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lap"is INFORMATION REPORT"SEC4"*io'4 June 6, 1990 For:
The Commissioners James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JUNE 1, 1990 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
i Enclosure Contents A
Nuclear Heactor Regulation B
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C*
Nuclear Regulatory Research D
Analysis end Evaluation of Operational Data E
Governmental'O Public Affairs F*
General Counse
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Information Resources Management Controller J
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Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights 7
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Enforcement M
Consolidation N
Regional Offices 0*
Executive Director for Operations P*
Items Addressed by the Commission Q
Meeting Notices R
Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for external distribution)
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James L. Bla Assistant for Operations, OEDO
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.t WEEK ENDING JUNE 1, 1990-Brunswick. Units 1 and 2 Both units are in cold shutdown pending resolution of the operator's qualifi-
' cation issue. Licensee management met with NRR and RII staff in Atlanta on
-May 24, 1990,- to discuss their upgrac'ed training plans for their licensed operators and the root-cause assessment regarding deficiencies identified u
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Presently, the licensee is conducting remedial training (2 shifts a day). The staff will send examiners to the plant on June 2 to validate the test model.
All licensed operators will be reexamined when the licensee is ready, currently estimated as June 9 and 10, 1990.
4 The licensee has formed a team to assess root causes of the training deficien-cies and will report their findings and corrective actions to the NRC staff.by i
June 30, 1990.
1 GAO Survey of Implementation' Activities for the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act (LLRWPAA)
EDO, NMSS~and GPA staff members met with GA0 representatives on May 30, 1990, regarding a GAO survey-of Com)act, State and Federal agency activities to i
l implement provisions of the L.RWPAA. The survey was requested by the Senate Comittee on Governmental Aff airs. GA0 staff has identified twelve specific issues they plan to initially cover in the survey to be completed by the end u
of July. Based on the survey, they may review specific areas in further detail.
Representative issues. identified by GA0 include the nature and extent ~of NRC technical' assistance provided to States and Compacts, criteria
'the Stater and Compacts are using to select sites, types of disposal designs being considered and their environmental / health and safety impact, problems encountered.by the States in developing how sites, ability of States and
- Compacts to-have new sites available by 1993 and the impact on generators if.
sites are not available. liability issues, storage of low-level waste (LLW)-
E at utility sites, disposal'of greater than Class C waste'and the potential l
for the Federal government to override States and Compacts with more. stringent recuirements on LLW disposal.
In addition to discussion with NRC and other the review. GA0 has or plans to contact a number Feceral agency staff during/ licensee representatives.
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United Nuclear Corporation (UNCb Naval Products - Physical Security Upgrades I
UNC requested relief from certain of the. physical security upgrades currently
-being implemented at Category I facilities. The staff has authorized UNC to L
- discontinue the implementation of certain upgrade items on the basis that all i
unencapsulated highly enriched uranium will be removed from the cite by the' time the upgrades would have been completed.
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f Week Ending June 1, 1990 Brunswick, Units 1 and 2 Both units are in cold shutdown pending resolution of the operator's qualifi-cation issue. Licensee management met wnh NRR and RII staff in Atlanta on May 24,-1990, to discuss their upgraded training plans for their licensed operators and the root cause assessment regarding deficiencies identified during operator requalification examinations at Brunswick.
Presently, the licensee is conducting remedial training (2 shifts a day). The staff'will send examiners to the plant on June 2 to validate the test model.
All licensed operators will be reexamined when the licensee is ready, currently estimated as June 9 and 10, 1990.
The licensee has formed a team to assess rect causes of the training deficien-cies'and will report their findings and corrective action: to the NRC staff by-June 30, 1990.
Seabrook Over the Memorial Day weekend, operatcrs at Seabrook Station completed a series of turbine torsional tests. From the tctd ts of these tests, engineers have determined that the recent modifications to the turbine to eliminate the unde-sirable vibrational problem were successful. Operators proceeded to prepare to-synchronize the turbine generator to the grid.
At about 8:00 pm on May 29, 1990, Seabrook Station was connected to the New England Power Grid (reactor power level was'about 15%). This was the first
- titre in Seabrook Station's history that nuclear-generated electricity was pro-duced and introduced to the grid.
l At about 8:00 am on May 30, 1990, the reactor power level wasLincreased to 18%
and it will remain at this level for four hours to allow the turbine' generator to reach thermal equilibrium. Then the turbine generator will be disconnected from the grid to run a turbine overspeed test. Following the successful com-pletion of this test, the turbine generator will be synchronized to the' grid-and reactor power will be increased to 50% and the full power ascension test h
i program will resume.
