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Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 890929

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'For: The Commissioners From: James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 29, 1989  !

A sumary of key events is included as a convenience to those Commissioners ,

who may prefer a condensed version of this report. j Contents Enclosure Nuclear Reactor Regulation A Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B l

Nuclear Regulatory Research C Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data D Governmental & Public Affairs E General Counsel F*

Administration' G Information Resources Management H l Controller I ]

Personnel' J l Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Civil Rights K*

Enforcement L Consolidation M Regional Offices N Executive Director for Operations 0* .

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L1 v - HIGHLIGHTS 0F WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT

, WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 29, 1989 3

• Evidence of Plug Leaks Found at Haddam Neck Remote video inspections of two of the four Haddam Neck steam generators identified boric acid residue at the location of a large number of Westinghouse mechanical tube plugs that were the subject of Bulletin 89-01. This is believed to indicate that.the plugs are cracked, although, it is not possible to confirm this conclusion by eddy current testing.

All suspect plugs were from the heat which is known to be highly susceptible to pure water stress corrosion cracking. The licensee plans

.to. repair all plugs fabricated from this heat using a plug repair process developed by B&W. NRR is working with the licensee and Westinghouse on-the evaluation of this finding.

State of Nevada Funding The State of Nevada's attendance and participation in NRC/ DOE interactions related to the Yucca Mountain repository (e.g., the Focus 89 conference in Las Vegas on nuclear waste disposal in the unsaturated zone) has been substantially diminished over the past few months. The State has indicated that their. ability to participate hr,s been impeded by Congressional. reduction of funding for the State. However, the staff continues to invite the State to all meetings and include them in telephone conference calls.

- Judge Issues' Temporary Restraining Order on West Chicago Ordinance A Federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against the ordinance passed by the West Chicago City Council which was intended to bar the shipment of radioactive material from outside the city to the Kerr-McGee site in West Chicago. The restraining order is in effect until October 13, 1989. The judge has scheduled another hearing on the case on October 12, 1989. As a result of this restraining order, Kerr-McGee resumed clean up of the thorium-contaminated residence outside of West Chicago. The Illinois '

Department of Nuclcar Safety (IDNS) is providing an inspector to the site. At the request of the mayor of West Chicago, a meeting is tentatively scheduled for October 3rd to discuss this matter with representatives from the city.

-NRC IDNS, the Environmental Protection Agency and Kerr-McGee.

i Second Building Status The second building contract dispute initiated by the developer on August 4, 1989, has effectively cancelled the previous schedule for completion of the second building by early 1991. No new schedule can be estimated unless or until this dispute between GSA and WFN is settled.

GSA wrote to WFN on August 30 that it had serious reservations about the recent events concerning the second building and would take whatever steps were necessary to secure Tower's performance under the terms of the agreement.

Since August 4. GSA and WFN have met formally at least three times to discuss their differences. In the most recent meeting GSA offered substantive comments on WFN's specific request for changes ~ to contract provisions.

Although no changes were agreed to by the Government, the parties discussed

- changes that might be made and agreed to meet again in early October to discuss them further.

On September 11, 1989 WFN requested postponement of a site plan hearing for the second building site scheduled by the Montgomery County Planning Board for September 21 on t.he grounds that the required drawings were not ready. The i Planning Board staff's attempt to reschedule the hearing for October 12 was rebuffed by WFN and no new date has been set.

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest Wee'x Ending September 29, 1989 Hillstone Unit 3 Administered Requalification Examinations On September 22, 1989 the NRC presented to the licensee preliminary results from an NRC administered requalification exam. Preliminary results indicated that two out of three crews failed the exam - one crew was an administrative crew, the other was 3n active watch standing crew. Additionally, of the 12 individuals examined, 6 operators failed either the simulator or job performance measure portions of the examination. The NRC results differed with the licensee's evaluation which concluded that one operating crew and four individual operators failed, Based on the examination results, the NRC determined that the Millstone Unit 3 requalification training program was unsatisfactory and requested that the licensee prepare a Justification for Continued Operation (JCO). The JC0 was subsequently submitted by letter dated September 22, 1989.

