ML20214R702
| ML20214R702 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 09/24/1986 |
| From: | Rehm T NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| WIR-860919, NUDOCS 8609290253 | |
| Download: ML20214R702 (26) | |
Text
. ___
U Q '-
9 September 24, 1986 For: The Commissioners From: T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the ED0
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 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 f Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C Inspection and Enforcement D Nuclear Regulatory Research E General Counsel 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 Connission 0 Meeting Notices P Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for Q external distribution) l
- No input this week. /
/ /
/
hop 2c0gggggg24 T. A. Rehm, Assis ant for Operations WEEKLYINFOREPT PDR Office of the Executive Director for Operations
Contact:
T. A. Rehm, ED0 l 492-7781 l l
_,- _ - -- - - l
I
. HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 Shoreham WALK, a Long Island radio station has withdrawn from an agreement' with LILCO to be the Emergency Broadcasting Station in the event of an emergency at Shoreham. On September 16, 1986 LILCO infonned the Licensing Board of WALK's withdrawal.
Revision 8 to the Shoreham EP will address an alternative relocation center as a result of the resolution by the Nassau County Board of Supervisors to bar LILCO's use of the Nassau Coliseum as the relocation center for its EP.
Revision 8 to the EP will be submitted to the NRC by September 22, 1986. A discussion of WALK's withdrawal will be provided in the transmittal letter for Revision 8. However, it will not address any resolution to the problem created by WALK's withdrawal.
1 North Carolina Selected as Host State On. September 11, 1986, the Southeast Compact Commission met in Atlanta,
, Georgia, and voted to designate North Carolina as the host state for the i next regional low-level waste disposal facility. The vote was 14 to 2, the only opposition being from the two North Carolina representatives on the Commission. The Designation of North Carolina was heavily based upon a regional screening analysis conducted by Dames and Moore which ranked the state first among the other member states of the Southeast Compact Commission.
i The Governor of . North Carolina indicated in a press release that the
- Commission's decision would be reviewed to assure that North Carolina was
- u . uco ...rly.
Indian Point 2.206 (NYPIRG Petition) l On September 17, 1986 FEMA provided a negative finding regarding the adequacy of emergency response plans at Indian Point to protect school children based on plan submittals and exercises which occurred 4
prior to August 12, 1986. FEMA indicated that corrective actions are i
continuing and that a remedial exercise which may affect some issues concerning the protection of school children is to be scheduled later in 1986. FEMA proposed to submit a supplemental finding on the school children issued on February 1, 1987. IE staff and Region I are evaluating FEMA's finding to determine what further actions will be needed.
I .
1 1
) ,
4 0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending September 19, 1986 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Carryovers ,1985 181 15 Received, 1986 687 178 Granted 503 62 Denied 139 37 Pending 226 94
- ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Diane Curran, Requests seven categories of records regarding the Harmon & Weiss Seabrook nuclear power plant.
(86-678)
Thomas W. Bishop, Requests records concerning NRC evaluation of the damage, O'Brien-Kreitzberg repair, and design adequacy of the Diablo Canyon
& Associates, Inc. breakwater systems which occurred in January 1981.
(86-679)
Phillip W. Henzler, Requests records relating to Request for Proposal Nos.
Resource Technical RS-01E-85-156 and RS-01E-85-158.
Services, Inc.
(86-680)
Renee Cohen, Requests a copy of the proposal submitted in response to Franklin Research RFP No. RS-NRR-81-136.
Center (86-681)
Harry Voigt, Requests two categories of records relating to an April 11, LeBoeuf, Lamb, 1986 memorandum to the Consnissioners from Ben Hayes relating Leiby & MacRae to the falsification of leak rate test data.
(86-682) j Bonnie Lerner, Requests a copy of SECY-86-203. !
I GPU Nuclear (86-683)
Beatrice Trapasso, Requests records relating to a June 12, 1986 letter Nuclear from Victor Stello to J. L. Everett, Philadelphia Electric Information and Company, regarding the declining performance of the Resource Service Peach Bottom nuclear power plant.
(86-684) l CONTACT: Donnie H. Grimsley 492-7211 SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE A
2
- Received, Cont'd (An individual Requests access to records on himself and his requesting connection with the Nine Mile Point and Shoreham nuclear information about power plants.
himself)
(86-665)
Billie P. Garde, Requests records regarding investigations into the Government concerns of a named individual about the Comanche Peak Accountability nuclear power plant.
Project (86-686)
William J. Guste, Requests records regarding the River Bend nuclear power State of plant's technical specifications.
Louisiana, Attorney General (86-687)
Billie P. Garde, APPEAL TO THE ED0 for the release of 14 denied records Government regarding a request for records pertaining to Inspection Accountability Report 85-16/85-13 relating to the Comanche Peak nuclear Project power plant.
