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March 4, 1987 For:
The Comissioners Fron:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO Subiect:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING FEBRl!ARY 27, 1987 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 A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C
Inspection and Enforcement D
Nuclear Regulatory Research E
General Counsel F*
International Programs G
State Prograns H
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Resource Management Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data J
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& Disadvar.taged Business litilization & Civil Rights K*
Regional Offices L*
CRGR Monthly Reports M*
Exorutive Director for Operations N*
Itens Addressed by the Ccmission 0
Meeting Notices P
Proprietary or Other Serritive Inforration (Not for Q
external distribution) l p
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I 8703o90158 870304 T. A. Rehr, Assistant for Operations Office of tha Executive Director NKL 3EP PDR for Operations
Contact:
T. A. Rehn, EDO 492-7781
HIGHLIGHTS ~0F WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 27, 1987 Completion of the Moored Training Ship Denonstration Ceview 8
On February 20, 1987, NRR completed its review and issued the firel Safety Evaluation Report for the Moored. Training Ship Demonstration (MTSD), a-U.S.
Department of Energy /U.S. Department of Navy (DOE /NR) project to be used for training naval propulsion plant operators.
The MTSD's Safety Analysis Report was tendered on January 23, 1986. Du*ing the course of the review, the staff overcame approximately 7 weeks of an 11 week delay imposed by DOE /NR-and completed the review ahead of schedule. The' ACRS reviewed the project on Feb*uary 4 and 6, 1987. The ACRS's letter, dated February 11, 1987, concurs with tha staff's conclusions related to the opera-tion of the project.
Pre-Operational Inspection Sequoyah Fuels UF; to UF4 On February 18, and 19, 1987, representatives of NMSS, RIV, DOE (ORNL), and Westinghouse (Fernald, Ohio) participated in a pre-operational inspection of Sequoyah Fuels proposed depleted UF to UF facility in Gore, Oklahoma.
Areas inspected included process operations, ins,trumentation and computer control, 6
management organization, operator training and retraining, and radiation i
protection.
RIV assumed the lead and is responsible for reporting the activities and findings of the inspection team. Within the scope of the areas examined, no major items of concern were identified.
The inspection report is 4
expected to be completed by Mid-March 1987. The amendment application requesting authorization to process UF to UF was the subject of a Hearing in 6
4 January 1987.
As of this date, the Hearing' decision has not been rendered.
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Meetina with Contractors On February 24, Division of Waste Management and Office of General Counsel staff met with Howard Bellman, Tim Mealy, and Matthew Low, to discuss the tasks they will be performing as contractors for the planned negotiated rulemaking on the development of procedures for the submission and management of records and documents related to the licensing of a high-level waste repository.
In contrast to conventional rulemaking where the agency develops the rule independently, negotiated rulemaking enables representatives of key interested parties, working under a mediator, to develop a proposed rule for agency approval. This approach to rulemaking is designed to save time by developing a rule that is more acceptable to all affected parties from the outset, and thereby reduce the need for resolving outstanding issues concerning the proposed rule. Mr. Bellman, a professional mediator, with support from Mr. Mealey and Mr. Low, will be working to convene the interested parties for the negotiations. The convening period, which involves identifying appropriate parties, determining their interest in participating in the negotiations, and assessing the feasibility for the NRC of proceeding t
with negotiated rulemaking, will end on May 15.
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OFFICC 0F ADMINISTRATION Week Encing February 27, 1987 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Carryovers,1986 170 53 Received, 1987 123 10 Granted 78 3
Denied 25 4
Penoing 190 56 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received (Anindividual ReqJests records maintained in the NRC on himself.
requesting information about himself)
(87-114)
Dennis Terez Requests copies of four categories of records concerning (87-115)
DuPont's efforts to obtain a license for anatase ore.
Stewart Wetzel, Requests copies of SECY-85-231, " Proposed NRC Action with NUS Corporation Regard to TVA." and SECY-86-348, " Final Rule Making for (87-116)
Revisions to Operator Licensing 10 CFR 55 and Conforming Amendments."
Joe Mendez Requests a copy of a preliminary risk analysis report (87-117) on radioactive release at a plant based on stuoies at five plants as noted in a February 18, 1987 article in the Seattle-Post-Intelligencer.
Ophelia Williams, Requests copies of an April 10, 1986 memo by S. Chilk J/R/A Associates to V. Stello and a May 14, 1986 memo from V. Stello to (87-118) the Cctraissioners regarding standardization.
Ophelia Williams, Requests copies of four inspection reports on Comanche J/R/A Associates Peak: 81-05, 73-01, 75-02, and 78-06.
(87-119)
Ophelia Williams, Requests copies of two spcifieo letters between the J/R/A Associates Nuclear Utility Fire Protection Group and the NRC.
(87-120)
CONTACT: Donnie H. Grimsley 492-7211 l
FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE A i
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Received, Cont'd Ophelia Williams, Requests copies of all correspondence between NRC J/R/A Associates headquarters and Region III regarding interpretation 4
(87-121)-
of technical specifications.
