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The Comissioners From:
James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations. Office ~of<the EDO j
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WEEKLY:INFORMATION REPORT'- WEEK ENDING_ SEPTEMBER 7, 1990 a
A summary of key events is included as a' convenienceLto those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed; version of this, report.
Enclosure Contents Nuclear Reactor Regulation;
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Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; B-Nuclear Regulatory Research-
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Analysis.and Evaluation of Operational Data D-j Governmental & Public Affairs' E --
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3 HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT-WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 7, 1990 Calvert Cliffs 1 - Void in Reactor Head During Approach to Mid-Loop-On August 30, 1990, during a reduction in primary system water level for repairs to a reactor coolant pump seal, operators received an alarm from the ReactorVesselRefuelingLevelIndicatingSystem(RVRLIS)whilethe pressurizer: level indicator showed level in the pressurizer as expected.-:A second RVRLIS alarm occurred as water level was further reduced. At that point operations to reduce level were stopped and an in-plant investigation of the alarms' initiated.
In addition, alternate methods for measuring-pressurizer level were set up.-
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the normal pressurizer level indication. At that point, operators set up.the J
means to vent gas from the-reactor. coolant system via the steam generator.
. tubes. This action resulted in gas.and water being vented from the reactor head and clearing of the RVRLIS alams. Operations to reduce reactor water i
level-were then resumed.. Level is currently at mid-loop as repairs to a i
reactor coolant pump seal are underway. Due to concerns about operator performance during the event and a general lack of information about the event, a special inspection team was' dispatched to the site-on September.4,_
1990.to follow-up on the event. Sumer Sun of the Reactor Branch is representing NRR on.the team.
Public Meeting On September 6, 1990, the Director DREP, partici ated with Regional Administrator, Region I, in a pub 1Ic meeting in P ymouth, Massachusetts.
The purpose of the meeting was to allow the NRC staff to hear directly from local officials who are involved in emergency preparedness planning ~around the The information received will assist the staff:
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant.
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In addition, DREP staff members EPB were visiting emergency J
response organizations in the vicinity of the Pilgrim site to collect current data for a report to the Comission on the status of offsite-emergency preparedness around Pilgrim.
DivisionofOperationalData(DOA)
.i On September 6, 1990, a materials exercise was conducted with the Combustion Engineering Fuel Facility in Hematite, Missouri. NRC Region III' participants included a Base Team led by Chuck Norelius and a Site Team led by Dr. Carl Paperiello, tY Deputy Regional Administrator. The Headquarters team.was comprised of ASS and AE00 personnel, liaison team members from GPA,- and an Executive Tea,n with Hugh Thompson as the ET Director. The exercise-scenario 6
involved an offsite release of HF, Exercise objectives included the assessment-of interfaces with the licensee, state and local officials, congressional offices, the media and other government agencies. Those objectives were met with several L
lessons learned noted including the need to review the limited communication capabilities that exist at small materials licensee facilities. A " lessons 1 earned" memorandum will be issued in about two weeks.
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Calvert Cliffs 1 - Void in Reactor Head During Approach to Mid-Loop l
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On August 30,1990; during a: reduction._in primary system water level for:
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.ReactorVesselRefueling'LevelIndicatingSystem(RVRLIS)whilexthe-pressurizer level indicator showed level in-the: pressurizer.as expected. A a i
second RVRLIS alarm occurred as water level was further reduced. At that-l point operations.to reduce level were stopped and an:in-plant investigation of
' the alarms ' initiated.
In addition, alternate methods for measuring:
pressurizer level were set up. The alternate level indications agreed with the normal pressurizer level indication.: At that_ point,' operators set up.the
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means.to vent gas from-the _ reactor coolant ~ system via the' steam generator i
tubes. This action resulted in gas and. water beingtvented from the_ reactor head and clearing of the RVRLIS alarms. Operations to reduce reactor. water level were-then resumed.
Level-is'. currently:at mid-loop as repairs to a reactor coolant pump seal, are underway. : Due to' concerns about operator performance during.the event and a general lack'of information'about the:
event, a special-inspection team'was dispatched toLthe site on September 4, 1990 to follow-up on the event.
l Susquehanna Steam Electric Station EDSFI J
L On Friday, August 31, the Special lnspection Branch completed the second week of a two week Electrical Distribution System Functional Inspection (EDSFI) at-the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station. During the inspection,-the team.
identified 15 findings which were communicated-to the licensee's: management j
i in an exit meeting held on August 31..
l Asaresultoftheteamsfindingsthelicenseehascommi$tedtotperformequip-I ment modifications to add voltage regulated XFMR's at the 120;VAC level :
replace all 250 VDC fuses, replace a questionable' 4.KY undervoltage relay, add overpressure protection devices on the-diesel generators, and replace, insula-4 tion removed from a HPCI pump.-
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In addition the licensee has committed to develop procedures'which govern the inoperability of non-tech spec safety related equipment.1 to augment their procedures governing the evaluation of diesel testing,;to. review all.open NCR's related to environmental qualification, to: increase the: frequency of' checking 1
the diesel fuel oil shortage tank' level,~and to submit a-tech spec change:
l related to the degraded grid relay setpoints.
