ML20235X281
| ML20235X281 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/21/1987 |
| From: | Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM) |
| To: | Thomas P SIMPSON, THATCHER & BARTLETT |
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| FOIA-87-40 NUDOCS 8707240110 | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:G.O. Om em m em goia r.eouteT Nuusarasi F01A-87-40 [.r"*;g\\ ppQ_ seseoNsa Tves l F'NAL lx l PAariAL 5 RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF b k.eee INFORMATION ACT (FOlA) REQUEST JUL 211987 e. DOCKET NUM8ERisi(# eppecafwri CEQUESTkA Peter Thomas, Esquire PART I.-RECORDS RELEASED OR NOT LOCATED (See checked 6ones) j No agency records subtect to the request have been located. ? l No addit. nal agency records subsect to the request have been locatrd. o Agency records subsect to the request that are identifed in Appendix _. are already available for public inspection and copying in the NRC Public Document Roum, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC. l Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix are being made available for public mspection and copying in the NRC Public Document l Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOIA number and requester name. The nonpropnetary version of the proposal (s) that you egreed to accept in a telephone conversation unth a member of my staff is now being made avelsble for public inspecten Gnd coymg et the NRC Pubhc Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC. in a folder under the FOIA number and requester name. Er: closed is information on how you may obtain access to and the charges for copying records placed in the NRC Pubhc Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC. jX Agency records subject to the request are enclosed. Any applicable charge for copies of the records provided and payment procedures are noted in the comments secton. Records subst to the request have been referred to another Federal agencybesi for review and direct response to you. In view of NRC's response to this request, no further action is being talten on appeal letter dated PART ll.A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Certain information in the requested records is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the FOIA exemptions described in and for the reasons etsted in Part II, sec-tions B, C, and D. Any released portions of the documents for which only part of the record is bemg withheld are being made available for public ' spection and cooying in m tha NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOIA number and requester name. Commenta Enclosed are the eight documents listed on the enclosed appendix. Documents one through seven were maintained by Dr. Lafleur. Document eight was maintained in the ACRS files. The reproduction charge for the enclosed documents is $1.95. l i SIGN E. DIRECTOR, O i ON OF RU S 'ND RECORDS d? nM M 4 f.,_ k; B707240110 g767pi' v PDR FOIA THOMAss7-4o ppg ~~ J.s sn CRC FO%M 464 iPart D l M66 I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ - _ -
w Lp F01A-87-40 l APPENDIX FOR 8 LAFLEUR AND ACRS RECORDS 1. 1/2/73 Draft memo for Chairman Schlesinger, et al., from J. J. Flaherty re: "Marviken--Interpretation of Commission Action"(2pages) 2. 8/25/72 Memo for Chairman Schlesinger, et al., from M. Shaw re: "Marviken--Interpretation of Commission Action" (2 pages) 3. Undated Memo for Chairman Schlesinger, et al...from M. Shaw re: "Marviken Reactor Blow-Down Tests" (2 pages) 4. 9/25/72 Memo for Chairman Schlesinger, et al., from A. S. Friedman re: " Safety Experiments at Swedish Reactor" with attached handwritten note by C. K. Beck-(2 pages) 5. 9/30/72 Letter to J. R. Schlesinger from E. J. Bauser with attached-newspaper article and correspondence control sheet (4 pages) 6. 11/15/72 Draft SECY Paper re: "AEC Participation in Marviken Reactor Safety Tests" (8 pages) 7. 10/19/72 Memo to Chairman Schlesinger, et al., from C. K. Beck re: "Marviken Safety Experiments" with attached " Technical Summary of Visit to Discuss Reactor Safety Experiments of the Marviken Power Station Containment in Sweden" by J. A. Norberg dated 10/16/72 (7 pages) 8. 6/14/77 Operating Experiences Event List for the Report Period 1/1/77 through 3/31/77 (12 pages)
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Grimsley Q-h },, y Director Division of Rules and Records Office of Administration United States Nuclear N J f--/ h f Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555
