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- g. s-Nay 17, 1989 For: The Commissioners From: James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MAY 12, 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 Nuclear Reactor Regulation A Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B Nuclear Regulatory Research C
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Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data D Governmental & Public Affairs E General Counsel F*
Administration G Information Resources Management H Controller I Personnel J Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights K Enforcement L Consolidation M Regional Offices N Executive Director for Operations 0*
Items Addressed by the Comission P Meeting Notices Q Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for R externaldistribution) ;
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Jpmes L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations I ffice of the Executive Director for Operations
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James L. Blaha, OEDO 9 p) i 492-1703 ' \
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HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING MAY 12, 1989-Browns Ferry Units 1, 2 and 3 On May 9,1989, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) reported that Unit 2,asaresultofanEngineeringAssurance(QA)audi control. This means in effect, that new modifications have been put onIn ge hold pending TVA resolution of audit results.
that the audit indicated a lack of procedural compliance resulting i TVA Projects Division is packages containing errors.and preparing a program for corrective action.
following this development.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Groundwater Protection Standards for Inactive Urantum Tatlings Sites In response to an informal request from the Office of Management and Budg the NRC staff is reviewing EPA's draft final Groundwater Protection Standards forEP Inactive Uranium Tailings Sites (40 CFR Part 192, Subparts A-C).
these standards in response to a remand by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1985.
Based on a preliminary review, NRC staff has identified substantiveMost of procedural and implementation issues with the draft final standards.
these issues were identified in the agency's formal OMBcomments requested verbal on EPA's proposed comments groundwater protection standards (see SECY 88-4).NRC staff intends to transm on the standards by May 12, 1989.
to DMB by May 12 and follow up with written comments by May 26, 1989.
Modular HTGR On May 9, 1989, members of RES and NRR met with representatives of DOE to-discuss DOE's proposed plans for continued interaction with NRC on the MHTGR design. Their current plans call for submittal of a PSAR and formal A letter from DOE application for Preliminary Design Approval in late 1992.
formally transmitting their plans and requesting NRC cooperation is expected later this fiscal year.
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Public Meeting on Access Authorization I
11, 1989, for the purpose of having NRC A public meeting was held on Maystaff discuss with NUMARC the public co The Comission is proposing to NUMARC access authorization guidelines.
l endorse those guidelines as an acceptable detailed description of anA total adequate access authorization program.
meeting, most of whom were affiliated with NUMARC or with NRC, or w industry contractors.
and will make NRC aware of any new or revised provisions of the guidelines in a time frame consistent with the NRC rulemaking schedule.
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e Office of Nuclear Reactor Regluation Items of Interest Week Ending May 12, 1989 Limerick, Unit 2 On May 4, 1989, the ACRS considered the application of Philadelphia Electric Company for a license to operate Limerick, Unit 2. Presentations were made by the NRR project manager, the Region I section chief and PECo management. A subcommittee site visit and meeting on the Limerick-2 application had
.previously been held on April 25, 1989. During the meeting, PECo reiterated its view that Limerick-2 should be ready for its low power license in early June 1989.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the committee agreed unanimously that a
. favorable report should be prepared. No additional or followup information was requested by the ACRS from either the NRC staff or applicant.
Callaway On May 8, 1989, it was determined that a defect reportable under 10 CFR Part 21 existed in the design and construction of safety-related room cooler vents and drains. This defect is due to galvanic corrosion of carbon-steel vent and drain line stubs that penetrate through copper-nickel essential service water system (ESWS) room cooler su) ply and return headers. This corrosion, if undetected and uncorrected, could lave eventually affected the integrity of the ESWS during postulated operational or seismic events.
- All vents and drains.on the 16 room coolers will be modified during the current refueling outage to eliminate the carbon-steel to copper-nickel interface. The Resident Inspector is following the licensee's investigation.
TVA Nuclear Power Organization On May 10, 1989, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced that Richard F. Wilson has been selected to fill the newly created position of Vice President, New Projects, in TVA's Nuclear Power Organization, and given the overall responsibility for the Watts Bar and Bellefonte Nuclear Projects. Mr. Wilson has over 35 years of industry experience and will report to TVA in June. He will have overall project management responsibility for. construction,. engineering and startup testing that are required to support new projects. Currently, Mr. Wilson is Technical Director and Vice President of General Public Utilities Nuclear, a subsidiary of GPU Corporation.
Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2 and 3 On May 9,1989, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) re)orted that issuancesofEngineeringChangeNotices(ECN)hadbeen.1altedatBrownsFerry, Unit 2,asaresultofanEngineeringAssurance(QA)auditondesignchange control. This means in effect, that new modifications have been put on hold pending TVA resolution of audit results. In general TVA has indicated MAY 12, 1989 ENCLOSURE A L____-_________
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that the audit indicated a lack of procedural compliance resulting in ECN packages containing errors. TVA is in the process of evaluating these findings and preparing a program for corrective action. .TVA Projects Division is following this development.
-Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. Units 1 and 2 At 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 11, 1989, Sequoyah Unit 2 reached 100%
power. Unit 2 was returning to full power from its Cycle 3. refueling l
outage which began on January 19, 1989. Unit 1 is operating at 100% power.
This is the first time since March of 1985 that both units are operating at 100% rower. Both units were voluntarily shut down in 1985 to resolve environmental qualification and employee concerns. The units were allowed to return to power operation in 1988: Unit 1 in November 1988, Unit 2 in May 1988, t
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Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of Interest Week Ending May 12, 1989
~ SAFEGUARDS International Facility Attachment for Babcock and Wilcox Entered into Force On May 9,1989, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the U.S.
