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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 17, 1989 A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report. Contents Enclosure l Nuclear Reactor Regulation A l Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B l Nuclear Regulatory Research C Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data D Governmental & Public Affairs E General Counsel F* Administration G Information Resources Management H Controller I Perscnnel J Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights K* Enforcement L Consolidation M 1 Regional Offices N Executive Director for Operations 0* Items Addressed by the Commission P Meeting Notices 'Q f Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for R J externaldistribution) l l

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a HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING MARCH 17, 1989 Seabrook Unit 1 On March 9, 1989, Judd Gregg, Governor of New Hampshire, in an interview i with the Manchester, N. H. newspaper The Union Leader, stated he will withdraw State opposition to low power testing for the Seabrook Station once an agreement on future electricity rates is reached with the Public Service l Company of New Hampshire and its creditors. Governor Gregg noted that his action to petition the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to prevent Seabrook Station from performing low power tests was based on financial concerns and not on the safety questions already addressed by the NRC. Tour of Ship Carrying spent Fuel On March 9, 1989, members of the Transportation Branch travelled to Newport l News, Virginia to tour a ship specially designed for spent fuel transport, and to view the offloading of spent fuel casks. The ship belongs to British Nuclear Fuels Limited and was transporting four spent fuel casks from Japan to the U.S. The ship design incorporates a nurber of special features such as double hulls and compartments, duplication of auxiliary machinery and navigational aids. The ship can carry up to 24 casks containing up to a total of about 60 metric tonnes of spent fuel. Public Utility Comission on Ohio Installs Data Link The Public Utility Comission of Ohio (PUCO) has installed a data link computer system through the Ohio Emergency Management Agency to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station and the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. The i system was negotiated with the Centerior Energy Corporation to better communications between the State and the utilities. PUC0 Chairman Thomas Chema announced that "The system is designed to adapt easily to a system being developed by the NRC for all of the nuclear plants in the nation." 1 South Texas Project. Unit 2 Unit 2 entered Mode 2 in the morning of March 11, 1989 and achieved initial criticality at 2050 on March 12, 1989. The licensee will now begin the low power physics testing and upon successful completion of the tests, expects to be ready to increase power level above 5%. The Comission meeting to consider the licensee's request for a full power license for Unit 2 is scheduled for March 28, 1989.

m 4 ~ OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending March 17, 1989 Shearon Harris On March 14', 1989 a reactor trip occurred from a steam generator A low-low levelsignalaftermainfeedwaterpump(MFP)Btripped..The MFP trip resulted from an electrical short in its motor terminal box. The auxiliary feed pumps - auto started. Water had entered the terminal box duriog testing of the fire protection deluge system and the subsequent electrical short resulted in an: explosion in the terminal box.. No personal.. injuries occurred. One atmospheric steam dump valve stuck open and reduced reactor coolant temperature to 526*F (about25*Flowerthannormal). Upon recognition of the stuck open dump valve, the operator shut the MSIV. Media. interest is expected. Region II is issuing a preliminary notification on the event. South Texas Project. Unit 2 Unit 2 entered Mode 2 in the morning of March 11, 1989 and achieved initial criticality at 2050 on March 12, 1989. The licensee will now begin the' low power physics testing and upon successful completion of the tests, expects to be ready to increase power level above 5%.. The Commission meeting to. consider the licensee's request for a full power license for Unit 2 it scheduled'. for March 28, 1989. Seabrook Unit 1 On March 9, 1989, Judd Gregg, Governor of New Hampshire, in an interview with the Manchester, N. H. newspaper The Union Leader, stated he will withdraw State opposition to low power testing for the Seabrook Station once an agreement on future electricity rates is reached with the Public Service Company of New Hampshire and its creditors. Governor Gregg noted that his action to petition the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to prevent Seabrook Station from performing-low power tests was based on financial concerns and not on the safety questions already addressed by the NRC. Vermont Yankee On March 10, 1989 at 0035 hours the licensee declared an Unusual Event. The NRR projects staff received an Event Notification early morning March 10th on which this information is based. In addition, the PM contacted the Resident's office to augment the EN information. The plant is in the refueling mode and operators on the refueling floor observed decreasing reactor vessel water level. They notified the control room and appropriate action was quickly taken to terminate the event. During a planned maintenance procedure, electrical technicians stroked RHR pump suction isolation valves establishing a flow path from the recirculation MARCH 17, 1989 Erlti.0SURE A _ _ _ - - _ - _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ = _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ - _ _ - _=

9, loop through the pump's mini-flow lines to the suppression pool via the common RHR loop A & C minimum flow valve, which was open. This caused a drop in reactor vessel water level from 290-inches above top-of-active-fuel (TAF) to 220-inches above TAF. The UE was terminated immediately. The residents and the FM are closely following the event. Vogtle 2 On March 9,1989, Vogtle 2 found reactor coolant system (RCS) leakage greater than Technical Specification limits while in Mode 3. Vogtle 2 was at approximately 1000 lbs. in the RCS and trying to test the safety injection line check valves for leak tightness when they discovered that-both check valves for RCS cold leg loop 3 leaked to the RHR system. Along with the leaking check valves, the RHR full flow recirculation line isolation valves were incorrectly opened to the RWST and left open approximately 13 hours before discovery of the leaking check valves. The plant is now in Mode 5 preparing to go to RCS mid-loop operation to repair the check valves. Repair will take 4 days or more. NRR and Region II are following this event. i 1 MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE A j

