ML20058N386

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{{#Wiki_filter:. UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY, COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C.2o555 December 16, 1981 -INFORMATION REPORT SECv-ai-s99 j For: The Comissioners From:. T. A. Refun, Assistant for Operations,' Office of the EDO

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WEEKLY I'NFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11, 1981 A suninary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners ~ who my 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. Executive Legal Director F International Programs G State Programs H j Management and Program Analysis I Controller J* Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data K Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization L* Items Approved by the Comission / g /stantforOperations / v T. A. Rehm, Office of the Executive Director for Operations DISTRIBUTION

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OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT Week Ending December 11, 1981 Diablo Canyon PG&E has filed a response dated December 4 to the Comission Memorandum and Order of November 19, 1981, that describes the technical qualifications and independence of the companies it proposes to use for the design reverification program, a program plan for the studies, and an overall management plan for conducting the studies. TMI-2 Cleanup Met Ed has established a Technology Assessment and Advisory Group which will provide independent technical assessment and advice on proposed decontamination and defueling activities at TMI-2. Funding support will be provided by DOE. NFS - West Valley The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reversed and remanded the decision of the U. S. District Court for Western New York regarding possession and control of the West Valley site. It appears that NFS may remain in control of the West Valley site for some still undefined period. Emergency Response Drill An emergency response drill was held on December 8 in the NRC Emergency Response Center to test internal communications procedures for NRC emergency response personnel who would respond to an incident involving an NMSS licensed operation. Emergency Preparedness Implementation Appraisals Emergency preparedness implementation appraisals were held for the Peach Bottom and Ft. Calhoun plants. Testimony before Subcomittee on Investigations and Oversight The Director of the Office of State Programs testified on December 8 before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the House Comittee on Science and Technology on the Agreement State program in general and the Tennessee program in particular. The hearing was concerned with allegations of violations of radiation and uranium exposure standards at TNS. Inc. i 1

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending December 11, 1981 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial De.ision Received 542 19 Granted 415 5 Denied 88 10 Pending 39 4 l ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received I (An individual requesting Requests all infomation concerning his Senior l information about himself) Reactor Operator license written and oral l (81-493) examination results. Alexander F. Rolle, Requests uranium procurement contracts, amendments Holme Roberts & Owen and extensions for source materials and licenses, (81-494) inspection reports, correspondence and other writings pertaining to license compliance and enforcement relating to eight listed uranium mills. l Dave Goetz, Requests all information relating to Tennessee Nuclear l WTVF Specialties, Inc. of Telford.. Tennessee. (81-495) Dorothy R. Harris, Requests the notes from a one day NRC Advisory r New England Nuclear Committee meeting in Chicago, Illinois, August 1981. (81-496) Leonard C. Battle, Requests a copy of the monthly report of all Attorney-At-Law construction problems at the Midland Nuclear Power l (81-497) Plant during the month of June -1979 and all corrective actions taken by Consumers Power Company l as a result of the fatal accident at the site on June 14,1979. l Susan Sealey, Requests copies of the licenses issued to Electrical Saunders-Roe Developments, Inc. Distributors, Inc. of Anchorage Alaska and Arjay (81-498) Sales Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tamara Geacintov, Requests a list of licensees who have been issued Amlab, Inc. licenses to possess, import or use carbon 14 in the (81-499) fom of barium carbonate. CONTACT: J. M. Felton 492-7211 ENCLOSURE A I

S 2 Received, Cont'd (An individual requesting Requests all information concerning his Senior information about himself) Reactor Operator license written and oral (81-500) examination results. Granted Mendy Schnelker, In response to a request for copies of documents Committee to Bridge pertaining to a GAO audit of the Diablo Canyon the Gap Nuclear Power Plant conducted between May 30 and (81-435) June 10,1977, made available seven documents. (NRC employee) In response to a request for copies of all documents (81-452) pertaining to the evaluation of the License Fee Analyst position and the decision not to rate the posttion as GG-12, made available five documents. Cynthia Stewart, In response to a request for documents relating to Jacksonians United for damage and repairs of the reactor containment vessel Livable Energy Policies at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station in l I (81-462) Mississippi, made available six documents. Harold J. Spelman, In response to a request for documents relating to Harold J. Spelman the health of employees at the West Chicago', Illinois and Associates facility of the Kerr-McGee Chenical Corporation i (81-463) and its predecessors, made available 11 documents. l Harold J. Spelman, In response to a request for documents relating i Harold J. Speinen to licenses issued to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation and Associates or its predecessors, made available 20 documents. (81-465) i Richard Udell, In response to a request for four categories of Critical Mass information regarding the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Energy Project Plant, informed the requester the requested records (81-477) are already available at the PDR. Thomas J. Madden, In response to a request for a copy of SECY-77-229 Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, made available a copy of this SECY paper. Hays & Handler (81-478) David L. Briggs In response to a request for a list of NRC employees (81-491) in Region V who live in the Riverside, California area, made available this information. l ENCLOSURE A i

3 Denied Lynne A. O'Reilly, In response to a request, on behalf of an NRC i NTEU Steward employee, for four categories of infonnation pertaining (81-355) to Vacancy Announcement Numbers 81-4362 and 81-4363, 3 made available 20 documents. Denied portions of three documents, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of-personal privacy. 1 6 l l i i l i l ENCLOSURE A l \\ l l l 1

DIVISION OF CONTRACTS Week of December 1T,1981 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION 1. RFP No. RS-NMS-82-030 Title - Technical Assistance for Design Review Description - Provide technical assistance to the NRC by performing tasks related to the review, evaluation and connent on the safety aspects of the design of a geologic repository. Period of Performance - 2 Years Sponsor - NMSS Status - Proposals received in response to the solicitation were forwarded to the Source Evaluation Panel for technical evaluation. 2. RFP No. RS-RES-81-173 Title - Long Term Performance of Materials Used For High-Level Waste Packaging Description - The objective of this project is to develop a validated method for predicting the long term (-1000 years) behavior of waste packages emplaced in different geologic media l under consideration by DOE. Period of Performance - 5 Years Sponsor - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status - Best and Final Offers due on December 22, 1981 CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT (All administrative action completed and final payment made) CONTRACT NO. CONTRACTOR CLOSE-0UT-DATE NRC= 02-77-201 -21 SCS Engineers 12/07/81 j NRC-03-77-127-07 Barbay Engineers, Inc. 12/07/81 NRC-03-78-131 Gage-Babcock & Assoc. 12/07/81 i l NRC-02-77-201-22 Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc. 12/08/81 l l NRC-04-76-344 University of Maryland 12/09/81 NRC-01-81-010 Adams & Wojick 12/07/81 NRC-04-81-197 Aerospace Corp. 12/07/81 NRC-10-80-695 Int'l Business Service, Inc. 12/08/81 i NRC-04-81-196 Mr. Herbert Isbin 12/10/81 1 ENCLOSURE A j I

~. 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11, 1981 i j Diablo Canyon i PG&E has filed a response dated December 4 to the Commission Memorandum

• i and Order of November 19, 1981 that describes the technical qualifications and independence of-the companies it proposes to use for the design reverification program, a program plan for the studies, and an overall j

management plan for conducting the studies. The letter from PG&E was l received by the staff by telefax on 12/7/81. Copies are being provided i by PG&E to the Comissioners and the service list. l ~ Crystal River Unit No. 3 -(CR;31 .g:. Crystal River Unit 3 is presently shutdown for refueling and maintenance. i Surveillance p'rocedures (HPSI test) prior to Cycle 4 startup involved operation of primary system Make-Up pumps. At 1323 on December 3,1981, operating Make-Up pump (1B) was severely ' damaged after its suction valve in the let-down line automatically closed; automatic closure of this suction-l valve is normal for this test. The surveillance procedure is now known to be inadequate-in that the procedure did not recognize the implication of - i automatic suction valve closure during the HPSI test. Theutilityis. evaluating the surveillance test procedure to determine what was different - this time that caused the damage. Repair of the 1B Make-Up Pump is proceeding and HPSI test procedures have been modified. CR-3 is allowed to operate, however, with two out of the three Make-Up pumps operating.' Therefore, this event is not expected to prevent CR 3 startup now scheduled l for early next weitk. i j ~ TMIPO Activities { ~ s f Met-Ed has established a Technology Assessment and Advisory Group (TAAG) which will p,rovf*de independent technical assessment and advice on proposed decontamination and.defueling activities -i i at TMI-2. The TAAG will be headed by William Hamilton, formerly Director of the Bettis Laboratories, and will. utilize individuals i from government laboratories and industry with relevant expertise. j Funding support will be provided by the I)epartment of Energy. The 2 TMIPO has indicated its endorsement of the establishment of the '[ TAAG which could result in more expeditious clehnup of TMI-2. i 'i i eucinenor o

\\ Meetings I 1.

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Meeting with AIF to discuss Licensing Examinations Date/ Time:

• December 17, 1981, 1:00 P.M.

Location: Room P-110 Phil. lips Building, Bethesda, MD Attendees: H. Tucker (AIF) J. Kramer (NRC), D. Vassallo, (NRC?, J. Zwolinski (NRC), C. Overbey (NRC), J. Persensky (NRC), P. Collins (NRC) l I - 2. A meeting was held on December 3,1981 in Bethesda, MD to discuss the CRBRP control room design. The applicant described the use of human factor engineering to the design of the CRBRP control. room. The applicant then discussed the use of a full scale control room mockup. The mockup was used to simulate operator, y responses to: CRBRP general operating instructions, emergency operating instruc-tions, CRBRP annunciator responses., and PSAR Chapter 15 events. A total of 200 walkthroughs were conducted on the control room mockup. i The applicant concluded the presentation with a comparison of the CRBRP control room design efforts to the recently issued NUREG-0700. The applicant plans to , formally address NUREG-0700 in a future PSAR subnittal. i 1 l 1 l 9 ENCLOSURE B I

NRC TMI PROGRAM OFFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT December 6 - December 12, 1981 Plant Status Core Cooling Mode: Heat transfer from the reactor coolant system (RCS) loops to. reactor building ambient. Available Core Cooling Modes: Decay heat removal systems. Long tem cooling "B" (once through steam generator-B). RCS Pressure Control Mode: Standby pressure control (SPC) system. Backup Pressure Control Modes: Mini decay heat removal (MDHR) system. Decay heat removal (DiR) system. Major Parameters (as of 0500, ' December 11,1981) (approximate values) Average Incore Themocouplas: 111'F Maximum Incore Themocouple: ?36*F RCS Loop Temperatures: (The last cycle of natural circulation occurred in the "B" loop on 12/9/81 and in the "A" loop on 12/11/81) A B Hot Leg 104 *F 107'F Cold Leg (1) 70*F 81 *F (2) 70*F 87'F RCS, Pressure: 95 psig Reactor Building: Temperature: 62 *.F Water leviti : Elevation 287.2 ft. (4.7 ft. from floor) via penetration 401 manometer Pressure: -0.2 psig Concentration: 5.3 x 10-6. uci/cc Kr-85 (Sample taken 12/9/81) Effluent and Environmental (Radiological) Infomation 1. Liquid effluents from the TMI site ' released to the Susquehanna River after processing, were made within the regulatory limits and in accordance with NRC requirements a'nd City of Lancaster, Agreement dated February 27, 1980. - ~ During the period December 4,1981, through December 10,1981, the effluents contained no detectable radioactivity at the discharge point and individual effluent sources which originated within Unit 2 contained no detectable radioactivity. ENCLOSURE B f

l 2. Environmental Protection Acency (EPA) Environmental Data. Results from EPA monitoring of the environment around the TMI site were as follows: 3 The EPA measured KR-85 concentrations (pCi/m ) at several i environmental monitoring stations and reported the following results : l Location November 6 - November 20, 1981 3 .(pCi/m ) Gol dsboro 22 .0bservation Center 23 l Middletown 30 Yorkhaven 30 l All of the above levels of Kr-85 are considered to be background l evel s. No radiation above normally occurring background levels was l detected in any of the samples collected from the EPA's air and gamma rate networks during the period from December 2,1981,- through December 10, 1981. j 3. NRC Environmental Data. The Environmental Protection Agency's counting system on which the NRC's air samples are counted is out of service for repairs. Analytical results will be reported in a future weekly status report when they become available. 4. Licensee Radioactive Material and Radwaste Shipments. On Monday. December 7,1981, three packages each containing one liter samples from the Unit 1 waste evaporator condensate storage tank were mailed to Teledyne Isotopes Westwood, New. Jersey. On Monday, December 7,1981, an EPICOR II dewatered resin liner (F-14) was shipped to U.S. Ecology, Hanford, Washington. On Tuesday, December 8,1981, an EPICOR II dewatered resin l liner (F-15) was shipped to U.S. Ecology, Hanford, Washington. On Wednesday, December 9, 1981, 20 metallic boxes of Unit 1 l LSA waste were shipped to U.S. Ecology, Hanford, Washington. On Friday, December 11, 1981, an EPICOR II dewatered resin liner (F-16) was shipped to U.S. Ecology, Hanford, Washington. 1 On Friday, December 11, 1981, two Unit 1 solidified evaporator bottoms were shipped to U.S. Ecology, Hanford, Washington. On Saturday, December 12; 1981,105 55 gallon drums of Unit II - l laundry were shipped to Utica, New York. ENCLOSURE B

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Pkjor Activities 1. Submerged Demineralizer System (SDS). Processing of batch number 12 was completed on December 9,1981. During December 9,1981, to December 11, 1981, approximately 50,000 gallons of reactor coolant bleed tank water (batch' number 13) were transferred to the SDS feed tanks in the fuel handling building. To date, approximately 290,000 gallons of reactor building sump water have-been transferred from the reactor building sump and processed. Transfers of reactor building sump water are expected to continue following the processing of batch number 13.

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Processing of SDS effluent through the EPICOR II system continued this week. Approximately 290,000 gallons of reactor building sump water have' been polished. 3 Reactor Building Entries. Raattor building entry 24 was completed on December 9,1981. Tasks were performed in preparation for the gross decontamination experiment. Specific tasks accomplished were (1) placement of splash covers over varinus equipment including the Power Operated Relief Yalve (PORV) and 'the block valve, (2) an inventory of transient combustible materials, (3) repair and repositioning of closed circuit television cameras (4) fixed point radiological surveys and air sampling, and (5) placement of thermo-luminescent dosimeters and iodine samplers. The. entry scheduled for December 11, 1981, has been cancelled. The next entry is tentatively scheduled for. December 15, 1981. 4 Emergency Drill. On December 10, 1981, the licensee conducted the annual exercise of the TMI-2 Emergency Plan by simulating a site emergency. NRC onsite staff also participated in the drill. Preliminary results from the. licensee conducted critique indicate a satisfactory drill. \\ d ENCLOSURE B. i =

l -4' I Meetings Held The NRC's Advisory Panel for the-decontamination of TMI Unit 2 met on December 10, 1981, in Lancaster. The major topic of discussion was' the f.inancial problems that are hindering the pace of the cleanup of i Unit 2. Presentations were made by GPU, NRC and EPA on the status of their activities. Comments on the progress of variout proposed solutions to the financial impasse wer,e presented by GPU, ' Edison Electric Institute i (EEI) TMI Alert and Lancaster Environmental Action Federation (LEAF). The next meeting will continue the discussion on the financial situation. Future Meetings l 1. On Friday; February 26, 1982, Lake Barrett will be speaking for the t l dinner, meeting being held by the Engineers Week Joint Planning Council l .to honor Lehigh Valley's Engineer of the Year and Young Engineer of the Year. 1 2. On Saturday, March 13, 1982, Lake Barrett will address the Society of. Manufacturing Engineers in Williamsport, PA, on the cleanup of TMI and general aspects of nuclear power. 3.' The NRC's Advisory Panel for the Decontamination of TMI Unit 2 is scheduled to meet on January 13 an'd January 28, 1982, at the Holiday Inn, 2nd and Chestnut Street, Harrisburg, PA, from 7:00 to 10:00 PM.. O h i i l b 6 1 i ENCLOSURE B I

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending December 11, 1981 NFS-West Valley The staff has been informed that the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reversed and remanded the decision of the U. S. District Court for Western New York regarding possession and control of the West Valley site. The District Court decision, on motion by New York State ERDA, would have re-quired NFS to vacate the site to permit DOE to assme control and possession for the West Valley Demonstration Project. Licensing action taken by the l staff on September 30, 1981, would permit, but not require, the co-licensees l to transfer the site to DOE. On December 2,1981, a letter was received from NFS asking for NRC action on an application filed by NFS in October 1981. That application requested that l NRC remove NFS as a co-licensee. The application stated also that New York State ERDA would join NFS in the application. New York State ERDA has not yet joined the application. NRC has written New York State ERDA for its position concerning joining the NFS application. On December 8,1981, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed and remanded for trial the lower court's partial samary judgment ordering NFS i to vacate the West Valley site. Thus, it would appear, NFS may remain in con-trol of the West Valley site for some still undefined period, unless they can i l come to terms with New York State. l Spent Fuel Storage NMSS, RES and NRR staff members met with Westinghouse representatives and an official from Florida Power and Light to discuss the licensing aspect of vari-ous concepts being considered for the Turkey Point nuclear power plants. Dry storage technologies using casks or dry wells in conjunction with an engineer-ed berm are being considered as well as possible construction of a new pool. No decision ha, been made on the method to be used. Present projections indi-cate that Units 1 and 2 will lose full core reserve in the existing reactor basins in late 1986 and late 1987 with a single full core reserve lost for the site by 1989. State Licenses The Industrial Section of the Material Licensing Branch recently issued li-censes to the States of New Jersey and Oklahoma (Non-Agreement States), au-thorizing temporary emergency possession of radioactive material when it has i not been adequately secured by a licensee. The states had requested this authorization so that they could take action in emergencies where radioactive material might present a public health hazard; for example, a flood or high-I way accident. The NRC staff wanted to assure that there would be no conflict between a Non-Agreement State and NRC as to how to handle an emergency. Therefore, the licenses contain a condition that the State must notify NRC immediately upon recognizing an emergency where protective action is necessary, and coordinate with NRC as to appropriate action. ENCLOSURE C I

Items of Interest 2 Amendment Involving Medical Licensees William Walker and other senior members of the Medical and Academic Licensing Section met with representatives of the Veterans Administration on Thursday, December 3. The VA has developed a " nuclear network" that involves physician i supervision of nuclear medicine departments in remote communities via tele-l communication. The staff expressed serious concerns that this arrangement l was not described in the license applications for these hospitals and asked for further infomation in the fom of written amendment requests. The action to be taken on these amendment requests remains uncertain since the proposed arrangement does not meet NRC's definition of use "by or under the supervision of" a physician. Emergency Response Drill An emergency response drill was held on Tuesday, December 8, in the NRC Emer-i gency Response Center to test internal communications procedures for NRC emergency response personnel who would respond to an incident involving an NMSS licensed operation. Many WMSS personnel participated. Lessons learned from the 'drili~will be used to improve the response procedures. l ( l ENCLOSURE C 1

I PLANNED MEETINGS - Division of Safecuards

Subject:

Meeting with representatives of Babcock and Wilcox, Naval Nuclear Fuel Division, to discuss impact of MC&A Reform Amendments i Date: December 15, 16, 1981 Location: Lynchburg, Virginia Attendees: C. N. Smith G. E. Gundersen B. Dube B. Mendelsohn D. Hurt l Representatives of B&W Absences of Director / Deputy Director N0NE l l l i ENCLOSURE C f

I No Planned Meetings - Division of Waste Management Absences of Director / Deputy Director None i i i l 1 l l ENCLOSURE C l t

l i l Meetings - Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety i 1.

