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s August 17, 1988 For:
The Commissioners From:
John C. Hoyle, Assistant for Operations, Office of the ED0
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING AUGUST 12, 1988 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners Who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Admiristration and Resources Management A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
j Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C
Nuclear Regulatory Research D
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data E
Governmental & Public Affairs F
General Counsel G*
Personnel H
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights I*
Special Projects J*
Enforcement K
Consolidation L*
Regional Offices M
Executive Director for Operations N*
Items Addressed by the Cennission 0
Meeting Notices P
Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for Q
external distribution)
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HIGHLlGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING AUGUST 12, 1988 SEABROOK UNIT I Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) recently filed a notice of intention with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court proposing the spin-off of New Ham) shire Yankee Division (NHY) into an inuependent company, the New Hampshire Yan(eeElectricCorperation(NHYEC).
When NHY was first fonned in 1984, it was the intention of the joint owners to eventually establish NHYEC and to have PSNH transfer to NHYEC the Seabrook construction and operating license. The proposed restructuring is not to affect ownership of Seabrook, but it would transfer management authority to NHYEC.
The Joint Owners have apparently received necessary approvals from all the public utility commissions in New England with the exception of the Massachusetts' Department of Public Utilities. As yet, the Joint Owners have not sought approval from the NRC.
Peach Bottom The licensee's monthly schedule update dated August 3, 1988 states that 89 percent (123 of 138) of the activities in the Restart Plan are complete.
The licensee states that the extension of those items not yet completed is not expected to change the licensee's projected restart schedule. The licensee's schedule includes an INP0 restart readiness inspection in mid-September and readiness of Unit 2 for startup in November, 1988.
Comanche Peak Members of Citizens for Fair Utility Regulation (CFUR) held a news conference Thursday, August 11, in front of the building where Region IV offices are located to announce its filing of a petition seeking readmission as a party in the Comanche Peak licensing proceeding. CFUR, once an active intervenor withdrew in 1982 in favor of Citizens Association for Sound Energy (CASE}. At the news conference, the organization gave reporters copies of its basic petition which it filed by mail with NRC that day. The Fort Worth (Texas)
Sierra Club also distributed copies of a letter supporting CFUR's action.
Three newspaper reporters and one radio reporter attended. The Region IV public affairs officer answered two questions from reporters about procedural matters associated with intervention petitions.
CFUR and the Sierra Club both oppose the recent settlement between CASE and TU Electric which has been agreed to by the NRC staff and accepted by the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Missing 3M Shipment Region III notified IP August 8 that a July 28 shipment of four radioisotopes of one mil 11 curie each, from the 3M Company to the Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada, is missing.
The package was picked up by Burlington Northern Air Freight but never arrived at its destination. The 3M Company has re-shipped the order and is attempting to trace the original shipment.
Minnesota state authorities have been advised of the missing shipment.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS - 1988 For 5-Day Period of August 5,1988 - August 11, 1988 Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received This Week 13 1
Completed This Week 14 3
Carryovers From 1987 157 33 Received In 1988 421 42 Granted In 1988 316 17 l
Denied In 1988 148 36 Pending 114 22 ACTIONS THIS WEEK l
Received Linda Bauman, Requests records related to the June-July inspection of i
Government the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant by P. Stanish and l
Accountability others (Report Nos. 50-445/88-45 and 50-446/88-40) and Project to the discussion of findings with Mr. Counsil and others (88-410) at the conclusion of the inspection.
John Darke, Requests copies of the NRC's system of records pertinent The Project to three letters regarding the Atlas Minerals Uranium (88-411)
Hill in Utah.
Kathleen
Dearie,
Requests a copy of the contract awarded in response to Microform, Inc.
RFP RS-RG2-88-276.
(88-412)
Joseph Felton, Requests seven categories of records related to a Nuclear Licensing June 29, 1988 Commission transcript about the Advisory j
Reports Comittee on Nuclear Waste.
(88-413)
Susan Hiatt, Requests eight categories of records, related OCRE Representative to 10 CFR 2.206 petitions, OCRE's January 22, 1988 (88-414) petition, and NRC's June 22, 1988 decision DD-88-10.
David Real, Requests copies of 22 Differing Professional Opinions The Dallas (DP0s)referencedinNUREG-1290andanyotherDP0 sand Morning News related records.
(88-415) i AUGUST 12, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
Received, Cont'd T. R. Hays, Requests mailing labels for recipients of IE Notice Automatic Switch 88-43.
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(88-416)
Linda Gilbert, Requests records related to licenses issued te Akin, Gump, Isomedix in New Jersey and Massachusetts.
Strauss, Hauer &
Feld i
(88-417)
Mark Mester, Requests all records regarding the Maxey Flats site.
