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May 22, 1985 For:
The Comissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant f.- 0 x n tions, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REI' iT WEEX END!.G MAY 17, 1985 l
A summary of key events is incluou, i s a conv 11ence to those Commissioners c
who may prefer a condensed versic' of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
Nuclear Material Safety and.,afegu.irds C
Inspection and Enforcement D
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Nuclear Regulatory Research E
Executive Legal Director F*
International Programs G
State Programs H
Resource Management I*
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data J
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights K
Regional Offices L*
CRGR Monthly Report M*
Executive Director for Operations N*
Items Addressed by the Commission 0
Meeting Notices P
Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for Q
external distribution)
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05053f670850522 Office of(tne Execui ve Director T. A. Reh Assistant rations Q[gygSOR P PDR for Operations
Contact:
T. A. Rehm, EDO 492-7781
HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT is WEEK ENDING MAY 17, 1985 Shoreham 1
concerningthesuitabilityoftheNassauCountyColiseumasarelocati}oncenter.On May 7,19 The i
Board order greatly limited the scope of the proceeding and scheduled the hearing to resume on June 4,1985, i
1 Limerick On May 2,1985 the ASLB issued a partial initial decision (PID) on offsite emergency i
planning which concluded that the emergency plans provide reasonable assurance that l
adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological emergency. This PID thus disposes of all remainir,g issues admitted for litigation and i
resolves them in favor of the applicant except for any issue which may arise from the l
inmates of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pa.
V. C. Sumer Nuclear Station
..The."A" and,"B" diesel generators were declared inoperable on May 8,1985 while testing i
in accordance with technical specifications. The voltage regulator did not work properly 1
on the "A" diesel generator and a noise was heard and water observed on the side of the j*
"B" diesel generator. Water was found inside the il cylinder. The Plant was in hot standby (mode 3) at the time.
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On May 11,1985, for the second time in 21s months, V.C. Summer achieved criticality sooner than the calculated ECP predicted by greater than 100 steps and actual critical position did not meet the Technical Specification rod insertion limit. The plant was i
shutdown by emergency boration. The licensee reviewed with W the ECP calculation and found no problems and the plant was satisfactorily started uF on May 12, 1985.
j Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station. Unit 1 l
On May 7 and 8,1985, thru-wall cracks were discovered in two of the four containment
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spray heat exchangers, and they were declared inoperable. Subsequently, visual and surface indications were identified in the two remaining containment spray heat exchangers. The facility is currently operating in a 7 day Limiting Condition for Operations (LCO) while evaluation of the remaining two heat exchangers continues.
The licensee has remedial repairs in progress to preclude any potential for gross structural structural failure of the heat exchangers.
l Three Mile Island. Unit 2 i
On May 15,1985, the TMI 2 plenum assembly (PA) was lifted from the reactor vessel and transferred to storage in the deep and of the fuel transfer canal. No significant increase in airborne contamination levels in the reactor building was observed. The safe removal and storage of the PA now allows GPU to complete the installation of t
equipment necessary for reactor defueling, currently scheduled to comence in Sept.1985.
l Tests of Selected Electrical Circuits
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4 A series of tests of selected electrical circuits has been perfonned at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station as the first step in a continuing effort to gather data that may be i
useful in better understanding in-service aging egradation of safety equipment at 1
comercial LWRs. Data obtained during the Shipp ngport decommissioning will also be analyzed by RES contractors to establish a data ase for evaluation of the radiological i
j impact of decomissioning.
MAY 17 ICC5
4 0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending May 17, 1985 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Carryovers, 1984 179 23 Received, 1985 365 24 Granted 237 14 Denied 69 5
Pending 238 28 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received' Michelle Adato, Request for six categories of records pertaining to Union of Concerned the Office of Investigations.
Scientists (85-334)
Clinton Rogers, Requests a list of names and addresses of the proposers North Carolina and winners for NRC's FY 1984 Small Business Innovation Department of Research Program.
Commerce (85-335)
L. J. Kenaga RequestforRegionIII's(1)OperatingPlan,and (85-336)
(2) SALP Rating Guide for operating reactors that will be used for 1985 and 1986 evaluations.
Ken Wieselman, Request for a computer list of all active licensees with HealthMate material program code No. 02201.
(85-337)
Chris Schroeder Request for a copy of the report entitled " Generic (85-338)
Adversary Characteristics Sumary Report" by John B.
Stewart, Jr., and others.
Debra Mcdonald, Request for copies of PNO-I-85-21, PN0-III-85-32, and Nuclear Pharmacy PNO-III-85-32A.
Incorporated (85-339)
CONTACT:
J. M. Felton 492-7211 N OSURE A MAY 171985
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Raceived Cont'd Susan Keselenko, Request for copies of the 10-mile and 50-mile maps for Newman &
the Clinton plant.
Holtzinger, P.C.
(85-340)
Mary Hargrove, Request for four categories of records regarding the The Tulsa Tribune Oral Roberts University, the City of Faith Hospital and (85-341)
Clinic, and the City of Faith Medical and Research Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Billie Pirner Garde, Request for all records related to the March 22, 1985, Government letter from C. E. Norelius, Region III, and James W.
Accountability Cook, Consumers Power Compny, regarding the January 10, Project 1985, BNL report conceraing the allegations of E. Earl
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Kent.
Martin Levy, Request for names of temporary employees made permanent National Treasury since January 1,1984; dates they were made permanent; Employees Union whether the changes were promotions; the Branches, (85-343)
Divisions, and Offices of the employees at the times they were made permanent; whether the positions were advertised; and their Section, Branch, and Division Chiefs at the time.
Jim Pedro, Request for a copy of " Improvement in PWR Design in NUS Corporation Order to Reduce Collective Doses" referenced in (85-344)
NUREG/CR-3469, Volu:ne 1.
Lyle Graber, Request for a copy of SECY-84-167, regarding the use of NUS Corporation FAA check pilot approach for reactor operator (85-345) requalification.
(An Individual Request for all records generated in support of the Requesting ongoing investigation relative to his prior activities Information on as an NRC employee.
Himself)
(85-346)
Kevin R. Norton Request for (1) a list of operational plants with the (85-347) type of reactor and their location; (2) a list of all nuclearmaterialwastedisposalsites;and(3) construction description of vessels made to transport nuclear material.
Anthony L. Kimery Request for copies of the last two inspection reports on (85-348)
Kerr-McGee's plant in Gore, Oklahoma.
Lori Abrams, Request for any lists of carcinogens or suspect Public Citizen carcinogens.
(85-349)
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Received Cont'd Jim Pedro, Request for a copy of SECY-85-40 regarding planning NUS Corporation the review of DOE's project decision schedule fpr the (85-350) high level waste repository program.
Billie Pirner Garde, Request for all records regarding comunications Government generated or received by Victor Stello regarding the Accountability Comanche Peak plant.
Project (85-351)
Billie Pirner Garde, Request for all records regarding the policies and Government practices of the granting or releasing of Accountability confidentiality to workers, specifically regarding any Project deliberations between RIV, 01, NRR, Administration, (85-352)
EDO, etc., to release the confidentiality of Comanche Peak workers.
Nina Bell, Request for all documents related to Army Corps of 1
Nuclear Information Engineers and NRC analyses of the potential for a and Resource debris dam blocking the natural outlet of Spirit Lake
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Service to rupture and affecting the Trojan plant, and the (85-353) current status of the permanent tunnel the Corps proposed to install.
