ML20154D193
| ML20154D193 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 05/11/1988 |
| From: | Rehm T NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| WIR-880506, NUDOCS 8805190080 | |
| Download: ML20154D193 (28) | |
Text
k[
f I
s a
i May 11, 1988 g:
The Conunissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations. Office of the EDO Subiect:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MAY 6, 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
3 Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C
Nuclear Regulatory Research D
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data (CRGR Activities)
E l
Governmental & Public Affairs F
General Counsel G*
Personnel H
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights Special Projects J*
Enforcement K
Consolidation L*
Regional Offices M
Executive Dire: tor for Operations N*
Items Addressed by the Comission 0*
Meeting Notices P
Proprietary or Other Sensitive Infortfation (Not for Q
i externaldistribution) f
- No input this week.
/
,m/,f:
/
Y
,f' 8805190000 800511
' T.
A'. Rehm', ' ssis r Operations Ok$KLhSEDR Office of the Executive Directer PDR for Operations j
Contact:
T. A. Rehm. EDO i
492-7781
HIGHLIGHTS OF MEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDINS MAY 6, 1988 a
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 i
On May 1, 1988 during an Inservice Inspection of the Waterford 3 reactor vessel nozzles, Westinghouse discovered a midwall, subsurface indication approximately 4 inches long by 1 inch deep in an 8 inch thick nozzle section.
The nozzle is on the hot leg which leads to steam generator number 1.
The licensee believes the indication to be weld slag. An indication of this size will require a fracture mechanics analysis by the licensee and approval by the NRC before restart, currently scheduled for early June. NRR and Region IV l
are continuing discussions with the licensee regarding an accurate determination of the indication size.
The reactor vessel and nozzles had been examined with acceptable codes and methods during manufacture, however, es the testing equipment and methods have improved, indications of this type have been found and successfully resolved at a number of other plants.
Veterans Administration Training Presentation On May 3, 1988, NRC representatives from NMSS, OE and Regions I and !!! held a meeting with Veterans Administration Regional Industrial Hygienists at Fort Root VAMC, North Little Rock, Arkansas. The purpose of the day-long presentation was to inform the VA about NRC's medical use program, policy, and regulations. A portion of the presentation was dedicated to developing an internal audit program for medical use of byproduct material. The presentation was requested by the VA, in an effort to improve the quality of Radiation Safety Program, and was attended by approximately 15 individuals representing the Veterans Administration's Regional Industrial Hygiene Program, j
Interacency Briefing on US-Soviet Safety Cooperation On Tuesday GPA participated with the Departments of State and Energy in a i
briefing of the Interagency Coordinating Comittee for US-Soviet Affairs (ICCUSA) on the recent meetings with the visiting Soviet nuclear delegation and l
the Memorandum of Cooperation signed on April 26. The ICCUSA forum, of which GPA is a regul:r participant, facilitates interagency discussion and review of
~
US government cooperative programs with the Soviet Union.
i Meeting with Governor Kunin Thomas Murley, Director, NRR; William Russell, Regional Administrator; Marie Miller, Regional State Liaison Officer; and John MacDonald, Vermont Yankee Resident Inspector, met on May 3 with Governor Madeleine Kunin of Vennont to l
discuss NRC activities regarding Yemont Yankee. The discussion centered on Mark I containment issues and NRC's draft schedule for recomending improvements to these containments.
4 I
i l
~__ -
ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUEST 5 - 1988 j
For 5-Day Period of April 29, 1988 - May 6, 1988 Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received This Week 9
0 Completed This Week 14 0
t Carryovers From 1987 157 33 Received In 1988 250 26 Granted In 1988 200 9
Denied In 1988 96 32 i
Pending 111 18 ACTIONS THIS WEEK l
Received Lyle Graber, Requests records that provide (1) number of inspection NUS Corporation hours for Region IV plants for CY 87 and (2) nurr.ber of (88-242) violations for Region IV plants for CY 87.
j l
(NRCemployee)
Requests records related to the filling of the position 4
(88-243) under Vacancy Announcement No. 88-5115-7.
Linda Percy, Request; copies of (1) latest sumary document dealing Baltimore Chapter with operational and safety problems at the Peach of the National Bottomnuclearpowerplant,and(2)latestdocument Lawyers Guild regarding estimated potential damage that would occur (08-244) from a major accident at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant.
I Joshua Handler, Referral from Defense Nuclear Agency of one record.
Institute for
]
Policy Studies (88-245)
Patricia Herbert Requests records regarding transfer and disposal of (88246) radioactive materials.
Frank McNulty, Requests copies of the technical proposal and contract Franklin Research No. NRC-04-88-083, including subsequent responses to Center questions and all revisions through the best and final j
(88-247)
- offer, l
l I
MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
Received Jeffrey Julius, Requests 14 categories of records regarding storage Gallon, Kalniz &
of radioactive materials at the University of Torio Co., L.P.A.
