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i July 17, 1986 For:
The Commissioners i
i From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the ED0
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JULY 11, 19.86 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
' Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C*
Inspection and Enforcement D
Nuclear Regulatory Research E*
Executive Legal Director F*
International Programs G
State Programs H
Resource Management I*
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data J*
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights K*
Regional Offices L*
CRGR Monthly Reports M*
Executive Director for Operations N*
Items Addressed by the Commission 0
Meeting Notices P
Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for Q
external distribution)
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O HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING JULY 11, 1986 Shoreham The New York State Legislature today passed a bill creating the Long Island Power Authority. The new agency is instructed to begin negotiations with the Long Island Lighting Company concerning a friendly takeover of LILCO at a price of up to $18/ share of LILCO stock.
If LILCO does not accept the offer, the new Power Authority is instructed by the legislation to instigate condemnation proceedings. The legislation also prohibits the agency from constructing or operating a nuclear power plant in its servi'ce. area.
It also prohibits LILCO from recovering any of the cost of Shoreham from the ratepayers if the plant is not in connercial operation by December 1.1988. Governor Cuomo has indicated that he will sign the legislation.
Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC)
On June 30, 1986, the Nuclear Regulatory Connission consented to IE Industries, a newly formed holding ccmpany, to become the owner of Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, licensee for the Duane Arnold Energy Center.
Diablo Canyon Court Decision on Spent Fuel Pool Expansion On July 2, 1986, the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco, responding to a motion for a stay by intervenors, issued an order regarding the Diablo Canyon spent fuel pool reracking. The Court ordered that PG&E may proceed, at its own risk, with the reracking of the Unit 1 pool (intervenors had requested a stay) but shall not store any spent fuel in the pool without Court approval. The Court further ordered that PG8E shall not commence with the rerecking of the Unit 2 pool without Court approval. A hearing on this matter will be scheduled for August 1986. PG&E expects to shutdown Unit 1 for the first refueling in late August /early September.
Shearon Harris Unit 1 The staff has been infonned that the North Carolina Chatham County Board of Commissioners voted 5 to O to continue their support of the Shearon Harris l
Emergency Preparedness Plan.
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1 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending July 11, 1986 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Carryovers,1985 181 15 Received, 1986 514 106 Granted 336 36 Denied 99 21 Pending 260 64 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Cindee Virostek, Requests records regarding two specified sections of a Kiski Valley March 30, 1962, report.
Coalition (86-498)
Michael A. Howman, Requests a copy of a letter dated November 5,1984, from NUS Corporation Fatish Aggerwall to Vince Noonan, " Proposed Revision (86-499) to Reg Guide 1.89 Endorsement of IEEE Standard 323-1983."
Jim Carlton, Requests records regarding drug activity at the San Onofre The Orange County nuclear power plant.
Register (86-500)
Frederick T. Smith, Requests records used to prepare the AE0D Case Study Vorys, Sater, on the breaching of the encapsulation of sealed well Seymour and logging sources and records regarding each specific Pease incident not used to produce the case study.
(86-501)
Lawrence H. Letow, Requests a copy of the winning proposal under RFP United Computer RS-0RM-86-276.
i Systems, Inc.
(86-502)
Bill Dalton, Requests records regarding three investigations into The Kansas City allegations of employee harassment, drug abuse, and Star falsification of records at the Wolf Creek nuclear power (86-503) plant.
CONTACT:
Donnie H. Grimsley 492-7211 l
JULY 11, 1986 ENCLOSURE A l
2 Received, Cont'd Steven Sholly, Reouests four categories of records regarding Loss of MHB Technical Containment Isolation.
Associates (86-504)
Gary D. Wilson, Requests a copy of the initial draft report which Attorney-At-Law preceded the final 01 report, 01-84-014,concerning (86-505) allegations regarding the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant.
Carol L. Dorge, Requests a copy of the order issued by the Commission Gardere & Wynee on June 30, 1986, regarding the Comanche Peak plant.
(86-506)
Sidney Langer Requests copies of the February 28, 1986, letter by UCS (86-507) concerning safety risks of nuclear plants designed by B&W and Victor Stello's response dated March 25, 1986.
Michael J. Keegan, Requests records pertaining to the Fermi 2 nuclear power Safe Energy plant dome and flange of the reactor vessel concerning Coalition of rcratches, pitting, corrosion, and cracks.