(86-A-177-86-380)
Billie P. Garde, APPEAL TO THE ED0 for the release of one denied record Government regarding a request for records generated in connection Accountability with the receipt of 93% enriched uranium at the Comanche Project Peak nuclear power plant.
(86-A-178-86-451)
Granted Jennifer Puntenney, In response to a request for three categories of records Safe Energy regarding the Fermi Unit 2 nuclear power plant, made Coalition of available three records. Informed the requester that Michigan additional records subject to this request are already (86-356) available at the PDR.
Catherine Quigg, In response to a request for a copy of SECY-86-49, made Illinois Safe available a copy of the requested record.
Energy Alliance (86-497)
Cindee Virostek, In response to a request for copies of listed feasibility Kiski Valley reports regarding B&W facilities in Apollo and Parks Coalition Township, Pennsylvania, made available two records.
(86-531)
Lindsay Audin In response to a request for a copy of the Safety Analysis (86-642) Report for Packaging (SARP) for the GE-100 nuclear shipping cask, informed the requester that this record is already available at the PDR.
l l
SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE A
l .
4 3
i Granted, Cont'd i
~
Raymond F. Seitz, In response to a request for_information regarding a South Philadelphia contract to perform routine physical examinations of i Medical Group, certain NRC employees at the NRC Region I office, made 1
Inc. available one record.
I (86-643) l Debra D. Mcdonald, In response to a request for copies of License 34-16654-Summa Phannacy OlMD and all amendments to that license which was issued j Corporation to Syncor Corp. Pharmacy in Toledo, Ohio, made available (86-653) one record.
i Ken Wieselman, In response to a request for a computer list of all HealthMate, Inc. active licensees with material program code No. 02201 (86-655) non-group medical, made available a copy of the requested record.
~
Denied t Rebecca Conroy, In response to a request for five categories of records Valley News as they relate to Numinco (Numec Instruments and Control Dispatch Corp.), a company organized by Nuclear Materials and
. (86-557) Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) in Apollo, Pennsylvania,
- made available seven records. Denied portions of one i
record, disclosure of which would cause a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
- Sherrie Baidoon, In response to a request for records regarding the l
Burroughs Corp. Burroughs OEM Division's Plainfield, New Jersey, site (86-558) (operated as Plasma Graphics since January 1984), including j all records concerning Plasma Graphics Corporation, made j available 102 records. Denied portions of one record,
- disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted j invasion of personal privacy.
l (NRCemployee) In response to a request for records regarding an 01A
- (86-562) investigation, made available one record. Denied five i records in their entirety, release of which would tend to
- inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to l the deliberative process.
! Charlene F. Marant In response to a request for a copy of a March 3, 1975, j (86-641) letter from Dr. David Harmer to Mr. Paul W. O'Connor concerning NS-1 solvent to be used for chemical l decontamination of the Dresden nuclear power plant, denied j this record in its entirety containing confidential j business (proprietary) information.
Jennifer Puntenney, In response to an AFPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the release
- Safe Energy of 81 records denied in whole or part regarding a request
! Coalition of for three categories of records regarding the Fermi 2 j Michigan nuclear power plant, continued to deny these records in j (86-A-143-86-245) whole or part, release of which would be likely to stifle honest and frank communication within the agency and l constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 1986
! ENCLOSURE A
i WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 RFP ISSUED RFP No.: RS-ADM-86-372
Title:
" Selection of a Primary Interexchange Carrier"
Description:
Contractor shall provide Direct-Distance Dialed Inter-Lata and International Voice and Data Communications Services (Long Distance Service).
Period of Performance: Five years Sponsor: Office of Administration Status: Closing date has been extended to October 23, 1986.
PROPOSAL UNDER EVALUATION RFP No.: RS-ADM-87-169
Title:
" Preparation and Delivery of NUREG-0750, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances and Indexes"
Description:
Contractor shall prepare NRC monthly issuances, quarterly and semiannual indexes for camera-ready copy in the form j of a database computer tape.
l Period of Performance: 24 months with a one-year option i Sponsor: Office of Administration Status: RFP closed on September 16, 1986. Proposals forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel for review an September 17, 1986.
i l
l l
SEPTEMBEP, 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE A !
l l
I
):
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending September 19, 1986 Limerick The ASLB has issued a supplement dated September 5,1986 to the Third Partial Initial Decision. The supplemental PID decides the issue of availability of school bus drivers for the emergency evacuation of two school districts which had been remanded to the ASLB. The Board found that the licensee's arrangements for maintaining a pool of 200 or more bus drivers to assist in the evacuation
- of the two school districts in conjunction with the plans and resources already in place meets the NRC's regulatory requirements and provides reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological emergency.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant e Late Tuesday, September 16, 1986, the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace and the Sierra Club filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals requesting an emergency stay to prohibit PG&E from loading spent fuel into the Unit 1 fuel pool using the original racks. These racks have been reinstalled by welding the feet to embed plates instead of bolting them to the plates as in the original installation. Petitioners state that this is contrary to the Court's Order of September 11, 1986. Petitioners are also filing a request with the NRC to order PG&E not to load fuel prior to NRC review, with public hearings, regarding the reinstallation of the racks by welding.