Government agreed on the text of a Facility Attachment for the Babcock and' Wilcox Commercial Nuclear Fuel Plant in Lynchburg, Virginia. It was agreed
.that the.date in force would be May 9, 1989. This date is well within the 90 day time. period prescribed in the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement. The first routine inspection by the IAEA of the facility will take place from May 11-16, 1989.
Annual Meeting'on Implementation of the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement On May'8-9, 1989 andSafeguards(NMSS) staff the Office participated in a meeting at of theNuclear Material Department Safety (DOS) with representatives-of State of DOS, the Department of Energy (DOE), the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the implementation of the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement.. The purpose of the meeting, which is held on an annual basis, is to receive _ input from the IAEA on the previous year's inspection activities and results at facilities selected pursuant to the Agreement and on safeguards data reporting to the IAEA. Identified reporting problems were discussed and proposals for resolution presented. All of the IAEA safeguards goals were fully attained at the U.S. facility inspected by the IAEA during CY 1988.
Meeting on Revision of IAEA Information Circular (INFCIRC/225/Rev. 1) andSafeguards(NMSS),
Representatives the Department of from State the Office (DOS), the of Nuclear Material Department Safety (D0D), and the Department of Defense of Energy (DOE) participated in the meetings of the Technical Committee on Physical
' Protection (TCPP) sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria from April 24 to May'4, 1989. The TCPP recommended revisions of the IAEA internationally accepted guidelines for physical protection of nuclear material in a proposed INFCIRC/225/Rev. 2 text. These revisions are based, in large part, on the U.S. Working Paper.
The TCPP also considered that a group of safety experts would provide an appropriate forum for discussion and recommendation on safety issues related to the use and control of radiological sources. Finally, the TCPP recommended the present involvement of the IAEA in physical protection as appropriate for the near future and that no " formal program of work" in this field is required.
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Domestic Freeport Uranium Recovery Discussions on Reporting Requirements A representative from Freeport Uranium Recovery Company, Uncle Sam, Louisiana !
met with the Division of Safeguards and Transportation (SGTR) staff to discuss reporting requirements for source material transactions. Freeport ships more than a million tons of U 0, 2 annually. The Nuclear Materials Management and ,
Safeguards System (NMMSS7 Mas accumulated some open adjustments in the reporting process. A procedure to resolve this matter within NMMSS was established.
1 LOW-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Groundwater Protection Standards for Inactive Uranium Tailings Sites
- InresponsetoaninformalrequestfromtheOfficeofManagementandBudget(OMB),
the NRC staff is reviewing EPA's draft final Grouiidwater Protection Standards for InactiveUraniumTailingsSites(40CFRPart192,SubpartsA-C). EPA is developing these standards in response to a remand by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1985. Based on a preliminary review, NRC staff has identified substantive procedural and implementation issues with the draft final standards. Most of these issues were identified in the agency's formal comments on EPA's proposed groundwaterprotectionstandards(seeSECY88-4). OMB requested verbal comments on the standards by May 12, 1989. NRC staff intends to transmit verbal comments to OMB by May 12 and follow up with written comments by May 26, 1989.
INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY l Fuel Cycle Safety Fuel Cycle Licensee Workshop (May 3-4,1989)
The workshop for fuel cycle licensees, held in Bethesda, concluded on May 4, 1989. Representatives of all major operating fuel cycle facilities attended. '
In addition, there were representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE),
the Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety, and consulting firms. Total attendance, including NRC staff, was over 90. The verbal and written comments on the session were strongly l j supportive, with enthusiastic support by the licensees for future workshops at j 12 to 18 month intervals.
HIGH-LEVEL WASTE MANAGEMENT Bi-Monthly Repository Quality Assurance Meeting l On May 9, 1989, staff from the Division of High-Level Waste Management (HLWM) l met with representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), its l l
1 contractors, and the State of Nevada to participate in the bi-monthly quality assurance (QA) meeting. The bi-monthly meetings are held to review the activities of all parties related to the qualification of DOE's QA program and j the schedule for future activities such as DOE QA audits and surveillance. A number of specific issues were discussed including the results of DOE's recent l
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qualification audits and surveillance; handling of technical allegations on quality concerns; and detailed QA subjects. The most significant item was achieving an understanding between the staff and the DOE Yucca Mountain Project Office staff on the requirement that audits need to cover implementation of a QA program, including selected technical products, before the DHLWM staff can consider a QA program qualified.
QA Review Meeting i
On May 10, 1989, staff from the Division of High-Level Waste Management (HLWM) met with representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the State of Nevada. The discussions of the meeting focused on the resolution of staff comments on DOE's Quality Assurance Pro Scission (F&S),HolmesandNarver(H&N)gramPlans(QAPPs)forFennixand , and Reynolds Electronic Engineering CO. In suninary, a number of DOE proposed changes to the respective QAPPs and other related documents were accepted by the HLWM staff pending documentation of the changes.
In addition, the HLWM staff met with the State of Nevada to discuss the resolution of comments on the State's QA Manual. Before the staff can determine the acceptability of the QA manual, the staff stated that it would need to review the revised manual in more detail. Following that review,'the '
State will be provided staff comments as appropriate.
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Resolving Safety Issues and Developing Regulations Decommissioning Cost Estimates As part of the decommissioning rule preparation effort, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) did a series of conceptual studies for the NRC on the cost of decommissioning various size PWRs and BWRs. Since that time, NRC has been criticized by both the GA0 and some industry representatives for using decommissioning- costs that are " unrealistically low." Recently, General Electric (GE), the major contractor on the Shippingport decommissioning activity, did an assessment of the Yankee Rowe's staff decommissioning cost estimate. Since Yankee Rowe used the PNL model, GE critiqued the PNL model as well as Yankee Rowe's application of the model. Moreover, they also did an independent cost estimate using information from the Shippingport decomis-sioning experience. They found that their independent cost estimate was approximately the same as the Yankee Rowe staff estimate.
