. D. Henry, III, In response to a request for a copy of the non-ETA Engineering, Inc.

proprietary version of the winning proposal from (82-19)

Science Applications, Inc. under Contract No.

NRC-80-02-035, made available a copy of the requested document.

Wayne Westlake, In response to a request for copies of documents SEAWEEDS AND dealing with AEC license exempt contractors and CONSTRUCTIONS Department of Defense license exempt radioactive (82-74) waste disposal operations from 1946 to 1972, infonned the requester we had previously provided him with copies of all of the NRC documents on this subject in his two previous FOIA requests.

Suggested that he contact the Department of Navy.

Robert Lorei, In response to a request for copies of non-WMNF 5815 FM compliance reports filed with the NRC by the (82-77) operators of the Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant and information on unscheduled venting of radioactive material from the plant and a list of all such events since January 1,1976, informed the requester these documents are already available at the LPDR in Crystal River, Florida and the PDR.

Charles W. Elliott, In response to a request for records relating to the Thomas and Hair running of any version of the calculations of (82-84)

Reactor Accidents Consequences and MARCH computer codes for the Limerick Nuclear Generating Facility, made available three documents.

Sam E. Fowler, In response to a request for records relating to the Fried, Frank, Harris, allegations by David Deslauriers, or any person on Shriver & Kampelman his behalf, concerning the Hayward Tyler Pump (82-85)

Company, made available 11 documents.

(NRCemployee)

In response to a request for four categories of (82-87) documents pertaining to himself, made available 13 documents.

Joan A. Estrada, In respons'e to a request for copies of invoices Professional paid by NRC since September 30, 1981 for carpet Carpet Service services under purchase orders DR-82-0224 and l

(82-88)

DR-82-0225, made available five documents.

ENCLOSURE A I

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Granted, Cont'd (NRC employee)

In response to a request for information regarding (82-90) pennanent part-time positions in the NRC, made available a copy of a print-out indicating the name, organization, position title, and grade.

J. R. Frankenberry In response to a request for information on atomic (82-100) energy, made available three documents.

Douglas E. Lee, Ph.D.

In response to a request for a copy of Themis P.

(82-101)

Speis' draft report concerning the Robert E.

Ginna Nuclear Power Plant incident on January 25, 1982, made available a copy of this document.

Denied None 0

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CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made)

NRC-03-79-131 Transcomm, Inc.

2/23/82 NRC-02-77-201 -30 Basic Technology, Inc.

2/25/82 NRC-02-77-201 -31 Colorado State University 2/25/82 NRC-23-81-516 Metro Study Corporation 2/23/82 NRC-10-80-688 Philip J. LaMacchia 2/23/82 NRC-12-77-193 Arthur Young & Company 2/24/82 NRC-04-79-177 Dr. Peter Andersen 2/25/82

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i 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1982 INDIAN POINT PROBABILISTIC RISVs ASSESSMENT The 6000 page main report covering both Indian Point Units 2 and 3 is under' going final review by a board con::isting of S. Levine (NUS), N. Rasmussen (MIT), and Ian B. Wall (EPRI). An Overview Report is in preparation and will accompany the main report.

The target date for submittal of both reports is March 5,

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1982. A separate report covering mitiation features and' prevention measures will follow.

Upon receipt of the PRA submittal, the staff will assess the impact on the draft testimony which ha.s already been prepared for the Special Investigative Hearing.

ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL L-77 REACTOR LICENSE TERMINATION Rockwell International has dismantled its 10 watt L-77 reactor located in Canoga Park, California.

Facility License No. R-40 has been terminated following an inspection and a radiation survey by an NRC Region V inspector.

The fuel, a 20 percent enriched solution of Uranyl sulfate and water has been shipped to West Germany.

GINNA On Friday, February 19, the attached script was used by the licensee for a verbal report to the Press at Ginna.

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OF FEBRUARY 18, 1982 CRBR REVIEW MEETING i

l A meeting was held on February 18, 1982 in Bethesda-to discuss the applicants' i

organizational structure and qualifications.

The meeting was attended by Messrs.

D. Keeton and P. Docherty of the applicant and Messrs. Allenspach, Thomas and Stark of the NRC staff.

The applicant described the organization of the CRBR project office.

The applicant also discussed the contractual relationships and agreements between the applicants and subcontractors.

The applicant agreed to provide information copies of the key contracts.

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addition, the applicant agreed to review section 1.4 and the appropriate Chapter 13 sections to clarify the current status of The Breeder Reactor Corporation and The Project Steering Comittee.

The NRC staff will continue its review of the applicants' organization early l

in March (tentative date March 4).

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OF FEBRUARY 18, 1982 CRBR REVIEW MEETING (Cont'd)

The March meeting will review the role of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project Office and discuss the functions of the Director, Engineering, Quality Assurance and Lice'nsing.

Representatives of TVA, PMC, and DOE will l

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GeoD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLE *.EN 7.Y NAME IS JOHN DEER'_IES. AND I WOU'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE CF THE RECOVERY ACTIVITIES AT THE GINNA NUCLEAR STATION IN ONTARIO, NEW YCR<.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, ON JANUARY 25, 1982, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:28 A.M.

A TU3E IN THE "B" STEA*. GENERATOR AT THE GINNA P ANT BURST CAUSING A LEA'< 0: APPRCXI?.ATELY 750 GPM FROM THE PRIMARY SIDE TO THE SECONDARY SIDE.

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NRC TMI PROGRAM 0FFICE_ WEEKLY STATUS REPORT February 21,1982 - February 27, 1982 Plant Status Core Cooling Mode: Heat transfer from the reactor coolant system (RCS) loops to reactor building ambient.

Decay h' at removal systems.

Long term Available Core Cooling Modes:

e cooling "B" (once through steam generator-B).

RCS Pressure Control Mode: Standby ' pressure ' control (SPC) system.

Backup Pressure Control Modes: Mini decay heat removal (MDHR) system.

Decay heat removal (DHR) system.

