ML20128D081

Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 921127

ML20128D081
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Issue date:	12/03/1992
From:	Blaha J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
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SECY-92-405, WIR-921127, NUDOCS 9212070138
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4M December 3, 1992 far: The Commissioners frm: James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operatiens, Office of the EDO Subiect: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 27, 1992 Contents Enclosure Nuclear Reactor Regulation A Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B Nuclear Regulatory Research C*

Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data D General Counsel E*

Administration F Information Resources Management G Controller H*

Personnel I Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights J*

Enforcement K Consolidation L State Programs M Policy Planning N*

Public Affairs 0 International Programs P Congressional Affairs Q*

Regional Offices R Executive Director for Operations S*

Meeting Notices T

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Items of Interest Week Ending November 27, 1992 Seabrook A meeting was held on November 23, 1992, with the licensee to discuss progress '

on the transfer of responsibility for offsite emergency planning from the licensee to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The licensee stated that all actions are on schedule for a transfer by December 31, and provided a letter from HEMA (Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency) to FEMA, dated November 19, 1992, declaring that the State is ready to assume responsibility.

FEMA had previously informed both the licensee and staff that they will complete their evaluation by December 11 and forward it to the NRC staff. The licensee will accomplish transfer pursuant to 10 CFR-50.54(q), which requires no formal action by the NRC staff.

Troian Nuclear Plant On November 23, 1992, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) requested that -

the Commission take a number of actions based on staff concerns regarding potential multiple tube ruptures resulting from use of interim plugging criteria for steam generator tube repair (bobbin-based voltage criteria). As a basis for their concerns, UCS cites the Office of Research's (RES) memorandum dated September 28, 1992, which contains RES's prioritization evaluation for Generic Issue (GI) 163. In part, UCS's letter requests that .

the Commission direct the staff to explain why all plants with approved interim plugging criteria amendments should not be shut down until GI-163 is resolved. This includes Trojan Nuclear Plant and other facilities. The staff is currently evaluating actions to be taken in response to the UCS letter.

Meetina With NUMARC on Procurement and Commercial Grade Dedication On November 13, 1992, the Director and Deputy Director of the Division of Reactor Inspection and Licensee Performance, and several members of the Vendor Inspection Branch met with Nuclear Management Resources Council (NUMARC) representatives to determine the key procurement and commercial grade dedication issues where the NRC and NUMARC are still in disagreement. The NRC-identified several issues where differences are evident and these were discussed with NUMARC. Both the NRC and NUMARC agreed to identify and document the key dedication issues where disagreements exist and document-their position on each. These issues will be discussed at the next meeting with NUMARC scheduled for December 10, 1992. The NRC will'also be holding meetings with individual utilities to discuss specific commercial grade-dedication findings identified during.the-pilot inspections at their facilities. The first meeting is scheduled with Florida Power Corporation to discuss the inspection results from the pilot inspection conducted at Crystal River, Unit 3 in March 1992.

Meetina With NUMARC On Their Alternate Protection Strateav On November 20, 1992, the Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards staff met with the Nuclear Management Resources Council (NUMARC) to discuss the NOVEMBER 27, 1992 ENCLOSURE A

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'-e goals of their alternate. protective strategy (APS) in relation-to. staff's- --

effort to reexamine nuclear power plant security requirements associated with the' internal _ threat. As a general opening remark,-NUMARC representatives stated that one of their major ongoing activities was -identification of' -

regulatory requirements that'they considered burdensome and appropriate-for

' reduction or elimination. They stated-that security was a prime area where.

reductions were appropriate. .Each of the staff's recommendations contained =in SECY-92-272, "Re-Examination of NPP Security Requirements Associated With the Internal Threat", was discussed in-relation to the associated: position in =

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t NUMARC agreed to evaluate the alternative approaches that were discussed' and; indicated their plan to re-convene the NUMARC Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on protective measure requirements, The results of their' evaluation would' be -

provided to the NRC and be-the subject of a future aublic meeting. Staff ~

agreed to keep NUMARC informed of the progress of t1eir _reconsiderationiof the' a recommendations in SECY-92-272 and NUMARC's APS, and to arrange for future meetings to discuss the status of both-NUMARC's and staff's efforts.