Dear Mr. Grimsley:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") (5 U.S.C. 552) and 10 C.F.R. Part 9, on behalf of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, I hereby request information relating to pressure suppression containments of the type associated with boiling water reactors ("BWRs"). This request does not encompass (1) material already available in the Public Document Room and (2) material already produced to Edward Firestone on behalf of General Electric Company ("GE") (FOIA request 85-665). Correspondence concerning FOIA request 85-665 indicates that the scope of the original request was narrowed to four categories. Many of the requests below relate to categories of information apparently not sought by or made available to GE after discussions between Mr. Firestone and NRC employees. h n g- ~ ni< m, T)m$i+5 V'u l y-
i. e a S tM PS O N TM AC M ER & SARTLETT Donnie H. Grimsley January 16, 1987 The following information about pressure suppression containments is requested for the time period 1955 to the present: 1. Documents, including files and communications, which pertain to these subject matters: a. Containment tests run by Sargent & Lundy i (Alf Kolflat) between 1956 and 1960 (see, e.g., Exhibit A). b. Containment studies by the Armour Research Foundaticn and/or Illinois Institute of Technology between 1959 and the early 1960s. c. Pressure suppression tests conducted at the condensing test facility at Moss Landing, California in 1958 and 1959 and reviewed by the AEC and ACRS in 1959 and i 1960 (see, e.g., Amendment No. 3 to the Preliminary Hazards Summary Report for the Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit No. 3, September 21, 1959). d. Pressure suppression tests conducted at the transient test facility at San Jose, California in 1958 and 1959 and reviewed by the AEC and ACRS in 1959 and 1960 (see, e.g., Amendment No. 3 above), e. Pressure suppression tests conducted in the Humboldt Bay 1/48th segment test facility at Moss Landing, California in May and June, 1960 and reviewed by the AEC and ACRS in 1960 and 1961 (see, e.g., Amendment No. 8 to the Preliminary Hazards Summary Report for the Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit No. 3, May 27, 1960). f. Pressure suppression tests conducted in the Bodega Bay 1/112th segment test: facility at Moss Landing, California in 1962 and 1963 and reviewed by the AEC and ACRS between 1962 and 1964 (see, e.g., Appendix I and II to the Preliminary Hazards Summary Report for the Bodega Bay Atomic Park Unit No. 1, December 28, 1962). g. Pressure suppression tests conducted in the Bodega Bay 1/8th segment, 1/4 scale multiple vent test facility at Moss Landing, California in 1963 (see, e.g., C. P. Ashworth, D. B. Barton, " Pressure Suppression Tests With Multiple Vents," October 25, 1963). h. AEC question and Commonwealth Edison answer No. 5 regarding RCIC operations and vibrations
' ~~' ~ oewesow Twacwem G CAnvLett Donnie H. Crimsley January 16, 1987 observed in the condensing tests at Moss Landing in 1958 and 1959 (see, e.g., Exhibit B). i. Removal of baffles from the torus or suppression pool of Mark I containments, 1967-70 (see, e.g., Amendment No. 5 to the Quad Cities Preliminary Safety Analysis Report, dated November 10, 1967, Amen'iment No. I to the Cooper. Preliminary Safety Analysis Rep)rt, December 1, 1967 and, e.g., Exhibit C). j. Size or pressure rating reduction of Brunswick pressure suppression containment and submissions, including possibly NEDE-10182 (see request 4m below), and questions regarding it between 1969 and 1971 (see, e.g., Exhibit D). k. AEC and ACRS concerns (including those of Herschel Specter, Herbert S. Isbin, Victor Stello and Robert Tedesco) pertaining to lateral loading water hammer and vibrations on Mark II downcomers or ven,ts raised in connection with the Shoreham docket (1968-70), Zimmer docket (1970-71) and Limerick docket (1970-71) (see, e.g., Exhibit E). 1. Pressure suppression work of GE's nuclear safety development subsection in 1969 and 1970. m. Small-scale horizontal vent tests conducted by General Electric between 1971 and 1973 (see, e.g., Exhibit F). Damage to and dislocation of baffles in n. the torus or suppression pool of Mark I containments due to relief valve discharges between 1970 and 1972. Failure of torus suction ring header due o. to relief valve discharges at Quad Cities during start-up tests in May 1972. p. Accident at the Wuergassen plant in West Germany, April 1972. q. Incident at the KKM plant in Switzerland, ' July 1972. r. Pressure suppression tests conducted at Marviken plant, Studsvik, Sweden between 1972 and 1974. Communications between GE and the AEC or s. ACRS between 1969 and 1975 concerning hydrodynamic loads,
