ML20197B575

Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 861024

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5 SDf October 29, 1986 For: The Comissioners From: T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 24, 1986 A summary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.

Contents Enclosure Administration A Nuclear Reactor Ragulation B Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C Inspection and Enforcement D Nuclear Regulatory Research E General Counsel F*

International Programs G State Programs H*

Resource Management I i Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data J Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights K*

Regional Offices L*

CRGR Monthly Reports M*

4 Executive Director for Operations N*

Items Addressed by the Commission 0 Meeting Notices P Proprietary or Other Sensitive Information (Not for Q external distribution)

• No input this week.

/T. A. ,ehm, Assis or Operations 8610300328 861029 Office o xecutive Director PDR COMMS NRCC WEEKLYINFOREPT PDR for Operations

Contact:

T. A. Rehm, ED0 492-7781

HfGHLIGHTS OF WEEKLY INFORMAT10N REPORT WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 24, 1986

Seabrook. Unit 1 The Massachusetts Attorney General's office filed a written appeal on October 16, 1986 for stay of the board's decision to pennit license issuance to load fuel and perform precriticality testing. On October 17, 1986 the Appeal Board denied the stay on the basis that the State did not show certainty of success based on the merits of their argument. The State of Massachusetts will be allowed to appeal the Appeal Board decision and must inform the board by 3

00 p.m. October 17, 1986 and file by COB on Friday, October 24, 1986.

The Appeal Board's ruling to deny the stay permits NRR to issue the Seabrook license to load fuel and to do precriticality tests. The license was issued October 17, 1986.

All Chemical Isotope Enrichment. Inc.

The Commission has received a request for a license from All Chemical Isotope Enrichment, Inc. The license would permit the novel use of centrifugal machines, developed by the Department of Energy for enriching uranium, for the The Department separation of stable isotopes of non-radioactive elements.

strongly supports such use as consistent with the Atomic Energy Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. At present the NMSS staff and OGC are considering the appropriate licensing steps, including possible exemptions, which should apply to this unique request.

Control Room Radios An Order to Show Cause why radios or other similar electronic equip-ment used to provide background music in the control rooms of either Monticello or Prairie Island should not be removed was issued to the licensee on October 20, 1986. This action was deemed necessary because the NRC had recently learned such equipment had been returned to the control room of Monticello in response to an arbitrator's decision in a proceeding between the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Northern States Power Company. The licensee advised NRC on October 22, 1986 that the radio was removed upon receipt of the order.

The radio in the control room at Vermont Yankee was removed late on October 17, 1986 in response to the Regional Administrator's inquiry.

FY 1987 Budget On Saturday, October 18, 1986, the President signed P.L.99-500, making continuing appropriations for FY 1987. The NRC received funding of $401 million. The Office of Management and Budget has just approved the apportionment of these funds to the NRC.

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Week Ending October 24, 1986 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FREEDOM 0F INFORMATION ACT STATUS OF REQUESTS Initial Appeal of Request Initial Decision Carryovers,1985 181 15 Received, 1986 763 205 Granted 570 84 Denied 179 66 Pending 195 70 ACTIONS THIS WEEK Received Paul Lafyatis, Requests a listing of all reported iodine releases in Nuclear Region IV from non-nucle:ar sources for the time period Consulting 1975 to the present and a listing of all licensees for Services, Inc. radioactive fodine.

(86-747)

Charles Hobbie Requests copies of three categories of records regarding (86-748) NRC's personnel positions which are (1) designated special sensitive, critical t,ensitive, or noncritical sensitive under FPM Chapter 731, (2) designated as sensitive in accordance with Executive Order (E0) No. 10450, and (3) granted access or may be granted access to classified information under Section 4 of E012356.

Arnold Feldman, Requests copies of all records from June 1,1983, through Ballen, Keiser, December 31, 1984, regarding improvements or corrections to Gertel, Feldman and shut down times of the computerized turnstile gates at

& Agre the Salem I and II nuclear power plants.

(86-749)

Steven Sholly, Requests copies of seven categories of records related to MHB Technical containment event trees for Peach Bottom, LaSalle, Grand Associates Gulf, Surry, Sequoyah, and Zion nuclear power plants which (86-750) will be covered in NUREG-1150.

Steven Sholly, Requests copies of six categories of records related to the MHB Technical accident sequence evaluation program activities for Peach Associates Bottom, LaSalle, Grand Gulf, Surry, Sequoyah, and Zion (86-751) nuclear power plants which will be covered in NUREG-ll50.