Toledo.
(88-248) l Joseph Felton, Requests two categories of records regarding Management Nuclear Licensing Team Assessments and records related to the April 14 Reports 1988 meeting on Gemstones Licusing.
(88-249) i Requests a copy of the May issue of the monthly report Joseph Felton, Nuclear Licensing on the status of rulemakings underway in RES.
Reports (88-250)
Granted 1
Gregory Bergman, In response to a request for records on a reported l
Rockingham County leak from Comissioner Roberts' office relating to Newspapers. Inc, quality assurance problems at the Waterford nuclear (88-43) power plant, made available seven records.
Steven Weissman, In response to a request for two categories of records Public Utilities regarding SECY-82-89, made available one record.
Comission. State of California (88-100) l l
l F. A. Spangenberg, In response to a request for two copies of the 10 and i
Illinois Power 50 mile EPZ maps for the Clinton nuclear power plant Company and 10 copies of a specified EG6G photograph of the (88-171)
Clinton nuclear power plant, made available copies of the I
requested records.
i Steven Weissman, In response to a request for a copy of the 122 specified Public Utilities central file records on the Diablo Canyon nuclear power
)
Comission State plant, made available copies of the requested records.
of California (88-192)
Joseph Felton, In response to a request for three categories of records l
Nuclear Licensing related to referrals of cases to the Department of l
Reports Justice, made available one record, j
(88-207) f Carol Smith, In response to a request for a computer tape of US Ecology, Inc.
information on NRC radioactive licensees, made available (88-209) the requested tape.
Eric Corley, In response to a request for records containing 2600 Enterprises infortnation about the National Emergency Telephone (88-241)
System and 710 area code, infonred the requester that the NRC located no agency records subject to this request.
Provided the address W which the requester may submit an FOIA request to tha National Comunications System.
i I
MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
j Denied i-Phyllis Kramer, In response to a request for five categories of records SMC Infonnation related to contract No. NRC-33-87-224 made available one Systems record.
Informed the requester that two records subject (87-97) to this request are already available at the PDR.
Denied portions of or.e record containing confidential business (proprietary) information and infonnation the disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
Margaret Shuttleworth In response to a request for six categories of NRC i
NTEU Steward staffing plans, made available 61 records. Denied five (88-21) records in their entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
Steven Weissman, In response to a request for three categories of records Public Utilities regarding SECY-82-414, made available one record.
Denied Comission State one record in its entirety, disclosure of which would of California tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas (88-101) essential to the deliberative process.
Steven Weissman, in response to a request for seven categories of records Public Utilities regarding SECY-81-636 and SECY-81-636A, made available four Comission, State records.
Denied two records in their entirety, disclosure of California of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank (88-104) exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
l i
i MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
i i.
j i
I DIVISION OF CONTRACTS I
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT l'
l WEEK ENDING MAY 6, 1988 PROPOSAL UNDER EVALVATION l
I RFP No:
ARM 88-234 l
Title:
"Alert Notification System" i
==
Description:==
Contractor Will provide the NRC with an e
automated microprocessor based system for i
selective recall for personnel during an emergency event.
Period of Performance:
60 day delivery for system 1 year period for warranty l
1 Sponsor:
Office of Administration and Resources i
Management Status:
Best and Final Offers received on May 4 i
1988, and forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel for review on May 4, 1988.
I CONTRACT AWARDED
^
RFP:
RS-ARM-88-187 i
Title:
"Shuttle Bus Service"
==
Description:==
Locsl and express shuttle bus services required to transport passengers to buildings occupied by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission employees within the Montgomery County, i
Maryland retropolitan area.
]
l Period of Performance:
1 year with 2 one-year options 1
l Sponsor:
Office of Administration and Resources Management j
Status:
A firm-fixed-price type Contract No. NRC-39-88-187 1
was awarded to American Coach Lines, Inc. in the i
amount of $174,374.70 effective June 1, 1988.
I 1
1
]
(
i 1
MAY 6. 1988 ENCLOSURE A
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending May 6, 1988 Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 May 1, 1988 during an Inservice Inspection of the Waterford 3 reactor 91 nozzles, Westinghouse discovered a midwall, subsurface indication ximately 4 inches long by 1 inch deep in an 8 inch thick nozzle section.
.ozzle is on the hot leg which leads to steam generator number 1.
The nsee believes the indication to be weld slag. An indication of this size
..I require a fracture mechanics analysis by the licensee and approval by the NRC before restart, currently scheduled for early June.
NRR and Region IV are continuing discussions with the licensee regarding an accurate determination of the indication size.
The reactor vessel and nozzles had been examined with acceptable codes and methods during manufacture, however, as the testing equipment and methods have improved, indications of this type have been found and successfully resolved at a number of other plants.
