ML20148F984

Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 880318

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March 22, 1988 For: The Commissioners From: T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 18, 1988 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.

Contents Enclosure Administration and Resources Management A Nuclear Reactor Regulation 8 Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C Nuclear Regulatory Research D Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data (CRGR Activities) E F

Governmental & Public /ffairs G*

General Counsel H

Personnel Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights I*

Special Projects J*

X Enforcement L

Consolidation Regional Offices M Executive Director for Operations N*

j j Items Addressed by the Commission 0*

P Meeting Notices l

Proprietary or Other Sensitive InYomation (Not for Q external distribution)

• No input this week.

/T. A. Rehm, W nt for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations

Contact:

T. A. Rehm, ED0 492-7781 8803280354 880322 PDR COMMS NRCC WEEKLYINFOREPT PDP L

Q' HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING MARCH 18, 1988 ALCHEMIE The staff is considering A1ChemIE's request for an exemptica to 10 CFR 550.10(c) to permit the erection of a temporary storage butiding at Oliver Springs Tennessee to house centrifuge machine components to be transferred from the DOE Portsmouth, Ohio facility. AlchemIE needs the temporary storage building to accomodate DOE requirements for the removal of the components from the Portsmouth Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant.

Additional information is being requested to substantiate the conditions of the exemption request.

Sequoyah Fuels Corporation, Gore, OK On February 29, Sequoyah Fuels reported from its UFg facility that it possessed an overfilled Model 48G UF tails cylinder (see rep 5rt for week ending March 4,

! 1988). During a site visik to review the matter with Sequoyah fuels, a DOE

! contractor representative from the Paducah Enrichment Plant reconnended that i DOE seek exemption from DOT to permit DOE to ship the cylinder back to the Paducah facility for subsequent handling. An NRC Region IV inspector also was present for the discussions. During the interim, the cylinder remains tagged and stored at the licensee's facility. The DOE investigation into the I circumstances of the overfilling and transfer continues.

Hearinos Two hearings of concern to NRC are scheduled by the Park and Planning Board in May. On April 7, the Board will act on the developers' request to waive the requirement for additional onsite parking until the second building is constructed. On April 14, the Board will meet to reconsider the application to build a second office building on the site, rather than the hotel-conference center it had originally approved.

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a OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Ai'D RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREk: DOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS - 1988 For 5-Day Period of March 11,1988 - March 17,1988 Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Receivee This Week 13 0 Completed This Week 18 0 Carryovers From 1987 157 33 Received In 1988 175 18 Granted In 1988 125 5 Denied In 1988 56 9 Pending 151 37 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Bruce Maxwell, Requests copies of a report from the Resident Inspector WTOL-TV Toledo at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant to Region III (88-163) around September 1987 about a December 31, 1986 incident and records written in response to allegations in that report.

(NRC employee) Requests a copy of a 1985 grievance filed on her behalf (88-164) by NTEU.

Bruce Maxwell, Requests copies of all records pertaining to a valve WTOL-TV Toledo problem in 1987 at the Perry nuclear power plant.

(88-165)

Terry Lodge Requests copies of all records related to a special (88-166) safety inspection conducted from December 9,1987 through January 8, 1988 at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant on allegations by a named individual.

Bruce Maxwell, Requests records maintained by the NRC on himself and WTOL-TV Toledo reporting what he has done about nuclear power and the (88-167) NRC.

Charles Elliott, Requests copies of all records relating to GE BWRs Brose and produced pursuant to the contract awarded under RFP Poswistilo RS-NRR-83-092, "Severe Acciaent Consequences Mitigation."

(88-168) l l CONTACT: Dennie H. Grimsley

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2 Received, Cont'd (Anindividual Requests copies of all records pertaining to the personnel requesting action regarding an ACRS Fellowship offer, information about himself)

(88-169)

Timothy Bridge, Requests copies of 11 categories of records pertaining Lerner, Bridge to License No. 12-01087-07 issued to Edward Hines, Jr.,

and Reiss, LTD. VA Hospital, investigations of misadministrations of (88-170) by-product materials, and NRC's order dated August 24, 1987.

F. A. Spangenberg, Requests copies of the 10 and 50 mile EPZ maps and a Illinois Power specified EG&G photo.

Company (88-171)

(Anindividual Requests records maintained in the NRC on herself, requesting information about herself)

(88-172)

Robert Gulledge, Requests four categories of records related to soil Standard studies for the South Texas nuclear power plant.

International Construction ,

Company (88-173)

Diane Sullivan, Requests five categories of records related to 3M and Hannoch Weisman 8 lock Drug Company.

(88-174)

(An individual Requests records maintained in the NRC on himself.

requesting information about himself)

(88-175) l Granted Diane Arnst, In response to a request for a copy of the 01 report Sierra Club which focused on the construct?on phase and the (87-811) Quality First Program at the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant, informed the requester that the released records are available at the PDR in file F01A-87-800.

Gregory Palast, In response to a request for records regarding vendor Union Associates lists for the Nine Mile Point Unit 2 nuclear power plant (87-849) between 1975 and 1978, made available one record.

Informed the requester that four additional records subject to this request are already available at the l, PDR.

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3 Grantad, Cont'd Lynn Connor, In response to a request for copies of Reactor Technology Doc-Sear.ch Memorandum (RTM) 4 and other RTMs, made available 16 records.

