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The Comissioners John C. Hoyle, Assistant for Operations. Office of the EDO From:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING AUGUST 26, 1988
Subject:
A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Enclosure Contents A
Administration and Resources Management B
Nuclear Reactor Regulation C
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D
l Nuclear Regulatory Research E
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data F
Governmental & Public Affairs G*
General Counsel H
Personnel I*
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights J*
Special Projects K
l Enforcement L
Consolidation M*
,l Regional Offices N*
Executive Director for Operations 0
l Items Addressed by the Comission P
Meeting Notices Q
f Proprietary or Other Sensitive Infonnation (Not for j
external distribution)
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WEEKLYINFOREPT PDC
s HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING AUGUST 26, 1988 South Texas Project. Unit 1 24, 1988 South Texas Project, Unit 1 (STP-1)
At 10:40 a.m. CDST August completed its NSSS acceptance test by operating at 100% power for 100 hours0.00116 days <br />0.0278 hours <br />1.653439e-4 weeks <br />3.805e-5 months <br />.
The NSSS acceptance test was the last test of the required start-up and power After review of the test results by the PORC, STP-1 ascension test program.
was declared to be in comercial operation as of midnight August 24, 1988.
The STP-1 full power license was issued on March 22, 1988 and power ascension began on April 3, 1988. The entire test program was completed with only one unplanned trip of the reactor from a critical condition.
Indian Point 2 and 3 Emergency amendments were issued on Friday August 12, 1988 for Indian Point 2 and 3 to change the Technical Specifications to pennit an increase in the allowable service water temperature from 85'F to 90*F. The change was prompted by the unusually hot sumer weather conditions which have resulted in an increased temperature of the Hudson River. The change will remain effective until October 1, 1988.
Enforcement discretion was granted by Region I on Friday, August 12, 1988 for Indian Point 3 to allow an additional 4 days to the three day out of service time for an inoperable diesel generator. The diesel had been taken out of service for preventive maintenance and when it was restarted, it tripped because of a failed Zener Diode. A replacement had to be obtained from out of state. Since it was anticipated that the repair would extand the diesel generator out of service time beyond three days, the licensee requested the additional time with an adequate justification. The diesel generator was actually declared operable (ys expired and could have operated but was n repaired before the three daafter testing) for an additional day.
Church Rock Memorandum of Understanding The Memorandum of Understanding (M00) negotiated between NRC's Region !Y and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Region Y! for the Church Rock, NM uranium mill site will be signed on August 26, 1988. This will enable EPA to issue its Record of Decision selecting the preferred Superfund remedial action based on formally established NRC and EPA roles and responcibilities at the site.
Peach Bottom Briefing On August 24, 1988 William Kane, Director, Division of Reactor Projects, briefed the Maryland Radiation Control Advisory Board in Baltimore, MD on Peach Bottom. The discussion included a review of the shutdown order and recent enforcement actions and a review of NRC activities required to be completed prior to a restart decision. Jim Linville, Project Section Chief responsible for Peach Bottom, and Marie Miller, Region ! State Liaison Officer, accompanied Mr. Kane.
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS - 1988 For 5-Day Period of August 19, 1988 - August 25, 1988 Initial Appal of Request Initial Decision Received This Week 11 0
Completed This Week 11 0
Carryovers From 1987 157 33 Received In 1988 443 43 Granted In 1988 338 18 Denied In 1988 153 40 Pending 109 18 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received (NRCemployee)
Requests records regarding himself.
(88-433)
Michael Jurinske Requests a listing of the names, addresses, telephone (88-434) numbers, job titles, etc., of NRC employees working in California.
Lawrence Miller.
Requests records regarding any Murray products addressed Cooper Electrical in Infomation Notice 88-46.
Distribution Products (88-435)
(Anindividual Requests records on herself maintained in the NRC.
requesting infomation about herself)
(88-436)
Elizabeth Joyce Requests three categories of records regarding the Albert
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Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
William Chang.
Requests a list of material licensees located in ORFI Systems. Inc. Region V.
(88-438)
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s Received. Cont'd Michael Kohn, Requests, on behalf of his clients, records relating to Kohn and the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant.
Associates (88-439)
Michael Kohn, Requests, on behalf of his client, records relating to Kohn and the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant.
Associates (88-440 Michael Kohn, Requests, on behalf of his clients, records relating to Kohn and the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant.
Associates (88-441)
Requests records interpreting to "protected activity" James Moody) under the Energy Reorganization Act and 10 CFR 50.7.
(88-442 Michael Mokrzycki, Requests records from the 1960s and 1970s, not already Associated Press in the PDR, regarding the decision to build the Seabrook (88-443) nuclear power plant and where to build the plant.
