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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION C)
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 INFORMATION REPORT i
May 18,1981 SECY-81-321 For:
The Co:raissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MAY 15, 1981 A sunnary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C
Inspection and Enforcement D
Nuclear Regulatory Research E
l Executive Legal Director F
Int enational Programs G
State Programs H
Management and Program Analysis I
Controller J
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Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data K
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Items Approved by the Commission J
T. A. dehm, Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director dru(LAue - IN bO for Operations
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Week Ending May 15, 1981 I
Farley 2 The full power operating license was issued for Farley 2 on March 31, 1981.
On May 8,1981, Farley 2 reached initial criticality at 11:21 a.m. CDT.
After low power testing and startup testing, the plant will be placed into commercial operation in late July 1981.
Millstone 2 Millstone 2 has been on an outage since May 5, 1981, to replace mechanical snubbers on safety-related systems in accordance with IE Bulletin 81-01.
Most of those scheduled to be replaced are inside containment and provide support for small pipes. The replacement work is currently scheduled to support reactor startup late on May 19.
Crystal River 3 Crystal River 3 was brought to a Hot Standby on May 8, 1981, because the operable status of Auxiliary Building filters could not be verified. Three of the four Auxiliary Building charcoal filters did not meet Technical Specification 4.7.8.1.f halogenated hydrocarbon test requirements. The licensee is investigating the cause of the failures and is reviewing pro-cedures used for filter testing. Charcoal was replaced on the three filter banks and the plant returned on-line power operation on May 10.
TMI Interim Settlement Acreement On February 20, 1981, a Federal District Court Judge approved an interim settle-ment agreement in a TMI class action lawsuit which seeks to recover damages for alleged economic harm caused by the accident. On May 1, plaintiffs in this 1
case were sent questionnaires which they may use to request claims forms for damages suffered. Under the agreement, businesses will be able to file claims for lost profits, increased costs of operations, loss in real estate value and/or goodwill.
Individuals may file claims for evacuation expenses, loss of wages or benefits, real estate and personal property loss as well as other personal losses. The interim settlement does not provide for possible claims for physical injury or mental stress. Purs0 ant to the interim agreement, two insurance pools will establish a 520 million Economic Loss Fund to cover economic loss claims and a $5 million Public Health Fund will be established for research and various public health services. A public hearing is currently scheduled for August 24 to detemine the " fairness, reasonableness and adequacy" of settlement and whether it sho0ld be approved by the court.
NFS - West Valley on May 8, 1981, Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., (NFS) returned to the staff a fully executed agreement for work to be performed by an NRC :ontractor, Rockwell Hanford Operations, at the West Valley site.
This work is a program to inspect and evaluate the safety conditions associated with the high level liquid waste storage system.
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t 0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending May 15, 1981 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appel of Request Initial D) cision Received 237 7
Granted 157 1
Denied 27 5
Pending 53 1
ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Stephen Laudig, Referral from the Department of Justice of documents Attorney-At-Law concerning the Marble Hill investigation.
(81-184)
Karen L. Madura, Requests a copy of the NRC's organizational chart, State of the Art telephone book, and listing of NRC employees by name, Seminars position title and location.
(81-185)
J. Craig Currie, Requests information regarding Thorotrast and Heyden Feldman & Feldman, P.A.
Chemical Corporation from 1950.
(81-186)
Linda Cutlip, Requests a copy of Contract No. NRC-02-80-035.
The M&T Company (81-187)
(NRC employee)
Requests six categories of information relating to (81-188) herself.
Don Wilson, Requests a list of NRC employees in Region I by name, The Equitable Life GS level, salary, position title and location.
Assurance Society of the United States (81-189) i Jeffrey K. Ace, Requests a copy of Franklin Research Center's l
Battelle technical and business proposal in response to l
(81-190)
RS-NRR-80-138.
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CONTACT:
J. M. Felton l
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2 Received, Cont'd Reiuests infomation in the NRC on herself.
(An individual requesting l
infonnation about herself)
(81-1 91)
(NRC employee)
Requests infonnation pertaining to her security (81-192) clearance.
(NRC employee)
Requests information on himself in the Office of (81-193)
Inspector and Auditor, any charges made against him and his personnel file.
j James Wagner, Requests a copy of the winning technical proposal TechnAssociates Incorporated for NRC-10-81-379.
(81-194)
Paul G. O'Connor, Requests a listing of titles of procurement and Gruy Federal, Inc.
company name for each award during FY 80 and FY 81 (81-195) and the planned procurement actions with private contractors.
Granted Susan Epstein, In response to a request for five categories of Holmes & Starr infomation pertaining to the Fort St. Vrain Nuclear (81 -95)
Power Plant, made available 17 documents.
M. T. Crawford,
In response to a request for several categories of General Electric specific information regarding uranium shipments, Company made available two computer printouts and a tape.
(81-148) l M. J. Hobson, In response to a request for a copy of the non-Acres American Incorporated proprietary version of the winning proposal under (81 -1 51 )
NRC Request for Proposal RS-NRR-80-138, made available a copy of this document.
(NRC employee)
In response to a request for the names of all (81 -1 64) secretaries (GS-318 series) who have attended the non-governmental facility para-legal studies program, and names of all ASLBP members enrolled in non-governmental facility administrative law procedure sessions from 1967 to date, made available sanitized versions of 11 documents. Infomed the requester the l
NRC maintains records only back to 1978.
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Kenneth I. Condra In response to a request for the job classification, (81-170) job rating, salary, and period of employment with the NRC of a named individual, made available this infomation.
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Granted, Cont'd Irwin D. J. Bross,
In response to a request for documentation Roswell Park Memorial establishing authorization covering the tri-state (81-172) leukemia survey data, made available one document.
David Cohen, In response to a request for a copy of the Quality Investigation Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) as well for the Legal Profession as the drawings and specifications for the Forked (81-177)
River Nuclear Power Plant, informed the requester this infonnation is available at the LPDR in Brich, New Jersey.
Robert Alexander, In response to a request for a copy of nine listed
>bckingbird Alliance documents, made available seven documents. Informed (81-182) the requester we were unable to locate two documents which were incorrectly identified.
Corothy L. Garcia, In response to a request for a list of the Region V The Equitable Life employees to include their names, positions, Assurance Society of salaries, GS levels, and duty stations, made availabl the United States this information.
(81-183)
Linda Cutlip, In response to a request for a copy of Contract The M&T Company No. NRC-02-80-035, informed the requester this (81-187) document is already available at the PDR.
Jeffrey K. Ace, Made available a copy of the non-proprietary Battelle version.of the technical and business proposal (81-190) submitted by Franklin Research Center under NRC Request for Proposal No. RS-NRR-80-138.
Denied Dennis Hirschfelder In response to a request for six categories of (81-38) documents pertaining to radioactive materials found in Maywood and Rochelle Park, New Jersey, made available 156 documents. Denied portions of one document containing confidential business (proprietar information and four documents, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Referred one document to the Environmental Protection Agency for direct response to the requester.