Three Mile Island Unit 2
,i On August 29,.1990, General Public Utilities Nuclear (GPUN). representatives-notified the resident inspectors that~29'000 pCi/ liter'of tritium was found in the August 3 sample from ground' water monitoring station'MS Tritium L
was the only isotope detected and MS-2 was the only one!of-10 normally i
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stations are a series of shallow wells surrounding the TMI-2 reactor-building. MS-2 is located between the borated water storage tank (BWST) and the more distant processed water storage tank number 1 (PWST-1). The ground-l.
water monitoring program was originated in 1980 to detect leakage from the 600,000 gallons of water whict flooded the TMI-2 reactor building basement after the March 1979 accident.
Though no leakage from the reactor building,was ever observed, elevated tritium levels in the monitoring stations have been periodically observed due to leakage from the BWST.and its associated equipment. The highest level of tritium measured since the groundwater monitoring program L
established was 1,100,000 (1.1 E 6) pCi/ liter.. This sam)1e was obtained
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from station 0W-17, which is also near the BWST, on Marc 1 23, 1982. During early--1982, between 2500 and 3000 gallons of water leaked from piping-associated with the BWST. The leaks were repaired and other corrective-measures were implemented,- including installation of an enclosure and catch' basin'around the BWST recirculation pumps and valves.
In response to the current elevated tritium levels the licensee has initiated a sampling program to determine the source of the tritium. This includes-additional samples of media near potential l leakage sources and an increase-' '.
in shmple frequency in the monitoring stations. The most recent sample from I
MS-2, taken on August 27,' indicated a declining trend.with a concentration of 15,000 pCi/ liter. Normal " background" levels at MS-2 for the. past: 2 years have been in the range of 500-1000 pCi/ liter / LThe increasing trend started-in May with a result of 1200 pCi/ liter, followed by 3800.pC1/11ter in June and 6700 pCi/ liter in July.
For comparison 10 CFR Part 20 limits for i
dischargestounrestrictedareasare3'E-3uCi/ml:(3,000,000 pCi/ liter),
EPA drinking water standards are 20,000 pCi/ liter and ambient tritium levels in rainwater are approximately 150 pCi/ liter.
The aquifer containing the tritiated water is intercepted by the Susquehannal River, preventing the tritium from migrating to offsite wells. The Comonwealth-l-
of Pennsylvania monitors water in the Susquehanna River at two locations which are downstream from TMI and upstream from Peach Bottom. One,is at' York Haven,'
upstream from the first drinking water intake at Brunner Island. The otherlis' at the City of Lancaster's water intake. None of the monthly composite samples taken at York Haver, during the years 1982-1985 were above:the: lower limit of' l-detection (LLD)'ofapproximately300pCi/ liter. Only two of the daily samples:
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taken at Lancaster during 1982-1984 showed-tritium above'the LLD. Both were:
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l LLD used to determine significance. Weekly. composite samples taken at Lancaster in'1985 showed no activity above LLD. The licensee' stated that' there were no measured changes in tritium' levels at the Susquehanna River monitoring stations or at the deep well located'on the TMI' site, q
Hark I Containment Performance Improvement Program On August 4,1990' the licensees for Oyster Creek, Millstone Unit 1, and.
Dresden Units 2 and 3 responded to the. staff's August 20, 1990 letters and committed to voluntarily install the hardened wetwell vent path. The i
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l-Meetings ~ with-the Surry and Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plants (EMEB).
The NRC' staff met with the licensees ofL the Surry Units 1 and'2 and Grand Gulf.
motor-operated. valve (MOV)ptember 4.and 5, respectively, to discuss their nuclear power plants on Se programs. These MOV programs are intended-to satisfy the staff's-guidance provided in Generic. Letter 89-10, " Safety-Related Motor-0perated Valve Testing and Surveillance.". The MOV program'at the Surry.