Ophelia Williams, Requests copies of all 94-300 operational readiness J/R/A Associates letters for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.
(87-122)
William Hendrick, Requests copies of records supporting amendment 24 to Texas Nuclear ado conditions 24 and 25 on License 12-11286-01 issueo (87-123) to ADC0 Service, Inc., Tinley Park, Illinois.
Granted Jennifer Puntenney, In response to a request for records related to the Safe Energy main steam turbine bypass lines at the Fenni Unit 2 Coalition of nuclear power plant, made available 19 records.
Informed Michigan the requester that additional records subject to this (87-50) request are already available at the PDR.
Eric Hill, In response to a request for daily average emission Ballard, Spahr, readings for the following plants: Pantex plant, Texas; Andrews &
Test Reactor Area, Idaho; Point Beach, Wisconsin; Tarapur, Ingersoll Inoia; and Nuclenor, Spain; made available three records.
(87-59)
Informed the requester that the NRC located no records on the two foreign reactors, the Pantex plant ano Test i
Reactor. Suggested that he contact the D0D for the Pantex plant and the DOE for the Test Reactor Area.
Steven Sholly, In response to a request for a copy of a December 1982 MHB Technical report by Battelle, " Selected ATWS Audit' Calculations for Associates Three PWR Designs," informed the requester that the NRC (87-78) did not locate the report subject to this request.
(Anindividual In response to a request for records maintainea in the requesting NRC on himself, informed the requester that the NRC has information about no records pertaining to him in its radiation exposure, himself) document control, or the security system of records.
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Denied Lynn Cunningham, In response to a request for records on CIA reviews of l
The Times-Picayune Grand Gulf Unit 1, mace available 10 records.
Informed Publishing Corp.
the requester that additional records subject tc this (85-167) request are already available at the PDR. Denied 14 records in their entirety, release of which would tend l'
to inhibit the open and trunk exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process. Denied portions of nine records, release of which would tend tc inhibit the open and frank exchange of iceas essential to the deliberative i
process, result in 6 clearly unwarranted invasion of I
privacy, and interfere with an enforcement proceeding.
FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE A
3 Denied, Cont'd Janice Knight, In' response to a request for a copy of a January 13, Quality Technology 1987 memorandum from Victor Stello to Ben Hayes,
Subject:
Company Request for Investigation, denied this record in its (87-98) entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process ano would interfere with an enforcement proceeding.
FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE A
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 20, 1987 RFP ISSUED RFP No.: RS-01E-87-119 Ti tle:
" Technical Assistance in Developing and Implementing Program and Procedures for Reactors Requiring Special Inspection Resources"
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Description:==
Contractor will provide technical assistance to NRC Regional and Headquarters staff. in developing and implementing programs and procedures for reactors with unusual problems during design, construction or operation including unplanned outages.
Period of Performance: Three years Sponsor: Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status: RFP issued on February 19, 1987.
Proposals due on March 20, 1987.
PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION RFP No.: RS-NMS-87-005
Title:
" Federal Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)"
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Description:==
Establish a Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analysis (CNWRA) to conduct technical assistance and research for NRC in support of its regulatory program as related to activities under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) for a high-level radioactive waste disposal system.
Period of Perf&ance:
Five years Sponsor: Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Status: RFP closed on February 10, 1987.
Proposals provided to Source Evaluation Panel for review on February 17, 1987.
RFP No.: RS-RES-87-077
Title:
" Investigation of the Quaternary Structural and Tectonic Character of the Meers Fault (Southwestern Oklahoma)"
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Description:==
Provide the data necessary to characterize the Meers Fault for seismic assessment and to determine if there are other such faults that may have been reactivated in the Quaternary within the fault zone.
Period of Performance: Two years Sponsor: Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Status: RFP closed on February 20, 1987.
Proposals forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel for review on February 20, 1987.
FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE A
. RFP No.: RS-0IE-87-121
Title:
" Training Course in the Medical Uses of By-product Material"
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Description:==
Provide NRC materials inspectors with hands-on experience and classroom presentations in three general safety areas for the use of by-product material: radiological health and safety procedures, personnel training and experience,~ and facilities and equipment.
Period of Performance:
Four years Sponsor: Office of Inspection and Enforcement Status: Best and Final offers received on February 13, 1987, and forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel for review on February 17, 1987.
RFP No.:
RS-0RM-87-223
Title:
" Cost Analyses of Proposed Changes in NRC Requirements Having Economic Impact"
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Description:==
The contractor shall provide services for cost analyses'to identify, derive and analyze the economic impact of proposed changes in regulatory requirements and the costs to licensees of replacement power when a plant is shut down.
Period of Performance: 30 months Sponsor: Office of Resource Management Status: Negotiations have been completed. Best and Final offers are due on February 26, 1987.