Michigan (86-508)
(fiRC employee)
Requests records since June 20, 1986, regarding an OIA (80-509) investigation.
E.T. Faber Requests six categories of records regarding reactivity (86-510) manipulations for R0 and SR0 qualifications.
Richard Scherberger, Requests application records of Honeywell to manufacture Environmental and distribute smoke detectors containing radioactive Health material.
Technologies (86-511)
Robert Palmieri Requests copies of lists of nuclear power plants containing (86-512) specified information and records regarding the Fermi experimental breeder reactor.
D.F. Bush, Referral from the DOE of a request for purchase orders Parker Hannifin or bid awards for tube fittings manufactured by Corporation Westinghouse between September 1, 1985, and October 1, i985.
(86-513)
Carlo DeSantis, Requests a list of licensees within the City of Boston, Boston City Massachusetts, authorized to handle, store, or transport Council radioactive materials.
(86-514)
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Received, Cont'd Billie P. Garde, APPEAL TO THE EDO for the release of denied records in Government NRC's responses dated June 4, 1986,regarding the Comanche Accountability Peak nuclear power plant.
Project 86-A-105-85-59 86-A-106-85-59 Granted Billie P. Garde.
In response to a request for records regarding Inspection Government Report 50-445/85-13 and 50-446/85-09, dated December 24, Accountability 1985, regarding the Comanche Peak plant, made available Project 134 records.
(86-36)
Thomas W. Hurley In response to a request for records describing amendments (86-339) to License No. 04-19644-01, Radiation Sterilizers, Inc.,
Schaumburg, Illinois, submitted after July 1,1985, and copies of inspection reports for 1985 and 1986, made available three records.
Informed the requester that five additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Billie P. Garde, In response to a request for all records relevant to and/or Government generated in connection with Inspection Report 85-19, Accountability dated March 28, 1986, relating to the Comanche Peak Project nuclear power plant, made available one record.
(86-382)
Informed the requester that two additional records subject l
to this request are already available at the PDR.
Marvin Resnikoff, In response to a request for copies of the nine records Sierra Club denied in response to F01A-86-152 regarding waste disposal Radioactive at DOE's West Valley Demonstration Project, made Waste Campaign available copies of these nine records.
(86-396)
Patricia B. Hough, In response to a request for ACRS records dealing with Science Applications geology, seismology and/or seismic design of the Diablo International Canyon nuclear power plant during the time period of Corporation January 1, 1973, through December 31, 1985, informed (86-412) the requester that 123 records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Ernest C. Hadley, In response to a request for records relating to granting, Passman and Broida denial or revocation of security clearances, adjudication (86-464) and investigation of security cases, and NRC's written decisions granting, denying, or revoking security clearances, made available two records.
Informed the requester that one additional record subject to this request is already available at the PDR.
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4 Granted, Cont'd (NRC employee)
In response to a request for five categories of records (86-467) related to Vacancy Announcement No. RIII-86-0027, made available five records.
Sidney Langer In response to a request for copies of a February 28, 1986, (86-507) letter to the Commission from UCS concerning safety risks of nuclear plants designed by B&W and Victor Stello's March 25, 1986, response to UCS, informed the requester that these records are already available at the PDR.
Denied Martha 0. Eller, In response to a request by her client for records Attorney-At-Law concerning her client and her work and the use of (85-670)
" pink paint" in tracking materials at the Clinton nuclear power plant, made available 62 records.
Informed her that 10 additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Denied portions of five records, the release of which would reveal the identities of confidential sources. Denied one record in its entirety and portions of one record, the release of which would interfere with an ongoing enforcement proceeding.
Laurie Fowler, In response to a request for records related to NRC's Law Offices of investigations into allegations in January 1985 of Brian Spears illegal and improper procedures and practices at the (86-43)
Vogtle nuclear power plant, made available 16 records.
Denied 32 records in their entirety, disclosure of which would interfere with an enforcement proceeding. Denied portions of 13 records, disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Catherine Quigg, In response to a request for records regarding the Illinois Safe performance of high burnup fuel and high burnup spent Energy Alliance fuel in reactors and spent fuel pools in the U.S. and (86-78) other countries, made available 52 records. Denied two records in their entirety, release of which would interfere with an ongoing enforcement proceeding.
