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The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MAY 29, 1987
-A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
_Centents Enclosure Administration and Resources Management A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C
Nuclear-Regulatory Research D*
Governmental & Public Affairs E
General Counsel F*
Personnel G*
An: lysis and Evaluation of Operational Data H
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights I*
Special Projects J*
Regional Offices K*
CRGR Monthly Reports L*
Executive Director for Operations M
Items Addressed by the Commission N
Meeting Notices 0
Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for P
external distribution)
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T. A. Reh,
ant for Operations WEERLYINFOREPT PDR u Office of the Executive Director-for Operations
Contact:
T. A. Rehm, EDO 492-7781
HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT l
WEEK ENDING MAY 26, 1987 Braidwood Station, Unit I By order of May 19, 1987, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board authorized the Director of NRR to issue a license to Comonwealth Edison Company to authorize low power testing (up to S% of rated power) of Braidwood Station, Unit 1.
A dissenting opinion was filed by the Board Chairman, Mr. Herbert Grossman.
theNRCissuedalicenseforBraidwoodStation,Unik1 On May 21, 1987, authorizing operation at power levels not in excess of five percent rated t
power (170megawattsthermal). A license was previously issued on
.0ctober 17, 1986 authorizing fuel loading and precritical testing.
River Bend Station On May 14, 1987 Gulf States Utilities (GSU), the River Bend licensee, informed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of an adverse financial development which potentially could lead to GSU seeking protection under the Bankruptcy Code.
GSU is under a long tem contract to purchase power from the Southern Company. Regulators in Texas and Louisiana have disallowed a portion of the purchase power costs. On May 12, 1987, a FERC administrative law judge rendered an initial decision against GSU's action to cancel or reform their contract with the Southern Company. GSU stated in their quarterly Fom 100 filing with the SEC that unless relieved of their obligations under this contract or permitted to pass through costs to it's customers, GSU might not be able to satisfy it's obligations. GSU estimates minimum payments under the purchase power contract would aggregate to 1.3 billion dollars by 1992.
On October 24, if 6, GSU had informed the SEC that unless it received rate relief for River Bend Station, it might seek protection under the Bankruptcy Code. Texas and Louisiana subsequently granted emergency rate relief of about $100 million.
River Bend Station received its full power license on November 20, 1985 and entered commercial service on June 16, 1986.
Nine Mile Point Unit 2 Nine Mile Point 2 achieved initial criticality on the afternoon of May 23, 1987. The plant received its low power license on October 31, 1986.
Full power licensing is anticipated in June 1987.
Joint Government-Industry Meeting On Wednesday D. Rathbun of OCM and J. Shea and H. Faulkner of GPA/IP attended a joint Government-industry meeting at the Department of-Energy (DOE). The purpose of this meeting was to provide Government l
l colicy and guidance to U.S. industry regarding safety-related activities with the USSR.
In addition to DOE and NRC, Government representatives from the Departments of Commerce, Defense, and State attended the meeting. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Atomic Industrial Forum (AIF), the American Nuclear Society (ANS), and nuclear firms having Washington representatives. Frank Graham of AIF expressed his pleasure with this Government initiative and felt that continuing dialogue would be beneficial to all parties.
0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION-0F THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS - 1987 For Period of May 22, 1987 - May 28, 1987 f
Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received This Week 13 1
Completed This Week 12 1
Carryovers From 1986 170 53 Received In 1987 303 28 Granted In 1987 207 8
Denied In 1987 92 26 Pending 174 47 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received
- 0. W. Ward, Requests copies of records containing six categories of Met Lab Inc.
information-regarding dissemination of information about the (87-291)
Show Cause Order dated May 15, 1985, regarding Met Lab, Inc.
John Kennedy, Requests records related to the issuance of an order to Grammco Computer IBM for a 5520 administrative system, which was advertised Sales, Inc.
in the CBD on April 21, 1987.
(87-292)
(Anindividual Requests records maintained in the NRC on himself.
requesting information about himself)
(87-293)
Linda Bauman, Requests copies of records NRC has on the Nuclear Employee Government Data System mentioned on page 11 of the April 27, 1987 Accountability issue of Inside NRC.
Project (87-294)
Stewart Wetzel, Requests a copy of SECY-86-167.
NUS Corporation (87-295)
CONTACT: Donnie H. Grimsley 492-7211 MAY 29, 1987 EfiCLOSURE A i
2 Receiveo, Cont'd Joshua Gordon, Requests records related to Pullman Power. Products and Critical Mass all its subsidiaries regarding failures and deficiencies 1
(87-296) in quality control, quality assurance, technical training, document control, design. control, and any and all failures or deficiencies related to or affec';ing nuclear power plant safety.
4 Kenneth Mokoena, Requests records related to (a) the processing of;18 -
The National specified applications for. import licenses of uranium Security Archive fromSouthAfricaand(b)NRC'sproposedinterimand (87-297) final rules governing uranium imports.
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Requests records related to a specified 01A investigation.