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Approval request for Radiographic Devices.- Date/ Time: Decenber 15 - 8:30am Location: Willste Building - 5th floor conference room i Attendees: C. E. MacDonald (FC), R. Odegaarden (FC), H. Lee (FC), and H. Richardson & D. Ruddle (Gamma Industries) 2.

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To review draft Environmental Impact Statement on Kerr-McGee, West Chicago. Date/ Time: December 17-18 Location: West Chicago, IL Attendees: W. A. Nixon (FC), L. Sagunisen (Argonne National Lab) ~ l 1 1 ABSENCES OF DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR Thomas F. Carter, Jr. - December 15 & 22 (Jury Duty) December 24 (Annual Leave) Richard E. Cunningham - December 23 & 24 (Annual Leave); R. G. Page, Acting Director 12/24/81 \\ ENCLOSURE C I

0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending December 11, 1981 1. The following Notification of Significant Enforcement Action was dispatched during the past week: EN-81-46 Northern States Power Company (Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant) - a. A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $20,000 was issued to subject licensee on December 10, 1981. This action was based on alleged violations relating to the unauthorized removal of low level radioactive waste from the plant site. This waste was left over-night at a truck rental facility and resulted in radiation levels in an unrestricted area in excess of regulatory limits. i l 2. Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched l during the week: a. PN0-I-81-129 Nuclear Metals Inc. - Apparent Overexposure to Airborne Concentrations of Depleted Uranium 1 b. PNO-I-81-131 Oyster Creek - Unscheduled Shutdown c. PNO-II-81-114 Surry Units 1 and 2 - Security Force Temiriations at Surry l d. PNO-III-81-107 Point Beach, Unit 1 - Extension of Outage by More than i 48 Hours e. PNO-III-81-108 D. C. Cook, Unit 1 - Nonconservative Core Analysis I f. PNO-III-81-110 Palisades Plant - Possible Radioactivity Release Resulting from Site Flooding g. PNO-III-81-111 Enrico Fermi, Unit 2 - Construction Worker Fatality h. PNS-III-81-10 Dresden Units 1, 2, and 3 - Possible Guard Strike with l News Media Interest l

i. PNS-III-81-ll Northern States Power, Monticello - Inattentive (Sleeping)

Guards 3. The following IE Circular was issued: IE Circular 81-15. " Unnecessary Radiation Exposures to the Public and Workers a. During Events Involving Thickness and Level Measuring Devices", was issued on December 8,1981, to selected licensees holding byproduct material licenses where programs involve the use of measuring devices. ENCLOSURE D I

i l 2 i l l t 4. Other Items l a. Activities of the Division of Emergency Preparedness: l December 7, 1981 EPLB staff member participated in the emergency preparedness implementation t appraisal for Peach Bottom which began on this date. EPLB staff member participated in the emergency preparedness implementation appraisal for Ft. Calhoun which began on this date. i l 1 ENCLOSURE D l I w.,- e

l I i 0FFICE OF NJCLEAR REWIATORY RESEARCI i I LTORTAn ECUS FOR 'IIIE WEEK ENDDG DECEM 11, 1981 Experimental Programs Branch Steac. Water Flow Studv i Northwestern University will be reporting the experimental results 1 or their holographic study of sprays later this month. Droplet i velocity and size distributions in sprays have been measured for tests between 1 and 3 atmospheres. Data Bank Three FLECHT SEASET tests were added to the data bank: 31615, 31701 and 31805. Also, Semiscale data in final form from Tests S-UT-6 and -7 were added and are now available to the public. ~BWR Refill /Reflood Program The 30 SSTF Data Acquisition System has been moved from Lynn, Massachusetts to San Jose, Californja and has been made operational. GE engineers are now processing 30 SSTF data in San Jose, California. 4 Preliminary results of 300 SSTF testing were presented to the ACRS on December 3,1981 in Los Alamos New Mexico. BWR FIST Facility The vessel design is complete and the thermal stress analysis conducted by INEL has uncovered no major design problems. GE has proposed l that INEL also analyze pipe loads on the vessel since INEL staff already have a computer program set up to analyze the vessel stresses. A GE design review of the vessel was attended by INEL staff and results provided to NRC. GE is now ready to place the vessel order. GE staff met with INEL staff to discuss data reduction and analysis l techniques used at INEL. We are considering reducing FIST data at INEL using existing INEL systems. INEL and GE staff are also finalizing which BWR TRAC scaling calculations are to be perfonned l by INEL. During Phase II negotiations, all ATWS tests were moved to Phase I in order to obtain early ATWS test data. This has resulted in a disconnect in facility capability versus test requirements. NRC ~ staff desire core void fraction measurements for these tests and plan 'to provide instrumentation developed at INEL to make these measurements. GE has recommended, however, that.this instrumentation not be included in Phase !. The FIST design uses an improved, but untried method, of providing power to the bundle. The proposed instrumentation must penetrate the electrically hot channel wall. Thus l GE has recommended not using this instrumentation until the new system design has been proven and experience with the system obtained. An option now being considered is to nove half of the ATWS tests back to i l Phase II. Thus we would obtain some early ATWS data during Phase'!, but not obtain all the desired data until Phase II. ENCLOSURE E I

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' LOFT. i Work is continuing on preparations for installing the F1 pressurized center fuel assembly. There was some difficulty in mmoval of the i downcomer instrument assembly, but the problems have been corrected. The instrument assembly which has been in. place throughout LOFT testing I took longer to extract than was anticipated. The plant is expected l to be ready for startup and physics tests by mid-January. Test schedule reprograming has now targeted the L9-3 Loss-of-Feedwater 4 ATWS for late March and the L6-6 Boron Dilution from cold shutdown for early April. The test schedule and program objectives and plans will be discussed with INEL/ DOE in late December. Now that FY 1982 j funding has been received, the program plans can be finalized. 1 Semiscale System preparation for the NRR requested test UT-B is in progress (test of the Westinghouse level device followed by a pump restart transient). primary loop leakage tests have been satisfactory 1 and instrument ranging and testing are completed. Themal insulation replacement is in progress and pretest loop preparation is underway. B&W has all of the information they need to study use of Semiscale i to test their level instrumentation. They are considering possible test configurations and connection points. planning is continuing for a steam generator secondary side upset j test series to be conducted in the spring (1982) to provide data j on overcooling and overpressurization issues. Special short-tem tests are being evaluated to provide pressurizer and candy cane (B&W) type data needed for calculation of overcooling transients. 2 Fuel Behavior Branch 1 l The ORNL clad ballooning separate effects test, MRBT-6, was successfully perfomed December 3. The MRBT-6' assembly consists of an 8 x 8 array of i internal-electrically-heated "15 x 15" type Zircaloy cladding tubes. The 1 64 simulated fuel rods were ruptured at an average burst temperature of j 1205K (932"C or 1710"F) in the et + 5 phase, reduced clad-strain " valley." 1 The average burst pressure was 2.85 MPa (400psig). The cladding temperature i ~ ramp rate at the time of rupture was about 3.5K/second. The initial visual examination of two faces of the test bundle showed burst strains of perhaps 40%. Most of the cladding diametral increase occurred in a 6" to 8" rod l 1ength downstream from the midpoint between adjacent grids. The strain loca- ] tions were similar to those seen in the three NRU in-reactor clad ballooning tests. i ENCLOSURE E I

3 i Analvtical Aodels Branch Plant Analyzers /Si=alators N. Zuber and W. Beach attended an hT4 intemal program review of the B2 simlator prognm. Tae SERB will meet in January to make a final reco=emhtion on the FY 83 budget for the BE simulator work. N. 2.uber will attend a Simulation Working Gmup meeting at DOE on 4>ccember 10 and 11. The purpose of this group is to " propose useful areas of research". l LNEL informed us that their proposal for a plant analyzer will not reach aC before April 1982. LISL is still shooting for a February 1982 submittal i date. l [ l Transportation w.laterials 2isk Branch l I Effective a.en:: ment to 10 CFR 40.13(c)(o) On December 7,1981, the Executive Director for Operations approved for publication a Federal Register notice anending 10 CFR 40.13(c)(6) to clarify the conditions for exeg,cion from licensing of uranium used as shielding in shipping containers. 'Ihis clarification was made necessary l by the Department of Transportation's deletion from its regulations of l a section which has been referenced in 540.13(c)(6). The anendnent replaces tne reference to the set of shipping container requirements that were contained in 8178.250 of DOT regulations by a single requimment which has been selected fma that set. This single requirement for minimum cladding i of the uranium shielding constitutes no substantive change from the expected cladding when the entire 3178.250 was incorporated by reference. Ihe amendment has no effect on transportation regulations. It pertains only i to a requirement for ensuring that uranium shielding used under the existing i exe=ption in 540.13(c)(6) will be adequately clad to reduce surface radiation l levels and contain any oxidation products. Puolications to be Issued in the Near Future

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Certification and Training of Independent Spent Fuel Storage l Installation (ISFSI) Operators j i Jescrittion: Tnis regulatory guide provides a method for training and j certirfin; ISFSI personnel who are required to be trained and certified in accordance with 10 CFR 72.91. l Centact: E. W.'srschoff 443-5342 t ENCLOSURE E i e I t i

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Calculation Models for Estirating Radiation Doses to Man from Airborne Radioactive raterials Resulting from Uraniu:a Ailling Operations

== Description:== This represents a revision of the draft guide on calculational r.oaels usea by the staff and suggested for use by licensees to calculate doses to individuals and to population groups frcn uranium milling operations. The revised guide incorporates revisions to improve the compatibility with the j GEIS on uraniu:a milling and revisions resulting from the public comments.

Contact:

H. T. Peterson 427-4210 I i Publications Issued During the Week of December 7-11, 1981 Draft Regulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Statement: Proposed Revision 2 to neg. Guide 1.105, Instnznent Setpoints, Task IC 010-5,

Contact:

D. Boeh:n (443-5966). Comments requested by February 12, 1932. Draft negulatory Guide and Value/ Impact Staternent: Identification of Valves for Inclusion in Inservice Testing Programs, Task MS 901-4,

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L. Porse (443-5903). Comments requested by February 23, 1982. l l ENCLOSURE E I

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11, 1981 ' North Coast Nuclear plant, Unit 1 On December 7,1981, the Appeal Board issued a Decision (ALAB-662) in which it ruled correct an ASLB finding that there was no need to hold an evidentiary hearing on whether to permit the withdrawal of an application for a construction permit without prejudice. The issue was raised by an intervenor who sought to i have the application dismissed with prejudice. j San Onofre Generatino Station, Units 1 and 2 On December 8,1981, the Commission issued a Memorandum and Order (CLI-81-33) in which it decided that current NRC regulations do not require consideration of the impacts on emergency planning of earthquakes which cause or occur during an accidental radiological release. Whether or not emergency planning require-ments should be amended to include these considerations is a question to be addressed on a generic basis as opposed to case-by-case basis. The presiding ASLB, which raised the issue sua sponte, was directed not to pursue the issue in this proceeding. j ENCLOSURE F { T l i

l ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11, 1981 IAEA PWR Seminar in Vienna, Austria A special IAEA Seminar on the Safety of Two-Loop Pressurized Water Reactors was held in Vienna, Austria from November 16-20. The meeting was attended by 52 participants from 11 countries, including the developing countries which have imported Westinghouse 2-loop PWRs (Brazil S. Korea, the Philippines and Yugoslavia). S. Varga, NRR, led the U.S. delegation. Westinghouse, INPO, Wisconsin Electric Power Corporation and United Engineers and Contractors Inc., were also represented. Foreign Visits to NRC On Monday Mr. Per Unckel, a Member of the Swedish Parliament, met with Chairman Palladino and Joseph D. Lafleur, IP Deputy Director, to discuss changes in NRC's licensing process. On Monday Mr. Takeshi Ikushima of the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) met with R. Odegaarden of the NPSS Transportation Certification Branch to discuss computer codes for the safety assessment of transportation casks. Mr. Hiroshi Mizuta of the Japan Institute for Nuclear Safety (JINS) met with S. Bernstein and T. Eng of the RES Transportation and Materials Risk Branch and with A. T. Clark of the NFSS Advanced Fuel and Spent Fuel Licensing Branch to discuss computer codes for the safety assessment of fuel cycle facilities. Mr. Fujish'ge Yamauchi of JINS met with T. Wolf of AE0D to discuss computer code data base management. The JINS was organized in August 1980 as an institute of the Nuclear Power Engineering Test Center, under the sponsorship of the Japanese Federal Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Science and Technology Agency (STA), for the purpose of developing safety l analysis codes to be used in reactor and fuel cycle facility licensing and seismic studies. l Meeting with Combustion Engineering on Exports to Mexico On December 10, IP staff met with representatives from Combustion Engineering, Inc., at their request, to discuss U.S. Government export control requirements under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 for exports of nuclear equipment, fuel and technology to Mexico. CE is expected to submit license applications to NRC shortly for the export of two power reactors plus fuel to Mexico. ENCLOSURE G I

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• Foreien Reports The following foreign reports were received in IP December 7-10:

(For further information contact Eva Szent-Ivany IP, X27788) From Denmark: Literature List on Reports Made at Risd National Laboratory Concerning Land Contamination Studies. Dose / Dispersion Calculations, Decontamination Studies and Related Subjects ** Shielding Factors for Gamma Radiation from Deposited Activity on Structures and Ground Surfaces ** l Shielding Factors for Vehicles to Gamma Radiation from Activity Deposited on Ground Surfaces ** l The Risd Model for Calculating the Consequences of the Release of Radioactive Material to the Atmosphere ** A Note on the Relationship Between Outdoor and Indoor Exposure Integrals for Air Pollution of Outdoor Origin ** Calculation of Dose Consequences of a Hypothetical Large Accident at a Nuclear Power Reactor ** From Taiwan: Monthly Operating Data for Kuosheng Nuclear Power Plant (October 1981)** From the U.K.: Quarterly Statement of Incidents at Nuclear Installations - Third Quarter 1981** j Deleted from PDR Copy Indicates the reports are in English ENCLOSURE G t

r i 0FFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS i ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11, 1981 j r The Director OSP testified on December 8, 1981 before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the House Committee on Science and Technology on the Agreement State Program in general and the Tennessee program in particular. The hearing was concerned with allegations of violations of radiation and uranium exposure standards at TNS Inc., a Tennessee licensee i that manufactures depleted uranium projectiles for the Department of Defense, j On May 1, 1981 workers represented by the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union at the plant struck due to alleged violations of health guidelines for exposure to uranium. The company has since hired non-union labor and the plant has remained partially functional. The purpose of the hearing was to l examine the circumstances of the dispute and how well the State and Federal agencies are carrying out their oversight responsibilities. Congressman Gore suggested that TNS acknowledge the union safety concerns, improve working conditions at the plant and hire back the striking workers. He suggested that i all occupational safety be regulated at the Federal level. The union supported l the suggestion. There was a strong recommendation for the State to adopt civil i i penalty legislation. The State plans to seek legislation for such authority. i Colorado's Governor Lam has included the creation of a low-level radioactive waste site in Colorado among the tentative issues that he wants the General l Assembly to consider in 1982. These issues are being circulated among legis-lative leaders for comments. Colorado has spearheaded the creation of the { Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Ccmpact Group. \\ \\ Steve Salomon attended a symposium organized by NRC and Oak Ridge National i Laboratory on December 8 and 9, 1981, on the site suitability requirements of l low-level waste disposal as defined in 10 CFR Part 61. Of much concern to the l generators of low-level waste is the Congressional deadline of January 1, 1986. i According to the 1980 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (P.L. 96-573), after that date any interstate compact on low-level wastes may restrict the-l, use of.the regional. disposal facilities under the compact to the disposal of l low-level radioactive waste generated within the region. Because of the time necessary to form a compact, site a disposal facility, license and construct it, some participants at the symposium are concerned that no region that does not already have a site will be able to meet the deadline. Therefore,.some States risk the possibility of being excluded by compacts that already have an operating disposal facility. 1 Robert Trojanowski, Regional State Liaison Officer, Region II, made a presentation J on December 10, 1981 on emergency planning and participated as a member of an Emergency Planning and Response Panel at the Georgia Institute of Technology. ENCLOSURE H I i a

!(. 4 l- ) i l i t I William B. Menczer, Regional State Liaison Officer, Region III, was in Kansas City, M0 on December 11, 1981, meeting with the Regional Assistance Comittee, Region 7 to discuss and consolidate comments on the Calloway County Emergency Plan. This evaluation will be utilized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in its preparation of an interim finding on Calloway which is due January 1, 1982. Following the meeting, Mr. Menczer met with FEMA Region 7 staff to discuss new developments in NRC's Regulation of Emergency Preparedness. On December 8,1981, Dean Kunihiro, Regional State Liaison Officer, Region V, met with the Santa Clara County Mass Casualty Comittee to provide information and assistance in planning for their annual medical exercise which is scheduled for March 9,.1982. The scenario calls for a simulated transportation accident of radioactive materials with forty casualties, some of whom would be radio-actively contaminated. On December 9, 1981, Dean Kunihiro met with the tri-county emergency planning committee to discuss offsite emergency preparedness plans for the Rancho Seco' nuclear power station. The annual exercise involving State and local juris-dictions is being postponed until June 23, 1982 which will necessitate an exemption request by the licensee from-the-April-1,1982-regulatory deadline for a full scale exercise. i l ENCLOSURE H 'I

l l i l r i i 0FFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11,1981 l l l Chairman's Testimony Sent N. Haller a draft of Mr. Palladino's testimony before Rep. Moffett's f subconsnittee; also sent Qs and As for background information. Trip Report Provided Comissioner Gilinsky with background information for his trip to South Texas. i Publications issued l 1. " Radioactive Materials Released from Nuclear Power Plants" NUREG/CR - 2227, covering 1979 2. " Operating Unit Status Report" NUREG - 0020 dated October 1981. l \\ b i i ENCLOSURE I 1

l i 0FFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION l 0F OPERATIONAL DATA j t ITEM OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11, 1981 f I Licensee Event Report (LER) Rulemaking On December 8,1981 the staff met with the ACRS Reactor Operations Subcommittee to discuss the proposed rulemaking that would modify the i existing LER reporting requirements. The discussion included the history i of the LER rulemaking, the specific criteria contained in the draft proposed l rule, the Canmittee to Review Generic Requirenents (CRGR) comments on the i draft proposed rule, and anticipated schedule for preparation of the final rule. As part of the staff's continuing effort to work closely with INP0 concerning the development of this proposed rule, representatives from INPO attended the subcomnittee meeting and actively participatedin the discussion. I Subsequently, on December 11, 1981, the staff met with the full ACRS to discuss the same matter. The subconnittee and the full committee were both very supportive of the staff's efforts to improve the LER reporting i requirements. In conclusion, the subconmittee and the full ACRS stated i' that they had no objection to the proposed rule being forwarded to the Commission. j i i f ENCLOSURE K r