Latham & Watkins (88-418)
Francis Martorana, Requests records pertaining,to the design and O'Donoghue &
construction of two low-level radioactive waste l
O'Donoghue facilities to be built at the Surry and North Anna (88-419) nuclear power plants.
James DiStefano, Requests a record providing the names of the licensees (88-420) cf the Nine Mile Unit 2 nuclear power plant.
Susan Watt Steif Requests records pertaining to her deceased father.
(88-421)
Steven Aftergood, APPEAL TO THE EDO for the release of the denied portions Comittee to of seven records relating to a request concerning the Bridge the Gap UCLA reactor.
(88-A-42-85-196)
Granted Peter Riehm, In response to a request for a copy of the May 1988 KMC, Inc.
edition of the course manual for the TTC Fundamentals (88-390) of Inspection Course, made available a copy of the requested record.
Barbara Lenz, In response to a request for a copy of the Bid Tab Washington for RFQ 800846, made available one record.
Management Group, Inc.
(88-391)
Arlene Wadsworth, In response to a request for a copy of contract Booz-Allen &
NRC-39-88-230, infonned the requester that the Hamilton, Inc.
requested record is already available at the PDR.
(88-401)
AUGUST 12, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
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Denied Jarbara Day, In response to a request for records regarding safety Office of Public allegations concerning the South Texas nuclear power Utility Counsel plant, made available 79 records.
Informed the (88-107) requester that additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Informed the requester that a record subject to this request has been referred to another Federal agency for review and direct response to her. Denied 16 records in their entirety and portions of one record, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas esser.tial to the deliberative process.
Denied one record in its entirety, disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to interfere with an enforcement proceeding.
Denied various records in their entirety, disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and disclose the identities of confidential sources.
Denied portions of one record, disclosure of which would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Eugene Squeo, In response to a request for reports, surveys, findings Schiller, Vyzas, and recomendations relating to the reported leak of McGill & Squeo, polonium by 3M ionizers at the Block Drug Company, Dayton, P.A.
New Jersey, made available 43 records.
Denied one record (88-149) in its entirety, disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to interfere with an enforcement proceeding.
Robert Belair, In response to a request for records dated November 1, Kirkpatrick &
1987, to date relating to (1) a FEMA-graded exercise on power plant, and (2) y response for the Shoreham nuclear radiological emergenc Lockhart (88-280)
Revision 9 of LILCO's Emergency Plan for Shoreham, made available 67 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.
Kenneth Boley, In response to a request for records that provide a Critical Mass description of any Safeguards Events occurring in 1987 (88-331) that are not included in any published revisions of NUREG-0525, informed the requester that various records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Denied in their entirety various Licensee Safeguard Event Logs for the fourth quarter of CY 87 containing Unclassified Safeguards Information.
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Denied, Cont'd i
Ophelia Williams, In response to a request for copies of all records 4
J/R/A Associates released in response to five listed F0IA requests, 1
(88-398) denied these records in their entirety, release of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essentiel to the deliberative process, result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and disclose the identities of confidential sources.
Joseph Felton, In response to an APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the release Nucle e Licensing of a Fobruary 24, 1988 memorandum to the Commission
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Repor:n regarding Distribution of Radioactive Gems which was (88-A-33-88-208) denied in its entirety and the release of the denied portions of SECY-87-186 and SECY-87-186A, continued to
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deny these records, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential
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to tha deliberative process.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEX ENGING AUGUST 12, 1988 SOLICITATION ISSUED PFP No.:
RS-ARM-88-252
Title:
"Microcomputer Software"
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Description:==
The contractor shall provide a variety of microcomputer software to the NRC.
Period of Performance:
One year Sponsor:
Office of Administration and Resources Management Status:
IFB issued on August 11, 1988. Bids due on September 12, 1988.
PROPOSALS UNDER EVAUfATION RFP No.:
RS-NMS-88-004
Title:
"Study on Training and Experier.ce Criteria for Personnel Involved in the Medical Use of Byproduct Material"
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Description:==
The contract shall conduct a stufy to assess training received by individuals, such as nuclear medicine technologists, radiation technologists, and dosimetrists, which will be used in the development of training criteria for individuals involved in all uses of byproduct material.
Sponsor:
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status:
RFP closed on August 5, 1988.
Proposals forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel for review on August 9, 1988.
RFP No.:
RS-ARM-88-231
Title:
"Electronic Publishing System"
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Description:==
The contractor shall furnish equipment, softwara, maintenance and other support services for the installation and support of an electronic publishing system.
Period of Performance:
One year with 4 one-year options (Maintenance)
Sponsor:
Office of Administration and Resources Management Status:
Negotiations have been completed. Best and Final offers are due on August 19, 1988.
d AUGUST 12, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
CONTRACT AWARDED RFP No.:
RS-ARM-88-249
Title:
"On-Call Maintenance of NRC's Peripheral Computers"
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Description:==
Provide all necessary maintenance labor, documentation, repair parts, maintenance supplies, tools, test _ equipment, transportation and related -
services for on-call maintenance of NRC's peripheral computers.