MILLSTONE UNIT 2 On May 6, 1988, the licensee is expected to shutdown Millstone Unit 2 to investigate the build-up of boric acid on the Control Element Drive Mechanism (CEDM) Coolers. The CEDM coolers are located above the reactor vessel head.
At the present time, the unidentified RCS leakage rate is approximately.7 gpm compared to a Technical Specification limit of 1.0 gpm.
It is not known if there is a connection between the unidentified leakage and the boric acid on the CEDM coolers.
MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE B
i OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending May 6, 1988 HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT High level Waste Observation Audit of the U. S. Geological Survey From April 26-28, 1988, members of the Division of High-Level Waste Management (HLWM) staff perfomed an "observation audit" of Department of Energy / Waste Management Project Office (DOE /WMP0) audit 88-03 of the U. S.
(TheUSGSisresponsible j
Geological Survey (USGS), in Menlo Park, California.
for site hydrology and geology characterization.)
The purpose of the observation audit was to determine if DOE is meeting the NRC's quality assurance (QA) requirements. The HLWM staff will issue a sumary report which describes its observatior.s.
In short, the HLWM staff believes that the effectiveness and scope did not meet the standards necessary to allow them to gain the confidence needed to ensure that the QA program is meeting the Examples of concerns raised by the staff include:
applicable requirements.
(1) the fact that the audit scope did not cover all of the applicable Appendix 1
B criteria; (2) the preparation of the audit team was not sufficient to allow l
a complete audit; (3) the technical specialist on the audit team did not follow the checklist which was developed for the audit; and (4) the team did not j
perfom any "root cause detemination" for the deficiencies that were raised.
Because the DOE /WMP0 audit team did not perform any root cause determinations, no major findings were reported. Major issues pertaining)to the USGS programexpand identified by the staff were the need for the USGS to (1 and indoctrination program; (2) perform more internal audits; and (3) increase the number of QA staff devoted to its Menlo Park Office. At present, these NMSS staff concerns are preliminary, and will be further invectigated at the DOE /WMP0 USGS audit in Denver, Colorado, scheduled for the week of May 23, 1988.
Technical Positions on QA Items and Activities The Division of High-level Waste Management has completed the final "Technical Position on Items and Activities in the High-level Waste Geologic Repository Program Subject to Quality Assurance Requirements" (NUREG-1318), and a document Public providing the NRC's staff responses to public coments on the draft.
availability of both documents will be noticed in the Federal Register.
The Technical Position (TP) provides DOE with an acceptable method for identifying items and activities that are important to safety and/or waste isolation, and that need to be covered by the DOE QA program. This TP has been subjected to several rounds of public coment, as well as to review by the ACRS Subcomittee on Waste Management.
MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE C
I 2
SAFEGUARDS AND TRANSPORTATION Domestic Licensee Safeguards Event Log Data Following SGTR's presentation of preliminary observations regarding the analysis of the first quarter log inputs at the Region I Physical Protection Seminar on April 21, 1988, staff has received several inquiries from licensoes and regional staff. Positive feedback has been received from several licensees regarding preliminary analysis of log data and its pertinence to their facilities. Additionally, Regions II and III requested copies of briefing
)
materials and handouts used at the Region I seminar for presentation to their respective licensees. The staff is now receiving the first quarter 1988 logs (Jan. - March). To date 32 logs have been received and event data is being i
entered into the database system for analysis.
Transportation l
1 Transuranic Waste Package DOE is developing, under contract, a package designated TRUPACT II for transporting contact-handled transuranic waste from DOE facilities to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). TRUPACT II is to be reviewed by the NRC.
On April 28, 1988, SGTB staff met with 00E, Westinghouse, Nuclear Packaging and Sandia Laboratory representatives to discuss pre-application efforts on design of the TRUPACT II.
Full scale physical testing of a prototype TRUPACT II, including thirty-foot free drop, puncture and fire tests, is tentatively scheduled to be conducted at Sandia Laboratories the week of May 20.
Depending i
on the outcome of the tests, an application for NRC review would be submitted by mid-June. DOE would like to have the NRC review prior to the opening of WIPP on October 1, 1988.
International Joint NRC/ DOE Physical Protection Team In-Country Visit To Spain, Portugal, and Italy From April 18-29, 1988, a physical protection specialist from the Division of Safeguards and Transportation, NMSS, and a policy analyst from International Programs, GPA, completed a joint NRC/ DOE Physical Protection Team visit at nuclear installations in Italy, Spain and Portugal. The purpose of the visits was to obtain information on physical protection programs for nuclear facilities and materials to support NRC export licensing actions pursuant to 10 CFR 110.43 j
and the Nuclear No-Proliferation Act of 1978. After meetings with foreign government representatives, the team visited the following nuclear facilities:
in Italy, the plutonium laboratory and the TRIGA research reactor at the MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE C
3 Casaccia Energy Research Center, and the IFEC fresh fuel fabrication pilot plant and the ERUEX pilot reprocessing plat at the Saluggia Nuclear Center; in Spain, the Centro Nacional de Energia Nuclear Juan Vigon research reactor; and in Portugal, the Laboratorio nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial (LNETI) research reactor at Sacavem. During the meetings and site visits, physical protection policies, programs, implementation, and technical issues were discussed.
INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY FUEL CYCLE SAFETY Fuel Cycle Safety Kerr-McGee Rare Earths Facility, West Chicago, IL On May 3, 1988, IMNS and 0GC staff members met with representatives from Argonne National Laboratory who are preparing the final version of the waste disposal supplement to the FES for the Rare Earths Facility.
Progress on the supplement and problems ANL has encountered were discussed. The supplement is scheduled for issuance in August 1988.
Dry Spent Fuel Storage On May 4, 1988, NRC staff met with Duke Power Company and NUTECH, Inc., to discuss Duke's application, under 10 CFR Part 72, for dry concrete module and stainless steel canister system storage at its Oconee Nuclear Station site.
The Topical Report for the modular system design has been submitted separately by NUTECH, and referenced by Duke in its application.
Initial staff coments on the Topical Report will be issued by the end of May, with initial comments on the Duke environmental report to follow by the end of June. A site visit to Oconee is planned for late June or early July.
Reactor technical specification changes associated with removal of fuel to dry storage will be handled separately through an amendment application filed with NRR.
Medical Use Safety Veterans Administration Training Presentation On May 3, 1988, NRC representatives from NMSS, OE and Regions I and III held a meeting with Veterans Administration Regional Industrial Hygienists at Fort Root VAMC, North Little Rock, Arkansas. The purpose of the day-long presentation was to inform the VA about NRC's medical use program, policy, and regulations. A portion of the presentation was dedicated to developing an internal audit program for medical use of byproduct material. The presentation was requested by the VA, in an effort to improve the quality of Radiation Safety Program, and was attended by approximately 15 individuals representing the Veterans Administration's Regional Industrial Hygiene Program.
MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE C
4 LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT Low-level Waste Meeting with EPA On Tuesday, May 3, 1988, members of the NMSS staff met with EPA at Waterside Mall, Washington, DC.
This was a regularly scheduled Interface Council Meeting.
Information was exchanged on a number of topics including NARM, earthquake planning, mixed waste, and the status of EPA standards on both HLW and LLW. The next meeting is scheduled for July 26.
MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE C
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending May 6, 1988 PRIMARY SYSTEM INTEGRITY / SEISMIC EFFECTS Tests on Seismic Vibration Table at Tadotsu Engineering Laboratory As a result of an agreement between the NRC and the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) of the Japanese Ministry for International Trade &
Industry (MITI), tests have been completed on the seismic vibration table at the Tadotsu Engineering Laboratory in Japan. The tests involved increasing the excitation within the limits of the vibration table in an attempt to induce inelastic response in a reactor coolant system piping model. The model was constructed by modifying the 1/2.5 scale model of one loop of a PWR primary coolant system used in a previous Japanese test.
The objective of the test was to provide additional data on the behavior near failure of piping systems subjected to earthquake-like loading. Testing began on March 31 and was completed on April 27, 1988. After a number of lower level tests, crack initiation was detected following the second application of the maximum test input excitation. Crack growth was carefully monitored during the next two additional test runs. Based on these test results, it was predicted that a failure could possibly occur during the next application of the test input load. This test resulted in a crack depth of 30m in an area where the original thickness of the hot-leg pipe is about 32m. At this point, testing was terminated since it was clear that a through-wall crack would occur during the next application of the test input load.. Further evaluation of the test results are continuing.
MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE D
Items of Interest Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Week Ending May 6, 1988 AE00 Support for IAEA Training Course On May 16, AE0D provided support to the IAEA course on "Safety in Nuclear Power Plant Operations" held at Argonne National Laboratory. Lectures by the Deputy Director, AE00 covered recent U.S. Transients, the U.S. program for the collection, assessment and feedback of operational experience, and pertinent observations and lessons learned from studies of U.S. and foreign operating experience. Approximately 30 participants from IAEA countries are attending These participants were selected for this course because l
this five week course.
they have or will have leading roles in the nuclear power program in their respective home countries.
Nonreactor Assessment At the A staff member attended the May(Operational Events Briefing at NMSS. extend meeting, the question of aging exposure devices and teletherapy machines arose.
(Note that there is no expiration date for the use of such devices.)
It was agreed that AE00 would develop a position paper on how to approach the subject of aging.
Some aspects that will have to be considered are the effects of wear on the safe use of the device, and the effect of aging on materials (plastics) used in the devices.
l A Comission briefing on the Human Factors Program is scheduled for May 31.