Nina Bell, Request for records related to contacts between NRC, Nuclear Information DOE and White House officials, and between these and Resource officials and representatives of utilities, state Service regulatory commissions or agencies, or the financial (85-354) community regarding the Callaway plant.
Nina Bell, Request for records related to contacts between NRC, l
Nuclear Information DOE and White House officials, and between these and Resource officials and representatives of utilities, state Service regulatory comissions or agencies, or the financial (85-355) community regarding the Diablo Canyon plant, j
Nina Bell, Request for records related to contacts between NRC, I
Nuclear Information DOE and White House officials, and between these 1
and Resource officials and representatives of utilities, state Service regulatory comissions or agencies, or the financial (85-356) community regarding the Shearon Harris plant.
Nina Bell, Request for records regarding an article that appeared Nuclear Information in the New Orleans newspaper, Gambit, on March 30,1985, and Resource concerning the Department of Energy Task Force on Service Comercial Nuclear Power.
(85-357)
ENCLOSURE A MAY 171985
. t Received Cont'd Nina Bell, Request for all records related to certain allegations Nuclear Information made by Frank Peguese about the Shearon Harris plant and and Resource instances or allegations of water leakage at the Shearon l
Service Harris plant.
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Nina Bell, Request for all records related to how NRC intends to Nuclear Information apply the decommissioning rule, when final, to power and and Resource non-power reactors which have already been shut down, and Service the effect of the proposed rule on PG8E's plans to (85-359) decommission the Humboldt Bay plant.
l Nina Bell, Request for all ' records related to NRC's response to a Nuclear Information decision favorable to the plaintiff in Ricegrowers and Resource Association of California v. Delaval Turbine, IncT Service.
(85-360)
Nina Bell, Request for three categories of records regarding the Nuclear Information costs of backfits to currently operating power reactors and Resource Service (85-361)
L Nina Bell, Request for all records related to the desirability of Nuclear Information voluntary or required redress of nuclear plant sites and Resource where work was undertaken but construction is no longer Service contemplated, including the Clinch River Breeder (85-362)
Reactor, and to NPC's legal analysis of the need for site redress.
Nina Bell, Request for all records related to eight categories Nuclear Information pertaining to seismic design and earthquake research, and Resource Service (85-363)
(An NRC Employee)
Request for additional d0cumentation for records (85-364)-
associated with an OIA inse'itigation on himself.
i Billie Pirner Garde, Request for all records related to the NRC interim Government policy on management of allegations - proposed NRC Accountability Manual Chapter 0517 " Management of Allegations," and Project all drafts, comments, and proposals that led to this (85-365) chapter.
Billie F. Brierly, APPEAL TO THE EDO for the denial of NEDE-21078P regarding I
Taft, Stettinius & the test results employed by GE for BWR Containment Hollister and Vertical Vent Loads - Part 2-and NEDE-13442-P-01
!(85-A-22-84-912) regarding Mark II Pressure Suppression Test Program -
Phase I Tests.
ENCLOSURE A 7
Received Cont'd Peter C. Hearn, APPEAL TO THE COWIISSION for the denial of documents National Treasury regarding NRC consolidation efforts.
Employees Union (85-A-23-84-168)
(An NRC Employee)
APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the lack of response (85-A-24-84-61) of documents regarding himself.
Granted Robert J. Sugarman, In response to a request for copies of documents
- Sugarman, relating to a February 1985 meeting in which Denworth &
representatives of the Philadelphia Electric Company Hellegers briefed the NRC staff, informed the requester that (85-207) the NRC staff located two documents which may be related to his request, which have already been provided to him as a party to the Limerick licensing proceeding.
Steven B. Liss, In response to a request for copies of all NRC records Abourezk, Sobol &
relevant to and/or generated in connection with the Trister NRC licensing or other proceedings of the Carolina (85-288)
Power & Light Nuclear Power Plant outside Raleigh, North Carolina, which mention or otherwise concern 11 specified individuals, informed the requester that the NRC is not aware of any records that might mention the 11 individuals and that the NRC does not have the computer capability to search for all names or words that may appear in NRC's records.
Robert T. Nagle In response to a request for records regarding NRC's (85-311) study and evaluation of the possibility / feasibility of using the salt mine located beneath Detroit, Michigan, as a permanent storage facility for radioactive waste materials, informed the requester that the NRC staff could not located any documents sub,iect to his request.
L. Walter Skinner In response to a request for all documents that relate (85-319) to the possibility of nuclear reactors, nuclear power plants, and/or nuclear " spent fuel" reprocessing facilities being destroyed by a nuclear weapon or explosive device and its consequences, informed the requester that three documents subject to his request are already located in the PDR.
Phillip A. Bradley, In response to a request, which was referred from the Long & Aldridge Department of Justice, for copies of documents related
-(85-320) to the Vogtle and Hatch nuclear power plants, made available the two referred documents.
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ENCLOSURE A MAY 171985 l
Granted Cont'd Chris Schroeder In response to a request for a copy of the document J
(85-338) entitled " Generic Adversary Characteristics Sumary Report," informed the requester that the requested document is already located in the PDR.
Denied
-Nina Bell, In response to a request for copies of documents which Nuclear Information relate to the question of possible limitations to the Resource Service consideration of financial matters in the Commission's (84-887) actions and decisions on licensing allowed or contemplated by the Atomic Energy Act or other authority granted to the NRC, informed the requester that two documents subject to her request are already publicly available in the PDR.
Denied two documents in their entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
Billie-Pirner Garde.
In response to a request for records regarding NRC Government Inspection Report No. 50-483/84-45 on the Callaway Accountability nuclear power plant, made available 10 documents.
I Project Infonned the requester that four additional documents l
(85-214) are already publicly available in the PDR.
Denied i
portions of one document, disclosure of which would I
reveal the advice, opinions, and recommendations of the staff.
I Teresa S. Barnhart, In response to a request for copies of records regarding NTEU Steward Staffing Plans and NRC contractors for FY 1985 and 1986, (85-18) made available 28 records. Denied one record in its entirety, disclosure of which would reveal predecisional advice, opinions, and recommendation of the staff.
I ENCLOSURE A MAY 171985
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION May 13th, the Executive Director for Operations signed a Federal Register notice seeking public comment upon a proposed size determination standard developed by the Division of Rules and Records, ADH and approved by the Small Business Administration. The one million dollar size standard is proposed for use in identifying small entities for purposes of implementing the review of NRC regulations required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980.
ENCLOSURE A MAY 171985
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEK ENDING MAY 17, 1985 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION RFP No.: RS-RES-85-106
Title:
" Piedmont Seismic Reflection Study"
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Description:==
Select a specific seismological problem related to the Southern Piedmont, design a program of seismic reflection and other geophysical investigations, execute the program and interpret the resulting data.
The information gathered is to be used to advance the state of knowledge on possible causes of seismicity in the Piedmont of Virginia and the Carolinas, particularly with respect to structure hypocentral depths.
Period of Performance: Two years with an option to extend for one year Sponsor:, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status:.RFP closed on May 10, 1985. Proposals forwarded to Source Evaluators for review on May 10, 1985.
