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December 1, 1987 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations. Office'of the ED0
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 27, 1987
'A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration and Resources Management A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C
1 Nuclear Regulatory Research 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
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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
external distribution)
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m tant for Operations WEEKLYINFOREPT PDR Office of the Executive Director for Operations
Contact:
T. A. Rehm, EDO 492-7781
HIGHLfGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDZNG NOVEMBER 27, 1987 Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) Decommissioning Plans On November 23, 1987, NMSS staff met NFS representatives to discuss planned decommissioning activities for inactive facilities at the NFS site in Erwin, Tennessee, including the fonner plutonium fuel fabrication plant and the liquid waste holding ponds. Decontamination activities on the plutonium facility are to begin in early 1988 with completion expected by early 1992.
As for the holding ponds, ongoing characterization studies of the ponds will continue into 1998 in order to determine whether mixed waste is present in ary of the pond sludges. This effort will be closely coordinated with State officials as well as the NRC. Based on these studies a comprehensive decommissioning plan for the ponds will be developed for review by the fall of j
1988. At the close of the meeting NFS formally submitted a report on these planned decommissioning activities over the next few years, as required by a license condition incorporated as a result of the recent purchase of NFS, Inc., by NRS Ltd.
Negotiated Rulemaking for Licensing Support System for HLW On November 19 and 20, 1987, the Licensing Support Advisory Comittee (LSSAC) j met in Denver, Colorado. This meeting marked the actual beginning of negotiations on the issues pertaining to the use of the LSS. At this meeting, 1
DOE gave a presentation on their LSS contract with SAIC.
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i LSSAC members understanding of the negotiating issues, NRC provided the I
results of the internal deliberations of the NRC Negotiating Team and agreed to provide NRC header information (bibliographic identification material for f
documents).
Meeting with NAS Regarding their Upcoming Trip to USSR On Wednesday H. Denton and M. Congdon, GPA, J. Shea of GPA/IP, and a DOE representative met with representatives of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) regarding the NAS visit to the Soviet Union in December.
At this meeting, each side discussed their nuclear safety activities with the Soviets. The NAS team will primarily be meeting with representatives from the USSR Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. The NAS will brief the U.S. Government on the results of the meetings when they return.
Senior Executive Service ($ES) Conference The third and final SES Conference was held in Baltimre on November 23 and 24.
Results of discussions on Stratelic Planning issues will be factored into the Plan, A draft executive leaders lip development policy paper has been prepared for review by the Executive Development Comittee to be followed by a Comittee meeting to outline the pmcass to be followed.
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)
As of November 27, the Headquarters CFC achieved 67.2 percent of the $186,500 goal. Thus far Offices reporting 100 percent of goal include: OCM, ASLAP, SECY, 01, CIA. EDO, OE, CONS, OSDBU/CR and NMSS.
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0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT i
ADMINISTRATION OF THE' FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
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STATUS OF REQUESTS'- 1987.
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Received in 1987 794 104.
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'4 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received (NRCemploye)
Requests three categories of' records related to Vacancy (87-788 Announcement No. 87-3567-8..
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Elizabeth Cilibrasi, Requests (1) a list of-nuclear. fuci producers out Fall Corporation of compliance by NRC standards for particular (87-789) emissions, and (2) a list of nuclear fuel producers.
Frank Reidy, Requestscopies'of(1):licensesjtsuedtoArmson McClees Associates relating to tritium H-3 gasiused in gun sights, and (2) V 2
(87-790) the allegation by Armson against Hester Wholesale and E /c,
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Gundula Sundgren, Requests a copy of a March 24, 1975 letter from I. F. Stuart Gundula Sundgren of GE to V. Stello of NRC on a fuel pellet resinterfag (87-791) test program.
Thomas Carpenter, Requests copies of all records related to'any problems
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Government with nuclear weapons at the Wright-Patterson Air Force j
Accountability Base and records related to the October 11, 1965 C-124 I
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Project aircraft accident at that base.
(87-792) i M. Michael Devic, Requests copies of all NRC inspection and compliance Radiation reports from January 1980 to the present for nMaoecified j
Sterilizers Isomedix, Inc. facilities.