Meeting With EPRI On ALWR Source Term DREP staff members met with the EPRI staff on May 31, 1990, to discuss various aspects of the source term for the ALWR. Members of NRR, as well as RES, attended.
Public Meeting Of NRC Staff and BWR Owners' Group On Motor-0perated Valves the NRC staff held a public meeting with the Boiling Water
-On May 24, 1990, Reactor (BWR) Owners' Group to discuss ongoing efforts to improve the perfor-At the meeting, mance of motor-operated valves (MOVs) at nuclear power plants.
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the BWR Owne'rs'~ Group provided a status report on its program to assist BWR i
licensees in. responding to NRC Generic Letter 89-10, " Safety-Related Motor.
Operated Valve Testing and Surveillance." The program involves,the establish-l ment of the design-basis differential pressure and flow conditions for MOVs in safety-related systems. The staff discussed its ongoing review of'the results of the NRC research program associated with the resolution of Generic Safety Issue (GI) 87, " Failure of HPCI Steam Line Without Isolation." A draft infor-mation notice on the research results has been prepared and was distributed at-the meeting. As part of its review of the research results, the staff conducted i
a survey of the MOVs within the scope of GI-87 at six BWR units. The survey results And conclusions were provided at the meeting. Based on the survey, the staff believes that a number.of these valves may be marginal in their perfor-mance.. The BWR Owners' Group has agreed to assist the staff in obtaining similar information on the MOVs within the scope of GI-87 at the other BWR plants. The staff is preparing a letter to formalize this request for assis -
t tance from the BWR Owners' Group.
Rosemount Transmitter. Concern a meeting was held with Rosemount at Eden Prairie, MN to L
On May 23-2','1990, discuss the current status of Rosemount transmitters regarding the loss of fill oil concern. A tour of the plant included the enhanced testing facilities for detecting fill oil problems in Mcdel 1153 and 1154 transmitters, d
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,o Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of Interest Week.Ending June 1, 1990 SAFEGUARDS AND TRANSPORTATION International
' Action Plan Working Group (APWG) Meeting The APWG, which met on May,29, 1990, is comprised of representatives from the Department of State, Department of Energy, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Topics discussed included the status of outstanding documentation from international safeguards meetings;.
the schedule for future bilateral safeguards meetings with France, Federal Republic of Germany, EURATOM, Japan and the United Kingdom; safeguards and nuclear material reporting issues identified by the EURAT0fi Inspectorate L
during the February 1990 bilateral safeguards meeting; and funding from the L
L U.S. Support Program to the International Atomic Energy Agency for consulting services.
Interagency Meeting on the Future of Large Scale Reprocessing (LASCAR)
Safeguards Project On May 29, 1990, representatives from the Department of Energy, Department of State, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission met to discuss the U.S. agenda for the upcoming LASCAR Plenary
-Meeting in'Avignon, France in June. An evaluation of the reports from the l
Working. Groups addressing technical considerations impacting on the application of safeguards in the main process and product. areas of a reprocessing plant will be the principal task of the Plenary Meeting. The future.of LASCAR,
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the U.S., will also be' discussed.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards Inspection On.May 29, 1990, the IAEA initiated a short notice random inspection at L
the' General Electric Fuel Fabrication Plant in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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. Inspection activities included an audit of the facility ledger, sampling of uranium dioxide pellets packaged for shipment and scanning of fuel rods.
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-Domestic-Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Clearance for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)/ Department of Energy (DOE) Form 741 Staff has received OMB clearance for NRC/ DOE Form 741, the Nuclear Material Transaction Report, which is utilized by all licensees to report nuclear msterial transactions to the Nuclear Materials Management and-Safeguards In granting clearance approval, OMB requested NRC to prepare System (NMMSS).
an addendum to NUREG/BR-0006, Revision #3, licensee instructions for completing The clearance for the form expires July 31, 1992 and OMB has
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requested that a revised NUREG be printed and distributed before that date.
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A-United Nuclear Corporation (UNC.), Naval Products - Physical Security Upgrades UNC requested relief from certain of the_ physical security upgrades currently-being implemented at Category I facilities. The staff has authorized UNC to discontinue the= implementation of certain upgrade items on the basis that all unencapsulated highly enriched uranium will be removed from the site by the
' time the upgrades would have been completed.