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Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of--Interest Week Ending November 27, 1992 hoanese Deleaation Visits Diablo Canyon Power Reactor On November 20, 1992, a site tour of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Reactor was provided for a Japanese delegation representing the Japanese Nuclear Material Control Center, Atomic Energy Research Institute, the National Police Agency and the nuclear industry. The delegation was accompanied by a Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards staff member and representatives of the Departnent of Energy and Sandia National Laboratories. The host utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, provided overview briefings on the physical protection requirements and system and a tour of selected areas of the site.

tieetina on Monitored Retrievable Storace On November 20, 1992, representatives of the Offices of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards and Nuclear Regulatory Research and the Department of Energy (D0E) discussed safeguards requirements that are expected to be applicable to the monitored retrievable storage (MRS) site. The physical security being planned by DOE appears to exceed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff's current position. DOE indicated that they may request NRC to expedite the currently planned rulemaking which would define the safeguards requirements that would be applicable.

t!petina With Babcock & Wilcox Reaardino Model No. UNC-2600 On November 18, 1992, the Transportation Branch staff met with representatives from Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) to discuss reinstatement of Certificate of Compliance No. 5086, Model No. UNC-2600 package. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission had previously agreed to reinstate the certificate under the condition that B&W shows that the package meets the requirements of 10 CFR Part 71 for a Type B(U)F package. The staff and B&W discussed the packaging modifications and analyses that B&W would have to perform to show that the package meets Type B(U)F requirements. B&W expects to submit an application by May 30, 1993.

Meetina with Westinahouse Recardino Model No. MCC-4 Modifications On November 19, 1992, the Transportation Branch staff met with a Westinghouse Electric Corporation representative to discuss modifications to the Model No.

MCC-4 shipping container.- The MCC-4 shipping container is designed to transport standard PWR fuel assemblies. Westinghouse plans to modify the container to carry-hexagonal cross-sectioned, PWR fuel assemblies (designated as Temelin fuel assemblies). Westinghouse believes that the loads and reactivity of the Temelin fuel assemblies are bounded by previously approved l contents. Westinghouse expects to submit an application in' March or April

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Midwestern Hiah-Level Radioactive Waste Transoortation Committee Meetino 5 On November 20, 1992 Transportation Branch staff participated in a meeting of  :

the Midwestern High-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation Committee-in ,

Columbus, Ohio. - Members of the Department of Energy (DOE) also participated.-

The meeting focused on DOE's shipping cask development for the high-level waste repository. An overview of the Nuciear Regulatory Commission's .,

Transportation Program was provided, llpdate of Pawlina Site. Decommissionina Plan (SDMP)

On November 13, 1992,_ Chevron Corporation signed a Cooperative Agreement with the National Park Service for the cleanup of the Pawling,- New York, SDMP site.

. Chevron indicated that they wished to negotiate a Confirmatory Order with the-Nuclear Regulatory Commission. . Chevron also desires to pursue' cleanup of the contaminated soils at the site prior to December 31, 1992, in order to avoid-higher disposal costs that will go into-effect after this d6te at the Barnwell disposal site. "

The National Park Service began an underwater search for radioactive waste in 4 Nuclear Lake that is adjacent to the Pawling site ground penetrating radar investigations identified (previous magnetic S0 to 60 cbjects and' atlthe bottom of the lake). WhiletheinvestigationisstiTlcontinuing, objects have been identified by SCUBA divers as tree stumps,- pk tic bags with stones,-

and a Jeep. Surveys performed on the identified objects indicated .the o presence of-no radioactive material.

Undate on Northeast Ohio Reaional Sewer District / Southerly P1&nt(NE0RSD/SR Cuyahoaa Heiahts. Ohio During an overflight.of the area surrounding!the Chemetron site-in Cleveland; Ohio,.Co-60 contamination was discovered at the NE0RSD/SP site. Co-60 apparently entered the sewerage _ system 10 to 12 yuars ago from an unknown h source,-and was processed by the plant.

-A meeting was held on November 10, 1992, in Rockville, Maryla'nd, between

-NE0RSD/SP representatives and Nuclear. Regulatory Commission-staff..-

Discussions were on remediation and lagoon cleaning, a worker: exposure analysis,' cost recovery options, and- future maintenan_ce-activities on~ the East-Ohio Gas-Pipeline.that runscadjacent to one of_ the contaminateo areas. While NE0RSD/SP is in the process of preparing a schedule for remediation and ' lagoon cleaning, they expressed concern that the NRC's regulatory program did not-

. prevent the contamination of their_ facility from reoccurring.:-They also  ;

indicated that they would attempt to recover costs associated with the- s g . management of the radioactive material.

1 Public Meetina on Mixed Waste Storaae-On November 12, 1992, staff from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted a public meeting on mixed waste storage in Washington, D.C. This meeting had been noticed in the h

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, 3 Lederal e Reaister on October 21, 1992. The purpose of the meeting was to obtain early input from interested individuals on the issues to be addressed in a guidance document on the storage of mixed radioactive and hazardous waste. The meeting was attended by approximately 100 individuals representing industrial, academic', medical, utility, and environmental groups and government organizations. Participants discussed numerous issues involving mixed waste storage including: the impact of dual regulation on the industrial, medical, and research communities, the need to quickly develop guidance that promotes the use of the flexibility in the existing regulations to address practical issues of mixed waste management, the need to establish de minimis levels for radioactive and hazardous materials and th importance -

cf using discretion in enforcing its storage prohibition regulations.

