ML19281C926
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 June 18, 1980 INFORMATION REPORT SECy_80 293 For:
The Comissioners From:
T. A. Rehm, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JUNE 13, 1980 A sum.ary of key events is included as a convenience to those Comissioners who may prefer a condensed version of this report.
Contents Enclosure Administration A
Nuclear Reactor Regulation B
Standards Development C
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D
Inspection and Enforcement E
Nuclear Regulatory Research F*
Executive Legal Director G*
International Programs H
State Programs I
Management and Program Analysis J
Controller K
Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data L*
Items Approved by the Comission M**
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ackground concentration in the vicinity of TMI to be in the 3
range of 20 and 40 pCi/m,
Instantaneous direct radiation readings showed an average level of 0.013 mrem /hr at the 18 monitoring stations.
The measurements are all attributed to naturally occurring radio-activity.
4.
NRC Environmental Data The West Screen House continuous air sample (HP-219) for the sampling period June 4 through June 11, 1980, has been delivered to the EPA Coordination Center for analysis.
The licensee provided the following monthly inventory of Kr-85 releases for 1F80:
January-80 Ci, February-80 C4, March-63 C1, April-Sv Ci, May-85 Ci, and June (to midnight of June 12) 27 Ci. Total-404 C1.
Results of the environmental TLD measurements for the period April 30 to May 29,1980, indicate no gamma levels above natural background.
Fifty-eight TLD's registered doses ranging from 0.11 mR/ day to 0.20 mR/ day.
Average dose was 0.16 mR/ day. These dose rates are consistent with natural background radiation in the TMI area.
5.
Radioactive Material and Radwaste Shipments Offsite were as follows:
On Monday, June 9,1980, a Unit 2 shipment of laundry was sent to Tri-State Industrial Laundries, Utica, New York.
(n Monday, Jane 9, 1980, a Unit 2 reactor coolant sample was sent to the Babcock and Wilcox facility, Lynchburg, Virginia, for chemical and radiochemical analyses.
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On Thursday, June 12,1980, a Unit 2 effluent sample from the reactor coolant resin column was sent to Science Applications Incorporated (SAI), Rockville, Maryland, for analysis.
On Thursday, June 12,1980, a Unit 2 EPICOR II effluent semple was sent to SAI, Rockville, Maryland, for analysis.
I" CLOSURE B
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3 On Thursday, June 12, 1980, a Unit 1 SRT-3 LSA dewatered resin liner (Type B) was shipped to Chem-Nuclear Systems Incorporated (CNSI), Barnwell, South Carolina.
On Thursday, June 12, 1980, a Unit 1 SRT-4 LSA dewatered resin liner (Type B) was shipped to CNSI, Barnwell, South Carolina.
On Tuesday, June 10, 1980, NRC Region V and Washington state inspectors examined a shipment of 128 drums of low-level waste that was received from Unit 2.
The inspection has revealed one ' rum had a broken locking ring and four drums had loose locki..g rings.
A contamination check indicated no significant radioactive contamination.
No health and safety problems were identified, however, based upon the identified inadequacies, the State of Washington banned Metropolitan Edison Company from use of the burial site until further notice.
The locking rings were fixed ano the drums have been placed into the disposal trench.
The licensee is taking corrective actions to improve the quality assurance program, modifying procedures, installing equipment, and improving training.
These measures are being taken to restore Metropolitan Edison's access to the disposal site.
6.
EPICOR II Processing Status:
(auxiliary building approximate quantities)
Amount processed this week:
None due to outage Amoent processed to date:
331,000 gallons Amount to be processed:
146,000 gallons Major Activities This Week 1.
Reactor Building Purge.
On June 12, 1980, the Commission authorized the licensee to remove Kr-85 from the reactor building by controlled purging to the atmosphere.
The Commission approval provided that purging may begin no sooner than June 22, 1980.
A copy of the Commission orders are attached as Appendix A and B.*
The order also provides for operation of a " fast" purge flow path to accelerate the rarging of the venting evolution.
The licensee estimates that the fast purge system could be operational by J0ly 11, 1980.
The actual start date of purging (slow process) depends on the completion of several major prerequisites.
These are:
calibration of effluent process monitors for Kr-85 prior to uncapping the plant (vent) stack; uncapping the stack for an elevated release point (auxiliary builaing supplemental ventilation system to be placed in a standby condition), correction of deficiencies noted during the functional test of hydrogen purge cleanup system; and successful completion of "cryrun" procedure utilizing maximum equipment operation without actual purging of the reactor building.
These actions are scheduled for completion during the week of June 16.
- Attachments omitted from Weekly Information Report.
B
4 The licensee has indicated that purging of the reactor building will begin on June 28, 1980.
In addition, a reactor building air sample for particulates was obtained on June 12, 1980, and the results are under review by the licensee ard TMI Program Office staff.
The onsite staff will be supplemented to provide 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> coverage of purge activities.
2.
Reactor Building Entry.
The licensee has evaluated all possible causes for the jammed inner door and has concluded a jammed safety lock solenoid pin (on reactor building side of the inner door) is the most probable cause.
The safety lock was probably activated as designed, during the accident, but never re-assumed its non-activated position due to a maifunction.
It is likely that corrosion eventually anchored the pin in the activated state.
Immediate plans i.,e to drill a hole approximately 3/4 inch in diameter on the inner door at the point where the pin is located maintaining containment integrity.
A prying device will then be used to force the pin down and out of the jammed position.
This evolution is scheduled during the week of June 16.
The associated procedure is currently under review by the TMI Program Office staff.
3.
EPICOR II Outage Status.
EPICOR II unscheduled outage continued throughout this week for system maintenance.
Approximately 60,000 gallons of processed waste water has been transferred from the EPICOR II processed water receiver tank to the TMI-2 condensate storage tank and all waste water in the two lower tanks of the Fuel Pool Waste Storage System (approximately 50,000 gallons) has been transferred to the TMI-2 reactor coolant bleed holdup tank "C" for subsequent processing.
Startup of the system is expected on Wednesday, June 18,' 1980.