Shoreham WALK, a Long Island radio station has withdrawn from an agreement with LILC0 to be the Emergency Broadcasting Station in the event of an emergency at Shoreham. On September 16,1986, LILC0 informed the Licensing Board of WALK's withdrawal.
Revision 8 to the Shoreham EP will address an alternative relocation center as a result of the resolution by the Nassau County Board of Supervisors to bar LILC0's use of the Nassau Coliseum as the relocation center for its EP.
Revision 8 to the EP will be submitted to the NRC by September 22, 1986. A discussion of WALK's withdrawal will be provided in the transmittal letter for Revision 8. However, it will not address any resolution to the problem created by WALK's withdrawal.
Hope Creek Generating Station At 2006 hours0.0232 days <br />0.557 hours <br />0.00332 weeks <br />7.63283e-4 months <br />, September 11, 1986, Hope Creek commenced a Loss of Offsite Power Test (from 21.5 percent rated thermal power). All reactor control systems operated properly in response to the reactor scram and no automatic ECCS actuations were required. The test was terminated at 2010 hours0.0233 days <br />0.558 hours <br />0.00332 weeks <br />7.64805e-4 months <br /> after it was realized that the Reactor Auxiliary Cooling System (RACS) pumps had SEPTET 1BER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE B
tripped and could not be restarted. The RACS supplies cooling water to the drywell Goolers.
In addition to loss of the RACS, other problems noted during the test include:
diesel generator C output breaker failed to automatically close on its vital bus diesel generators A and B (2 of the 4 DGs) output breakers closed in
" droop mode" (58Hz vs. required 60Hz)
SRMs/IRMs did not drive into core after scram position indication lost on 17 control rods
~
false fire indication received certain water system pumps failed to start MSIV position indication lost certain FRVS (SGTS) fans failed to start a
SEPTE!1BER 19, 1986 l ENCLOSURE B l
l
. l l
1 NRC TMI-2 CLEANUP PROJECT DIRECTORATE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 15 - 21, 1986
- 1. OEFUELING Removal of the internals vent valves continued; seven of the eight valves have been removed. The remaining valve hold-down has stripped threads and will have to be cut with special tooling.
Removal of the vent valves provides an improved access path to the reactor coolant system loops and the lower reactor' vessel head.
Poor visibility continues to impede defueling progress. Attempts were made to improve water clarity using a bag type filter installed in the Fines / Debris Vacuum System. The licensee is evaluating the data from tests of the filter.
- 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, average air temperature of 55 F. The average reactor resistance temperature detector reading is 71 F.
The airborne radioactivity on the defueling platform above the reactor vessel is about 8.0 E-7 uCi/cc tritium and 1.1 E-12 uCi/cc particulates, predominately cesium-137 and strontium-90. About 15 foot of water over the core region and 6 feet over the carousel holding the defueling canisters provide shielding.
- 3. 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 August 30 - September 6, 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 August 30 - September 6,1986. A gamma scan detected no reactor related activity except for the sample taken August 31 to September 1. This sample contained detectable I-131 at a level of 2 pico curies per liter. This was equal to the I-131
- levels detected at the intake which indicates an off island source.
The EPA analyses of the NRC outdoor air sample for the period September 11 - 19, 1986 showed that concentrations of Cs-137 and 1 1-131 were below the lower limit of quantitative detection (LLD) for '
the system. The LLD varies around a value of IE-13 uCi/cc. :
SEPTEf1BER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE B
- 4. AUXILIARY AND FUEL HANDLING BUILDING ACTIVITIES Start-up testing of the sludge transfer system continues.
Hands-on decontamination continues in the annulus area between the reactor building and fuel handling building.
Hands-on decontamination of the "A" Bleed Tank Room and flushing of the Seal Injection Yalve Room was completed.
- 5. NRC EVALUATIONS IN PROGRESS Technical Specification Change Request numbers 49, 51, 52, and 54.
Recovery Operations Plan Change numbers 31 and 33.
Solid Waste Facility Technical Evaluation Report.
Heavy Load Safety Evaluation Report, Revision 3.
Disposal of Processed Water Report.
Sediment Transfer and Processing System SER.
End Fitting Storage SER - Partial approval was given on September 11, 1986.
SER for Use of Plasma Arc Cutting Torch.
Core Bore Operations (as a defueling method).
SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE B
t OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending September 19, 1986 North Carolina Selected as Host State On September 11, 1986, the Southeast Compact Commission met in Atlanta, Georgia, and voted to designate North Carolina as the host state for the next regional low-level waste disposal facility. The vote was 14 to 2, the only opposition being from the two North Carolina representatives on the Commission. The Designation of North Carolina was heavily based upon a regional screening analysis conducted by Dames and Moore which ranked the state first among the other member states of the Southeast Compact Commission.
The Governor of North Carolina indicated in a press release that the Commission's picked fairly. decision would be reviewed to assure that North Carolina was Negotiation to Close Sheffield Site Negotiations to close the Sheffield Low-Level Waste Facility are proceeding.
The three parties, US Ecology, Illinois, and NRC are attempting to reach agreement on site closure issues and thus not have to resort to an ASLB hearing. The joint US Ecology / Illinois proposal due September 15, 1986, has been delivered to the NRC.
Exxon Nuclear Co. Inc.
On September 15, 1986, Exxon Nuclear Co. representatives met with NRC staff to inform them that discussions are underway regarding a possible business relationship with Kraftwerk Union A.G. (KWU) in the nuclear fuel technology and related services areas. These discussions encompass technology licensing, manufacturing, service arrangements, and a KWU equity interest in Exxon Nuclear.
"KWU, a wholly owned affiliate of Siemens A.G., is an international supplier of fossil power plants and nuclear power plants with both Pressurized and Boiling Water Reactors. It manufactures nuclear fuels for both types of reactors and provides a full range of power plant and fuel services. KWU operates worldwide principally outside the U.S."
DOE /NRC MEETING ON PHYSICAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS Representatives from DOE and NRC met on September 16, 1986, to discuss present and future physical protection requirements for spent fuel shipments. NRC representatives provided the status of the ongoing final rulemaking to modify the spent fuel physical protection requirements in 10 CFR Part 73. DOE representatives expressed their views on physical protection requirement needs for future shipments under NWPA.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE C
2 FBI Criminal History Rule The proposed FBI Criminal History Rule was briefed to the CRGR on Wednesday, September 17, 1986. CRGR approved the proposed rule contingent on incorporation
- of certain modifications.
J 5
r 4
i I
i l
1, 1
1 l
I
) SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE C 4
l.__._. _ _ _ . _ . . . - _ _ _ _ . . _ _ .
---.--.-.__7 4
- - Office of Inspection and Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending September 19, 1986
- 1. Items of Interest 4
- a. Indian Point 2.206 (NYPIRG Petition) ;
- On September 17, 1986, FEMA provided a negative finding regarding the adequacy of emergency response plans at Indian Point to protect ,
school children based on plan submittals and exercises which occurred prior to August 12, 1986. FEMA indicated that corrective actions are
- continuing and that a remedial exercise which may affect some issues
- concerning the protection of school children is to be scheduled later i in 1986. FEMA proposed to submit a supplemental finding on the school
! children issued on February 1, 1987. IE staff and Region I are
{'
_ evaluating FEMA's finding to determine what further actions will be needed.
! b. ANS Conference and Operations Center
}
i The Deputy Director and members of the Division of Emergency
- Preparedness and Engineering Response participated in the American l Nuclear Society meeting on " Radiological Accidents--Per::pectives i
and Emergency Planning," on September 15-17, 1986 and provided tours of the Operations Center to more than 100 conference parti-
! cipants. The Chief of the Incident Response Branch conducted i tours and discussed emergency response with Mr. D. W. Ling of the Taiwan Power Company, and Mr. F. D. Ali, Head of Plans and
- Operations, Office of Emergency Planning, Province of Ontario, Canada.
1 4
- 2. The following Significant Enforcement Actions were taken during the past
{ week:
1
- a. An Order Imposing Civil Penalties was issued to South Carolina ;
j Electric and Gas Company (Summer) in the amount of $50,000. This '
- action was based on a violation involving the licensee's failure to i cortply with technical specifications involving component cooling i water and service water loops. (EN 86-19A) 3 b. A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty was j
i issued to Southern California Edison Company (SONGS-1) in the amount of $180,000. This action was based on three violations associated with the loss of power and water hammer event of November 21, 1985. l (EN 86-69).
t
( 3. The following IE Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week:
- a. PN0-I-86-71, Duquesne Light Company (Beaver Valley 2), Bomb Threat.
2 3 b. PNO-III-86-96, Indiana & Michigan Electric Company (D.C. Cook), Bomb i Threat.
I SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE D i
2
- c. PN0-III-86-97, Detroit Edison Company (Fermi 2), Authorization to Increase Power Level to 20 Percent.
- d. PNO-III-86-97A, Detroit Edison Company (Fermi 2), Authorization to Increase Power Level to 20 Percent (Update).