Representatives disposal of at provisions the20.306 medical to community encouraged include radionuclides HRC other to expand }H than C andhewasgo and other wastes. A working draft of the joint NRC/ EPA guidance document on mixed waste storage is currently being reviewed internally by NRC, EPA, and Department of Energy. Publication of a draft guidance for comment is scheduled for early 1993.

ESCEA Provides NRC/ EPA With Position Paper on Mixed Waste A letter dated November 9,1992, from the U.S. Council for Energy Awareness, Committee on Radioactive and Radiopharmaceutical (USCEA/CORAR) provided the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a paper outlining the USCEA/CORAR's position on mixed waste. The paper emphasizes USCEA/CORAR's concern with the lack of progress in treatment and disposal options for mixed waste, provides a briof overview of mixed waste generation and management in the biomedical community and outlines USCEA/CORAR's perceptions of the issues cau.ing the lack of progress in developing treatment and disposal capacity. The paper recommends a number of specific actions including: clarifying when a material becomes waste (to allow for recycling), ootaining better data on mixed waste volumes and characteristics, the establishment of de minfafs levels for radioactive and hazardous waste constituents, the elimination of dual regulatory requirements, development of a Federal treatment and dispusal site at a Department of Energy facility and encouraging waste minimization. Staff in currently reviewing the position paper.

Publig_Peetina Held in Plt [ny_i)1e. Massachusetts Concernino the Enaelhard Site A public meeting was held November 10, 1992, concerning the Engelhard Corpcration site in Plainville, Massachusetts. The meeting was sponsored by Region 1 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The Engelhard site is listed on, and described in, the bite Decommissioning Management Plan (SECY-92-200). The purpose of the meeting was to introduce, to the public, a_

draft of the Public Involvement Plan (PIP), that will be issued by DEP, and to l answer questions from the public. The PIP describes the process and roles of l

each regulatory agancy in the clean-up of the site, it also addresses the process by which the public can stay informed about site activities and comment on documents produced.

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4 litat10.1.With Officials of. and Contrat1Ats_ for_. Waste Manaoernent of North Mgh.a. Inc, and the State qf.jiLqhiqaD_10._DJAC. Mis Characterization ard ReggLlAtlpr of,the Hartlev and Hartlev landfill in Kawkawlin. Hi_cAlgg A meeting was held November 9,1992, between Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff and officials and contractors of Waste Management of North America (WMNA) and State of Michigan in Bay City, Michigan. The Hartley and Hartley Landfill site is listed on, and described in, the Site Decommissioning Management Plan (SECY-92-200). The site is unlicensed and contaminated with magnesium / thorium alloy wastes and hazardous waste. WMNA described their plans for characterizing and remediating the site. They plan to use the service license of Chem-Nuclear, Inc., a sister company to WMNA, to do the characterization and remediation. Before the characterization is complete,

, WMA plans to apply for a license to possess the thnrium material and to process ground water to remove hazardous chemicals.

Part 72 Licept Issued to Saltimore Gu and Electric ,_Calvert_. Cliffs On November 25, 1992, the staff issued a Part 72 spent fuel storage license to '

the Baltimore Gas & Electric Company for the Calvert Cliffs Station. The dry-storage technology chosen is the NUHOMS-24P horizontal storage module. The license term is for 20 years.

IIRG/00E Interactions Schedulino Meetino On November 24,1992, staff from the Division of High-level Waste Management (HLWM) and the Department of Energy (DOE) conducted a scheduling meeting at 00E Headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to establish a schedule of interactions between Nuclear Regulatory Commission and DOE staff for the January through June 1993 time frame. The topics of the scheduled interactions that were agreed upon by NRC, DOE, and the State of Nevada are:

NRC's observation of DOE's Waste Isolation Pliot Project cound table discussion; DOE's approach to resolving volcanism-related study plan and site characterization concerns; DOE's approach to the integration of geophysical activities with other site characterization activities; DOE's use of topical reports; DOE's presentation and site visit of on-going activities at Yucca Mountain (e.g., Quaternary faulting within the siteJarea, and the Exploratory Studies facility); DOE's overview of its program planning and integration processes; and DOE's treatment of NRC rcquirements contained in 10 CFR Parts -

60, 71, and 72. A subsequent interactions scheduling meeting is scheduled for June 10, 1993.

