ML20044E216
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| Issue date: | 05/20/1993 |
| From: | Blaha J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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The Commissioners From:
James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO Sub.iet_t :
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MAY 14, 1993 Contents Enclosure Nuclear Reactor Regulation A
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B
Nuclear Regulatory Research C
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data D
General Counsel E*
Administration F
Information Resources Management G
Controller H*
Personnel I,
Small & Disadvantaged Business -Utilizatiott & Civil Rights J+
Enforcement K
Consolidation L
State Programs M
Policy Planning N
Public A.ffairs 0*
International Programs P
Congressional Affairs Q
Regional Offices R
Executive Director for Operations S*
Meeting Notices T
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest i
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Palisades i
The Certificate of Compliance authorizing a twenty-year term for the VSC-24_
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Ventilated Storage Cask designed by Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates was signed on May 3, 1993, and became effective on May 7, 1993.
A lawsuit against the NRC seeking a temporary restraining order and a permanent in. junction on the dry storage cask was filed in the Grand Rapids District Court on May 5,1993, by the Attorney General of Michigan, Lake Michigan Federations, and three individuals who own properties near Palisades.
In a May 6, 1993, hearing, the judge postponed a decision until May 10, 1993, and decided that he does not have jurisdiction over the dry storage cask case.
i Subsequently, the plaintiffs filed a motion to move the case to the Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Based on the result of the May 6,1993, hearing, Palisades management approved the process to begin loading two dry storage casks according to their original plan. At 12 35 a.m. on May 7, 1993, while the unit was in cold shutdown, Palisades began moving 24 spent fuel assemblies from the spent fuel pool racks 4
to the Multi-assembly Sealed Basket / Multi-assembly Transfer Cask (MSB/MTC) in the spent fuel pool.
This evolution was completed by 5:30 a.m. on May 7, 1993.
Between May 7, 1993, and May 10, 1993, Palisades completed the decontamination and seal welding of the MSB/MTC, and moved the Ventilated Concrete Cask (VCC) from the outside storage pad to a location adjacent to the l
washdown pit ready to load the MSB.
The licensee loaded the MSB into the VCC on May 12. The NRC staff has monitored the evolutions closely.
The second VCC is scheduled to be loaded and moved to the storage pad by May 25, 1993.
indian Point 3 The unit has been shut down since February 26, 1993, for the ' Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)" outage. As stated in previous highlights, the licensee shut down the facility due to the unreliability of the Anticipated Transient Without Scram (ATWS) Mitigation Actuation Circuitry (AMSAC) system in addition to continuing surveillance testing performance problems.
The licensee's latest schedule has plant restart to be no sooner than July 21, 1993.
On May 6,1993, the New York State (NYS) Environmental Conservation Committee and Energy Assembly Committee held a joint informational hearing in Cortlandt Manor, NY, to gather information related to the performance decline at Indian l
Point 3.
Richard Brodsky, NYS Assemblyman and Chairman of the Environmental 1
Conservation Committee, chaired the hearing. Among those who testified were J
Richard Flynn, Chairman of the NYPA Board of Trustees, Ralph Beedle, NYPA l
Executive VP f or Nuclear Generation (who received the majority of the Committee's questions), Francis Murray, Chairman of the NYS Energy Office, and William Kane, NRC Region I Deputy Regional Administrator. Mr. Murray detailed Governor Cuomo's announcement that a six-member NYS interagency working group MAY 14, 1993 ENCLOSURE A l
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2 had been formed to review the management audit of NYPA currently being 7'1 conducted by Prism Consulting.
Peter Bradford, Public Service Commission Chairman will chair this working group. The other mew on 'f the group are:
Francis Murray; Thomas Jorling, Environmental Conserva;
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i Chassin, State Health Commissioner; Richard Kessel, Conscr Frotection Board Director; and Major General Michael Hall, Disaster Preparedness Commission Chairman.
The group will report directly to the Governor and a report is due by September 1, 1993.
The Special Team Inspection of Indian Point 3 commenced the second phase of the inspection.
The primary purpose of this special inspection is to:
- 1) assess NYPA's effectiveness in identifying and resolving problems;
- 2) verify if the PIP has identified the root causes of the performance decline; and 3) determine it planned corrective actions are appropriate. The f
first phase was conducted from April 26, 1993, to April 30, 1993.
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phase consists of one additional week on-site (May 10, 1993 - May 14, 1993)-
and three days (May 19, 1993 - May 21, 1993) at the NYPA corporate office in White Plains, NY.
A public exit meeting will be held at the site during the week of May 24, 1993.
The NRC's Executive Director for Operations, Director of NRR, and Region I Regional Administrator will tour the Indian Point 3 site and meet with senior plant management on May 19, 1993. They will also visit the NYPA trustees (board of directors) on May 25, 1993, to discuss Indian Point 3's performance decline.
In addition, the Chairman is scheduled to tour the site and meet with senior plant management on June 7, 1993.
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Haddam Neck On May 10, 1993, the staff met with Haddam Neck management and engineering personnel. They were told that the NRC is encouraging a generic approach to i
modifying steam generator tube plugging criteria and therefore, no change in steam generator plugging criteria will be approved for Haddam Neck at' this 4
time. The economics of their situation precludes steam generator replacement so that their long term strategy is based on minimizing-the numbar of plugged tubes, without using high cost options such as' sleeving. They are considering Direct ' Tube Repair (in-situ laser weld repair of defects) for the future, however, for this outage they will use rerolling (RX) above the existing tube i
transition in the tubesheet under 10 CFR50.59.
At Haddam Neck, the original partial tubesheet rolled joint suffered from skip rolling and other production problems which. led to primary water stress corrosion cracking. The cracked transition area will be rerolled forming a.
new defect free transition area et least l" above the cracks, in order to apply the existing F* alternate plugging criteria in their Plant Technical Specifications.
