ML20237E070
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| Issue date: | 12/22/1987 |
| From: | Rehm T NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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For PDE December 22, 1987 For:
The Commissioners From:
T. A. Rehm Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1987 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure q
Administration and Resources Management A
I Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C
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Nuclear Regulatory Research D
f 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*
l Items Addressed by the Commission P
Meeting Notices Q
Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for R
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NRCC Office of the Executive Director for Operations
Contact:
T. A. Rehm, ED0 492-7781
HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1987 Surry Units 1 and 2 Based upon the North Anna S/G Tube Rupture event, a new S/G mass (inventory) calculation method was developed and used for Surry. This resulted in a net decrease in S/G mass from that used in current accident analysis. As a result of this nct decrease, preliminary analysis indicates that a steam generator tube rupture could occur with the tube uncovered, which could result in an increased thyroid dose at the site boundary by as much as a facter of 100 higher than that originally analyzed in the FSAR. The dose at the site boundary would still be within the limits and meet applicable criteria of 10 CFR 100.
The licensee is revising the SG tube rupture analysis and will submit it to the staff for review.
It should be noted that this phenomenon might be generic to other Westinghouse plants and possibly even to Combustion Engineering plants.
Westinghouse is reviewing the situation.
Pennsylvania House Fails to Pass Sitino Legislation for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Pennsylvania, which is the designated host State in the Appalachian States Low-Level Waste Compact, probably will not pass legislation that approves a siting plan before the January 1,1988 Congressional milestone.
Although House Bill 1808 was introduced on September 25, 1987, several changes to the draft bill were added in the final days of the House session.
These changes were not resolved before the House recessed for 1987.
If Pennsylvania fails to meet the January 1 deadline, the Commonwealth could lose as much as $700,000 in rebate funds.
If no action is taken, generators in Pennsylvania could be forced to pay more than $12 million in surcharge disposal costs.
Generaters in other States in the Appalachian Compact, Maryland, blawaye4nd West Virginia will also be subject to these penalties.
IAEA Visit to Prairie Island The IAEA is sending a 'two-person team to eight of the best perfoming nuclear power plants in the world to collect infomation for use in a report describing why these plants perform so well.
The team has chosen the Prairie Island plant as the U.S. nuclear power plant of interest to them. They will visit the plant during the week of February 15, 1988.
They will also visit plants in Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, the FRG, Japan, and Sweden. The report is to be completed in June 1988.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS - 1987 For 5-Day Period of December 11, 1987 - December 17, 1987 Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Received This Week 20 2
Completed This Week 17 3
Carryovers From 1986 170 53 Received In 1987 840 110 Granted In 1987 574 36 Denied In 1987 292 93 Pending 144 34 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Patrick Small, Requests a copy of the manufacturing design for I-125 FOI Services, Inc.
source holder, model No. 178A588A, manufactured by (87-821)
Norland Corporation of Wisconsin.
John Amantea, Requests the mailing list for plant managers.
Haselow &
Associates (87-822)
Robert Belair, Referral from FEMA of 11 records relating to a request Kirkpatrick &
for records relating to the-final rule, " Evaluation of
.. Lockhart the Adequacy of Off-Site Emergency Planning for Nuclear I-F87-823)
Power Plants at the Operating License Review Stage Where -
State and/or local Governments Decline to Participate in Off-Site Emergency Planning."
Stephen Sholly, Requests three categories of records to and from MHB Technical Richard Vollmer regarding the Diablo Canyon nuclear Associates power plant and contacts with NRC staff on other matters.
(87-824)
Steven Aftergeod, Requests five categories of records related to the rule Committee to (10 CFR 50.64) on conversion from HEU to LEU.
Bridge the Gap (87-825)
CONTACT: Dennie H. Grimsley 492-7211 i
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2 Received, Cont'd Ophelia Williams, Requests copies of specified pages from Comanche Peak J/R/A Associates hearing transcripts.
(87-826)
Stevi Stephens, Requests records related to items / materials discovered Nuclear Awareness in and/or retrieved from the landfill in Coffey County, tietwork Kansas, by Wolf Creek, the NRC, or other parties.
(87-827)
Christopher Sharpe Requests records related to the report of a niissing (87-828) weapon used to test security equipment at the South Texas Project.
Kenneth Boley, Requests records that 3rovide information on the levels Critical Mass of education attained )y current R0s and SR0s for each (87-829) nuclear power plant.
Kenneth Boley, Requests two categories of records related to SALP Critical Mass ratings for training and qualification effectiveness.
