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April 20, 1988 For: The Comissioners From: T. A. Rehm. Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING APRIL 15, 1988 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condens3d version of this report, Contents Enclosure Administration and Resources Management A Nuclear Reactor Regulation B Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C Nuclear Regulatory Research D*

AnalysisandEvaluationofOperationalData(CRGRActivities) E F

Governmental & Public Affairs General Counsel G*

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

Special Projects J*

K Enforcement L

Consolidation Regional Offices M*

' Executive Director for Operations N*

Items Addressed by the Comission 0 P

Meeting Notices .

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

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, HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING APRIL 15, 1988 ,

Peach Bottom On April 8 an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, which was established on April 6, issued an Order relating to Pennsylvania's Petition for a hearing on Peach Bottom organizational changes. The Order provided for the filing of any contentions and amendments to Pennsylvania's petition by April 25. The licensee's and the staff's responses are to be filed within 10 and 15 days of receipt of <

the cor.tentions.

Shipments of HEU from the DOE Facility at Oak Ridge i

The manager of DOE Oak Ridge operations has been withholding shipments of HEU to NRC licentees (fixed site and export) because of safeguards concerns l steming from a DOE Order issued on February 9,1988. This Order requires a higher level of physical protection for certain categories of HEU (other than Category I) than presently required by NRC regulations. Staff is working with l

DOE Headquarters and Field Offices to resolve this matter. The imediate concern is shipments of HEU to Canada under an existng export license.  ;

i NRC Drug Testing Plan 1

HHS Drug Testing Guidelines were published April 11, 1988. This clears the path for HHS certification of NRC's Drug Testing Plan. HHS must certify NRC's i Drug Testing Plan prior to NRC being allowed to begin drug testing.

Approval of Second Building Recomended ,

Phase 2 of NRC's consolidation process took a giant step forward on April 14 when the Maryland National Park and Planning Comission (MNCPPC) recomended that the Montgomery County Council approve the plan to build a second office building for NRC on the White Flint site. The recomendation was based on NRC's fulfilling two conditions: (a) the peak-hour automobile trip generation rate from the two buildings must not exceed 640 (the number previously approved for the project when the developers were planning on a hotel-conference center for the second stage of the development); and (b) the population of the two buildings combined will not exceed 2,450 persons, unless NRC can demonstrate that a greater number will not cause the trip generation rate to exc6ed 640.

The next steps in the decision process are a review by the County Council of  !

the Comission's recumendation, and then an application to the MNCPPC for l

approval of the developers' subdivision plan for the site.

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D ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS - 1988 For 5-Day Period of April 8, 1988 - April 14, 1988 Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision 11 1 Received This Week 20 2 Completed This Week Carryovers From 1987 157 33 228 20 Received In 1988 164 6 Greated In 1988 83 21 Denied In 1988 138 26 Pending ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Kathleen

Dearie,

Requests a copy of the abstract or bids for Microform, Inc. Solicitation No IFB-RS-ARM-88-169.

(88-218)

John Rattelsdorfer Requests a copy of the contract between Northeast Utilities and Burns International Security at the (88-219) Millstone nuclear power plant.

Kevin Ellis, Requests copies of records related to foreign and Gannett News domestic travels on official business of Harold Denton in the last two years.

Service (88-220)

Stephen Duggan Requests records on the testing of 3M ionizers located

!, at Medtronic Inc., plaats in Puerto Rico.

I (88-221)

! Blair Bremberg Requests three categories of records related to the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978.

(88-222)

Patty Day, Requestscopiesof(1) January 25, 1988 memorandum from NUS Corporation Gillespie to Beckjord regarding a proposed rule to be issued with a final policy statement relevant to License (88-223) Renewal and (2) February 8,1988 sumary and handouts I

of discussion between NRR and RES.

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Received. Cont'd Linda Bauman, Requests records related to inspection and Law Offices of investigations into HtG Inspection Company.

Billie Pirner Garde (88-224)

Susan Roberts, Requests copies of HRC's organizational chart and Devoke Company telephone directory.

(88-225)

Steven Sholly, Requests a printout of central files records for Nine MHB Technical Mile Point Unit 2 from the creation of the docket.

Associates (88-226)

Bruce Maxwell, Requests records related to a breakdown in the security WTOL-TV Toledo system at the Femi nuclear power plant.

(88-227)

Dave Airozo, Requests copies of all notation votes by the Commission McGraw Hill in March 1988.

(88-228)

Kenneth Boley, APPEAL TO THE EDO for the adequacy of search for Critical Mass records regarding plant-specific scores received by (88-A-20-87-838) Reactor and Senior Reactor Operators on license qualification and requalification exams at every comercial nuclear power plant.