CONTAC1: Donnie H. Grimsley 492-7211 OCTOBER 24, 1986 ENCLOSURE A

2 Received, Cont'd Kristine Albrecht, Requests copies of inspection reports and other records Food Irradiation regarding low-level contamination of the Status 4 Response Atlantic Richfield Company irradictor.

(86-752)

Stephen Letourneau, Requests a copy of EPRI-NP-2611, Volume 2, referenced Service for in NUREG/CR-4400.

Evaluating Re ulator Changes 86-75 David Colapinto, Requests all agency procedures and policies pertaining Government to the exemption of F0IA requests under F0IA exemptions, Accountability including internal F0IA procedure manuals.

Project (86-754)

Cindee Virostek, Requests completed NRC Forms 173 that pertain to B&W Kiski Valley facilities in Apollo and Parks Township, Pennsylvania.

Coalition (86-755)

Diane Curran, Requests records that relate to the cadweld problem Harmon & Weiss referred to in paragraph 8 of the October 8,1986 letter (86-756) from S. Long of NRC to R. Harrison of the utility regarding the Seabrook nuclear power plant.

Diane Curran, Requests four categories of records related to conflict of Harmon & Weiss interest regulations regarding former Commissioner (86-757) Hendrie's activities with respect to the Seabrook nuclear power plant.

Fabian Palomino, Requests a copy of the LILC0 audit report on the training Richard Zahnleuter, and qualifications of Shoreham personnel discussed Special Counsel in inspection report 50-322/86-10.

to the Governor of New York (86-758)

Thomas Cherewick, Requests a copy of an internal memo defining the word Therapeutic " supervision" as it relates the use of Group VI sealed Radiology, P.S.C. sources at St. Vincent Hospital.

(86-759)

Stephanie Murphy, Requests nine categories of records regarding the physical Nuclear Information independence of electrical cables at the Shearon Harris and Resource power plant.

Service (86-760) l Daniel Bonanni, Requests information concerning the U.S. Radium Corporation State of New in West Orange, New Jersey.

Jersey, Department

! of Environmental Protection (86-761)

OCTOBER 24, 1986 ENCLOSURE A

3 Received, Cont'd Steven Sholly, Requests three categories of records regarding certain MHB Technical aspects of NUREG-ll50.

Associates (86-762)

Steven Sholly, Requests a copy of (1) "U.S. Factual Report on Chernobyl,"

MHB Technical (2) records related to the occurrence of a steam Associates explosion during the Chernobyl accident, and (3) records (86-763) of NRC-sponsored severe accident code similations of the Chernobyl accident.

Billie P. Garde, APPEAL TO THE EDO for the lack of response to a request Government for records regarding NUREG-0797, Supplemental Safety Accountability Evaluation Report No. 13, issued June 9, 1986.

Project (86-A-198-86-657)

Billie P. Garde, APPEAL TO THE ED0 for the release of four records denied Government in their entirety and four records denied in part regarding Accountability a request for records related to NRC reviews, inspections, Project and evaluations of the Fermi 2 Health Physics Department, (86-A-199-86-373) from January 1984 to the present.

Billie P. Garde, APPEAL TO THE ED0 for the release of the denied portions of Government four records regarding a request for records generated Accountability in connection with OI investigation 4-84-039.

Project (86-A-200-86-379)

Billie P. Garde, APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION for the release of one record Government denied in its entirety and one record denied in part Accountability regarding a request for records related to completed Project reports by 0I regarding the Waterford Steam Electric (86-A-201-86-211) Station.

Billie P. Garde, APPEAL TO THE E00 for the release of one record denied Government in part regarding a request for records related to an Accountability Inspection at the Comanche Peak plant conducted Project August 26-29, 1985, and a November 5, 1985, discussion (86-A-202-86-132) of the inspection findings.

Billie P. Garde, APPEAL TO THE EDO for the release of 18 denied records Government in NRC's response dated October 3, 1986, regarding Accountability requests for records related the evaluation of ISAP's Project concerning the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant.

(86-A-203-86-272)

(86-A-204-86-454)

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4 Received, Cont'd Billie P. Garde, APPEAL TO THE EDO for the release of nine records denied Government in part in NRC's October 3, 1986 response regarding a Accountability request for records generated in connection with all NRC Project data on drug investigations at the Comanche Peak nuclear (86-A-205-86-383) power plant.

Granted (NRCemployee) In response to a request for records regarding a (86-509) specified OIA investigation, made available three records.

Jack deSimone In response to a request for records maintained on former (86-666) Congressman Frederick Richmond, made available 12 records.

Informed the requester that two additional records subject to this request are already available at the PDR.