Associates (88-17)

Steven Sholly, In response to a request for records concerning a seismic MHB Technical design audit of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant by Associates NRC from April 28 through May 2, 1975, made available (88-19) five records.

Gregory Bergman, In response to a request for access to NRC files on Rockingham County unpublished reports pertaining to low power testing Newspapers Inc. slated to begin at the Seabrook nuclear power plant on (88-31) February 10, 1988, informed the requester that the Seabrook Station has not been authorized to begin low power testing and, therefore, the NRC has no agency records subject to this rcquest.

Susan Hiatt, In response to a request for records concerning the OCRE Representative November 10, 1987 meeting of a group of Hydrogen (88-64) Combustion Experts and the National Academy of Sciences report which were mentioned in the December 4, 1987 Weekly Information Report, made available seven records.

Informed the requester that one record subject to this request has been referred to another Federal agency for review and direct response to her.

F. L. Clifford, In response to a request for a copy of Policy and l F. L. Clifford Guidance Directive FC 86-2, made available a copy of Associates of the requested record.

(88-158)

In response to a request for records maintained in the (Anindividual requesting NRC on herself, made available one record, information about I herself) l (88-172)

Denied Linda Bauman, In response to a request for records related to the Government August 25, 1987 letter from J. Keppler to TUGC0 Accountability regarding EA-83-64 pertaining to the Comanche Peak Project nuclear power plant, made available nine records.

(87-593) Informed the requester that additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.

Informed the requester that records subject to this request have been referred to another Federal agency for review and direct response to her. Denied 16 l records in their entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.

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4 Denied. Cont'd Dave Airozo, In response to a request for 13 categories of McGraw Hill records regarding the Comanche Peak and Fort St. Vrain (87-677) nuclear power plants, made available eight records.

Informed the requester that additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR. Denied four records in their entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.

Jean Hays, In response to a request for records from January 1986 The Wichita to the present concerning OI's investigation into Eagle-Beacon wrongdoing issues at the Wolf Creek nuclear power (87-800) plant, informed the requester that one record subject to this request is already available at the PDR.

Denied three records in their entirety and portions of 11 records, disclosure of which would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and could reasonably be expected to interfere with an ongoing investigation and reveal identities of confidential sources.

(NRC employee) In response to a request for records concerning a (88-113) specified 0IA investigation, denied records in their entirety, disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to interfere with an ongoing investigation.

Kay Drey In response to a request for a copy of the most (88-117) recently amended version of Part 19 et al., regarding the proposed NRC radiation standard, denied one record in its entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.

(NRCemployee) In response to a request for records concerning the (88-131) filling of the position under Yacancy Announcement No.

88-5111-7, made available one record. Denied portions of two records, disclosure of which would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

F01 Services, Inc. In response to a request for a copy of the registration (88-147) of sealed source and device design for Norland I 125 source holders, No.178A588A and No.148A588A, for use in Norland's bone scanner nodel No. N2740, made available eight records. Denied seven records in their entirety and portions of two records containing commercial or financial information.

MARCH 18, 1988 ENCLOStJRE A

DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING MARCH 18, 1988 RFP ISSUED RFP No.: RS-ARM-88-234

Title:

"Alert Notification System"

Description:

Contractor will provide the NRC with an automated microprocessor based system for selective recall for personnel during an emergency event.

Period of Performance: 60 day delivery for system 1 year for warranty Sponsor: Office of Administration and Resources Management Status: Closing date has been extended to March 28, 1988.

RFP No.: RS-RES-88-072

Title:

"Irradiation Embrittlement of Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels"

Description:

The Contractor shall provide NRC analytical and experimental methods and data that are necessary to ensure the structural safety and reliability of pressure boundary components in Light Water Reactor Systems.

Period of Performance: 4 year:

Sponsor: Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status: Closing date has been extended to April 8,1988.

RFP No.: RS-PER-88-364

Title:

"Operation and Maintenance of the Information Technology Services Training Laboratory"

Description:

Contractor will be required to provide ADP training to managers and other technical and non-technical end-users.

Period of Performance: 3 years Sponsor: Office of Personnel Status: Closing date has been extended to March 30, 1988.

RFP No.: RS-RES-88-067

Title:

"Structure Damping Research Program"

Description:

Assess appropriateness of structural damping values used for design of nuclear power plants or evaluation of existing plants.

Period of Performance: 2 years Sponsor: Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status: RFP issued on March 14, 1988. Proposals due on April 13, 1988.

RFP No.: RS-RG2-88-276

Title:

"Data Entry Support Services"

Description:

Perform ADP data entry and retrieval activities at the Region 11 office.

l Period of Performance: 2 years l Sponsor: Region 11 i

Status: RFP issued on March 14, 1988. Proposals due on April 13, l 1988.

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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING MARCH 18, 1988 RFP No.: RS-ARM-88-230

Title:

"ITS End-User Support Services"

Description:

Contractor shall assist end-users of microcomputers and NRC users of the National Institutes of Health Computer Facility to resolve application problems, develop specifically defined end-user tools and systems and assist end-users in making effective use of ADP equipment and services. These services shall be performed on-site at NRC facilities in the Bethesda/Rockville, Maryland area.