1 l s ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11, 1981 A. -5ECY-81-638 REVIEW OF DIRECTOR'S DECISION ON 2.206 PETITION .(COMMONWEALTH EDISDN COMPANY), Memo Chilk to Bickwit, 12/7/81 This is to advise you that the Commission (with four Comissioners approving and Comissioner Gilinsky disapproving) has decided that there is no.need for a review of this decision of the l Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement. j Commissioner Gilinsky voted for review based on the absence of a specific evaluation.of the Zion's plant's ability to withstan: thermal shock. He believed that relying on the Westinghouse l owner's group evaluation of all Westinghouse plants is too broad.- He would direct the Director to supply. specific information on Zion (1.e., RTNDT, Cu/Ni content, the vessel and vessel welds, integrated neutron fluence, etc. ) The Office of the General Counsel was informed of this action by, telephone on December 4, 1981. B. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF POLICY AND PROGRAM GUIDANCE, 2:00 P.M., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1981, COMMISSIONERS *-CONFERENCE ROOM, DC OFFICE j (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo Chilk to Remick, 12/8/81 l The Comission continued its discussion of the draft policy and planning guidance statement prepared by tihe office of Policy Evaluation, in a version dated December 7, 1981. j i t The Commission directed OPE to work with EDO and Comissioner offices to incorporate changes as discussed at the meeting l and coments to be received by Friday, December 11. I The Chairman noted that the subsequent version would be circulated for notation vote and that, if acceptable, no further discussion would be necessary. '~ (OPE) (SECY SUSPENSE: 12/15/81) C. SECY-81-652 - COHEN TOIA APPEAL A-11C, Memo Chilk to Bickwit, 12/8/81 ' This is to advise you that. the~ Comission (with aill Commissioners approving) has approved release of the Harris report requested in FOIA Appeal 81-A-llc (81-36) to Mr. Robert Cohen. The office of the General Counsel was informed of this action. by telephone on December 7, 1981. o ENCLOSURE M

ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11, 1981 D. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON PWR STEAM GENERATOR PROBLEMS, 10:05 A.M., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo Chilk to Dircks, 12/8/81 i The Comission was briefed by staff on SECY-81-664, "Infonnation Report - Steam Generator Tube Experience." Recent problems with steam generators and possible solutions were discussed. The Commiss' ion requested that staff look into the possibility of using thicker tubes in PWR Steam Generators. (NRR) (SECY SUSPENSE 18 December 1981) l The Chairman noted that the Commission would like periodic briefings to j be kept up to date on the issue. E. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 81-44, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4,1981, 2:00 P.M., COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, DC OFFICE (PUBLIC MEETING), Memo Chilk to Dircks, Kamerer, Fouchard,12/9/81 I. SECY-81-554/554A - Final Amendment to 10 CFR Part 50,. { Clarifications to Emergency Preparedness. Regulations The Commission unanimously approved for publication in the Federal Register a proposed amendment to 10 CFR l Part 50 which would clarify that full scale emergency preparedness exercises are required prior to issuance t of 'a full power operating license but are not required l for a Licensing Board, Appeal Board or Commission licensing decision. (SECY) (SUSPENSE: 12/11/81) The Commission requested that: ~ (1) the appropriate Congressional Committees be notified of the proposed rule change; (OCA/RES) (SECY SUSPENSE: 12/22/81) 1 (2) the ACRS be informed of the proposed rule change; 1 and (RES) (SECY SUSPENSE: 12/15/81) - (3) that staff notify af'feeted applicants, licensees, State Governments'and interested persons. (RES) (SECY SUSPENSE: 1/5/82) ENCLOSURE M l ~1 l

i I 3 i ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11, 1981 j E. STAFF REQUIREMENTS (Cont'd) II. SECY-81-570 - Proposed Amendment to 10 CFR Part 50 l and to Appendix E: Modification to Emergency Preparedness Regulations a j The Commission, by a vote of 3-2 (Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford disapproving), approved for publication in the Federal Register a proposed rule which would eliminate j need to have any finding and determination on the adequacy of offsite emergency planning and preparedness in order to issue an operating license authorizing fuel 4 loading.and/or low power operation. The separate views i of Commissioner Gilinsky will be attached. (SECY) (SUSPENSE: 12/11/81) i f The Commission requested that: 1 (1) the appropriate Congressional Committees be notified ] of the proposed rule change; J (OCA/RES) (SECY SUSPENSE: 12/22/81) (2) the ACRS be informed of the proposed rule ch'ange; (RES) (SECY SUSPENSE: 12/15/81). l q { (3). staff directly notify affected applicants, licensees, I State Governments and interested persons of the proposed rule change; and (RES) -(SECY SUSPENSE: 1/5/82) (4) that a public anno.uncement of the proposed rule change be made. (OPA/RES) (SECY SUSPENSE: 12/22/81) III. SECY-81-627 - Issuance of Notice of Hearing in Civil Penalty Action The Commission unanimously approved issuance of a ) Notice of Hearing in'a civil penalty action involving Met Lab, Inc. of Hampton, Virginia. (Subsequently, on December 4, 1981, the Secretary signed the Notice of Hearing). 4 F ENCLOSURE M i

WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11., 1981 , ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - STAFF REOUIREMENTS (Cont'd) E. Commission Order on San Onofre Sua SECY-81-622A - Draft IV. Sponte Issue The Commission, by a vote of 3-2 (Commissioners Gilinsky approved an order directing and Bradford disapproving), the Licensing Board not to address the sua sponte_ issue in the pending licensing proceeding because NRC's ~ current regulations do not require that emergency plans include consideration of the impact on of fsite emergency. planning from severe natural disasters causing or occurring during a substantial radiological release. (the approved order included modifications by Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Ahearne and Roberts). Commissioner Ahearne has provided additional views and co=missioners Gilinsky and Bradford have provided separate views which will be attached to the Order. (subsequently, on December 8, 1981, the S,ecretary signed the order). The Commission also agreed to direct the staff to consider revising NRC requirements for emergencyA Staff Requirement response plans. be worked out by the Commission. SECY-81-631 - Final Rule for Pending CP/ML Applications V. It was The Commission deferred action on this paper. therefore withdrawn from affirmation. l f SECY-81-618 s Amendments to 10 CFR Chapter I Parts _ l 19, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 72 and 150 with Respect to l VI. Employees wno Provide Information-The Commission deferred action on this paper and directed The that it be returned to the staff for revision. Commission also requested that staff renew its efforts to develop a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Labor. ENCLOSURE M e

-S-ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11, 1981 F. SECY-81-618 - AMEN 0MENTS TO 10 CFR CHAPTER I PARTS 19, 30, 40, 50, f 60, 70, 72 AND 150 WITH RESRECT TO EMPLOYEES WHO PROVIDE INFORMATION, 1 Memo Chilk to Dircks, 12/10/81 i At the Affimation Session on December 4,1981, the Comission deferred action on SECY-81-618 and directed that it be returned to staff for revision in accordance with the comments of Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Bradford and Ahearne and resubmitted to 'th'e' Commission for approval. (RES) (SECYSuspense: 12/31/81) i

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M UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 December 23, 1981 SECY-81-705 For: The Comissioners From: T. A. Rehm. Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO i l

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 i A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report. Enclosure Contents Administration A Nuclear Reactor Regulation B Nuclear-Material Safety and Safeguards C Inspection a'nd Enforcement D ' Nuclear Regulatory Research E. Executive Legal Director F International Programs G State Programs-H Management and Program Analysis I* Controller J* Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data K Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization L* Items Approved by the Comission M /> .', Assistant for Operations ' Office of the Executive Director fforOperations

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f Yl', h [. M h l )) b, l];I I ~ c StPHARY OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT f Week Ending December 18, 1981 i Palisades Palisades is returning to operation from a refueling outage. During the initial i heat-up on December 11 a leak from the primary coolant system of 32 gpm at 2000 psi and 480* occurred. i Oyster Creek On December 9, while at full power, a steam leak from an Isolation Condenser isolation valve was detected. An inspection showed thread damage on the drive mechanism to the valve stem. The plant vas taken off line for an estimated 2-week inspection / repair outage. TMI-1 The special hearing into operator cheating and related matters was completed on December 10, 1981. The proposed findings are scheduled for January and the Special Master's report is expected in early March 1982. l On December 14, the presiding ASLB issued a Partial Initial Decision on plant I design and procedures, separation and emergency planning issues. It found that TMI-1 could be operated provided the licensee satisfies a number of specified requirements. It also found that the pendency of the reopened issue of cheating should not preclude short-tenn operation of TMI-1 at power levels not to exceed. five percent of design power. TMI-2 Reactor Building Entries ( During reactor building entries this week, an extensive characterization of I surface contamination was completed in preparation for the decontamination experiment. Surface contamination samples were taken from 48 locations in the reactor building. Decontamination experiment water washes inside the reactor building are scheduled to conrnence in mid-January 1982. Spurious Siren Activation in the Vicinity of TMI On December 17, several early warning sirens in the vicinity of TMI sounded inadvertently. The licensee reported that the siren activation was caused by a decoding device malfunction. -4

s' i OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending Decemoer 18, 1981 ADMINISTRATION OF TRE FREEDOM OF INFOPJtATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS ^ Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received 552 20 Granted 426 6 Denied 90 10 Pending 36 4 ACTIONS THIS WEEK j Received Ronald G. Harper, Requests a copy of the controls agreenent between I Self-Powered Lighting the U.S. government and the United Kingdom and Inc. Swiss goverrvnents which sets forth the procedures (81-501 ) to be followed to guard against diversion of, or unauthorized use of, bulk tritium gas exported i from the U.S. Peter C. Hearn, Requests seven categories of informatior. regarding NTEU Vice-President Vacancy Announcement 82-0064. (81-502) Joseph Halapatz, Requests a copy of the Candidate Evaluation, NTEU Steward Certification and Selection Record (CERT), for (81-503) Vacancy Announcement 81-5509. (NRCemployee) Requests four categories of personnel-related (81-504) 'information regarding individuals in his job series. Wayne Westlake, Requests all infonnation dealing with the U.S. Seaweeds and Constructions Navy's 6 strontium-90 powered radioisotope thennal (81-505) generators that have been implanted on the ocean floor. Bill Silkwood Requests all documents on his deceased daughter, (81-506) Karen Silkwood. CONTACT: J. M. Felton 492-7211 1 4 ENCLOSURE A f

l l i [ t 2 Received, Cont'd Ronald W. Drach, Requests, on behalf of an individual, records Disabled American relating to the selection of Vacancy Announcement Veterans 81-3586. i (81-507) Harold J. Spelman, Requests a copy of NUREG/CR-1420 and other available Harold J. Spelman materials relating to this report. and Associates (81-508) Tanya Kaye Konjolka, Requests all documents relating to the investigation Murphy, Lamere and of a named person's over-exposure to radiation Murphy which occurred on November 23, 1977 at the Pilgrim j (81-509) Nuclear Power Station. Joyce F. Glucksman, Requests copies of the proposed and/or final NTEU rules pmmulgated pursuant to 5 USC Section 504 (81-510) (c)(1), award of attorney fees to a prevailing party other than the U.S. in an agency adversary i adjudication. Harold J. Spelman, APPEAL TO THE EDO for the Environmental Impact Harold J. Spelman Statement for Kerr-McGee Chemical Corpotation's and Associates decommissioning plan at West Chicago, Illinois (81-A-20-81-464) location. i Granted Stephen Green In response to a request for documents related to (81-445) the investigations of Dr. Zalman Shapiro and the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) in Apollo, Pennsylvania, specifically the tems of the " settlement" of the case against Dr. Shapiro and NUMEC, informed the requester the NRC has no documents concerning " investigations" or "the terms of the ' settlement' of the case against Dr. Shapiro and NUMEC in which Dr. Shapiro paid penalties to the AEC prior to selling the corporation." Informed the requester there are documents already available in the PDR concerning the NUMEC organization and subjects related to its activities. Suggested that the requester also contact the Department of Energy. ENCLOSURE A

s L 3 l l Granted, Cont'd (NRC employee) In response to a request for personnel-related l (81-474) information regarding individuals at the GG-14 level and above in four present or former branches of NMSS, made available seven documents. i Martin Levy, In response to a request for eight categories of NTEU Chief Steward infomation pertaining to Licensing Assistants and (81-487) promotions at the GG-7 and GG-9 levels, made available the requested infomation. (An individual requesting In response to a request for infomation concerning infomation about himself) his written and oral Operating License examination (81-493) results, informed the requester the requested information was sent to him by Paul Collins. Operator i Licensing Branch. i Dorothy R. Harris, In response to a request for a copy of the notes of l New England Nuclear a one-day NRC Advisory Comittee Meeting held in i (81-496) Chicago in August 1981, infomed the requester i this document, " Advisory Comittee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes" is already available at the PDR. i (An individual requesting In response to a request for records concerning l information about himself) his written and oral Reactor Operator License i I (81-500) examination results, infomed the requester the requested information was sent to him by Paul Collins, Operator Licensing Branch. Peter C. Hearn, Infomed the requester the selection for Vacancy NTEU Vice-President Announcement No. 82-0064 has not yet been made. (81-502) (NRC employee) In response to a request for four categories of (81-504) personnel-related information pertaining to employees in his job series, infomed the requester we have l made available copies of the NRC Organization and Alpha Profile to the NTEU. Harold J. Spelman, Infomed the requester we made available.a copy Harold J. Spelman of NUREG/CR-1420, " Health Status and Body and Associates Radioactivity of Former Thorium Workers" in (81-508) response to his earlier FOIA request, 81-463. 4 ENCLOSURE A I I

4 Granted, Cont'd Robert L. Cohen In response to an appeal to the Commission for a (81-A-ll-81-36) copy of "Public and Leadership Attitudes Toward Nuclear Power Development in the United States," Study No. P 2846, dated December 1978 by Louis Harris and Associates Inc., released this document in its entirety. Denied Charles W. Elliott, In response to a request for a copy of the fault Thomas and Hair trees which were transmitted to the NRC by the (81-480) Philadelphia Electric Company,' denied this document in its entirety containing confidential business i (proprietary) information. Joseph Halapatz, In response to a request for a copy of the Candidate l NTEU Steward Evaluation Certification and Selection Record (81-503) (CERT), for Vacancy Announcement 81-5509, denied i portions of the CERT, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. l O l ENCLOSURE A i l i

I DIVISICII CF 00tamCIS Week of Decenber 18, 1981 ca m E rS - car (All administrative acticm ocmnleted and final paynent made) l CDttrRACT 10. CIIMUCIOR CWSE-Our-DATE f I E 77-175 Comomaalth of Massachusetts 12/10/81 I E 78-267 University of 'Ibledo 12/15/81 AT(49-24)-0208 University of Connecticut 12/14/81 NIC-10-81-399 Nicholas H. Zumas 12/10/81 ! E 81-063 Stanley Consultants Inc. 12/11/81 NBC-03-78-166 M. T. Davisson 12/12/81 NBC-10-79-397 City of Riverside 12/15/81 1E 77-181 Battelle Pacific Iabs - 12/17/81 NBC-02-77-201-23 Synergy, Inc. 12/16/81 NRC-02-77-201-24 Fred C. Hart Associates 12/16/81 r t Go ENCLOSURE A I -r W- =nm -t -me + -. 4 %w: t' -ert'

i l l l }' l ~ i l 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION j WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 i - 4 i I Three Mile Island Unit 1 1 l i The.special hearing into operator. cheating and related matters at the J TMI-1 facility was completed on December.10,1981. Although the hearing i is completed, the record will, remain open for resolution of several minor issues -and to receivtadditiional testimony if necessary. 4he pmposed l l findings are scheduled for January and the Special Master's report,is j expected in early March 1982. '{ i l Palisades Nuclear Plant j Palisades Nuclear Plant is returning to operation from the refueling outag'e l j for Cycle 5. -The. plant was shut down for refueling on August 29, 1981. During the outage, in addition to the normal refueling activities, maintenance, and surveillance testing, the following significant modifications were perfomed: Auxiliary Feedwater System Modifications to" prevent water hammer and to increase reliability; Reactor Pressure Vessel. Vent; Wide range steam generator level 3 indication; Long Tem cooling-boron precipitation prevention modification;- 1 Fire protection modifications; Electrical equipment qualification testing; j Radwaste Modifications; New station batteries to double capacjty; Automate ~ j auxiliary feedwater start; Water level indication for condensate storage tank; j r Seismic anchorages for piping and electrical equipment; NUREG-0737 post i accident shielding. j During the initial heat-up on December 11,'1981 a leak from the primary coolant. 5 system of 32 gpn at 2000 psi and 4800F occurred. The charging pumps (2 contisuous,1 intemittent) were able to keep up with the leak. The reactor j was still in the pre-critical stage of start-up and had not operated since l August. Therefore, there was no significant release of radioactivity from the reactor coolant system. An " unusual event" was declared in accordance with the Emergency Plan and all notifications,were made. After the plant was. depressurized and cooled down, it was detemined that in replacing a control ] rod drive seal package, alorkman.had failed "to insta-1 a'flexital-Jic' gasket.. This was rectified and the plant heat-up was restarted on December 14, 1981. 4 Criticality is now scheduled for December 16, 1981. Oyster Creek 1 On December 9,1981, while at full power, a steam leak from an Isolation Condenser isolation valve was detected. The noma 11y open valve was manually closed. Inspection of the Limitorque operato'r showed thread damage on-the 4 1 drive mechanism to the valve stem. Review of the problem indicated that limit } bypassing to backseat the valve is the probable cause. Six other motor operated-Isolation Condenser valves, and 2 cleanup system valves may have similar damage. The plant was taken off line at 9:25 am on December 9,1981 for an estimated j 2-week inspection /, repair outage. 1 4 i ~ ) ~ , ENCLOSURE B I I 1