The PNL power reactor decommissioning cost estimates were used as a basis for the final decommissioning rule requirements on financial assurance, where minimum decommissioning funding cost requirements are prescribed. The GE results provide corroborative evidence that these rule requirements are reasonable.
Proposed Generic Letter on Motor-Operated Valve Testing end Surveillance A meeting was held with the ACRS Subcommittee on Mechanical Components on May 3,1989 and with the full ACRS Comittee on May 5,1989 to discuss a proposed generic letter on Motor-0perated Valve Testing and Surveillance. We understand that the full comittee has written a ,
letter that: ,
(1) Concurs with the need and scope of the proposed generic letter.
(2) Recomends some changes in the generic letter that would encourage licensees to take a two-stage approach to establishing and verifying ,
NOV switch settings, clarify the need for retesting valves after !
major maintenance, and permit the licensees additional flexibility in deciding whether to perform testing in-situ or by other means.
IAEA/U.S. Transportation Safety Regulations 4 RES and NMSS transportation safety staff met with DOT and contractor representatives of DOE on May 9, 1989, to define U.S. positions on the 140 l proposals made worldwide for amendments to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) transportation safety regulations. U.S. transportation safety 1 regulations are based on those of the IAEA. t I
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2 Modular HTGR .
1 On May 9, 1989, members of RES and NRR met with representatives of DOE to l discuss DOE's proposed plans for continued interaction with NRC on the MHTGR ]
design. Their current plans call for submittal of a PSAR and formal i application for Preliminary Design Approval in late 1992. A letter from DOE !
formally transmitting their plans and requesting NRC cooperation is expected later this fiscal year.
Public Meeting on Access Authorization 1
A public meeting was held on May 11, 1989, for the purpose of having NRC :
staff discuss with NUMARC the public comments which were directed at the 1 NUMARC access authorization guidelines. The Commission is proposing to endorse those guidelines as an acceptable detailed description of an adequate access authorization program. A total of 23 people attended the
. ma ting, most of whom were affiliated with NUMARC or with NRC, or were industry contractors. NUMARC will consider the public comments discussed l and will make NRC aware of any new or revised provisions of the guidelines in a time frame consistent with the NRC rulemaking schedule, i
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- Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Items of Interest Week Ending May 12, 1989 Division of Operational Assessment On May 10, the semi-annual communications drill with the Korean Electric Power Company, Kaeri/NSC Operations Center, and the Nuclear Safety Division of the l Ministry of Science and Technology, was conducted by IRB to test Korea's ,
communication capability via FAX and telephone channels. The test was successful.
The Director and Incident Response Branch Chief met with FEMA r,anagement on May 12, 1989 to discuss FFE-3 planning. FEMA proposed that NRC take the
, overall lead for managing FFE-3 which would also entail changing current budget planning. There is general agreement to hold the FFE in NRC Region I and several sites are under consideration.
Preliminary Notifications
- a. PNO-II-89-34,SouthlandExchange(Nonlicensee).UnauthorizedTransferof Radioactive Waste.
- b. PN0-III-89-33,CommonwealthEdisonCompany(ZionUnit1), Unplanned Gaseous Release.-
- c. PNO-IV-89-32, Omaha Public Power District (Fort Calhoun Station),
Unplanned Shutdown in Excess of 48 Hours.
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. Items of Interest Week Ending May 7,1989 STATE. LOCAL AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS-Meeting with Arizona Corporation Commission Staff Dean Kunihiro, Region V. State Liaison Officer, met with John W. Norman and James R. Brown', Engineering Section, Utilities Division, of the Arizona Corporation Commission on May 5, 1989 in Wintersburg, Arizona. The Arizona Corporation Commission is comprised of three elected Commissioners and per-manent staff. The Commission is. authorized to exercise continued review over
- the. operations of utilities and to act when necessary to further the public interest. This authority includes rate. setting.- Within the Comission,- the -
Engineering Section conducts technical reviews of all regulated utilities and assures compliance with accepted service, material maintenance and performance standards. In view of these responsibilities,.the Commission. staff has re-quested to be appraised of NRC assessments of utility operations. Increased.
interaction with the Corporation Comission staff is anticipated.
Rocky Mountain LLW Board Meeting
- Charles Hackney, Region IV State Liaison Officer, attended the Rocky Mountain-LLW Board meeting on May B,1989 in Denver, Colorado. ' The Board approved Colorado's application to designate.the Uravan site as the site for disposal of radium wastes. The Board also discussed the possibility of contracting with such States as Vermont-and New Hampshire and Puerto Rico, but made no decision.
The Board discussed the status of the decommissioning of Fort St. Vrain.
Meeting with Kansas State Liaison Officer Dr. John Montgomery Region IV Deputy Administrator, and Charles Hackney, Region IV State Liaison Offit.er, met with Gerald Allen, Kansas State Liaison Officer, and other State officials on May 9, 1989 in Topeka, Kansas. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss items of mutual interest such as training of State empicyees, emergency planning and monitoring of operations at Wolf Creek.