RFP No.:
RS-RES-85-114
Title:
" Flow of Groundwater and Transport of Contaminants Through Saturated
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Fractured Geologic Media from High Level Radioactive Waste"
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Description:==
Provide NRC with research products which support and/or confirm the basis for technical positions on the above subject and provide a capability sufficient to evalaute DOE documents related to groundwater flow and transport in saturated fractured rocks in which HLW might be stored.
Period of Performance:
Three years Sponsor: Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status: The competitive range has been established and negotiations are scheduled for June 7,1985.
RFP No.:
RS-0RM-85-312
Title:
"LeaseofaDataBaseManagementSystem(DBMS)andSupportingIntegrated Software Packages"
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Description:==
Contractor shall furnish and install a commercially available, fully developed and tested DBMS to serve as the primary tool for development of a corporate data network within NRC. Contractor shall also provide training, maintenance, and other support services.
Period of Performance: One Year Sponsor: Office of Resource Management Status: Best and Final offers received on May 10, 1985, and forwarded to Source Evaluators for review on May 13, 1985.
ENCLOSURE A MAY 171985 i
Division of Contracts Weekly Infomation Report CONTRACTS AWARDED Contract No.: NRC-03-85-062
Title:
"The Impact of New Reactor Safety Information on Technical Specification Improvement"
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Description:==
The purpose of this contract is to gain advanced and illustrative knowledge of how new safety information in areas of source term, seismic margins and piping failure mechanisms will influence future specifications.
Period of Performance: Nine weeks Sponsor: Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status: A firm-fixed price contract awarded to Professional Analysis, Inc. in the
, amount of $62,313.00 effective May 15, 1985.
Contract No.: NRC-17-85-394
Title:
" Stenographic Reporting Services Within the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area"
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Description:==
Contractor shall furnish stenographic reporting services for i
meetings, hearings, press briefings, sensitive security interviews and other proceedings as may be required to be reported for the Headquarters, NRC within the Wathington, D.C. Metropolitan Area.
Period of Performance: Three months Sponsor: Office of the Secretary Status: A fixed price requirements contract awarded to Ann Riley and Associates, _
Ltd. in the estimated amount of $61,040.30 effective May 16, 1985.
CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT NRC-04-82-008 University of Illinois NRC-02-78-083 Boeing Computer Services NRC-10-79-372 International Business Services NRC-05-81-257 Robert Charles Moles Associates, Inc.
NRC-04-80-219 Massachusetts Institute of Technology ENCLOSURE A MAY 171985
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST q
Week Ending May 17, 1985i 4
Shoreham On May 7, 1985, the Shoreham Emergency Planning ASLB re-opened the hearing record concerning the suitability of-the Nassau County Coliseum as a relocation center. The Board order greatly limited the scope of the proceeding and scheduled the hearing to resume on June 4, 1985.
-Limerick On May 2, 1935 the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board issued a partial initial decision (PID) on offsite-emergency planning which concluded as follows:
The emergency plans, subject to conditions set forth in the order, meet the requirements of 10 CFR 50.47, and Appendix E to Part 50, as well as the criteria of NUREG-0654, and provide reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological. emergency.
-This PID thus disposes of all remaining issues admitted for litigation before the Licensing Board and resolves them in favor of the applicant except for any issue which may arise from the inmates of the State correctional Institution at Graterford, Pa.
V. C. Summer Nuclear Station j
On May 8, 1985 at 7:30 p.m., while testing the "A" diesel generator in accordance with Technical Specifications 3-day test frequency, the voltage regulator did not work properly and the "A" diesel generator was declared inoperable. Then at 7:50 p.m., while performing Technical Specification required surveillance on the "B" diesel generator, a noise was heard coming from the "B" diesel generator during its shutdown. Water was observed on the side of the "B" diesel generator and it was declared inoperable. Water has now been found inside the #1 cylinder. The plant was in hot standby (Mode 3) at the time.
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ENCLOSURE B MAY 171985
Three Mile Island, Unit 2 The TMI Program Office (TMIPO) has approved the GPU Nuclear plan for removal of the THI-2 plenum assembly (PA). The PA, currently supported by jacks at a height 7-1/4 inches above its normal position, will be lifted out of the reactor vessel using the polar crane, tripod and specially designed lift rigging. The PA will be horizontally transported through air for approximately 32 feet, then lowered onto its storage stand in the deep end of the fuel transfer canal, where it will be shielded under 4 feet of water.
In its Safety Evaluation, dated May 7,1985, the staff concluded that:
(1) there is little potential for uncovering the damaged core or for recriticality during PA removal; (2) there is little potential for a load drop accident involving the PA and that adequate measures are available to mitigate the consequences of such an unlikely event; and (3) the licensee has instituted appropriate measures to maintain worker exposures ALARA during PA lift and transfer. The TMIPO staff and an expert consultant observed the operation of the special lifting equipment during mockup testing conducted on April 30, 1985.
The actual lift, transfer, and storage ofthe plenum assembly is scheduled to take place during the week of May 13, 1985, subject to completion of prerequisite activities and final NRC approval of the detailed procedures.
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1 On May 7, 1985, during a routine surveillance test, the licensee discovered a thru-wall crack on the water box for one of the four containment spray heat exchangers used to cool torus water. After removing the paint, the crack was observed to be about 5 inches long in the shell to tube sheet weld. The licensee declared the heat exchanger inoperable and entered a 15 day Limiting Condition for Operations. On May 8, 1985 the licensee discovered a thru-wall crack and other surface indications (by dye penetrant (PT) testing) in a second containment spray heat exchanger, declared the heat exchanger inoperable and entered a 7 day LC0 (effective May 8, 1985).
Subsequently, visual and surface indications have been identified in the two remaining containment spray heat exchangers. All indications are located in the shell to tube sheet welds on the water box sides. The two remaining heat exchangers are under evaluation.
The facility is currently operating in a 7 day LC0 while the evaluation of the remaining two heat exchangers continues. Each heat exchanger has 100% cooling capacity. The licensee has remedial repairs in progress to preclude any potential for gross structural failure of the heat exchangers.
N OSURE B MAY 171985
V. C. Summer Nuclear Station For the second time in 21 months, V. C. Summer achieved criticality sooner than the calculated ECP predicted by greater than 100 steps (Target Band is plus or minus 50 steps). This latest occurrence was on Saturday, May 11, 1985. Also, for this startup, actual critical position did not meet the Technical Specification rod insertion limit.
The plant was shutdown by emergency boration in accordance with plant procedures. The licensee reviewed with Westinghouse the ECP calculation, and found no problems. The licensee started up the plant satisfactorily on Sunday, May 12, 1985.
After the first occurrence, the V. C. Sunner ECP procedure was upgraded to take xenon into better account.
Yankee-Nuclear Power Station LOCA Analysis In March,1985, Exxon Corporation informed the NRC of errors in Exxon
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LOCA analysis codes.
Investigation by NRR with subsequent reanalysis by the licensee has revealed a limitation in the LOCA model used for the Yankee plant. The limitation could possibly cause analysis limits to be exceeded in the upper core region during core reflood if a LOCA were to occur late in the fuel cycle.
Based on reanalysis results available to date, the licensee has voluntarily taken action to reduce the flux in the upper core region until the analysis is completed.
Region I and NRR are following the reanalysis activity.