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. facility:is well underway. There,'the-licensee has essentially completed the design basis reviews as recommended in the generic letter for the 215 MOVs-in-y
'the program at Surry Units 1 and 2..Further, the Surry licensee has tested 34:
MOVs under high differential pressure and flow. conditions with additional:..
s testing planned for upcoming outages. On the other_ hand,.the licensee of the
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Grand Gulf facility is at an earlier stage-in its program landtis planning'for i
its. refueling outage:in October. The Grand ~ Gulf licensee-has= performed the design basis reviews-for most of'the 278'MOVs within'the scope of the program,.
but has conducted-only-a few tests of,MOVs under.high differential: pressure
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and flow conditions.
Both licensees' appear to be addressing the potential for valve mirg sitioning as discussed in Supplement I to Generic Letter 89-10.
Rather tb n testing all MOVs within the program where practicable, the licensee, to date, are attempting to place the MOVs into groups so as to limit a
the number of MOVs that need to be, tested under high differential pressure and flow conditions. The.staffLindicatedito the licensees that we,are encouraged' by their efforts to resolve the concerns that' led to Generic Letter. 89-10.
I Nevertheless, the licensees = will be expected to justify the-application lof test results from one MOV to another, especially where that MOV could have-been tested.
i Public Meeting On September 6,.1990, the Director,DREP, participated'with Regional:
1 Administrator, Region I, in a public meeting in Plymouth,-Massachusetts..
The purpose of the meeting was to allow.the NRC staff to hear.directly from local officials who are involved in emergency preparedness' planning around the-3 I
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant. -The information received will assist the staff in evaluating the continued progress in'offsite emergency. planning and prepared-ness for Pilgrim.
In addition, DREP staff members EPB were visiting emergency response organizations in the vicinity'of the Pilgrim' site to collect current a
data for a report to the' Commission on the status of offsite emergency.
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- Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards:
j Items of Interest-Week Ending September 7, 1990-n
-UNC Naval Products - Shutdown Status Division of Safeguards and' Transportation staff visited the UNC Montville,-
Connecticut, facility. during-the weeks of August 20 and August 27,.1990 to review the impact of shutdown activities on safeguards: systems. - A.
l significant amount of. material has already been shipped, via-the Department
. of Energy Transport System, to the Babcock and Wilcox. facility in Lynchburg, Virginia.; It.is expected that all feed stock and other divertible size materials will be off-site by the end of this ? calendar year..No problems
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were identified with either the material control and accounting system orJ j
the physica1' security program. Licensing reviewers discussed with UNC~
i management various options to. counter any significant attrition in the.
l Tactical Response Team complement.
Fresh' Fuel Transportation Package' On August.29, 1990, Transportation Branch staff met with representatives of-Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Nuclear: Packaging', Inc. to discuss.
. plans te modify the RCC-3 and RCC-4 packages.- The modified design-will'be used to ship fresh commercial reactor fuel with a_ maximum uranium: enrichment of 5%. The applicant plans to drop test a' modified package in October:and to submit an application to the NRC in early 1991~
Cimarron Plutonium Plant Cimarron Corporat an,'a subsidiary of Kerr-McGee Corporation, has formally requested termination of'the Cimarron Plutonium Plant' license.'= The: Plutonium Plant, located about 15: miles north of Oklahoma City,iproduced mixed oxide-reactor fuels from 1970 toL1975. 'Kerr-McGee has decontaminatedithe'. plant and-its immediate surroundings with the objective'of-release for unrestricted use. The neighboring' Uranium Plant has.a separate license andiis also undergoing decommissioning,_but still has several remaining. activities that
-must be completed before. license termination. A confirmatory radiological survey of the. Plutonium Plant has been performed by NRC contractors.' Upon l^
receipt of the final analysis'of the confirmatory survey data, the staffJ will prepare a termination amendment for the Plutonium Plant license.
1 Chemetron Corporation:
Request for Consent toLTransfer License 0wnership.
On August 31, 1990, Allegheny International-(AI), current parent company to Chemetron, submitted to the Nuclear Regu'atory Commission'(NRC) a-joint request by AI. Chemetron, and Chemet"on's' proposed 1 parent company, _
Sunbeam /Oster Company (SOC) that the NRC cansent to the transfer of control of License No'. SUB-1357 from Al to SOC.
NRC is currently reviewing the request.