4.
(Temocrary) Nuclear Sampling System (SNS). Operation of this system was delayed due to an administrative scheduling problem.
ENCLOSURE B
5 Meetings Attent)d with Public Officials and Interested Grcups 1.
On June 10, 1980, H. Denton, B. Snyder, and J. Collins attended a meeting held by the NRC Commissioners on the issue of purging the TMI-2 reactor building.
2.
On June 11, 1980, G. Sanborn addressed the Appleton Papers Management Club at 6:30 p.m. at Hardings Restaurant in Camp Hill.
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ENCLOSURE B
OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 13, 1980 1.
Working Group on Radiation Policy Council Agenda: On June 10, 1980 there was a meeting of the Working Group on the Agenda for the Radiation Policy Council.
Karl Goller and Hal Peterson of SD represented the NRC at this meeting. The principal discussion topics were the work plans developed by three task forces established by the Council on (1) occupational exposure, (2) natural radon levels, and (3) low-level waste disposal from medical and research institutions.
The task force on occupational exposure will focus on federal sgency authorities and approaches used for regulation of occupational radiation exposures (NRC, OSHA, and EPA authorities primarily). This examination will be directed toward identifying similarities and differences in the approaches used and the reliance upon dose limits, control of collective doses, and the implementation of the "as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA)" philosophy.
This analysis will then be used to develop a uniform approach to occupational radiation exposure control.
Robert Alexander of SD represents NRC on this task force.
The task force on natural radioactivity intends to focus their activities on the issue of radon in residences and commercial buildings. This issue is currently of special importance to HUD, EPA, and DOE.
It relates to energy conservation measures which could lead to increased buildup of indoor radon levels by restricting ventilation rates and leakage rates from buildings.
A possible impact on NRC-licensed activities would be the relationship between any recommended remedial action levels and indoor radon levels in buildings near (or on) uranium mill tailings.
Ralph Wilde of NMSS represents NRC on this task force.
The task force on low-level waste (LLW) disposal is focusing on problems faced by madical and research institutions in the lack of low-level waste disposal sites. The efforts of this task force will include examination of existing regulatory requirements for low-level radioactive waste disposal and long and short-term technologies that could be applied to alleviate the probl em. Changes in regulations that could reduce problems in LLW disposal will also be investigated.
Lidia Roche-Farmer of NMSS represents NRC.
All three task forces are scheduled to have reports submitted to the Radiation Policy Council by mid-August 1980 so that they can be incorporated into the Council's Annual Report to the President due by September 30 by the Executive Order (12194) that created the Council.
Also discussed was the possibility of regional meetings throughout the country to solicit additional public input on issues for Council consideration and on the three task force efforts discussed above.
These meetings would supplement the June lith meeting held in Washington, D.C. (see following item).
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Contact:
K. R. Goller (443-5991)]
ENCLOSURE C
. 2.
Radiation Policy Council Public Meeting: The Radiation Policy Council met on June 11, 1980, to obtain comments and suggestions from the public on specific issues that the Radiation Policy Council might address during the coming months and years. The Council expects to establish its long-term agenda in September 1980, relying on views from the public as well as recommendations from state and local governments, the Council's staff, and from Federal agencies belonging to the Council.
William Dircks, Acting EDO, and Karl Goller, $D, were NRC's representatives at this meeting.
Fifteen speakers representing medical, consumer, labor and nuclear utility groups addressed the Council.
All of the speakers had well-organized, detailed proposals for the Council's agenda.
Essentially, the medical groups asked that the hospital low-level waste disposal problem be solved expeditiously, that the Federal government fund radiation protection and medical physics training, and that there be Federal coordination of overlapping regulatory authorities.
The consumer groups asked for representation of consumers and labor on the Council, transfer of all occupational regulatory functions to OSHA and a comprehensive worker radiation exposure registry with free access by workers to their exposures histories.
The representative of labor (IBEW) asked that 10 CFR Part 20 be left alone, that the 5(N-18) rule be retained and that ICRP No. 26 not be adopted by NRC.
The nuclear utility groups asked that the present occupational and environmental standards be retained, that risk assessments for low-levels of ionizing radiation be recognized as conservative and that the federal government fund the training of radiation protection personnel.
A recurrent theme throughout the day's meeting was the need to educate the public on both the risks and benefits of ionizing radiation. Over a hundred people attended the meeting which was conducted without controversy.
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Contact:
E. Podolak (443-5860)]
3.
Publication of Final Rule on Labeling Requirements for Gas and Aerosol Detectors Smoke Detectors Containing Radioactive Material: On June 9,19d0, a final amendment to Part 32 was published in the Federal Register under the signature of the Acting Executive Director for Operations. The amendment provides new requirements for labeling of gas and aerosol detectors, including smoke detectors and also for labeling the boxes used in the retail sale of these detectors. The new requirements are intended to:(1) inform prospective purchasers and other persons that the detectors contain radioactive material, and (2) identify the radioactive material and quantity of activity in each detector.
The amendment will become effective January 1,1981
[
Contact:
Donovan Smith (443-5946)]
ENCLOSURE C
. Pu_blications to be Issued in the Near Future
Title:
Calibration and Error Limits of Air Sampling Instruments for Total Volume of Air Sampled (R.G. 8.25)
Expected Issuance Date: August 1980
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Description:==
The guide references a publication by ACGIH, Air Sampling Instruments for Evaluation of Atmospheric Contaminants, as providing acceptable methods for calibrating air volume and flow rate metering devices. The guide adds requirements for frequency of calibration, documentation and error limits for total volume determination.
Contact:
A. Roecklein (443-5970)
Title:
Applications of Bioassay for Fission and Activation Products Expected Issuance Date: August 1980 Descriotion:
This guide identifies the bases that will be used by the NRC staff in evaluating the need for incorporating in licenses provisions to require bioassay p*ograms for employees who may be subject to internal radiation exposure from the inhalation or ingestion of fission or neutron activation products.