(B7-830)
Kenneth Boley, Requests records that provide plant-specific statistics Critical Mass on criminal records of R0s and SR0s.
(87-831)
Sherry Thompson, Requests six categories of records related to IFB ARM-TELOS88-170.
(87-832)
Christian Lambright Requests records pertaining to incidents on June 14 and (87-833)
July 24, 1984, at the Indian Point nuclear power plant.
Greg(Jacobson Requests information pertaining to the 1979 accident at cl
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-TMI.
Kenneth Mokoena, Requests records related to specified agreements and a The National contract between with South Africa and the United States.
Security Archive (87-835)
Linda Bauman, Requests records related to inspection report No. 99000403/
Government 87-03 dated October 30, 1987, on General Electric.
Accountability Project (87-836)
Linda Bauman, Requests reccrds related to the inspection of the Comanche Government Peak nuclear power plant by Mr. P. C. Wagner and related Accountability consultatier/ discussions with Mersrs. Nace and Scott and Project others - inspection report tio. 50-445/87-23 and 50-446/87-17.
(87-837)
DECEMBER 18, 1987 ENCLOSURE A
3 Received, Cont'd Kenneth Boley, Requests records that provide by plant the scores Critical Mass received by R0s and SR0s on qualification and re-(87-838) qualification exams at each plant since January 1, 1983.
Charles Ingebretson, Requests records provided under FOIA-87-794 relating to Hunton & Williams the emergency planning rule.
(87-839)
Lyle Graber, Requests copies of the enclosures to a letter dated NUS Corporation October 15, 1987, to Pacific Gas and Electric (Diablo (87-840)
Canyon) transmitting a supplement to the safety evaluation and environmental assessment.
Linda Bauman, APPEAL TO THE EDO for the lack of response to a request l
Government for records regarding a September 3, 1987 letter to Accountability W. G. Counsil from R. F. Warnick conarning the Project Comanche Peak nuclear power plant.
(87-A-109-87-633)
Linda Bauman, APPEAL TO THE EDO for the lack of response to a request Goverr. ment for records regarding a September 2, 1987 letter from Accountability R. F. Warnick to W. G. Counsil concerning the Comanche Project Peak nuclear power plant.
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Granted C. Coleman Bird, In response to a request for six categories of records Wald, Harkrader related to Ann Riley, Ann Riley & Associates, Ltd.,
& Ross Tayloe Associates, Joseph Gallo, and RS-SECY-82-473, (85-675) made available 153 records.
Informed the requester that additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.
Natrick Small,
-In response to a request for a copy of nonproprietary F0I Services, version of the proposal submitted for RFP RS-0IE-87-127, Inc.
made available a copy of the requested record.
(87-690)
Karen Lebo, In response to a request for copies of Board Notifications Hunton & Williams (BN) 84-18, 84-20 and 84-24, made available a copy of (87-778)
BN 84-24.
Informed the requester that BN 84-18 and BN 84-20 are already available at the PDR.
James Pembroke, In response to a request for records from January 1, J. Cathy Fogel 1968 to the present related to the agreement, the Thomas Rudebusch CAJUN /GSU integrated transmission system, loan guarantees Thomas Rudebusch, or any antitrust review of Gulf States or the River Bend Duncan, Weinberg, Station related to the River Bend nuclear power plant, Miller & Pembroke, informed the requesters that six records subject to this P.C.
request are already available at the PDR.
Informed the (S7-779) requesters that records subject to this request have been referred to other Federal agencies for review and direct response to then.
DECEMBER 18, 1987 ENCLOSURE A
4 Granted, Cont'd Elizabeth Cilibrasi, In response to a request for (1) a list of nuclear Pall Corporation fuel producers out of compliance by NRC standards for (87-769) particular emissions, and (2) a list of nuclear fuel producers, informed the requester that the NRC does not maintain a list of fuel producers out of compliance. Made available a list of active NRC licensees - UF6 Production Plants, Uranium Fuel Processing Plants, and Uranium Fuel R&D and Pilot Plants.
Gundula Sundgren, In response to a request for a copy of a March 24, 1975 Gundula Sundgren letter from I. F. Stuart of General Electric to V. Stello (87-791) on a fuel pellet resintering test program, informed the requester that the NRC located no agency records subject to this request.
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Lyle Graber, In response to a request for enclosures to (1) NRC letter NUS. Corporation dated September 23, 1987 transmitting Amendment No. 1 to l
(87-807) facility operating license on Beaver Valley Unit 2; (2)
Commonwealth Edison letter dated October 1,1987 regarding monthly performance report; and (3) Palisades LER No. 87-05 Revision 1 dated September 17, 1987, made available item 1.