CONTRACT AWARDED RFP No.: 'RS-NRR-86-051
Title:
" Technical Assistance in Support of NRC Reactor Licensing Activities"
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Description:==
Performance of technical evaluations in support of licensing actions and other support work on liccrsing activities including: generic and plant-specific safety assessments, Near Term Operating Licenses (NT0Ls), generic issue resolution, risk assessments, and analyses of operating reactor experience.
Period of Performance: Three years plus option for two years Sponsor: Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Status: A cost-plus-fixed fee type Contract No. NRC-03-87-029 was awarded to Science Applications International Corporation in the arount of
$17,046,482.00 effective February 17, 1987.
FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE A
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 27, 1987 IFB ISSUED J
RFP No.: RS-0Rh-87-217
Title:
"On-Call Maintencnce on IBM System Six's, Mag Cards and Displaywriter Systems"
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Description:==
Provide maintenance, repairs, and replacement parts to NRC owned Mag Cards, System Six's and Displaywriter Systems.
Period of Performance: 24 months Sponsor: Office of Resource Management Status:
IFB issued on February 24, 1987.
Proposals due on March 26, 1987.
PROPOSAL UNDER EVALUATION RFP No.: RS-0RM-87-223
Title:
" Cost Analyses of Proposed Changes in NRC Requirements Having Econonic Impact"
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Description:==
The contractor shall provide services for cost analyses to identify, derive and analyze the economic impact of proposed changes in regulatory requirements and the costs to licensees of replacement power when a plant is shut down.
Period of Performance: 30 months Sponsor: Office of Resource Management Status: Best and Final offers received on February 26, 1987, and forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel for review on February 26, 1987, s.
FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE A
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending February 27, 1987 River Bend Station On February 24, 1987, the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) granted a
$57 million emergency interin rate relief to Gulf States Utilities, the River Bend licensee. The PSC acted after State courts had earlier romanded a $100 million emergency rate relief request to the PSC.
The Gulf States Utilities (GSU) service area includes southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas. On February 3, 1987, the Texas PSC awarded GSU a $39.9 million emergency. rate relief. However, granting this rate relief was con-tincent upon GSU establishing a $250 million line of credit. On February 5, 1987, GSU omitted dividends on their preferred stock. GSU had earlier omitted dividends on thair common stock.
Completion of the Moored Training Ship Demonstration Review On February 20, 1987, NRR completed its review and issued the firel Safety Evaluation Report for the Moored Training Ship Denonstration (MTSD), a U.S.
Department of Energy /U.S. Department of Navy (D0E/NR) project to be used for training naval propulsion plant operators.
The MTSD's Safety Analysis Report was tendered on January 23, 1986. During the course of the review, the staff overcame approximately 7 weeks of an 11 week delay imposed by DOE /NR and completed the review ahead of schedule. The ACRS reviewad the project on February 4 and 6, 1987. The ACRS's letter, dated February 11, 1987, concurs with tha staff's conclusions related to the opera-tion of the project.
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FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE B
NRC TMI-2 CLEANUP PROJECT DIRECTORATE WEEKLY STATUJ REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH 1, 1987 1.
DEFUELING Fuel removal activities resumed on February 23, 1987. The principal work effort was focused on removal of end fittings and fuel pins-from the peripheral fuel assemblies. The efforts were largely successful but a few end fittings were deforr:ed such that they would not fit in the canister opening.
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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 tha City of Lancaster Agreenent.
TMI water effluents are sampled from the station (Units 1 and 2) discharge and analyzed by EPA. Gamna spectrun analyses of the seven daily composited samples for Fahruary 7 - 14, 1987 indicated no TMI-2 related radioactivity.
EPA's ganma spectrum analysis of the NRC's TMI outdoor air sample for the period February 19 - 27, 1987 showed no reactor related radioactivity.
The Lancaster water works intake composited seven daily samples February 8 - 14, 1987. The gamma spectrum analyzed by EPA showed no reactor related radioactivity.
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DECONTAMINATION ACTIVITIES Scarifying of the reactor building basement walls continues.
Robotic scabbling of the seal injection cubicle has been delayed because of high radioactivities in the debris.
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NRC EVALUATIONS IN PROGRESS Technical Specification Change Request numbers 49 and 51 and the associated Recovery Operations Plan Change Requests 31 and 33.
Technical Specification Change Request 52, 55 end 56.
Solid Waste Facility Technical Eveluation Report.
Heavy Load Safety Evaluation Report, Revision 3.
Processed Water Disposition Proposal.
Safety Evaluation Report for Use of Plasma Arc Cutting Torch.
.Tenporary Raactor Vessal Filtration Systen Safety Evaluation Report, Revision 3.
Pressurizer Defueling Safety Evaluatien Report.
Safety Evaluation Report for Defueling of the Core Support Assembly.
FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE B
Waste Handling and Packaqing Facility Technical Evaluation Report, Revision 6.
Containment Air Control Envelope Technical Evaluation Report, Revision 7.
Coagulant Criticality Safety Evaluation Report.
Revision 2 to the Sediment Transfer and Processing Safety Evaluation Report.
