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| Issue date: | 10/07/1993 |
| From: | Blaha J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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October 7, 1993 For:
The Commissioners i
From:
James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO Subiect:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 1, 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*
j Personnel I
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights J
Enforcement K
Consolidation L
State Programs M
Policy Planning N*
Public Affairs 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 Week Ending October 1, 1993 Brunswick Units 1 and 2 Brunswick Unit 2 continues operation at 100% reactor power.
Brunswick Unit I continues in a refueling outage.
Core Shroud The results of the ultrasonic testing (UT) of the crack in the H-3 weld have indicated that the crack depth is probably at or above the critical flaw size.
The licensee has announced the repair of the core shroud, using a series of mechanical clamps. The repair will be completed prior to the restart of Unit 1.
Although a revised restart date has not been firmly established, the i
licensee has stated that the repairs would take about four weeks, delaying restart to late December.
l Media interest in the core shroud issue has increased after a news article came out on September 27, 1993, in the Wilmington, NC newspaper. This was followed by an erroneous report released by the Associated Press stating that Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L) was considering the decommissioning of the unit. CP&L responded with its own press release on September 28, 1993, describing the situation and announcing their decision to repair the shroud.
The staff has also received inquiries regarding the potential generic implications of the other facilities that have core shrouds fabricated with the high carbon 304 stainless steel.
Information Notice 93-79 dated Sepember 30, 1993, was issued to alert BWR owners that cracks have been observed in the i
weld region of the core support shroud in boiling water reactors. Based on the information in the INP0 nuclea network, the licensee has been corresponding with several other utilities that will be inspecting their shrouds in upcoming outages. General Electric is also preparing a revision to their service information letter on core shroud cracking to reflect Brunswick 1
experience.
l Palisades Pressurizer Nozzle Crack l
The licensee identified a steam leak at the pressurizer and the system was brought to cold shutdown conditions on September 17, 1993.
A detailed licensee inspection revealed the crack to be a circumferential through-wall crack approximately 3 inches long at the weld between the Inconel safe-end and the stainless steel pipe that connects to the power operated relief valve on top of the pressurizer. The licensee's preliminary inspection results indicated the failure mechanism to be primary water stress corrosion cracking.
The licensee has obtained weld samples to be shipped to Combustion Engineering for metallography test. A portion of the sample has been shipped to Brookhaven National Laboratory for independent evaluation. The licensee has performed selected penetrant tests and radiography to detect any potential flaws in similar welds.
Ultrasonic tests are also planned.
Repair of the weld has been initiated.
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2 NRR and Region III staff members have been onsite to closely monitor the licensee tests and repair work.
1 South Texas Operational Readiness Assessment 1
In preparation for the Sedh Texas Operational Readiness Assessment Team (0 RAT) to be led by the Special Inspection Branch (RSIB), Gene Imbro, i
Peter Koltay and Jeff Jacobson will participate in the public meeting at Region IV on October 5 with Houston Lighting and Power to discuss the licensee's operational readiness program and schedule.
Following the public meeting, members of RSIB will meet with the Restart Readiness Panel, comprised of Region IV and NRR PD4-2 staff, to discuss the ORAT scope, timing, and the i
integration of the ORAT with other planned Region IV inspections that will be accomplished at South Texas prior to restart.
4 Small Scale Fire Tests On September 23, 1993, Plant Systems Branch (SPLB) staff observed a 1-hour small-scale fire endurance test of the MT Three Hour Wrap from Promatec at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Average and maximum single point thermocouple temperatures on the unexposed side were 158'F and 164*F, respectively, which are within the respective acceptance criteria of 325*F and 400*F. On September 24, 1993, SPLB staff observed a small-scale fire endurance test of a 1-hour Thermo-Lag panel. Unlike previous Thermo-Lag tests, the specimen was supported on the furnace by two x % bands on 12 inch I
centers. Average and maximum single point thermocouple temperatures on the unexposed side exceeded the acceptance criteria (325'F and 400*F) within 40 l
minutes. Three small-scale fire endurance tests of Thermo-Lag in combination with other fire barrier materials were conducted at NIST the week of September 27, 1993.
AP600 Testina Review at 0 recon State University The Reactor Systems Branch staff attended a meeting between NRR, RES and Westinghouse on September 20, at Oregon State University, and participated in an ACRS Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena Subcommittee meeting at OSU the following day. Both meetings were held to review the facility design, scaling, and planned test program for Westinghouse's AP600 long-term cooling tests in the 1/4-height,1:192 volume scale, low-pressure integral test loop at OSU. The OSU facility is now called " APEX" (Advanced Elant LX.periment). The first meeting involved presentations by OSU and Westinghouse on facility design, scaling, instrumentation, the test matrix, analysis plans, and schedule, and included a tour of the facility. The ACRS meeting included similar presentations from OSU and Westinghouse, plus a brief NRR presentation on the review of the test program and outstanding concerns. The staff's concerns relate primarily to the specific tests to be included in the test matrix, and remain to be resolved between the staff and Westinghouse. Discussions on these issues were held with Westinghouse at the meeting.
While there are scaling issues that require additional clarification by Westinghouse and OSU, the overall opinion expressed by both the ACRS and NRR was that the APEX facility is a well-designed and -scaled test facility that l
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facility construction is almost complete, and matrix testing is projected to begin in early 1994.
h0 REG-1449 Published as Final Report NUREG-1449, " Shutdown and Low-Power Operation at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants in the United States" has been published as a final report and is being distributed to NRC cxecutives, utilities, industry groups and representatives of foreign governments. The final report reflects, (1) resolution of comments from the industry and the general public on the draft report; and (2) updated 1
descriptions of staff activities in the area of shutdown and low-power operations.
NRC Intearated Steam Generator Plan The staff is preparing an NRC Integrated Steam Generator Plan to address the major agency activities related to steam generator tube degradation. Key elements of the plan will include (1) finalizing NUREG 1477 and developing a generic letter on voltage based steam generator tube repair criteria, 2
(2) reviewing the industry's proposal for a degradation specific approach (DSM) to managing steam generator tube integrity, and (3) developing l
a new rule and complementary regulatory guide.
4 The rule and regulatory guide will provide a framework for implementation of i
DSM. This should result in utilization of the more effective inspection methods and the most appropriate repair criteria for different types of degradation.