Expert Judament in Hiah-level Waste '

Division of High-level Waste Management-staff attended workshops in Paris, France, (October 7-9) and Albuquerque, New Mexico,-(November 18-20) where potential use of expert judgment for repository licensing was discussed. Both workshops had similar formats -- tutorial ' presentations by decision analysts and " case history" discussions of experiences with expert judgment by waste managers. Neither workshop seemed to reach any substantive conclusions regarding appropriate uses of expert judgment in nuclear waste disposal NOVEMBER 27, 1992 ENCLOSURE B

programs. At the Paris workshop, it was clear that the more formal uses of l expert judgment are under active consideration only in the U.S. and Great l Britain. Plans for using expert judgment in Europe and Canada involve l relatively informal methods. Discussions with the Nuclear Regu'latory i Commission's Office of the General Counsel in pre)aration for the workshops indicate that the NRC's licensing process seems a)1e to acconynodate virtually any responsible type of expert judgment, from the forntal elici*ation of an expert panel to the informal, extemporaneous views of a single eroert. l l  !

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Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data items of Interest-Wetk Ending November 27, 1992 Division of Ooeratigna) Assessment (00A1 10Eidfl1Lhfa9J111 QI19eh fIRB) 1RB staff met with Lerner, Inc. and TRW on November 24 to discuss the status-of the Inforraation Management System Plar. for the new Operations Center in TWFN. Project is on schedule for a December 17, 1992 completien.

IRB staff provided a tour and briefing on the Operations Center for twenty NRR interns on November 22.

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a, FN0-IV-92-040,-Texas-A&M University, College Statier., Texas, Lost fission Chamber Detector Containing SNM.

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,0ffico of Administration Items of In'erest Week Ending_ November 27, 1992 liggificant _001A'Recuests Received by tht jf(C for 4-DaLPeriod of November 20 - NovembarJ5.1992 Request for correspondence to or from the Departments. ' Defense or Energy regarding the issue of re-starting the Sequoyah fuels f acility from October 3,1991, through April .16,1992. (Clyde Weiss, Donrey Media Group, f01A-92-550)

Request for records relating to any request for the return to P5&G:of any or all originals or copies of the On-Site Assessment Report by J.A. Flanigan.

(Alan Casper, Attorney, F01A-92-559)

Request for three entegories of records regarding TMI. (Susan Barlow and SteveGreenbaum,F01A-92-560) s Request for records regarding political appointed employees as of November 3, 1992. (William Dobrovir, The fund for Constitutional Government, F01A-92-561)

Request for information as to the date the North Carolina Municipal Power agency was added to the mailing list for NUREG/DR-0032. (Michael O'Mealta, FOIA-92-562)

Request for a copy of the enclosures to an October 23, 1978 letter from Mr.

L.E. Roe, Toledo Edison to Mr. K. Kniel, NRC. (Michael O'Mealia, F01A-92-563) -

Request for a list'of the names of NRC employees moved from NRC headquarters to one of the regional offices in 1985 at the government's expense. (Michael O'Mealia,F01A-92-564)

Request for records regarding the use of electronic dosimete*s for personnel dose monitoring. (John Darrin, Alnor, FOIA-92,565)

Request for copies of NUREG/BR-0032 from Volume 1, Number 1 through the last issue of May 1982. (Ml: heel O'Mealia, F01A-92-566)

Request for copies of the license end amendments for license No. '5-1399-3 related to Project Chariot. (Bill Turner, Foster Wheeler Env1 response, Inc.,

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Office of Information P.tsources Management l Items of Interest l Week Ending November 27, 1992 l Mantis 1110fih1 On November 18, 1992, the file Center completed its review of four cubic feet of records reproduced from the Hunticello Part 50 docket case file to determine if these records rould be made available to the public. A i total of 2,350 d9cuments were reviewed. 4 R1iS fRanglato,; .information Trjtekinn $vstef!ti ,

I The Of fice of the Controller (OC) was incorporated into RITS on November 15, 1992. Doc m utation and training w3re provided to OC's RITS coordinators. ' .6a entry services were arranged. The transition period  :

proceeded smoothly. ,

(.gmp.gler Setgrjly Emily Robirson, Codes and Standards Section, visited NRC's Region 111 office on November 16-10, 1992 to perform a Los Alamos Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (LAVA) on the Region !!! Local Area Network (i.AN). A tea:n of six staff me,nbers participated in the assessment, headed by Jon Abraytis, L AN Administrator. While in Region 111, Ms. Robinson made a presentation at the Regional Computer Council meeting that included an overview of LAVA and a discussion of computer security issues.

