ML20205P291

Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 881028

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Issue date:	11/02/1988
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. . fg 7g Ord s op November 2, 1988 For: The Comissioners From: James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO Sub.iect: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 28, 1988 s

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 E j Governmental & Public Affairs F i General Counsel G*  ;

Personnel H Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights  !*

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< Enforcement X Consolidation L [

Regional Offices M j Executive Director for Operations N* t Items Addressed by the Comission 0 l

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HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 28, 1988 Sequoyah Fuels Purchase By General Atomics ,

By separate letters dated October 18 1988, Sequoyah Holding Corporation, a subsidiaryofGeneralAtomics,formallyrequestedNRCapprovalofthepurchase of Sequoyah Fuels by Sequoyah Holding from Kerr-McGee Corporation and a license amendment to reflect organizational and corporate oversight changes resulting from the proposed transfer of control. As requested by staff, Sequoyah Holding has provided additional information and comitments related to decommissioning fu r.d i ng. Staff is preparing an assessment for the proposed transfer of control of the license.

Southwestern low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act The Senate passed the Southwestern Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act (S. 5232) on October 21, 1988. The House approved an identical bill (H.R. 5232) on Ser,,tember 26. The President is expected to sign the legislation by October 31, thus acknowledging Congressional consent to the Compact of the eligible States of California, Arizona, North Dakota and South Dakota. To date, California and Arizona have enacted the required State legislation. South Dakota is expected to introduce such legislation in 1989. North Dakota is currently negotiating a contract for the short tem with the Northwest Compact, but may wish to join the Southwestern Compact for the long term. Under the terms of the Compact, California is the host State for 30 years.

California is developing a site at Ward Valley which is 25 miles west of.

Needles. The forecast time for operation is during 1991.

A1 Chem!E The IMNS staff issued two Safety Evaluation Reports (SERs) in connection with Alchem!E's proposals to enrich stable isotopes at facilities in Oak Ridge and Oliver Springs Tennessee. The recently received ACRS letter, which contained favorable comments on the proposals, was enclosed with the SERs.

The staff plans to issue in the near future supplements to the SERs discussing conclusions with respect to financial information.

Supervisory Drug and Alcohol Training A pilot session of the Supervisory Drug and Alcohol Training was presented to approximately 30 managers and supervisors selected from the various offices within NRC, on Thursday October 27, 1988. Trainers were Willard O. Foster of Triton Corporation and Pat Kaplan of the Employee Assistance Program Office of Personnel. Participants were requested to provide coments and recomendations on the program which will be presented to all NRC ranagers and supervisors in Headquarters and the Regions.

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS - 1988 For 5-Day Period of October 21, 1988 - October 27, 1988 Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received This Week 16 0 Completed This Week 18 0 Carryovers From 1987 157 33 F<eceived In 1988 542 46 Granted In 1988 422 22 Denied In 1988 187 44 Pending 90 13 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Miriam Cohen, Requests copies of the following records related to Computech RFP No. RS-0RM-86-263: (1) the winning technical (88-527) proposal, (2) the contract, and (3) all contract modifications.

Joseph Felton, Requests copies of records showing the amount of each Nuclear Licensing SES award bonus and Presidential award bonus to each Reports NRC SES employee for 1984 to the present.

(88-528) oseph Felton, Requests copies of records showing any efforts on the Nuclear Licensing part of the NRC or the Congress to impose Price-Anderson Reports requirements on material licensees.

(88-529)

Ralph Smith, Requests a list of names and addresses of EE0 officers at Federal Personnel the NRC.

Management Institute Inc.

(88-530 John Keating, Requests a copy of contract No NRC-39-88-249.

Datasys Company (88-531)

Matthew McDevitt, Requests a list of NRC's contractors / consultants to include five categories of information.

Spaulding)&

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Received. Cont'd Alan Kuperman, Requests four categories of records related to the Nuclear Control implementation of the U.S. - Japan agreement for Institute nuclear cooperation.

(80-533)

Michael Walsh, Requests records relating to safety violations at all The Muskegon nuclear power plants in Michigan between January 1 Chronicle 1978 and the present.

(88-534)

Mark Phillis, Requests four categories of records related to the Bishop Cook, development of a proposed rule on maintenance of nuclear Purcell & Reynolds power plants.

(88-535)

Kimberly Spitz Requests a copy of a record that contains the name and (88-536) telephone number of an FOIA official with whom you may discuss fees that might apply to any future FOIA request submitted to the NRC.

Ed Harriman, Requests records related to Patrick Maynard Stuart Black (tt, Granada Television a British scientist who died in 1974 International (88-537)

Linda Lund, Requests copies of four records: (1)SECV-88-142,(2)

Lom-Tech, Inc. NUREG/CP-0099, (3) draf t NUREG-1333, and (4) SECY-88-289, (88-538) related to the development of a proposed rule on the maintenance of nuclear power plants.

Richard Powelson, Requests copies of the NRC's Office of Enforcement's Scripps Howard October 3,1988 proposal to fine TVA $160,000 and records News Service providing the votes, notations or corsnents of the (88-539) Comissioners on their decision.

John Burhans Requests, on behalf of his client, records related to all (88-540) inspections of Catalytic Industrial Maintenance Company from 1984 to the present.

Thomas Root, Requests three categories of records related to licenses Bradley, Campbell issued to Kerr-McGee Corporation and Kerr-McGee Oil Industries located in Colorado between 1957 and 1965.