On September 25, 1989, a meeting was held with the licensee at Region I Headquarters which NRR participated in via telephone conference line. At the conclusion of the meeting, it was indicated that the NRC would evaluate two additional Millstone Unit 3 operating crews during the period of September 27 to September 29, 1989. Conclusions regarding the acceptability of the Millstone Unit 3 requalification training program would be delayed until the results of the September 27 to September 29 evaluation are known.

Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 (ANO-1) 1 1

The Babcock & Wilcox Owners Group (BWOG) Safety and Performance Improvement l Program (SPIP) programmatic audit at ANO-1 was performed on September 18-20, j 1989. The audit team's preliminary conclusions were that the ANO-1 SPIP program 4 was adequate and compared well with the programs of the four other utilities {

I previously reviewed. The team found that the ANO-1 program was formalized and well documented. Out of the 222 valid Technical Recommendations (TRs) generated by the BWOG SPIP program, ANO-1 status at the time of the audit was 142-closed /

operable, 40-implementing, and 11-evaluating for implementation. The other 29 l TRs were 2-rejected, and 27-not applicable. All but 1 of the 51 TRs still I open are scheduled for closure by the end of 1990, refueling number 9. One TR addressing annunciator upgrades (essentially a duplicate item of the detailed i control room design review) will be closed by modifications during refueling numbers 9 and 10. Arkansas Power and Light, on its own initiative, has begun evaluating the 222 SPIP TRs, (allowing for technical differences) for applicability to ANO-2, a Combustion Engineering designed plant.

Administration Section, PMSB Differing Professional View (DPV)

On May 11, 1989, ee filed a DPV with the Director, NRR, regarding an NRC employ containment isolation valves (42" purge supply and exhaust valves) at Zion.

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Pursuant to NRC Manual Chapter 4125, and NRR Office Letter No. 300, Revision 1, the Director, NRR, established a Panel to review the DPV and make reconsnen-dations regarding appropriate disposition of the employee's concerns.

The Director, KRR, has reviewed the Panel's report dated August 31, 1989 and discussed these issues with the employee in a meeting on September 8,1989.

Based on the review of the Panel's report and discussions in the meeting, the Director, NRR, has concluced that the following actions should be taken:

(1) The staff should issue its evaluation of the proposed Zion Technical Specifications.

(2) The staff should ensure that pressure and temperature effects during a LOCA are considered in the review of new and advanced fuel designs.

(3) The staff should revise the Standard Review Plan to clarify the relation-

! ship between DNBR and fuel failure. Such clarifications may be made l during the normal SRP update process.

Zion Requalification Program As a follow up to the requalification examinations given during the week of September 11, 1989 two additional operating crews were evaluated as satisfac-tory during the week of September 18, 1989. Zion will continue operating while complying with their requalification program corrective actions plan.

Evidence of Plug Leaks Found at Haddam Neck Remote video inspections of two of the four Haddam Neck steam generators identified boric acid residue at the location of a large number of Westinghouse mechanical tube plugs that were the subject of Bulletin 89-01. This is believed to indicate that the plugs are cracked, although, it is not possible to confirm this conclusion by eddy current testing. All suspect plugs were from the heat which is known to be highly susceptible to pure water stress

' corrosion cracking. The licensee plans to repair all plugs fabricated from I this heat using a plug repair process developed by B&W. NRR is working with the licensee and Westinghouse on the evaluation of this finding.

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I On September 26, 1989, Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) personnel met with staff members of the Fuel Cycle Safety Branch, the Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning, and Region I to describe B&W's plans for groundwater monitoring at the B&W site in Parks Township, Pennsylvania.

The proposed monitoring is intended to provide information about the  ;

groundwater in the vicinity of previous on-site waste disposals. The staff j informed the B&W representatives tht the proposal for initial studies, {

which include drilling and installing monitor wells to obtain specific subsurface information as well as initial monitoring data, appeared reasonable. It was noted that this information should serve as a basis for a B&W plan for continued long-term groundwater monitoring. The staff reiterated its request that a schedule for implementation be included in the plan when formally submitted.

On September 26, 1989, staff members of the Office of Huclear Material Safety and Safeguards, the Office of General Counsel, and Region I met with representatives of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, i to discuss the status of the former Gult United Nuclear Corporation site near Pawling, New York. Also present at the meeting were staff members of ,

Oak Ridge Associated Universities, technical assistance contractor for the l NRC, who performed the most recent radiological survey of the site now held  ;

by the National Park Service. The purpose of the meeting was to obtain

' current information regarding the site from the Park Service and to discuss potential further site characterization anc remediation actions.