Grand Gulf, Unit 1 The plant achieved 100 percent power Sunday, May 12, 1985, at 8:00 a.m.
The plant is undergoing startup testing in the last phase, Test Condition 6, which ranges between 95 and 100 percent power. The plant was brought up to 100 percent power (1204 megawatts electric) for one hour to make measurements at that power level for the first time.
The licensee has scheduled completion of startup tests in July 1985.
There are 34 startup tests in Test Condition 6.
One of the tests, turbine trip and generator load rejection, will be a more severe transient than the planned test because only two of the three main steam bypass lines are in operation. The transient would be bounded by safety analyses, however, which are based on no steam bypass.
One main steam bypass line has been taken out of service because of a non-through wall crack in the piping downstream of the valve. The 6-inch longitudinal crack was found by ultrasonic inspection. The licensee is evaluating repair of the bypass line and operation with one bypass line closed to determine the needed repair and the optimum time to make the repair.
l MAY 171985 ENCLOSURE B l
_4 Three Mile Island, Unit 2 On Wednesday, May 15, 1985, the TMI-2 plenum assembly (PA) was lifted froin its jacked position in the reactor vessel and lowered onto its storage stand in the deep end of the fuel transfer canal, where it is shielded under four feet of water. The reactor building polar crane, tripod, and lift rigging performed satisfactorily throughout the lift, transfer and storage sequence.
No significant increase in airborne contamination levels in the reactor building was observed during the PA removal. The safe removal and storage of the PA now allows GPU Nuclear to complete the installation of equipment necessary for reactor defueling, currently scheduled to commence in September 1985.
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MAY 1. 71985 ENCLOSURE E
4 NRC TMI PROGRAM 0FFICE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT MAY 13 - 17, 1985 1.
PLANT STATUS The facility remains in long term cold shutdown with the Reactor Coolant System (RCS) vented to the reactor building atmosphere and the reactor vessel head and plenum assembly removed.
RCS cooling is by natural heat loss to the reactor building ambient atmosphere.
Incore thermocouple readings range from 72*F to 92*F with an average of 81*F. Average cold leg tem>erature is 58'F.
Calculated reactor decay heat is less than 14 d10 watts.
- The modified internals indexing fixture is installed on the reactor vessel flange and is flooded to elevation 327 feet 6 inches (151 feet above the top of the core region).
The average reactor building temperature is 60*F. The reactor building airborne activity is 1.3 E-9 uC1/cc tritium, and 5.0 E-10 j
.uCi/cc particulates, predominantly cesiu;:137.
The reactor vessel plenum has been removed from the reactor vessel and placed on its storage stand in the deep end of the fuel transfer l
canal. A dam has been installed between the deep and shallow ends of the fuel transfer canal. The deep end is filled with water to a depth of about 20 feet.
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WASTE MANAGEMENT The Submerged Demineralizer System (SDS) completed processing batch S-118, consisting of 12,217 gallons of miscellaneous waste from the neutralizer tanks.
No EPICOR II processing occurred this week.
. Total volume processed through SDS to date is 2,875.999 gallons, and the total volume processed through EPICOR II is 2,447,788 gallons.
ENCLOSURE B MAY 171985
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_ DOSE REDUCTION / DECONTAMINATION ACTIVITIES General cle.anup continued in the control and service building.
Decontamination of the auxiliary building elevator shaft continued.
Cleanup is in progress in the 'A' RCBT cubicle.
Decontamination is in progress in the tendon access gallery.
Average general area radiation dose rate on the 347' level of the reactor building is 36 mrem per hour. Average dose rate on the 305' level is 160 mrem per hour.
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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
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The Lancaster water sample taken at the water works intake and analyzed by the US Environmental Protection Agency consisted of a seven day composite sample taken from April 28, to May 4, 1985. A gama scan detected no reactor related radioactivity, i
TMI water samples taken by the US Environmental Protection Agency at s
the plant discharge to the river consisted of seven daily composite samples taken from April 27, to May 1,1985. Gama scans detected no reactor related radioactivity.
The NRC outdoor airborne particulate sampler at the TMI Site collected a sample between May 8, and May 16, 1985.
No reactor related radioactivity was detected. Analysis showed I-131 and Cs-137 concentrations to be less than the lower limits of detectability.
The above EPA sample analysis results show TMI. site liquid effluents to be in accordance with regulatory limits,,NRC requirements, and the City of Lancaster Agreement.
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REACTOR BUILDING ACTIVITIES l
The plenum assembly.was removed from the reactor vesstl and transferred to storage in the deep end of the fuel transfer canal on May 15, 1985. The maximum measured dose rate, 36 feet directly below the plenum, was 80 R/hr. Radiation levels in the refueling canal returned to pre-transfer levels once the plenum was stored under 6 feet of water in the deep end of the canal.
Future work in the reactor building will be focused on preparations for the first phase of defueling in September 1985. The near term
.defueling preparations include installation of a 5-ton service crane over the refueling canal and completion of the Defueling Water Cleanup System.
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AUXILIARY AND FUEL HANDLING BUILDING ACTIVITIES Installation of the Defueling Water Cleanup System (DWCS) continued.
Testing of the fuel transfer system and upenders has been completed in the 'A' spent fuel pool.
Boration of the processed water storage tank number 1 is in progress.
The chemistry of this water is being adjusted to provide a source of
' RCS quality water for flooding of the 'A' spent fuel pool. The f
chemical addition will take about one month.
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NRC EVALUATIONS IN PROGRESS Defueling Water Cleanup System Technical Evaluation Technical Specification Change Requests numbers 46 and 48 Equipment Hatch Removal Safety Evaluation Recovery Operations Plan Change number 27 Fuel Canister Technical Evaluation Fuel Handling Senior Reactor Operator Training Program Defueling Safety Evaluation 8.
PROJECTED SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS Start of Defueling: September 1985 9.
PUBLIC MEETING The Advi;ory Panel for the Decontamination of Three Mile Island Unit 2 met on May 16, 1985. At the neeting, which was open to the public, the Panel discussed their position on the level of the Panel's i
inquiry into health effect studies and data related to the radio-active release during the TMI-2 accident. The Panel received a presentation from representatives of General Public Utilities Nuclear Corporation on plans for reactor fuel removal and storage. The Department of Energy briefed the Panel on the current status of fuel shipping casks that will be used for offsite transport of fuel and debris removed from the reactor. The NRC staff provided the Panel with an update on the status of NRC investigations and enforcement actions. The date and location of the next Panel meeting will be announced in the future.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEG!!ARDS Items of Interest Week Ending May 17, 1985 Spent Fuel Storage -- Castor Ic Dry Spent Fuel Storage Cask Topical Report Approval The Advanced Fuel and Spent Fuel Licensing Branch has issued a letter of approval and safety evaluation report for the General Nuclear Systems, Inc. (GNSI) CASTOR Ic cask Topical Report (TR) stating that the TR is acceptable for reference in a site-specific license application under 10 CFR Part 72. The CASTOR Ic dry spent fuel storage cask has a capacity of 16 BWR fuel assemblies (stored in a helium atmospheres with a decay heat not to exceed 1.1 kilowatts per assembly (for de-.
sign basis _ fuel, a decay time of about 1-1/2 years after discharge). TVA pre-viously has informed the staff that it plans to submit a license application, referencing this TR, for storage demonstration of a single CASTOR Ic cask at its Browns Ferry site. The staff.is continuing its review of a second TR of GNSI for 1
the CASTOR V dry storage cask, which has a capacit lies (for fuel with a decay time of about 5 years)y of 21 PWR spent fuel assem-2 Allied Chemical Company, Metropolis, Illinois On May 9, 1985, a meeting was held between representatives of Allied Chemical Company and NMSS to discuss proposed license conditions for the renewal of Source Material License SUS-526. Agreement was reached during the meeting on the content and intent of the conditions proposed by NMSS staff.