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D'aniel Stenger, Requests copies of all records related to SECY-86-383.
Bishop, Cook, Purcell & Reynolds (87-299)
Charles 0ndash, Requests copies of (1) SECY-87-53 and_(2) records related Devonrue to the National Research Council's Connittee on Nuclear (87-300)
Safety Research's report, " Revitalizing Nuclear Safety Research," discussed at the February 25, 1987 Commission meeting.
George Pain, Requests copies of that portion of licenses that identifies Olin Corporation the licensee for each facility identified.in a computer (87-301) printout provided in response to F01A-87-171.
Paul Margaritis, Requests copies of winning proposals under contract United Engineers NRC-04-87-086.
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(87-302)
Kathleen
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Requests a copy of the abstract of. bids-for contract Microform, Inc.
NRC-10-85-252.
(87-303)
Harry Voigt, APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the release of one record LeBoeuf, Lamb, cenied in its entirety in NRC's response dated April 28, Leiby & MacRae 1987 relating to the falsification of leak rate test (87-A-28-86-682) data at TMI-2.
Granted Robert Lohman, In response to a request for copies of Honeywell Inc.'s Preserve Our current licenses for facilities in New Brighton and Elk Land River, Minnesota, made available two records.
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-l Michelle Yarricchio, In response to a request for 12 categories of. records Government regarding the Callaway nuclear power plant, Unit 1, Accountability made available 40 records.. Informed the req 1 Jester that Project additional records subject-to this request are already (84-901) available at the PDR. Denied 13 records in Itheir j
entirety, release of which would tend to inh'ibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process, result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of.
personal privacy, interfere with an enforcement proceeding, and reveal ioentities of confidential sources.-~ Denied portions of three records, disclosure of which would interfere with an enforcement proceeding.
Gregory Holmes, In response to a request for copies of recoros in MhB Technical Mr. Hans Schierling's chronological and reading files from Associates September 1, 1981, through December 31, 1983, that concern (86-151)
Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2, made available 535 records.
Informed the requester that additional records subject I
to this request are alreacy available at the PDR. Denied two records in their entirety, disclosure of which would.
tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas-essential to the deliberative process.
Sidney Wolfe, In response to a request for records related to the' Health Research March 3, 1986 order suspending the license of Radiation Group Technology in Rockaway, New Jersey, made available 57 (86-237) records.
Informed the requester that two records subject to this request are already available at the PDR. Denied a collection of OI records in their entirety, disclosure of which would interfere with an enforcement proceeding.
Patricia Hough, In response to a request for specified records and Science chronologies identified in the December 1,1977 Applications memorandum from Edson Case to Thomas McTiernan regarding International the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, made available 30 Corporation records. Informed the requester that additional records (86-371) subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Informed the requester that records subject to this j
request have been referred to other Federal agencies for review and direct responses to her.
Informed the requester i
that the NRC has searched existing files and cannot locate three specified records.
Denied one record in its entirety.
disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
Denied portions of one record, disclosure of which would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
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Denied, Cont'd (An individual In response to a request for copies of records. pertaining to him with regard to inspections / investigations conducted requesting )
at the Quad Cities nuclear power plant, made[available information (86-894) five records.
Informed the requester that a; record subject to his request has been referred to another Federal agency for review and direct response to him.
Denied portions of nine records containing Unclassified Safeguards Information, proprietary information, and personal privacy information.
James Geocaris, In response to a request for records that relate to
'Jenner & Block his client and three specified 01A investigations, (87-15) made available 79 records.- Informed the requester that two records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Informed the requester that additional records subject to..this. request have been referred to another Federal agency for review and direct response to him. Denied three records in their entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process. Denied portions of 10 records, disclosure of which woulo result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and would reveal identities of confidential sources.
Ed Henshaw In response to a request for records pertaining to the (87-26)
January 4, 1986 UF6 release at the Sequoyah facility, J
made available nine records.
Informed the requester i
that additional records subject to this request are I
already available at the PDR. Denied six records in their entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit 4
the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the de.liberative process.
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. DIVISION OF 00NTRACTS WEEK ENDING MAY 29, 1987 RFP ISSUED RFP No.: RS-ADM-87-212
Title:
" Ergonomic Chairs for White Flint Consolidation"
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Purchase of '2800 ergonmic chairs (Executive, Managenent, Operator / Secretarial, and side chairs) for NRC's consolidation r
into One and 'IWo White Flint North.
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. Period of Performance: Five years Sponsor: Office of Adninistration & Resources Management Status: Clop.ng date has been extended to June 10, 1987.
PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION RFP No.: RS-OIE-87-126
Title:
Specialized Technical Training"
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Provide technical assistance to' the IRC in the implementation of identified needs and/or further develognent of programs -
to meet future needs for specialized technical training l
of IRC inspectors in the area of Equipnent or Systems, Inspection Techniques and Practical Engineering..
Period of Perfonnance: 36 months Sponsor: Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i
Status: The cmpetitive range has been established and negotiations are scheduled for the w2ek of June 1, 1987.'