Period of Performance:
Two years Sponsor:
Office of Administration and Resources Managerent Status:
A Time and Materials Requirements Type Contract No. NRC-39-88-249 was awarded to Computer Maintenhace and Parts in the Amount of $50,741.50 effective September 22, 1988.
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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST l
Week Ending August 12, 1988 Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 (ANO-2)
ANO-2 remains in Mode 5 while design changes are being developed and implemented to preclude future leaks or L eaks of reactor coolant pump (RCP) seal cavity pressure sensing lines.
The break on August 1, 1988 in the 'A' RCP middle seal pressure 3/8 inch sensing line resulted in an approximately 40 gpm maximum leak rate and damage to the lower, middle, and upper RCP seals; about 10 gpm of the leakage was passing by the vapor seal at the top of the seal package. Total leakage was estimated to be approximately 15,000 gallons. The 3/8 inch instru-ment line break occurred just downstream of a socket weld in the 3/4 inch pipe to 3/8 inch instrument line transition and is believed to have been due to i
fatigue failure. The failed line and two other cavity pressure s osing lines with similar configurations are being modified. Additionally all tther connec-tions to the pumps (controlled bleedoff, the remaining pressure sensing lines, and the low-pressure-use seal injection lines) are being evaluated to verify design adequacy. ANO-2 has Byron-Jackson PCPs, but the arrangement of the seal l
cavity pressure sensing lines is thought to be plant specific and not generic.
A conference call between the staff, Region IV, and the licensee is planned for 11:00 a.m. (EST) on August 9 to discuss corrective actions and plans for heatup i
and startup.
Bulletin 88-05 Supplement 2 to Bulletin 88-05 was issued on August 3, 1988.
The second supplement to Bulletin 88-05 temporarily suspends the field measure-ments, testing, records review and the preparation of justifications for continued operations (JCOs) that were requested by Bulletin 88-05 and l
supplement until further notice.
NT0Ls are requested to continue the in-situ testing and the records review.
SEABROOKUNILI, Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) recently filed a notice of intention with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court proposing the spin-off of New Hampshire Yankee Division (NHY) into an independent company, the New Hampshire Yankee Electric Corporation (NHYEC),
i When NHY was first formed in 1984, it was the intention of the joint owners to eventually establish NHYEC and to have PSNH transfer to NHYEC the Seabrook construction and operating license. The proposed restructuring is not to affect ownership of Seabrook, but it would transfer management authority to NHYEC.
The Joint Owners have apparently received necessary approvals from all the public utility commissions in New England with the exception of the Massachusetts' Department of Public Utilities. As yet, the Joint Owners have not sought approval from the NRC.
AUGUST 12, 1988 ENCLOSURE B
j 1 Peach Bottom The licensee's monthly schedule update dated August 3,1988 states '.nat 89 percent (123 of 138) of the activities in the Restart Plan are complete.
The licensee states that the extension of those items not yet completed is not expected to change the licensee's projected restart schedule. The licensee's j
schedule includes an INP0 restart readiness inspection in mid-September and readiness of Unit 2 for startup in November,1988.
Indian Point 2 The Indian Point 2 (IP-2) Updated Final Safety Analysis Report and Technical Specifications (TS) establish a maximum service water temperature limit of 85*F to ensure adequate cooling capability for essential loads (e.g., emergency diesel generators, containment fan cooler units and component cooling water).
The service water supply, and thus the ultimate heat sink for IP-2, is the Hudson River.
1 Due to combination of the unusually hot summer, the nation's drought, and tidal action in the Hudson River causing the IP-2 service water system to intake water from the Indian Point 3 service water discharge plume, the service water temperature at IP-2 peaked several times above 85'F on August 3, 4 and 5,1988.
j Each time the service water temperature exceeded 85'F, the licensee comenced shutting down as required by TS LC0 3.0.1 which states that the plant must be j
in Hot Snutdown within 7 hours8.101852e-5 days <br />0.00194 hours <br />1.157407e-5 weeks <br />2.6635e-6 months <br /> or Cold Shutdown within 30 hours3.472222e-4 days <br />0.00833 hours <br />4.960317e-5 weeks <br />1.1415e-5 months <br /> if the inuperable systems are not restored. However, during the required power reductions, the i
service water temperature dropped below 85'F obviating the need to place the unit j
in a shutdown condition.
J On August 4, 1988 the licensee submitted an emergency request te delete the limit on service water temperature. The NRC staff determined that the licensee had not presented an adequate technical basis to support this request. Subsequently, on August 5, 1988 the licensee supplemented and modified this eme gency amendment request by supplying additional technical justification and by proposing that the maximum service water temperature limit be raised to 87'F rather than having it deleted. The NRC staff found the additional justification sufficient to support a temporary change to this temperature limit.