Transportation Package Supplier Inspection On May 21-24, 1990, Transoortation Branch staff conducted an inspection at Transnuclear, Inc.-facilities in Hawthorne, New York. The staff was supported by a nondestructive testing examiner (Level III) and an engineer from Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. The inspection focused on quality assurance in the fabrication, materials control, maintenance and. repair of transport A review of the packages with certificates of compliance issued by the NRC.
radiographs for recently fabricated casks indicated no unacceptable discrepancies.
Preliminary findings were discussed with company representatives at the exit meeting.
HIGH-LEVEL WASTE tiANAGEMENT NRC Staff Observation of DOE Yucca Mountain Project Office Audit During the week of May 14-18, 1990, the Division of High-level Waste Management
.(DHLWM) staff observed a Department of Energy (DOE) Yucca Mountain Project Office (YMPO) audit of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). LLNL is-the.00E/YMP0 contractor for the development of a waste package.
The NRC team consisted of QA and technical staff who evaluated both the LLNL QA program and the effectiveness of_the DOE'. audit. The DOE auditors reviewed work in four_ technical areis: waste package performance assessment, metal barrier selection and testing, waste form, and container fabrication process'
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Work has been reduced under LLNL's QA program due to a funding development.
cut in December 1989 followed by a subsequent slow down in completing. readiness reviews prior to starting activities which fall under the scope of work for LLNL.
i The DOE audit was_ performed in a professional manner both from the perspective of the audit team and the laboratory.
It was noted that LLNL had adequate QA controls in place, people were trained in QA requirements, and there was satisfactory implementation in the programmatic areas that were evaluated by_
the audit team. The DOE audit team identified 10 preliminary findings. The In
. findings (six def.iciencies and four observations)-were'not_significant.
. general, LLNL's QA Program is adequate and effective to_the extent it has been implemented.
INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY Fuel Cycle Safety West Valley Demonstration Project The Department of Energy (DOE) is negotiating a compliance agreement and consent order with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would cover j
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The New York State Energy Research-and Development Authority (NYSERDA), DOE's partner in the West Valley Demonstration Project and the owner of the West Valley property, would be a party to these agreements as would the.New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the state agency authorized by EPA to regulate hazardous wastes.
The purpose of the agreement under negotiation would be to establish a process for implementing plans and schedules for the management of-radioactive mixed waste consistent with the requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act. On May 10, 1990, representatives of NMSS and OGC attended a.
meeting in New York City at which negotiations on the agreement were pursued by representatives of the other agencies involved.
LOW-LEVEL WASTE liANAGEMENT LGA0 Survey of Implementation Activities for the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act (LLRWPAA)
EDO, NMSS and GPA staff members net with GA0 representatives on May 30, 1990, regarding a GA0 survey of Com)act, State and Federal agency activities to implement provisions of the L RWPAA. The survey was requested by the Senate-Committee on Governmental Affairs. GA0 staff has identified twelve specific issues they plan to initially cover in the survey to be completed by the end
-of; July.
Based on the= survey, they may review specific areas in further detail. Representative issues identified by GA0 include the nature and extent of.NRC technical assistance provided to States and Compacts, criteria the States and Compacts are using to select sites, types of disposal designs being, considered and their environmental / health and safety impact, problems encountered by the States in developing new sites, ability of States and Compacts to have new sites available by.1993 and the impact on generators if sites are not available, liability issues, storage of low-level waste (LLW)
- at utility sites.-disposal of greater than Class C waste and the potential for the Federal government to override States'and Compacts with more stringent requirements'on LLW disposal.
In addition to discussion with NRC and other the review, GA0 has or plans to contact a number Tederal agency staff during/ licensee representatives.
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Items of Interest Week Ending June 1, 1990 Division of Operational Assessment (DOA)
Planning and preparation of the Zion Diagnostic Evaluation Team was completed
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during the period May 29-June 1, 1990. The team will arrive onsite on. June 4 for the entrance meeting and to begin the initial evaluation efforts. The AE00 Deputy Director and Region Administrator will join the team for the entrance meeting with the licensee. The initial onsite evaluation period is scheduled for June 4-15.
The NRC Staff Actions Requests resulting from the Amersham In? ient Investigation l
was issued on May 25, 1990.