Major Parameters (as of 0620, February 26,19S2) (approximate values)

Average Incore Thermocoupies : 103*F Maximum Incore Thermocouple:

133*F RCS Loop Temperatures :

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Hot Leg 96 F 99*F Cold Leg (1) 83 F 80 F (2) 90*F 83 F RCS Pressure: 96 psig Reae. tor Building: Temperature :

64 F Water level :

Elevation 283.5 ft. (1.0 ft. from floor)

Pressure :

-0.17ps i g Airborne Radionuclide Concentrations:

4.8 E-6 uCi/cc : 3 (sample taken 2/24/82) 4.2 E-6 uCi/cc Kr85 (sample taken 2/22/82)

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 February 19, 1982, through February 25, 1982, the' effluents contained no detectable radioactivity at the discharge point although individual effluent sources which originated within Unit 2 contained minute amounts of radioactivity.

Calculations indicate that less than one millionth (0.000001) of a curie of cesium was discharged.

The effluent discharge for the week of February 5,1982, through February 10, 1982, contained in addition to the cesium previously reported, less than two millionths (0.000002) of a curie of tritium.

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tem EPA monitoring of the environment around the TMI site were as follows :

3 The EPA measured Kr-85 concentrations (pCi/m ) at several environmental monitoring stations and reported the following results :

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January 11 - February 5,1982 (pCi/m3)

Gol dsboro 24 Observation Center 30 Middletown 28 Yorkhaven 23 No radiation above normally occurring background levels was detected in any of the samples collected from the EPA's air and gamma rate networks during the period from February 17, 1982, i

through February 25, 1982.

On February 26, 1982, the EPA published a preliminary status report on the ongoing tritium (H-3) study in the TMI area.

The EPA is sampling for H-3 in air at three sampling locations near TMI (TMI Observation Center, Goldsboro and Middletown) and a control location at Wernersville, PA (35 miles northeast of Middletown).

The environmental air H-3 is associated with the air moisture and is incorporated in water as part of the water molecule (HTO, T20, H2O with "T" indicating the tritium nuclide).

The EPA is using a sophisticated and sensitive analytical method to provide for adequate detection of slight increases in the de minimus (extremely low) levels of H-3 in the atmosphere with a lower limit of detection (LLD) of 0.5 pCi/ml of air moisture.

This LLD r f H-3 in moisture would equate to average values of about 6-8 pCi/m3 o( air.

All samples collected near TMI indicated H-3 air concentrations of values less than the lower limit for detection or values comparable to the control location at Wernersville.

During November and December 1981 and January 1982, a few samples at the Observation Center indicated an apparent slight increase in H-3 concentrations.

In comparison to the 10 CFR 20 limit of 200,000 pCi/m3 these detected concentrations are at least 10,000 times lower than this limit.

The EPA will continue to collect and analyze additional air samples.

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NRC Environmental Data.

Results from NRC monitoring of the environment around the TMI site were as follows:

The following are the NRC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler:

I-1 31 Cs-137 Sample Period (uCi/cc)_ (uCi/cc)

HP-308 February 18,1982

, February 24, 1982

<2.9 E-14 <2.9 E-14 4

Licensee Radioactive Material and Radwaste Shipments.

On Monday, February 22, 1982, six drums of compacied trash and six metal containers of noncompacted trash from Unit 1 were shipped to Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc., Barnwell, South Carolina.

On Monday, February 22,1982, a 250 mi sample (Unit 1 decay heat "A") was mailed to the Radiation Management Corp. Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

On Wednesday, February 24, 1982, one drum containing 14 samples from Unit II SDS was shipped to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

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_TMI Occupational Exposure _.

Licensee TLD (Thermoluminescent Dosimeter).

records indicate the following Unit II total occupational radiation exposure for January 1982: 17 man-rem.

(This is a corrected number. The number reported in the Weekly Status, Report dated February 22, 1982, was in error.)

. Major Activities 1.

Submerge _d Demineralizer Systerc (SDS).

Processing of batch 21 was completed on February 27, 1982, and its performance parameters are enclosed as Attachment 1.

Transfe,r of batch 22 commenced on i

l February 27, 1982, and was terminated on February 28, 1982, when the pump used to transfer water from the reactor building lost suction, as expected, with approximately six inches of water (36,000 l

galicins) remaining.

Approximately 600,000 gallons of water have been removed from the reactor building.

2.

EPICOR II.

The EPICOR II system continued to process SDS effluents during the week.

Performance parameters are included in Attachment 1.

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Ground Water Samples.

Tritium concentrations in the ground water '

have remained in essentially the same range as reported in previous Weekly Status Reports.

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Water samples taken after February ll,1982, indicate that cesium 137 and all isotopes except tritium are below the icwer limit of detection.

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Reactor Building Entries.

Three reactor building (RB) entries were scheduled during the week of February 21, 1982.

The first entry was cancelled when an air sample indicated that the tritium concentration in RB air was above the maximurr permissible concentration (MPC).

However, workers were able to complete most of the tasks scheduled for the week during entries on Thursday and Friday (February 25 and February 26,1982).

The installation of systems necessary for the gross decontamination experiment was completed and it is expected that the gross decontamination experiment will commence during the first week in March.

A low pressure flush of the floor surfaces of the 305 ft. elevation is scheduled for Tuesday, March 2,1982.

On a subsequent entry, the polar crane will be flushed with low pressure water.

On the third entry of the gross decontamination experiment, also scheduled for next week, it is anticipated that the "D" ring surfaces and the refueling pool will be decontaminated.

5 Apparent Oxygen Deficiency And Compustible Gas Indications in the Reactor _ Building.

Prior to the start of scheduled tasks inside the reactor building this week, a special entry was made on Wednesday, February 24, 1982, to verify that there was sufficient oxygen and no combustible gases inside the reactor building.

The analysis of the reactor building air during the previous week indicated the presence of combustible gases and reduced oxygen concentrations. A subsequent investigation concluded that the combustible gas and depleted oxygen measurements were incorrect because of instrument interference, e.g. radio transmissions.

The special entry on-Wednesday confirmed, through portable air analyzer readings and laboratory analysis of air samples, that the reactor building air contained acceptable levels of approximately 20% oxygen and no combustible gases.

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Past Meetings On Monday, February 22, 1982, Lake Barrett met with a group of area mothers to discuss various TMI issues including, the Unusual Event of February 19, 1982, cleanup funding and Unit 1 steam generators.

