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o August,20, 1986 For: . The Commissioners -
From: T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING AUGUST 15, 1986 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Enclosure Contents A
Administration 8
Nuclear Reactor Regulation
' Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C*
D Inspection and Enforcement E
Nuclear Regulatory Research Executive Legal Director F*
G International Programs H
State Programs Resource Management I Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data J Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights K*
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Regional Offices M
CRGR Monthly Reports Executive Director for Operations N*
Items Addressed by the Consnission 0 i
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Meeting Notices Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for Q external distribution)
- No input this week.
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T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations PDR COMMS NRcc WEEKLYINFOREPT PDR Office of the Executive Director for Operations
Contact:
T. A. Rehm, ED0 492-7781 l
HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING AUGUST 15, 1986 Catawba Units 1 and 2 On August 9,1986, at about 7:15 a.m., an alert was declared at Catawba Unit 1 following reactor coolant pump 1B seal failure. Leakage was about 60 gpm, the pump was imediately secured, and the operators started cooling and depressurizing the reactor coolant system. At about 8:35 a.m. the alert was degraded to an unusual event as the leak rate decreased to about 35-40 gpm.
At 6:00 a.m., August 10, 1986, the leak rate was about 8 gpm and the Unit was in Cold Shutdown (Mode 5).
Shoreham Shutdown Shoreham's licensee declared an Unusual Event at 12:45 p.m. on August 11, 1986.
The reactor was operating at rated temperature and pressure, and the power level was at about 35 of full power. An indicator channel for reactor water level had become inoperable at 10:40 a.m., August 11, 1986. The Technical Specifications (T.S.) state that if the inoperable channel is not placed in the tripped condition, the channel should be restored to operable status within 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br />, or the reactor enters an Action Item which requires a HOT Shutdown within 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />. The plant manager decided to initiate the shutdown procedures and placed the reactor in Hot Shutdown at 12:45 p.m. The Shoreham Emergency Plan requires that an Unusual Event be declared whenever the reactor is shutdown to comply with a T.S. requirement. The Unusual Event was terminated at 4:55 p.m. after the reactor was placed in Cold Shutdown at 4:05 p.m.
Subsequent investigation by the licensee found that the level indicator channel was out of calibration, probably because of entrained air in the test-leg.
Both channels have since been recalibrated and the reactor was restarted August 13, 1986.
Fission Product Release Prom High Temperature Fuel s One of the significant contributors to severe accident source term uncertainty l for early containment failure accidents is in-vessel fission product release.
I The Oak Ridge High Temperature Fission Product Release Program is conducted to obtain realistic release data to reduce this uncertainty. Recently, a second fission product release test was performed in the vertically re-oriented furnace. In this test, a BR-3 fuel specimen (irradiated to approximately 40 in the BR-3 reactor in Belgium) was heated to 2300K at high steam GWD/Mt flow condi U0,tions. The test duration was held at I hour so that release data as a function of time could be obtained. Pre-test and post-test activity reading indicated approximately 60 to 70 percent of release for noble gases and volatile fission products. Detailed analysis is underway.
l Price-Anderson Legislation On August 12, 1986, the House Comittee on Energy and Comerce completed action and reported out H.R. 3653, the " Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1986." Different versions of H.R. 3653 have also been reported out by the House Comittees of Interior and Insular Affairs and Science and Technology.
The Senate Comittees of Energy and Natural Resources and of Environment and Public Works have each reported out versions of S.1225, the " Price-Anderson Act Amen'dments Act of 1986." Thus, all of the Congressional Comittees with jurisdiction over this legislation have reported out proposed legislation.
l The Bills have been extensively amended in Subcomittee and Comittee markups l and it is problematical as to whether Price-Anderson legislation will reach l the floors of Congress, much less be passed and signed by the President, I this year.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending August 15, 1986 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Carryovers ,1985 181 15 Received, 1986 624 141 433 50 Granted 118 26 Denied Pending 254 80 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Patty Day, Requests a copy of SECY-85-17.
NUS Corporation (86-604)
Jim Pedro, Requests a copy of SECY-85-65.
NUS Corporation (86-605)
Lyle Graber, Requests a copy of SECY-86-153.
NUS Corporation (86-606)
Jim Pedro, Requests a copy of a 1975 report entitled, "NRC Dynamic NUS Corporation Analysis of Pressure Transducer and Two-Phase Flow (86-607) Instrumentation."
Steve Gannis Requests six categories of records.
(86-608)
Thomas Gehl Requests a list of nuclear power plants.