~ y %l g., 9 ( -l v2 ) rY ~' ~", ,,,,,, e.. t u o u n n ' a * ' k Donnie H, Grimsley . January 16, 1987 %i including pool swell and chugging, a Mark III containments, including, but notin Mark I, Mark II or i documents which' refer or relatet limited to, 'l to (i) the ACRS GE subcommittee meetings at GE's San Jose offices on August 1-2, ~19 73 s (ii). visits of AEC staf f ~ernployees (e.g., Gus 1 Lainus,!Rotgrt Cudlin and Jack Kudrick)'to GE's-San Jose of fices in September and November 1973, fiii) Gulf' Subcommittee meeti-ng in Los Angeles on Octoberthe~ACRS Grand and (iv) 25, 1973 GESSAR question 3.35 and the answer thereto (see, e.g. Exhibit G). I 3 t Materials from the Hazards Evaluation I p a ion O i on ach ec ma ers 1 s above. 2. NRC or..AEC files and communications of the following NRC or AEC enployees which pertain to the subject { I matters listed in request 1 abova I' s a. Clifford Bee-b. Merson Booti, c. Roger Boyd d. R.S. Brodsky e. Howard Brown f.- Edson Case ^. g. Robert Cudli'n h. Richard DeYoung i. William F. Finan j. N. Grossman k. Stephen Hanauer (also ACRS files) 1 Joceph Her.dric (also ACRS files) m. Lyall Johnson n. Donald Knuth o. Jack Kudrick { p. Gus Lainus 1 q. Robert Lowenstein -{ r. A.R. Luedecke j s. R.B. McCalley t. John A. McCone u. Peter Morris v. J. Newell t w. Randolph Newton x. W. Oakley y, J.F. O' Leary z. Frank K. Pittman an. Harold L. Price bb. Larry Shao cc. Herschel Specter i l
t, ..no e ac.4co o oma rse e t Donnie H. Grimsley January 16, 1987 dd. Victor Stello ee. Tsung Ming Su ff. S.A. Szawlewicz gg. Robert Tedesco hh. R. Waterfield ii. Allen J. Vander Weyden jj. Robert Wilcox 3. ACRS files and communications of these ACRS members or employees which pertain to the subject matters listed in request I above: a. R. L. Doan (also AEC files) b. Dick Duffey c. W.K. Ergen d. R. Fraley e. F.A. Gifford f. J.B. Graham g. He,rbert S. Isbin (also AEC files) h. David Okrent i. K.R. Osborn j. N. Palladino k. M.S. Plesset 1. Chester Siess m. Leslie Silverman n. W.R. Stratton o. Theos (" Tommy") Thompson 4. The following specific documents: a. GEAP 3143, " Test Report for the Pressure Suppression Development Program," prepared by Pacific Gas & Electric Company, April 2, 1959 (see, e.g., Exhibit H). l b. GEAP 3122, " Safeguards Analysis for Pressure Suppression System Concept," April 3, 1959. f i c. GEAP 3171, " Considerations in Design of Pressure Suppression Systems," May 21, 1959. d. Memorandum by Dr. Frank K. Tittman identified in the memorandum from Chairman John A. McCone to the General Manager, dated March 31, 1960 (see Exhibit I). Memorandum by Howard Brown to the General e. Manager May 18, 1960, identified in a memorandum from j Alexander J. Weyden through the General Manager to Chairman i McCone, May 27, 1960 (see Exhibit J). 1 I
3.-,. sow twacuca a pantoc" Donnie H. Grimsley January 16, 1987 f. Report by Merson Booth of the Hazards Evaluation Branch on the Humboldt Bay 1/48th segment tests, identified in a memorandum by the General Manager to Mr. Oakley, June 30, 1960 (see Exhibit K). g. GEAP 3596, Tests of a Full Scale 1/48 Segment of the Humboldt Bay Pressure Suppression Containment, November, 17, 1960, by GE (C.H. Robbins & D.H. Imhoff (see 4m below). he "NPR Primary Loop - Emergency Dump Tests," by H.G. Johnson, AEC, Richland, Washington, HW-68609, March 1961 (Exhibit L). i. " Pressure Suppression Tests with Multiple Vents," by C.P. Ashworth and D.B. Barton, October 25, 1963. S j. " Closed-Tank Vapor Suppression Test Program," by F.L. Hovanec and R.C. Luken, BAW-3198-2, May 1964. k. NUSA-86, "Some Thoughts on Condensation in Pressure Suppression Systems," by F.J. Moody, approved by A.P. Bray, October 12, 1964 1. NUSA-94, "A Comparative Evaluation of Current Pressure Suppression Designs," by F.J. Moody, approved by A.P. Bray, November 9, 1964. " Additional Information, Pressure m. Suppression Concept, Test Data Report," GE document NEDE-10182, May 1970, by D.R. Miller and T.J. Moody. " Pressure Suppre ;sion Pool Investigations n. - Report #1," GE document NEDM-13036-1, July 1970, by E.R. Cramer and L.L. Myers, approved by J.L. Murray. o. NEDM-13120, " ACCESS IV Containment," by G.E. Wade, approved by J.L. Murray, July 1970. p. NEDM-13036-2, " Pressure Suppression and Weir Vent Test Program, Mini-Weir Horizontal Vent Tests," by R.C. Augenstein, approved by H.E. Townsend and J.L. Murray, April 1971 (also dated May 1972). g. NEDM-13036-3, " Pressure Suppression Test Program, Small-Scale Horizontal Vent Tests," by L.L. Myers, approved by H.E. Townsend and J.L. Murray, October 1972. r. NEDM-13351, " Pressure Suppression Test Program, Small-Scale Pool Swell Tests," by T.R. McIntyre, approved by H.E. Townsend and J.L. Murray, August 1973.