Granted Alan Barak, In response to a request for copies of depositions of State of Michigan six named individuals relating to Dow Chemical v.

(87-583) Co,nsumers o Power Co., made available 18 records.

Kenneth Boley, In response to a request for records that provide Critical Mass plant-specific statistics on criminal records of Reactor (87-831) and Senior Reactor Operators, informed the requester that the NRC located no agency records subject to this request.

Mary Eliza Stewart, In response to a request for specified records regarding Pacific Gas and a March 18, 1975 sunanary of an ACRS subcommittee meeting, Electric Company made available one record. Infomed the requester that (88-114) two records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.

Knute Landreth, In response to a request for correspondence between Memorial Hospital NRC and Dr. Fred Lindemann between September 1987 and of Sheridan County February 1986 regarding the amendment proposal to (88-133) License 49-10982-02 and all correspondence between NRC and Dr. John Yale during the same time period, made available 24 records.

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Granted, Cont'd (Anindividual In response to a request for records pertaining to the requesting personnel action regarding an ACRS Fellowrhip Offer, infonnation about made available 11 records, herself)

(88-169)

Kristine Albrecht, In response to a request for records on Radiation Food Irradiation Sterilizers, made available one record. Informed the Response requester that additional records subject to this (88-186) request are already available at the PDR in files F0!A-86-339 and F0IA-87-709.

Matthew Brelis, In response to a request for records between the NRC and The Pittsburgh Duquesne Light regarding an NRC inquiry into a December 4, Press 1980 memorandum from Bal Gupta concerning work done by (88-196) Schneider Inc., made available one record.

Kathleen

Dearie,

In response to a request for a copy of the abstract of Microfonn, Inc. bids for Solicitation No RS-ARM-88-169, made available (88-218) a copy of the requested record.

John Rattelsdorfer In response to a request for a copy of the contract (88-219) between Northeast Utilities and Burns International Security at the Millstone nuclear power plant, infonned the requester that the NRC did not locate the record subject to this request.

Susan Roberts, In response to a request for copies of the NRC's Devoke Company organizational chart and telephone directory, informed (88-225) the requester that she may obtain copies of these records from GPO.

Denied Steven Sholly, In response to a request for copies of (1) all records MHB Technical related to the NRC/IDCOR meeting on September 10, 1987, Associates to discuss the Individual Plant Evaluation (IPE) program, (87-706) and (2) all records concerning IPES, made available 12 records. Informed the requester that additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR. Denied three records in their entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.

Christopher Holthaus In response to a request for copies of disciplinary (88-35) actions against Combustion Engineering or its subsidiaries from 1972 to the present, made available 19 records.

Informed the requester that two records subject to this request are already available at the PDR. Denied six records in their entirety, disclosure of which wculd tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas r,st.ential to the deliberative process.

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. Brian Jordan, In response to a request for four categories of records  :

Inside NRC related to connunications between NRC and INPO, made (88-88) available 17 records. Denied three records in their entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.

Charles Ashbaugh, In response to a request for copies of SECY-87-186, Nuclear Theory SECY-87-186A, and NRC Connissioners' responses to the

& Technologies staff in regard to those records, made available one (88-125) record. Denied five records in their entirety an) portions of three records, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.

Paul Wenske, In response to a request for copies of the 01 Investigation The Kansas City Report entitled, "Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Star /The Kansas Alleged Material False Statement by KG8E Management,"

City Times informed the requester that one record subject to this (88 189) request is already available at the PDR. Denied four records in their entirety and portions of seven records, disclosure of which would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and would reveal identities of confidential sources.

Lynn Connor. In response to an APPEAL TO THE COMISSION for the Doc-Search release of 35 records denied in their entirety end Associates portions of four records relating to a request for i (88-A-ll-87-744) records pertaining to the NRC Senior Management Team that was referenced in the Ccannission briefing on TVA on September 12, 1985, made available portions of two records. Continued to deny the remaining agency records, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.

Lynn Connor, In response to an APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the Doc-Search release of two records denied in their entirety relating Associates to a request for records associated with the January 1987 (88-A-16-87-782) memorandum from Victor Stello to Ben Hayes, which was referenced in the November 9,1987 issue of Inside NRC, made available one record. Continued to deny one record j in its entirety, disclosure of which could reasonably be

' expected to interfere with an enforcement proceeding.

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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING APRIL 15, 1988 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION 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 Perforn.ance: 2 years Sponsor: Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status: RFP closed on April 13, 1988. Proposals forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel for review on April 14, 1988.