Granted Mark Phillis, In response to a request for copies of all revisions, Bishop. Cook, supplements, and clarifications of NUREG/CR-3899, Purcell & Reynolds "Utility Financial Stability and Availability of Funds (88-188) for Decomissioning", and all records since September 1984 reviewing, discussing, assessing or analyzing the report, made available six records.
Ira Zarin, In response to a request, on behalf of his client, for (88-326) records on his client's deceased husband's radiation exposure at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, made available one record.
Amy Hall, In response to a request for records for (1) NRC's policy Government and practices on investigating allegations of wrongdoing Accountability in nuclear projects, and (2) information relating to the Project content of the March 7,1988 O! memo from R. Fortuna and (88-355)
W. Ward to B. Hayes, inade available six records.
Informed the requester that additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
(An individual In response to a request for records on herself maintained requesting in the NRC, infonned the requester that the NRC has no information about records pertaining to her in its document control or the herself.
security systems of records.
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AUGUST 26, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
Denied Daniel Rezneck, In regard to records referred from the Office of Arnold & Porter Government Ethics regarding a request to that agency (88-65) for records relating to the
>rovisions of the Federal conflict of interest laws, tie Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and Executive Order No,112?2, denied portions of four records, disclosure of which would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Michael Kudlick, In respnse to a request for copies of 13 specified MHB Technical central files records, made available 12 records.
Associates Denied one record in its entirety, disclosure of which (88-356) would tend to inhibit the osen and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deli >erative process.
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMEKT WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING AUGUST 26, 1988 Proposals Under Evaluation RFP No.:
RS-NMS-89-001 Technical Assistance to Strengthen IAEA Safeguards
Title:
The Contractor shall investigate and systematically Descriptiore:
document the feasibility of better attaining IAEA's timeliness and sensitivity goals for detecting abrupt and protracted diversions at large reprocessing facilities through the use of a running book inventory (RBI) approach to augment conventional material accountancy.
Period of Performance:
One year with one-year o tion Office of Nuclear Materi 1 Safety & Safeguards Sponsor:
Status:
Negotiations have been completed. Best and Final i
offers are due on 9/7/88.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending August 26, 1988 South Texas Project, Unit 1 At 10:40 a.m. COST August 24, 1988 SouthTexasProject, Unit 1(STP-1) completed its NSSS acceptance test by operating at 100% power for 100 hours0.00116 days <br />0.0278 hours <br />1.653439e-4 weeks <br />3.805e-5 months <br />.
The NSSS acceptance test was the last test of the required start-up and power After review of the test results by the PORC, STP-1 ascension test program.
24, 1988.
was declared to be in comercial operation as of midnight Augur.t 22, 1988 and power ascension The STP-1 full power license was issued on MarchThe entire test program was c began on April 3, 1988.
unplanned trip of the reactor from a critical condition.
Beaver Valley Units 1 & 2 At about 7:00 p.m. on August 22, 1988, an unknown quantity of an unidentified gas, possibly chlorine, was accidentally released from an unspecified source I
The gas was detected by the chlorine detection system, which The control offsite.
immediately initiated isolation of the combined control room.
room emergency air cleanup and pressurization systems functioned as designed.
In accordance with the Technical Specifications, the operators immediately In accordance with the proceeded with the orderly shutdown of both units. Emergency P at 7:55 p.m.
The UE was teminated at 8:40 p.m.
All systems functioned as designed, and no one onsite suffered any physical problem due to the gas.
l the licensee has not been able to track down the source As of August 24, 1988,The licensee is working with the local government in this of this release.The identity of the gas and the quantity released cannot be ascertained regard.
Unit 1 has returned to almost 100% power.
until the source is identified.
24, 1988.
Unit 2 has completed isolation valve repairs and started up on August Indian Point 2 and 3 12, 1988 for Indian Point 2 Emergency amendments were issued on Friday, Augustand 3 allowable service water temperature from 85'F to 90'F.
by the unusually hot sumer weather conditions which have resulted in anT increased temperature of the Hudson River.
until October 1, 1988.
12, 1988 for Enforcement discretion was granted by Region I on Friday, ENCLOSURE B AUGUST 26, 1988
2 The diesel had been taken out of time for an inoperable diesel generator.
service for preventive maintenance and when it was restarted, it trippedA because of a failed Zener Diode.Since it was anticip6ted that the repair would extend generator out of service time beyond three days, the licensee requested the state.
The diesel generator was additional time with an adequate justification.ld have operated but was not actually declared operable (ys expired and couafter testing) for an addi repaired before the three da I
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending August 26, 1988 INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY Safety Light Corp.
On August 19, 1988, a member of the Fuel Cycle Safety Branch met with Region I staff and participated in a site visit to the Safety Light property in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The site visit assisted NMSS staff in an assessment of the contaminated site being prepared in support of Region l's effort to initiate remedial action.