Period of Performance:. 2 years Sponsor: Office of Administration and Resources Management Status: RFP issued on March 18, 1988. Proposals due on April 18, 1988, t

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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending March 18, 1988 Catawba Units 1 and 2 This information supplements the daily highlight of March 10, 1988 which discussed the Unit 2 "A" train AFW pump suction swap-over to the nuclear service water system and the resulting flow degradation.

Because the potential problem could also exist in Unit 1, it was taken to Mode 4 (hot shutdown) at 12:50 p.m. on March 10 after the licensee declared both trains of AFW inoperable and determined that required flow rates could not be assured from the service water system should certain postulated events occur.

Currently, Unit 1 is operating at 15% power. Unit 2 remains in Mode 4 and prior to entering Mode 3 (hot standby) the licensee is comitted to have completed: (a) flushing of the AFW system and reinspection of AFW system flow control valves to the "A" and "B" Steam Generators (CA 56 and 60) for clams when flush is complete and (b) performing a head curve for AFW pump 2A. The licensee has already inspected check valves CA 129 and 3 and found no problems.

Prior to Unit 2 entering Mode 2 (startup), the licensee is committed to have completed an AFW flow balance and a dynamic test (to recreate the Unit 2 event of March 9, 1988) while monitoring the suction pressure. The licensee will compare the measured suction pressures to calculated values.

The AIT is monitoring the licensee's activities and consulting with NRR and Region 11 regarding the restart of Unit 2.

f LaSalle Unit 2 j

This report describes the March 9, 1988 unit scram. While performing the functional test on a differential pressure switch, an Instrument Maintenance l (IM) technician inadvertently valved in the variable and reference legs of the switch with the equalizing valve open. This initiated a "pressure equalization" l between the variable and reference legs, and resulted in a high "indicated" level to feedwater level control, causing the feedwater pumps to begin reducing low. Realizing the valving error was made, the reference leg was immediately isolated from the variable leg which resulted in a low "indicated" level spike.

The level spike caused other level switches, utilizing the same reference leg, to also actuate, including the trip of the Reactor Recirculation (RR) pumps frcm i an Anticipated Transient Without Scram (ATWS) signal.

MARCH 10, 1988 ENCLOSURE 8

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending March 18, 1988 LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT Low-Level Wasle Hydrogeologic Aspects of Rad _ioactive Waste Disposa_1 On March 12, 1988, LLWM staff convened a techni:al symposierr entitled, "Hydrogeologie Aspects of Radioactive Waste Disposal" at the 23rd Annual Meeting of Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America in Portland, Maine. The symposium provided a forum for presentation of hydrogeologic assessments of existing radioactive waste disposal sites in the United States, and for discussion of current topics such as the effects of spatial variability of hydraulic properties on radionuclide transport.

Several NMSS and RES staff cnd contractors participated in the symposium in addition to representatives from the U.S. Geological Survey and contractors for the U.S. Department of Energy.

0A Training The Division of Low Level Waste Management and Decommissioning is conducting a two-day, in-house training course on the application of Quality Assurance (QA) for a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility on March 21 and 22 at White Flint North.

FRN on Completion of Section 8(b) of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 (LLRWPAA)

The Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning has issued NUREG-1199, Rev.1. "Standard Format and Content of a License Application for a low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility" and NUREG-1200, Rev.1, "Standard Review Plan for the Review of a License Application for a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility." These NUREG reports provide timely and complete guidance on alternative disposal options. In addition, these NUREGs incorporate major revisions in the areas of financial assurance and quality assurance. The issuing of these NUREGs fulfills NRC requirements under Section 8(b) of LLRWPAA.

MARCH 18, 1988 ENCLOSURE C

2 SAFEGUARDS International Implementation of the US/IAEA Aareement On March 15, 1988, the Safeguards Licensing Branch issued license conditions to incorporate the IAEA Facility Attachment to the General Electric low enriched fuel fabrication facility at Wil.nington, North Carolina. This action implements full IAEA safeguards, including inspection, at the facility under the provisions of the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement.

Transportation Plutoniun Air Transport On March 14, 1988, SGTR staff met with Japanese experts and officials to discuss the safe transport of plutonium by air. Japan has an effort underway to formulate national safety standards for air transport of plutonium. This effort has been in process for about 3 years. Views were exchanged on the technical considerations for safe transport including the severity of aircraft accidents, conservatisms of tests conducted on essentially unyielding targets, contribution to safety of package tie-downs in severe accidents, burial of packages and the impact tests in NUREG-0360 with respect to worse case accidents. The staff experiences concerning the development of "Qualification Criteria to Certify a Package for Air Transport of Plutonium" (NUREG-0360) and the certification of Model Nos. PAT-1 and PAT-2 were also discussed.

The Japanese officials were interested in the implementation of the recent U.S. law (Murkowski amendments) which places additional requirements on the shipment of plutonium by air, through the air space of the U.S., from one foreign country to another. It was indicated that a letter of intent to conduct such shipments may be sent to the NRC.

The Japanese officials expressed a desire to have an additional meeting in June / July to discuss plutonium air transport.

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Cask Trailer Roll-Over On March 11, 1988, a trailer overturned while carrying an NRC certified spent fuel cask. The cask was empty at the time of the accident and no radioactive material was released. The accident occurred on-site at a DOE facility (Rockwell International). The truck was making a 90* turn at about 10 mph when the accident occurred. DOE is investigating the accident.

INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY Fuel Cycle Safety ALCHEMIE The staff is considering AlchemIE's request for an exemption to 10 CFR 650.10(c) to permit the erection of a temporary storage building at Oliver Springs, Tennessee to house centrifuge machine components to be transferred from the DOE Portsmouth, Ohio facility. AlchemIE needs the temporary storage building to accomodate DOE requirements for the removal of the components from the Portsmouth Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant.

Additional information is being requested to substantiate the conditions of the exemption request.

Sequoyah Fuels Corporation, Gore, OK On February 29. Sequoyah Fuels reported from its UF6 facility that it possessed an overfilled Model 48G UF g tails cylinder (see report for week ending March 4, 1988). During a site visit to review the matter with Sequoyah Fuels, a DOE contractor representative from the Paducah Enrichment Plant recommended that DOE seek exemption from DOT to pennit DOE to ship the cylinder back to the Paducah facility for subsequent handling. An NRC Region IV inspector also was present for the discussions. During the interim, the cylinder remains tagged and stored at the licensee's facility, The DOE investigation into the circumstances of the overfilling and transfer continues.

MARCH 18, 1988 ENCLOSURE C

e 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending March 18, 1988 PREVENTING DAMAGE TO THE REACTOR CORES Technical Support Center (TSC)

The TSC has provided draft input to the NRC for development of an NRC severe accident management plan. This input, provided on March 16, 1988, addresses in-vessel accident management issues, specifically (1) primary system depres-surization, and (2) secondary system depressurization, shutdown, information available to the operators, operating procedures and uncertainties. The work has been coordinated with staff from Battelle Columbus Laboratories who have responsibility for (1) water addition to the primary system, (2) water addition to the secondary system, and (3) infomation available to the operators. The results for individual tasks were reviewed by each laboratory and with the NRC staff.

One of the principal tasks of TSC is to provide short turnaround research applicable to current priority issues. A priority study was initiated this week to provide scoping infomation for transients initiated by reactor trips with failure of turbine trip. One possible consequence of this transient is severe pressurized themal shock since core power is decreasing to decay levels while heat transfer to the secondary coolant is rapidly increased as steam flow to the turbine increases. The scoping study will provide the staff with information needed to assign a priority to the generic issue. Analyses of plant responses of a B&W plant and a CE plant to failure of the turbine trip from a range of powers will be evaluated. Among these enalyses will be one which simulates the recent transient at the Crystal River plant in which reactor trip occurred but turbine trip did not.

RADIATION PROTECTION & HEALTH EFFECTS Safety Requirements for Industrial Radiography Equipment Following unanimous approval by the Commission, a proposed rule which would amend the regulations dealing with industrial radiographic equipment to establish new regulate y requirements in the form of perfomance standards for such equip' .nt was published for coment in the Federal Register on March 15, 1988 (53 FR 8460). Coment period for the proposed rule expires on May 16, 1988. The performance standards proposed consist of incorporating by reference the American National Standard N432, "Radiological Safety for the Design and Construction of Apparatus for MARCH 18, 1988 ENCLOSURE D L

2 Gamma Radiography," plus a number of additional performance standards recomended by the Radiography Equipment Task Force created by the ad hoc Radiography Steering Comittee founded in 1980. In addition to the performance standards the proposed rule includes a requirement for radiographers to wear alarm dosimeters. The purpose of the proposed rule is to attempt to reduce the number of overexposures to both radiographers and the general public from the use of this equipment and the high intensity gamma-ray sources that are contained in the equipment.

Contact:

Donald O. Nellis, RES 492-3628 REGULATORY ANALYSIS Regulatory Guides to be Issued in the Near Future

Title:

Fracture Toughness criteria for ferritic Steel Shipping Containers with a Wall Thickness Greater than Four Inches (0.1m)

(Division 7 Regulatory Guide)

Description:

This guide describes fracture toughness criteria acceptable to the NRC staff for evaluating ferritic steel shiping cask containment vessels with a wall thickness greater than 4 inches.

Contact:

W. E. Campbell, RES 492-3806

Title:

Fracture Toughness Criteria for Ferritic Steel Shipping Cask Containment Vessels with a Maximum Fell Thickness of Four Inches (0.1m)(Division 7 Regulatory Guide)

Description:

This guide describes fracture toughness criteria and test methods acceptable to the NRC staff for evaluating ferritic steel shipping cask containment vessels with a maximun thickness of 4 inches.

Contact:

W. E. Campbell, RES 492-3806

Title:

Bioassay at Uranium Mills (Division 8 Regulatory Guide)

Description:

This guide describes a bicassay program acceptable to the NRC staff for uranium mills (and certain portions of uranium conversion facilities), including exposure conditions with and without the use of respiratory protection devices.

Contact:

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Title:

Seismic Qualification of Electrical and Mechanical Equipment for Nuclear Power Plants (Reg. Guide 1.100, Rev. 2)

Description:

This regulatory guide describes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with NRC's regulations on seismic qualification of electrical and nechanical equipment.