CINIRACT AWARDED i
RFP No.: RS-RGl-87-271
Title:
" Purchase of Nondestructive Examination (NDE) Materials. Testing 4.
System"
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Description:==
The Contractor shall provide a system including both equipnent and software'with the ability.to abstract data fr a various l
ultrasonic test systems and format the data for presentation on an existing PC. This system will enable the use of data.
generated during ultrasonic testing (UT) 'other automatic' or manual, analog or digital-data based UT systems to provide 4
independent Ur analysis capability to the NRC.
. Period of Performance: Delivery within 3 months of. contract award.
Sponsor: Region I Status: _A firm fixed price type Contract No. NRC-28-87-271.was awarded to Infcmetrics, Inc., in the amount of $46,920.00 effective May 27, 1987.
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19, 1987, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board authorized the By order of May Director of NRR to issue a license to Connonwealth Edison Company to authorize low power testing (up to 5% of rated power) of Braidwood Station, Unit 1.
A dissenting opinion was filed by the Board Chairman, Mr. Herbert Grossman.
'On May 21, 1987, the NRC issued a license for Braidwood Station, Unit 1 authorizing operation at power levels not in excess of five percent rated power (170 megawatts thermal). A license was previously issued on October 17, 1986 authorizing fuel loading and precritical testing.
River Bend Station On May 14, 1987 Gulf States Utilities (GSU), the River hend licensee,
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informed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of an adverse i
financial development which potentially could lead to GSU seeking protection under the Bankruptcy Code.
l GSU is under a long term contract to purchase power from the Southern Company. Regulators in Texas and Louisiana have disallowed a portion of the purchase power costs. On May 12, 1987, a FERC administrative-law judge rendered an initial decision against GSU's action to cancel or reform their contract with the Southern Company. GSU stated in their quarterly Fonn 100 filing with the SEC that unless relieved of their obligations under this contract or permitted to pass through i
costs to it's customers, GSU might not be able to satisfy it's j.
obligations. GSU estimates minimum payments under the purchase power contract would aggregate to 1.3 billion dollars by 1992.
2 On October 24, 1986, GSU had informed the SEC that unless it received rate relief for River Bend Station, it might seek protection under the Bankruptcy Code. Texas and Louisiana subsequently granted emergency rate relief of about $100 million.
River Bend Station received its full power license on November 20, 1985 and entered commercial service on June 16, 1986.
Shoreham At about 10:00 a.m., May 22,1987, the licensee initiated another startup for low power testing of Shoreham up-to 5% power. The reactor 4
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had been in cold shut-down since September 1, 1986, when the licens.ee completed.the second round of low-power testing. LILC0 has had a i license to operate Shoreham up to 5% power since~ July 3, 1985. Duping the current series of testing, the licensee plans to test the replaced startup source, perform various surveillances and in-service leak tests, perform operator training and for the second time synchronize the turbine generator to the grid. The licensee expects this 5% power-testing to last for approximately 35 days.
Nine Mile Point Unit 2 Nine Mile Point 2 achieved initial criticality on the afternoon of May 23, 1987.- The plant received its low power license on October 31, 1986. Full power licensing is anticipated in June 1987.
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Trojan entered its annual refueling outage on April 1, 1987. On April 10,-
Portland General Electric Company (the licensee) discovered contamination inside containment caused by the dispersal of a crushed fuel pellet.
Recently, the licensee identified _four concerns which have the potential for.
affecting restart:
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On May 12, at a pressure of 583 psig, a 1" safety injection. fill line on the 'A" accumulator suffered a 360 circumferential. break just ahead of the-accumulator fill nozzle. The piping was replaced.
Following hydrostatic testing to 900 psig, the pipe subsequently failed again (at 600 psig), in the same manner, at the same location.
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Main steam line piping at the flow limiting venturi appear to have been machined (during the original construction) to wall thicknesses below that which is allowed by the ASME Code for manufactured pipe, i
Pipe erosion is not suspected, c.
A main feedwater pipe restraint was found pulled out from the wall inside containment. A similar discovery was made on a different main feedwater pipe restraint in 1979..
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The impeller for the Centrifugal Charging Pump "A" was found to be corroded, and exhibited holes. The licensee does not have a spare impeller on site.
The licensee is currently investigating and evaluating the root cause, effects, and resolution of the above items.
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On May 26, 1987 the Licensing Board ordered that the New England Coalition on NuclearPollution(NECNP) and the State of Massachussetts be admitted as parties to a spent fuel pool expansion proceeding, and that the State of-Vermont be permitted to participate as an interested State, if it so requests.
Oral argument was tentatively set for late September or early October. The board admitted the following contentions (condensed):
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The proposed spent fuel pool cooling method has not been shown to be single ~ failure proof.
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Increased severe accident risk requires an environmental statement.-
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The applicant hasn't adequately discussed alternatives (specifically l
dry cask storage and independent pool storage).