Contact:
A. Brodsky (443-5970)
Publication to be Withdrawn in the Near Future Titl e:
Emergency Planning for Nuclear Power Plants Expected Withdrawal Date: June 1980 - The withdrawal date is contingent on Commission approval of the final emergency preparedness rule change for issue.
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Description:==
The subject regulatory guide does not reflect the upgraded emergency preparedness requirements for nuclear power reactors.
The information in NUREG-0654 and the emergency preparedness rule change will be used as a basis for the issuance of a new Regulatory Guide 1.101 when the revision work can be completed.
Contact:
Frank Lomax (443-5966)
ENCLOSURE C
OFFICE OF HUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS Items of Interest Week Ending June 13, 1980 MC&A Upgrade Rule Development A series of meetings were held between NRC staff members and personnel from Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. These meetings covered the value-impact analyses that are being performed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in support of the MC&A Upgrade Rule requirements development.
One of the topics discussed included how to measure the value of alternative response requirements being considered as part of the Upgrade Rule.
Reprocessing of Non-Power Reactor Fuel for Clandestine Purposes The DOE proposal of work for a study to determine the resources needed by a subnational group to reprocess non-power reactor fuel into a useable form has been received. The proposal was reviewed by NRC staff and is acceptable.
This study is being performed by the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory which will provide a draft final report by September 30, 1980.
Category II Material in Transit - Final Rule Comments have been received on the proposed rule to allow the NRC to delay the shipments of certain quantities of Category II shipments. This is to prevent the concurrent shipment of two or more quantities of SNM of moderate strategic significance that would exceed a formula amount.
Based upon these comments, a final rule will be forwarded for publication shortly.
International Training Course Participation Messrs. Partlow and Wirfs, Division of Safeguards, participated as members of the training staff for the International Training Course on Nuclear Materials Accountability and Control held at Santa Fe on May 27-June 6,1980.
Thirty students from 22 countries attended the course which was sponsored by DOE under the mandate of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act.
Pursuant to the NNPA, NRC staff also acted as consultants to the course.
Remote Safeguards Verification NMSS staff was briefed on June 3 by F. Prokowski (ACDA) and R. W. Griebe (Energy Incorporated) on the REC 0VER and TRANSEAVER programs for the remote continuous verification of sensor data for safeguards.
ENCLOSURE D
Items of Interest 2
NFS - West Valley On June 5, 1980, Mr. Richard E. Cunningham, FC Division Director, sent letters to the co-licensees for the shutdown West Valley fuel reprocessing facility. The co-licensees are the site operator, Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) and the site owner, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
In these letters, the staff noted that although the NRC is not a party to the lease and waste storage agreement that bind the co-licensees, the staff is aware that the site lease is due to ex-pire on December 31, 1980. For this reason, the staff requested that the co-licensees specifically inform us of any plans for renewing the lease or of any plans for obtaining a replacement site operator. The staff reminded the co-licensees that an amendment application for license transfer must be reviewed and approved by the NRC staff under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.80 prior to issuing an amendment to transfer the license to a new site operator.
Meeting with Members of the American Osteopatnic College of Radiology Members of the Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety met with representatives of the American Osteopathic College of Radiology (AOCR) on June 9, 1980.
The AOCR representatives are seeking to have NRC accept certification by the ostepathic specialty boards as evidence that a physician has adequate training and experience for the medical use of radioisotopes. The staff explained that this decision is made with the advice of NRC's Advisory Comnitee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI). The AOCR will submit the necessary information for review by ACMUI members and plans to make a pre-sentation to the ACMUI at its August 18, 1980 meeting.
The meeting with AOCR representatives was valuable in opening lines of communication with this group.
NRC Waste Management Technical Assistance to the State of ~ Kansas On May 30, 1980, the Waste Management Division sent to the State of Kansas a Health and Safety Assessment of the Rickano Corporation request for a license. Rickano Corporation has asked Kansas to grant them a license to operate a low-level, retrievable storage waste facility in a salt mine.
located in Lyons, Kansas.
Kansas asked the NRC to assist them in evaluating the request. The Health and Safety Assessment was based on a limited scope of waste, identified by NRC personell from correspondence received by Kansas from Rickano Corporation.
Based on this scope of waste, NRC determined that:
(a) they could not see any technical health and safety reasons why the facility could not be licensed and (b) that more information was needed to conduct an adequate environmental assessment.
ENCLOSURE D
4 Items of Interest 3
DES Issued for Bison Basin In-Situ Mine Project Based on the application and supporting information submitted by Ogle Petroleum, Inc., the Division of Waste Management (WMUR) of the NRC has issued a Draft Environmental Statement (DES) for the Bison Basin uranium mine project. Uranium will be extracted by in-situ methods from a forty acre ore body at the Bison Basin facility, located in south Frement County, Wyoming. The DES contains a discussion of alternatives to the project, description of the proposed project and the conditions under which the NRC will consider licensing the project.
ENCLOSURE D
0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Week Ending June 13, 1980 1.
The following Notification of Significant Enforcement Action was dispatched during the past week:
a.
EN-80-20 Carolina Power and Light Company (Brunswick Units 1 & 2) -
A Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $24,000 were issued to the subject licensee.
This action was based on six alleged items of noncompliance relating to an unmanitored, uncontrolled release of airborne radioactive material to the environment from the Brunswick facility.
2.
Preliminary Notifications relating to the following accions were dispatched during the past week:
a.
PNO-I-80-90 Peach Bottom Unit 2 - Possible Exposure in Excess of Regulatory Limits b.
PN0-II-80-102 Farley Unit 2 - Wildcat Walkout by Construction Workers c.
PN0-II-80-103 Robinson Unit 2 - Low-Level Fixed Contamination in Fossil Unit d.
PNO-II-80-104 & -104A St. Lucie Unit 1 - Reactor Trip and Cooldown on Natural Circulation e.
PN0-II-80-105 Farley Unit 1 - Steam Generator Tube Leak f.
PN0-II-80-106 Phipps Bend Unit 1 - Fire on Barge Transporting Unit l's Reactor Vessel and Shroud Head g.
