ML20155F639
| ML20155F639 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 11/04/1998 |
| From: | Racquel Powell NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
| To: | Williams O JRA ASSOCIATES |
| References | |
| FOIA-97-488 NUDOCS 9811060079 | |
| Download: ML20155F639 (7) | |
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. NRC FORM 464 Part i U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION P UIAIVA
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Russell A. Powell NRc FORM 464 Part 1 (61998) PRINTED oN RECYCLED PAPER This form was designed using informs
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' APPENolcES 1 PART ll.A - APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS Records subject to the request that are described in the enclosed Appendices are being withheld in their entirety or in part under l b_j the Exemption No.(s) of the PA and/or the FOIA as indicated below (5 U.S C. 552a and/or 5 U S C. 552(b)). ;
] Exemption 1: The withheld information is properly classified pursuant to Executive Order 12958.
] Exemption 2: The withheld information relates solely to the internal personnel rules and procedures of NRC.
[] Exemption 3: The withheld information is specifically exempted from public disclosure by statute indicated. l l
9 Sections 141 145 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Restricted Data or Formerty Restncted Data (42 U.S C. l U 2161 2165).
{ Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Unclassified Safeguards information (42 U.S C. 2167).
7 41 U.S.C., Section 253(b), subsection (m)(1), prohibits the disclosure of contractor proposals in the possession and control of an O executive agency to any person under section 552 of Title 5. U S C. (the FOIA), except when incorporated into the contract between the agency and the submitter of the proposal.
Cr Exemption 4: The withheld information is a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is being withheld for the reason (s)
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{ The information is considered to be confidential business (proprietary) information.
q The informa on is considered to be propnetary because it concems a licensee's or applicant's physical protection or material control and La accounting program for special nuclear material pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(d)(1).
Q The information was submitted by a foreign source and received in confidence pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(d)(2).
pu Exes 'ption 5: The withheld information consists of interagency or intraagency records that are not available through discovery dunng htigation. Applicable privileges:
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- lxemption 6: The withhold information is exempted from public disclosure because its disclosure would result in a clearty l unwarranted invasion of personal pnvacy.
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Ap'ial p must be m'a5 in viriiing Uthin"30 days checeipt of tWs respon~s~e. Appeals shAuid be niaife~d to the FOIA/PriVa~c[Act Officer, O.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001, for action by the appropriate appellate official (s). You should cl:arly state on the envelope and letter that it is a "FOIA/PA Appeal" NRC FORM 464 Part 11 (61998) PRINTED oN RECYCLED PAPER This form was destgned using informs
i APPENDIX D RECORDS BEING WITHHELD IN THEIR ENTIRETY l
NO, DATE DESCRIPTION 4PAGE COUNT)/ EXEMPTIONS I 1 Undated France, " Steam Generators, Drop of the Tube Bundle Wrapper,"
NRC-DSIN Meeting (16 pages) EX. 4 2 Undated France, " Steam Generators 51 A and 51M, Tube Support Plate Deradations," NRC-DSIN Meeting (21 pages) EX. 4 3 9/94 Belgium, " Steam Generator Tube Degradation Problems in Belgium," (paper) G. Roussel, AIB Vincotte (9 pages) EX. 4 4 9/94 Belgium, " Steam Generator Tube Degradation Problems in Belgium," (Passouts) G. Roussel, AI8 Vincotte (12 pages) EX. 4 5 Undated Belgium, " Burst and Leakage Test Data," (7 pages) EX. 4 6 Undated Belgium, Miscellaneous pages re circ cracks and ODSCC at support plates (6 pages) EX. 4 7 6/24/94 Belgium, FAX, " Visit to the USNRC - Steam Generator Tubes issues," G. Roussel, AIB Vincotte (10 pages) EX 4 8 5/27/94 Belgium, FAX, Degradation of Steam Generators Tubes," A Vandewalle, AIB Vincotte (2 pages) EX. 4 9 6/10/94 Belgium, FAX, Degradation of Steam Generators Tubes," G.