(86-609)
Stan Huber, Requests copies of records made available under F0IA-Stan A. Huber 86-465.
Consultants, Inc.
- (86-610)
CONTACT: Donnie H. Grimsley 492-7211 August 15, 1986 Enclosure A
' 2 Received, Cont'd Gregg T. Hyder, Requests records that identify the contents of files Attorney-At-Law maintained on U.S. Ecology or American Ecology.
(86-611)
Tim R. Taylor, Requests a list of the names and addresses of all Julien J. Studley, contractors and subcontractors having contracts with the Inc. NRC.
(86-612)
James Vachuska Requests a copy of a publication entitled, NRC 1965-2.
(86-613)
Maurice Frankel, Requests three categories of records relating to a 1983 The Campaign for FOIA request regarding the Sizewell B nuclear power plant Freedom of in the United Kingdom.
Information (86-614)
Edwin B. Blatt, Requests a copy of the current contract regarding Health Sterling Medical Care Services at Region III.
Associates, Inc.
(86-615)
Cindee Virostek, Requests copies of previously withheld records or portions Kiski Valley of records in 19 listed records regarding B&W facilities Coalition in Apollo and Parks Township, Pennsylvania.
(86-616)
Cindee Virostek, Requests copies of records or p.,rtions of record:; withheld Kiski Valley in 30 listed records regarding B&W facilities in Apollo and Coalition Parks Township, Pennsylvania.
(86-617)
Stevi Stephens, Requests all records related to two 01 cases regarding the Nuclear Awareness Wolf Creek nuclear power plant.
Network (86-618)
Mick Rood, Requests copies of an 01A investigation report and related Newhouse News records concerning alleged abuse of the FTS system.
Service (86-619)
Martin Moskowitz, Requests five specified records regarding Kerr McGee's Environmental Sequoyah facility in Gore, Oklahoma.
Task Force (86-620)
Stephanie Murphy, Requests copies of records pertaining to GA0's report, Nuclear Information " International Respcnse to Nuclear Power Safety Concerns,"
and Resource of September 30, 1985, particularly records providing the Service significance of each incident and the details of the (86-621) specific event or accident sequence.
Enclosure A August 15, 1986
- 3 Received, Cont'd Irwin D. Bross, Requests regulations on radiation exposure to workers Biomedical in the State of Texas.
Metatechnolt, Inc.
(86-622) 0.W. Ward, Requests two categories of records regarding License Met Lab 45-09963-01.
Incorporated (86-623)
Cindee Virostek, Requests copies of previously withheld records and Kiski Valley portions of records in 27 listed records regarding Coalition B&W facilities in Apollo and Parks Township, Pennsylvania.
(86-624)
Granted H. Anne Plettinger In response to a request for records related to the (85-511) technical specifications for the River Bend Unit 1 nuclear power plant, made available 64 records.
Lesley R. Evans, In response to a request for six categories of records International regarding plants that have been issued an operating Energy Associates license since the accident at the TMI plant, made Limited available 70 records. Informed the requester that (86-278) additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Stevi Stephens, In response to a request for records related to Nuclear Awareness any communication between the NRC and the Department of Network Justice regarding allegations, investigations or (86-344) reports of criminal activity or misconduct by any person associated with the construction, licensing, or operation of the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant, informed the requester that the NRC has no records subject to this request.
James H. Shumock, In response to a request for the proposal of the Thompson successful bidder on RFP No. RS-RGl-86-311, as well as Engineering the names of all companies which submitted proposals l
Testing, Inc. under this solicitation, made available the requested (86-338) record and names.
Eric J. Zahler, In response to a referral from the Defense Contract Fried, Frank, Audit Agency (DCAA) of one record regarding D'Appolonia Harris, Shriver Consulting Engineers, Inc., made available a copy of t & Jacobson of the requested record.
(86-560) l
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August 15, 1986 Enclosure A
4 Granted, Cont'd (NRCemployee) In response to a request for a sanitized copy of the (86-561) latest available SF-171 on a named NRC employee, made available a copy of the requested record.
Al Stern, In response to a request for a copy of the list of Al Stern those who attended the conference on July 24, 1986, Associates, Inc. " Facilities Maintenance, Rockville, Maryland,"
(86-574) mada available a copy of the requested record.
William J. Hagerty, In response to a request for five categories of Inventive records regarding Arizona's regulation of radioactive Processing waste materials within the State of Arizona, made Company, USA available six records.
(86-577)
In response to a request for three categories of i
Catherine H. Madden, Information information regarding the motor vehicle leasing Handling Services operation in the NRC for FY 1985, made available one (86-580) record.