LOW. LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT Church Rock Memorandum of Understanding 1
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOV) negotiated between NRC's Region IV and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Region VI for the Church Rock, NM uranium mill site will be signed on August 26, 1988. This will enable EPA to issue its Record of Decision selecting the preferred Superfund remedial action based on formally established NRC and EPA roles and responsibilities at the site.
SAFEGUARDS Dorestic NRC/ DOE Comparability Rule Tactical Exercises On August 24, 1988, a meeting was held between members of the Division of Safeguards and Transportation staff and members of the security organization of the Babcock and Wilcox fuel fabrication facility in Lynchburg, VA. The
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purpose of the meeting was to discuss the licensee's arrangements for the coming exercise of security force response functions. The exercise is being held primarily as a pilot test of the guidance that has been developed for the licensees to use when a new requirement for such exercises becomes effective.
The arrangements for the pilot exercise are well developed and moving ahead on schedule. Additionally, B&W summarized some current construction activities and the. associated Piysical Security Plan changes that will be submitted for NRC approval as a result of those activities.
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2 NRC/ DOE Comparability Review of Transportation of Strategic Quantities of Weapons-Useeble Nuclear Material Meetings were held the week of August 22, 1988 between representatives of NRC and DOE to initiate a comparability review of the protection afforded the transportation of strategic quantities of weapons-useable material as practiced This review is responsive to the national goal established by both agencias.
in 1974 that weapons-useable material, whether in the licensed or license-exempt sector, should receive fully adequate and comparable levels of protection.
TRANSPORTATION Plutonium Air Transport 22-24, 1988, the staff met with representatives of the Power Reactor On August and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) to discuss air shi > ment of plutonium frem one foreign country to another which passes througi U.S. air space (Murkowski Amendment).
Items discussed included the development by PNC of a plutonium air transport package, implementation of the Murkowski Amendment, information and data on aircraft accidents and tests, and arrangements for payment to NRC for costs associated with implementing the Murkowski Amendment.
l TRUPACT-II Shipping Container Tests Testing was resumed on Unit 1 of the Model No. TRUPACT-!! package for the transport of contact-handled transuranic waste from DOE facilities to the DOE One 30-foot oblique angle drop test was conducted Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
16, 1988, and a 30-foot bottom-end drop test was conducted on August 18, on AugustBoth tests were conducted with the package chilled to about -20'F.
1988.
Puncture tests are expected to be resumed on Unit 1 by the end of this week, DOE expects to submit an A test schedule for Unit 2 has not been established.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending August 26, 1988 PREVENTING DAMAGE TO REACTOR CORES Evaluation of LaSalle Instability Event RES staff organized a meeting with NRR and AEOD staff to review with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) researchers the initial efforts on the application of the RAMONA-3B computer code to the LaSalle instability event.
Initial calculations will provide the amplitudes of the neutron flux and heat fluxoscillationsthatcanoccurinacoreexperiencing)uniformhydraulic density waves. These are called core-wide (or in-phase oscillations. Other calculations (the major objective of the FY 88 program) will provide region-wise (out-of-phase) oscillation am)11tudes and shapes. Large region-wise oscillations can occur when tiere are many unstable channels, i.e.,
many fuel bundles throughout the core experiencing hydraulic density waves.
The oscillation shape is important since it affects the measured (viewed or recorded) local power range monitor (LPRM) output. Output from LPRMs at particular axial and radial positions in the core is used to develop average power range monitor (APRM) signals and to trip the reactor on high flux. Staff concerns regarding the number of neutronic and thennal-hydraulic channels to be used in the calculations were addressed satisfactorily by BNL, The FY 89 program to extend the calculations to ATWS scenarios is scheduled to begin in October 1988. NRR staff urged RES to include some effort on ATWS in the FY 88 program. RES (and BNL) stated this would be done.
REGULATORY ANALYSIS Recently Issued Publications Reg. Guide 8.22, Rev.1 - Bioassay at Uranium Mills
Contact:
Barbara Brooks, RES 492-7838 Reg. Guide 1.155 - Station Blackout (Reissued to correct Tables 1, 5, and 6)
Contact:
A. Serkiz, RES 492-3555 AUGUST 26, 1988 ENCLOSURE D
EDO Items of Interest Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Week Ending August 26, 1988 Diagnostic Evaluation and Incident Investigation On August 22 the DEIIB Diagnostic Evaluation Team began their 2-week evaluation at Fermi 2.
Incident Response On August 22, an IRB staff member attended the Food and Health Effects Advisory Group for COSMOS 1900. Detailed planning with regard to comunication of infonnation and federal guidance was discussed and assigned to special work groups.