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Linda"Bauman, APPEAL TO THE COMMISSDF. Au THE EDO for the releasg ofi f
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Linda Bauman, APPEAL,TO, W EDO for the release of the de$;ed pn[tions Government of 10 records relating to a request Jor records, generated Accountability h1 conectioh with. thre Safety Evaluation Report on the operation of ths/ Dia6hi Ce.nyon nucletar power plant, Project (81-A-104-84121)/' NUREG,0675h Sui,ylgment' No. 21.
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r Lyle Graber, In y 3ppase to a request for the enclosures to (1) NRC NUS Corporation istcer h ted August 31, 1987, to Oyster Creek requesting (87-725) additional information on GFU Topical Reports TR-033 and TR-040 and (2) NRC meeting summary to discuss the SPDS with Northeast Utilities (Millstone 3) dated August 19, 1987, made available copies of the requested records.
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Willias Buci, Hen fy & KCly and NUREG/BR-0006 on completing the form and five (87-305) categories of records related to Rhone-Poulenc arsd Conoco Inc.., trade availelle 47 retm s.
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f, Donna Sorgi, In response to a request for, record concerning Co'nfirmatory Commonwealth of Action Letter 86-10 re hrding "the,,$1 grim nuclear power Massachusetts plant, made available 11 records.it Bfo ged the requester (87-645) that additional record subject to'(Wis re+,est are already
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disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the delite.7ative process.
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p Dgnied, Cont'd Linda Bauman, In response to a request for records related to the Government organizational meeting on September 17, 1987, of the High Accountability Level Waste Licensing Support System Advisory Committee, Project made available one record.
Informed the requester that (87-661) additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Denieditwo records in their entirety and portions of two records, disclosure of which would tend to; inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
Mike Johnson, In response to a request' for a copy of the January 2 r
1987 memorandum from Y. Stello to the Commission on NUS Corporation (87-680)
" Safety Goals Implementation.' Status" with attachments, denied this record in its/ entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit thti open and frank exchange of f deas essential to the deliberative process.
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NOVEMBER 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE A
I DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 27, 1987 PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION j
RFP No.:
RS-ARM-88-166
Title:
"NRC Translation Services"
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Ensure that NRC's mission for. international cooperation is fulfilled by translating nuclear research and technology i
reports that are generated by 22 countries currently under contract agreements into English or English into Germanic, Romance, Oriental and Cyrillic.
Period of Performance:
Twenty-four months Sponsor:
Office of Administration and Resources Management Status:
RFP closed on November 23, 1987.
Proposals forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel for review on November 24, 1987.
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OFFICE-0F NUCLEAR REACTOR PEGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending November 27, 1987 Grand Gulf On November 20, 1987, the licensee for Grand Gulf. Unit I called to report a 1
stuck peripheral fuel assembly which was found while unloading and shuffling I
feel during the second refueling outage. The nose piece of the peripheral.
i assembly'is wedged between the peripheral fuel support piece and the lower core I
support wedge, with the nose piece completely out of the flow orifice. This stuck fuel assembly is similar to those which were found in two foreign BWR-6 facilities. The stuck fuel assembly was removed in each foreign reactor b applying additional lifting force on the bail handle (up to 2,000 pounds) y
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and a lifting force on the nose piece (up to 1,000 pounds) by means of a special hook made for that purpose. The GGNS Technical Specifications limit the lifting force on the main fuel hoist to 1,250 pounds. The licensee requested consideration of either a waiver of compliance or emergency discretion to apply additional force to attempt to free the fuel assembly.
The NRC staff advised the licensee to send a written request for emergency discretion, providing all necessary details on the need for such action, proposed methods for dislodging the assembly and its safety analysis. The licensee's letter dated November 21, 1987 requested emergency discretion.
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Unit 1 The stuck peripheral fuel assembly, which was misaligned and wedged between the peripheral fuel support piece and the lower core support wedge, was raised and them lowered into the correct position. The fuel assembly was freed with a lifting force of 1,600 pounds applied to the bail handle. A tem limiting lifting force in the Technical Specifications (porary waiver of the1250 pounds) wa by Region II on November 23, 1987, Refueling operations will be continued tomorrow.
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NRC TMI-2 CLEANUP PROJECT DIRECTORATE STATUS REPORT FOR CCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 29, 1987 i
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DEFUELING Defueling of the core region continued with pick and place techniques and vacuuming using the mini-air lift tool. Thus far, 175 of the 177 partial length fuel assemblies have.been removed.