RFP No.: RS-RG2-88-276

Title:

"Data Entry Support Services"

Description:

Perfom ADP data entry and retrieval activities at the Region II office.

Period of Performance: 2 years Sponsor: Region II Status: RFP closed on April 13, 1988. Proposals forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel for review on April 13, 1988.

CONTRACTS CLOSED OUT NRC-04-85-139 Dynatek DATE CLOSED: April 12, 1988 CONTRACTS AWARDED l

l RFP No: RS-RGI-88-269

Title:

"Technical Support for Region I Nondestructive l

1 Examination Yan" i

Description:

The contractor shall provide personnel with expertise in the field of non-destructive examination and a radiographic isotope source to perfom field non-destructive examinations at nuclear power plants L

' under construction or in operation anywhere in the United States.

Period of Performance: 2 years Sponsor: Region I Status: A CPFF Task-Ordering type Contract No NRC-28-88-269 was awarded to TET, Inc. in the arount of $198,700.28 effective April 15, 1988.

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WEEKLY STAFF REPORT DIVISIONOFCONTRACTS(DC)

WEEK ENDING APRIL 15, 1965 CONTRACTS AWARDED RFP NO.: RS-RES-88-078

Title:

"reying of Occupational Radiation Exposure Information"

Description:

Contractor will develop and utilize a computer program to key code information related to occupational radiation exposure onto a computer tape.

Period of Performance: 2 years w/3 one-year options.

Sponsor: Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status: A Labor Hour Requirements type Contract No.

NRC-04-88-078 was awarded to OCR Services, Inc. in the amount of $55,350.00 effective April 11, 1988.

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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending April 15, 1988 Peach Bottom On April 8 an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, which was established on April 6, issued an Order relating to Pennsylvania's Petition for a hearing on Peach Bottom organizational changes. The Order provided for the filing of any contentions and amendments to Pennsylvania's petition by April 25. The licensee's and the staff's responses are to be filed within 10 and 15 days of receipt of the contentions.

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a OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEG'uARDS Items of Interest Week Ending April 15, 19P8

. INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY Fuel Cycle Safety BP Chemical (VISTRON)

On April 8, 1988, NMSS staff members met with BP Chemical, BP's consultant NES, and ORAU to discuss the decontamination of the catalyst plant in Lima, Ohio. While considerable effort has been expended in the decontamination effort to date, some additional surveys and assessments will be required before a determination een be made to release the catalyst plant for unrestricted use.

B&W Fuel Company - Commercial Nuclear Fuel Plant NMSS staff met with B&W representatives on April 11, 1988, to discuss B&W's renewal application. The topics of discussion for renewal included an overview of the newly established partnership, updated process activities, and proposed future activities.

West Valley Demonstration Project The NRC staff issued a Safety Evaluation Report on the liquid Waste Treatment System (LWTS), completing the review of DOE Safety Analysis Reports for the main systems to be used in supernatant processing. After most of the cesium has been removed in the Supernatant Treatment System, the LWTS will comentrate the decontaminated supernatant to the proper density for incorporation in cement.

The evaporate will be further decontaminated and released to the environment as a low-level waste stream. During at least the initial phase of operation, the relcase will be through the existing lagoon system and into an on-site stream.

Budget pennitting, a large evaporation system may be installed later to eliminate the liquid discharge. Calculations in the DOE Safety Analysis Report, confirmed by the NRC staff, show that concentrations of all radionuclides at the point of discharge into the stream will be well below Part 20 limits.

Babcock & Wilcox Representatives of Babcock & Wilcox's Pennsylvania Nuclear Service Operations ret with FCSB staff to review the status of activities at their Apollo and Parks Township facilities. B&W reported completion of contaminated soil removal i projects at two locations adjacent to the Apollo site. Other similar projects are in planning.

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LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT  :

Low-level Waste i

Meetino With EPA On Mixed Waste LLRB staff will meet with the EPA on Monday, April 18, 1988 to discuss the contents of the products on mixed waste under progress and to establish schedules for their issuance. The products under discussion would include:

(il response to the public coments on the definition guidance; (ii) regulation comparfson on licensing / permitting process; and (iii) joint guidance on  !

sampling and testing.  :

1 Meeting with Vennont Yankee on low-level Waste Disposal On April 13; NRC staff met with representatives from the Vennont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the feasibility of developing a low-level waste disposal facility at the Vermont Yankee plant site. Vermont Yankee representatives presented a conceptual

design of an earth mounted concrete bunker facility. The function of the LLW f

facility would be for the disposal of all low-level wastes generated in the

State of Vennont (the Vennont Yankee reactor gegerates about 90% of the State's waste volume which is currently about 10,000 FT annually). NRC staff provided Vermont Yankee with some preliminary views on the types of problems and issues that may be encountered in locating a LLW disposal facility at a nuclear power reactor site.