Beatrice Trapasso, In response to a request for records relating to a Nuclear June 12, 1986 letter from Victor Stello to J. L. Everett Information and of the Philadelphia Electric Company regarding the Peach Resource Service Bottom nuclear power plant, made available six records.

(86-684) Informed the requester that n request are already available',ine at therecords PDR. subject to this Don Weinstein, In response to a request for copies of the applications World Time and any accompanying attachments for Licenses 31-12593-Corporation of 02E (Seiko) and 04-19004-02E (Citizen Watch), made America available the requested records.

(86-728)

Kay Inaba, In response to a request for a copy of a two-volume report XYZYX Information on maintenance performance data base by NRC regions, Corporation informed the requester that this report (NUREG-1212) is (86-732) already available at the PDR.

Vivian Matkivich, In response to a request for a list of licensees located Lewiston-Auburn within the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Water Pollution Authority in Maine, made available one record.

Control Authority (86-733)

Denied

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Billie P. Garde, In response to a request for all records generated or Government prepared by Victor Stello beginning with his appointment Accountability as Acting Executive Director, made available 59 records.

Project Informed the requester that additional records subject (86-53,54,55) to this request are already availale at the PDR. Denied 11 records in their entirety pursuant to Exemptions 5, 7A and 7D. Denied portions of 22 records pursuant to Exemptions 1, 5 and 6.

OCTOBER 24, 1986 ENCLOSURE A

5 Denied, Cont'd Stevi Stephens, In response to a request for copies of the back-up Nuclear documentation related to the special inspection of the Awareness Network Quality First Program conducted May 27-31, 1985, (86-340) regarding the Wolf Creek plant, including inspection report 50-482/85-28 and records generated subsequent to the inspection report, made available one record. Informed the requester that one record subject to this request is already available at the PDR. Denied 0I records in their entirety, disclosure of which would interfere with an enforcement proceeding.

Thomas Till, In response to a request for records pertaining to the Kastle Systems, specifications for the security systems for the White Inc. Flint North Building, made available 11 records. Denied (86-588) 22 records in their entirety and portions of six records which relate solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of the agency. Denied two records in their entirety consisting of advice, opinions, and recommendations of the staff concerning the security of the White Flint North Building.

Cindec Virostek, In response to a request for five categories of records Kiski Valley regarding the Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) facilities in Coalition Apollo and Parks Township, Pennsylvania, made available (86-628) three records. Denied portions of one record containing predecisional advice, opinions and recommendations of the staff to the Executive Director for Operations.

Informed the requester that the remaining portions of this record fall outside the scope of this request.

Billie P. Garde, In response to APPEALS TO THE COMMISSION for the release Government of denied records in NRC's August 12, 1986 response to Accountability requests for records generated or prepared by Victor Stello Project since his appointment as A,cting Executive Director for (86-A-166-86-263) Operations, made available three records. Denied (86-A-lr 86-80) portions of one record pursuant to Exemption 5. Continued (86-A-166-86-82) to deny five records in their entirety and the portions (86-A-169-86-126) of 27 records pursuant to Exemptions 2, 5 and 6.

(86-A-170-86-127)

(86-A-171 131 )

(86-A-172-86-166)

(86-A-173-86-201)

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OCTOBER 24, 1986 ENCLOSURE A 1

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DIVISION OF ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending October 24, 1986 Distribution of Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) Pamphli t Distribution of the FERS pamphlet was made to all NRC employees. This 24 page pamphlet contains basic information on the three elements of FERS: the Basic Benefit, Social Security, and the Savings Plan. The booklet is designed to give current employees a first introduction to FERS, and to give new employees basic information on their retirement benefits.

OCTOBER 24, 1986 ENCLOSURE A

WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT DIVISION OF CONTRACTS WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 24, 1986 RFP ISSUED RFP No.: RS-ADM-86-372

Title:

" Selection of a Primary Interexchange Carrier"

Description:

Contractor shall provide Direct-Distance Dialed Inter-Lata and International Voice and Data Communication Services (Long Distance Service).

Period of Performance: Five years Sponsor: Office of Administration Status: Closing date has been extended to November 6, 1986.

PROPOSAL UNDER EVALUATION RFP No.: RS-ADM-87-171

Title:

" Commercial Facilities Management of One White Flint North"

Description:

The contractor shall provide all management, supervision, labor, materials, supplies and equipment for the operation of One White Flint North, a Government-owned building.

Period of Performance: One year with four one-year options to extend.

Sponsor: Office of Administration Status: Best and Final offers received and forwarded to Source Evaluation Panel for review on October 17, 1986.