About 193,000 lbs of a total of approximately 300,000 lbs of core debris and other materials have been removed.
The two remaining partial length assemblies, R6 and R7, contain once molten, resolidified material. They are apparently fused to the lower grid, as an upward force of 19,000 lbs would not dislodge them. The end fittings on these assemblies defonned during removal attempts.
Following removal of the remaining loose pins and vacuuming of loose debris on the lower grid, drilling of the lower core support assembly with the core bore machine is anticipated..The licensee will be submitting, for NRC review, a safety evaluation addressing the planned technique for sectioning and removing the lower core support assembly for defueling.
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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sample analysis results show that TMI site liquid effluents are in accordance with regulatory limits, NRC requirements, and 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 October 11 through November 14, 1987 showed no reactor related activity. Trace amounts of I-131 were found in the November 6 - 7 samples. However, comparable concentrations of I-131 were also found in the intake water samples indicating a source other than the plant.
EPA's gamma spectrum analysis of the NRC's TMI outdoor air samples for October 11 through November 25, 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 EPA weekly. EPA's gamma spectrum analysis of composite samples for l
October 11 - 17, October 18 - 24, October 25 - 31, November 1 - 7, and November 8 - 14, 1987 showed no reactor related ' radioactivity.
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DECONTAMINATION ACTIVITIES
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Phase <IIIdecontaminationendpointswere.reachedin'theMakeupandI Purification _ Pump Room 1A, the Concentrated Waste Storage Tank Room,.
and the. South Makeup-Discharge Valve. Room.
Decont'aminationoftheSealInjectionValveRoom(SIVR)-hasbeen resumed and about two-thirds of the floor area _has been scabbled.
The collected scabbling dust has been placed in high integrityi..
containers.for future disposal.
Radiation dose rates. range as_high as 20 R/hr on the disposal containers.. Dose. rates!in the SIVR.have been reduced to about.15 R/hr gamma but range as high as 320 Rad /hr beta. Continued decontamination will._further reduce-these levels..
Attempts during this month.to' remove the makeup and' purification resin from~the demineralized vessels have been unsuccessful.
Attempts to flush the resins appear-to have confirmed that the flow paths are clear and.that valves are operating as expected. The...
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problem may be the result of agglomeration of the resin beads in.the:
demineralized vessels or the vessel discharge piping.. The. licensee will continue to pursue a solution to the problem.
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WASTE MANAGEMENT In late October 1987, a liner filled with solidified sludge from the a
auxiliary building sump was. shipped to Barnwell, South Carolina for.
j burial. The liner was inspected by the' South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. The inspection, which involved puncturing the lower part of the liner, found that the contents had not I
completely solidified.
Rather than being 'a; hard,. concrete-like monolith, the material had a soft, putty-like texture. The sol. edification..
contractor believes that failure of the cement to; cure is'due to buildup of gas from reactions in organic material contained in-the sludge, and.
that venting of the gas will allow complete. curing to take' place. 'The' liner is presently being vented at the Barnwell, facility to see if this will produce a cured product suitable for burial.
In the interim,'the State of South Carolina has prohibited shipment of similar material from TMI.
Four similar liners are presently in storage at the TMI site awaiting shipment. The NRC staff will continue to follow this issue to assure acceptable resolution.
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NRC EVALUATIONS IN PROGRESS 1
Technical Specification Change Requests 52, 53 and 56.
Recovery Operations Plan Change Request 38.
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Solid Waste Facility Technical Evaluation Report.
1 Processed Water Disposition Proposal.-
Safety Evaluation Report for Defueling of the Core Support Assembly.
1 Environmental Evaluation of the Post-Defueling Monitored Storage Proposal.
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Defueling Water Cleanup System Technical Evaluation Report Annual Update.
l Defueling Canister Technical Evaluation Report Annual Update.
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PUBLIC MEETING i
No date has been set for the next meeting of the Advisory Panel for i
the Decontamination of Three Mile Island Unit 2.
The details of the next meeting will be announced.
On November 3, 1987 the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board issued an order scheduling a pre-hearing conference related to the proceedings I
on disposition of the accident-generated water. The purpose of the
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conference, which will be open to the public, is.to identify the key 1
f issues, take any necessary steps for further identification of the issues, make determinations as to the parties to the proceedings, and to establish a schedule for further actions in the proceedings.