On August 24 the IRB Chief and staff members met with representatives of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the Office of Special Projects to discuss the possible iriplementation of the Emergency Response Data System at the TVA facilities.
On August 23 an exercise was held between D. C. Cook, Region III Base and Site Teams, and the Headquarters Operations Center. The teams that participated included the Executive Team (comprised of the Director of NRR, and the Deputy Directors of AE00 RES. HMSS), Status Officers, Reactor Safety Team, Protective Measures Team Safeguards Team Liaison Teams, and the Administrative Support Team. Most of the exercise objectives were met satisfactorily.
On August 24, the IRB Chief and staff member participated in a tabletop exercise run by the National Security Council, Old Executive Office Building, to evaluate the adequacy of planning for the reentry of the reactor powered Soviet satellite COSMOS 1900. COSMOS 1900 is currently expected to reenter the earth's atmosphere somewhere between mid-September and early October. Planning appeared to be adequate and the White House seemed to be satisfied. Some followup items have been assigned.
Trends and Patterns Analysis The first quarter A0 report has been sent to Congress and released for general distribution. The report contains nine A0s at NRC licensees (three at nuclear power reactors and six for the other NRC licensees) and one A0 at an Agreement State (Texas) licensee. The report also contains four updated items, and two "Other Events of Interest."
The following Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week, a.
PNO-I B8-85, Washington Hospital Center, Apparent loss of a Nuclear Pacema<er.
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PNO-I-88 86 Duquesne Light Company (Beaver Valley Power Station Units 1 and 2), Manual Plant Shutdown Due to Actuation of Chlorine Detection System.
AUGUST 26, 1988 ENCLOSURE E
EDO Items of Interest PNO-88-88,PhiladelphiaElectricCompany(LimerickUnit1),AllegedDrug c.
Distribution by Licensed Operator, d.
PNO-I-88-89, Combustion Engineering, Incorporation, (Docket No. 70-1100)
PNO-IV-88-70 Gulf States Utilities (River Bend Station) Outage Greater e.
Than 2 Days, f.
PNO-V-88-53, Southern Californit Edison (Songs Unit 2) Technicai Specification Required Shutdown, g.
PNO-V-88-54, Washington Public Power Supply System (WNP-2), Technical Specification Required Shutdown Due To High Unidentified Leakage.
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ITEMS OF 19fie OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL 57. oR.'. AFFAIRS WEEK ENDING AUGU3T F,1988 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Foreign Visitors On Wednesday Dr. Rene levesque President of the Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Robert W. Blackburn, Director of the AECB Planning and Administration Division, and Toma Diamantstein Senior Coordination Officer of the AECB Planning and Coordination Section, observed the activities at the NRC Operations Center during the D. C. Cook emergency response exercise. The AECB is in the process of designing a similar center at its headquarters in Ottawa and was interested in the exercise from the perspective of infor-mation flow, communications, and decision making.
On Friday Mr. Keiichiro Hori, Japan Embassy, met with Kevin Burke, GPA/IP, to discuss the upcoming visits of Dr. Uchida, Nuclear Safety Commission; Dr. Akiyama, Ministry of International Trade and Industry; Mr. Hada, Nuclear Power Engineering Test Center; and Mr. Tsuchimoto, Power Engineering and Inspection Corporation.
Export / Import Weekly Points of Interest During the week ending August 26, 1988, applications for export licenses were received from:
- 1) Mitsubishi International Corporation for the export of 20,509 kgs of low enriched uranium as reload fuel for Ohi 2 in Japan.
- 2) Advanced Nuclear Fuels Cornoration for the ex) ort of 5.0 kgs of low enriched uranium as fuel for t1e Halden Reactor Project in Norway.
- 3) Advanced Nuclear Fuels Corporation for the export of 2,000.0 kgs of low enriched uranium for research and development studies on equipment and processes associated with the fabrication of Light Water Reactor Fuels in West Germany.
During the week ending August 26, 1988, licenses issued for export were received from:
- 1) General Electric Company for the export of 8,459.0 kgs i
of Canadian-origin material to Spain for use in the Cofrentes nuclear power reactor.
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- 2) Martek Corporation for the export of 225.2 kgs of heavy water to Canada for upgrading and return to Martek in the U.S.
- 3) Edlow International Com)any for the exsort of 1.950 curies of tritium to JAERI for use wit 1 FNS Deutron Accelerator for purpose of studying fusion neutron physics in Japan.
4)EdlowInternationalCompanyfortheexportof60,000 curies of tritium for research and development of tritium processing and safe handling at JAERI Department of Thermonuclear Fusion Res. Tritium Laboratory in Japan.
