ML20196B577
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Y June 22, 1988 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INF0P.MATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JUNE 17, 1988 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure 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 I*
Special Projects J*
Enforcement K
Consolidation L*
Regional Offices M
Executive Director for Operations N*
Items Addressed by the Commission 0
Meeting Notices P
Proprietary or Other Sensitive Infonnation (Not for Q
external distribution)
- No input this week.
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
Contact:
T. A. Rehm, ED0 492-7781 8806300300 90062d-COMMS NRCC PDR WEEKLY INFOREPT PDR,
HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT l
t WEEK ENDING JUNE 17, 1988 Belaer Remo Containment Electrical Penetrations Subst,quent to the March 1988 EQ Inspection at Braidwood, the staff identified i
ANO 2, Byron 2, Callaway, Calvert Cliffs 1 and 2, Davis Besse. Lasalle 2, San i
Or.ofra 1. Surry 1, 2, Trojan and Wolf Creek with installed Bunker Ramo /Amphenol I
tontainment Penetration Assemblies in which EQ has not yet been established.
Letters have bean sent to the licensees describing our concerns, referring them to Generic Letter 88-07 regarding written justification for continued operation and lerting them to have an evaluation in support of making a i
finding of operability available for NRC review. The staff is in the process l
of requesting these evaludions, j
CECO has connitted to rcplacing four Bunker Ramo Penetrations in January 1989.
Two of these penetrations will be tested in support of EQ for Lasalle 2 and Byron 2.
The two remaining penetrations will be available to the industry for EQ testing.
Sheffield Settlement AcMement l
i The State of Illinois and :" Ecology, Inc. have agreed tr, a plan for the closure, care, and maintenance of the low-level radioactive waste alte near l
Sheffield,1111noin. The plan requi-es remedtal action and cash payments by t.he company over toe next 10 years, at which time responsibility for the site will revert to Illinois. The settlement agreenent was forwarded to the Illinois Circuit Court which was expected to use it n a basis for dismissal of I
a State-initiated law suit against US Ecology.
IDNS advised SLITP that fonnal notification of the settlement agreement is forthcoming.
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Chemetron Carporatio_n, j
l Chemetron holds a source material license under which it is responsible for c1Mnup of depleted uranium contamination at two sites in Newburgh, Ohio (o i
suburb of Cleveland'. In February, Allegheny International, Inc., filad for i
i Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (reorganization) which includes its wholly-ovned subsidiary Chemetron. As an action to assert the continued interest of the NRC, kMSS has issued a Demand for Information which requires Chemetron to submit within 45 days information on Chemetron's preparations for accomp1,'
9 the decontamination work required by its license conditions. In additicu, a
Department of Justice has submitted to the bankruptcy court a filing on behalf of NRC stating NRC N interest in Chemetron fulfilling its decommissioning
'esponsibilities.
Congressional Fellowsh' og Elizabeth L. Doolitt4, Y
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- i. 9, ER, and Christine N. Kohl, Administrative Judge, AS'..
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all government agencies, M >
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a,' %.lowship Program. NP.C is proud to have two of its nominee:
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is prestigious prog.am. After a
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three-week eaientation progrha, tv. +, i November 1988, program participante are w. ' me full-time
- J nsignments in the House of Representatives n d -
3 enate.
In adof tion, weekly seminars are scheduled witF lading co@/w.vonal, governmental and academic figures.
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0 Abri!NISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS - 1988 For 5-Day Period of June 10, 1988 - June 16, 1988 Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received This Week 29 2
Completed Thi:: Week 17 2
Carryovers From 1987 157 33 Received In 1988 337 32 Granted in 1988 256 12 Denied In 1988 109 33 Pena 1ng 129 20 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Joseph Felton, Requests a copy of SECY-88-64, "Naturally Occurring and Nuclear Licensing Accelerator Produced Radioactive Materials".
Rep (88-309) orts Joseph Felton, Requests a copy of the SECY paper dealing with a Nuclear Licensing Connission briefing on June 21, 1988, on options on QA orts requirements for medical app'lications of radioactive Rep (88-310) isotopes.
Joseph Felton, Requests copies of all records of the NMSS/ EPA May 3, Nuclear Licensing 1988 Interface Council meeting.
Pep (88-311) orts 1
Joseph Felton, Requests copies of three categories of records, related i
Nuclear Licensing to EPA's proposed regulations on disposal of discrete Re orts
Jeseph Felton, Raquests a copy of the June issue of the status of Nuclear Licensing rulemakings underway in RES or the last monthly issue orts that was distributed.
Pep (88-313) 1 Joseph Felton, Requests copies of all records relatad to the NRC Nuclear L.icensing meeting on May 3, 1988, with VA Rejional Industrial Re crts Hygienis ts.88-314)
JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
O Received Cont'd.
Linda Bauman, Requests copies of all records related to NRC's review Government of the technical issues raised by a named individual Accountability about the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant and his Project claims of retaliatory treatment.
(88-355)
Jashir Pothiawala, Requests license applications and documents of Columbus Hospital Presbyterian University Hospital, for the Leksel (88-336)
Stereotactic Radiosurgical Device (Gamma Knife) manufactured by Elekta Company of Sweden.