RES, NRR, NMSS and AE00 could all be expected to make presentations. There will be a dry run for the EDO on May 19.
i Reactor Operations Analysis A staff member addressed a Region I Division of Reactor Safety Training Seminar on April 25, 1988, on "Plant Air Systems--Failure Experience and Inspection j
The presentation focused on the highlights of NUREG-1275, Vol. 2,
)
Aspects."
and other events that have occurred since the NUREG was issued (Kewaunee, Calvert Cliffs, Nine Mile Point 2 Vennont Y akee).
In addition, the inspectors were provided with a draft of an air system >
3pection module which was developed by Region V.
Trends and Patterns Analysis
)
IRS Reportino During April, eight reports on operating experience at U.S. plants were sent to the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency's Incident Reporting System (IRS). The topics addressed were: (1) an update to IRS-811 on the reactor trip breaker (Westinghouse Model 05-416) failure at McGuire Unit 2, (2) a generic report on defects in Westinghouse circuit breakers, (3) an cccurrence of a safety cell switches, (5) fires in annunciator control cabinets (ype circuit breaker injection pipe cracking, (4) failures of Westinghouse W-2 t6) inadequate qualification and documentation of fire barrier penetration seals, ENCLOSURE E MAY 6, 1988
. d (7) mechanical failure of indicating type fuses, and (8) reduced reliability of steam-driven auxiliary feedwater pumps caused by instability of Woodward PG-PL governor. The infonnation provided was developed from feedback to the U.S.
industry.
j Diagnostic Evaluation and Incident Investigation On May 2, the NRC Team evaluating the Independent Management Appraisal (IMA) of Turkey Point and Florida Power and Light (FP&L) met with the ENERCON Team Manager and two of the ENERCON Team Members, including their behavior specialists, as part of the team effort to evaluate the scope, objectives, process, and results of the IMA of Turkey Point and FP&L.
During the week of J
May 2 additional IMA documents were received and reviewed by the Team. On May 5, the team met with the Director, AE0D, to discuss final preparations and plans for the Team visit to the ENERCON offices in Atlanta for indepth face-to-face discussions with the IMA team counterparts and data reviews. The Director, AE0D, discussed the background, purpose, goals, and objectives for the NRC team evaluation, including evaluating the need for a diagnostic evaluation of FPAL and Turkey Point.
Incident Response Branch On May 5, an IRB staff member gave a course at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute in Ennitsburg, Maryland, to State and local offices on appropriate protective actions in response to severe nuclear plant accidents. This course is part of an ongoing series of courses presented by FEMA to State and local officials that are supported by IRB that l
I address the response to and assessment of severe reactor accidents.
Preliminary Notifications The following Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week:
a.
PNS-I-88-02, Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (Millstone Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, 3), Security Force Strike, b.
PNO-I-88-24C, Albert Einstein i4edical Center (Agreement State Licensee),
Worker Ingestion of P-32.
c.
PNO-I-88-42A, Philadelphia Electric Company (Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3),
Updated PN0 - Alcohol Bottle Found in Control Room, d.
PNO-I-88-48,E.I.Dupont/NEN(DocketNo. 30-28902), Report of Possible Exposure to Tritium in Excess of Regulatory Limits.
PNO-II-88-15C, North Carolina State University, Pulstar (Docket No. 50-297),
e.
Peactor Coolant Leak in Unrestricted Area - Update, f.
PNO-III-88-43, Consumers Power Company (Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant),
j Dropped Control Rod Assembly.
j 4
g.
PNO-V-88-28, Arizona Nuclear Power rroject (Palo Verde Unit 1), Unplanned Unit Shutdown.
l MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE E
. l.
h.
PNO-V-88-29, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Rancho Seco Unit 1),
SMUD Negotiations with Duke Power Company, i.
PHO-V-88-30, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Rancho Seco Unit 1),
Reactor Trip and Letdown Cooler Relief Valve Lift.
MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE E
.-- J
.~.
ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS WEEK ENDING MAY 6, 1988 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Foreign Visitors On Mon 6y a senior management / technical team from the Chinese National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) was welcomed to NRC by Commissioner Roberts and Mr. Denton and then met with staff from NRR.
China is constructing its first nuclear power reactor (300 MWe PWR) that is scheduled to connect to the grid in the winter of 1990. The NNSA is completing its final licensing review of the reactor and will meet with the NRC technical staff for the next three weeks to discuss licensing issues that exist at their plant.
On Monday the Belgian technical team (which attended the signing ceremony),
consisting of F. Motte (CEN/SCK), H. Dresse (Intercom), H. Dopchie (Assoc.
Vincotte) and J. P. Poncelet (Ministry of Economic Affairs), visited NRC. The visitors wanted to learn more about NRC's position on hydrogen control in PWRs i
with large dry containments and filtered vented containments.