Malcolm H. Philips, In response to a request for copies of SECY-85-306A, Bishop, Liberman, SECY-85-306B, and records related to these SECY papers, Cook, Purcell &
made available four records. Denied 32 records in Reynolds their entirety and portions of two records, release of (86-194) which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
Howard L. Vener, In response to a request for a copy of the license Stone & Webster application for South Jersey Process Technology, Engineering Corp.
Incorporated, made available 16 records. Denied portions (86-439) of one record, disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
JULY 11, 1986 ENCLOSURE A
4 WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEK ENDING JULY 11, 1986 RFP ISSUED RFP No.: RS-0RM-86-281
Title:
" Comprehensive Current (Real-Time) Geophysical Data Storage and Retrieval System"
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Description:==
The system must be able to retrieve, display and summarize geophysical information for user specified areas located anywhere within the United States. This informatien is needed in the form of a data base depicting the applicable reporting station, forecasted conditions for specified areas and severe advisories or reports.
Period of Performance: One year with two one-year options.
Sponsor: Office of Resource Management Status: RFP issued on June 16, 1986. Proposals due July 28, 1986.
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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending July 11, 1986 Shoreham The New York State Legislature today passed a bill creating the Long Island Power Authority. The new agency is instructed to begin negotiations with the Long Island Lighting Company concerning a friendly takeover of LILC0 at a price of up to $18/ share of LILC0 stock.
If LILCO does not accept the offer, the new Power Authority is instructed by the legislation to instigate condemnation proceedings. The legislation also prohibits the agency from constructing or operating a nuclear power plant in its l
service. area.
It also prohibits LILC0 from recovering any of the cost of Shoreham from the ratepayers if the plant is not in comercial operation by December 1, 1988. Governor Cuomo has indicated that he will sign the 4
legislation.
Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station Dewey Lowe, the SMUD General Manager, resigned Monday, June 30, 1986. A replacement has not been announced.
Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC)
On June 30, 1986, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission consented to IE Industries, a newly formed holding company, to become the owner of Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, licensee for the Duane Arnold Energy Center.
Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2
!#iSS has issued a license under 10 CFR Part 72 which authorizes Virginia Electric and Power Company to store spent fuel from Surry Units 1 and 2 in an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) on the Surry site using dry metal casks. The license was issued on July 2,1986, and will be in effect for a 20 year period. This is the first license issued by NMSS approving this type of storage facility for spent fuel.
Seabrook Unit 1 i
Two actions described below recently filed with the ASLB regarding i
Seabrook on-site emergency planning and safety issues may impact any timely decision on the safety issues before the Board.
The Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (SAPL) and the State of New Hampshire (NH) were allowed by the ASLB to participate in a contention (NH-10) on the Seabrook Station control room design as Joint JULY 11, 1986 ENCLOSURE B
Intervenors. NH recently filed a motion to withdraw the contention, but SAPL who opposes the motion to withdraw, filed an objection to the withdrawal. Since NH-10 has not been litigated, an ASLB decision in favor of the objection could mean a need to establish a schedule of events for the contention.
Recently, the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, located within the EPZ and admitted as an interested municipality, filed a motion petitioning the Commission to amend its regulations to prohibit issuance of an operating license authorizing low power operations.
In support of its motion, one of the items Hampton cited was the Chernobyl accident as demonstrating the substantial risk of low power testing and the consequent need for adequate and approved off-site evacuation plans even during times of low power testing.
Diablo Can. yon Court Decision on Spent Fuel Pool Expansion On July 2,1986, the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco, responding to a motion for a stay by intervenors, issued an order regarding the Diablo Canyon spent fuel pool reracking. The Court ordered that PG&E may proceed, at its own risk, with the reracking of the Unit 1 pool (intervenors had requested a stay) but shall not store any spent fuel in the pool without Court approval. The Court further ordered that PG&E shall not comence with the reracking of the Unit 2 pool without Court approval. A hearing on this matter will be scheduled for August 1986. PG&E expects to shutdown Unit 1 for the first refueling in late August /early September.
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Comanche Peak - Construction Permit Hearing (1) The Board, in a memorandum, ordered Texas Utilities to respond to interrogatories of the intervenor regarding the contention of whether applicants had shown good cause for the granting of a construction pennit extension.