Elizabeth Kuhles In response to a request for documents pertaining (81-50) to the burial of radioactive thorium on the property of Maywood Chemical, made available 153 documents.
Denied portions of one document containing confidential business (proprietary) information and portions of four documents, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Referred one document to the Environmental Protection Agency for direct response to the requester.
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Denied, Cont'd McNeill Watkins, II, In response to a request for specified records Debevoise & Libeman presented to the Commission at meetings held on (81-79)
October 16, 21 and 27,1980, pertaining to the Comission's fire protection rulemaking, made available 16 documents. Denied 10 documents in their entirety constituting advice, opinions and recomendations between Commissioners and their assistants or among Comission-level offices.
McNeill Watkins, II, In response to a request for records created during Debevoise & Libeman and after October,1980, pertaining to the (81-80)
Commission's fire protection rulemaking, made available 15 documents. Denied 10 documents in their entirety constituting advice, opinions and recomendations between Comissioners and their assistants or among Comission-level offices.
Nicholas S. Reynolds, In response to an appeal to the Comission for Debevoise & Libennan 11 documents relating to Memorandum and Order, (81-A-3-80-556)
CLI-80-21 and I&E Bulletin 79-OlB, dealing with environmental qualification of safety related equipment, continued to deny these documents in their entirety, the disclosure of which would adversely affect the deliberative process by inhibiting candid and complete deliberations among the Comissioners, between them and their respective staffs and their principal advisors.
Robert Goldsmith, In response to an appeal to the Comission for Citizens for a 12 documents regarding the proposed chemical ~
Better Environment decontamination of Dresden 1, continued to deny
('81 - A-4-81 -18) these documents, the disclosure of which would adversely affect the agency's deliberative process.
Robert R. Belair, In response to an appeal to the Comission for Christopher B. Hanback 17 documents pertaining to the Comission's February Hill, Christopher and Phillips, P.C.
1981 Order in the Diablo Canyon physical security (81 - A-6-81 -84) proceeding, continued to deny these documents containing predecisional advice, opinio'n, i
recomendations and draft orders.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week Ending May 16, 1981 l
i PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION
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RFP RS-NRR-81-134 Title - NRR Management Study - Management of Resources i
Description - The contractor shall perform a review of the NRC's management, processes, procedures and operations.
The study shall focus on management practices, tools l'
and systems, and improvements thereon.
Period of Performance - Seven months i
Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status - Amendment to Solicitation issued April 23, 1981. Closed on May 8, 1981. Proposals, as revised, are under evaluation.
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CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT l
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Contractor Closecut Date i
NRC-10-78-581 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/30/81 j
NRC-03-79-148 Georgia Institute of Technology 5/1/81 l
NRC-04-76-177 Factory Mutual Corporation
'5/7/81 NRC-04-76-320 Flordia State University 5/11/81 NRC-04-77-157 Georgia Institute of Technology 4/29/81 NRC-01-75-104 Department of Army 5/13/81 NRC-04-78-217 MIT 5/13/81 AT(49-24-0123)
U.S. Printing Corporation 4/29/81 s.
ENCLOSURE A i
DIVISION OF ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL WEEK ENDING MAY 15, 1981 Summer Employment l
Summer program staffing is virtually completed. About 180 summer interns including clerical, summer faculty and disadvantaged youth are scheduled to report within the next month, beginning May 18.
l Union Acreement Re Developino Critical Elements and Performance Standards l
The Agency and the NTEU reached agreement on May 15 regarding how l
bargaining unit employees will participate in developing performance elements and performance standards. Implementing instructions are being prepared.
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DIVISION OF SECURITY Week Ending May 15,1981 Information Security Oversicht Office (1500) Visit On May 14, an 1500 Program Analyst visited the NRC to discuss the development and use of classification guides. The 1500 analyst met with representatives of SEC, SG and IP to discuss the development and use of guides.
1500 is conducting a study into the background, development and use of classi-fication guides and expects to issue a report on this matter late this summer.
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l OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS - MAY 15, 1981 ANO-2 While currently shutdown for the refueling of ANO-2, the licensee inspected i
the "A" reactor coolant pump piping in accordance with the Inservice Inspection and Testing program, preliminary results of the inspection at the pump body safe end interface with the reactor piping have shown numerous (about 33) indications of imperfections in the material.
16 of these initial indications l
were subsequently eliminated by buffing or minimal grinding. At the present time the licensee does not know whether the remaining 17 indications can be removed by grinding within allowable limits or whether repairs to the piping /
l safe end material will be required. The unit is currently scheduled for restart on June 5, 1981.
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CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT h0. 3 (CR-3)
CR-3 was broucht to Hot Standby af 1654 on Pgy 8,1981 because the operable status of Auxiliary Building filters could not'be. verified. Three of the
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four Auxiliary Building charcoal ' filters did not. meet Technical Specification 4.7.8.1.f halocenated hydrocarbon test reguliements.
CR-3 cooldown to fbde 5 (cold shutdown) started in p.m. on P.ay 8,1981 in accordance with Limiting Condition for Operation of TS 3.0.3. ' Florida Power Corporat-ion is investi-cating the cause of filter test failures and is reviewing procedures used for filter testine. Charcoal was replaced on the three filter banks and the plant returned to on-line power operation.at 0537 on P,ay 10,1981.
FARLY 2 The full power operating license was issued for Farley 2 on March 31, 1981.
On May 8,1981 Farley 2 reached initial criticality at 11:21 a.m. CDT.
After low power testing and startup testing, the plant will be olaced into comercial operation in late July 1981.
MILLSTONE 2 Millstone 2 is about at the midpoint of an outage beginning May 5, icB1, to replace INC mechanical snubbers on safety related systems in accordance with IE Bulletin 81-01. Thirty-one of the 44 snubbers found locked-up and scheduled to be replaced with Pacific Scientific models are inside containment. Most of the failed mechanical snubbers provide support for small pipes. The systems involved are pressurizer relief and spray, containment spray, shutdown cooling, safety injection, steam generator blowdown, charging, and RCP seal leak off. The replacement work is currently scheduled to support reactor startup late on May 19, 1981. The PM and RI are closely following this situation.
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NRR WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS TMI INTERIM SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT On February 20, 1981, a Federal District Court judge approved an interim i
settlement agreement in a TMI class action lawsuit which seeks to recover damages for alleged economic harm caused by the accident. On May 1, 1981, plaintiffs in this case -- some 580,000 individuals who either lived, worked or operated a business within 25 miles of TMI Unit 2 on or after March 28, 1979 -- were sent questionnaires which they may use to request claims forms for damages suffered as a result of the accident. The questionnaires must be returned by August 3, otherwise plaintiffs will be precluded from filing future separate lawsuits against the defendent utility companies to recover economic losses.