~_ o.w, cou v ace.cn a cantcet v Donnie H.-Grimsley January 16, k987 s. Reports, including theGE Muclear Safety Development Quarterl following reports: y (1) Report, First Quarter 1969; Nuclear Safety Development Quarterly (2) Second Quarter 1969, July 1969;NEDM-1 Quarterly Report, (3) Third Quarter 1969, October 1969;NEDM Quarterly Peport, (4) Fourth Quarter 1969; January 1970;NEDM Quarterly Report, (5) First Quarter 1970, April 1970;NEDM-13098 Quarterly Report, (6) NEDM-13127, Quarterly Report,-Second Quarter 1970, Nuclear Safety Development July 1970; (7) Quarterly Report, NEDM-13140, Third Quarter 1970, October 1970; Nuclear Safety (8) Fourth Quarter 1970, January 1971;NEDM-Quarterly Report, (9) NEDM-13184-01, Nuclear Safety Development Quarterly Report, 1971; First Quarter 1971, April (10) NEDM-13184-02, Nuclear Safety Development Quarterly Report, 1971; Second Quarter 1971, July l (11) NEDM-13184-03, Nuclear Safety Development Quarterly Report, 1971; Third Quarter 1971, October (12) NEDM-13184-04, Nuclear Safety Development Quarterly Report, Fourth Quarter 1971, January 1972; (13) NEDM-13281-01, Nuclear Safety Development Quarterly Report, 1972; First Quarter 1972, April g 1 (14) NEDM-13281-02, Nuclear Safety Development Quarterly Report, 1972; Second Quarter 1972, July i fl t
y Donnie H. Grimsley -S-January 16, 1987 (15) NEDM-13281-03, Nuclear Safety Development Quarterly Report, Third Quarter 1972, October 1972; (16) NEDM-13281-04, Nuclear Safety Development Quarterly Report, Fourth Quarter 1972, January 1973; (17) NEDM-13330-01, Nuclear Safety Development Quarterly Report, First Quarter 1973; (18) NEDM-13330-02, Nuclear Safety Development Quarterly Report, Second Quarter 1973; and (19) NEDM-13330-03, Nuclear Safety Development Quarterly Report, Third Quarter 1973. For each of the documents listed in request 4, I would appreciate learning (i) if the document was submitted to the NRC or AEC or ACRS, (ii) if so, whether it was submitted as part of a regulatory filing, (iii) who submitted it, (iv) when it was submitted, (v) if it still exists in NRC or AEC or ACRS files and (vi) if it was submitted as a proprietary or confidential document and, if so, its current status. For the purposes of this request, files and communications include records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9. and, in addition, all data, inc2uding published and unpublished memoranda, personal notes, notes of telephone conversations, films, photographs, microfiche, raicrofilm, tapes and other electronic means of recording data, published and unpublished reports and any other material in the possession of the Commission from whatever source on the subject of pressure suppression containments.
sewesow tw Ac ute a mAmtar ev -January 16, 1987 Donnie H., Gr irns l ey If you have any questions.or need further direction, please do not hesitate to contact me (212-908-2535) or Jack Menz (212-908-3511). V truly yours, Peter C. Thomas Attached Exhibits I 'l I' l}}