Contact:

S. K. Aggarwal, RES 492-3829 MARCH 18, 1988 ENCLOSURE D

. Items of Interest Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Week Ending March 18, 1988 Incident Response On March 15, the Director, AE0D, and members of the Incident Response Branch (IRB) and Congressional Affairs staff met with Congressmen Huckaby and Gejdenson and their staffs to discuss the issues related to activation of the Energency Response Data System (ERDS). The issues were discussed in connection with H.R. 1570, the ERDS Act of 1988. It appears that the Congressmen have agreed upon requiring licensee transmission of data at the Unusual Event level with provisions for also obtaining earlier data. This is in lieu of requiring automatice transmission of data when certain conditions were reached.

Congressman Gejdenson indicated an interest in visiting the Operations Center.

During the week of March 14-18, IRB staff members conducted an assessment of the emergency response program in Region I. The principal areas reviewed were the region's initial response to events reported by licensees and the standardization of procedures, training and equipment for regional response to events.

The following Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week:

a. PN0-0SP-88-002, Tennessee Valley Authority (Sequoyah Unit 2), Inoperable Centrifugal Charging Pumps,

b. PN0-I-88-248, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Worker Ingestion of P-32,

c. PNO-I-88-28, Cintichen, Incorporated (Docket No. 50-54,70-687),

Contaminated Individual Leaving the Facility.

d. PNO-I-88-29, Soils Engineering Services, Incorporated, Theft of Troxler Moisture-Density Gauge.

e. PHO-I-88-29A, Soils Engineering Services, Incorporated, Theft of Troxler Moisture-Density Gauge (Update).

f. PHO-I-88-30, Niage.ra Mohawk Power Corporation (Nine Mile Point Unit 2),

Reactor Scram Due to Loss of Feedwater.

g. PNO-I-88-31, Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation (R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant), Steam Generator Leak Greater than Technical Specification Limit.

h. PNO-I-88-32, Gollob Analytical Service Corporation (License No.

29-09801-02, Docket No. 030-08666), Explosion and Fire at Licensee Facility.

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1. PNO-I-88-32A, Bollab Analytical Service Corporation (License No.

29-09801-02, Docket No. 030-08666), Explosion and Fire at Licensee Facility - Update.

J. PN0-II-88-19, Driggers Engineering Company (LN FL-1562-1), Stolen Troxler Gauge,

k. PN0-III-88-10A, Comonwealth Edison Company (Byron Units 1 and 2),

Apparent Firewatch Record Discrepancies - (Update).

1. PN0-III-88-18A, Comonwealth Edison Company (LaSalle 2), Reactor SCRAM - (Update).

m. PNO-III-88-20, Northern States Power (Prairie Island Unit 1), Shutdown to Repair Minor Leak.

n. PNO-III-88-21, Beloit Memorial Hospital (License No. 48-13109-01),

Teletherapy Unit Malfunction,

o. PN0-V-88-20, Agreement State California, ICN 81omedicals Incorporated (CA License No. 1828-30), Loss of Tritium Gas.

p. PNO-V-88-21 Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Rancho Seco Unit 1),

Coolant Leak in the Letdown System,

q. PNO-V-88-22, Southern California Edison (Songs Unit 2), Shutdown to Repair Stean Generator Tube Leak.

MARCH 18, 1988 ENCLOSURE E

ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS WEEK ENDING MARCH 18, 1988 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Foreign Visitors On Monday an eight-member technical team, sponsored by the Japan Nuclear Safety Comission, and led by Dr. Hiroshi Nakaguchi, met with the staff from NMSS, OGC and GPA/IP to discuss the Murkowski Amendment and the transportation of Pu by air.

On Tuesday Mr. Takao Numakunai, Director, Department of Health Physics, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, accompanied by Mr. Yutaka Kawakami and Mr.

Shigeru Kumazawa, JAERI, met with Robert Alexander, RES, to discuss ALARA programs.

On Tuesday Mr. Takashi Takeda, the JAERI Washington representative, met with Ron Hauber and Kevin Burke, GPA/IP, to introduce his replacement, Mr. Hiromi Terada.

On Friday Mr. Shun Kinoshita, Science and Technology Agency (STA), Dr. Isao Takeshita, Japan Atonic Energy Research Institute (JAERI), and Dr. Fumio Amano, Nuclear Safety Technology Center, met with staff from NRR, RES and IP to discuss NRC regulations concerning operational safety research reactors, detailed design and construction methods, the use of regulatory guides, and computational safety analysis by regulatory authorities.

International Meating Notices May 2-6 IAEA Technical Comittee Meeting on Safe Transport of Uranium Hexafluoride, Vienna May 16-20 IAEA Consultants Me ..ng on International Coordination of the Evaluation and Publication of Nuclear Structure and Decay Data (NSDD), Ghent, Belgium May 25-27 IAEA/NEA Specialists Meeting on Fracture Mechanics Verification by Large-Scale Testing, Stuttgart, FRG May 30-June 3 IAEA Technical Comittee Meeting on Causes and Frequency of Radiological Accidents and the Necessary Medical Arrangements Istanbul, Turkey May 30-June 3 IAEA Technical Comittee Meeting on Operational Safety Experience of Two-Loop Pressurized Water Reactors, Krsko, Yugoslavia May 30-June 3 IAEA Advisory Group Meeting on the Safety Aspects of Nuclear Power Plant Ageing and Life Extension, Vienna May 30-June 3 IAEA Technical Comittee Meeting on Development of Particulate Filters for Nuclear Facilities, Vienna MARCH 18, 1988 ENCLOSURE F