They expressed their opinion that Unit i should not be restarted prior to the completion of the Unit 2 cl eanup.

Future Meetings

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On Saturday, March 13, 1982, La'ke Barrett will address the Society of Manufacturing Engineers in Williamsport, PA, on the cleanup of TMI and general aspects of nuclear power.

2.

On Wednesday, April 14, 1982, Lake Barrett will be the keynote speaker for the Southern Pennsylvania Association of Occupational Health Nurses, to be held at the Holiday Inn in York.

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ATTACHMENT 1 SDS Performance for Batch Number 21 Average Average Average Radionuclide Influent Ef fl uent DF (uc/ml)

(uc/ml)

Cesium 137 1.1 x 102 6.7 x 10-4 1.6 x 105 Strontium 90 4.4 6.0 x 10-3 7.3 x 102 EPICOR II Performance February 16, 1982 to February 22, 1982 Average Average Average Radionuclide Infl uent Effluent DF (uc/ml)

(uc/ml )

Cesium 137 7.9 x 10-4 1.3 x 10-7 6.1 x 103 Strontium 90 5.6 x 10-3

<1.3 x 10-5

>4.3 x 102 Antimony 125 1.0 x 10-2

<3.'4 x 10-7

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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending February 26, 1982 Commercial Compaction of Low-Level Radioactive Waste The Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety recently approved a license amendment authorizing commercial compaction of low-level radioactive waste by ADC0 Services, Inc. of Tinley Park, Illinois. Many NRC licensees are currently authorized to compact or incinerate their own waste.

However, commercial waste handlers have been limite.d to receipt, storage, and trans-fer of waste packages.

Commercial compaction and incineration have not been previously authorized.

Commercial compaction will contribute to waste volume reduction, the goal specified in the Commission's policy statement on low-level waste published on October 19, 1981 (46 FR 51100).

Safety features incorporated into ADC0's program include:

1) an inspection program for waste picked up at the generators' facilities, 2) full body cover for workers operating the compactor, 3) installation of high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration and continuous monitoring on the compactor stack, 4) surveys for contamination after each compaction operation, and

5) emergency plans for contamination incidents, fires, and other events.

Several companies have contacted the NRC with regard to obtaining authoriza'-

tion for commercial compaction or incineration of radioactive waste. There-fore, additional applications are expected to be received in the near future.

Fuel Cycle and Materials Interoffice Working Group An Interoffice Working Group consisting of representatives of NMSS, IE, RES, Sp, Region I, Region II, Region IV and Region V met on February 22 to discuss issues of mutual interest pertaining to the regulation of fuel cycle and materials activities.

It is planned that the Working Group will meet approxi-mately every two months for the purpose of facilitating good communication between offices and assisting in the resolution of identified issues and prob-lems.

General Electric Company, Wilmington, North Carolina During the period of February 16-19, 1982, NRC representatives visited the Wilmington facility to discuss the application for operation of a new inciner-ator, the application for renewal of SNM-1097, and environmental issues associ-ated with both applications.

The facilities and environmental monitoring loca-tions were observed.

On February 18, 1982, the NRC representatives met with Mr. Charles Wakild, Regional Supervisor, Division of Environmental Management, State of North Carolina. Issues discussed included NRC responsibilities under NEPA and the State's authority to regulate surface and groundwater effluents.

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4 Item' @f Interest 2

Evidence of nitrate contamination in the shallow aquifer around the process lagoon was noted from a review of monitoring data during the past ten years. This information was discussed with Mr. Wakild by phone on February 23, 1982.

NFS Erwin Visit.

Representatives of NFS Erwin visited the Division of Safeguards staff offices in Silver Spring to discuss interim measures to meet the Upgrade Physical Protection Rule while construction previously committed to is being :ompleted.

NFS Erwin Report A Division of Safeguards evaluation of the Process Monitoring System (PMS) at NFS Erwin has been completed. The February 1982 classified report, covering the two year period since resumption of operations in January 1980, contains recommended revisions to the PMS alarm level and alarm response functions.

DOE / Savannah River Work continues at the DOE / Savannah River (SR) site on the design of another fuel conversion facility for producing fuel material for the U. S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.

Last week, a large number of Dupont personnel were at the NFS Erwin site for the 6th time within a year. Also, the SR resident program began in early February. According to NFS, SR plans to have about 12 personnel spend up to a month each at the Erwin, Tennesseet site studying the production operation.

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I Meetings - Division of Waste Management 1.

Subject:

Meeting with Rocky Mountain Energy Co. (RMEC), Nine Mile Lake Island Facility to discuss' operational history, current groundwater status, a d post restoration moni-toring plan Date/ Time:

March 1, 1982, 10:00-3:00 Location:

4th Floor Conference Room, Willste Building Attendees:

M. Neumann, J. Yellich, RMEC; R. Scarano, D. Martin, J. Linehan, F. Ross, and K. Kalman, WMUR/NRC 2.

Subject:

Waste Package Networking Meeting Date/ Time:

March 1-3, 1982 3

Location:

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY Attendees:

F. R. Cook, K. C. Chang, WMHL/NRC 3.

Subject:

Review of Task 1 Report on Trench Design and-Construction Techniques Date/ Time:

March 4,1982, 9:00 Location:

4th Floor Conference Room, Willste Building Attendees:

Pat Tucker, COE; C..Fleenor, CON /NRC; R. Pennifill, R. D. Smith, E. Hawkins, M. Dunkelman, G. Pangburn, D. Siefken, R. J. Stanner, and D. Widmayer, WMLL/NRC 4.