PNO-III-80-111 & -111A Point Beach Units 1 & 2 - Breaker Lineup Error on ESF Buses h.
PNG-IV-80-22 Wolf Creek Unit 1 - Personnel Action of Construction Craftsmen and a QC Inspector 1.
PNO-V-80-48 San Onofre Unit 1 - Earthquake in Baja California on June 8, 1980 j.
PN0-V-80-49 Nuclear Engineering Company, Richland, Washington Burial Site - Banning of Radiac Research Corporation, Brooklyn, New York (State Licensee) for Radioactive Waste Shipments k.
PN0-V-80-50 Nuclear Engineering Company, Richland, Washington, Burial Site - Banning of Metropolitan Edison, Three Mile Island #2, Middletown, Pennsylvania (NRC Licensee) for Radioactive Waste Shipments 1.
PN0-TMI-80-34 Three Mile Island Unit 1 - Chlorine Release to the Atmosphere ENCLOSURE E
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The following IE Bulletin was issued:
a.
IE Bulletin 80-14, " Degradation of Scram Discharge Volume Capability,"
was issued on June 12, 1980 to all boiling water reactor facilities with an operating license.
4.
The following IE Information Notices were issued:
a.
IE Information Notice 80-26, " Evaluation of Contractor QA Programs,"
was issued on June 10, 1980 to all power reactor facilities with an operating license or construction permit.
b.
IE Information Notice 80-27, " Degradation of Reactor Coolant Pump Studs," was issued on June 11, 1980 to all pressurized water reactor facilities with an operating license or construction permit.
c.
IE Information Notice 80-28, " Prompt Reporting of Information in Accordance with 10 CFR 50.55(e)," was issued on June 13, 1980 to all holders of and applicants for a construction permit for nuclear power reactors.
4 ENCLOSURE E
ITEMS OF INTEREST OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL 7R0 GRAMS WEEK ENDING JUNE !3, 1980 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Protocol to Halden Research Agreement On June 10 the E00 signed a protocol amending the Halden Reactor Project Agreement.
The protocol provides the addition of the United Kingdom Central Electricity Generating Board as a new party to the agreement.
No other provisions of the agreement were affected by this action.
Cooperation with Argentina IP is preparing a Commission paper on a proposed NRC-Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission information exchange Arrangement.
It will be forwarded early next week.
Emergency Preparedness Discussions with the Canadians NRC's emergency planning and response discussions with the Canadians have now been confirmed for July 10 in Ottawa and July 11 in Toronto.
The four staff members who will represent NRC are being informed, as is FEMA, which has just designated its members - Harold Collins and James Thomas.
US-Korean JSCN0ET Preparatory Meeting The preparatory meeting of the Fourth US-Republic of Korea Joint Standing Committee on Nuclear and other Energy Technology was held June 10-11 at the Department of State for the purpose of discussing cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear and other energy technology.
J. Lafleur and A. Gore represented NRC at the meeting and discussed areas for future cooperation in nuclear safety.
Recent Appointments at the IAEA As noted in earlier State Department telegrams, IAEA Director General Eklund recently announced the following two senior appointments:
1.
Dr. Carlos Velez Ocon of Mexico to replace Mr. Helio Bittencourt of Brazil as Deputy Director General, Department of Technical Assistance and Publications.
Dr. Velez had served in a number of responsible positions with Mexico's national nuclear energy program from 1959 to the time of his IAEA appointment.
Most recently he had been head of the Nuclear Engineering Department in the Comision Federal de Electricidad.
2.
Mr. Syed Fareeduddin of India to replace Charles Millar of Canada as the Director of the Division of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Protection.
Since 1953, Mr. Fareeduddin had held various positions at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center, including the posit. ion of Director at the time of his IAEA appointment.
Foreign Visitors to NRC On Monday, Mr. Alec Higgins, Manager of Engineering Services and Operations of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC) Research Establishment, met with (1)
B. A. Boger of NRR/0LB to discuss research reactor operating prncedures and the training and licensing of operators, (2) J. R. Miller of NRR to discuss research reactor QA and the use of reduced enriched fuels in research reactors, and (3)
ENCLOSURE H Foreigf d sitors to NRC Cont'd C. E. Mac Donald and W. H. Lake of NMSS/FCTC to discuss the packaging and container requirements for the transportation of radioactive materials.
On Tuesday, Mr. Jose Luis Sanchez, Administrator-General Manager of the Spanish utility Nuclenor, met with J. R. Shea, IP Director, and staff representatives of IP to discuss need for export of fuel for the Santa Maria de Garona reactor,which is operated by Nu-clenor.
On Thursday, Mr. Sanchez returned for a courtesy call with Commissioner Kennedy.
On Wednesday, Mr. Ernesto Villareal, Director-General of the ColumbianInstitute for Nuclear Affairs (the central Columbian government agency dealing with nuclear activities),
met separately with Chairman Ahearne; Commissioners Kennedy and Hendrie, J. R..Shea, IP Directt. ; and J. D. Lafleur, Jr., IP Deputy Director, for safety discussions on the front end of the fuel cycle (especially uranium mining, milling and fabrication), and to discuss areas of cooperation.
On Friday, Mr. Per Unckel, a Member of the Swedish Parliament (Moderate Party) and Member of the Board of the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, met with Chairman Ahearne; Commissioners Kennedy and Hendrie; and J. D. Lafleur, Jr.,
IP Deputy Director, to discuss nuclear safety issues.
On Friday, Mr. Chang-Tang Chof, Manager of the Nuclear Power Planning Department of the Korean Electric Company, met with R. A. Purple, Deputy Of rector of the Ofvision of Licensing, NRR, to discuss post-TMI reactor iicensing in the U. S.