The rule will be performance based, will provide flexibility to deal with changing technology and operating experience, and will provide an incentive for the industry to improve steam generator surveillance and maintenance technology. A special multi-disciplined task group with members from NRR and RES is being established to implement the plan.
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Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of Interest Week Endin; October 1, 1993 Annual Meetino on the Workina Group of Fuel Cycle Safety (NEA/0 ECD) Paris.
France On September 21, 1993, a representative of the Fuel Cycle Licensing Nanch attended the annual meeting of the Working Group of Fuel Cycle Safety, a subgroup of the Nuclear Energy Agency's (NEA) Comittee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI). The meeting was held in Paris, France. The i
group discussed recent regulatory developments in member states, discussed activities surrounding the recently implemented incident reporting system for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Installations (FINAS), and considered a U.S. proposal to compare the regulatory structures of member countries.
In addition, the group received a status report of the new Japanese Nuclear Fuel Cycle Safety Engineering Research Facility (NUCEF).
Monitorina at the West Valley Demonstration Pro.iect Under Public Law 96-368, West Valley Demonstration Project Act (October 1, 1980), the Department of Energy is directed to carry out a high-level radioactive waste (HLW) management demonstration project and is responsible for removing the HLW from tanks and solidifying it in a form suitable for ultimate transportation to a federal repository for final disposal. The terminal form will be borosilicate glass.
The Nuclear Regulatory Comission is directed to monitor the activities at the site to ensure that the health and safety of the public are not compromised.
During the week of September 20-24, 1993, the Safeguards Technical Analyst of the International Safeguards Section participated with a team from Region I to monitor the Nonradiological Chemistry, Radiological Chemistry and the Environmental Chemist y Laboratory activities at the site in Buffalo, New York.
Meetina with Facility Operations Committee A Facility Operations Comittee (FOC) has been formed by some fuel fabrication licensees to coordinate industry positions on topics of generic interest.
On September 22, 1993, members of the Regulatory and International Safeguards Branch staff met with representatives of the F0C. Discussions involved industry and public participation in development of acceptance criteria for s
use by the Nuclear Regulatory Comission in review of applications for renewal of fuel facility licenses under 10 CFR Part 70. The F0C plans a meeting with its membership to determine who will represent industry at these meetings.
Shoreham Inspection On September 22-23, staff from Storage and Transportation Systems Branch accompanied the Region I Shoreham Project Manager on an inspection of preparations for the first shipment of Shoreham's slightly irradiated fuel to Limerick. The IF-300 spent fuel cask (capacity: 17 assemblies) is being used i
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for the shipments, which are barged around Long Island to Philadelphia, where they are transferred to rail for shipment to Limerick.
Staff reviewed the licensee's documentation and drawings associated with the latest revision of the Certificate of Compliance for the cask, and reviewed transportation safety measures for vessel and rail mode transport.
The first shipment left Shoreham on September 24 and arrived, without incident, at Limerick on September 28.
Plutonium Sea Shioment Study Department of Energy (DOE) staff has informed Nuclear Regulatcry Commission staff that the study on the safety of shipment of plutonium by sea, required by Section 2904 the Energy Policy Act of 1992, has been delayed until January 31, 1994. The delay is needed to accommodate a request by members of Congress
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to expand the present study to address shipment of vitrified high-level waste.
1 DOE is planning to mect with Congressional staff to discuss the scope of the expanded study.
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Manaaement Director's Proaram Review On September 29, 1993, staff fro 9 the Division of High-Level Waste Management observed the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) Director's Program Review which was open to the public. This program review is the first of a bi-monthly series which replaces a previous series of monthly meetings. The program review consisted of a series of presentations covering all aspects of OCRWM activities, including repository site characterization, transportation, monitored retrievable storage, and related support activities. Cognizant DOE managers reported on accomplishments, schedules, and budgeting in their program areas.
In discussing its site investigation program, DOE noted that it had completed some initial geophysical logg% at Yucca Mountain and that if the results of the logging were good, it might be possible to lower project costs by replacing some coring activities with additional logging.
California Governor Wilson Proposes Procedures for Hearina Concernina the Ward Lalley Low-Level Waste Site In a letter dated September 16, 1993, the day af California's approval of the license application for the proposed Ward Valley low-level radioactive waste (LLW) disposal facility, Governor Wilson of California outlined to Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt a detailed proposal for conducting a hearing for the Ward Valley site. The hearinq o. reviously requested by Secretary Babbi",
in a letter to Governor Wils., dH.; August 11, 1993.
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a r;t prepared to transfer the Ward Valley site to you...without your A v ',tration conducting a formal hearing...[A]
hearing would give me an additional measure of confidence before I make a final decision on transfer,...and if the hearing discloses no important new information suggesting the site is not an appropriate one...I am prepared to make the transfer expeditiously."
In his letter, Secretary Babbitt provided a rough schedule for arranging and conducting the hearing, and for forwarding its findings. Secretary Babbitt's proposed schedule spans four to five months.
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In his September 16 letter, Governor Wilson provided details concerning the proposed hearing. Governor Wilson believes his Proposal Egr Hearino would allow for the hearing to be completed in fewer than four months. The proposal narrowly defines the issues to be heard "...as an exploration of each of the means by which radionuclides might leave the facility, to the detriment of the environment, the public, or the surrounding federal lands." The hearing, as carried-out under Wilson's proposal, will not allow for " court-style" discovery, and will not allow every separate group which claims to have an interest in this site to be " party" to the hearing, or to conduct its own cross-examination. Wilson's proposal includes suggestions for identifying groups to be recognized at the hearing, and for their involvement at the hearing.
In addition, Wilson suggests rules of procedure to assist in the orderly presentation of evidence and avoidance of unnecessary delay, including a pre-hearing organizational conference.
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Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Items of Interest Week Ending October 1, 1993 Seismic Tests at Tadotsu Enoineerino Laboratory As part of our ongoing information exchange with Japan in the seismic area, a BNL representative visited Tadctsu Engineering Laboratory of NUPEC at Shikoku, Japan, on September 14, 1993. Seismic proving tests are in progress for the reactor shutdown cooling heat exchangers, switchgear, control board, computer l
systems, instruments, and two tanks to simulate the various parts of the i
reactor cooling system in both PWR and BWR plants. This test is an attempt to perform a full-scale dynamic test of a system, rather than isolated components. During the visit, two preliminary test runs were conducted.