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Office of Personnel items of Interest l Week Ending November 27, 1992

• Recruitment Activities On November 21, 1992, Lynne Broadwater and LeAnne Kay of Region 1, represented the Agency at the Society of Women Engineers Conference held at Drexel University. This conference serves to identify female candidates for entry level NRC posittor,i On November 24, 1992, Susan Castro and David Hatthews of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and Tom Yingst of tha Offica of Personnel conducted on-campus interviews at the University of Virginia. The purpose of these interviews was to identify high quality candidates for the Intern Program.

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GERHARDT, Charles SR. COMPUTER SPECIALIST (PTT) IRM ,

KRAMER, John REACTOR INSPECTOR PFT) RV PAYNE, Michael REACTOR INSPECTOR PfT) RV .

TSCHILTZ, Michael REACTOR INSPECTOR PFT) RV

. Ec1].tement s WADE, Cornelius GENERAL LITHOGRAPHER (PFT) ADM D.nAr_1Et1 BURR, Diane SECRETARY (PFT) NRR MACKS, Irvis Jolene OfflCE RESIDENT Ass:9 TANT (PFT) RI '

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Office of Enforcement items of Interest

. Week Ending November 27, 1992 SIani figutt EnforcemenLAq11qttg

1. A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imaosition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $62,500 was issued on Novemaer 25, 1992 to Philadelphia ,

Electric Company, (Limerick Unit 1). This is action was based on an event at Limerick involving unplanned radiation exposure to plant personnel working in the Unit I drywell during low power operation.

This occurred as a result of the presence of a previously unidentified, intense beam of radiation in a portion of the work area. Because there was a substantial potential for exposure in excess of Part 20 limits, the violations associated with this event were categorized in the aggregate at Severity Level 111. (EN 92-088)

2. A Notice of V'olation and Prososed imposition of Civil Penalty la the amount of $125 was issued on l40vember 30, 1992, to Soil Consultants, Inc., St. peters, Missouri. This action is based on an incident in which a moisture density gauge was run over by a vehicle after the gauge was left unattended at a temporary job site. The gauge user had set the gauge at the rear of his vehicle and then moved to the driver's side door where he engaged in a conversation with a construction foreman.

After becoming distracted by the conversation, the user entered the vehicle to drive away, lie did not realize that he had left the gauge behind the vehicle until he drove over it and caused damage to the case.

The radioactive source, however, was not damaged, (EN 92-089) i P

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I Office of Consolidation Items of Interest Week Ending November 27, 1992 Euildino Statg1 During the week, the roof insulation was finished. Elevator rails, cab, doors and electrical rough-in were installed for the traction elevator in the  !

auditorium area. Duct work on floors 2 through 3 and 6 through 10 is90-100  :

percent installed. Duct work on floors 1 and 5 is about 40 percent installed. l

'dork is continuing on sprinkler system piping and pumps and piping for potable '

water service. Piping for cooling tower #3 is complete. Work also is continuing in main electrical room on Level B with installation of primary power and switch gear and pulling of main cables from Penthouse.

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Office of State Programs Items of Interest Week Ending November 27, 1992 CAL RAD forum Meetina Dean Kunihiro, Region V State liaison Officer, attended the California Radioactive Materials Managrwnt (CAL RAD) forum Fall Conference on November 22-23, 1992 in San Diego, California. This year's conference was entitled: " Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal in California: Political, Technical and Legal Update." Among the more noteworthy presentations was the forum Chairman's (Donna Early) presentation on the negative impacts that lack of LLW disposal options would have on the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Because of limited space, on-site storage would not be possible, and medical uses, including research, of radioactive materials would essentially cease.

Also significant was the panel's (of attorneys, rearesenting the parties filing suit to prevent adjudicatory hearings from :>eing held on the Ward Valley LLW project) estimate that a " favorable decision" could be expected from the Court of Appeals in 30-45 days. They estimated that an appeal to the State Supreme Court could involve an additional six months.

Availability of Documen h Maria Lopez-Otin, federal Liaison, has received the following documents from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency: The Clean Air Act of 1990: A Guide to Public financina Options and lhe Clean Air Act of 1990: A Primer on fansensus-Buildina, if you desire copies of these documents, please contact Ms. Lopez-Otin.

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' Office of Public Affairs ,

Items of Interest Week Ending November 27, 1992 Consumer Affairs The Food Safety and inspection Service in the U.S. Department of Agriculture has changed its poultry products inspection regulations to allow the use of  ;

ionizing radiation sources to control foodborne pathogens, such as salmonella, in order to reduce the potential for foodborne illness. Irradiation will be permitted in processing fresh or frozen uncooked poultry. -

School Volunteers Proaram Additional volunteers visitt t Ta'<>: '" 2 k':mentary School this week to help mentor students. The volunt e,,7 trc d: N N; 'inson (NRR), Jessie Barnes and Patricia Smith (ADM).