May 30-June 3 IAEA Advisory Group Meeting on Incentives for Improvements in the Design and Utilization of Nuclear Fuel in Light Water Reactors, Vienna June 13-17 IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on Technology and Safety Factors in Evaluating Spent Fuel as a Final Waste Form, Vienna June 13-17 IAEA Consultants Meeting on Improved Cerent Solidification of Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste, Vienna June 20-24 IAEA Advisory Group Meeting on Design end Operation of Radioactive Waste Incineration Facilities, Vienna June 27-29 IAEA Specialists Meeting on Inspection of Austenitic Dissimilar Materials and Welds, Espoo, Finland September 19-22 IAEA Technical Committec Meeting on Water Reactor Fuel Element Computer Modelling in Steady-State, Transient and Accident Conditions, Preston, England STATE, LOCAL AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS US Ecolooy Selects Proposed Low-level Waste Disposal Site US Ecology has selected a site in the Ward Valley, 25 miles west of Needles, California, as the proposed location for California's low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. US Ecology's decision was delayed pending receipt of guidance from the California Department of Health Services (DHS) regarding desert tortoise concerns. DHS. the State Agreement agency responsible for coordinating environmental reviews and licensing the project, inforned US Ecology that potential adverse impacts on the desert tortoise in the relatively small area involved should not override public health and safety factors. The Departnent concurred in US Ecology's conclusion that the Ward Valley site is technically superior to other sites examined, and expressed plans to identify and require mitigation and compensation measures necessary to protect the desert tortoise.

In-depth investigation of the Ward Valley site will now intensify to support preparation of a Proponents Environmental Assessment and a License Application.

A Local Citizens Committee established for that site will be invited to continue working wth US Ecology to help ensure that local concerns are addressed in the developnent proposal. US Ecology anticipates applying for a license about a year from now with the intent to construct the site and begin accepting waste in 1990.

Uranium Mill Tailings Meeting On March 17, 1988, State, Local and Indian Tribe Programs (SLITP) held a meeting in Region IV's offices with certain Agreement States and NRC Staff to discuss the technical, legal, and policy issues involving the disposal of various categories of materials associated with uranium processing activities in mill tailings piles. The issues were raised by Texas and the Uranium Recovery field Office as natters needing resolution. Participants it cluded MARCH 18, 1988 ENCLOSURE F

representatives from SLITP; the Office of the General Counsel; the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; Region IV; and the States of Texas, Utah, Washington, and Colorado.

Lecture Before Dupont Company Radiation Safety Officers On March 16, 1988, Kathleen N. Schneider, SLITP, participated in the Dupont course on Fundamental Management and Control of Radioactive Material and Radiation for Dupont Radiation Safety Officers in Billerica, Massachusetts.

She presented a lecture on the regulatory program of NRC including discussion on NRC regulations and a lecture on the Agreement State program.

ACRS Subcomittee on Waste Management Briefing on LLW Disposal in the States On March 17, 1988 Steve Salomon, SLITP, briefed the ACRS Subcomittee on Waste Management in Washington, D.C. on the current status of States in providing disposal of low-level radioactive waste. Issues addressed included the January 1,1988 Congressional milestone for designation of host States for compacts and siting plans, the proliferation of sites, costs of disposal, emerging preferences in alternative disposal technologies, and additional compact efforts.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 21-25. 1988 March 22 Meeting of Maryland State Officials on Peach Bottom - Annapolis, Maryland (Miller) 22-24 LSS Negotiating Comittee Meeting - Reno, Nevada (Virgilio) 23 Emergency Planning Exercise for Arkansas Nuclear One -

Russelville, Arkansas (Sanborn) 23-24 Midwest Low-Level Waste Compact - Lansing, Michigan (Lickus) 24-26 National Conference of State Legislatures State-Federal Assembly - Washington, D.C. (Landau) l l

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending March 18, 1988 Recruitrent Frank Elizondo, OP's Recruitment Officer, accompanied by representatives from NRR, NMSS, and Region I recruited at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on March 14, 1988. Personnel from OP, OSDBU/CR and Region 11 attended the National Conference of the Society of Black Engineers in Washington, D.C., on March 18, 1988. As a result of this conference, Mr. Elizondo invited five female engineering students and one faculty member to One White Flint North for discussions with NRR and NMSS staff atout their organizational responsibilities and employnent oppo ',snities (entry-level, co-op, summer faculty).

Training Data Base OP in cooperation with ARM is in the process of implementing a relational data base to provide informatirl on necessary, existing and future training for NRC employees Agency-wide. Tais data base will initially serve the regions and program offices. NRR is the initial requesting office.

Arrivals and Departures Three new clerical employees joined NRC this week: C. Holonich (NRR);

B. Platcher and J. Spruel (Region I). hMSS lost two employees, Frank Cook, Sr. On-Site Licensing Representative and Jim Warner, Geologist. Another ,

departure was Leonard McGregor, Sr. Resident Inspector from Regien III.

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0FFICE OF ENFORCEMENT ltems of Interest Week Ending March 18, 1988 The following Sionificant Enforcement Actions were taken the week of March 14, 1988.