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Pick and place defueling continued. Partial, length. fue[gassemblies' B-9, C-9, B-10, and C-10 were removed from the lower grid using' the -
fuel assembly puller and the core. debris digger.1.
One canister was loaded, three: canisters were partially loaded.and three previously loaded canisters were transferred to the spent fuel.
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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING L
US Environmental Protection Agency-(EPA) sample analysis results show that TMI site liquid effluents are in accordance with.
a regulatory limits, NRC requirements, and the City of Lancaster Agreement.
TMI water effluents from the station (Units I and 2) discharge are analyzed by EPA. Gama spectrum analyses of the seven daily composited samples for May 9 - 16, 1987 indicated no TMI-2'related j
radioactivity.
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for May 15 - 22, 1987 and May 22 - 28, 1987 showed no reactor related radioactivity.
The water works for the City of Lancaster composited seven daily samples from May 3 - 9, 1987. EPA's gansna ' spectrum analysis of the.
f composite sample showed no reactor related radioactivity.
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DECONTAMINATION ACTIVITIES Robot desludging in the-reactor building basement continues. About 850 gallons of settled sludge have been generated. -The project is about half completed.
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NRC EVALUATIONS
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Technical Specification Change Requests 52, 53 and 56, 1
Recovery Operations Plan Change Requests 38 and'41.
Solid Waste Facility Technical Evaluation Report.
Heavy Lead Safety Evaluation Report, Revision 3.
i Processed Water Disposition Proposal.
Safety Evaluation Report for.Use of Plasma Arc Cutting Torch..
Pressurizer Defueling Safety Evaluation Report.
i Safety Evaluation Report for Defueling of the. Core Support Assembly.
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Canister Handling and' Preparation for. Shipment-Safety
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Defueling Canister Technical. Evaluation Report Annual Update.
EPICOR II Syst6m Description Annual Update.
Safety Evaluation Report for Cross Connection of DWCS' Systems.
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PUBLIC MEETINGS
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h The next meeting >of. the: Advisory Panel ~ for the Decontamination of Three Mile' Island Unit 2 wi31 be held on June 10,~1987-from 7:00 - 10:00 PM at-the Lancaster Co'uncil Chambers, Public Safety Building, 201 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA.
s At the meeting, GPU Nuclear will give the Panel a status report on the progress of the cleanup and will comment on the' schedule for completing the remaining cleantip tasks. The' Panel will discuss the timing for a-
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final Commission decis' ion 'on the disposal of the accident-generated water i.
and will -forward aneccmendation to the Commission. Members of the i
public will be diven the opportunity to address the Panel.
e Persons desiring to speak before the Advisory Panel-are asked to contact
'.Mr. Thomas'Smithgall at 2122 Marietta Avenue,'Lancaster, PA 17603-(telephone 7,17-291-1041). Persons desiring to submit topics or questions for the Advisory Panel to consider are asked to contact the-1' l
l Chairman', Mayor Arthur Morris,120 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA
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.t Items of Interest Week Ending May 29, 1987 URENCO and Fluor Daniel On' Wednesday, May 27, 1987, the staff met with represent'tives of Fluor Daniel a
and URENCO to discuss the Commission's outlook on licensing of uranium enrichment facilities.
Fluor is considering the potential-for entering the private enriching market in a cooperative effort with URENCO.
The staff indicated that its activity over the next few months'in the enrichment licensing area will be to provide licensing basis information, probably in the form of an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
$Jvcorp,-Inc.
On % y 20, 1987, NMSS staff met with represenLitives of Molycorp, Inc., to
/htos the proposed license amendment to blend rare earth residues with soda j.
ash at their York, Pa. facility. The residues, containing uranium and thorium, are the. remaining feed materials from which the rare earths.have been l
extracted and separated.
Following.the blending process, the residue and soda ash mixture, containing not more than 0.25 percent uranium ~and thorium, would l
be shipped to Mountain Pass, California, for further recovery of rare earths Activities at Molycorp facilities in California-~and Colorado also were discussed.
Foster Wheeler Energy Application, Inc. (FWEA)
On May.26, 1987, Foster Wheeler Energy Application, Inc., (FWEA) submitted a partial response to the NRC questions and request for additional information concerning their topical report for a spent fuel dry storage vault..Each modular concrete storage vault can hold 83 PWR or 150 BWR assemblies in a nitrogen or air er.vironment.
Remedial Actions at Riverton LLWM staff have completed a review of the Department.of Energy's (DOE).
Remedial Action Plan for abandoned uranium mill tailings located at Riverton,.
Wj' oming.
DOE is restoring'the Riverton Site under the Uranium Mill. Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978, which directs them to clean up and restore 24 abandoned uranium mills located primarily in the Western United States.
DOE plans to relocate approximately 1.5 million cubic yards of contaminated material from Riverton to an active uranium mill in the Gas Hills District, 50-miles east of Riverton.
Remedial actions at Riverton have been accelerated in response-to Congressional and State comments.