4 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending March 17, 1989 SAFEGUARDS International IAEA Visit to Babcock and Wilcox A staff member accompanied four inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on a March 13-14 visit to the Babcock and Wilcox Commercial Nuclear Fuel Plant in Lynchburg, Virginia.. The plant was recently selected for.the ap-p11 cation of international safeguards pursuant to the US/IAEA Agreement. The principal purpose of the visit was the verification of facility design information previously provided to the IAEA in an updated facility Design Information Ques-j tionnaire. Additional topics discussed included the scope of IAEA inspections i and arrangements for physical inventory verifications. I l Domestic Meeting with FAA SGTR' personnel met with a representative of the FAA, Division of Research, re-garding.the. latest developments for detecting explosives in baggage or packages. ,j The representative described the latest techniques using thermal neutron acti-vation, the results of their successful testing program, and their plans to deploy a number of units at U.S. airports. Also discussed was explosives: screening of personnel using chemiluminescence vapor portals, and FAA plans for increased concourse security. Transportation Meeting on B&W Shipping Cask On March 14, 1989, staff members met with DOE and Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) to discuss the BR-100 spent fuel shipping cask. The BR-100 cask is one of a series of spent fuel casks DOE is designing for shipment by rail under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. The 100-ton cask has a capacity of 21 PWR or'52 BWR fuel assem-blies. B&W will complete the preliminary design for the BR-100 cask by September 1989. An application to certify the final design is expected in January 1991. Tour of Ship Carrying Spent Fuel On March 9, 1989, members of the Transportation Branch travelled to Newport News, Virginia to tour a ship specially designed for spent fuel transport, and to view the offloading of spent fuel casks. The ship belongs to British Nuclear Fuels Limited and was transporting four spent fuel casks from Japan to the.U.S. The ship design incorporates a number of special features such as double hulls and compartments, duplication of auxiliary machinery and navigational aids. The ship can carry up to 24 casks containing up to a total of about~ 60 metric tonnes of spent fuel. i MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE B L

LOW-LEVEL WASTE Data Review on Uranium Tailings Covers On March 7-9, 1989, the staff participated in a Data Review Workshop on water flux through earthen covers for uranium mill tailings in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Representatives of NRC, DOE, DOE's contractors, and the State of Utah participated in the workshop. The purpose of the workshop was to review the. data and analyses. used by DOE to estimate water fluxes through the radon barrier at the Shiprock UraniumMillTailingsRemedialActionProject(UMTRAP)SiteinShiprock,New-Mexico, and transfer of the results from Shiprock to other UMTRAP sites (40 CFR I Part 192) to demonstrate compliance with EPA's proposed groundwater protection { standards. Based on the data review, NRC staff concluded that DOE has not demon-strated that current and future water fluxes down thrcugh the radon barrier at Shiprock are as low as DOE estimated. It was suggested that DOE reconsider its current reliance on such low fluxes in demonstrating compliance with EPA's pro-posed standards. INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY Tuel Cycle Safety 1 Combustion Engineering (CE) - Hematite On March 7-8, 1989, representatives from IMNS met,with CE representatives to discuss the status and licensing issues for CE's ongoing f acility upgrade. The license renewal application, which must be submitted by December 1, 1989, was also discussed. Dry Storage Fuel Loading at H. B. Robinson NMSS staff observed the first loading of a NUTECH NUHOMS concrete module with spent fuel contained in a sealed, stainless steel, dry shielded canister at the i H. B. Robinson, Unit 2, site dry spent fuel storage installation. The steel l canister was transferred to the concrete horizontal. storage module in an IF-300 l shipping cask modified with a docking collar. HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT Exploratory Shaft Design During the week of March 6,1989, the NRC On-Site Representative observed a DOE HQ surveillance of the Yucca Mountain Project's readiness to begin Title II design for the exploratory shaft facility. Startup of Title 11, whfch has been l on hold pending review of concerns identified with the Title I design, is a major milestone leading to the start of construction of the shaft at the site. The DOE surveillance team identified several concerns with upper tier management plans not being implemented into lower tier design basis documents. These will 1 be resolved by DOE before beginning Title II design. l MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE B i 1

y l OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH I Items of Interest i Week Ending March 17, 1989 j PREVENTING DAMAGE TO REACTOR CORES BWR Stability Evah*ations RES, NRR, and AE0D staff met with representatives of BNL, INEL, and ORNL on March 2-3, 1989, to review and coordinate the RES-sponsored research program ) on BWR stability. The objectives of the research were discussed and can be summarized as follows: (1) develop a more complete understanding (neutron flux) instabilities (termed " limit cycle oscillations")g of power,(2) enhance the audit capability of the NRC, (3) perform code assessment calculations, (4) apply selected codes to ATWS scenarios, and (5) calculate the amplitude of oscillations for a range of pertinent parameters. j Other topics were discussed and some aspects of these are noted as follows: (1) the schedules for completien of several near-term tasks at INEL and BNL j I were presented and they are in accord with the RES-issued statements of work, (2) the importance of documentation for the TRAC-BF1 and RAMONA-3B codes was l emphasized and funds have been allocated for INEL and BNL to prepare i up-to-date code documentation, and (3) calculations by ORNL and BNL show that ) the axial power profile is a very important parameter. l l l l l I I l l l l l l l MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE C

w ( 1 4 Office for Analysi: and Evaluation of: Operational Data Items.of: Interest Week Ending March 17, 1989 Presidential Comission's Recommendations on the Accident at Three Mile Island Island (NUREG-1355) Based on a request by Chairman Zech, a report (NUREG-1355) was completed sum-marizing the status of actions taken by the NRC in response to recommendations made by. the Presidential Comission on the Accident at Three Mile Island = in the 10 years since the accident occurred in March 1979. -It also updates NRC's initial response to the Presidential Comission's recommendations contained in "NRC Views and Analysis of the Recommendations of the President's Commission. of the Accident at Three Mile Island" (NUREG-0632), issued in November 1979. This report also reflects.how, based on Presidential Comission recommendations and continued work, revised practices and standards are now being implemented by NRC and throughout the industry. Diagnostic Evaluation and Incident Investigation Branch During the week of March 13-17, the Perry Diagnostic Evaluation Team returned-to Headquarters to work on completing the final integration and evaluation.of information collected during the onsite evaluation period. Draft outlines were developed and preparation of the team report was initiated for those areas and issues which have been fully evaluated. Selected members of the Brunswick Diagnostic Evaluation team attended the CP&L presentation of Cresap's " Nuclear Operational and Management Effectiveness Appraisal for Brunswick Nuclear Plant and Headquarters Support Functions" held in RII offices on March 10. The findings were consistent with previous NRC AIT and SALP conclusions. The team members also met with RII personnel to review Brunswick issues. Additionally, background information has been forwarded to all team members in preparation for the March 23-24 team meeting. The Competitive Range Report for RS-AED-89-289, " Technical Assistance to Support NRC Diagnostic Evaluation Team...," was completed on March 10 and forwarded-to the Division of Contracts. Ircident Response Branch (IRB) On March 13, the AE0D Director and IRB Chief briefed the Chairman on the French severity scale for classifying reactor incidents and accidents. During the week of March 13-17, IRB staff made an assessment of RIII's response program though observation of the Base and Site Team performance curing the Point Beach exercise. During the week of March 13-17 IRB started a general training session for all NRC Headquarters response staff. Training is to be completed by March 30. On March 14-15, IRB staff conducted a training exercise in RII for their Reactor Safety and Protective Measures teams using the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory's Nuclear Plant Analyzer. Feedback on the exercise from the Region was very favorable. MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE D