Mike Weber (NMS3) talked to fifth grade students at Farmland Elementary School about geology and nuclear waste.

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On Tuesday, November 24, Dr. litkolai Ponomarev-Stepnoi, First Vice-President of the Russian Scientific Center at Kurchatov, had meetings with the Chairman -

and Commissioners Rogers and de Planque, as well as with Eric Beckjord, Themis Speis, and Brian Sheron, RES. On Wednesday, he met with EDO James Taylor. Topics of discussion included RBMK-type reactors and the implementation of the Lisbon Initiativo.

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Items of Interest Week Ending November 27, 1992

1. Massachusetts General Hosoital, License No. 20-03814-80 During the week of 11/16-20/92, a team of four health physicists from Region 1 performed an inspection at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, Mass. The Chief of the Medical Inspection Section from Region 1 joined the team on 11/19/92, for a tour of the facilities and, along with the inspection team, attended the exit meeting with the Chairman of the Radiation Safety Committee, Director of Safety, Assistant General Director of Safety and Regulation, and other members of the MGH staff.

MGH has a broad scope license and has programs in teletherapy, brachytheraay, nuclear medicine, and research. The inspection team concluded t1at there were no violations of NRC regulations and that the radiation safety program appeared to be well run by a knowledgeable staff.

2. Limerick Generatina Station. Emeraency Exercise On 11/24/92, from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., a parital-participation emergency exercise was conducted at the Limerick Generating Station. The exercise began with a simulated casualty and escalated to a General Emergency due to entry of toxic gas into the power block, followed by loss of all annunciators during a plant transient, then a Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) with fuel clad failure, resulting in high drywell radiation levels. There was a simulated stack release of radioactive material. Preliminary assessment was that licensee actions were adequate to protect public health and safety. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania participated by providing representatives to the Emergency Operations facility. Off-site activities were not observed.

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Items of Interest Week Ending November 27, 1992

1. Carolina Power and Liaht Comoany On November 23, representatives from the Carolina Power and Light Company were in the Region !! Office for an Enforcement Conference related to an inadvertent drain down and loss of shutdown cooling at Brunswick. NRC concerns from this event involve apparent inadequate command, control and communications by the operations staff and

< inadequate management and programmatic controls of the method for primary system shutdown cooling.

2. Duke Power Company On November 24, Duke Power Company was in the Region 11 Office to attend .'

an Open enforcement conference regarding their Oconee site concerning the circumstances associated with the mispositioned valve in the Unit 3 low pressure service water system which resulted in the system being operated in a degraded mode.

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Region 111 Items of Interest Week Ending November 27, 1992

1. Callaway Nuclear Plant The Regional Administrator and staff met on i,'avember 24, 1992, with Donald Schnell, Vice President Nuclear, Union Electric Company, to conduct an enforcement conference. The purpose of the conference was to discuss the cause(s) and corrective actions for the licensee's failure I to properly identify the total loss of control room annunciators. In addition to the broader performance issues, the licensee's failure to make an " Alert" emergency classification and red phone notification to the NRC, as required by 10CFR50.54(g) and the Callaway Plant Radiological Emergency Response Plans and implementing procedures were also discussed.

2. Dresden Nuclear Plant >

On November 24, 1992, the Commonwealth Edison Company notified the NRC that a control rod mispositioning incident occurred on September 18, 1992. Licenses and NRC preliminary review indicates that the. incident had minimal impact on plant safety; however, the incident had not been documented in the operating log, entered into the licensee's corrective action system, or reported to senior licenseo management, as required.

The licensee has initiated an investigation of the incident.- Five individuals involved (a senior reactor operator, a reactor operator, and three engineers) have been suspended pending the results of the investigation. Senior licensee management became aware of the incident on November 24, after a discussion between one of the nuclear engineers.

and another' technical staff member on November 23. The licensee and NRC Region Ill have implemented augmented shift coverage. An investigation / inspection team will report to the site on November 30, 1992, for detailed review of the incident and the licensee's response.

3. Perry Nuclear Plant Effective December 17, 1992, Mr. Michael D. Lyster will resign as Vice President Nuclear-Perry. Mr. Lyster accepted a position with

, Commonwealth Edison Company as the Sito Vice President for the Dresden Nuclear Station. Mr. Robert A. Stratman was elected Vice President Nuclear-Perry by the Centerior Energy Board of Directors. The appointment is effective December 7,19" Mr. Stratman was the General Manager at the Perry Nuclear Power Plar. A new plant manager will be announced on December 18.