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $100,000 was issued on March 14, 1988 to Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Nine Mile Point Unit 1). This action was based on operation of the plant between June 1986 and September 1987 without dispositioning certain weld flaw indications which were identified by the inservice inspections conducted during the 1986 refueling cutage. The civil penalty was increased 100% because of the licensee's prior poor performance in the area of concern. (EN 88-19)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $100,000 was issued on March 14, 1988 to Arkansas Power and Light Company (Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 1). This action was based on a failure to take corrective action for a long standing problem of containment building temperatures in excess of those assumed in the plant design basis. The civil penalty was increased 1007 because of the duration of the violation. (EN 88-20)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $25,000 was issued on March 14, 1988 to Nebraska Public Power District (Cooper Nuclear Station). This action was based on an inadequate search of a contractor's vehicle that resulted in the introduction of ammunition to the protected area. The civil penalty was reduced by 50% because of the licensee's identification and reporting of the incident. (EN 88-21)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $100,000 was issued on March 17, 1988 to Florida Power Corporation (Crystal River Facility). The action was based on violations involving the failure to:

(1) lock, post, barricade, and issue a Radiation Work Permit to control access to a high radiation area; (2) provide adequate instruction and training to l

employees working in a restricted area; (3) establish adequate procedures j for radiation protection and refueling operations; (4) provide a radiation

- nonitoring device to an individual inside a posted High Radiation Area as

! required by your Technical Specifications; and (5) follow radiation control

! procedures. The civil penalty was increased 100% because the licensee had l prior notice of similar events and some of the violations are similar to violations occurring in 1986. (EN 88-23)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $100,000 was issued on March 17, 1988 to Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (Wolf Creek Generating Station). The action was based on l

several examples of significant procedural control weaknesses during the performance of outage activities. These weaknesses resulted in, among other things, improper maintenance on safety-related switchgear, contamination of personnel, release of potentially contaminated materials to a landfill, ignition of hydrogen in the pressurizer, an engineered safeguards actuation causing lake water to enter the steam generators, and the movement of fuel l

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when required monitors were inoperable. The civil penalty was increased 100% because of the number of violations and the failure to taken prompt corrective actions. (EN 88-22)

A Confirmatory Order Modifying License (Effective Imediately) was issued to Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia on March 17, 1988. The Order confinned the licensee's commitment to continue the suspension of all reactor operations until the licensee has resolved all-safety questions to its satisfaction and the NRC has approved in writing, the resumption of operations. (EN 88-02A)

Civil Penalties Paid Northern States Power Company (Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant) paid the imposed Order in the arrcunt of $50,000. The action was based on the failure to establish and implement a procedure to evaluate the effects of electrical design changes on other portions of the systen in the area of electrical coordination. This led to a change being made which created an unreviewed safety question in that faults on non safety-related components could cause the loss of multiple essential buses during a design basis event. (EA 87-147)

The Detroit Edison Company (Fermi, Unit 2) paid the proposed civil penalty in the amount of $25,000. The action was based on a design error discovered in the circuitry of the swing electrical bus which would have resulted in the loss of both divisions of low pressure ecolant injection during an accident condition. (EA 87-232)

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OFFICE OF CONSOLIDATION Items of Interest Week Ending March 18, 1988 Parking The developers of One White Flint North have decided to. discontinue use of the "satellite" lot at White Flint Mall for NRC employee parking. The Montgomery County Planning Board had cited the firm for violating a zoning ordinance by providing supplemental parking at the mall rather than onsite, and an appli-cation for a zoning exception would have been necessary to continue its use.

Since only six permits for parking at that lot were sold in March, the application will not be filed.

As construction material is being cleared out of the parking levels in the building, approximately 70 additional spaces will become available in April in the garage. With the coming of warm weather, it is anticipated that more people will park at the County "Park and Ride" lot, and that most of the demand for indoor parking can be met.

The developers plan to provide sufficient parking spaces at the second building to meet the county's requiromants for both One and Two White Flint North.

Hearinas Two hearings of concern to NRC are scheduled by the Park and Planning Board in May. On April 7, the Board will act on the developers' request to waive the requirement for additional onsite parking until the second building is constructed. On April 14, the Board will meet to reconsider the application to build a second office building on the site, rather than the hotel-conference center it had origir. ally approved, i

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REGION II ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING MARCH 18, 1988

1. On March 15 and 16, the Regional Administrator was in Headquarters to participate in the ED0's Senior Management Meeting.

2. On March 16, Chairman Zech, accompanied by his Technical Assistant, the Project Manager for Surry, and selected Region II staff members, was at the Virginia Electric and Power Ccmpany's Surry facility for site familiarization.

3. On March 16, representatives of the Duke Power Company were in the Region II Office to attend a meeting regarding issues surrounding the emergency power switching logic at their Oconee Nuclear Power Station.

4. On March 18, the Deputy Regional Administrator, accompanied by Branch Chiefs from the Division of Reactor Projects and the Division of Reactor Safety, participated in the PRA Team Inspection Exit Meeting at the Carolina Power & Light Company's Brunswick site. The principal purpose of the inspection was to assess the capability of the plant, personnel, and procedures to respond to degraded core accident sequences. The Brunswick containment is a Mark I design, and the inspection included an assessment of the capability to vent containment.

5. A confirmetory order was issued to Georgia Tech on March 17 confirming that their reactor would remain shut down until Georgia Tech submits their justification for startup and the NRC agrees in writing. Subsequent to the January 20 NRC order to cease irradiation experirents, the Pre ident of Georgia Tech shut the reactor down completely on February 15 pending the perf9 mance of an inde-pendent evaluation of Georgia Tech's progr . and procedures.