v 3 On March 15, the Operations Center participated in teleconnunications arrange-ments between the regions and licensees in emergency response exercises at Point Beach and Arkansas Nuclear Unit 1. On March 16, IRB met with members of the Working Group composed of human factors specialists and technical specialists from the emergency response teams to discuss the design of-displays for the Emergency Response Data System. On March 16, the IRB Branch Chief and staff conducted'a tour and briefing of the Operations Center _for a group of NRR interns. Preliminary Notifications The following Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past two weeks. a.- PNO-GPA-89-01, Delmed, San Salvador, El Salvador, Radiation Overexposure at Pool Irradiator, b. PNO-I-89-012A,NeutronProducts,Inc.'(AgreementStateLicense), Contaminated Individual with " Hot Particles." c. PN0-I-89-015, Long Island Lighting Company (LILCo) (Shoreham Nuclear Power Station), New Tentatives Agreement to Close Shoreham, d. PN0-I-89-016, Boston Edison Company (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station), Release for Operation Up to 25 Percent Power. e. PNO-I-89-017, Non-Licensee, Radioactive Material Found in Public Domain. f. PNO-I-89-018, Consolidated Edison Co. of New York (Indian Point Unit 2), Press Release Due To Unplanned, Monitored Radioactive Gas Release. g. PNO-I-89-019,ConsolidatedEdisonofNY(IndianPointUnit2), Siren failures. h. PH0-I-89-020,KennebecValleyMedicalCenter(DocumentNo. 030-18988), Therapeutic Misadministration Involving a Cobalt-60 Teletherapy Unit.. 1. PNO-I-89-021, Vennont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station), Loss of Reactor Vessel Water Level. j. PN0-II-89-14, SRB Technologies, Inc. (Agreement State Licensee), Update of Damaged Radioactive Shipment. k. FN0-II-89-15A, Virginia Electric & Power Company (North Anna Unit 1), North Anna Unit 1 Steam Generator Tube Leak. 1. PNO-II-89-17, Babcock and Wilcox (Naval Nuclear Fuel Division, Docket No. 70-27), Fire in Process Facility. m. PNO-II-89-18, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Docket No. 19-00915-03), Potentially Lost Radioactive Material, n. PN0-II-89-19, Duke Power Company (McGuire, Unit 1), Reactor Trip. MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE D L _ ___ ____ - ___-

~ PNO-II-89-19A, Duke Power Company (McGuire Unit 1), Reactor Trip and o. Primary to Secondary Leak, p. PNO-III-89-16, Commonwealth Edison Company (LaSalle Units 1 & 2), Unit 1 Reactor Scram Related to Unit 2 Transformer Fault. q. PN0-III-89-16A, Commonwealth Edison Company (LaSalle Units 1 & 2), Unit 1 Reactor Scram Related to Unit 2 Transformer Fault--Update. PN0-III-89-17, Commonwealth Edison Co. (Docket flo. 50-265), Shutdown to r. Replace Two Electromagnetic Relief Valves. s. PNO-III-89-18, Iowa Electric Light & Power Company (Duane Arnold), Reactor

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PNO-IV-89-13, Houston Lighting & Power Company (South Texas Project, Unit 1), Return to Operating Status Following Extended Shutdown. u. PNO-IV-89 '14 River Bend (Gulf States _ Utilities), Reorganization of l Physic 61 Security Program at River Bend. l v. PNO-IV-89-15, Health Physics Northwest (Oregon Agreement State Licensee Working in Utah Under Reciprocity), Theft and Recovery of Calibration Sources. w. PNO-V-89-07,ArizonaNuclearPowerProject(PaloVerdeUnit3), Unusual Event Due to Apparent Grid Disturbance. x. PN0-V-89-07A,ArizonaNuclearPowerProject(PaloVerdeUnit3),Updateon PN0-V-89-07 (Unusual Event Due To Grid Disturbance). y. PNG-V-89-12,ArizonaNuclearPowerProject(PaloVerdeUnit1), Reactor Trip with Electrical Complications. l MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE D

Office of Government and Public Affairs Items of Interest Week Ending March 17, 1989 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS: International Visitors On Monday Dr. Zouyuan Wang, Director of China's Laboratory of Industrial Hygiene, Ministry of Public Health, met with R. Bernero and R. Cunningham, NHSS, and K. Burke, GPA/IP, to discuss radiation protection standards in China and the U.S. He also provided some additional information on the December 1988 Nanjing exposure incident. In the PRC, radiation protection is primarily the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Health and not the National Nuclear Safety Administration which is responsible for power reactor safety.. During the meeting, several areas of mutual interest were identified for possible future cooperation, including China's experience with food irradiators. On Wednesday engineers from the Japan Nuclear Power Engineering Test Center j (NUPEC), a contractor to MITI, met with NRR to learn about NRC's regulatory 1 process. They were accompanied by Mr. Hatano, the Washington General Manager for MITI/NUPEC, who met with K.. Burke, GPA/IP, in a side meeting to provide an update on the recirculation pump bearing ring failure at the Fukushima Daini 3 j unit in February. He also provided some preliminary information on the Accident Severity Scale being developed in Japan. I On Thursday Daniel Chavardes, the Nuclear Attache at the French Embassy, met with H. Faulkner and K. Burke, GPA/IP, to review the status of France's nuclear fuel, reactor and waste programs. Dr. Chavardes also presented a calendar of upcoming French safety missions to the NRC. Update on Status of Maintenance Workers Overexposed at Pool Irradiator in 3 El Salvador Three workers who were exposed to radiation on February 5 while performing maintenance activities at a pool irradiator in San Salvador (see PNO-GPA-89-01) have been transferred to a hospital in Mexico City for treatment. The prognosis of the patients is still questionable. The first and most severely exposed patient is in critical condition, having received an estimated whole body equivalent dose of 10 GY (with a gradient of from 10 GY to the head to 300GYtothefeet). He is being considered for a bone marrow transplant. The second patient, whose lower body was exposed to radiation, received an estimated whole body equivalent dose of 4 GY, with a gradient of from 3 GY to the navel to 300 GY to the ankles and feet. The exposure of the third patient is not known. His symptoms are somewhat peculiar since, contrary to previous reports, he has not lost his hair. Other symptoms indicate high exposure, however, and his white cell count is still dropping (1200) while the counts of the other two have stabilized in the 2000-3000 range. It is almost certain that the feet of the first two patients will have to be emputated. Other than in the feet, the patients have developed no further bacterial infections. i MARCH 17, 1963 ENCLOSURE E I

