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i May 5, 1988 For:
The Commissioners I
From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the ED0
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING APRIL 29, 1988 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed 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
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data (CRGR Activities)
E Governmental & Public Affairs F
General Counsel G*
Personnel H
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights Special Projects J*
Enforcement K*
Consolidation l*
l Regional Offices M
Executive Director for Operations N*
j Items Addressed by the Comission 0*
Meeting Notices P
Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for Q
external distribution)
- No input this week.
8805160235Byc T. A. Re Assistant for Operations
@gj$[ORPTPDR Office of the Executive Director for Operations
Contact:
T. A. Rehm, EDO 492-7781 i
1 HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING APRIL 29, 1988 SEABROOK UNIT I Or. April 21, 1988, PSNH formally requested that the Seabrook Station full scale graded exercise be rescheduled from the week of May 23, 1988 to the week of June 26, 1988.
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) has been concerned about the amount of time remaining to resolve the identified inadequacies in the Seabrcok Plan for Massachusetts Comunities and the New Hampshire Radiological Emergency Response Plan before the graded exercise.
Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) was aware of delays in Seabrook's preparations for the exercise and has voluntarily requested FEMA to change its exercise date, which would have conflicted with the revised Seabrook schedule.
1 Civilian Reactor Safety Memorandum Sicned with Soviets On Tuesday Chainnan Lando Zech, representing the United States, and Chairman Alexander Protsenko of the Soviet State Committee for the Utilization of Atomic Energy, representing the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, signed a The Memorandum of Cooperation in the Field of Civili1n Nuclear Peactor Safety.
Memorandum establishes a joint US/VSSR coordinating comittee, with six representatives from each side to meet on an annual basis in the US and the USSR, alternately, for the purpose of facilitating a technical exchange in the following areas with regard to civilian nuclear reactors:
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regulatory policies, approaches and practices; 2.
safety problems related to reactor design, construction, training, operation, and management; 3.
safety research; and 4
health effects and environmental protection considerations This is the first such agreement between the US and the USSR and embraces the notion of developing closer cooperative ties in the field of nuclear reactor safety as expressed in the joint statement of President Reagar and General Secretary Gorbachev from the Washingtr Sumit, December 10, 1987.
Minnesota Mining and Fanufacturing Company (3M1 Authorized to Trans#er One Po-?10 Static Eliminator to a General Licensee On April 26,19P8, 3M was authorized to transfer one Model 315 Pc-210 static eliminator to a general licensee located in the Agreement State of Rbcde Island.
This authorization was granted in accordance with Section IV, Paragraph A of the Nuclear Regulatory Comission's (NRC's) February 18, 1988 Order to 3M.
Previously, the State of Rhode Island had authorized the general licensee to continue using the 3M device based on worker safety considerations.
The general licensee recce,tly notified NPC that its Po-210 source had decayed and reeded to be replaced in order to prevent explosion due to static discharge.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS - 1988 For 5-Day Period of April 22, 1988 - April 28, 1988 Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received This Week 5
1 Completed This Week 19 2
Carryovers From 1987 157 33 Received In 1988 241 26 Granted In 1988 190 9
Denied In 1988 92 32 Pending 116 18 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Joseph Felton, Requests five categories of records related to NRC's Nuclear Licensing responses to questions in the January 27, 1988 letter Reports from Senator Simpson and Senator Breaux.
(88-237)
William Raimond Requests detailed compensation records for calendar year (88-238) 1986 for a named NRC employee.
Frank Vumbaco, Requests records containing information pertaining to Nuclear Metals, the waste handling process change at the Westinghouse Inc.
facility in Columbia, South Carolina, docket 70-1151.
(88-239)
Leon Cuthbert, Requests copies of the license issued to Honeywell, Inc.,
Aerojet Ordnance Defense Systems Group and any notices of violation Company issued 1986, 1987 and 1988.
(88-240)
Eric Corley, Requests records containing information about the 2600 Enterprises National Emergency Telephone System and the 710 area code.
(88-241) 8arry Smith, APPEAL TO THE E00 for the lack of response to a request Tourtellotte, for records related to the promulgation of 10 CFR 50.27(d)
Ross and ray published in final form on July 13, 1982.
(88-A-26-88-30)
May 5, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
Granted Lyle Graber, In response to a request for a copy of the record NUS Corporation entitled: "Noncompliances Cited in Reactor Inspection (88-190)
Reports that had Noncompliance and were Issued in CY 87,"
made available a copy of the requested record.
Gary Krieger, In response to a request for 12 copies of the 50-mile Long Island EPZ maps for the Shoreham nuclear power plant, mado Lighting Company available copies of the requested maps.
(88-197)
Frank Vumbaco, In response to a request for a list, sorted in three Nuclear Metals, specified ways, of active 10 CFR Part 50 source material Inc.
licensees, made available the requested record.
(88-215)
Steven Sholly, In response to a request for a printout of central files MHB Technical records for Nine Mile Point Unit 2 from the creation of Associates the docket, made available two records.