Linda Baumon, Requests copies of all records related to concerns Government raised by a named individual from January 1985 to the Accountability present regarding the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant.
Project (88-337)
Charles R. Jones APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the release of six denied (88-A-31-88-92) records regarding a request for six categories of records related to 10 CFR 50, Appendix R.
Robert R. Belair APPEAL TO THE EDC for the lack of respons,e to a request Kirkpatrick &
for copies of records related to the Shoreham nuclear Lockhart power plant.
(88-A-32-88-280)
Granted Stephen Duggan, In response to a request for records on testing of 3M ionizer Consulting equipment located at !!edtronics, Inc., plants in Minneapolis, Engineer Minnesota, informed the requester that the NRC located (88-282) no agency records subject to this request.
(NRCemployee)
In response to a request for a copy t.f the CERT for (88-298)
Vacancy Announcement No. 88-0755-6, made available the requested record.
Diana Nieves in response to a request for copies of the contracts Frost 8 Sullivan, for the NRC NUDOCS system, all modifications, and a Inc.
list of the respordents to the Request for Proposal (88-320)
(RFP), informed the rege ster that copies of the contracts and modifications are already available at the PDR and that the current contract is an SA contract which was awarded without an RFP.
William B. Schultz, In response to a request for records on his client who Public Citizen formerly wo.*ked for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Litigation Group infortied the requester that the NRC located no agency (88-325) records subject to this request.
Provided the name and address of the F0IA official at 00E.
JUNE 17, 1986 ENCLOSURE A
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Received, Cont'd, William B. Schultz, Requests records on his client.
Public Citizen Litigation Group (38-325)
Ira Larin, Esquire Requests information on exposure to a named individual (88-326) and other employees at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant.
Kenneth Boley, Requests copies of all records that provide a list of Public Citizen all violations of NRC regulations occurring at any (88-327) nuclear power plant during 1987.
Kenneth Boley, Requests copies of all records that provide a list of Public Citizen all communications made to the NRC on the Emergency (88-328)
Notification System during 1987.
Kenneth Boley, Requests copies of all records that provide INPO Public Citizen rankings between 1986 and the present of nuclear power (88-329) reactors and the basis upon which the rankings have been made.
Kenneth Boley, Requests copies of all records that provide a list of Public Citizen certain information about every nuclear power plant (88-330) reactor outage that began in 1987.
Kenneth Boley, Requests copies of all records that provide a description Public Citizen of all safeguards events occurring in 1987 that are not (88-331) included in any published revisions of the Safeguards Summary Event List.
Kenneth Boley, Requests copies of all records that provide (1) a list of all LERs and corresp(onding cause codes for events that Public Citizen occurred in 1987, and 2) information on why NRC feels these (88-332) 4 cause codes are potentially good indicators of nuclear power plant performance.
Jeff Marx, Requests a copy of the record providing the names and Supac Systems, prices of b;dders who quoted on NRC contract DR-88-0210.
Inc.
(88-333)
Linda Sauman, Requests copies of all records related to NRC's 4
Government inspection report Hos. 50-334/88-16 and 50-412/88-11 Accountability regarding the Beaver Valley nuclear power plant.
Project (88-334)
JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
Received, Cont'd.
Joseph Felton, Requests copies of records showing whether the Nuclear Licensing falsification of records covered by information notice orts 88-26 was referred to 00J and the disposition at D0J.
Rep (88-315)
Charles Gentile, Requests records containing four categories of Princeton Univ.
information regarding Region I licensees authorized to (88-316) use or store Tritium.
Patty Day, Requests a copy of SECY-87-297.
NUS (88-317)
Joyce Nelson Requests copies of SECY-88-50 and SECY-88-50A.
(88-318)
Fred Christen Requests a list of addresses of nuclear power plants in (88-319) the United States.
Diana Nieves, Requests copies of the contracts for the NRC NUDOCS system, Frost & Sullivan, all modifications, and a list of the respondents to the Inc.
Request for Proposal.
(88-320)
Anorew Michael and Requests copies of three categories of records related Steve Kohn, to the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant.
Government Accountability Projec.
(88-321)
Richard Condit, Requests copies of all records regarding the findings Government contained in NUREG-1257 from the completion Accountability of this report regarding the Comanche Peak nuclear power 1
Project plant.
(88-322)
Amy Hall, Requests copies of two categories of records related to Government pipe-support design, concerning the Comanche Peak nuclear Accountability power plant.
Project (83-323)
Therese Ferry-Cirillo Requests a copy of t le most recent license application MPI Professional submitted by Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, License Service Centers No. 29-06431-01.
4 (8E324)
JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
Denied Joseph Felton, In response to a request for copies of SECY-87-186, Nuclear Licensing SECY-87-186A, and any differing professional views orts referenced in the March 14, 1988 Comission briefing, Rep (88-208) denied portions of two records and one entire record, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
Bruce Maxwell, In response to a request for records concerning piping WTOL-TV Toledo from two specified firms used in the Davis Besse nuclear (88-266) power plant, made available one record.
Denied the entire 01 file, disclosure of which could reasonably be exped.ed to interfere with an enforcement proceeding.
