ML20234F451
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| Issue date: | 01/06/1988 |
| From: | Rehm T NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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.kf k i January 6, 1968 For: The Commissioners From: T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office o'f the EDO
Subject:
u WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1987 A sumary 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 Vanagement A Nuclear Reactor Regulation B Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C huclearRegulatoryResearch D*
Governmental & Public Affairs E*
General Counsel . F*
Personnel G Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data H*
Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights I*
Special Projects J*
Enforcement K*
Consolidation L*
Regional Offices M*
CRGR Monthly Reports N*
Executive Director for Operations 0*
Items Addressed by the Commission P*
Meeting Notices Q Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for R exterr.al distribution)
- No input this week.
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8801110486 880106 T. A. Re .. sistant for Operations EKLhNFOR Office of the Executive Director PDR -
for Operations
Contact:
T. A. Rehrr, EDO 492-7781
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, HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT
- WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1987 I
Farley Unit 2 Farley 2 is in the process of plant start up following replacement of the i section of 6-inch safety injection piping from the "B" cold leg to the first i check valve. An evaluation of a through-wall crack (one inch long at the outer pipe surface) in the weld and heat-affected zone at the elbow nearest the "B" coolant loop has been completed by Bechtel, Southern Company Services, and Westinghouse for Alabama Power Company.
Bechtel determined that no design deficiency was found which could have resulted in pipe failure. Southern Company investigated the weld history as well as other SI system welds. Enhanced ultrasonic techniques were required to determine the actual flaw which could not be detected by liquid penetrant means. Examinations of these welds on all SI lines inside containment using the enhanced ultrasonic techniques were completed from December 10 to 15,
- 1987. Westinghouse evaluated the plant operating records and conducted metallurgical examinations of the failed weld. The conclusion is that the failure was caused by high cycle fatigue. However, the cause has not been identified.
Further investigation is underway. Instrumentation has been installed on the "B" loop SI piping (and "C" loop also) in a joint effort of Alabama Power Company and Westinghouse. Region II is closely monitoring the site efforts.
West Valley Demonstration Project The NRC staff recently received revised version of two Safety Analysis Reports from the West Valley Demonstration Project. The reports are on the Liquid Waste Treatment System and the Supernatant Treatment System. These systems are expected to begin operation sometime in early 1988, although the exact start-up date is still uncertain due to small difficulties and large cost
- overruns.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT I STATUS OF REQUESTS - 1987 For 4-Day Period of December 28, 1987 - December 31, 1987 Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision' l
Received This Week 13 2 i Completed This Week 11 2 l Carryovers From 1986 170 53 j Received In 1987 874 112 ]
Granted In 1987 591 36 j Denied In 1987 296 96 j Pending 157 33
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ACTIONS THIS WEEK I
Received Monica Brennan, Requests a copy of Contract No. NRC-33-87-216.
Andrulis (87-862)
(NRC employee) Requests a current copy of a specified position (87-863) description.
Charles Ingebretson, Referral from FEMA for records provided under F01A-87-823 4 Hunton & Williams from the law firm of Kirkpatrick and Lockhart. l (87-864) j Lynn Connor, Requests records since the November 26, 1986 OIA Doc-Search investigation into allegations of misconduct by Region IV Associates management with respect to the Comanche Peak nuclear 1 (87-865) power plant.
Lynn Connor, Requests Office of Inspection and Enforcement Regional Doc-Search Assessments and rankings by Region in the area of Associates construction inspection activities from 1982 to the (87-866) present.
Lynn Connor, Requests Office of Inspection and Enforcement Regional Doc-Search Assessments and rankings by Region in the area of Associates quality assurance inspection activities from 1982 to the l (87-867) present.
Lynn Connor, Requests Office of Inspection and Enforcement Regional Doc-Search Assessments and rankings by Region in the area of l Associates performance assessment of enforcement activ1 ties trom in.? i (87-868) to the present.