Subject:

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packaging with regard to Draft 10 CFR 61 Date/ Time:

March 5, 1982 Location:

E. R. Squibb & Sons, Brunswick, NJ Attendees:

E. R. Squibb & Sons personnel; BNL Representatives; R. E. Browning, WM/NRC; L. S. Person, WMLL/NRC 5.

Subject:

Waste Management '82 Conference ( ASME)

Date/ Time:

March 8-11,1982 Location:

Y.arriott Motel, Tucson, AZ Attendees:

E. F. Hawkins, WMLL (to present paper); T. C. Johnson, WMLL (to ptesent paper entitled " Classification of TMI Wastes")

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Subject:

Meeting with Pathfirfder Mines Corporation (Shirley Basin Mill) -- Preliminary Conference on Renewal of License SUA-442 Date/ Time:

March 9-10, 1982 Location:

Willste Building Attendees:

Jack Russell, Strat Murdock, Lea Sandman, and Tom' Shepherd, Pathfinder Mines; Dennis Sollenberger and Harry Pettengill, WMUR/NRC e

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Meetings - Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety I

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Subject:

West Chicago l

Date/Tinie:

March 1 - ll:00am f

Location:

H-St, Room 1160 1

Attendees:

R. E. Cunningham (FC), W. Dircks (ED0),

Representatives from Kerr-McGee 2.

Subfect:

Discussion of unresolved items related to the Combustion Engineering, Inc. (Windsor) SNM-1067 license renewal application.

Date/ Time:

March.3 - 10:00am.

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's Location:

Atte^ndees:

N. Ketzlach (FC), A. L. Soong (FC), Representatives from Combustion Engineering 3.

Subject:

ANS - 57.9 " Design Criteria for an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (Dry Storage Installation)"

Date/ Time:

March 3-5 Location:

Hilton Head, South Carolini Attendees:

N. Davison (FC), ANS Code '.ommittee Members Meetings - Division of Safeguards 1.

Subject:

Licensing Review Date/ Time:

March 8 - 12, 1982 Location:

bestinghouse, Columbia, S. C.

Attendees:

G. Gundersen (NRC), C. N. Smith (NRC), H. Foster (Westinghouse), M. D' Amore (Westinghouse 2.

Subject:

Licensing Review; process monitoring system evaluation Date/ Time:

March 15 - 19, 1982 Location:

NFS - Erwin, Tennessee Attendees:

C. Emeigh (NRC), D. Joy (NRC), C. N. Smith (NRC),

L. J. Evans, Jr. (NRC), K. Hensley (NFS), and W. Manser (NFS)

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OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT ITEMS OF INTEREST FEBRUARY 22, 1982 T0 FEBRUARY 26, 1982 l '.

The following Significant Enforcement Actions were taken during the past week:

a.

Nuclear Pharmacy, Inc. - An Order imposing a Civil Penalty in the amount of $2,000 was issued on February 24, 1982.

The Civil Penalty was based on (1) the improper procurement of non-radiopharmaceutical grade and (3) the subsequent distribution of the material. xenon-133, (2) the imp EN-79-09A) b.

Public Service Electric and Gas Company (Salem Nuclear Generating Station - Units 1 and 2) - An Order imposing a Civil Penalty in the amount of $40,000 was issued on February 23, 1982.

The Civil Penalty was based on apparent items of noncompliance at the Salem facility which demonstrated inadequacies in the management of the licensee's physical security program. These items concerned the abuse of the licensee's photobadge system by.the site security force.

(EN-81-32A) c.

Carolina Power and Light Company (H. B. Robinson - Unit 2) - An Order imposing a Civil Penalty in the amount of $40,000 was issued on February 23, 1982.

The civil Penalty was based on alleged violations involving, (1) failure to follow specific established procedures for steam generator maintenance work, (2) the performance of inadequate radiation surveys resulting in an individual receiving a radiation dose in excess of NRC regulatory limits and (3) the use of an unqualified radiation control technician which contributed to the excessive exposure. (EN-8I-44A) 2.

The following Preliminary Notifications were dispatched during the past week:

PN0-TMI-82-03, Metropolitan Edison Company (Three Mile Island-Uriit 2) -

a.

0xygen Deficient Atmosphere in the Reactor Building.

b.

PN0-TMI-82-03A, Metropolitan Edison Company (Three Mile Island - Unit 2) -

Apparent Oxygen Deficient Atmosphere in the Reactor Building (Upd' ate).

PNO-TMI-82-03B, Metropolitan Edison Company (Three Mile Island - Unit 2) -

c.

Apparent Oxygen Deficient Atmosphere in the Reactor Building (Update).

d.

PN0-TMI-82-03C, GPU Nuclear Corporation (Three Mile Island - Unit 2) -

Apparent Oxygen Deficient Atmosphe're in the Reactor Building (Update).

e.

PN0-I-82-09J, R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant - Steam Generator Tube Rupture (Update).

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PN0-II-82-22, Potomac Hospital Corporation (Potomac flemorial Hospital) -

Possible Theft of M099/TC-99M Spent Generators from Interstate Comerce.

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PNO-III-82-24, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (Perry Nuclear Power Station - Unit 1) - Apparent Construction Vandalism.

h.

PH0-III-82-25, Commonwealth Edison Company (Zion Nuclear Power Station - Unit 1) - Hinge Fragments Found in Two Steam Generators.

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PN0-IV-82-06, AMF Tuboscope, Inc, Building Containing Radioactive Device Destroyed by Fire.

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PN0-V-82-09, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Diablo Canyon - Unit 1) -

Seismic Qualification of Pressurizer Relief, PORV and PORV Blocking Valves.

k.

PN0-V-82-10, Naval Regional Medical Center, Therapeutic Misadministration.

3.

Other Items of Interest:

Activities of the Division of Emergency Preparedness February 19, 1982 On February 19, 1982 the NRC entered the Standby Mode when reports of depleted oxygen concentration and possible concentrations of flammable gases were repoted inside the TMI containment. Mr. Denton, an Executive Team Member, chaired the NRC response in the Standby Mode.and technical teams were staffed to provide analysis and support.

The NRC response returned to a Normal Mode at about 11:30 p.m. when additional measurements confirmed normal air concentrations in the purge exhaust and containment dome.

Followup activities were assigned to Mr. Barrett at the site.

Notifications went smoothly and were verified by an individual assigned that responsibility under recently revised Operations Center procedures.

February 22, 1982 EPLB staff members participated in the emergency preparedness implementation appraisal for Trojan which began on this d, ate.

February 23, 1982 EPLB staff members participated in the full scale exercises for Palisades and Kewaunee.

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February 25, 1982 Section Chief, EPLB, participated in the exit briefing for the FitzPatrick emergency preparedness implementation appraisal.