Interagency Nonproliferation Meeting On August 25, IP staff (M. Peterson) attended an interagency meeting at i
the State Department. Richard Stratford State /0ES, chaired the meeting, i
The following topics of interest to NRC were discussed:
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NRC provided a status report on discussions with Japanese officials on development of a plutonium air shipment cask meeting Murkowski Amendment requirements.
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State indicated that it will provide final comments to NRC shortly on the issue of Intellectual Property Rights with respect to the proposed NRC safety agreements with Greece and Italy.
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The request for a US expert in emergency planning and preparedness for the OSART at Pakistan's KANUPP reactor is under review at the Executive Branch.
STATE. LOCAL AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS Northwest LLW Compact Comission Dean Kunihiro, Region Y State Liaison Officer, attended the Northwest LLW Compact Comission meeting on August 22, 1988 in Kenai, Alaska. The Comission reviewed and approved the language of a contract with North Dakota. This contract will permit disposal, through December 31, 1990, of up to 3,000 cubic feet of LLW generated in North Dakota. The l
Comission also discussed the 1990 milestone with respect to Governors' AUGUST 26, 1988 ENCLOSURE F
3 An important next step for the sited States (Washington.
certifications.
South Carolina and Nevada) is the development of certification evaluation criteria. The Chair expressed the view that NRC is not required to evaluate Governor certification submittals required by the 1990 milestone. Washington State Senator Max Benitz was invited to the meeting to discuss his views regarding site access policy alternatives that Washington should consider. Commission members were provided copies of a Washington State Energy and Utilities Committee report on this subject.
Midwest LLW Compact Commission Roland Lickus, Chief of Region !!! State and Government Affairs, attended in Ann Arbor, Michigan on the Midwest LLW Compact Commission meeting's host State, intends to 24 25, 1988. Michigan, the Compact August complete its exclusionary (siting) criteria by January 1989, which staff indicated would eliminate 90% of the State from consideration as a site.
The Michigan LLW Authority announced that it has accepted a proposal from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University to establish the Michigan Low-Level Radioactive Waste Research and Education Institute.
The Institute would conduct LLW research and training in LLW management, A State i
and be a technical information and public education center.
Senator who attended the meeting indicated her intent to introduce legislation into the Michigan legislature which would reouire Michigan to withdraw from the Midwest Compact.
Peach Bottom Briefing On August 24, 1988, William Kane, Director, Division of Reactor Projects, briefed the Maryland Radiation Control Advisory Board in Baltimore, MD on The discussion included a review of the shutdown order and Peach Bottom.
recent enforcement actions and a review of NRC activities required to be Jim Linville Project Section completed prior to a restart decision.
Chief responsible for Peach Bottom, and Marie Miller, Region ! State f
Liaison Officer, accompanied Mr. Kane.
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2 Office of Congressional Affairs Items of Interest
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TBA REGULATORY REFORM Sen. Glenn/Roth 09/22
[NOMRC OVERVIEW Com on Governmental Affairs PARTICIPATION]
Kent 10/06/88 9:45 A.M.
CONtISSIONERS NRC'S APPROACH T0 dep. Gedjdenson/ Smith DRthi & ALCOHOL ABUSE Sub on Oversight & Investigation Com on Interior & Insular Affairs N
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0FFICE OF PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending August 26, 1988 Aids Policy NRCGuidelinesonAcquiredImmuneDeficiencySyndrome(AIDS)intheWorkplace, prepared by OP, has been completed and will be distributed soon to all employees as a NUREG document.
Emergency Protection Training: White Flint OP finished training for floor, stairwell and handicap monitors and alternates under the new One White Flint North Emergency Protection Plan. A total of 167 people participated in several training sessions conducted during August.
Briefings explained duties during an emergency, the use of fire extinguishers, and evacuation of the handicapped using the FVAC + CHAIR. Participants also toured the fire control room in tSe building.
Arrivals and Departures Except for Roberta Masica, Resident Clerical Aide joining the hAE00gained Senior all other new hires were in Headquarters.
ASLBP Health Physicist and Phillip Bennett, Reactor Technology Instructori gained Robert Pierce as an attorney (aart-time); ARM gained Jack Schnapper, Senior Computer System Analyst. Mary.ynn Scott, Contract Policy Analyst and Pamela Clemons, Secretary. Emarsha Hodge, Secretary and Debra Janifer, Clerk-Typist, started work for Research and NRR, respectively.
Losses from full-time staff were: William Ward Assistant to the Director O!;
Nancy-Ann Voltura Program Manager, NMSS; end Richard Kazmar, Project Engineer at Region !!.
Part-timers who left were:
Irene Spencer Editorial Assistant, ARM; Kyung Kim and Connie Rogers, both Word Processing Operators from Region i
!!! as well as Marjorie Kline, Resident Clerical Aid from Region !!!.