Under the agreement, businesses will be able to file claims for lost profits, increased costs of operations, loss in real estate value and/or goodwill.
Individuals may file claims for evacuation expenses, loss of wages or benefits, real estate and personal property loss as well as other personal losses.
However, the interim settlement does not provide for possible. claims by either individuals for physical injury, mental stress or government agencies.
Pursuant to the interim agreement, two insurance pools -- American Nuclear Insurers and Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters -- will establish a
$20 million Economic Loss Fund to cover economic loss claims, on behalf of the defendents.
(Defendents in the case are GPU, Met-Ed, Jersey Central Power and Light, Pennsylvania Electric, Babcock and Wilcox, J. Ray McDermott and Catalytic, Inc.).
In addition, the settlement calls for the establishment of a $5 million Public Health Fund to be used for research and various public health services, e.g., improved radiation monitoring.
I In accordance with the interim settlement, a public hearing is currently scheduled for August 24 to determine the " fairness, reasonableness and adequacy" of settlement and whether it should be approved by the court.
Final approval is not expected until October, at the earliest.
Meetine Notification i
B&W Owners and '3&W will meet to discuss the B&W analysis of LOFT and Semiscale. test, and Action Plan II.K.3.30 - Compliance with Appendix K.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 8:15 A.M. May 12,1981 in Bethesda, Maryland.
A contact is Brian Sheron.
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i l-NRC TMI PROGRAM OFFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT Week of May 10 - 16, 1981 Plant Status Core Cooling Mode: Heat transfer from the reactor coolant system (RCS) loops to Reactor Building ambient.
l Available Core Cooling Modes: Long-term cooling "B" (once through steam generator-B); decay heat removal systems.
RCS Pressure Control Mode: Standby Pressure Control (SPC) System.
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Major Parameters (as of 0500, May 15,1981) (aopecximate values)
Average Incore Thermocouples: 115'F Maximum Incore Thermocouple:
142*F RCS Loop Temperatures:
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Cold Leg 65*F 66*F 66*F 65*F RCS Pressure: 100 psig Reactor Building: Temperature: 66*F Water level: Elevation 290.8 ft. (8.3 ft. from floor) via penetration 401 manometer l
Pressure: -0.29 osia Concentration: Kr-85 concentration was Less than the Lower Limit Detectable (sample taken 5/14/81)
Effluent and Environmental (Radiolocical) Information 1.
Liquid effluents from the TMI site released to the Susquehanna River ~
after processing, were within the regulatory limits and in accordance with NRC requirements and City of Lancaster Aoreement dated February 27, 1980.
During the period May 8,1981, through May 14, 1981, the effluents contained no detectable radioactivity at the discharge point and individual effluent sources which originated within Unit 2 contained no detectable radioactivity.
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Environ ental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Data. Results 1
from EPA monitoring of the environment around tne TMI site were as -
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The EPA measured Kr-85 concentrations (pCi/m ) at several
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environmental monitoring stations and reported the following j
results Location May 1 - May 8,198_1 (PC1/m3)
Goldsboro 23 Observation Center 28 l
Middletown 30' Yorkhaven 22 All of the above levels of Kr-85 are considered to be back-l ground levels.
No radiation above normally occurring background levels was j
detected in any of the samples collected from the EPA's air 4
l and ganrna rate networks during the period from May 7,1981, through May 14, 1981.
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NRC Environmental Data.
Results from NRC monitoring of the environ-ment around the TMI site were as follows-1 1
4 The following are the NRC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler:
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HP-267 May 6,1981 - May 13,1981
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Licensee Radioactive Material and Radweste Shipments On Monday, May 11,1981, a 40 ml Unit 2 reactor coolant sample was sent to Sabcock and Wilcox (8&W) Lynchburg, Virginia.
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On Tuesday, May 12,1981, one 4' x 4' EPICOR-II dewatered resin liner (liner DF-8) from Unit 2 was shipped to U.S. -
Ecology Richland, Washington.
On Tuesday, May 12,1981, one 4' x 4' EPICOR-II dewatered resin liner (liner DF-14) from Unit 2 was shipped to U.S.
Ecology, Richland, Washington.
On Thursday, May 14, 1981, nine liners (50 cu. ft. each in steel overpacks) containing solidified evaporator bottoms from Unit I were shipped to the Chem-Nuclear site, Barnwell, South Carolina.
On Friday, May 15, 1981, 81 drums containing Unit 2 contaminated laundry were shipped to Tri-State Industrial Laundries, Utica, New York.
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Reactor Building Entry. The tenth entry into the Unit 2 Reactor l
Butloing (RB) was completed on Thursday, May 14, 1981. Three of the four tasks scheduled for the entry were completed successfully, i
The attempt to attach safety lines to the polar crant was aborted when the men assigned to the task were unable to climb onto the l
crane because of limited physical accessibility. The procedure will be revised for this job and this task will be rescheduled for a future entry.
l The task to retrieve eight samples from the RS sump was completed in less time than anticipated and the resultant total body exposures 4
to the participating personnel averaged in the 200 mr range rather than the predicted 800 mr range. Two sets of samples were retrieved from four different elevations in the eight foot deep step water, i
The bottonmost samples, taken approximately two inches above the RB i
floor, were noticably darker than the other six samples. The samples will be analyzed off site.
Two men completed a beta and gamma survey of the control rod drive j
structure in preparation for future work on the reactor head. The l
survey included swipe samples and area radiation surve,ys.
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A decontamination experiment was performed on a 2,000 square foot i
area of the RB.
High and low pressure hot water sprays were used.
The sprays had a very noticable visual cleaning effect on the RB floor. The decontamination effectiveness of the sprays is being evaluated.
During the decontamination experiment, the RB purge flow was monitored for an increase in affluent radiation levels.
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The next RB entry is tentatively scheduled for May 28, 1981.
l Submerged Demineralizer System (SDS).
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although some necessary infonnation has not yet been received. On j
April 30,1981, the licensee submitted a revised schedule for providing the needed information.
4 Fuel pool "B" has been completely filled with EPICOR-II processed I
' water and functional tests are scheduled to be completed during the
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next reporting period (week of May 17,1981). The licensee is scheduled to perfor1n operator training following completion of the i
functional tests.
The operator training will not involve pro-cessing of contaminated water.
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theting Held Dn Wednesday, May 13, 1981, Lake Barrett participated in a public panel discussion in Lancaster sponsored by the Susquehanna Valley Alliance to discuss TMI. Bernard Snyder, Oliver Lynch, Frank Congel and Lynn O'Reilly of the NRC, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, also attended, providing specialized support.
Panel members included Mr. Ken Miller. Hershey Medical Center; Dr.. William Kirk, EPA; Mr. Lake Barrett, NRC; Dr. George Tokuhata, PA Department of Health; Dr. John Randall, Lancaster General Hospital; and Dr. Willis Bixby Department of Energy. The major areas of concern were the ultimate disposition of TMI cleanup wastes, general health effects, infant mortality, and psydblogical stress resulting from the Unit 2 accident and possible restart of Unit 1.