On May 30-31, an Electrical Inspector Counterpart Meeting coordinated by Region II was held at the TTC. Representatives from NRR, RES_and each region participated. The TTC arranged for a guest speaker who made a presentation on surge protection in power plants. Other topics discussed included degraded grid voltage, fuse / breaker coordination, nuclear plant aging research, D.C.
. system problems, diesel generator problems, breaker sizing, Emergency Data System (EDS) inspections and lessons learned from the pilot Electrical Distribution System Functional Inspections (EDSFI).
Initial distribution of the Vogtle Incident Investigation Report was made within
.the'NRC May 31, 1990 in preparation for a connission briefing June 8,1990.
Division of Safety Programs (DSP)
Technical. Review Resort, AEOD/90-07, on " Reversed Sensing Lines-Connections" was issued'this wee (.
This study was initiated to review an event which involved reversed ~ connections of sensing lines to a containment hydrogen / oxygen analyzer. _The root cause of this event was determined to.be mislabeling of the-analyzer inlet / outlet ports. Nineteen additional events of reversed sensing line connections were identified by data searches. The use of inadequate design documents, deficient startup procedures, and weak verification metheds were-determined to be the primary causes for these events. This review determined that the. frequency of occurrences is relatively small and the consequences of
.the events resulted in limited' safety significance. No further NRC action was recommended.
Preliminary Notification The following Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week.
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PNO-II-90-28, Federal Express Company. Transportation Event Involving a 10 Mil 11 curie Cobalt-60 Source.
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PNO-II-90-29, Tri-State Associates, Inc. (Docket No. 030-30391), Potential Radiation Overexposure.
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. Spiros Droggitis, State Programs, part c pa et d'in an Economic Policy ii Council (EPC). National Energy Strategy (NES) Sub-Group Staff meeting on at the Department of Energy Headquarters in Washington, DC.
May 31, 1990.
The principle objectives of the meeting were to circu' ate a list of Lnarrowed options from the NES Interim Report, issue guidance on analysis iof'the options, organize the analytical efforts into SLS-Groups, identify t
DOE leads.for each Sub-Group and exchange information or.' points of contacts.
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plants. Agreement was reached on procedutes which-provide for temporary and final unescorted access approvals.
This tew interim program guidance'was communicated to Regional Directors by the Deputy Director, NRR, in a memorandum dated May 25, 1990.
Significant F0IA Requests Received by the NRC for 4-day Period May 25 - 31, 1990-(
Request'for records regarding the Ouane Arncid nuclear power plant'since 1985..
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L Request for records regarding Nuclear lietals of Concord, Massachusetts.
(Sanford Lewis ~, National Toxies Campaign Fund F01A-90-244)
Request for correspondence between September 1988'and May 15, 1990 (1) in-Docket No. 99901075/88-1 and (2) between the NRC and both the Australian Atomic Energy Commission and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology u
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(Lindsay Audin, F01A-90-247)
Request for four categories of information regarding contracts awarded from October.1989.-(Mike Marlin, Resource Technical Services, Inc...F0IA-90-248) l Request for copies of all written communications between the University of Missouri and the NRC, and between RockwellLInternational'and NRC, regarding the move of'the~ TRUMP-S project from Rockwell's. facility in California to the=
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' University.of Missouri. (R. Roger Pryor, Coalition for the Environment, F01A-90-235)
-Request for the levels.of radiation and/or concentrations of radioactive-material released to the environment within a 25-mile radius of all nuclear-i
(. Douglas power' plants and facilities from January 1964 through December 1989.
Stevens,-Life Cycle Engineering, Inc., F01A-90-237) i Request for a copy of the successful proposal, contract, or purchase order resulting from Quotation No. RFQ-90-007 (Patrick Small, FOI Services, Inc.,
FOIA-90-238) l Request for a copy of the bidders mailing list for Request for Proposal RS-IRM-90-117. (Ron Pache, Wyle Laboratories, FOIA- 0-240) 9 l
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.On May 31 and June 1, the Employee Recreation Association sponsored a lunchtime seminar on financial management open to all NRC employees.
Henry Rubin, Training, Development and Employee Assistance, Office of _ Personnel, participated in this two-day seminar. Ten NRC employees' attended.
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attended ~the Georgia Tech Alumni Career Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
The team _ interviewed 30 potential applicants for NRC employment.