& (88-541 Carney )

Joseph Rhodes, Requests records that were reviewed, exchanged, produced.

Pennsylvania or discussed during or after the March 23, 1988 meeting Public Utility on the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant restart Comission investigation.

(88-542)

OCTOBER 28, 1988 ENCLOSURE A

Granted D. Carrey-Beaver, In response to a request for records related to a Commonwealth of July 30,1986 meeting between the NRC and BEco regarding Pennsylvania the Pilgrim nuclear power plant, informed the requester ,

(88-397) that three records subject to this request are already  !

available at the PDR. l Ophelia Williams, In response to a request for all internal correspondence  !

J/R/A Associates used as input to the draft or final operating license (88-428) for the Watts Bar nuclear power plant, made available 13 records.

(NRCemployee) In response to a request for specified records pertaining (88-499) to himself, a de available 15 records.

Ed Harriman, In response to a request for records related to Patrick Granada Television Maynard Stuart Blackett, a British scientist who died in International 1974, inforned the requester that the NRC located no (88-537) agency records subject to this request.

Denied Stewart Harris, In response to a request for a copy of the OIA report Jack Anderson on allegations that provisions of the FOIA were (87-622) violated a Region IV, made available one record.

Denied portions of one record, disclosure of which would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Michael Murphy In response to a request for eight categories of records (88-345) related to the Byron nuclear power plant, made available six records. Informed the requester that three additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR. Denied portions of one record, disclosure of which would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

John Darke. In response to a request for copies of the NRC's system of The Project records pertinent to three letters regarding the Atlas (88-411) Minerals Uranium Mill in Utah, made available 26 records.

Denied portions of one record, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.

J. Hue Henry, In response to a request, on behalf of two clients, a Henry & Pearson copy of the 01 report on Georgia institute of Technology (88-402) on allegations of harassment and intimidation, denied this record in its entirety, disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to interfere with an enforcement proceeding.

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0 0 Denied. Cont'd Caroline Reese, In response to a request for a copy of the SECY paper i Baker & Hostetler on whether NRC should seek additional authority to [

(88-494) regulate Naturally Occurring and Accelerator Produced '

Radioactive Material, denied portions of one record,  ;

disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and t frank exchange of ideas essentiil to the deliberative l process. ,

Joseph Felton, In response to a request for copies of 01 policies 6 and .

Nuclear Licensing 27. made available policy 27. Denied policy 6 in its  !

Reports entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the t (80-513) open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the  ;

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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 28, 1988 SOLICITATION ISSUED RFP No.: RS-ARM-89-132

Title:

"ADP Systems Development and Maintenance Service"

Description:

The Contractor shall develop, maintain, and improve automated information systems which are managed by the Office of Administration and Resources Management for all NRC offices.

Period of Performance: 3 years Sponsor: Office of Administration and Resources Management Status: RFP issued on October 25, 1988. Proposals due on November 23, 1968.

RFP No.: RG3-89-265

Title:

"Mobile Laboratory"

Description:

Vehicle will house specialized type of equipment to be utilized as a mobile laboratory at operating reactor sites in Region III to conduct the confimatory measurements program to evaluate capability of the licensee to measure radioactivity in effluents.

Period of Performance: Four Months Sponsor: Region !!!

Status: RFP issued on September 26, 1988. The RFP closed on October 25, 1988 and proposals were forwarded on October 26, 1988 to the Source Evaluation Panel for review.

OCTOBER 28, 1988 ENCLOSURE A

O O OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending October 28, 1988 LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT Staff Evaluation of Waste Cement Solidification at West Valley The LLWM staff's technical evaluation of the cement solidification of the decontaminated supernatant waste for the West Valley Project is nearing 's completion. The staff's evaluation is directed at assessing whether DOE efforts in solidifying the decontaminated supernatant will produce a stable waste form that fulfills the requirements of 10 CFR Part 61. Completion of the evaluation report is scheduled for November 1988.

Regional Workshop on Decommissioning Rule A series of workshops is planned for NRC Regional materials licensing staff to familiarize them with the requirements of the decomissioning rule issued by the Comission in June 1988.

The first workshop is scheduled for Region I on November 1,1988, and will discuss provtsions of the rule requiring financial assurances for decomissioning and acceptable mechanisms for meeting these reqairements. The workshops will be conducted by staff of the Division of low-Level Waste Management and Decomissioning in HMSS.

INDUSTRIAL AND MF. DICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY Fuel Cycle Safety Sequoyah Fuels Purchase By General Atomics By separate letters dated October 18 1988, Sequoyah Holding Corporation, a subsidiary of General Atomics, formally requested NRC approval of the purchase of Sequoyah fuels by Sequoyah Holding from Kerr-McGee Corporation and a license amendment to reflect organizational and corporate oversight changes resulting from the proposed transfer of control. As requested by staff, Sequoyah Holding has provioed additional information and comitments related to decomissioning funding. Staff is preparing an assessment for the proposed transfer of control of the license.

Environmental Assessment For Oconee ISFS!