Future Meeting On Thursday. June 4,1981, the Advisory Panel for the Decontamination of TMI Unit 2 will meet from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the City Council i
Chambers, Xendig C. Bare Public Safety Building, 208 North Duke Street, Lancaster.
At this meeting, which is open for public observance, the Panel will discuss Radiation Worker Exposure and Health Effects.
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I 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending May 15, 1981 Participation in Region V Enforcement Conferences Larry Camper of the Material Licensing Staff assisted staff members of the Region V office in Enforcement Conferences at the Veterans Administration Medical Center (Wadsworth Hospital) Los Angeles, California and the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Prescott, Arizona. During these conferences, Mr. Camper informed members of the licensee's management about licensing objectives and priorities as they relate to management control of byproduct material authorized under a medical license.
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Larry Camper of the Material Licensing Staff assisted staff members of the Region V office in the evaluation of an old burial site located on the grounds of the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Con-sideration is being given to the conversion of certain property under the control of the licensee for use as a public park. The licensee has formally requested approval from the NRC for conversion of the property to unrestricted use. NMSS is in the process of evaluating this request. There is substantial interest in this conversion project within the office of Congressman Anthony C. Beilenson which desires to have the land converted to use as a public park.
NFS-West Valley On May 8,1981, Nuclear Fuel Services Inc. (NFS) returned to the staff a fully executed agreement for work to be performed by an NRC contractor, Rockwell Hanford Operations, at the West' Valley site. This work is a program to inspect and evaluate the safety conditions associated with the high level liquid waste storage system. The agreement is concerned with damages that might be caused by Rockwell in the course of conducting these investigations.
In return for granting this agreement, NFS will cooperate with Rockwell and grant them access to the site to conduct the work. In their letter returning the signed agreement to us, NFS stated that since their least for i
the site with their co-licensee, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), expired on December 31,1980, that permission for site access should also be obtained from NYSERDA.
Advanced International Training Course Mr. Kenneth'E. Sanders, Division of Safeguards, presented the paper, " Details of International Material Control and Accounting Program" at the Advanced International Training Course on State Systems of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Materials, April 27 to May 1 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The course, sponsored by the IAEA and DOE as mandated by the NNPA, was attended by 29 participants from throughout the world.
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j Trip for Preparation of IAEA Facility Attachments Messrs. Paul Morrow and Gene Sparks will visit the Exxon Fuel Fabrication i
Facility at Hanford, Washington, the Trojan Power Reactor in Portland, Oregon, and the Rancho Seco Power Reactor in Sacramento, California, during the period May 19-May 28. The purpose of the trip is to develop facility attachments for those three facilities to implement the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement.
l They will accompany Mr. H. Gonzales-Montez and Mr. P. Ikonomow of the IAEA.
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Visit to Babcock and Wilcox Company, Lynchburg During the week of May 11, 1981, a member of the Material' Control and Accountability Licensing Branch visited Babcock and Wilcox Naval, Lynchburg, Virginia, accompanied by representatives of NUSAC, to implement the Advanced Materials Accountability Simulation Study (AMASS).
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planned Meetings Division of Safeguards l
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Subject:
Meeting with NFS-Erwin to review bias corrections and NDA measurements Date:
Pay 18-22,1981 Location:
Erwin, Tennessee Attendees:
K. Hensley, NFS D. Jones, Region II D. Joy, SG 2.
Subject:
Action Plan Working Group Meeting Date:
May 19, 1981, 9:00-1:00 Location:
Department of State Attendees:
M. Lopez-Otin, NPSS Ken Cohen Dave Myers, IP j
Representatives of State, ACDA and DOE 3.
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To represent NRC on U.S. Team at final TASTEX Steering Comittee Meeting. To participate in bilateral and trilateral consultations on establishing safeguards cooperative programs i
Date:
Pay 23-30,1981 i
Location:
Tokyo, Japan f
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M. Kawasaki, Japan S. McDowell, DOE l
A. Sessoms, DOS i
F. Houch, ACDA l
L. Green, BNL j
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Meeting with General Atomic and Rockwell International to discuss outstanding licensing issues 1
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May '26-29, 1981 Location:
San Diego and Los Angeles, CAL Attendees:
M. Remley, AI l
W. Mowry, GA D. Huff I
Absences of Director or Deputy Director l
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Subject:
Tailings Disposal Date:
May 20, 1981 Location:
Willste Building Attendees: Federal American Partners; Danes & Moore; NRC (WMUR) - T. Vandell, D. Gillen, J. Linehan, D. Partin, and Roy Williams (Consultant).
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Subject:
Meeting with Ohmart Corporation to discuss application for gauging device design, review and registration.
Date/ Time:
May 14 - 9:00 Location:
Willste, Room 435 Attendees:
J. M. Smwn (FC), E. G. Wright (FC),
Mr. L. Cook, Vice President, Ohmart Corporation 2.
Subject:
Discussion of Westinghouse proposed responses to I
NMSS coments on Waltz Mill Facility materials license renewal application.
Date/ Time:
May 15 - 1:00 Location:
W111ste, 5th floor conference room Attendees:
N. Ketzlach (FC), A. L. Soong (FC), J. Nardi (Westinghouse),
R. G. Kitzer (Westinghouse) 3.
Subject:
Quality Assurance for Transport Packaging.
Date/ Time:
May 15 - 2:00 Location:
Willste, Room 548 Attendees:
C. E. MacDonald (FC), L. Gordon (FC), E. Ridout, Atomic Energy of Canada, LTD.
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Decontamination and disposition of property (Velsicol).
Date/ Time:
May 19 - 10:00 Location:
Willste, 8th floor conference room Attendees:
W. T. Crow (FC), E. Y. Shum (FC), R. G. Page (FC),
R. Fonner (ELD). D. Sly (IE), J. Radamacher (Northwest i
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Prenotification for Transportation Date/ Time:
May 19 - 10:00 Location:
Willste, Room 110 Attendees:
C. E. MacDonald (FC), J. Roberts (FC)
L. Evans (SG),
J. Denick, State Planning Council; W. Gilly, VA State Representative; M. Hart, CT State Representative,.
E. Thompson, SC State Representative; Representative from DOT.
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Meeting with DOE, Interim Spent Fuel Management Program Utility Workshop Date/ Time:
May 19-20 Location:
Germantown, MD Attendees:
J. P. Roberts (FC), Glode Regua (NRR),' D. Reisenweaver (RES)
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Subject:
Regional Evaluation Phase of the Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) - Combustion Engineering (WindsorFacility).