(88-226)
Denied William Skinner, In response to a request for six categories of records Covington &
regarding plutonium accountability of 18 listed Burling facilities, made available 22 records.
Informed the (86-410) requester that additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR. Denied portions of two records containing Unclassified Safeguards Information and information which identifies procedures for safeguarding licensed special nuclear material at a licensed facility or plant.
Denied portions of one record containing Restricted Data, Unclassified Safeguards, proprietary and personal privacy information.
Kristine Albrecht, In response to a request for records providing Food Irradiation enforcement histories, e.g., reports of inspections,
Response
accidents, contaminations, and worker exposures, for (87-23) nine listed licensees, made available 43 records.
Denied portions of 12 records, disclosure of which would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy information.
Richard Lofy, In response to a request for copies of (1) nonproprietary Parameter, Inc.
versions of the successful technical proposals under (87-672) contracts NRC-03-87-119-01, NRC-03-87-119-02, and NRC-03-87-119-03 and (2) NRC's overall technical evaluation of proposals upon which selection / award of the successful contractors was determined, trade available three records.
Denied one record in its entirety containing confidential business (proprietary) information and other information the disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
May 5, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
. Denied, Cont'd R. Daniel Lykins, In response to a request for records regarding NRC's Bryan, Lykins, investigation of the October 14, 1987 accident at Hejtmanek & Wulz the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in which a named (88-68) individual was killed, made available 56 records.
Informed the requester that additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Denied one record in its entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
(Anindividual In response to a request for five categories of records related to Vacancy Announcement No. 88-RI-022, requesting )
information made available nine records. Denied two records in l
(88-157) their entirety and portions of three records, disclosure nf which would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Gregory Bergman, In response to an APPEAL TO THE ED0 for the release of Rockingham the redacted information in the evacuation plan for the County Newspapers Seabrook nuclear power plant, continued to deny this (88-A-19-88-28) confidential business (proprietary) information.
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MAY 5, 1988 ENCLOSURE A A
DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING APRIL 29, 1988 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION RFP No:
RS-ARM-88-207
Title:
"Purchase of Modems and Ancillary Equipment"
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Description:==
The modems and ancillary data communications equipment will replace leased equipment. They will be purchased as needed under a requirements contract.
Period of Performance:
Date of award through September 30, 1990.
Sponsor:
Office of Administration and Resources Management Status:
Negotiations have been completed.
Best and Final offers are due on May 12, 1988.
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RFP:
RS-ARM-88-234
Title:
"Alert Notification System"
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Description:==
Contractor will provide the NRC with an automated microprocessor based system for selective recall for personnel during an emergency event.
Period of Performance:
60 day delivery for system 1 year period for warranty Sponsor:
Office of Administration and Resources Management Status:
Negotiations have been completed.
Best and Final Offers are due on May 4, 1988.
MAY 5, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending April 29, 1988 i
SEABROOK UNIT I On April 21, 1988, PSNH formally requested that the Seabrook Station full scale graded exercise be rescheduled from the week of May 23, 1988 to the week of June 26, 1988.
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) has been concerned about the amount of time remaining to resolve the identified inadequacies in the Seabrook Plan for Massachusetts Comunities and the New Hampshire Radiological Emergency Response Plan before the graded exercise.
Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) was aware of delays in Seabrook's preparations for the exercise and has voluntarily requested FEMA to change its exercise date, which would have conflicted with the revised Seabrook schedule.
1 GEORGIA POWER COMPANY On April 25, 1988, Georgia Power Company (GPC) announced that R. P. Mcdonald has become the Executive VP - Nuclear Operations, GPC, effective imediately, i
He will report to R. W. Scherer, Chairman of the Board, GPC. He will also retain his position as Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations, Alabama Power Company.
ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE - UNIT 2 As previously reported, on April 3, 1988, an HP Technician found larg*
quantities of boric acid crystals on the containment floor bereath the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) during a radiation survey. The licensee, Arkansas Power and Light, detennined through isotopic analysis of samples of the boric acid crystals (by determining the ratios of the quantities of Co-60, Co-58, and Mn-54) that the deposit occurred sometime between April and August 1986.
This coincides with the fifth refueling outage.
The licensee concluded that RPV cavity seal ring leakage had occurred during refueling operations and was the cause of the deposits.
Streaking on the RPV cavity walls, an 8-inch high water mark, and no evidence of boric acid corrosion of carbon steel further supported this conclusion. The boric acid was removed by flushing and spraying with hot water to dissolve the crystals and draining to the containment sump for further disposition. Finor surface corrosion to some of the RPV insulation support stanchions was the only damage found. ANN 2 is currently in Mode 5 near the end of its sixth refueling outage.