Informed the requester that item 3 is already available at the PDR.
Informed the requester that the hRC is not in possession of item 2.
Lyle Graber, In response to a request for a copy of a March 1, 1968 NUS Corporation AEC record entitled, " Supplementary Criteria for Electrical (87-808)
Power Systems for Nuclear Power Plants," informed the requester that the NRC could not locate the requested record.
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Cheryl Rinzler In response to a request for a list of correspondence (87-812) from the Office of King Stablein, Project Manager for the Yucca Mountain Site, from 1978 to the present, made available a copy of the requested record.
P. L. Small, In response to a request for copies of regulatory sheets FOI Services, Inc. for sealed sources and devices for Registry Nos. TX-634-(87-820)
D-118-U, TX-634-D-128-U, and TX-634-D-132-B for Texas Nuclear, made available three records.
John Amantea, In response to a request for the mailing list of plant Haselow &
managers, made available the requested list.
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Denied Jennifer Puntunney, In response to a request for three categories of records Safe Energy regarding the Fermi Unit 2 nuclear power plant, made Coalition of available 59 records.
Informed the requester that Michigan additional records subject to this request are already (86-244) available at the PDR. Denied 33 records in their entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process, result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and would interfere with an ongoing enforcement proceeding. Denied one record in its entirety pursuant to Exemption 2 of the Government in the Sunshine Act. Denied portions of one record, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit _the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process. Denied portions of two records, disclosure of which would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Lynne Bernabei.
In response to a request, on behalf of two clients, Newman, Sobol, for records regarding allegations by the individuals Trister &
about TVA plants, made available 51 records.
Informed Owens the requester that five additional records subject to (87-245) this request are already available at the PDR. 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 and would interfere with an enforcement proceeding. Denied portions of four records, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process and would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
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Joshua Gordon, In response to a request for three categories of i
' ? Critical Mass records related to the Nuclear Plant Reliability Data I
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(87-465)
System, made available 33 records.
Informed the requester that additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.. Denied 35 records in their entirety and portions of 10 records containing confidential business (proprietary) information and information the disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of idees essential to the deliberative process.
Linde Bauman, In response to a request for records relevant to a GA0 Government report concerning shutting down nuclear power plants for Accountability safety violations, made available nine records.
Informed Project the requester that additional records subject to this; request (87-655) have been referred to another Federal agency for review and direct response to her. Denied 20 records in their entirety, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the cpen and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
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Denied, Cont'd Linda Bauman, In response to an APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the Government release of one record denied in its entirety relating Accountability to a request for records concerning an organizational Project meeting of the Nuclear Regulatory Advisory Consnittee on (87-A-99-87-661) September 17, 1987, continued to deny the record, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frar.k exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
Linda Bauman, In response to an APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the Government release of seven copies of GAO's draft Statement of Accountability Facts as annotated with coments by staff offices, Project relating to a request for records concerning a report (87-A-100-87-655) by the GA0 regarding the_NRC lacking guidelines on l
shutting down nuclear power plants, continued to deny the records, disclosure of which would tend to inhibit the open and frank exchange of ideas essential to the deliberative process.
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DECEMBER 18, 1987 ENCLOSURE A 4
DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1987 IFB ISSVED IFB No.:
RS-ARM-88-173
Title:
" Cable Installation in NRC-Occupied Space"
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Description:==
The Contractor shall furnish and install twinaxial and coaxial signal cable.
Period of Performance:
2 years with a 1 year option Sponsor: Office of Administration & Resources Management Status:
IFB issued on December 15, 1987.
Bids due on January 16, 1988.
IFB No.:
RS-ARM-88-175
Title:
" Maintenance of Electronic. Key Telephone Systems"
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Description:==
Provide on-call maintenance for twelve Toshiba Electronic Key
. Telephone Systems at the One White Flint North Building Period of Performance:
36 months Sponsor: Office of Administration & Resources Management l
Status:
IFB issued on December 14, 1987.
Bids due on January 14, 1988.
PROPOSALS UNDER EVALUATION RFP No.:
RS-AED-88-316
Title:
" Lease / Purchase of a Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Simulator" i
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Description:==
Contractor shall provide a B&W Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) PWR control room simulator.
The simulator will enable the NRC to train NRC inspectors, operator license examiners,-
l and other personnel-in the operation and appropriate methodology for inspecting B&W PWR's.