On Friday, Mr. Pf arre Tanguy, Director of the Institute for Nuclear Safety and Protection (IPSN) of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), met with (1)
C. H. Berlinger of NRR to discuss the analysis of LERs, (2) R. W. Houston of NRR to discuss class 9 accidents and licensing, (3) L. Soffer of NRR to discuss
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siting criteria, (4) W. D. Travers of NRR to discuss TMI-2 decontamination activities, (5) R. L. Tedesco of NRR to discuss the issuance of operating licenses and the implementation of THI-lessons learned, and W. J. Dircks, Acting EDO, and J. D. Lafleur, Jr., IP Deputy Director, to discuss the reorganiza-tion of PRC.
Foreign Reports The following foreign reports were received at IP during the period of June 2 to June 13.
The ** indicates the reports are in English.
For further infor-mation contact Maxine Johnson (492-7788) IP.
From Canada:
AECL-6691 - Design Requirements, Criteria and Methods for Seismic Qualification of CANDU Nuclear Power Plants **
From France:
DSN-350(e) - Interpretation of the Behavior of Aerosols Generated by a Sodium Pool Fire **
Teaching and Training for Foreign Students Within the CEA Group (October 1979)**
Operating Data for French Reactors (March 1980)
- Deleted from POR copy.
ENCLOSURE H
. Foreign Reports Cont'd From Italy:
Italian Developments on Certification Scheme for NDT Personnel **
Article No. 67 from Italian Regulatory Guide: Regulations and Measures Relating to the Limitation of Doses and Concentrations **
A Thermoluminescent Device for Radiation Dosimetry of the Environment Results of an Experimental Study of I-131 in the Po River Near the Caorso Nuclear Power Station Reducing Absorbed Doses at LWRs**
From Sweden:
Nuclear Energy Activity Report (1978/79)**
Swedish Nuclear News (May 1980)**
-- The Nuclear Referendum
-- Nuclear Power Safety From Switzerland Guideline R Conditioning, Packaging and Intermediate Stora'ge of Radioactive Waste From the U.K.
NRPB Radiological Protection Bulletin (May 1980)
NRPB Criteria Relating to the Approval of Consumer Goods Containing Radio-active Substances: A Consultative Document NRPB Doses in Radiation Accidents Investigated by Chromosome Aberration Analysis (A Review of Cases Investigated in 1979)
UKAEA Summary of the Law Relating to Atomic Energy and Radioactive Substances (March 1980)
- Deleted from POR copy.
ENCLOSURE H
OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS ITEMS OF INTEREST WEEK ENDING JUNE 13, 1980 State Agreements SP made final allocation of all funds under the 5500,000 grant authority of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 during the week of June 2.
Grants have been made to California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washing ton.
The Kansas radiation control program for agreement materials will be reviewed during the week of June 16.
The second training course for regulatory personnel of Agreement States with uranium mills will be given June 16-27, 1980 in Bethesda.
Program Development Dean Kunihiro, RSLO, Region V, attended a meeting on June 9 of the Region 9 RAC.
At this meeting the RAC completed its review of the Oregon State emergency plan.
The plan will now be revised and resubmitted; however, there do not appear to be any significant problem areas.
On June 10 Bob Trojanowski, RSLO, Region II met with the Region IV Regional Advisory Committee in a public meeting in Chattanooga to discuss the Tennessee emergency response plan and on June 11 he met with Tennessee State officials to discuss the State emergency plan.
ENCLOSURE I
4 0FFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS Items of Interest WEEK ENDING JUNE 13, 1980 Annual Report Five hundred advance copies sent to SECY and OCA for distribution to White House, Commissioners, Boards and appropriate Congressional Committees.
Remaining copies to be distributed following week.
Differing Professional Opinions Sent Commission-approved paper on policy and procedures to ADM for discussion with union.
ENCLOSURE J
Office of the Controller Items of Interest Week Ending June 13, 1980 FY 1980 Reprogramming Congressional approval has now been received from all Committees.
Financial plans and allotment changes are now being processed.
FY 1981 Budget The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to mark up Monday, June 16.
Enclosure K
ITEMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION - RECEIVED WEEK ENDING JUNE 13, 1980 A.
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION 80-27*, 2:45 P.M., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D. C. OFFICE OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE Memo Chilk to Dircks and Bickwit dated 6-9-80 I.
SECY-80-214 - Standards for the Content of Technical Specifications 1.
TheCompssion,byavoteof4-1E, with Chairman Ahearne dissenting in part
, approved publication of an Advanced Notice of Rulemaking which would invite public comments and recommendations regarding tie adoption of changes to the Commission's regulations pertaining to technical specifications for nuclear power reactors, subject to the following modifications:
(a) question 10 on page 7 of the Advance Notice of Rulemaking should read:
"10. Should the new category of requirements be physically attached to the license, or included in a separate document, for example, the FSAR?" and (b) the Advance Notice of Rulemaking should be clarified to indicate that changes in the process for improving or changing license conditions relating to environmental and antitrust matters are beyond the scope of the rulemaking.
(NRR) (SECY Suspense: 6/19/80) 2.
The Comission. also requested that:
(a) the appropriate Congressional Committees be informed of this action.
(NRR/0CA)
(SECYSuspense: 6/19/80)
(b) that during the public comment period the staff shrJld:
(1) address the question of the enforceability of the new system of " requirements", as raised in Duc. an 11 of the Advance Notice of Rulemaking, and (2) determine the resource requirements that my be required by adjudicatory hearings on the "backfitting" of technical specifications.
(NRR)(SECY Suspense: Results to'be provided to the Commission when the final Rule is submitted).
- See footnotes on page 2.
ENCLOSURE M
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SECY-80-231 - Cochran FOIA Appeals, 80-A-3, 80-A-4 1.
The Commission, by a vote of 5-0_/, granted in part Freedom 3
of Information Act appeals filed by Thomas B. Cochran, Natural Resources Defense Counsel, on February 12, 1980 for seven (7) documents relating to NRC's consideration of the licensing of the NFS-Erwin facility.
By this action, the Comission agreed to release document B-6 in its entirety, to release in part documents B-1, B-3, and B-5, and to withhold documents B-4 and B-7.
(OGC) (SECY Suspense: 6/9/80) 2.
The Comission also approved a proposed letter to Mr. Cochran informing him of the Commission's decision and enclosing the documents, or portions of documents, being released.