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER As reported in the Weekly Information Report for the week ending August 1, 1986, an offeror under Solicitation No. RS-0RM-86-264 for ADP systems development in support of the Corporate Data Network (CDN) filed a notice of appeal with the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA). The appeal sought a reversal of a SBA Regional Office determination which found the firm to be other than small and consequently ineligible for award under this competitive requirement. On October 16, 1986, OHA advised the Contracting Officer that the original decision had been upheld, which excludes the offeror's proposal from further consideration under this acquisition.

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0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION l ITEMS OF INTEREST l

Week Ending October 24, 1986 Cooper Nuclear Station On October 14, 1986, Nebraska Public Power District notified members of the staff by telecon that cracked cylinder heads have been found in the Number 2 Diesel. The facility is shutdown for a refueling outage. The diesel generator was undergoing an annual inspection. The analyzer indicated possible problems in three cylinders of the Cooper Bessemer KSV-16-T diesel engine. The cylinders were borescoped, however, due to the limited view, it was decided to remove the three heads for inspection. Cracks were present in all three. It was then decided to remove the r.emaining thirteen cylinder heads for inspection.

Additional heads were found cracked. (At least ten heads are cracked.) The engine vendor plans to hydrostatically test the cylinder heads and return to service those that do not leak. The others will be repaired or replaced.

Seabrook Unit 1 The Massachusetts Attorney General's office filed a written appeal on October 16, 1986 for stay of the board's decision to permit license issuance to load fuel and perform precriticality testing. On October 17, 1986 the Appeal Board denied the stay on the basis that the State did not show certainty of success based on the merits of their argument. The State of Massachusetts will be allowed to appeal the Appeal Board decision and must inform the board by 3:00 p.m. October 17, 1986 and file by COB on Friday, October 24, 1986.

The Appeal Board's ruling to deny the stay permits NRR to issue the Seabrook i license to load fuel and to do precriticality te ts. The license was issued October 17, 1986.

Clinton Power Station On October 21, 1986 at 6:05 P.M., Illinois Power Company completed the loading of all 624 fuel assemblies into the core of Clinton. Three significant events associated with fuel loading procedure errors have occurred. Two of these events were related to misloaded fuel bundles and a third was related to a missed sub-criticality surveillance following completion of loading of one of the fuel cells. The staff has schedule a meeting with the licensee to discuss these events.

Palo Verde Unit 1 1

On October 22, 1986 Arizona Power & Light informed the staff that the "B" charging pump on Palo Verde Unit I has developed a through-wall crack in a cylinder wall after 9469 hours0.11 days <br />2.63 hours <br />0.0157 weeks <br />0.0036 months <br /> of operation. Unit 1 is currently operating at 100% power and is not in an Action Statement since the other 2 charging pumps are operable. The licersee will replace that cracked block with an available spare and expects to complete the repair in about one week.

Cause of failure is under investigation by the licensee. Because of similar failures experienced by the industry, the licensee has on order an improved block design to eventually replace the current design.

OCTOBER 24, 1986 ENCLOSURE B

NRC TMI-2 CLEANUP PROJECT DIRECTORATE WEEKLY STATUS REPORT FOR OCTOBER 20 - 26, 1986

1. DEFUELING

- The core drilling rig successfully drilled a test pattern of 19 holes through the crust at the top of the remaining core material.

The loose material fro. the drilling operation was readily removed -

from the test area usinq existing tooling (i.e., heavy duty spade bucket). A drilling test on intact fuel 6

area has been started (3 of the 19 holes) pins in the test Production pattern drilling near the core center line has also begun.

Startup(and test ionoperations continue onofthe theDefueling WaterinCleanup System DWCS) exchange system. Use ion exchangers 4 conjunction with the DWCS filters will aid in maintaining reactor '

coolant system water clarity and will reduce the activity levels of the coolant.

2. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sample analysis results show that TMI site liquid effluents are in accordance with regulatory limits, NRC requirements, and The City of Lancaster Agreement.

- The Lancaster water sample taken at the water works river intake and analyzed by EPA consisted of a seven day composite sample taken October 5 - 11, 1986. A gamma scan detected no reactor related activity.

- TMI water samples taken by EPA at the plant discharge (includes Units 1 and 2) to the river consisted of seven daily composite samples taken from October 4 - 11, 1986. A gamma scan detected no reactor related activity.

' - The EPA analyses of the NRC outdoor air sample for the period i October 16- 23, 1986 showed that concentrations of Cs-137 and I-131 were below the lower limit of quantitative detection (LLD) for the system. The LLD varies around a value of IE-13 uCi/cc.

