ML20151A055

Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 880325

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Issue date:	03/30/1988
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For: The Comissioners From: T. A. Rehm. Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO l

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 25, 1988 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Connissioners .

who may prefer a condensed version of this report. t Contents Enclosure Administration and Resources Management A Nuclear Reactor Regulation B Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C huclear Regulatory Research D i Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data (CRGR Activities) E Governmental & Public Affairs F General Counsel G*

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

Special Projects J* ,

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Consolidation L j Regional Offices M Executive Director for Operations N*

Items Addressed by the Comission 0 Meeting Notices P Proprietary or Othei lensitive Information (Not for Q l external distribution) l

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WEEK ENDING MARCH 25, 1988 l NRC Meeting with IAEA Staff on US Implementation of International Safeguards On March 23, 1988, NMSS staff met with Messrs. Thortensen and Wredburg of the IAEA'S Department of Safeguards to discuss the current status of US implementa-tion of international safeguards, planned IAEA inspections, and experiences from past US and NRC licensee implementation of IAEA safeguards. Presently only one NRC licensee is subject to full scope IAEA safeguards (General Electric  !

fuel fabrication facility in Wilmington, North Carolina). The I AEA representa- '

l tives also discussed a seminar that is planned for May 1988, in Vienna, Austria, to infom the IAEA safeguards staff of the methods and the successful outcome of the physical inventory verification conducted in 1987 at the Westinghouse, .

Columbia, South Carolina fuel fabrication facility. The Westinghouse facility  !

was one of the largest fuel facilities under IAEA safeguards, and the recent  :

inventory verification represented a concerted and well coordinated IAEA, NRC l and licensee project. (As of January 1, 1988, the Westinghouse facility is no longer subject to full scope IAEA safeguards.)

Meeting with Maryland Officials on Peach Bottom William Russell, Region I Administrator, and Marie Miller, Regional State Liaison Officer, met on March 22, 1988 in Annapolis, Maryland, with senior State officials including Dr. Torrey Brown, Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Martin Walsh, Secretary of the  :

l Department of Environment. The meeting was requested by the Regional I

Administrator to brief the State on the status of the Peach Bottom facility and to discuss the NRC staff restart deliberation process.

Status of activities at the Calvert Cliffs facility was also discussed.

The State appreciated the discussion of the Peach Bottom issues and stated they would infonn Governor Schaefer that it was a position exchange.

_ Resolution of GSI !!.E.4.3 RES has coepleted resolution of GS! II.E.4.3, "Containment Integrity Check" and will forward it to the Executive Director for Operations shortly. This issue was identified in the TMI Action Plan (NUREG-0660), which proposed a require-ment for the perfomance of a feasibility study to evaluate the need and possi-ble methods for perfoming periodic tests or a continuous test to detect un- l known openings in the containment structure. After careful and extensive re-  !

view of operating experience, present methods of containment leak testing, po- l tential new methods for continuous leak testing and an analysis of the risks involved, we have concluded in our resolution that no new license requirements are necessary or are cost beneficial. It should also be pointed out that GSI II.E.4.3 deals with containment leakage during postulated (e.g., design basis) I accidents and does not address the issue of containmert integrity and associ-ated radiation consequences during severe accidents. This last issue is being addressed as part of implementing the Comission's policy on severe accidents and more specifically in the Individual Plant Examination (IPE) and Containment Perfomance Improvement Programs.

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0 0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS - 1988 For 5-Day Period of March 18, 1988 - March 24, 1988 Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received This Week 10 0 Completed This Week 11 0 Carryovers From 1987 157 33 Received In 1988 185 18 Granted In 1988 132 5 Denied In 1988 60 9 Pending 150 37 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received

' Debrah Potter, Requests three categories of records relating to bidding Procurement for NRC procurements.

Technology International, Inc.

(88-176)

Margaret Shuttleworth, Requests six categories of records related to the NTEU Steward Rotational Assignment Program.

(88-177)

Gregory Palast, Requests a list of 16 inspection findings to be resolved Union Associates prior to fuel load at the Shoreham nuclear power plant (88-178) and all records related to the list and NRC's instructions to LILC0 and/or S&W for resolving the 16 items.

Patti Goldman, Requests records pertaining to the 1957 nuclear accident Public Citizen at England's Windscale nuclear power plant, which has been Litigation Group renamed Sellafield.

(88-179)

George Dean, Requests records related to three specified meetings Assistant (inMay1987, April 1986,andSeptember1987)and Attorney General, records related to the BWRSAR code for BWR Mark I State of containments.

Massachusetts 1 (88-180)

Contact:

Donnie H. Grimsley

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Jay Janssen Requests records concerning a flush occurring October 3 (88-181) or 4, 1983, at the Quad Cities nuclear power plant that allegedly resulted in radiation exposure to his client.