In order to use-the F* approach, it is necessary to demonstrate that there is 1* of sound defect free roll above the uppermost crack tip.
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3 In addition, they performed a process demonstration in 12 tube samples during the 1991 outage and joint integrity tests on laboratory RX expansions of sludge filled crevices with favorable results.
Vendor Inspection Branch Inspection at Continuum Dynamics. Inc.
The Vendor Inspection Branch performed an inspection at Continuum Dynamics, Inc. (CD1), Princeton, New Jersey on May 4-5, 1993, to determine whether tests conducted by CDI, in support of the Boiling Water Reactor Owners' Group (BWROG) efforts to address water level errors, were performed in accordance with CDI's Quality Assurance (QA) program and applicable purchase order (PO) requirements, including Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 and 10 CFR Part 21.
Representatives of NRR's Reactor Systems Branch and Brookhaven National Laboratory also participated in the inspection. The inspection team determined that, despite several Appendix B problems, CDI's control over the data gathering and verification of test configuration appeared to be adequate.
The inspection identified concerns with CDI's QA program in the areas of sub-supplier control and procedures which implement 10 CFR Part 21. Additionally, several technical concerns were identified with respect to performance of the tests which will be resolved by the Reactor Systems Branch as part of its overall technical review of the test program.
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EPA Science Advisory Board Subcommittee Review of Issues Related to Carbon 14 (C-14) Release Associated with Hich-level Waste Disposal The High-level Waste / Carbon-14 Subcommittee of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) recently released a review of an EPA contractor report which investigated the health and regulatory issues l
related to C-14 released from high-level nuclear waste repositories in the l
unsaturated zone.
In its review, the SAB was critical of the lack of technical bases for key assumptions and parameters adopted in the application of the model. The SAB believes that the report overestimates C-14 releases to the environment, but underestimates the uncertainties.
They do not believe that it is possible from the information in the report to predict with reasonable confidence t
whether or not releases of C-14 from a repository would comply with EPA l
regulations for an unsaturated repository.
The SAB commented more generally on the issues related to releases of C-14 from nuclear waste repositories:
Releases of C-14 may produce an appreciable global population dose over 10,000 years, but the average individual dose would be very low, on the j
order of 0.01 mrem.
The SAB recommended that the predicted doses should i
be compared with doses from other sou~ ces and with other environmental r
risks.
The SAB encouraged investigations of the use of multiple barriers to retard the migration of C-14 to the accessible environment, but conceded that the potential costs and benefits of these barriers have not been firmly established, j
l' Site selection should be optimized on the basis of overall risk reduction; e.g., C-14 releases to the accessible environment might be smaller for a saturated site, but risks from other radionuclides may be greater or smaller, depending on a number of factors.
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l April 29, 1993. The report is advisory only, but the~ EPA Administrator must respond in writing to the SAB regarding the advice in the report.
Audit of the Center for Nuclear Waste Reaulatory Analyses l
On May 4-7, 1993, quality assurance (QA) staff of the Division of High-level
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Waste Management (HLWM) observed an internal QA audit of the Center. for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA) by the Southwest Research Institute..
This performance-based audit evaluated the CNWRA QA program to determine H
whether it meets the applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B.
'l Each of the applicable CA programmatic elements was evaluated by the audit team.
Technical areas audited included volcanology; performance assessment; MAY 14, 1993 ENCLOSURE B
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stochastic flow and transport; integrated waste package experiments; seismic l
rock mechanics; and repository design, construction, and operation.
The HLWM observers determined that the audit was effective and agreed with the audit team that CNWRA implementation of its OA program was effective overall for the areas that were audited.
Activities of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards In keeping with the Energy Policy Act of 1992, the National Academy of i
Sciences (NAS) is initiating an 18-month study aimed at providing findings and l
recommendations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the technical bases of public health and safety standards for a high-level waste (HLW)
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repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
The Committee will be chaired by Robert Fri, President of Resources of the Future.
The first meeting, which-is to be held on May 27-29, 1993, in Las Vegas, Nevada, will be devoted to discussions of the Committee's task with Federal and state officials and representatives of industrial and environmental groups. The Committee has i
asked the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, the Nevada State Nuclear Waste Projects Office, and the Nuclear Regulatory l
Commission to assign technical liaison representatives to the Committee.
j These representatives will facilitate access and transfer of relevant technical information between the Committee and their organizations.
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NRC has designated Margaret Federline to act as its technical liaison to.the
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Ms. Federline will present to the panel the views of the NRC j
staff on issues considered relevant'to the development of the HLW standards i
consistent with previous Agency positions on these matters.
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Accountina for and Control of Nuclear Materials (SSAC) l On May 12-18, 1993, the U.S. and the International Atomic Energy Agency-(IAEA) f are co-sponsoring the ninth " International Training Course on Implementation of SSACs".
This course is intended to train personnel expected'to operate.the r
SSAC's in their own countries. The course is jointly organized by the IAEA Safeguards Training Division and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The l
first part of the course is a series of lectures given in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The second part of the _ course includes on-site demonstrations and i
workshops at the Siemens Light Water Reactor Fuel Fabrication Plant (an NRC l
Licensed facility) in Richland, Washington. There are 36 participants from 28 countries attending the course.
Public Meetina On The Desian Basis Threat i
A public meeting was held on May 10, 1993, to obtain information from members of the public, licensees,'and other interested parties on the need for changes
.l in tive Design Basis Threat for Radiological Sabotage. Approximately 150 people were in attendance including representatives from the utilities, the general public, and other interested parties, Separate presentations were given by representatives from Committee to Bridge the Gap Nuclear Control j
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i Institute, and Nuclear Management and Resources Council, and one private l
citizen regarding their individual views on the subject.