i SAFEGUARDS Domestic Safeguards Emeroency Preparedness Exercises On April 12, 1988, NMSS, SGTR and IMNS management and staff participated in a simulated safeguards / materials event at an operating fuel fabrication facility. The exercise involved full participation of the Executive Team, Chairman Zech, EDO, NMSS, NRR, RES, and AE0D and simulated response by Region II and licensee. The FBI also participated in the headquarters exercise. In preparation for the Exercise, SGTR staff briefed the Executive Team on April 7,  !

1988, on safeguards physical security programs. NRC and FBI interactions and responsibilities, and safeguards classification issues.

Shipments of HEU from the DOE Facility at Oak Ridge The manager of DOE Oak Ridge operations has been withholding shipments of HEU to NRC licensees (fixed site and exportl because of safeguards concerns steming from a DOE Order issued on February 9,1988. This Order requires a higher level of physical protection for certain categories of HEU (other than Category I) than presently required by NRC regulations. Staff is working with DOE Headquarters and Field Offices to resolve this matter. The insnediate concern is shipments of HEU to Canada under an existng export license.

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- 3 Transportation Midwestern and Northeastern Regional TRANSRAM Workshops TRANSRAM workshops are sponsored by Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide State and Indian officials an opportunity to meet and discuss regional issues associated with the transportation of radioactive material. The Midwestern workshop was held in Osage Beach, Missouri, April 11-12, 1988, and was attended by representatives from 9 states.

This year, DOT has scheduled the TRANSRAM workshops to coincide with its C0HMED (Cooperative Hazardous Material Enforcement Development) workshops to facilitate state participation. DOT now provides RAM Transportation training at the TRANSRAM workshop. Accordingly, many TRANSRAM participants are state law enforcement officials.

The Osage Beach workshop was comprised of three half-day sessions on overviews of Federal transportation programs and regulations, state presentations on '

their programs and ;ssues, and a summary of DOT inconsistency rulings and emergency response information, respectively. SGTR continues to present a sumary of spent fuel cask safety research, including the Modal Study. The principal issues discussed by participants were similar to those of other workshops: emergency response training for first respondents; response team members comunicating within and among states and with federal agencies; and funding for programs.

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Items of Interest Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Week Ending April 15, 1988 CRGR The CRGR reviewed four items at Meeting No. 133 on April 13, 1988: (1)a proposed Comission Paper on Key Policy Issues Resulting from NRC Staff Review of DOE-Sponsored Advanced Reactor Concepts, and a proposed Comission Paper on Standardization of Advanced Reactor Designs; (2) a proposed Supplement to NRC Bulletin No. 87-02, "Fastener Testing to Detennine Conformance With Applicable Material Specifications;" (3) a proposed Supplement to NRC Bulletin No. 85-03, "Notor-Operated Valves Comon Mode Failures During Plant Transients Due to Improper Switch Setting;" and (4) a proposed amendment to 10 CFR 50.47(d) to establish more clearly what emergency planning and preparedness requirements are needed for fuel loading and low power operation of nuclear power plants.

The Conunittee deferred action on item (1) until a later date so that additional time could be made available to discuss the Comittee's concerns. The Comittee recommended (1) chat the proposed supplements to NRC Bulletin Nos. 87-02 and 85-03 be issued; and (2) that the proposed amendment to 10 CFR 50.47(d) be forwarded to the Comission and issued for public coment, subject to review by the Office of RES regarding language and the technical basis for lower risk at le!,s than 5% power.

Division of Safety Programs Trends and Patterns Analysis Trends and Patterns staff met with the Director of the Data Systems / Trends Analysis Division, NASA Headquarters to discuss the NASA trends and patterns program. NASA has established a management information center that gathers, tracks and analyzes data on problems, programs and performance related to the space shuttle. This activity embraces a wide range of data, including hazards analysis findings, indicators of schedule pressure, and remaining useful lives for components which has similarities with NRC interests.

NUREG-0090, Vol. 10, No. 3 "Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences:

July-September 1987," and NUREG-0090, Vol. 10, No. 4. "Report to Congress on Abnonnal Occurrences: October-December 1987." were both published in late March 1988. Both reports have been forwarded to Congress and released for general distribution.

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The February 1988 Issue of the Quarterly PI Report was placed in the PDR on April 8, 1988.