Period of Performance:
6 months with 5 one year options
- _ Sponsor
- Office of_ Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Status:
Negotiat' ions have been completed.
Best and Final offers are due l
January 6, 1988.
CONTRACT AWARDED RFP No.:
RS-ARM-88-214
Title:
"ITS End User Support Services"
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The contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, materials, equipment, and facilities to users of NRC microcomputers and NRC users of the NIH computer facility.
Period of Performance:
December. 17, 1987 - March 16, 1988 Sponsor: Office of Administration & Resources Management Status: A cost plus-fixed fee type Contract No.- NRC-39-88-214 was awarded to Wordpro, Inc. in the amount of $90,494.62 effective December 17, 1987.
DECEMBER 18, 1987 ENCLOSURE A
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending December 18, 1987 Surry Units 1 and 2 Based upon the North Anna S/G Tube Rupture event, a new S/G mass (inventory) calculation method was developed and used for Surry. This resulted in a net decrease in S/G mass from that used in current accident analysis. As a result of this net decrease, preliminary analysis indicates that a steam generator tube rupture could occur with the tube uncovered, which could result in an increased thyroid dose at the site boundary by as much as a facter of 100 higher than that originally analyzed in the FSAR. The dose at the site boundary would still be within the limits and meet applicable criteria of 10 CFR 100.
The licensee is revising the SG tube rupture analysis and will submit it to the staff for review.
It should be noted that this phenomenon might be generic to other Westinghouse plants and possibly even to Combustion Engineering plants.
Westi6ghouse is reviewing the situation.
MCGUIRE 1 & 2 l
A Diagnostic Evaluation by AE0D was conducted at the Duke Power Company Corporate l
Offices and McGuire Site from 11/30 to 12/11/87. The purpose was to assess the status of plant performance in engineering, operation, maintenance, testing, QA, and management oversight through the performance of observations, interviews, document audit and detailed engineering design reviews. An exit meeting conducted on 12/11/87 summarized the team's preliminary observations for the two-week period, but noted that continued review of several areas at the Corporate Offices was needed. This further review by a portion of the AE0D team is tentatively scheduled for 12/21 through 12/23/87.
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' The preliminary findings included many positive observations such as good manag'e-ment involvement, morale, housekeeping and shift manning.
Preliminary negative observations include (1) no testing of backleakage for check valves, (2) lack of trenoing of Limitorque valve fhilures, (3) exclusion of' relief salves from the Inservice Testing (IWV) Program, (4) weaknesses in the 10 CFR Part 50.59 review program, (5) inadequate reviews of breaker coordination, and (6) insufficient technical expertise in the QA organization. The team's further review will in-clude the quality of the design engineering support to the station.
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DECEMBER 18, 1987 ENCLOSURE B
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Endino December 18, 1987 SAFEGUARDS Domestic Part 74 LEU Reform Amendment Plan Review The fundamental Nuclear Material Control Plan submitted by Combustion Engineer-ing - Windsor, as required by the LEU Reform Rule (10 CFR 74.31), has been revised to address various NRC comnients and concerns, and is now deemed acceptable. Notification of NRC's approval was transmitted to the licensee on December 15, 1987.
To date, of the six Category III nuclear fuel fabrication facilities (Advanced Nuclear Fuels Corp - Richland, B&W - Commercial Nuclear Fuel Plant - Lynchburg, Combustion Engineering - Hematite, Combustion Engineering - Windsor Westinghouse - Columbia, General Electric - Wilmington),
only General Electric's 10 CFR 74.31 accounting plan is yet to be approved and it presently is in the final review / approval stage.
LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT Low-Level Waste Disposal Selection of Nebraska as Low-level Host State For Central Compact Staff was informed today that Nebraska has been chosen as the host state for rthe Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact (Arkansas, Kansas,
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Louisiana, Nebraska', and Oklahoma). This decision was based primarily on three weighting factors: the availability of potentially suitable land; waste volumes generated within each state; and transportation considerations.
Uranium Recovery Division of Low-Level Waste Management staff met last week with URF0 and DOE staff in Denver on December 9-10, 1987. Topics discussed with URF0 included resource implications of unbudgeted in-situ applications, disposal of radium contaminated waste at uranium recovery facilities, and interpretations of standa-ds for control and maintenance of reclained tailing piles. Topics I
discussed with DOE included revised timelines for Remedial Action Plan Reviews, and DOE's QA/0C program.