(OGC) (set,Y Suspense: 6/9/80) cc:
Commissioners Commission Staff Offices lf Section 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. 55841 provides that action of the Commission shall be determined by a " majority vote of the members present."
Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford were not present at this Affirmation Session, but had previously voted by notation with the majority.
Had Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford been present at the meeting they would have affirmed their prior votes.
Accordingly, the formal vote of the Commission was 2-1 in favor of the decision.
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Chairman Ahearne approved issuance of the Advance Notice of Rulemaking but did not agree with the two modifications in I(a) & (b) above.
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Section 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. %5841 provides chat action of the Commission shall be determined by a " majority vote of the members present."
Commissioner: iilinsky and Bradford were not present at this Affirmation Session, but had previously voted by notation with the majority.
Had Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford been present at the meeting they would have affirmed their prior vote.
Accordingly, the formal vote of the Commission was 3-0 in favor of the decision.
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STAFF REOUIREMENTS - DISCUSSION OF TMI VENTING (SEE SECY 80-132 and SECY 80-132Eh 10:15 A.M., THURSDAY, JUTTE 6,1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D. C. OFFICE OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE)
Memo to Dircks and Bickwit im Chilk dated 6-9-80)
The Comission discussed the staff's recomendations on their final environ-mental assessment for decontamination of the THI-2 reactor building atmosphere, and requested that a draft Comission Opinion be prepared supporting the staff's recomendation that controlled purging be authorized at TMI-2.
The Opinion should contain language to indicate whether NEPA requirements would best be satisfied by adopting a negative NEPA declaration or by using the staff's analysis in NUREG 0662 as the functional equivalent of an Environmental Impact statement.
Chairman Ahearne & Comissioner Kennedy also requested that the Opinion be prepared with alternate language on whether to eliminate or retain the requirement to stay within the quarterly averaged release rate limit of the TMI-2 technical sr 'ifications.
The requested drafts, which should reflect the views of individual Comissioners, should be prepar.d for Comission consideration at a further meeting on this subject schedvied for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, 1980.
(OGC)(SECYSuspense:
6/9/80)
C.
SECY 80-260 - ABNORMAL OCCURRENCE RECOMMENDATION - LOSS OF CONFINEMENT SYSTEM RESULTING IN PLUT0NIUM DEPOSITION IN AN EMPLOYEE AT BABC0CK & WILC0X, APOLLO, PA.
(COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM Memo Chilk to Dircks dated 6-9-80 This is to advise you that the Commissfon (with all Comissioners concurring) has approved the recomendation subject to modification as noted.
The FRN should be modified as follows:
Page 3, second paragraph, line 6, insert the word "it" between the words !'however," and "is".
MPA was notifi'ed of this action by telephone on Junc 9,1980.
D.
SECY-80-224 - EEOC/ DOL GUIDELINES FOR EMPLOYERS REGARDING LIMITS ON RULES THAT PREVENT PREGNANT WOMEN FROM DOING POTENTIALLY Q ZARDOUS WORK (COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM (Memo Chilk to Dircks dated 6-10-80 This is to advise you that the Commission (with four Comissioners concurring) has approved the dispatch of the proposed letter, subject to modification as attached.
Comissioner Gilinsky did not participate in this action.
The staff is requested to send the letter, modified as attached.
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SECY-80-229 ANNUAL REDETERMINATION OF AGREEMENT STATE ADEQUACY AND COMPATIBILITY FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1979 COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM (Memo Chilk to Dircks dated 6-10-80)
This is to advise you that the Commission (with four Commissioners approving) has approved the Annual Redetermination report, subject to modifications noted below. Comissioner Gilinsky abstained from this action.
The letter of transmittal (Appendix D) should be modified as follows:
Insert the following at the end of third paragraph:
"Significant program deficiencies were found in the California and Florida programs. The staff was unable to make a finding of adequacy for those two States at the time of our initial regular reviews.
Follow-up meetings were conducted in both California and Florida.
As a result of these meetings and subsequent correspondence, the staff notified these States in early 1980 that we now consider their programs to be adequate and compatible.
Additional details on the California and Florida reviews are provided in the enclosed report.
"During 1979 significant problems arose in three other Agreement States.
In Arizona, American Atomics Corporation, a manufacturer of tritium activated luminous signs and devices, was cited for excessive releases of tritium to the environment.
As a result of this incident, questions were raised concerning the ability of the Arizona Atomic Energy Comission to protect the public health and safety.
In New Mexicc, a tailings dam break occurred at the United Nuclear Corporation Church Rock mill.
This incident. raised questions concerning the adequacy of the State's mill licensing program.
In North Carolina, a State 1icensee, Finley Watts, was found to be burying radioactive material in violation of his license.
There was a great deal of public and media interest in these cases and questions were raised as to the adequacy of the States' actions in each case.
Each of these cases was considered in the overall evaluation of the adequacy of the State's program.
Details are provided in the enclosed report."
In appendix A, page 12, the discussion of the New Mexico agreement state program should be revised to indicate whether or not the licensing staff that made the recommendations for imediate action believe that the actions taken by the State of New Mexico were sufficient to protect the public health and safety.
The staff is requested to make the changes requested and provide a letter of transmittal for the Chairman's signature.
Separately from this report the staff is requested to:
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continue the efforts to develop a more objective and explainable appraisal method for determining adequacy and compatibility.
(The Comission notes the recent paper on this topic.)
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(Cont'd) 2.
explore the possibility of including people from other offices as part of an agreement state review team; 3.
prepare a report that summarizes the State efforts to implemer.t Section 274(0) evaluates those efforts against the " extent practicable" benchmark, and that recommenc's what if anything additional the Commission should do to ensure that States implement Section 274(0) during the interim before the 1981 deadline.
In connection with his abstention Commi::sf oner Gilinsky commented:
"At the time the NRC made the 1978 adequacy determination, the Commission committed itself to upgrading the criteria; yet, I find for the most part the same criteria were used in this evaluation.
