ML20140F476

FOIA Request for Info Re Review of Most Recent Containment Leak Rate Test at Facility.Rehm Ltr Claiming Info Exists Encl

ML20140F476
Person / Time
Site:	Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date:	02/24/1985
From:	Reytblatt Z WARREN WILSON COLLEGE, SWANNANOA, NC
To:	Felton J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
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FOIA-85-136 NUDOCS 8507120094
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Mr. J. Felton, Director, Division of Rulen an.1 Records Office of Administration FREEDOM OF INFOftMATK)N US Nuclear Regulatory Cor.aission ACT REQUEST Washington, DC 20555

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SUBJECT:

FOIA RE2UEST REGARDING REVIE'.1 OF 7. ION, 19M CONTAIMMENT LEAK RITF.

TEST Pursuant to the Freedom of Inforaation Act, an amended, 5 USC 552, and the Privacy Act of 1971, 5 USC 552a, I her-by roqucst all the infor: nation in the NRC possension, regardin'l the revie.- of the nost recent containnent lea': rato test on Zion Power Plant. I an encloning a photocco/ of *:r. Rehr's letter to rie claining that such infornation existe.

Euch information, as not forth in 10 CFR, Paragra t 9, and in associarmi regulatory docurente must include hut is r,ot limiterl to li l i t., t of all p-rtinent docu. ente; 21 ca l cul a t iorm ; 31 d,t c hace for calculations; 4) memorendi from and to all the parties involveo; 5) recor in of telephona converrations, :T i nu t e s , transcripts or if unavailable, s u; .na r i e:.; o f a l l neetinge including technical nuotinar~ involving the subject, anri r) i ennlanation of th" e mal nroc Mara.

Tne Ato"ic Eneriy Act o f I V. ' a'il the Oy roting Lic"nse ,rovid2 that so~ia of t% inforaation in 'luu. tion nay not ,. in thc itv e .i i n t e om<_nion of the NRC, however such inf orr iat ior, mst be na e avnilable to the NRC i'm ;od i a t e l y upon requent. I urge you to i eediately rer,uest fro +. the depository (Cocnonwealtn Edi nor. Co. ) any and all the infornation not in the posaension of thc NRC, on the r.uaject.

BACKGROUND My concerns are with the safety of citi9en: (including itv relativec ani friende) residing in the aroa vulnerahle to a radioactive contanination fron the Zion Station. Upon learning about fraudulent Zion tests which had tb ne repeated to assure comliance of the leak level with the legal limits, and with the intent to perform an independent review of the Zion tests, I exanined the materials submitted to me by the CAMP of Chicago. Althoulh these materials do not contain the complete raw data, they enabled me to ectablish conse rvati ve est ' nc tos of the leak rate in ovcoss of spocifled by t he Ocarating I.iconse. M ., conc l un i n i- src co'" m.i tn **r. Hohr a n 1, we ,u e r. t l y , the s u' .j. c t rrvin '

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. n FEE WAIVER REQUEST I a:n petitioning for the waver of the fee on the ground that the people of the USti will benefit from the relear,e of t'ic informat ion as explained beloa.

The prenent leak rate testing rnetho.iology allows to " determine" any lea'< rat 7 value f ro n any set of the raw data. Thin has been proven beyond any reasonable clou'ot analytically, by worked exannlen and on actual data (Zion, Unit 1). Fraudulent Zion, Unit 1, tests have been officially founr1 deficient.

An independent review of the nost recent test is of a special concern of the Chicago area citizens. It is, therefore, in the best interests of the people of the USA that the subject information be made public and that no fee be charged for its release.

I shall expect to hear fron you within ten (10) working days as provided by law.

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. / 61, Zinovy V. Reytb[atthChair Depart:qent of !!athematics an/.

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Dr. Zinovy V. Reytblatt, Chainnan Department of Applied Mathematics &

Computer Science Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778

Dear Dr. Reytblatt:

This is to acknowledge receipt and consideration of your January 9,1985 letter directed to me. The content of your letter has been reviewed by the NRC staff with the following comments, which I am passing on to you.

1 The technical material in your letter has previously been presented by you to the NRC staff in various forms, including written and oral presentations. The staff has had continued dialogue with you on issues related to containment leak rate testing extending over many years, which has included extensive correspondence on the subject. The technical issues raised in your most recent letter have all received NRC staff consideration.

Although your specific reference to the software used in the 1984 Zion containment integrated leak rate test is new, the underlying subject is again that of proper use of weight coefficient.s, .which has been prev.iously,_

raised by you and considered by the staff,.[In any event, the NRC staff l has again reviewed a representative sample 1984 Zion te

, calculation and is satisfied with the resu lts, based on current practice.

Since the review of prior correspondence reveals that no new technical issues have been raised by your January 9,1985 letter, the letter provides

! an insufficient basis for emergency relief on the part of the NRC.

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As noted in my letter to you of October 30, 1984, your comments will be considered in the preparation of the regulatory guide addressing ANSI /ANS 56.8-1091. We will follow our normal procedures with regard to

' public input, and further opportunities will exist for input from the public at large, as well as from you. ~

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