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INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL Nt' CLEAR SAFETY Combustion Engineering Fuel Facility, Windsor, Connecticut On December 10, 1987, NMSS and Region I staff members met with representatives of Combustion Engineering (CE) to discuss issues related to the forthcoming license renewal application for fuel fabrication activities at the CE Windsor facility. The topics included nuclear criticality safety considerations related to an increase in the maximum uranium enrichment of fuel processed and fabricated at both the CE Windsor and the Hematite (MO) piants as well as i
management control issues that were the subject sf a reca6t managerent enforcement conference regarding inspection findings at.tle Windsor facility.
The license renewal application is to be submitted in early CY 1988.
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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH l
Items of Interest l
Week Ending December 18, 1987 ROSA-IV The NRC has a cooperative agreement with the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) to obtain data from the ROSA-IV Large Scale Test Facility (LSTF), in exchange for United States instrumentation and computer codes.
LSTF is the largest thermal hydraulic test loop in the world for investigating small break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCAs) and operational transients. The 7th JAERI-USNRC ROSA-IV Program Review Meeting was held on December 9-10, 1987 in NRC's Nicholson Lane Building, Rockville, Maryland.
The primary objectives of the meeting were: (1) to review the status of the ROSA-IV program, (2) to make recommendations on the proposed FY88 test l
matrix, (3) to discuss the analysis and experimental resu'ts. Highlights of the ROSA-IV experimental and analysis results, presented at the meeting are as follows:
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The 0.5% cold leg break test SB-CL-11 with the assumption of no high pressure injection (HPI) flow and no auxiliary feedwater showed that:
(1) core dryout was observed twice, (2) the first temporary dryout occurred because the core liquid level decreased to the bottom of the loop seal. The loop seal clearing occurred only partiall ; that is a considerable amount of water remained in the loop seal, (y) the second 3
dryout occurred due to core boil-off. The core was covered with two phase mixture again after manual actuation of HPIS, and the
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clearing behavior was observed.
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The 10% hot leg break test SB-HL-03 with the assumption of no HPI' flow and no auxiliary feedwater showed that: (1) core heatup occurred just before accumulator injection, and (2) asymmetric loop behavior was observed (i.e., draining of broken loop steam generator was delayed).
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The 0.5% hot leg break test SB-HL-03 with the assumption of no HPI flow and no auxiliary feedwater showed that: (1) core heatup started at primary pressure higher than secondary pressure, (2) core uncovery time was comparable to that of the 0.5% cold leg break test, and (3) the core was covered with two-phase mixture again after manual actuation of HPIS.
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The 5% cold leg break test SB-CL13 with a new best-estimate power decay curve was conducted to study the effect of the JAERI power decay curve used in ROSA-IV LSFT tests. The NRC staff considers the JAERI power curve overly conservative. The results of SB-CL-13 when compared to the counterpart test SB-CL-08 with JAERI power curve showed that: (1) milder dryout occurred just before loop seal clearing, (2) smaller liquid holdup in steam generator inlet plenum and U-tubes, (3) earlier second core boil-off dryout due to larger integrated break mass flow.
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The assessment results of TRAC-PF1/ MODI, version 12.5 against the LSTF test SB-CL-12 (i.e., 0.5% cold leg side break with no HPI/ charging flow and no auxiliary feedwater) showed that: (1) the prediction for the overall thermal-hydraulic response by TRAC was excellent when the break' flow model in TRAC was modified to take'into account the stratified flow conditions upstream of the break plane.
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The assessment results of RELAPS/ MOD 2, version 36.04 against the Italian (CNEN) data showed that:'(1) RELAP5 predictive capability.for long-tube critical flow can be demonstrated;.the flow rate was predicted correctly for flow with greater than 20K subcooling, while slightly underpredicting the critical flow for less than 20K subcooling, and (2) RELAP5/ MOD 2 can be used to analyze the instrument tube line rupture scenario.
Severe Accident Chemistr.y One of the objectives of the NRC severe accident chemistry program is to obtain information on fission product behavior at high pressure conditions.
To accomplish this objective, NRC is sponsoring an experimental program at Battelle Columbus Laboratory.
Battelle has developed a high pressure molecular beam mass spectrometer with its own R&D funding. The high pressure design is an advanced design designated Mark III. The prototype Mark III was used to investigate the chemistry-of tellurium and zircaloy.
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Subsequently, the Mark III model was developed and is being used to determine fission product release rates at'high pressures. Battelle-
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has also delivered a production model to Sandia for use in another NRC sponsored program.