I believe, as I have said before, we should develop and apply tougher criteria than we have in the past.
Furthermore, I reiterate my suggestion that the agreement state program activities be saparated from the state liaison function and placed in one of the principal line technical offices, either NMSS or IE.
The health and safety evaluations have got to have more technical supervision than they now receive."
The Office of State Programs was notified of this a< tion by telephone on June 10, 1980.
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STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRf*ATION SESSION 80-24*, 3:35 P.M., FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1980.
COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D. C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE)
Memo Chilk to Dircks, Dickwit and Hanrahan dated 6-10-80 I.
SECY-A-80-4A - Comission Review of ALAB-502 (In the Matter of Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation, Et Al.
(CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM)
The Commission, by a vote of 3-21/ (Chairman Ahearne and Commissioner Bradford dissenting):
1.
approved an Order affirming the Appeal Board's decision in ALAB-502.
Attached to the Order were the separate views of Commissioner Gilinsky; the separate views of Commissioners Kennedy and Hendrie; and the dissenting views of Chairman Ahearne, with which Commissioner Bradford concurs.
(0GC)
(The Secretary signed the Order on 5/29/80).
- See footnotes on page 7.
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UCS Petition Concernino Fire Protection and Environmental Qualifications The Commission by a vote of 5-0E:
1.
approved a Memorandum & Order concerning the Petition for Emergency and Remedial Relief initially filed by the Union of Concerned Scientists on November 4, 1977.
The " Separate Comments of Commissioners Hendrie and Kennedy on the Proposed New Regulation for Fire Protection Program for Nuclear Power Plants Operating Prior to January 1,1979" were attached to the Memorandum & Order.
(The Secretary signed the Memorandum & Order on May 23,1980.)
Within the text of the Memorandum & Order, the staff is requested to:
2.
prepare and implement additional technical specifications for all operating plants which codify the documentation requirement of the
" Guidelines for Evaluating Environmental Qualificat.on of Class IE Electrical Equipment in Operating Reactors" (DOR Guidelines, paragraph 8.0); (NRR)
(SECY Suspense: 7/15/80) 3.
institute a rulemaking on environmental qualification of safety-grade electrical equipment; (SD)
(SECY Suspense for Proposed Rule :.12/1/80) 4.
devise a system for checking the environmental qualification of electrical equipment in place in reactors; (IE)(SECY Suspense: 7/17/80) 5.
review the environmental qualification information in its possession to determine how much of that information may be released to licensees to aid them-in making safety judgments.
This review should be completed within 45 days and the results forwarded to the Commission; (NRR)
(SECY Suspense:
7/7/80) 6.
promptly pursue the possibility of the establishment, by the nuclear industry, of a Nuclear Qualified Equipment Clearinghouse, which would have as its objective the sharing by all parties of enviromental qualification information; (NRR) 7.
keep the Commission and the public apprised of any further findings of incomplete environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, along with corrective actions taken or planned.
Staff is requested to provide bimonthly reports of progress on its review of the responses to Bulletin 79-01B; (IE) (First Rpt due 8/1/80) 8.
complete its review of environmental qualification, including the publica-tion.of Safety Evaluation Reports by February 1,1981; (NRR)
(SECY Suspense: 2/1/81)
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test first, in its fire protection testing program, those configurations :
which are of greatest concern to the staff.
A definite schedule should be established as soon as possible which provides that testing comence without delay.
(RES)
(SECY Suspense: 7/1/80)
Any slippages in this schedule must be approved by the Commission, and bimonthly progress reports should be made on this program.
(RES) (First Rpt due 8/1/80) 10.
insure that all connectors tested be those that are not specifically manufactured for test purooses. This might be accomplished by testing spares at existing plants; (IE) (SECY Suspense: 8/1/80) 11.
complete its review of the status of fire protection at SEP plants by August 1980.
(NRR) (SECY Suspense: 8/1/80)
III. SECY-80-202 - Role of the Staff in the Waste Confidence Proceedina (COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM)
The Comission, by a vote of 5-CE:
1.
approved a Memorandum & Order informing participants of the establishment of a working group to provide staff support to the Comission in the Waste Confidence proceeding, and responding to the motions filed by NRDC and the California Energy Comission. (OGC)
(The Secretary signed the Memorandum & Order on 5/28/80).
The Comission requested:
2.
that the working group review the associated petitions, particularly that of NRDC, concerning questions and possible experts.(OPE /0GC/E,3)
Section 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. 5841 provides 1/
that action of the Commission shall be determined by a " majority vote
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of the members present." Comissioner Hendrie was not present at the meeting at which this Order was approved.
Had he been present at the meeting he would have voted with the majority.
10 enable the Comission
,oceed with this case without delay, Chaiman Ahearne, who was a to memoer of the minority on the question up for decision, did not participate in the formal vote.
Accordingly, the formal vote of the Commission was 2-1 in favor of the Order.
Section 201 of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. 5841 provides
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that action of the Comission si.all be determined by a " majority vote of the m mbers present."
Comissioner Hendrie was not present at the meeting at which this Order was approved.
Had he been present at the meeting, he would have voted with the majority. Accordingly, the formal vote of the Commission was 4-0 in favor of the Order.
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SECY 80-246 - PROPOSED SUBSEOUENT ARRANGEMENT FOR ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE TOKAI-MURA AGREEMENT COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM Memo Chilk to Dircks dated 6-11-80 This is to advise you that the Commission (with three Comissioners concurring) has approved the proposed letter to the Department of Energy, as revised by Comissioner Bradford's comments given below.
Commissioners Gilinsky and Bradford did not approve the letter as proposed.
In his non-concurrence Commissioner Gilinsky commented:
"A second extension cf the Tokai-Mura agreement would continue the drift towards a policy of permitting foreign reprocessing of U.S.-
origin fuel; a drift I would prefer to see reversed.
In any event, this extension should not be approved before the United States has obtained unambiguous assurances that any transfer of the separated plutonium will be subject to its prior approval."