Meeting with State LLW Regulatory Officials Sheldon Schwartz, Deputy Director, SLITP, and John Greeves, Deputy Director, LLWh/NMSS, met with Terry Strong, Chief, Office of Radiation Protection, and other Washington State officials from the Department of Ecology and the Governor's Office on May 9,1989 in Olympia, Washington. The purpose of the meeting was to review regulatory issues related to LLW disposal at Hanford and-recent NRC topical reports. A similar meeting was held with Nevada regulatory officials related to LLW disposal at the Beatty site on May 10, 1989 in Carson City, Nevada.
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Carlton Kannerer, Director, SLITP, Malcolm Knapp, Director of Region I' Division' l of Radiation Safety and Safeguards, Vandy Miller,- Assistant Director for State I Agreements SLITP, and John McGrath, Region I State Agreements Officer, met with Mary Mongan, Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. William Wallace, Director, Division of Public Health Services, and.other State of New Ham) shire officials on May-10, 1989 in Concord, New Hampshire.
The purpose of tie meeting was to discuss the status of the New Hampshire Agreement State Program.
Meeting with Representatives from IDNS Fred Combs, Assistant Director for State,' Local and Indian Relations, SLITP, and Mindy. Landau, SLITP, met with James Van Vliet, Deputy Director, and Roy Wight, Division Director, cf.the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety on May
- - 10, 1989 in Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the status of implementation of the Connission policy statement on cooperation with the States, the status of the proposed ASME subagreement with Illinois and the status of Illinois' application to regulate mill tailings.
Meeting with New York Agreement State Officials Carlton Kammerer, Director, SLITP, Malcolm Knapp, Director, Region I Division of. Radiation Safety and Safeguards, Vandy Miller, Assistant Director for. State Agreements, SLITP, and John McGrath, Region I State Agreements Officer, met
- with Karim Rimawi, Director of the Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protec-tion, New York State Health Department, Paul Merges, Director of Bureau of Radiation, Department of Environmental Conservation, Frank Bradley, Principal Radiophysicist, New York State Department of Labor, and Leonard Solon, Director, Bureau for Radiation Control, New York City Department of Health, on May 11, 1989 in New York, New ,ork. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the status of State regulations.
Southeast LLW Compact Commission Meeting Robert Trojanowski, Region II State Liaison Officer, attended the Southeast LLW Compact Commission meeting held in Orlando, Florida on May 12, 1989. The Commission received a status report from representatives from North Carolina on-progress in siting a LLW disposal facility in the State, The North Carolina Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Authority has indicated that 9.5 % of the State's land area remains potentially suitable for a LLW disposal facility.
The Authority is conducting connunity forums in communities near the poten-tially suitable. areas. The Commission also received connittee reports and conducted other Connission business.
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Division of Contracts and Property Management l
Staff from the Division of Contracts and Property Management have participated I with OGC in conducting a series of briefings for all agency officials involved in the procurement process regarding implications.and procedures under the Procurement Integrity Act. The original effective date of May 16, 1989 has been delayed 60 days by the Congress in order for agencies to conduct appropriate training for their senior staff.
Divisien of_ Security Drug testing was conducted at several NRC remote sites as well as the first on-site testing at Regions I, II, IV and V.
Division of Freedom of Information and Publications Services Arrangements were made to have supplemental speakers added to the One White
. Flint Hearing Room system to enhance sound in the audience area.
Significant FOIA Requests Received by the NRC for 5-Day Period May 5, 1989 - May ll, 1989 Request for records showing the status and results of efforts to use performance indicators / performance evaluation factors on material licensees on atrialbasis.(JosephFelton,NuclearLicensingReports,F01A-89-210)
Request for records between OMB, EPA, DOE, and NRC regarding EPA's proposed radiation standards for low-level waste and the disposal of NARM in NRC or DOE licensedfacilities.(JosephFelton,NuclearLicensingReports,FOIA-89-211)
Request for a copy of the February 1,1980 safety assessment by the NRC Steering Group for the TMI Action, referenced in NUREG-0839. (Lynn Connor, Doc-SearchAssociates,F01A-89-212)
Request for a listing of specified information on all active material licensees ona9-tracktape.(ArnoldJensen,Oxxford,F01A-89-213)
Request for copies of the latest Safety Issues Management System reports for the Beaver Valley nuclear power plant units 1 and 2. (J. V. Vassello, Duquesne Light,FOIA-89-214)
Referral from the De)artment of Air Force of records relating to the 1986 incident at the Wrig1t Patterson Air Force Base. (Keith Epstein, The Plain Dealer,F01A-89-215)
Request for records providing information regarding radioactive material buried in the Salt Creek Valley and Indiana University property /Griffy Nature Preserve.(LeolaWolfe,F01A-89-216)
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FOIA-89-88 F0IA-89-150
-F01A-89-170 F01A-89-173
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- 1. Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS)
As a result of.the issuance by HMSS of the generic letter authorizing l submittal of data to the NMMSS database in machine processible form, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. has received over 25 calls from interested licensees to receive the documentation necessary to implement the program. The licensees are very enthusiastic about the movement toward electronic data transfer.
- 2. Executive Shared Information System (EXSIS)
The new screens for significant events and operating percentages were.
implemented on May 8, 1989. New users guides and an explanation of the new screens were mailed to the EXSIS user community on the same day.
- 3. ITS Newsletter The spring 1989 issue of the ITS NEWS was distributed during the first week of May. .This edition features articles on computer security, electronic mail, and riistribution of scientific computer codes.
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Office of the Controller Items of Interest Week Ending May 12, 1989
- 1. 10 CFR 171 Upheld by Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court on May 1, 1989, denied the petition from Florida ;
Power & Light, challenging the constitutionality of.. the statutory pro-visions underlying 10 CFR 171.