Charles Newcomb, Requests records regarding the Marquardt Corporation KTOK-AM and its planned facility at Lawton, Oklahoma.

(88-182)

Val Dolcini, Requests records since December 31, 1985, relating to Winthrop, Stimson the cost of deconnissioning nuclear reactors, Putnam & Roberts especially Westinghouse PWRs.

(88-183)

Mark Schadrack, Requests copies of (1) September 28, 1965 memorandum O'Melveny)&

(88-184 Myers fromand Project R. Fraley)to ACRSofmembers (2 final minutes the 99th on the BOLSA Island ACRS meeting of July 11-13 and 21,1968.

Carl Stelzer Requests records regarding the leakage of polonium-(88-185) 210 from ionized airguns at the Anheuser-Busch brewery r in St. Louis, Missouri.

Granted Lynn Connor, In response to a request for three categories of Doc-Search records regarding the Comanche Peak nuclear power Associates plant, made available 22 records. Informed the (87-847) requester that 12 additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.

Patty Day, in response to a request for a copy of SECY-78-462A, NUS Corporation "General Electric Reed Report", made available a copy (87-872) of the requested record.

Lynn Connor, In response to a request for specified Reactor Vessel Doc-Search Reports, made available six records. Informed the Associates requester that one record subject to this request is (88-45) already available at the PDR. Informed the requester that the NRC is not in possession of three of the reports.

Donald Lewis In response to a request for copies of (1) all plans (88-129) since August 7,1987, submitted by PECO regardin of the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant and (2)any g restart correspondence between PECO and the Comission regarding such plans, made available two records. Infonned the reouester that 13 additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.

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Denied Lynn Connor, In response to requests for records related to Doc-Search SSER #5 on the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant,  ;

Associates informed the requester that six records subject to  !

(87-845 these requests are already available at the PDR. Denied and 88-58) two records in their entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.

Susan Hiatt. In response to a request for records concerning the OCRE recent direction from NRR management regarding the Representative operating license amendment request for the Perry (88-105) nuclear power plant, made available six records. 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.

Dave Airozo, In response to a request for two categories of records McGraw Hill between November 1,1986, and February 16, 1988, on (88-118) pressure vessel embrittlement of DOE's High Flux Isotope Reactor, made available one record. Informed the requester that five records subject to this request are already available at the PDR. Denied portions of one

' record, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.

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e OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending March 25, 1988 Catawba Units 1 and 2 This infomation updates highlights of March 10,14, and 17,1988 regarding the Unit 2 "A" train AFW pump suction swap-over to the service water system. At Catawba, AFW is normally supplied to the steam generators from 3 non-seismic sources (an upper surge tank, the condensate storage tank and the condenser hotwell). In the event of low suction pressure, switchover to the seismic source (nuclear service water) occur automatically, During the evening of March 16, and March 17 a.m. the licensee conducted about 20 tests involving various combinations of Unit 2 AFW pump starts and suction source configurations, including the initial conditions of the March 9 event during which only one of the two trains ("A") initiated swap-over. The test results shew that the low level (607.) in the upper surge tank, coupled with isolation of the condensate storage tank and auto start configuration, caused low suction pressure and the swapover of the suction to the service water system. The differences in sensor taps and time delays caused only one train

' ("A") to swap to service water.

After a review of the test results by the A!T, Region II and NRR, the licensee was given NRC concurrance to restart Unit 2 at 9:00 a.m. today (3/18/85t).

Conditions associated with this NRC concurrence are being documented by Region II in a letter to the licensee. -

NRR will followup on long-term corrective actions. Meetings are also planned regarding associated potentiel enforcement issues. The AIT is preparing a report on its findings.

Rancho Seco While perforning a 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> test run of the "B" TDI diesel generator at Rancho Seco, the licensee found leakage in the cooling shroud and cracks in turbo-charger support members. NRR and Region V are closely following the licensee's efforts to resolve these problems, i

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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending March 25, 1988 LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT Low-level Waste Meeting With Vermont Yankee Mr. Dean Weyman, a representative of Vennont Yankee, has requested a meeting with the NRC staff to explore the possibility of locating a low-level waste disposal facility at the Vermont Yankee plant site. Mr. Weyman indicated that Vennent Yankee was only interested in a low-level waste burial facility at this time and has not considered storage and/or disposal of low-level wastes in the contain-ment building after plant decomissioning. The meeting should be held in late March or early April depending on staff availability.

Sandia National Laboratories Performance Assessment Program Review NMSS and RES staff and management participated in a review of Sandia National Laboratories' (SNL) HLW Performance Assessment Program on March 15-16, 1988, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The objectives of the review were to evaluate the ade-qJacy of SNL's program and to evaluate transfer of the HLW Perfonnance Assessment Program to NRC's Federally Funded Research and Development Center for the HLW program and to NRC's development of a performance assessment methodology for the LLW program.

HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MAPAGEMENT Results of Meeting with DOE on Seismic Monitoring Network in Yucca Mountain Vicinity From February 29 to March 2, members of the Operations and Technical Review Branches of the Division of High-level Waste Management, DOE and its contractor, the USGS, visited the seismic monitoring facilities in Golden, Colorado and typical field sites in Nevada. The purpose of the visit was to develop an understanding of the physical lay-out of the seismic monitoring network and nature of the day-to-day operations involved in the acquisition, processing, and publishing of the seismic data detected by the network. A second purpose of the visit was to develop an understanding of how the USGS quality assurance procedures are applied to this activity. The NRC stu f found that the seismic nonitoring facility and field sites were technically adequate for the purpose of monitoring the seismic activity in the vicinity of the proposed HLW reposi-tory at Yucca Mountain. However, some quality assurance procedures may need further consideration, particularly in the areas of computer code verification, field equipment calibration, and clarification of the data processing methods used to produce the annual report.

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2 l Federal Register Notice on Anticipated and Unanticipated Processes and Events, 10CFR50 On February 28, 1988, the Division of High-level Waste Management released for public comment a Draft Generic Technical Position (GTP) titled, "Guidance for Deterinination of Anticipated Processes and Events and Unanticipated Processes and Events." The purpose of this Draft GTP is to provide guidance concerning the methodologies that the NRC staff proposes to use to evaluate processes and events which could occur after closure of a high-level waste repository.

This is being done so that these processes and events can be categorized into "anticipated" and "unanticipated" processes and events. This categorization is necessary as the engineered barrier and waste package must be designed assuming anticipated processes and events in order to meet the recuirements of 10 CFR 660.113. In addition, in order to conform to the applicable environ-mental standards as expected to be set forth in 40 CFR 191 and implemented in 10 CFR 560.112, both anticipated and unanticipated processes and events must be considered.

SAFEGUARDS P

International NRC Meeting with IAEA Staff on US Implementation of International Safeguards On March 23, 1988, NMSS staff met with Messrs. Thortensen and Wredburg of the IAEA'S Cepartment of Safeguards to discuss the current status of US implementa-tion of international safeguards, planned IAEA inspections, and experiences from past US and NRC licensee implementation of IAEA safeguards. Presently only one NRC licensee is subject to full scope IAEA safeguards (General Electric fuel fabrication facility in Wilmington, North Carolina). The IAEA representa-tives also discussed a seminar that is planned for May 1988, in Vienna, Austria, to inform the IAEA safeguards staff of the methods and the successful outcome of the physical inventory verification conducted in 1987 at the Westinghouse, Columbia, South Ccrolina fuel fabrication facility. The Westinghouse facility was one of the largest fuel facilities under IAEA safeguards, and the recent inventory verification represented a concerted and well coordinated IAEA, NRC and licensee project. (As of January 1, 1988, the Westinghouse facility is no longer subject to full scope IAEA safeguards.)

Transportation International Atomic Energey Agency Consultant Meeting on High Consequence /

Low Probability Accidents in Transport of Radioactive Material The meeting was convened in Vienna, Austria, March 15-18, 1988, with participants from Japan and the United States. The purpose of the meeting was to provide preliminary assessment and advice on the possible need for changes to the Agency's Regulations for Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials (Safety Series No. 6),

and to consider high consequence / low probability accidents in transport. inclu-ding air transport.

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t 3 The consultants focused on: (1)plutoniumairtransportaccidentconsiderations; (2) the disparity between corresponding safety criteria in use by member states

and IAEA's regulations; and, (3) the philosophical and technical bases that are

! appropriate for transport safety regulation. The consultants reconenended that:

(1) the IAEA's safety regulations be modified (within a specified range of

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options) to provide performance qualifications for air shipment of large cuantities of radioactive materials; (2) the basis for the modification se-1ected be documented, and (3) that an action plan describing procedures and corresponding timetables to accomplish the regulatory revision be developed.

On the advice of the Agency's Standing Advisory Group on the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials (SAGSTRAM), the consultant's advice is to t'e considered by an Agency Technical Comittee at a meeting to be held in November 1988. J l

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1 Dry Spent Fuel Storage On March 22, 1988, NRC staff issued a letter of approval with SER for the  ;

Foster Wheeler Modular Vault Dry Store (MVDS) Design Topical Report. The MVDS consists of up to 5 vault modules, as described in the Topical Peport.

each with a capacity of 83 FWR or 150 BWR spent fuel assemblies.  !

l On March 22, 1988, NRC staff met with Nuclear Assurance Corporation (NAC) to discuss submittal of a Topical Report for a dry spent fuel storage cask design with allowance for burnup credit in its criticality design analysis. ,