Consequently, at 1630 hours0.0189 days <br />0.453 hours <br />0.0027 weeks <br />6.20215e-4 months <br /> on August 5, 1988, a waiver of compliance with the 85'F service water temperature limit was granted by the NRC to provide adequate time for processing the emergency amendment request.
This waiver permits the licensee to operate with a service water temperature of 87'F or less.
This waiver did not become effective until the licensee completed 1) the development of emergency operating procedures to maintain component cooling water heat exchanger outlet temperature at 150*F or less and 2) training the plant operators upon these emergency operating procedures.
AUGUST 12, 1988 ENCLOSURE B
I This waiver will remain in effect until the NRC staff completes processing the emergency amendment request.
j Subsequent to the issuance of this waiver, the licensee informed'the NRC staff on August 8,1988 that service water temperature exceeded 87'F at least twice over the period of August 5-7, 1988. Consequently, the licensee stated that j
they intend to change their emergency amendment request to permit power operations at service water temperatures of 90*F or less. The licensee intends to submit this additional modification, including the applicable technical justification, j
by the close of business on August 11, 1988.
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AUGUST 12, 1988 ENCLOSURE B
0FFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending August 12, 1988 LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT Meeting With Japanese to Discuss Waste Classification On August 8,1988, staff representatives met with Japanese Utility Representa-tives to discuss waste classification, below-regulatory-concern wastes and waste solidification. Japanese representatives indicated that Co-60 levels in j
wastes from their new plants were very low because of substitution of stellite i
materials and specification low robalt levels in stainless steel. At these plants occupational exposures to all personnel totalled about 20 man-rem /yr.
l INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY Fuel Cycle Safety Babcock & Wilcox Naval Nuclear Fuel Plant (B&W)
A member of the Fuel Cycle Safety Branch participated in a Region II meeting with B&W management and staff to discuss actions to be taken by B&W prior to startup of unclad uranium process operations in the Naval Nuclear Fuel Plant.
B&W voluntarily shut down these operations during an NRC inspection (July 18-22, 1988) that revealed deficiencies in the licensee's nuclear criticality safety controls. As stated in a Confirmatory Action Letter issued by Region II, the licensee agreed that affected operations would not be restarted without NRC approval.
The B&W action plan described at the meeting covered short-term and long-term corrective actions. Region II, with assistance from NMSS, is considering the B&W actions and any conditions deemed necessary for startup, as well as possible enforcement actions.
SAFEGUARDS In_ternational Domestic Category I NRC/ DOE Comparability Upgrades Guidance for the implementation of the NRC/ DOE comparebility measures is being prepared for publication and public coment. This guidance, in the fonn of three separate NUREG's, concerns vehicle and protected area barriers, package search, and exterior intrusion detection system.
AUGUST 12, 1988 ENCLOSURE C
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Information Notice The staff has completed an Information Notice to all holders of NRC Quality Assurance (QA) Program Approvals for Radioactive Material Packages. 'The notice informs addressees of problems found in recent inspections, and request that they review the implementation of their QA programs and take corrective action as appropriate.
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AUGUST 12. 1988 ENCLOSURE C
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending August 12, 1988 ACRS Subcommittee Review on Chernobyl Follow-up RES, supported in appropriate areas by NRR staff members, met with the ACRS Subcommittee on Safety Philosophy, Technology, and Criteria on August 4, 1988, for a review of Chernobyl follow-up status and plans. The review included a general overview cf the status of the Chernobyl Implications Report (NUREG-1251), including disposition of public comments on it, and of the status and plans concerning the follow-up research resulting from the NUREG-1251 recommendations. More detailed reports on the follow-up research plans in the areas of human factors, containment, and emergency planning were included, as was a detailed progress review on the Reactivity Transients task. The latter included a presentation by Brookhaven National Laboratory on approach, results to date, and plans for the remaining work under BNL's NRC contract on this task. The discussion indicated the Subcommittee to be generally satisfied with the directions being taken. Views and suggestions expressed in the discussion will be taken into account in the further conduct of the work.
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Items of Interest Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data i
Week Ending August 12, 1988 Diagnoftic Evaluation and Incident Investigation Branch (DEIIB)
The Femi Diagnostic Evaluation Team held its first team meeting on August 8 and 9.
Presentations were made to the team by both NRR and Region III personnel in addition to those by AE0D. The team has now begun to develop specific evaluation plans for each functional area to be evaluated.
Incident Response Branch (IRB)
On August 9-10, IRB conducted the first of a series of training courses for the regional offices at Region III. The course covered the protective measures technical procedures and computer tools.