3. AUXILIARY AND FUEL HANDLING BUILDING ACTIVITIES

- Startup and test of the DWCS fon exchangers continues.

4. NRC EVALUATIONS IN PROGRESS

- Technical Specification Change Request numbers 49, 51, 52, and 54.

Recovery Operations Plan Change numbers 31 and 33.

- Solid Waste Facility Technical Evaluation Report.

Heavy Load Safety Evaluation Report, Revision 3.

- Disposal of Processed Water Report.

- SER for Use of Plasma Arc Cutting Torch.

5. MEETINGS The next meeting of the Advisory Panel is tentatively scheduled for December 10, 1986. At that meeting the licensee will give a presentation on their licensing submittal for the Post Defueling Plant Status. That submittal is scheduled for issue to the NRC staff in November.

OCTOBER 24, 1986 ENCL 0Supr n

Persons desiring to speak before the Advisory Panel are requested to contact Mr. Thomas Smithgall at 717-291-1042, or write him at 2122 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603.

- Dr. Travers will give a presentation on the status of the TMI-2 cleanup project to the NRC Region IV staff at the Resident Inspector Counterpart meeting in Arlington, Texas, on 0ctober 28, 1986.

OCTOBER 24, 1986 ENCLOSURE B

1 0FJICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending October 24, 1986 Babcock & Wilcox, Commercial Nuclear Fuel Plant (CNFP) Meeting Mr. R. A. Alto, Manager, Nuclear Fuel and Specialty Manufacturing, Babcock &

Wilcox, CNFP, and members of his staff met with Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch staff members on October 23, 1986, to discuss their planr.ed reorganization.

Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS)

The sludge samples collected from the Erwin municipal sewage treatment facility have been analyzed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (0RAU).

Preliminary results indicate that the U-234 concentrations range from 168 to 390 pCi/g and U-238 concentrations range from 1.5 to 4.1 pCi/g with uranium enrichment from 24 to 43 percer.t. Other isotopes such as Ra-226 and Th-230 will also be analyzed to determine background levels. The analysis from NFS also confirmed enriched uranium in the sludges. The staff is taking steps to require NFS to eliminate all sources of possible contamination from going to the sanitary sewer system with the exception of showers and commodes.

All Chemical Isotope Enrichment, Inc.

The Commission has received a request for a license from All Chemical Isotope Enrichment, Inc. The license would permit the novel use of centrifugal machines, developed by the Department of Energy for enriching uranium, for the separation of stable isotopes of non-radioactive elements. The Department strongly supports such use as consistent with the Atomic Energy Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. At present the NMSS staff and OGC are considering the appropriate licensing steps, including possible exemptions, which should apply to this unique request.

Advisory Group Meeting Dr. Nataraja, WMEG/WM, will be participating in the International Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development / Nuclear Energy Agency (DECD/NEA)

Advisory Group meeting on "In Situ Research and Investigations for Geologic Disposal" on October 28-29, 1986. Dr. Nataraja will be presenting a summary of NRC Generic Technical Positions on In Situ Testing during HLW Site Characterization. The OECD/NEA meeting will be held in Paris, France. Also, he will be visiting the Grimsel (Swiss) underground test facilities as part of thi< trip on October 31, 1986.

OCTOBER 24, 1986 ENCLOSURE C

Office of Inspection and Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending October 24, 1986

1. Items of Interest

a. Control Room Radios An Order to Show Cause why radios or other similar electronic equip-ment used to provide background music in the control rooms of either Monticello or Prairie Island should not be removed was issued to the licensee on October 20, 1986. This action was deemed necessary because the NRC had recently learned such equipment had been returned to the control room of Monticello in response to an arbitrator's decision in a proceeding between the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Northern States Power Company. The licensee advised NRC on October 22, 1986 that the radio was removed upon receipt of the order.

The radio in the control room at Vermont Yankee was removed late on October 17, 1986 in response to the Regional Administrator's inquiry.

b. Civil Penalties Paid (1) Mercy Hospital (Wilkes-Barre, PA) in the amount of $5,000 based on the failure to report a misadministration and material false statement. (EA 86-40)

(2) South Carolina Electric and Gas (Summer) in the amount of

$50,000 based on incorrect breaker alignment resulting in one of two inoperable component cooling water and service water loops. (EA 86-45)

(3) South Carolina Electric and Gas (Summer) in the amount of

$50,000 based on violations involving the inoperability of charging pumps under loss of offsite power followed by a safety injection signal and the inoperability of charging pumps because of mispositioning of a control switch and electrical interlock under certain conditions. (EA 86-126)