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1. Doerational Safety Team Insnection at South Texas Prohti On November 30, 1992, an Operational Safety Team Inspection (OSil) began at the South Texas Project. The OSTI team consists of representativas from AE0D and Region IV. The inspection will be conducted November 30 '

through December 11, 1992, and will review how the difforent organizations support plant operations. The inspection is intended to verify operational safety activities and to provide the NRC a better understanding of licensee performance at South Texas Project.

2. Western Technoloales. Inc.. Enforcement Conference An enforcement conference will be held on December 1,1992, at the Region _IV office with Western Technologies Inc., to review the findings related to an inspection conducted at the licensee's temporary jobsite at the-White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on October 28, 1992. The conference will focus on the failure of licensee personnel to employ the use of alarm ratemeters during -

radiographic operations.

3. Future Tailinas Manacement for the Sweetwater Mill On December 1, 1992, the Director, URF0, and members of his staff will meet with representatives of Kennecott Uranium Company in the URF0 conference room to discuss future tailings management issues for the Sweetwater Hill, located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Among the issues will be whether to upgrade the existing disposal cell or to construct a new disposal cell.

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. Region V Items of Interest Week Ending November 27, 1992

1. On November 23-24, 1992, representatives of Comex Corporation conducted training at Region V in the use of the Response Technical Manual (RTM-91 and 92). In attendance were Region V staff persons having incident response responsibilities in the areas of reactor safety and protective measures.

2. On Povember 23, 1992, K. Perkins presented Operator Licensing Certificates to 6 Senior Reactor Operators and 9 Reactor Operators at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Unit 1. This was the final class of operators licensed for SONGS I prior to the unit's permanent shutdown.

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Is12/8/92 50-29 One White Flint North To discuss Yankee Rowe proposed NRC/YAECO M. Fairtile

% 9:00-12:00 Room 88-11 site work under 10 CFR 50.59 prior to NRC approval of decomissioning plan.

12/8/92 50-320 TMI/ Training Facility To discuss the Post-Defueling NRC/ GENERAL PUBLIC M. Masnik 10:00-2:00 Room 142 Monitored Storage Punchlist' for UTILITIES Route 441 Three Mile Island, Unit 2.

Middletown, PA 12/9/92 50-285 One White Flint North To discuss significant Fort NRC/0 PPD S. Bloom 10:30-12.:00 Room 128-11 Calhoun Station issues such as pressurized thermal shock, probabilistic risk assessment and plans for future power uprate and current status.

12/9/92 50-390 TVA Rockville Office To discuss technical issues that NRC/TVA P. Tan 11:00 50-391 11921 Rockville Pike the staff raised as a result of Suite 402 its preliminary review of the Rockvill,!, MD 20852 Watts Bar Unit 1 Technical Requirements Manual.

12/9-10/92 52-003 One White Flint North To discuss scaling logic, NRC/ WESTINGHOUSE F. Hasselberg 8:30-4:30 Room 4B-11 facility design, test matrix and analysis plans for the APG00 design at Westinghouse's high pressure and low pressure integral system test facilities.

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analysis, post accident hydrogen control and mixing for the AP600 j design.

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[ minimum recirculation path in h .i the high-pressure safety-injection system at Millstone 3.

12/17/92 669 One White Flint' North 'To discuss reliability cf NRC/EPRI J. Wilson 8:00-11:00 Room 88-11 passive systems for the EPRI passive design.

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y Date/ Time' Number. Location. Purpose Aeolicant NRC Contact : 4 Washingten, DC To attend National

. 11/30 N/A NRC S. Nalluswami 1 .

Ground Water Sampling Feder-tl Agencies Stat-i Agencies and Symposium Industry /Public 12/01 N/A' Louisville, KY To participate in MRC B. Brach

ASME Main Committee rederal Agencies mtgs on Authorized State Agencies and Nuclear Inspection & Industry /Public Specialized Prof.

Engineers and.sub-committee utg on Authorized Inspection Agency Requirements

._12/2 N/A DOS Action Plan Working NRC, DOS, DOE, ACDA . W. Murphey Group Preparation for Bilaterals l'2/3 71-9252 . NRC; Model No. 51032-2 - NRC N. Osgood Package. B&W Fuel Company 12/3 N/A

- NRC - Meeting with B&W NRC M. Raddatz 1:00-4:30 pm Fuel Cc:apany~and B&W Lawrence Livensore LLNL National Laboratory

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.'" Date/ Time Nurber Lccation Visit PHEBUS test facility; E.Beckford B.5 heron 05 11/30-12/4/92 N/A Cadarache/

"' Paris, France attend CSNI Annual meeting B.Sheron Nuclear Safety Research Review Subcommittee; G. Sege 12/1/92 N/A Crowne Plaza Holiday Inn Committee Waste Subcommittee M.Silberberg Rockville, MD oceting et al.