In that order the Board states:
"Unless Applicants rspond to discovery promptly on this side of the case, our only tool for preventing the case from becoming moot will be to suspend the construction license for failure to comply promptly with discovery needs." This side of the case meaning the construction permit extension case as opposed to the licensing case.
(2) The Appeals Board, in a memorandum and order, has decided to certify to the Comission the question of whether the intervenors contention is foreclosed from being litigated in the construction permit extention proceeding by the Commission's decision in WPPSS, CLI-82-29. The Appeals Board also stayed discovery in the construction permit extension proceeding.
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Byron 1 Upon cooling down because of an unidentified leakage of 1.007 gpm, Byron 1 noted that the Boron Dilution Protection System (BDPS) was inoperable.
Technical Specifications require that all operations involving positive reactivity changes be suspended with the BDPS inoperable, which would prevent further cooldown. With the conflict in the Tech Specs, the license invoked 10 CFR 50.54(x) at 3:00 CST on July 3, 1986, and continued the cooldown, taking extra precautions to prevent a boron dilution event. The unit is expected to be down 2 to 3 weeks.
Shearon Harris Unit 1 The staff has been infonned that the North Carolina Chatham County Board of Commissioners voted 5 to 0 to continue their support of the Shearon Harris Emergency Preparedness Plan.
Palisades Plant Consumers Power Company (CPCo) has submitted a report dated July 3,1986 to Region III entitled " Final Report - Palisades Plant Material Condition Review Task Force." This report provides the result of the CPCo Task Force review that was required by the Confirmatory Action Letter issued May 21, 1986 by Region III regarding the multiple failures that had occurred after the May 19, 1986 reactor trip. An Augmented Inspection Team, including NRR personnel, had conducted an on-site inspection of the post-trip conditions and found continuing problems with the maintenance activities at Palisades.
The report indicates an extensive review was perfonned on maintenance history
.and involved a detailed investigation of 222 items resulting in approximately 544 corrective action items, 58 percent of which will be taken prior to restart, 29 percent at the 1987 refueling outage, and 13 percent incorporated in their 5-year plan. Best estimate for restart is mid to late September. Region III must approve restart.
Browns Ferry 2 Crack in Recirculation Inlet Nozzle During the period from October to December 1984 (the current outage),
TVA inspected 100% of the accessible stainless steel welds greater than 4" in diameter. TVA also performed induction hearing stress improvement (IHSI) on 100% of the accessible welds and, in accordance with the guidelines in Generic Letter 84-11, reexamined 25% of the stress relieved welds. No indications were found in the recirculation inlet nozzle safe-ends.
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As a result of cracks found in other BWRs, TVA is reexamining the 10 recirculation nozzle safe-ends using the Introspect 98 (198) system.
TVA may also examine one or more nozzles with the GE Smart system. On the first nozzle examined (N2A, attached figure), circumferential cracking was found on approximately 93% of the circumference. The maximum crack depth was estimated to be 0.22" in a wall thickness of 1.2" (about 18% thru wall) with most of the crack less than.5%.
In addition, 17 axial cracks were detected, all less than 1" in length and judged to be very shallow. The data for the other nozzles has not yet been analyzed.
TVA is considering replacement of the safe-ends, weld overlay repair or clamping, depending on the extent of cracking in the other nozzles.
The replacement could become the critical path item for startups of Unit 2.
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NRC TMI-2 CLEANUP PROJECT DIRECTORATE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT FOR JULY 7 - JULY 13,1986 1.
DEFUELING Core boring activities continued. Core positions N-12 and G-8 were drilled and video examinations of the holes were performed. Core samples from holes at core locations N-5, N-12, and G-8 are currently stored in fuel canisters in the canister positioning system.
Information obtained from core bore operations to date has shown that fuel assemblies N-5 and N-12, which are near the core periphery, are largely intact below the rubble bed.
Fuel assembly G-8, which is nearer to the core center consists largely of a fused mass.
No relocated core material was encountered during drilling from the assemblies' lower end fittings to the lower flow distributor, however, relocated core material was seen in adjacent assemblies during video examinations.
Drilling of core position G-12 is in progress.
2.
PLANT STATUS The reactor remains in long term cold shutdown, vented to the atmosphere. Core cooling is by natural heat loss to ambient building atmosphere. The average incore thermocouple reading is 81 F.