Joan A. Estrada, In response to a request for records regarding invoice Professional 6042 under Purchase Order DR-86-0505, made available Carpet Service one record.
(86-581)
In response to a request for a record identifying the Mrs.(86-599 Melbry)Bolk address of the Alaron Company site operation, made available one record.
Ronald A. Rose, In response to a request for a copy of the minutes for F01 Services, the NMSS meeting on June 24, 1986, regarding members of Inc. a new management team for the Syncor firm, informed the (86-601) requester that the NRC has no records subject to this request.
Harry H. Voigt, In response to an APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the release LeBoeuf, Lamb, of one denied record relating to the TMI nuclear power Leiby & MacRae plant, made available a copy of the record.
l (86-A-ll3-86-369) l Denied Paul D. Eddy, In response to a request for copies of OI reports 1-86-003 Department of and 1-86-008 regarding the Shoreham nuclear station, Public Service denied draft reports, release of which would inhibit (86-418) the exchars e of frank and candid opinions during future deliberations and interfere with an ongoing enforcement proceeding.
August 15, 1986 Enclosure A
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Gary D. Wilson In response to a request for a copy of the Initial Attorney-At-Law Draft Report prepared by Mr. Peter Connolly regarding (86-505) allegations of harassment and discrimination made by auditors at Niagara Mohawk's Nine Mile Point Unit 2 nuclear power plant, denied the report in its entirety, release of which would tend to inhibit the frank and candid exchange of information in future deliberations.
Paul D. Eddy, In response to a request for OI reports 1-85-020 and State of New 1-86-010 regaroing the Nine Mile Point Unit 2 nuclear .
York, Department power plant, informed the requester that Case 1-86-010 of Public Service is an ongoing inquiry and, at this time, no report has (86-438) been written. Denied the draft report for Case 1-86-020 in its entirety, release of which would inhibit the frank and candid exchange of opinions during the deliberative process and interfere with an ongoing enforcement proceeding.
Billie P. Garde. In response to an APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the Government release of two denied records regarding a request for Accountability records of agency communications concerning a named Project individual relating to the Comanche Peak nuclear power (86-A-111-86-157) plant, continued to deny these records in their entirety, disclosure of which would be likely to stifle honest and frank communication within the agency.
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=s Enclosure A August 15, 1986
b WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEK ENDING AUGUST 15, 1986 RFP ISSUED RFP No.: RS-ADM-87-169
Title:
" Preparation and Delivery of NUREG-0750, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances and Indexes"
Description:
Contractor shall prepare NRC monthly issuances, quarterly and semiannual indexes for camera-ready copy in the form of a database computer tape.
Period of Performance: 24 months with a one-year option Sponsor: Office of Adrainistration Status: RFP issued on August 12, 1986. Proposals due on September 16, 1986.
August 15, 1986 Enclosure A
1 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST
- Week Ending August 15, 1986 Byron 1 On August 10,1986, Byron 1 began increasing power above the 75% self-imposed limit. The 75% restriction was taken as a preventative measure to decrease the potential for primary water stress corrosion cracking of the steam generator tubes.
The licensee is implementing under 50.59 a program that will allow Byron 1 to achieve 94% power and keep hot leg temperature to about 600*F. Prior to implementing this program, hot leg temperature was 618'F at 100% power, 600*F at 75% power.
Catawba Units 1 and 2 l
On August 9, 1986, at about 7:15 a.m., an alert was declared at Catawba Unit 1 following reactor coolant pump 1B seal failure. Leakage was about 60 gpm, the pump was innediately secured, and the operators started cooling and depressurizing the reactor coolant system. At about 8:35 a.m. the alert was
- degraded to an unusual event as the leak rate decreased to about 35-40 gpm.
At 6:00 a.m., August 10, 1986, the leak rate was about 8 gpm and the Unit was in Cold Shutdown (Mode 5).
Shoreham Shutdown Shoreham's licensee declared an Unusual Event at 12:45 p.m. on August 11, 1986.
The reactor was operating at rated temperature and pressure, and the power level was at about 3% of full power. An indicator channel for reactor water level had become inoperable at 10:40 a.m., August 11, 1986. The Technical Specifications (T.S.) state that if the inoperable channel is not placed in the tripped condition, the channel should be restored to operable status within 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br />, or the reactor enters an Action Item which requires a HOT Shutdown within 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />. The plant manager decided to initiate the shutdown '
procedures and placed the reactor in Hot Shutdown at 12:45 p.m. The Shoreham Emergency Plan requires that an Unusual Event be declared whenever the reactor l
is shutdown to comply with a T.S. requirement. The Unusual Event was terminated at 4:55 p.m. after the reactor was placed in Cold Shutdown at 4:05 p.m.
l Subsequent investigation by the licensee found that the level indicator channel was out of calibration, probably because of entrained air in the test-leg.