Seismic Evaluation for Modified Containment Penetration..
Organization Plan Change Request 14.
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MEETING The Advisory Parel for the Decontamination of Three Mile Island Unit 2 net on February ?6,1987 at the Lancaster City Council Chambers, Lancaster, PA. The NRC and GPU Nuclear staffs responded to questions posed by the Parel and the public on the NRC's Draft Environrantal Impact Statement (EIS) for the Disposal of Accident-Generated Water -
The Panel listened to statemerts by.nenbers of the public regarding the licensee's proposed disposition of the accident-generated water.
The next Advisory Panel meeting is tentatively scheduled for March 25, 1987, in Harrisburg PA. The meetirg will include further discussion of the proposed disposition of the accident-generated water and the NRC's Draft EIS and will include an opportunity for public conment. The exact date, time, and location of the maeting will be announced in the futura.
Persons desiring to spaak before the Panel are requested to contact Mr. Thomas Smithgall at 717-291-1042, or write to him at 2123 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603, so that.they nay be placed on the naeting agenda.
I FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE B
l OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending February 27, 1987 Meetino on large Irradiators On February 24, 1987, the staff met to discuss regulatory requirements for large irradiators.
Representatives attended from NMSS, SP, AEOD, RES, and Region I, II, III, and IV. The meeting was prompted by an expected increase in irradiator license applications, due to interest in food irradiation and planned Department of Energy sponsorship of several irradiators.
All aspects of irradiators were discussed including siting, design, operator training, and safety procedures. There was a general consensus that our licensing guidance for irradiators needs to be expanded, and that NRC should consider developing a regulation for irradiators, similar to 10 CFR Part 34 for radiography.
NHSS will follow-up on the results of the meeting.
Combustion Engineerina (Windsor, Connecticut Facility, Docket 70-1100)
Representatives from Combustion Engineering (CE) and NRC met on February 19, 1987, to discussythe NRC preliminary review of CE's application requesting authorization to base nuclear criticality safety on the maximum mist density of water from a sprinkler system in a particular area of the facility.
Additional requirements related to the method of analysis used, engineering and administrative controls required, and the adequacy of safety margins were included in the discussion.
CE plans to submit a revised application addressing the NRC concerns regarding the inadequacies of its present submittal.
Sequoyah Fuels UF to UF Pre-Operational Inspection g
4 On February 18, and 19,1987, representatives of NMSS, RIV, 00E (ORNL), and Westinghouse (Fernald, Ohio) participated in a pre-operational inspection of Sequoyah Fuels proposed depleted UF to UF facility in Gore, Oklahoma.
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inspected included process operations, ins,trumentation and computer control, management organization, operator training and retraining, and radiation protection.
RIV assumed the lead and is responsible for reporting the activities and findings of the inspection team. Within the scope of the areas examined, no major items of concern were identified.
The inspection report is expected to be completed by Mid-March 1987.
The amendment application requesting authcrization to process UF to UF was the subject of a Hearing in 6
4 January 1987.
As of this date, the Hearing decision has not been rendered.
FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE C
2 Licensing Support System The NRC has submitted to DOE a draft Agreement in Principle, signed by the i.
Director, Office of. Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, which sets forth the policy and. respective commitments of the two agencies for prompt development of a Licensing Support System for high-level waste repository.
The Li*ensing Support System is an automated record management licensing.
c system for the high-level waste licensing proceeding.
The objective of the Licensing Support System will be to facilitate compliance with the three year schedule for a Commission decision on a DOE application to authorize repository construction under Section 114d of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act.
The full nature and scope of the system will be defined by NRC's current negotiated rulemaking efforts.
The Division of Waste Management has developed a Transitional Licensing
. Support System (TLSS) for the high-level waste licensing proceeding.
The TLSS is NRC's " interim" automated high-level waste record management system until
- such time as the DOE Licensing Support System becomes operational.
The Division of Waste Management will be meeting with DOE, the States and Tribal organizations on March 25, 1987 to discuss DOE's efforts for developing the Licensing Support System.
The meeting is to identify issues for the forthcoming negotiated rulemaking and to demonstrate the interim NRC system.
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking On September 30, 1986,. the Environmental Protection Agency published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking about primary drinking water regulations for radionuclides [51 FR 34836].
The notice states that EPA is considering establishing Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (MCLGs) for radionuclides in drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
The notice indicates that EPA may establish MCLGs of zero for radium-226, radium-228, gross alpha, uranium, radon, and gross beta and photon emitters. Although the notice states that MCLGs are non-enforceable health goals, E.A is required to establish enforceable Maximum Contaminant Levels as close to the MCLGs as feasible considering cost and technology.
Such low limits for drinking water may have direct and indirect implications for NRC regulatory programs such as
-the ongoing revisions to 10 CFR Part 20, guidance on Alternate Concentration Limits for uranium recovery facilities, and other licensing and regulatory activities. The notice also proposes the following definitions:
" Natural Uranium" means uranium with combined uranium-234 plus uranium-235 plus uranium-238 which has a varying isotopic composition but typically is 0.006% uranium-234, 0.7% uranium-235, and 99.27% uranium-238.