The airborne radioactivity on the defueling platform is about 5.0 E-7 uCi/cc Tritium and 4.6 E-11 uCi/cc particulates, predominately Cesium-137 and Strontium-90. The platform is mounted above the modified internals indexing fixture which is mounted over the reactor vessel. These provide about 15 feet of water over the core region and 6 feet over the carousel holding the defueling canisters.
3.
WASTE MANAGEMENT The Submerged Demineralizer System (SDS) completed processing batch S-134, which consisted of about 14,000 gallons from the neutralizer tank.
EPICOR II completed processing batch 298, 8,500 gallons from the monitor tanks, and batch 299, 7,000 gallons from the monitor tanks.
The system began processing batch 300.
Total volume processed through SDS to date is 4,061,103 gallons, and the total volume processed EPICOR II to date is 3,029,050 gallons.
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4.
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sample analysis results show that TMI site liquid effluents are in accordance with regulatory limits, NRC requirements, and The City of Lancaster Agreement.
The Lancaster water sample taken at the water works river intake and analyzed by EPA consisted of a seven day composite sample taken June 22 - 28, 1986. A gamma scan detected no reactor related activity.
TMI water samples taken by EPA at the plant discharge (includes Units 1 and 2) to the river consisted of seven daily composite samples taken from June 22 - 28, 1986. A gamma scan detected no reactor related activity.
The EPA analysis of the NRC outdoor air sample for the period July 3
- 10, 1986 showed that concentrations of Cs-137 and I-131 were below the lower limit of quantitative detectability for the system.
5.
AUXILIARY AND FUEL HANDLING BUILDING ACTIVITIES Assembly of the desludging system continued.
6.
NRC EVALUATIONS IN PROGRESS Technical Specification Change Request number 49, and 51.
Recovery Operations Plan Change number 31 and 36.
Solid Waste Facility Technical Evaluation Report.
Reactor Building Sump Criticality Safety Evaluation Report.
Defueling Canister Technical Evaluation Report, Revision 2.
Extended Core Stratification Sample Acquisition Activity.
Heavy Load Safety Evaluation Report, Revision 3.
l Defueling Safety Evaluation Report, Revision 10.
7.
PUBLIC MEETING The Advisory Panel for the Decontamination of Three Mile Island Unit 2 will meet on August 13, 1986 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM at the Lancaster Council Chambers, Public Safety Building, 201 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA. At the meeting the panel will receive a status report on the progress of defueling from GPU Nuclear and a briefing on the licensee's plans for disposal of the processed water generated from the accident.
Persons desiring to speak before the Advisory Panel are requested to contact Mr. Thomas Smithgall at 717-291-1042, or write him at 2122 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603.
JULY 11, 1986 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Inspection and Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending July 11, 1986 1.
The following Significant Enforcement Actions were taken during the past week:
a.
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty was issued to Public Service Comany of Colorado (Fort St. Vrain) in the amount of $75,000. This action was based on exceeding the 35 percent power limit established by(the Commission's Memorandum and Order dated November 26, 1985.
EN-86-48)
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A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty was issued to Public Service Company of Colorado (Fort St. Vrain) in the amount of $65,000. This action was based on numerous security violations including unauthorized access into protected and vital areas.
(EN-86-49) c.
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty was issued to Kansas City Gas & Electric Company (Wolf Creek) in the amount of $40,000. This action was based on a single violation involving unauthorized access into a vital area.
(EN-86-50) d.
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty was issued to E.I. DuPont (Boston, MA) in the amount of $12,500. This action was based on multiple health physics violations.
(EN-86-51) e.
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty was issued to the Tennessee Valley Authority (Browns Ferry, Sequoyah, Watts Bar, nd Bellefonte) in the amount of $150,000. This action was based on the staff review of an investigation regarding alleged acts of discrimination in violation of 10 CFR 50.7.
(EN86-52) f.
An Order Modifying the License (Effective Immediately) and a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties was issued to Detroit Edison Company (Fermi 2) in the amount of $300,000. This action is based on several violations that represent a breakdown in management controls and discipline in the control room including rod withdrawal errors and lack of oversight and followup (EN-86-54).
2.
The following IE Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week:
a.
PN0-III-86-598, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (Perry),
Charcoal Filter Fire (Second Upate).
b.