US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement NMSS staff participated in the Annual US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement Implementation l
Review meeting on May 7-9, 1985.
Representatises from IAEA, State, ACDA and DOE were in attendance.
The status of IAEA safeguards application in tne U.S. was reviewed including their inspection program, current reporting practices and future selections of U.S.
i facilities. The annual IAEA Safeguards Implenentation Report (SIR) was also dis-cussed.
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v 0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of. Interest Week Ending May 17, 1985 1.
The following Significant Enforcement Actions were taken during the past week:
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EN 85-32A, Order Prohibiting Access to Controlled Areas was issued May 13, 1985 to J. C. Haynes Company (Newark, OH).
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EN 85-358, a Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of-
$50,000 was issued May 16, 1985 to Tennessee Valley Authority (Browns Ferry, Units.1, 2, and 3) for a safeguards violation. On May 2, 1985, the Commission was infonned that a hold had been placed on EN 85-35, a Notice of Violation and. Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $75,000 to be issued April 29, 1985. As a result of further review, the staff has concluded that escalation of the proposed civil
, penalty is not warranted in consideration of the corrective actions taken by the licensee.
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EN 85-37, A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $500 was issued May 10, 1985 to American Can Company (Greenwich, CT). This action is based on the unauthorized removal of radioactive material (NOC Systems Model 103 RHL nuclear gauge) from an unrestricted area. The licensee presumes the nuclear gauge was lost or stolen, d.
EN 85-38, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $2,500 was issued May 13, 1985 to St. Thomas Hospital (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands). This action is based on sixteen violations of NRC requirements including an unsupervised individual using radioactive material, failure to leak test sealed sources, failure to provide dos 1 metry devices to workers, failure to check for contamination on incoming packages, failure to perform linearity tests on the dose celibrator, failure to conduct similar surveys, etc. These violations indicate that adequate oversight and control of the radiation safety program was not exercised.
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EN 85-39, Order to Show Cause Why License Should Not be Revoked was issued May 15, 1985 toMetLab, Incorporated (Hamptom,VA).
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The following IE Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week:
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PNO-I-85-35, Niagra Mohawk Power Corporation (Nine Mile Point, Unit 1), Excessive Contamination on a Solidified Waste Cask.
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PNO-II-85-41A, Virginia Electric and Power Company (Surry, Unit 2),
Small Steam Generator Surface Cracks - Update.
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PNO-II-85-45A, Uniroyal Tire Company (Opelika, AL), Update on Four Missing Gauges with Radioactive Material.
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PNO-II-85-50, South Carolina Electric and Gas Company (Summer),
Inoperable Diesel Generators.
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PNO-II-85-51, Alabama Power Company (Farley Unit 1), Crack in Contain-
> ment Vertical Tendon Field Anchor.
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PNO-II-85-52, Mississippi Power and Light Company (Grand Gulf Unit i
1), Unit Reaches 100 percent Power Level.
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PNO-II-85-53,GeorgiaPowerCompany(Hatch, Unit 1),ShutdownGreater than 48 Hours.
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PNO-II-85-54, Nuclear Fuel Services (Erwin, TN), Workers on Strike.
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PNO-III-85-40, Comonwealth Edison Company (Byron), Bomb Threat.
-j. ~PNO-III-85-41,EdlowInternationalCompany(Washington,DC), Planned Closing of Uranium Storage Facility.
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PNO-IV-85-21, Louisiana Power and Light Company (Waterford Unit 3),
Steam Hammer in Steam Supply Line to Emergency Feedwater Pump.
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Ph0-IV-85-22, Louisiana Power and Light Company (Waterford Unit 3),
Feed Pump Coupling Damage and Unidentified Reactor Coolant System
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PNO-V-85-26 Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Diablo Canyon Unit 1),
Accidental Discharge of Condensate Water.
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PNO-V-85-27, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (Wintersburg, Arizona), Suspension of Employees, o.
PNS-V-85-02, Arizona Public Service (Palo Verde Unit 1 & 2), Arrests for Sale of Drugs.
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PNO-TMI-85-04,GPUNuclearCorporation(TM1 Unit 2),PlenumAssembly Removal.
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The following IE Information Notices were issued during the past week:
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IE Information Notice 84-52, Supplement 1, Inadequate Material Procurement Controls on the Part of Licensees and Vendors was issued May 8, 1985 to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or construction permit.
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IE Information Notice 84-55, Supplement 1, Seal Table Leaks at PWRs was issued May 14, 1985 to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or a construction permit.
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IE Information Notice 85-20, Supplement 1, Motor-0perated Valve Failures Due to Hamering Effect was issued May 14, 1985 to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or construction permit.
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IE Information Notice 85-37, Chemical Cleaning of Steam Generators at Millstone 2 was issued May 14, 1985 to all pressurized water reactor facilities holding an operating license or a construction permit.
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Other Items a.
Operation Management Meeting The Director, Division of Inspection Programs participated in a
. Readiness for Operations Management Meeting at River Bend Nuclear Station this week.
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NUS Symposium / Workshop
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The Director and representatives of the Division of Emergency Preparedness and Engineering Response participated in an NUS Symposium / Workshop on Reporting Requirements in Tampa, Florida on May 13-14, 1985.
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ASLB Panel The Deputy Director, Division of Emergency Preparedness and Engineering Response participated in the 1985 meeting of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel in Ocean City, Maryland on May 13-14, 1985.
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Quality Assurance (1) Representatives of the Quality Assurance Branch, Division of Quality Assurance, Vendor, and Technical Training Center Programs attended a one-day safety-related quality assurance seminar on " quality assurance of software in today's nuclear industry" in Kansas City, M0 on May 14, 1985. This seminar brought together many representatives of the central region nuclear industry.
(2) Readiness Review Project Officer, Quality Assurance Branch, Division of Quality Assurance, Vendor, and Technical Training Center Programs, is participating in a meeting with Georgia Power Company and Region II in Atlanta May 14-15 on the presentation by Georgia Power of a completed Readiness Review Module.
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Civil Penalties Paid (1) On May 10, 1985, payment in the amount of.$18,750 was received from Nuclear Fuel Services Inc. (Erwin, TN) for enforcement action (EA 85-03) relating to violations involving releases of radioactive material to an employee working environment and observation of non-routine activities with regard to the radiation work permit program and performance of Airborne Surveys.
(2) On May 13, 1985, payment in the amount of $50,000 was received from Nuclear Fuel Services (Erwin, TN) for enforcement action (EA 84-60) relating to licensee's failure to maintain material access barriers.
~ (3) On May 13, 1985, payment in the amount of $2,500 was received from Barnent Memorial Hospital (Paterson, NJ) for enforcement action (EA 85-35) relating to Health Physics Violations.