- 2. Dimensions Travel TheGeneralServicesAdministration(GSA)hasextendeditscontractwith Dimensions Travel to provide travel services to NRC Headquarters staff.
The GSA Inspector General's office will be contacting NRC Headquarters
-. employees at random to assess the quality of Dimensions services.
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Office of Personnel l Items of Interest i Week Ending May 12, 1989 U.S. Savings Bonds Campaign Chairman Zech and Ralph Johnson, Jr., State Director for U.S. Savings Bonds, were on hand May 8,1989, to kick off the annual U.S. Savings Bonds Campaign with office coordinators and canvassers. The theme this year is " Building Security... Fulfilling Dreams." The campaign will run from May 8 through May 19, 1989. Information about purchasing bonds through the. Payroll Savings Plau is available from office coordinators in each office.
Arrivals
. The following new employee reported this week:
Alicia Granby, Clerk-Typist (OPFT), OGC Departures Larry Wirfs, Sr. Safeguards Tech Analyst (PFT), retired from NMSS.
Other departures:
Thomas Silko, Reactor Systems Specialist (PFT), AEOD Merle Dorsey, Contract Management Specialist (PFT), CON Robin Remy, Secretary (Typing) (PFT), HMSS Donald McPherson, Special Assistant for Technical Policy andInternationalLiaison(PFT),NRR CharlesC. Williams,PersonnelAssistant(OPFT),R11 Geraldine McNamee, Resident Clerical Aide (PFT), RIV MAY 12. 1989 ENCLOSURE J
4 Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business l Utilization and Civil Rights Items of Interest Week Ending May 12, 1989 Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Program On May 11, 1989, OSDBU/CR represented NRC as participants in the National Small Business. Week Procurement Conference sponsored by the Small Business ,
Administration. Award winning small business firms throughout the United States were recognized and new firms were able to meet and talk with agency representatives.
Civil Rights Program l
The Civil Rights Program Staff sponsored the 5th Annual EE0 Counselors' Training Conference at Westminster, Maryland.- The event, which took place on May 9-10, was very well attended by approximately thirty EE0 Counselors from headquarters and the Regional Offices.
This conference is conducted every year in order to bring the Counselors up to date with the latest Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EE0C) regulations and counseling procedures. Among the speakers were Charlotte B. Hallam, Chief Administrative Judge at the EEOC's Baltimore District Office, and staff from the Office of Personnel. The Conference was highly rated by all the participants.
Federal Women's Program The Federal Women's Program Advisory Committee is currently taking applications for membership via Yellow Announcement Number 55 dated April 20, 1989. Applications should be submitted by June 1, 1989. To date, eight have been received.
The Federal Women's Program Manager participated in the EE0 Counselor Training Conference noted in the Civil Rights Program portion.
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'Significant Enforcement Actions A Notice of Violation and~ Imposition of' Civil Penalty in the amount of $500 was issued to Cornish Wireline Service, Inc., Chanute, Kansas, on May 5, 1989.
The action was based on the finding that the licensee willfully failed to provide personnel dosimetry to well-logging operators for a nineteen month period, February 1987 to September 1988. (EN89-47)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the' amount
- of $1,250 was. issued on May 9, 1989 to Brand X Perforators, Inc., Woodward, Oklahoma. The action was based.on violations involving failures to: perform source leak tests and inventories, establish a program for semiannual visual-inspection and maintenance of equipment, perform surveys, comply with trans-portation requirements, calibrate instruments, maintain required records and maintain a storage facility as described in the license. The mitigation /
escalation factors in the enforcement policy were considered and the base civil penalty was-increased by 125%. A'50% increase due to the NRC's identification
- of the violations, a 50% increase due to minimal corrective actions and a 25%
increase due_to poor prior performance was considered appropriate. (EN89-48)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $6,500 was issued on May 10, 1989 to V.A. Medical Center, Loma Linda, California. The action was based on violations identified during a December
- 1987 inspection involving failures to: evaluate radiation exposures, perform annual refresher training, perform various surveys, evaluate dose. calibrator results, and review and renew research projects using licensed materials on an annual basis. The mitigation / escalation factors in the enforcement policy were. considered and the base civil penalty was increased by 100% for the licensee's poor prior performance. (EN 88-49)
An Order Suspending and Revoking License (Effective Immediately) was issued on May 11 1989 to P&L Trucks, Wetuska, Oklai.oma. The action was based on numerous violations which indicate that the licensee has made little or no effort to develop and maintain a program for ensuring compliance with the NRC license and NRC regulations. (EN88-51)
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $1,500 was issued on May 12, 1989 to Persara Pushpamala Reddy, M.D., Butler, Pennsylvania. The action was based on violations involving' failures to:
provide training, perform required package receipt surveys, perform dose calibrator constancy and linearity testing, perform sufficiently sensitive analysis on survey wipe samples, and provide notification of change in ,
mailing address. The mitigation / escalation factors in the enforcement policy were considered and the base civil penalty was increased by 2005: 50% due to NRC identification, 50% for correct he actions where were neither prompt nor comprehensive, and 100% for poor prior performance. (EN89-50)
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Office of Consolidation Items of Interest Week Ending Hay 12, 1989 Art Program Last week a member of the Office of Consolidation and Barbara Dinsmore, assistant to Francoise Yohalem, hung framed posters in the Congressional Liaison Offices and the Public Document Room. On Wednesday evening, May 10, two cloth wall hangings were hung in the One White Flint North lobby, thereby completing the interior portion of the current NRC art program.
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Region I Items of Interest Week Ending May -12,1989
- 1. Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Region I staff met with represatatives of Boston Edison Company on May 8, 1989,:for a Management Meeting to discuss licensee followup to the May 3, 1989 scram.