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REGION IV ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending March 18, 1988

1. An enforcement conference was held on March 15, 1988 with Omaha Public Power District management concerning missing electrical conduit fire barriers.

2. A meeting was held on March 17 in the Region IV offices regarding a request from Texas for clarification of issues and definitions of byproduct material, low level radioactive waste, rare earth facility waste, etc. The meeting was coordinated by State, local and Indian Tribe Programs, GPA. Representatives from four states attended the meeting (Texas, Colorado, Washington, and Utah).

3. A meeting was held in the URF0 Conference Room on March 17 with Western Nuclear, Inc., on the proposed enhanced evaporation system for the Split Rock Mill.

4. Representatives from the NRC's Uranium Recovery Field Office met with American Nuclear Corporation in Denver, Colorado, on March 18, to discuss the licensee's proposed Mill Dec'smmissioning Plan.

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ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT _

DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION 50-247 White Flint Bldg. To discuss liceesing action NRC/ Coned M. Slosson 3/21/88 1:00 Room 16-E-11 status (Indian Point 1/2) 50-425 White Flint Bldg. To review Vogtle 2 draft TS NRC/ SOUTHERN J. Hopkins 3/22/88 COMPANY 8:00-4:00 Room 11-B-13 White Flint Bldg. To discuss W Topical Report W/NRC/SNL/ Y. Hsii

) 3/22/88 WCAP-10924-F, "Westinghouse NORfHERN STATES  ;

i 8:00-4:00 Room 8-B-11 Large-Break LOCA Best-Estimate POWER Methodology" 50-206 White Flint Illdg. Meeting w/ Souther : California NRC/SCE C. Tranmell 3/23/88 9:00-4:00 Room 12-B-7 Edison to resolve tech spec issues for fire protection (San Onofre 1) 50-458 White Flint Bldg. To discuss Gulf States Utilities NRC/GSU W. Paulson 3/24/88 license amendment request 9:00 Room 10-B-13 (River Bend)

Diablo Canyon Site To conduct Plant Walk-Down NRC/PGSE H. Rood 3/28- 50-275/

3/30/88 323 Avils Beach, CA for PRA Review, Long-Term 8:30-5:00 Seismic Program

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1 sE M x 5 PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION G To discuss Surry 1/2 Inservice NRC/VEPC0 C. Patel 88 3/29- 50-280/ Surry Power Station 281 Surry, VA Test Programs for pumps / valves 3/30/88 Turkey Point Site To discuss open items related NRC/FP&L G. Edison 3/29- 50-250/

3/31/88 251 Administration Bldg. to electrical portion of Tech 9:00-4:30 Palm Drive Specs conversion effort Florida City, FL (Turkey Point 3/4) 50-302 White Flint Bldg. Mtg. w/ Florida Power Corp. to NRC/FPC H. Silver 3/30/88 9:00-3:00 Room 14-B-11 discuss various issues:

EFW Reliability Improvement; OSTI issues; Station Blackout t

White Flint Bldg. To review 11/86 submittal to NRC/WPPSS G. Vissing 4/5/88 675 9:00 Room 10-B-13 resolve open issues cocerning Geoscience issues for WNP-3 50-483 White Flint Bldg. To discuss reload for Cycle 4 NRC/ UNION ELEC. T. Alexion 4/6/88 (Callaway Plant) 1:00-3:00 10-B-13 1

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5? March 18, 1988 DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY DOCKET ATTENDEES /

DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE M LICANT NRC CONTACT 3/20-25/88 Vienna, Austria To participate in the joint R. Cunningham R. Cunningham NEA/IAEA Meeting on De Minimis Exception Rule 3/22/88 RM 6-B-7, WFN Discuss design of dry J. Roberts, NMSS J. Roberts Rockville, MD Storage cask with allowance F. Sturz, NMSS for burnup credtt to be J. Schneider, NMSS submitted in topical report A. Wells, NAC with NAC 3/22/88 70-7604 RM 6-B-7, WFN Discuss decontanination of G. LaRoche, NMSS J. Swift i

Rockville, MD VISITRON site E. Shum, NMSS J. Swift, NMSS H. Larson, NES

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! 3/21-22/88 WFN QA Training Course L. Pittiglio, NMSS L. Pittiglio l Rockville, MD D. Hedges (consultant) l 3/2'd-31/88 RIII National Program Review D. Martin, NMSS D. Martin l

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qg DOCKET RIV CONTACT LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES g;DATE/ TIME NUMBER Meeting to discuss decommissioning plan. ANC & URF0 R. Heyer 3/18 URF0 10:00 Region IV Enforcement meeting to discuss health W. Jones, L. Yandell 3/21 50-285 R. Andrews, W. Gates 10:00 physics related issues.

50-313; Region IV Management meeting to discuss licensee G. Jones, J. Jaudon 3/22 D. Howard, R. Lane 9:00 50-368 activities with engineering manager.

RIV First quarterly Region IV Utility Group Members J. Callan 3/23 NA 8:30 Utility Group Meeting.

PSCO requested meeting to discuss PSCO T. Westerman 4/6 50-267 RIV 1:00 their Design and Configuration Control Program.

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