NAC plans to submit this Topical Report in June 1988. The stainless steel and lead cask's capacity would be 31 Westinghouse PWR assemblies decayed 10 years or more.

l Nuclear Fuel Services, INC. (NM) Decomissioning of Holding Ponds ,

On March 18, 1988, representatives of NMSS and Region II met with Tennessee State Officials and NFS representatives in NFS's Erwin facility. The NFS representatives provided a status presentation of their ongoing character-ization studies of the liquid holding ponds. Under the current phase of the study, NFS plans to expand the existing groundwater monitoring program by drilling additional monitoring wells around the ponds and to analyze additional

sludge samples. The objectives of the study are to adequately characterize the site hydrology, to determine whether the pond sludges must be considered mixed waste, to aid in development of sludge treatment or processing technology, and

< to assess the possible impact of a proposed reroute of a creek named Banner Spring Branch (BSB). The reroute of BSB is recomended by the NFS consultant j

to decrease the potential of becoming contaminated by runoff during the pond decontamination operation. NFS plans to complete the pond characterization studies by December 1988, and a detailed pond decomissioning plan by March 1989.

1 All parties agreed that the neeting was mutually beneficial and should be scheduled quarterly.

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I 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending March 25, 1988 RESOLVING SAFETY ISSUES AND DEVELOPING REGULATIONS Resolution of GSI 11.E.4.3 RES has completed resolution of GSI II.E.4.3, "Containment Integrity Check" and will forward it to the Executive Director for Operations shortly. This issue was identified in the TMI Action Plan (NUREG-0660), which proposed a require-ment for the performance of a feasibility study to evaluate the need and possi-ble methods for performing periodic tests or a continuous test to detect un-

known openings in the containment structure. Aftar careful and extensive re-4 view of operating experience, present methods of containment leak testing, po-tential new methods for continuous leak testing and an analysis of the risks involved, we have concluded in our resolution that no new license requirements e are necessary or are cost beneficial. It should also be pointed out that GSI II.E.4.3 deals with containment leakage during postulated (e.g., design basis) accidents and does not address the issue of containment integrity and associ-ated radiation con

equences during severe accidents. This last issue is being 1 addressed as part of implementing the Comission's policy on severe accidents and more specifically in the Individual Plant Examination (IPE) and Containment Performance Improvement Programs, i

PREVENTING DAMAGE TO THE REACTOR CORES Panel Meeting on Broad Agency Announcement on Severe Accident Management i

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development of information necessary to improve understanding of how these issue *, affect accident progression and management strategies and 3) the j quantification of associated uncertainties. It is expected that this research 4

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2 will not involve performing experiments. Some exarples of issues related to the severe accident management research and strategies are: 1) negative consequences of injecting water into a degraded core, 2) core coolability under degraded conditions, 3) advantage / disadvantage of diverting water from the vessel to the containment, 4) effective strategies for preventing both short-term and long-term containment failure and 5) plant status indications which should be available to the operating staff during a severe accident. The panel members discussed evaluation criteria, format of the proposals, the length of period in which proposals should be accepted, potential funding it. vel and responsibilities of the panel members. It was agreed that Branch Chiefs would serve on the panel as advisors. The panel would consider results of evaluations and available funding, then make recomendations to the Division Director.

REGULATORY ANALYSIS P_sculatory Guides to be issued in the Near Future

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Standard Fomat and Content for the Safety Analysis Report for an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (Water-Basin Type)

(Peg. Guide 3.44, Rev. 2) r

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Fresents a format for and guidance on information needed in the safety analysis for water-basin type spent fuel storage installations.

Contact:

W. R. Pearson, RES 492-3764

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Nuclear Criticality Safety for Steel-Pipe Intersections Containin Aqueous Solutions of Fissile Materials (Reg. Guide 3.45, Rev. 1) g

Description:

This guide describes procedures acceptable to the NRC sta'f for preventing criticality accidents in storing and processing aqueous solutions of fissile materials in steel-pipe intersections. This guide endorses ANSI /ANS 8.9-1987, "Nuclear Criticality Safety Criteria for Steel-Pipe Intersections Containing Aqueous Solutions of Fissile Material."

Contact:

K. G. Steyer, RES 492-3824 MARCH 25, 1988 ENCLOSURE D

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Items of Interest Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Week Ending March 25, 1958 Incident Response On March 21. the Incident Resonnse Branch (IRB) staff met with the Office of Administration and Resources Management to discuss future requirements in the l areas of telecemunications and computer managed information systems.

4 On March 22, the Director, AE00 and IRB staff provided a tour and a briefing of l the Operations Center to visiting Commonwealth Edison Company efficials. The utility discussed modifications to its corporate comand center and questioned  :

the staff on its experie' ices with the current design of the Operations Center.