The conference will be at 8:30 AM on December 8,1987.
It will be held at the Holiday Inn, Center City, Governor's Suite, 10th Floor, 23 South Second Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending November 27, 19_8_7,7 l
INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY American Society of Non-Destructive Testing (ASNT)
On November 20, 1987, Glen Sjoblom and Vandy Miller of NMSS, met with Mr. Don Edwards, President of the American Society of Non-Destructive Testing (ASNT), and a special Task Group that was set up to develop a program for certification of radiographer. Approximately 90 percent of the U.S.
radiographer are in companies who are ASNT members. The ASNT is evaluating making an arrangement with the State of Texas to adopt their radiographer testing and certification program. Mr. Bailey of the Texas program is also j
participating in the Task Group development and is currently the project manager for the State of Texas certification program. Based on the ASNT Task Group schedule, it would present the developed program to the ASNT Board of i
l Directors in April 1988.
If accepted by the Board and its membership, this could help improve the performance of radiographer as a class of licensees.
I NMSS is participating actively with ASNT Task Group as and ex-officio member to ensure this program will meet the NRC training requirements.
Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) Decommissioning Plans On November 23, 1987, NMSS staff met NFS representatives to discuss planned i
decommissioning activities for inactive facilities at the NFS site in Erwin, Tennessee, including the former plutonium fuel fabrication plant and the liquid waste holding ponds. Decontamination activities on the plutonium facility are to begin in early 1988 with completion expected by early 1992.
i As for the holding ponds, ongoing characterization studies of the ponds will continue into 1998 in order to determine whether mixed waste is present in any of the pond sludges. This effort will be closely coordinated with State officials as well as the NRC. Based on these studies a comprehensive decommissioning plan for the ponds will be developed for review by the fall of 1988. At the close of the meeting, NFS formally submitted a report on these planned decommissioning activities over the next few years, as required by a license condition incorporated as a result of the recent purchase of NFS, Inc., by NRS Ltd.
l Dry Spent Fuel Storage On November 20, 1987, NMSS staff met with Nuclear Assurance Corporation (NAC) l to discuss new dry storage cask designs.
NAC plans to submit topical reports for 2 cask designs. These cask designs will be similar to the submitted NAC S/T cask design, but one cask will store fuel rods from up to 56 consolidated PWR spent fuel assemblies in 28 cans, and the other cask will store up to 31 intact PWR spent fuel assemblies with allowance for burnup credit taken in the cask criticality design.
Both casks will be associated with Virginia Power Part 72 licensing actions at the Surry reactor site's independent spent fuel storage installation.
NOVEMBER 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE C
2 Low-Level Waste Management Low-Level Waste Disposal LLWM Assistance in Nevada Program Review During the period November 16-13, James Shaffner, LLWM, participated in the review of the Nevada Radiation Control program assisting Jack Honor, RV, in review of the Beatty, Nevada low-level waste disposal facility license. The review included a site visit and review of State licensing files. Comments and recommendations developed, based on the review, will be provided to the State as a part of the routine NRC comment letter to the State.
General Industry Briefing on Status of BRC Petitions i
On November 20, 1987, representatives of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI),
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), two utilities, and a legal firm briefed NRC staff on the industry's efforts to prepare rulemaking petitions for declaring radioactive waste streams below regulatory concern. The development of information to support petitions is well underway and all the research work should be completed by May 1988. The industry has not decided when the petitions will be filed or in what order.
Petitions may be filed as early as late summer or early fall of 1988.
NRC staff emphasized the Commission's resource limitations and urged industry to submit the petitions sequentially or at least prioritize them.
SAFEGUARDS International IAEA Safeguards Verification 1
An IAEA inventory verification at the Salem Reactor originally scheduled for the week of November 22 has been delayed because of a problem with a bottom core plate. L'nloading, repair and core reload will delay the verification for at least a week. The inspectors, who were already onsite, will return to the IAEA's Toronto office and await word on when the inventory verification can be accommodated.
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3 DOMESTIC Meeting with Congressional Staff Members On November 18, 1987, NRC staff members met with Messrs. Scheibel and Adamson, staff of the House subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigation, to discuss the NRC response to a recent request from Congressman Gejdenson. The discussion focused on classification criteria, document sanitization, third agency restrictions, and the time and resource implications of sanitizing classified documents. A subcommittee request for NRC to sanitize the large number of classified documents withheld under the recent request is expected.