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Division of Operational Assessment Incident Response The IRB staff conducted an exercise involving a threat to the NFS Erwin nuclear fuel facility on April 12, 1988. Chairsan Zech participated along with other members of the Executive Team and representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The Chairman was interested in the FBI interface and had useful discussions with the FBI representatives. A number of lessons were identified for action and will be fonnalized.

On April 13-14, the IRB staff conducted an assessment of Region II's implemen-tation of the Incident Response program. .

On April 13-14, IRB staff met with the Technical Training Center (TTC), RES, and Brookhaven National Laboratory in Chattanooga, Tennessee to discuss the incorporation of severe accident insights and phenomonology descriptions into the NRC emergency response team training to be provided by the TTC. The basic scope of the required training was agreed to and a schedule for development was proposed. Further RES assistance is needed and a request for this effort is under development.

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The Director DOA, Chief, DEIIB, and the DEIIB staff, with the input and assistance of NRR and the Region II staff, developed an evaluation plan to assess the ENERCON Independent Management Appraisal for Turkey Point and Florida Power and Light.

The plan involves a team effort among AE00, NRR, and Region II staff members '

with team leadership provided by AE00. The objectives of the evaluation include:

assessment of the quality and completeness of the ENERCON evaluation in identifying the remaining problems at Turkey Point, the need for an AE00 diagnostic evaluation and documentation of team findings and conclusions. The first meeting among the team members and DE!!B staff involved in the review was conducted on April 15.

Preliminary Notifications The following Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week:

a. PNO-I-88-40, Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (Millstone Nuclear Station Unit 2), Unplanned Plant Shutdown in Excess of 48 Hours,

b. PNO-II-88-17A, Alabama Highway Department, Stolen Troxler Gauge.

c. PNO-II-88-24,NuclearFuelServices, Incorporated (DocketNo.70-143),THIS IS A DRILL -- THESE EVENTS DID NOT OCCUR (EXPLOSION AND FIE AT SITE).

d. PNO-III-88-32, Marquette General Hospital (License No. 21-05432-05),

Therapeutic Misadministrations (Less then Prescribed Dose),

e. PNO-III-88-33, General Instrument Corporation (License No. 12-19460-02E, 12-16676-02E). Low-level Contamination in Manufacturing Facility.

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f. PNO-III-28-34, Commonwealth Edison Company (Byron Unit 1), Up to 68 Workers Receive Possible Minor Airborne Exposures.

g. PNO-III-88-35 University of Toledo (License No. 34-10247-06), Media Interest in NRC Violations and Radium Contamination,

h. PNO-III-88-38 Kraft Incorporated (General Licensee), Contaminated Devices and Work Areas Found at Food Processing Plant.

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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS WEEK ENDING APRIL 15, 1988 i

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Foreign Visitors On Tuesday Mr. Wolfgang Schwarzer. Executive Secretary of the West German Nuclear Safety Standards Comission (KTA), and Mr. Josef Pfaffelhuber, KTA, (recently retired head of the Nuclear Safety Directorate of the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclesr Safety-BMU),

visited NRC. The visitors were here to discuss various topics related to US regulatory practices in preparation for the November 7-10 "International Symposium on Regulatory Practices and Safety Standards for Nuclear Powe-Plants," which will be held in Munich, FRG. This symposium is the first major attempt by the IAEA, in conjunction with the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the German government (acting as host), to draw on the more cooperative international attitudes in the post-Chernobyl era to identify, explain, and discuss national regulatory approaches and practices. In their effort to collect infomation from other countries, Messrs. Schwarzer and Pfaffelhuber are also tentatively considering scheduling trips to France, the Soviet Union, and Switzerland. At NRC, the visitors met with members of RES, NRR, OGC, IP and OE.

Upcoming Foreign Visitors to NRC May(firstwk) E. Gonzales, Comissioner, Spanish CSN.

May 2-27 PRC Technical Team (headed by Zhang Y., Deputy Director General, NNSA), finalizing their first SAR, will meet with NRR.

May 16 Jean Claude Leny, President of Framatome (France), to 10:00 a.m. visit Chairman Zech and Comissioner Carr. (Visit arranged by M. Rowden.)

May 19 Mr. T. Fujii, President of Japan's Nuclear Power Engineering Test Center (NUPEC), will meet with E. Beckjord, Chairman Zech, and other Comissioners as notified.

June 1 A. Birkhofer, GRS (W. Gerriany), meetings and luncheon 10:00 a.m. at WF-1 with Chaiman Zech and other Comissioners, thru lunch Wk of Aug. 29 Professor L. Konstantinov, IAEA DDG for Nuclear Energy and Safety; M. Lavarie, French SCSIN Director; and Comissioner Uchida of Japan for the NRC Aging Conference.