~ point Beach Nuclear plant, Unit 1 Unit.1. completed cycle 9 refueling.with approach to c'riticality on December 9, ~ 1981. The following activities were completed during the outa.ge: a successful' - containment integrated leak rate test, remaining 120 month.in-service ~ inspection items; test sleeving of 12. tubes in the-B 'stsam generator. 4 x of which had i been previously. plugged due to the presence of defects and replacement of bothi ~ low pressure turbine rotors. Summary of CRBR Review Meetinos A meeting was held on December 10,1981 in Bethesda, Maryland'to discuss emergency preparedness for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project. The applicant stated that planning for CRBRP emergency preparedness is based on: 10 CFR, Appendix E; NUREG-0696; NUREG-0654; NUREG-0718; NUREG-0814; and Regulatory Guide 1.101. The applicant discussed the technical support center, the operational suppert center, the emergency operations facility, and the use of meterological data. The applicant stated that evacuation time estimates have been completed and that the probabilistic risk assessment had been issued in 1977 and will soon be updated to include more recent reliability data. The applicant stated that section 13.3 of the PSAR " Emergency Planning" is being ugdated and this revision will be sub-mitted in February.1982. A meeting was held on December 14, 1981 in Bethesda, Maryland to discuss CRBRP safety related instrumentation and control systems. The applicant described the reactor and plant systems as documented in Chapter 7 of the PSAR. The I presentation included: the ~ design concepts and requirements; the design criteria and their implementation; a discussion of the shutdown heat removal systems; and, a discussion of the reactor plant auxiliary systems. The applicant also discussed supporting plant control systems as well as instrumentation which is unique to LMFBR's. The applicant stated that Chapter 7 of the PSAR is being revised to: (1) include I&C Regulatory Guides issued after Regulatory' Guide 1.89; and, (2) include a discussion of IEEE standards issued after 1975. 1 4 e l l l e ENCLOSURE B e e i

i NRC TMI PROGRAM 0FFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT I December 13 - December 19, 1981 i Plant Status _ Core Cooling Mode: ' Heat transfer from the reactor coolant system (RCS) loops to reactor building ambient. Available Core Cooling Modes: Decay heat removal systems.e Long term cooling "B" (once through steam generator-8). RCS Pressure control Mode: Standby pressure c ntrol (SPC) system. Backup Pressure Control Modes: Mini decay heat removal (MDNR) system. ~ Decay heat removal (DHR) system. Major Parameters (as of 0500, December 18,1981') (approximate values) Average Incore Thermocouples: 109'F Maximan Incore Thermocouple: 133*F I RCS Loop Temperatures: :(The last cycle of natural circulation occurred in the "B" loop on 12/13/81 and in the "A" loop on 12/11/81) l ~ A I B Hot Leg '95'F 100'F E Cold Leg (1) 70 F 88'F (2) 88'F 90'F RCS Pressure: 95 psig Reactor Building: Temperature: 63'F Yater level: Elevation 287.2 ft. (4.7 ft. fmm floor) via ' penetration 401 manometer Pressure: -0.2 psig Concentration: 5.3 x 10-6 uCi/cc Kr-85 (Sample taken 12/9/81) Effluent and Environmental (Radiolacies1) Information 1. Liquid effluents from the TM1 site releas'ad to the Susquehanna River'after processing, were made with'in the regulatory limits and in accordance with NRC requirements and City of Lancaster Agreement dated February 27. 1980. l l thro' gh December 17,1981, the During the period December 11,1981, u effluents contained no detectable radioactivity at the discharge point and individual effluent sources which originated within Unit 2 contained no detectable radioactivity. l ENCLOSURE B 1 l

3 I i 1 , I i 2. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Data. Results from EPA monitoring of the anytronment around the TMI site were as follows: EPA Kr-85 sample results were not available due to delays in - - reporting analytical results. Area Kr-85 concentrations will be reported in a future report. 1 No radiation above nomally occurriag' background levels was detected in any of the samples collected from the EPA's air and gamma rate networks during the period from December 9,1961, through December 17, 1981. 3. NRC Environmenta_1 Data _. Results from NRC sonitoring of the environment around tne TM1 site were as follows: The following are the NRC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler: 1 131 cs-137 Sample Period ^ (uCi/cc) (uC1/cc) ~ HP-295

• November 18, 1981 - November 24, 1 981

<9.2 E-14 <9.2 E-14 l HP-296 November 24, 1981 - December 2,1981 4.9 E-14 4.9 E-14 i I HP-297 December 2,1981 - December 10, 3981 4.1 E-14 4.1 E-14 l HP-298 December 10, 1981 - December 17., 1981 <7.3 E-14 <7.3 E-14 i

• Error in last. report. Sample number was reported as HP-294'.

4 Licensee Radioactive Material and Radweste Shipments. j Dn Tuesday, December 15, 1981, one EPICOR II dewatered resin-liner (liner F-3) was shipped to U.S. Ecology, Richland, Washington, j On Tuesday, December 15, 1981, one EPICOR II dowatered resin liner (liner F-17[ was shipped to U.S. Ecology Richland," Washington. On Thursday, December 17, 1981, 35 drums containing Unit 1 and Unit 2 contaminated laundry were shipped to Tri-State Industrial Laundry Inc., Utica, New York. On Friday, December 18,1981, ten 60'm1 SDS (Submerged Demineralizer System) samples from Unit II were shipped to Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 5 i ENCLOSURE B i I

{. i f* j = 1 3-l i 5. TMI Occupational Exposure. Licensee TLD (1hernoluminescent Datinater) records indicate the following Unit 2 total occupational radiation exposure for 1981. \\ November 1981 16 man-res** Total 1981 (January-November) 126 man-ren i Man-rem is an expression for the summation of whole body doses I l ] to individuals in.a group. 'Thus, if each member of a population j group of 1.000 people were to receive 'a dosa of 0.001 'ren j (1 millirem), or if two people were to mceive a dose of 0.5 res (500'ai111 rem) each. the total man-rem dose in each case would i be 'one man-rem. f i Major Activities [ 1. Submerged Demineralizer System (SDS). Processing of batch number 13 was completed on December 18. 1981. Batch 13 contained miscellaneous 2

• contaminated water which was staged in the reactor coolant bleed tank for processing. Reactor building susp water processing will recommence after filter media change out and some minor repairs to l

the SDS. To date. 290.000 gallons of reactor building sump water have been processed. SDS perfomance parameters for batch number 13 l are attached. 2. EPICOR II. EPICOR II processing of SDS effluent continued this l week. The latest performance parameters for EPICOR II are attached. I 3. Reactor __ Bui_1 ding Entries. Reactor building entries 25 and 26 were completee on December 15 and 17.1981. During these entries an i extensive characterization of surface contamination was completed in preparation for the decontamination experiment. Surface con-tamination samples were taken from 48 locations in the reactor buil ding. The sampling technique included a vacumning device for l j collecting loose surface contamination and a boring machine in conjunction with the vacuum for collecting fixed contamination". i i Reactor building air samples were taken; a survey was made of certain areas where there was evidence of,high temperatures during i l the accident. Reactor building entries will continue after the holidays. Decon-l tamination experiment water washes inside the reactor building are scheduled to commence in utd January 1982. 4 4 Spurious siren Activation. On December 17, 1981, between 5:00 and j 6:00 PM several early warning sirens in the vicinity of TMI sounded inadvertently. The licensee reported that the siren activation was } caused by a decoding device malfunction. The sirens were installed by the licensee as a part of the area emergency preparedness network. control of the strens is scheduled to be turned over to the local counties by next week. ~ i ENCLOSURE B d f

4 ) 4 l Future Meetings l 1. On Friday, February 26,~1982 Lake Barrett will be speaking for the dinner. meeting being held by the Engineers Week Joint Planning Council to honor Lehigh Valley's Engineer'of the Year and Young Engineer of the Year. I - On" Saturday, March 13, 1982 Lake Barreft will addre'ss# the Society l 2. i of Manufacturing Engineers in Williamsport. PA. on the cleanup'of TMI and general aspects of nuclear power.; The NRC's Advisory Panel for the Decontamfnation of TMI Unit 2 is 3. scheduled to meet on January 13 and January 28, 1982, at the Holiday Inn, 2nd and Chestnut Street, Harrisburg,'PA from 7:00 to 10:00 PM.. f l l i l I 1 i l l i s i i i i l i l t ENCLOSURE B e i l

r l l I~ ~ 5 i' I hTTACHMENT ^ .e r SDS Performance for Batch mamber 13 (Reactor Coolant Bleed Tank Water) Averaipe-Average. Average Radionuclide In fl uent_ Eff1_uent __ DF luc /ml) (uc/al), 3 Ces1um 137 5.7 4.8 E-3, 1.2 x 10 3 t Strontium 90 .59 2.0 E-2, 2.9 x 10 l i .EPICOR II Perforinance for Reactor Coolant Bleed Tank Water December 9,1981 to December 1,6. 1981 i Average Average. Average-Radio,nuclide influent Effluent DF (uc/ml) (uc/ml) Cesium 137 5.1 x 10-3 2.4 x 10*7 2.2 x 104 Strontium 90 2.5 x 10-2 <1.1 x 1p5 > 2. 3 x 103 Antimony.125 3.5 x 10-3 3.9 x 10-7 ' 9.0 x 103 s e ENCLO5URE B 4 f

.~ _ l 1 1 i 3 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS 1 Items of Interest Week Ending December 18, 1981 1 i ~ Stepan Chemical Company On December 11 a meeting was held with representatives of Stepan Chemical Company to discuss what additional information was needed for our review of the amendment application to move the thorium contaminated soil from the Ballod Associates property in Maywood, New Jersey, for storage under the Stepan Chemics 1 Company's license. The Stepan representatives were infomed that a description was needed of their procedures for removing and transporting the residues to the Stepan property as well as the actions they would take to protect the workers and the eavironment at both the Ballod j site and the Stepan storage site. Also needed was the concentrations of a the various radionuclides in the material that is being moved and the leach-ability of these materials with solutions having a pH of between 5 and 8. The Stepan representatives stated that Ballod Associates desired to move the i material some time between now and the first of the year. The staff in-1 fomed them that with the holiday season coming up, it is doubtful that our contractor (ORAU) who will perform a radiological survey to verify that the l site meets release criteria could be scheduled on such short notice; how-ever, if Stepan would get the requested information to us, the staff would do everything possible to expedite the review of the application. I W. R. Grace i On December 14 staff members of NMSS ELD, IE Headquarters and Region I met with representatives of the Department of Energy to discuss which group l would be responsible for the survey of the W. R. Grace property in Pompton Plains, New Jersey. Rare Earths, Inc. of Pompton Plains, New Jersey (now owned by W. R. Grace), processed monozite ores to extract thorium for the Atomic Energy Comission and rare earths for public sale. The processing for the Atomic Energy Commission was initiated in 1948 and continued until 1954 when an AEC license was issued for this processing. The license was temirtt::: 16 Unuary 1975. It is on a list of approximately 40 sites formerly licensed which 6re being evaluated to detemine if a rom-prehensive radiological survey is necessary. A recent survey by Region I indicates that there are areas onsite as well as along a creek adjacent to the property that have concentrat(ons of thorium that exceed our current guidelines for unrestricted use. Accordingly, a comprehensive radiological i survey will be perfomed to detemine what, if any, remedial actions need to be taken. I Westlake Landfill As has been reported previously, residues from the former Cotter Corporation operation at Latty Avenue in Hazelwood, Missouri, were transferred to the Westlake Landfill at Bridgeton, Missouri. NRC has recently received a draft of a radiological survey performed by our contractor, Radiation Management ENCLOSURE C

Items of Interest Corporation. Some of the conclusions of this report were the subject of recent newspaper articles in the St. Louis Post Dispatch and St. Louis Globe Democrat. There has been considerable public interest in what actions the NRC may require at this site. T.he draft report will be reviewed with the State EPA, and the property owners prior to NRC deciding what, if any, remedial action is necessary. Meeting with Gesellschaft fuer Nuklear Service A meeting with NMSS staff on December 15, 1981, Gesellschaft fuer Nuklear Service, mbH (GNS) staff confirmed that the GNS dry spent fuel storage cask standard design topical report will be submitted in January 1982. It will cover the design of the Castor 1C cask which has a capacity of 16 BWR assem-l blies (/3.3 MTU). Medic?1 Broad. Licensing Workshop On December 14, 1981, the Medical and Academic Section of the Material Licen-sing Branch held a workshop at Region I Headquarters on the issuance of broad medical licenses. Senior reviewers of the Medical and Academic Section. Material Licensing Branch, members of the Region I Licensing Staff and the Section Leader from Region III were in attendance. Purpose of the workshop was to discuss methods and policies for the issuance of broad medical li-l censes. Visit to Babcock and Wilcox Members of the Division of Safeguards are visiting Babcock and Wilcox in Lynchburg, Virginia. The purpose of the visit is to assess the feasibility and impact of implementing the provisions of the advance notice of proposed rulemaking for the MCLA Reform Amendments. Similar visits to all affected licensees are planned. Review of Program of Technical Assistance to the IAEA Representatives of NMSS, ACDA, State and DOE, members of the Technical Sup-port Coordinating Committee (TSCC), met with the IAEA during the week of December 6,1981, to review the the IAEA's preliminary requests for assistance in FY82. It is clear that all the IAEA identified tasks will not be funded due to budget constraints and TSCC concerns regarding the utility of some pro-posed tasks. 1 ENCLOSURE C I

PLANNED MEETINGS - DIVISION OF SAFEGUARDS N0NE ABSENCES OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR _ R. F. Burnett 12/24/81 - Acting: D. R. Chape11 R. F. Burnett 12/28/81 - Acting: D. R. Chape11 D. R. Chapell 12/31/81 D. R. Chapell 1/4/82 ENCLDSURE C i

i i 1 1 Meetings - Division of Waste Management 1.

Subject:

Initial meeting on second Symposium on Low-Level Waste Disposal: Site Suitability Requirements Date/ Time: December 22, 1981, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Location: Willste Building Attendees: Edward F. Hawkins, David Siefken Maxine Dunkelman, WMLL; Dr. Donald Banks, Arsty Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, M5; Dr. Rowena Chester, ORNL Absences of the Director / Deputy Director 1 -Mr. John B. Martin, Director, WM, will be absent on annual leave 12/22-29. Mr. Robert E. Browning, Deputy Director, WM, will be acting for Mr. Martin. l 1 1 1 l ENCLOSURE C i

i 1 I i i Meetings - Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety 1.

Subject:

NFS-4 Amendment Date/ Time: December 21 - 9:30am-4:30pm l Location: Willste, 5th floor confemnce room i Attendees: C. E. MacDonald (FC), C. Chappell (FC), R. Odegaarden (FC), C. Johnson, T. Thonpson (Nuclear Assurance Corp). T. Snead (Duke Power Co.) I i ABSENCES OF DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR Richard E. Cunningham - December 23 & 24 (Annual Leave) Thomas F. Carter, Jr. - Decenber 22 & 29 (Jury Duty) Decenber 24, 28, 30, 31 (Annual Leave) i Note: R. G. Page to be Acting Division Director on Decenber 24. l l i t i 4 i I l 1 ENCLOSURE C l l 4

i OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT j Items of Interest Week Ending December 18, 1981 1 1. Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the past week:

a. ' PNO-I-81-130 Nine Mile Point and J. A. Fitzpatrick - Anomalous Environmental Water Sample Measurements b.

PNO-I-81-132 Hewlett-Packard Company - Fire in a Room Containing Radioactive Material c. PNO-III-81-109 Perry, Unit 1 - Suspected Act of Van'dalism d. PNO-III-81-112A Palisades - Primary System Leakage (Update) e. PNO-III-81-113 Zion, Unit 2 - Failure of Auxiliary Feedwater Ptanps to Start Automatically f. PNO-III-81-113A Zion, Unit 2 - Failure of Auxiliary Feedwater Pumps to Start Automatically g. PNO-III-81-114 William H. Zimmer Nuclear Power Station - Ohio Public Utility Comission Hearings j h. PNS-III-81-10A Dresden Units 1, 2, and 3 - Guard Strike and Allegations j Made to News Media i 1. PNS-III-81-11 A Northern States Power, Monticello - Inattentive (Sleeping) Guards J. PNO-III-81-115 Palisades - Containment Integrity Violation k. PNO-III-81-116 Prairie Island Units 1 & 2 - Damaged Fuel Assembly 1. PNO-III-81-117 LaSalle, Unit 1 - As-Built Configuration Not in Agreement With Design Documents m. PNO-III-81-118 Big Rock Point - County Board Opposing Prompt Public Notification System 2. The following IE Infomation Notices were issued: a. IE Infomation Notice 81-37, " Unnecessary Radiation Exposures to the Public and Workers During Events Involving Thickness and Level Measuring Devices", was issued on December 15, 1981, to selected licensees holding byproduct material licenses whose programs involve the use of measuring devices. ENCLOSURE D l

3 i l i 2-I \\ i b. Resulting from Contamination of Air-Oper ted Systems December 17, 1981, license or construction permit.to all power reactor t.a-iP. ties holding an operating 3. Other items Activities of the Division of Emergency Preparedness: a. t December 16, 1981 l EPLB staff member participated in the emergency preparedness implementation . appraisal exit interview at Fort Calhoun. EPLB staff member participated in the er2 gency preparedness exercise at Sequoyah. EPLB staff member participated in a meeting with representatives from Zinner \\ to discuss emergency preparedness and also met with FEPR to discuss Zinner j testimony. December 17, 1981 EPLB staff member participated in the emer appraisal exit interview at Diablo Canyon.gency preparedness implementation EPLB staff member participated in be emergency preparedness implementation ) appraisal exit interview at Peach Bottom. i 1 e a e T1 l ENCLOSURE D i