MAY 5, 1988 ENCLOSURE B
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending April 29, 1988 INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY Fuel Cycle Safety AlchemIE Two notices approved by the Commission concerning AlChemIE, are to be published in the Federal Register on April 28, 1988. The notices cover receipt of ap-i plication for construction pernits, availability of environr.ntal report, and consideration of issuance. of construction pennit for both the Oak Ridge, Tennessee site (CPDF) and the Oliver Springs, Tennessee site. A hearing board (si will be named soon.
j DOE Contractor Nuclear Safety Conference A staff member of the Fuel Cycle Safety Branch participated in the annual Nuclear Safety Conference held by DOE for its contraccors and other interested parties at Las Vegas, Nevada, April 19-22. Of particular interest were reports on (1) initial experimental results which irsdicate that K-effective calculations may be nonconservative for fissile assemblies and (2) use of PPA in nuclear criticality safety programs by DOE contractors.
UNC, Inc., Montville, CT On April 25, 1988, two members of the Fuel Cycle Safety Branch participated in an enforcement conference in the Region I offices. Three UNC management representatives attended the conference which was conducted by Region I management and concerned UNC's occupational radiation protection program.
Final enforcement action is pending.
Mate, rials Licensing Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) Authorized to Transfer One Po-?l0 Static Eliminator to a General Licensee On April 26, 1988, 3M was authorized to transfer one Model 315 Po-210 static eliminator to a general licensee located in the Agreement State of Rhode Island.
This authorization was granted in accordance with Section IV, Paragraph A, of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) February 18, 1988 Order to 3M.
Previously, the State of Rhode Island had authorized the general licensee to centinue using the 3M device based on worker safety considerations. The general licensee recently notified NRC that its Po-210 source had decayed and needed to I
be replaced in order to prevent explosion due to static discharge.
MAY 5, 1988 ENCLOSURE C
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SAFEGUARDS International On May 2-4, 1988, an NMSS staff member will be accompanying IAEA management stdff on visits to the Westinghouse Fuel Fabrication Plant in Columbia, SC and the General Electric Nuclear Materials and Component Manufacturing Plant in Wilmington, NC. Mr. Rivera Bello, Director of Operations B and Mr. Lart will visit these plants Wredberg, Section Head, Operations Section OB principally to provide Mr. Bello with an appr$ciation of the magnitude of the effort reouired to apply international safeguards in large scale conversion / fabrication facilities. Pessrs. Bello and Wredberg will be in Washington, DC on May 5-6, 1988 for the annual U.S./IAEA Implementation Review meeting.
j Shipnents of HEU from Oak Ridge DOE Headquarters has agreed that the holdup of NRC licensed Category II HEU metal shipments from Oak Ridge was not in accordance with the intent of j
recently issued DOE orders.
DOE Headquarters is preparing a directive to Oak i
Ridge that should shortly release shipments to Canada authorized under an NRC
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Transportation Overturning of an Empty Cask at DOE Site The staff met with representatives of Nuclear Assurance Corporation (NAC) to discuss an incident which occurred on Parch 11, 1988, when a tractor-trailer carrying an empty spent fuel shipping cask overturned at a DOE facility (Rockwell International).
It appears that the cask experienced only superficial damage. NAC plans to show that the forces to which the cask was subjected are less than the Normal Conditions of Transport for which the cask design was originally evaluated.
DOE is investigating the reason the cask and trailer overturned. Based on preliminary information, it appears that the trailer overturned because either the center of gravity of the cask was too high or there was a structural failure of the trailer.
LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT l
Low-level Waste Meeting With DOE at West Valley NMSS representatives met with COE staff on April 27, 1988, at Wer " iley to discuss the scope of the 00E commitment to evaluate whether the tz,Ssuranic limit for West Valley wastes should be 100 nCi/gm or some lower value. The
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DOE connitment was made as part of a legal settlement with the coalition on West Valley Nuclear Wastes and Padioactive Waste Campaign. The purpose of the r'eeting
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MAY 5, 1988 ENCLOSURE C
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3 was to provide background information en the NRC waste classification system and guidance to DOE on an acceptable framework for evaluating appropriate waste classification limits for West Valley Demonstration Project Wastes.
Approval of Ferralium Family of HICs The LLTB Engineering Section staff has completed the review of a topical report concerning a "Family" of high integrity containers (HICs) for low-level radioactive waste disposal and has issued a Technical Evaluation Report approving the HICs.
The HICs, which are marketed by NUPAC, are fabricated from ferralium-225, which is an extremely corrosion resistant duplex stainless steel, a
LLW Forum Staff attended the LLW Forum Meeting in Charleston, SC on 4/18-20,1988.
A major focus of the meeting involved NRC presentations on NRC technical assistance programs and technical assistance for States.
Forum representatives expressed need for continued assistance from NRC in areas of performance assessment, early identification of fatal flaws in sites, encouraging greater involvement of EPA in Forum activities and helping resolve mixed waste issues. In addition, the need was cited for NRC to establish a uniform manifest as a part of possible NPC data base rulemaking activities.