PN0-III-86-63, Commonwealth Edison Company (Byron 1), Reactor Shutdown to Repair Primary System Leak.
c.
PNO-III-86-65, William Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak, MI), Misadmin-istration.
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PN0-IV-86-22, Louisiana Power and Light Company (Waterford 3), Plant Shutdown Greater Than 48 Hours.
e.
PNO-IV-86-23, Gulf States Utilities (River Bend), Major Steam Leak Resulting in Plant Shutdown.
f.
PN0-IV-86-23A, Gulf States Utilities (River Bend), Major Steam Leak Resulting in Plant Shutdown (Update).
g.
PNO-V-86-37, Arizona Nuclear Power Project (Palo Verde 2), Reactor Coolant Pump Seal Replacement (Outage Greater Than 48 Hours).
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PN0-V-86-37A, Arizona Nuclear Power Project (Palo Verde 2), Reactor Coolant Pump Seal Replacement (Update).
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1 PNO-V-86-38, Pacific Gas & electric Company (Diablo Canyon 2),
Unusual Event--Reactor Trip and Safety Injection.
3.
The following IE Information Notices and IE Bulletins were issued during the past week:
a.
IE Information Notice No. 86-55, Delayed Access to Safety-Related Areas and Equipment During Plant Emergencies was issued to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or a construction permit, b.
IE Information Notice No. 86-56, Reliability of Main Steam Safety Valves was issued to all pressurized water reactor facilities holding an operating license or a construction permit.
c.
IE Information Notice No. 86-57, Operating Problems With Solenoid Operated Valves at Nuclear Power Plants was issued to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or a construc-tion permit.
d.
IE Information Notice No. 86-58, Dropped Fuel Assembly was issued to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or a construction permit.
4.
Other Items a.
Senior Management Meetings (1) The Director, Division of Inspection Programs participated in the public meeting in Gore, OK regarding the restart of the Sequoyah Fuels Facility.
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3 (2) The Director, Division of Inspection Programs and other IE Staff participated in two enforcement conferences of Omaha Public Power District and discussed findings during the Ft. Calhoun Safety System Outage Modification Inspection.
Representatives of Arkansas Power & Light Company discussed the findings during the Arkansas Nuclear One Safety System Functional Inspection.
b.
Civil Penalties Paid (1) Georgia Power Company (Hatch) in the amount of $50,000 based on failure to implement adequate compensatory measures following the loss of alarm annunciation capability in central and secondary alarm stations.
(EA-86-69)
(2) Howard University (Cambridge, MA) in the amount of $2,500 based on improper maintenance and transportation of radio-active materials.
c.
Incident Response (1) The Incident Response Branch Chief and staff members attended a meeting with NMSS, SP and ELD to consider an NRC position on the proposed EPA rule requiring reports of releases of radio-nuclides under CERCLA authority.
DOE representatives will also attend. EPA has scheduled a meeting on this proposed rule on July 16.
(2) An Incident Response Branch member attended a meeting of the Subcommittee on Federal Earthquake Response Planning at FEMA to discuss the recent publice. tion of the Federal Plan for Response to Catastrophic Earthquares. The discussion also covered the planning of the next steps in developing regional plans and the exercising of these plants.
d.
Operations Center The Incident Response Branch Chief and staff members met with the Emergency Presponse Data System survey contractor to discuss survey observations to date and how these observations may affect system design and future survey trips.
e.
Emergency Preparedness (1) On July 7, 1986 Chatham County, North Carolina voted to reassume l
their role in emergency planning and response activities in support of Shearon Harris.
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4 (2) A member of the Emergency Preparedness Branch attended a meeting of the Training Subcommittee of the Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee at Emmitsburg, MD. The meeting agenda included a review of course material developed by the NRC for FEMA emergency training programs.
(3) The Deputy Director, Division of Emergency Preparedness and Engineering Response participated in a meeting with FEMA, EPA, USDA, and HHS to discuss the issues that should be addressed in the emergency planning and preparedness chapter of the post-Chernobyl report.
FEMA hs engaged ANL assistance in this effort.
An initial draft that includes consolidation of current informa-tion will be prepared in the next three weeks with a final chapter being completed in October, which will include the information collected at the August IAEA special meeting.
f.
Safety System Outage Modification Inspections The exit meeting for the Dresden SS0MI is scheduled for July 16, 1986. The team is onsite completing the remaining portions of the inspections, g.