On March 22, an IRB staff member attended a meeting of the Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Comittee (FRPCC) subcommittee to discuss options for  ;

ensuring that all State and local agencies gain Federal Field Exercise experience.

On March 23, the Director AEOD, Division Directo?, DOA, and IRB staff attended

, a meeting of the FRPCC. A recorrendation was made to send letters to the White House on the need for compatibility of the FRERP with the Netior.31 System for g

Erergency Coordination and to the Environmental Protection Agency on modifications to the National Contingency Plan.

The FRPCC concurred in plans to conduct regional (FEMA region) workshops and tabletop exercises on the FRERP beginning late FY 88 or early FY 89 and holding ,

the next FFE in 1991.

. Diagnostic Evaluation and Incident Investigation The Diagnostic Evaluation and Incident Investigation Branch (DE!!B) has begun preparation of a proposed evaluation plan for the next diagnostic evaluation.

j The proposed plan, whicn is being prepared for coordination with RI! and NRR preceding presentation te the EDO, includes a ecmparative evaluation of the root  ;

causes for performance differences between the selected plant and the other, relatively good prefonning nuclear station in the licensee's system.

On March 21, the DEIIB Chief and nembers of his staff met with metrbers of the

E00's technical and .'egional cperations support staffs to discuss EDO staff a comments and questions on the McGuire Diagnostic Evaluation Report and proposed 1 staff actions. Following the meeting the DE!!B staff initiated steps to

address the items which were discussed.

Division of Safety Programs

Members of the Division of Safety Programs and RES met with INPO representatives

! regarding Development of a Safety System Unavailability Indicator. The two i independently developed programs have many sinilarities ar.d have the potential

! for being coordinated to reduce cost and improve overall effectiveness. ,

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-P-Preliminary Notifications The following Prelininary Notifications were issued during the past week:

f j a. PNO-1-87-1088, Philadelphia Electric Company (Peach Bottom), Drug Related J Actions by the Licensee - Update.  ;

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l b. PNO-I-88-33, Radiation Technology, Incorporated (Docket No. 30-07022),

j Sumary of Recent Events Pertaining to Radiation Technology, Incorporated,

c. PNO-I-88-34. Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (Susquehanna Unit 2), '

Increased Radiation Levels in Reactor Building.

d. PNO-II-88-18?. Duke Power Company (Catawba Units 1 and 2), Augmented Inspection Team Cortpletes Work at Catawba,

e. Ph0-III-88-22. Detroit Edison Company (Fermi 2), Bomb Threat.

f. PNO-III-08-23, American Telephone and Telegraph (License No. 24-06015-02),

Release of Gaseous Krypton-85.

r c. PNO-!!!-88-23A, American Telephone and Telegraph (License No. 24-06015-02),

Release of Gaseous Krypton (Update).

I h. PHO-III-83-24, Professional Service Industries, Incorporated (License No.

12-16941-01, Loss and Recovery of Moisture Density Gauge.

1. PNO-!!!-88-25 John Deere Plant (General Licensee) Destruction of Tritium-Filled Exit Signs, j j. PNO-III 88 25A, John Deere Plant, (General Licensee). Destruction of Tritium-Filled Exit Signs - (Update). ,

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k. PNO-!!!-88-26, Comonwealth Edison Company (Braidwood Units 1 ar.d 2),

Shutdown Greater than 48 Hours to Replace Questionable Valve Lubricant.

1. PNO-V-88-23 Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Rancho Seco Unit 1),

Binding of Control Rod Drive Breaker Undervoltage Attachment.

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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS WEEK ENDING MARCH 25, 1988 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:  ;

Foreign Visitors On Tuesday Mr. Kiyoharo Abe, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, and l Mr. Akira 0moto, Tokyo Electric Power Company's Washington representative, net with technical staff from RES and NRR to discuss U.S.

safety goals, NUREG-1150, and current PSA activities in Japan.

NRC Staff Meet Canadians at Fermi 11

> On Friday NRC staff met with a Canadian delegation which was touring the  !

Fenni 11 nuclear plant. The 13-nember Canadian team included members of

, the Canadian Parliament and representatives of federal and provincial authorities. The NRC staff present,which included representatives of HRR, Region !!!, OGC and GPA, responded to questions on regulatory issues j associated with Fermi II operations.

STATE, LOCAL AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS Meeting with Paryland Officials on Peach Bottom ,

William Russell, Region ! Administrator, and Marie Miller, Regional State Liaison Officer, met on March 22, 1988 in Annapolis, Maryland, with senior State officials including Dr. Torrey Brown Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Martin Walsh, Secretary of the i Department of Environment. The meeting was requested by the Regional Administrator to brief the State on the status of the Peach Bottom facility and to discuss the NRC staff restart deliberation process.