I This meeting included a forum in which specific aspects of the Design Basis f
Threat for Radiological Sabotage were discussed by representatives of the previously mentioned groups, and the general audience, to gain information r
relevant to the agency's review of this. subject.
Some of the representatives l
expressed concern over the possible vulnerability of commercial nuclear power plants to a forcible vehicular intrusion involving explosives. The nuclear power industry (NUMARC) expressed the view that hypothesizing a highly capable paramilitary force as the Design Basis Threat for Radiological Sabotage is neither consistent with U.S. experience nor with the FBI's or other intelligence organizations' estimates of the terrorist threat to the power i
i industry.
Radiation Safety Program Manaaement at Medical Use Facilities On May 11-12, 1993, NMSS sponsored a second meeting of a Task Force that is developing a NUREG on Radiation Safety Program Management at Medical Use Facilities. The Task Force includes regional and agreement state personnel, and has developed the framework for and identified subjects to be discussed in the NUREG.
Represen-tatives of the Task Force intend to solicit information from members of the medical community by making presentations at upcoming
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during July 1993.
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Items of Interest Week Ending May 14, 1993 NRC/EPRI Experts' Meetino on PTS & RPV Inteority Issues
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A joint meeting of experts was held on May 7 as part of a continuing l
cooperative effort by RES and EPRI to provide an open forum on current j
issues affecting integrity of reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) under potential pressurized thermal shock (PTS) events.
The main focus was:
(1) initiation and growth of " finite length" surface flaws, and, (2) effects of more realistic modeling of RPV cladding structural response (elastic-plastic) and fracture toughness properties.
i The experts' meeting was attended by representatives from NRC (RES, NRR),
EPRI, reactor vendors, utilities, and RPV safety consultants as a part of l
the ASME Section XI code committee meetings.
A detailed report of the presentations made in the meeting and the specific topics to be focussed on for further study will be prepared for review and comments prior to the next Section XI meeting.
USGS/NRC Workshop on Research Related to llW Disposal l
i The first U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)/U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
~ jointly sponsored Technical Workshop on Research Related to Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal was held May 4 through May 6 at USGS headquarters in Reston, Virginia.
This workshop was the first activity carried out under the USGS-NRC/RES Memorandum of Understanding.
Approximately 140 participants representing the National Academy of Sciences, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Departme,,t of Energy, Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd., various States ad Compacts. DOE laboratories, and consultants attended the meeting along w th USGS -.d NRC staff.
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The objective of the workshop was to provide a forum for exchange of f
information and ideas regarding the technical aspects'of LLW disposal.
Topics discussed included surface and ground-water pathway analyses, ground-water chemistry, infiltration and solute transport, vapor-phase l
transport of volatiles, and ground-water flow and solute transport field i
studies.
The workshop proceedings are to be published as a USGS Water Resources Investigation Report within one year.
The success of this workshop has encouraged the staff to plan future focused technical l
USGS/NRC exchanges and collaborations aimed at addressing key technical questions in LLW disposal.
Commission Acoroves a Final Rule on Fitness-for-Duty Recuirements for Strateoic Special Nuclear Material (SSNM) Licensees On May 5,1993 the Commission approved a final amendment which extends the fitness-for-duty requirements for nuclear power reactors contained in 10 CFR Part 26 to licensees authorized to possess, use, or transport formula i
quantities of SSNM. This amendment will provide greater assurance that those employees who have a drug or alcohol problem will not guard, transport, measure, or other.se have access to or control over SSNM, particularly l
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concealable forms and quantities of SSNM, and will not be responsible for safeguards records.
MELCOR Cooperative Assessment Procram Meetinq The first technical meeting of the MELCOR Cooperative Assessment Program (MCAP) group was successfully held in Bethesda at the Residence Inn,.
April 29-30, 1993.
"MCAP" has been conceived as a means to accelerate the technical assessment or validation of the MELCOR severe accident analysis computer code. The participants primarily come from the international Cooperative Severe Accident Research Program (CSARP) membership and thus the meetings are held in conjunction with the CSARP meetings.
The MCAP goals include the acceleration of MELCOR maturation,- the broadening of the assessment community, and the increase of user feedback to provide ideas for-better user guidelines, code development needs and priorities.
Thirty five people attended the two day session and presentations were made on assessments by HRC contractors and by four international participants.
i Presentations were also made on full plant accident sequence calculations l
using MELCOR by both NRC contractor and international organizations. There was also an ad-hoc four-participant user guidelines panel set of presentations followed by a round table discussion on practical guidelines for MELCOR assessment calcul& Lions.
The next technical meeting will be in April, 1994, in conjunction with the CSARP meeting.
Cooperative Severe Accident Research Proaram Meetina l
The Cooperative Severe Accident Research Program (CSARP) meeting was hosted by l
t NRC at the Residence Inn of Bethesda from May 3 through 7, 1993.
The meeting i
began with opening remarks by Commissioner Rogers and Eric Beckjord, Director, RES.
There were approximately 145 attendees, with representatives from 19 i
different countries. There were 55 technical presentations given by NRC, foreign countries and national laboratories participating in CSARP.
Presentations included results of research on in-vessel melt progression l
experiments, hydrogen combustion behavior and hydrogen distribution tests, fuel coolant interactions, direct containment heating, and fission product and aerosol behavior.
There were also pre C tations on the development, assessment, and validation of the NRC seveu accident codes MELCOR, VICTORIA, CORCON, and SCCAP/RELAP5.
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Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data items of Interest Week Ending May 14, 1993 Incident Response Branch (IRB)
On May 10 and 11, IRB staff gave courses on Reactor Systems and Reactor Accidents at FEMA's Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, MD. The courses were given to State and Local Officials as part of AEOD's State Outreath Program.
On May 12, IRB staff met with members of the Institute of Nuclear Safety of the Russian Academy of Sciences to explore potential projects dealing with the use of Russian scientists with Chernobyl experience.