C. Tinkler of j
NRR and J. Hulman of RES participated in the discussions. The Belgian team i
went on to site visits and discussions at ORNL and Sandia.
On Tuesday P. Sagnon and R. MacLellan, members of the Canadian Parliament, visited NRC to gather information on NRC's regulatory system and the limits of the Price-Anderson liability fund as regards impacts abroad of US nuclear accidents.
H. Denton, GPA, and S. Treby and J. Scinto, OGC, briefed the visitors.
On Wednesday Prof. B. McHugh, Institute of Technology, Goeteborg, Sweden, met with staff members of AEOD, NRR and RES to talk about various Human Factors issues, including crisis management and artificial intelligence / expert systems in reactor control rooms.
Interagency Briefing on US-Soviet Safety Cooperation On Tuesday GPA participated with the Departments of State and Energy in a briefing of the Interagency Coordinating Comittee for US-Soviet Affairs (ICCVSA) on the recent meetings with the visiting Soviet nuclear delegation and the Memorandum of Cooperation signed on April 26. The ICCUSA forum, of which GPA is a regular participant, facilitates interagency discussion and review of US government cooperative programs with the Soviet Union.
Belgian Agreement Signing On Monday, in a ceremony at the Ambassador's official residence, Chairman Zech signed a five-year renewal of the NRC-Belgian Government information exchange and cooperation arrangement with Belgian Ambassador to the U.S. Herman Dehennin. Also attending from NRC were E. Beckjord, J. Cortez and C. Serpan of RES; J. Shea, R. Hauber, D. Chaney, and H. Schechter of GPA/IP; A. Vietti-Cook and J. Dunn-Lee of the Chairman's office; and D. Dehn of ARM /PGB. Mr. Francois Motte, Head of the Reactor Division of the National Research Center in Mol, MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE F
l Belgium, and Belgian Administrator of the agreement, led a four-man technical delegation from Belgium to the ceremony, i
Upcoming Foreign Visitors to NRC l
May 2-27 PRC Technical Team (headed by Zhang Y., Deputy Director General, NNSA), finalizing their first SAR, will meet with NRR.
May 16 Jean Claude Leny, Chairman of Framatome (France),
will pay courtesy call on Chaiman Zech and Comissioner Carr (visit arranged by M. Rowden).
May 19 Mr. T. Fujii, President of Japan's Nuclear Power Engineering Test Center (NVPEC), will meet with E.
Beckjord, Chairman Zech, and other Comissioners 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 10 a.m.
Chairman Zech and other Comissioners and join for thru lunch lunch.
Aug. 1-5 Shi Guangchang, Executive Deputy Director General, PRC NNSA, will meet with the Comissioners, followed by appointments with NRR, RES, AE0D and NMSS from 8/1-8/5. Shi will also visit a Regional Office, two labs (possibly BNL and SNL), INP0 and General Atomics before returning to China on 8/19.
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.
l STATE, LOCAL AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS Meeting with Governor Kunin Thomas Murley, Director, NRR; William Russell, Regional Administrator; Marie Miller, Regional State liaison Officer; and John MacDonald, Vermont Yankee Resident Inspector, met on May 3 with Governor Madeleine Kunin of Vermont to discuss NRC activities regarding Vermont Yankee. The discussion centered on Mark I containment issues and NRC's draft schedule for recomending improvements to these containments.
ENCLOSURE F MAY 6, 1988
MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 9-13, 1988 May 10 Midwest LLW Compact Commission Meeting - Detroit, MI (Lickus) 10-11 Meeting with the Director, Transportation Safety Institute (TSI), Department of Transportation, to discuss possible use of TSI for NRC training - Oklahoma City, OK (Kammerer/Corley) 11 Public Meeting on Pilgrim - Plymouth, MA (Miller) 12 Meeting with representatives of NRR, Region III, and the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on rod consolidation at i
i Prairie Island - St. Paul, MN (Lickus) i l
l l
i MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE F
1 0FFICE OF PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending May 6, 1988 OP Automated Personnel System.
The OP Satellites in WFN-1 have been brought into the automated personnel i
system. The satellites will now generate personnel actions from their i
locations.
NRC Drug Testing Information Meeting On Thursday, May 5, Greg Benoit, Chief, PLR, along with Pat Kaplan, TBEA and Dick Dopp, SEC, provided an NRC Drug Testing Information Session for Office Directors. The session was well attended.
Arrivals and Departures Recent new employees are: Connie Corvette, Secretary (RES) and Dorothy Wills, Secretary (OSP).