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Office of Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending August 26, 1988 The following Significant Enforcement Actions were taken the week cf August 22, 198L.
A Notice cf Violation and Proposed Im),osition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $1,000 was issued on August 24, 1988 to the Department of the Army, Albuquerque, t'ew Mexico. The action was based on (1) failur2 to adequately secure one gauge against unauthorized removal, (2) utilizing a Radiation Protection Officer not listed on the license and one who had not received the requisite training, (3) failure to conduct physical inventories of licensed material, (4) failure to maintain records pertaining to the receipt of licensed material, (5) failure to conduct leak tests of sealed sourcesofradioactivematerial,and(6)failuretopostcopiesofseveral necessary documents. Tho base civil penalty was escalated by 100% because of inadequate corrective actions, multiple examples of some of the violations, and failure to implem:nt corrective action for a violation identified during the last inspection.
(EN88-68)
A Notice of liolation ard Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $1,000 was issued on August 25, 1988 to Computalog, Inc., Drumright, Oklahoma. The action was based on 14 violations, four of which were repeat violations from a 1985 inspection.
The base civil penalty w)as increased 100%
(EN88-70 because of the licensee's poor past performance.
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $100,000 was issued on August 25, 1988 to Virginia Electric and Power Company (Surry Power Station Units 1 and 2). The action was based on a numberofviolationsinvolvingtheUnitIrefuelingoutag)eandanoverexposure of an individual. The violations included failure to (1 control an individual's occupational radiation exposure to less than 3 rems per calendar quarter, (2) adequately evaluate the radiation hazards present during work on I,
the reactor vessel flange in Unit 1 containment, (3) adequately instruct
,j individuals working in a restricted area, (4) have an adequate procedure for purposes of administering a Radiation Work Permit program, (5) provide radiation monitoring devices to personnel entering into high radiation areas, (6) post areas where respirators were required by health physics, and (7) perform adequate surveys to evaluate the extent of airborne radioactive material present. The base civil penalty was increased 100% because of the licensee's past poor performance.
(EN88-69) t Civil Penalties Paid Wolf ' Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (Wolf Creek Generating Station) paid the imposed civil penalty of $100,000. The action was based on several i
examples of significant arocedural control weaknesses during the performane:
of outage activities. Tae licensee responded in a letter dated April 14, 1988 admitting the violations, but requesting mitigation. After consideraticn of the licensee's response, the st:ff imposed the civil penalty on July 28, 1988.
(EA87-213)
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3 OFFICE OF CONSOLIDATION Items of Interest Week Ending August 26, 1988 Schedule for Second Building, At a meeting attended by the ED0 and the architect and zoning attorney for the developers of the second building, the developers explained that the county hearing on the subdivision plan for Two White Flint North could not take place before November. Varfous factors have contributed to the delay:
the county planntr;g board will not schedule the hearing until all of the information it requires has been submitted; work on the detailed construction drawings and final site plan drawings which must be presented at the hearing has been held up for at least two months, due to a contract dispute between GSA and the and a detailed, new survey of traffic at various intersections on developers; (Thissurveymay Rockville Pike must be made and analyzed before the hearing.
not be taken before Se tember 15, when traffic will have returned to normal after the sumer full.
Once the county planning board staff receives the required information from However, developee the developers, it has 60 days to review the material.
Ted Lerner is optimistic that the staff will not require this much time, and he believes it will still be possible to break ground by the end of the year.
Space Planning CONS staff is analyzing and responding to the requests it has received for The architects need this infomation special space in the second building.
now so they can determine which areas will need special construction features, such as reinforced floors or higher than normal ceilings, which would have an effect on the design of the building.
Emergency Plan A preliminary version of an Emergency Protection Plan for One White Flint Nort A fire drill was circulated to all occupants by the Director of Consolidation.
will be held in the near future, after which the plan will be reviewed and revised to inccrporate the experience gained from the drill and coments received from employees.
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ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION - Week Ending August 26, 1988 A.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON STATUS 0F AGREEMENTS WITH OSHA, EPA AND FEMA CONCERNING JURISDICTION OVER NON-RADIOLOGICAL HAZARDS, 10:00 A.M.,
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1988, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr., EDO dated 8/22/88 The Commission was briefed by the staff on the status of NRC interfaces with the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on concerns of non radiological hazards at NRC licensed facilities.
The Commission requested developm'3nt of clear staff guidance outlining the decision making process of whether to inform OSHA or the licensee of concerns related to non-NRC rec,n
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The guidance should clearly state that tr.; staff should not undertake the role of an OSHA inspector.
In addition, the staff was cautioned not to impose additional burdens on the residents / inspectors.
The Commission requested the staff to provide a status briefing on the success of interface agreements with OSHA, EPA and FEMA.