2 All three Oak Ridge Associated Universities REAC/TS members returned to Oak' Ridge March 12, not expecting to have to return to Mexico City, where they found the care being administered by the hospital excellent. They have agreed to stay.in constant contact, El Salvador has requested help from the REAC/TS in improving its regulation for the safe use of radioactive sources. The team has referred them to the IAEA for this assistance. EXPORT / IMPORT During the past week ending March 17, 1989, applications for export licenses.- were received from: 1) Hitsubishi International Corporation for the export of 14,290 kilograms of low-enriched uranium for use as reload fuel for Tomari I in Japan. 2) Cleveland Crystals, Inc. for the export of'1,500.0 kilograms' of heavy water for upgrading at Ontario Hydro in Canada and return to the U.S.. 3) Advanced Nuclear Fuels Corporation for the addition of ANF. Lingen Plant in West Germany as an intermediate and ultimate consignee. l. 4) General Electric Company for the export of 21,456 kilograms of low-enriched uranium for use as reload fuel for Fukushima I, Unit I in Japan. Licenses for export / import were issued to: 1) Nuclear Transportation & Services Co. (NuTranS) for an amendment to an Co. to Nuclear Transportation & Services Co. (NuTrans) portation Services import license to change the licensee from NUEXC0 Trans in the U.S. STATE LOCAL AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRANS Western Interstate Energy Board HLW Meeting The Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEt} held a high-level waste meeting on March 13-15, 1989 in San Francisco, California. The meeting included status reports by DOE and the Executive Director of the Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) Counission on the MRS issue. A Modal Study Workshop was held on the second day. The third day of the meeting focused on transportation issues including cask design and certification. South Carolina Radiation Control Program Review R. L. Woodruff, Region II State Agreements Officer, conducted a review of the-South Carolina Agreement State Program in Columbia, South Carolina on March 13-17, 1989. The review included a visit to the Barnwell low-level waste disposal facility. l l MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE E L-

s 1 3 Point Beach Emergency Planning Exercise James Foster and Roland Lickus, P.egion III State and Government Affairs, participated in an emergency planning exercise at the Point Beach Nuclear Plant on March 14-16, 1989 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Mr. Foster was the Evaluation Team Leader and Mr. Lickus was the State Liaison. Headquarters evaluated Region III's performance during the exercise. Meeting with National Congress on American Indians Representatives Fred Combs and Rosetta Virgilio, SLITP, met with Gail Chehak and Steve Watt, National Congress of American Indians, on March 15, 1989 as a followup to the l March 8, 1989 meetings with Commissioner Curtiss, Robert Browning, NMSS, and l other NMSS staff. Discussions focused on initiating communications with the Western Shoshone Nation and other Tribes located in Nevada which may be affected by the siting of the proposed high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain. Interagency Meeting on Indian Environmental Issues Fred Combs and Rosetta Virgilio, SLITP, participated in an interagency meeting on Indian environmental issues at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters on March 15, 1989. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange information on federal activities and programs involving Indian Tribes with an emphasis on the need to work with Tribes on a government-to-government basis. Presentations were made by the Department of Energy on the status of the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP); Housing and Urban Development reported on radon issues on Indian reservations; EPA reported on environmental education i and training opportunities available to American Indians; and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported on the development of a Tribal training program I for wildlife management. Meeting with New Mexico State Liaison Officer Dr. John Montgomery, Region IV Deputy Regional Administrator, and Charles Hackney, Region IV State Liaison Officer, met with the New Mexico State Liaison Officer, Benito Garcia, and other State officials on March 15, 1989 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss issues of notual interest. Dr. Montgomery and Mr. Hackney toured the Quivira uranium mill in Grants, New Mexico on Natch 16, 1989. Meeting on Transfer of Sherwood Uranium Mine Dean Kunihiro, Region V State Liaison Officer, participated in a meeting on I the proposed transfer of the Sherwood Uranium Mine and Mill from Western Nuclear, Inc. to the Spokane Tribe of Indians on March 16, 1989 in Spokane, Washington. The meeting included representatives from the Spokane Tribe of Indians, the Uranium Recovery Field Office and the State of Washington. The meeting was held for the purpose of discussing the transfer of regulatory i authority over the mill from the State of Washington to the NRC. MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE E

1 ~ 4 Meeting with Connecticut State Liaison Officer William Russell, Region I Administrator, and Marie Miller, Region I State Liaison Officer, met with Bradford Chase, the State liaison Officer for the State of Connecticut, and other State officials on March 17, 1989 in Hartford, Connecticut. Discussions included status of cperations at Millstone and Haddam Neck and other issues of interest to the State. Public Utility Commission on Ohio Installs Data Link The Publ Utility Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has installed a data link computer system through the Ohio Emergency Management Agency to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station and the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. The system was negotiated with the Centerior Energy Corporation to better cormiunications between the State and the utilities. PUC0 Chairman Thomas Chema announced that "The system is designed to adapt easily to a system being developed by the NRC for all of the nuclear plants in the nation." MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE E