In his non-concurrence Commissioner Bradford requested that the following statement be inserted in the letter to Mr. Bengelsdorf:
" Commissioner Bradford advises against entering into a subsequent arrangement extending the Tokai-Mura reprocessing agreement for the reasons set forth in his comments in the August 27, 1979 letter from James R. Shea to Harold D. Benglesdorf (attached).
While he believes significant and commendable progress has been made, the U.S.G. still does not have unambiguous assurances concerning the retransfer of separated plutonium which would be used in Japan's fast breeder and advanced reactor research and development program.
He notes tnat the assurances on this material are virtually identical to the assurances furnished by Euratom which were the subject of a classified NRC letter to the State Department, dated October 16,1979 (attached).
The Commission's views in that letter should apply equally to this situation."
The staff is requested to modify the letter as requested by Commissioner Bradford and dispatch it.
It is suggested that a readable copy of the 8/27/79 letter be provided to Mr. Bengelsdorf as well as a copy of the 10/16/79 letter cited in Commissioner Bradford's comments.
The Office of International Programs was informed of this action by telephone on June 10,1980.
Attachment:
(Notincluded)
Ltr dated 8/27/79, Shea to Bengelsdorf ENCLOSURE M
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SECY 80-255 - C.'NTRACT NO. NRC-10-78-580, NRC DOCUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM (COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM (Femo Chilk tc Dircks dated 6-11-80)
This is to advise $ou that the Comission (with four Comissioners approving)
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has, granted approval for the Contracting Officer to en er into a contract
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modification. for the exercise of the Year 3 option, sul ect to the following conditions-1.
The ED0 should examine the scope of the work to ensure that all tasks are essential (all unnecessary tasks should be eliminated) and to ensure that all possible cost saving modifications are achieved.
2.
The EDO should either propose a long-term plan for transferring the work to NRC or explain why it is necessary and legal to retain a contractor to perfonn the work.
Commissioner Gilinsky agrees with the majority that the EDO should review this contract effort along the line: mentioned above.
However, he disapproved the staff's recommendation and provided the following comments:
"As far as I can tell, this system is not being used.
Before I approve any further expenditures, I would like to see proof that the system is being used in a way which justifies its expense.
In addition, I would like the EDO to study the system and make recommenda-tions to the Commission regarding the least expensive document control system which w~ill satisfy NRC's needs.
The ED0's report should indicate what types of system can be obtained, their benefits and drawbacks, and their cost.
In this connection, it would be useful to know what types of document control systems are employed by other Federal agencies, such as NASA, NSA, CIA, and their cost.
- Finally, I think we should determine how NRC will assume control of the document control system at the expiration of this contract."
It is requested that the EDO:
1.
Monitor the negotiation of this contract based on the Commission guidance outlined.;bove.
2.
Provide a response to Commissioner Gilinsky's comment concerning use of the system and request for an EDO study by c.o.b. June 30, 1980.
The Office of the Executive Director for Operations was informed of this action by telephone on June 10, 1980.
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STAFF REOUIREMENTS - CONTINUATION OF DISCUSSION OF TMI VENTING (SEE JUNE 9, 1980 OGC MEMORANDUM AND SECY 80-1320 & E),10:05 A.M., TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1980, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, D. C. OFFICE (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE)
Memo Chilk to Bickwit dated 6-11-80 The Comission unanimously agreed that the TMI licensee should be authorized to commence promptly a controlled purging of the~TMI-2 reactor building containment, and that the TMI-2 license should be modified to permit an increase in the allowable gaseous release rate during the purging process sc'that purging can be completed in the shortest practicable time.
The Commission requested that the two Orders implementing these actions, as contained in the General Counsel's June 9,1980 memorandum, be revised to reflect individual Commissicner comments.
In addition, the second Order (modifying the TMI-2 license) should be revised by inserting the sentence "In addition, any purging shall be in accordance with procedures approved by the Director of NRR as required by the Order of
[Date of Order auttiorizing purging to be inserted]"
in lieu of the last sentence of page 3 of the text.
The two Orders, as revised, will be affirmed on Thursday, June 12, 1980.
(0GC/SECY)
(Subsequently, the two Orders were further revised and affirmed on June 12, 1980).
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SECY 80-251 - PROPOSED U. S.-PERU AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION (COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM (Memo Chilk to Dircks dated 6-13-80 This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioner concurring) has approved the proposed U.S.-Peru Agreement, including tM " Agreed Minute" and the proposed letter to the President, subject to modification as attached.
The modified letter was typed in final in the Secretariat and forwarded to the Chairman for signature.
The Office of International Programs was notified of this action by telephone on June 12, 1980.
Attachment:
(Not included)
Modified Letter K.
SECY 80-250 - SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALTERNATIVE REACTORS AND FUEL CYCLES (COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM Memo Chilk to Dircks dated 6-13-80 This is to advise you that the Commission (with four Commissioners concurring)
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has approved sending the proposed letter as modified (see attached). While Commissioner Bradford approved sending the report he would have preferred to delete from the letter of transmittal the recommendation that the NRC be relieved of this responsibility.
The staff is requested to prepare the letter of transmittal for the Chairman's signature ~, with the report to be transmitted.
Attachment:
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SECY 80-204 - DOE LEGISLATION PROPOSALS REGARDING NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM Memo Chilk to Bickwit dated 6-12-802 This is to advise you that the Commisison (with all Commissioners concurring) has approved a modified letter to Mr. Bateman, as attached.
The letter has been prepardd by the Secretariat and forwarded to the Chairman for signature.
Attachment:
(Notincluded)
Modified letter w/o attachments M.
S_ECY 80-205 - DRAFT LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED EXTENSIONS OF NRC LICENSING AUTHORITY OVER CERTAIN 00E WASTE FACILITIES COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEM Memo Chilk to Bickwit dated 6-12-80 This is to advise you that the Commission (with all Commissioners concurring) has approved a modified letter to Mr. Frey, as attached.
The letter has been prepared by the Secretariat and forwarded to the Chairman for signature.
Attachment:
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