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i MAY 5, 1988 ENCLOSURE C l
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending April 29, 1988 PREVENTING DAMAGE TO THE REACTOR CORES Status of ECCS Rule Revision On March 3,1987, the NRC published proposed amendments to 10 CFR 50.46 and Appendix X that would permit applicants and licensees to use realistic calculations of emergency core cooling system response to loss of coolant accidents when determining that the acceptance criteria in 10 CFR 50.46(b) are not exceeded. The rule requires licensees who avail themselves of the l
new provisions to perform an uncertainty analysis to provide assurance.
with a high level of probability, that the plant is operating in such a manner that the acceptance criteria will be met. Thirty-three coment letters were j
received and the coments were generally favorable to the approach taken.
Specific commenters were cpposed: to including an explicit degree of con-servatism to be applied to the evaluation model; to explicit prohibition of power uprating until all severe accident and unresolved safety issues are resolved; and to having the technical basis of the rule reviewed by an in-dependent group such as the American Physical Society. The staff has con-sidered and resolved all of the public coments and has prepared a Comission Paper package recommending the issuance of the rule with no substantive changes from the proposed rule.
On April 19, 1988, the Comission Paper Package was transmitted to NRR, OGC, and ADM for Office Concurrence. The ACRS Subcomittee on Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena was briefed and had no objectioris to the rule although they want to be briefed on the final demonstration of the NRC uncertainty methodology. The ACRS full comittee will be briefed on May 5-6, 1988 and a favorable recomendation is expected.
CONTAINMENT PERFORMANCE AND PROTECTION FROM RADIATION
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TMI-2 Lower Head Examination 1
On April 14, the AEB Chief, M. Silberberg, and the NRC Program Manager.
R. Van Houten, visited the TMI-2 site again in preparation for the lower head examination. Subjects of discussion included (a) coordination with previous DOE-funded core sample retrieval (b) early examination of high-i priority samples already collected, (c) GPU needs for establishing local fuel-to-poison ratios (d) continued assistance from EG&G under DOE programs, and (e) potential EPRI-sponsored assistance from contractors. On Thursday evening, Dr. Van Houten addressed the THI-2 Cleanup Advisory Panel in the j
MAY 5, 1988 ENCLOSURE D j
2 auditorium of the Lancaster City Council and described for the panel the proposed lower head examination. The presentation seemed to be well received.
Analysis of LaSalle2 Event An event occurred on March 9,1988 at the LaSalle 2 plant (a BWR/5 in Illinois). Subsequently (3-18-88) AEOD asked RPSB to provide analytical support. We recommended use of the BWR plant analyzer at BNL. We provide maintenance funding for the analyzer program, which permitted about a staff week of consultation to AE0D.
Both recirculation pumps tripped on a false ATWS signal.
The initial problem was a high water level alarm.
Feedwater heating was automatically reduced because of the rapid power reduction (84% to 44%). After about 5 minutes neutron flux was oscillating from 20-80% (APRM scale).
Plant operators were attempting to restart the recirc pumps when the reactor scrammed on high neutron flux (118%).
The combination of reduced feedwater temperature and recirculation flow coastdown to the low flow - high power natural circulation region of the power / flow map resulted in the onset of neutron flux oscillations due to thermal hydraulic instability.
l AEOD was concerned whether a severe reactivity transient causing fuel damage could occur on restart of a recirc pump. BNL first reproduced the actual LaSalle incident on the NPA.
Further calculations then showed that restart I
of the recirculation pump leads to a power spike which trips the reactor.
The power spike is caused by insertion of subcooled liquid from the lower plenum and downcomer into the core. The void fraction in the core reaches zero and the power slightly exceeds 120% of full power.
Publications to be Issued in the Near Future
Title:
Best-Estimate Calculations of Emergency Core Cooling System Performance (Regulatory Guide)
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Description:==
This resalatory guide describes models, correlations, data, nodel evaluation procedures and methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting the requirement for a best-estimate calculation of ECCS performance during a LOCA and for estimating the uncertainty in that calculation.
Contact:
Harry Tovmassian, RES 492-3562 l
MAY 5, 1988 ENCLOSURE D
Items of Interest Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Week Ending April 29, 1988 Oirector's Office Discussions Related to NEA Data Base Support In discussions between Dr. Stadie (NEA) and Mr. Stello, the possibility was raised that NEA access to the IRS reports contained in the NPC supported Foreign Event File at ORNL may be able to offset or reduce the NEA request for additional In order to evaluate this possibility, support for NEA data base activities.
arrangements have been made for a visit by Mr. George Ishack from the NEA staff to ORNL and NRC on May 25 and 26, 1988.
Safety programs Meeting with Italian ENEA Officials Members of the staff met with Mr. G. Grimaldi, Director, Division of Reactor Safety and three others from ENEA on April 26. A mutual exchange of infonnation took place, including the exchange of documents and data tapes / discs with operating experience data. Topics discussed included trends and patterns analysis activities; operating experience data bases; abnormal occurrence reporting; rerformance indicator:3 AE00 evaluations of the performance of service water systems, air systems, and safety valves; the laSalle Unit 2 power oscillation event; and human factors evaluations.