Director, DEP, participated in a meeting with the Interorganizational Advisory Committee (State Rad Health and State and local Emergency Services I

Directors) to discuss emergency preparedness.

February 26, 1982 EPLB Section Chief participated in the exit briefii;g' for the North Anna emergency preparedness implementation appraisal.

EPLB staff member escorted Brazilian visitor Mr. A. Albergaria to TMI for plant tour and briefing. A meeting with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency will also be attended.

4.

Laboratory Accreditation Program Messrs. DeYoung, Sniezek and Taylor are meeting with the Executive Committee of the IEEE Board of Govenors on February 26 to reaffirm NRC full support for the laboratory accreditation program pertaining to environmental qualification of safety related equipment.

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t OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1982 Experimental Programs Branch 1.

Semiscale Test $-IB-2, the 50 percent cold leg break, was run on February 18, 1982.

Preliminary results indicate a successful test with a maximum core temperature of 16200F. Test S-IB-3, the 19 percent break, is scheduled for the week of February 22, 1982.

Final work is being accomplished for the following meetings.

March 8:

RELAP5 - Principally NRR applications. Program overvi2w and interactive capability demonstration during first hour.

March 9:

Semiscale Review Group.

March 10:

Experimental work applicable to Pressurized Thermal Shock.

March 11:

Semiscale Mid. Year Review.

The March 8, 9 and 11 meetings are in P-il8; March 10 in MNBB 6110.

All start at 8:30 a.m.

BW' Refill /Reflood Program 2.

R A program management meeting will be held March 1,1982 in San Jose, California. Major topics to be addressed include review of 300 SSTF-results and analysis and reporting plans.

3.

BWR FIST A program management meeting will te held March 2-3, 1982 in San Jose, California.

Major agenda items include review of facility construction progress, final negotiations and review of the Phase 11 proposal, and review of INEL program support tasks.

Severe Accident Assessment Branch 1.

Fast Reactor Technology On February 22, 1982 members of the NRC met with Mr. Hiroyuki Yoshido who is head of the FBR Designing Laboratory, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute.

Paul Check and Bill Morris of the CRBR Project Office discussed the CRBR licensing schedule and major issues.

G.R. Burdick and W.L. Glen of PRA discussed the use of PRA in licensing and the plans for doing a risk assessment on CRBR.

Later R.T. Curtis and P.M. Wood discussed the NRC safety research program for-LMFBR's and answered detailed questions for Mr. Yoshida.

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Analytical Models Branch 1.

The code assessment programs at INEL, BNL, LASL, and Sandia are basically on. schedule except for some slight delays (on the order of three months) at INEL and BNL.

The reasons for these delays are:

(1) Some of the pressurized thermal shock calculations will be performed by the same personnel, and (2) there has been a fund reduction of 5 percent.

2.

INEL has been asked to calculate the B&W plant first in response to the Pressurized Thermal Shock Issue. They will then start calculations on the Westinghouse Plant once it is chosen.

Fuel Behavior Branch 1.

Power Burst Facility (PBF)

ne repair of the spare PBF loop coolant pump was completed.

Following reinstallation in the PBF loop, the pump was checked out and tested during a 5-hour run which resulted in satisfactory performance of all parameters. An important checkout parameter, the solids content of a,

fluid sample taken from the bearing housing during the latter part of the checkout run, was found to be within specification.

Various options for expediting the repair or replacement of the remaining pump to provide a working spare unit are currently under review.

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OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR i

ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING MARCH 5, 1982 Indian Point Station, Unit No. 3 On March 1,1982, the Licensing Board issued an Order in this special proceeding granting the request of certain of the intervenors that they be permitted to place observerin the control room of Indian Point Units 2 and 3, and in the emergency operations facility during the emergency planning exercise scheduled to take place on March 3,1982.

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Order dated March 2,1982, the Licensing Board referred this ruling to the Commission for its review. On March 2,1982, the Commission issued an Order granting the referral and staying the Licensing Board's Order of March 1,1982.

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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1982 IAEA Vacancy Notices The International Atomic Energy Agency is recruiting for the following positions at its headquartars in Vienna, Austria:

P-3 Safeguards Inspector (7 positions)

Division of Operations, Department of Safeguards P-5 Safeguards Analyst i

Division of Development and Technical Support, Department of Safeguards P-4 Instrumentation Engineer Division of Development and Technical Support Department of Safeguards P-4 Nuclear Engineer.

Advanced Nuclear Power Technology Section, Division of Nuclear Power and Reactors, Department of Technical Operations P-4 Safeguards Inspector (4 positions)

Division of Operations, Department of Safeguards P-3 Safeguards Inspector (3 positions)

Division of Operations, Department of Safeguards P-4 Interpreter (English and Russian into French)

Interpretation Section, Division of External Relations, Department of Administration P-5 Scientific Secretary Nuclear Safety Section, Division of Nuclear Safety, Department of Technical Operations P-4 Safety Standards Implementation pfficer Nuclear Safety Section, Division of Nuclear Safety, Department of Technical Operations Copies of these vacancy notices have been posted or will soon be posted on NRC Vacancy Announcement Boards.

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Foreign Assignees at NRC The following foreign nationals are assigned in the organizations identified:

NRC Exp.

Name Country / Organization Organization Phone Departure Teofilo Leonin Philippines PAEC NRR/0LB 24721 March 1982 Vincent Nacario Philippines PAEC I&E/HQ 24773 July 1982 Shushi Ueta Japan STA RES/CEBR 35918 Jan.

1983 Ruoh-Tsan Lee Taiwan TAEC NMSS/WMLL 74592 June 1982 Syh-Tsong Chiou Taiwan TAEC NRR/ETSB 27641 Aug.

1982 Hon-Wei Syh Taiwan TAEC I&ETrn'gCtr(8)852-8121 June 1982 Maw-Sherng Ni Taiwan TAEC I&E Trn'g Ctr (8)852-8121 June 1982 Guven Gunes Turkey TEK NRR/ICSB 27588 Jan.