Both of the above meetings and topics are related to actions discussed at I l

the hearing held August 3,1989, by the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and National Resources. House Committee on Government Operations, chaired by Representative Mike Synar.

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Technical Exchange with DOE on Tectonic Models I

A technical exchange on tectonic models was conducted with DOE on September 26, 1989. The purpose of this exchange was to discuss NRC's draft Technical l Position on tectonic models, as well as the relationship of tectonic models to DOE's program for characterizing the Yucca Mountain site. Representatives i from the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board and the Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste also participated. The open technical discussions improved the understanding of each agency's position and facilitated planning for future interactions to discuss outstanding concerns. j SEPTEMBER 29, 1989 ENCLOSURE B l

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i State of Nevada Funding The State of Nevada's attendance and participation in NRC/00E interactions related to the Yucca Mountain _ repository (e.g., the Focus 89 conference in

.Las Vegas on nuclear. waste disposal in the unsaturated zone) has been substantially' diminished over the past few months. The State has indicated that their ability to participate has been impeded by Congressional reduction j of funding for the. State. However, the staff continues to invite the State to all meetings-and include them in telephone conterence calls.

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) was created under the Nuclear l Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 to oversee DOE's activities related to high-level _ waste disposal. The NWTRB has requested DOE to re-examine the construction method and design configuration at the Exploratory Shaft Facility (ESF) proposed in.the DOE's site characterization plan. The ESF proposed by the DOE consisted of two 12-foot diameter vertical shaf ts constructed using a drill-and-blast-technique.

The NWTRB has requested DOE to re-examine:

1. The use of boring machines to construct the ESF rather than the .

drill-ano-blast technique.

2. The use of a ramp and a bigger diameter shaft (18- to 20- foot diameter) instead of two 12-foot diameter shafts.

DOE is currently developing a plan to evaluate the NWTRB request. This will most likely delay the start of the ESF construction beyond the previously scheduled date of November 1989.

SAFEGUARDS

' Transportation Meeting on Shipment of the Pathfinder Reactor Vessel On September 25, 1989, the Transportation Branch staff met with Northern States Power Company to discuss shipment of the reactor vessel from the Pathfinder Atomic Plant, which is being decommissioned. The Pathfinder reactor vessel will be shipped intact from Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Hanford, Washington. The fuel has been removed from the reactor vessel, but the internals will remain in place. The vessel will be filled with gravel and cement, and steel plates will be welded over the vessel openings.

The total weight of the package and contents is approximately 600,000 pounds. An application for approval of the Pathfinder transport package is expected to be submitted in October 1989.

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Office.of Nuclear Regulatory Research o Items of Interest Week Ending September 29, 1989 Prevention'of Damage to Reactor Cores Candidate A'ccident Management Strategies A draft report summarizing preliminary results of BNL and PNL assessment of candidate accident management strategies was submitted to the NRC on

' August 22, 1989. These. strategies and the assessment report will be attached.

to the supplement to the IPE Generic Letter ~that is planned for November 1989.

The report was distributed immediately'for. in-house review and coment.

On September. 7,1989, staff from the Reactor and Plant Systems Branch and representatives from BNL and PNL visited the NRC Technical Training Center to  !

solicit coments from the TTC staff who have extensive hands-on experience in inuclear power plant operation. The group of experts from EDO, AE00, NRR, and RES was reconvened to review the' draft on September 11-12, 1989. 'The report was among the subjects presented to the ACRS Subcommittee on Severe Accidents on September 20,.1989. Many comments were received f rom these meetings. ^ A revision of the report is planned for October 16, 1989,.to include these comments.

Utility Workers Union of America Nuclear Conference J. J. Persensky, Section Chief Human Factors Section, HFB/DSR, was a guest speaker at the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) AFL-CIO Nuclear Conference.. held in Washington, D.C., on September 20, 1989. The title of Dr. Persensky's address was " Human Factors, Present and Future." The objective of the conference was to promote better communication between NRC staff and union personnel concerning proposed requirements or policies that affect nuclear power plant workers. Dr. Persensky traced the application of Human Factors to nuclear power plant licensing and operations from 1980 to the present and then discussed the Human Factors Regulatory Research Program Plan.