CFFICE OF NUCLEAR RECULATORY RESrRI IMMT ELTS FOR IIIE hEEK E'OI'& DECDDER IS,19,1 Experimental Procrams Branch 1. FLECHT SEASET The report NUREG/CR-2256 "PWR FLEcliT SEASET Unblocked Bundle, Forced and Gravity Reflood Data Evaluation and Analysis Report" has been The report contains the new PWR 17 x 17 rod printed and distributed. heat transfer correlation and the analysis of the test 2. ECC Byonss The concluding reports for the ECC Bypass Program have been published. (1) "1/5 Scale Countercurrent Flow Data Presentation and NUREG/CR-2106, and (2)'" Summary of Refill Effects Studies They are: Discussion " There will be no with Flashing and ECC Interactions," NUREG/CR-2058. additional reports published for this program. 3. Semiscale Test S-UT-8; to evaluate the Westinghouse level device, PVR atypicalities and pump restart; was conducted on December 9,1981. Preliminary test results indicate an acceptable test. A Westinghouse representative attended the test and has returned to Westinghouse A data reduction team is working at Idaho with preliminary data. to provide rapid information turnaround due to the high priorityTest infomation The pump restart phase was also successful. NRR need. will be available following completion of work associated with the level device. Work is now underway to configure the facility for an Intermediate Break Test series. Planning is in progress for tests to support the pressurized thermal shock investigations. 4. BWR FIST _ Work is continuing on the FIST upgrade. Major activities include vessel internals design and site preparation (e.g., cleaning, GE and INEL are working on painting, pump rebuilding, etc.). Quick Look Data will be generated within a data reduction p1 n. Final data qualificatica will be 2-3 days of a test on site. GE perfomed on the INEL computer within three weeks of a test. and INEL have also agreed on a workscope for BWR TRAC scaling studies and pretest predictions of FIST tests. GE is completing work on a detailed proposal for phase II of FIST, This information is scheduled to be provided to NRC and EPRI by the j end of December 1981. ENCLOSURE E I

i l ,m, ~ i 2-5. 20/3D i Representatives of U.S., Japan and Federal Republic of Gennany will j meet on December 16-18. 1981, to review the measurement requirements l in the Upper Plenum Test Facility (UPTF). The results of the meeting will determine whether the presently planned instrumentation will meet the requirements and what measurement range the instruments should be designed for. The contract for the UPTF construction has finally been signed ~ between GRS and KWU. 6. LOFT The work schedule for refueling has been reworked to allow'for additional inspection of the downcomer instrument stalk area. Problems with removal of the original instrument stalk has made it necessary to perform additional checks for protrusions or reasons for the stalk to hangup during removal. Work originally planned for the post-refueling period is now being performed prior to F1 bundle insertion. The change should keep the L9-3 ATWS test on schedule for the end of March. The test date critical path' is receipt and installation of new code safety valves and PORY actuator hardware. A neeting is scheduled with INEL and DAE management for next week to plan the budget and program for the remainder of FY 1982 and FY 1983. i l ENCLOSURE E l l I l

1 1 Fuel Behavior Branch 1. Source Term Research Coordination 4 The following recent activities have occurred involving source term research coordination and information exchange: Core Melt and Fission Product Research Technical Exchange Meeting a) (November 2 and 3) - Organizations involved - NRC, EPRI FRG, and others. b) TRAP-MELT Workshop on November 4. c) NRC/FBB-GE Discussions on GE Suppression Pool Tests and other Source Term Research (November 19). d) NRC/FBB-EPRI Discussions on Source Term Research (November 20). e) NRC/FB'B-UK (UKAEA/CEGB) Discussions on Source Term Research (December 4). f) Participation in DOE Fission Product Planning Group and Aerosol i Working Group by NRC/FBB and in review of DOE Source Term Research Planning Document (NUS-3808) (Ongoing). g) Review Meetings on Marviken RCS Aerosol Test Proposal (see detailed discussion below). 2. Marviken Aerosol Transport Test Proposal Review i In September 19B1. EPRI, Ontario Hydro, KEMA (The Netherlands), and Studsvik Energiteknik developed a preliminary proposal for conducting reactor primary system, volatile fission product, and aerosol transport behavior tests at the Marviken facility in Sweden. RES/FBB is currently reviewing this proposal for possible NRC participation in the project. Steps in the review process undertaken to date include: a) A preliminary review of the draft proposal, by BCL, ORNL,' and RES/FBB. b) A review meeting at ORNL, October ?> and 16, involving BCL, ORNL, and RES/FBB. c) Discussions with EPRI (Wall and Vogel) on November 20. d) A 2-day project review meeting at ORNL (December B and 9) with EPRI. BCL, ORNL, HEDL, and RES/FBB. NRC will be represented at the upcoming project review meeting (January 20-

22) at Marviken by BCL, ORNL, and RES/FBB personnel.

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f 1 aa. d 3. LMFBR/CRBR Irradiated-Fuel-Disruption Experiments The first two irradiated-fuel experiments in the joint NRC-KfK (German) program on fuel-failure and fuel-disruption (FD) under Loss-of-Flow (LOF) accident conditions in a LMTBR were successfully performed in the ACRR test reactor at Sandia National Laboratory. Xn these experiments, sec-tions of clad fuel pins in argon gas (simulated sodium vapor) are exposed to calculated LOF power histories in the ACRR experiment cavity, and tha resulting cladding and fuel failure, swelling, and disruption, and the surface temperatures are measured by high-speed cinematography. The results are directly applicable to the CRBR review, and they form a basis for development and verification of fuel behavior models in LMFBR accident Fuel and clad disruption and displacement are important analysis codes. both for the initiation-phase accident sequences and for the transition-The NRC-supported FD-2 experiments are for LOF phase initial conditions. conditions. in the new CRBR heterogeneous core, and the KfK supported FD-4 experiments are for the LOF conditions in the German SNR-300 hemogeneous core, which is similar to the old CRBR core which NRR previously reviewed. The complementary FD-2 and FD-4 results add to technical understanding of the phenomena. Following the initial " peel off'" of the molten clad in both these experi-fuel j ments, the hypothesized strongly dispersive fission-gas-driven i disruption did not occur, even though the energy deposition in both cases j was about 2500 J/gm. With the 90% areal melting in the CRER low-power transient from steady-power conditions, the fuel remained intact, but had very-large (about 40% areal) swelling. 'In the higher power SNR-300 transient to the same energy deposition, week, viscous disruption occurred upon surface melting, with subsequent slumping of the liquid fuel. Detailed analysis of the results is underway, and the next experiments are scheduled for January. 4. Three Mile Island Technical Evaluation Group R. Van Houten, Fuel Behavior Branch, RES, represented the USNRC at the December 9 meeting of the Three Mile Island Technical Evaluttion Group. This group, which includes representatives of EPU, [pRI, NRC, & DOE (GEND), Bechtel, U.S. reactor vendors, and DOE contractor consultants, is provid-ing guidance for the pre-reactor-head-removal examination of the damaged This guidance encompasses recommended data acquisition require 5ents, core. e.g., from reactor safety, thermal hydraulics, core design, and reactor structural perspectives. The group will meet again in mid-January to propose definitive guidance. 1 ENCLOSURE E I

t ignalytical,lodels Branch 1. aJe Wurulid GOUP ON PLLT SI.111ATORS i

d. Zuber attended a iAI Working uroup on Plant Simlators. J0E intends to support the imiustry in develoinent of a " plant analyzer" and ideas were solicited from the working gmup, which intends to meet again before i

mi;in; any firm reconmendations. &E is also planning a r.odest, but significant, effort on develop.acnt of a " plant analyzer" based on cur j existin;; syste:a codes. Our contractors, wlo will be involved in this effort, are also represented on the DOE working group. i l l t Publicatists Issued During the Week of Jecember 14-18. 1951 3 2%. Guide 10.0, dev.1 - Guide for the Preparation of itpplications for Lsc i of Sealed Sources and cevices for Perfoming Industrial 1:adiography i i i i f i 6 3 1 P ENCLOSURE E l l- ?

l \\ l i OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 Three Mile Island, Unit 1. Restart On December 14, 1981, the presiding ASLB issued a Partial Initial Decision on plant design and procedures, separation and emergency planning issues. In this 800 plus page decision the ASLB found that TMI-1 could be operated provided the licensee satisfies a number of specified requirements. The ASLB also found that the pendency of the reopened issue of cheating should not preclude short-term operation of TMI-1 at power levels not to exceed five percent of design power. Three Mile Island, Unit 1, Restart On December 15, 1981, the presiding ASLB issued a Memorandum and Order in which it concluded that there was no need for further evidentiary hearings on any of the contentions relating to the adequacy of the Environmental Impact Assessment or the need for an Environmental Impact Statement. In addition the ASLB denied an intervenor's motion to reject the Environmental Impact Assessment. 6 m l l l ENCLOSURE F

~ i. ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 Foreign Visits to NRC i On Monday Mr. Clive Starkey, Director of Radiation Protection for the Radiation Protection Inspectorate of Singapore, began a one-week program examining NRC { regulations and inspection procedures concerning industrial and medical radiog-raphy and consumer products. Mr. Starkey's' program was sponsored by the IAEA. i On Wednesday Ambassador Roger Kirk, U.S. Resident Representative to the IAEA, met with Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Gilinsky, Bradford, Ahearne, and Roberts to discuss mutual NRC-IAEA concerns. IP Director J. R. Shea also attended. On Thursday Mr. Shiyohl Park, Science Attache at the Embassy of South Korea, I met with W. Haass, Chief of the NRR Quality Assurance Branch, F. Miraglia, t l Chief of the NRR Licensing Branch #3, and M. Peranich of the IE Division of Resident and Regional Reactor Inspection, to discuss QA problems in reactor l i construction. l I i l ENCLOSURE G I

0FFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 l The State of Colorado submitted for NRC coment the draft Rocky Mountain Low l Level Radioactive Waste Compact. The potential party States of the Rocky 7 Mountain group are Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. 1 The draft compact will be submitted for State legislative approval in January 1982. On December 9 Sue Weissberg attended the National Conference of State Legislatures State-Federal Assembly in Washington, D. C. Of.particular interest to NRC, the State Legislatures discussed low level radioactive waste regional compacts, high and low level waste management, and Federal energy legislation i impacting on States. i Marie Janinek attended a meeting of the site selection and program comittee i of the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors in Reno, Nevada, December 14-15. The comittee drafted the program for the upcoming annual meeting scheduled to.be held in Portland, Maine at the Holiday Inn - Downtown, May 24-27, 1982. Several NRC staff and management members will be contacted to participate as speakers, particularly in such areas as emergency planning and low level waste management. The comittee also surveyed hotel facilities in Reno for the May 15-19, 1983 annual meeting. [ On December 14, 1981 Mr. M. P. May, FEMA-IV Regional Director visited with Mr. James P. O'Reilly, Regional Administrator, NRC Region II; Mr. R. D. Martin, Deputy Administrator; R. E. Trojanowski, the Regional State Liaison Officer j and other designated staff members to discuss items of mutual interest. j On December 15 and 16 Bob Trojanowski participated in a regional assistance l comittee meeting in Atlanta to review.and discuss response plans for Oconee, j Turkey Point, St. Lucie and Crystal River. I William B. Menczer, Regional State Liaison Officer, Region III, was in Byron, Illinois on December 16, 1981, meeting with Mayors and County Chairperson. i from the city of Rockford, the county of Winnebago, the city of Oregon, the city of Byron, and the county of Ogle to introduce the Senior Resident Inspector i at the Byron station and to discuss NRC regulatory programs. On December 17, 1981, Mr. Menczer and Jerome Saltzman, OSP, were in Indianapolis, f Indiana meeting with Ralph Pickard, Indiana State Liaison Officer and Assistant Comissioner for Environmental Health. Subjects discussed included Interstate Compacts for Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal, Memoranda of Understanding, power plant construction issues, and other issues of mutual interest. ENCLOSURE H I

OFFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEM OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 Case Study on Loss of Service Water at Calvert Cliffs Following completion of peer review, the AEOD case study on the Calvert Cliffs May 20, 1980 loss of service water was issued in final on December 17, 1931. This event involved the loss of both redundant trains of the safety-related service water system when the system became air bound as a result of the failure of a nonsafety-related instrument air compressor aftercooler. The consequences of this event were minor. However, this event, involving the failure of a single nonsafety-related component causing the disable-ment of both redundant trains of the safety-related service water system, is nonetheless significant since it involved two fundamental aspects considered in the design of safety-related systems: 1. Interaction between safety and nonsafety-related systems and components; and 2. Cormon caused failure of redundant safety systems. The review of this event revealed no immediate safety concerns; however, AEOD believes there is a need to reevaluate the following: the assumptions used in analysis of the steam generator tube rupture for Calvert Cliffs and possibly other PWRs licensed prior to the " Standard Review Plan"; the assumption of atmospheric dump valve operability on two-loop PWRs having one atmospheric dump valve per steam. generator.following a stesn generator tube rupture; and for the isolation provisions at the interface between the safety and nonsafety-related portions of the service water system at Calvert Cliffs. The report has been issued to NRR and IE for review and appropriate action. ENCLOSURE K I

_ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ I h* I I i i ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COPHISSION - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 i 2 i A. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF CLINCH RIVER BREEDER REACTOR, 2:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1981, COPHISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE l (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo Secy to Dircks, 12/14/81 j The Comission was briefed by staff on the status of NRC activities on the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project. The Comission requested that: staff prepare a list of documents most relevant,to tNe history of the 1. Clinch River project; and (NRR) (SECYSuspense: 12/18/81)- .s l j 2. staff estimate the date by which development of general design- ~ criteria for LMFBRs will be completed.- (NRR) (SECY-Suspense: 12/18/81) l The C'hairman requested that staff provide a sumary of the. status of ACRS l review of the Clinch River project when activities were suspended in 1977. ~ (NRR) (SECYSuspense: 12/18/81) i i B. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 81-45. 2:30 P.M., THURSDAY, ] DECEMBER 10, 1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, DC OFFICE (OPEN TO l PUBLIC ATTCNDANCE), Memo Secy to Dircks/Kamerer/Fougard, 12/14/81 l ] I. SECY-81-640 - Final Amendments to 10 CFR Parts 71 and 1 73 for Advance Notification to Governors of Transportation i i of Nuclear *daste Including Spent Fuel 1 e i The Commission by a vote of 4-0 (Commissioner Roberts l abstaining) approved publication of amendments to 10 ] CFR Parts 71 and 73 in final form which provide for advance notification to governors of transportation of 1 nuclear waste including spent fuel. j e j The Commission requested that: I I 1 (1) the amendments'(Enclosures A and B of the staff 1 paper) be published in the Federal Register, and that the effective date be 180 days after publication, j as stated in Recommendation D of the staff paper; j (101SS) (SECY SUSPENSE:.12/28/81). k (2) appropriate.congre,ssional Committees be notified; ~., i (NMSS/DCA) (SECT SUSPENSE: 12/28/81) (3) a public announcement be issued when the notiice is j filed with the office of the Federal Register (see J Enclosure C); and ) (NMSS/0PA). (SECY SUSPENSE: 12/28/81) 4 ~ (4) the Federal Reqister notice,be distributed to affected licensees and other interested persons. (ADM) (SECY SUSPENSE: 1/11/82) I j ENCLOSURE M a t

18, 1981 ITEMS APPROVED BY THE C0tNISSION - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER B. STAFF REOUIREMENTS (CONT'D) Comissioner Bradford asked staff to prepare a written statement covering more detail than is in the staff paper on how,,when, and where the staff will negotiate with the Agreement States to assure compatibility of the Agreehent State licensee requirements with the NRC regulation. (SP) (SECY SUSPENSE: 12/24/81) SECY-81-637' a Proposed Amendment to 10 CFR 550.54 (r) . Modi-II. fication of Requirements for 59hmittal ot Emergency Plans Dy Research and Test Reactor Licensees hhe Comission Approved publication in the Federal Register of a, proposed vote that would amend the dates and associated power levels for submittal of ' emergency plans by-certain re-search and test reactor licensees. ~ The Chair: nan, Comissioners Rober,ts and Ahearne approved the rule as modified by Comissioner Ahearne. Commissioner Gilinsky has approved in part; he does-not approve the change in power level threshold from 500 KW to 2 MW, nor the date change as Comissioner Bradford . suggested by Co=1ssioner Ahearne. ~ approved; he agrees in part with Commissioner Ahearne's changes but he also would desire to include reactors from 500 KW to 2 MW and would agree with the date change if there were a firm outer limit to potential delay. - The Cc=ission requested that: ' The proposed amendment to 10 CFR Part 50.54(r) (Enclosure (1)' A to the staff paper) be published in the Federal Register; (IE) (SECY SUSPENSE: 12/28/81) (2) Appropriate Congressional Comittees be notified;- -(IE/OCA), (SECY SUSPENSE: 12/28/81) (3) A copy of the Federal Register notice be sent to all affec'ted licensees; and (ADP) (SECY SUSPENSE: 1/11/82) (4) A public announcement of the proposed amendment be made. (IE/OPA) (SECY SUSPENSE: 12/28/81) ENCLOSURE M t

- 3,- ITEMS APPROVED BY THE C0m!SSION - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 1 C. SECY-80 SECTION 401 0F THE ENERGY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1974 AND ITS IMPACT UPON TME EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES OF NRC LICENSEES AND APPLICANTS FOR A LICENSE, Memo Secy to Dircks, 12/17/81 This is to advise you that the Commission (with Chairman Palladino and Commiss~ioners Roberts and Gilinsky agreeing) has approved alternative il as recommended in that paper. Co=missioners Bradford and Ahearne disapproved, preferring the legislative approach contained in the draf t legislative proposal submitted by ELD on July 2, 1980. D. SECY-81-629 - PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX E - FREQUENCY OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISES, Memo Secy to Dircks, 12/.17/81 Following votes of disapproval on this paper by Commissioners. Gilinsky, Bradford and Ahearne, your office asked to meet with Commissioners' Assistants to discuss the paper. On Friday, December 11, 1981 representatives from your office, the NRC staff and FEMA met with representatives of each of 'the Co=missioners. Following.that meeting, Commissioner Ahearne indicated that he believes the Co= mission should meet with FEMA tc -discuss their position on emergency planning exercises. -The other Commissioners have agreed. Accordingly, you should make the appropriate arrangeEents so that a Co mission meeting with FEMA can be scheduled. (SECY Suspense: 2/5/82) E. SECY-81-591 - AMENDMENTS TO 10 CFR PART 140 - CHANGES IN NUCLEAR ENERGY LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY. Memo Secy to Dircks, 12/18/81 This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Co=missioners disapproving) has disapproved your recommendation for publication in the Federal Register of a notice of proposed rulemaking to. a:nend 10 CFR Part 140, " Changes in Nuclear Energy Liability Insurance Policy." ~ Because of the level of detail and the fact that-this policy is merely one form which would b.e acceptable. to the Co= mission rather than the required form, it would be more appropriate to publish this appendix (as well as the other appendixes) as a Regulatory Guide rather than a Regulation. It should include caveats similar to the staff wording on page 4 of SECY-81-591. The Office of State Programs was informed of this action by telephone on December 17, 1981. It is requested that the Regulatory Guide be published and. copies provided to the Co= mission by April 15, 1982. ENCLOSURE M

i b' - 4.- ITEMS APPROVED BY THE C0tNISSION - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981-j F. SECY-81-592 - IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC LAW 94-197 - NOTIFICATION OF THE PRICE-ANDERSON ACT, Memo Secy to Dircks, 12/18/81 This is to advise you. that the Conunission (with four constissioners disapproving). has dishpproved your recommendation for publication in the Federal Register of an effective rule. to amend 10 CFR Part 140, " Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements." The Commission believes that th).s should be. published as a Regulatory Guide in lieu'of a rule. Attached ) are their individu'al response sheets. Commissioner Robe'rts. ) did not participate in this action. The of,fice of State Progranis was informed of this action on l December 17, 1981. It is requested that the Regulatory' Guide be published and copies provided to the Commission by April 15, 1982. 'The stpff should provide a response to Commissioner Ahearne's comments on the Ropes and Gray issue by March 15, 1982.