The Battelle high pressure mass spectrometer design was awarded a prestigious IR 100 award as one of the one hundred outstanding scientific-achievements of 1987. These awards arc chosen each' ear by a. committee of y
judges selected by the Industrial Research publication. Battelle researchers feel the experience gained in the NRC-sponsored programs. played-l a major role in the development of the Mark III design. They have asked the NRC to share this award with them.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1987 Denton Visit to Region IV On Wednesday, December 16, Harold Denton, Director of the Office of Governmental and Public Affairs, briefed the Region IV resident inspectors on GPA's reorganization and external communications.
Included were current policy issues and interests of Congress, the States, the international nuclear community, and the general public.
He also met with other regional officials to discuss items of mutual interest.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
Foreign Visitors On Monday, December 14, Klaus Toepfer, FRG Minister for the Environmer,t, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and Professor Adolf Birkhofer, Chairman of the FRG Reactor Safety Commission (RSK) and an accompanying delegation met with Chairman Zech, Commissioner Bernthal, Harold R. Denton and James R. Shea, GPA, to discuss mutual nuclear concerns.
IAEA OSART to Italy The U.S. has been asked to provide an expert with BWR construction experience for an Operational Safety Review Team mission to the Montalto Nuclear Power Plant in Italy (a 2-unit BWR about 65% complete) beginning January 18. NRC is working on identifying an appropriate U.S.
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IAEA Visit to Prairie Island The IAEA is sending a two-person team to eight of the best performing nuclear power plants in the world to collect infonnation for use in a j
report describing why these plants perform so well. The team has chosen the Prairie Island plant as the U.S. nuclear power plant of interest to them. They will visit the plant during the week of February 15, 1988.
j They will also visit plants in Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, the FRG, Japan, and Sweden. The report is to be completed in Jt;ne 1988.
j DECEMBER 18, 1987 ENCLOSURE E
STATE, LOCAL, AND INDIAN TPIBE PROGRAMS REGION I Pennsylvania House Fails to Pass Siting Legislation for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Pennsylvania, which is the designated host State in the Appalachian States Low-Level Waste Compact, probably will not pass legislation that approves a siting plan before the January 1, 1988 Congressional milestone. Although House Bill 1808 was introduced on September 25, 1987, several changes to the draft bill were added in the final days of the House session. These changes were not resolved before the House recessed for 1987.
If Pennsylvania fails to meet the January 1 deadline, the Commonwealth could lose as much as $700,000 in rebate funds.
If no action is taken, generators in Pennsylvania could be forced to pay more than $12 million in surcharge disposal costs.
Generators in other States in the Appalachian Compact, Maryland.
Delaware and West Virginia will also be subject to these penalties.
REGION III Meeting with Ohio Officials l
Roland Lickus, Chief, State and Government Affairs, and Bruce Mallett, l
Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards Branch, met with James Williams, Chief of Staff, Ohio Disaster Services Agency, and Robert i
Quillin, Director, Ohio Radiological Health Program on December 14, 1987 in Columbus, Ohio. The meeting focused on discussions of contaminated sites, decommissioning and unique materials licensees in Ohio.
- I REGIDN IV Central Low-level Waste Compact The Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission met on December 15 in New Orleans and designated Nebraska as the host State for low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.
Nebraska was recommended by US Ecology based on an analysis of suitable areas, waste i
volume and transportation factors. The Commission voted four to one to endorse US Ecology's recommendation, with Nebraska voting against it.
The other States in this compact are Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending December 18, 1987 Training A representative from Executive Resources and Organizational Development, OP, August Spector, gave a talk at the Region I Quarterly Resident Inspector meeting on December 17. The subject was " Basic Management Practices and Systems Present in a ' Healthy' Organization." About 50 Residents and Senior Residents attended.
Executive Development Selections were made for two agency-wide executive development programs sponsored by the Office of Personnel Management. The Executive Potential Program for Mid-Level Employees had five individuals selected. Of this total, three are women, including one minority.
The Women's Executive Leadership Program had four employees selected. All four selected are women, including one minority. A forthcoming Announcement will identify the names,of all selectees.
1 Arrivels and Departures l
New employees scheduled to report to work on December 21 are: Donna-Beth Howe, Health Physicist for NMSS; Patrick Mather, Technical Intern for l
Region I; Nancy Fontaine and Lois Poehler, Secretaries for ARM; Sandra Hood, Secretary for NMSS; Rebecca Brown and Lisa Mackall, Support Staff for Region I I
,;and OP, respectively..
1 Departures included: Pamela MaClean and Peter Wohld, both Reactor Inspectors from Region III, Diane Blue and Cherrill Covington, Secretaries from NMSS and GPA respectively; and Glen Gatewood a Clerk-Typist in the Central Support Unit.
