ML20044A074

Forwards DOE Weekly Rept for Wk Ending 900608

ML20044A074
Person / Time
Issue date:	06/21/1990
From:	Prestholt P NRC
To:	Linehan J NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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REF-WM-11 HLWR, NUDOCS 9006280033
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UNITED STATES O'

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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W ASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 Reply tot 1050 East Flamingo Road Suite 319 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Tel :

(702) 308-6125 FTS:

598-6125 TDs John J.

Linehan, Director, HLPD Division of High-Level Waste Management, M/S 4-H-3 FROM:

Paul T.

Prestholt, Sr. On-Si te Licensing Representati ve DATE:

June 21 1990

SUBJECT:

DOE WEEKLY REPORT Please fi nd enclosed the above-ref erenced report recesved in thia office.

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week ending June 8, 1990. There is nothing of any particular signi f j cance in this report.

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King Stablein, M/S 4-H-3 Harold R.

Denton, M/S 17-F-2 Dean Kunihiro, Region 5 i

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Lake H. Barrett, Acting Associate Director, Facilities Siting and Development, HQ (RW-20) rORS YUCCA MOUNTAIN PRCOECT WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 8,1990 f

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Critical Item Status A.

Site Ch&racterization Plan (SCP) Progress Reports coment resolution and disposition was completed for Yucca Mountain Project Administrative Procedure-2.4, " Participant Input to the Technical Status Report on Site Characterization," Revision 0.

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procedure is being prepared for final approval prior to issuance.

Draft copies of the Progress Report have been received from the U.S. Department of Energy / Headquarters (DOE /HQ) for Program Review I

Group review. Review comments were scheduled for submittal to the l

DOE /HQ by June 8, 1990, 1

l SCP Coments l

Draft responses to coments received from the California Energy L

Coonnission, Edison Electric Institute, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the' Interior, and the Lincoln County Board of Comissioners are undergoing editing and consistency checks.

SCP Study Plan Statust June 8, 1990 The Yucca Mountain Project Office (Project Office) has received DOE /HQ coments for Priority Level 2 Study Plan 8.3.1.4.2.2,

" Characterization of Structural reatures in the Site Area."

me U.S. Geological Survey submitted completed coment forms for Priority Level 1 Study Plan 8.3.1.2.3.1.1-6, " Characterization of i

Site Saturated Ground Water Flow System." Efforts are underway to begin coment resolution.

A coment resolution meeting for. Priority Level 2 Study Plan 8,3.1.3.4.2, " Biological Sorption and Transport," is scheduled for June 20-21, 1990, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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0 Revision..............

1 Project Review..

O Post-Project Office Revision....

O Parallel Project Office /HQ Review.

10 HQ Review (Project Office Review complete)

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Awaiting comment resolution....

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4 Project Office /HQ Audi 10 NRC Acceptance Review.

7 Revision.............

O NRC Ctart-Work Review.

0 Revision 0

-NRC Acceptance 2

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Core Samele Manacement Sample Management Facility personnel continued processing prctotype core and cuttings from the Apache Leap, Arizona, site.

Gamma

. scanning has been completed en all core received.

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Quality Assurance (CA)

The integrated Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management / Yucca Mountain Project Quality Assurance Requirements Document and the Quality Assurance Program Description were submitted for review and approval by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on April 13, 1990.

Comments have been received from the NRC.

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ti The second parc of the Corrective Action Review of CA. Program Elements will be performed at the Project Office on June 11-15, 1990.

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Exeloratory Shaft Facility (ESP)

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The EST Requiraments Document is being revised to incorporate comments from the recent technical review.

The document is being developed in support of Milestone YK04M, Draft Revision of EST Requirements.

The milestone is scheduled for completion on June 29, 1990.

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Project Planning and Control System (PACS)

The PACS Implementation Coordination meeting with PACS participant representatives was rescheduled for June 15, 1990. me meeting will provide participants with planning guidance for the development of the riscal Year (rY) 1991 Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) and for updating the Long-Range Plan / Integrated Project Schedule.

PACS staff participated in the development of a Sandia Logic Schedule that will assign dates to activities that were previously identified only by logic duration and relationship. The information will be used to establish a rY 1990 PMB.

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Environmental Permitting i

he Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultation with the U.S. Fish t

and Wildlife service concerning the desert tortoise was coupleted.

Letters are being prepared for transmittal to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and to the Bureau of Land Management announcing the successful coupletion of the consultation. This coupletion enables the agencies to process the section 404 Permit Application and the Special Use Permit Application, respectively.

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Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Meetings and Interactions No significant interactions to report.

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Significant Accomplishments /Information Items l

The NRC Regulatory Strategy meeting, originally scheduled for i-May 30, 1990, has been postponed until June 25, 1990.

Planning is underway for the upcoming NRC Technical Exchange (TE) on Significant raulting. Viewgraphs and a meeting agenda are in production.

i A Gold Star off-site meeting was held on June 4-6, 1990, at Mesquite, Nevada. Project participants included Project Manager, YMPO; Deputy Manager, YMPO; YMP Division Directors; and select Science Applications International Corporation personnel.

III. Upcoming Events Please note that the usage of "(P)" in the Upcoming Events Calendar indicates that the event is open to the public.

Date Event Location Participant A.

Coordinating Group Meetings None.

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!!Nent Location Participant B.

HQ Meetings

hursday, ESAAB Briefing Washington, C. Gertz, June 14 DC Project Office 1

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hursday, Program Management Las Vegas, C. Gertz, June 21 meeting W

Project Office 1

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Internal Project and DOE / Nevada Operations Office meetings

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' Planning and Budget Las Vegas, C. Gertz, June 28 meeting W

Project i

Office

Friday, PM-TPO meeting Las Vegas, C. Gertz, June 29 W

Project Office 1

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State and Public Interactions Sunday -

1990 American Nashville, A. Robison,

nursday, Nuclear Society

'IN Project June 10 Annual Meeting Office Tuesday -

International Synpo-

Golden, C. Gertz,

Friday, sium on Unique Under-CO Project i

June 12-15 ground Structures (P)

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hursday, Boys State -

Reno, C. Gertz, June 21 he American Legion W

Project Office l

Monday, Australian Government Las Vegas, C. Gertz, June 25 officials W

Project Office

Wursday, Diabetes Association Las Vegas, C. Gertz, July 26 W

Project Office Wednesday, Society of American San Bernadino, C. Gertz, August 15 Military Engineers CA Project.

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Event Location Participant D.

State and Public Interactions (continued)

Monday -

Columbia University New York, C. Gertz, Wednesday, NY Project August 27-29.

Office Wednesday -

Spectrum '90 Nuclear Knoxville, C. Gertz,

Friday,

& Hazardous Waste m

Project October 3-5 Mhnagement Int'l Office Topical Meeting E.

Yucca Mountain Froject Tabletop Exhibit Showings (P)

None.

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NRC Interactions Tuesday.-

TE on Significant Las Vegas, D. Dobson, Wednesday, raulting NV Project June 12-13 Office

Monday, Regulatory Strategy Rockville, M. Blanchard, June 25 meeting MD Project Office y

August TE on the Design Rockville, E. Petrie, (tentative)

Control Process MD Project Office G.

Other Tuesday -

NWrRB Structural

Atlanta, M. Blanchard, Wednesday, Geology and Geoengi-GA Project July 24-25 neering Panel tech-Office l

nical information exchange on Esr Alternatives, SBT, Calico Hills, and ATLAS r1

. <ertz, Project Manager YMPIDLH-3596 Yucca Mountain Project Office

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