2. The following Significant Enforcement Actions were taken during the past week:

a. An Order to Show Cause was issued to Northern States Power (Monti-cello and Prairie Island). This action was based on a prior communi-cation with the E00 in August 1986 regarding the use of radios in the Monticello Control Room. (EN 86-79)

b. A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties was issued to Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Rancho Seco) in the amount of $375,000. This action was based on violatfons identified as a result of the Loss of DC Power to the Integrated Control System Event of December 26, 1986. (EN-86-53A)

OCTOBER 24, 1986 ENCLOSURE D

c. A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty was issued to Florida Power Corporation (Crystal River) in the amount of

$80,000. This action is based on deficiencies in the management of the training of licensed operators. (EN 86-80)

4. The following IE Information Notices and Bulletins were issued during the past week:

None.

3. The following IE Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week:

a. PNS-86-19, Duquesne Light Company (Beaver Valley 1), Change in Security Force Contractor.

b. PNS-I-86-20, Philadelphia Electric Company (Peach Bottom), Potential Tampering Event.

c. PN0-I-86-84, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Indian Point 2), Unplanned Shutdown in Excess of 48 Hours.

d. PNO-I-86-85, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation (Vermont Yankee), Transportation Accident - Vermont Yankee.

e. PN0-I-86-86, Henry Haywood Hospital (Gardner, MA), Accidental Incineration of Radicactive Material.

f. PNO-I-86-86A, Henry Haywood Hospital (Gardner, MA), Accidental Incineration of Radioactive Material (Update).

g. PN0-I-86-87, Pennsylvania Power and Light (Susquehanna), Radwaste Spill.

h. PNO-I-86-88, Pennsylvania Power and Light (Susquehanna), Steam Release in the RHR Pump Room.

i. PNO-II-86-78, Duke Power Company (0conee), Hydrazine Spill Inside Turbine Building.

j. PNO-II-86-79, Georgia Power Company (Hatch), Temporary Evacuation of Unit 2 Reactor Building,

k. PNO-III-86-116, Iowa Electric Light and Power Company (Duane Arnold),

Control Room Ventilation System Inoperable.

1. PNO-II-86-75A, Tennessee Valley Authority (Browns Ferry), Loss of Special Nuclear Material (Fission Detectors) - Update.

m. PN0-II-86-76, Duke Power Company (McGuire), Failure of Some Emergency Sirens During Exercise.

n. PN0-II-86-77, Alabama Highway Department (Winfield, AL), Stolen Radioactive Soil Density Gauge.

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o. PNO-III-86-117, Commonwealth Edison Company (Braidwood 1), Issuance of Operating License.

p. PN0-IV-86-32, Arkansas Power and Light (ANO-1), High Fressure Injection Nozzle External Surface Damage Due to Boric Acid Corrosion.

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OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH Items of Interest Week Ending October 24, 1986 ROSA-IV NRC has a cooperative agreement with the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) to obtain data from the ROSA-IV Large Scale Test Facility (LSTF), the largest thermal hydraulic test loop (i.e.,1/48 scale) in the world for investigating small break loss-of-coolant accidents (SBLOCAs) and operational transients, in exchange for instrumentation and computer codes. The 6th JAERI-USNRC ROSA-IV Program Review Meeting will be held on October 31 and November 3, 1986, in Room 019 of the Nicholson Lane Building, Rockville, Maryland. The objectives of the ROSA-IV meeting are: (1) to review the status of the ROSA-IV program, (2) to make recomendation on the proposed FY87 ROSA-IV test matrix, (3) to discuss future analysis work, (4) to discuss the test results obtained from the LSTF facility, and (5) to discuss TRAC and RELAP5 assessment work.

For the past several months, JAERI has conducted several small-break LOCA tests. On October 1, 1986, a Semiscale S-LH-1 ccunterpart test was conducted in the ROSA-IV LSTF Facility. The test, which is designated as SB-CL-10, also exhibited the core level depression, core heatup, and liquid holdup phenomena previously observed in the S-LH-1 test. Thus, these phenomena apparently were not unique to the small-scale Semiscale facility. One finding which has regulatory significance is that the core heatup in both cases was not serious.

The heater rod temperature rose during the core uncovery period, but imediately turned around when the loop seal cleared and downcomer water flooded through the core. The SB-CL-10 data will soon be available for assessing the TRAC code. The counterpart PWR analysis dealing with the cora level depression and core heatup issue will be performed in FY 87.