Performance Indicators The Performance Indicator Task Group chaired by the Director, Division of Emergency Preparedness and Engineering Response, met on July 8, 9, 1986.
Principal discussions focused on the implementa-tion of the trial program. All input for the trial program is scheduled to be completed by the end of this month, h.
Quality Assurance (1) A Quality Assurance Branch member participated in the inspec-tion at TERA's offices in Berkeley, CA.
(2) Quality Assurance Branch members attended a meeting in Chatta-nooga, TN to discuss TVA QA topical report, revision 9.
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PRA Based Inspection Representatives of the Operating Reactor Programs Branch will be in Region 8 on July 15, 1986 to participate in pre-inspection activi-ties for the upcoming PRA Directed Operational Assessment and Readiness Inspection at Indian Point 2.
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International Activities The Deputy Director participated with Inspection Programs staff at the State Department with members of DOE, 00E, FEMA, and EPA regard-ing the upcoming conventions at the IAEA on reporting and assistance for transboundary release and consequences.
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Program Development Revised Inspection Procedure 61706 (Core Thermal Power Evaluation) and 62709 (Power Coefficient of Reactivity) have been approved for issuance.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING JULY 11, 1986 U.S.-Federal Republic of Germany Meeting on Cooperation On Thursday a six-member delegation from the Committee for Research and Technology of the Parliament (Bundestag) of the Federal Republic of Germany met with Chairman Zech.
IP Assistant Director for International Cooperation R. Hauber also attended the meeting. The delegation members represented four different political parties. They discussed effects of Chernobyl and our cooperation with FRG agencies in safety information exchanges and safety research programs.
Meeting with Japanese Embassy Representatives on International Terrorism On Friday Mr. T. Sakata and Mr. Senzaki of the Japanese Embassy met with R.
Burnett and other members of the Division of Safeguards and H. Faulkner, IP, to exchange views on the recommendations of the recent report by an International Task Force on Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism. Additionally, J.
Davis, Director, NMSS, spoke briefly with the Japanese visitors about his coming trip to Japan.
International Conventions on Notification and Assistance On Friday S. Schwartz, Deputy Director of IE/DEPER, and R. Senseney, IP, attended an interagency meeting at the Department of State to discuss the proposals for international conventions on notification of nuclear accidents i
with potential transboundary effects and coordination of emergency response and assistance in the event of a nuclear accident. Mr. Schwartz will represent the NRC on the U.S. delegation at a meeting of government experts convened to draft these conventions.
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0FFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS f)1TEMSOFINTEREST WEEK ENDING JULY ll 1986 Rhode Island Program Review The Rhode Island radiation control program will be reviewed the week of July 14,1986.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE, 3:30 P.M., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1986, C0t911SSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE)
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SECY-86-153 - Fitness for Duty of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel - Memo SECY to Stello dated 7/7/86 The Co.mmission (with Chairman Palladino and Commissioners Roberts and Ze'ch agreeing) approved publication of the attached policy statement on Fitness for Duty of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel.
The Federal Register Notice should note that the policy is effective upon publication and that interested members of the public are invited to provide comments.
The staff should provide an analysis of the comments and recommendations to the Commission following receipt of the public comments.
The policy is subject to the continued success of the industry initiatives in implementing fitness for duty programs and the NRC's ability to monitor the effectiveness of those programs.
The Commission will refrain from new rulemaking on fitness for duty for a minimum of 18 months from the effective date of this policy statement and will exercise this deference as long as the industry programs produce the desired results.
Commissioner Asselstine disapproved and provided separate views indicating that he preferred to issue a rule instead of a policy statement.
The additional views of the Commission are also attached.
Commissioner Bernthal approved the policy statement in part and disapproved in part.
He noted that:
" Consistent with the policy statement originally approved by Commissioners Roberts, Zech, and Bernthal, I would have l
preferred that the final policy statement retain the following language.
On page 6, I would delete the phrase,
...in any way related to safety', that was added to the end of the sentence under the second bullet, and I would have retained the original draft wording under the third bullet.
Also on page 6, I would retain the words
... severe disciplinary action, up to and including....', which have been replaced by the word 'possible' in point 1) at the bottom of the page.
On page 7, with the exception of the changes'in point
- 2) at the top of the page, I would retain the language of the January 29 Commission-approved draft."