On August 9, the AEOD Director attended the first meeting of the COSMOS 1900 (Soviet Nuclear Satellite) Food and Health Effects Advisory Group. The participants discussed the organization of the group, approved the charter arid j
objectives and will meet periodically until COSMOS 1900 reenters at which time it will be determined what additional actions need to be taken.
On August 9, the IRB Chief made a presentation on the NRC Incident Response Program at a Mid West Nuclear Security Association Seminar attended by utility and law enforcement representatives.
On August 12, IRB conducted a tour of the Operations Center and briefing of the Incident Response Program for senior utility managers from the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations.
Preliminary Notifications lhe following Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week.
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PNS-I-88-04,GPUNuclearCorporation(OysterCreekNuclearGeneratingPlant),
Accidental Discharge of Firearm.
b.
PNO-I-88-05, National Institutes of Health (Docket ha. 030-01786), Apparent loss of Sealed Source Containing Radioactive Material, c.
PN0-I-88-570,NeutronProducts,.:.corporated(AgreementStateLicense),
Contaminated Individual (Update).
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PNO-I-88-80, New Jersey Department of Transportation (License No. 29-05943-01),
Accident Involving a Portable Density Gauge, e.
PNO-I-88-81, St. Agnes Medical Center (License No. 37-13851-01), Apparent Loss of Sealed Sources Containing Radioactive Material.
AUGUST 12, 1988 ENCLOSURE E f.
PN0-II-88 46, National Institutes of Health (License No. 32-12358-01),
Radioactive Material Inadvertently Disposed of in Landfill.
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PNO-II-88-47, Duke Power Company (Catawba Unit 1), Steam Generator Tube Leak Causes Shutdown.
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PNO-II-88-48, Providence Hospital (Agreement State License), Malfunction of a Medical Device.
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PNO-III-88-68, Illinois Power Company (Clinton Unit 1), Possible Strike August 15.
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PNO-III-88-69, State of Illinois (Agreement State), State Seeks Responsibility for 11.E.2 Byproduct Material.
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PN0-III-88-70, Consumers Power Company (Palisades), Steam Generator Tube Leak.
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PNO-III-88-71, Detroit Edison Company (Fermi 2), Violence at Picket Line.
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PH0-III-88-72, Connonwealth Edison Company (Zion Unit 2), Shutdown for Corrective Maintenance.
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PNO-IV-88-61A Veterans Administration Medical Center (Docket No. 30-02583),
Update on the Molybdenum-99/ Technetium-99M Generator Received with Excessive Radiation levels.
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PNO-IV-88-64. Valispell Regional Hospital (Docket No. 30-09152), Report of Therapeutic Misadministration, p.
PNO-IV-88-65, H&G Inspection Company, Incorporated (Docket No. 30-29319),
Potential Overexposure of a Radiographer, q.
PNO-V-88-51, C&R Laboratories (License No. 53-19179-01), Overexposure of Radiographer.
AUGUST 12, 1988 ENCLOSURE E
ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS WEEK ENDING AUGUST 12, 1988 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Missing 3M Shipraent Region III notified IP August 8 that a July 28 shipment of four radioisotopes of one millicurie each, from the 3M Company to the Victoria Hospital, London, j
Onthrio, Canada, is missing. The package was picked up by Burlington Northern Air Freight but never arrived at its destination. The 3M Company hcs re-shipped the order and is attempting to trace the original shipment.
Minnesota state authorities have been advised of the missing shipment.
Foreign Visiters On Thursday, August 11. Masanobu Ito, Vice General Secretary of the Hokaido Prefectural Headquarters of the Socialist Party of Japan, met with staff from NRR, NMSS and GPA/IP to discuss reactor safety and spent fuel safety issues.
STATE, LOCAL AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS Pilgrim Integrated Assessment Team Inspection Two representatives from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are participating as observers of the NRC Integrated Assessment Team Inspection of restart readiness for Pilgrim. The IATI began on August 8, 1988 and is scheduled to last about two weeks. The exit meeting is tentatively scheduled for August 24, 1988.
Vermont Low-Level Radioactive Waste Meeting Don Nussbaumer, Assistant Director for State Agreements, SLITP, and Marie Miller, Region I State Liaison Officer, participated in a joint meeting of the Vemont Advisory Comission on Low-level Radioactive Waste and the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee on August 11, 1988 in Montpelier, i
Vermont. Mr. Nussbaumer described the NRC Agreement State Program and responded to questions on the technical, staffing and administrative considerations regarding Agreement State status, including regulation of a low-level waste disposal facility.
l Region IV RSLO Meets with Texas and Oklahoma State OfficiQs,s i
Charles Hackney, Region IV State Liaison Officer, met with Auburn Mitchell, the Texas State Liaison Officer, and other State officials on August 9, in Auttin, Texas. On August 10, Mr. Hackney met with Dale McHard, the Oklahoma State i
Liaison Officer, and other Oklahoma State officials in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The purpose of these meetings was for Mr. Hackney, the newly-appointed RSLO in Region IV, to meet State officials and discuss areas of immediate concern. The discussions focused on low-level waste, emergency planning and NRC training for State personnel.