Further tests at higher levels will be conducted to demonstrate the system functionality. The two test runs demonstrated the functionality of the experimental setup, but did not challenge the NPP components mounted on the shake table, i
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Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Items of Interest Week Ending October 1, 1993 Director's Office The Director, AE00 provided a presentation on Emergency Planning and Incident Response at the National State Liaison Officer's Meeting on September 30, 1993.
Diaanostic Evaluation and Incident Investiaation Branch (DEIIB)
The Quad Cities Diagnostic Evaluation (DE) Team has completed it's on-site and corporate reviews. During the period of September 27-29, the DE Team Manager and a few selected team members reviewed corporate engineering and safety oversight activities as those activities related to the Quad Cities nuclear station. The remainder of the team is completing it's review of final documentation requests and is beginning to formulate the initial draft of the DE Team report.
Incident Response Branch (IRB)
On September 30, IRB staff participated in the National Ro;ponse Team (NRT) meeting. The agenda included a discussion of the 1994 various Hazardous (HASMAT) Materials Spills Conference, proposed legislation which could affect NRT activities, international activities of interest to NRT agencies, and the Presidential Review under the Clean Air Act.
Preliminary Notifications a.
PN0-I-93-054, Long Island Lighting Co (Shoreham 1),
4,1 ;al Shipment of Shoreham Fuel To Limerick.
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PN0-II-93-049, Duke Power Co. (McGuire 2), McGuire Unit 2 Shutdown Due To Unidentified Leakage Greater Than 1 GPM.
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PNO-II-93-050, Carolina Power & Light Co. (Brunswick 1) Heightened Media Interest - Brunswick Unit 1 Core Shroud Cracks.
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PN0-II-93-051, Entergy Operations Inc. (Grand Gulf 1), Shutdown In Excess of 72 Hours - Jet Pump Failure.
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PN0-III-9356, Chemetron Corporation, Newburgh Heights, OH, Park Closed Because of Uranium Contamination Concern f.
PN0-IV-93-026, Department of Veterans Affairs, V. A. Medical Center -
Houston, Texas, Brachytherapy Incident.
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Sionificant F0IA Reauests Received by the NRC For 5-Day Period of Seotember 24 l
- September 30. 1993 Request for five categories of records regarding smoke detectors.
(Barry Marshall, F01A-93-523) i Request for information regarding contract SIC 7349.
(Kevin Dagstani, Community Maintenance Corporation, F0IA-93-524)
Request for four categories of records regarding McGean-Rohco, Inc. of Ohio and Chemetron Corporation of Pennsylvania.
(William Mitchell of Armstrong, Mitchell & Damiani, F01A-93-525)
Request for records regarding the comment from Nebraska concerning "above-grade" disposal facilities.
(Patricia Knapp of Bailey, Polsky, Cope, Wood &
Knapp, F01A-93-526)
Crime Prevention Presentation On October 13, 1993, the Division of Security will host a Crime Prevention presentation for all interested NRC employees in the Phillips Building (P-110) at 2:00 p.m.
The presentation will include a panel discussion with representatives from the Montgomery County Police Department, GSA's Federal Protective Service, C&P Security, and Metro Transit Authority's security j
office.
Research Grants i
Three research grants were awarded the week of September 27, 1993.
The first award was made to University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill for developing a local crustal velocity model and a robust set of parameters that can be used to test the validity of a seismotectonic model for Eastern Tennessee. The award was for $97,555 with a period of performance of two years.
The second was to Texas A&M University to assess, refine and modify condensation models. The award of $99,992 covers a two year period.
The third was to University of Arizona to develop and demonstrate an active information system capable of detecting controller faults. A two year period of performance was funded for $100,000.
Contract Awards 1
Four contracts were recently awarded in conjunction with NRC's FY 93 Small Business Innovation Research Program. The first award was made to Computer Simulation & Analysis, Inc., and is entitled " Improved Steady-State l
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Initialization Algorithms for Computer Codes." The contract amount is
$150,240.00 with a period of performance from September 30, 1993 to April 30, 1995. The second award was made to Entropic Systems, Inc., and is entitled
" Enhanced Removal of Radioactive Particles by Fluorinated Surfactant Solutions." The contract amount is $150,000.00 with a period of performance from September 30, 1993 to May 30, 1995. The third award was made to Advanced Projects Research, Inc., and is entitled "An Adapting Finite Element Model for Unsaturated Porous Media." The contract amount is $149,991.73 with a period of performance from September 30, 1993 to March 1, 1993. The fourth award was made to Omni Tech International, LTD., entitled " Demonstration of Continuous Vanadous and Vanadic Ion Analysis." The contract amount is $127,347.00 with a period of performance from September 30, 1993 to October 30, 1995.
A contract was awarded to Adsystech Inc. on September 23, 1993. This is an 8(a) award for forms automation software, in the amount of $185,412 with four options for a total of $280,433. The period of performance is for one year.
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Items of Interest Week Ending October 1, 1993 I
Internet Access Internet access for the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) and Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) has been established using a common use personal computer (PC) workstation. Expectations are that by the end of the week ACRS/ACNW users will be able to access the Internet from the common use PC, their desktop PCs, and the two Sparc Unix workstations in the Phillips building.
Voice Mail There are 1,310 user mailboxes on the new system.
Of these, 846 have been initialized (64.6%) by staff members. Voice Mail training on the new system has been provided to 393 staff members.
Sucoort for Office of Small and Disadvantaaed Business Utilization / Civil Riahts The Automated Graphics Section has designed an extensive 30" x 40" poster displaying various color flags for " Hispanic Heritage Month."
Records Retirement Activity The following offices retired records to the NRC Archival Facility:
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards - 26 boxes of nuclear reactor project files, Office of the Controller - 3 boxes of budget files, Office of Investigations - 8 boxes of investigation case files, and Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research - 8 boxes of research project case files.
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e-Office of Personnel Items of Interest Week Ending October I, 1993 Child Development Center Board of Directors Meetina On September 28, 1993, the Child Development Center Board of Directors held its monthly meeting. The focus of the meeting was to provide comments on the draft Request for Proposal (RFP) the Board is preparing for use in hiring a vendor to manage and operate the center. The Board expects to select the e
vendor, through a competitive procurement process, in January,1994.
