ML20133C789

Discusses Udall Requests for Matls in Preparation for Markey Subcommittee Hearing,Including Project Manager Responses Re Operating Nuclear Power Plants Where Corrective Action Outstanding for Extended Period

ML20133C789
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Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	09/19/1985
From:	Delmedico J NRC
To:	Rehm T NRC
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NOTE FOR: Tom Rehm l FROM: J. DelMedico l j

SUBJECT:

TOPICS FOR BRIEFING ON DAVIS-BESSE REQUESTED BY l

! RICHARD UDELL AND RELATED REQUESTS j i ,

i i In preparation for the Markey Subcommittee hearing on Davis-Besse Mr. i Udell of the Subcomittee staff has made the following requests: l

) 1. An August 5, 1985 memorandum from Mr. Dircks to Chairman Palladino summarized the responses of project managers concerning operating i nuclear power plants where required corrective action has been >

outstanding for an extended period of time. Mr. Udell requests a copy of the actual response submitted by each project manager.

! 2. An August 5 memorandum from Mr. Dircks to Office Directors asked, in i light of the Davis-Besse incident, how NRC programs could be made more i effective. Mr. Udell requests copies of the responses to that memorandum.

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! 3. There is a maintenance inspection at Davis-Besse this week. When it  !

. is available, Mr. Udell requests a copy of the report or document l l generated as a result of that inspection.

} 4 As ! mentioned this afternoon in our telephone conversation, Mr. Udell j requests a briefing on Davis Besse and proposes Tuesday, September 24 <

3 at 2 P.M. as the date and time. The areas to be covered in this

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- NRC's current views of the utility analysis and the Los Alamos  !

i study concerning feed and bleed at Davis Besse, i i

- An expansion of the NRC response to Question 12 in our letter to l

.! Mr. Markey dated July 12, 1985. This expansion would extend the  ;

f response concerning aux feed reliability to all_ operating power

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reactors. ,

- Information on how the core melt frecuency calculations in the

January 16,1984 memorandum from Thatani to Parr came about.

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- In the September 18th briefing before the Commission, the Staff mentioned efforts to increase aux feed reliability at some plants. Mr. Udell would like to discuss the specific plants and, if there is a CRGR package, he would like to obtain a copy of it.

j - Generic implications of the Davis-Besse incident.

- INP0 activities at Davis-Besse, including staff access to INP0 '

documents on the plant and whether INPO anticipated the problems

. at Davis-Besse.

! - The grandfathering process as it relates to GDC and SRP

) requirements, including what plants have to comply with which

! requirements and how this is determined.

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- The number of failures at Davis-Besse, their causes, their j estimated probability and the combined probability of occurrence, i This relates to our response to Question 2 in the NRC response to J

Mr. Markey dated July 17, 1985.

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Prerequisites to restart, including IE issues such as pending i

l enforcement action as a result of the incident. . 1 i

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