Status of activities at the Calvert Cliffs facility was also discussed.

The State appreciated the discussion of the Peach Bottom issues and stated they would inform Governor Schaefer that it was a positicn exchange.

j National Conference of State Legislatures The Energy Comittee of the National Conference of State Legislatures met to discuss NRC reorganization proposals on March 25, 1988 at the State-Federal Assembly in Crystal City, Virginia. The Committee held a 1 panel discussion with James Curtiss of the Senate Subcomittee on Nuclear j Regulation; Herbert Brown, Kirkpatrick and Lockhart; and Joe Kelliher of

! the Ararican Nuclear Energy Council to discuss NRC reorganizaton proposals. After the panel discussion, the Energy Comittee unanimously adopted a policy position which urges Congress to adopt legislation to replace the Comission with a single administrator. The Comittee also jl adopted policies cencerning standardizetion and high-level and low-level I

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Guidance on Technical Assistance Recuests from States and Compacts

! On January 22, 1986 NRC issued guidance to States and Cor. pacts on the l availability of NRC regulatory assistance and the nature of such I

assistance. At this time, SLITP is providing further information j concerning the scope and extent, of technical assistance which can be

! expected from NRC. SLITP and the Division of Low-level Waste Management  ;

I and Decomissioning, KMSS, have developed and agreed to internal NRC

guidelines for technical assistance for States. A copy of these '

guidelines is being sent to all Agreement and Non-Agreement State Radiation Centrol Program Directors, State Liaison Officers, and Com. pacts.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 28 APRIL 1, 1988 4

Maren 28-31 Interim Visit of New Hampshire Radiation Control Program -

9 Concord, New Hampshire (Maupin/McGrath) 29 Meeting with Oregon Department of Energy on Emergency j Response Coordination - Salem Oregon (Kunihiro) 29-31 Interim Visit of Florida Radiation Control Program - i Tallahassee, Florida (Woodruff) ,

I 30 Meeting with Local Public Officials on Davis-Besse - Fort l

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST i Week Ending March 25, 1988 i

Recruitment

) Representatives from the Office of Personnel and the ASLBP participated at job fairs, to recruit secretaries and clerk typists, on March 24 ar.d March 26.

These well-attended job fairs were sponsored by the business department of Oxon Hill High School and the Gaithersburg and Upper Montgomery Chamber of 4 Commerce, respectively. Approximately 10 Government agencies were represented at the Oxon Hill High School job fair and 60 companies were represented at the Gaithersburg and Upper Montgomery Chamber of Connerce job fair.

Arrivals and Departures Three new secretaries reported for work in Headquarters: Margaret Davis and Jillian Nagy (NRR); and June Gobel (OGC). Stephen Krill, an Engineering Aide

! Cooperative Education student, joined AE00, j Five departures were: Kenneth Ferlic, Emergency Response Coordinator and l Patrice Gaul, Emergency Response Assistant, both from Region I; Mary McCormick-Barger, Reactor Inspector from Region !!!; Dale Norman, Reactor Inspector from Region IV; and Harold Nemecheck, Classified Document Control Officer, from ARM.

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! The following Civil Penalties P_ aid the week of March 21, 1988,

Florida Power and Light Company (Turkey Point) paid the proposed civil penalty i

' of $150,000. The action was based on violations involving multiple failures to maintain positive access control and the improper storage of Safeguards .

infonnation. (EA 87-179) i The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1) ,

i paid the proposed civil penalty of $25,000. The action was based on the failure '

' to ensure that some electrical equipment important to safety was properly I environmentally qualified by test and/or analysis, installed in the configuration qualified by test and/or analysis, and maintained to preserve its qualification. (EA87-206) ,

I Comonwealth Edison Company (Dresden Unit 2) raid the proposed civil penalty of $50,000. The action was based on an event in which the licensee exceeded

. the specified time limits of two Technical Specifications associated with l j containment deinerting. (EA87-207) r BP Oil, Inc., Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania paid the imposed civil penalty in the amount of $2,000. The action was based on violations including (1) excessive radiation levels inside an acid storage tank, an unrestricted area; ,

(2) performance of maintenance by approwlmately 27 individuals inside or near -

the tank without the scurces being in the locked and shielded position and '

without a radiation survey being performed prior to the work; (3) removal of *

the nuclear gauges from the tank, by unauthori

ed individuals while the gauges '

were in the unshielded position; and (4) failure to place the gauges, once '

removed, in a shielded storage container. (EA 87-175)

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P OFFICE OF CONSOLIDATION Items of Interest j Week Ending March 25, 1988 J

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NRC learned that the drinking water at One White Flint North is apparently i contaminated, when a preliminary test ar.'anged by CSA indicated that the average lead content amounted to 410 parts per billion (ppb). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set the Federal drinking water standard threshold at 50 ppb, and is considering revising it to 20 ppb. j 1