The number and depth of questions was indicative of the intense interest in the subject by the union personnel.

Resolving Safety Issues and Developing Regulations NRC Participation in 1989 Nuclear Conference In response to an invitation from the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA),

several NRC staff members participated in the 1989 UWUA Nuclear conference on September 20, 1989 at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Presentations were made by the following: 1 Donald A. Cool, RES Introductions and Moderator L. J. Cunningnam, NRR "The Role of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation's Radiation Protection Branch and the Status of the Hot Particle Problem" SEPTEMBER 29, 1989 ENCLOSURE C

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6-J. Persensky, RES " Human Factors, Present and Future" Donald A. Cool, RES "The New Part 20" Donald A. Cool, RES "Below Regulatory Concern and Low Level Waste Disposal" Glen L. Sjob10m, NMSS "The NRC/0SHA Memorandum of Understanding, What It Is and What It Isn't" Geoffrey D. Cant, NRR "The NRC Enforcement Program and How It Pertains to Individuals" Loren L. Bush, Jr., NRR " Current Fitness for Duty Issues" The presentations were well received and questior.s and discussion were extensive throughout the day-long session. Particular interest was expressed with respect to NRC/ Union meetings (there should be more), the availability of NRC reports, working hours, drug testing, the impact of NRC "non-requirement" issuances (e.g., Regulatory Guides, Policy Statements, Generic Letters) on workers, transient worker dose, worker dose and dose limits, limitations on OSHA inspector access to nuclear power plants, gaps between OSHA and NRC requirements related to worker safety, and the impact of enforcement actions on individual workers.

The meeting was attended by about sixty individuals associated with nuclear power plants and fuel fabricators, including licensed and unlicensed operators, rank and file union members,'and stewards. In addition to UWUA workers, representatives of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers were present.

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Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Items of Interest Week Ending September 29, 1989 Division of Operational Assessment (DOA)

On September 26, the Incident Response Branch (IRB) provided the Operations Center as a viewing facility to observe and evaluate a mechanism for video-teleconferencing of the program " Overview of Revisions to 10 CFR 20, Standards for Protection Against Radiation." This was a pilot program sponsored by the Office of State, Local and Indian Tribe Progrt.ms for using video teleinforma-tion transfer technology to conduct training for Agreement and Non-Agreement State Radiation Control Program offices. The program was well received, and it demonstrated the potential training asset in using videoteleconferencing for such purposes.

On September 27, IRB provided training to members of the Executive Team including Commissioner Rogers in preparation for the forthecming exercise at Millstone 1. In addition, training was provided to members of the Reactor Safety Team and the Protective Measures Team.

On September 27, an IRB sL ff member made a presentation to Edison Electric Institute concerning the Emergency Response Data System (ERDS). The presentation was given at the Sheraton-Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore during the Committee for Emergency Planning Conference which was attended by approximately 50 participants. In general, the presentation was well received and indicated a positive attitude from the industry.

Preliminary Notifications The following Preliminary Notifications were issued during the past week,

a. PNS-I-89-16, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (Calvert Cliffs Units 1 and 2), Arrest of a Plant Security Supervisor,

b. PNO-I-89-80, Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (Millstone Nuclear Station, Unit 3), Failure of NRC Administered Requalification Examinations,

c. PHO-I-89-81, GPU Nuclear Corporation (Three Mile Island, Unit 2),

Potential Personnel Overexposure.

d. PN0-II-89-65, Virginia Electric & Power Company (Surry Unit 2), Surry Unit 2 Restart.

e. PNO-II-89-56, Carolina Power and Light Co. (Brunswick Units 1 and 2),

FloridaPowerandLightCo.(St.LucieUnits1and2),GeorgiaPower Company (Hatch Units 1 and 2), Preparations for Adverse Weather Conditions.

f. PNO-II-89-68, Alabama Power Company (Farley Unit ), Shutdown In Excess of 48-Hours.

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h." PNO-III-62A, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation (Docket 40-2061),' Ordinance BanningShipmentsofRadioactiveMaterial(Update).

1. ~PNO-III-89-62B,Kerr-McGeeChemicalCorporation(Docket 40-2061),

OrdinanceBanning'ShipmentofRadioactiveMaterial(2ndUpdate).