High-Level Waste Management Negotiated Rulemaking for Licensing Support System for HLW On November 19 and 20, 1987,'the Licensing Support Advisory Committee (LSSAC) met in Denver, Colorado. This meeting marked the actual beginning of negotiations on the issues pertaining to.the use of the LSS. At this meeting, DOE gave a presentation on their LSS contract with SAIC.
In order to help the LSSAC members understanding of the negotiating issues, NRC provided the results of the internal deliberations of the NRC Negotiating Team and agreed to provide NRC header information (bibliographic identification material for documents).
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ABSENCES OF THE DIRECTORS AND DEPUTY DIRECTORS Division of Safeguards and Transportation Mr. Burnett will be on travel 11/30-12/4.
Mrs. Ten Eyck will'be acting.
Mrs. Ten Eyck will be on annual leave 11/25-27/87.
Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety Richard F. Cunningham Travel to Paris.. France 11/20-12/2/87 and Gronau, West Germany 12/2/-12/2/87_(TimMartin,R1, Acting)
Division of Low-Level Waste Management John Greeves will be serving on the Grand Jury in Baltimore, MD Division of High-level Waste Manaoement None l
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending November 27, 1987 Severe Accident Research - Direct Containment Heating The SURTSEY tests at Sandia National Laboratories are generating a data base for the development of models of Direct Containment Heating. These models are to be incorporated into integral severe accident codes for the improved estimation of risk. The fourth SURSEY test was successfully performed November 4, 1987.
The SURTSEY tests involve the injection of a thermitically produced melt under pressure into a 1/10 scale model of the ZION cavity. The pressure in l
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the type of structure simulation are all variables. The major variable measured is the pressure rise in the test chamber.
For SURTSEY 4, the injection pressure was 6.8 MPa (1000 psia), the chamber atmosphere was argon, and large structure simulants were in place. The thermitic mass was 80 kg. Test results are being analysed.
Thermo-hydraulic Research - Code Scaling Analysis cf Uncertainties i
The Code Scaling Analysis of Uncertainties (CSAU) methodology has been applied, using the response surface technique, to the prediction of the first temperature peak in the cladding during an LBLOCA. The-analysis is not yet complete, but initial results indicate a value of about 100 K. for the twosigma uncertainty value.
I A CSAU peer review is scheduled for January 12-13, 1988 by a panel chaired by Professor Neil Todreas of MIT.
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Radiation Protection and Health Effects A draft PNL report, " Emergency Environmental Sampling and Analysis" for fuel cycle facilities is in final staff review prior to publication.
The report provides information on emergency environmental sampling and analysis at fuel cycle facilities in a "how to do it" format. Many l
references to standard techniques are included, and these are arranged by 1
radionuclides.
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Applicability of ASME Code Design Curves to Nuclear Reactor Environments Fatigue life tests by MEA have shown that high temperature air and reactor water reactor environments reduce the fatigue life of ASME SA 106-B carbon I
piping steel in the low cycle regime such that the current ASME Section III design curve may require an adjustment.
In other words, the design curve for carbon steels may be nonconservative in terms of safety factors of 2 on stress or 20 on life, whichever is greater.
Payoffs of this research include revisions to the ASME Section III design curve. The impact of such a revision is that utilities must recalculate, with greater precision, the stress analysis of piping components and determine new values for the fatigue usage factors. Degraded usage factors woulo indicate that piping components may have less cyclic lifetime than originally projected, l
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ITEMS OF INTEREST 0FFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIPS
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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
Meeting with EURATOM (HEU Conversion)
On Thursday, November 19, GPA/IP staff (M. Peterson, R. N. Moore and B. Wright) attended the annual U.S.-EURATOM meeting at the Department of State to discuss the supply of high-enriched uranium (HEU). The EURATOM Supply Agency was represented by Juergen Jaspert; others attending from EURATOM included representatives from the Petten High-Flux Reactor (HFR-Petten) and NUKEM, the West German fuel fabricator.