Date/ Time:
May 21 - 1:30 Location:
Region I Office, King of Prussia, PA Attendees:
N. Ketzlach (FC), B. H. Grier (IE), J. M. Allen (IE),
E. J. Brunner (IE), T. T. Martin (IE), G. H. Smith (IE),
R. R. Keimig (IE), H. W. Crocker (IE), J. Roth (IE) 8.
Subject:
Resolve internal conaents on the EIS for the Westinghouse proposed fuel fabrication plant near Prattville, Alabama.
Date/ Time:
May 20-21 Location:
Oak Ridge, Tennessee Attendees:
E. Y. Shum (FC) and ORNL staff 9.
Subject:
Discuss Radiological Contingency Planning requirements with Radiopharmaceutical Manufacturers.
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May 27 - 10:00 l
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Willste Attendees:
R.-G. Page (FC), F. D. Fisher (FC), Dr. C. Brantley (New England Nuclear Corporation) and Representatives i
from four other radiopharmaceutical firms.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTI0r AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending May 15, 1981 i
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The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched during the past week:
EN-81-14 Carolina Power & Light Company (H. B. Robinson Unit 2) - A Notice a.
of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $40,00C was issued to subject licensee on May 12, 1981, based on alleged violations related to quarterly whole body doses of two individuals in excess of three rems while performing steam generator maintenance work during the third q
quarter of 1980.
Inadequate evaluations of the existent radiation hazards resulted in the failure of the licensee to provide appropriate personnel monitoring equipment.
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EN-81-15 Northern States Powar Company, United Nuclear Corporation Recovery Systems, Jersey Central Power and Light Company, Honeywell, Inc., and Philadelphia Electric Power Company - Notices of Violation will be issued to the subject licensees on or about May 20, 1981. These actions are based on alleged violations involving NRC transoortation requirements during transport of Low Specific Activity (LSA) waste to corrercial waste disposal si tes.
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Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:
a.
PNO-II-81-34 Farley Unit 2 - Initial Criticality b.
PNO-III-81-47 Zion, Unit 2 - Unplanned Airborne Radioactivity Release c.
PNO-III-81-48 Wm. H. Zimrner Nuclear Power Plant - Government Accountability Project Seeks Suspension of Zimmer Construction Permit d.
PNO-III-81-50 Prairie Island Unit 2 - Licensed Reactor Operator Apparently Asleep While on Duty at the Controls
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PNO-IV-81-12 Fort St. Vrain - Unplanned Release of Radioactive Gases Into the Reactor Building f.
PNO-V-81 -27 Trojan Nuclear Plant - Personnel Injury with Contamination 3.
The following IE Circular was issued:
IE Circular 81-07, " Control of Radioactively Contaminated Material", was l
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issued on May 14,1981, to all nuclear power reactor facilities with an operating license or a construction permit.
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EPA /NRC/ OSHA Joint Hearing: Following the joint EPA /NRC/ OSHA hearing on occupational radiation protection held in Washington, D.C. on l
April 20-23,1981, additional hearings were held in Houston (May 1-2),
Chicago (May 5-6) and San Francisco (May B-9). These hearings did not j
differ from the Washington hearing in any significant manner. The 4
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a.
Although the participant (speaker) agenda was full every day, the audience attendance was light (15 to 50 people);
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Participants focused on specific components of EPA's proposed guidance on occupational radiation protection rather than radiation risk and
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protection in general; In general, the public reaction to the proposed guidance was negative; c.
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Many participants expressed the opinion that the issuance of new Federal guidance should be deferred until the atomic-bomb survivor i
dosimetry question is resolved and the NCRP publishes its new recommendations; e.
Many of the participants testified that compliance with the new EPA guidance would increase radiation protection costs with little or no additional health protection benefits; cost-benefit analyses l
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Several participants complained that the proposed guidance is too detailed, as opposed to dealing with broad policy issues.
1 Mist of the participants could be placed into one of the following categories listed in decreasing order of the number of participants holding that view:
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Those who believe that no changes in the present standards are J
needed; b.
Those who believe that very limited changes are needed (e.g.
elimination of the 5(N-18) formula);
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Those who want a large reduction in the dose limits, much larger than proposed by the draft EPA guidance.
The comment period closes July 6,1981. The EPA staff will then prepare an analysis of coments received and begin work toward revising the guidance.
The EPA staff plans to continue coordination with the representatives of the other affected agencies.
Contact:
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Radiation Policy Council: On May 13,1981, the Working Group of the Radiation Policy Council met to discuss the future of the Council and the principal Working Group task -- a review of the radiation protection guidance function now performed by EPA. Frank Arsenault, O
the NRC representative to the Working Group, and Ed Podolak attended the meeting. The RPC remains enfunded for FY '82 and its Director, Carl Gerber, is trying to have the FY '82 Council resources reinstated in EPA's budget., Of the agenda items before the Council, the Working Group members agrNti that the reviei of the radiation protection guidance i
function has the highest priority. At the next Working Group meeting on May 21,1981, the group should decide on the mechanism for that review. At the meeting, the Bureau of Radiological Health, FDA, requested i
NRC assistance for Indian Health Service's study required by Public i
Law 96-537, Sec. 707(a). This study addresses the health hazards to American Indian miners and Indians residing on reservations from " nuclear i
resource development" including uranium mining and milling, uranium j
mine tailing deposits, nuclear powerplant operation and construction and i
radioactive waste disposal. Our present understanding is that this request for assistance will be met by supplying documentation on existing studi es.
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Experimental Programs Branch 1.
Semiscale Modifications to the facility required for the natural convection test series and preliminary intact loop pump testing are underway.
The intact loop pant leg piping, pump bypass spool and supports have been installed. The steam generator elevation has been adjusted to provide a positive vessel to steam generator slope. The new intact loop pu p has been installed in the broken loop in preparation for single phase forward flow testing. Many minor items are in progress.
. Preparation is complete for the MOD 5 meeting (B&W configuration) with NRR, B&W and utilities on May 12,1981. Technical support will also be provided to NRR on LOFT L3-6 calculations for the B&W meeting, as well as for a meeting with Yankee Atomic on May 18, 1981.
2.
BUR Refill /Reflood Program G. W. Burnette, the GE PMG member and project manager has been assigned to another area. GE expects to have a replacement in 4-6 weeks. Until this time, Gary Dix will manage both the Refill /Reflood and FIST (TLTA) programs.
GE is strongly reconnending dropping the 360* Upper Plenum facility from the program. GE has also requested closer following of this issue and attendance at the June 1-2, 1981 PMG meeting of NRR staff, since NRR is the primary supporter of the 360* facility. It is highly likely the GE will not accept a PMG decision to proceed with the 360* facility.
GE will probably exercise a contract option to have disputes settled by NRC, EPRI and.GE management.
RES position is that if GE will supply the Japanese 360' data te NRC we would sunport the GE position.
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LOFT D3E has begun its annual safety appraisal of the LOFT facility.