Based'on the favorable NRC reviews, DOE intends to' initiate remedial actions at Riverton on June 15, 1987.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS:
WEEK ENDING MAY 29, 1987 1
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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
Joint Government-Industry Meeting.
'On Wednesday D. Rathbun of OCM and J. Shea and H. Faulkner of GPA/IP attended a joint Government-industry meeting at the Department of Energy (D06). The purpose of this meeting was to provide Government
. policy and guidance to U.S. industry regarding safety-related activities with the USSR. In addition to DOE and NRC, Government representatives from the Departments of Commerce, Defense, and State attended the meeting. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Atomic Industrial Forum (AIF), the American Nuclear Society (ANS), and nuclear firms having Washington representatives. Frank Graham of AIF expressed i
his pleasure with this Government initiative and felt that continuing dialogue would be beneficial to all parties.
7 Japanese Evaluation Report on the Chernobyl Accident' Recently GPA/IP received a copy of the Japanese Nuclear Safety Comission's report'regarding the implications in Japan of the Chernobyl l
accident. The report has been sent for translation on an urgent basis and will be distributed in a few weeks.
Foreign Visitors
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On Tuesday, Dr. D. L. Craythorne, Deputy Head of City Administration, Cape Town, South Africa, met with staff members from AEOD, NRR, and GPA/IP to discuss the emergency planning bases at U.S. nuclear power i
plants and NRC efforts in the field of reactor risk assessment.
Foreign Trip Reports J. L. Collins, ORNL (FTR-2538)
April 6-10, 1987; Visited the UK:
The traveller presented a paper'at an International Workshop entitled
" Chemical Reactivity of 0xide Fuel and Fission Product Release" held at Berkeley Nuclear Laboratory, chaired one of the sessions at~the Workshop, and visited Harwell and Winfrith Research Laboratories to 4
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2 Foreign Trip Reports continued H. K. Shaw, MEB/NRR April 19-24, 1987; Visited Mexico:
At the request of the Mexican National Nuclear Safety and Safeguards Commission (CNSNS) and after coordination by' International Programs, the traveller visited Mexico to help the CNSNS with issues on piping system design for the licensing of their Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant.
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State, local and Indian Tribe Programs Week _1y Highlights _- May 29, 1987 Illinois Agreement The Illinois Section 274b Agreement becomes effective June 1,1987.-
Reafon III State Agreements Officer Visit j-William Adams, newly ap>ointed Region III State Agreements Officer.'will be at Headquarters the wee ( of June 1,1987, for orientation.
Nevada Follow-up Review A follow-up review of the Nevada radiation control program will be' perfomed June 2-5,1987.
Neutron Baccage Inspection Device SLITP is providing technical assistance to the California radiation control program for an evaluation of a baggage inspection device containing a f-252 neutron source. Minor neutron activation of luggage can result fmm t e use of such a device raising questions about potential resulting doses and th need to infonn persons whose baggage is inspected. A California licensee is d'veloping e
the device for FAA and a field trial is to be scheduled. OGC and NMSS are providing input for the technical assistance.
Industrial Radiography Course During the week of June 8-12, 1987, the State Agreements Program of St TP will be sponsoring the course entitled " Safety As sects of Industrial Radio aphy for Station Radiation Control Personnel." T1e course is performed un r contract with Gasuna Industries of Baton Rouge, LA. There will be approximately 19 attendees at this year's course.
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Office'for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data
-Items of Interest-Week.Ending May 29, 1987~
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CRGR meeting #115 was held on May 27, 1987. USI A-44, Station Blac'kout, final rule and an accompanying regulatory guide'were reviewed. CRGR recommended that the rule should be forwarded to.the Commission for approval after OGC concurrence has been obtained and several modification are made.
Propose'd amendments to 10 CFR 50.55a to incorporate the most recent ASME code.
_ revisions were also reviewed. CRGR recommended that the proposed amendments should be issued for public comments.
Incident Response Branch The Incident Response Branch '(IRB) staff compiled lessons learned from 'the Dry.
.Run of the Federal Field Exercise (FFE) on May 26, 1987 and ensured that all open issues were being addressed and resolved.
Lessons learned in the Executive 1
-Team area.will be addressed in a training session scheduled.for June 8,1987 at 1:00.p.m. and an ERDS demonstration will be conducted.
On May 29, 1987, the temporary Emergency Response Data System which will' be used.
during the upcoming FFE was demonstrated fully operational. A training drill,
's, to familiarize the technical team with the system, is being scheduled for June 11, 1987.
On May 26, 1987, the IRB staff provided a tour and briefing of the Operations Center to Dr. D. L. Craythorne, Deputy Head of City Administration, Capetown, South Africa.
AE0D and NRR representatives met with the NRC-Federal Emergency Management' Agency (FEMA) Steering Committee on May 27,'1987 to discuss guidance memoranda-related to emergency plans and exercises.
NRC'will draft a policy statement on the use of guidance memoranda for coordination with FEMA. _The coordinated policy statement will be-provided to other agency representatives at the next i
FRPCC.