AUGUST 12, 1988 ENCLOSURE F i
t 0FFICE OF PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending August 12, 1988 Arrivals and Departures Five new employees started work for NRC this week: Michael Austin, Radiation Specialist and Paula Beaujean, Word Processing Operator, both at Region I; Thomas Sheffler, Senior Data Analyst and John Beatty, Computer Systems Analyst, Both for ARM; and Michelle Schroll, Reference 1.ibrarian for SECY.
Departures included: William Lavine who retired from GPA; David Wagner, Project Manager and Teresa Tolotta, Secretary, from NRR; Annie Tucker, Travel Clerk from Region II; and Linda Woods, Resident Clerical Aide from Region III.
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l Office of Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending August 12, 1988 The following Significant Enforcement Action was taken the week of August 8, 1988.
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $1,250,G'O was issued to Philadelphia Electric Company (Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3) on August 10, 1988. Additionally, Notices of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty were issued August 9, 1988 to various licensed and former licensed operators. The actions were based on widespread inatten-tiveness in the control room that resulted in the March 31, 1987 Shutdown Order.
(EN88-65)
Civil Penalty ~ aid Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts paid the civil penalty of $5,000. The actior, was based on an individual researcher receiving a thyroid uptakt in an amount approximately twice the regulatory limit, inade-quate evaluttion of the uptake after initial indications that it occurred, excessive radiation levels in an unrestricted area, use of phosphorus-32 by an individual not s cifically authorized by the Radiation Safety Committee,
- records of certain surveys.
(EA 88-147) and failure to main).
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AUGUST 12, 1988 ENCLOSURE K
Region IV Week Ending August 15, 1988 1.
Comanche Peak A management meeting was held in the Region IV office on August 8 with TU Electric corporate officers to discuss the performance of CPSES applicants for Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Licenses on NRC administered exams. This meeting was being held in accordance with the TV Electric / CASE settlement agreement.
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C_o_manche Peak Members of Citizens for Fair Utility Regulation (CFUR) held a news conference Thursday, August 11, in front of the building where Region IV offices are located to announce its filing of a petition seeking readmission as a party in the Comanche Peak licensing proceeding. CFUR, once an active intervenor, withdrew in 1982 in favor of Citizens Association for Sound Energy (CASE). At the news conference, the organization gave reporters copies of its basic petition which it filed by mail with NRC that day. The Fort Worth (Texas)
Sierra Club also distributed copies of a letter supporting CFUR's action.
Three newspaper reporters and one radio reporter attended. The R6gion IV public affairs officer answered two questions from reporters about procedural matters associated with intervention petitions. CFUR and the Sierra Club both oppose the recent settlement between CASE and TV Electric whi d has been agreed to by the NRC stiff and accepted by the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
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South Texas At approximately 10:56 a.m. (CDT) on Saturday, August 6,1988, with South Texas Project, Unit 1 (STP-1), at 100 percent power, the No. 12 main feed pump (MFP) was tripped because a MFP controller fuse failed. Reactor power was reduced to below 87 percent to repair the controller. The MFP trip occurred when STP-1 was approximately 71 hours8.217593e-4 days <br />0.0197 hours <br />1.173942e-4 weeks <br />2.70155e-5 months <br /> into a 100-hour NSSS Acceptance Test. The reduction in power invalidated the test. At approximately 4:30 p.m. (CDT) on Sunday, August 7, 1988, STP-1 began a return to 100 percent power. Leakage past the "C" main feed water regulation valve packing may cause a further delay in recommencing the NSSS Acceptance Test.
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Meetings with State Liaison Officers On August 9, 1988, the RSLO met with the Texas State Liaison Officer, representatives from both the Bureau of Radiation Control and the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority.
On August 10, 1988, the RSLO met with the Oklahoma State Liaison Officer, and representatives from the Environmental Health Services.
The purpose of the meetings is to meet with state representatives and discuss any areas of imediate concern.
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On August 9 Tropical Storm Warning was in effect along portic.cs of the Gulf Coast, including the area of Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station. The licensee postponed surveillance and preventive maintenance activities that could adversely affect plant reliability, such as scheduled preventive maintenance on an emergency diesel generator that was to begin on August 8, 1988. As of August 9. Waterford 3 had not been affected by the storm conditions, although there was considerable local flooding and high winds in the New Orleans area. The tropical storm is expected to continue drifting east and not make landfall on the Louisiana coast.