Preparations continue towards the containment leak rate test scheduled l
for the beginning of July. Under an informal cooperative arrangement, EG&G is preparing RELAP5 model of the Arkanses Nuclear One, Unit 2 reactor. This is in accordance with the desires of the utility, NRR and RES. RES requires the model to relate the results of the upcoming test, simulating the AND cooldown accident, to observed behavior of ANO. The utility is cooperating by providing all necessary design i
i da ta. Data taken during the ANO accident have already been supplied I
to EG&G through EPRI for purpcses of planning the experiment.
l Mr. Sam Naff, the RES liaison officer located in Garching. FRG, is at EIA WGren11ngen, Switzerland this week to witness the first i
boiloff tests in the new NEPTUN facility. The NEPTUN test program is being carried out by the Swiss in collaboration with LOFT personnel as payment for Swiss participation in the LOFT program.
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BUR Full Inte;ral SimulatiEn Test (FIST)
EPRI has delayed si TLTA (FIST Phase I)gning the contract modification to upgrade the due to minor wording problers. No changes of substance are involved. The Division of Contracts is working with EPRI and no adverse impact on the program is anticipated.
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first NRU LOCA clad ballooning and rupture test, MT-1, was resumed. In this reactor test the full length commercial enrichment fuel rods were heated up in stagnant steam at 8K/sec (150F/sec) to peak cladding temper-0 atures of about 1145K (1600 F) and quenched with a reflood rate of about 5cm/sec(2 inches /sec). Examination indicates that the shroud and the 20-rod guard assembly can probably be reused. The successful use of a reconstituted shroud and guard rod assembly for test MT-2 can reduce the hardware cost for this test by as much as 3200,000.
Examination of the central 12-rod cruciform after full removal of the guard rods shows at least ten and probably all eleven of the pressurized rods to be ruptured, as predicted by pretest calculations. The post-test axial variation in the circumference of these 11 rods will be reasured and the related flow channel blockages will be determined.
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Hydrogen Program At an ACRS meeting May B on the interim rule for hydrogen control and degraded cores, there were a number of ACRS questions on the subject of hydrogen detonation. It was explained that Sandia is in the process of making such calculations using their CSQ code. The calculations will provide pressure loads from detonations in horizontal (containment circular cross-section) and vertical (containment cylindrical section) planes. Cal-culations will cover symmetric point ignition, assymetric point ignition, and ring ignition (i.e.. upper plenum of an ice-condenser). A draft report should be available in a few months.
Analyt' cal Models Branch 1.
N. Zuber met with NRR staff on Friday, May 8, 1981 to review BWR Stability Res,earch Results at RPI.
2.
JAERI has accepted all NRC proposals concerning Enhanced Pressure measurements and Hammer tests in Mark II Containment Test Facilities.
Publications to be Issued in the Near Future
Title:
Instrumentation for Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants to Assess Plant and Environs Conditions During and Following an Accident (An ERRATA to the Implementation Section)(Reg. Guide 1.97, Rev. 2)
Expected Issuance Date: June 15,1981 Descriotion: The Implementation section is being revised to defer the,
implementation schedule for Radiation Exposure Meters (continuous indication at fixed locations) until more definitive guidelines have been developed.
Contact:
A. S. Hintze 443-5966 Publication Issued During the Week of May 11-15, 1981 Reg. Guide 1.149 - Nuclear Power Plant Simulators for Use in Operator Training ENCLOSURE.E I
f OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING MAY 15, 1981 i
Peach Bottom. Atomic power Station, Units 2 & 3 et al. (Radon Proceeding) t On May 13,1981, the Appeal Beard issued a decision (ALAB-640), based on the perkins Licensing Soard record and evidentiary hearings before the Appeal-Board, which unanimously determined that a reasonable upper limit on the radon emissions to the atmosphere attributable to a typical 1000 MWe nuclear power plant's fuel cycle would be about 7000 ci per year. The Appeal Board further determined, for the case in which.the mine is properly sealed and the mill tailings piles remain adequately covered, that the long term (after plant life) yearly emissions would be about a tenth of this upper limit value. How-ever, by a split decision (3-2), the Appeal Board further determined that, because of procedural considerations, it was premature to consider at this time the acceptability of the Perkins Licensing Board's de minimis approach for assessing the environmental significance of possible health effects from those releases. An additional memorandum will be issued by the Appeal Board detail-ing the procedures to be followed by the Board in making this assessment.
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I ITEMS OF INTEREST 0FFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING MAY 8, 1981 Renewal Arrangement Signed with the U.K.
Chairman Hondrie and U.K. Nuclear Installations Inspectorate Chief Inspector l
Ronald Gauiden signed the renewal of the NRC - U.K. Health and Safety Executive information exchange arrangement on Friday, May 15. Also attending the ceremony and/or participating in subsequent discussions were Commissioner l
Gilinsky, the EDO, R. B. Minogue, the IP Director and Deputy Director, and Mr. P. B. Woods, Mr. Gausden's Deputy.
Foreign Visit to NRC On Monday, Mr. Y. Nishimura, Assistant Director of the Invention Division of i
the Science and Technology Agency of the Japenese government, met with B. Brooks, MPA, to discuss guidelines for recording radiation exposure.
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PRC Nuclear Exhibition IP attended an interagency meeting at DOE on May 14 with industry representatives regarding exports to the proposed nuclear exhibit in Beijing, China, scheduled for October. The exhibit is sponsored by the American Nuclear Society. It was disclosed at the meeting that no NRC-licensed connodities are presently scheduled to be shipped to the exhibit and that most items can be exported under Commerce or DOE general authorizations.
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Foreign Reports i
The following foreign reports were received at IP during May 11 - 15.
The ** indicates the reports are in English. For further information contact Eva Szent-Ivany (49-27788) IP.
From France:
DSN No. 395 e - Report on Incidents Occurred in French Nuclear Facilities During Commissioning and Operation **
Nuclear Safety Bulletin, SN No. 19 (Sent for translation)
From Sweden:
Report on Safety Related Occurrences and Reactor Trips July 1 - December 31, 1980**
From Taiwan:
Reportable Occurrence Reports **
Monthly Operating Report for Chinsban Unit 1&2 - March 1981**
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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING MAY 15, 1981 The South Carolina and Arkansas radiation control programs will be reviewed the week of May 18, 1981.
Frank Young attended the meeting of the Western Interstate Energy Board in San Diego.
Progress toward interstate compacts for low level waste management was discussed.
He also met with Bob Engelken, Ron Haynes and George Spencer in Region V.
Jerome Saltzman attended a meeting in Washington with representatives of the State Planning Council to discuss the latest draf t low level waste compact for States in the southern region.
On May 13, 1981, William B. Mencrer, RSLO Region III, was in Homewood, Illinois to meet with the Region V Regional Assistance Committee to discuss activities in support of the Quad Cities emergency exercise scheduled for May 20, 1981.