Roussel, AIB Vincollte (5 pages) EX. 4 10 8/30/94 NRC Memo, J Strosnider to B. Sheron, " Trip Report" (13 pages)
EX.4 11 8/31/94 NRC Letter, J. Strosnider to G. Roussel (AIB Vincotte)(3 pages)
EX.4 12 10/16/95 NRC Letter, J. Strosnider to G. Roussel (AIB Vincotte)(3 pages)
EX.4 13 Undated France, " Update on Steam Generator Experience" (5 pages) EX. 4
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. 1 14 11/19/87 France, " Examinations of 20 Tubes taken from SGs 2 & 3 at Dampierre 1," F. de Kerculas (35 pages) EX. 4 15 M4/97 France, " Technical Note: Summary of Results of Inspections Performed on the Steam Generator Bundles of Unit 1 During the 5-yr inspection (Jul-Aug 1987), M. Bastian (18 pages) EX. 4 16 2/24/88 Franco, " Tube Bundles in Steam Generators 900 and 1300 MW PWRs Elements of the Operating Experience of 1987 Monitoring l Program for 1988," French Power Co. (52 pages) EX. 4 l
17 7/2/96 Japan, " Reactor manual shutdown due to leakage from A-steam generator tube," OECD/NEA Incident Reporting System (4 pages)
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18 1/80 "Doel Power Plant - Unit 2: Examinaticas and Determinations made in 7/79 on the Steam Generators," R. Wilputte (15 pages) i EX. 4 l 19 1/5/95 Belgium, FAX, "SER on Sleeving Repairs at Doel 4," G. Roussel (31 pages) EX. 4 20 6/28/96 Belgium, FAX, "SG Tube Sleeving," G. Roussel, AIB Vincotte (3 pages) EX. 4 21 6/14/95 Belgium, "Doel 4 Steam Generators issue," NRC-AIB Vincotte Meeting (7 pages) EX. 4 22 12/12/94 Belgium, "Doel 4 NPP - Repair of the Steam Generator Tubes in 1994," AIB Vincotte (2 pages) EX. 4 23 8/24/93 Belgium," Multiple Types of Degradations of Steam Generator Tubes," OECD/NEA Incident Reporting System (10 pages) EX. 4 24 6/18/93 Belgium," Inspection Des Couvercles De Cuve en Belgique," AIB Vincotte (8 pages) EX. 4 25 Undated Belgium," Miscellaneous Figures Re Voltage Based Approach for ODSCC." AIB Vincotte,6 pages) EX. 4 26 Undated Belgium, " Miscellaneous pages re technical specification changes," (4 pages) EX. 4 27 3/95 Belgium, "Doel 4, SG Repair 1994," RB Specialists Meeting (44 pages) EX. 4
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28 11/10/92 NRC Memo, T. Murley to J. Taylor," Report on Trip to Sweden, .
France, NEA (committe for Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA)),
and the U.K. - June 18-30,1992 (20 pages) EX. 4 29 9/3/92 NRC Memo, R Heimann to J. Richardson, " Trip Report - Visit to SKI, Ringhals and Forsmark Plants and TRC, Sweden,7/13-17, 1992 (14 pages) EX. 4 30 6/15/95 France, " Materials issues," NRC-DSIN Meeting (15 pages) EX. 4 31 11/4/93 France, "lGA/ SCC at Tube Support Plate Elevation," NRC-EDF Meeting (11 pages) EX. 4 32 Undated Relationship between EPRI and Laborelec Voltage," (5 pages) EX.
4 33 11/3/93 France, Letter to Russell (NRC) from J. Rabouhams (DSIN), No Title (6 pages) EX. 4 34 10/93 France, " French Operating Units, Steam Generators," EDF (14 pages) EX. 4 1
35 11/16/94 France, "Blayais 3 Steam Generator 1 Bundle Wrapper Collapse,"
NRC DSIN Meeting (16 pages) EX. 4 l 36 6/16/95 France, " Steam Generators 51 A and 51M, Tube Support Plate Degradations," NRC-DSIN Meeting (13 pages) EX. 4 37 Undated " Hydraulic Test," Notes (7 pages) EX. 4 38 Undated " Hydro Pressure Test" (7 pages) EX. 4 39 Undated "Model 51 SGs - Mill Annealled Tubes - Percentage of Cracked Tubes (RPC Inspection)" (10 pages) EX. 4 40 11/4/93 "PWSCC in Roll Transition Zone, Plugging Criteria for Axial Cracks, Methodology, Experimental Data," NRC-EDF Meeting (29 pages) EX. 4 41 11/4/93 "PWSCC Cracking in Roll Transition Zone, Non Destructive Testing," NRC-EDF Meeting (8 pages) EX. 4 42 11/4/93 " TSP Degradation on SG Tubes at EDF Plants. Plugging Criteria:
Leaks," NRC-EDF Meeting (12 pages) EX. 4 43 11/4/93 " TSP Displacements during MSLB Regard to ODSCC," NRC EDF Meeting (16 pages) EX. 4
. 1 44 Undated France, Summary Results of 92/93 Inspections at Dampierre 3 & 4 (16 pages) EX. 4 45 10/1/96 Summary of Meeting with DSIN (2 pages) EX. 4 46 2/12/96 Handwritten Notes re: Info Notice 96-09 (6 pages) EX. 4 47 7/17/95 FAX, " Visit to NRC," G. Roussel (9 pages) EX. 4 48 8/21/95 " Steam Generator Tube Integrity issue in Nuclear Power Plants Regulatory Requirements and Experience - Survey of Presentations Given at the 1992 CNRA Special issue Meeting and Results of a Survey Performed in Aug 94," OECD (33 pages) EX.
