NUREG/CR-1620, Submits Items of Interest.We Thompson & WR Pearson Met on 870312 to Review Drafts of Portions of Table S-3 Narrative Explanation of 10CFR51 & Deadline for Request for Proposal for Project to Update NUREG/CR-1620 Was 870317

Submits Items of Interest.We Thompson & WR Pearson Met on 870312 to Review Drafts of Portions of Table S-3 Narrative Explanation of 10CFR51 & Deadline for Request for Proposal for Project to Update NUREG/CR-1620 Was 870317

ML20204F674
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Site:	07001100
Issue date:	03/19/1987
From:	Crow W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Thompson H NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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RTR-NUREG-CR-1620 NUDOCS 8703260237
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g 10-000 e ER 191987 MEMORANDUM FOR: Hugh L. Thompson, Jr., Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards THRU: Richard E. Cunningham, Director Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety FROM: W. T. Crow, Acting Chief Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch

SUBJECT:

ITEMS OF INTEREST NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF TABLE S-3 0F 10 CFR PART 51 W. E. Thompson (NMSS) and W. R. Pearson (RES) met on March 12, 1987, to review drafts of portions of the Table S-3 narrative explanation and to discuss plans for revising the remaining portions of the narrative. In revising the explana-tion of the values given in Table S-3, more emphasis will be placed on describing how the estimates were developed and on discussing the sensitivity of estimates to changes in assumptions or other parameters, including higher burnup. In the discussion of population dose cemnitments and potential health effects, a com-parison of the health effects of the uranium fuel cycle with those of the coal fuel cycle will be introduced to support the conclusion that the environmental impacts of the uranium fuel cycle do not significantly increase the total impacts of producing electric power.

UPDATE OF NUREG/CR 1620 The request for proposal (RFP) deadline for a project to update NUREG/CR-1670,

" Survey of State and Tribal Emergency Response Capabilities to Respond to Radiological Transportation Incidents," was March 17, 1987, at 2:00 p.m. On March 19, 1987, a representative of the Division of Contracts will distribute technical proposals received prior to the deadline to members of the source evaluation panel for review and evaluation. Following completion of the l procurement process, the contract is tentatively scheduled for award in early

, June 1987, i COMBUSTION ENGINEERING (WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT FACILITY, DOCKET 70-1100)

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! Representatives of Combustion Engineering (CE) and NRC met on March 18, 1987, to discuss the CE revised application (submitted this date) requesting l authorization to base nuclear criticality safety on the maximum mist density L of water from a sprinkler system in a particular area of the facility. The f application will be reviewed to determine whether the NRC comments discussed in a February 19, 1987, meeting have been adequately addressed.

NIOSH STUDY OF NFS WORKER HEALTH EFFECTS The NRC has received an interin report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) describing the results of a pilot study on health effects experienced by workers at Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS). The pilot study consisted of a questionnaire given to male workers with at least twenty years of employment at NFS and to guards and security workers with no production experience. The ouestionnaire consisted of five questions about kidney disease, including kidney stones, kidney or bladder infections, blood or NO C

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- x i John G. Davis 2 MAR 191987 protein in the urine, and other kidney problems. Both production and non-prcduction workers reported more frequent kidney stones, urinary tract infections, and blood in the urine than.did the guards. The interim report recommends that a more definitive medical study be conducted to clarify the nature and probable cause of the kidney problems observed. NIOSH is currently planning to convene a peer review group to evaluate the findings and make recommendations for further action. NRC Region II is arranging for a briefing of NRC staff on the' pilot study by the NIOSH principal investigator.

STATUS OF HEARINGS

1. Sequoyah Fuels, Gore -Oklahoma, Comprehensive Waste Disposal Plan Sequoyah Fuels Corporation subnitted the Comprehensive Radiological Solid

-Waste Management Plan as required by. Source Material License No.

SUB-1010, Condition 21 on November 13, 1986. There has not been a schedule set for this proceeding. Several parties have filed their complaints in the case and Sequoyah Fuels Corporation will be responding to these. The Staff informed the Judge in January that they would not be a party to the proceeding.

2. Kerr-McGee, West Chicago, Illinois, Kress Creek Decontamination

'The ASLB decision dated June 19, 1986, dismissed the' Order to Shcw Cause issued to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation on March 2, 1984. On August 11, 1986, the staff filed an appeal with the ASLAB. The ASLAB ruled that they are deferring consideration of the staff's appeal at this time.

3. Kerr-McGee Rare Earths Facility, Decommissioning Plan, West Chicago, Illinois This hearing is being held in abeyance'pending the staff's completion of the supplement to the Environmental Impact Statement. The current schedule calls for issuance of the Draft Supplement in March 1987, and the Final in September 1987. The Board has indicated that they may resume a portion of

the Hearing after the Draft is issued.

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