The NRC has issued an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to the licensing of a Dry Independent Spent fuel Storage In-stallation (ISFSI) st Duke Power Company's Oconee Nuclear Station. The ISFSI is to use the NUTECH Horizontal Modular System, NUHOMS-24P design. The NUHOMS-24P design stores 24 PWR spent fuel assentlies sealed in a stainless steel canister. The canister is inserted into a chick-walled horizontal OCTOBER 28. 1988 ENCLOSURE C

2 concrete module. Duke Power Ccepany has requested licensing for up to 88 modules to >rovide spent fuel storage capacity for its Oconee Nuclear Station throug1 the year 2003.

AlchemIE The INNS staff issued two Safety Evaluation Reports (SERs) in connection with AlChemlE's proposals to enrich stable isotopes at facilities in Oak Ridge and Oliver Springs, Tennessee. The recently received ACRS letter, which contained favorable connents on the proposals, was enclosed with the SERS.

The staff plans to issue in the near future supplements to the SERs discussing conclusions with respect to financial information.

SAFEGUARDS Domestic Safeguards Staff Participating in Measurement Centrol Symposium At Savannah River Plant Members of the fuel f acility safeguards licensing staff participated in a 00E sponsored symposium on Measurement / Measurement Control for Material Control and Accounting on October 25-28, 1988 at the Savannah River Plant.

Measurement Control is a quality assurance program for SNM neasurements. The current regulations,10 CFR Part 70 and Part 74, require fuel facility licensees to maintain an approved measurement control program. The DOE sponsored symposium provides a forum for DOE and its contractors, NRC and NRC licensees to discuss experiences and new ideas in this technical area.

Inte. national Tracking of Australian Origin Monazite Ore On October 24, 1988, staff attended a meeting at the Department of State with representatives of the Australian Govern.nent to exchange views on the reporting of Australian origin monazite ore imported into the U.S. pursuant to the U.S./

Australian Agreement for Cooperation. Procedures concerning the transfer and accountability of ore containing more than 0.051 by weight of uranium and/or thorium are still being negotiated.

U.S. and Canadian Support Program Consultation Meeting On October 25, 1988, a SGTR staff rember participated in the anr,ual U.S. and Canadian support progran consultation meeting at the Department of State.

The meeting was devoted to the status of safeguards equipment development by the U.S. and Canadian suppurt programs to strengthen IAEA safeguards. The l Canadians presented several types of specialized equipment for safeguarding CANDU reactors.

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TRANSPORTATION Installation of QAD and ORIGENS [

On October 24-25 1988, the Transportation Branch met with Dak Ridge National i Laboratory (ORNL! on the installation of QAD and ORIGENS computer programs in (

SGTR. The QAD program is used for neutron and gamma-ray shielding calculations.  !

The ORIGEN5 program can be used to predict concentrations of fission products t and actinide elements for various degrees of fuel burnup, and is able to predict ,

decay product concentrations for various fuel cooling times. The output from ORIGENS can be used strectly in QAD for solving shielding problems involving spent fuel transport casks. L l

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Items of Interest Office for Analysis anti Evaluation of Operational Data Week Ending October 28, 1988 J1 rector's Office l E. L. Jordan, Director, AE00, will be participating at the National Emergency Management Association Annual Fall Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 30, 1988 and will be tvavelling to Grand Gulf, with the CRGR members, on November 1-3, 1988 for a plant visit.

Diagnostic Evaluation and Incident Investination Branch (DE!!B)

On October 23, 1988, the Fermi Diagnostic Evaluation Team (DET) met with the EDO and DEDO to present and discuss the major findings and conclusions in each of the functional areas evaluated by the team. The Team manager also presented a sumary of the overall findings and conclusians which will be discussed with the licensee on November 1 at the Fermi Site. The Deputy DEDO, Director, AE00, l Region !!! Administrator, and Deputy Team Manager will also be in attendance at l the exit meeting. During October 23-28, the team worked on finalizing the

, evaluation report, including incorporating coments from the Director and Deputy Director, AEOD.

On October 28, 1988, the Director, AE00 and McGuire DET deputy team manager l attended a meeting with Duke Power executives to discuss Duke's Quality Assurance philosophy and program. The meeting was requested by Duke in response to the McGuire Diagnostic Evaluation and Catawba Quality Verification inspection.

! IncidLn,t_ Response Branch (IRB)

On October 24-26, the IRB Branch Chief and an IRB staff meeber participated in l

the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-soonsored regional workshop on the Footral Radiological Emergency Response Plan held in Bellevue, Washington.

This staff, workshop was and regional designed Federal fer State agencies in theand local U.$.

Western officials,(power reactor I'censeeFEM The varkshop included presentation by the major Federal agencies and concluded with e large tabletop exercise to further explore the interfaces and relationships among the participants in a severe reactor emergency. This workshop was the prototype for others that are expected to be held in all sections of the country over the next 2 years.

On October 25, an IRB staff member attet .. ' neeting with the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) to disev s "'s program for Realistic Drills for Nuclear Power Plants and NRC-!NPO cos Y 'on for accident management.

On October 26, IRB staff presented a briefing on the Incident Response program and tour of the Operations Center to representatives of INPO.

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On October 28, c staff attended a meeting with ARM ard the National Comunica-tions System to ofscuss Energy Survivability.

On October 28, the IRB Chief and staff provided training on the Incident Response Program to the newly appointed Comissioner James Curtiss and gave him a tour of the Operations Center.