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0FFICE OF ADMINISTRATION ITEMS OF INTEREST i WEEK ENDING MARCH 17, 1989 Significant FOIA Requests Received by the NRC for 5-Day Period of March 10, 1989 - Farch 16, 1989 l Request for "Enforcemerit Guidance Memoranda" written by the Office of Enforcement. (Karen Unnerstall of Newman & Holtzinger, P.C., F01A-89-108) Request for copies of two specified records: (1) April 28,1978 letter from E. Volgenau, NRC, to J. Gore, AIF, regarding Part 21 Report, and (2) May 8, 1979 NRC memo by Moseley to Regional Directors regarding item 1 above. (Susan Lynd, Tenera Engineering Services, F01A-89-110) Request for copies of all records between Dr. Thomas Murley and Boston Edison Company in June and July 1986 concerning return of power operation of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant and exemptions to 10 CFR 50. (Kathleen Crook, Devonrue, F01A-89-111) Request for records related to the reviews by ACRS concerning specified matters regarding the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant during meetings held April 10-12, 1969, September 5-7, 1974, February 7,1969, April 8,1969 and July 29,1974. (Mark Wetterhahn of Conner & Wetterhahn, P.C., F01A-89-114) Congressional Hearing on GA0 Report On March 15, 1989, the Deputy Executive Director for Nuclear Materials Safety, Safeguards and Operations Support and members of NRC's staff testified before Representative Mike Synar's Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural l Resources, Committee on Government Operations. Testimony was provided regarding NRC's use of 145b investigation waiver procedures, NRC's I reinvestigation program for "L" cleared employees, the Division of Security Central Personnel Clearance Index, and NRC's Access Authorization Program for licensees. i i i MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE G

-....v- 'I OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT-Items of Interest i Week Ending March 17, 1989 1. Redctor Hardware Shared Data Working Group i \\ The first meeting'of the Reactor Hardware Shared' Data Working Group was held on March IS, 1989, with participation from NMSS, NRR, RES, AEOD, OE, 1 IRM,.INEL and the Regions. The group primarily discussed the scope of datd needed. A functional top-down approach was proposed by.NRR, which will provide some specific data for discussion at the next meeting. 2. MasterInspectionPlannir.gSystem(PhaseI) The " pilot" use of the Master Inspection Planning. System by Regions I and II is nearing an end. All major problems that have been identified during this trial-period will be corrected prior to implementation in the i other Regions. User training for Regions III, IV and V will take place -l on the dates shown below,'at which time the system will be switched on for their official use: Region IV March 27-28' l Region III March 30-?1 Regfon V April 3-4. Region I has requested one additional day of " refresher" training which will be scheduled for the week of April 10, 1989. 3. Autccial Network System (ANS). Seismic and 800 Services On March 13, 1989, IRM received a cancellation'of the Delegation of I Procurement Authority from GSA for the procurement of the ANS services. Present services will be extended until October 1989, at which time GSA via FTS 2000 (master telecommunications services contract) will purchase i l these services for NRC. NRC will reimburse GSA for these services. 4. NCIG/EPRI Electronic Media Guidelines TheNuclearConstructionIssuesGroup(NC.IG)andtheElectricPower ResearchInstitute(EPRI)haveissuedadraftversionoftheir " Guidelines for. Nuclear Quality Assurance Records Maintenance.in Electronic Media." This document describes guidelines'and supporting supplements for the creation, control, approval, storage and retrieval of j nuclear quality assurance records maintained in electronic storage media. It represents a uniform and consistent approach for nuclear i quality assurance records maintained in electronic media. S. ASLBP Priority Support for Seabrook Hearing L In response to an urgent request from ASLBP for support for the Seabrook Hearing, IRM has arranged several extra classes of Wordperfect training to prepare 39 members of the ASLBP staff for wcrk with electronic text i l' I MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE H' j

and documents. Without these classes, Judge Cotter indicates that the progress of the ASLBP's work would be impeded and the office would be functionally crippled. 6. ADP Security Training In compliance with PL 100-235 " Computer Security Act of 1987," ADP security training was held this week for approximately 100 NRC staff involved in ADP activities. MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE H

Office of the Controller Items of Interest Week Ending March 17, 1989 l 1. FY 1989-1993 Five-Year Plan The final FY 1939-1993 Five-Year Plan has been published. Copies were distributed to all NRC branch chiefs and selected other NRC personnel, including resident inspectors. 2. FY 1990-1994 Five-Year Plan Instructions for preparing the FY 1990-1994 Five-Year Plan were provided j to all offices and regions. 1 \\ 1 l l l l MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE I

l l 0FFICE OF PERSONNEL ) ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending March 17, 1989 i Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Workers Recognized Chairman Zech congratulated CFC Office Coordinators and Key' Workers ist a recognition ceremony held in their honor on March 16. More than 130 volunteers received Certificates of Appreciation signed by the Chairman. He thanked them for their excellent support and assistance in exceeding the goals of the Campaign. The NRC raised $220,929, and much of the success of that effort was attributed to these hardworking NRC volunteers. Arrivals The following new employee reported this week: Christine Pierpoint, Legislative Information Specialist (PFT), OGC Departures Thomas Lee, Sr. Resident Inspector (PFT), RIII I J I 1 MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE J 1