It is anticipated that these experienced scientists could help develop accident assessment tools that relate radioactive monitoring to public dose.
Chief, IRB participated in the FRMAC Management Panel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 12 and 13. This interagency panel provides a forum for the major FRMAC organization (DOE, EPA, USDA, HHS, and NRC) to review and formulate operational policies.
Key issues addressed included the upcoming exercise at Ft. Calhoun, the development of training and qualification standards, and the role of FRMAC in supporting requests for public personnel monitoring. The next meeting will be in November, 1993.
Reactor Ooerations Analysis Branch (ROAB)
ROAB staff visited the Calvert Cliffs site to discuss pressure locking and thermal binding of flexible-wedge gate valves.
This is the fourth site discussion in preparation for a workshop. The plants include Combustion Engineering PWRs, three loop-Westinghouse PWRs, and BWRs (4 and 6) with Mark 1, 2, and 3 containments.
Significant differences have been observed relative to screening criteria to identify susceptible valves and whether emergency core cooling systems utilize gate valves. We have noted there have been few valve modifications as a result of prior industry generic communications on this subject.
It seems that most licensee investigations were not initiated until several years after the notification.
Preliminary Notifications PN1-9322A, NS Realty Recycling Company, Manchester, CT, Nuclear source Found in Recycling Truck.
PN-393248, ALC0A, Cleveland, OH, Public Exit Meeting in Newburgh Heights, Ohio, concerning NRC Surveys of the ALC0A and Chemetron Vicinity.
PNO-IV-93-016, Wolf Creek Nuclear Oper. Corp.,' Burlington, KS, Noise Event in Containment.
PNO39329, Consumers Power Company, Covert, MI, Palisades Begins Filling Spent fuel into Dry Casks.
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PN39239A, Consumers Power Company, Covert, MI, Palisades Begins Filling Spent Fuel into Dry Casks-Update.
I PN1-9323, Mercy Catholic Medical. Center, Darby, PA, Receipt of a Package with
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Surface Contaminatica in Excess of Limit Specified in 10 CFR 20.205(B)(2).
j PN39328, Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety, Springfield, IL, Radioactive Sources found'in Chicago Residence i
PNO-II-93-010A, David Joseph Scrap Company, Tampa, FL, Update on Discovery of j
Scrap with Detectable Radiation levels.
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Sionificant FOI A Recuests Received bv the NRC For 5-Day Per lod of May 7 - May 13.
1993 Request for four categories of records regarding Health and Human Services, food j
and Drug Administration's license, 08-00482-03.
(Ophelia Williams, J/R/A Associates, F01A-93-271)
Request for all the documentation submitted to the NRC by Judith Brown as part of her nomination for membership to the Advisory Committee on Medical Uses of Isotopes.
(Paul Rosenbaum, Cameo Diagnostic Centre, Inc., F01A-93-272)
Request for a list of all 01 investigations from 1980 to the present.
(Dave Davis, The Plain Dealer F01A-93-273) t Request for a list of licensees for users of radioactive materials in Region V.
(Bob Kaiser, Engelhardt i Associates, Inc., F01A-93-274)
Request for records regarding the National Veterinary Imaging Inc. of Ohio.
(David Cryderman, F01A-93-275)
Request for copies of the contract and modifications for DNA001-93-C-0050 awarded to Kaman Sciences Corporation.
(Lisa Puma, Alcalde, Rousselot & Fay, F01A 277)
Request for the names and addresses of firms that have been most recently awarded Phase I contracts under the Small Business Innovative Research Program.
(Virginia Durbin, Government Contract Solutions, F01 A-93-278)
Request for the source code program files for the Radiation Exposure Monitoring and Information Transmittal computer software system. (Derek Hagemeyer, Science Applications International Corp., F01A-93-281)
Request for five categories of records regarding Advanced Medical Systems of Ohio.
(Chris Trepal, Earth Day Coalition, F01A-93-283)
Contract Awards On May 10. 1993, a contract was awarded to Association Alarm /LIA to install two traffic lights for the 0WFN garage at the entrance and exit. These lights will change from red to green when the door reaches 90% of its open height indicating that vehicles can proceed.
The lights will change from green to red when door closes 10% indicating that the door is closing and that vehicles should not.
proceed.
This will ensure occupant safety and prevent property damage to the building and private vehicles.
Installation for the traffic lights will start the weekend of May 15, 1993. This agreement provides for technical services for i
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i the establishment of air quality acceptance criteria and air quality monitoring during the final completion phase of TWFN.
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i On May 10, 1993, a purchase order was awarded to Access Advanced Computer Environmental Support, Inc.
The contractor investigated whether harmonic distortion may be adversely effecting the operation of the six Otis elevator i
control systems. This investigation consisted of an on-site survey of existing penthouse communications equipment to ascertain possible incoming and out-going frequency distortions on the 401 control system. Preliminary findings found no harmonic distortion in the elevatar transformers, supervisory relay panel, or control cabinet.
An investigation into whether radio frequency distortion is effecting elevator p rformance will start the week of May 17, 1993.
NRC Secure Communications During this past week, the Washington Area Facsimile System (WASHFAX) was installed in NRC's Secure Communications Center in 0WFN. WASHFAX provides a new secure facsimile capability for Sensitive Compartmented Information and other classified information with intelligence community members. System accreditation is scheduled for May 1993. Staff training will be completed and the system will i
be on-line in June 1993.
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Reouests for NUREG-1460. " Guide to,NRC Reportino and Recordkeepina Reauirements" in Electronic Format j
The Office of Information Resources Management (IRM) continues to receive requests for electronic copies of NUREG-1460 from interested members of the public and industry.
lo date, over 50 requests have been received from utilities, medical facilities, universities, state regulatory agencies, vendors, waste management consultants, and other Federal agencies.