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Not Included i G. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 81-46, 3:05 P.M., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17,1981, C0!HISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICI (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo Secy to Dircks/Bickwit/Kamerer/Foucaard, 12/18/81 i I. SECY-81-673 - Issuance of Notice of Hearino in Civil Penalty Action The Comission unanimously approved the issuance of a notice of hearing in a civil penalty action. (SECYSuspense:^ 12/18/81) (OGC) II'. ~ SECY-81-669 - Final Amendments: (A) to 10 CFR Part 50, Aooendix E. Delayino Imolementation Date for Promot Public Notification Systems. (B) to 10 CFR 50.54(s)(2), Clarifying Four-Month Extension Period The Comission approved for publication final amendments to 10 CFR Part 50 delaying the implementation date for prompt notification systems to February 1,1982, and clarifying the application of a four-month ' extension period for correction of deficiencies found'in the initial installation and testing of the prompt notification systems. Chaiman Palladino and Comissioners Ahearne and Roberts have approved-the four-month extension period for correcting deficiencies found in the initial installation and testing of the prompt notification sy' stems. Comissioners Gilinsky and Bradford have disapproved this portion of the rule change. ENCLOSURE M 1

i { l ' i-i ITEMS APPROVED BY THE C09lISSION - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 l G. STAFF REQUIREMENTS (CONT'D) l . ~ Chaiman Palladino has -also ' requested a monthly status report 'on the i

• implementation of the prompt notification systems at all operating 3

(IE) (SDo -/417.3, Ses& dst //tr/#a) reactors. l The Comission requested that:' i 1. the notice be published in the Feder~al Register.as enclosed in

• j the staff paper and the correction notice; l

(JEA 3-(SECY Suspense: 1/4/82) Ree'd Ofr. Epp/ i 71me...MihAth .o 2. appropriate Congressional committees be notified; Date... ()(/DCA) (SECYSuspense: 1/4/82) h - i ~ Rss 3. the ACRS be informed;* (SECYSuspense: 1/4/82) i '4. copies be distributed to affected licensees, applicants, and

• other interested persons; and (ADM) (SECYSuspense: 1/18/82)-

5.- a public announcement be made. ( /0PA) (SECY Suspense: 1/4/82) I H. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON CLINCH RIVER BREEDER REACTOR. 10:30 A.M., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER L6, 1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, DC OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLMC ATTENDANCE), . Memo Secy to Bickwit, 12/18/81 The Ctzmin=4rm heard presentations fran the following parties to the Clinch River Bremier Reactce PIM47: Aridemds: George B$ gar, Ahdy, Project MamM Cwm i.icn Im:n Silve.m, Asst. General n'-1, Department of Energy Lewis E. Hallace, Deputy General C2xansel, Tennessee Valley imi.Lity State of '1%nnessee: 3 i Ted Vem cannen, Assistant 0:mcissioner, D%-s of It:enmic Comunity Dev=1r Ime E-d--~ We, AU. af, Office of the Ah-y General Intervenors: Ildcin Greenhzzg, AU~ af, NRDC and Sierra Club Ra %ra Finaccre, Attorney, NRDC Jacnb Sherr, Attorney, NRDC ENCLOSURE M i a

i s I .6 - 4 1 ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COP 94ISSION - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1981 s i l H. STAFF REQUIREMENTS (CONT'D) i The %4==4= agreed that the h4==4=, rather than the staff or an adtv'4*7 board, would make the d=-4=4m en the Department of Ibergy's 4 exe:ptien request. The Ctanission also agreat that the Ctnmissist would rM in the matter with the =h4=^ assistance of the staff, OEE i ad OGC. .o The Ctanission dier-'= sed the M'1= of events required for a dar-4=4= in this matter, althchgh the W4==4m did not reach a final d -4=4% j it agremi to issue an order on or abcut h* 23, 1981, inviting ~ cemwrts'and zwt.ing a. to questions, with respenses due January 23, 1982. 2m General 5m==1 was 1.p timi to advise on legal aspects of i the 347. (OGC) (SECY SDSPINSE: 12/23/81) The CW-n, wEking with staff, will prepare and circulate further schat21e mie and alternate options. i i 1 il i j 1 3 l 1 f i 1 5 ) i i ] ~ ENCLOSURE M t d t 1

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION W AsHINGTON, D. C. 2o555 INFORMATION REPORT

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEKS _ENaING DECEMBER 25, 1981 AND JANUARY 1, 1982 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners ?I wno may prefer a condensed version of this report. i Enclosure Contents A I Administration B Nuclear Reactor Regulation Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C D Inspection and Enforcement ~ t Nuclear Regulatory Research F Executive Legal Director ~c International Programs H State Programs I Management and Program Analysis J Controller K Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization L* M Items Accreveo by tne Commission / T. A. Reb, ' d nt for Ocerations Office of tne xecutive Director g u f 2 o O 7 d' 3 Y rg-Tor Ocerations J O "nou: nis wees. 2:5TE 3UT CN: i

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OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT Week Ending December 25, 1981 and January 1.1982 i TMI-2 Metropolitan Edison submitted a proposal to perform a decontamination i experiment of the Unit 2 reactor building, during which a water spray or flush will be tested. The staff finds the proposal acceptable. Ovster Creek and TMI The operating licenses for Oyster Creek and both TMI Units 1 and 2 have been amended to authorize GpU Nuclear Corporation as the new operator, replacing Jersey Central Power and Light Co. and Metropolitan Edison Co., respectively. Hoce Creek Unit 2 Dublic Service Electric and Gas Company officially announced on December 23, 1981, the cancellation of Unit 2. The reasons cited were lack of demand and the high cost of financing. Clinch River Breeder Reactor On December Za,1981, the Comnission issued a Memorandum and Orcer (CLI-81-35) establishing procedures for considering the merits of 00E's recuest for an exemption from 10 CFR 50.10 in order to begin site preparations. Low Level 'daste Comcact The Rocky Mountain States' compact is moving rapidly to meet deadlines for introduction into 1982 legislation sessions,

l OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Weeks Ending December 25, 1981 and January 1, 1982 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial - Appeal of Recuest Initial Decision i i Received 560 21 Granted 439 6 Denied 93 11 Pending 28 4 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received (An individual recuesting Recuests infomation concerning his Reactor Operator infomation about himself) license written and oral examinations. (81-511) Kathleen H. Shea, Recuests seven categories of documents regarding the Lowenstein, Newman, John C. Haynes Company in Ohio. Reis & Axelrad (81-512) (NRC employee) Recuests the number of non-competitive promotions (81 -513) to GG-14 and GG-15 by eacn office since July 14, 1981. Martin Levy, Requests five categories of infomation regarding NTEU Chief Stewarc Vacancy Announcement 81-5515. (81-51*) Gary E. Mitenell, Requests information on the NRC's leasing or renting Digital Ecuipment computer system time from other Government agencies Corocration or private timesharing fims. (81-515) Susan L. Hiatt Requests a copy of 13 listed documents. (81-516) Lawrence Coe Lanoher, Recuests all documents which relate to the Kirkoatrick, LocKhart, Hill, evaluation of emergency operating procedures at the Christopher & Phillips Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant by the Xyzyx (81-517) Infomation Corporation. CONT;CT: J. v. Felten .:g2 p - ENCLOSURE A f

(, A t l r 2 l-l Received, Cent'd (NRC employee) Requests six categories of information regarding (81-518) Vacancy Announcement 81-4349. Paul Leventhal, APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for five documents The Nuclear Club, Inc. denied regarding the Morgan Memorandum. (81 - A-21 471 ) Granted Peter J. Nickles, In response to a request for 11 categories of Covington & Burling records pertaining to the Kerr-McGee Chemical (81-420) Corporation and its former site located at 185 West Washington Street, West Chicago, Illinois, made available 168 documents. Steven C. Sholly, In response to a reouest for ten categories of Union of Concerned records relating to activities of the TMI Action Scientists Plan Steering Group, made available 65 documents. t (81-440) i Howard Schaffner, In response to a request for documents relating to Albert F. Hofeld. Ltd. raciation levels in both West Chicago, Illinois, (81-455 & 81-456) from 1970 to the present and the former Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation building in West Chicago, made available 38 documents. Howard Cusnnir In response to a request for documents relating to (31-481) a radioactive contamination incident in which a Tri-State 110 tor Transit Company truck carrying irradiated fuel elements from UCLA to Exxon Nuclear Company in Idaho. was found to be contaminated upon its arrival at the General Electric Center in Pleasanton, California, made available seven documents E:ra I. Bialik, In response to a request for six categories of State of New York, documents regarding hypothetical or actual accidents Deoartment of Law at nuclear reactors or power plants, emergency (81 485) plans, safety of food and water, possible health or environmental impacts that could result if a i public drinking water supoly is exposed to radiation, and possible health or environmental impacts that l could result if tunnels or other underground passageways are exposed to radiation, made available 151 documents. Informed the reouester additional documents suoject to this reauest are already available at the PDR. ENCLOSURE A r . - _ - ~, - -

4 I l 3 3 ranted, Cont'd In response to a request for information relating Cave Goetz, to Tennessee Nuclear Specialties. Inc. of Telford, WTVF-TV Tennessee, made available 24 documents. (81-495) In response to a request for copies of licenses Susan Sealey, issued to Electrical Distributors Inc., Anchorage. Saunders-Roe Alaska and Arjay Sales Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Developments, Inc. infomed the requester the review of the license (81 498) application from the Electrical Distributors, Inc. has not been completed. Also infomed the requester that the application for Arjay Sales, Inc. was voided due to the nonreceipt of additional infomation. In response to a request for lists of licensees Tamara Geacintov, who have been issued licenses to possess, import i AmLab, Inc. or use carbon 14 in the form of barium carbonate (21 499) and licensees who have been issued broad scope licenses, research and development institutes, and universities, made available a computer printout. list. In response to a request for all infomation dealing Wayne Westlake, with the U.S. Navy's six strontium-90 powered 5 SEAWEEDS AND CCNSTRUCTICNS I (51-505) radioisotope themal generators that have been implanted on the ocean floor, made available a l' copy of the file regarding a license issued to the Department of Navy. Suggested that he contact the l Department of Navy for documents subject to his request. 1 In response to a request for all documents concerning Eill Silkwocd his deceased daughter, Karen Silkwood, infomed the (31-506) requester the documents subject to this request are already available at the PDR. Suggested that he contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation for documents subject to his request. In response to a request for a copy of the NRC Joyce F. Glucksman, l as sistar.: Counsel, proposed and/or final rules cromulgated pursuant i to 5 U.S.C. Section 504 (c)(1), made available NTEU (31-510) a copy of the requested docunent. Made available a listing of the departments in the 2ary E. Mitchell, NRC leasing or renting computer system time from Di:: ital EcuiD=ent other Government agencies or private timesharing Corocration (31-515) fims. l E*iCLOSJRE A l

i ; \\ 4 i. Denied In response to a request for all written Janet Montonye Miller, documentation of a complaint and subsequent Jackson Citizen Patriot investigation of the complaint made by Robert D. i (31 424) James to the NRC regarding the Limerick Nuclear Power Station, denied 19 documents in their entirety, disclosure of which could interfere with an enforcement proceeding. In response to a request for copies of transcripts David E. Hoffman, of the Commission's closed meetings of November 16 Knight-Ridder Newspapers 18, and 19,1981 regarding Diablo Canyon Nuclear (81 482) Power Plant, denied the transcripts in their entirety because the discussions engaged in during these meetings focused upon, among other things, possible regulatory action by the Commission regardint Diablo Canyon's operating license and because the subject to the discussions relates to ongoing litigation and adjudication. In response to a request for six categories of .lichael 0. Levi, documents regarding test and research reactors, Critical tbss made available 3D documents. Denied one draft Energy Project document in its entirety prepared by Battelle (81 483) Pacific Northwest Laboratory and has only been informally provided to NRC and has not yet been accepted. Informed the requester additional l documents subject to this request are already j available at the PDR. In response to an appeal for the draft environmental Harold J. Spelnan, Farold J. Scelman impact statement (EIS) for the Kerr-McGee Chenical l Corporation decommissioning plan, denied this i anc Associates (81-A-20-81 a64) document in its entirety, the release of which would inhibit the free flow of ideas and opinions between the NRC and its consultant DDE. l l l l l inclosure A l l

l 6 l l DIVISIQJ OF Cat.TR7CS 1 i 1 l l RFP ISSED l 1. EPP tb. RS-NMS-82-034 Title - PCAT ttxiification Description 'Ihe objective is to incorporate additional statistical features into the A%S model that will permit obtaining a probability distribution for the estimated inventor,f difference taking into account such factors as the uncertainty associa+ad with the estirates for measurement error variances that result frcru the licensee's analysis of measuremnt control data as well as estimates for process and non-me.asurement errors (These are l features that were incorporated into the earlier PCRS tbdel). I Pericd of Performance - One year from da*a of contract awa:d S;x:nser - !NSS Status - 5ecctiation scheduled during the week of December 23, 1951. l IFB ISSUED l l 1. ~33 No. RS-SEO;-52-471 Title - Stenocraphic Pecorting Services Description - The centractor shall provide Stenographic Reponing Se: vices for hearings, press briefings, Ccrmission meetings, sensitive - securit/ Interviews, and other reetings as ray be regcired to i be reported to the Ccrmission. Period cf Perfer: ance One year with one year ootion Sp.scr - Office of the Secretarf Status - 3 issued Decerrer 18, 1981, Closed Janurf 13, 1932. PPOPOSAL L'OER EW.lJATIO: PJ"P No. RS-EES-B1-173 1. Title - !.cng Term Perferrance of Materials Used For Hich-level Kaste i i Packaging. Description "he objective of this pro]ect is to develop a validated methcd for predicting the long term (-1000 years) behavior of waste packages emplaced in different geolocic media under consideration by DOE. Pericd cf Perfemance - 5 Years Sponscr - Office of Nuclear Regulatory Pasearch a.xf fo:varded Status - Best and Final offers received on December 28, 1931 to Source Dialuators for review on December 28, 1981. l

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i / CO7TRACIS AWARDED I 1. RTP No. PS-NRR-62-092 Title - Foundatims and Underpinning: Review of RanswHal Measures for Structures on Fill for Midland Plants 1 and 2. Description - Provides assistance to NRC staff reviewers on selected, conplex items in review of Midland Nuclear Power Plant Final Safety Analysis Report incluitng runedial foundatims and underpinning measures for st m. suppor+ad by sub-standard plant fill. The contractor shall also provide expert witness testinony, as needed, in the licensing of this plant. ? Period of Perfomance - %2 21,1981 - December 20, 1982 l Sponsor - NRR Status - Time and Material = Contract No. 1;RC-03-82-092 in the amount of S64,967.00 awarded to Geotechnical Engineers Inc. on December 21, 1981. 2. RTP No. PS-FIS-51-204 Title - Task Analysis of Nuclear Power Plant Contr:31 Rom Crews Descript:,cn - The pu :cse of this research is to obtain detailed task analysis inferanon on control rom operating crees during transient and accident condinons. The results will provide infomation needed for an i:= roved technical basis for reg.li.rements related to staffing c.:alifications, training procedures, and control recre. cesien. Pe.riod of Perforance - 17 ncnths Sponser - Hu: an Factors Branch, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Pesearch Status - Cenract Aeded 12/9/81 to General Physics Cc:p., Colu::bia, Fti, i Cen r act a. cunt 5699,758.00 i CO'.TrACIS N o e Cfr G.11 a._ inisrative ac=0n completec and fi.al pas nent made) CC CrAC' NO. COtTIFACIOR N N-{XTI-D7CE

K 78-262 Alaba a Geological Survey 12/23/81 E 78-212 Gage-Babcocr. & Assoc.

12/23/81

r 77-201-25 Geraghty & Miller, Inc.

12/23/81 !E-02-77-201-26 Chas. T. Main, Inc. 12/23/81 !K 79-129 R. W. Beck & Assoc. 12/21/S1 ENCLOSURE A

l,. OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR RfGULATION Weeks Ending December 25, 1981 and January 1, 1982 R. E. Ginna An ongoing ECCS reanalysis by Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) has revealed a non-conservative error in assumptions regarding containment heat removal and its effects on LOCA blowdown and peak clad temperature (PCT). Although four containment fan coolers are available, only one was assumed in the original analysis. If all four are assumed to operate, the containment back-pressure is less, blowdown occurs quicker, and the core is uncovered a longer period of time. Initial estimate is that, although PCT will be higher than 0 1922 F as originally calculated, it should not exceed 2200 F as allowed by 0 10 CFR 50.46. While the RG&E calculations are being completed, the NRR' staff and the Resident Inspector are monitoring'the situation closely. Coerator Licensino i During the month of November,1981 the Operator Licensing Branch issued 69 new Reactor Operator Licenses and 46 new Senior Reactor Operator Licenses. These licenses were issued to personnel at 7 facilities. In addition, the OLB issued 15 renewal Reactor Operator Licenses and 34 renewal Senior Reactor Operator Licenses. These licenses were issued to personnel at 13 facilities. inree vile Island Unit 2 Metropolitan Edison Company suomitted a proposal to perform a decon-tamination experiment of the Unit-2 reactor building. The primary purpose of the experiment is aimed at reducing radiation levels attributed to surface contamination. A water spray or flush, using sater pressures ranging f rom 60 psig to below 10,000 psig and temperatures from ambient to 140' F will be tested. l Based on a review of the proposed experiment, the staf f finds the l licensee's proposal acceptable subject to the staff's approval of the licensee's procedures to implement the experiment. The expected offsite releases and radiation doses to the publice re-sulting from the experiment are within those estimated in the PEIS for reactor Duilding cetontamination activities. Oyster Creek anc TMI "e ::erating 'icenses f;r Oyster Creek and botn TMI Units 1 and 2 nave

een arenced to autncrire ?U luclear Corporation as tne new operator erlacing Jersey :entral ::'.er 1 sign: Co. and Metropolitan Ediscn

mpany. resoec-tvely. Jersey Central and Metropolitan Edison remain

'itensees out are no 1:nger t e licensed crerators. These amendrent-bet re effective January 1. 1952. ENCLOSURE B f se-mm-, ..m., .,,y,,.,., w-r,.-,,,m.