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Arkansas Nuclear One - Unit 2 Region IV and NRR representatives were briefed via a conference call of August 9, 1988, by Arkansas Power and Light representatives on the cause of the sensing line failure of Reactor Coolant Pump A, which was discussed in a preliminary notification (PNO-88-62) issued August 2, 1988. The licensee also discussed proposed modifications and post-modification testing required by the engineering organization prior to restart, which is not expected before the end of the week.
The licensee agreed to brief Region IV cnd NRR representatives before restarting the plant. The NRC staff provided positive feedback with respect to the level of engineering evaluation being conducted in response to the sensing line failure.
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Penn Inspection Company An enforcement conference was being held on August 11 in Region IV offices witn Penn Inspection Company, Chickasha, Oklahoma. The conference is a result of a potential overexposure of a radiographer and a t;bsequent NRC inspection conducted on May 31, 1988. On May 12, 1988, the licensee's radiographer had difficulty in returning a 45-Ci iridium-192 source to a safe position after performing an exposure, and straightened the guide tube with his hands. He was not wearing any personnel dosimetry at the time. He subsequently became concerned about his exposure and sought medical attention. The doctor notified the state of Oklahoma, which then notified NRC. The NRC Inspection established that a significant exposure had not occurred, but identified seven apparent violations.
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Cooper Nuclear Station D. E. Schaufelberger, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nebraska Public Power District announced that he will retire in early 1989.
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Fort Calhoun Station An enforcement conference was held with Omaha Public Power District and Region IV management on August 11, 1988, to discuss matters concernir.g fuel cycle 11 setpoint errors.
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10, Fort Calhoun Station Omaha Public Power District reported on August 9, 1988, that they had recently changed contractors that provide health physics technicians.
During the routine screening and evaluation program administered to 28 new health physics technicians, only 6 successfully passed the written 4
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It was reported that the 22 individuals that did not pass the examination planned to obtain employment at facilities outside of Region IV. Headquarters and the other affected regions have been notified.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE, 3:30 P.M., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1988, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, E00 and W. Parler, GC dated 8/12/88 I.
SECY-88-164 - ALI4 CATION BETWEEN COMMISSION AND ILLTNOIS OF REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER WEST CHICAGO WA$TE MATERIALR The Commission by a 4-0 vote, approved an order which resolved the uncertainty whether Illinois has jurisdiction over certain materials in Kress Creek and other locations at or near the West Chicago Facility.
The order held that the NRC retains jurisdiction over the Kress Creek materials and that the Commission has relinquished jurisdiction over the 1
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In addition the Commission approved an order Canying the NRC staff's July 13, 1987 petition for review of ALAB-867.
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EE.QY-88-184 - LICENSING BOARD DECISION ON SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR LICENSE FOR DAVID W. i!ELQ The commission by a 4-0 vote approved an order which completed its consideration of January 11 and February 2, 1988 decisions of the Administrative Judge presiding over the request of Mr. David W. Held for a hearing on the denial of a senior reactor operator license.
The order remands the case to the Administrative Judge for a proceeding on the specific issue of whether Mr. Held should have been found to have passed or failed the simulator examination.
Chairman Zech had additional views which were attached to the order.
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III. SECY-88-162 - REVISION OF THE ECCS RULE CONTAINED IN APPENDIX K AND SECTION 50.46 OF 10 6FR PART 50 The Commission by a 4-0 vote approved revisions of the ECCS Rule contained in Appendix K and Section 50.46 of 10 CFR Part 50, subject to the attached modifications.
The Federal Register noti.ca should be modified as noted t.nd returned for signature and publication.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE, 4:14 P.M., FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1988, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBIC ATTENDANCE) - Memo SECY to V. St?llo, EDO dated 8/12/88 i
SECY-88-225 - INTERIM RULE FOR COT TRCTION OF REOUIRED EEES MANDATED BY CONGRESS (PUBLIC LAW 100-203)
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 8/15/88 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/BWR Owners Group to NRC/BWROG T. Collins 1:30-4:00 Room 10-B-13 discuss outstanding issues related to the review of Topical Report NED0-31400 8/15/88 50-312 White Flint Bldg.
Maeting w/ Sacramento Municipal NRC/SMUD J. Bradfute 10:00-11:00 Room 13-B-9 Utility District to discuss current status of Rancho Seco restart program i
8/15/88 50-415 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ System Energy Resources NRC/SERI L. Kintner 8:30 Room 14-B-13.
to discuss the Technical Specifications (Grand Gulf 1) 8/15/88 50-416 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/SERI to hear and discuss NRC/SERI L. Kintner 1:00 Room 14-3-11 the licensee's presentation of plans for the third refueling outage (Grand Gulf 1) 8/16/88 50-302 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Florida Power Corp.