Preliminary Notif

• cation The following Preliminary hutifications were issued during the past week,

a. PNO-I-88-110, Philadelphia Elect.ic Company (Peach Bottom Atonic Power Station), Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Restart Schedule,

b. PNU-I-88-111, Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (Millstone Nuclear Station, Unit 3, Unplanned Shutdown in Excess of 48 Hours,

c. PNO-II-88-65, Carolina Power & Light Company (Shearon Harris) Unscheduled Shutdown.

d. PNO-III-88-44A, Wright-Patterson AFB (License No. 42-23539-01AF) Indictment of Former Radiation Safety Officer--(Update).

e. PHO-III-88-87, Comonwealth Edison Company (Zion Unit 1), Shutdown to Repair Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Circuitry.

f. PNO-III-88-88, Comonwealth Edison Company (Braidwood Unit 2), Shutdown to Clean Condensate Pump Suction Strainers.

g. PNO-IV-88-83, Omaha Public Power District (Fort Calhoun Station), Media Interest in Heat Exhaustion.

h. PNO-IV-88-85, Louisiana Power & Light Company (Waterford 3), 5 team Ger.erator Noise Identification.

1. PNO-V-88-59, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Rancho Seco Unit 1),

Shutdown due to unidentified Leakage Greater than 1 GPM.

CCTOBER 28, 1988 ENCLOSURE E

ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 28, 1988 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Foreign Visitors un Monday Mr. Thilo Schelling and Dr. K. Kugler of the staff of Dr. Reimut Jochimsen, Minister for Economics and Technology of the West German State of North-Rhein-Westfalia, accompanied by Dr. Heinz Seipel, Science Counselor at the FRG Embassy in Washington, visited RES staff to discuss several technical issues concerning site criteria, plant backfitting, PSA, and safety research and licensing of liquid metcl cooled reactors. Note: Dr. Jochimsen, the State official responsible for refusing to grant an operating lict.nse to the Kalkar SNR-300 fast breeder reactor, did not attend.

On Monday Mr. Jose Izquierdo of the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear in Spain met with GPA/IP and NRR staff to discuss BWR instabilities after the LaSalle incident and the impact of steam generator tube plugging on transient and accident analysis review of D3.F.51 steam generator of Westinghouse three-loop plants.

On Friday Mr. Noramly bin Muslim, Deputy General for Technical Cooperation at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, met with Chairman Zech, Comissioner Rogers, Harold Denton of GPA, Jim Shea of GPA/IP, and other GPA/IP staff to discuss the IAEA's technical cooperation program.

STATE, LOCAL AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS Southeast Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Comission Meeting Robert Trojanowski, Director of the Region II State and Government Affairs Staff, attended the Southeast Compact Comission for Low-level Radioactive Waste Management Annual Meeting on October 24-25, 1988 in Roanoke, "irginia. Kathryn Visocki was elected Executive Director of the Compact ' mission. She replaces Robert Wolle, who resigned for health reasons. Representatives from North Carolina made a presentation on the status of the State's effort to site a LLW disposal facility. The State has met all its milestones to date and intends to have a disposal facility in operation by January 1, 1993. North Carolina intends to issue a contract for site selection on December 1,1988; choose a site operator by January 31, 1989 and nominate at least two and perhaps more sites for site characteri . tion by August 1,1989. The Compact Comission agreed to coment on the NRC proposed rule to reassert NRC's tole authority for approving onsite LLW disposal in Agreement States.

The Commission will oppose the propost ? eule change for a variety of reasons including its t.elief that the Low"Level Radioactive Waste Policy OCTOBER 28, 1988 ENCLOSURE F

2 Act and the ~985 Act Amendments make low-level waste disposal a State responsibility and that the proposed rule is ambiguous.

Meetings with Montana, Utah and Wyoming State Officials John Montgomery, Region IV Deputy Administrator, and Charles Hackney, Region :V State Liaison Officer, met with the State Liaison Officers from Montana, Utah and Wyoming on October 24, 25 and 26,1988, respectively.

The meetings provided an opportunity to discuss Agreement State issues, low-level waste issues arid NRC/ State interface. Emergency response for transportation accidents was also discussed.

Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act

The Senate passed the Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act (S. b232) on October 21, 1988. The House approved an identical bill (H.R. 5232) on September 26. The President is expected to i sign the legislation by October 31, thus acknowledging Congressional consent to the Compact of the eligible States of California, Arizona, North Dakota and South Dakota. To date, California and Arizona have enacted the required State legislation. South Dakota is expected to introduce such legislation in 1989. North Dakota is currently negotiating a contract for the short term with the Nurthwest Compact, but i may wish to join the Southwe", tern Compact for ther *cng term. Under the terms of the Compact, California is the host Stt. for 30 years.

California is developing a site at Ward Valley wnc ; is 25 miles west of Needles. The forecast time for operation is during 1991.

Texas LLW Disposal Status Report Rick Jac ei, General Manager of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority, visited the Reofon IV office on October 27, 1988 to brief Region IV staff on the status of efforts in Texas to site and develop a low-level waste disposal facility.