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- k. PNO-III-64, Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company (License No.-34-09024-05).-Loss.

of Two Industrial Gauges Containing Strontium-90 Sources.

1. PNO-III-89-65A, U.S. Navy (Great Lakes Naval Training Center), Damaged <

Package Containing Iodine-125 (Update).

m. PNO-V-89-57 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (Humboldt Bay Power Plant, a Unit 3), Earthquake 45 Miles Southwest of Facility. j i

n. PNO-V-89-58,WashingtonPublicPowerSupplySystem(WNP-2), Unscheduled Shutdown Greater Than 48 Hours.

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Office of Governmental and Public Aftairs Items of Interest Week Ending September 29, 1989 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

International Visitors:

On September 28, Mr. Yosinori Ihara, President of the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI), met separately with Commissioner Curtiss, and Dr.

Denwood Ross and Dr. Jose Cortez, RES. Discussions included an overview of JAERI's nuclear safety research programs and a description of research on nuclear power plant component aging.

On September 28 Mr. Baldur Wagner, Director for Domestic Programs in FRG Chancellor Kohl's office, visited NRC. He was accompanied by his deputy, Mr.

Glatzl, his interpreter, Mrs. Ursula Weide, Mr. Charles Newstead, Department of State, and Mr. Klaus Klassen, FRG Enbassy Science Office. The celegation met with Coninissioner Curtiss, who briefed them on nuclear reactor licensing practices in the U.S., and with Guy Arlotto and Robert Browning, NMSS, who explained to them NRC's role and responsibilities in the licensing of the Yucca Mountain HLW repository. The visitors also explained briefly regulatory approaches in the FRG for the future licensing of the Gorleben HLW salt-dome repository.

STATE, LOCAL AND INDIAN TRIBE PROGRAMS Meeting with Maine State Liaison Officer Region I staff met with Donald Hoxie Director of the Division of Health Engineering and Maine State Liaison Officer, Clough Toppan, Manager of the Radiological Health Program, and Patrick Dotcie, onsite State inspector, on

. September 25 at the Maine Yankee site. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the role of Maine's new onsite State inspector at Maine Yankee. The State officials also briefed the NRC on the State's real-time environmental monitoring system.

Licensing Practices and Procedures Course Cardelia Naupin, SLITP, conducted a course on licensing practices and procedures from September 25-29, 1989 in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The course, provided primarily for State personnel, covered a range of materials licensing topics including medical, academic /research, well-logging and industrial radiography. Representatives from NMSS, AEOD and the State of Louisiana assisted in the training program.

Inspection Procedures Course Richard Woodruff, Region II State Agreements Officer, Joel Lubenau, SLITP, and l Jack Hornor, Region V State Agreements Officer, conducted an Inspection Procedures Course from September 25-29 in Orlando, Florida. Both NRC and the State of Florida sponsored students and provided training equipment and guest instructors.

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accompaniment of an inspection. Preliminary statf findings will be reviewed i by Regional and Headquarters offices and the results will be confirmed in a letter to the City Department.

Nationwide Video Teleconference on Revised 10 CFR 20 dLITP sponsored a nationwide pilot video teleconference on NRC's revised Part 20 on September 26, 1989. SLITP, in cooperation with the RES, NRR, the State of Texas, and other governmental agencies, conducted this experimental training program on the general concepts of the proposed revisions to Part 20-Standards for Protection Against Radiation. The presentation included opportunities for viewers to participate in question and answer periods several times throughout the program.

Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order on West Chicago Ordinance A Federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against the ordinance passed by the West Chicago City Council which was intended to bar the shipment of radioactive material from outside the city to the Kerr-McGee site in West Chicago. The restraining order is in effect until October 13, 1989. The judge has scheduled another hearing on the case on October 12, 1989. As a result of this restraining order, Kerr-McGee resumed clean up of the thorium-contaminated residence outside of West Chicago. The Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety (IDNS) is providing an inspector to the site. At the request of the mayor of West Chicago, a meeting is tentatively scheduled for October 3rd to discuss this matter with representatives from the city, NRC, IDNS, the Environmental Protection Agency and Kerr-McGee.

gand Gulf Emergency Planning Exercise

' Robert Trojanowski, Region 11 State Liaison Officer, participated in an emergency planning exercise held at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station on September 27 in Port Gibson, Mississippi. Mr. Trojanowski participated on the Regional Assistance Committee which evaluated the exercise. The exercise included State and local government participation.