Interactive Trainina Technolooy Meetina On September 28, 1993, ODT staff attended an interagency group meeting on interactive training technology.
Items discussed included. problems in registering and tracking training courses completed by employees. The majority of the agencies attending the meeting were seeking systems that use personal computers, can be networked, and have been proven through testing.
Two commercial programs were discussed, and one mainframe system used by GA0 was demonstrated.
Arrivals CEROVSKI, Thomas GENERAL ENGINEER (PFT)
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KILLIAN, Mary 0FFICE RESIDENT ASSISTANT (0PFT)
RI ROTH, Jerome SECTION LEADER (PFT)
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- TRANSFERRING FROM REGION I Departures HILTNER, Catherine CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR (PFT)
ADM LANCASTER, Stephanie V0UCHER EXAMINER (PFT)
OC Retirements BARBER, George SR. REACTOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER (PFT)
NRR KELLEY, Dennis REACTOR INSPECTOR (PFT)
RIV 0'BRIEN, John SR. MECHANICAL ENGINEER (PFT)
RES ROOD, Harry SR. PROJECT MANAGER (PFT)
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ROOD, Marilee PROGRAM ASSISTANT (PFT)
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SAMWORTH, Robert SR. PROJECT MANAGER (PFT)
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SULLIVAN, Patricia PERSONNEL STAFFING SPECIALIST (PFT)
OP TRAMMELL, Charles SR. PROJECT MANAGER (PFT)
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Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Civil Rights Items of Interest Week Ending October 1, 1993 U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce National Convention and International Business Oooortunity EXPO The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Civil Rights was represented at the 14th U.S. Hispanic Chaniber of Commerce National Convention and International Business Opportunity EXPO. This annual event was held in New York City September 22-25, 1993. Featured speakers included Erskine Bowles, Administrator of the Small Business Administration, David Dinkins, Hayor of New York City, Robert Rubin, Chairman of the President's Domestic Economic Council and_ Henry Cisneros, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The schedule of events throughout the week included Business Development Seminars on a variety of topics. The sessions included access to capital, marketing strategies for a small business on a budget, franchising opportunities, selling to corporate America and procurement opportunities with the Federal Government. Approximately 1,500 attendees visited with about 250 companies and local, state and Federal agency representatives. Particularly well received was a stirring speech by Mr.
Roberto Goizueta, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Coca-Cola Company.
He talked about Coca-Cola's aggressiva attempt to do business with minority and women-owned companies and described the benefits to their company in the 129 countries in which they are located.
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Office of Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending October 1, 1993 Sianificant Enforcement Actions A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $1,250 was issued on September 27, 1993 to Wayne County Department of Public Services for three Severity Level III violations associated with an i
event on August 16, 1993, in which a nuclear gauge was run over by a j
bulldozer. Violations I and II involve the failure of the authorized user to keep licensed material under constant surveillance and control for each event, and failure to comply with Department of Transportation requirements for the first event. Violation III involves the failure to report the first event to the NRC. The base civil penalty for a Severity Level III violation is $500.
i The penalties for Violations I and II were each mitigated 50 percent for good corrective actions. The penalty for Violation III was escalated by 50 percent for NRC identification.
(EN 93-094)
Demands for Information (DFIs) were issued on September 29, 1993 to Houston Lighting and Power Company (HL&P) (South Texas Project) and to a supervisor employed by HL&P at the South Texas Project facility to obtain information related to apparent violations involving discrimination as prohibited by 10 CFR 50.7.
The transmittal letter for the DFI to the licensee was placed in the Public Document Room; however, the DFI itself (as well as the DFI and transmittal letter to the supervisor) was withheld from public disclosure until NRC reviews the required responses and reaches a final decision on any necessary enforcement action.
Since the DFIs identify by name both the individuals alleging discrimination and the supervisor involved, the staff proposes to withhold these documents from public disclosure at this time to avoid publication (the allegers and the supervisor involved here were the subjects of recent newspaper articles on discrimination at South Texas) of the names of the allegers and the name of the person suspected of engaging in discrimination prior to the staff's reaching a final position on whether discrimination occurred.
(EN 93-096)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $375 was issued on September 29, 1993, to the Licensee. The action was based on a Severity Level III violation that involved the failure to maintain constant surveillance and immediate control of licensed materials in an unrestricted area that resulted in a moisture / density gauge being damaged by a bulldozer on July 11, 1993. The sources in the gauge were not damaged. The base civil penalty for this Severity Level III violation is $500. Mitigation of 25 percent was applied for the factor of identification because of the self-disclosing violation and good root cause analysis performed by the Licensee. Mitigation of 50 percent was warranted for corrective action.
Escalation of 50 percent was applied for licensee performance.
No further adjustments were warranted. One other violation was cited and categorized at Severity Level IV for failure to properly complete shipping papers.
(EN 93-097)
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A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,750 was issued on September 30, 1993 to the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
The action was based on a Severity Level III problem involving a failure of the VAMC to adhere to the requirements of its radiation teletherapy Quality Management Program between February 1992 and May 1992 when the licensee discontinued its Cobalt-60 teletherapy program. The VAMC is reactivating its Cobalt-60 teletherapy program this fall. The base civil penalty of $2,500 was increased by a net
$1,250. Factors which resulted in increasing the penalty included NRC identification of the violations and poor licensee performance (a civil penalty was issued in 1991), which were balanced against mitigation for good corrective action.
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Second Buildina Status l
During the week, ceiling tile, painting of walls and columns, accent trim, and finished door frames were completed on Floors 4 and 5. Floor 10 also has ceiling i
i tile and is being prepared for painting. Floors 8, 7 and 6 have ceiling grid, lights, door frames and HVAC diffusers installed. Floor 6 ceiling tile
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installation has begun. Floors 3 and 2 remain dormant awaiting permits from the County. The developer submitted the revised drawings to the County and permits 3
are expected in the next week.
On September 28, Office of Consolidation staff completed a review of the Transwall demountable wall drawings for Floor 4.
f On September 29, GSA staff from the Leasing Branch met with a representative of i
the developer for a second round of negotiations on the TWFN garage and plaza level.