On May 28, 1987, representatives from IRB met with representative from.the Division-of Security, Telecommunication, and'Information Support Services, ARM,.
' to discuss colocation of the NRC Operations, Message, and_ Secure Communications Centers. A followup-meeting has also been scheduled with the consolidation I
workgroup.
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Preliminary Notifications The following Preliminary Notifications were issued during tne past week.
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PNS-87-08, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company ~(Susquehanna U' nits 1 & 2),
Bomb Threat.
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PNO-I-87-44, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station-Unit 1), High Radiation Levels on Two Shipping Packages.
c.
PNO-I-87-45, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station-Unit 2), Initial Criticality.
d.
PNO-III-87-72, Commonwealth Edison Company (Braidwood Unit 1), Issuance of
. Low Power Operating License.
e.
PNO-III-87-73, Commonwealth Edison Company (Zion Unit 2), Flooding of Diesel Generator Fuel Oil Storage Tank Room.
f.
PNO-III-87-74, Toledo Edison Company (Davis-Besse), Minor Contamination of Injured Worker.
g.
PNO-III-87-76, Illinois Power Company (Clinton Unit 1) Automatic Scram-Due to Feedwater Valve Failure.
h.
PNO-III-87-77, Commonwealth Edison Company (Byron Unit 1), Sodium Hydroxide System Isolated From Containment Spray.
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PN0-III-87-78, Toledo Edison Company (Davis-Besse), Shift Supervisor Allegedly Observed Sleeping.
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PNO-III-87-79, St. Luke's Hospital, Misadministration.
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PNO-V-87-40, Portland General Electric Company (Trojan), Accumulator Fill Line Failure.
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4 ITEMS OF INTEREST-Office of Enforcement Week Ending 5/29/87 i
.The following Significant Enforcement Actions were taken the week f.
May 25, 1987.
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.'An Order Imposing a Civil. Penalty in the-amount of $4,000 was issued to LUniversity of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. This action was based on violations of NRC requirements involving an extremity overexposure'and inadequate radiation hazard evaluation during a pellet handling
- operation..(EN87-1A)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $12,500 was issued to E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Inc.,
4 Boston, Massachusetts. This action was based on an incident in which an o
i individual did not follow the licensee's procedures and as a result received an overexposure to a small area of the left thumb.
(EN87-42A) i Civil Penalties Paid the week of May 25, 1987.
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Comdustrial Roofing Contractors, Inc. paid the proposed penalty-in the amount of $500. This action is based on the unauthorized storage of a moisture density gauge containing licensed material _ and the~ fail _ure to i
secure the gauge against unauthorized removal from the place of storage.
(EA 87-54) 2.
The New York Power Authority (James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant) paid the proposed penalty in the amount of $75,000. This action was t
based on five violation involving radiation exposure protection requirements.
(EA 87-48) 3.
The Florida Power Corporation (Crystal River Unit 3) paid the proposed penalty in the amount of $50,000. This action was based on two violations of the Physical Security Plan.
(EA 87-47) 4.
Comonwealth Edison Company (Dresden Station Units 2 and 3) paid the proposed penalty in the amount of $25,000. This action was based ~on violations which, when evaluated collectively, identify a significant weakness in the control of plant modifications.~(EA 87-26) 5.
Commonwealth Edison Company (Dresden Station Unit 3) paid the proposed penalty in the amount of $25,000. This action was based on the failure to maintain primary containment integrity when the reactor water temperature went above 212*F. (EA 87-49) 6.
The University of Wisconsin paid the imposed civil penalty in the amount of $1,250. This action was based on violations of NRC requirements which involved a failure to conduct apprcpriate radiological surveys during the i
courseofanexperimentandthelossofifcensedmaterial.(EA86-179)
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ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING MAY 29, 1987 A.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - PERIODIC BRIEFING BY INPO,-2:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1987, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. 0FFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE)
- Memo SECY for the Record dated 5/26/87
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The Commission
- was briefed by the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) on industry efforts to improve operational performance and safety at nuclear power plants.
The following INPO representatives briefed the Commission on
-industry efforts:
- Zack T. Pate President, INPO
- William F. Conway Group Vice President
- Kenneth A. Strahm Group Vice President
- Pat Beard Group Vice President
- Peter Lyon Group Vice President INPO committed to investigate experiences at fossil fueled power plants which might be applicable at highlighting problems at nuclear plants.
There were no requirements placed on the staff at this meeting.
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- Cc= issioner Roberts.did not participate.
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 6/2/87 50-423 Millstone 3 Site To discuss provisions for NRC/ Utility /EG&G R. L. Ferguson 8:30 a.m.
Waterford, CT inservice testing program for pumps and. valves for Millstone 3.
6/2/87 50-275/
Crouch, Bachman &
To review offshore geophysical NRC& Consultants /
C. M. Trammell 9:00 a.m.
323 Ass.
data related to Central California CB&A Santa Barbara, CA coast that may have a bearing on the Long-Term Seismic Program.