I \\ l l ' l Millstone 1 The Millstone 1 plant scrammed from 100% reactor power level at 12:10 AM December 28, 1981 due to low reactor vessel water level. This was the result of manipulating main salt water circulation controls and a sub-l sequent condensate pump trip - because of low condenser (condensate) water level. A total loss of feedwater followed. The main steam iso-I l lation valves were closed manually until feedwater flow was re-established. ECCS or emergency isolation condenser was not activated. Return to power The reactor was was delayed several hours because of a bomb threat. critical at 1:55 AM December 29, 1981 end turbine generator power is expected. by 10:00 AM December 29, 1981. Ocenee Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 On December 28, 1981, Oconee Unit 1 was taken critical following a shutdown j which cormienced on June 26, 1981 for Cycle 6 refueling,10 year ISI, NUREG-0737 and Appendix R modification, installation of Standby Shutdown Facility Ecuipment and repair of broken themal shield bolts (reported in July 16, 1981 Oconee Unit 2 was shutdown on December 28,1981 for a Daily Highlight). scheduled 16 week refueling outage which will include 10 year ISI, modifications l recuired by NUREG-0737 and Appendix R, repair of a RCP electrical penetration, l installation of the Standby Shutdown Facility in-containment equipment and caoles and the inspection (and evaluation of the advisability of replacement) of the thermal shield bolts. Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit No. 3 On December 28, 1981 an exemption was granted to Pacific Gas and Electric Comoany from the " calendar quarter" definition provided in 10 CFR 20.3(a)(4) as it applies to the Humboldt Bay radiation exposure assessment program. The exemption permitted the licensee to shorten the final 1981 calendar cuarter to less than 12 weeks so that the first quarter of 1982 begins January 1, 1982 rather than January 15, 1982 as would othemise be the case. Hoce Creek Generatinc Station Units 1 and 2 Fublic Service Electric and Gas Company, the pemittee for the Hope Creek Generating Station, officially announced on December 23,19B1 the cancellation of Unit 2 at the station. The reasons cited were lack of cemand and the l 'i;n ::st of financing. Docurent suomittal for the operating license review for Unit 1 is still scneculec for Marcn 1983. ENCLOSURE B l

i \\ Sumary of Cecember B and 9 CRBR Review Meetings On December 8,1981 a meeting was held in Bethesda, Maryland to discuss the use of Regulatory Guides for the CRBRP review. The applicant has reviewed ea,ch The Regulatory Guide and has classified each guide into three broad categories. first category contains those Regulatory Guides which are directly appli, cable : to CRBRP, such as Regulatory Guide 1.53, " Application.of the Single Failure Criterion to Nuclear Power Plant Protection Systems." The second category con-tains Regulatory Guides which are applicable in principle, such as, Regulatory Guide 1.29, " Seismic Design Classification." The third category contains Regulatory Guides which the applicant feels are not applicable to CRBRP, such as, Regulatory Guide 1.56, " Maintenance of Water Purity in Boiling Water ) Re actors." The applicant stated the PSAR Table I in Section 101 will be amended to inc1lvde a discussion of each Regulatory Guice in the -second and third categories On December 9,1981 a similar meeting was held in Bethesda to discuss the use of NUREG-071S Revision 1 for the CRBRP review. NUREG-0718 Revision 1 ad the TMI-2 requirements for a construction pennit application. The applicant discussed tne applicability of each section of NUREG-0718 Revision 1. The staff will evaluate NUREG-0718 Revision 1 as a part of,our safe,ty review. Su-ary of Cecember 15. 1981 CRBR Review Meeting A meeting was held on December 15, 1981 in Bethesda, Maryland to discuss" the applicants' CRBR Quality Assurance program. The applicants stated that their Quality Assurance program incorporates the requirements imposed by the.' Code.of Federal Regulations. Title 10. Part 50 Appendix A, Criterion I and Appendix B. In addition, the applicants' Quality Assurance program incorporates DOE The requirements such as; RDT Standards F 2-2, F 1-2T, F 1-3T, and F 3-2T. applicants described their overall Quality Assurance program activities and discussed the program organization within the applicants' and subcontractors' a organi:ations. The applicants also described the Quality Assuran;e program recuirements fbr the preparation and issuance of each CRBRP soecification. The Quality Ashhance program is cescribed in detail in the CRBRP PSAR Sections 1.4, 3.2, 7.1, 17.0. and 17.1. Meeting 1.

Subject:

CRBRP Instrumentation and Control Drawing Review and Tour of CRBR Electrical Panels Date/ Time: January 11, 1982, 11:30 a.m. January 12, 1982, 9:00 a.m. I Locaticn: Westingnouse ARD, Madison, PA %:encees: J. Longenecker, 3. Goeser, et al (DOE) E. Rossi, J. MaucK, R. Stark, et al O'RC) ENCLOSURE B f

. \\ NRC TMI PROGRAM OFFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT l Deccaber 20 - December 26. 1981 Plant Status Heat transfhr from the reactor coolant system (RCS) Core CoolinD Mode: loops to reactor building ambient, Availabit Core Cooling Modes: Decay heat removal systems. Long ters cooling "B"i (once through steam generatdr-B). RCS Pressure Controi Mode: Stabdby pressure control (SPC) system. Backup Pressure Control Modes: [ Mini decay heat removal (MDHR) system. Decay heat removal (DHR) system. i Kajor Parameters (as of 0400, Dicember 28,1981) (approximate values) 6 Average Incore Thennocouples: 110*F Maximum Incore Thersocouple: 135'F l RCS Loop Temperatures: A B ~ Hot Leg 101*F 104 *F Cold Leg (1) 72*F 82*F f (2) 71'F 88'F i RCS Pressure: 96 psig Reactor Building: Temperature : 61 *F Water level: Elevation 285.5 ft. (4.0 ft. from floor) Pressure : -0.2 psig Airborne Radionuclide Concentrations : 6.6 x 10"I uCf/cc H 3 l 5.3 x 10-6 uti/cc Kr85 (Sample taken 12/9/81) Ef fluent _and Environmental (Radiological) Information Liquid effluents from the TM1 site released to the Susquehanna 1. River after processing, were made within the regulatory limits and in accordance with NRC requirements and City of Lancaster Agreement dated February 27, 1980. ~ During the period December 18. 1981, through December 24,1981, the effluents contained no detectable radioactivity at the discharge point and individual effluent sources, which originated within Unit 2, contained no detectable radioactivity. 4 ENCLCSURE S m

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Environt: ental Protection _ Agency (EPA) _Envi ronmental Data. Results f rom EPA monitoring of the environment around the TM1 site were a. follows : 3 The EPA measured KR-85 concentrations (pCi/m ) at several environmental monitoring stations and reported the following results : November 20-December 4,1981 Location 3 (PC1/m ) 24 Goldsboro 23 Observation Center 23 Middletown 30 Yorkhaven All of the above levels of Kr-85 are considered to be background levels. No radiation above normally occurring background levels'was* detected in any of the samples collected from EPA's air and gamma rate networks during.the period from December 16. 1981, i through December 23, 1981. NRC Environmental Data. Results from NRC' monitoring of the environment around tne TM1 site wert as follows: The following are the NRC air sample analytical results for the onsite continuous air sampler: I-1 31 Cs-137 Sample Period (uCi/cc) (uCj[cp HP-299 December 'i7 - December 23 <7. 8 E-14 <7. 8 E-14 3. Licensee Radioactive Material and Radwaste Shioments. On Wednesday, December 23, 1981, 44 drums of Unit 1 and Unit 2 contaminated laundry were shipped to Tri-State Industrial Laundry Inc., Utica, New York. Dn We?waf j, December 23, 1981, two steam generator tube samples from Ot ere shipped to Battelle-Columbus Labs, West Jefferson, Ohio. On Thurst's December 24, 1931, two steam generator tube samples from Unit i were shipped to Sabcock and Wilcox (B&W), Lynchburg, Virginia. ENCLOSimE E t

1, f i Major ktivities ~ ~ Syb9erges Demineralizer System (5051 From December 19,1981 to 1. Decemoer 20, 1981, approximately 45,000 gallons of water were' transferred from the reactor butiding sump. The total amount of water transferred from the reactor building sump as of December 26, 1981 is approximately 340,000 gallons. Processing of Batch 14 connenced on December 21,1981. SDS performance parameters for Ratch 14 will be included in the next report. EPICOR II processing of SDS effluent continued this 2. EPICOR II. Performance parameters will be included in the next report.. week. Reactor Building Integrity Assessment Procram. Analyses results l 3. n' ave Deen received from ground water samples which were taken at the various site ground water monitoring locations through October 7, The sample analyses indicate that the activity in the latest 1981. samples is within the range of values identified during the course of the sampling program which began in early 1980. The latest analy3es indicate that *-itium concentrations in the

• East Dike Catch Basin and in the test borings have remained slightly above background.

Test Boring 2 has. historically shown periodic I positive indications of minute quantities of cesium. The highest radioactive cesium concentrations.in Test Boring 2, detected in a sample taken in February 1981, were appro'ximately 370 pCi/L of cesium 137 and 135 pCi/L of cesium 134 The most recent gamma scan of water from Test Boring 2 (sample taken November 4,1981) 9.1 pCi/L concentration of cesium 137. No cesium l indicates a 35! 134 was cetected in the sample. A sample of water taken from Test Boring 4 on September 2,1981, indicated a trace a= cunt of cesium 137. However. a re-analysis of this sample showed no detectable cesium 137. moles from each of the test' borings and the East Dike Compo si ? - t Ca tch E6 5 SCB) are analyzed quarterly for radioactive strontium. 24, 1981, An analy;.. ' ;amples collected from April 1,1981 to June indicated toat strontium was below detectable limits in all monitoring locations except the EDCS. The composite sample from the EDCS fndicated a strontium 90 concentration of approximately 1 pCi/L (slightly above the lower limit of detection). l i 2 [ EN LOSURE B

,1 phi \\ 4 Future Meetings Di Friday, February 25, 1982, Lake Barrett Yill be speaking for the ~ 1. dinner meeting being held by the Engineers Week Joint Planning Council to honor Lehigh Valley's Engineer of the Year and Young Engineer of the Year. On Saturday, March 13, 1982 Lake Barrett will address 'the Society 2. of Manufacturing Engineers.in Williamsport, PA, on the cleanup of r TMI and general aspects of. nuclear power. i The NRC's Advisory Panel for the Decontamination of TMI Unit 2 3. will be meeting on January 13, 1982, and January 28,1982, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 23 South Second Street in Harrisburg, lhe meetings will be open for public observation. At both meetings, the Panel will discuss alternative strategies for assuring financial resources to complete the THI-2 cleanup. 0 9 9 W o' l = l E*CCSURE 5 I

is OFFICE OF NUCLEAR PATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS ITEMS OF INTEREST Weeks Ending December 25, 1981 and January 1, 1982 Kerr-McGee West Chicago On December 17 and 18,1981, W. A. Nixon discussed staff coments on the preliminary draft EIS for the Kerr-McGee West Chicago site with L. Saguinsin, ANL Project Leader, at Argonne National Laboratory. Major revisions of the EIS will be required to include the recently revised Kerr-McGee preferred course of action. A revised pr.eliminary draft of the EIS is scheduled to be completed by about January 22, 1982. n ENCLOSURE C f

i 1 ' i i Meetings - Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety 1.

Subject:

10 CFR Part 72, Spent Fuel Storage Licensing j Requirements, Date/ Time: January 5 - 1:30pm Location: Room 500, Willste Building Attendees: L. C. Rouse (FC) N. Davison (FC), Gordon Beeman (Pacific Northwest Labora*ories) I 2.

Subject:

Site hydrology at West Valley. Date/ Time: January 6 - 8 i West Valley,(New YorkFC), West Valley L/ficials, Location: A. 7. Clark Attendees: DOE Officials, Westinghouse Officials 3.

Subject:

CNS 4-45 Packaging. Date/ Time: January 7 - 1:00-4:00pm i Location: 5th floor conference room, Willste Building Attendees: R. Odegaarden (FC), R. Chappell (FC), l D. Ebenback & C. Temus (Chem-Nuc Systems, Inc.) 4.

Subject:

To discuss NRC's letter of December 18,1981 to Kerr-McGee regarding a plan for the decontamination of Kress Creek and for storage or disposal of the contaminated soil. l Date/ Time: January 7 - 9:30am Location: Willste Building Attendees: R. G. Page (FC), W. T. Crow (FC) W. A. Nixon (FC), J. Charnoff (Attorney for Kerr-McGee), G. Rice (Rep of Kerr-McGeet 5.

Subject:

To work with Sandia National Laboratory on the 1 application review process for material licensees. Data / Time: January 11 - 15 i Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Attendees: T. F. Carter (FC), J. Hickey (FC), J. De1 Medico (FC),

1. Kirk (ADM), M. MacWilliams (ADM), L. Chapman (Sandia),

M.Elliott(IEAL) 4 ASSENCES OF DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR Thomas F. Carter, Jr. - January 5 (Jury Duty) January 11 - 15 (Official Travel) ENCLOSURE C M u .-_,-.-.-.-_.r~.. ..,, ~ ~m.,

6 . 0 i ; Division of Safeguards - Planned Meetings

Subject:

Technical Support Coordinating Committee for POTAS Date: January 5, 1982 .l Location: Department of State AttE.. dees: L. Wirfs, NMSS j Representatives of State, ACDA, DOE i

Subject:

Interagency Steering Group on International Safeguards l Date: January 6,1982 Location: Departnent of State Attendees: R. F. Burnett, SG Representatives of State, ACDA, DOE

Subject:

Mtg. with Los Alamos to discuss safeguards matters Date: January 8, 1982 Location: Willste Bldg. Attendees: R. F. Burnett Representatives of Los Alamos (Roy Harmon)

Subject:

Action Plan Working Group Meeting Date: January 12, 1982 l' Location: Department of State Attendees: Kenneth Sanders, NMSS l Reoresentatives of IP, State, DOE, ACDA i i Absentes of Director or Decuty Directo,r January 5, 1982: D. R. Chapell (Medical) 3 l i I I i 1 l l i ENCLOSURE C i

i* a' I 4, I i a i t I t d Meetings - Division of Waste Management I 1.

Subject:

Review Strategy for Hydrologic Investigations at j Hanford Site Date/ Time: January 7, 1981, 9:00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. Location: Willste Building Attendees: Hubert Miller, Malcolm Knapp, Robert Wright, Philip Justus, John Greeves, Roy Williams, Golder Associates, Intera, 1 Geotrans, Inc., Lawrence Berkely Laboratory i 2.

Subject:

Review of Hydrologic Investigations at Hanford Rockwell Office i i Date/ Time: January 12-13/1981 Location: Richland, Washington ~ Attendees: Hubert Miller, Malcolm Knapp, Robert Wright j 3.

Subject:

Research Project i i Date/ Time: January 7, 1982 - 9:00 a.m. Location: Willste Building - lith Floor Conference Room Attencees: R. Browning, T. Johnson, L. Person, K. Kim, R. Davis (BNL) i D. Schweitzer (BNL) J 4.

Subject:

Discuss 10 CFR Part 61 Date/ Time: January 8,1982 - 1:00 p.m. Location: Atomic Industrial Forum 7101 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD R. Browning (, R. Smith, P. Lohaus. T. Johnson, G. Roles, Attendees: ] D. Harward AIF), M. Gordon ( AIF) Absences of the Director / Deputy Director: None j i ENCLOSURE C i f

g; ) i l o i 1 l Meetings - Division of Waste Management 1.

Subject:

Review Strategy for Hydrologic Investigations at Hanford Site Date/ Time: January 7, 1981, 9:00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. Location: Willste Building Attendees: Hubert Miller, Malcolm Knapp, Robert Wright, Philip Justus, John Greeves, Roy Williams, Golder Associates, Intera, Geotrans Inc., Lawrence Berkely Laboratory i i 2.

Subject:

Review of Hydrologic Investigations at Hanford Rockwell Office Date/ Time: January 12-13/1981 i Location: Richland, Washington i Attendees: Hubert Miller, Malcolm Knapp, Robert Wright l 4 3.

Subject:

Research Project Date/ Time: January 7,1982 - 9:00 a.m. Location: Willste Building - lith Floor Conference Room Attendees: R. Browning, T. Johnson, L. Person, K. Kim, R. Davis (BNL) D. Schweitzer (BNL) 4.

Subject:

Discuss 10 CFR Part 61 t Date/ Time: January 8, 1982 - 1:00 p.m. Location: Atomic Industrial Forum t 7101 Wisconsin Avenue l i Bethesda, MD Attendees: R. Browning, R. Smith, P. Lohaus, T. Johnson, G. Roles, D. Harward ( AIF), M. Gordon ( AIF) Absences of the Director /Decuty Director: None i ENCLOSURE C 1 f

s OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Weeks Ending December 25, 1981 and January 1, 1982 1. The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched during the past week: a. EN-81-36A Nuclear Diagnostics, Inc. - An Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalties in the amount of $1,000 was issued to subject licensee on Decemoer 30, 1981. Previously, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $1,000 was issued based on alleged violations involving failure to perform adequate surveys that resulted in an uptake by an employee into the body of iodine-125 in excess of NRC limits. After consideration of the licensee's response, the IE staff concluded that, with the exception of or,e Severity Level VI violation for which no civil penalty has been proposed, the violations did occur and no adequate reasons were given by the licensee for miti-gation or remission of the civil penalties. b. EN-81-U American Electric Power Service Corporation and Indiana and Michigan Power Company (D. C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2) A Notice of Violation and a Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $80,000 was issued to subject licensee on December 30, 1981. This action was based on alleged violations relating to the licensee's failure to implement its fire protection program and maintain containment i nteg ri ty. The inservice testing program for various fire protection systems was not implemented, certain tests and inspections were not conducted on a timely basis and the accuracy of information provided to the Comission regarcing the fire protection program was not assured. Also, adequate control over surveillance testing procedures to assure that such testing did not affect the operability of systems important to safety was not maintained in that the performance of a leak rate test resulted in a breach of containment integrity. 2. Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actinns were dispatched during the week: a. PNO-I-81-133 Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 & 2 - Potential Overexoosure of a Minor b. PNO-II-81 -119 Hatch Unit 1 - Turbine Generator Inspection c. PNO-II-81-118 Sequoyah Unit 2 - Violation of Technical Specifications c. END-II-Bi-120 Browns Ferry Unit 2 - Inadvertent ECCS Actuation and Reactor Trio e. OND-III-Bl-il a William H. Zimmer Nuclear Power Station - Ohio Public "t;lity %=ission Hearings (Update) ENCLOSURE D

o 1 . f. PNO-III-81-117A LaSalle Unit 1 - As-Built Configuration Not in Agreement with Design Documents (Update) 9 PNO-III-81-il9 Zion Nuclear Power Station - Alleged Suppression of Drug Use Information by Licensee h. PNO-III-81-120 Dresden, Unit 2 - Shutdown Required Due to Inoperable ECCS Component

i. PNO-III-81-120A Dresden, Unit 2 - Shutdown Required Due to Inoperable ECCS Components (Update)

j. PNO-III-81-121 Dairyland Power Cooperative, LACBWR - Plant Scram With Loss of Off Site Power k.