In addition, discussions covered NRC policies, AE00 practices and internal agency operations.
Reactor Operations Analysis A comprehensive review and evaluation of service water failures and degradations observed in operating events in light water reactors from 1980 to 1987 has been conducted. The review and evaluation focus on the identification of causes of system failures and degradations, the adequacy of corrective actions implemented The results and planned, and the safety significance of the operating events.
of this review and evaluation indicate that the service water system failures and degradations are attributable to a great variety of causes, and have adverse impact on a large number of safety-related systems and components which are required to mitigate reactor accidents.
Specifically, the causes of failures and degradations include various fouling mechanisms (sediment deposition, bio-fouling, corrosion and erosion, pipe coating, calcium carbonate, foreign material and debris intrusion); single failures and design deficiencies; flooding, multiple equipment failures; personnel and procedural errors; and seismic deficiencies.
Systems and components adversely impacted by a service water system failure or degradation include the component cooling water system, emergency diesel generators, emergency core cooling systea pumps and heat exchangers, the residual heat removal system, containment spray and fan coolers, control room chillers, and reactor building cooling units.
ENCLOSURE E MAY 5, 1988
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The high safety significance associated with service water system failures and degradations warrants corrective actions to reduce both the frequency and potential consequences of operating events involving such failures and degradations. To this end, AE0D has developed several recomendations which are presented in the preliminary case study report.
The report is scheduled to be issued for peer review in May 1988.
Operational Assessment Incident Response On April 22, IRB staff members conducted a training session for Joan Hock, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on NRC's protective action decision-making in preparation for hearing depositions on Shoreham.
On April 26, IRB staff members and other NRC response personnel provided limited support for Region III during their full-scale participation at the Clinton Nuclear Power Plant Exercise.
On April 27, IRB staff members participated with the Source Evaluation Panel and the Divisien of Contracts in a teleconference with the bidders on the Alert Notification System. Based on questions raised during the discussion, the bidders will provide their best and final offers.
On April 29, two IRB staff members met with representatives of FEMA and LILCO to discuss plans and preparations for the upcoming exercise at Shoreham.
, Technical Training The Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) simulator project continues to proceed on schedule.
Modification of the contract for TTC space has successfully been completed through the Goverr. ment Services Administration.
Building modifications of the TTC second floor space to accommodate the B&W simulator are in progress and will likely be completed by May 13. The B&W simulator, modeling the WPPSS-1 cancelled project, has been physically moved from Washington State to the Power Safety International (PSI) facilities at Lynchburg, Virginia for simulator modeling upgrades. The major modeling changes associated with the reactor coolant system i
have been completed. Checkout of the new modeling and correction of existing simulator deficiency reports are being conducted by the PSI staff.
Projected delivery of the simulator to the TTC is the week of May 15.
Projected avail-ability of the simulator for TTC staff use is the week of May 31. The first courses are scheduled on the simulator for the week of June 27.
The TTC has completed a lengthy process to obtain surplus material from three cancelled nuclear project sites for NRC use as training aids. This surplus material includes a number of valves (solenoid, butterfly, gate, globe, relief, plug, explosive, needle, ball check, swing check, diaphragm, and safety relief);
some valve operators (air and motorized) some instrumentation (diaphragn pressure gauge, boron tube pressure gage, differential pressure instenmante, thannnenunl e.
1 and RTD); some electrical distribution equipment (circuit breaker and various relays); and a couple of small pumps. The TTC st ff will be determining, over the next several weeks, the best methods of incorporating these training aids into existing or planned course initiatives and the necessity of modifying the training aids (such as cutaway views).
MAY 5, 1988 ENCLOSURE E
. Preliminary Notifications The following Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week:
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PNO-I-88-45, Northwester Medical Center, Incorporated (License No.
44-1666901) Missing Package Containing I-131 Capsules, b.
PHO-I-88-46, Seton Hall University (License No. 29-09831-01) Contamination Measured on Student's Hand, c.
PNO-I-88-46A Seton Hall University (License No. 29-09831-01) Contamination Measured on Student's Hand (Update).
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PNO-I-88-47, Westchester County Medical Center (Agreement State Licensee).
Teletherapy Source Stack in Unshielded Position.
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Ph0-II-88-28. Georgia Power Company (Vogtle Unit 1), Outage Lasting More Than 48 Hours.
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PNO-II-88-29,FloridaPowerandLightCompany(TurkeyPointunit4}, Plant Shutdown Exceeding 48 Hours, g.
PNO-III-88-40, Union Electric Company (Callaway Unit 1), Maintenance Outage Following Reactor Trip, h.
PH0-III-48-41, University of Toledo (License No. 34-10247-06), Drum Labeled "Radioactive Material" Discovered in Abandoned Building, i.
PNO-III-88-42, Amersham Corporation (Agreement State Licensee) Lost Medical Byproduct Material Package.