On September 30, Office of Consolidation staff met with Haworth and Baltimore
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i Stationery staff and received the final drawings for furniture for Floor 4.
i Transportation Manaaement Status i
On September 14, the Montgomery County Council introduced Emergency Bill 32-93 entitled Transportation Management - Metro Station Areas which would authorize the creation of transportation management districts and the use of certain transportation demand management measures in certain Metro station policy areas 5
including Wheaton, White Flint, Twinbrook and Grosvenor.
The Director of Consolidation and other Transportation Action Partnership (TAP) officials participated in a County Department of Transportation (D0T) task force to develop recommendations contained in the pending legislation. Task Force members anticipate that the County would designate TAP as the transportation management organization chosen to receive grant funds to carry out transportation demand management programs which the DOT would have otherwise administered in the White Flint area.
The new law would directly affect new developments and existing employers who do i
not already have traffic mitigation plans in effect. The NRC has an approved traffic mitigation plan for 0WFN and TWFN, but adjacent on-street parking, area commuter options and the pace of development in the vicinity would likely be affected by implementation of the new law.
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Office of State Programs Items of Interest Week Ending October 1, 1993 d
Transportation of Radioactive Materials Course The Office of State Programs (OSP) and the Technical Training Center (TTC) sponsored a Transportation of Radioactive Materials Course from September 27 to October 1,1993 in Columbia, South Carolina.
The class consisted of sixteen students from State radiation control programs, eleven NRC staff and four from the Department of Navy.
The course, conducted by Chem-Nuclear under contract with the TTC, covered the various aspects of radioactive materials transportation safety.
National State liaison Officers Meetina OSP sponsored a National State Liaison Officers (SLO) meeting on September 29-30, 1993 in Rockville, Maryland. The Chairman (by videotape) and Commissioner Rogers addressed the assembled group of Governor-appointed SL0s on current issues of interest and NRC/ State relationships. Presentations on a wide variety of topics were made by representatives from the Executive Director for Operations' office,
- State, local, Congressional, Federal Government and national organization representatives also made presentations.
Issues discussed included decommissioning of contaminated sites; enhanced participatory rulemaking; low-level waste; medical misadministration; materials licensing; plant license renewal; high-level waste; States experience in observing NRC special inspections; the international nuclear climate; a recent Alaska-sponsored trip to the Bilibino reactor in Russia; State experiences with dry cask storage; emergency planning and improving relationships with State legislators.
OSP conducted a Regional State Liaison Officers Counterpart meeting on the afternoon of September 30 to review and discuss State liaison office direction, goals and operations.
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Office of International Program Items of Interest Week Ending October 1, 1993 Foreion Visitors l
On Wednesday, September 29, Dr. K. C. Liu, Vice Chairman of the Taiwan Atomic Energy Council (TAEC) paid courtesy calls on Commissioners Rogers, de Planque and Remick. Dr. Liu discussed the status of the rebar contamination problem in Taipei, the status of the Lungmen nuclear power plant project, and the upcoming (October 13-15) American Institute in Taiwan (AIT)-Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) Joint Standing Committee Meeting, which Commissioner Remick, his technical assistant Regis Boyle, James Shea (0IP), Jose Cortez (RES), Yong S. Kim (NRR) will be attending.
IAEA General Conference Chairman Selin, James Taylor, EDO, Carl Stoiber, OIP Director, Kevin Burke, OIP, Marjorie Mahy, OIP, and Geraldine Schuetze, OCM, participated in the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria September 27 to October 1.
In addition to attending plenary sessions of the Conference, Chairman Selin, James Taylor, and Carl Stoiber participated in Secretary 0' Leary's bilateral meetings and in the ten bilateral meetings Chairman Selin conducted. James Taylor presented two papers at the Senior Regulators' session held during the GC where regulators from twenty-five countries met to discuss enhancing safety culture, periodic safety reviews and relicensing, and licensing a foreign designed plant.
While visiting the IAEA, Mr. Taylor was briefed by several senior IAEA officials on their program and was asked to participate in a VVER regulators' group organizational meeting.
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CONGRESSIONAL HEARING SCHEDULE No. 36 oo$
OCA DATE ASSIGN-TIME WITNESS SUBJECT COMMITTEE MENT PLACE Keeling 10/28/93 10:00a Dr. Selin, Safety of Eastern Reps. Sharp /Bilirakis State, DOE Bloc and FSU Reactors Energy & Power d"
House Energy & Commerce The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is tentatively scheduling markup of the NRC's authorization bill and legislative package for October 27th or 28th.
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i Region I Items of Interest Week Ending October 1, 1993 i
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Meetina with USDA Consultant On Monday, September 27 at 10:00 AM, a neeting was held with Jupiter Corporation, who is the consultant group performing the audit of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Radiation Safety Program. A March 1993 Confirmatory Order required an independent audit to help identify root causes and determine appropriate corrective actions for problems which have resulted in escslated enforcement in 1990 and 1993.
The Jupiter Corporation's written proposal for the audit has already been reviewed and approved by both the USDA and the NRC.
The auditors met td th representatives of the Region I Office to review NRC concerns about the USDA radiation safety program, to determine what information is available in the NRC records of USDA inspections and licensing actions, and to describe the results of the Jupiter Corporation meetings with USDA held to date.
The meeting provided the NRC with a better understanding of progress to date on the audit.
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Shoreham to Limerick Fuel Shioments The initial shipment of 17 Shoreham fuel assemblies was successfully delivered to Limerick on the morning of September 28, 1993. The fuel cask was transported by barge from Shoreham to Philadelphia Electric Company's (PECo) Eddystone Generating Station south of Philadelphia, then by rail through the western edge of Philadelphia to PECo's Limerick facility. A second cask is at the Shoreham facility being loaded and prepared for the second shipment, which is expected to begin the barge portion of the trip during the weekend of October 2.
A Region I inspector was on site at Shoreham on September 30 - October 1 monitoring the licensee's preparations for the shipment.
A total of 33 shipments is required to transport the 560 fuel assemblies over the next nine to twelve months.
There was significant media interest in the initial shipment, and protestors were observed near the Shoreham facility and in Philadelphia, but there was no interference with the shipment. The State of New Jersey is expected back in Federal Court on October 4 in its efforts to prevent future shipments through the waters off the New Jersey coast.