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, overview of DOE's overall EBS/ waste package program. The briefing'specifically addressed DOE's research programs on vitrified high-level' waste and spent' nuclear fuel. Representatives from the State of Nevada'and Nye County.. Nevada, were also in attendance.-
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Week Ending September 7, -1990:
Division of Operational Data (DOA)
On. September 6 1990, a materials exercise was conducted with the Combustion Engineering Fuel Facility in Hematite, Missouri. NRC Region.III participants included a Base Team led by Chuck Norelius and a Site Team led by Dr. Carl' Paperiello, the Deputy Regional Administrator.- The Headquarters '.eam was j
comprised of NMSS and'AEOD personnel, liaison team members from GP.h :nd an Executive Team with Hugh Thompson as the ET Director. The exercise scenario 4
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of interfaces with the licensee, state:and local' officials, congressional' offices,'
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NRC-SCSIN Technical Information l-On Tuesday,'during' the meeting and discussions of Comissioner Rogers with l-French SCSIN Director Michel Laverie, the renewal of the NRC-SCSIN Technical 4
Arrangement _was signed..
Meeting' on ' Safety of VVFR-440 Model 230 Reactors
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Frank Kinne11yi-State. and Frank Goldner.
DOE, will represent the U.S. at the AGM. Jim Shea; plans;to attend the finals day while he'is'in Vienna =for..the General' Conference. The U.S. delegation will-support fact-finding missions to the relevant plant sites but.will discourage 1 efforts by IAEA.to identify-and; plan'an extensive program of-retrofits..
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Vienna, Austria have been posted on NRC bulletin boards:
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P-5 Systems Analyst,-INIS Section, Division of Scientific and TechnicalzInformation, Department of. Nuclear Energy and Safety
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P-3 Reactor Engineer, INIS Section, Division of Scientific an'd!
Technical Information,_ Department of Nuclear-Energy and Safety
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P-2 Database Programmer, Computer Users Support Section, Division of Scientific and Technical'Information, Department of: Nuclear y
Energy and. Safety P-5 Head, Office of Management Services, Department of Administration, N
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P-4 Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation. Specialist', Nu edicine Section,_ Division'of_ Life Sciences, Department S and Isotopes P-5.Section Head; Section for Instruments.and. Equi vision-and Management, Division of Development and Tet Department of Safeguards.
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' Items'of Interest; Week Ending: September l7~, 1990' Increase Cost for Fingerprint Checks
- The Director.of Security has sent_'a:1etter to Part 50 licensees,
' notifying them of the forthcoming. cost increase for processing fingerprint cards under--IO CFR-73.57. The-letter is in addition ~
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3; NRR) announcing the> cost' increase from 521.00 to $23.00.-
Significant F01A' Requests Received by=the NRC for 4-Day Period August 31 - September 6. 1990--
Request for a copy of a January 6, 1987 memorandum from' Harold Denton to' L
Victor Stello regarding closeout of.the Division of Human Factors Technology TMI Action Plan items, as referenced in NUREG-0933, Revision 3.J(0phelia Williams, J/R/A' Associates F01A-90-390) 4 Request for records-between U.S. Senator Pete Wilson and/or his staff andL l
NRC since 1983 (Matt Potter, San Diego Reader, F01A-90-391)
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l-Request for records-relating to Canadian-source emissions of~ radioactive and:
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non-radioactive materials into bodies of' air or water of concern to the U.S~.
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Request for a list of completed enforcement actions _between January 1,1977-
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and May 1, 1990 against specified corporations. (Jim Donahue Essential Information,F01A-90-393) i Request for a copy of the releasable portions of:the winning proposal for
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solicitation No RFP-ARM-89-132. (Carol Garner, Advanced Data Concepts, Inc.,
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Request for a copy of the abstract of bids for solicitation N0; RS-NRR-90-032.
(JanMoloney,I.T.S. Corporation;FOIA-90-395)-
Request for a copy of the source list for solicitation Nov RS-NRR-90-032.
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L Request for a copy of the SF98/98A, Notice of Intention to:Make a Service L
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Voice Mail System A contract for a.new' Voice Mail System for the agency has'been awardedL to Voice Systems and Service,.Inc.- The system is scheduled to be insta11ed' on October. 18. 1990... The new' system has'the, capability to provide' voice 4
. mail for all, Headquarters employees..
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. Emergency Notification System'(ENS) Equipment Survey j
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System-(ENS)willbeginonSeptember 10. 1990.: The surveys are being<
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conducted =by'AT&T, Inc. to determine type of equipment installed at l
all: commercial nuclear plants, the condition and operational, status'of the; 1
equipment, and the saares on hand,j Four plants haveLequipment problemsLht' this time, none of w11ch disrupt communications.; During'the past week; problems'at nine plants were corrected.
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National Technical Information Service Database Available at NRC~ Library in compact Dist-
'TheNationalTechnical'InformationService(NTIS)!databaseisnow'available.