NRC/FPC H. Silver 8:30 Room 14-B-11 to discuss design, status and schedule of modifications for EDG, EFW 3rd pump, UHS temperature, and ATWS at nijq Crystal River 3 and to
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Meeting w/ Toledo Edison to NRC/ Toledo Edison A. De Agazio 1:30-5:00 Room 14-B-13 discuss HPI/MU nozzle cracking at Davis-Besse 8/16-50-369 McGuire Site Meeting w/ Duke Power Co. to NRC/ Duke Power D. Hood 8/18/88 Cornelius, NC review the McGuire Station Pump and Valve Inservice 8:30 Testing 8/17/88 50-312/
White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/GPU and Florida NRC/GPU/FP&L R. Wright 9:00 313/502 Room 12-B-11 Power and Light to discuss 283/346 the SER on ATWS issued by the 269/270 staff to GPU and FP&L 287 (ANO-2, Crystal River 3, Davis-Besse 1, Oconee 1/2/3, Rancho Seco, TMI-1) 8/17/88 50-395 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ South Carolina NRC/SCE&G J. Hayes 9:00 Room 14-B-9 Electric and Gas Co. to discuss the deletion of fire protection tables from the Technical Specifications (V. C. Summer) 8/18/88 50-321 Region II Offices Meeting w/ Georgia Power Co.
NRC/GPCo L. Crocker E2 9:00-12:00 50-366 Executive Conference Rs. to discuss NRC Bulletin 85-03 l2 Atlanta, GA 8
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Meeting w/ Florida Power and NRC/FP&L G. Edison 1:15-3:00 251 Room 14-B-11 Light Co. to discuss the Tech Spec Revision Project 8/18/88 50-247 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Consolidated Edison NRC/ CECO D. Langford 2:00 Room 14-B-13 Company of New York to discuss status of subcooling margin monitor at Indian Point 2 8/18/88 50-029 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Yankee Atomic NRC/YAECo M. Fairtile 8:30-10:00 Room 14-D-10 Electric Co. - routing monthly scheduling and prioritization (Yankee) 8/18/88 50-458 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Gulf States Utilities NRC/GSU W. Paulson 9:00-12:00 Room 12-B-9 to discuss proposed license amendment (River Bend) 8/25/88 White Flint Bldg.
Forthcoming meeting w/0maha NRC/0 PPD P. Milano 1:00 Room 12-B-11 Public Power District to discuss response to third party management assessment 8/26/88 50-387/
Susquehanna Steam Meeting w/ Pennsylvania Power NRC/PP&L M. Thadani 8:30 388 Electric Station and Light Co. to review E?
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DOCKET APPLICANT NRC CONTACT NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE j'DATE 8/15 2:30-4:30 OWFN 6-B-13 EPA /NRC Interface Council RBernero, NMSS KDragonette MKnapp, LLWM DNussbaumer,GPA/SLITP RFonner, DGC MBell, LLRB KDragonette, LLRB EPA ATTENDEES FCameron, OGC JMakris BMorris, RES JQasinn BWeiss,AE00/IRB BGunter GSjoblom,IMHS FGalpin FCongel, NRR/DREP BShackleford OWFN 5-B-9 Discuss NRC's Views on Appli-DOE KDragonette i
8/15 cability of 10 CFR Part 61 to 5!~ Mil'e*
Existing Disposal Sites.
S. Licalown NRC R!~Fonner P. Lohaus i
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10/18 All Day Albany, NY QA workshop for the state of NY ST. of NY LPittiglio Co-Effort between NRC/ DOE /EG&G EG&G 10/19 All Day
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Station / Site visit to observe FSturz, NMSS dry spent fuel storage cask Kleu, NMSS transfer and implacement SRuffin, NMSS Reps. of VEPC0 DIVISION OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT DOCKET ATTENDEES /
DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 8/15/88 Rm TBD CNWRA/NRC Monthly Mgmt Meeting HLWM staff J0 Bunting Wash, DC CNWRA staff 8/24/88 OWFN Meeting of Substantially Com-JLinehan plete Waste Package Containment E2 DIVISION OF SAFESUARDS AND TRANSPORTATION P
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.n 8/16/88 RII Office Enforcement Conference Same as above Grace
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Grace am Meeting and Selected HQs and RII Staff Members 8/23/88 Lynchburg, VA Management Meeting Licensee and selected Stohr 8:30 am B&W Navy Regional Staff Members 8:30 am Miami, FL Management Meeting Licensee, Deputy RA Ernst FPL - Turkey Point E
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50-368 to discuss EQ issues.
8/16/88 URF0 Office Meeting with Atlas Minerals to R.Blubaugh H.Pettengill 10:00 discuss reclamation plans.
8/18-19/88 Region IV GA0 audit of Air Force broad license and V. Miller All Day licensing of Army facilities within Region IV.
9/9/88 URF0 Meeting with DOE to discuss Durango E.Damier E.Hawkins 11:00 Title I Project m
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