m-Office of Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending March 17, 1989 The following Significant Enforcement Actions were taken the week of March 17, 1989 1. A proposed civil penalty of $20,000 and a Director's Decision pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 was issued on March 13, 1989 addressing discrimination, issues arising out of activities at the Wilmington, North Carolina facility of. General Electric. The Petitioner requested civil penalties in the amount of $40,635,000 for a violation involving the improper transfer of an employee from the Cheniet Lab and subsequent termination due to her partici-pation in protected activities. The evidentiary basis for the improper conduct is a Recommended Decision and Order issued by an Administrative Law Judge from the Department of Labor. The violation was categorized at Severity Level II due to the involvement of management above first-line supervision. (EN89-23) 2. A Notice of Violation and Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $1,250 was issued on March 13, 1989 to Jeffrey Weisman, M.D., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This action was based on findings at the licensee's Wilmington, Delaware facility involving failure of the Radiation Safety Officer to implement the radiation safety program, to provide training to individuals and to perform several instrument calibration checks. These-violations are of concern in that they indicate a significant lack of management attention to and oversight of the radiation safety program. (EN89-24) 3. A Notice of Violation and Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $75,000 was issued on March 13, 1989 to New York Power Authority (FitzPatrick). This action was based on the licensee's failure to properly analyze two potential safety issues. In the first case, despite information available from a contractor's report, that questioned whether certain reactor building room coolers were receiving adequate service water flow, the licensee failed to evaluate system operability. In the second case, the licensee failed to recognize and evaluate the-rise in ultimate heat sink temperature to a value 2.5'F above that assumed in the plant accident analysis. (EN89-25) 4. A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $2,500 was issued on March 16, 1989 to St. Joseph's Hospital, Huntingburg Indiana. This action was based on seven violations which were identified during an inspection conducted on January 19, 1989. The most significant of these violations was the failure to check and test the dose calibrator on a timely basis. (EN89-26) 5. A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $150 16, 1989 to Carolina Power and LightCompany(000wasissuedonMarch Burnswick). This action was based on two individual. events that both individually resulted in a loss of secondary containment integrity during fuel sipping operations. The first involved an inoperable MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE L

~ standby gas treatment system, ad was escalated 100I because the NRC identi-fied the problem and poor past performance due to operator attention to detail.. The secono violation involved. inoperable Secondary Containment Isolation Dampers and no escalation or mitigation was deemed appropriate. (EN.89-27) 6. A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $2,000 was issued on March 16, 1989 to Advex Corporation, Hampton, Virginia. This action was based on the failure to control an indivioual's occupational exposure to-less than 1.25 rems per calendar. quarter when the conditions allowing up to 3 rems per calendar quarter were not met and failure to perform adequate surveys which would have' prevented the exposure to the radiographer. The calculated exposures . received were 6.4 rems to the lens of the eyes and 6.47 rems total whole body for the fourth quarter of 1988. (EN89-28) 7. An Order Modifying Licenses (Effective Immediately)'and Demand for Information was issued on March 16, 1989 to Safety Light Corporation and 9 other corporations that are successors or related to a former licensee, United States Radtum Corporation. The staff was informed of the Commission's approval of this action _on March 15, 1989. This Order was issued because of concerns as to contamination of the soil and groundwater at the Bloomsburg, PA site from activities conducted over many years. (EN89-30) 8. An Order Imposing A Civil Penalty in the amount of $50,000 was issued on March 17, 1989 to Carolina Power & Light Company (Robinson). The action was based on a violation involving failure of the 10 CFR 50.46, Appendix K required ECCS evaluation model used to reflect the most damaging single failure relative to the ECCS safety 1njection system. The evaluation erroneously assumed that two of the three SI pumps would be operable during a design basis accident, when, in fact, there were several single failure scenarios that could result in only one SI pump being operable. (EN89-51A) 9. An Order to Cease and Desist Use of Regulated Material, Effective 1 Insiediately was issued on March 17, 1989 to Michael F. Dimun, M.D., Carnegie, Pennsylvania. This action was based on the fact that-Mr. Dimun's license expired without a request for timely renewal on February 28, 1987 ad yet he continues to possess a radioactive source containing strontium-90. (EN89-31) The following Civil Penalties were paid the week of March 17, 1989. 1. MQS Inspection, Inc., Elk Grove Village, Illinois paid the civil penalty-in the amount of $5,000. This action was based on an individual receiving a dose to the whole body of 4.6 rem during the fourth quarter of.1988,. dose in excess of the regulatory limit of 3 rem and failures to (1). remove-the source tube and insert the safety plug on the exposure device moving the device to a new location within a restricted area, (2) prior to inanediately process the film badge or TLD of an individual whose pocket dosimeter is discharged beyond its range, and (3) bar exposed personnel from potential radiation exposure assignments until results of the film badges are available and employee is released by the RSO. (EA88-288) MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE L-L

2. St. Mary's Hospital, Richmond, Virginia paid the civil penalty in the armunt of $1,250. This action was based on failure to have adequate written procedures to ensure that no one is present in the colbalt-60 teletherapy room during testing of door interlocks, a significant failure to maintain positive control over entry into a high radiation area and failure to provide instruction and training to housekeeping personnel on procedures for working in an area where radioactive materials are used. (EA88-308) l MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE L

m. OFFICE OF CONSOLIDATION Items of Interest Week Ending March 17, 1989 GSA Briefing on Temporary Regulation D-73 On Thursday, March 16, two members of the Office of Consolidation staff attended a briefing at GSA on the Federal Prope'rty Management Regulations Temporary Regulation D-73. The subject of D-73 is the Quality Workplace Environment Program President Reagan signed into law in March 1983. GSA briefed members of federal agencies on the specific changes GSA is proposing to make to the temporary regulation and how these changes will affect the leasing ard space planning process for its client agencies. Some of the changes relate to the redefinition of office space and development of the utilization rate. We are uncertain at this time, but expect these changes to have little impact on our space planning and programming for Two White Flint North. MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE M u_________--_----.- i

REGION I Items of Interest Week Ending March 17, 1989 1. On March 13, representatives of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation were in-the Region I Office to attend a Management Meeting to discuss Nine Mile Point Unit 1 Restart Action Plan. representatives of General Public Utilities Nuclear 2. On March 14,(Oyster Creek) were in the Region I Office to attend a Corporation Systematic Assessment of License Performance Board Meeting. l 3. On March 16, representatives of Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company (Maine i Yankee) were in the. Region I Office to attend a Management Meeting to. l discuss requal exam scheduled for May 1989. 4. On March 16, representatives of Northeast fluclear Energy Company were in the Region I Office to attend a Managenent Meeting requested by the Licensee to discuss Millstone Units 1 and 3 performance and initiatives. l l l l MARCH-17, 1989 ENCLOSURE N

v. REGION II Items of Interest Week Ending March 17, 1989 t 1. An inspection team was at the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Station this week to follow up on employee concerns and to review the licensee's program for resolving employee concerns. 2. On March 16, the Regional' Administrator, the Deputy Regional Adminis-trator, and the DRP Director were at the Florida Power and Light Company's Turkey Point Nuclear Power Station to attend a Management Meeting to discuss significant' programmatic issues. Representatives of NRR also attended this meeting. 3. On March 16, representatives from the State of Georgia's Rad Health Program were in the Region II Office to meet with selected members of the Regional Staff regarding an RSI allegation and other technical issues. 4. On March 17, representatives of the Duke Power Company were in the. Region II Office to attend an Enforcement Conference to discuss the inoperability of their Catawba Unit 2 Train "A" containment air return damper. i i MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE N