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' on CD-ROM format in the NRC Library.,The database consists'ofc unclassified y
government sponsored research,. development, and engineering reports, as j
well as other analyses prepared by governmentL agencies -and their con-1 tractors. The' database includes materia 1'from both the("hard and soft-sciences,". including such topics, as environmental. pollution and:contro1D s
energy; technology: transfer, health planning, social! problems,'and L
regional < planning. : HRC employees can call'the" Library:to request?
searches, or' visit;the= Library toido their'own' searches.
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Items of Interest.
Week Ending September 7, 1990 1
Team Leader Counteroart Meetinac August Spector represented Training,' Development and Employee, Assistance, OP,3 at:the Team Leader Cosnterpart Meeting held on' September 4-6,-1990 in Region III. Representatives from all Regional' Offices' and' Headquarters' participated -
in trying to define the role of the. team leaderLand identify the training needs required to develop a~ team leader. MrLSpector discussed the training lavailable through-TDEA for teamleader development.
Recruitment Activt_-
The NRC participated in the. Career Conventions? Job Fair inLLong Beach', CA on September. 7-8, 1990.. Eighty applicants-were interviewed..' Twenty-five applicants were candidates for NRC positions.- NRC representatives =present were Jerry Mauck-- NRR;= Terry Chan NRR; and Frank Elizondo
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BAILEY, Ronald Reactor. Engineer.(PFT)*
RIII CHESLEY, John Engineering Aide (Coop):(OPFT)'
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HAMRICK, Barbara Radiation Specialist (HP)--(PFT)*
RIII K0ZAK, Thomas
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RIII LOPEZ, George CommunicationsSpecialist'(PFT)
-IRM McLAUGHLIll, Carol Accountant (PFT)
OC-MOORE, Vincent Clerk <(OPFT)~
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-OSTERHOLTZ, Clyde Reactor Engineer RIII RILEY, Charles 1 CommunicationsSpecialist(PFT)
IRM WINTER,' Robert
. Reactor Inspector (Electrical) (PFT)
RIII-ZOBLER, Marian
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OGC NOTE:
- Effective date --Tuesday, September 14,'1990 Departures ACHARYA, Sarberswar Sr.- Roliability & Risk' Analyst (PFT)
RES ADAMS, Robert Chief, Information Hanagement> Sect. (PFT) RIII.
ASVANYI, Robert Mail.and Reproduction Clerk (PFT)
RIII BOSTED, Christian Sr. Resident Inspector (PFT)
RV DEERING, Lynn HydrogeologistL(PFT)
Nt;SS FAN, Andrew
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NMSS GOLDBERG, Steve Technical Advisor (PFT)
ASLAP KONKLIN, James-
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NRR LAMBERTH, Ludey Secretary (PFT)
.NMSS LIU, Winston.
ReactorInspector(PFT)
RIII WARREN, Jo Ann Secretary (PFT)
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RV-GRAVES, Eric Computer Aide (OPFT)
Rt HUNTER, Andrew Technical Intern (OPFT)
RI JOHNSON, Maria Clerk (OPFT)
RII KHANNA, Vikram Technical Intern OPFT RIII-McCARTHY, William Technical Intern-OPFT NMSS Retirements TONDI, Dominic SectionChief(PFT)
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t i-Office of Enforcesent Items of Interert Week Ending September 7,1990 Significant Enforcement Actions 1.
An Order Imposing A Civil Penalty in the amount of.$10,000 was issued on September 5, 1990 to Consolidated NDE, Inc., Woodbridge, New Jersey,: The action was based on a number of violations that represented a significant
-lack of attention toward a system of NRC requirements ~ intended to protect against exposure in excess of regulatory limits. The violations included failures to maintain surveillance of a high radiation area (HRA), ade -
quately post HRA and radiation arca signs, adequately performing surveys -.
of radiographic exposure device' (device) after completing exposures, lock the source in the shielded pos;. ion upon completion of survey, properly establish restricted area boundary, and failure of the radiographer to wear.
required dosimetry / badges. The licensee responded to the Notice in-two letters dated July 9, 1990, denied Violations A and E.1 (as well as exam les of Violations B and C) and requested mitigation of the Civil Pena ty. After careful consideration of the licensee's, response, the staff has concluded that the violations occurred as stated and the licensee did 4
not provide a sufficient basis for mitigation of the civil penalty.
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An Order Modifying License was issued on September 5, 1990 to Tumbleweed X-Ray Company, Greenwood, Arkansas. The action was based on the findings t
of a recent NRC inspection and 01 ir M tigation in which it was determined that the Radiation Safety Manager '
Q had made false statementi to the NRC and had falsified records.