6/2/87 50-416 Grand Gulf Nuc.~Sta. To discuss refueling outage 2 and NRC/SERI
. L. L. Kintner.-
9:00 a.m.
Port Gibson, MS licensing actions and to tour Grand Gulf Nuclear Station facility.
6/2/87 00-675 Room 6110 To discuss the scope of PRA effort NRC/CE G. S. Vissing 9:30 a.m.
MD Nat'l Bank Bldg.
for the advanced CESSAR.
6/2/87 50-445/
Room 319 To discuss plant specific analysi NRC/ Applicant A. Vietti-Cook 1:00 p.m.
446 East-West-West Bldg. for steam generator tube rupture for Comanche Peak, i
l 6/3/87 50-423 Millstone 3 Site To discuss provisions for NRC/ Utility /EG&G.
R. L. Ferguson 8:30 a.m.
Waterford, CT inservice testing program for m
g pumps and valves for. Millstone 3.
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER.
LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 6/3/87 50-250/
Room P-110 To discuss proposed Technical NRC/FPL D. G. Mcdonald 8:30 a.m.
251 Phillips Building Specifications relating to Special Test Exceptions and Refueling Operations.
6/3/87 50-601 Room P-114 To provide general background NRC/ Westinghouse T. J. Kenyon 8:30 a.m.
Phillips Building information to the NRC review staff regarding the RESAR SP/90 design. Topics to be discussed will include the general layout of the' Nuclear Power Block, unique
. features of the design and a dis-cussion of the review approach to be utilized.by the staff.
6/3/87 50-275/
Ogle Petroleum, I,c.
To review offshore geophysical NRC& Consultants /
C. M. Trannell 9:00 a.m.
-323-Santa Barbara, CA data related to Central California CB&A/PG8E & Consul.
coast that may have a bearing on the Long-Term Seismic Program.
6/4/87 50-250/
Room P-110 To discuss proposed Technical NRC/FPL D. G. Mcdonald 8:30 a.m.
251 Phillips Building Specifications relating to Special Test-Exceptions and-m
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 6/4/87-50-425 Westinghouse Offices. To discuss the applicant's NRC/ScoS/ West.
M. A. Miller 8:30 a.m.
Bethesda, Maryland analysis of the steam generator snubber reduction and the leak-before-break methodology on the
- surge line.
6/4/87 50-361/
Room 6507 To discuss analysis of hazardous NRC/SCE H. Rood 9:00 a.m.
362 Maryland Nat'l Bank material traffic at San Onofre.
Building
-Room 5205 To discuss proposed methodology NRC/SSN/TA;ITG
.L. Wiens
~6/4/87 10:30 a.m.
Air Rights for developing a valid Examina-tion Question Bank for Region'11 Nuclear facilities.
6/4/87 50-335 Room 6110 To disucss the technical bases NRC/FPL E. G. Tourigny 1:00 p.m.
Maryland Nat'l Bank
-for FP&L's proposed Technical Building Specification changes on the above subject.
6/4/87 50-250/
Room P-110 To discuss proposed on-site power NRC/FPL D. G. Mcdonald-
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251-Phillips Building system upgrade.
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT i
6/5/87 50-259/
Admin. Building OSP licensing staff will discuss NRC/TVA.
G. Gears 8:00 a.m.
260/296 Browns Ferry Nuclear all licensing action schedules Plant and milestones for the Browns Decatur, AL Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 2.
6/9/87 50-302 Room 6507 To discuss control room habit-MRC/ Licensee /
H. Silver 8:30 a.m.
Maryland Nat'l Bank ability at Crystal River Unit 3.
Building 6/9/87 50-275/
Conference Rm. 2L To audit selected calculations NRC/ Utility /BNL C.' M. Transnell 9:00 a.m.
323 Bechtel Building and computer analyses of soil-45 Fremont Street.
structure interaction studies conducted by PG&E as part of LTSP.
6/10/87 50-275/
Conference Rs. 2L To audit selected calculations NRC/ Utility /BNL C. M. Transnell 8:30 a.m.
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.Bechtel Building and computer analyses of soil-45 Fremont Street structure interaction studies conducted by PG&E as part of LTSP.
6/11/87 50-275/
Conference Rs. 2L To audit selected calculations NRC/ Utility /BNL C. M. Tranunell -
8:30 a.m.
-323 Bechtel Building
.and computer analyses of soil-45 Fremont Street structure interaction studies conducted by PGSE as part of LTSP.
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DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION T
'6/11/87 50-219 Room 6507 To discuss the status of the NRC/GPON A. W. Dromerick
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MD Nat'l Bank Build. Systematic Evaluation Program and the status of-the drywell shell corrosion program.
6/15/87 50-458 Room P-114 To review River Bend Station (RBS) NRC/GSU S. M. Stern 10:00 a.m.
Phillips Builciing plans to revise their emergency operating procedures.