LArriy_qli Steve Sandin, Reactor Systems Specialist (PFT), AE00 Kay Moses, Sr. Computer Systems: Programmer (PFT), IRM Gidget. Smith, General Engineer (Intern) (PFT), NRR
.Kevin Alston, Secretary (Typing)(PFT), OP/CSU Brian McDermott, Reactor Engineer (Intern) (PFT), RI i
Mark Miller, Reactor engineer (PFT), R1 Summer' Hires Karen McRae, Summer Clerk (OPFT-), ADM s
Tonya Bloxom, Technical Intern (0PFT), NRR John Hedgcock, Technical Intern (0PFT), NRR 3' r Mark Perrone, Technical Intern (OPFT), NRR 1
-Richard Price,tTechnical Intern (OPFT), NRR 1
Timothy-Ro'well,- Technical Intern (OPFT), NRR
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Hugh Borbidge, Technical' Intern' (0PFT), RI Cheryl Clegg, Technical Intern (0PFT), Rlli Jeffrey Mumper, Technical Intern (0PFT), Rill Rachel Cherry, Summer Clerk (0PFT), RV Retirements If Larry Bell, Reactor Systems Engineer (PFT), NRR q
Ralph Cooley, Section Chief-(PFT), NRR; Dfpartures James Kalkman, Investigator (PFT), RIII 4
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t Office of Consolidation-Items of Interest Week Ending June 1, 1990 Second Building Status GSA provided additioital portions of a revision to the developer's proposed lease addendum during the week, but as of June 1, we had nct received the complete GSA revision on which we are expected to comment. We understand that the remaining portions will be provided to us'by June 4.
As soon as we have received GSA's proposed revisions and commented on them, GSA will' schedule a meeting with the developer to discuss the revisions.
OWFN Cafeteria Itost of the above ceiling exhaust duct work was finished during the week.
Two short sections, one connecting the air intake duct from *;he ceiling tt 1
the hood and another connecting the exhaust duct coming out of the cafeteria j
area to the building's vertical shaft, will be finished in the week beginning June 4.
i Handicap. Ramps A contractor error in measurement of distance between post-holes has delayed-the installation of the hand-rails for the handicap ramps by a few days.
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Enforcement Conference with Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC)
An enforcement conference will be conducted with GUMC in the Region I office on May 31, 1990.
Thi enforcement conference will focus on the apparent loss of control whiih-led to a 2.1 curie iridium-192 brachy-therapy source being-picked up and shipped without authorization and proper shipping-papers. Within three days of realization of the loss, the carrier was identified and the source was located at the carrier's warehouse in Des Plaines, IL. The source was surveyed and properly prt.9ared for shipment by_a consultant, then returned by the shipper to GUl1C on llay 7, 1990.
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Seabrook-The reactor was=at 8% power on May 29, 1990 andturbinetSrsionaltesting was completed at 5:45 a.m.
Preliminary review indicated that the turbine resonance problem has been resolved.
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- operation in the evening, shifting from the startup bypass valves to the-feed-reg valves for the first time, and synchronizing the generator to the grid.
The generator.was connected to the New England grid at 8:04 p.m., May 29; Seabrook-generated electricity from reactor heat for the first time.
Steam generator feedwater regulating valve FRV-C was unstable in automatic and was placed in manual control. No other problems-were noted. At 7:00 a.m. on May(30th, about 180 MWe was being generated during a slow escalation to 216 MWe 18% of rated MWe).
After four hours at rated electrical output, turbine overspeed testing; began at 7:00 p.m., May 30. Mechanical. trip setpoint repeatability was not acceptable. After the-overspeed test, power was reduced below 5% (to Mode 2) because of high it,vem generator-(SG) conductivity-(greater than-7 umho/cm) and ebbrides (which approached the 100 ppb admin guideline).
SG chemistry problems are expected as coatings and contaminants are flushed out by higher power flows. Corrective actions are SG blowdown, shifting suction to the condensate storage tank, and cycling the hotwell through-the temporary, trailer-mounted demineralizers provided for the power ascension program. Mode 1 testing is expected to resume this weekend after SG cleanup and turbine mechanical trip maintenance.