1983 Alain Pattou France CEA I&E/HQ 24852 Dec.

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, Leone 11a Serva Italy CNEN NRR/GSB 28366 April 1982 Jukka Laaksonen Finland IRP NRR/RSB 29400 June 1982 Jiri Semecky Czechoslovakia CAEC NRR/SEB 27587 May 1982 Jose I. Villadoniga Spain JEN NRR/SEPB 28928 June 1982 NRC program offices have accepted the following foreign nationah for astignment and schedules are being arranged for each assignee:

Jae-Dong Ko Korea ED0 Reg. I Ms. Perpetua Rodriquez Philippines NRR Seung-Ho Kim Korea NRR Ms. Estrella Relunia Philippines I&E Trn'g Ctr Magno Yoshisaki Philippines I&E Trn'g Ctr l

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3-Foreign Visits to NRC On Monday Mr. Michael Holstrom of the Swedish technical journal New Technique toured the TMI site and met with utility and NRC site representatives. On Thursday Mr. Holstrom interviewed NRR Director Denton and TMI Program Office Director Snyder.

Mr. Holstrom is preparing a three-year perspective on the TMI accident.

On Monday a three-member TMI study group, under the co-sponsorship of the Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) and the Science and Technology Agency (STA), met with T. Ippolito, Chief, and D. Verrilli of the NRR Operating Reactors Assessment Branch to discuss the status of TMI action plan items.

On Tuesday Mr. Nam Ho, Assistant Director of the Nuclear Reactor Inspection Division of the Korean Atomic Energy Bureau, participated in the NRC observa-tion of the emergency preparedness exercise at the Kewaunee nuclear facility.

On the same day, Mr. Anton Birrier of the Swiss Nuclear Safety Division participated in the NRC observation of the emergency preparedness exercise at the Palisades nuclear facility.

Two additional Korean representatives, Dr. Philip Moon of the Korean Atomic Research Institute, and Mr. Y. C. Park, of the Korea Electric Power Corporation also attended the exercise at Palisades with representatives of FEMA.

These individuals are a part of a growing number of foreign regulatory personnel with immediate responsibility for emergency preparedness activities in their own countries who are being selectively scheduled to participate as a part of the NRC observation team in emergency preparedness exercises at U.S. facilities.

On Tuesday Dr. Bak Kwang Kang, Director General of the Korean Atomic Energy Bureau, headed a five-member delegation of senior Korea'n government and utility representatives to examine the role of the NRC Operations Center during commercial nuclear emergencies.

The emergency preparedness exercise at the Kewaunee facility was used to illustrate this role. On Thursday the delegation and the three Korean representatives listed in the above entry (Messrs. Ho, Moon, and Park) returned to discuss detailed procedures for implementing the NRC-Korean emergency cooperation provisions contained in the recently renewed bilateral Arrangement b'etween the NRC and the Korean Ministry of Science 'and Technology.

On Friday Sr. Alberto de Oliveira Albergaria of the Brazilian state utility FURNAS met with NRC representatives at the.TMI site for a general tour and with Pennsylvania state emergency representatives. Mr. Albergaria has been charged with the responsibility of developing the emergency plan for the Angra nuclear facility in Brazil and, to this end, has attended the IAEA-sponsored training in emergency response at ANL and will attend the emergency prepared-ness exercise at the Monticello nuclear facility on March 2,1982, with NRC Region III representatives.

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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1982 On February 19, 1982 U. S. District Judge A. D. Sofaer ordered that the Department of Transportation (D0T) is permanently enjoined from enforcing the Routing Rule HM-164 to the extent required by the Court's opinion i

and has fifteen days to file any suggested corrections to the opinion of the court. The primary effect of the rule would be to require or encourage the use of the Interstate System by carriers of radioactive materials.

However, the rule would also override any local prohibitions against the shipment of radioactive materials. Subsequently, the court's opinion states that "the DOE's actions are challenged meaningfully only insofar as they relate to the highway transportation of spent fuel from nuclear reactors and other large quantity shipments of radioactive materials through densely populated areas such as New York City. The agency has failed to fulfill its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act and under the regulations promulgated under NEPA by the Council on Environmental Quality and by DOT itself.

In particular, D0T has failed adequately to evaluate and to address itself to the problems posed by low-probability /high-consequence occurrences that are concededly ' credible.'

In conclusion, " DOT has acted without sufficient study, and beyond its authority."

William B. Menczer, RSLO, Region III, on February 22, 1982 was in Ottawa, Illinois meeting with representatives of the Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency, Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Commonwealth Edison Company to. develop a final scenario for the April, 1982 exercise of emergency plans in support of the LaSalle Station.

On February 22, 1982 OSP, ELD and NMSS staff attended a special session sponsored by the National Governors' Association on low level radioactive waste compacts which featured a discussion of the various compacts by representatives from the seven regional compact groups. A status report was given and the unique aspects of each compact was highlighted. Some Congressional views were provided by a staff member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Some of the Congressional insights expressed are as follows: The compact werding would not be amended but rather modifications in wording would be accomplished by conditions in the Congressional consent legislation. The exclusion date of 1986 is viewed to be firm.

Congress is mainly looking for conformity among compacts rather than identical approaches and there should be no duplication of NRC authority. There is concern on how to deal with States not included in compacts. Compacts should provide a system to assure the likelihood of a site by 1986. Finally, the primary objective of consent is to ascertain whether or not a compact works.

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In addition, the workshop provided a better basis for developing the next stage of the efforts to improve State capabilities so that greater reliance can be placed on States for the staff's need for power review. About 60 members of the public attended.

OSP and NMSS staff met jointly on Wednesday, February 24 with two staff members from the Seattle Office of GA0. They are assessing the States' t

development of interstate compacts under the Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 at the request of Congressman Frank of Massachusetts.

They are to address the following questions: What progress have the States made? Will new sites be operable by 19867 What kinds of contingency plans are appropriate and who should develop them? The GA0 team will be visiting DOE, several States, and industry.

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners /NRC Liaison Ad Hoc Committee met at H Street on February 25. Chairman Palladino, Commissioner Bradford, and NRC staff discussed with the Committee issues i

relating to emergency planning, State participation in NRC licensing hearings and decommissioning. A meeting in April is planned where the NRC staff will present a more detailed briefing on decommissioning.

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It focused on the report on Price-Anderson due to Congress in August, 1983.