3 Region IV Items of Interest Week Ending March 17, 1989 1. Houston Lighting & Power Company At approximately 8:50 p.m. (CST) on March 12, 1989, Houston Lighting & Power Company achieved initial criticality at South Texas Project (STP), Unit 2. A Region IV operational. readiness review inspection (ORRI) team is onsite this week to inspect STP, Unit 2, during the first days of low power operation. A full power license Commission meeting is scheduled for March 28, 1989. STP, Unit 1, has been in cosmercial operation since August 25, 1988. 2. Brand X Perforators Enforcement Conference An enforcement conference will be held on March 14, 1989, in the Region IV office with Brand X Perforators. The purpose of the enforcement conference is' to discuss the apparent breakdown in management controls over the well logging program. During the NRC inspection on February 8, 13 apparent violations were identified. l 3. FEMA. Region VI Mr. Edd Hargett, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region VI, I will be visiting the Region IV office and will observe the regional participation'in the Arkansas Nuclear One Emergency Exercise. i j 4. River Bend Station j l River Bend Station was shutdown on March 15, 1989, to begin their second I refueling outage. Gulf States Utilities plans to complete the outage in 50 days and startup in early May 1989. 5. Arkansas Nuclear One On March 14, 1989, NRC Region IV Pd members of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation conducted a conference call with representatives of Arkansas Power & Light Company. The purpose of the conference call was to discuss technical issues that require resolution prior to the restart of i ANO, Unit 1, following an outage to repair system and component problems associated with the January 20, 1989, reactor trip of Unit 1. This reactor trip and associated equipment problems were the subject of an augmented inspection team (AIT) conducted by Region IV and NR2. -For each of the three remaining issues, the licensee delineated comprehensive corrective action that would be implemented prior to restart. Two of the issues are unrelated to the corrective action associated with the January 20 event, but were discovered during the current outage. The licensee thoroughly addressed all of the technical issues and indicated that all corrective actions would be completed by the end of the week-of March 13, 1989, and that the unit would be ready for restart at that time. MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE N

[ 2 1 I l 6. Fort Calhoun Station At approximately 4 p.m. (CST) on March 14, 1989, the fort Calhoun' Station ) l experienced voltage fluctuations on the offsite power grid due to high winds in the Omaha, Nebraska, area. The licensee stated that the high winds caused the high-voltage lines to sway and create an impedance interaction which caused the offsite power supply voltage to dip. As a result of the voltage variations, one of the two station output breakers tripped. It was successfully reclosed. Low voltage alarms were received on various 4160-volt buses but were only momentary. The security' . system and Technical Support Center diesels automatically started. No-plant safety-related equipment appears to have been affected. There were no auto start signal initiations of the plant emergency diesels. I The licensee responded well. The load dispatcher was able to isolate. electrical faults from the grid. The licensee immediately returned out of -J service equipment to operation and verified that all equipment needed for natural circulation was available in the event a loss of offsite power 3 occurred. Licensee management and craftsmen remained onsite to assist. j 1 7. Sherwood Uranium Mill On March 16, representatives of the NRC, the state of Washington, the Spokane Tribe of Indians, and Western Nuclear, Inc., will meet in Spokane, Washington, to discuss the transfer of the Shemood uranium mill from Western Nuclear to the Spokane Tribe. Under the proposed transfer, the spokant. Tribe would take ownership of the currently inactive mill and maintain it in a standby status until some future time when commercial operations are feasible. The Tribe'would also assume responsibility for eventual decommissioning of the mill and reclamation of the tailings. The NRC, through the Uranium Recovery Field Office, will have regulatory authority over the Spokane Tribe, rather than Washington, an Agreement State. Arrangements will be made between the NRC'and the state of Washington to ensure an orderly transfer of records and responsibilities. i 8. Houston Lighting & Power Company On March 15, 1989, Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL&P) received from i 1989, letter sent to the PUC regarding the South Texas Project (y 28, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) a copy of a Februar STP). The l l 1etter, written by a former HL&P employee, has been placed in a public docket by the PUC. The letter generally alleges incompetence and mismanagement on the part of HL&P regarding costs associated with STP and contains references to potential safety issues. A Region IV team is reviewing the letter to identify all potential safety issues and to plan followup actions. NRR has been informed. HL&P received a copy of the-letter separately from the PUC and has begun its own investigation of the issues raised in the letter. A Commission meeting regarding the full power licensing of STP, Unit 2, is scheduled for March 28, 1989. i MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE N

Region V Items of Interest Week Ending March 17, 1989 1. Palo Verde Nuclear Generatinc Station, Units 1&2 Palo Verde Unit I tested an atmospheric dump valve (ADVs) on March 14, 1989, which failed. Resulting from this failure and the ADY problems experienced on Unit 3 on March 3, 1989, ANPP has voluntarily shutdown Unit 2 to Mode 3 until the operability of its' ADVs could be positively confirmed and the implications of the other unit ADY problems are evaluated. 2. Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station l A letter from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District certifying completion of the actions identified in the Confirmatory Action Letter of February 1,1989 was received in Region V on March 11. After completion of appropriate inspection activities, including review of the letter, the Regional Administrator verbally concurred in restart of Rancho Seco. A letter supporting this verbal concurrence was provided to the licensee Monday, March 13. Rancho Seco restarted on March 13, 1989. 3. Department of Interior (BIA), Chinle, Arizona An enforcement conference with the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Chinle, Arizona was held on March 14, 1989 to discuss the cause and corrective. actions for five violations resulting from an inspection on February 9 and 16, 1989. Future action will depend on the response from the licensee. l i MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE N