Accompaniment on Neutron Products, Inc. Inspection Donald Mackenzie, SLITP, and Steven Baggett, NMSS, assisted the State of Maryland's Department of the Environment in its inspection of Neutron Products, Inc. (NPI) from September 28-29, 1989 in Dickerson, Maryland. The State had issued an order in March 1989 which shut down the NPI facility for the uncontrolled release of contamination on personnel leaving the facility as well as other health physics problems. The State had issued a license amendment requiring hPI to make significant changes to the facility and its operating procedures and authorizing the restart of licensed operations with the exception of the cobalt melting operations. NPI has now requested permission to restart its cobalt operations. The State will factor the results of this inspection into its restart decision on the cobalt operations.

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.S Office of Administration Items of Interest Week Ending September 29, 1989 NRC Warehouse Operations NRC has received written analyses from GSA, Montgomery Cuunty and the building owner's structural engineer which indicate that the warehouse located at 4934 Boiling Brook Parkway is safe for NRC operations. However, NRC is pursuing with GSA relocation of its warehouse operations and expects GSA to negotiate a new lease for a warehouse at 5000 Boiling Brook Parkway this month. In the meantime, NRC will begin removing equipment and supplies from the old warehouse to accommodate outstanding requisitions.

Significant F0IA Requests Received by the NRC for Five-Day Period of September 22 - 28, 1989 ,

Request for copies of the abstract for solicitation No. RS-ARM-89-161. (Tracey Shelton, FSM Leasing Inc., F01A-89-407)

Request for copies of (1) all records on specified matters regarding Duane Arnold, Quad Cities, Fort Calhoun, Cooper, and Lacrosse nuclear power plants and (2) NRC's list of particularly troubled plants or problem plants, and (3) public comments about those plants. (Cynthia Hubert, The Des Moines Register,F01A-89-408)

Request for cop (ies of the following records regarding solicitation No.1) Sonaly RS-NRR-89-030:

Professional Examination Service's proposal. (I. Leon Smith, Professional Examination Service, F01A-89-412)

Request for copies of records (1) proving NRC's com t f from being

, infected with any possible computer virus, and (2) pu ers are sa ejustifying NRC requirements on licensees to prove their computers are not infected with some virus. (Richard Deyo, F01A-89-413)

Request for copies license files. of Stein, (Sherry nine specified Advanced records from Medical Atom Mechanical Systems, Company)

Inc., F01A-89-414 Request for four categories of records related to solicitation No.RS-ADM-90-129. (Deborah Brooks, Maxima Corporation, FOIA-89-415 Request for copies of specified portions of the plant security system plan for the Waterford nuclear power plant and specified design change notices, particularly those records showing the height at which a named individual was working on the conduit. (Sidney Shushan of Guste, Barnett & Shushan, F01A-89-416) 1 I

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fe Office of Information Resources Management Items of Interest Week Ending September 29, 1989

1. SINET Data Dictionary r Revisions to the SINET Data Dictionary, including Probabilistic Risk Assessment elements and structures, have been'sent to the printer.

2. Invoice Tracking System The Invoice Tracking System went into production on September 22.

' Training of users is complete and the system is operational.

3.- Tour of File Center On September 26, 1989, four employees from DOE and the YUCCA Mountain Nevada Site toured the File Center to. gain an insight of the stronge and retrieval operations for documentation pertaining to YUCCA Mountain.

4. NUDOCS/AD Transitional Briefings Daily brietings are being conducted to familiarize NRC Staff with NUDOCS/AD which is to be released October 10, 1989.

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Office of the Controller Items of Interest Week Ending September 29, 1989

1. Last Move Home for SES'ers

-Issued Bulletin No. 1501-13 regarding "last move home" for SES career appointees upon separation for retirement.

2. POV Mileage Rate Increase GSA has increased the POV mileage rate fron 22.5 cents a mile to 24 '

cents a mile effective September 17, 1989.

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T Office of Personnel Items of Interest Week Ending September 29, 1989 Eastern Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Frank Elizondo, Recruitment Officer, and participants from Region I participated in the Third Annual Eastern Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Conference held on September 28-30, 1989 in Philadelphia, PA.