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u NMSS MEETING NOTICES rg DIVISION OF FUEL CYCLE, MEDICAL, ACADEMIC AND COMMERCIAL USE SAFETY FOR WEEK ENDING May 29, 1987 og DOCKET ATTENDEES /
DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT NRC CONTACT 5/29/87 N/A FDA (Room 1306)
To discuss the cause of the G. Sjoblom, NRC VMiller 9:00 a.m.
8757 Georgia Ave.,
fall of the teletherapy unit V. Miller, NRC Silver Spring, MD that crinhed the patient's N. McElroy, NRC head at the Bartholowmew P. Vacca, NRC Hospital in Indiana.
W. Dundaker, FDA*
R. Leupold, FDA*
D. Poucher, FDA*
D. Cromwick, FDA*
Dr. Johnson, FDA*
Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Division of Compliance, FDA 5/31-6/5/87 Albuquerque, NM To attend (D. McCaughey) and G. Bidinger, NRC G. Bidinger to serve as faculty member D. McCaughey, NRC (Bidinger) at University of New Mexico Short Course on Nuclear Criticality Safety 6/1-2/87 Aiken, SC To discuss new license appli-M. Horn M. Horn cation (Transnuclear, Inc.)
g 6/2/87 N/A New England Speaker on the revision N. McElroy N,McElroy i
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$6/3-5/87 N/A Toronto, Canada Speaker on the revision N. McElroy N. McElroy of Part 35 at Annual Meeting w
of the Health Physics Society 6/18/87 Pro. M-46 Silver Spring, MD To discuss topical report J. Roberts, NRC J. Roberts revic.
(Foster Wheeler J. Stokley, SAIC Energy Application)
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DATE/ TIDE filleER LOCATION PURPOSE APPLICANT-
. CONTACT' 6/1-5/87 Denver, 00; To attend NRC-sponsored reclamation J. Forstrom Johnson /
Falls City, workshop.in Denver and, visit the UMTRAP T. Johnson Bilhorn TX site in Falls City with DOE staff in M. Fliegel preparation for remedial action plans.
S. Bilhorn (LLW )
6/2/87
- Willste, Meeting with ICF, Inc. (contractor) to
. L. _Bykoski.
Sollenberger:
10:00 Room 712 discuss cost estimate methods.
D. Sollenberger (LLW).
6/3/87 Denver, C0 Meeting with DOE to discuss Riverton, M. Fliegel Gnugnoli WY, remedial action.
G. Gnugnoli (LLW )
D. Smith (URFO) 6/4/87 Willste, 7th Meeting with representatives of Layton
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Knapp -
Knapp 9:00 floor conf and Associates to discuss recent IAEA J. Greeves TENTATIVE
. room meeting,1ow-level sites in California J. Kane. (LLW) and possible contractual needs.
Dr. Clark.(President, LA)
Mr. Heim (VP, LA) 6/8/87 Washington, Attending and giving presentation at AIF M. Knapp' (LLW)
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8:00-12:00-D.C.
Conference on Low-Level-Waste 10rganization and. Low-Level ~ Waste Disposal Strategy.
6/8-11/87 Denver, Grand. Visit UMTRA Sites at Green River. UT; J. Starmer Westbrook.
Junction, C0; - Slick Rock and Rifle, _C0; URF0 field ~
K. Westbrook Green River, office and USGS.
M. ' Young (LLW)
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. West Valley, Meeting at West Valley to discuss Part M. Knapp Lohaus g
NY 61 Low-level Waste Disposal Requirements. P. Lohaus y
.W - Bixby (DOE) 6/16-19/87 Tra' verse City, Attending and giving presentation at the "M.
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Knapp MI Third Annual Decisionmakers' Forum on j
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IIth Floor by Ben Rusche, DOE, on HLW JJLinehan l
1717 H Street, NW Program HLThompson Washington, DC 6/I6/87 NRC Offices Comission Meeting - HLW MJBell NStill 2:00 p.es.
IIth Floor State / Tribal HLThompson 1717 H Street, NW JJLinehan Washington, DC NStill 6/30/87 - 7/I/87 Embassy Square Suites Second Annual NRC Meeting REBrowning NStill 9:00 - 5:00 p.m.
2000 N Street, NW with State / Tribal Represent-MJBell Washington, DC atives in HLW Program JJLinehan DWM Staff' letSS MEETING NOTICES Division of Safeguards and Transportation None m
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06/01/87 RII Office Enforcement Conference Licensee, Deputy Regional Ernst 1:00 p.m.
Duke Power Company Administrator and Selected RII Staff Members 06/04/87 Crysta? River, FL Full Scale Emergency.
Selected RII. Staff Members.
Ernst Exercise 06/0S/87 RII Office Enforcement Conference Same as above Grace-1:00 p.m.
Florida Power & Light Co.
Turkey Point Facility 06/08/87 Dallas, TX Speaking at the ANS Annual Regional Administrator Grace 3:40 p.m.
Meeting and M. Sinkule 6/23-25/87 Kenosha, WI Zion Federal Field Exercise Regional Administrator Grace and Selected-RII Staff Members
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