CONTACT: Donnie H. Grinsley 492-7211 DECEMBER 31, 1987 ENCLOSURE A
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. Received, Cont'd Robert Belair, Requests three categories of records regarding the Kirkpatrick & Shoreham nuclear power plant.
Lockhr.rt (87-869)
Gregory Palast, Requests records regarding the February 18, 1983 Union Associates meeting at the Shoreham nuclear power plant.
(87-870)
Linda Bauman, Requests records regarding a December 8, 1987 letter Government from Thomas Murley to Billie Garde and Richard Condit Accountability of GAP in response to GAP's petition pursuant to Project 10 CFR 2.206 on behalf of the Safe Energy Coalition of (87-871) Michigan regarding the Fermi nuclear power plant.
Patty Day, Requests a copy of SECY-78-462A.
NUS Corporation (87-872) I James Pembroke, Referral from FEMA of records from January 1968 to the J. Cathy Fogel, present related to the agreement, the CAJUN /GSU Thomas Rudebusch, integrated transmission system, loan guarantees or any Duncan, Weinberg, antitrust review of Gulf States or the River Bend nuclear Miller & Pembroke, power plant. s P.C.
(87-873)
Thomas Petersen, Requests listings of (1) large, open pool irradiation Kline & Company, facilities, (2) agreement states, and (3) large, open Inc. pool irradiation facilities in agreement states. '
(87-874)
(NRC employee) APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the release of four (87-A-111-87-475) records denied in their entirety and portions of three records relating to a request for records concerning a specified OGC report. ]
l Robert Belair, APPEAL TO THE EDO for the lack of response to a request Kirkpatrick & for six categories of records relating to NRC's recent Lockhart rule amending 10 CFR 50.47(c)(1) and 10 CFR Part 50, (87-A-112-87-794) Appendix E, on off-site emergency planning for nuclear i power plants.
Granted Claudia Guild, In response to a request for records used by the Bishop, Cook, Enforcement staff as a guideline for the issuance of Purcell & Reynolds enforcement actions, made available 68 records. Informed (87-450) the requester that additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
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3-Granted. Cont'd Donna Sorgi, In response to a request for records documenting a.
The Commonwealth proposal by Boston Edison Company for the' design and of Massachusetts installation of the direct ~ torus venting system and NRC's (87-643) review and/or disposition of the proposal, made available-six records. Informed the requester that' additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Donna Sergi, In response to a request for records related to 1 The Commonwealth the degradation of service water piping at the Pilgrim of Massachusetts nuclear power plant, informed the requester that 10
-(87-647) records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Donna Sergi, In response to a request for records documenting The Commonwealth commitments made by Boston Edison Company concerning of Massachusetts improvements to the Pilgrim plant's hardware or (87-649) procedures related to fire protection requirements, made available 11 records. Informed the requester that !
additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Lynn Connor, In response to a request for a copy of WPPSS-2 PSAR Doc-Search amendment No. 4, made available a copy of the requested Associates record.
(87-772)
Thomas Carpenter, In response to a request for records related to any Government problems with nuclear powered aircraft engines at the Accountability General Electric Jet Engine factory in Evendale, Ohio, .
Project informed the requester that the NRC located no I (87-810) agency records subject to~this request.
Lauri Frederick, In response to a request for records regarding three Rose, Schmidt, specified B&W steel plants in Pennsylvania which were Hasley & DiSalle generated from NRC's investigation of nuclear accidents, (87-817) review of operational data and/or other matters regulated by the NRC, made available two records. Informed the requester that three additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Monica Brennan, In response to a request for a copy of contract No. NRC-Andrulis 33-87-216, informed the requester that this record is (87-862) already available at the PDR.
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DECEMBER 31, 1987 ENCLOSURE A
4 Denied M. Michael Devic, In response to a request for three categories of records i Radiation related to January 1987 inspections at Radiation Sterilizers Inc. Sterilizers, Inc., sites in Ohio and Illinois and (87-709) inspection manuals, made available 13 records. Informed the requester that additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR. Denied six records in their entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
(An individual In response to an APPEAL TO THE EDO for the release of the denied portions of three records regarding a requesting information ) request for records concerning the Quad Cities nuclear (87-A-95-86-894) power plant, continued to deny these records containing unclassified safeguards and personal privacy information.