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Computer Center Upgrade NIH has signed a 10-year contract with IBM to provide hardware, software, naintenance and other support services. The immedi-ate effect as far as NRC is concerned will be to improve the efficiency of NIH's service to us, effectively doubling the i
amount of processing time available at a decreased cost.- Of general interest, the NIH Computer Center now has over 8,000 l
individual users and processes more than 21.000 jobs each day using fewer people than when the load was under 2,000 jobs / day.-
i Trip Reports Working with Regions and other Offices, developed background information for Commissioners Bradford and Gilinsky on their i
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Office of the Controller Items of Interest Week Ending May 15, 1981 l
FY 1981 Mid-Year Fir,ancial Review The F,Y 1981 Mid-Year Financial Review was presented to and reviewed by the DEDO and EDO. A request for reprogramming is being prepsred for the Commission to f orward to the Congress for their approval.
New NRC Payroll System Staff from the Division of Accounting met with financial officers from the International Communications Agency on April 30 to discuss the development and implementation of the new NRC payroll system. The Joint Financial Management Improvement Program staff suggested that ICA review the accounting capabilities of the NRC payroll system because it processes an entire payroll l
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10ER On May 4, 1981, AE00 sent a draft of the proposed rule that would establish the Integrated Operational Experience Reporting (10ER) System to the affected Office Directors (NRR, IE, RES, and ELD). The draft proposed rule has been developed by a task group that included representatives of AEOD, NRR, IE, i
I RES, and ELD. This process has been more time consuming than expected because of the lengthy discussions needed to resolve various office concerns.
However, the extensive review by the_ task group should expedite the review of the proposed rule by Office Directors.
AE00 has requested that the Office Directors review the draft proposed rule to ensure that the scope and content will meet their needs for operational safety and reliability data. After the task group incorporates or reconciles the office comments and recommendations, and completes the supplemental documents (e.g., the draft Regulatory Guide, the Value-Impact Analysis),
the entire package will be sent to the Office Directors for concurrence before it is sent to the EDO for submittal to the Commission.
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ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING MAY 15, 1981 A.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF REVISED LICENSING PROCEDURES, 2:10 P.M.,
THURSDAY, MAY 7,1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE). Memo SECY to Bickwit/ Cotter /Rosenthal/Dircks, dtd 5/11781.
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SECY-81-252 - Proposed Chances to 10 CFR Part 2--Analysis of Public Comments and Recommendations of NRC's Legal Offices and Licensing Panels The Comission continued its discussion of an alternative to Proposal 1 of the subject paper.
The Commission requested that staff prepare comparative schedules indicating the time frame for the various stages of discovery under the present rules and under the proposal that would limit the number of interrogatories in a proceeding.
(SECYSuspense:
5/12/81)
Commissioner Ahearne requested that the views of the ASLBP be obtained and reported to the Comission.
(ASLBP) (SECY Suspense:
5/12/81)
II. SECY-81-202B - Revised Policy Statement on the Conduct of Licensing Proceedings The Connission discussed the subject paper and agreed to:
1 language for Part IV - Conclusion as in the attachment; and strike Part III, Section J - Sua Soonte from this policy statement and renumber the remaining sections.
The Chairman noted that the above matters would be discussed further at the Comission meeting on Revised Licensing Procedures scheduled for Tuesday, May 12.
Attachment:
Not included B.
SECY-80-300 - PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF CATEGORY II MATERIAL IN-TRANSIT. Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 5/11/81.
This is to advise you that all Commissioners have agreed with the requirements of option 4 in the subject paper.
You should proceed with the publication of the proposed amendments in the Federal Register.
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6/8/81)
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In addition the Commission has agreed that a review of signature service practices used by the freight industry should be carried out as recommended by OPE in their March 16, 1981 memorandum.
(WY) (SECY Suspense: _8/28/81) s2 Commissioner Gilinsky noted that he would prefer the more stringent requirements of option 2.
Commissioner Bradford also preferred option 2 and noted that he continues to believe that the implementation of option 4 leaves Category II material highly vulnerable.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 81-17, 4:12 P.M., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1
1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE).
Memo SECY to Dircks/Bickwit/Kamerer, dtd 5/11/81.
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SECY-81-176A - Additional Response to Holt FOIA Appeal The Commission, by a vote of 4-0, agreed to withhold the seven documents requested by Robert Holt under an FOIA appeal relating to the Task Force on Interim Operation of Indian Point.
The Commission authorized the Secretary to sign and dispatch the letter attached to the staff paper.
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The Commission requested OGC to assure improved coordination with the staff and Commission offices as to future FOIA requests for Commissioner office documents.
(OGC) (SECY Suspense:
5/22/81)
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SECY-81-215 - Rulemaking to Upgrade the Emergency Preparedness of Certain Fuel Cycle and Materials Licensees The Commission, by a vote of 4-0, approved for publication (as modified by the OGC memorandum of April 10, 1981 and Commissioner Ahearne's comments) an advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would strengthen requirements of emergency planning for fuel cycle and materials licensees.
The Commission requested:
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Publication of the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Appendix A of the staff paper, as modified) with a proposed rule and draft guidance for licensees to be issued in late 1981.
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5/26/81) 2.
That the State of New Jersey be informed that the emergency preparedness rulemaking part of its petition is being incorporated into this rulemaking effort.
(RES) (SECY Suspense:
5/26/81) 3.
Appropriate Congressional Committees be notified (letter at Enclosure E).
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5/26/81) 4.
That an environmental assessment be prepared.
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That a regulatory flexibility analysis will be prepared as required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act prior to issuance of proposed rules.
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That views of local governments and the l
public be solicited at an appropriate time.
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to be determined) 8.
That the Federal Register Notice be mailed to all NRC Fuel Cycle and Materials Licensees, State regulatory agencies, and other interested persons.
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6/10/81)
SECY-81-211 - Alternative Site Issues in Operating III.
License Proceedings The Commission, by a vote of 4-0, approved for publication in the Federal Register a final amendment to 10 CFR Part 51 (Appendix A of the staff paper) to preclude consideration of alternative sites in operating license reviews in the context of NEPA;to be effective 30 days after publication.
(ELD) (SECY Suspense:
5/26/81)
The Commission requested that appropriate Congressional Committees be informed by letter (Attachment B).
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5/26/81)
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SECY-81-241 - Review of Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206, DD-81-3 (Matter of Pacific Gas and 4
Electric Co.)
The Commission, by a vote of 4-0, agreed to issue the Memorandum and Order, as modified by Chairman Hendrie and Commissioner Gilinsky, which recommends that a recent Director's Decision, concerning the need to supplement the Diablo Canyon FES to consider Class 9 accidents, be affirmed on procedural, grounds.
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(Subsequently, the Memorandum and Order was signed by the Secretary).
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SECY-81-250 - Response to Reynolds FOIA Appeal
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The Commission authorized the Secretary to sign and
.l dispatch the letter attached to the staff paper.
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5/11/81)
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SECY-81-168 - PROPOSED RULEMAKING TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO FINANCIAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR POWER REACTORS. Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 5/13/81.