Departures were:
Edward Branagan, Sr. Health Physicist (NRR); Armando Masciantonio, Mechanical Engineer (NRR); Charles Nulsen, Section Leader (NMSS); Tracey Ross, Secretary (RES); William Ross, Reactor Inspector (R-II);
William Neweyer, Co-op (R-III); Alicia Lowther, Sr. Word Processor, (R-III).
i MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE H
l 0FFICE OF ENFORCEMENT ITEMS OF INTEREST l
Week Ending May 6, 1988 The following Significant Enforcement Actions were taken the week of May 2,1988.
A Notice of Viulation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $150,000 was issued to Commonwealth Edison Company (Oresden, Units 2 & 3).
The action was based on violations of equipment qualification requirements of 10 CFR 50.49. The Comission approved this action on April 27, 1988.
(EN 88-32) 1 An Order Imposing a Civil Penalty in the amount of $6,000 was issued to St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
The action was based on (1) a whole 4
body exposure of at least 7.5 rems during the fourth quarter of 1987, (2) failing to assess radiation hazards or observe three warning lights which J
could have alerted the individuals, prior to entering the room, that the 8900 curie cobalt-60 teletherapy source was in an exposed position, and (3) failing to report to the NRC within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> that an exposure event had occurred.
The licensee responded to the Notice, which was issued January 29, 1988, on February 16, 1988. After considering the response, the staff concluded that a sufficient basis was not provided for reduction of the civil penalty amount.
(EN 88-06A)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $112,500 was issued on May 4, 1988 to Omaha Public Power District (Ft.
CalhounStation). The action was based on a number of procedural violations in the area of radiation protection including the failure to control a very high radiation area which is a repeat violation. The violation involving failure to secure the door for a vary high radiation area was increased by 25%.
(EN 88-34)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $50,000 was issued on May 4, 1988 to Florida Power Corporation (Crystal River, Unit 3). The action involves the failure to take appropriate corrective action to resolve a deficiency regarding the electrical loads placed on one of the two plant emergency diesel generators.
(EN88-33)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $50,000 was issued to Carolina Power and Light Company (Grunswick Units 1 and 2). The action was based on violations of equipment qualification requirements of 10 CFR 50.49.
(EN 88-35)
ENCLOSURE K "AY 6,1988
Civil Penalties Paid Public Service Electric and Gas Company (Salem Unit 2) paid the proposed civil penalty in the amount of $50,000. The action was based on several examples of the failure to satisfy fire protection requirements, including the separation of redundant trains of equipment, cabling, and associated circuits necessary to achieve and maintain hot shutdown in the event of a fire.
(EA 88-44)
Micromedic Systems, Iiic., Horsham, Pennsylvania paid the proposed civil penalty in the amount of $500. The action was based on improper disposal of radioactive waste materials and three examples of the failure to perform adequate surveys as required at the facility.
(EA 87-241)
Arkansas Power and Light Company (Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 1) paid the proposed civil penalty in the amount of $100,000. The action was based on a failure to take carrective action for a longstanding problem of containment building temperatures in excess of those assumed in the plant design basis.
(EA 87-227)
MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE K
l REGION IV ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending May 6, 1988 1.
A meeting with the management of Public Service Company of Colorado.
Hecdquarters Project Manager, NRR Plan Reviewer, and Region IV staff was held in the Region IV office on May 5, 1988, regarding physical security matters at Fort St. Vrain.
i 2.
On May 6, Houston Lighting and Power representative reported that data reduction is complete on 15 of 58 bottom mounted instrument thimble tubes.
j No indication of waar was indicated on these thimble tubes. All 58 thimble tubes have been tested. Of the remaining thimble tubes, two have indications in the flow limiter area that are being evaluated to determine if actual wear is present.
l I
MAY 6, 1988 ENCLOSURE M
i E
NRR MEETING NOTICES
- l T
May 6, 1988 g
E APPLICART/
DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 5/9/88 50-321/
White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Georgia Power to NRC/GP L. Crocker 1:00 366 Room 10-B-11 discuss corrective actions for Hatch 2
j 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 4
l 5/10/88 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ CECO to discuss status NRC/ CECO D. Muller l
11:00-4:00 Room 14-B-11 of CECO BWR license issues (Dresden, Lasalle, Quad Cities) 5/10/88 50-213 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Connecticut Yankee 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 i
9:00 366 Room 14-B-13 discuss Seismic Margins Program (Hatch 1/2) i j
5/11-5/12/88 50-275/
White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/PG8E to discuss Long NRC/PG&E H. Rood 8:30 323 Room 8-B-11 Term Seismic Program Elements (Diablo Canyon) 3 2
E P
M
- Copies of summaries of these meetings will be made publicly available and olaced in the respective docket file (s) y in the NRC and local public document rooms.
A listing of these meeting notices can be obtained by calling 492-7424.
E
! fn fjfDATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 1
1:00-3:00 Room 14-B-11 (Porosity Criterion for Pole
~W/NRC D. Hood 5/11/88 White Flint Bldg.