(4) On May 13, 1985, payment in the amount of $5,000 was received from Trans-Eastern Inspection Service (Boca Raton, FL) for enforcement action (EA 84-110) relating to radiation safety violations.
(5) On May 14, 1985, payment in the amount of $1,000 was received from Applied Health Physics (Bethel Park, PA) for enforcement action (EA 84-131) relating to violations of transportation requirements.
(6) On May 15, 1985, payment in the amount of $500 was received fro'n Sego Well Services (Cambridge, OH) for enforcement action (EA 85-33) relating to violations involving oversight of radiation safety programs.
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Enforcement Conference A representative of the Enforcement Staff was in Region II on May 15, 1985 for an enforcement conference on Watts Bar.
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Safeguards Materials Program A representative of the Materials Program Branch, Division of Inspection Programs, was in Columbus, OH this week accompariying a Region III inspector on an unannounced inspection of a large irradiator facility (Radiation Sterilizers, Inc.),
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Vendor Program The Vendor Program Branch, Division of Quality Assurance, Vendor, and Technical Training Center Programs, conducted the following inspections this week:
(1) Morrison'-Knudsen Company, Rocky Mount, NC, to review vendor /
licensee correspondence, maintenance, and design change notices.
'(2) Semens-Allis, Wendell, NC, to review vendor / licensee corres-pondence, maintenance, and design change notices.
(3) Wyle Laboratories, Norco, CA, to perfonn a technical review of recent qualification testing and witness qualification testing being conducted for GE components for GE, including an AC and DC MOV actuator and Limitorque MOV.
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Performance Appraisal Team (PAT)
The Performance Appraisal Team is conducting an inspection of Maine Yankee, May 13-24 and June 3-7, 1985. The ten member inspection team includes a member of the NRR Radiological Assessment Branch, a Region I Senior Resident Inspector, and the Special Assistant to Commissioner Zech.
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Regulatory Effectiveness Review A representative of the Operating Reactor Programs Branch, Division of Inspection Programs, accompanied NMSS Safeguards staff to Indian Point 3 to assist in a regulatory effectiveness review (RER) of the site security program during the period May 13-17, 1985.-
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Outage for Dresden A representative of the Reactor Construction Branch, Division of Inspection Programs, participated in a meeting on May 3, 1985 in Region III with Connonwealth Edison Compary to discuss the planned outage at Dresden scheduled for the fall cf 1985.
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Representathes of the Safeguards and Materials Programs Branch, Division of Inspection Programs, were at Russellville, Arkansas May 13-14, 1985 to accompany a Region IV inspector during an inspection of transportation / solid radwaste activities at Arkansas 1/2. During May 15-16, 1985, conducted a two-day training course on transportation at Region IV and on May 17 conducted discussions on the assessment of the Region IV Inspection Program for trans-portation/radwaste.
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Incident Response (1) Representatives of the Incident Response Branch, Division of Emergency Preparedness and Engineering Response, developed and presented the pilot Severe Accident Radiological Assessment and Meteorological Course at FEMA's Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, MD on May 13-14, 1985.
(2) A representative of the Incident Response Branch, DEPER, attended the RTE Working Group session held in Harrisburg, PA, on May 14, 1985.
(3) On May 14, 1985, the Chief, Incident Response Branch, DEPER, participated in the Response 85 Earthquake - Catastrophic Disaster Response Group planning session for the exercise scheduled on June 18-20, 1985.
(4) The Chief and a staff member, IRB, DEPER, met with FEMA on May 15, 1985 to discuss the agency's plan for implementing Category B under the National Continuity of Government Program.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending May 17, 1985 Multi-Loop Integral System Test (MIST)
A Program Management Group (PMG) meeting was held on April 30-May 2,1985 in All_iance, Ohio'to discuss MIST construction and analysis issues. The PMG has accepted the Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) recommendation to use existing heater rods and braze techniques and replace the shorted heaters.
In addition B&W will also perform a feasibility study of lower temperature braze through braze alloy selection. There is no expected impact on the planned startup of the facility in September 1985.
Semiscal_e_
The system modifications necessary to perform secondary system feedwater line breaks in Semiscale have been completed. System checkout is in progress and the initial attempt to perform the first feedwater line break test is May 22, 1985. The purpose of the feedwater line break test series is to provide additional data to assess the accuracy of the best estimate codes.for this type of event. Conservative analyses indicate that in certain cases feedwater line breaks can result in reactor coolant system overpressurization that exceeds Standard Review Plan limits, i.e.,
110 percent of system design pressure.
Lehigh University A review of the Post-Critical Heat Flux (CHF) Heat Transfer experiment at Lehigh University was held at NRC on May 6,1985, to provide the status of the program to NRR and RES staff. The purpose of the experiment is to provide data to assess post-CHF correlations used in nuclear reactor i
system codes, NRC LOFT A report entitled " Summary of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's LOFT Program Research Findings " was published as NUREG/CR-3005. The report is a summary of the main research results of the Loss-of-Fluid-Test (LOFT) program (pre-0 ECD)relativetocodeassessment,codedevelopment, licensing, rulemaking, safety technology, and reactor operations.
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2-Tests of Selected Electrical Circuits A series of tests of selected electrical circuits has been performed at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station as the first step in a continuing effort to gather data tnat may be useful in better under>Londiny (n-service agin; degradation of safety equipment at commercial LWRs. Shippingport, which was operated by DOE for the Nuclear Navy, is a PWR with many design features and conponents typical of a commercial LWR. Decomissioning activities at Shippingport are expected to begin later this year and, through cooperation with D0t, arrangements have been made to obtain equipment and coolant boundary sanales for examination and testing as part of the aging research program being tenducted by RES. The initial series of tests were conducted to assess the
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s Dr.ta obtained during the Shippingport decommissioning will also be analyzed by CES contractors to establish a data base for evaluation of the radiological impact of decommissioning.
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f ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING MAY 17, 1985 Arrangement Activity The. staff this week sent the following three agreements, which have all been cleared by the Department of State, to the EDO for signature:
- 1. The "Agreemcnt on the OECD Halden Reactor Project Covering the Period January 1, 1985 to December 31, 1987," which had been held up pending Halden's acceptance of several conditions on continued NRC participation which NRC had specified after undergoing significant research budget reductions.
- h. The "NRC-Philippine Atomic Energy Commission (Renewal) Arrangement for the Exchange of Technical Infonnation and Cooperation in Nuclear Safety Matters," which extends for another five years the information exchange and cooperation activities currently underway between NRC and the PAEC.
- 3. An Addendum to the NRC-IAEA Memorandum of Understanding (Administrative) which details how the IAEA will reimburse (rather than prepay) NRC for expenses it incurs in supporting and participating in the IAEA's program of technical assistance to less-developed countries.
International Visitors On Monday Mr. Kjell Andersson and Mr. Alf Larsson of the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate (SKI) and Mr. Inge Pierre of the Swedish Embassy in Washington met with technical representatives from NMSS and RES to discu::s several aspects of NRC's waste management activities. They were especially interested in NRC's strategy for licensing HLW repositories and NRC's approach to reviewing DOE's work on site characterization.
They also expressed an interest in hydrological modeling and perfonnance assessment of repositories. The visitors took this opportunity to note recent progress in the hydrocoin project headed by SKI, which is aimed at modeling nuclide transport behavior in geological formations. Before coming to the NRC the Swedish team also had an appointment at DOE to discuss similar topics.