4 49 3/95 Draft " Steam Generator Tube integrity issue in Nuclear Power Plants Regulatory Requirements and Experience - Survey of Presentations Given at the 1992 CNRA Special issue Meeting and Results of a Survey Performed in Aug 94," OECD (35 pages) EX.
4 50 Undated Degradation Specific Management (contains text), EDF (21 pages) l EX.4 51 11/4/93 TSP Degradation on SG Tubes at EDF Plants - Plugging Criteria; Leaks, EDF (12 pages) EX. 4 52 11/4/93 TSP Displacements during MSLB, EDF-EPN (16 pages) EX. 4 53 11/4/93 IGA / SCC at Tube Support Plate Elevation, EDF (11 pages) EX. 4 54 3/93 Primary to Secondary Leak Monitoring (7 pages) EX. 4 55 Undated Limit of Leak Rate that Causes the Shut Down of the Plant, (5 pages) EX. 4 56 Undated Dampierre 3 - Decennial Outage 92 (14 pages) EX. 4 57 11/4/93 PWSCC Cracking in Roll Transition Zone NDT Detection Threshold, EDF (8 pages) EX. 4 58 11/4/93 PWSCC in Roll Transition Zone Plugging Criteria, ED'F (29 pages)
EX.4 59 10/93 French Operating Units Steam Generators, EDF (14 pages) EX. 4 60 12/6/97 Non-Destructive Testing Department, Laborelec (42 pages) EX. 4
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U 61 6/12/97 Application of nickel Electroplating Process to SG Tubes at the DOEL and Tihange NPP (7 pages) EX. 4 62 9/23/96 Belgian Experience on Repair of Steam Generator Tubes, Laborefec (23 pages) EX. 4 l
l 63 1989 " Steam Generator Tubes LBRB Studies," (French Publications),
1 EDF (132 pages) EX. 4 l
64 1993 " Steam Generator Tubes Mechanical, LBRB and Probabilistic Studies," (French Publications), EDF (197 pages) EX. 4 65 10/10/81 " Fretting Defects on Steam Generator Tubes (Interim Report),"
Ringhals, 7 pages) EX. 4 66 7/18/97 NRC Memo, " Trip Report - June Meeting in Belgium, with AIB-Vincotte, to Discuss U.S. Steam Generator Operating Experience and Application of Electroplating in Belgian Steam Generator Tubes," E. Sullivan, C. Beardslee to J. Strosnider (5 pages) EX. 4 1
67 8/21/90 "S/G PWSCC in Service Leakage Experiencs in Belgium,"
Laborelec (21 pages) EX. 4 68 12/20/93 Letter, Henry Herbin to William T. Russell, NRC (7 pages) EX. 4 69 Undated "Tailles Critiques eu Zone Couraute" (13 pages) EX. 4 70 4/92 "ODSCC at TSP Analysis and Plugging Criteria" 2 pages) EX. 4 71 Undated "Schematical Development of Cracks as per Expert Examination of Pulled Tubes"(5 pages) EX. 4 72 Undated " Leak Tests on a stress Corrosion Crack" (8 pages) EX. 4 73 Undated " French Trip Report" (10 pages) EX. 4 74' Undated Untitled Chart (6 pages) EX. 4 75 10/18/89 Memorandum for C Cheng from J Rosenthal,
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Foreign Operational Data Applicable to U.S. Plants (6 pages) EX 4 i
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1 F0WPAREQUEST CasoNo: mygg J/R/A ASSOCIATES t)geggg. }g g Regulatory Information & Support SystemsAgllnn 0g. g g,_. l
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December 17,1997 OGW-97-190 Mr. Russell A. Powell, Chief Freedom ofInformation/ Local Public Document Room Branch MS T6D8 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Washington, DC 20555
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FREEDOMOFINFORMATIONACTREQUEST
Dear Mr. Powell:
Pursuant to the Freedom ofInformation Act , 5 USC Paragraph 552, and to the Nuclear i Regulatory Commission 's regulations, Ihereby request copies of any data the NRC documents 1 orpossesses on steam generator degradation in internationalplants.
Iwould appreciateyourprompt response within ten working days of the receipt of this request, asprovided by the Code andNRC's policies. Iagree topay suchfees as required under 10CFR Paragraph 9.33 et sea. withoutfurther authorization, however,please callifthefees etceed $50.00. In addition, please send the response to me only, rather than to the NRC's Public Docume::t Recm. Please callifyou have questions. Thankyouforyour services.
I S cerely, Ophella G. iams e
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