" Man-made beta particle and photon emitters" means all radionuclides emitting beta particles and/or photons except thorium-232, uranium-235 and uranium-238 and their progeny.
FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE C
3 Meeting with Contractors On February 24, Division of Waste Management and Office of General Counsel staff met with Howard Bellman, Tim Mealy, and Matthew Low, to discuss the tasks they will be performing as contractors for the planned negotiated rulemaking on the development of procedures for the submission and management of records and documents related to the licensing of a high-level waste repository.
In contrast to conventional rulemaking where the agency develops the rule independently, negotiated rulemaking enables representatives of key interested parties, working under a mediator, to develop a proposed rule for agency approval. This approach to rulemaking is designed to save time by developing a rule that is more acceptable to all affected parties from the outset, and thereby reduce the need for resolving outstanding issues concerning the proposed rule. Mr. Bellman, a professional mediator, with support from Mr. Healey and Mr. Low, will be working to convene the interested parties for the negotiations.
The convening period, which involves identifying appropriate parties, determining their interest.in participating in the negotiations, and assessing the feasibility for the NRC of proceeding with negotiated rulemaking, will end on May 15.
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Office of Inspection and Enforcement Items of Interest Week'Ending February 27, 1987 1.
Items of Interest None.
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Civil Peralties Paid None.
3.
The following Significant Enforcement Action was taken during the past week:
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Peralty was issued to Dairyland Power Cooperative (Lacrosse) in the amount of $25,000. This action is based on multiple violations of NRC requirements concerning the licensee's Safeguards Information Protection Program.
(EN 87-10) 4.
The following IE Information Notices and Bulletins were issued during the past week:
IE Information Notice No. 87-13, Potential for High Radiation Fields Following Loss of Water From Fuel Pool was issued to all holders of a nuclear power reactor operating license or a construction permit with the exception of Ft. St. Vrain.
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The following IE Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week:
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PNO-TMI-87-01, GPU Nuclear Corporation (Three Mile Island 2), Radio-active Material Offsite.
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PNO-I-87-13, National Bureau of Standards (Gaithersburg, MD),
Excessive Package Radiation Levels, c.
PNO-II-87-13. Virginia Electric and Power Company (Surry 1), Return to Service Following December Unit 1 Feed Line Rupture, d.
PNO-II-87-14, Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (Erwin, TN), Sale of NFS Tennessee Plant Announced, e.
PNO-III-87-25, Illinois Power Company (Clinton), Sick-In.
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PN0-III-87-27, Conmonwealth Edison Ccmpany (Dresden 3), Shutdown Dua to Iroperable HPCI Systen, g.
PNO-V-87-15, Washington Public Pewar Supply System (WNP-2), Shutdown Greater Than 48 Hours.
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PNO-V-87-16, Pacific Gas f4 Electric Company (Diablo Canyon 1), Unit 1 Shutdown Required by Technical Specifications (TS) and Subsequent Turbine Trip / Reactor Trip.
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PNO-V-87-17, Southern California Edison Company (San Onofre 3), Press Release.
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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Itent of Interest Week Ending February 27, 1987 Sixth Cocrdination Meeting on Containment Performance Research Under Severe Accidents The 6th coordination meeting was held on Tuesday, February 24,1987, at the Phillips Building in Bethesda, Maryland, to present results and discuss upcoming tests scheduled as part of research programs related to containment performance. The meeting was attended by representatives from NRC/NRR, RES, Sandia, Ames, and Battelle laboratories.
Presentations were given on contairment test programs; studies on containment venting, direct heating and integrity under high seismic loads.
NUREG 1150, " Reactor Risk Reference Document" was also presented. Copies of presentations can be obtained by contacting H. Graves, 443-7862.
CONTACT:
H. Graves Maine Yankea Seismic Margins Review Om February 19, 1986, the conclusions of the Maine Yankee Seismic Margins Review was presented to the NRC Seismic Design Margins Working Group and other NRC staff members. The Maine Yankee Peer Review Group also presented their final assessment of this review. Despite a number of itmes needing clarification in the draft final report, the review itself is felt to have been very successful and will be the primary input into an SER on Maine Yankee seismic design issues.
CONTACT:
D. Guzy Publications to be Issuad in the Near Future
Title:
Standard Format and Content for a Topical Safety Analysis Report for a Dry Spent Fuel Storage Cask (R. G. 3.61)
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Description:==
Provides guidance for submitting a topical safety analysis report to obtain NRC approval for reference.
Contact:
W. R. Pearson, RES 443-7682 FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE E
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Standard Format and Content for a Topical Safety Analysis Report for a Dry Spent Fuel Sterage Cask (R. G. 3.S2)
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Provides guidance for submitting a topical safety analysis report to obtain NRC approval for reference.