Both channels have since been recalibrated and the reactor was restarted August 13, 1986.
I August 15, 1986 Enclosure B
Office of Inspection and Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending August 15, 1986
- 1. The following Significant Enforcement Action was taken during the past week:
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties was issued to Florida Power and Light Company (Turkey Point) in the amount of
$300,000. This action was based on violations involving failures to satisfy Tech Specs and 10 CFR 50.59 requirements and weaknesses in the licensee's design control and corrective action programs. (EN 86-63)
- 2. The following IE Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week:
- a. PN0-I-86-63, Public Service Electric & Gas Company (Hope Creek 1),
Containment (TORUS) Vacuum Relief System Inoperability.
- b. PNO-II-86-55, Duke Power Company (0conee 1), Shutdown in Excess of 48 Hours.
- c. PNO-II-86-56, Virginia Electric and Power Company (North Anna 2),
Outage in Excess of 48 Hours,
- d. PN0-III-86~-79, Commonwealth Edison Company (LaSalle 2), Restart of Unit 2.
- e. PN0-III-86-80, Abbott Laboratories (North Chicago, IL), Missing Vial of Phosphorus 32.
- f. PN0-III-86-81, RCA Corporation (Findlay, OH), Accidental Discharge of Krypton-85 Gas.
- 3. The following IE Information Notices and Bulletins were issued during the past week:
- a. IE Information Notice 86-64, Deficiencies in Upgrade Programs for l Plant Emergency Operating Procedures was issued to all nuclear power i
reactor facilities holding an operating license or a construction permit.
- b. IE Information Notice 86-65, Malfunctions of ITT Barton Model 580 Services During Requalification Testing was issued to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or a construc-tion permit.
- c. IE Information Notice No. 86-66, Potential for Failure of Replacement AC Coils Supplied By The Westinghouse Electric Corporation For Use In Class IE Motor Starters and Contacts was issued to all nuclear power August 15, 1986 Enclosure D
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i reactor facilities holding an operating license or a construction permit.
- d. IE Information Notice No. 86-67, Portable Moisture / Density Gauges:
Recent Incidents and Common Violations of Requirements for Use, Transportation, and Storage was issued to all NRC licensees author-ized to possess, use, transport, and store sealed sources contained in portable gauges used to measure the moisture content and/or
! density of construction materials.
- e. IE Information Notice No. 66-68, Stuck Control Rod was issued to all j boiling water reactor facilities holding an operating license or a construction permit.
, 4. Other Items
! a. Civil Penalties Paid (1) Florida Power and Light Company (Turkey Point) in the amount of
,F $50,000 based on violations involving a material false statement concerning the installation and operability of two EQ nuclear instrumentation channels (EA 86-28).
- (2) Public Service of Colorado (Ft. St. Vrain) in the amount of
- $65,000 based on violations involving access control (EA 86-81).
(3) Kansas Gas and Electric (Wolf Creek) in the amount of $40,000 based on violations involving protected and vital area barriers (EA 86-84).
(4) Public Service of Colorado (Ft. St. Vrain) in the amount of
- $75,000 based on a violation exceeding authorized power limit (EA 86-98).
f (5) H&G Inspection (Houston, TX) in the amount of $2,500 based on the failure to perform surveys after exposure and an incident of
! an overexposure (EA 86-104).
l b. Operations Center Members of the Incident Response Branch held a training session for
' Commissioner Bernthal and staff in preparation for the exercise at Palisades nuclear power plant on August 19, 1986.
- c. Incident Response Members of the Incident Response Branch attended the Federal Field Exercise Management Workshop Meeting at FEMA offices in Chicago, Il this week.
- d. Vendor Program A member of the Vender Program Branch participated in the meeting with Region III and Commonwealth Edison (CECO) at the Braidwood i
August 15, 1986 Enclosure D
Station concerning fasteners supplied by Cardinal Industrial Products Corporation and CEC 0's evaluation of the nonconforming fasteners.
The following Vendor Program Branch inspections were conducted this week:
(1) General Electric Company, San Jose, CA - to review the procurement of ASCO solenoid valve refurbishment kits.