Mr. Elizondo was recently recognized for his success in hiring Hispanic engineers.

Health and Fitness Seminar Henry Rubin and Nick Monaco attended the Health and Fitness Seminar sponsored by the Office of Personnel Management on September 27-28, 1989. The seminar focused on planning and organizing a health / fitness program that best suits an agency and integrating a health / fitness program with other employee health services.

Conference Sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse Pat Kaplan and Carol Harris attended the conference sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse on September 27-28, 1989.. The conference entitled

" Drugs in the Workplace: Research and Evaluation Data" covered information on drug use and job performance indicators as well as research efforts for a drug-free environment.

Arrivals The following employee (s) reported this week:

John Kauffman, Reactor Operations. Engineer (PFT), AE0D NRR Karen Brunson, Lesa Daniels, Secretary Project (PFT),(PFT), NRR Engineer Patricia Kommens, Personnel Clerk (PFT), RI JamesSloan,ResidentInspector(PFT),RV Retirements Owen Merill, Sr. Staff Engineer (PFT), retired from ACRS.

Miller B. Spangler, Special Assistant for Policy Development (PFT),

retired from NRR.

Harry North, Sr. Radiation Specialist (PFT), retired from RV.

Other Departures Linda Panebianco, Chief, Word Processing Section (PFT), RI.

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Office of Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending September 29, 1989 Significant Enforcement Actions A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $87,500 was issued to Tennessee Valley Authority (Sequoyah) on September 22, 1989. The action was based on three examples of failure to imploment or adhere to safety review program requirements. (EN 89-88)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $280,000 was issued to U.S. Testing Company, Inc., Modesto, California on September 22, 1989. The action was based on numerous violations which demon-strated, at a minimum, careless disregard for radiation safety and a serious breakdown in management oversight and control. (EN89-92)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $12,000 and an Order Modifying Licenses was issued September 26, 1989 to Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. The action was based on a reported overexposure of 178 rems to the finger of a researcher and a number of additional violations indicative of a significant breakdown in management control over licensed activities. (EN 89-90)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $5,000 was issued September 26, 1989 to U.S. Testing Company, Modesto, California. The action was based on a number of violations of NRC require-ments designed to protect members of the public against exposure in excess of Part 20 limits. The violations included the failure to properly establish and provide surveillance of radiation boundaries during radiographic operations at a hospital. (EN 89-91)

A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount

,of $5,000 was issued to Precision Components Corporation, York, Pennsylvania on September 28, 1989. The action was based on violations involving an exposure in excess of the regulatory limit of 1.25 rems per calendar quarter end failures to: lock the source assembly at completion of a radiographic exposure, perform radiation surveys after each radiographic exposure, stop work when dosimeter went off-scale, and notify both the individual and the NRC of the radiation exposure received by the individual. (EN 89-93)

Civil Penalties Paid St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, paid the civil penalty in the amount of $4,375. The action was based on violations that indicate, in the aggregate, a lack of management control over the licensee's radiation safety program. (EA 89-140)

The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma paid the civil penalty in the amount of $7,500. The action was based on a lack of management oversight of licensed activities. (EA 89-128)

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t l Rappahannock General Hospital,'Kilmarnock, Virginia paid t'he civil penalty in l' :the amount of $2,500. The action was based on a violation in which the NRC-required record of a quarterly Radiation Safety Committee meeting was fabricated by copying the minutes of a previous meeting and altering the date. (EA88-287)

The' Defense Nuclear. Agency,'Bethesda, Maryland paid the civil penalty of $2,500 imposed in an Order dated August 22, 1989. The action was based on a number of ,

violations involving failure to perform written safety evaluations, procedure  !