'2. Oyster Creek L Representatives of General Public Utilities Nuclear Corporation and Region I staff met in Parsippany, New Jersey, for a Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance Management Meeting on May 8, 1989.
- 3. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation representatives met with Region I staff on May 10, 1989, for a Management Meeting to discuss various issues on licensed operator examination processes.
- 4. Indian Point Unit 2 A Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) Management Meeting was held on May 12, 1989 with Region I staff and representatives of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
- 5. Nine Mile Point Units 1 and 2 Tuesday, May 16. Region I will participate in the Nine Mile Point Emergency Exercise, with players at both the regional office and the site.
This is a full-scale exercise in which the Region's performance will be evaluated by AEOD. The site team will be led by Mr. William Kane, Director, DRP, and the base team will be led by Mr. Tim Martin, Director, DRS.
- 6. New Medical Initiatives Workshop Monday, May 22, Region I will host a "New Medical Initiatives Workshop" at the Colonial Hilton, Wakefield, Massachusetts. The Workshop has been arranged specifically for radiation safety officers and nuclear medicine technologists at NRC licensed medical facilities in Eastern Massachusetts.
The Workshop will provide participants the NRC's perspectives on the revision of 10 CFR Part 35-Medical Use of Byproduct Material, NRC's expectations of a medical radiation safety program, licensing and inspection experience and an overview of certain pending NRC medical initiatives.
- 7. Peach Bottom Unit 2 During the week, the licensee satisfactorily completed all of the low pressure testing, except one SRV; operational checks and inspections. As 1 MAY 12, 1989 ENCLOSURE N-L_-______-_- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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of 2:00 p.m. , liay 11, 1989, Unit 2 is critical at about 3% power and 170 psig reactor pressure. The SRV failed to reclose initially during a retest when the control switch was repositioned. The licensee has decided to shut down Unit 2 for a several day outage to replace this SRV.
Additional work includes the following repair activities: oil leaks on ;
the electro-hyrdaulic control and feed pump turbine lube oil systems, !
steam leaks, and control rod drive hydraulic control unit valve leakage.
When Unit 2 restarts, the licensee intends to proceed to rated pressure after retesting the SRV at 170 psig and to recommence the restart power testing program. The NRC restart staff continues to provide 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> coverage of licensee activities.
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Region II Items of Interest Week Ending May 12, 1989 1.. ' Meeting At Brunswick Site To Discuss Appraisal On_May 8, the Regional Administrator; the' Deputy Director.. Division of Reactor Safety, Region II; the Director, Division of Reactor Projects I/II, NRR; and the Director, Project Directorate II-1, NRR, were at-the Carolina Power and Light Company's Brunswick Nuclear Power Station for a meeting to discuss final recommendations steming from the Nuclear Management and Operational Effectiveness Appraisal of that facility.
This appraisal was an independent audit sponsored by the licensee in response to concerns raised by NRC.
_ 2. Site Visit On May 9, the Regional Administrator was at the Carolina Power and Light Company's Robinson Nuclear Power Station to meet with plant management and to tour the facility.
- 3. Management Meeting On May 10, the Deputy Regional Administrator and selected members of the Regional and NRR staffs were at the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Station to participate in a Management Meeting with representatives of the Florida Light and Power Company.
- 4. Florida Power Corporation - Vendor Interface Meeting On May 12, representatives of Florida Power Corporation were in the Region II office to discuss a Vendor Branch inspection concerning vendor interface and procurement of commercial grade materials being used in safety-related components at their Crystal River Nuclear Power Station.
- 5. Medical Use of Radioisotopes Workshop On Saturday, May 13, Region II hosted a Medical Use of Radioisotopes Workshop in Charleston, West Virginia.
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t Region III Items of Interest Week Ending May 12, 1989
- 1. Fire Protection Counterpart Meeting Region III hosted the Fire Protection Counterpart Meeting May 9-11, 1989, involving both regional and headquarters personnel. This meeting was intended to provide a forum for staff fire protection inspectors / reviewers to discuss issues of common concern, such as recent inspection findings.and' future licensing issues.
- 2. Perry An Enforcement Conference was held at 1:00 p.m. on May 11, 1989, to discuss environmental qualification (EQ) corrective action deficiencies identified at the Perry Nuclear Power Station.
- 3. Dresden Nuclear Power Plant the SALP management meeting was held On with May 8,1989, Edison Commonwealth at 2:00 p.m. (CDT)(Ceco) for Dresden Station Units 2 and 3.
Company In attendance were.the Deputy Regional Administrator, the Projects Division Director, other NRC staff, the President and Senior Vice President of Commonwealth Edison Company, and Dresden Station staff. No media or members of the public attended.
The SALP rated licensee's performance as improving since last period, with Category I ratings in Plant Operations and Emergency Preparedness.
- 4. Tour of Byron Nuclear Power Station The Regional Administrator visited the Byron Nuclear Power Station on May 10, 1989, to tour the facility in preparation for the visit of an Operation Safety Review Team (0SART) from the International Atomic Energy Agency. The OSART review begins May 15, 1989.
- 5. Monticello Enforcement Conference l The Deputy Regional Administrator and members of the regional staff met on May 12, 1989, in the Regional Office with representatives of Northern States Power Company for an Enforcement Conference on issues involving the Reactor Core Isolation Cooling (RCIC) systen at the Monticello Nuclear Power Station.