To discuss TACs 65955/65956 Shaft Welds in DS-Series Circuit i
Breakers) (McGuire) l 5/11/88 50-247 White Flint Bldg.
To discuss Coned's Proposed NRC/ Coned M.' Slosson 9:00 Room 10-B-13 Simulator Upgrade for Indian Point 2 5/18/88 White Flint Bldg.
To discuss BWR-Emergency Procedure NRC/BWROG G. Thomas 9:30-5:00 Room 12-B-11 Guidelines, Rev. 4
)
l
)
i l
1 E2 i
l28 si ni i
na i
NMSS MEETING NOTICES sE FOR THE WEEK ENDING:
?'
May 06, 1988 l
DIVISION OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT f g_'o ATTENDEES /
DOCKET DATE NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT I 5/9-11/88 Paris, FR Second Session HLW Repository JTrapp SCoplan Scenario Working Groep 5/18-19/88 Conservation HLW Licensing Support Systcm PAltomare PAltomare Foundation Advisory Committee Meeting CCameron 1250 24th, St, NW Wash, D.C.
5/21/88 Las Vegas, NV DOE Technical Project Officers JHolonich JHolonich Meeting on NRC's regulatory DOE staff role and the importance of quality assurance in the HLW l
repository program 5/30/88 Las Vegas, NV Breaux Hearing on HLW 6/29-30/88 Reno, Nevada HLW Licensing Support System PAltomare PAltomare Advisory Committee Meeting CCameron e
N o
l??
2 sE DIVISION OF SAFEGUARDS TRANSPORYATION F
Sa DOCKET ATTENDEES /
f,DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 5/17/88 4E4-WF1 Discuss Ft. St. Vrain RBurnett RBurnett o
Safeguards Program &
ETen Eyck Transportation Issues CMacDonald MMcBride, Public Service of Colorado 5/19/88 4E4-WF1 Discuss Waste Transportation RBurnett RBurnett Issues with DOE ETen Eyck CMacDonald LBarrett, DOE KKlein, DOE DSchler, DOE RSTein, DOE 6/26-29/88 Las Vegas, NV INMM 29th Annual Meeting RBurnett RBurnett RE: Safeguards & Security, JCook International Safeguards, CEmeigh Transportation Modal Study DKasun DIVISION OF LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT AND DECOMMISSIONING DOCKET ATTENDEES /
DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 5/16-5/20 Stockholm, Symposium on low-Level Waste J. Greeves J. Greeves Sweden m
P Sl5/16-5/20
- Vienna, Workshop on Uranium Recovery G. Gnugnoli G. Gnugnoli 55 Austria m
"O
3 DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY
< ll 5"
DOCKET ATTENDEES /
_ DATE NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 5/10/88 70-1100 King of Prussia Enforcement Conference G. Bidinger G. Bidinger Region I RE: Combustion Engineering Reps. of CE Managemet Region I staff 5/11/88 WFN Rm 4B13 Mtg with Reps of SAIC re:
AClark, NMSS AClark concrete aging in spent fuel JRoberts, NMSS storage JSchneider, NMSS JCostello, SAIC Consultants 5/15-17/88 Nashville, TN Annual Meeting on Radiation NMcElroy, NMMS NMeElroy Control GSjoblom, NMSS 5/16-17/88 70-1113 Wilmington, NC Mtg with GE re: UF6 AClark, NMSS AClark handling and safety practices JRoberts, NMSS JSchnedier, NMSS JCostello, SAIC Consultants 5/18-19/88 70-1151 Columbia, SC Mtg with Westinghouse GBidinger, NMSS GBidinger Electric to discuss UF6 AClark, NMSS handling and safety CVaughn, GE practices 5/20-6/4/88 London, England ICRP Interface and ICRP/NEA RCunningham RCunningham Paris, France Committee meeting 5/23-27/88 Oak Ridge, TN To attend Uranium Hexa-WPennington, NMSS WPennington
! E2 fluoirde Safety, Handling, WProvencher, NMSS f2 Processing and Transporting AClark, NMSS S;
Conference si m
T
d 988 ay,
RII MEETING NOTICE i
ATTENDEES /
DATE/ TIME LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT i
05/12/88 RII Office Enforcement Conference Operator and Selected 10:00 am Georgia Tech Licensed Staff Members Operator 05/17/88 Raleigh, NC Full Scale Emergency Regional Administrator Response Exercise -
and Selected RII Staff Shearon Harris Site Members 05/25/88 RII Office Enforcement Conference Same as above 10:00 am Alabama Power Company -
Farley 5/26/88 RII Office Enforcement Conference Same as above 1
Florida Power and Light
/
10:00 am Company - St. Lucie 5/27/88 RII Office Enforcement Conference Same as above 10:00 am Carolina Power and Light Company - Brunswick MAY S 1988 ENCLOSURE P
-. _ _ - - - -. -. -