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Indian Point 2 Service Water Pumo Failures Problem: Three pump failures in the period 10/91 - 6/93 in the form of broken pump shaft couplings. All three pumps are on the same header.
IP2 has experienced problems in this area dating back to 1984, (LER 84-11, 84-21, 87-11, 89-11 and NRC Report 88-28, 88-33).
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The three failed pumps are by Aurora, of one design; the three unfailed pumps are by L & B, another design. The failures were located in one of seven 410 stainless steel shaft couplings on the pump.
In two cases, the coupling fractured due to a sudden stop on the pump because of debris intrusion.
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I was inadvertent pump reversal caused indirectly by a partially open vacuum-break check valve (see LER 84-11 and 21). FSAR (9.6.1.2), in brief, IP2 needs two pumps on one header and one pump on the other header, out of a possible six pumps; three to a header, during postulated accident.
Cause: Two causes have been identified: debris intrusion and pump reversal.
Root causes were inadequate intake protection and check valve maintenance. The coupling indirectly contributed to the failure by being fracture sensitive (temper embrittlement) because of initial heat treat. Because of the high loads put on the coupling, stress analysis suggests it would have failed anyway.
(orrective Actions:
Debris intrusion will be corrected by (a) loose parts control in the service water bay; (b) covering of the grating above the bay; (c) contingency plan to vacuum the bay bottom; (d) redesign and installation of a new traveling screen system (committed to as a consequence of LER 89-11 but not completed) and pending hydraulic analysis; and (e) screening the pump intakes separately.
Pump reversal will be corrected by (a) shorter maintenance cycles on the check valves, and (b) acoustic emission and visual monitoring of the check valves on a regular basis.
In addition, the pump couplings are being replaced with less fracture sensitive material with better component traceability.
IP2 is discussing the possibility of changing the design of one coupling on each pump to allow torsional flexure in the case of debris impact on the impeller. All active Aurora pumps will be upgraded in 18 weeks with all other pumps (in service, new and reserve) changed out sequentially on regular maintenance. An exit meeting is planned on 10/19 to ascertain IP2 scheduled commitments.
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?I-Region II Items of Interest Week Ending October 1, 1993 1.
Russian State Committee on Reactor Safety Three representatives of the Russian State Committee on Reactor Safety i
(GAN or Gosatomnadzor) and their interpreter arrived in Region II on Wednesday, September 29.
They will be in the Region II office through Friday to receive training on inspection and licensing procedure activities up to the point of operating license issuance. They will leave 1
Atlanta on Sunday for a visit (October 4 through October 13) at the Watts Bar nuclear facility in Spring City, Tennessee.
During their Watts Bar visit, they will meet with the NRC Resident Inspectors and representatives i
of TVA to become familiar with pre-licensing activities, and observe the Watts Bar Emergency Exercise on October 6.
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Carolina Power and Liaht Company (CP&L) 4 Since September 29, 1993, both the NRC and CP&L have been responding to heightened media interest over cracks found in the reactor vessel shrouds of Units 1 and 2, prompted by an Associated Press statement (i.e.,
" Officials with plant operators Carolina Power and Light are trying to figure if the [ Unit 1] crack can be fixed or if the reactor must be l
junked"). The heightened interest has been both local and national media.
6 Other outside financial clearing houses and intervenor groups. To assist i
in the dissemination of accurate information, CP&L announced on i
September 30, 1993, that they would be conducting a series of briefings i
for the news media.
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In a press release on September 28, 1993, CP&L indicated that the Unit 1 shroud would be repaired prior to restart, which is tentatively scheduled 4
for December 1993.
Of primary interest is a 360 degree circumferential crack which is located in the heat affected zone (HAZ) on the inside surface of the top guide support ring above the weld (designated H-3) which connects the shroud to the support ring. Additionally, other shroud crack indications have been identified and are currently being evaluated by CP&L and General Electric (GE).
The Initial discovery of Unit I shroud crack indications in July 1993, prompted CP&L to re-examine the video tapes from the Unit 2 in-vessel inspection conducted in 1991. Utilizing a digitized enhancement process, the re-examination revealed three crack indications in the HAZ of the weld (designated H-2) at the Unit 2 reactor vessel core shroud transition pl ate.
CP&L interpreted the indications as three, one-inch crack i
indications. GE analysis concluded that these crack indications have no adverse affect for the next several. operating cycles.
CP&L plans to do more extensive examinations of the Unit 2 shroud during its next refueling outage, which is tentatively scheduled for March 1994.
An NRC Information Notice (IN 93-79) addressing the shroud crack issue was issued on September 30, 1993.
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Schnable Enoineerino Associates. Inc.
On September 30, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation and proposed Civil Penalty in the amount of $375 to the licensee for the failure to maintain constant surveillance of a moisture / density gauge at a construction site.
As a result, the gauge was damaged by a vehicle. The licensee has 30 days to respond to the Notice.
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Tennessee Valley Authority On October 1, the Regional Administrator conducted a public meeting at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant.
The meeting was held to discuss the licensee's progress toward the restart of Unit 2.
The Sequoyah units were shut down in March 1993, as a result of the failure of a ten-inch extraction steam line. This meeting is being held in anticipation of Unit 2 startup currently scheduled for next week.
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-o Region III Items of Interest Week Ending October 1, 1993 1.
St. Luke's Medical Center On September 28, 1993, an Enforcement Conference was held via telephone between members of the Region III staff and St. Luke's Medical Center.
The conference was held to discuss apparent violations of transportation regulations identified during a routine safety inspection conducted on August 26-27, 1993.
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Palisades Nuclear Plant On September 30, 1993, the Deputy Regional Administrator and members of his staff, met with the Vice President-Nuclear Generation for Consumers Power Company and members of his staff to discuss Palisades plant performance issues and licensee actions preparatory to returning the plant to service from the current outage.
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Kewaunee Nuclear Plant On September 27 and 28, 1993, the Deputy Regional Administrator and other members of his staff visited the Kewaunee site as part of the SALP presentation to the licensee.
Prior to the meeting, plant walkdowns, personnel interviews and general discussions were conducted. This was the first SALP meeting conducted under the new SALP process in Region III.