I ~ ITEMS ADDRESSED BV_THE COMMISSION - Week Ending March 17, 1989 A. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON FINAL REPORT ON BWR MARK I CONTAINMENT ISSUES, 2:00 P.M., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE 9.E, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, R0r N r the Record dated 3/13/89 ATTENDANCE) - SECY to Memoranduit The Commission met with representatives of thre Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) to discuss ACRS recommendations for resolution of boiling water reactor Mark I containment issues, as documented in the ACRS letter to the Commission (Forrest Remick to Chairman Zech, dated January 19, 1989, " Mark I Containment Performance Improvement Program"). 1 l There were no requirements-placed on the staff at this meeting. B. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE, 4:00 P.M., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to W. Parler, GC dated 3/13/89 I. SECY-89 Commissig,9 Decision - Shoreham Sanction Issue The Commissior), by a 4-0 vote, approved an order which details the Commission's decision on the imposition of sanctions in the Shoreham proceeding. The order concluded that the interveners' conduct in this proceeding not only permitted the imposition of a. heavy sanction but compelled it. Accordingly, the order dismissed Suffolk County, the State of New York and the Town of Southampton as parties from all proceedings pending.before the Commission or any of its subordinate adjudicatory Boards. All contested proceedings were ended; the proceeding on the 1988 emergency planning exercise before the OL-5 Licensing Board was terminated. As this decision constituted the final 1 adjudicatory decision in this matter the Commission also. directed the following actions to assure that no. safety issues remain unexamined before issuance of an operating license'for the Shoreham facility. The Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation shall evaluate each contention which remains outstanding as a result of this decision and explain to the commission in a public meeting whether, and if so, how each has been resolved. Only after the conclusion of such a briefing, after the necessary findings of 10 CFR Sec. 50.57 have been made, and after an affirmative Commission vote to authorize issuance, will any license above 5 percent power be issued for the Shoreham facility. Commissioner Curtiss did not participate in this matter. l MARCH-17, 1989 ENCLOSURE P

l ] C. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND V0TE, 2:30 P.M., MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to J W. Parler, GC dated 3/13/89 I. SECY-89 Commission Rulina on Interveners' Motion for Directed Certification of Schedulina Issue The Commission, by a 4-0 vote,* approved a response to interveners' notion for directed certification of issues raised by a scheduling order of the Licensing Board relating to the. hearing on offsite emergency planning. The order denies the motion. Commissioner Curtiss did not participate in this matter. 4 II. SECY-89-57'- Reconsideration of Decommissioning Fundina Order CLI-88-10 q 4 The commission, by a 5-0 vote,** approved an order acting on motions to reconsider its December 21, 1988, decision j (CLI-88-10) which established decommissioning funding -{ requirements for the Seabrook station. The order denies the i motions to reconsider. 1 1

• Section 201 of the Energy' Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec.

5841, provides that action of the Commission shall be determined by a " majority vote of the members present." Commissioner Roberts was not present when this item was affirmed. Accordingly the formal vote of the commission was 3-0 in favor of the decision. Commissioner Roberts, however, had previously indicated that he would approve this paper and had he been present he would'have affirmed his prior vote.

• • Section 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec.

5841, provides that action of the commission shall be determined by a " majority vote of the members present." Commissioner Roberts was not present when this item was affirmed. Accordingly the formal vote of the Commission was 4-0 in favor of the decision. Commissioner Roberts, however, had previously indicated that he.voul' approve this paper and' i had he been present he would have a'ff..med his prior vote. MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE P j

9 D. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON IMPORTING AND EXPORTING 0F RADIO-ACTIVE WASTE, 10:00 A.M., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr., EDO and H. R. Denton, D/GPA dated 3/14/89 The Commission was briefed by the staff, the Office of Governmental and Public Affairs, and representatives of the Department of State on policy options for importing and exporting low level radioactive waste (described in SECY-89-068' and released at the meeting). Representing the Department of State were: - Richard J.K. Stratford Deputi' Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy and Energy Technology Affairs - William A. Nitze Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Health, and Natural Resources Chairman Zech suggested that his fellow Commissioners consider j a fifth option, which is to handle the ElDorado case now and, i with respect to the broad issue, to await international and national views on handling waste disposal between countries. Chairman Zech requested the staff to advise the Commission on the results from an upcoming international meeting on disposal of nuclear waste between countries. l Commissioner Rogers requested staff to review the Free Trade Agreement with Canada regarding import / export of low-level radioactive waste between the two countries and determine if there may be any discrepancy between treatment of U.S. and Canadian firms that should be identified to the Executive Branch. Commissioner Curtiss requested the staff to provide the Commission wi+.h an analysis of the policy implications of each of the optiors in the context of the decision rendered by the Commission ja the Philippine Reactor Export case (11 NRC 631 (1980)), including an assessment of the extent to which each of the options comports with the export policy enunciated by the Commission in this case. MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE P

E. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING t;" OPERATOR TRAINING, 10:00 A.M., MONDAY,- MARCH 6,1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONR0ENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC b !ENDANCE) - SECY to Memorandum for the Record dated 3/16/89 The Commission was briefed by representatives of the nuclear reactor industry on industry's programa to acquire and train ' personnel to become licensed reactor optrators. Presentations by industry representatives were made by the following: - Joe Colvin Executive Vice President and CEO, NUHARC - Terry Williams Manager of Power Training Services Virginia Power Company - Lee Williams Training Manager Alabama Power Company - Charles Schrock, Assistant Manager Plant Operations Wisconsin Public Services Corporation - Walter Coakley Group Vice President Training and Education, INPO The commission praised the Wisconsin Public Services Corporation for achieving a SALP evaluation of all "l's."- Chairman Zech underscored the fact that while inf.astry has developed impressive training programs, it fac2s the' challenge of effective implementation of those programs. Commissioner Rogers cautioned industry to carefully monitor the performance of its training instructors. He stressed that a well defined training program is not effective if the instructors are unable to communicate the lesson plans to'the students. At the request of Commissioner Rogers, INPO agreed to transmit to the Commission detailed examples of lesson plans for selected training programs. There were no requirements placed on the staff at this meeting. MARCH 17, 1989 ENCLOSURE P 1 I

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