Brian Jordon, In response to an APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the release McGraw-Hill of two denied records regarding a request for four (88-A-25-88-88) categories of records related to comunications between NRC and INP0, continued to deny these predecisional records.
JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
DIVISION OF CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING JUNE 17, 1988 UNDER EVALUATION RFP No.:
RS-RG2-88-276
Title:
"Data Entry Support Services" Descr.iption:
Perform ADP Data Entry and retrieval activities at the Region II Office.
Period of PeCormance:
Twenty-four months Sponsor:
Region II Status:
Best and Finnl offers receivec on June 10, 1988 and forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel for review on June 10, 1988.
RFP:
RS-NMS-89-001
Title:
"Technical Assistance to Strengthen IAEA Safeguards"
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Description:==
The Contractor shall investigate and systematically document the feasibility of better attaining IAEA's timeliness and sensitivity goals for 6atecting abrupt and protracted diversions at large reprocessing facilities through the use of a running book inventory (RBI) approach to augment conventional material accountancy.
Period of Performanco:
One year with 1 year option Sponsor:
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status:
RFP closed on June 16, 1988.
Proposals forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel for review on June 17, 1988.
JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLOSURE A
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending June 17, 1988 Bunker Ramo Containment Electrical Penetrations Subsequent to the March 1988 EQ Inspection at Braidwood, the staff identified ANO-2, Byron 2, Callaway, Calvert Cliffs 1 and 2, Davis Besse, Lasalle 2, San Onofre 1. Surry 1, 2, Trojan and Wolf Creek with installed Bunker Ramo /Amphenol Containment Penetration Assemblies in which EQ has not yet been established.
Letters have been sent to the licensees describing our concerns, referring them to Generic Letter 88-07 regarding written justification for continued operation and alerting them to have an evaluatica in support of making a finding of operability available for NRC review.
The staff is in the process of requesting these evaluations.
CECO has committed to replacing four Bunker Ramo Penetrations in January 1989.
Two of these penetrations will be tested in support of EQ for Lasalle 2 and Byron 2.
The two remaining penetrations will be available to the industry for EQ testing.
JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLOSURE B
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending June 17, 1988 LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENJ Low-level Waste NRC-DOE Meeting on Disposal of Hanford Defense Wastes On June 9, 1988, NRC staff met with DOE staff (Defense Programs) to discuss disposal plans for Hanford tank wastes..The NRC staff has been particularly concerned about DOE's waste classification system for the radioactive waste in the Hanford tanks (SECY-88-144). DOE identified six different waste streams that it intends to process for disposal at Hanford. These include (1) phosphate / sulfate waste, (2) plutonium finishing plant waste, (3) cladding removal waste, (4) neutralized current acid waste, (5) double-shell slurry feed, and (6) double shell slurry.
DOE indicated that it intends to initiate the processing of the phosphate / sulfate wastes (PSW) in July 1988 by grouting and disposing of the grout in a shallow land burial facility at Hanford. The PSW wastes are a result of primary loop decontamination of N-reactor and ion exchange wastes.
These wastes are clearly low-level wastes and have been segregated from the other Hanford wastes. NRC staff indicated that it sees no reason why DOE could not proceed to dispose of these wastes as low-level wastes.
I DOE intends to treat the neutralized current acid waste (NCAW) as HLW. These wastes will bc vitrified into borosilicate glass logs for eventual disposal in a geologic repository.
l 00E indicated that it intends to treat the remaining wastes as low-level waste and dispose of them via the grout facility.
It was concluded that more discussions between NRC and DOE are needed to clarify the classification of the wastes in these four categories.
HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT High-level Waste Study Plan DOE has submitted to NRC two study plans for DOE's Yucca Mountain, Nevada site characterization program. The study plans, "Study Plan for Water Movement Test" and "Excavation Investigations," cescribe testing to be performed in the shaft during the construction phase of the Exnloratory Shaft Facility (ESF).
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2 The HLWM staff has started its review of these study plans in accordance with the "Draft Review Plan for NRC Staff Review of DOE Study Plans and Procedures."
The initial review, or Acceptance Review, is to detemine whether the plan contains information DOE and NRC previously agreed would be included.
If the study plan is accepted for further review, the next review stage is a Start Work Review to determine if there are objections NRC would have to DOE's starting the study. NRC has agreed to provide such objections to DOE within three months of receipt of the study plan. During the Start Work Review, the NRC staff will make a decision on whether a Detailed Technical Review needs to be conducted.
INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY Materials Safety Update on Cesium Release at Radiation Sterilizer Inc.'s (RSI's)
Decatur, Georgia facility (ref.: FNO-II-88-40 ff)
DOE informed the licensee by letter dated June 13, 1988, that its Oak Ridge Operations Office has agreed to provide assistance in the form of managing the effort to identify and remove the source of the cesium leak at the RSI Decatur, Georgia facility, and to clean up the facility.
The Governor of the State of Georgia announced in a news release on June 13, 1988, that the source removal and recovery activities will be coordinated by DOE, the State of Georgia and other agencies.
NMSS is preparing a letter to 00E requesting information which will assist NRC in determining what further steps, if any, need to be taken at other licensed facilities, both in the short term and long term, to assure safety.