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l STATE, LOCAL AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS Nebraska Legislatur,e Passes LLW Legislation The Nebraska Legislature has approved and sent to Governor Kay Orr a bill (Legislative Bill 1092) that contains the following provisions related to the State's low-level radioactive waste activities:

1. Requires a disposal site developer (US Ecology) to locate the facility "to the extent possible...where community support is evident."

2. Requires the formation of nine-member local monitoring committees in the vicinity of each proposed site and a permanent monitoring committee in the vicinity of the selected site.

3. Prohibits the disposal of waste from reactor decommissioning at a Nebraska disposal facility "until the department has determined that such facility is designed to safely store or dispose of such waste."

4. Requires Class C waste to be stored or disposed of separately in containers "which can be easily monitored and retrieved."

5. Provides a mechanism fc.r property owners in the vicinity of the facility to be compensated for property devaluation that occurs as the result of the construction and operation of the facility.

' The Governor is expected to sign the bill. Nebraska was selected in December 1987 as the host State for the Contral Interstate Waste Compact. The other States in the Compact are Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

Meeting with Illinois Commerce Commission  :

On April 13, 1988, Roland Lichus, Region III Chief of State and Government Affairs; Ed Greenman, Director of the Division of Reactor Projects in Region III; Dan Muller, Project Director of PDIII-2 in NRR; and Debbie Jackson, Project Engineer in NRR, met with members of the Illincis Connerce Commission to discuss areas of mutual int.srest. Among the topics discussed were the NRC reorganization, Braidwood licensing issues, and the SALP process.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK 0F APRIL 18-22, 1988 April 18 D0D, Uniforned Services of the Health Sciences, to discuss the use of various nationwide military facilities for NRC training requirements - Bethesda, MD (Corley) 18-19 LLW Forum - Seabrook Island, SC (Nussbaumer/Salomon) 18-19 LSS Negotiating Conmittee Meeting - Washington, DC (Virgilio)

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MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 18-22,1988(continued) 18-22 TexasReview(MillTailings)-Austin,TX(Kendig/Doda) 18-22 CaliforniaReview-Sacramento.CA(Schneider/ Adam /Hornor) 18-22 Kentucky Review - Frankfort, XY (Woodruff) 19-21 Tour of Contaminated Sites in Ohio with State Officials and NMSS(Lickus) 19-22 Federal Radiological Emergenc Emitsburg, MD (Trojanowski) y Response Plan Workshop -

20 Site Visit Barnwell, SC LLW Disposal Facility and Savannah RiverPlant(Nussbaumer/Salomon) 21 Central Midwest LLW Comission Meeting - Springfield. IL (Lickus) l APRIL 15, 1988 ENCLOSURE F

OFFICE CF PERS0hNEL ITEMS JF INTEREST Week Ending April 15, 1988 NRC Drug Testing Plan HHS Drug Testing Guidelines were aublished April 11, 1988. This clears the path for HHS certification of NRc's Drug Testing Plan. HHS must certify NRC's Drug Testing Plan prior to NRC being allowed to begin drug testing.

Weekly Vacancy Announcements .

A new method of distributing the weekly vacanc) announcement to the regions was initiated. Tne regions will now receive tie weekly announcement the same day that it goes to the printer. This should s?eed-up receipt by regional personnel and resident inspectors by approximately five working days.

Arrivals and Departures New employees are Benjamin Randall, Conmunications Specialist (ARM) and Carolyn Crawford, Resident Clerical Aide (Region III).

Nine employees left NRC this week: Headquarters losses were David Prestemon, Director and Chlef Counsel (ASLBP); John Thomas, Section Chief and Wendy Arter, Secretary, both from NRR; Lynn Calvin, On-line Services Coordinator, and Peggy Downing, Docketing and Service Assistant, both from SECY. Carole J6merson, Licensing Assistant (OSP); and Steven Krill, Engineering Aide from the Cooperative Education Program. In Region I, Inez Waszena Travel Clerk, left.

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OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending April 15, 1988 The following Significant Enforcement Actions were taken the week of April 11, 1988.

An Order Continuing Suspension of License and Order to show Cause why License Should not be Revoked and Notice of Violation was issued on April 11, 1988 to Finlay Testing Laboratories Inc., Aiea Hawaii. The Order was based on additional significant transportation violations revealed following an investigation. (EN 88-30)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $50,000 was issued on April 12, 1988 to Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (Millstone Unit 3). The action was based on the failure to have the required

cold overpressure protection systems operable prior to and during a pressure

! transier.t in which such systems could have actuated. Prompt operator actions in response to the transient prevented any adverse impact on tht reactor.