I Nuclear Safety Research Review Subcommittee; G. Sege 12/2-3/92 N/A Crowne Plaza Holiday Inn Committee Advanced Reactor L.Shao, Rockville, MD Subcommittee meeting L.Shotkin, et al.

Nuclear Safety Research Review Subcommittee; G. Sege 12/9-10/92 N/A Crowne Plaza Holiday Inn Consittee Instrumentation & F.Coffman Rockville, MD Controls & Human Factors et al.

Subcommittee meeting Paris, France Halden Board of Management J. Murphy J. Murphy 12/9-12/92 N/A meeting

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Red Lion Resort CSNI Specialist Meeting cn CECD members F. Eltawila i 1/5-8/93 N/A  :

633 East Cabullo Fuel-Coolant-Interaction Blvd.

Santa Barbara, CA Nuclear Safety Research Review NSRRC; G. Sege 1/14-15/93 N/A Crowne Plaza Holiday Inn Ccruittee meeting E.Beckford, Rockville, MD G.Sege, et al.

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Date/ Time Number location Purpose ArD11 cant NRC Contact C3 12/7-11/92- NA Cak Ridge, TN Radiation Protection NA D. Sollenberger G; Engineering Course

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'12/11/92 NA Braidwood, IL Meeting with IDNS on NA R. Lickus Eraidwood Resident 12/15-17/92 NA San Francisco, CA California Radiation NA J. Hornar Control Progra:n Review E

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Greenwich Hospital Enforcement Conference Selected NRC Staff Shanbaky 12/17/92 Region I 10:0C a.m. Regarding Violatier.s identified during Routine Inspection conducted 02/07/92 with Rhoda H. Cobin, M.D.

Region I Management Meeting to Selected NRC Staff White

• 12/18/92 50-387 10:00 a.m. 50-388 discuss Penna. Power Members and Licensee and Light's differences relative to Emergency Protective Guidelines, Revision 4

• This meeting had previously been scheduled for December 4,1992.

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Purrose 4clicant PRC Contact 8 Date/ Time Number Location Oak Ridge, TN Com. Curtiss is at Com. Curtiss, Dep. Mallett 12/02/92 Qaudrex, Inc. for Dir.. DRSS, RII Staff site familiarization Oak Ridge, TN Com. Curtiss is at Com. Curtiss, Dep. Mallett i 12/03/92 Scientific Ecology Dir., DRSS, RII Staff l Group, Inc., for site familiarization Athens, At Team Inspection exit RII Staff and Wilson 12/04/92 at TVA-Browns Ferry Licensee 9:00 a.m.

RII Office Enforce:nent Conference RA, RII Staff Reyes 12/07/92 and Licensee 1:00 p.m. CP&L - Brunswick Richmond, VA Quarterly News RA, PAO, News Ebneter 12/08/92 Media  ;

1:00 p.m. Conference  !

RII Office Enforce:nent Conference RA, RII Staff Ebneter 12/09/92 TVA - Watts Bar and Licensee 10:30 a.m.

Southport, SC Meeting at Brunswick RA, Rh Staff Ebneter 12/10/92 and Licensee 3:00 p.m. site Barnwell, SC Com. de Planque is at Com. de Planque Collins 12/11/92 Barnwell Low-level Waste Site for familiarization tour j

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, and Principal Staff l 12/10 RIII Commonwealth Edison Co. Licensee, Regional Greenman i Older Plant Meeting Administrator, and i Selected RIII Staff

12/17_ 50-440; RIII Cleveland Electric Co. Licensee, Regional Greenman i 50-441 Management Meeting Administrator, and l Selected RIII Staff 12/18 50-456; Site Commonwealth Edison Co. Licensee, Regional Greenman 50-457 Braidwood SALP Administrator, and Selected RIII Staff

'2/18 50-282; RIII Northern States Power Licensee, Regional Greenman 50-306 Company Administrator, and Management Meeting Selected RIII Staff 12/22 50-305 RIII Wisconsin Public Licensee, Regional Greenman Service Company Administrator, and Management Meeting Selected RIII Staff E

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Date/ Time Number Location Purpose Applicant NRC Contact 12/'3/92 50-458 Site SALP Meeting Gulf States Utilities A. B. Beach 9:00 12/16/92 50-482 Site SALP Meeting WCNOC A. B. Beach 1:00 12/1/92- 15000030 RIV Enforcement conference Western Technologies, C. L. Cain 9:00 Inc.

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