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0FFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING MAY 17, 1985 California's Low-level Waste Disposal Program In the Weekly Report for week ending April 19, 1985, it was reported that the Court had rendered a decision in the Chem-Nuclear case against the State.
The Court had directed in the tentative decision that either Party had 10 days to soecify controverted issues or make proposals not covered in the The State of California received an extension to the 10-day ifmit decision.
and on May 1, 1985, the State submitted a response specifying controverted issue and objections to the tentative decision. OSP has been infmned by California that Chem-Nuclear will have 20 days to submit a response to the Court on the issues raised in the State's response to the decisicn.
Panel on Price-Anderson in Chicago, Jerome Saltzman (OSP) participated in a panel On May 13, 1985, on Price-Anderson alternatives before a comittee of Governors' advisors on energy of the National Governors' Association. Representatives of the Congressicnal staff, electric utilities and public interest groups also participated in the panel.
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OFFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING MAY 17, 1985 1.
An Engineering Evaluation Report (AE0D/E506) was completed on the review of an event involving stem fracture of a valve in the RHR system. The valve stem was made of type 410 stainless steel. Metallurgical examination showed that the stem had failed from intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC). Excessive surface hardness caused by improper heat treatment during manufacture of the stem material was found to be a contributing factor to the stem failure.
In this engineering evaluation, a search of the LER data base was made which revealed that similar events have occurred at three other plants involving valves of different sizes and manufacturers. The valve stems in these events were also made of type 410 stainless steel. Valve stems made of 400 series stainless steel and heat treated to high hardness are highly susceptible to IGSCC. The excessive hardness is not detected in the usual licensee or supplier's QA programs. Also, the existing code requirements do not specifically address the actual testing to verify the hardness for the stem material after heat treatment.
Based on the results of this study AE0D suggested that IE consider issuing an Information Notice for feedback purposes and RES consider the adequacy of the applicable code requirements for assurance of proper heat treatment.
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Representatives from IE and AE00 gave a two day workshop to licensee personnel on the reporting requirements contained in 10 CFR 50.72 and 50.73. The work-shop was attended by 107 people representing 48 utilities with operating nuclear power plants. The discussion included all aspects of reporting to the NRC Operations Center via the Emergency Notification System, and preparation and submissionofLicenseeEventReports(LERs).
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0FFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION / CIVIL RIGHTS l
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On May 7 and 9, 1985, OSDBU/CR sponsored two one-day seminars for NRC's senior management officials. Conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School, the seminars focused primarily on EE0 laws, policies, and procedures. Thirty-eight senior managers including one Regional Administrator participated. The training will be a definite benefit in terms of strengthening NRC teadership and commitment to the objective of the Agency's EE0 Program Plan.
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i ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE C0PetISSION - WEEK ENDING MAY 17, 1985 A.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS -- INDIAN POINT SPECIAL PROCEEDING DECISION (CLI 85-C'6) Memo SECY to W. J. Dircks dated 5/13/85 This is to advise you that CLI 85-06, affirmed by the Commis-sion on April 25, 1985,* and signed May 7, 1985, directs the NRC staff to accomplish the following tasks:
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Undertake a study of the vulnerability of the Indian Point Unit 2 diesel generator and control buildings to high winds and the possibility that these 2
buildings and the condensate storage tank could be damaged by missiles created by failure of nearby structures (see CLI 85-06, pages 26, 34, and 59).
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Keep abreast of relevant research and experience with filtered vented containments in order to assess their potential value as consequence-mitigating means for application to the Indian Point units i
(CLI 85-06 4509) (NRR), pages 36 and 59).
(c)
Rescind all of the requirements for reducing Indian 4
Point risk contained in the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation's February 11, 1980 Order to the Indian Point licensees unless they are required to i
meet other license requirements for the Indian Point units or are required to fulfill generic require-ments applicable to similar types of power reactors (CLI 85-06, pages 28-29).
4aDG/NRR) (SECY SUSPENSE:
June 18, 1985) 1 (d)
Confer with FENA and report to the Commission within i
60 days of the issuance of CLIO5-06 on the current status of emergency planning at Indian Point and on whether deficiencies identified by the Board and by the Comunission in this proceeding have been corrected.
The report will be outside the context i
of the special Proceeding (CLI 85-06, pages 45, 47, 52, 53-54, and 59).
dese/unm> (sECY SUSPENSE:
July 8, 1985)
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You are directed to take the necessnry action to complete the tasks within the time frame indicated above.
f see also May 3, lys5 sRM for the Affirmation meeting held on April 25, 1985.'
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SECY-84-146 - PROPOSED LICENSE TO EXPORT DEUTERIUM OXIDE (D,,0) TO CANADA (XMAT0316) Memo SECY to W. J. Dircks dated 5/13/85 This is to inform you that the Commission (with all Commis-1 sioners agreeing) has approved the proposed issuance of a i
license (XMAT0316) to export 2,500 kilograms of deuterium oxide to Canada.
The Office of International Programs was advised of this action on May 7, 1985.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF LOW LEVEL WASTE ISSUES, 2:00 P.M.,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1. L985, COPHISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE j
(DPEN TO PUBLIC AT"ENDANCE) Memo SECY to W. J. Dircks dated 5/13/85 i
1 The Commission met with staff to discuss what actions, if any, NRC should take in anticipation of a low level radioactive waste storage problem.
The Commission requested staff to provide information regarding the relative effectiveness of licensee efforts to reduce volume of low level wastes generated and shipped offsite and trends in volume reduction over the past few years.
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further requested information regarding the range in degree of compaction that can be achieved and to what extent volume may be reduced further by incineration methods.
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(SECY Suspense 5/31/05)
Chairman Palladino requested Commission offices to provide
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING BY AIF ON STATE 0F THE INDUSTRY, 10:30 A.M.,
WEDNESDAY, AMY 8,1985, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) Memo SECY to RECORD dated 5/16/85 I
The Commission met to be briefed by representatives of the Atomic Industrial Forum (AIF) regarding AIF's views on the current status of the nuclear industry.
The following persons briefed the Commission:
- Donald P. Lyons Chairman, AIF Board of Directors and l
President, Power Systems Group, Combustion Engineering, Inc.
- James J. O'Connor Chairman.of the Eoard, INPO and I
Chairman of the Board and President, l
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- Murray Edelman, Chairman I
AIF Committee on Reactor Mcensing and Safety, and Vice President, Nuclear Group, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.
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- Cordell Reed, Chairman IDCOR, Program Steering Group, and Vice President, Nuclear Operations, Commonwealth Edison Company
- Barton E. Cowan, Chairman AIF Lawyers Committee and Partner, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin and Mellott There were no requirements at this meeting.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE, 3:30 P.M., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1985, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) Memo SECY to H. E. Plaine dated 5/17/85 I'
SECY-85-136 - Options to Respond to Romand of Guard v. NRC The Commission by a 4-1 vote (with Commissioner Asselstine disapproving) approved a policy statement which provides interim guidance to the adjudicatory boards and the staff until the Commission can conclude its response to the D.C. Circuit Court's remand in Guard v. NRC.