(EN 88-27)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $100,000 was issued on April 13, 1988 to Arizona Nuclear Power Project (Palo Verde Units 1 and 2). The action was based on violations of requirements in two different plant disciplines. In the first case improper engineering

' and review resulted in an inoperable turbine driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump on each unit. In the second case operational problems including failure to follow procedures and inadecuate verification resulted in, on separate occasions, an inoperable Auxiliary Feecwater Pump on Unit 2, an inopert:ble High Pressure Injection Pump on Unit 1, and an inadvertent safety injection on Unit 2, (EN88-29)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $2,500 was issued on April 13, 1988 to Veterans Administration Medical

• Center, Wichita, Kansas. The action was based on the licensee not having an authorized physician to use and supervise licensed material and the physician who did use material was not qualified. In addition, the licensee did not have an approved radiation safety officer and did not conduct required training.

instrument testing, and radiation and contamination surveys. (EN88-28)

Civil Penalty Paid Virginia Electric and Power Company (North Anna Unit 2) paid the proposed civil penalty in the amount of $100,000. The action was based on a failure to place inoperable steam flow channels in trip as required by the Technical Specifications. (EA 87-246)

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Consolidation at One White Flint North Completed A significant milestone was reached on April 11, when the Comissioners, their staffs, and the other offices previously located at 1717 H Street, NW, moved to One White Flint North. That building is now completely occupied and the first phase of NRC's consolidation process is complete. When the move to the 17th and 18th floors was accomplished over the weekend of April 8 - 10, it marked the end of the four-month process during which more than 1,400 NRC employees have been transferred to the new headquarters building.

Approval of Second Building Recommended Phase 2 of NRC's consolidation process took a giant step forward on April 14 when the Maryland National Park and Planning Comission (MNCPPC) recomended that the Montgomery County Council approve the plan to build a second office building for NRC on the White Flint site. The recommendation was based on NRC's fulfilling two conditions: (a) the peak-hour automobile trip generation rate from the two buildings must not exceed 640 (the number previously approved for the project when the developers were planning on a hotel-conference center for the second stage of the developtrent); and (b) the population of the two buildings combined will not exceed 2,450 persons, unless NRC can demonstrate that a greater number will not cause the trip generation rate to exceed 640.

The next steps in the decision process are a review by the County Council of the Comission's recomendation, and then an application to the MNCPPC for approval of the developers' subdivision plan for the site.

New York Times to Report on OWFN Problems A reporter for The New York Tirnes interviewed Michael Springer. Director of the Office of Consolidation, concerning several problems at One White Flint North. Mr. Springer answered his questions concerning the lead contamination

' in the drinking water, allegations that an "Executive Club" was to be funded by the Employees Recreation Association, and whether it was true. that persons who used the emergency telephones in the elevators to report problems were answered by an operator in Connecticut. The article is scheduled for publica-tion about April 21.

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ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMISSION - Week Ending April 15, 1988 A. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON BASIC SAFETY PRINCIPLES FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, 2:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1988, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr., EDO dated 4/15/88 The Commission

• was briefed by Dr. Herbert Kouts on a report by the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG) entitled, "Basic Safety Principles for Nuclear Power Plants."

Chairman Zech requested the staff to review the INSAG report and recommend Commission action, if warranted.

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NMSS MEETING NOTICES For tha We:k Endirg:

April 15, 1988

!! DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY P

jN DATE NUPBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT CONTACT ll4/18-19/88 P-32 DOE Monitor DOE readiness review DHurt, NMSS DHurt o' West Valley, NY AClark, NMSS Reps. of DOE d

DIVISION OF SAFEGUARDS AND TRANSPORTATION 4/26/88 4E4 Discuss general topics with RBurnett RBurnett

! White Flint Bldg regard to Nuclear Assurance CMacDonald i Corp PSchutt, MAC l

l 4/28/88 4E4 Discuss Waste Transportation RBurnett RBurnett White Flint Bldg. Issues ETen Eyck CMacDonald LBarrett, DOE PStein, DOE i KKlein, DOE

DSchiller 5/17/88 4E4 Discuss FL. St. Vrain Safe- RBurnett RBurnett White Flint Bldg guards Program & Transportation ETen Eyck Issues CMacDonald MMcBride, Pub 1;c Service of Colorado i

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DIVISION OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT DOCKET ATTENDEES /

NUMBER LOCATION Pl'RPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT DATE 4/18-19/88 Conservation HLW Licensing Support System PAltomare PAltomare Foundation Advisory Committee Meetino CCameron 1250 24th St,NW Wash, D.C.