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4 Items of Interest Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Week Ending December 18, 1987 Director's Office l
On Friday, December 18, the Director, AE00 met with resident inspectors and I
other regional staff in RIII to discuss the status of the Performance Indicator program.
During that discussion the Region III staff expressed the concerns that the policy statement may be overly restrictive of the staff.
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On December 15, the Incident Response Branch (IRB) Chief and staff members met l
with Future View Incorporated to discuss " Lessons Learned" from the Federal i
s Field Exercise-2 and Rancho Seco exercises and identified ways'to upgrade the i ('
quality of video presentations.
On December 17, an IRB staff member attended the regular monthly meeting of the l
National Response Team and discussed numerous items including Executive t
Order 12580, which gives the Environmental Protection Agency certain l
responsibilities for release of hazardous materials from federal facilities, and the status of the proposed criteria for regional response team review of-local hazardous material response plans.
'l Diagnostic Investigation and Incident Investigation During the week of December 14-18, 1987, the Diagnostic Evaluation Team continued their review and assessment activities of Duke Power Company's McGuire Nuclear Station following completion of the initial 2-week onsite evaluation phase.
The team manager briefed the Executive Director for Operations and members of his
- ? staff, Dffice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, and Region II on the preliminary
results of the diagnostic evaluation on December 17.
Continued evaluation and i
preparation of the initial draft inputs to the team's report will continue l
through the end of the year and through the first few weeks in January 1988.
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A decision has been reached for a limited number of team members to return to the Duke Corporate offices and McGuire site during the week beginning January 4 to complete the evaluation of specific technical and management issues.
An exit i
meeting with the utility is scheduled for January 21, 1988.
i Operations Analysis On Thursday, December 17, copies of the last four (4) Quarterly Performance Indicator Reports were provided to the PDR.
On December 18, AE0D, NRR, and NRES staff met with NUMARC to discuss followup information concerning hydraulic lockup of motor-operated valves due to excessive grease in the spring pack.
NUMARC was asked to incorporate this effort into the overall industry program on MOVs.
Followup on this request is planned in about 1-month.
. DECEMBER 18, 1987 ENCLOSURE H i
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. Preliminary Notifications a.
PNO-I-87-115, BPU Nuclear Corporation (0yster Creek), Settlement of
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PNO-I-87-116, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant), Loss of Safety Function or Engineered Safety Feature which Requires a Plant Shutdown.
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PNO-II-87-80A, Alabama Power Company, Shutdown Exceeding 48 Hours.
d.
PN0-III-87-150, University of Cincinnati (License No. 34-06903-09),
Missing 3 Mil 11 curies, Iodine-125 Labelled Morphine.
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PNO-I? "87-151, Commonwealth Edison Company (LaSalle Units 1 and 2),
Througn-the-Wall Pin Hole Leaks.
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PNO-IV-87-61A, Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (Wolf Creek Generating Station), Loss of Both Trains of RHR.
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PNO-IV-87-61A, Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (Wolf Creek Generating Station), Loss of Both Trains of RHR.
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PNO-V-87-81, Portland General Electric Company (Trojan), Excessive Reactor Coolant Pump Seal Leakage.
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PNO-V-87-82, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Diablo Canyon Unit 1 and 2), Fire in Temporary Tool Storage Trailer.
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PND-V-87-83, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Diablo Canyon Unit 1),
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Reactor Trip and Shutdown Greater than 48 Hours).
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Week Ending Decemh r 18, 1987 The following Significant Enforcement Actions were issued the week of December 14, 1987.
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A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $25,000 was issued to Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (Millstone) on December 14, 1987. The action was based on several violations of commitments made in the licensee's physical security plan, including violations relating to the failure to maintain the integrity of vital and protected area barriers and failure to ensure that visitors are properly escorted while within the protected area of the plant. (EN 87-103) 2.
A Withdrawal of Proposed Civil Penalty was issued to Duke Power Company (0conee) on December 15, 1987. This action was based on the licensee's response to a Civil Penalty which was issued March 9, 1987.
In the licensee's letter dated April 13, 1987 the licensee contended that the design change process which added the motor driven emergency feedwater l
pumps was commensurate with original design and that the licensee was not aware of the potential short term damage to the pump bearings until later.
After evaluating the licensee's response, the staff has agreed that the violation and civil penalty should be withdrawn.
(EA87-14) 3.