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- 1. Louisiana Power & Light Company On May 8, 1989, an enforcement conference was held in the Region IV office with R. P. Barkhurst, Vice President, Nuclear, Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, and members of his staff to discuss. potential violations associated with the environmental qualification of cables and splices for submergence and the testing and repair of the "B" high pressure safety injection pump. Immediately following the enforcement conference, there will be a management meeting to discuss the applicability of surveillance requirements associated with an inoperable emergency diesel generator and the use of ITT Barton pressure transmitters.
- 2. Houston Lighting & Power Company At 4:35 a.m. (CDT) on May 7, 1989, Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL&P) took South Texas Project, Unit 2 (STP-2) critical after a 15-day outage to
- investigate and repair an abnormal noise near a bearing between the L.P.
turbine and the main generator. HL&P determined that the noise was causeo by a bore plug that had backed out inside a hollow bull gear and was tumbling inside the gear as it turned. The bull gear is located between the turbine-generator turning gear and the turbine-generator rotor. STP-2 is currently operating at 30 percent reactor power, conducting startup tests.
HL&P anticipates completing the STP-2 startup program in June 1989.
- 3. Arkansas Nuclear One On May 7,1989, at 3:40 a.m. (CDT) Arkansas Nuclear One (AN0), Unit 2, was restarted following a 19-day outage to repair high pressure turbine steam extraction piping following the rupture of one steam extraction line and subsequent reactor trip from 100 percent power on April 18, 1989. As of Monday morning, May 8, 1989, the unit was at 29-percent power for a boric acid soak of the steam generators.
- 4. Public Information Managers Meeting Region IV held a meeting in the regional office on May 10, 1989, with public information managers and staff members from the nine nuclear utilities in the region. NRC participants were the regional administrator, the Region IV public affairs officer, and the NRC deputy director of public affairs.
- 5. Nebraska Public Power District On May 11, 1989, management from Nebraska Public Power District and Region IV held an enforcement conference to discuss security matters relating to reporting requirements at Cooper Nuclear Station.
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- 6. American Nuclear Corporation On May 12, 1989, an NRC Uranium Mill Licensee (American Nuclear Corporation) met with Region IV-URF0 staff in Denver, Colorado. The meeting addressed issues concerning the uranium mill decommissioning status and future licensing actions.
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- Items of Interest Week Ending May 12, 1989
- 1. V.A. Medical Center, Loma Linda, California l
A Notice of Violation and Proposed Civil Penalty of $6,500 was issued to the V. A. Medical Center located'in Loma Linda, California. The licensee
. has had a recent history of repeat violations that demonstrated a lack of effective management oversight of their radiation safety program.
- 2. Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mr. W. F. Conway, recently appointed to the position of Executive Vice President - Nuclear, for the Arizona Nuclear Power Project will be in the
. Region V office today at 9:30 a.m. to meet the Regional Administrator.
- 3. Enforcement Conferences
- Trojan Nuclear Power Plant An enforcement conference was held with Portland General Electric on May 10, 1989, to discuss potential violations at Trojan related to Safeguards and Security. In addition, the licensee's corrective actions in the follow-up to an Information Notice on hydrogen leaks and their maintenance activities and post modification testing were discussed.
Government of American Samoa An enforcement conference was held with the Government of American Samoa on May 12, 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Discussions involved violations in the use and control of moisture density gauges.
C&R Laboratories An enforcement conference was held with C&R Laboratories on May 12, 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Discussions involved violations in the use and control of radiography equipment.
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ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMfSS10N - Week Ending May 12, 1989 l ~ A. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF GENERIC ISSUES, 10:00 A.M.,
TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr., EDO dated 5/2/89 The nwnimaien* was briefed by the staff en the status of unresolved -
safety and generic 4====.
The ^==4== ion requested the staff to:
- 1. rge to the ownimaion m 4==== raised in the AC34S letters dated February 16 and September 14, 1988 (as corrected in a revision dated February 28, 1989) on
. . . Generic Issue 99. . . ," and ". . . Unresolved Safety Tam m A-45...," re i.vely.
- 2. Prepare a n=niazion paper whidt defines for Generic Safety Issue 15 the potential safety significance, the affected parts, the soape of effort and schedule for resolution, and the current status. Licensees should be informed and involved in the resolution of this generic issue.
- 3. Prepara a ownimmion paper with periodic updates on industry's implementation of generic and unresolved safety 4====, including inplementatica schedules.
- 4. Provide a numimmion briefing cri the progress of resolution of the generic and unresolved safety issues.
- 5. Continue to press forward to ocuplete the remaining safety issues while adhering to hicjh tadinical standards.
- 6. Ensure timely implementation of the resolutions to generic and unresolved safety imm ==. 1 B. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE, 11:30 A.M., THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr.,
IDO dated 5/8/89 I. SECY-89-030A - Final Rulemakina - Fitness-For-Duty Procrams.
The Commission, by a 5-0** vote approved issuance of a final Fitness-for-Duty Rule which requires licensees authorized to
- or=4==ioner Carr was not present.
- Section 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 USC Section !
5841, provides that action of the Commission shall be determined
. by a ' majority vote of the members present.' Commissioner carr was not present when this item was affirmed. Accordingly, the formal vote of the Commission was 4-0 in favor of the decision.
Commissioner Carr, however, had previously indicated thnt he would approve this paper and had he been present he would have affirmed his prior vote.
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construct or operate nuclear power reactors to implement a fitness-for-duty program. The program is intended to provide.
reasonable assurance that nuclear power plant personnel are reliable, trustworthy, and not under the influence of any substance, legal or illegal, or mentally or physically impaired from any cause which adversely affects their ability to safely and competently perform their duties.