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Fermi Nuclear Plant On September 30, 1993, the Director, Division of Reactor Projects, conducted a management meeting with the CEO and President, Senior Vice President Nuclear, Vice President Nuclear Operations, and other members of the licensee's staff. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the recent decline in plant performance including the results of licensee efforts to reduce personnel errors, improve the effectiveness of the quality verification and engineering functions, and improve work planning, subcontractor control and identification, and resolution of repetitive equipment problems.
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Bio Rock Point Nuclear Plant On October 1, 1993, the Director, Division of Reactor Projects, conducted a management meeting with the Vice President, Nuclear; the Plant Manager; and other members of the plant staff. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss recent plant performance, corrective action initiatives relative to engineering, operator attention to detail, preventive maintenance, and the effectiveness of these initiatives.
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d Region IV Items of Interest Week Ending October 1, 1993 1.
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operatino Corooration (WCNOC) Oraanizational Chanaes WCNOC has announced several management and organizational changes to be implemented in the near future. Jim Weeks, Operations Manager, will become an assistant to the Vice President, Operations. He will be replaced by Brit McKinney, the current Training Manager. Gary Boyer, former Wolf Creek Plant Manager, will report as the new Training Manager in January 1994. Dave Fair will act as Training Manager until then.
Results Engineering and Systems Engineering will be combined under the current Systems Engineering Manager, Candace Sprout.
The Reactor Engineering, Nuclear Fuel Design, and Nuclear Analysis groups will be combined into a Nuclear Engineering group under Brad Norton. The Instrumentation and Controls Department will be combined with the Maintenance Department. The Health Physics and Chemistry groups will become a part of the Plant Support Department under Merlin Williams.
Wolf Creek presently utilizes the Shift Supervisor as a combined 50/STA.
During the early part of 1994, a dedicated Shift Engineer /STA will be assigned to each shift. The longer-term goal is to license the Shift Engineer /STA.
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4 Region V Items of Interest Week Ending September 30, 1993 1.
Palo Verde Nuclear Generatino Station The Whistleblower Review Team held public meetings in Phoenix, Arizona on September 28-29, 1993, should be taken to protect people who raise safety issues at nuclearas p power plants.
The first meeting held in the evening of September 28, was attended by many employees an,d managers from the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station which is located 36 miles west of Phoenix.
meeting was held in the morning of September 29.
The second the Palo Verde Senior Resident Inspector, and the React Section Chief for Palo Verde.
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Manaaement Meetina with Diablo Canyon Electric in the Region V office on SeptemberThe Regional Admini 30, 1993.
The agenda included a discussion of 1 downsizing efforts, (2) re(ce)nt events that potentially indicated a n the licensee's ongoing reorganization and for increased management attention to maintain a high level of plant performance, particularly in view of the licensee's ongoing staff reduction program, and (3) the licensee's resolution of certain engineering issues.
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10/13/93 50-390 One White Flint North To discuss issues that warrant NRC/TVA P. Tam Room 1-F-5 management attention regarding 1:00 use of U-bolts as pipe clamps at Watts Bar.
(Reference letter, P. Tam to M. Medford dated September 13, 1993.)
10/13/93 50-390 One White Flint North To discuss any issues the staff NRC/TVA P. Tam 1:00 50-391 Room 6-B-13 may have developed during its review of the summary report on Thermo-Lag fire retardant material testing (submitted by letter, July 9, 1993).
10/14/93 52-001 One White Flint North To discuss and resolve the NRC/GE D. Tang 8:30-11:30 Room 12-B-11 remaining design related open issues for the advanced boiling water reactor. Discussions will include probablistic risk assessment, severe accident, technical specifications, unresolved safety issues / generic safety issues and reactor j
systems. The schedule for final safety evaluation report will also be discussed.
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m Date/ Time Number Location Purpose Aonlicant NRR Contact 10/18/93 None One White Flint North To discuss results of Phase 1 of NRC/NUMARC C. McCracken w
1:00-3:30 Room 10-B-11 NUMARC's Thermo-Lag test program 10/19/93 50-390 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant To discuss issues pertaining to NRC TVA P. Tam 1:00 Training Center Room 9 licensing of Watts Bar that Spring City, Tennessee warrant senior management attention.
10/19/93 50-317 Bechtel Power Corporation To discuss a design audit of the NRC/BG&E D. Mcdonald 9:30-4:30 50-318 1801 Research Boulevard new Emergency Diesel Generator Gaithersburg, Maryland building including selected Conference Room 3-B-6 drawings and calculations used in the design of anchor bolts and supports for beams and columns.
10/20/93 50-219 One White Flint North To discuss the status of NRC/GPUN A. Dromerick 10:00-3:00 Room 6-B-13 licensing activities for Oyster Creek.
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8 10/25/93 50-004 GE Nuclear Energy To discuss GE's proposed NRC/GE M. Malloy 1:30-4:30 175 Curtner Avenue responses to the staff's and Building J, Room 1010 requests for additional 10/26/93 San Jose, CA 95125 information, Q900.2-Q900.26 8:30-5:30 (transmitted to GE on September 15, 1993), on the GIRAFFE testing program for the SBWR.
10/26/93 None One White Flint North To discuss Credit for Boron In NRC/ABB/CE L Kopp 1:00-4:00 Room 6-B-13 Spent Fuel Pools.
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10/04 N/A US Environmental To attend Interagency NRC M. Weber Protection Agency Steering Committee DOE (301) 504-1298 501 3rd Street Mtg. on Residual EPA Judiciary Square Radioactivity D00 Washington, DC 10/4-5 N/A San Tropez Hotel NRC/ DOE Technical NRC C. Abrams Convention Center Exchange on DOE (301) 504-3403 455 E. Harmon Ave.
Exploratory Studies State of Nevada Las Vegas, NV Facility and local governments 10/4-6 70-36 Combustion Eng. (CE)
Inspection at NRC M. Klasky i
P. O. Box 107 CE facility CE (301) 504-2504 Highway P Hematite, M0 10/4-8 70-0754 GE-Vallecitos Quarterly visit to NRC C. Gaskin P.O. Box 460 GE-Vallecitos.
GE-Vallecitos Staff (301) 504-2649 i
Vallecitos Rd.