- e. PNO-III-86-98, Commonwealth Edison Company (Zion 2), Noble Gas in Control Room.
- f. PN0-III-86-99, Commonwealth Edison Company (Dresden 2), Shutdown to Clean Main Condenser.
- g. PNO-III-86-100, Commonwealth Edison Company (Byron 1 and 2), Alleged As-Built Drawing Discrepancies.
- h. PNO-V-86-62, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (Diablo Canyon 1 & 2),
Court Decision on Diablo Canyon Spent Fuel Pools Expansion.
- i. PN0-V-86-63, Arizona Nuclear Power Project (Palo Verde 2), Palo Verde Unit 2--Shutdown Greater Than 48 Hours.
- 4. The following IE Information Notices and Bulletins were issued during the past week:
- a. IE Information Notice No. 86-81, Broken Inner-External Closure Springs On Atwood & Morrill Main Steam Isolation Yalves was issued September 15, 1986 to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an cpcrcting license or a construction permit.
- b. IE Information Notice No. 86-82, Failures of Scram Discharge Volume Vent and Drain Valves was issued September 16, 1986 to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or a construc-tion permit.
- c. IE Information Notice No. 86-83, Underground Pathways Into Protected Areas, Vital Areas, Material Access Areas, and Controlled Access Areas was issued September 19, 1986 to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or construction permit and fuel fabrication and processing facilities using or possessing formula quantities of special nuclear material.
- 5. Civil Penalties Paid Louisiana Power & Light (Waterford 3) in the amount of $50,000 based on ;
violations involving the changing of operating modes with an inoperable I train of the containment spray system. (EA 86-50)
SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE D l
j.
1
- 0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH l Items of Interest Week Ending September 19, 1986 i
! Emergency Core Cooling Systems: Revisions to Acceptance Criteria (Part 50) (Appendix K)
- Topics for the meeting included discussions on uncertainty methodology and the 4
relationship between the ECCS Rule, Regulatory Guide and the: Compendium of ECCS
, Research for Realistic LOCA Analysis. The ACRS was in general agreement with
! _ the proposed rule and is in the process of preparing a letter to the Commission j setting forth its recommendations.
International Code Assessment and Applications Program (ICAP)
The ICAP program is a five year international cooperative. reactor safety research program which is providing an independent assessment of the NRC's
, themal hydraulic computer codes developed for postulated LOCA and transients analysis. Currently RES has 11 effective agreements with European and Asian j countries, and 3 proposed agreements are under negotiation.
i Two important meetings have been arranged for the ICAP Program:
1 1. A panel meeting on uncertainty methodology, scaling capabilities and i appilcaDility of NRC's best estimate codes to NPP studies. The panel meeting will be held on October 9 and 10, 1986, in room 019, Nicholson Lane Building, 5650 Nicholson Lane, Rockville, starting at 8:30am.
- The objective of the expert panel meeting is to review a method for quantifying code uncertainty and deriving statistical parameters as well i as for evaluating scaling capabilities of NRC's BE codes and their l applicability to NPP safety studies. The ICAP participants will provide NRC with code calculations and test data while the NRC will perform the uncertainty studies using the approved methodology.
- 2. The second ICAP Program Management Group Meeting. The meeting will be j held on November 3-5, 1986, at the Hyatt Regency-Bethesda.
i l
The ICAP established a Program Management Group to serve as a review and coordination body for the program. The first meeting of the ICAP Program Management Group was held in October, 1985, in Gaithersburg,
) l l
4 i
I SEPTEMBER 19, 1986
)
4 ENCLOSURE E i
1
., 2 i
Maryland. The November meeting will last for three days and will' focus on several technical topics: (a) the uncertainty analysis methodology; (b) A
, proposed code assessment matrix for the ICAP participants; (c) individual 4
implementati: n plans of the ICAP participants for the code assessment matrix; i (d) plans for the 2nd ICAP Specialist Meeting. All ICAP participants, the i supporting National Laboratories representatives as well as NRR, IP and RES representatives are expected to attend the meeting.
4 CSNI Meeting on Core Debris / Concrete Interactions
- A three-day "CSNI Specialist Meeting on Core Debris /Contrete Interactions" was
, held in Palo Alto, CA, September 3-5, 1986. The conference was sponsored by the Comittee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) of the Organization i
for European Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Approximately 60 attendees
. representing 8 countries reviewed the status of international research on the
)'
physical and chemical interactions between high-temperature core debris and concrete. The manner in which these phenomena affect containment loading and the ultimate radiological source term was emphasized. Three NRC staff members participated, two from RES and one from NRR, along with a number of NRC contractors. Twenty-six technical sessions were presented and discussed. Both experimental and code-development aspects were covered with respect 'to such
, items as Thermal-Hydraulics, Fission Product Aerosol Release and Transport, i
Containment Loading, and the risk-related uncertainties associated with these phenomena. At the close of the Thursday p.m. session, a brief but comprehensive review of the Chernobyl accident was presented by an EPRI representative who had attended the Vienna meeting sponsored by the IAEA. The l cer.ferer.cc was summarized by brief presentations by the session Chairmen and a panel discussion was held. In a post-meeting conference, the session chairmen and members of the summary panel convened to draft a summary statement of the findings and the results of the meeting. This document should provide important guidance in the evaluation of our current level of understanding and
- in the formulation of future research plans aimed at resolution of this very i
important reactor-safety research technical issue.