It u further determined that NRC require-ments regarding annual checks of pocket dosimeters were not being met and that the company's Radiation Safety Officer had not exercised adequate control of licensed activities. The Order prohibits the RSM from serving l
in any capacity involving the preparation or maintenance of records t
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notice to and approval b,y the Regional Administrator, Region IV. The Order also requires the vicensee to engage the services of a qualified independent auditor capable of evaluating Tumbleweed's industria1' radio-graphy program to determine the effectivene.s of its means of ensuring.
compliance with applicable NRC requirements including the maintenance of
~l NRC-reoutred records. Two such audits are to be performed. the second focusing on deficiencies identified during the first audit.. The Regional Administrator shall determine, based on the results of the audits and the licensee's response to the audit findings, if additional audits are necessa ry.
(EN90-083) 3 3.
-A Notice of Violation aiid Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $7,500 was issued on September 7,1990 to Barnett Industrial X-Ray, Stillwater, Oklahoma. The action was based on the failure of the radiographer and the assistant radiographer to perform a survey of the radiography device and guide tube followi,.g the use of the device, resulting in failure to detect that the source had not been retracted and r
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both individuals received substantial overexposures. The staff submitted thit action for Commission review in SECY 90-280, and the staff was directed to issue the action via SRM dated September 6, 1990.
(EN90-084)
Civil Penalty Paid Tennessee Valley Authority (Seqtayah) paid the civil penalty in the amount of
$75,000. The action was based on a violation involving the failure to adequately evaluate and correct a design deficiency at Sequoyah relating to the susceptibility of RHR pu p deadheaindg_during mini-flow conditions as discussed in NRC Bulletin 88-04.
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r io Office of Consolidation items of Interest Week Ending September 7, 1990 New Reg Cafe On Thursday, September 6. one of the recently installed 1 recast concrete seats on the Cafe patio furniture broke off its pedestal attactment slightly injuring a patron who was sitting on it at the time. The injured patron reported the event in the Director, Office of Consolidation on Thursday morning. The patio furniture was immediately roped off and taken out of use.
By friday morning, Septesber 7 the Vice. President = and the _ Production Manager for Architectural Precast, Inc., the manufacturer of the furniture, had-arrived from Columbus, Ohio, to survey the situation.,
in discussions with thw Office Director, Architectural Precast Vice President, Dave Foresta, indicated a flaw in the process of manufacturing the table leg / seat pedestal had resulted in a single weld spot instead of double weld spots where the seat plate is welded to reber steel rods embedded in the leg / seat pedestal. Mr. Foretta indicated he planned to disassemble and inspect the other eight tables to check for similar flaws but, whether or not.
any others were found, probably would replace all the table leg / seat pedestal assemblies. He said the replacement would take about a month to accomplish, t
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Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station A public meeting will be held in Plymouth, Massachusetts on-September 6, 1990, at 7:00 p.m. at the Sherton - Plymouth with state and ' local emergency-preparedness officials. Senior NRC management will be present to obtain-views regarding the current status of offsite emergency preparedness for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.
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Three Mile Island The Three Mile Island Public Health Fund scheduled several meetings to report the results of a study of childhood cancer. rates before and after the TMI Accident.' The Health Fund was established after the accident at TMI from a 5 million dollar settlement of a 1981 class action lawsuit against the owners of TMI. The study which was compiled by Columbia University epidemiologist concluded there is no relation between radiation vented from TMI during 1979 and cancer rates among children living nearby, 5
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Georgic Power Company-On September 5,1990, representatives of the Georgia Power Company were in the Region II Office-to attend an Enforcement Con"erence regardin20, 1990,.$g f 1te Area to make timely offsite notifications during the March Emergency at their Vogtle facility.
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Florida Power & Light Company AstaffrepresentativeforSenatorBobGraham(Florida)touredtheFlorida.
1990. The purpose
. Power & Light Company's St. Lucie site on September 6, for a plant tour by of-the tour was to make preparations with the licensee the Senator to be conducted during the Unit 2 refueling outage, which is scheduled to commence in.early October, d
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Zion Nuclear. Power Station j
James M. Taylor, Executive Director for Operations Thomas E. Murley,-
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; and A Bert Davis, i
-Regional Administrator, met with the Commonwealth Edison Company Board of Directors on September 7, 1990, to discuss performance end.the l
-results.of the recent diagnostic evaluation conducted at the Zion Station, i
In addition, Dr. Thomas E. Murley and A. Bert Davis' toured the Zion-Station and met with the Resident Inspectors on September 6,1990..
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Browning-FerrisIndustries(BFI) 1 On September 5, 1990, Dr. C. J. Paperiello, Deputy Regional Administrator, j
and members of the Region III and NMSS staffs visited the BFI landfill in Waukegan, 1111no?s'to observe radiation monitoring equipment used by BFI facilities nationwidt The site visit was followed by a discussion of.