NUREG-1460 is a guide to the reporting and recordkeeping requirements NRC imposes on applicants, licensees, and other members of the public. The introduction of the NUREG announced that the document is available electronically in Wordperfect 5.1 format. IRM is fulfilling these requests gratis by sending i
electronic copies on diskette.
Future revisions of the NUREG will be made available electronically via the Government Printing Office.
Eneroy Science and Technology Software Center The Radiation Exposure Monitoring and Information Transmittal System (REMIT) computer code, developed for the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES),
has been provided to the Energy Science and Technology Software Center (ESTSC) i for processing.
The new PC based code facilitates the manipulation of data l
base files to record and report radiation exposure information. The code will be provided at a reduced price to the public for one year-.
The public will be made aware of the code by a notice of availability published by RES in the Federal Reaister.
It is anticipated by RES that there will be a large demand for this code.
Manaaement Directive j
A second draft of NRC Management Directive 3.57, " Correspondence Management,"
i along with a list of the most significant changes that were adopted from those proposed in the initial draf t circulated for comment October 9,1992, or others that have been incorporated based on comments or changes in policies and/or procedures, was submitted to Office Directors and Regional Administrators for concurrence on May 12, 1993.
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i The installation of workstations on the Agency Upgrade of Techonology for Office' Systems (AUTOS) local Area Network (LAN) concludes within the Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data (AE0D) this week.
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represents an additional 84 workstations connected to the AUT0S LAN.
l Computer Security IRM and the Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) entered l
into an interagency agreement on May 4, 1993 whereby FEDSIM will assist in completing the certification process for three NRC sensitive computer systems.
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1 Office of Personnel Items of Interest Week Ending May 14, 1993 I
New Software Examined for Trainina Applications F
On April 14, Carolyn Bassin attended two sessions at the Federal Office Systems Exposition (FOSE) to examine the application of new programs for the Organizational Development and Training (0DT) component. The client server system example used Windows NT by Microsoft and is a feature that will be applied to the Office of Personnel computer. The multimedia session _ examined l
Authorware, a multimedia authoring system, which will enhance the training i
opportunities in the Individual Learning Center.
1993 Picnic Beino Planned On April 14, Jan Clemens (RIB /0P), Henry Rubin (0DT/0P), and Ken Brockman (AE00) met ~to discuss the joint _OP/AEOD coordination of the 1993 NRC Picnic.
l The picnic will be held on September 12 at the Smokey Glen Farm-Potomac Polo l
Club.
Items discussed at the meeting included target milestones for the picnic and the establishment of picnic subcommittees.
Arrivals PLAZA-ROSADA, Heriberto REACTOR ENGINEER (OPFT)
RII RUSS, Michael ENGINEERING AIDE (COOP)
NMSS STEINER, Paul REACTOR ENGINEER (PFT)
Ril Departures FEHRINGER, Daniel SR. SYSTEMS PERF. ANALYST (PFT)
NMSS MCCLUSKY, Tracy FILES & RECORDS CLERK (PFT)
Rll NEEL, Laura SECRETARY (PFT)
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Office of Enforcement Items of Interest l
Week Ending May 14, 1993 Sionificant Enforcement Actions l.
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the i
amount f $5000 was issued on May 12, 1993, to Metropolitan Hospital, j
Inc.
This action was based on a Severity Level III violation that l
involved the failure to secure licensed material from unauthorized i
removal and to maintain constant surveillance and control over licensed material. The base civil penalty for a Severity Level III violation is 52,500.
Escalation of 50 percent was applied for the factor of I
identification because the violation was identified by the NRC.
Escalation of 50 percent was applied for the factor of licensee performance because of prior poor performance. Neither escalation nor mitigation was warranted for corrective action.
Seven other violations were cited and categorized at Severity Level IV, and two non-cited violations related to NRC record keeping requirements were identified during the inspection.
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A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $1250 was issued on May 14, 1993, to Winchester Medical j
Center.
This action was based on a Severity Level III violation that involved the failure to establish a written quality management program that included written policies and procedures to cover the
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microcuries and 30 millicuries.
The base civil penalty for a Severity i
Level III violation is 52,500.
Escalation of 50 percent was applied for the factor of identification because the violation was identified by the NRC.
Mitigation of 50 percent was applied for good corrective action.
Mitigation of 50 percent was applied for the factor of licensee performance because of prior good performance. Two other violations l
were cited and categorized at Severity Level IV for violations related to establishing a quorum for meetings of the Radiation Safety Committee i
and failure to conduct certain radiation' surveys.
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An Order Impos 99 Civil Penalty in the amount of 5100,000 was issued May 14, 1993, to Duke Power Company.
The action was based on a
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The Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty was issued December 28, 1992.
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After careful consideration of the licensee's response, the staff has concluded that the violation did occur as set forth in the Notice'of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty, and that a l
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driveway around TWFN. The Landscape contractor began covering the exposed OWFN deck with fill and planting soil.
Base-building electrical work was substantially completed by May 14. Elevator, heating, ventilating and air-conditioning, fire protection systems tests and inspections continued throughout the week.
The garage levels were cleaned and i
sealed.
On May 11, the Director attended the developer's bid opening for the interior build-out of Two White Flint North.
The bidders still under consideration are Hyman, OMNI and James G.
Davis.
A selection is anticipated early in the following week.
l Also on May 11, the Director attended a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting on the North Bethesda-Garrett Park Master Plan at the offices of the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission.
The CAC discussed Montgomery County Planning Board's staff analyses and alternatives for staging development in North Bethesda.