Materiuls Licencing Chenetron Corporation Chemetron holds a source material license under which it is responsible for cleanup of depleted uranium contamination at two sites in Newburgh, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland).
In February, Allegheny International, Inc., filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (reorganization) which includes its wholly-owned subsidiary Chemetron. As an action to assert the continued interest of the NRC, NMSS has issued a Demand for Information which requires Chemetron to submit within 45 days information on Chemetron's preparations for accomplishing the decontamination wark required by its license conditions.
In addition, the j
Department of Justice has submitted to the bankruptcy court a filing on behalf of NRC stating NRC's interest in Chemetron fulfilling its decomissioning responsibilities.
JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLOSURE C
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SAFEGUARDS Domestic i
DOE Test of Satellite Communications / Tracking Systems DOE will undertake final technical evaluation of two commercial, mobile satellite systems, Omininet and Geostar within the next few days. DOE plans to install one such system (approximately 40 receiver / locater sets) in vehicles used primarily for shipment of defense wastes to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Carlsbad, NM, and for other hazardous and "highly visible" DOE cargoes. Test results are of interest to SGTR licensing staff. Cost and performance advantages may be of interest to NRC licensees.
Transportation Meeting Regarding NUREG-0170 Update Transportation Branch personnel travelled to San Antonio, TX and Albuquerque, NM to meet with staff from the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) regarding the development of the NUREG-0170 update. NUREG-0170 is the Final Environmental Statement on the Transportation of Radioactive Material by Air and Other Modes, and has not been updated since its completion in 1977. Meetings were held to discuss the project direction with CNWRA, the performing organizaticn, and to assist in technology transfer from SNL staff who developed NUREG-0170 and who currently maintain transportation risk analysis corguter codes. The draft update is scheduled to be submitted in FY 1990.
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JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLOSURr. C
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending June 17, 1988 PRIMARY SYSTEM INTEGRITY Training of NRC Region I Staff for Detection of Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking Three NRC NDE staff from Region I (Harry Kerch, Richard Hart is, and Mike Oliveri) spent the week of June 6, 1988 working)with NRC NDi Research Contractor at Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL participating in hands-on training using field inspection equipment. The training initially focused on flat plates that contained a variety of machined reflectors (i.e., sawcuts) of various depths, machined reflectors that were at various angles to simulate cracking along the heat-affected zone of a weld, and a series with back-surface angulation to reflect the effects of counterbores. Next, the RI staff examined and learned the ultrasonic scattering properties of a series of mechanical fatigue cracks, thermal fatigue cracks, and laboratory-grown intergranular stress corrosion cracks. Blind tests were administered to assess the starting point of knowledge that the RI staff members had. During the four days, there were other blind tests given to assess the increase ir, knowledge and to provide feedback to the staff on the areas where further work was needed. Two days were spent in inspecting some of the decontaminated recirculation system weldments that had been removed from the Monticello and Verunt Yankee nuclear power plants in both training and blind testing.
This hands-on experience will assist the Region I staff in passing the IGSCC perfonnance demonstration test at the EPRI NDE Center.
IEB 83-02 requires that all field inspectors who con-duct ultrasonic examination of BWR piping for detection of intergranular stres!,
corrosion cracking be qualified. An NRC/EPRI/BWROG Memorandum of Understanding accepts the EPRI NDE Center program for training, testing, and qualification of NDE personnel for IGSCC detection for meeting the requirements of IEB 83-02.
RI is an NRC-wide resource for conductir.g independent NDE examinations. They have personnel and equipment for this purpose.
RI personnel are called upon to conduct third party ISIS at any plant (in all regions) as needed.
If the third party inspection results of RI personnel are to be credible and accept-able in any dispute regarding the presence or absence of IGSCC, RI personnel must also be qualified.
In addition, the RI personnel had an extensive review and demonstration of the synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT) field system recently assembled and validated under NRC research contract and learned the features and ease of use of the system. The SAFT system is a very versatile system that can be used as an independent tool by the NRC to inspec; areas of interest.
JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLOSURE D
2 REGULATORY ANALYSIS Recently Issued Publications 1.
NUREG-1296, Thermal Overload Protection for Electric Motors on Safety-Related, Motor-0perated Valves Generic Issue II.E.6.1.
This report describes the themal overload protecti';e devices for safety-related motor-operated valve operators along with current and previous NRC guidance for the use of overload protection.
It is reconvrended that unifonn acceptable practices for the overload protection of valve motor operators be developed in the fonn of a standard or guidance document for the industry by cognizant standards developing organizations.
2.
Reg. Guide 1.84, Rev. 25, "Design and Fabrication Code Case Acceptability - ASME Section III Division 1."
Contact:
E.Woolridge,RES(301)492-3832 3.
Reg. Guide 1.85, Rev. 25 "Materials Code Case Acceptability - ASME Section III Division 1."
Contact:
E.Woolridge,RES(301)492-383?
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Reg. Guide 1.147. Rev. 6. "Inservice Inspection Code Case i
Acceptability - ASME Section XI Division 1."
Contact:
E.Woolridge,RES(301)492-3832 5.
Reg. Guide 1.155, "Station Blackout," Task SI 501-4.