MAY 5, 1988 ENCLOSURE E
ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS WEEK ENDING APRIL 29, 1988 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Foreign Visitors _
On Tuesday and Wednesday Mr. G. Grimaldi, Assistant Director, Division of Reactor Safety of the National Organization for Nuclear and Alternative Energy Sources (ENEA). Italy, accompanied by Messrs. A. Ruffa, P. Barasanti, and Dr.
G. Verri, met with staff from AE00, RES, NRR and IP to discuss the analysis and evaluation of operational events, probabi,4stic risk assess-ment, human factors research, containment testing, the inspection process and regulatory implications.
On Wednesday Mr. Yutaka Hatano, General Manager, and Mr. Koji Onishi, Manager, of the Washington office of the Japan Electric Power Information Center, m(t with Ron Hauber and revin Burke, GPA/IP, to discuss the upcoming calendar of visitors from Japan who will have appointments at NRC.
Civilian Reactor Safety Memorandum Signed with Soviets On Tuesday Chairman Lando Zech, representing the United States, and Chairman Alexander Protsenko of the Soviet State Committee for the Utili:ation of Atomic Energy, representing the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in the Field of Civilian Nuclear Reactor Safety. The Memorandum establishes a joint US/ USSR coordinating committee, with six representatives from each side to meet on an annual basis in the US and the USSR, alternately, for the purpose of facilitating a technical exchange in the following areas with regard to civilian nuclear reactors:
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regulatory policies, approaches and practices; 2.
safety problems related to reactor design, construction, training, operation, and management; 3.
safety research; and 4.
health effects and environmental protection considerations This is the first such agreement between the US and the USSR and embraces the notion of developing closer cooperative ties in the field of nuclear reactor safety as expressed in the joint statement of President Reagar and General Secretary Gorbachev from the Washington Summit, December 10, 1987.
Upcoming Foreign Visitors to NRC May 2 A Belgian team led by Francois Motte, CEN/SCK, will attend the signing at the Belgian Embassy of the NRC-Belgian cooperation agreement by Chairman Zech and Ambassador Dehennin.
The team will meet with NRC staff in the afternoon for technical discussions and then depart for site visits to Sandia and Oak Ridge.
ENCLOSURE F MAY 5, 1988
May 2-27 PRC Technical Team (headed by Zhang Y., Deputy Director General, NNSA), finalizing their first SAR, will meet with NRR.
May S Pilsoon Han, President of the Korea Advanced Energy 10 a.m.
Research Institute, will meet with H. Denton and GPA staff to discuss ongoing cooperation.
May 16 Jean Claude Leny, Chairman of Framatome (France),
will pay courtesy call on 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 Ccmissioners as notified.
May 26-27 Annual US (AIT)-Taiwan (CCNAA) bilateral exchange meeting has been scheduled in Washington.
May 27 Dr. Rene J. A. Levesque, President of the Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), will meet with Comissioners.
June 1 A. Birkhofer, GRS (W. Germany), will meet with Chairman 10:00 thru lunch Zech and other Comissioners and join for lunch.
Week 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.
STATE, LOCAL AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS gqion ! Administrator Meets with New Hampshire Governor Sununu William Russell, Region I Administrator, accompanied by Marie Hiller, Regional 3
State liaison Officer, and Dave Ruscitto, Seabrook Resident Inspector, met with Governor John Sununu and Richard Strome, Director of the State Civil Defense Agency and State Liaison Officer, in Concord, New Hampshire on April 27, 1988.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss NRC activities regarding the Seabrook nuclear power facility and the status of the New Hampshire Agreement State program. This meeting was followed by a meeting with Dr. William Wallace, Director of Public Health Services, and Diane Tefft, Radiation Certrol Program Director, and senior members of her staff to discuss the Agreement State program and the status of low-level radioactive waste issues in New Hampshire.
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I Task Force on California Nuclear Emergency Respons_e_
After a year-long study, the Senate Task Force on California Nuclear Emergency Response has released its final report.
The Task Force was established to "formulate a report on the State of California's present medical and emergency response capacity in the event of a major nuclear facility accident, including recommendations as to how the state might improve this capacity and limit damage from, or limit exposure to, radiation in the event of such an accident."
It studied data related to the Chernobyl accident, reviewed emergency plans for California's three commercial nuclear power stations, and listened to members of the public living near the facilities.
Task Force subcommittees focused on the issues of medical response, emergency response management, and public education /information.
The final report includes 31 specific recommendations aimed at improving the State's capability to respond to a nuclear emergency.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF KAY 2-6, 1988 May 2 Meeting with local Public Officials on Dresden - Morris, IL (Lickus) 3 Thomas Murley, Director. NRA, and William Russell, Region I Administrator, to meet with Yermont Governor Kunin on Vermont Yankee - Montpelier, VT (Millerl 4
Southeast LLW Compact remnission Meeting - Singer Island, FL (Trojanowski) 4-5 Region IV Assessment - Arlington, TX (Schwartz /Lubenau) 5 Meeting on emergency planning issues at Arkansas Nuclear One -
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t 0FFICE OF PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending April 29, 1988 1
Awards Ceremony Over 600 employees, friends, and family members attended the Eleventh Annual Awards Ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Holiday Inn Hotel on April 29, 1958.