When the Office of Consolidation was notified of the test results on March 21, '

i r arrangements were made immediately to shut off the water in all drinking fountains and coffee stations, and to provide bottled water in coolers located in the elevator lobbles throughout the building. Warning signs were posted at + entrances and in all restrooms.

i The source of the contamination is still uncertain, but EPA advises that elevated lead levels are not uncommon in new buildings. The levels may vary  ;

i widely for a variety of reasons, and it is possible that a thorough flushing of i the water system will remedy lead accumulation in the pipes. An additional

) test of the system was performed on March 25, and further tests will be t carried on during the next week, i

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1. The Regional Administrator and De>uty Regional Administrator i conducted a Management Meeting at tie Georgia Institute of ,

Technology on March Pl. The purpose was to enchance l' comunications and better understand the licensee's future course of action.  !

2. On March 23, the Deputy Regional Administrator attended a meeting at the Corporate Office of the Florida Power & Light Company (FP&L) in which Enercon presented to FP&L conclusions and recom-mendations from their management assessment. These findings sill be documented in their mid April resort. The Enercon findings L were hard-hitting and appropriate, and tie recomendations appeared to be on target. FP&L corporate management appeared to be very receptive to both.

3. The Regional Administrator met with the newly appointed President f and Chief Executive Officer for Power, Allen J. Veesler, and selected members of his staff on March 23 to discuss nuclear '

operations at Florida Power Corporation.

4 On March 23, a Branch Chief from the Division of Radiation Safety f and Safeguards accorpanied Commissioner Carr and his Assistant  ;

on a tour of the Barnwell Low Level Radioactive Wastt Disposal ,

Facility, and on March 24, the Regional Administrator and a i Projects Section Chief accompanied Comissioner Carr on a tour of the Georgia Power Corpany's Hatch Nuclear Power Stations in Baxley, Georgia.  !

6. On March 24, the Deputy Director, Divisien of Reacter Projects I and a Projects Branch Chief attended a briefing in Headquarters of the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, on the status of plants in Project Directorate !!-3.

7. On March 25, the Regional Administrator met with Senior  !

Executives of the Florida Power Corporation to discuss items j of mutual interest. .

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1 i 1. An enforcement conference was held on March 21 with Omaha Public Powdr  ;

l District ranagement regarding apparent violations and significant '

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2. Stone & Webster's Vice President and the Manager of Engineering Services l

requested a meeting on March 21 with Region IV management to talk about  !

l their current activities and also discuss other topics of general interest.

! 3. Management representatives from Arkansas Power and Light Company met with with Region !Y management on March 21 to discuss licensee activities and also to introduce the utility's new general manager of design engineering.  :

4 The Region IV public affairs officer participated in a program for college journalism students from throughout Arkansas on March 25-26 at the Arkansas Nuclear One facility. The program was sponsored by Arkansas Power and Light Company. Other participants wert representatives of AP&L and a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor, '

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ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION - Week Ending March 25, 1988 A. BRIEFING ON STATUS OF THI 2, 2:00 P.M., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1988, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C q,FFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE)

- SECY TO Memorandum for the Record dated 3/23/88 The Cornission was briefed by General Public Utilities (GPU) and General Public Utilities Nuclear (GPUN) on the status of .

the cleanup program of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2.

Presentations by the licensee were made by:

- William G. Kuhns Chairman of the Board and CEO of GPU .

- Phillip R. Clark, i lent GPUN Corporation

- Edwin E. Kintner Executive Vice President of CPUN Corporation

- Franklin R. Standerfer g Director and Vice President, TMI-2

- Robert O. Marston, Cnairman TMI-2 Safety Advisory Board The Cornission placed no requirements on the staff at this briefing.

B. SECY-88 NRC STAFF'S APPLICATION FOR A STAY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LICEh51hG BOARD MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CONCERNING LICEhSEE'S DISCOVERY REQUESTS AND OBJECTIONS TO THAT ORDER (IN THE MATTER OF FlhlAY TESTING LABORATORIES, INC., _ '

A5LBP NO. 88-559-01-5C) - SECY to W. Parler, GC dated 3/24/88 The Commission, by a 5-0 vote, approved an order which responded to the NRC staff's application for a stay of the effectiveness of a Licensing Board Memorandum and Order dated February 11,

, 1988. The Board's Order granted the request of Finlay Testing i Laboratories, Inc. for discovery of certain inves:igatory materials in an ongoing adjudicatory proceeding. l l

The Commission's order provided that, in the special circumstances  !

of this case, a stay would be granted until April 11, 1988, or  !

until the staff informs the Licensing Board that it has bee-advised by DOJ that DOJ has no objections to the commencemt of further proceedings, which ever occurs first. The order notes that no further delay will be granted.