4/19-22/88 CNWRA CNWRA Management meeting and REBrownino BStiltenpole presentation of program BJYoungblood architecture J0 Punting PAltomare SStiltenpole i HDelligatti l RPallard PJustus SFortuna JPearring Winnipeg, Canada Discussion on shaft design and MTantous NTanious 4/25-30/88 construction and a trip to an JPeshel underground laboratory for testing of a HLW repository Barcelona, Spain INTRAVAL Workshop RCodell, NMSS RCodell 4/25-29 JRandall, RES TNicholsen, RES Conservation HLW Licensing Support System PAltoma re PAltomare

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- Foundation Advisory Committee Meeting CCameron 1250 24th St,NW as Wash., D.C.

E Las Vegas, NY Breau Hearing on HLW

([5/30/88 Reno, Nevada HLW Licensing Support System PAltomare PAltomare 6/29-30/88 Advisory Commiittee Meeting CCameron

-4 DIVISION OF LOW-LEVEL WASTE MAPAGEMENT AND DECOP9tISSIONING DOCKET ATTENDEES / NRC DATE NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT CONTACT

' 04/17-19/88 Myrtle Beach, SC To attend 1988 ANS Topical M. Tokar M. Tokar, LLTR Meeting and Panel Discussion on Waste Management Engineering.

4/18-20/88 Charleston, SC Address LLW Forum, accompany R. J. Starwer R. J. Starmer contractor to Barnwell, SC disposal site,and P. Lohaus visit Savannah River Plant J. Greeves 04/27/88 M-32 West Valley, NY Meeting with WVDP officials to T. Johnson, LLPB J. Shaffner, LLOB discuss ARC criteria for disposal of LLW con- M. Knapp, LLWM taining TRU in concentrations between 10 and 100 J. Shaffner, LLOB nC1/gm. Reps. fm WVDP 1

NRR MEETING NOTICES

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88 ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE DATE/ TIME 50-277 White Flint Bldg. Licensee will present plans NRC/PECo/GE R. Martin 4/21/88 for inspecting the shroud 9:00-5:00 Room 2-F-17 support access hole covers on Peach Bottom 2 White Flint Bldg. To discuss concerns resulting W/NRC T. Kenyon l 4/21/88 50-601 9:00-4:00 Room 6-B-13 from the review of reactor systems of the RESAR SP/90 j

GE Company To audit the Nuclear Measure- NRC/GE/SoHar, Inc. W. Scott 4/21-4/22/88 50-155 ment Analysis and Control Consumer Power

. 8:00-5:00 Bldg. A. Room 1003 San Jose, CA System Verification and Validation Program (Big Rock

Point)

I White Flint Bldg. Meeting w/ Northeast Nuclear NRC/NNECo R. Ferguson 4/25/88 50-423 10:00-2:00 Room 14-B-13 Energy Company to discuss Safety Parameter Display System (Millstone-3) l.

1 White Flint Bldg. To discuss NSP Topical Report NRC/BNL/ R. Wright i

4/26/88 50-263 Room 6-B-13 on Reload Safety Evaluation Northern States 12:30 Power Company Methodology (Monticello) i ni M

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g 4/27-4/29/88 50-424/ Vogtle Site NRC/ Southern 8:30-4:00 Waynesboro, GA Combined Tech Specs Company Services 1

4/28/88 White Flint Bldg. To discuss CE Topical Report NRC/CE/ Rochester Y. Hsii

,' 9:30-12:30 Room 10-B-13 CEMPD-276-P Gas & Electric /

Wisconsin Public Service Corp.

4/28/88 50-213 White Flint Bldg. CYAPC0 will outline their plan NRC/CYAPC0 A. Wang 10:00-4:00 Room 6-B-13 i

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4/21/88 RII Office Enforcement Conference Licensee, Reg. Adm., Grace 8g 11

00 am VEPC0 and Selected RII Staff Members 1:00 pm Miami, FL Enforcement Conference Licensee, DRA Ernst FPL - Turkey Point and Selected RII Staff Members Evening Miami, FL Presentation of Operator Licensee management Ernst Certificates at Turkey and operators; Deputy Point Regional Administrator and Selected Resident and RII Staff Members 4/22/88 Miami, FL Management Meeting - Licensee, DRA, and Ernst 8:00 am FPL - Turkey Point Selected RII Staff Members 4/28/88 RII Office Management Meeting - Licensee, Reg. Adm., Grace 1:00 pm GPC - Hatch and Selected RII Staff Members 4/29/88 RII Office Enforcement Conference Same as above Grace 10:00 DPC - Catawba E

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