The rule was approved as contained in SECY-89-030A subject to deleting the modifications made by the staff to Section 2.7(g) (2) and restoring the section to the original language approved by the Commission as noted in the attached copy of page 131. The staff modifications to Section 2.7(g) (2) would have allowed presumptive positive results of preliminary testing to be provided to the Medical Review Officer, who could then inform licensee management if he or she concluded that the individual presented'a hazard to self or others. As a safeguard for individuals undergoing random drug testing and to comply with Health and Human Services guidelines, the version approved by the Commission requires that positive results be confirmed prior to their.being provided to licensee management. Chairman Zech and Commissioner Carr, while approving the final rule, would have preferred to retain the staff proposed language in Section 2.7 (g) (2) and in addition would have lowered the cut-off level for marijuana screening tests to 50ng/ml.
The Federal Register Notice should be modified as noted above (along with any additional editorial or needed consistency
-changes) and should be forwarded for signature and publication.
C. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON SEVERE ACCIDENT RESEARCH PLAN, 10:00 A.M.,
TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr., EDO dated 5/9/89 The Commission
- was briefed by the staff on NRC's research program plan to address severe accident issues (as addressed.in Commission paper SECY-89-123 and released at the time of this meeting).
The Commission requested the staff to:
a) Inform the Commission of those research programs that the staff proposes to postpone or cancel while implementing the severe accident research plan;
- Commissioner Carr was not present.
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b) To continue efforts made in the severe accident research program for effective coordination and integration to '
support the regulatory program and to expend similar efforts in the planning and prioritization of other research programs; and c) Inform the Commission of the interrelationship and timing between the containment performance improvement program, scheduled for resolution by December 31, 1989, and the short term research programs, scheduled for resolution by end of 1992.
D. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON RESULTS OF MAINTENANCE TEAM INSPECTIONS, 2:00 P.M., TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr., ED0 dated 5/9/89 The Commission
- was briefed by the staff on the interim results of the operating reactors maintenance team inspection program.
Chairman Zech encouraged the staff to continue this important inspection initiative.
In response to a question by Commissioner Rogers, the staff stated that it would submit to the Commission the results from an upcoming meeting between NRR and AEOD in whicP NRR findings are compared with the AEOD maintenance performance indicators.
The staff informed the Commission that the maintenance team inspection program will complete inspection of all operating plants in FY '91.
E. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - PERIODIC BRIEFING BY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS (ACRS), 2:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to R. Fraley, Exec. Dir., ACRS dated 5/11/89 The Commission
- met with the Advisory Committee on Reactor safeguards to discuss the following issues, presently before the Commission:
- a. Implementation of the commission's safety goal policy statement,
- b. Proposed maintenance rule,
- c. NUREG-1150, " Reactor Risk Reference Document," and
- d. Integrated approach to regulatory matters.
- Commissioner Carr was not present.
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The Commission requested ACRS thoughts on how best to integrate {
the regulatory process. i The Commission requested that ACRS provide its views on staff's proposed intended uses of NUREG-ll50 while the report is undergoing peer eview.
F. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON STATUS OF ACTIVITIES WITH THE CENTER FOR NUCLEAR WASTE REGULATORY ANALYSIS (CNWRA), 9:30 A.M., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYALND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to V. Stello, Jr.,
EDO dated 5/12/89 The Commission was briefed by the utaff on the status and future activities of the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analysis (CNWRA) for licensing of the radioactive high level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
The Commission requested:
- 1. Continuation of periodic briefings by the staff on the l CNWRA activities. At the next briefing the staff should !
report on the funding devoted for training purposes at the CNWRA, to ensure that the Center's staff maintains its technical excellence and keeps abreast of technology.
- 2. The Director of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research to prepars a paper outlining plans for transferring remaining HLW research to the Center according to the l criteria previously approved by the Commission.
If changes to the criteria are needed, then consistent with these proposed changes, the paper should also include specific justification for locating individual contracts elsewhere.
- 3. That any request from other agencies for technical assistance from the CNWRA should be submitted to the Commission for review and approval.
- 4. That the staff prepare a paper advising the Commission of the scope of the transportation risk study, the relation-ship of this study to our responsibilities under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, and the extent to which this study may overlap with DOE efforts to assess the impacts of HLW transportation under the NWPA.
- 5. That the staff submit to the Commission the results of the l Center's evaluation of regulatory deficiencies and uncertainties in the Commission's regulations applicable l to the licensing of a HLW repository.
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6.- That-the staff seek the Commission's review and approval of any change in the focus or schedule for the Program.
Architecture, as presently constituted, including.any change that would result in the postponement of the December deadline for the. submission of the Center's report.
G. STAFF RE(UIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON STATUS OF SECOND DRAFT OF NUREG-1150, 10':00 A.M., FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) --
SECY to V. Stello, Jr., EDO dated 5/12/89 The Commission
- was briefed by the staff on preliminary-results of the severe accident studies documented in the second draft-of NUREG-1150.
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- The staff was informed that the Commission will:
'1. Provide guidance to the staff on the interim use of the SECOND DRAFT'NUREG-1150. This guidance will be.provided following receipt of comments from the Advisory committee on Reactor Safeguards, scheduled to be transmitted to the Commission by May 12, 1989.
- 2. Consider issuance of the final version of NUREG-1150 following comments from the Peer Review Committee and' l: staff recommendations, scheduled by the end of 1990.
The staff informed the commission that:
- 1. The SECOND DRAFT NUREG-1150 will be.available for public distribution by the end of June, 1989; and j
- 2. The final version of NUREG-1150 will be submitted for Commission approval by December, 1990.
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- Commissioner Carr was not present.
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