CAC members reacted skeptically to a staff proposal for designating policy areas around Metro stations which would formalize a scheme for giving development staging priority to these areas through the Annual Growth Plan process.
t On May 12, Office of Consolidation staff, GSA staff, developer's staff, and consultants met with the County fire marshall to discuss questions raised by the fire marshall's interpretation of the Life Safety Code as it relates to floor use
-l and stair well sizes for the upper floors of TWFN.
j On May 14, the Director attended the Montgomery County Department' of Transporiation's Eighth Annual Transportation Awards Ceremony at Strathmore Hall.
County Executive, Neal Potter, and Council President, Marilyn Praisner, made 3
remarks.
David Gunn, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority General Manager, was the keynote speaker.
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Week Ending May 14, 1993 Emeroency Plannino State Outreach i
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Region 11 met with emergency response officials from Tennessee on May 12, 1993 i
in Nashville, Tennessee.
The purpose of the meeting was to brief the State officials on NRC's emergency response program. Topics included: Headquarters and Region II's emergency response organization; NRC's response to a radiological I
emergency; the Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan; the emergency i
response data system; NRC/ State liaison during an emergency and financial i
assistance.
Northeast Interstate LLRW Commission Meetina Marie Miller, Region i State Liaison Officer, attended the Northeast Interstate Low Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW) Commission meeting in Stamford, Connecticut on May 12, 1993.
Connecticut and New Jersey are in the early stages of developing a volunteer siting process for selection of a LLRW disposal facility.-
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McCarthy, Connecticut Compact Commissioner, stated that Texas has rejected Connecticut's offer to enter into the Texas Compact, and Connecticut has no plans to renew the offer at this time.
Both the New Jersey Compact Commissioner and j
Executive Director of the New Jersey Siting Board admonished Connecticut for acting independently in their contacts with Texas.
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Water Resources (SWR) on May 12, 1993.
The members were provided with, and i
discussed, the milestone information regarding the next steps needed to produce and finalize the SWR report on Federal water strategy.
The SWR also heard two j
presentations.
The first was by Bob Hirsch, a SWR member, who addressed the Modular Hydrologic Modeling System being developed under a cooperative arrangement between the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Colorado.
The second presentation was by Tim Williams, from the Water Environment.
Federation (WEF), who briefed the SWR on the final report " Water' Quality 2000:
A National Water Agenda for the 21st Century". The Water Quality 2000 report is the-culmination of an effort begun by the WEF in 1988 'and involving over 80 groups and organizations, such as TVA, DuPont, NRDC, and the USGS. Copies of the report's Executive Summary were distributed to the SWR members.
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i Office of Policy Planning Items of Interest Week Ending May 7, 1993 Compilation of Costs for Low-level Waste Disposal Facilities A compilation of the costs associated with the regulation, development, i
operation, and closure and monitoring of low-level waste disposal facilities has been completed and reported in OPP-93-02.
The cost data, which are representative of the activities being conducted in response to the Low-Level Waste Policy Act of 1980 and the 1985 Amendments Act, were accumulated from States and LLW compacts.
In addition, similar cost data was accumulated from l
Finland, France, Spain, and Sweden relative to their already operating LLW disposal facilities, j
Also included in this report are the trends in volume and curie content of LLW disposal in the United States, covering the years from 1980 to present.
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Week Ending May 14, 1993 Foreian Visitors i
On Tuesday, May 11, Professor Ken McKinnon, Chairman of the Australian Research Reactor Review (ARRR), accompanied by Dennis Sligar, Head, i
Secretariat, ARRR, and Dr. John Harries, Nuclear Science Counsellor at the i
Australian Embassy in Washington, met with Commissioners Rogers and l
de Planque, Dr. Seymour Weiss, NRR, Dr. Robert Lazo, ASLBP, and other NRC staff to discuss the regulatory oversight of non-power reactors.
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May 13 and 14, met with Chairman Selin, Commissioner Remick and other NRC l
staff to discuss technical topics associated with NEA Standing Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) and the Committee on Nuclear i
Regulatory Activities (CNRA).
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The exercise simulated a steam generator tube rupture with a loss of off-site power.
Licensee performance was good overall, 1
and the Operations Support Center (OSC) was aggressively challenged by i
the scenario.
Preliminarily, no exercise weaknesses were identified, but some areas for improvement were indicated.
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South Carolina Electric and Gas Compan1 On May 12, the Regional Administrator, accompanied by Regional staff, was at the Summer facility to present the latest SALP results to repre-sentatives of South Carolina Electric and Gas Company and held a public meeting with local officials attending the SALP presentation.
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State Outreach Meetino On May 12, 1993, NRC Regional and Headquarters representatives held a State Outreach meeting with State of Tennessee officials to discuss -
various current emergency response issues.
Attendees from the State of Tenncssee included management representatives from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and the Radiological Health program.
NRC representatives provided a briefing on the NRC's Incident Response Program, Emergency Response Data System, Price-Anderson /Stafford Act, and Hurricane Andrew response and lessons learned. State officials found the meeting to be very informative and beneficial to the State's response program.
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Clinchfield Coal Enforcement Conference On May 13, 1993, representatives of Clinchfield Coal in Dante, Virginia, were in Region Il for an Enforcement Conference. The Conference was held to discuss the licensee's failure to control access to licensed material (Cf-252 source for a gauge).
The licensee representatives discussed reliance on the vendor's packaging and instructions for security of the sources upon arrival at the Clinchfield Coal site.
The licensee and vendor indicated corrective actions to include procedures for receipt and storage of sources and notice to other licensees using gauges.
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ATEC Enforcement Conference i
On May 14, 1993, representatives of ATEC in Alexandria, Virginia, were in the Region II office to attend an Enforcement Conference. The Conference was held to discuss the failure to control access to a moisture / density gauge, which was damaged when construction equipment rolled over the gauge.
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Ponce 18M Enforcement Conference On May 14, 1993, representatives from Ponce I&M Engineering Laboratory in Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico, were in the Region II office to attend an Enforcement Conference.