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the arcunt of $500 was issued to Wego Perforators, Inc., Ada, Oklahoma on l
December 16, 1987. The action was baseo on numerous radiation safety c?
-violations including (1) an unauthorized location, (2) unauthorized users,-
and (3) failure to mark and label transportation containers.
(EN 87-104) 4.
An Order Imposing A Civil Penalty in the amount of $1,4?9 was issued to Wheeling Hospital, Inc., Wheeling. West Virginia on December 16, 1987. A Notice of Violation was issued August 3,1987 based on inadequate management oversight and control of the radiological safety program. The l
licensee responded to the Notice in several letters. After consideration i
l of the licensee's responses, three of the violations were withdrawn. The civil penalty was mitigated by $1,071.
(EN 87-63A) l 5.
An Order Inposing A Civil Penalty in the amount of $2,416.67 was issued to Tidewater Memorial Hospital, Tappahannock, Virginia on December 16, 1987.
A Notice of Violation was issued September 11, 1987 based on failure of (1) the Medical Isotope Committee to annually revier their program, (2) the Raciation Safety Officer to perfom quarterly reviews of records, (3) personnel to calibrate survey meters every six months, and (4) personnel to test the dose calibrator for accuracy and linearity on a quarterly basis. After considering the licensee's response, the staff concluded that one example of a violation should be withdrawn and the civil penalty arcunt was reduced by $83.33. (EN 87-76A) l DECEMBER
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- ' Civil Penalties Paid 1.
GPU Nuclear Corporation (TMI 2) Said the civil penalty in the amount of
$40,000. The action was baseo un a violation involving acts of discrimination against a contractor employee for raising safety concerns associated with the TMI-2 polar crane refurbishment in 1983. The civil penalty was imposed March 1986 for $64,000 and the licensee requested a hearing. A settlement was signed on November 12, 1987 with the licensee agreeing to pay a penalty of $40,000. (EA 84-137) 2.
Union Electric Company (Callaway County Nuclear Station) paid the civil penalty in the amount of $50,000. The action was based on violations involving (1) the inoperability of the Control Room Emergency Ventilation System due to the breaching of electrical penetrations to install a modification along with the failure to perform an adequate safety evaluation for the modification and (2) the failure to take prompt corrective actions after a partially closed valve in the Essential Service Water System was identified.
(EA 87-194)
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ITEMS OF INTEREST Region IV Weekly Report Week Ending. December 18, 1987 1.
An enforcement conference was held with Gulf States Utilities in the Region IV office on December 14,.1987.
Discussions concerned root valve isolation problems experienced at the plant since 1985.
2.
The' Central Interstate Lcw Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission met on December 15 in New Orleans and designated Nebraska as the host state for low level radioactive waste disposal facility. Nebraska was recommended by US Ecology based on an analysis of suitable areas, waste volune and transportation factors. The Commission voted four to one to.
endorse US Ecology's recommendation, with Nebraska voting against it. 'The other states in this compact are Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
3.
The resident inspector meeting was held in Region IV on December 16-17.
Emphasis was placed on the resident role regarding reactor safety. The Deputy Executive Director for Regional Operations and the Director, Office of Governmental and Public Affairs made presentations to the residents and the regional staff.
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1 ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION - Week Ending December 18, 1987 A.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF FITNESS FOR DUTY PROGRAM, 10:00 A.M., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1987, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to l
V. Stello, Jr., EDO dated 12/16/87 i
The Commission was briefed by.NUMARC.and the staff on the success and problems of implementing the Commission's fitness l
for duty policy.
Presentations by NUMARC representatives were made by:
- Byron Lee, President of NUMARC
- Joe Colvin Executive Vice President of NUMARC 1
- John M. Griffin, Senior Vice President I
Arkansas Power and Light
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- Patrick Sanders, Vice President Commonwealth Edison Company The Commission requested the staff to prepere a SECY paper containing a proposed fitness for duty rule.
The. paper should contain a range of options from random testing to less intrusive methods of testing which might be more acceptable to l
employees and employee unions.
To the extent appropriate, the proposed rule should not displace the good features of the industry's efforts; it should address the " tracking" of personnel who have been discharged for drug related. reasons; it should address the need for, scope of, and necessary. procedural
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. safeguards for random testing programs and include in a proposed rule provisions for whatever random drug testing program the staff deems to be essential from the standpoint of protecting the public health and safety; and it should I
establish uniform requirements for testing and collection of data for proper evaluation and necessary corrective action to 1
assure licensees' compliance with the fitness for duty regu-lation.
The staff should coordinate its efforts with OGC.
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