NUREG on Occupational Radiation Exposure Data for 1984 Published Volume 6 of NUREG-0713, " Occupational Radiation Exposure at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Facilities, 1984," has been published and is being widely distributed to both domestic and foreign organizations. The report sumarizes the exposure information that was reported by six categories of NRC licensees and was computerized in the Comission's Radiation Exposure Infor-mation Reporting Sy6 tem (REIRS). For 1984, the report indicates that 193,200 individuals were monitored by six categories of licensees. These individuals incurred a collective dose of 59,400 person-rems and received an average dose per individual of 0.30 rem. At nuclear power plants, the average dose per individual was 0.37 rem and the average dose received by workers who received a measurable (non-zero) dose was 0.59 rem. Information is presented for each nuclear power plant and for other types of facilities for 1984 and prior years, back to 1973, to assist in the analysis of trends.

OCTOBED 24. 1996 ENCLOSURE E

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RES RULEMAKING ACTIVITIES Emergency Core Cooling Systems; Revisions to Acceptance Criteria (Part 50)

(Appendix K)

The proposed rule would amend regulations concerning acceptance criteria for emergency core cooling systems (ECCS) by changing the methods used to demonstrate that an ECCS would protect the nuclear reactor core during a loss-of-coolant accident. Because the proposed rule represents a significant change in a regulatory requirement, the staff is currently preparing a summary of ECCS research performed over the last 10 years which will serve as the technical basis for the proposed rule and a regulatory guide which will provide definition of what constitutes an acceptable best estimate model and acceptable methods of performing the uncertainty evaluation.

On October 16, 1986, the CRGR approved a proposed revision to the ECCS Rule contained in Appendix K and 10 CFR 50.46 of Part 50 and forwarded it to the ED0 for his signature. The rule revision package, which is in the form of a Commission paper, includes the proposed rule wording, a regulatory analysis, an environmental impact statement and a regulatory guide.

Improved Personnel Dosimeter Processing (Part 20)

The rulemaking would amend 10 CFR Part 20 to require performance standards for the processing of dosimeters. Present NRC regulations require NRC licensees to provide personnel monitoring equipment (dosimeters) to certain workers, but provides no standards for processina those dosimeters. The rule will require all NRC licensees to have their personnel dosimeters that require processing processed by a dosimetry service that is accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) operated by the National Bureau of Standards.

The CRGR reviewed this rulemaking on October 16, 1986, and its consensus was that RES should proceed with the final rule. The rulemaking package will now be forwarded to the ED0 for consideration.

OCTOBER 24, 1986 ENCLOSURE E

ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 24, 1986 Annual Report of the Action Plan Working Group The staff has received the Annual Report of the Action Plan Working Group, the interagency coordination group for U.S. activities in support of the IAEA's safeguards system. The report reviews the scope of U.S.

support activities, the progress made on them this year, and their remaining problems. It also illustrates the effectiveness of the support activities by linking them to improvements actually achieved by the IAEA over the last year. These improvements include significant increases in attainment of inspection goals and in the efficiency and effectiveness of the Agency's use of its safeauards inspectorate. The report is available from IP staff.

_ Foreign Visitors On Tuesday Mr. Jacques Verlaeken of Vincotte, the Belgian organization which performs all nuclear safety-related work for the Belgian government, visited NRC. Discussions were held with IE on U.S.

inspection practices and evaluations and with AE00 on some insights on equipment performance which Vincotte has gained from examining AE00 data provided to them earlier this year.

On Thursday Dr. Leopold Weil of the West German Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, who had accompanied Dr. Birkhofer to the Racine, Wisconsin ACRS meeting, visited NRC briefly for follow-up discussions with NRR and RES on issues raised during his September 8-10, 1986 visit to NRC.

On Friday Dr. Adolf Birkhofer, Chairman of the FRG's Reactor Safety Commission and the FRG's senior representative on the NEA's Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations and the IAEA's International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group, met with the Chairman, Commissioners Bernthal and Carr, the EDO, E. Beckjord and D. Ross of RES, H. Denton of NRR, and J. Shea and R. Hauber of IP to discuss the international coordination of research activities, CSNI staffing, the use of vented filtered containments, and the implications of the Chernobyl accident in both the U.S. and West Germany. He was accompanied by Dr. Armin Jahns of the Reactor Safety Institute (GRS) and Dr. Heinz Seipel of the FRG Embassy.

On Friday Dr. Samuel Harbison, Head of the PWR Division of the UK's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, and Mr. Forbes Campbell of his Division met with representatives of EDO, NRP,, and RES to discuss safety goals, PWR licensing, LWR safety research, probabilistic safety assessments, and the impact of the Chernobyl accident on regulatory policies. Prior to their visit to NRC, Messrs. Harbison and Campbell toured the Callaway nuclear plant with a representative from NRC's Region III office.