The U.S. was advised by EURATOM that conversion of the HFR-Petten to the use of low-enriched uraniu- (LEU) fuel was not possible due to:
- 1) technical difficulties, 2) lack of funding, and 3) the current unfavorable political environment in the Netherlands for relicensing the reactor for the use of LEU. The Executive Branch will consider this development during its ongoing review of a pending NRC export license application for additional HEU fuel for Petten.
Further NRC action will await receipt of the Executive Branch's comments.
Meeting with NAS Regarding their Upcoming Trip to USSR On Wednesday H. Denton and M. Congdon, GPA, J. Shea of GPA/IP, and a DOE representative met with representatives of the National Academy of
.j Sciences (NAS) regarding the NAS visit to the Soviet Union in December.
At this meeting, each side discussed their nuclear safety activities with the Soviets. The NAS team will primarily be meeting with representatives from the USSR Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. The I
NAS will brief the U.S. Government on the results of the meetings when they return.
Foreign Visitors On Friday Mr. Nestor Pieroni, Department of Nuclear Energy and Safety, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), met with Ken Hooks, NRR/LQAB, i
to discuss NRC's quality assurance activities and to explain how the IAEA views its role in improving quality assurance.
STATE, LOCAL, AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS Visit to Washington State On November 17 through 20, 1987, Sheldon Schwartz, Deputy Director of SLITP, accompanied Commissioner Carr on his visit to the State of Washington. The l
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visit included meetings with the Pacific Northwest Laboratory and the Department of Energy in Richland; an in-depth tour of.the Hanford reservation; meetings with two affected Indian Tribes; a tour of the U.S. Ecology low-level i
radioactive waste facility and meetings with the Washington State Waste Advisory Council and Governor Booth Gardner, i
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Legislators Tour Operations Center On December 2,1987, members of the Energy Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) will. tour the NRC Operations Center in Bethesda.
The legislators will be in Washington, D.C. for the State-Federal Assembly
.a meeting at which major issues impacting State legislatures are discussed with State and Federal officials.
Review of Agreement State Programs Nevada The Nevada radiation control program was reviewed November 12-20, 1987, and was given a finding of adequacy and compatibility.
Previous reviews revealed problems in program operations due to shortage of staff and management inattention. The program is now fully staffed and all levels of management have been involved in the program improvement. The persistent efforts of slack Hornor, the Region V State Agreement Officer, contributed in a major way to the program improvement.
The Rhode Island radiation control program was reviewed November 2-5, 1987.
No problems were identified and the State was congratulated on running an excellent program since becoming an agreement State in 1980.
i North Carolina The North Carolina program was reviewed November 16-20, 1987, and was found to be adequate and compatible. A few minor recommendations were made for program improvement.
Idaho The Region IV State Agreement Officer provided technical assistance in licensing and inspection to Idaho and checked on program status during a visit November 16-20, 1987. The program has lost its two materials health physicists and is recruiting replacements.
Meetings Scheduled for the Week of November 30 - December 4, 1987 12/2 Tour of Operations Center for NCSL - Bethesda, MD 12/2-4 NationalConferenceofStateLegislatures(NCSL) State-Federal Assembly - Washington, D.C.
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i OFFICE OF PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending November 27, 1987 l
I Senior Executive Service (SES) Conference The third and final SES Conference was held in Baltimore on November 23 and 24. Results of discussions on Strategic Planning issues will be factored into the Plan. A draft executive leadership development policy paper has been prepared for review by the Executive Development Consnittee to be followed by a-Committee meeting to outline the process to be followed.
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)
As of November 27, the Headquarters CFC achieved 67.2 percent of the $186,500 goal. Thus far, Offices reporting 100 percent of goal include:
OCM, ASLAP,-
SECY, 01, OIA, EDO, OE, CONS, OSDBU/CR and NMSS.
Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS)
With about one month remaining to convert, only 89 NRC employees covered by the Civil Service Retirement System have transferred to FERS.
The Agency breakdown is as follows:
Headquarters & Region V 62 transfers Region I 5 transfers Region II 3 transfers Region III 16 transfers Region IV 3 transfers Arrivals and Departures Amy Keatley, a Word Processing Operator, joined the ranks of Region. I and Debra Dorsey, a Resident Clerical Aide entered on board in Region II.
Secretaries Teresa Winfrey and Angela Newton left NRR and OP respectively.
1 Engineering Aide Michael Speckert resigned from the Cooperative Education Program to return to school with a different major.