Contact:
A. Serkiz, RES (301) 492-3555 l
JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLOSURE D
Items of IntGrest Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Week Ending June 17, 1877 Diagnostic Evaluation and In:ident Investigetion The NRC evaluation report of the ENERCON Independent Management Appraisal of Turkey Point and Florida Power and Light (FP&L) received AEOD senior management review. The report is being finalized and by June 22, 1988 is expected to be sent to the Region II Administrator for transmittal to FP&L.
Incident Response On June 13 and 16. IRB staff members made technical presentations es part of the Planning for Nuclear Emergencies Course at the Harvard School of Public Health. The presentations involved the evaluation of dose models for airborne releases and training progra.s for accident / incident response.
Or, June 14, the Chief, IRB and staff met with representatives of the Israeli National Information Center for Toxic and Hazardous Materials to discuss the NRC's role and procedures during nuclear reactor and other radiological events regarding the transmittal of infonnation to and interactions with other government agencies, the public, and the press.
On June 16, the Director. AEOD and Chief, IRB conducted a tour and briefing of the Incident Response Center for Dr. Hans Blix, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Technical Training The Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) simulator has been installed and Power Safety International (PSI) has completed all initial wiring and diagnostics. TTC, General Electric, and PSI personnel are currently conducting the simulator acceptance test to evaluate the upgrade provided as part of the contract.
The test is going very well and is scheduled to be completed by close of business, June 17, 1088. The first NP.C course on the B&W simulator is scheduled for July 11,1988.
Safety _ Programs A meeting of the Interoffice Task Group on Performance Indicators was held on June 16 in support of maintenance P! development. The meeting had participation from Regions I, II and 111, RES and NRR.
The objectives of identifying candidate maintenance Pls and candidate plants from which data are to be collected were met. Minutes of the meeting, including followup actions and schedules are being prepared.
The Director, Division of Safety Programs, met with the CE Owners Grcup on i
June 15 to discuss AE00 studies. The meeting was set up to allow for an exchange of information regarding how AEOD uses LER infor,;.ation in its trends and patterns orograms.
Interest was s; icon by the Owners aroup with regard to the trip reduction study and review, and the service water case study.
JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLOSURE E
l ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS WEEK ENDING JUNE 17, 1988 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Foreign Visitors OnMondayChao-YieYangandYou-HsinYang,TaiwanAtomicEnergyCouncil(AEC),
met with Joseph Murphy and Mark Cunningham, RES, and Kevin Burke, GPA, to discuss AEC's use of NRC's MELCOR Severe Accident Analysis Model in Taiwan's Chinshan reactor PRA.
STATE, LOCAL AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS State Liaison Officer (SLO) Meeting in Region V On June 14-15, 1955, State, local and Indian Tribe Programs (SLITP) hosted a meeting for the Governor-appointed SLO's in Region V at Walnut Creek, California. Discussions focused on low-level radioactive waste issues, radicgraphy enforcement actions, Congressional initiatives, and the proposed Commission Policy Statement on Cooperation with States at Comercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production or Utilization Facilities. Emergency response and high-level radioactive waste issues were also discussed.
Representatives from the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Western Interstate Energy Board made presentations along with NRC staff from Region V, NMSS, NRR, and SLITP.
Meeting of the National Congress of knerican Indians' (NCAI) National Indian Nuclear Waste Policy Committee (NINWPC)
Rosetta Virgilio, SLITP, made a presentation June 15, 1988, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, before NCAI's NIN'!PC. The meeting centered on NRC':. contract with Indiana University to update NUREG/CR-1620 Survey of Current State Radiological Emergency Response Capabilities for Transportation Felated Incidents. The current update will include a select number of Indian Tribes (15) whose reservation boundaries are crossed by spent fuel shipment routes designated in NUREG-0725, Revision 5. Public Information Circular Showing State-by-State Spent Fuel Shipment Routes.
Eric Mitter, Indiana University, assisted in presenting a more detailed description of the administration of the survey. Tribal representation included the following: Western Shoshone; Menominee; Umatilla; Oneida; and Seneca.
Federal representatives included DOE, EPA, and FEMA. Copies of the following documents were provided to the NINWPC:
Revision 6 to NUREG-0725; NUREG/BR-0111. Transporting Spent Fuel - Protection i
Provided Against Severe Highway and Railroad Accidents; and NUREG-1309, NRC's Program'with State and Local Governments and Indian Tribes.
Meeting with Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety (IDNS) f Roy Wight and Robert Schultz of IDNS met with lenior Region III staff in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, on June 15, 1988. The discust; ion focused on eierrents of cooperation between NRC and IPNS in the areas of resident engineers, the ASME JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLO5URE F o
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l Code memorandum of understanding, training of State inspectors, and emergency planning.
Sheffield Settlement Agreement The State of Illinois and US Ecology. Inc. have agreed to a plan for the closure, care, and mainte ance of the low-level radioactive waste site near Sheffield, Illinois. The plan requires remedial action and cash payments by the company over the next 10 years, at which time responsibility for the site l
will revert to Illinois. The settlement agreement was forwarded to the Illinois Circuit Court which was expected to use it as a basis for dismissal of a State-initiated law suit against US Ecology.
IDNS advised SLITP that formal notification of the settlement agreement is forthcoming.