Contact:
W. R. Pearson, RES 443-7682 Recently Issued Publication Regulatory Guide 1.63, Rev. 3: Electric Penetration Assemblies in Containment Structures for Nuclear Power Plants i
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members from the Chinese National Nuclear Safety Administration who will be at NRC for two weeks, learning how to perform a safety assess-ment for the 300 MW PWR being built at Qinshan. NRR technical staff members will meet with them during this period to suggest procedures and answer questions, about NRC requirements.
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OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 27, 1987 Low-Level Waste The National Governors' Association, at its winter meeting February 22-24, adopted the following resolution proposed by New Jersey: Resolved that the Congress should direct the Department of Energy to immediately sponsor a study by the National Academy'of Sciences to establish safe, and to the greatest extent possible, site-independent facility designs for low-level waste; and further that the Academy should survey existing practices and scientific databases with respect to compaction, pact: aging, volume reduction, containment, and classification of wastes.
State Task Force on Nuclear Safety The National Governors' Association also established a task force on Nuclear Safety as a sub unit under its Committee on Energy and the Environment. The mission of the task force shall be to examine two issues:
first, the relationship among the States, the Federal Government, and the utility industry in ensuring the safe design and operation of nuclear power units; and second, the relationship among the States, the Federal Government, and the utility industry in ensuring off-site emergency response. The task force was charged with developing consensus policy recommendations and reporting them to the full Committee in -time for consideration at the 1987 NGA annual meeting in late July.
The Task Force consists of Governor Arch Moore (WV), Chairman of the Committee; Governor Cecil Andrus (ID), Chairman of the Task Force; Governor Booth Gardner (WA); Governor Richard Celeste (OH); Governor Madeleine M. Kunin (VT); Governor James G. Martin (NC); Governor Garrey Carruthers (NM); Governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. (SC); Governor James Thompson (IL); Governor Mario M. Cuomo (NY); Governor Michael Dukakis (MA);
Governor John H. Sununu (NH).
FEBRUARY 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE H
0FFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPEPATIONAL DATA ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending February 27, 1987 Regional workshops on the NRC Incident Investigation Program have now been held in Regions I, II, III and IV. The one-day workshop acquaints attendees with the NRC Incident Investigation Program and provides a status report on the Perfomance Indicator Program. The last workshop will be held on March 11, 1987 in Region V.
FEBRUARY 27. 1987 ENCLOSURE J l
ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 27, 1987 A.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON CHERN0BYL, 10:00 A.M., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1987, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE)
- SECY to V. Stello dated 2/26/87 The Commission was briefed on the lessons learned from the Chernobyl accident and the staff's evaluation of the regulatory implications.
Chairman Zech requested the staff to resubmit the attachment to SECY-87-25 with editorial changes by Friday, February 13, 1987.
(Subsequently, on February 13, 1987, the EDO resubmitted NUREG-1251 to the Commission.)
Commissioner Asselstine requested the staff to inform the Commission of nuclear installations which share systems between units as part of their shutdown capability.
The Commission also requested the staff to review in more detail containment venting systems and filtering and their associated cost and benefit.
The Commission also encouraged the staff to carefully review our operator training and education requirements end determine if the Soviet experience from the Chernobyl accident could shed light on improving our training requirements.
Commissioner Carr urged the staff to provide fire departments, that may be called upon to combat fires, and nuclear pcwcr plants with the appropriate lessons learned from the Chernobyl fire on a continuing basis.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - MEETING WITH REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS, 10:00 A.M., THURSDAY, i
FEBRUARY 12, 1987, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE _R0OM, D.C. 0FFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE - Memo SECY to V. Stello dated 2/26/87 The Commission met with the regional administrators to discuss activities and status of plants at each of NRC's five regions.
Commissioner Asselstine requested the staff to determine if it can clarify what makes plants like Ginna and Millstone have successful maintenance programs while other plants, such as Peach Bottom and Salem have less successful programs.
The staff committed to update the Commission if, in recent months, there has been a reduction in the backlog of maintenance items, including equipment out of service, at Fermi.
The Commission requested that, at the next briefing by the regional administrators, the staff highlight meritorious initia-tives by licensees as well as lessons learned from plants which have received high SALP ratings.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON ADVANCED REACTOR DESIGNS, 2:00 P.M.,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1987, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. 0FFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - Memo SECY to Memorandum for the Record dated 2/26/87 The Commission was briefed by the staff on its ongoing review of DOE's advanced reactor designs.
Commensurate with the level of detail of the information sub-mitted by DOE, the staff committed to explore with DOE the licensing and regulatory issues associated with the LMR fuel cycle (especially fuel reprocessing) to determine the need for requirements important for the licensing of these reactor designs.
There were no requirements set on the staff at this meeting.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND V0TE, 3:30 P.M., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1987, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. 0FFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - Memo SECY to V. Stello and W. Parler dated 2/27/87 I.