Chairman Zech emphasized the following:
Importance that procedures for notifying OSHA and the licensees be clearly understood by the NRC residents and regional / headquarters inspectors.
Importance of training NRC personnel not to make OSHA decisions.
Staff to begin interfacing with other agencies involved in the high level waste repository activities, such as the Bureau of Mines and close any regulatory gap which might be seen.
The General Counsel cautioned the staff to express concerns and not to judge whether or not a licensee was violating some other agency's or department's regulations.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON STATUS, RESULTS, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF B&W REASSESSMENT, 10:00 A.M., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1988, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr., EDO dated 8/23/88 The Commission was briefed by executives from the Babcock &
Wilcox Owners' Group (BWOG) and the staff on the status and results of the safety and performance improvement program for reactors manufactured by the Babcock & Wilcox Company.
Presentations by the BWOG were made by:
- Richard Wilson Vice President, Technical Functions GPU Member of BWOG Executive Committee
- Bert Simpson Director, Nuclear Site Support Florida Power Corporation Member of BWOG Executive Committee Chairman Zech, in reference to the BWOG effort to reduce the frequency of unplanned reactor trips, stressed to the BWOG the importance of not discouraging the reactor operators from initiating a SCRAM when they believe the plant is operating in an unsafe condition.
The BWOG should, therefore, assure that the reactor operators recognize that while their action may add to the total SCRAM data, it is their responsibility to assure safe operation of their plant and are not discouraged from manually initiating a reactor SCRAM when observing a potentially abnormal operating condition.
Chairman Zech also requested the BWOG to reconsider certain recommendations made by the staff and emphasized by the ACRS relating to NRC Bulletin IEB 79-27, "Loss of Non-Class lE Instrumentation and Control Power System Bus During Operation."
Chairman Zech requested the staff to ensure that the BWOG adequately addresses the staff and ACRS recommendations relating to IEB 79-27.
Commissioner Rogers requested the staff, when reviewing the implementation program of the BWOG recommendations, to verify timely implementation of those recommendations made by plant operators.
Commissioner Rogers also emphasized the importance for the staff to develop inhouse expertise necessary to review the BWOG advanced instrumentation and control system.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON CENTER FOR NUCLEAR WASTE REGULATORY ANALYSIS (CNWRA), 2:00 P.M., MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1988, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr., EDO dated 8/24/88 The Commission
- was briefed by executives of the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analysis (CNWRA) and the staff on the status of establishing expert contractor technical assistance for staff review of nuclear waste issues, specifically, the licensing of a high level waste repository.
Chairman Zach requested the staf; to:
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Submit an information paper summarizing the Center's planned activities for the coming year and accomplishments to date.
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The NRC technical staff should be utilized to the extent practical in the technical review of the high level waste repository.
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Assure that all employees and consultants of the CNWRA will present no conflict of interest problems.
Commissioner Rogers cautioned the staff and the representatives of the CNWRA to keep abreast with the development of the licensing su9 port system to assure interface and retrieval compatibilit/ with any hardware and software used by the Center.
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STAFF PEQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP, 2:00 P.M., TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1988, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, 0_NE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr.,
E00 dated 8/24/88 The Commission
- was briefed by the staff on the results of a public meeting on a proposed maintenance rule and the status of efforts to develop performance indicators to measure effective maintenance practices.
Chairman Zech encouraged the staff to continue efforts to submit to the Commission a proposed rule on maintenance by October 3 1908.
f Commissioner Rogers suggested that the staff reconsider requesting data from the industry which could aid in the establishment and validation of functional maintenance performance indicators.
- Commissioner Roberts was not pres.ent.
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION 8/30/88 50-213 White Flint 81dg.
Meeting w/ Connecticut Yankee NRC/CYAPCO A. Wang Atomic Power Co. to discuss 9:00-4:00 Room 6-B-13 new switch gear bldg. and miscellaneous fire protection exemptions (Haddam Neck).
8/30/88 50-206, San Onofre Nuclear To conduct an audit of Southern NRC/SCE C. Trassell 9:00 50-361, Generating Station California Edison's pipe wall 50-362 San Clemente, Calif.
thinning inspection program.
ENTRANCE MEETING 8/31/88 EXIT MEETING.
3:00 8/30/88 50-220 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Niagara Mohawk Power NRC/NMPC M. Haughey Room 14-B-13 Corp. to discuss status of 10:00 licensing matters for Nine Mile Point 1.
8/30/88 50-250, White Flint 81dg.
To Discuss the Diesel Generator NRC/FP&L G. Edison 1:15-3:00 50-251 Room 148-13 Enhancement Project.
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- 8/31/88 50-324, White Fling Bldg.