Pleasanton, CA 94566 10/12 M-48 NRC, 0WFN 6B13 Discussion of NRC W. Schwink i
Rockville Pike, Regulatory Issues for USEC (301) 504-2391 Rockville, MD Gaseous Diffusion Plants 10/13 N/A Los Alamos Inn Meeting Between NRC C. Abrams 2201 Trinity Street NRC/ DOE Technical DOE (301) 504-3403
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Los Alamos, NM Exchange on Radio-State of Nevada Nuclide Releases and local governments from the Engineered Barrier System 10/15 N/A Los Alamos Inn Site Visit to Los NRC C. Abrams 2201 Trinity Street Alamos National DOE (301) 504-3403 Los Alamos, NM Laboratory State of Nevada and local governments 10/15 70-1151 Westinghouse Status meeting on NRC T. Wenck Bluff Road licensee performance Westinghouse (301) 504-2404 10/19 N/A Williamsburg Woedlands To attend LLW Forum NRC R. Lewis Hotel States (301) 504-3445 Colonial Williamsburg P. O. Box 1776 Williamsburg, VA 23187 10/25-11/01 N/A Department of Energy To attend Mixed NRC N. Orlando Los Alamos Area Office Waste & Material DOE (301) 504-2566 Los Alamos National Management Work-EPA Laboratory group, and tour 528 35th Street Los Alamos National Los Alamos, NM 87544 Laboratory.
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- AE00, contractor staffs 10/20-22/93 N/A Boston, MA Conference on Achievements of NRC, OECD/NEA, A. Rubin the TMI-2 Vessel Investigation Utilities / Industry, Project, sponsored by OECD/NEA OECD members, a
and NRC Public 10/25-27, 29/93 N/A Pavilion JCCCNRS Working Group 3 Meeting NRC contractors, C.Serpan j
Hotel Russian and Ukrainian participants 10/20/93 N/A US Naval JCCCNRS WG-3 Same C.Serpan Academy Annapolis, MD 10/25-27/93 N/A Bethesda 21st Water Reactor Safety NRC, public A.Burda Marriott Hotel Information Meeting l
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10/27/93 N/A Bethesda Nuclear Safety Research Review NSRRC members, G.Sege
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i 10/12-15/93 50-346 Oak Harbor, OH Davis-Besse Emergency EP Officials R. Lickus Planning Exercise 10/12-15/93 NA Frankfort, KY CRCPD Technical Planning CRCPD M. Landau Committee Meeting 10/13/93 NA Duxbury, MA Meeting with MA Depart. State M. Miller Plymouth, MA of Health Officials on Environmental Monitoring i
and LLW Board Meeting 10/14/93 NA Columbus, OH Chemetron Meeting State R. Lickus 1
10/18-22/93 NA Atlanta, GA Georgia Radiation State R. Woodruff Control Program Review 10/19-20/93 50-369 Cornelius, NC McGuire Emergency EP Officials R. Trojanowski 50-370 Planning Exercise 10/19-21/93 50-275 San Luis Obispo, CA Diablo Canyon Emergency EP Officials D. Kunihiro 50-323 Preparedness Exercise 10/20-22/93 NA Williamsburg, VA LLW Forum LLW Officials S. Salomon 10/25-27/93 NA Phoenix, AZ All Agreement States Agreement States L. Bolling Meeting 10/27/93 50-382 Taft, LA Waterford EP Exercise EP Officials C. Hackney 9
11/1/93 NA Columbus, OH Utility Radiological State Officials R. Lickus T2 Safety Board of Ohio i FA j F, 11/1-5/93 NA Houston, TX Well Logging Course States R. Doda i
-4 11/2-5/93 NA Stowe, VT NE Conference of State Officials M. Miller Radiation Control Program Directors i
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Date/ Time Number Lqcation Purpose Applicant NRC Contact i
10/18/93 50-220 Lycoming, NY SALP Management Mtg.
Selected NRC Staff Nicholson 1:00 p.m.
50-410 Dates covering Members and Licensee-l 05/24/92 - 08/14/93 l
11/04/93 50-387 Region I Evaluation & Root-Selected NRC Staff White 10:00 a.m.
50-388 Cause Determination Members and Licensee of Unit 1 Turbine Blade Failure t
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10/05/93 50-250 RII Office Enforcement Conference RA, RII Staff Ebneter 8
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50-251 FPL - Turkey Point and and Licensees Bechtel Construction, Inc.
10/06/93 50-390 Spring City, TN Full Scale Emergency RA, RII/HQs Staff, Hufham 50-391 Exercise and State and Local Officials 10/12/93 50-395 Jenkinsville, SC Presentation of certi-DRA, RII Staff, Reyes 6:30 p.m.
ficates to newly Operators, and licensed operators and Licensee at SCE&G's Summer facility 10/18/93 50-413 RII Office Management Meeting RA, RII Staff, Ebneter 10:00 a.m.
50-414 DPC - Catawba and Licensee i
10/20/93 50-325 RII Office Mtg. w/CP&L to RA, RII Staff, Ebneter 1:00 p.m.
50-324 discuss NAD issues and Licensee at Brunswick site 10/21/93 50-269 RII Office Management Meeting RA, RII Staff, Ebneter 9:00 a.m.
50-270 DPC - Oconee and Licensee 50-287 i
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Date/ Time Number Location Purpose ADolicant NRC Contact 50-155 Region Consumers Power Company Deputy Director, Division T0 Martin 10/12/93 10:00 am Enforcement Conference-of Reactor Projects Big Rock Point Selected Staff 10/15/93 50-440 Region Cleveland Electric Deputy Regional Administrator Greenman 10:00 am 50-441 Illuminating Company Selected Staff Management Meeting -
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.50-237 Site Commonwealth Edison Regional Administrator T0 Martin 50-249 Company - SALP Selected Staff Presentation Dresden 10/25/93 50-341 Site Detroit Edison Company Regional Administrator Greenman Fermi - Site Visit Selected Staff 11/02/93 50-483 Site Union Electric Company Deputy Reaions' Administrator T0 Martin SALP Presentation Selected..
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NRC Mj Date/ Time Number location Purpose Applicant Contact 10/5/93 40-8857 Douglas, WY Review NRC response and Highland Uranium C. Miller-12:30 questions to license Project Corbett renewal application 10/12/93 40-8584 Denver, C0 Discuss design of new Kennecott Uranium R. Hall 10:00 tailings disposal area 10/12/93 50-458 River Bend Public meeting to discuss GSU W. Jones 1:00 Site status of plant and GSU's PIP.
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