Idaho Radiation Control Pror
.m Staff Training at Region IV was in Region IV (June 14-15)ysicist from the Idaho Radiation Control Program A recently-hired radiation ph for one-on-one training in licensing and inspection procedures.
The training covered the most connon types of licenses found in the State of Idaho.
Idaho has spent over six months attempting to fill two key vacancies in the materials program, one of which remains unfilled at the present time.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 20-24, 1988 l
June 20-24 Routine Review of the New York City Radiation Control Program -
NewYorkCity(McGrath) l 21 Meeting with local Public Officials on LaSalle - Seneca.
Illinois (Lickus) 22 Fort Calhoun Emergency Planning Exercise - Nebraska (Hackney) 22 Prairie Island Emergency Planning Exercise - Minnesota (Lickus)
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l 22-23 Meeting isith Radiography Contractor for August course -
Burlington, Massachusetts (Maupin) 24 Periodic meeting with OSHA to discuss Agreement State Program -
White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland (Nussbaumor)
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JUNE 17, 1988 ENCLOSURE F
OCA ASSIGNMENT DATE TIME
' WITNESS SUBJECT COMMITTEE c.
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Combs 6/23/88 9:45 A.M.
[No NRC
[ NUCLEAR WASTE Rep. Udall/Lujan Participation]
DISPOSAL (HR3864)]
Sub on Energy & the Environment Interior & Insular Affairs and Rep. Sharp /Moorhead Sub on Energy and Power Com on Energy and Commerce Combs 6/28/88 9:45 A.M.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Endina June 17, 1988 Congressional Fellowship Program Elizabeth L. Doolittle. Technical Assistant, NRR, and Christine N. Kohl, Administrative Judge, ASLAP are among twelve Federal Executive Fellows from all government agencies, selected by the American Political Science Association, for the 1988-89 Congressional Fellowship Program.
NRC is proud to have two of its nominees selected for this prastigious program. After a three-week orientation program, beginning in November 1988, program participants are assigned full-time work assignments in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
In addition, weekly seminars are scheduled with leading congressional, governmental and academic figures.
Arrivals and Departures New Hires for the Agency were Elsa Abraytis, Peripheral Equipment Operator, Region III; Donald Cameron, Reactor Engineer, Region I; Kenneth Kolaczyk, Reactor Engineer, Region I; Julie Madden, Physical Security Inspector, Region I; Cadorette Lee, Paralegal Specialist. 0GC; Cynthia Jones, Health Physicist, NMSS; Stevie Ruffin, Nuclear Engineer, NMSS.
The Agency lost: Marianna Browming, Secretary, CSU; Shanna Hancock, Word Processing Operator, Region I; G.L. Plumlee Sen4r Plant Systems Engineer, AEOD; Andrea Barnold, Program Assistant, AEOD; Richard Muranaka who returned from IAEA and retired.
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Office of Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending June 17, 1988 The following Lignificant Enforcement Actions were taken the week of June 13, 1988.
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $150,000 was issued on June 10, 1988 to Southern California Edison Company (San Onofre Unit 1). The action was bast ' on violations of equipment qualifi-cation requirements of 10 CFR 50.49.
(EN88-50)
A Notice of Violation and ProposGd Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $50,000 was issued on June 13, 1988 to Virginia Electric and Power Company (Surry Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2). The action was based on failure to verify operability of required boric acid piping heat tracing circuits on a monthly basis as required by the plant technical specifications.
(EN88-47)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $100,000 was issued June 13, 1988 to Virginia Electric and Power Company (Surry Facility). The action was based on a number of violations including:
(1) failure to adequately evaluate the radiation hazards present during work on an incore detector, (2) inadequate procedures for freeing)the incore detector and for briefing those involved in the work, and (3 failure to conduct operations in accordance with approved procedures.
The base civil penalty was increased by 100%.
(EN88-48)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $12,500 was issued June 13, 1988 to UNC Naval Products, Inc., Uncasville, j
Connecticut. The action was based on several violations including:
(1) failure,
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on a number of occasions, to adequately measure airborne activity and adequately survey the radiological conditions; (2) failure to adequately control the amount and direction of ventilation flow; (3) a lack of adequate procedures for implementing the radiation safety program; and (4) failure to perfonn adequate audits cf the radiation safety program.
(EN88-49)
An Order Imposing a Civil Penalty in the amount of $625 was issued on June 13, 1988 to Joslin Diabetes Center Inc., Boston, Massachusetts. The action was based on several violations including a cumulative exposure to the right hand of a research investigator. The licensee responded to the Notice in a letter dated April 28, 1988 atJ requested mitigation of the $2,500 penalty. After consideration of the licensee's response, the penalty was mitigated by 75%.
(EN88-26A)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $50,000 was issued on June 15, 1988 to Carolina Power and Light Company.
The action was based on the failure of the 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix K required ECCS evaluation tredel used to reflect the most damaging single failure relative JUNE
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to the ECCS safety injection subsystem. The evaluation results erroneously assumed that two of the three SI pumps would be operable during design basis accidents. There were several scenarios where only one SI pump would be operable and not meet the single failure criteria.