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum Steve Salomon, SLITP, attended the quarterly meeting of the LLW Forun held in Knoxville, TN, October 17-10, 1988. Compact and State representatives heard presentations by NRC, DOE and the sited States on the 1990 Congressional milestone pertaining to Governors' Certifications for proposed storage, disposal or management actions in lieu of appli-cations for disposal facilities. George Pangburn, Paul Lohaus, and Malcolm Knapp, all from the Division of low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning, represented NRC in these discussions. Staff estimates that 32 States will submit Governors' Certifications. Only Texas will submit a complete license application. The Southwestern and Central-Midwest Compacts are expected to submit license applications for OCTOBER 28, 1988 ENCLOSURE F

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Other subjects of concern to the States that were 61scussed in'lude the progress being made by EPA in its LLW standard, and the impediLants that mixed and NARM waste controversies may cause in timely disposal operation. Generally, most of the States and compacts reported steady progress toward creating new disposal capacity. ,

LLW Forum participants made site visits on October 19 to the w k Ridge National Laboratorv X-10 waste storage and disposal facilities and the Y-12 waste disposbl facility and remediatire projects. Of special interest to the States is the DOE adaptation of the French earth-mounded concrete bunker disposal facility, the LLW silos, and the Toxic -

Substances Control Act (TSCA) incinerator for mixed waste. In addition, the Quadrex decontamination and processing facility and the Scientific Ecology Group supercompactor and waste oilburner facilities were visited.

Some of these techNlogies are of interest to the States and the issue of technology transfer from the Federal government to the States was explored.

Meeting of Pennsylvania LLW Advisory Comittee On October 25-26, 1988, Juhn McGrath, Regional 3 tate Agreements Officer, attended a meeting of the Pennsylvania Low-Level Radioactive Waste Public Advisory Comittee, h* McGrath made a presentation on the NRC Agreement States program emphasizing limited Agreement State status. It is the ,

State's intention to pursue limited Agreement State status for the

. licensing of a LLW disposal facility. Pennsylvania is the host State for I the Appalachian Compact. The Comittee membership had questions regarding the agreenent process, State flexibility regarding compatibility requirements and the status of the State's regulatirsns which have undergone NRC review. The Comittee also discussed the process and schedule for Committee review of operator bid proposals. The proposals are due on November 9, 1988. Public meetings, during which

! bidders will discuss their proposals and answer questions, will be held during the month of December. An operator will be selected and a contract executed by late spring, 1989. The operator will be selected by the Secretary, Department of Environmental Resources, after consideration of reports submitted by the Department staff, the Public Advisory Comittee and coments submitted by the public.

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending October 28, 1988 Arrivals and Departures Four new employees joined the staff this week: Linda Kasner, Health Physicist (Medical) for Region IV; Inez Johnson, Travel Clerk, for Region II; and Gisela Abruscato, Secretary for NMSS. Sherry Matz, a part-timer, joined Region III as a Resident Clerical Aide.

Departures included three employees from NRR: Oliver Lynch, Section Chief; Eileen Cokenias and Carolyn Williams, both secretaries. Region I losses were Alan Luptak, Sr. Resident Inspector and Julie Madden, Physical Security Irspector.

Supervisory Drug and Alcohol Training A pilot session of the Supervisory Drug and Alcohol Training was presented to approximately 30 managers and supervisors selected from the various offices within NRC, on Thursday, October 27, 1988. Trainers were Willard O. Foster of Triton Corporation and Pat Kaplan of the Employee Assistance Program, Office of Personnel. Participants were requested to provide coments and recommendations on the program which will be pretented to all NRC managers and supervisors in Headquarters and the Regions.

Job Fairs An OP representative participated in the "Job Fair for Mature Workers" on October 26, 1988. The Job Fair, sponsored by the Montgomery County Department of Family Resources, Division of Elder Affairs, was held at the Charles E.

Woodward High %.noc' in Rockville. Approximately 40 companies and Federal Agencies were represented. Participating individuals represented a wfde spectrum of occupations.

A recruiting team composed of Gloria Heckstall, OP, and Deborah Jackson, Project Engineer, NRR attended the Mid-Atlantic Region Conference for the Society of Women Engineers in College Park on October 28, 1988. This event was sponsored by the University of Maryland, Department of Engineering.

Negotiations Bi-lateral negotiations continue between NRC and the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), on the following topics: Performance Appraisal, Reduction-in-Force, Moves and Reorganizations and Merit Selection. The Management Team consists of Greg Benoit, Chief, Negotiator, other members of the OP staff, and Mary Hembree, OGC, with the following representatives of other offices, when available: Marvin Peterson, GPA; Bob Erickson, NRR; dessie Funches, NMSS; Al Burda, RES; Eileen Mason, ARM; Al Herdt, Region II; and Gen Roy, Region !!!.

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Office of Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending October 28, 1988 The following Significant Enforcement Actions were taken the week of October 24, 1988.

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $50,000 was issued on October 21, 1988 to Iowa Electric Light and Power Company (Duane Arnold). The action was based on a violation of the equipment qualification requirements of 10 CFR 50.49. (EN88-87)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $50,000 was issued on October 24, 1988 to Duke Power Company (Catawba Units 1 and 2). The action was based on violations of the equipment qualifi-cation requirements of 10 CFR 50.49. (EN 88-86)

An Order Modifying Li...;se (Effective Imediately) and Notice of Violation was issued on October 24, 1988 to Hole Truth, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The action was based on numerous violations in the radiation safety program.

The Ordar requires the licensee to obtain independent consulting services to p(erform EN88-91) audits for two years to evaluate adherence to NRC requirements.