- NDE Qualification
! Inspection by ultrasonic test (UT) methods of BWR stainless steel piping has
! been subject to much review, and improvements in the past several years. One j of the most important steps is the requirement for performance demonstration by 1 inspectors of their ability to reliably detect, accurately size and correctly j " call" flaws and defects in piping. Research conducted by PNL under contract i from the DES Materials Branch has shown the level of reliability that can be expected from most inspectors, and the level of accuracy for sizing and 4
1 J
SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE E
w -.- . ,,-- , - - - . . _ , - - - - , , - - r,-., , - , .--,-.-,.,.,m_..-___,. -----ry--, , . . , . , , - -_ _ , - , - , .
., 3
)
" calling." Recommendations for improving the " qualification" process for inspectors, equipment and methods have been placed by RES before the ASME-XI Subgroup on NDE for acceptance into the code. Using the RES information as a basis, action was taken at the September 9-10, 1986 meeting of the NDE Subgroup, to accept a revision of the existing code case N-409 for performance demonstration requirements for all piping, not just for inter-granular stress corrosion cracking, and to accept a new code case on personnel training and qualification requirements. By such acceptance, the Subgroup resolved questions of specimen types, and numbers of flaws and test specimens for the demonstration trials. Both of these code cases have now been placed on the agenda for consideration at the October 1986 Section XI Subcommittee meeting.
Prompt acceptance of these code cases by the Section XI SC will benefit NRC by the early industry-mandated improvements in inspection quality and reliability.
i SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE E
ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 Foreign Visitors On Thursday Mr. F. B. Ali, Head of Plans and Operations in the Office of Emergency Planning for the Province of Ontario, Canada, toured the NRC Operations Center and met with representatives of IRB/DEPER/IE to discuss its functional capabilities. Mr. Ali, who has been involved in the Canadian evaluation of the Chernobyl accident, also met with NRR representatives to exchange information in this area.
_ On Friday Mr. Dah-Wei Ling, the Executive Secretary of the Taiwan Power Company's Emergency Planning Executive Committee, met with representatives of DEPER/IE to tour the NRC Operations Center to discuss NRC's emergency response responsibilities.
On Friday Mr. Brian Ponsford and Dr. Frank Feates of the UK Department of Environment met with NMSS to discuss various high- and low-level waste management issues and the regulatory environment in which they are handled. This visit was in follow-up to a June 1986 visit by Mr. Waldegrave, MP, UK Minister for the Environment, who expressed an interest in establishing a closer exchange of views on waste management between his technical staff and NRC.
SEPTEf1BER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE C
0FFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending September 19, 1986
- 1. AE0D has issued a technical review report entitled, " Occurrence of Events Involving Wrong Unit / Wrong Train / Wrong Component - Update Through June 1986." The report updates the list of events that resulted because an action was performed on the wrong unit, the wrong train, or the wrong component. The report adds 30 events to the prior total of 120 events for the period 1981 through 1985 and 60 events for the first six months of 1986. The apparent high rate of occurrence in the first six months of 1986 may reflect the improved investigation and reporting of the details of causes of events, rather than an increase in event occurrence. The numbers of events confirm earlier observations that (1) there does not appear to be an ongoing reduction in the number of events, and (2) plants with little operating experience (less than two years from initial criticality) seem to experience a disproportionately high number of these events.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE J l
- ., ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMISSION - WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 19, D86
! l
- 1. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON IAEA CHERNOBYL MEETING, 2
- 00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986, COMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - Memn SECY for the Record dated 9/15/86 The Commission was briefed by the staff (who were members of the U.S. delegation to the IAEA Chernobyl meeting, held in Vienna, Austria) on the most recent information obtained from the
! Soviets relating to the scenario and environmental consequences
.resulting from the Chernobyl accident.
There were no requirements for the staff at this briefing.
- 2. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - HEETING WITH THE ADVISORY COMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS ON STANDARDIZATION POLICY STATEMENT, 2:00 P.M., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1986,
_ COMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - Memo Chairman Zech to Stello dated 9/19/86 The Commission
- met with the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards to discuss the Committee's comments on the proposed NRC standardization policy statement.
The Commission requested the staff to provide comments on the ACRS recommendations.
l
- Commissioner Asselstine was not present.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE, 3:30 P.M., THURSDAY, 3.