BFI's policies on their waste screening program. BF1.is required by many of the landfill permits under which it operates to ensure they do not accept hazardous or radioactive waste. They wish to cooperate with the NRC if and when a rule on waste incorporating the BRC policy is approved; 3.
Combustion Engineering. Inc.
On September 6, 1990, members of NRC headquarters and Region III staff
>articipated in an emergency drill with licensee staff at the Combustion Engineering facility near Hematite, Missouri. A key objective was.to, demonstrate the ability of the licensee and the NRC to interface during response to an emergency at a fuel facility The major difficulty experienced was poor telecommunio.tions' capabilities.. Corrective actions-will be discussed with Headquarters.
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Quad Cities Nucienr Power Plant On September 5,1990, Mr. A. Bert Davis, Regional Administrator, and members of his regional staff held an Enforcement Conference with j
Commonwealth Edison Company representatives to review a flow deficiency
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Nuclear Power Plant., After reviewing the information disclosed :y the NRC inspection and the licensee's presentation at the conference the staff determined that escalated enforcement would not be pursued for the failure to provide prompt corrective actionLto a deficiency..
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-The licensee reported telephonically.to the Region IV office that a f
portable gauge containing 200 mil 11 curies of cesium-137 had been involved in a fire on September 4,1990, in. Prudhoe B&y.. Alaska. The gauge had been recovered by the licensee on September 5, 1990, after the fire subsided.
Preliminary examination by the licensee hat; indicated that the sealed source is not leaking. The licensee plans to ship the gauge to Tulsa, 3'
Oklahoma, for further inspection.
The event occurred at approxima' ely 7:p.m. CST, September 4,1990, and was i
t reported _to the Region IV Office at.11:30 a.m. CST, September 5, 1990.
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Portland General Electric Company On September 6, 1990 a documentary titled " Deadly Secrets: The Untold Story of Trojan" will be shown at: Portland State University in Portland, Orepon. The documentary, sponsored by. the Forelews On Board Foundation, wil reportedly tell a story of " coverups, sloppy construction work, violations of Federal Regulations,'and broken promises." The November Oregon ballot contains Ballot Measure 4 which, proposes to shut down the Trojan Nuclear Plant. One of the gubernatorial candidates; Barbara Roberts, _ endorses Ballot Measure 4.
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DATE/ TIME 9/17/90 50-309 DRP Conference Room, Maine Yankee Mid-Cycle SALP NRC/ Maine Yankee C. Marschall 10:00 Region I Office, Meeting.
Atomic Power King of Prussia, PA Company 9/18/90 50-443 Main Conference Room, To Discuss New Nampshire Yankee NRC/Public E. McCabe 1:00 Region I Office, Assessment of Power Ascension Service Company King of Prussia, PA Testing.
of New Na W ire-9/19-20/90 50-272/
DRP Conference Room, Systematic Assessment of Licensee NRC/Public P. Swetland 9:00 311/
Region I Performance (SALP) Board Meeting. Service Electric and Gas Company 354 King of Prussia, PA 9/19/90 50-271 One White Flint North Meeting with Vensent Yankee NRC/VYNPC M. Fairtile 10:00-11:30-Room 140-7 Nuclear Power Corporation for a routine discussion of scheduling and prioritization of licensing actions.
9/19/90 5C-219 One White Flint North Meeting with GPU Nuclear NRC/GPUN A. Droserick 10:00-5:00 Room 148-11 Corporation to discuss matters related to the Oyster Creek Drywell Corrosion problem.
9/19/90 50-498/
One White Flint North:
Meeting with Neuston Lighting &
NRC/NL&P/Sandia/ G. Dick 10:00 499 Room 168-11 Power Company To discuss the fire PL86/MIT protection portion of the South Texas PRA.-
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A listing of these meeting notices can be obtained by calling 492-7424.
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-LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES' NRR CONTACT 9/21/90 50-29 DRP Conference Room, Enforcement Conference Concerning NRC/ Yankee _
J. Rogge-9:30-Region I Office, Overloading of the Emergency Atomic Electric King of Prussia, PA Diesel Generators. -(Inspection Couper.y Report 50-29/90-14) 10/2/90 None One White Flint North BNROG presentation on efforts to NRC/GE/8NR06/
N. Richings.
1:00-5:00 Room 68-11 to provi 6 resolution and closure ORNL
~10/3/90*
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of problems related to.long tem 8:30-3:00
, stability solutions and tf.e effects-of instability on ATWS analyses.