(2) Western Piping & Engineering, San Francisco, CA - to followup on an allegation concerning the qualification of personnel performing certifying pipe clamp calculations used in nuclear facilities.
(3) Salem Nuclear Power Plant, Hancocks Bridge, NJ - to review licensee's equipment qualification program implementation as
> required by 10 CFR 50.49.
(4) Ebasco Services, Inc., New York, NY - to review the implementation of the Ebasco QA program, specifically those activities relating to cable tray / conduit support evaluation, as part of the Comanche Peak Response Team Design Adequacy Program.
- 2. Performance Indicater Program The Director, Divisicn of Emergency Preparedness and Engineering Response and staff briefed INP0 and RII personnel on Performance Indicators in Atlanta, GA this week.
- f. Safety System Inspection Program Chief, Vendor Program Branch and the Acting Chief Reactor Construction Programs Branch, participated in a meeting with INP0 to discuss the INP0 and NRC outage inspection program.
- g. Congressional Briefings The Director, IE, Director, DEPER and Branch Chief, IRB presented testimony on the matter of the Emergency Response Data System Bill introduced by Rep. Huckaby (LA).
- h. ACRS Briefings The Director, IE and IE management provided the ACRS subcommittee on Inspection and Enforcement programs an overview of office activities.
l August 15, 1986 Enclosure D l
- 1. Emergency Preparedness A FEMA emergency preparedness exercise report for Trojan was forwarded to the regions for appropriate action. The exercise tested the offsite emergency plans in the 50-mile ingestion pathway EPZ.
- j. Program Development (1) Temporary Instruction (TI) 0110/4 has been approved for issuance. The purpose of the TI is to provide instructic7s for determining whether modules for dry storage of spent fuel at H. B. Robinson are properly constructed.
(2) Inspection Procedures (IP) 81360, 81365 and 81370 have been approved for implementation. These IPs cover shipments of formula quantities of special nuclear material, and they replace the existing draft interim procedure. Manual Chapter 2681, Exhibit 6 has been revised to incorporate the new procedures.
(3) Drafts of revised inspection Storage Racks) and IP 37700 Design,(procedure IP and Design Changes 50095 (Spent Fuel Modifications) have been forwarded to the Regions for review and comment.
- k. Other Inspections A member of the Safeguards and Materials Programs Branch participated in the uranium mill inspections this week with Region IV inspectors.
August 15, 1986 Enclosure D
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending August 15, 1986 Fission Product Release Prom High Temperature Fuel One of the significant contributors to severe accident source term uncertainty for early containment failure accidents is in-vessel fission product release.
The Oak Ridge High Temperature Fission Product Release Program is conducted to obtain realistic release data to reduce this uncertainty. Recently, a second fission product release test was performed in the vertically re-oriented furnace. In this test, a BR-3 fuel specimen (irradiated to approximately 40 in the BR-3 reactor in Belgium) was heated to 2300K at high steam GWD/Mt flow condi U0,tions. The test duration was held at I hour so that release data as Pre-test and post-test activity reading a function of time could be obtained.
indicated approximately 60 to 70 percent of release for noble gases and volatile fission products. Detailed analysis is underway.
IBM PC Software - Generation of Renodalized Plant Models for TRAC Analyses Energy Incorporated of Idaho Falls, Idaho has been awarded a two-year contract to develop IBM PC software to be used in the generation of renodalized plant models for TRAC analyses. The software to be known as " EIKON / TRAC" will be designed to operate on existing detailed three-dimensional nodalization models used for plant accident studies to produce reduced three-dimensional The models reduced that can be then used for scoping of parametric TRAC analyses.
models will permit more rapid, less costly analytical probing overall of safety concerns by NRR than would be feasible using the fully detailed models identifying those accident sequences that should be analyzed in more detail.
' Another major feature of the EIKON / TRAC will be the greater access for TRAC applications (at LANL or INEL) through the IBM PC terminals at the NRC, or elsewhere, than is presently possible through the less commonly available Tektronix graphics terminals normally used for detailed TRAC analyses.
g August 15, 1986 Enclosure E
Publication to be Issued in the Near Future
Title:
Standard Format and Content for the Health and Safety Sections of License Renewal Applications for Uranium Processing and Fuel Fabrication (R.G.3.52,Rev.1)
Description:
This guide will be issued active as R.G. 3.52, Rev.1.