SEPTEMBER 11, 1986, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - Memo ::ECY to Stello and Parler dated 9/19/86 I. SECY-86-254 - Request for Hearing on Shearon Harris Exemption Request The Commission, by a 4-l* vote, approved an order regarding requests from Wells Eddleman and the Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris for a hearing on a March 4, 1986 request from applicant Carolina Power & Light for an exemption from the Commission's requirement that a full-scale emergency 4
- Section 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. $5841, provr. des that action of the Commission shall be determined by a
" majority vote of the members present." Commissioner Asselstine was not present when this item was affirmed. Accordingly, the formal vote of the Commission was 4-0 in favor of the decision.
Commissioner Asselstine, however, had previously indicated that i
1 l
he would disapprove this paper and had he been present he would have affirmed his prior vote.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE O i
preparedness ex5rcico be conductsd "within ona yser bnfore the issuance of the operating licanco for full power and prior to nparations above 5 percent of rated power ....". The order requests briefs from the parties on whether there are any reasonably hearing.
specific material issues of fact to litigate in a If there are material issues of fact the Commission will decide whether to initiate a hearing. Commissioner ,
i Asselstine disapproved the order, preferring to refer the issue !
to the Licensing Board for appropriate consideration. l (Subsequently, on September 12, 1986 the Secretary signed the Order.) !
)
1 The Commission also agreed that a proposed rule to revise 10 CFR
.50, Appendix E, Sec. IV.F.1 be submitted to the Commission for )
consideration.
II. SECY-86-257 - Request for Stay and Review of Appeal Board Decision in Shearon Harris Proceeding -
-r The Commission, by a 5-0 vote, approved an order denying a request from Wells Eddleman, the Conservation Council of North Carolina, and Joint Intervenors for (1) a stay of all power operations authorized by the Shearon Harris Licensing Board and !
(2) Commission review of a July 11, 1986 Appeal Board decision {
that denied motions to intervene and stay the Licensing Board's decision. ;
I (Subsequently, on September 12, 1986 the Secretary signed the Order.) i III. SECY-86-258 - Promulgation of Final Fee Rule Required by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 i The Cemmincien, by a 4-0** vote, approved a final rule that results in the collection of fees from licensees that !
approximate one-third of the NRC budget. Commissioner Roberts abstained and additional Commissioner comments Bernthal with to be published indicated that he would have the rule. ;
(Subsequently, on September 16, 1986 the Secretary signed the FRN.)
Section 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C.
S5841, provides that action of the Commission shall be determined by a " majority vote of the members present."
Commissioner Asselstine was not present when this item was affirmed. Accordingly, the formal vote of the Commission was 4-0 in favor of the decision. Commissioner Asselstine, however, had previously indicated that he would approve this paper and had he been present he would have affirmed his prior vote.
Section 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C.
$5841, provides that action of the Commission shall be determined by a " majority vote of the members present."
Commissioner Asselstine was not present when this item was affirmed. Accordingly, the formal vote of the Commission was l 3-0 in favor of the decision. Commissioner Asselstine, however, l had previously indicated that he would approve this paper and !
had he been present he would have affirmed his prior vote.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 ENCLOSURE O 1
! h l ,
l M
i 3 NRR MEETING NOTICES *
! 5 ;
9 SEPTEMBER 11,1986
~
t @ .
~
! DOCKET .;
i eDATE/ TIME APPLICANT /
NtMBER LOCATION
! m PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 4
9/17-10/15/86 50-456 Phillips Building Determine what staff require-50-457 NRC Staff / CECO J. A. Stevens i ments remain to be met to re-
- solve Braidwood licensing
- issues 9/22/86 50-289 Room P-114 10
- 00 a.m. Phillips Building Discuss criteria to be used to NRC/ Licensee /Other J. Thoma select OTSG tubes to be pulled
- this upcoming refueling outage I
9/23/86 -
Room P-422 9:00 a.m. Discuss Fuel Rod Internal f Phillips Building Pressure Criteria NRC/CE/PNL D. Fieno f 9/23/86 50-272 Room 6507 DCRDR Follow-up Meeting
, 9:15 a.m. 50-311 MNBB NRC/PSEAG D. C. Fischer i
9/23-24/86 50-327 Sequoyah Site i
9:00 a.m. 50-328 Sequoyah site visit regarding NRC/TVA/ Consultants cable pulling and bend radii T. W. Alexion i 9/24/86 50-528 Room P-422 j 8:30 a.m. Discuss scope of Palo Verde Phillips Building Unit 1 analysis for Cycle 2 NRC/APS/CE E. A. Licitra reload l 9/24/86 50-373 Room P-9040 10:00 a.m. 50-374- Phillips Building Discuss La Sa11e's internal NRC/ Ceco /RGN-III A. Bournia g scheduling practices are open j p issues in the forth coming year at La Salle 1
S C
i %
m Copies in the NRCofand summaries local public document of theserooms meetings will be made publicly available and placed i in the respect ve A sununary of these meeting notices can be obtained by calling 492-7424 l
b _ __ __ - _____ _ __ _ _ -- _ _ ___---
l ~
l 4
m _
i 3 NR1 MEETING NOTICES
- 9 -
i a
- o SEPTEMBER If, 1986 i U; DOCKET DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION APPLICANT / '
PURPOSE ATTENDEES G' NRR' CONTACT R9/24/86 -
Room P-118 9:00 a.m. Presentation to infom NRC . EPRI/NRC Phillips Building management and staff on status N. R. Anderson
{ of EPRI Seismic Programs i
j 9/25/86 50-397 s
Room P-9040 Discussion of Licensing Acti-10:00 a.m.