Linda Bauman, In response to an APPEAL TO THE EDO for the release of Government the denied portions of 10 records regarding a request Accountability for records concerning the Safety Evaluation Report related Project to the operation of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, (87-A-104-84-21) NUREG-0675, Supplement No. 21, continued to deny these records, release of which would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
DECEMBER 31, 1987 ENCLOSURE A L__-________-______
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DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1987 1
PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION RFP No.: ARM-88-166 j
Title:
"NRC Translation Services" j
Description:
Ensure that NRC's mission for international cooperation is fulfilled by translating nuclear research and technology reports that are generated by 22 countries currently under contract agreements into English or.English into Germanic,
. Romance,' Oriental and Cyrillic languages. 4 Period of Performance: twenty-four months Sponsor: Office of Administration and Resources Management 1 l
Status: Best and Final offers received on 12/30/87, and forwarded to Source f Evaluation Panel for review on 12/30/87.
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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST I
WEEK ENDING DECEMB,ER 31, 1987 Farley Unit 2 Farley 2 is in the process of plant start up following replacement of the section of 6-inch safety injection piping from the "B" cold leg to the first check valve. An evaluation of a through-wall crack (one inch long at the outer pipe surface) in the weld and heat-affected zone at the elbow nearest the "B" coolant loop has been completed by Bechtel, Southern Company Services, and Westinghouse for Alabama Power Company.
Bechtel determined that no design deficiency was found which could have resulted in pipe failure. Southern Company investigated the weld history as well as other SI system welds. Enhanced ultrasonic techniques were required to detentiine the actual flaw which could not be detected by liquid penetrant means. Examinations of these welds on all SI lines inside containment using the enhanced ultrasonic techniques were completed from December 10 to 15, 1987. Westinghouse evaluated the p16nt operating records and conducted metallurgical examinations of the failed weld. The conclusion is that the failure was caused by high cycle fatigue. However, the cause has not been identified.
Further investigation is underway. Instrumentation has been installed on the "B" loop SI piping (and "C" loop also) in a joint effort of Alabama Power Company and Westinghouse. Region II is closely monitoring the site efforts.
DECEMBER 31, 1987 ENCLOSURE B
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l NRC TMI-2 CLEANUP PROJECT DIRECTORATE STATUS '
REPORT FOR November 30, 1987 - January 3, 1988
- 1. DEFUELING ,
-- Defueling of the core region has been essentially completed. Fuel !
pin fragments and other debris were removed from the lower grid to allow placement of a template / guide for lower core support assembly (LCSA)defueling. The equivalent of one partial length assembly remains. It is designated as R-6 although a small portion of- once molten R-7 may be incorporated in it.
-- Defueling of the "A" and "B" hot legs was completed. The material in the hot legs was of a fine consistency and easily suspended. The i licensee is evaluating how much fuel dust remains in the hot legs. l Removal of the fuel in the decay heat drop line was attempted with I partial success. Removal of the remaining material in the decay heat line will have to be completed after LCSA defueling.
-- Placement of the core drilling machine is in progress. It will be followed by drilling operations to begin LCSA defueling. The NRC staff is currently evaluating a series of safety evaluation reports l in support of LCSA defueling. l 2.
4 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sample analysis results show that TMI site liquid effluents are in accordance with regulatory limits, NRC requirements, and the City of Lancaster Agreement.
- TMI water effluents from the station (Units 1 and 2) discharge are analyzed by EPA. Gamma spectrum analyses of the daily composited samples for November 15 through December 12, 1987 showed no reactor related activity. i
- EPA's gamma spectrum analysis of the NRC's TMI outdoor air samples for November 26 through December Pl.,1987 showed no reactor related radioactivity.