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Wayne Kerr will present a paper "The Evolvement of Federal / State Relationships In The Regulation of Lcw Level Radioactive Wastes" at the Waste Management Symposium in Tucson, Arizona on March 8, 1982.

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WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1982 Publications-Distribution was made of the following:

(1) NUREG-0652, Facilities License Application Record (FLAR),

Vol. 1, No. 3 (data as of 12/31/81)

(2) NUREG-0566, Standards Development Status Summary Report (Green Book), Vol. 2, No.1 (data as of 12/31/81 and 1/ 31 /82)

(3) NUREG-0748, Operating Reactors Licensing Action Summary (ORLAS), Vol. 2, No.1 (data as of 1/31/82) e e

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Items of Interest Week Ending February 26, 1982 Ottinger Questions The Division of Budget and Resources Analyses tracked each question for Ottinger and collected answers from the offices and after coordination and editing turned them over to MPA for printing and final distribution.

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0FFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEM 0F INTEREST WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1982 Cooperative Activities with INP0/NSAC Arrangements are in progress for the NRC to obtain access to selected INP0 data files. At this time, it is anticipated that we will have access to the Document Contro? System (DCS) file, the LER file, and the NPRDS file within the next several weeks. Discussions are continuing on the possibility of sharing additional computerized data files located both at NRC and INP0.

The revised covering Memorandum of Agreement (M0A) with INP0 is undergoing final staff review and additional specific appendices covering areas for cooperation beyond operational data have been draf ted. The status and schedule for completion of the review and reaching agreement on the revisions will be discussed at the next NRC/INP0 progress meeting to be held March 9 in Atlanta.

NSAC has indicated that they will soon propose a separate M0A in order to continue the existing relationship on operational data.

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REGION V ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1982 Southern California Edison Company San Onofre DN 50-361 Initial fuel loading continued, with minor delays throughout the week. As of 7:30 a.m. PST, 2/26/82, the licensee had loaded 204 of the total of 217 fuel assemblies, and expected to complete the fuel loading later in the day on 2/26/82.

This will place the licensee approximately two days ahead of his latest formal schedule. According to this schedule the reactor will remain in Mode 6 (for mechanical and electrical assenbly and checking) until about 3/13/82, when it will enter Mode 5 (T greater than 140F, less than 200F).

Southern California Edison Company San Onofre DN 50-206 Unit 1 is scheduled to shut down 2/27/82, for a 12 to 14 week outage.

Activities to be performed during the outage include:

(1) steam generator inspection; (2) surveillance testing of the modified safety injection system; and (3) seismic upgrade of portions of the turbine extension and west heater platform.

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DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR REGIONAL OPERATIONS & GENERIC REQUIREMENTS (DEDROGR)

Week Ending February 26, 1982 CRGR Attached is a summary (report of the activities of the Committee to Review Generic Requirements CRGR) from its inception in November 1981 through February 19, 1982. A number of these activities, as well as the proposed charter for CRGR, were outlined in SECY-82-39 and discussed with the Commission on February 2,1982.

Background material on topics reviewed by the Committee and the minutes of CRGR meetings are sent to the Commissioners and copies are provided to the Public Document Room.

Future activities of CRGR will be reported monthly in this summary fashion.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PAGE:

COMMITTEE TO REVIEW GENERIC REQUIREMENTS.

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SUMMARY

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LATEST CRGR STATUS:

810001 IE BULLETIN ON ELASTSMERS (VITON) USED IN ASCO 02/17/82 RETURNED TO IE 11/25/81 FOR REASSESSMENT OF NP-1 VALVES SAFETY BENEFITS; TO BE RESUDMITTED TO CRGR AFTER REASSESSMENT.

(ACTION: IE)

ORIG OFC: IE CATEGORY: 2 ITEM RECD: 11/13/81 CRGR REVIEW: 11/19/81 COMPLETED:

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ORIG OFC RES CATEGORY: 2 ITEM RECD: 11/13/81 CRGR REVIEW: 11/19/81 COMPLETED:

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1.23, "MEJ EOROLOGICAL 02/17/82 RETURNED TO RES 11/25/81 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MEASUREMENT PROGRAM FOR NPPS" COSTS AND BENEFITS.

SCHEDULED FOR CRGR REVIEW 2/24/82 BASED ON RESUBMITTAL OF 1/27/82.

(ACTION: RES ORIG OFC RES CATEGORY: 2 ITEM RECD: 11/17 /81 CRGR REVIEW: 11/19/81 COMPLETED:

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PROPOSED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

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IE 8 HRR DIRECTORS CONCURRED WITH RQMTS.

CRGR RECOMMENDED IMPLEMENTATION TO EDO.

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LATEST CRGR STATUS:

810006 QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES AT HPPS 02/17/82 REQUESTED (12/14/81) FUTURE CRGR REVIEW UHEN REQUIREME ARE DETTER DEFINED.

CACTION: IE)

ORIG OFC: IE CATEGORY: 2 ITEM RECD: 12/10/81 CRGR REVIEW: 12/10/81 COMPLETED:

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ORIG OFC: RES CATEGORY: 2 ITEM RECD: 12/10/81 CRGR REVIEW:

12/10/81 COMPLETED:

12/14/81 DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 820008 REG. GUIDE 1.68.3 - PREOP TESTING OF INSTRUMENT 02/17/82 RECOMMENDED TO EDO APPROVAL SUBJECT TO Cl.ARIFYIHG

& CONTROL AIR SYSTEMS GUIDE'S APPLICABILITY & IMPLEMENTATION.

ELD REVIEW SUGGESTED FOR FINAL WORDING.

ORIG OFC: RES CATEGORY: 2 ITEM RECD: 12/15/81 CRGR REVIEW:

01/21/82 COMPLETED: 02/04/82 DMUMMMM%MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMD 820009 EQUIPMENT QUALIFICATION PROGRAM 02/17/82 RECOMMENDED EDO SEND TO COMMISSIGH PROP. RULE ON ACCREDITATI0H OF TESTING LABS FOR EQUIP. QUALIF.

WITH NODIFICATIONS TO CLARIFY IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE.