The Cormission also understands that OGC, in consultation with I the EDO and the Boards, will examine means by which cases like Finlay Testing could be handled in the future. OGC should report to the Coraission on this matter.

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NRR MEETING NOTICES *

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' DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION Diablo Canyon Site To conduct Plant Walk-Down NRC/PG8E H. Rood 3/28- 50-275/ for PRA Review, Long-Term 3/30/88 323 Avila Beach, CA Seismic Program 8:30-5:00 White Flint Bldg. To die- 2 Bf,W Topical Report NRC/B&W J. Spraul 3/ 29/ 88 99900400 10:00 Room 10-B-13 White Flint Bldg. To discuss GSU's 6/5/87 license NRC/GSU W. Paulson 3/29/88 50-458 Room 14-B-13 amendment request (River Bend) 9:00 Surry Power Station To discuss Surry 1/2 Inservice NRC/VEPCO C. Patel 3/29- 50-280/

281 Surry, VA Test Programs for pumps / valves 3/30/88 To discuss cpen items related NRC/FP&L G. Edison 3/29- 50-250/ Turkey Point Site 251 Administration Bldg. to electrical portion of Tech 3/31/88 Specs conversion effort 9:00-4:30 Palm Drive Florida City, FL (Turkey Point 3/4)

White Flint Bldg. Mtg. w/ Florida Power Corp. to NRC/FPC H. Silver 3/30/88 50-302 9:00-3:00 Room 14-B-11 discuss various issues:

EFW Reliability Improvement; OSTI issues; Station Blackout White Flint Bldg. To review 11/86 submittal to NRC/WPPSS G. Vissing 4/5/88 675 ni 9:00 Room 10-B-13 resolve open issues cocerning i

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A listing of these meeting notices can be obtained by calling 492-7424.

m E2 PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION White Flint Bldg. To discuss surveillance TSs for NRC/FP8L G. Edison ll 4/5/88 50-250/

9:00-1:00 251 Room 14-B-11 Containment Vessel Tendons (Turkey Point 3/4)

White Flint Bldg. To discuss training for SR0 NRC/PSC0C K. Heitner 4/5/88 50-267 8:30-3:00 Room 14-B-13 and SSLO (Fort St. Vrain)

White Flint Bldg. To discuss reload for Cycle 4 NRC/ UNION ELEC. T. Alexion 4/6/88 50-483 1:00-3:00 10-B-13 (Callaway Plant)

White Flint Bldg. To discuss CYAPC0 response to NRC/CYAPC0 A. Wang 4/6-7/88 50-213 10:00-4:00 Room 14-B-13 NRC request for additional info.

regarding seismic and wind /

tornado SEP topics (Haddam Neck)

White Flint Bldg. CYAPC0 will outline their plan NRC/CYAPC0 A. Wang 4/28/88 50-213 10:00-4:00 Room 6-B-l'3 for Zircaloy cladding conversion from stainless steel (Haddam Neck) a rrt w

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NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT DATE/ TIME Region III National Program Review JHickey JHickey 3/30-31/88 NMcElroy JSwift SPennington CSeelig GDeegan EMcAlpine, RIII 4/5-6/88 Region I National Program Review VMiller VMiller MLamastra JMetzger JSwift DSreniawski, RIII PMcLaughlin GDeegan Salem, NJ Visit an irradiator facility GSjoblom,NMSS GSjoblom 4/11/88 John Miller, RI Region I Management Team Assessment GSjoblom, NMSS GSjoblem 4/11-15/88 JSniezek, NRR P,egion I JPartlow, NRR MBell, NMSS m

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5 DIVISION OF LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT AND DEC09911SSIONING

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APPLICANT NRC CONTACT

• DATE/ TIME NUMBER 3/28-31 RIII National Program Review D. Martin D. Martin DOE Implementation of EPA Ground- LLWM Staff M. Fliegel 4/6/88 9:00 a.m. (Gennantown) water Standards at Title I Sites J. Turi, DOE DIVISION OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT NAS HQ NAS Board on Radioactive Waste KStablein BYoungblood 3/24-25/88 JTrapp 2401 Wis. Ave Management on hydrology and Wash, D.C. heology at the proposed Yucca Mountain site ,

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4/18-19/88 Foundation Advisory Committee Meeting 1250 24th St,NW Wash, D.C Conservation HLW Licensing Support System PAltomare PAltomare 5/18-19/88 Foundation Advisory Comittee Meeting 1250 24th St, NW DIVISION OF SAFEGUARDS AN1 TRANSPORTATION None m

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10:00 50-072 physical security plan, radiation protection, and reactor operations. G. M. Sandquist Region IV PSCO requested reeting to discuss PSCO T. Westerman 4/6 50-267 1:00 their Design and Configuration Control Program.

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