Contact:
W. R. Pearson 443-7663 4
Enclosure E August 15, 1986
ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING AUGUST 15, 1986 International Agency Vacancy Notices The following vacancy notices from the International Atomic Energy Agency have been posted on NRC bulletin boards:
P-3 Associate Area Officer, Asia and Pacific Section, Division of Technical Assistance and Cooperation, Department of Technical Cooperation P-3 Food Irradiation Specialist, Food Preservation Section, Joint FA0/IAEA Division of Isotope and Radiation Applications, Department of Research and Isotopes P-3 Conference Service Administrator, Conference Service Section, Division of External Relations, Department of Administration P-4 Nuclear / Chemical / Environmental Engineer, Waste Management Section, Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Department of Nuclear Energy and Safety P-4 Head, Contracts Administration Section, Department of Research and Isotopes P-4 Technical Cooperation Fellowships Officer, Fellowships and Training Section, Division of Technical Assistance and Cooperation, Department of Technical Cooperation P-3 Translator, Russian Translation Section, Division of Languages.
l Department of Administration i
! P-3 Information Officer, INIS Section, Division of Scientific and
- Technical Information, Department of Nuclear Energy and Safety l
l P-3 Recruitment Officer, Recruitment Unit, Staffing and Personnel Administration Section, Division of Personnel, Department of Administration P-1 Data Management Officer, Programme Coordination Section, Division of Technical Assistance and Cooperation, Department of Technical Cooperation D-1 Director, Division of Operations B, Department of Safeguards P-2 English Editor, Editing Unit, Publishing Section, Division of Publications, Department of Technical Cooperation August 15, 1986 Enclosure G
2 Foreign Visitors On Monday, August 4, five members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council visited with representatives of the EDO, 0GC-Bethesda, NRR, RES, and IE.
Discussion topics included the legislative basis and evolution from AEC to NRC, the current organization, the license review process, current technical issues, the source term program, and IE responsibilities. The group also toured the Operations Center.
l August 15, 1986 Enclosure G
OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING AUGUST 15, 1986 Price-Anderson Legislation On August 12, 1986, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce completed action and reported out H.R. 3653, the " Price-Anderson knendments Act of 1986." Different versions of H.R. 3653 have also been reported out by the House Committees of Interior and Insular Affairs and Science and Technology.
The Senate Committees of Energy and Natural Resources and of Environment and Public Works have each reported out versions of S.1225, the " Price-Anderson Act Amendments Act of 1986." Thus, all of the Congressional Committees with jurisdiction over this legislation have reported out proposed legislation.
The Bilh have been extensively amended in Subcommittee and Committee markups and it is problematical as to whether Price-Anderson legislation will reach the floors of Congress, much'less be passed and signed by the President, this year.
l August 15, 1986 Enclosure H
m 0FFICE OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Items Of Interest Week Ending August 15, 1986 Walkup Service For Payment of Travel Vouchers The walkup service for payment of travel vouchers of $500 or less has been expanded to include all Headquarters NRR and ADM employees.
ENCLOSURE I August 15, 1986
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OFFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending August 15, 1986
- 1. AE0D Engineering Evaluation Report, AE0D/E610, " Loss of LPCI Loop Selection -
Logic at M111 stone-1," was issued on August 15, 1986. The report provides an evaluation of a recent event at Millstone-1 in which three Model 288 Barton differential pressure (D/P) switches in the LPCI loop selection logic were found in the tripped condition. The study found that under certain recirculation pump flow conditions, improper operation of these switches could result in the LPCI system injection into the broken recir-culation loop following a postulated design basis LOCA. The seven BWRs still equipped with LPCI loop selection logic were found to utilize this type of switch. The switch is also used in other safety-related applica-tions at various LWRs. The study concluded that the'Model 288 Barton D/P switch can be susceptible to setpoint drift and that this susceptibility appears to increase as the switches age. The study also concluded that the other BWRs with LPCI loop selection logic could be vulnerable to this type of LPCI system degradation. The study was transmitted to IE with the suggestion that IE issue an information notice which discusses the Millstone-1 event and the potential susceptibility of the Barton switch to setpoint drift. It was also suggested that the IE Vendor Inspection Branch evaluate the application of the Model 288 Barton D/P switch to the LPCI loop selection logic and the adequacy of the manufacturer's surveil-lance and maintenance recommendations.
- 2. AE00 Technical Review Report, AE0D/T606, " Inadvertent Recirculation Actua-tion Signals at Combustion Engineering Plants" was issued on August 7, 1986.