(EN88-51)
An Order Imposing a Civil Penalty in the amount of $2,500 was issued to Gamma Diagnostic Laboratories, Attleboro Falls, Massachusetts. The action was based on a cumulative radiation exposure in excess of the regulatory limit to the left hand of a laboratory supervisor. After reviewing the licensee's response, the civil penalty was reduced by 50% because of the licensee't inability to pay.
An Order Suspending License (Effective Immediately) and Notice of Denial of Application for Renewal of License was issued on June 15, 1988 to Maurice P.
Acosta, Jr., a licensed reactor operator at San Onofre Station. The action was based on the licensee's failure of three drug tests conducted by the Southern California Edison Company (SCE) in accordance with SCE's fitness for duty program.
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $450,000 was issued on June 16, 1988 to Carolina Power and Light Company (H. B. Robinson Unit 2). The action was based on violations of the equipment qualification requirements of 10 CFR 50.49. The staff had submitted the action for the Comission's review and via memorandum dated June 16, 1988 was infonted the Comission had no objection to the issuance of the civil penalty. (EN 88-56)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $200,000 was issued on June 16, 1988 to Detroit Edison Company (Fermi Unit 2).
The action was based on two problems (1) the licensee's containment isolation provisions for the primary containment radiation monitoring system was not consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion 56, and (2) the licensee operated the Noninterruptable Air System in a degraded mode which led to the violation of Two Technical Specifications.
The penalty was escalated by 50% for each of the violations. (EN 88-52)
Civil Penalty Paid Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts Wid the imposed civil penalty in the amount of $625. The action was based on a cumulative radiation exposure to the right hand of a research investigator. The civil penalty was mitigated by 75% after considering the licensee response.
(EA 88-54)
Civil Penalty Paid Omaha Public Power District (Ft Calhour. Station) paid the proposed civil penalty in the amount of $112,500. 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 penalty emphasized the need to improve radiation protection control in light of the licensee's past enforcement history.
(EA 88-72)
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Other A Director's Decision Under 2.206 (Arizona Public Service Corporation was signed June 15, 1988. The petition involved claims of discrimination against certain i
employees by requiring them to submit to polygraph testing as a means of discouraging them from reporting unsafe conditions at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.
The request wts denied except for the request to have notices posted advising employees of protection afforded under 10 CFR 50.7 and the Energy Reorganization Act.
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Region II Items of Interest Week Ending June 17, 1988 1.
On June 14, 1988 the Regional Administrator accompanied the Resident Inspectors and other selected members of the Regional staff on a tobi of the Georgia Power Company's Forest Park, Georgia, repair facility for environmentally qualified equipment.
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On June 14, 1988 representatives of the Carolina Power and Light Company were in the Region II Office to attend a meeting regarding followup to the January 1988 AIT and other valve failures.
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The Quarterly Meeting of Resident Inspectors was conducted in the Region II Office this week.
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Region IV Items of Interest Week Ending June 17, 1988 1.
An enforcement conference with the Waterford 3 licensee is scheduled in the NRC Region It office on July 14, 1988 at 1:00 p.m., CDT. The circumstances during the last refueling outage which led to a loss of reactor vessel level control and a possible loss of shutdown cooling are to be discussed.
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Region IV is supplying two days of one-on-one (July 14-15) training in licensing and inspection procedures for a new radiation physicist in the Idaho Radiation Control Program. The training will cover the most common types of licensees found in the State of Idaho.
Idaho has experienced a period of over six months in attempting to fill two key vacancies in the materials program, one of which remains unfilled at the present time.
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Stone and Webster management representatives will be in the Region IV office on June 15, 1988, to present the results of their management assessment of Fort Calhoun Station and the corporato nuclear support organizations of the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD). Attending this meeting will be members of Region IV management and OPPD corporate officers.
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i ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION - Week Ending June 17, 1988 i
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - DOE BRIEFING ON LLW PROGRAM, WEST VALLEY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AND URANIUM MILL TAILINGS REMEDIAL ACTION PROJECT, 10:00 A.M.,
1 FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1988, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ECKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr.,
dated 6/14/88 The Commission was briefed by the Department of Energy on the following radioactive waste programs:
- The Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA)
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- The West Valley Demonstration Project; and
- The Commercial Low-Level Waste Program.
Presentations by the Department of Energy were made by the following:
- John E. Baublitz, Acting Director Office of Remedial Accion and Waste Technology
- Joseph A. Coleman, Director
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Division of Waste Technology Projects Chairman Zech requested the staff to submit a Commission paper on NRC activities and resources relating to the West Valley Demonstration Project.
Chairman Zech and Commissioner Carr requested the staff to be alert to cost considerations on the three subject projects, as they may differ from the original projections, and keep the Commission updated on any significant change.
Commissioner Car" emphasized to DOE that in times of limited resources, DOE siould continue prioritizing efforts in order for the NRC staff to focus its limited resources on the most important activities.
Commissioner Carr also encouraged DOE to pursue the most cost effective remedial actions consistent with potential risk to the public health and safety.