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $150,000 was issued on October 25, 1988 to Nebraska Public Power District (Cooper). The action was based on violations of the equipment qualification requirements of 10 CFR 50.49. Because of the licensee's failure to take corrective actions for the violations as well as the fact that NRC identified all of the violations, the base civil penalty was escalated 100%. (EN 88-88)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $500 was issued October 27, 1988 to Ford Motor Company,

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Michigan.

The action was based on a violation involving the improper disposal of a generally licensed nuclear gauge containing approximately one curie of americium-241. (EN 88-90)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $500 was issued October 27, 1988 to Devis Great Guns Logging, Wichita, Kansas. The action was based on violations including inadequate control of licensed material, failure to identify and post radiation areas, failure to conduct semiannual equipment inspections and conduct visual checks of logging #

equipment, and failure to maintain records of the use of licensed material and training. (EN 88-89)

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Civil Penalties Paid Wise Appalachian Regional Hospital, Wise, Virginia paid the proposed civil nalty in the amount of $1,250. The action was based on failure to:

label syringes or syringe shields containing radiopharmaceuticals, label vial radiation shields that contain a vial of radiopharmaceuticals, issue written permission to a visiting physician as an authorized user, post a restricted area, (5) conduct a quarterly Radiation Safety Committee meeting, (6) perform a formal annual review of the radiation safety program, (7)

(8) provide perform in-service and initial quarterly dose calibrator training linearity to ancillary personnel, tests. The base civiland penalty was decreased by 50% based on the licensee's prompt and extensive corrective actions. (EA 88-204)

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (Calvert Cliffs Units 1 and 2) paid the proposed civil penalty in the amount of $150,000. The action involved two events in which Technical Specification Limiting Conditions for Operation were violated. In the first, one of the two emergency diesel generators required for Unit 2 was inoperable for approximately 48 hours5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br /> because the voltage regulator was left in manual after testing. In the second, all the variable high level and axial offset Reactor Protective System instrumentation ,

channels on Unit I were set less conservative than required. The base civil penalty was escalated 50% because of prior poor performsnee in the first violation and prior notice of a similar problem in the second violation. ,

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Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (Susquehanna Units 1 and 2) paid the proposed civil penalty in the amount of $50,000. The action was based on a violation of the equipment qualification requirements of 10 CFR 50.49.

(EA 88-143) l Comonwealth Edison Company (Braidwood Nuclear Power Station) paid the proposed l civil penalty in the amount of $50,000. The action was based on two separate l examples of inattentiveness on the part of security officers assigned as l compensatory measures for an unlocked and unalarmed vital area door. (EA 88-174) l Payne and Payne, Inc., Shawnee, Oklahoma paid the proposed civil penalty in the amount of $1,600. The action was based on failures to calibrate, perform surveys, evaluate personnel dosimetry, leak test and inventory sea'ed sources, enter into an agreement with well operators as owners or to responsibilities in event of a down-hole irretrievable source, and follow DOT regulations. (EA 87-205)

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REGION II ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 28, 1988

3. On October 25, an Enforcement Conference was conducted at the Herbert J.

Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston, West Virginia, regarding corrective actions for violations identified during a routine inspection on September 29, 1988,

2. On October 25, the Director, State and Government Affairs Staff attended a meeting of the Southeast low Level Waste Compact Comission in Roanoke, Virginia.

3. During the week of October 24, the Agreement States representative con-ducted a mid-review visit of the North Carolina Agreement State Program in Raleigh, North Carolina.

4. On October 26, the Acting Regional Administrator and selected members of the Region 11 staff were in Headquarters to participate in a meeting with NRR and representatives of the Virginia Electric and Power Company regarding their Surry Nuclear Power Station.

5. On October 27, the Act'ng Regional Administrator was in Headquarters to participate in a meeting with VEPC0 management, the Office of Executive Director for Operations, and the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

6. On October 27, representatives of the Duke Power Company were in the Region II Office to attend an Enforcement Conference regarding issues surrounding operability of the Hydrogen Skimer System and installation and testing of plant modifications at their McGuire Nuclear Power Station.

7. On October 27, the Director, Divsion of Reactor Projects, was in Head-quarters to meet with NRR regarding discussion issues for the December Senior Management Meeting.

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Region IV Items of Interest Week Ending October 28, 1988

1. State Meetings The Region IV Special Assistant and the Regional State Liaison Officer met with representatives from the states of Montana, Utah, and Wyoming on October 24, 25, and 26 and discussed Agreement States issues, low-level waste, and NRC state interfaces.

2. NMSS Assessment Hugh Thompson, the Director, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, and Richard Cunningham, Malcolm Knapp, and Jesse Funches of his staff visited Region IV on October 25 for discussions on NMSS programs with regional management involved in NHSS programs.

3. Visit with Texas State Official Mr. Rick Jacoby, General Manager, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority, visited the Region IV office on October 27 and met with the Regional Administrator, Special Assistant, and other Region IV senior managers to discuss low-level waste disposal issues and the development of the Texas low-level waste disposal site. Mr. Jacoby also met with the Region IV technical staff to discuss site development and operational procedures of the Texas low-level waste disposal site.

OCTOBER 28, 1988 ENCLOSURE H

ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISS10N - Week Ending October 28, 1988 A. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE, 11:30 A.M., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7,1988, C4'MMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to W. Parler, GC dated 10/25/88 I. SECY-88-243 - Release of PDR User Information The Commission,* With Commissioners Roberts, Carr, and Rogers agreeing, has approved a policy statement, as modified to incorporate commissioners' comments, which establishes NRC employee procedures when requested to release information on users of the Public Document Room. Chairman Zech, while supporting the intent of the policy statement, believed that a Manual Chapter was sufficient to guide the staff when confronted with such requests.