Chairman Zech presented 11 Meritorious Presidential Rank awards, 5 NRC Distinguished Service awards and 37 NRC Meritorious Service awards.
Recruitment Representatives from the Office of Personnel participated April 30,1988 at a Rockville Chamber of Commerce Job Fair.
Recruitment efforts were mainly for secretaries, clerk-typists, payroll clerks, and accountants.
I L,rrivalsandDepartures Recent new hires are: Jack Gazala, Reactor Engineer at Region I and Joan Garcia, Sr. Word Processor at Region V.
I Headquarters losses were Barbara Cameron, Secretary (OGC) and Jim Bowden.
Student Yolenteer (GPA).
Four recent departures from the Regions were:
i William Ross, Reactor Inspector and Lauri Statler, Secretary, from Region II as well as Harvey Zibulsky, Chemist and Catherine Kole, Office Assistant from Region II.
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Region II has issued a Confirmation of Action Letter to Georgia Power Company for Hatch Units 1 and 2 to remain shutdown until a l
meeting is held to discuss corrective actions taken as a result of INPO recommendations and the results of the previously planned NRC operational assessment and E0P inspections.
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On April 28, 1988, a letter from the Region II Regional Administrator was sent to William H. Downs, one of the two reactor operators at the Georgia Tech Research Reactor, a 5 mwt facility, notifying him that an enforcement conference involving his license had been scheduled for on or about May 12, 1988. The enforcement conference will cover a number of examples of poor performance that call into question his capabilities as an operator.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST Region IV Week Ending April 29, 1988 1.
An enforcement conference was held on April 21 with the President of Southwest X-Ray Corporation, at the Region IV offices, to discuss the findings of an Office of Investigation report that concluded that the licensee's previous operations manager had falsified dosimetry records, 2.
The Fort. St. Vrain plant is expected to go critical sometime late this afternoon (April 21) or early tonight. The plant has been shut down since April 7, 1988, due to flooding caused by a rupture of an expansion joint coupler ?,4 circulating water pump.
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Everest Minerals Corporation, Glenrock, Wyoming (Docket 40-8857/ License SUA-1511), updated the status of an April 21, 1988, incident involving the rupture of a fiberglass eluent tank reported April 25, 1988. All repairs had been accomplished and the damaged equipment was being returned to normal operations.
The licensee completed clean-up of the liquid spill in the process building. The state of Wyoming was notified.
Licensee actions will be reviewed during the next routine inspection. The licensee will submit an incident report to the NRC.
4 The Region IV Regional Administrator met with Arkansas Power and Light Company management representatives at their request, on April 26.
There were no specific agenda items.
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On April 27 - May 2, Commissioner Carr, accompanied by the Deputy Regional Administrator and other regional staff, toured the River Bend and Waterford sites, visited with state officials and toured Source Production and Equipment Company, a Louisiana Agreement State licensee.
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Houston Lighting and Power will shutdown South Texas Project Unit 1, on May 2, 1988 on completion of startup testing on the 30% plateau. The facility will be shutdown for approximately two to three weeks for testing and repair activities including, (1) Eddy current testing of bottom mounted instrument (BMI) thimble tubes to check for wear, (2) replacement of Buna-N seals that had inadvertently been installed in the steam generator PORV hydraulic actuators, and (3) replacement of selected corroded fittings and valves in the aluminum bronze essential cooling water system.
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This provides additional information on the Main Steam Isolation Valves (MSIV) at Waterford-3. The licensee has opened for inspection the second MSIV (Valve "A").
All guide rails were still in place.
However, five fasteners holding the guide rails had failed. Thus, this MSIV-A apparently exhibits the same failure pattern as did the MSIV-B, but the failure had not progressed to the point where the guide rails had broken off.
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DATE/ TIME NUM3ER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 5/2-5/5/88 50-029 Cygna Energy Services To perform audit review of NRC/EGKG/
M. Fairtile Walnut Creek, CA seismic reanalysis of piping Cygna/ Yankee Atomic and supports inside containment (Yankee Nuclear Power Station) 5/2/88 50-317/
White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/BG&E to discuss Calvert NRC/BG&E/Bechtel S. McNeil 10:00-12:00 318 Room 14-B-13 Cliffs 1/2 safety valve and relief valve setpoint ASME Code relief 5/2/88 White Flint Bldg.
To discuss resolution of issues NRC/CE/LP&L C. Trammell 12:30 Room 14-B-13 identified by industry response to GL 87-12 (San Onofre 1) 5/4/88 50-443 White Flint Bldg.
To discuss Tech Specs for Seabrook NRC/PSNH-NHY V. Nerses 1:00-5:00 Room 14-B-13 5/4/88 50-425 White Flint Bldg.