The Conference was held to discuss the use of
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Mr. Mike i
Wallace, CECO Chief Nuclear Operating Officer, and Mr. Lou DelGeorge, l
4 Vice President, Nuclear Oversight and Regulatory Services, discussed t
current Ceco status including business performance, reorganization j
update, integrated management action plzn (IMAP), and Challenges.
l Senior NRC management attending the meeting included j
Mr. A. Bert Davis, Regional Administrator, RIII and Mr. H. J. Miller, Deputy Regional' Administrator RIII.
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D. C. Cook Nuclear Plant j
l A auarterly management meeting was held in Region III on May 13, 1993, with the Deputy Regional Administrator, Director, Division of Reactor i
Safety, Director Division of Reactor Projects, and Acting Project Director, NRR.
The licensee was represented by the Vice President i
Nuclear, the Plant Manager, and members of their staff.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the Graded Root Cause Program, Integrated work management and nuclear plant management program, self assessments, j
and reactor protection and control process instrument replacement.,
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D. C. Cook Nuclear Plant - Enforcement On May 13, 1993, the Deputy Regional Administrator and staff held an i
Enforcement Conference with the Indiana Michigan Power Company Vice-1 i
President Nuclear and staff.
The conference concerned an apparent case-t of discrimination by a licensee contractor at the D. C. Cook facility as l
developed by the Department of Labor.
No decision has yet been made on any enforcement action.
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Palisades Nuclear Plant l
j Consumers Power Company began loading spent fuel from the Palisades Nuclear Plant into its dry cask storage system on May 7,1993, in accordance with its planned schedule.
Continuous NRC inspection coverage for selected critical activities has been ongoing.
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Palisades Nuclear Plant - IPE Meetina The Director of the Division of Reactor Safety and the Director of the j
Division of Reactor Projects, conducted a meeting with Consumers Power j
Company management on the Individual Plant Evaluation (IPE) performed i
for the Palisades plant.
The licensee internally completed a level 2 Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) that it plans to maintain as a living document.
The overall Core Damage Frequency (CDF) was nominal at 5.lE-5; however, the probability of core damage with containment failure was higher than expected at 2.5E-5.
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Week Ending May 14, 1993 l
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Enforcement Conference with Public Service Company of Colorado l
1 On Monday, May 10, 1993, an enforcement conference was held in the Region IV offices with Public Service Company of Colorado. The subject of this enforcement conference was an apparent violation of 10 CFR 50.7 at the Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating Station.
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Completion of Pathfinder Reactor Decommissionina l
Region IV has reviewed and found acceptable Northern States Power Company's final reports concerning the Pathfinder reactor i
decommissioning. The licensee was notified by letter on May 7, 1993, that all of the Pathfinder decommissioning requirements have been satisfied.
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Wolf Creek Special Inspections i
On May 8,1993, the plant entered Mode 3 from Mode 4 with the j
handswitches for the two motor-driven auxiliary feedwater pumps in pull to lock.
This error was discovered about 13 hours1.50463e-4 days <br />0.00361 hours <br />2.149471e-5 weeks <br />4.9465e-6 months <br /> later on May 9.
Region IV has initiated a special inspection to review this event.
On May 10, 1993, at about 3:35 p.m. (CDT), plant operators were leveling l
. reactor coolant system temperature at 540*F when a seismic monitor and the loose parts monitor alarmed. At that time, personnel inside containment heard a noise. The licensee has formed a task team to walk i
down systems, evaluate instrumentation indications, and determine the t
cause of the noise and the corrective actions.
The licensee stated an intention to remain in Mode 3 until resolution has been achieved and discussions with the NRC staff have been held.
An inspector was l
dispatched to the site on May 11 to review the event and the Deputy Director of the Division of Reactor Safety was dispatched to the site on May 13, 1993.
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Chairman Selin visit to URF0 and the State of Wyomina j
l On May 12, 1993, Chairman Ivan Selin visited the Uranium Recovery Field-I Office (URFO) and met with URF0 staff, and subsequently with representatives of the American Mining Congress, the Colorado Mining Association, the New Mexico Mining Association, the Wyoming Mining Association, and the Uranium Producers of America,_to discuss issues related to the closure of URFO.
On May 13, 1993. the Chairman met with the Honorable Michael Sullivan, t
Governor of Wyodng, and toured Pathfinder Mines Corporation's Shirley j
Basin Uranium Mill and Power Resource's Highland Uranium Project.
j Snirley Basin is a conventional uranium mill which has recently shutdown i
and has started decommissioning.
The Highlands Uranium Project is an operating in situ uranium production facility.
The Chairman was.
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Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station. Unit 2 Representatives of NRR and Region IV management attended an exit meeting l
May 13 with TU Electric to discuss the results of an inspection of the readiness of Unit 2 to increase power beyond the 50 percent power plateau. The assessment found initial physics and low power plant performance testing to have been well planned and executed.
Unit 2 response to initial testing has been good and Unit 2 activities have not i
adversely affected Unit 1 operations.
There are no outstanding issues l
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results of the loss of offsite power test.
This review was completed on May 12, 1993, and authorization to proceed beyond 50 percent power was subsequently granted by the Vice President, Nuclear Operations.
Unit 2 restarted on May 12, 1993, following successful remote shutdown and loss of offsite power testing which was completed on May 6 and i
May 8, 1993, respectively.
Repairs in the secondary plant were l
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The next milestone for the plant is 75 percent power plateau testing, which started May 13, 1993, followed by 100 percent power plateau i
testing, and completion of the initial startup program by June 15, 1993.
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Arizona Public Service (APS) i An Enforcement Conference was held with Arizona Public Service (APS) on May 10, 1993 in the APS corporate offices in Phoenix, AZ.