SECY-86-380 - Material Control and Accounting Requirements for Facilities Licensed to Possess and Use Formula Quantities of Strategic Special Nuclear Material The Coimnission, by a vote 5-0 vote, approved amendments to 10 CFR' Parts 70 and 74 and authorized publication of the final rule in the Federal Register, subject to the modifications noted on.
Commissioner Asselstine noted that:
it would seem that the intent of $74.51(d) (2) in requiring bimonthly tests during the initial phases of implementing the new FNMC plan is to serve as a check on the workings of the new plan.
However, 374. 51 (c) (2) does not require implementation of the plan until 90 days following staff approval.
Therefore, the requirement of 574. 51 (d) (2) for bimouthly inventories for six months following staff approval of the plan may result in only one physical inventory to serve as the check.
This would seem to be an insufficient test of those licensees that have littJe or no experience with process monitoring for safe-guards purposes.
I believe a minimum of three bimonthly inventories should be required for such licensees."
The revised rule should be forwarded for signature and publication in the Federal Register.
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SECY-87 October 20, 1986 Order to Show cause--Northern States Power Company The Commission, by a'3-2 vote, approved an order in the matter
.of Northern States Power Company which directs the NRC staff to file with the Commission and serve on petitioners and licensees a detailed explanation of the health and safety basis for the October 20, 1986 show cause order issued by the staff.
Chairman Zech and Commissioner Carr disapproved;the order. 'They believe that the enforcement process should take its normal course by assigning an Administrative Law Judge or Hearing Board to conduct the requested hearing.
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SECY-86-348 - Final Rulemaking for Revisions to Operator Licensing - 10 CFR 55 and Conforming Amendments The Commission, by a 5-0 vote, approved publication of final rules on operator licensing which revise.10 CFR 55, 10 CFR 50 and three associated regulatory guides.
The Commission (with Chairman Zech and Commissioners Asselstine and Carr agreeing) also approved Option A of the EDO's January 5, 1987, memorandum, as modified by Commissioner Carr.
Option A
- as modified would require the NRC to examine all licensed operators on a random basis so that no operator will go longer than'six years without being examined by the NRC once an initial six year license is issued.
Commissioner-Bernthal would have combined tWb elements of Option A and B in-the rule to indicate that the Commission would examine operators every six years
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unless the licensee demonstrates the ability to conduct a high quality exam program.
Commissioner Roberts did not approve Option A, he would have preferred Option C which would continue with the present prcgram of limited NRC requalification exami-nations to evaluate licensees requalification programs.
Commissioners Asselstine and Bernthal would also have required plant-referenedd simulators.
Commissioners Asselstine and Bernthal will have additional views to be published with the rule.
You should revise the final rule to include Option A, modified to indicate that the Commission will administer requalification written examinations and operating tests on a random basis so that no operator will go longer than six years without being examined by the'NRC.
The attached editorial changes to pages 1, 2, 19, 29, 30, 31 and 45 should also be incorporated.
The revised rule should be forwarded for signature and publication in the Federal Register.
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 3/2/87 5p-416 Grand Gulf Nuclear Audit of the detailed rentrol NRC and Consultants L. L. Kintar 8:30 a.m.
Station room design review and safety
/SERI parameter display system.
3/2/87 50-327/
TVA Office in Knox-To audit the electrical design NRC/TVA J. W. Thompson:
2:00 p.m.
328 ville/ Spring City,TN calculations on Sequoyah and to.
j audit the Employee Concerns Engineering Report EN-213.2(b).
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South Texas Project The purpose of the site visit is NRC/HL&P N. P. Kadambi 8:00 a.m.
499 Site Near Bay City,TX to conduct the audit in accord-ance with the enclosed agenda.
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3/3/87 50-327/
TVA Office in Knox-To audit the electrical design NRC/TVA J. W. Thompson 8:00 a.m.
328 ville/ Spring City,TN calculations on Sequoyah and to audit the Employee Concerns Engineering Report EN-213.2(b).
3/3/87 50-3?7/
Room P-114 To discuss haat code traceability, NRC/TVA J.11. Thompson 9:00 a.m.
328 Phillips Building piece parts replacement, cable pulling, and alternate analysis of small bore piping at Sequoyah.
3/3/87 50-312 P-422 To review discrepancies in Rancho NRR/RV/SMUD G. Kalman 92 9:00 a.m.
Phillips Building Seco liquid effluent program; E2 changes to Tech. Spec. and Offsite 5?
Dose Cal. Manual to ident. dis-E5 crepancies.
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-4DATE/ TIME NilMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 3/3/87 50-213 Landow Building To discuss review criteria and NRC/ Nil F. M. Akstulewie 9:30 a.m.
Suite 208 schedule for the licensee's pending conversion to Standard Technical Specifications.
3/3/87 50-455/
Room 6507 To discuss transfer of ownership NRC/CE L. N. Olshan 10:30 a.m.
456/457 Maryland Nat. Bank of Byron 2 and Braidwood 1 and 2 Ruilding to a subsidiary of Commonwealth Edison.