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MRR MEETING NOTICES *
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DATE/ TIME MUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 6/20/88 CO-324/
White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Carolina Power and NRC/CP&L B. Buckley i
9:00 325 Room 14-B-9 Light Co. to discuss licensing action status on Brunswick 1/2 6/20/88 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/NUMARC to discuss NRC/NUMARC E. Brach 10:00 Room 8-B-11 NUMARC efforts to coordinate industry actians, testing and response to NRC Bulletin 88-05 6/22/88 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Westinghouse to NRC/ Westinghouse T. Collins 3:00-12:00 Room 10-B-13 discuss status of current reviews in Reactor Systems Branch l
6/23/88 50-416/
White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Mark III Containment MRC/HCOG L. Kintner 8:00 417/440/
doom 10-B-11 Hydrogen Control Owners Group 551/458/
to discuss emergency procedure 461 guidelines for Mark III contain-meets 6/23/88 50-334/
White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/Duquesne Light Co.
NRC/GPUN P. Tam 10:00-2:00 412 Room 13-B-9 to discuss status of current active licensing actions (Beaver Valley 1/2)
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s A listing of these meeting notices can be obtained by calling 492-7424.
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_3 DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT gg 6/24/88 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/BWR Owners Group to NRC/BWROG L. Phillips gg 9:00-3:00 Room 8-B-11 discuss Analyses and Actions Needed to Resolve Outstanding Stability Concerns 6/28/88 50-395 V.C. Summer Station Meeting w/ South Carolina Electric NRC/SCE8G J. Hayes 9:00 Jenkinsville, SC and Gas Co. to discuss status of
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licensing activities (V.C. Summer) 6/28/88 675 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/CE to discuss NRC/CE G. Vissing 10:00-1:00 Room 14-B-13 proposed changes to CESSAR-DC, System 80+ Quality Assurance i
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6/29/88 White Flint Bldg.
Meeting w/ Advanced Nuclear Fuels NRC/ANF L. Kopp 8:30-11:30 Room 8-B-11 Corporation to discuss modifications to ANF Setpoint Methodology for CE Reactors I
and COTRANSA II Computer Code 5
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- NUMBEP, LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 6/21/88 OWFN Low-Level Waste Forum -
P. Lohaus G. Pangburn Coordinate for Upcoming G. Pangburn Toronto Meeting S. Bahadur S. Salomon, SLITP E. Miller, LLW Forum H. Brown, LLW Forum 6/30/88 OWFN Discuss ASME Position Paper on 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
4B-11 Regulation of Mixed Radioactive R. Bernero D. Martin and Hazardous Waste M. Knapp i
M. Bell H. Thompson D. Martin T. Johnson ASME Reps.
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 6/23/88 OWFN To discuss status of NUMARC H. Thompson H. Thompson 88-11 and NMSS activities related to R. Burnett reactors, including mission, R. Browning m
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status of key issues.
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6/21/88 40-2061 WF1, Rm. 6B7 Mtg. with Yerr-McGee status M. Horn, IMSB M. Horn 8:30 a.m.
40-8027 Rockville, MD report of Cimarron facility J. Swift, IMSB 70-1193 decomunissioning, West Chicago E. Still, Kerr-McGee EIS
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1 7/7/88 WF1 6B-11 Meeting with Baltimore Gas and J. P. Roberts, IMSB J. P. Roberts Electric Co. (BG&E), to discuss 1
submittal of licnese application for spent fuel storage under i
10 CFR Part 72 at BG8E's Calvert Cliffs plant site DIVISION OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT i
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DATE NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 6/29-30/88 Reno, Nevada HLW Licensing Support System PAltomare PAltomare 1981 Terminal Way Advisory Comunittee Meeting CCameron 7/7-8/88 USNRC Meeting to discuss DOE plans JKennedy JKennedy i
1WFN and procedures for the OCRWM HLWM staff i
QA program and the scope of j
open itensin MRC review of j
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RII MEETING NOTICE EE E5 DOCKET ATTENDEES /
DATE/ TIME NUMBER I.0 CATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT E
6/29/88 1:00 RII Office QA Presentation -
License, Reg. Admin.
Grace Georgia Power Company - and selected RII Vogtle staff members 6/24/88 York, SC Commissioner Carr at Commissioner, Tech.
Carr Catawba facility for Asst. and Regional site familiarization Administrator 6/28-29/88 Mineral, VA Full Scale Emergency Licensee, Deputy RA Ernst Exercise - North Anna and selected RII staff members j
6/30/88 Jenkinsville, SC Chairman Zech at Summer Chairman Tech. Asst.
Zech facility for and Regional Admin.
site familiarization 7/6/88 RII Office Enforcement Conference Licensee, Deputy RA Ernst VEPC0 - North Anna &
and selected RII Surry facilities staff members 7/7/88 Dothan, AL Farley SALP (Alabama Licensee and selected Reyes Power Company)
RII staff members I
Hartsville, SC Robinson Operator Licensee, Reg. Admin.
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E DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION "URPOSE ATTENDEES RIV CONTACT 6/20/88 50-298 Region IV An enforcement conference is NPPD Management JCallan 11-5:00 a.m.
being held June 20, 1988 with i Nebraska Public Power District 6/21/88 management at the RIV office to 7-4:00 p.m.
discuss apparent failures to comply with requirements regarding equipment qualification matters.
6/21-23 50-498/
Region IV A Special Performance Assessment All Day 50-499 Team will meet in preparation for an on-site 50 percent power assessment (July 1) at South Texas Project-1.
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