10/3/90 50-244 DRP Conference Room, Ginna SALP Board Meeting.
NRC/ Rochester E. McCabe 9:30 Region I Office, Gas and Electric-
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-None One White Flint Nort'n Meeting with IRMARC to discuss NRC/RIMutC N. Markisohn
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Docket Date/ Time Mus6er Location Purpose Applicant IWtC Contact 9/13 40-8820 Germantoun, ND To discuss transfer of INtC D. Hurt h x site (Parkersburg, 00E.
WV) to M E custody 9/18 40-7604 OWFN 68-11 To meet with BP IWtc K. McDaniel-Chemicals to discuss BP 9:00 a.m.
decommissioning plan 9/18 OWFN 88-11 Presentatior by Elekta INIC J. Schlueter Instruments, Inc.
Elekta Instruments, Inc.
Conference of Radiation FDA Control Program Directors to attend 9/18 King of Prussia, PA Public Meeting on BRC INtc
.J. Mickey 9/20 Atlanta, GA
-Public Meeting on BRC
.NRC-J. Hickey 9/25 Arlington, TX' Public Meeting..on BRC:
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.J. Mickey 9/27 Oakland, CA -
.Public Meeting on BRC_
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J. Hickey 9/28 ONFN 68-13.
-To meet with Pacific INtC J. Roberts Nuclear Fuel Services' PNFS 9:00 a.m.
(PNFS) to discuss spent
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g 9/11-14 Omaha, Nebraska To conduct training for NRC
_J. Sheffner the State of Nebraska e
licensing LLW facilities 9/19 OWFN ZF-21 Full System Chemical NRC T. C. Johnson Decontamination Program General Electric Meeting Division of Safeguards and Transportatior Attendees /
Docket Date/ Time Number Location Purpose Applicant NRC Contact 10/03 71-9231 OWFN.148-11 Meeting on NAC-CTC NRC E. Easton Spent Fuel Transport DDE -
Cask, Structural NAC Analysis Division of High-level Waste Management Attendees /
Docket
.Date/ Time Neu6er Location Purpose-Appifcant NRC Contact 9/11-12 Los Alamos,
'Radionuclide Sorption NRC K. Stablein New Mexico Workshop DOE 9/13-14
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LA discuss new maps for reactor sites 09/18 04 ton Rouge, Post-Emergency Table Top AE00, states, local.
E. Weinstein LA Exercise at the River Bend parishes, federal agencies facility.- phase 2 2
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Selected RI Staff Marschall 10:00.a.m.
Maine Yankee - MYAPC Meu6ers & Licensee 09/17/90 50-219 RI Office Enforcement Confer.
Selected RI-Staff:
Ruland 1:00 p.m.
Oyster Creek - GPU Meu6ers & Licensee 09/18/90 50-443 RI Office Management heeting Selected RI Staff McCabe 1:00 p.m.
50-444 Seabrook - PSNH Mes6ers & Licensee 09/19/90 50-354 RI Office SALP Board Meeting Selected RI Staff Smetland 9:00 a.m.
Hope Creek - SESG Members 09/20/90 50-272/
RI Office SALP Board Meeting Selected RI Staff Swetland I
9:00 a.m.
50-311 Salem - PSE&G Meu6ers
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Selected RI Staff' Rogge 1:00 p.m.
Yankee Rowe - YAEC Members & Licensee 1
10/03/90 50-244-RI Office-SALP Board Meeting Selected RI Staff Johnson 9:30'a.m.
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Cos.;any, Monticello -
Administrator and selected E
Systematic Assessment mem6ers of RIII Staff of Licensee Perfc.. ance 09/13/90 Region III Midwest Inspection.
Licensee, Deputy Regional Norelius Services Enforcement Administrator and selected 1:00 p.m.
Conference members of RIII Staff 09/I7/90 50-295 Region III Commonwealth Edison Licensee, Regional Greenmen 1:00 p.m.
Company, Zion -
Administrator, and selected Quarterly Management members of RIII Staff Meeting 09/18/90 Region III MQS Inspection -
Licensee, Director,
.Morelius Enforcement Conference Division of Radiation 1:00 p.m.
Safety and Safeguards, and selected neu6ers of RIII
. Staff 09/19/90 50-346 Davis-8 esse Emergency Preparedness. Licensee, Deputy Regional Norelius Exercise Administrator, and selected members of RIII Staff 09/24/90 50-282 Prairie Island Site Visit Commissioner Curtiss, Martin Deputy Director, Division 50-306 of Reactor Safety and
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t.fcensee 09/25-27/90 Region III Resident Inspector Director, Division of Greenuen Seminar Reactor Projects and.
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