The study was prompted by the different system responses to an inadvertent recirculation actuation signal (RAS) at Arkansas Nuclear One-Unit 2 and Calvert Cliffs Unit 2. The study found that at plants without antidraindown check valves in the emergency core cooling system, pump suction lines could transfer a significant inventory of borated water from the reactor water tank (RWT) to the containment sump on an inadvertent RAS. Antidrain-down check valves prevented a similar loss of RWT inventory at the other plant design. Because plant responses were so different, the safety aspects of a postulated safety injection actuation signal subsequent to an inadvertent RAS were analyzed for each plant design. The analysis showed that, for either plant design, adequate suction flow would be provided to f' the ECC pumps in event of a coincident RAS and LOCA signal.
l i 3. AEOD issued a Case Study Report, AE00/C601, " Rupture of an Iodine-125 l
Brachytherapy Source at the University of Cincinnati," on July 15, 1986.
! The report documents the analysis of the rupture of one of eight high intensity (40 mil 11 curies each) fodine-125 seeds being used for the treatment of brain tumors.
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The iodine-125 seeds were being prepared for treatment of a second patient when the seed was ruptured. (The treatment protocol allowed for the treatment of several patients with the same set of seeds.) The rupture of August 15, 1986 Enclosure J l ^ - . - - - - . . . - _.. _ - ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _
- the seed was not detected prior to implanting the seeds in the patient; consequently, the patient and about 60 hospitel employees received uptakes of iodine-125 and the licensee's facility was contaminated. (The patient received a thyroid uptake of 557 microcuries; other personnel uptakes ranged from .00004 to .209 microcuries.)
The findings of the case study were that the consequences of the seed rupture could have been mitigated by improved radiation safety practices and precautions that would have led to prompt detection of the leaking sending an seed. The recommendations contained in the report include: '
information notice to affected licensees describing the event; requiring seed manufacturers to provide to users safety precautions for handling the seeds; and considering requiring the licensees who use the seeds to submit procedures for handling the seeds to NRC for review.
- 4. AE00 has published its " Trend and Patterns Analysis of Trips at U.S. Light Water Reactors for 1985," (AE0D/P602). Based on our evaluations and analysis, we have arrived at the following general observations: (a) in terms of industry-wide performance, we observed a slight change in the total trip rate from 1984 to 1985 [i.e., 5.9 to 6.0 trips per reactor year); (b) hardware failures associated with the Feedwater, Condensate, Main Steam, Main Turbine and Main Generator Systems (collectively referred to as Power Conversion Systems) dominated in 1985 as the cause of reactor trips; (c) at power levels above 15 percent, approximately 10 percent of all reactor trips were caused by unlicensed personnel; and (d) a number of post trip recoveries were complicated by equipment failures and personnel errors (unrelated to the original trip cause) that have the potential for having significant safety implications.
August 15, 1986 Enclosu re J
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR REGIONAL OPERATIONS AND GENERIC REQUIREMENTS (DEDROGR)
Week Ending August 15, 1986 CRGR Attached is a summary of the CRGR activities for the period July 1 through July 31, 1986. Background material on topics reviewed by the Committee and the minutes of CRGR meetings are sent to the Commission. Copies are provided to the Public Document Room after the NRC has considered (in a public forum) or decided the matter addressed by the documents. Questions concerning this monthly report should be referred to Walt Schwink (492-8639).
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Meeting No.
t- Meeting Date CRGR CRGR Recommendation (Announcement to EDO EDO Action Agenda Status t; Date)
$n No CRGR recommendation necessary None required at this Review, Proposed Final Pending l 91 at this time. Review of this time.
//23/86 Revision of ECCS Rule item will continue at a future Contained in Appendix K and
- meeting.
Section 50.46 of 10 CFR 50
-Sponsoring Office - RES 1
-Category 2 Item
-Issue # 141 4
CRGR recommended issuance of None Required. Bulletin Review, Proposed IE Complete 92 the Bulletin after modification issued after modification.
//11/86 Bulletin, Unreliable Behavior of Static "0" to reflect CRGR concerns.
Ring Differential Pressure ,
Switches
-Sponsoring Office - IE
-Category 1 Item
-Issue #140 . . .
by IE, that IE Compliance Bulletin 86-01, Minimum Flow logic Problems that Could Th2 CRGR was notified on June 30, 1986, Disable RHR Pumps was issued. This issuance was in accordance with Section III.C of the CRGR Charter.. Revision 1.
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ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE C0t94ISSION - WEEK ENDING AUGUST 15, 1986 A. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRt% TION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE.11:30 A.M. . WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6,1986, C0tfilSSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - Memo SECY for Stello, Kamerer and Fouchard dated 8/12/86 I. SECY-86-204 - Policy Statement on Radioactive Waste Below Regulatory Concern The Commission, by a 4-0 vote, approved publication of a policy statement which establishes standards and procedures for expedi-tious action on petitions to exempt certain radioactive waste as below regulatory concern.