PNO-III-81-122 Davis-Besse - Reactor Trip 1. PNO-III-81-123 D. C. Cook, Unit 1 - Outage Longer Than 48 Hours m. PNO-V-81-70 San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station, Unit No.1 - Ashcroft Gauges on Diesel Generators Not Seismically Qualified n. PNS-I-81-20 Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 - Bomb Threats o. PNS-III-81-12 Quad Cities, Unit 2 - Bomb Threat 3. Tne following IE Information Notice was issued: a. IE Information Notice 81-39 " EPA Crosscheck Program - Low Level Radiciodine in Water Test Program", was issued on December 23, 1981, to all power reactor facilities holding an operating license or construction permit, and to Priority I material licensees. 4. Other Items a. Region 11 Report Oconee Unit I was returned to operation following an extended refueling outage which began in June. During the outage, the ten year inservice inspection program was performed, and the loose parts problem, was resolved. The plant is presently undergoing physics testing prior to power ascension. l l ENCLOSURE D

i i OFFICE OF NGCL.M ECUIKIDRY ESEJJEi Weeks Ending December 25, 1981 and January 1, 1982 i Experimental Programs Branch 1. Bundle Heat Transfer Evaluation (BDHT) Procram j Letters requesting bundle heat transfer data have been sent to France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan and to U.S. vendors and l laboratories. The data currently being sought is void fraction data, film boiling and steam cooling heat transfer data. ? 2. Data Bank Four Semiscale tests were added to the data bank: 5-UT-4, 5-UT-5, l S-UT-6 and S-UT-7. Also, data from GE test TLTA/6424 were added and are currently password protected. Generator load rejection data from Drowns Ferry start-up tests were also added. The data bank users manual has been added to the Documentation System under the INEL ISDMS network. 3. LOFT l Management meetings have been held this week in Idaho to discuss the budget and set the final test program based on the budget. The outcome of the meeting will be discussed with other offices in the coming weeks. I I Analytical Models Branch 1. NRC is planning to obtain 3d section test data from Toshiba Corp. and two bundle LOCA test data from Hitashi, Ltd. in exchange for the TRAC-BD1 code. This exchange activity will be coordinated with EPRI. Supplement 1 to Manual "RELAP4/ MOD 7 - A Best Estimate Computer Prochram l 2. l to Calculate Thermal and Hydraulic Phenomena in a Nuclear Reactor and Related System" has been prepared and is being distributed. 3. Several activities took place in connection with plans to demonstrate the Nuclear Plant Data Bank at NRC in the spring of 1982. Dr. H. Kopp of Technology Development Corporation of California visited Silver Spring for review of the status and progress on the nuclear plant data bank program. T. Lee met with J. Watt of the Research & Standard Coordination Branch, NRR, to discuss inter-office coordination for the plant data bank program. ENCLOSURE E i i

OFFICE JF :c,C Q.-2 m m 7 m g Analytical Models Branch Marhin Becktell of SANDIA was briefed on the 2D/3D program. A proposed agenda for the January meeting in Gemany wasT 1. sent to FRG. and defers any discussion of the U.S. program. Cost estimates for perfoming the Pressurized Themal Shock calculations have been received from the DOE labs.. LANL.can 2. BNL perfom B&W and CE calculations within the.FY 82 funding.However,:IN can also perfom their Q/A function. perfom the W calculation and needs 260K additional to perfom duplicate caTculations for B&W. l A plan has been received from LANL to perfom 3. BE LOCA, Accumulator injection effect, and SBLOCA Recovery in B&W 10/23/81. This plants) for NRR in response to their User Request of is being transmitted to NRR for coments. As part of the TRAC-PD2 independent assessment program, INEL completed calculations with the TRAC-PD2 code for PKL test K5A 4. and.PBF LOCA test LOC llc, and published reports EGG-CAAD-5677 (Nciember 1981) and EGG-CAAP-5688 (December 1981) comparing th calculations with the test data. ThereleasedhersionofTRAC-PFlneedsimprovementsincalculation A new version of reflood, high quality CHF and subcooled boiling, 5. BNL has been planning to of the code is being created at LANL. start the independent assessment of the code in October 1981. Because of the aforementioned difficulties with the code, the independent assessment of the code may be delayed. F. Odar received an invitation to present a paper entitled " Assessment of NRC Sponsored Systems Codes," at the ANS Topical 6. Meeting on Advances in Reactor Physics and Core Themal Hyd to be held on September 22-24, 1982 the Feriod ' ccr.ber 21 - Je:cter 31, lu Fu.:li:ation Issued ::rin: raft leculatory.iuide and Value/Irpact Statement: Troposed I,cy. 2 to uel Store;.e ? cility.,esi;n Basis". Cents :: .=,e 1.13: " Syn: 5:.r.:er (443-M.g.

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OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR ITEMS OF INTEREST Weeks Ending December 25, 1981 and January 1, 1982 Midland Plant, Units 1 and 2 On December 22, 1981, the presiding ASLB issued a Partial Initial Decision in this construction pemit remand proceeding involving the issues of radon releases and charges relating to conduct of parties. The PID concluded that the radon effects from uranium fuel supply would be negligibly small compared to the effects of natural radon emissions, and are therefore not significant. It also concluded that the questions raised as to the conduct of parties and counsel in the original suspension proceeding have now been fully aired and resolved in compliance with the Appeal Board mandate and no sanctions are necessary or appropriate. Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit No.1 On December 23, 1981, the Commission issued an Order (CLI-81-34) in which it extended to January 13, 1982 the date on which comments from parties are due on the December 14, 1981 Fortial Initial Decisions of the presiding ASLB regarding hardware design issues, emergency planning and the separation of Units 1 and 2. In addition the Commission determined that the Appeal Board would not have authority in this proceeding to act upon requests for a stay of the ASLB decision. Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant f On December 2t,1981, the Commission issued a Memorandum and Order (CLI-81-35) in wnich it established procedures for considering the merits of the Department or Energy's request for an exemption from 10 CFR 50.10 in order to begin site preparations. The Commission determined that the request would be considered in an informal proceeding involving written comments and oral preparations to the Comission itself. The participants to this proceeding will be the applicants, NROC, Sierra Club and any other interested person. The NRC staff will not be a ,;orty to this informal proceeding involving the exemption request. Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 On December 29, 1981, the Commission issued an Order (CLI-81-36) with respect to the presiding ASLBs retention of a dismissed intervenor's contentions pursuant to its sua sconte authority under 10 CFR 6 2.760a. The Commission concluded that the ASL5 nac not set forth sufficient justification supporting the retention i of the contentions and directed tne ASLB to issue an appropriate order dismissing I the contentions from the proceeding. ENCLOSURE F

ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS i Weeks Ending December 25, 1981 and January 1, 1982 i U.K. Geological Research on High-level Wastes { After reviewing the British research program on long-term options for disposing of high-level radioactive waste, the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee of the U.K. has recommended that serious consideration should be given to the possibility of storing high-level _ waste on the surface in solid form for a period of 50 years and maybe longer. At the end of that period, a decision would be made on whether to continue to store it or to bury it under-l ground. Regarding alternative storage methods for high-level waste, the U.K. l 1s following closely the studies being done in other countries. l Reouest by Switzerland for Use of Separated U.S. Plutonium in EURATOM l IP has received a subsequent arrangement request from DOE involving proposed U.S. approval of the use of plutonium separated in France from U.S. origin spent fuel. Under the proposed arrangement, the approximate 58 kilograms of i plutonium would be used either in the Super Phenix Reactor in France or in the SNR 300 breeder reactor in West Germany. The staff will forward the request and an analysis to the Commission shortly. l i l ENCLOSURE G j r

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• Foreion Reports The following foreign reports were received in IP December 21-31:

(For further information contact Eva Szent-Ivany, IP, X27788). From France: EdF - Annual Report 1980 (Summary in English, pp l-84) CEA - Annual Report 1980 From Japan: Introduction to " Energy and Japan"** October 1981 - The Institute of Energy Economics, Tokyo From S. Korea: Monthly Operating Report for Ko-Ri Nuclear Power Plant #1 (November 1981)** From Taiwan: Reportable Occurrence Report. Cninshan 2, Report Date: October 30, 1981** From the L'. K. Text of Government Statements on Geological Research Into the Disposal of High Level Wastes ** From the DECD: Incidents at Belgian Nuclear Power Stations Between October 1990 and October 1981 ** PR0pq:ETARY i l l Ceietec from ?CR cooy. -' :nci ::es tre reports are in Englisn ENCLOSURE G

i ~i l t i j OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST Weeks Ending December 25, 1981 and January 1. 1982 i i The Office of State Programs has coordinated NRC comments on the draft low level waste compact of the Rocky Mountain States. The compact is moving rapidly to meet deadlines for introduction into i i 1982 legislation sessions. i i i i l t i i t I 1 l l i l ENCLOSURE H \\ i i f

i l-( l OFFICE OF MNAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEKS ENDING DEC. 25 & JAN. 01,1982 Publications Produced first issue of the revised Yellow Book, " Construction Status Report". NUREG-0030. The new book has been greatly sim-plified, eliminating the extensive PERT networks in favor of 13 critical milestone dates on critical bulk commodities that lead to fuel loading. The new Yellow Book has been automated by Bill Lovelace and Janie VanEpp. This and future editions will be produced by computer. Research Procedures Sent EDO the revised procedures for NRC's research process. Annual Report Chapters were returned to Offices for final comment to MPA by l 1/8. Comments will be entered through test-editor (WYLBUR) and readied for Commission review. i l l i ENCLOSURE I t

J Office of the Controller l / Items of Interest Weeks Ending December 25, 1981 and January 1, 1982 f i i Division of Accounting Form W-2, " Wage and Tax Statement " for 1981 is scheduled to be distributed by the Division of Accounting on January 26, 1982. l i i Division of Budget Received NRC's FY 1982 Apportionment from the Office of Management 2 l and Budget. 1 l Obtained NRC's FY 1983 OMB Mark. f i l Reviewed and submitted the Galleys for the President's Budget. l i l i l l 'I Enclosure J i l i

r OFFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEM 50F INTEREST WEEKS ENDING DECEMBER 25, 1981 and JANUARY 1,1982 Commission Briefino on NRC's Operational Experience Analysis Program AEOD together with IE, NRR, RES, and NMSS briefed the Canmission on December 21, 1981 on the overall NRC program for the collection, assessment and feed back of operational experience. Each office provided a summary of its responsibilities and review products involved with the analysis of reactor events and operating experience. It was estimated that the staff is currently spending about 70 professional staffyears and between two and three million dollars on this activity. AEDD presented a brief description of its analysis program, including the use of the Sequence Coding anc Search System (SCSS) as an aid in the identification of trends and patterns in operational experience. Past and current trend studies have been severely hampered by the inability to retrieve data from current LER data systems with precision, completeness, or efficiency. The SCSS will overcome these deficiencies and will facilitate future trends and patterns studies. Computerized Storace of Nenreactor Operational Experience Data Testing of an ORNL nonreactor operational experience data base was started on Monday, December 14, 1981. ORNL has 143 reports entered, and 32 additional reports have been forwarded to them. ORNL is working on an output format based upon an AEOD sample. Af ter the data base has been satisf actorily tested, event descriptions for nonreactor events that have occurred in prior years will be added. Additionally, the possibility of transforming an Argonne nonreactor data case to the ORNL data base will be explored, thus linking data from two canplementary data bases covering different time periods. If the data bases can be linked,all available data on nonreactor events will be accessible from a single, on-line system. AEOD met with representatives of NMSS and IE to discuss the AEOD data base of misadministration reports. Efforts are underway to work with the other offices so that their needs regarding medical mis-administration reports can be met with the AE00 data file. l l l l l ENCLOSURE K l i

d l ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEKS ENDING DEC. 25, 1981 AND JAN. 1, 1982 A. SECY-81-686 - ABNORMAL OCCURRENCE RECOMMENDATION - MISALIGNMENT OF HIGH HEAD SAFETY INJECTION ISOLATION VALVE, Memo SECY to Dircks, 12/21/81 This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Comissioners approving) has approved the proposed abnormal occurrence together with its associated Federal Register Notice, subject to the following co==ent: The Federal Register N'otice (FRN) should be updated to include the report of the Office of Inspection and Enforcement which is now out, and describe if we know who was responsible for the event. The Of fice for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data l was informed of this action on December 18, 1981. is requested that you forward' the FRN as modified by the It Cc= mission to the Office of the Secretary by c.o.b. January 5, 1932. 3. SECY-81-648 - REVISED RULE CONCERNING DOCUMENTATION OF DIFFERENCES FROM T-(E REVISED STANDARD REVIEW PLAN, Memo SECY to Dircks, 12/22/81 The Commission has agreed to delay action on this rule so that it may be reviewed by the GRRC. The Commission expects an EDO reco==endation to be forwarded to the Commission soon after the end of the year. C =missioner Bradford's views are attached. (SECY SUSPENSE: January 15, 1982) i

Attachment:

No included C. SECY-81-677 - RETRANSFERS FROM SWI IERLAND TO THE U.K., Memo SECY to Chilk, 12/24/51 This is to advise you that the Comission (w'ith Chairman Palladino and Comissioners Ahectne and Roberts in agreement) has approved the proposed responses to the Cecartment of Energy (DOE), subject to the modifications contained in the attached final draft. While approving the paper, Comissioner Bradford would have preferred the letter submitted by the staff. The Commission (with Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Ahearne and Robert agreement) has disaccroved the delegation of additional authority at this time. "I In this connecticn, Cc=issioner Roberts provided the following coment: j disagree with the staff reco=endations which effectively put a moratorium on

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=--issioner Gi'ir. sky tisaccroved the cacer and stated that he "would not have the Cc : mission take a position on retransfer."

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o i 1 ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEKS ENDING DEC. 25, 1981 AND JAN. 1, 1982 C. SECY-81-677 (Cont'd) C:missioner Ahearne also provided the following coments: "(1) I don't object to this case, because I think the current policy is clear--essentially approve all requests. (2)' If the Pu use paper modifies the policy, we would apply it to future cases. Therefore I would not request deferral until the paper is I approved." The Office of International Programs was infonned of this action on December 24, 1981. It is requested that you fonTard a copy of the letter to DOE to the Office of the Secretary, as modified by the Comissioners' coments to the Office of the' Secretary by c.o.b. Monday, December 28, 1981. l

Attachment:

Not included D. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 81-47, 3:15 P.M., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN PORTION OF MEETING), Memo Chilk to Dircks/Bickwit, 12/24/81 'I. SECY-81-674 - Review of Order Concernino Sua Soonte Issues (In the l Matter of Texas Utdities Generatino Comoany, et al.) .The Commission by a vote of 3-2 (Chairman Palladino, Comissioners Ahearne and Roberts approving; Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford disapproving) approved a modified order directing the Licensing Board to dismiss certain contentions in this procedure. (OGC) (SECY Suspense: 12/28/81) Comissioners Gilinsky and Bradford requested that their separate views be attached to the order. II. SECY-81-631 - Final Rule for pendino CP/ML Acolications The Comission approved a Federal Register notice of changes to a final rule on licensing requirements for pending CP/ML applications (10 CFR i part 50), previously approved on August 27, 1981. Chairman Palladino, Commissioners Ahearne and Roberts approved the rule as modified by Comissioner Ahearne. Comissioner Gilinsky approved the rule in part and disapproved the hydrogen control provisions of the rule as applied to GE Mark III plants and Westinghouse ice condenser plants. Comm1ssioner Bradford disapproved the rule. The " buckling issue" whicn the staff suggested for consiceration was disao; roved by a majority of the Commission (Chairman Palladino, Cc=issioners Ahearne and Roterts). ENCLOSURE M 1

r ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEKS ENDING DEC. 25, 1981 AND JAN. I, 1982 J D. STAFF REOUIREMENTS (Cont'd) Joint views of Chaiman Palladino and Comissioners Roberts and Ahearne, and separate views of Comissioner Gilinsky and Comissioner Bradford and 4 i additional views of Chaiman Palladino*and Comissioner Ahearne will be incorporated in the notice. (NRR) (SECYSuspense: 1/7/82) l ~ III. Clinch River Exemotion Order (SECY-81-701) eiewed a draft order which was circulated on December 21. The Comissior t The General Coun..J was instructed to revise the order in accordance with Comissioner cosnents and to include a schedule of future actions. (This was subsequently issued as SECY-81-701.) (OGC) (SECY Suspense: 12/24/81). (Continued in closed portion.)

• (with which Comissioner Bradford agrees)

{ E. SECY-81-687 - DESIGNATION OF PRESSURIZED THERMAL SHOCK AS AN UNRESOLVED SAFETY ISSUE, Memo SECY to Dircks, 12/28/81 This is to advise you that the Comission (with all Comissioners agreeing) has approved designation of pressurized thermal shock as an unresolved safety issue. The Comission also agreed with the attached modifications made by Comissioner Ahearne.

Attachment:

Not includ'ed F. SECY-81-570 - LICENSED FUEL FACILITY STATUS REPORT, Memo SECY to Dircks, 12/29/81 '"his is to aitise yea that the C:xxcission (with all C:2r.issicners a, Mng) r has a:g=Jisi the s**** ro a.. c Ation to au lacsify invent =ry differen=e (D) inf==a"~2 fer fuel facility licensees for the period July 1, 1980, to e

• 31, 1980, and to relance to the pchlic a periW211y i

issued re:cr: c=~*.ing that D infc=ati=n, effluent data, licensee event re;;crts, and inspection results for licensed fuel facilities for e.e same period. C==issioner R:berts, while a. /ing the paper, has ;rcreided the follocing r "~n a tire of reso:rce censtrainu, : gaestion the ultirate c'xrent: benefits cc:.sidering the rescu.~:es spe.v. cn analysis, the c:r=i.lation and ;i.hlicati= cf dis repert. C::uld COI conduct a bried cest-benefit riysis of e.e series to date and e:glere alternatives to the ;=esent c:n=ept." ENCLCSURE M I

1 P i.* i i l i ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEKS ENDING DEC. 25, 1981 AND JAN. 1, 1982 i 4 F. SECY-81-670 (Cont'd) l OPE has been racpestad to pctwide this information by Jarszary 11, 1982. Cd:rcissioner R:2erts has also asked that he be pewidad with the basis ~ fcr the statanent on page 2 of strY-81-670, hst par,.,tu that "... (2) i the NRC 'is publicly ctraitted to pericziic releases of licensed ev 1==- l i:xhstry ID data to the public...". (ZEEC) (SFrY SCSPDEE: January 11, 1982) j n

• he Office of Wh and Enfcecanent as infacud of this action cIn I

i Dec e.ber 23, 1981. i G. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF OPERATIONAL DATA EVALUATION, 2:05 P.M., MONDAY, DECEMEER 21, 1981, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, DC OFFICE (OFEN iO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE), Memo Cnilk for the Record, 12/30/81 The Co:=ission was briefed on the status of NRC's reactor and operational experience program by the Director,-AEOD, j the ' program office directors. There were no rec'.:irements at the meeting. (AEOD) 4 1' 1 1 1 i i I I i ENCLOSURE M i I -v}}