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welds; cracks were propagating from pitt. Licensee was requested to extend his inspection to include visual inspection of lower shell assy, looking for pitting. Six zone areas were visually inspected beluding a JUNE 1, 1990 ENCLOSURE N
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base material ~1/4", two of the indications has lengths of 3/16" and one 1
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NRR! staff to the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant to present the results of the a
Sequoyah SALP to representatives of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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7 On May.30,. representatives from the Davis Memorial Hospital were in the Region II Office to attend an Enforcement Conference regarditrg findings, of.
the NRC inspection conducted on February 7,.1990. The licensee acknow-ledged that inadequate management attention had been given to the program.
The licensee reviewed the corrective action they have ':aken or planned for
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-On May 31'- Junen1, Commissioner Curtiss, visited the Carolina Power &
Light / Company's H,. B. Robinson and Brunswick Nuclear Power Stations. The Cornissioner was accompanied by the Acting' Director, Division of Reactor -
Saf.ety and _a Division of Reactor Projects Section Chief f
-4 Virginia Electric and Power Company On June 1,' the Regional AdrJinistrator, accompanied by selected Region.II and NRR-staff, was at the Surry Nuclear Power Station to'present the results of the Surry'SALP to representatives of the Virginia Electric and
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.Tri-State Associates On May 29, the licensee reported a potential overexposure of a radio-grapher to the NRC.
Region II diverted an inspector to the licensee's job site to evaluate the incident.
Based on the reenactment of the incident-and the results from the radiographer's TLD, the inspector concluded that an overexposure did:not occur, and that the radiographer's whole body '_
exposure was less than one rem.
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LaSalle On liay 50,1990, Charles E. Norellus, Director Division of Radiation Safety'and Safeguards, and other selected regional staff conducted a management' meeting with Ccamonwealth Edison Company to discuss the licensee's plans to" clean up various tank rooms which contain contaminated residue resulting from past overflow of tanks. Licensee plans in this area appear acceptable.
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Herron Testing Labs Inc.
-On May 31, 1990, B. S. Mallett, Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch, and other regional staff conducted a management meeting to discuss the violations found during a recent inspection and the licensee's corrective actions. The inspection identified six isolated violations which
. indicated that management controls were not fully adequate. Further
-enforcement action is not being considered in this case, because the deficiencies do not appear to be programatic.
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Davis-Besse On June 1, 1990, A. Bert Davis, Regional Administrator, and selected regional staff-conducted an Enforcement. Conference with Toledo Edison Company to' discuss (1) viole' cions identified during recent inspections,-
(2) the licensee's corrective actions, and (3) NRC enforcement options.
On two-separate occasions, one' involving the movement of the core support assembly, and a second involving lowering'of the refueling canal water level, problems were identified with1 training, planning, procedure, adequacy,.and communications. The first event also resulted in unplanned exposure to personnel. Enforcement options are being evaluated by Region III.-
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University Of Wisconsin On May 29, 1990, Charles E. Norelius, Director, Division of Radiation
. Safety and Safeguards, and selected regional staff conducted an Enforcement, Conference to discuss (1) violations identified during a recent' inspection,-
(2) the -licensee's, corrective action, and (3) NRC enforcement options.
The problems centered around two therapeutic misadministrations that
. occurred during the use of a Microselectron high dose rate remote afterloading brachytherapy device. The problems included inadequate
'j verification of treatment plans and use of the device by an unqualified Escalated enforcement for these problems will be proposed by person.
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Clinton Nuclear Power Station An Enforcement Conference was held on May 31, 1990, in the Region III office.
The purpose of the conference was to discuss apparent violations I
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Problems were' identified in'attentiveniss and responsiveness to control room indicators, conduct of critical ojerations during shift turnovers and supervision of licensed operators by the senior licensed operator in the control room. Escalated enforcement will be recommended'by Region III
.as a result of the problems disclosed through this event.
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Braidwood Nuclear Power Station On May 24, 1990, the Senior Resident Inspector, Braidwood, and the. Senior Resident Inspector, Clinton, participated in a visit to'the Braidwood Station by a~ delegation of dignitaries from a number of nuclear. power organizations in the.V.S.S.R. including:
the Ministry of Nuclear Power and Industry; Xurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy; Nuclear Power Organization "Energia"; State Committee on Supervision of Nuclear Safety; Bureau of Fuels and Energy Complex; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and the L
Central Committee of the Communist Party.
The visit is sponsored through the Ninth Joint Committee Meeting of the US/ USSR Agreement on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
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Zion Nuclear Power Station The Zion Diagnostic Evaluation Team inspection, led by Mr. A. F. Gibson, D.frector, Division of Reactor Safety, Region II, begins June 4, 1990, at the Zion Station. The team will evaluate the status of plant performance
'in the areas of engineering design and technical support,. operations and training, maintenance, su_rveillance and testing, chemistry, quality
-programs, and management and organization.