The Federal Register Notice should be forwarded for signature and publication.
In addition the Federal Register Notice contained in SECY-85-21A which withdraws the proposed rulemaking on fitness for duty should be revised as necessary and forwarded for signature.
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(This completes Commission action on SECY-85-21A.)
You should provide the Commission with an analysis of the public comments received and recommendations for further action if necessary.
The Commission expects to be kept informed by periodic briefings or other appropriate means during the next 18 months on the industry's experience with the policy.
B. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE, 3:30 P.M., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1986 COPEISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) (SECY-86-184) - Memo SECY to the Record dated 7/10/86 j
The Commission met to act on a policy statement and order in response to the Guard remand.
i The Commission discussed the attached modified language for the last paragraph on page 6 and top of page 7 of the policy state-ment.
Following discussion of staff proposed changes to the policy statement, the Commission agreed to delay voting to enable additional Commission study of the staff proposed modifications.
The Commission agreed to act in the near future on this issue.
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1 C. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE, 4:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1986, C0fMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - Memo SECY to Parler dated 7/10/86 I.
SECY-86-186 - Request to Intervene in the Matter of American Nuclear Corporation, Docket No. 40-4492 The Commission,* by a 3-1 vote, approved an order denying a petition (filed June 19, 1986 and amended on June 23, 1986) by Quivira Mining Company to intervene in In the Matter of American Nuclear Corporation, a proceeding occasioned by NRC enforcement t
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Commissioner Bernthal disapproved the order and indicated he would have granted an eight day extension to Quivira.
(Subsequently, on July 3, 1986 the Secretary signed the Order.)
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Commissioner Roberts was not present when this 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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I 7/7-31/86 50-443 Phillips Building Determine what staff require-NRC/PSNH V. Herses 50-444 ments remain to be met to resolve Seabrook licensing issues prior to issuing operating license
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7/14/86 50-324 Room P-110 Discuss need for mid-cycle NRC/ UTILITY /GE E.Sylvester 10:00 a.m.
Phillips Building inspection for interganular j
stress corrosion cracking 7/14/86 50-259 Room P-1022A Discuss TVA's implementation NRC/TVA R. J. Clark 1:00 p.m.
260/296 Phillips Building of NUREG-0737, item II.K.3.18 7/14/86 50-259 Room P-110 Discuss TVA's proposed NRC/TVA R. J. Clark 2:00 p.m.
260/296 Phillips Building electrical design for Alternate
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7/15/86 50-259 Room P-412 Discuss TVA's program to seis-NRC/TVA R. J. Clark 1:00 p.m.
260/296 Phillips Building mically qualify Browns Ferry systems and use of variable dumping 7/16/86 50-321 Room P-110 Discuss and explain GPC recent NRC/GPC G. Rivenbark 9:00 a.m.
50-366 Phillips Building submittal (May 16,1986) request-ing exemptions to fire protec-tion requirements Appendix R to m
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 7/17&l8/86 50-390 Knoxville Office Discuss cable pulling, NRC/TVA/
T. W. Alexion 9:00 a.m.
50-391 Complex Bldg installation and bend radii CONSULTANTS Knoxville,Tenn./
at Watts Bar 7/18/86 Watts Bar Site 7/21-26/86 50-309 Maine Yankee Atomic Discuss Maine Yankee's NRC/MYAPCo/
P. M. Sears 8:00 a.m.
Power Station Seismic Margin Program and ENERGY /EQE 1
Wiscassett, ME to conduct various walkdowns r
l 7/22/86 50-346 Davis-Besse site at Site visit to Davis-Besse NRC/TED A. De Agazio 1
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7/23/86 50-412 P-110 Discuss DLC technical issues NRC/DLC P. S. Tam 9:00 a.m.
Phillips Building raised by the staff regarding DLC's Seismic and Dynamic Qualification Program for Safety-Related Equipment for Beaver Valley Unit 2 9
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Administrator, and Hatch Facility Selected RII Staff Members 07/21/86 RII Office Meeting with representative B. Stewart, VEPC0; Grace 1:30 pm of Virginia Electric and Regional Administrator Power Company to discuss current utility issues 07/23/86 Hartsville, SC Presentation of Certificates Licensee management Grace pm to Utility Operators and Operators, Regional Administrator and selected RII Staff Members 9
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