The commission, with all Commissioners agreeing, also requested the Office of the Secretary and the office of the General Counsel to develop an appropriate Manual Chapter implementing the policy statement.

II. SECY-88-274 - Closina Out ALAB-883 (Holdina Siren Isqngg to be Resolved Before Low Power) . Public Service ComDany of New Hamoshire (Onsite Emercency Plannina and Safety Issues)

The Commission, with Chairman Zech and commissioners Carr and Rogers agreeing, approved an order which:

(1) Stipulates that only those offsite standards specified in 10 CFR 50.47(d), as amended, are to be prerequisites to low power testing.

(2) Specifically vacates the Appeal Board'c order that authorization of low-power operation may not be given effect until the contested issues about such a system are resolved favorably for Seabrook.

(3) Directs the Chairman of tne Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, in consultation with the Seabrook "onsite" and "offsite" Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards, to determine which of those Licensing Boards should try the prompt notification issues.

Commissioner Roberts was on travel and unavailable to participate.

• Section 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5841, provides.that action of the Commission si.all be cate.~ u.cd 1.y a "najority vote of thn members present."

Commissioner Roberts van noi present when tn1= item was affirmed. Accordingly, the formal vote of the Commission was 2-1 in favor of the decision. Commissioner Roberts, however, had previously indicated that he would approve this paper and had he been present he would have affirmed his prior vote.

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TRT5AY, OCTOBER 14, 1988, C0ffilSSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr., dated 10/26/88 The Commission was briefed by elected officials, representatives of the Boston Edison Company, and the NRC staff on the readiness for restart of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant.

The commonwealth of Massachusetts was represented by the following elected officials:

- Senator Edward Kennedy

- Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Murphy

- Congressman Gerry Studds Boston Edison Company presentations were made by the following:

- Stephen Sweeney, CEO

- Ralph Bird, Senior Vice President, Nuclear The Commission did not vote at the briefing, so that it could fully consider the information presented.

Chairman Zach encouraged the licensee, the state and local officials with the involvement of the staff and FEMA as necessary, to continue working together on the emergency planning issue at the Pilgrim site.

The Commission requested the staff to keep the Commijrsion informed on Boston Edison Company's progress during'the power ascension program, should the Commission approve restart.

C. , STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON DIFFERENT CASK DESIGNS FOR SHIPPING AND STORING NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 2:00 P.M., WEONESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1988, COMMISSIONERS CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr., EDO dated 10/26/88 The Commission

• was briefed by the staff on different cask designs for shipping and storing nuclear materials, i.e., spent fuel.

The commission encouraged the staff to continue working with the Department of Energy, utility licensees and shipping cask fabricators to achieve cask design compatibility to the greatest extent possible. With NRC taking a leadership role, active participation by the utilities and the industry should be sought to achieve this goal.

• Commissioner Carr was et present.

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Commissioner Rogers requested the staff, in their consideration of the designs of casks, to separate those designs for transport and repository storage from those designs for onsite storage, and to assign a higher priority to Lliw achiavelaent of compatibility among transport and repository storage casks while simultaneously expediting the review of proposed onsite storage cask dusigns.

The Commission requested the staff provide a paper addressing the resources needed to handle license applications for cask designs.

D. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON PROPOSED RULE FOR MAINTENANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, 10:00 A.M., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1988, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr., EDO dated 10/27/88 The Commission was briefed by the staff on the status of efforts to develop maintenance performance indicators and the proposed maintenance rule.

The Commission requested the staff to complete the final report on maintenance performance indicators in support of the schedule for the proposed maintenance rulemaking.

Chairman Zech encouraged his fellow Commissioners to respond to the staff's request for the Commission's decision on the proposed maintenance rulemaking (SECY-88-277) consistent with the rulemaking schedule.

Chairman Zech commended the staff for a genuine teamwork effort in investigating potential maintenance performance indicators and in developing the proposed maintenance rulemaking in a timely fashion. The Chairman encouraged the staff to continue their efforts.

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PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT E DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION 50-289 GPU Nuclear Corporate To discuss current TMI-1 NRC/GPUN R. Hernan 10/31/88 10:00 One Upper Pond Road licensing actions.

Parsippany, N.J.

White Flint Bldg. To exchange information on NRC/NUMARC D. Matthews 10/31/88 2:00 Room 88-11 molded case circuit breakers.

50-244 Ginna Nuclear Plant To review Ginna IST Program NRC/ Utility C. Stahle 11/1-2/88 8:30-5:00 Ontario, N.Y.

Grand Gulf Nuclear St. To discuss licensing NRC/ Grand Gulf L. Kintner 11/1/88 50-416 9:00 Claiborne County, activities.

Mississippi 50-458 White Flint Bldg. To discuss GSU's forth- NRC/GSU W. Paulson 11/1/88 1:00 Room 12B-9 coming submittals.

White Flint Bldg. To discuss long tern NRC/Diablo H. Rood 11/2/88 50-275/

323 Room 6B-11 seismic program ground Canyon 8:30 motion detemination.

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of offsite power test from the Palo Verde Unit 3 initial test program.