To review the status of Vogtle 2 NRC/ Southern J. Hopkins 8:00-10:00 Room 14-B-13 Company Services 5/10/88 White Flint Bldg.
To discuss CE Topical Report NRC/CE, et al.
Y. Hsii 8:30-4:30 Room 12-B-7 CENPD-276-P m
($S/10/88 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Ceco to discuss status NRC/ Ceco D. Muller ca 11:00-4:00 Room 14-B-11 of CECO BWR license issues (Dresden, Lasalle, Quad Cities) o Copies of summaries of these meetings will be made publicly available and placed in the respective docket file (s) o in the NRC and local public document rooms.
A listirig of these meeting notices can be obtained by calling 492-7424.
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Meeting w/ Connecticut Yarikee NRC/CYAPC0 A. Wang 10:00-4:00 Room 6-B-13 to discuss Zircaloy Clad Conversion (Haddam Neck) 5/10/88 50-321/
White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Georgia Power to NRC/GPC/EPRI L. Crocker 9:00 366 Room 14-B-13 discuss Seismic Margins Program (Hatch 1/2) 5/11-5/12/88 50-275/
White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/PG&E to discuss long NRC/PG&E H. Rood 8:30 323 Room 8-B-11 Term Seismic Program Elements (Diablo Canyon) m o
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4n April 29,1988 DIVISION OF HIGH-LEVEL VASTE MANAGEMENT DOCKET ATTENDEES /
DATE NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 5/9-11/88 Paris, FR Second Session HLW Repository JTrapp SCoplan Scenario Working Group 5/18-19/88 Conservation HLW Licensing Support System PAltomare PAltomare foundation Advisory Connittee Feeting CCameron 1250 24th, St, NW Wash, D.C.
5/21/88 Las Vegas, NV DOE Technical Project Officers JPolonich JPolonich Meeting on NRC's regulatory DOE staff role and the importance of quality assurance in the HLW repository program 5/30/88 Las Vegas, NV Breaux Hearing on HLW 6/29-30/88 Reno, Nevada HLW Licensing Support System PAltomare PAltomate Advisory Committee Meeting CCameron 9?
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b;DATE/ TIME og NUMBER LOCATION PURPCSF APPLICANT NRC CONTACT S/17/88 4E4-WF1 Discuss Ft. St. Vroin RBurnett RBurnett Safeguards Program T.
FTen Eyck Transportation Issues CMacDonald MMcBride, Public Service of Colorado S/19/CP 4E4-WF1 Discuss Waste Transportation RBurnett RBurnett Issues with DOE ETen Eyck CMacDonald LBarrett, DOE KKlein, DOE Dschler, DOE RSTein, 00E 6/26-29/P8 Las Vegas INMM 29th Annual Meeting RBurnett RBurnett PF: Safeguards & Security, JCook international Safeguards, CEmeigh Transportation Modal Study DKasun DIVISION OF LOM-tFVEI WASTE MANAGEMErlT AND DECOVMISS10NING NONE P
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DATE NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 5/3/88 North Little Presentation on Medical Use JMyers, MMSS JMyers Rock, AR of Ryproduct Materials GCant f 0E JPiccone, RI JMadero, RIII Reps of Veterans Admin.
S/3-6/PB San Francisco, CA Present invited paper at the PLoysen, HMSS Ptoysen International Conference on Incineration of Hazardous Radioactive and Mixed Wastes 5/4/88 WFN, Rm 6813 Meeting with Duke Power Co.
JRoberts, NMSS JRoberts 9:00 a.m.
(DPC) to discuss Duke Power's license application for dry JSchneider, NMSS spent fuel storage under 10 CFR JStokley, SAIC 72 for its Oconee Nuclear RSeivers, SAIC Station site AIStar, SAIC 5/5-6/88 70-27 Lynchburg, VA To attend licensee performance SSoong SSoong 70-1701 improvement project.
GlaPoche Site Visit related to pre-MAustin, B&W licensing action (B&W)
A0rlsen, B&W PWatters, B&W S/!1/88 WFN Rm 4P13 Mtg with Reps of SAIC RE:
AClark, RMSS AClark concrete aging in spent fuel JRoberts, MMSS storage JSchneider, NMSS JCostello, SAIC Consultants 5/15-17/88 Nashville, TN Annual Meeting on Radiation NMcElroy, NMMS NMeFl roy Control GSjoblom,HMSS
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DOCKET ATTFNDEES/
DATE NUMBER LOCATION Pl!RPOSE APPLICANT MRC CONTACT 5/20-6/4/88 London, England ICRP Interface and ICRP/NEA RCunningham RCunningham Paris, France Cossnittee meeting 3/73-27/88 Oak Ridge, TN To attend Uranium Hexa-WPennington, NMSS WPenninaton flucirde-Safety Handling, WProvencher, MMSS Processing and Transporting AClark, MMSS Conference
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