ORIG OFC: HRR CATEGORY: 2 ITEM RECD: 01/22/82

.CRGR REVIEW:

01/22/82 COMPLETED:

02/10/82 DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMW 820010 ELECTRICAL TERMINAL BLOCKS (RIL-123) 02/17/82 RECOMMENDED TO EGO THAT HRR. IE 8 RES REACH AGREEMENT NUREG/CR-1682 OH COURSE OF ACTIDH.

SUGGESTED HOLDING REPLY TO CONGRESSMAN UDALL UNTIL RESOLVED.

ORIG OFC: RES CATEGORY: 2 ITEM RECD: 01/27/82 CRGR REVIEW:

01/27/82 COMPLETED:

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FROM REVISED STANDARD REVIEW PLAN (SRP)

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ORIG OFC: HRR CATEGORY: 2 ITEM RECD: 02/03/82 CRGR REVIEW:

02/03/82 COMPLETED: 02/17/82 MORH3MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMi 820013 TECH SPEC CHANGE PROCEDURE 02/17/82 SUGGESTED THAT NRR DEVELOP 2 IMPLEMENT OFFICE PROCEDURES TO CONTROL RETROFIT OF CURRENT STD. TECH SPECS OH OPER. REACTORS LICENSED TO EARLIER TECH SPEC 1 DRIG OFC: HRR CATEGORY: 2 ITEM RECD: 02/03/82 CRGR REVIEW:

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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1982 A.

STAcF REQUIREMENTS - SECY-81-600A - GENERAL STATEMENT OF POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, Memo Secy to Dircks and Bickwit, 2/22/82 In approving the General Statement of Policy and Procedure for Enforcement Actions, the Commission did not act on possible modifications to Section VII. Administrative Review of Civil Penalty and Other Orders.

The Commission does intend to address possible changes to the procedures contained in this section.

You are directed to prepare a Commission paper discussing the options available to the Commission and recommend changes, including legislative proposals, if necessary. zg (OGC/E&e).(SECY SUSPENSE:

3/19/82)

The Commission also noted that Section 206. (b) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 contemplates a state of mind standard ("... knowingly and consciously fails to provide...")

which is different than that contained in Sections 234 and 186 of the Atomic Energy Act, as Amended, and the provisions of Section 9(b) of the Administrative Procedures Act.

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are directed to review the present law and develop proposed legislation to bring the state of mind requirement of 8206(b) into consistency with analagous requirements contained elsewhere in the Atomic Energy Act or Energy Reorganization Act.

Also, you are directed to prepare legislative proposals to (1) modify a234 of the Atomic Energy Act to remove the restriction to enumerated sections of the Act and authorize the NRC to sanction any violation of any section of our statutes, regulations, or licenses; (2) clarify if necessary authority for enforcement against any person, not just licensees; and (3) to authorize the NRC to apply regulatory i

requirements, including Part 21, to non-licensees.

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4/9/82)

Commissioners Ahearne and Roberts noted that there has been some confusion about the role of " Material False Statement" in the enforcement process.

They requested that you provide them with a discussion of your views of the Commission's i

intent in this area.

In particular, you should address the I

meaning of " material" or " relevant to the regulatcry process" (see footnote 16 of the enforcement policy).

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Ahearne believes that material false statement should refer to '(1) statements which are false and have some significant impact on a regulatory decision, or (2) any statement which is deliberately false since that undermines the basic premise that the licensee and its representatives bear primary responsibility for assuring that its activities are conducted l

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(EBO) (SECY SUSPENSE:

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STAFFREQUIREMEllTS(Cont'd)

Commissioner Roberts does not agree with the definition of

" material false statement" found on page 29 of Appendix C.

He believes that the threshold for committing a material false statement is too low--lower than the threshold indicated in the Atomic Energy Act and in the Commission's North Anna decision.

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SECY-82 D.C. CIRCUIT DECISI0ii Off PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF TMI-1 RESTART, Memo Secy to Bickwit, 2/23/82 This is to advise you that the Commission (with Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Ahearne and Roberts approving, and Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford disapproving) has endorsed the position taken in the Commission's brief on the subject of the cognizability of psychological stress under the Atomic Energy Act, with the understanding that that position may be summarized as follows:

Psychological stress is beyond the bounds of public health and safety as the term is used in the Atomic Energy Act because Congress' intent, as expressed in the legislative history, was that we address ourselves to the physical hazards of radiation.

Where, as here, Congress has not spoken explicitly to the question of whether a particular type of effect is within the reach of the Atomic Energy Act, the Commission's authority to define the limits of its' authority is entitled to broad deference from a reviewing court.

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the indications of Congressional intent show clearly that we are not recuired to do so, and there are strong policy considerations militating against the consideration of psychological distress under the Atomic Energy Act.

Chairman Palladino has asked for the preparation of a draft order incorporating pertinent portions of the brief.

Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford disagree with the position taken in the brief on the Atomic Energy Act issue.

The office of the General Counsel was informed of this action by telephone on February 23, 1982.

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It is requested that you forward the draft order requested by Chairman Palladino to the Office of the Secretary by c.o.b. February 26, 1982.

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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - PRESENTATION BY GE ON BWR MARK III CONTAINMENT DESIGN BASIS, 10:07 A.M., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1982, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo Secy to Dircks, 2/24/82 s

i The Commission was briefed on the BWR Pressure Suppression Design Basis for the Mark III by the following representatives of GE:

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Phil Bray, Vice President and General Manager, GE 2.

Dan Wilkins, Manager, Nuclear Engineering Department, GE 3.

Dr. Glenn Sherwood, Manager, Safety & Licensing Operations, GE The Comission requested that staff make a presentation on alternatives.

regarding'the ATWS rulemaking when the comment period expires.

(NRR)

(SECY Suspense:

5/28/82)

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SECY-82 PROPOSED AMENDED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NRC AND THE STATE OF TEXAS PURSUANT TO SECTION 274 0F THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954, AS AMENDED, Memo Secy to Dircks, 2/26/82 This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners approving) has approved the proposed amendment to the existing section 274b Agreement with tIfe State of Texas.

The Office of State Programs was. informed of this action by telephone on February'26, 1982.

It is requested that you forward to the Office of the Secretary a copy of the agreement for the signature of Chairman Palladino by c.o.b. Friday, March 12, 1982.

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