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-activities-conducted at Comonwealth Edisen Company corporate offices as-well as at the Zion' site, and review the past performance of the Zio :
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,a On May 31, 1990, a delegation from the Soviet.' Union's Rovno nuclear plant toured the licensee's facility, including the Production-Training Center near the Braidwood Station. The members of the delegation from the Rovno plant are Vladimir Korovkin, Plant Manager and Boris Tur, Head of Maintenance, with Olga Romanova, interpreter.. The visit is the first
.under a protocol agreement signed as a result of a visit by Byron personnel to the Rovno plant in October'1989. The purpose of the visit is to exchange technical information that would be beneficial for both plants. The delegation will visit Byren Station from June 4 through June 12, 1990.
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Comonwealth Edison Company Mr. A. Bert Davis, Regional Administrator, met on May 31, 1990, in the
-Region III office, with Mr. Bide Thomas, President, Commonwealth Edison to discuss general topics of mutual interest.
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Fort Calhoun Station Refueling Outage Complete Fort Calhoun Station completed a 98-day refueling outage and achieved criticality on their 13th core on May 25, 1990.
The licensee expects to complete core physics testing and begin full power operation by the end of this week.
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Colorado, to review the findings of a routine, unannounced inspection conducted April 18 and May 9-10, 1990. The main areas of concern for this conference was the failure of a radiographer to. survey s radiographic exposure-device after each exposure and the failure to recharge pocket dosimoters.at the start of each shift.
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Newman Memorial Hospital Enforcement Conference An enforcement conference was held on June -1, 1990, at the Region IV office with.Newman Memorial Hospital to review the findings related to an
, inspection conducted at the licensee's facility on January 25-26 and fiay 10,1990. The conference focused on the lack of management oversight by both the' radiation safety comittee and radiation safety officer resulting in a number of violations > identified during this inspection..
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Standard Testing & Engineering Enforcement Conference A telephonic-enforcement conference was held on June 1, 1990, to review
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previously submitted an expression of interest in response to a SMUD Request for Proposals for wholesale power.
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w El ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE 6/11/90 50-443 One White Flint North Meeting with New Hampshire NRC/NHY-V.'Nerses 11:30 Room 12B-11 Yankee Division to discuss PSNH/ Northeast Utilities bankruptcy proceeding-on future operation ~of the Seabrook Station.
6/12/90 50-400 One White Flint North mMeeting with. Carolina Power 8-NRC/CP&LC R. Becker 10:00-12:00 Room 108-13 Light Company-Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant for Licensee feedback on recent Electrical Distribution System Functional Inspection (EDSFI) performed at Harris.
6/12/90 50-237/
One White Flint North Meetir.g with Commonwealth Edison NRC/ CECO P. Eng 1:00-3:00 249 Room 12B-ll Company to discuss programmatic improvements at the Dresden Nuclear Power Station regarding operations and maintenance.
- Copies of summaries of these meetings will-be made publicly available and placed in the respective docket file (s) in the NRC and local public document rooms.
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- Purpose-Applicant NRC Contact 6/3-8/90 Federal Republic of To visit URENCO's Gas
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Germany, Netherlands Centrifuge Uranium SEC/ADM England Enrichment Plants 06/06 71-9229 OWFN 6B-ll Titan Cask NRC E. Easton 8:30-11:30 am Preapplication Review DOE Westinghouse 07/18 71-9230 OWFN 6B-11 BR-100 Cask NRC E. Easton 8:30-11:30 am Preapplication Review DOE Babcock & Wilcox Division of High-Level Waste Management Docket' Attendees /
Date/ Time Number Location Purpose Applicant.
NRC Contact To discuss aspects of NRC K. Stablein 6/12-13 Las Vegas,'NV
~ fault investigations DOE at Yucca Mountain State of Nevada 6/19 OWFN Discuss DOE's
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Docket Date/ Time Number Location Purpose Applicant NRC Contact 6/5 OWFN 10B-13 Meeting with reps NRC P. Vacca.
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Meeting of the FRPCC Subcommittee.*AEOD, federal agencies R. Hogan for Protective Action Guides to H
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revise EPA PAGs 06/04-15 50-295/
Zion Facility Entrance Meeting'for Diagnostic ACOD/ CECO A. Gibson 1:00 p.m.