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Items of Interest Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Week Ending November 27, 1987 Incident Response On November 24, 1987, the Incident Response Branch (IRB) Chief and staff attended a meeting of the Subcommittee on Federal Response of the Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee. The discussion focused on the National i
System for Emergency Coordination which is the Domestic Policy Council's effort j
to develop a uniform approach for domestic emergencies affecting national security. Changes to the Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan coming out of the Federal Field Exercise-2 were also discussed.
l IRB staff members conducted training for Response Coordination Team members to bring them up to date on the use of essential Operations Center equipment.
Diagnostic Evaluation and Incident Investigation The second of two Diagnostic Evaluation Team (DET) meetings for the McGuire q
Diagnostic Evaluation was held in Bethesda on November 23, 1987. The Regional l
Administrator and members of his staff provided additional perspectives and j
input on the McGuire plant and Duke organization. The final individual evaluation and interview plans, as well as important interfaces, were also discussed. The DET will arrive at McGuire on November 30 to begin two weeks of j
intensive site and corporate office evaluation efforts.
CRGR The CRGR was briefed on Individual Plant Evaluation (IPE) by RES during a me? ting on November 25, 1987.
li PA minary Notifications a.
PNO-I-87-111, UNC-Naval Products, Fire in a Contaminated Area of the Facility.
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PNO-III-87-141, Consumers Power Company (Big Rock Point Nuclear Plant),
Shutdown to Repair Leaking Valves.
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PNO-III-87-142, Neyer, Tiseo, and Hindo, Ltd, Stolen Moisture / Density
- Gauge, d.
PNO-III-87-143, Prestige Vacuum Fonning Division, Loss of Generally Licensed Polonium-210 Static Eliminator.
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PNO-III-87-144, St. Louis University Overexposure.
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PNO-IV-87-59,.No Facility, Transportation Incident.
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PNO-IV-87-59,HoustonLightandPower(SouthTexasProject, Unit.1),
Auxiliary Feed System Vibration Problem (Pipe Failure).
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PNO-V-87-76, San Onofre Units 1, 2, and 3; Palo Verde Units 1, 2, and 3; General Atomics TRIGA Mk I/Mk F;~ University of California-Irvine; Earthquake 'in Southern California.
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PNO-V-87-78, State of Hawaii, Discovery of Elevated Radiation Levels in i
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4 ITEMS OF INTEREST Office of Enforcement Week Ending November 27, 1987 The following Civil Penalties Paid the week of November 23, 1987.
1.
Florida Power and Light Company (Turkey Point) paid the imposed civil' penalty in the amount of $75,000. The action was based on two violations of NRC requirements concerning access control and search.
(EA87-98) 2.
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri paid the proposed civil penalty-of $5,000. The action was based on violations of NRC requirements involving an extremity overexposure, and failure to adequately train an individual and adequately evaluate his qualifications. The civil penalty was increased i
by 100% because of a prior overexposure.
(EA87-180) 3.
Consolidated NDE, Inc., Woodbridge, New Jersey paid the imposed civil penalty in the amount of $5,000.
The action was based on two violations involving the failure to maintain direct surveillance of the high radiation area resulting in individuals gaining access to the area while a radio-graphic source was exposed; and failure to properly post an access point to the area with a required warning sign.
(EA 87-121)
NOVEMBER 27, 1987 ENCLOSURE K
ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION - WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 27, 1987 A.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON NORTH ANNA STEAM GENERATOR TUBE RUPTURE EVENT, 9:30 A.M., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 1987, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - Memo SECY to V. Stello, Jr.,
dated 11/24/87 The Commission
- was briefed by the staff on the July 15, 1987, steam generator tube rupture event at Virginia Power Company's North Anna Unit 1 Nuclear Power Station.
The Commission requested the staff to address the safety significance of the licensee diverting a_ senior non-licensed operator / maintenance personnel to man the phone and transmit plant status to NRC and thereby making that individual unavail-able to assist in returning the plant to safe shutdown conditions.
The Commission furthermore requested additional information on the procedures which direct the operator to decrease reactor power as primary to secondary leakage increases.
The staff should address the permissible period of continued plant operation at degraded conditions and the associated safety significance.
Chairman Zech requested a report to the Commission concerning staff action on the generic implications of this event.
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- Commissioner Bernthal was not present.
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