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MEMORANDlM FOR: Robert Minogue, Director
- Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research FROM
- Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 4
SUBJECT:
THE FOREIGN LIAISON PROGRAM AT LIVERMORE LABORATORY
Reference:
(a) Memo from S. Fabic to K. Kniel dated 10/22/81; 4
Subject:
The Foreign Liaison Program at Lawrence j Livemore Laboratory (LLL) j (b) Memo fran T. E. Murley to L. C. Shao, dated 12/30/81;
Subject:
JAERI Mark II Containment
- Test Program i This is in response to the recommendation in Reference (a) that NRC
- tenninate the subject Foreign Liaison Progran at LLL. This memo also i reflects discussions my staff has had with Dr. Tim Lee of your staff !'
i ' since receipt of the October 22, 1981 memorandum. We agree that the LLL program is not critical to licensing activities. The second phase of the JAERI modal tests, conducted by Agbabian Associates for LLL, will be i of sane value. These tests, along with the first phase of the Agbabian j modal tests that have already been conducted, will provide fluid-stmeture j interaction infonnation which could prove useful if future load refinements
, are proposed by owners of Mark II facilities.
I i However, no applicants to date have proposed load refinements that require this type of infonnation, nor is this type infonnation required i
for the A-8 Unresolved Safety Issue, since this issue is now resolved.
It is our understanding that the JAERI Mark II facility will not be decommissioned for at least another two years. By that time, most Mark i
II OL licensing activities should be complete and the need, if any, for additional JAERI modal tests should be apparent.
The primary purpose of the LLL program was to provide the USNRC with the results of confinnatory research applicable to the validation of ad-vanced contafrunent codes and the licensing of U. S. Mark II BWR power
- plants. The liaison efforts included
Mark II Tests perfonned at the JAERI-CRT Facility in Japan.
Steam Condensation tests at the GKSS Facility in Gennany. 1 CONTACT: C. J. Anderson 49 27486 23938 ho.2cioI;LS XA
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Robert Minogue December 7, 1981 In-Plant Mark III SRV discharge tests perfonned at .the Kuosheng Nuclear Power Plant in Taiwan.
This program has fulfilled its purpose. Consequently, with the recent closure of the Mark II pool dynamic loads program (USI A-8) and the anticipated closure of the Safety Relief Valve program (USI A-39) in December 1981, there is no critical need for the above efforts. A few items of the subject program that are of interest to us can be handled within the NRC in a more cost effective way as follows:
The limited liaison with JAERI and GKSS to follow the remaining tests should be transferred to Dr. Lee of the Analysis Development Branch, RES.
Translation of the JAERI-CRT and GKSS test reports should be handled through translation services directly available to NRC.
In summary, considering the cost reducing efforts currently underway at the NRC and the closure of the A-8 and A-39 programs, I would agree that the LLL foreign liaison program should be eliminated.
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Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: E. Case S. Hanauer F. Schroeder K. Kniel G. Knighton P. Norian J. Kudrick T. Lee W. Butler W. Minners F. Schauer T. Su C. Anderson l
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FY 1982 PROGRAM ASSUMPTIONS
STATE: CALIFORNIA NRC TECHNICAL MONITOR: T. LEE ,
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: E. MCCAULEY OBJECTIVE: LIAISON FOR FULL SCALE STEAM CONDENSATION TESTS BUDGET ACTIVITY: 60190llb FY 1982 PROGRAM ASSUMPTIONS: $2bOK FY 1982 SCOPE:
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THE FOLLOWING TASKS ARE TO BE PERFORMED AS A CONTINUATION OF THIS PROGRAM:
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) THE C0!iTRACTOR WILL ACT AS THE NRC'S PRINCIPAL LIAISON FOR THE FULL SCALE
- STEAM CONDENSATION TESTS THAT ARE BEING PERFORMED AT THE JAERI TEST FACILITY '
IN JAPAN, GKSS FACILITY IN GERMANY AND KU0SHENG PLANT IN TAIWAN. THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE THE DESIGNATED U.S. RECIPIENT OF DATA GENERATED BY THESE TESTS AND WILL:
- 1. GENERATE DATA REPORTS FOR EACH TEST AND DISSEMINATE TO DESIGNATED ORGANIZATIONS PER NRC INSTRUCTION. . ;
- 2. PROVIDE TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF THE TEST DATA AND DEVELOP A MORE [
j FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE STEAM VENTING PHENOMENA. TECHNICAL '
l EVALUATION OF ALL TEST RESULTS SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE CONTEXT OF
- RESOLVING OUTSTANDING LICENSING ISSUES.
i - 3. PERFORM OTHER LIAISON ACTIVITIES WITH THE JAERI, GKSS, AND KU0SHENG TEST PROGRAMS PER NRC INSTRUCTION. .
- 4. DATA REPORTS TO BE PROVIDED FOR EACH TEST. PROGRESS REPORTS TO BE PROVIDED TO NRC TECHNICAL MONITOR ON MONTHLY BASIS.
- 5. THOSEJAERI,GKSS,ANDKU0SHENGREPORTS(ANDTHEIREVALUATIONS)THAT l ARE DESIGNATED PROPRIETARY SHALL ONLY BE DISSEMINATED TO NRC. THE l APPROPRIATE CARE IN HANDLING SUCH REPORTS MUST BE EXERCISED BY THE CONTRACTOR WHILE PROCURING TRANSLATIONS. ;
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