11/2/88 50-353 White Flint Bldg. Discuss status of Limerick, NRC/ R. Clark 10:30-12:00 Room 148-11 Unit 2 construction, pre- Philadelphia operational and startup Electric Co.

testing, readiness for operation, self-assessment programs and licensing activities.

11/3/88 50-400 White Flint Bldg. To discuss the status of NRC/CP&L J8. Buckley 10:00-12:30 Room 148-9 licensing issues.

11/2/88 50-277/ White Flint Bldg. To discuss revisions to the NRC/ Peach R. Martin 1:00-5:00 278 Room 148-11 Quality Assurance Program Bottom in Revision 6 to the updated FSAR and, as time permits, the items on leak rate testing

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, DATE/ TIME 11/3/88 50-443 White Flint Bldg. To discuss applicant's NRC/PSNH-NHY V. Nerses 1:30-4:00 Room 2F-17/21 readiness to operate Seabrook Unit I at low power levels (up to 5% of full power).

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11/4/88 50-317/ White Flint Bldg. BGT.E and NUTEC shall give NRC/St of Md./ S. Alexander 9:00-1:00 318 Room 68-11 a presentation on the new spent fuel dry storage facility planned for Calvert Cliffs and the modifications that will be necessary to the existing spent fuel handling equipment. This facility will require licensing action under 10 CFR Part 50 and 10 CFP Part 70.

11/10/88 50-416 White Flint Bldg. Briefing on design criteria NRC/SERI L. Kintner 8:30 Room 88-11 and safety analysis of the alternate decays heat removal system.

11/10/88 50-219 White Flint Bldg. To discuss the status of NRC/GPUN A. Dromerick E 10:00-5:00 Room 128-9 Licensing Activities for P Oyster Creek.

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11/16/88 reviewers on its request for 8:30 Room 108-11 TS changes per Generic Letter 87-09.

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LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT DATE/ TIME NUMBER Vienna, Austria IAEA Advisory Group mtg. on Breskovic, DOE, Sandia C. Breskovic 10/31-11/4 IAEA, other countries Containment and Surveillance Orlando, FL Attend ANSI N15.28 Commiittee Joy NRC D. Joy 11/1-2 meeting (writing group to Ting NRC develop ANSI standard for (non-NRC) committee Qualificatiori and Certifica- members tion of Safeguards Personnel DOS Discussion of application of Ong, Kuroi, Thurman, C. Emeigh 11/2-3 Franssen (all IAEA)

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NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 00 ATE / TIME 70-25 One White Flint To discuss possible new pro- Dr. Marlin Realey Al P. Ting

$11/3/88 co cessing activity for Atomics Ting NRC International, Inc. Joy NRC Discuss status and content Ong, Kuroi, Thurman, C. Emeigh 11/4/88 NRC/WF Franssen, Emeigh, of Running Book Inventory (RBI) project in support Wirfs 11/7-9/88 OWFN Discuss Program for Certifying Power Reactor and J. Cook 4B-11 Plutonium Air Transport Con- Nuclear fuel Div.

4B-13 tainers Corp. (PNC), MMSS, OGC, GPA 11/8/88 OWFN Discuss Air Transport of Radio- C. Devillers of C. MacDonald active Material in Preparation CEA, France, for IAEA Meeting C. MacDonald J. Cook, NMSS 11/8/88 005 APWG Meeting CMSmith, Emeigh, DOS C. N. Smith DOE, ACDA 11/14-18 Vienna, Austria TSCC/IAEA meeting on U.S. Emeigh, Breskovic, DOS :. Emeigh Support Program (POTAS) DOE, ACDA, IAEA reps.

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bilities for Transportation Research Center, Related Incidents B. Meehan, Div.

of Contracts, R. Virgilio, GPA, R. Burnett, C. MacDonald, J. Cook, L. Gordon, NMSS Albuquerque, NM Contract Management - Workshop P. Dwyer and P. Dwyer 11/16/88 Sandia Corp.

of Physical Protection Vulnerabilities Washington, DC Review and select papers for A. Grella and A. Grella 11/16-18/88 members of PATRAM '89 FATRAM '89 Coneittee Program Lux er. bourg Technical discussions on Breskovic, EURATOM C. Breskovic 11/18/88 representatives containment and surveillance m

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' om DAMcCaughey, IMSB 10/30-11-4/88 Vienna, Austria IAEA Advisory Group on D. Cool D. Cool Application of the Principles of Radiation Protection to Sources of Potential Exposures 11/1/88 Region II Travel to Region II for R. Cunningham R. Cunningham meeting with Staff J. Funches

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11/4/88 WFN 6 B 11 To discuss BG&E'> submittal J. Roberts J. Roberts of a license appli ation for F. Strutz dry spent fuel storage at its P. File, BG&E Calvert Cliffs nuclear power J. Stokley, SAIC i

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NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT EEDATE/ TIME 11/17/88 50-272 RI Office Licensee Requested Meeting to NRC/PSE8G P. Swetland 10:00 a.m. 50-311 Discuss Design Basis Reconstitution 11/18/88 50-277 RI Office Technical Discussion of Configuration NRC/PECo J. Linville 1:00 p.m. 50-278 Management 50-352 11/29/88 50-245 RI Office Management Meeting to Discuss NRC/NNECo E. McCabe 1:00 p.m. 50-336 Mid Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) and Millstone Unit 2 SSFI 72 ER 1,5 93

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