304 Zion, IL Evaluation Team 06/05 TTC
.JCCCNRS Working Group No. 9 AEOD, GPA RES, NRR, EPRI, K. Raglin Diagnostic Equipment and System USSR Personnel for Supporting Operators (Meeting No.~2)-
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. FEMA Meeting of Catastrophic Disaster AEOD, federal agencies R. Hogan Response Group to update Plans 9:00 a.m.
for Federal Response to a Catastrophic Earthquake 06/08 EPA Meeting to discuss-implications AEOD, federal agencies R. Hogan of site restoration 9:00 a.m.
06/13 Operations Tour and briefing for Soviet AEOD, NRR E. Jordan 1:00 p.m.
Center delegationafrom the Kurchatov Institute, Atomic Energy Project-and Nuclear Power and Industry Ministry 06/15 Operations Conduct tour for Senior Members AEOD'
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-Purpose Applicant NRC ContactL 06/18-22 Emmitsburg Conduct Protective Measures AEOD, Team Members E. Weiss; MD Workshop for Members of Headquarters and Regional Protective Measures Teams-06/20 King of Presentation at NUS Workshop' AE00, NRR, Industry, E. Weiss-Prussia, PA regarding reporting of events in Public l
.10 CFR 50.72, immediate notification of rule and 10 CFR Part 50.73 LER rule 06/25-27 TTC Meeting to discuss reactor AEOD (TTC), Regions I-V, K. Raglin, AE00-inspector job skills and training NRR E. Butcher, NRR requirements 06/26-29 Baton Rouge, Presentation at FEMA /USDA AEOD, utilities, E. Weinstein LA conference on " Protecting the licensee, States Public and its Food Supply" 08/08 Operations Materials Exercise in Conjunction AEOD, RIII, NMSS, CE E. Weiss Center with:the Licensee l
08/28 and Baton Rouge, Post emergency table top exercise AEOD, States E. Weinstein-09/18 LA at-the River Bend facility.
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m DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 06/04/90 Spring City, TN Information Gathering Licensee, EDO, RA, and Taylor 11:00 a.m.
' Meeting with TVA selected HQs and RII staff 06/05/9C Surry, VA Com. Remick at the Conesissioner Remick Remick Surry Facility for and L. Reyes site familiarization 06/07/90 York, SC Full Scale Emergency Licensee, RA, and Ebneter Exercise - Catawba selected RII staff members 06/15/90 Athens, AL SALP Presentation License, RA and Ebneter 9:00 a.m.
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06/05/90 50-461 Clinton Illinois Power Co.,
Licensee, Deputy Regional Greenman 1:00 pm Clinton - Enforcement Administrator and selected Conference members of RIII Staff 06/05/90 50-461 Clinton Site Visit Commissioner Curtiss, Paperiello Deputy Regional Administrator 06/07/90 50-331 Duane Arnold Site Visit Commissioner Curtiss, Greenman Director, Division of Reactor Projects 06/07/90 50-315 D. C. Cook Indiana & ifichigan Licensee, Regional Greenman 10:00 am 50-316 Electric Co. -
Administrator, and selected Management Maeting members of RIII Staff 06/07/90 Raddison Hotel Medical Licensee Licensees amt selected Morelius Downers Grove, IL Workshop members of RTII Staf?
06/12/90 50-483 Callaway Site Visit Commissioner Rogers, Miller Dire ^.or Dit*ision of s
Reactor Safel.y 06/18/90 3M Site Visit Commissioner Carr, Davis Regional Administrator, and selected members of RIII Staff 06/19/90 50-282 Prairie Island Site Visit Consissioner Carr, Davis 50-306 Regional Administrator h3 06/20/90 50-263 Monticello Site Visit Commissioner Carr, Davis Regional Administrator Eg' 06/21/90 50-295 Zion Site Visit Commissioner Curtiss, Greenman 50-304 Director, Division of Reactor Projects
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O DOCKET ATTENDEES RIV-CONTACT DATE/ TIME NUMBER' LOCATION PURPOSE NPPD & RIV management RArua 6/14/90 50-298 Region IV Cooper - Discuss improvements to Cooper's training deficiencies 12:30 WJones Wolf Creek - Discuss last refueling WCNOC & RIV managment 6/26/90 50-482 Region IV outage.
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