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9/1/88 50-395 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/Scath Carolina NRC/SCE&G J. Hayes Electric and Gas Co. to discuss Room 14-B-9 8:30 status of licensing activities (V. C. Summer).
White Flint Bldg.
To discuss draft documents NRC/ Utility P. Tam 9/8/88 prepared by NUMARC to address Room 88-11 8:00 the Station Blackout Rule, CFR 50.63.
9/8/88 50-261 White Flint Bldg.
Licensing Activities Review NPC/CP&L R. Lo H. E. Robinson Steam Plant Room 14B-9 10:00 Unit No. 2 9/13/88 50-250, White Flint Bldg.
To discuss the Technical NRC/FP&L G. Edison 1:30-3:00 50-251 Room 16-B-11 Specification Improvement Project.
White Flint Bldg.
To discuss B&W Topical Report NRC/8&W Y. Hsii 9/14/88 on RSG Plant Safety Analysis Duke Power Co.
10:00-3:00 Room 10B-13 Application.
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Meeting to review the June 30, NRC/WPPSS G. Vissing 1988 submittal to resolve open 55 9:00 Room 128-9 issues of the subject gesund notion attenuation.
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To discuss draft documents NRC/ Utility P. Tam 9:00 Room 12B-11 prepared by NUMARC to address the Station Blackout Rule, 10 CFR 50.63.
9/28/88 50-382, White Flint Bldg.
Discussions of the Status of NRC/ Utility D. Wigginton 9:30 50-313, Room 12B-11 Licensing Actions, Management 50-368, Arrangements and the transfer of 50-416, operations and maintenance of 50-417 Waterford 3 and Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 & 2 to SERI.
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August 26, 1988 DIVISION OF LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT AND DECOMMISSIONING DOCKET ATTENDEES /
DATE NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 8/29 9:00am WM-94 OWFN G-B-11 To discuss LNT's proposed Regan Voit E. Wick response to NRC's first round (VP/0PNS) comunents on LNs TR on its LN Technologies Polyethylene-Stainless Steel Composite HIC 8/29 1:00pm WM-20 OWFN 6-B-11 To discuss LNT's proposed Regan Voit B. Jagannath response to NRC's comments LN Technologies en LNT's TR on Cement-Solid-ified Waste Form 8/29-9/2 URF0 Coordination of Technical JStarmer JStarmer Denver, C0 Issues 8/29 All Day Denver, C0 DOE Peer Review of Prototype JSurmeier JSurmeier License Applications 8/30-9/1 Denver, C0 DOE LLW Conference JSurmeier JSurmeier 9/1 9:00 Wash., DC Low-level 'Jaste Quality ASME Working MBell Assurance Work Group Group on LLW QA 9/2 All Day Denver, C0 Host State Technical Coordina-JSurmeier JSurmeier tion 9/7 til Day OWFN Pathfinder Deconunissioning JCloss, NSP TJohnson WFisher, RIV TJohnson, LLRB DMartin, LLRB MBell, LLRS
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_. 9/7-8/88 All Day Wash., DC National Academy of Sciences MBell MBell E
"Disposal of Radioactive Wastes BShackleford, EPA in the Hanford Single-Shell RPelletier, DOE Tanks" DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETf DOCKET ATTENDEES /
DATE NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT N'tC CONTACT 8/30/88 70-1100 Region I SALP Board meeting RE:
LRouse GBidinger King of Prussia,PA Conbustion Engineering GBidinger 9/1/88 70-143 WFN, Rm 6B11 Meeting with NFS deconunis-LRouse LRouse sioning of plutonium facili-ASoong ties.
GBidinger Reps. of NFS 9/7-8/88 M-32 West Valley, NY Meeting with DOE to discuss DHurt DHurt West Valley Demonstration AWeller Project High-Level Waste Reps. of DOE issues.
9/7-9/88 72-2 Gravel Neck, VA Meeting with VEPC0 Surry JRoberts JRoberts Station / Site visit to observe FSturz 9:00 a.m.
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_. 9/7/88 West Valley Information Exchange on the RWeller RWeller oE Project Office HLW forms and the vitrification WWalker INMS staff West Valley, NY process 9/7-8/88 CNWRA RES initial trip to CNWRA to Dross, RES J0 Bunting San Antonio,1X observe RES work MSilberberg, RES I
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DOCKET PURPOSE ATTENDEES OSP CONTACT DATE/ TINE NUMBER LOCATION August 30 50-445/446 CPSES Site To discuss CPSES oper-NRC/TUEC C. I. Grimes Glen Rose, TX atot-training program 9:00 am
& operator exam results Sept. 9 50-445/446 OWFN 88-11 Review CP pressuri7er TUEC/NRC J. H. Wilson surge line stratifi-cation i
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