Ross Scarano, Director, DRSS, RV and menbers of the RV staff discussed the NRC concerns i
with Jim Levine, VP Nuclear Productions, APS and members of the Palo f
Verde staff.
These concerns regarding inadequate training of Palo Verde security officers and inaccurate documentation of that training were identified in an 01 investigation of Palo Verde security conducted from July 22,1991 through February 26, 1993.
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construction period of Diablo Canyon Units 1 & 2.
The board denied for insufficient bases three late-filed contentions filed by the intervenors, l
the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace, but indicated that an aging aspect i
of one late-filed contention could be brought into a previously admitted I
contention related to maintenance and surveillance programs.
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O 5/19/93 72-1007 OWFN To discuss proposed NRC F. Sturz VSC-24 Design Changes SNC and Amendments to the Sierra Nuclear Associates Safety Analysis Report WEPC0 5/19-21 N/A Albuquerque, NM To give presentation NRC E. Ita Eyck et International DOE Training Course's
'Sandia Protection of Nuclear facilities and Materials-5/25 N/A Baltimore, MD To attend one day NRC A. Campbell session on Model Other Fed. Agencies Valiiation at American Environmental Geophysical Union Organizations Meeting Public 5/25-26 N/A Yucca Mt. Site On-Going Activities NRC C. Abrams facility, NV at Yucca Mt. and DOE Exploratory Studies State of Nevada facility (ESF) and local governments Activities Discussion 5/25-27 N/A Washington, DC To attend Federal NRC J. Parrott Environmental Fed. Agencies Restoration Conference Enviror. mental and Exhibition Organizations-5/31-6/5-N/A St. Louis, M0 To attend the Third NRC D. Rom 4
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6/7 N/A las Vegas, NV NRC/00E Interactions NRC C. Abrams Scheduling Meetinrj DOE for Jul-Dec 1993 State of Nevada and local governments i
6/8-9 N/A Tropicana Hotel NRC/ DOE Technical NRC C. Abrams.
8:00am-S:00pm tas Vegas, NV Exchange on Geophysical DOE integration and State of Nevada Volcanism Studies and local goverr,ments 6/14-16 N/A
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- NSRRC, G.Sege Bethesda, MD Committee meeting - General E.Beckjord, review of NRC research programs other NRC staff, public 10/20-22/93 N/A Boston, MA Conference on Achievements of NRC, OECD/NEA, A. Rubin the THi-2 Vessel Investigation Utilities / industry, Project, sponsored by OECD/NEA OECD members, and NRC Public E
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5/24/93 NA Linthicum, MD Public Meeting on Public/ State M. Miller Remediation of DLA Property at.Curtis Bay r
-5/24-28/93 NA Eureka Springs, AR NRC/ FEMA Workshop EP Officials C. llackney 6/14-18/93 NA Phoenix, AZ Arizona Radiation State J. llornor Control Program Review 6/14-18/93 NA Atlanta, GA Materials Licensing States R. Woodruff Course 6/15/93 NA Mineral, VA North Anna local Public local Officials R. Trojanowski Officials Meeting t.
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Date/ Time Number Location Purpose Applicant NRC Contact 05/27/93 50-309 Region i Security Program Status Selected NRC Staff Lazarus 10:00 a.m.
Brief Members and Licensee 05/27/93 50-387 Region i licensee Presentation of Selected NRC Staff White 10:00 a.m.
50-388 Mid-Term Self Assessment Members and Licensee of SALP Functional Areas
. 06/15/93 50-333 Oswego, NY NYPA presentation of the Selected NRC Staff Eselgroth 10:00 a.m.
FitzPatrick results improve-Members and Licensee ment Program Selected NRC Staff White 06/29/93 50-387
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t 05/19/93 50-321 Ril Office Management Meeting RA, Ril Staff Ebneter E-1:00 p.m.
50-366 Georgia Power Co - Hatch and licensee 05/20/93 50-338 Ril Office OPEN Enforcement Conf.
RA, Ril Staff Ebneter 10:00 a.m.
50-339 VEPCO - North Anna and licensee 05/20/93 Columbia, SC Chairman meeting with Tech. Asst.
Ebneter 1:00 p.m.
Governor of SC and RA 2:15 p.m.
Columbia, SC Chairman touring the Same as above Ebneter Westinghouse fuel fac.
05/21/93 50-395 Jenkinsville, SC Chairman at Summer site Tech. Asst., RA, Ebneter 8:00 a.m.
for plant familiariza-Ril Staff and tion ~
Licensee 05/25/93 50-327 Soddy-Daisy, IN Com. Curtiss at Sequoyah Tech. Asst., RA Ebneter 50-328 facility for plant Ril Staff and familiarization Licensee 05/26/93 70-27 RIl Office Enforcement. Conference RA, Ril Staff Ebneter 10:00 a.m.
Babcock and Wilcox Co.
and Licensee NNFD Research Laboratory 05/27/93 50-400 New 11111, NC Presentation'of Certifi-RA, Ril Staff Ebneter 6:00 p.m.
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50-374 Co., laSalle - Meeting Selected Staff with Vice President &
Management Meeting 6/02/93 50-237; Rill Commonwealth Edison Deputy Regional' Administrator Greenman 50-249 Co., Dresden - Routine Selected Staff Management Meeting 6/03/93 50-346 Rill Toledo Edison Co.
Deputy Regional Administrator Greenman Davis Besse - Routine Management Meeting I
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.Date/ lime Number location Purpose Applicant Contact 5/21/93 Multiple Corpus Christi, Issues related to NRC Uranium Producers R.llall 1:00 facilities TX licensed in situ uranium production facilities 5/25/93 40-3453 Moab, UI Neet w/ Grand County Council Council Members VRF0 7:00 p.m.
to discuss NRC review of reclamation plan for Moab millsites.
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