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The revised proposed rule should reflect the desire of the Commissioners to eliminate financial qualifications review at both the CP and OL staff review and hearing stages.
The Commission notes that the present rule [10 CFR 50.33(f)]
specifies that an applicant for a commercial reactor license must show that he " possesses or has reasonakte assurance of obtaining the funds necessary to cover the estimated costs of operation for the period of the license or for five years, whichever is greater, plus the estimated costs of permanently shutting the facility down and maintaining it in a safe condition."
The Commission is in agreement on deleting the portion of the rule related to the funds needed to cover the estimated costs of operation and this should be reflected in the revised proposed rule.
The Commission is concerned, however, about decommissioning and cleanup cost questions and intends to return to these issues in two future rulemakings.
In the interim, with respect to the provision in the current rule related to permanent shutdown and maintenance of the facility, the Commission is divided as to whether this provision should remain in the regulations pending the development of a final rule on decommissioning.
The draft rule on financial qual-ifications should provide for two alternatives:
(a) the retention or (b) the deletion of this provision until promulgation of the final rule on decommissioning.
The Commission will consider which approach to take on this issue on the basis of comments received on the revised financial qualifications rule.
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Part 50 relating to decommissioning costs will remain in force and will be litigable in licensing proceedings.
As for the issue of cleanup costs, Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford request that the staff prepare a proposed interim rule which would require holders of power reactor licenses to obtain S300 million of property damage insurance or the maximum amount of commercially available property insurance for each reactor.
Chairman Hendrie and Commissioner Ahearne disagree with this proposal.
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I would have preferred however to commit the Commission to an interim rule which retained the present requirement that licensees show that they will have sufficient funds to decommission the plant.
In addition, I think that the Commission should adopt an interim rule requiring licensees to obtain $300 million of property insurance, or the maximum amount of commercially l
available property insurance, for each reactor."
OGC and ELD should be consulted to assure that they are in agreement with the scope of the rule as it applies to financial considerations under NEPA.
The proposed rule should be mailed specifically to parties sponsoring financial qualifications contentions in ongoing proceedings.
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To be Determined)
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SECY-81-287 - PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE TOKAI-MURA AGREEMENT. Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 5/13/81.
This is to advise you that the Commission
- has revised the proposed letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) in accordance with the attached final draft and authorized its dispatch.
The Office of International Programs was informed of this action on May 13, 1981.
It is requested that you forward to the Office of the Secretary a copy of the letter to DOE after signature and dispatch by the Director, Office of International Programs.
Attachment:
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SECY-81-285 - REQUEST TO RETRANSFER HEU FROM WEST GERMANY TO SWITZERLAND. Memo SECY to Dircks, dtd 5/14/81.
This is to advise you that the Commissioners have reviewed the request to retransfer HEU from West Germany to Switzerland.
The Commission (by a 4-0 vote) has approved your response to.
DOE.
The Commissioners also congratulated IP on straightening out DOE on this application.
The Office of International Programs was informed of this action by telephone on May 14, 1981.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF REVISED LICENSING PROCEDURES, 2:10 P.M.,
TUESDAY. MAY 12, 1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE). Memo SECY to Bickwit/Dircks/ Cotter /Rosenthal/Kammerer, dtd 5/15/81.
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3ECY-Bi-2028 - Re' vised Policy Statement on the Conduct of Licensing
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Proceedings The Comission continued its discussion of the subject paper.
l The Comission requested that OGC:
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redraft Part III, Section D, to reflect (a) the Commission's concern over the abuse of the discovery process; and (b) the Comission's i
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delay the whole proceeding going forward; and 2.
revise the languace in Part III, Section A.
Although the Commission decided not to attach a modei schedule at this time, the language should, nonetheless, indicate the Commission's concern over the time lapse in proceedings and the need for the licensing board to establish and adhere to a reasonable schedule.
II. SECY-81-252 - Proposed Channes to 10 CFR Part 2--Analysis of Public Coments and Recommendations of NRC's Legal Offices and Licensing Panels l
The Comission requested that:
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0GC prepare, for Comission consideration, a final rulemaking based on the Comission's discussions of Proposals 2-6 of the subject paper; and 2.
OGC draft language seeking comment on a proposed rule concerning the following subjects:
limiting the number of interrogatories that could be served a.
without leave of the board. The background infomation should note that the Comission had gone out for coment on a proposed rule change to Part 2 that would have eliminated discovery against the NRC staff, but that the Comission is still looking at ways to ensure better control over the discovery process as a whole while still allowing reasonable discovery procedures.
This item is an alternative to Proposal 1 of SECY-81-252; b.
the use of air mail or air express as a means of reducing the l
time needed for the service of documents; and l
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requiring a potential intervenor to set forth the facts on which he bases his contention and the sources or documents which he has used or intends to use to establish those facts.
(See SECY-81-111B.)* Comissioner Ahearne indicated that he would be attaching separate views on this matter.
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The Commission also requested that OGC submit a proposal on the use of sua sponte. powers as a possible fourth item for inclus. ion in the proposec rule.
- This completes SECY action on SECY-81-111B, which it is anticipated will be superseded by the OGC paper forwarding the proposed rule, and SECY-81-111A, on l
which the Commission has been unable to reach a majority position.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON SECY-81-267 - 10 CFR 60, DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL RADICACTIVE WASTES Id GEOLOGIC REPOSITOPIES: TECilMICt.L CRITEP.I.^.,"TO:10 A.fi.,
t YdESDAY, IMY 12,1901, C0!t11SS10MERS' CONFERENCE R00fi, D.C. OFFICE (OPEt! TO PUBLIC ATTFNDANCE). t%mo RFCY to nircks, dtd 5/14/81.
The staff continued their briefing of the Commission on the proposed rule on I
Technical Criteria for High-Level Haste Repositories.
1 The. staff indicated they would reexanine the wording on page 26 of the proposed rule dealing with evaluation of alternatives to the major design features.
The Commission asked the staff to rewrite and relocate Paragraph 60.101(d),
placing it with the Design and Construction Requirements, 560.130 on page 41.
The staff indicated that they plan 7ed to clarify their intent in Section 60.111(b)
(2)(11) with regard to nuclide inventory, upon which the 1-part-in-100,000 release should be based.
Tectonic Stability, 560.112(a), page 35, should be defined.
The Commission asked the staff to provide some additional clarification on how they plan to deal with population density when evaluating a disposal site. The staff should check the labels on Figure 6 in Enclosure J to SECY-81-267.
Commissioner Bradford indicated that he had some questions that he would place in a memorandum to the staff.
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Chairman Hendrie indicated he had further items to discuss on the proposed rule at a future meeting.
The Commission reached no decision at the meeting. The Chairman indicated that further consideration would be given to the proposed rule at a meeting at a later date.
(Subsequently, a meeting was scheduled for Hednesday, May 20,1981.)
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