The guidance states that "the Commission believes that Licensing Boards (and, in uncontested situstions, the staff) may find that applicants who have met the requirements of Section 50.47(b) (12) as interpreted by the Commission before the Guard decision and who commit to full compliance with the Commission's response to the Guard remand meet the requirements of Section 50.47 (c) (1) and, therefore, are entitled to licenses conditional on full compl'iance with the Commission's response to the Guard remand."
You should forward the policy statement for signature and publication in the Federal Register.
(OGC)
(SECY Suspense:
5/20/85)
The Commission also agreed (with all Con.missioners approving) to ask the staff to respond to three options dealing with the Guard case (attached memo).
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SECY-85-140 - TMI-1 Restart Proceeding -- TMIA Motion for Reconsideration of Denial of Section 189 Hearing Request on
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Licensee's Character The Commission, by a vote of 4-1, approved an order denying a j
request by TMIA for reconsideration of the Commission's April 4, 1985 denial of TMIA's February 1, 1985 request for a hearing.
Commissioner Asselstine disapproved, indicating that he would have taken review of the original 2.206 petition.
(Subsequently on May 9, 1985 the Secretary signed the order.)
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SECY-85-141 - TMI-1 Restart:
Motions for Reconsideration of Commission's Decision that no Further Hearings are Required The Commission, by a vote of 3-2, approved an order which denies motions by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Three Mile Island Alert that the Commission reconsider its February 26, 1985 decision that no further hearings are warranted in the TMI-1 restart proceeding.
Commissioners Asselstine and Bernthal disapproved the order.
(Subsequently on May 9,1985 the Secretary signed the order.)
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5/18-19/85 50-400 E&E Center Assess status of construction Carolina Power &
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'9:00 am New Hill, NC and completion schedule for Light Harris Unit 1 5/21/85 50-245 MNBB-6507 IGSCC Reinspection of Mill-Northeast Nuclear J. Shea
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9:30 am Bethesda stone 1 Recirculation Pipe Welds during Reload 10 outage scheduled for October 1985 l
5/21-23/85 50-445 Cygna Briefing on results of the Texas Utilities S. Burwell
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9:00 am 50-446 San Francisco,CA Independent Assessment Program (Comanche Peak)
Phase 4 in areas of Mechanical and. Electrical System 4
l 5/22/85 50-237 P-422 To discuss issues relating to Commonwealth Edison R. Gilbert 1:00 pm 50-249 Bethesda new site for MVRS propane i
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l 5/22/85 P-118 To discuss technical issues re-Nuclear Utility Group F. Schroeder j
9:00 am Bethesda lated to proposal that was sub-On Station Blackout i
mitted to NRC to resolve USI A-44 I
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DATE/ TIME-NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 5/22/85 50-482 P-114 To-discuss NRC's recommendation Kansas Gas & Elec..
P. O'Connor 1:00 pm Bethesda that the licensee add data on Union Elec. Co.
containment isolation status to (Wolf Creek 1&2) the SNUPPS SPOS as a display variable
} 5/22-23/85 50-244 Ginna Site Review Masonary Wall Design Rochester Gas &
C. Miller i 8:00 am Ontario, NY Electric i
l 8:30 am 5/22-23/85 50-275 Westinghouse To discuss PG&E Long-Term Pacific Gas & Elec.
H. Schierling i
j 50-323 Offices 5/22 Seismic Program Univ. of Nevada j
P-118 5/23 (Diablo Canyon 1&2) j Bethesda Ij 5/24/85 50-443 PSNH Seabrook Cable Tray Support Re-evalua-Public Service of V. Nerses j 9:00 am 50-444 Office tion Program New Hampshire Bethesda, Md.
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5/31/85 50-412 P-110 Appeal of the requirements on Duquesne Light Co.
V. Nerses
- 1:00 pm Bethesda air dryers for emergency (Beaver Valley 2) diesel generators i
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DATE/ TIE NUfBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 5/21/85 Willste Meeting to discuss monitored R. E. Cunningham (FC)
Rouse 9:00 Room 562 retrievable storage (MRS).
L. C. Rouse (FC)
M. Cheston (GAO) 5/22/85 70-734 Willste Discuss status of review of license Reps of GA Technolo-Ketzlach 8:15
- SNM-696 amendment application re-gies, Inc. and questing modification of the radio-NMSS logical and nuclear safety and the environmental surveillance require-ments during the planned-limited facility operations.
(GA Technologies) 5/22/85 Milwaukee, To discuss Follow Up Actions R. Wilde (FC)
'Wilde Wisconsin Resulting from the Mexican Contamination Steel Inci' dent at the 17th Annual National Conference on Radiation Control.
5/23/85 Willste Discuss criticality analyses for Reps of B&W, Bechtel, Marotta 9:00 Room 106 TMI-2 waste canisters.
TMI Office and NRC 5/30/85 72-3 Willste Discuss application for ISFSI at Reps of SAIC, Carolina Roberts 9:30 Room 517 HB Robinson 2.
Power & Light J. Roberts (FC)
F. Sturz (FC)
C. Billups (NRR)
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DATE/ TIME NUfBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICATION NRC CONTACT 5/22-23/85 Williamsburg, VA To attend ASME MBell NBell Ft. Magruder Inn Quality Assurance Meeting Division of Safeguards DOCKET ATTENDEES /
DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT June 3-4 GE Wilmington, NC To prepare facility E. Sparks Sparks attachments for LEU P. Robinson fabrication facili-IP ties in order to implement IAEA safeguards at that facility
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5/22 NL-013 Input to NUREG-0956 Contractors Eng NRC staff 5/20 AR-5033 Discuss relationship of RAP to Tech Spec Johnson Tech Spech Improvements Improvement Group in NRR and DRA0 staff 5/29-30 NL-013 Cognitive Modelling Contractor Ryan staff 5/30 Willste Review code assessment program RES Scott Bldg.
for FRAPCON-2 NRR CDC/UAI 5/30 P-422 Contractor briefing - LANL, Vital LANL staff
. Ting Equipment Determination Techniques NRR, RES, IE, Research Study NMSS & Regional Office staff 6/4 NL Review Statistics Handbook Abramson Frattali Frattali 6/5-6 PNL Contract Review (3)
PNL staff Turel Turel i
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DATE/ TIME LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRC CONTACT May 21, 1985 LaSalle 1 Collect and discuss information on Peter Lam, AE00 Peter Lam 9:00am Illinois operating events involving the Stuart Rubin, AE00 492-4438 degradation of isolation barriers Region III Staff between the RCS and ECCS.
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DATE/ TIME NtMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 05/20/85 RII Office Meeting with Vice President Licensee, Regional Grace 10:00 a.m.
Nuclear Production Depart-Administrator and ment, Duke Power Company, Deputy Regional to discuss matters of Administrator interest 11:30 a.m.
RII Office Meeting with Vice President Same as above Grace Nuclear Operations and the Executive Vice President Engineering and Construction, Florida Power Corporation to discuss current plant issues relating to Crystal River 05/23/85 RII Office Performance Enhancement Licensee, Deputy Olshinski 10:00 a.m.
Program - Turkey Point Regional Administrator, hRR and RII Staff Members 5/24/85 RII Office Meeting with Brunswick Licensee, Regional Grace 11:00 a.m.
Plant Manager, Carolina Administrator and Power & Light Company, to Deputy Regional discuss matters of mutual Administrator interest.
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RII Office Meeting representatives of Licensee, Regional Walker Georgia Power Company to Administrator and j
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