Phillips Building NRC/WNP-2 J. O. Bradfute i
vities j 9/29/86 -
Room P-422 j 10:00 a.m. Phillips Building Discuss Connecticut Yankee's NRC/CYAPC0 A. Wang Preliminary Findings and Report cc Undefined Eddy Current Signals in the Tubesheet Region of the Steam Generator Tubes 9/29/86 -
Room 6507 10:00 a.m. Discuss management issues re- NRC/BWOG l
MNBB lating to the BWOG prioritiza- W. A. Paulson j tion, recomunendation, tracking and implementation procedures 9/30/86 50-295 Room P-114
- 8
- 30 a.m. 50-304 Discuss Zion's compliance with NRC/ Ceco J. Norris Phillips Building Appendix R to 10 CFR 50 9/30/86 50-309 San Francisco Airport 4
9:00 a.m. Discuss progress of the Seis- NRC/ Peer Review Clarion Hotel mic Design Margins Program at P. M. Sears
) Millbrae, CA Maine Yankee Panel /LLNL/EQE.Inc/
Maine Yankee /Energey m10/2/86 Room P-114 Discuss system accuracy capa-
. M10:30 a.m. Phillips Building NRC/ Licensee /Other J. Thoma 5 bilities of the inadequate i E core cooling system M*
l o i
Copies in the NRC ofand summaries local public of these rooms document meetings will be made publicly available and placed in the respective do i
A sununary of these meeting notices can be obtained by calling 492-7424
f u,
NHSS HEETING NOTICES 9 Divisi'on of Fugl Cycle and Material Safety '
A '
5 DOCKET 9 DATE/ TIE NUMER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES /
APPLICANT NRC CONTACT
. 9/18-19/86 Project Willste To discusr. enrichment licensing A. T. Clark, FC M-45 aspects.
Clark 8 C. Nilsen, RES
- W. Shields, GC D. Joy, SG J. Bader, URENCO J. Pokar, URENCO 9/23/86 Willste Transportation Activities Review R. Cunningham, FC 9:00 a.m. Cook Meeting with DOE / DOT. J. Cook, FC Representatives of DOT and DOE 9/23/86 Willste Meeting with DOE to discuss R. Cunningham, FC 1:00 p.m. enrichment. Clark L. Rouse, FC G. Terry, FC T. Clark Mr. Haberman, DOE 9/25-26/86 71-9195 Willste Discuss resubmission of R. Odegaarden, FC application.
Odegaarden H. Lee, FC Representatives of General Electric 9/29/86- 70-371 Montville, To participate in TI2600 G. Bidinger, FC 10/3/86 CT inspection at UNC, Inc. Bidinger Region I Staff Representatives of UNC m.
b Division of Haste Management o :
$ 10/7-9 m San Francisco, CA To attend OSP Annual Agreement State Meeting MKnapp o RMacDougall MJSeemann RMacDougall .
c .
September 19. 1986 M J y NN55 MEETING NOTICES g DTVrsioN OF SAFEGUARDS
- g
=
- DOCKET
- ATTENDEES
. DATE/ TIME N M ER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT
- [*
m 9/22/86 ASIS Conference Discuss Access G. McCorkle New Orleans, LA McCorkle Authorization I
J t i
l P
8 E
m 7
1 4
f N
2: adh 9 05) MEETING NOTICES September 19, 1986 g;
x DATE/ TIME LOCATION PURPOSE. ATTENDEES NRC CONTACT i ts a
gg 9/24-26/86 Phoenix, AZ Annual Convention of Indian Congress D. Nash National Congress of representives, l
American Indians, Federal and i National Indian Nuclear other agency I
Waste Policy Committee reps.
10/7-9/86 San Francisco, Annual Meeting of State, NRC and L. Bolling CA All Agreement States other Federal agency reps.
T 4
1 b P
8
!i n,i T
-- --- --