3/3/87 50-327/
Room 6110 To discuss heat code tracability, NRC/TVA J. W. Thompson 1:00 p.m.
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Maryland Nat. Bank place parts replacement, cable Building pulling, and alternate analysis of small bore piping at Sequoyah.
3/4/87 50-448/
South Texas Project The purpose of the site visit is NRC/HL&P M. P. Kadambi 8:00 a.n.
499 Site Near Bay City,TX to conduct the audit in accord-ance with the enclosed agenda.
3/4/87 50 327/
TVA Offices Knoxville To audit the electrical design NRC/TVA J. W. Thompson 8:00 a.m.
328 and Spring City, TN calculations on Sequoyah and audit Employee Conce ns Engineer-ing Report EN-213.2(S).
g 3/4/87 50-245 Ronm 6110 IGSCC Inspection During Reload II NRC/NNEC0 J. J. Shea p 10:00 a.m.
Maryland National Scheduled for June / July 1987.
Pank Building p*
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 3/5/87 50-498/
South Texas Pen.ioct The purpose of the site visit is NRC/HLAP N. P. Kadambi 8:00 a.m.
499 Site Naar Bay City,TX to conduct the audit in accord-ance with the enclosed agenda.
3/5/87 50-327/
TVA Offices Knoxville To audit the electrical desion NRC/TVA J.W. Thompson 8:00 a.n.
328 Spring City, TN calculations on Sequoyah and to audit Employee Concerns Engineer-ing Report EN-213.2(b).
3/5/87 50-338/
Room P-114 VEPC0 will discuss tha results NRC/VEPC0 L. R. Engle l
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339 Phillips Building and evaluation of current inspec-j tion of the three NA-1 steam gen-erators conducted during Nov. 1985.
3/6/87 50-327/
TVA Office Knoxville To audit the electrical design NRC/TVA J. W. Thompson R:00 a.m.
328 Spring City, TN calculations on Sequoyah and to l
audit Employee Concerns Engineer-ing Report EN-213.2(b).
3/6/87 50-309 Poom P-118 To discuss future low level waste NRC/ Licensee P. Sears 10:00 a.n.
Phillips Build.
nanagement at Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station.
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"DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 3/9/87 50-498/
Room 133 Tha purpose of the meeting is to NRC/HL&P N. P. Kadanhi 10:00 a.m.
499 Phillips Building discuss the South Texas Technical Specifications related to Instru-mantation and Control.
3/19/87 50-369/
Room P-110 19 discuss tentative requests NRC/ Duke Power Co.
D. Heod 8:30 a.m.
370/413/ Phillips Build.
for additional information regarding proposed removal of the RTD bypass manifold.
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3/1-6/87 Tucson, AZ To attend Waste Management '87 J. Cook (FC)
Cook Conference and give presentation.
3/4-5/87 Glen Confer with Region III licensing F. Sturz (FC)
Sturz Ellyn, IL personnel and site visit relating to B. Mallett (RIII) licensing and environmental assessment for supercompactor operation (Chem Nuclear).
3/9-12/87
- Paris, To Chair meeting of CRPPH dealing R. Cunningham (FC)
Cunningham France with radiological issues related to Chernobyl.
3/16-18/87
- Boston, To attend AIF Fuel Cycle '87 R. Cunningham (FC)
Cunningham MA Conference and give presentation.
3/19/87
- Willste, Briefing on fuel inspection C. MacDonald (FC)
MacDonald 2:00 5th floor (Brown-Boveri Nuclear Services.
B. Snyder, B. Koh conf rm Inc.).
(Brown-Boveri Nuclear Services, Inc.)
Division of Waste Management 3/11-12 San Antonio TX Participate as member of the Comunittee Michael J. Bell Michael J. Bell y
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER 10 CATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 23 3/16-20/87 Pasco, WA Discuss FNMC Plan and DJoy, NRC DJoy 44 introduce new SG SKirslis, new licensing reviewer at SG reviewer, NRC Advanced Nuclear DSchneider,ANFC Fuel Corporation (ANFC) 3/20-21/87 San Diego, CA Discuss physical sec-DJoy DJoy
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Richrond, VA VEPC0 SALP Meeting Licensee, Regional Grace Administrator and selected RII Staff members 3/12/87 H0s Office Vogtle Full Power Commission Commissioners, Licensee 2:00 p.m.
representatives and RII staff members 3/13/87 RII Office W. Wilgus, FPC, will make Selected RII Staff Members Grace
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presentation to selected RII Staff Members 3/16-20/87 RII Office Resident Inspector Meeting Sanior and Resident Reyes Inspectors 3/24/87 RII Office Vogtle Readiness Raview Licensee and selected Reyes 10:00 a.n.
Meeting RII staff members 3/31/87 Atlanta, GA Georgia Power Company-Licensee representatives Grace SALP Meeting Regional Administrator and Selected RII Staff Members 3/31-4/2/86 RII Office Fundamentals of Inspection Selected RII Staff Members Crlen,iak Course m
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