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0FFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA ITEMS OF INTEREST Week Ending October 24, 1986

1. AE0D issued an Engineering Evaluation report on " Seismic Anchors for Electrical and Control Panels." The report deals with recent Licensee Event Reports (LERs) that characterize inadequacies in the seismic anchorage of electrical and control equipment at older operating plants.

As such, it provides supportive bases for the proposed resolution of USI A-46, " Seismic Qualification of Equipment in Operating Nuclear Power Plants." The principal suggestions made in the AE0D report include (1) issuance of an updated Information Notice to characterize the continuing deficiencies in seismic anchorage of critical safety equipment; (2) reconsidering the limitation of the application of the resolution of USI A-46 to 70 older plants since the deficiencies identified in the LERs and in recent NRC inspections are caused by construction / quality assurance deficiencies and not design, and (3) preliminary walk-through reinspections to identify gross deficiencies, as indicated by the LERs, before the detailed reinspections and engineering analyses are conducted.

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ITEMS ADDRESSED BY THE COMf1ISSION - WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 24, 1986 A. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON STATUS OF FORT ST. VRAIN, 10:00 A.M., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1986, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D.C. 0FFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - Memo SECY to V. Stello dated 10/23/86 The Commission

• was briefed by the licensee and the staff on the status of Fort St. Vrain nuclear power plant.

Presentations by the licensee were made by the following:

- Richard Walker Chairman of the Board Public Service Company of Colorado

- Robert O. Williams, Vice President Nuclear There were no requirements placed on the staff.

The Commission, however, emphasized that it expects the staff to maintain a strong oversight on the licensee's progress, and when ready, inform the Commission that they are satisfied that the plant and the licensee are ready for restart and the basis for this finding.

• Commissioner Roberts was not present.

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$ DATE/ TIME NUMBER LOCATION PURPOSE ATTENDEES NRR CONTACT 10/27/86 50-289 Room P-114 Pre-appeal meeting to discuss NRC/GPU T. Ross t

, 10:00 a.m. Phillips Building IST (Second 10-year Interval)

] Program relief requests previously denied by the staff l 10/27/86 50-267 NRC Office-Rgn. IV Discuss schedule for formal NRC/PSC K. L. Heitner 12:30 p.m. Arlington, TX inspection of Fort St. Vrain i

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• i 50-315 10/27-29/86 Shutdown Procedure To walkdown and review procedures NRC/IMEC D. L. Wigginton i 8:00 a.m. 50-316 D.C. Cook Plant to safely shutdown either Unit l 10/28/86 Tech Spec Upgrade should a fire occur in the control

D.C. Cook Site room or cable vault area 10/27-31/86 50-267 Fort St. Vrain Site Discuss the technical specifica- NRC/PSC K. L. Heitner 8:00 a.m. Platteville, C0 tion upgrade program with public service company of Colorado 10/30/86 50-353 Room 6507 Continuation of licensee discus- NRC/PECo R. E. Martin l 9:00 a.m. MNBB sion with the staff on the use of j ASME Code Cases N-411 i

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11/2-9/86 70-1257 Richland, To participate in TI2600 Reps 'of NMSS, Bidinger  ;

WA inspection. (Exxon Nuclear Corp.) Exxon Nuclear, and Region V 11/6/86 72 '1 Willste To discuss a proposal for spent fuel J. Roberts (FC) Roberts i 9:00 a.m. Building rod consolidation at the General Reps of GE-Morris

Electric Morris Operation.

11/6/86 71-9001 Willste Meeting with General Electric to Reps fm NMSS and Odegaarden 1:00-3:00 p.m. Building discuss IF-300 package. General Electric '

Division of Waste Management 10/28-29 Paris, France Presentation of summarization M. Nataraja N/A of NRC's Generic Technical Position on In Situ Testing 10/31 Grimsel, Switzerland Visit to the Grimsel Swiss Test M. Nataraja N/A Facilitites 10/28-29 , Austin, TX Meeting of state and compact R. MacDougall N/A officials responsible for new low-Tevel waste disposal site 9 , development i

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U.S. and Canadian WBBrown governments. WBartels 11/8-21 Vienna, Austria IAEA Safeguards W.B. Brown Brown Symposium on SGs KSanders,ACDA technology and CKessler, DOS TSCC/IAEA P0TAS WBartels, DOE review meeting. LGreen, BNL TSherr, USMission P. Tempus, DBG l HKurihara, IAEA i RParsick, IAEA -

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