- Daily water samples are taken at the City of Lancaster water works intake. These daily samples are composited and are analyzed by the i EPA weekly. EPA's garma spectrum analysis of composite sarples for j Noverter 15 through December 12, 1987 showed no reactor related j radioactivity. j
- 3. DECONTAMINATION ACTIVITIES
-- Decontamination of the seal injection valve room continued with the i primary activity being debris removal. {
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-- Attempts continued to remove the resin frcm the makeup and purification demineralizers. A video examination of cne l
DECEMBER 31, 1987 ENCLOSURE B
4 demineralized cor#'rmed the presence of resin. The next step will be to atterpt ae.f ition of the resin beds with a hydro-laser. l I
- 4. NRC EVALUATIONS Ih M RE,SS
- Technical Speciti tion Change Requests 52, 53 and 56.
- Recovery Operatichs Plan Change Request 38.
- Safety Evaluation Report for Defueling of the Core Support Assembly.
- Environmental Evaluation of the Post-Defueling Monitored Storage i Proposal.
- Canister Handling and Preparation for Shipment Safety Evaluation ]
J Report, Revision 4 and Revision 5.
- Defueling Water Cleanup System Technical Evaluation Report Annual i Update.
- Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 70.24 Requirements.
- 5. PUBLIC MEETING The next meeting of the Advisory Panel for the Decontamination of Three Mile Island Unit 2 is scheduled for January 13, 1988 from 7:00 - 10:00 ,
p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 23 South Second Street, Harrisburg, PA. The Panel will be briefed by the NRC staff on the pending reorganization of the TMI Cleanup Project Directorate. The Panel will receive a !
presentation by GPUN on the status of the cleanup and the status of the licensee's plans for Post Defueling Monitored Storage.
Persons desiring to speak before the Advisory Panel are asked to contact Mr. Thomas Smithgall at 2111 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603 4 (telephone 717-291-1041).
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c OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS .
Items of Interest WEEK ENDING. DECEMBER 31, 1987 INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY West Valley Demonstration Project The NRC staff recently received revised version of two Safety Analysis Reports from the West Valley Demonstration Project. The reports are on the Liquid Waste Treatment System and the Supernatant Treatment System. These systems are expected to begin operation sometime in early 1988, although the exact start-up date is sti11' uncertain due to small difficulties and large cost overruns.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK _ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1987 Arrivals and Departures In Headquarters, Eleven arrivals new were:employees reportedProject George Pangburn, for work on January (4.NMSS); William Tricarico, Manager Executive Assistant to the Secretary (SECY); Garg Sushlia, Payroll Clerk (ARM); Stephen Arndt, ACRS Fellow; Patricia Coates and Jeannette Glass, Secretaries in NRR and RES, respectively.
Region I gained Carl Sisco, Operations Engineer Exeminer and Lester Tritp, Health Physicist. Resident Clerical Aide Leann Roth joined Region II.
Joining Region III staff were David Passehl, Reactor Inspector and Kyung Pack, Work Process Operator.
Sixteen employees left NRC the week ending January 1. RES departures were:
Allen Cardis, Sr. Reactor Systems Engineer; Lyman Heller, Sr. Task Manager; and Frank Swanberg, Sr. Project Manager; NRR losses were Samuel Mackay, Sr.
Reactor Engineer; Robert Fell, Reactor System Engineer (TVA); and Gladstone Lewis, Quality Operations Engineer. Other Headquarters losses were: Michael Hawkins, Operations Coordinator, AEOD; Walter Magee, Acting Director, Division of Information Support Services and Jean Carter-Johnson, Licensing Information Assistant, (both from ARM); Frank Young, Section Leader, (GPA); Helen Watts, Management Assistant, (NMSS) and Barbara Dudley, Personnel Assistant (0P).
Departing from Region I were Bernard Hellman, Reactor Licensing Risk Engineer, '
Anthony Varela, Sr. Reactor Engineer and Joan Tweed, Resident Clerical Aide.
Jack Bryant, a Sr. Resident Inspector left Region II.
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