The Commission also approved ,a modification (attached) whic).
indicates that the Commission will also be publishing an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking within 90 days. The commission has also agreed that proposed and final rulemakings on individual petition requests will be subject to commission approval.
The Federal Register Notice should be revised to reflect the above changes and forwarded to SECY for signature and publication in the Federal Register. OCA and OPA should advise the appro-
- priate Congressional Committees and make the appropriate public announcement.
The staff is requested to draft an Advanced Notice of Rulemaking and forward it to the Commission for review and approval.
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ENCLOSURE O AUGUST 15, 1986
k f *g NRR MEETING NOTICES
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I DATE/ TIME NIMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT
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Room P-110 Discuss systems reviews NRC/B&W Owners W. Paulson l 8:30 a.m. Phillips Building being conducted by the B&W Group Owners Group as part of the -
B&W plant raassessment i
8/19/86 50-275 Training Center 1. Plant visit to obtain NRC/PG&E H. Schier11ng l 7:00 a.m. 50-323 San Luis Obispo, CA information on structures, system & components for PRA t
8/20-21/86 PLG Offices 2. PRA Workshop to discuss 8:30 a.m. Newport Beach, CA current PRA results and plan for detailed study l
8/20/86 50-255 Room P-110 Discuss RETRAN analysis of NRC/CPCo T. V. Wambach 1:00 p.m. Phillips Building safe shutdown analysis without t charging pumps-Fire Protection j 8/21/86 50-445 NRC Region IV Ofc. Meeting to discuss CPRT Pro- NRC Staff / Applicant C. Transe11 9:00 a.m. 50-446 Arlington, TX. gress Discuss Appendix R open issues D. C. Fischer 8/21/86 50-272 Room P-110 '
NRC/PSE&G 9:15 a.m. 50-311 Phillips Building 8/21/86 50-390 Room P-118 Discuss TVA's proposed plan to NRC/TVA T. J. Kenyon g' 1:00 p.m. Phillips Building perform a Design Baseline and 2 Licensing Verification Program g for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant,
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"* Copies of summaries of these meetings will he made publicly available and placed in the respective docket file (s) l l
in the NRC and local public document rooms A summary of these meeting notices can be obtained by calling 492-7424 l
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g DATE/ TIME NLMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 8/22/86 50-219 ; loom P-110 Discuss the design margins NRC/GPUNC J. N. Donohew 4
9:30 a.m. Phillips Building in the piping penetrations
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condensers condensate r0 turn -
Piping 8/25/86 50-309 Room P-238 Discus: various items per- NRC/ Maine Yankee P. M. Sears l 9:00 a.m. Phillips Building taining to Inadequate Core
- Cooling Instrumentation l
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Room P-422 Discuss the ICS/NNI reviews NRC/BAW Owners W. A. Paulsen i 1:00 p.m. Phillips Building being conducted by the B&W Group I Wners Group as part of the l B&W plant assessment a
! 8/27/86 50-412 Room P-110 Discuss with LLC its pro- NRC/Dtc P. S. Tam
! 9:00 a.m. Phillips Building gress in the WHIPJET Program 8/28/86 50-255 Room P-110 Design description and in- NRC/CPCo T. V. Wambach 9:00 a.m. Phillips Building sullation of RVLIS (Rad / Cal 3 Systan) i l
8/28/86 50-445 Room P-422 For Texas Utilities to des- NRC Staff / Applicant C. M. Trausnell 9:30 a.m 50-446 Phillips Building cribe a proposed amendment l i.o the FSAR with regard to 1 g ;he reanalysis / redesign of i g, piping and pipe supports by j o $+9w and Webster
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{ in the NRC and local public document rooms A sununary of these meeting notices can be obtained by calling 492-7424 l
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ATTENDEES /
APPLICANT NRC CONTACT f DATE/ TIME LOCATION PURPOSE G
$ PNL, MIT, NRC Nicholson 8/25/86 MIT-Parson Lab Coordinate code transfer from MIT to PNL Cambridge, MASS for validation of stochastic theory research 8/26/86 Pinawa, Canada Technical discussions leading to NRC, AECL K(ivach possible research exchange agreement with AECL SS-130 Contractor presentation on Results of PNL, NMSS, RES O'Donnell 9/3/86 " Demonstration of Modelability of LLW staff Disposal Sifes,"
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