" adherence problems, tailure to ensure all operators satisfactorily completed the requalification training program, and discrimination in violation of 10 CFR 50.7 against an employee who raised safety concerns. (EA 88-289)

Isomedix, Inc., Whippany, New Jersey paid the civil penalties of 528,500 imposed in'an Order dated September 1, 1989. The action was based on three willful l

violations involving bypass of the radiation monitor interlock system and a violation involving bypass of a safety system oesigned to protect individuals from radiation-produced toxic gases. (EA89-19)

Boston Edison Company (Pilgrim) paid the civil penalty in the amount of $25,000 proposed on August 23, 1989. The action was based on the overpressurization of the Reactor Core Isolation Cooling system due to the failure of personnel to carry out the station. equipment tagout requirement. (EA 89-95)

General Electric Company, Cleveland, Ohio paio the civil penalty in the amount of $24,000 proposed on August 25, 1989. The action was based on the failure to perform surveys for fixed and removable alpha contamination, decontaminate .i areas in excess of alpha contamination limits, perform breathing-zone air sampling, perform adequate surveys for airborne radioactivity, use adequate process or engineering controls to limit airborne radioactivity to Appendix B limits, and to post a caution sign. (EA89-127)

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e Office of Consolidation Items of Interest Week Ending September 29, 1989 OWFN Cafeteria On August 22, 1989, Tower Construction informed the Director, Office of Consolidation, that Tower was stopping all effort on the cafeteria until it cleared up a dispute it was having with the General Services Administration (GSA) about the larger contract to build and lease Two White Flint North (TWFN) to the Government.

On September 25, 1989, GSA informed the Director, Office of Consolidation, that some progress was being made in negotiations with the White Flint North Partnership (WFN), the developer, regarding the second building and that Tower Construction had now agreed to proceed with the One White Flint North (0WFN) cafeteria. Various contractual disagreements and disputes between GSA and WFN have resulted in a slippage of more than 17 months from the original GSA estimated completion date for the cafeteria.

Second Builaing Status The second building contract dispute initiated by the developer on August 4, 1989, has effectively cancelled the previous schedule for completion of the second building by early 1991. No new schedule can be estimated unless or until this dispute between GSA and WFN is settled.

GSA wrote to WFN on August 30 that it had serious reservations about the recent events concerning the second building and would take whatever steps were necessary to secure Tower's performance under the terms of the agreement.

Since August 4. GSA and WFN have met formally at least three times to discuss

.their differences. In the most recent meeting GSA offered substantive comments on WFN's specific request for changes to contract provisions.

Although no changes were agreed to by the Government, the parties discussed changes that might be made and agreed to meet again in early October to discuss them further.

On September 11, 1989, WFN requested postponement of a site plan hearing for the second building site scheduled by the Montgomery County Planning Board for September 21 on the grounds that the required drawings were not ready. The Planning Board staff's attempt to reschedule the hearing for October 12 was rebuffed by WFN and no new date has been set.

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1. SEABROOK STATION Seabrook Station conducted the annual exercise of its emergency plan on Wednesday, September 27, 1989. This was a partial participation exercise (not evaluated by FEMA).

2. FAILURE OF NRC ADMINISTERED REQUALIFICATION EXAMINATIONS - MILLSTONE 3 On September 22, 1989 the NRC presented to the licensee preliminary results from an NRC administered requalification exam given during the week. Preliminary results indicate that two out of three crews failed the exam - one crew was an administrative crew, the other was an active watch standing crew. Additionally, of the 12 individuals examined, 6 operators failed either the simulator or job performance measure portions of the examination. The NRC results differed with the licensee's evaluation which concluded that one operating crew and four individual operators failed.

Based on the examination results, the NRC has determined that the Millstone Unit 3 requalification training program is unsatisfactory. The licensee submitted a Justification for Continued Operation (JCO) dated September 22, 1989, providing immediate corrective actions. A final exit was held in Region I on Monday September 25, to discuss the examination results.

In order to confirm licensee immediate actions, the NRC will conduct evaluations of two additional crews on September 28 and 29, 1989.

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1. Regulatory Impact Survey On September 25 - 29, the Regional Administrator was in Region V to participate with other NRC Senior Managers in the f.egulatory Impact.

Survey.

.2. Virginia Electric and Power Company On September 26, representatives of the Virginia Electric and Power Company were in the Region II Office to discuss the Design Basis Recon-  ;

stitution Program. i

3. Duke Power Company On September 27, a limited-participation emergency exercise was conducted at the Oconee f acility. There were a number of performance problems in the areas of event classification and offsite notifications, medical drill performance and fire team performance. The licensee agreed to retrain staff and to conduct a remedial exercise.

4. Systems Energy Resource, Inc.

On September 27 a full-scale emergency exercise was conducted at the Grand Gulf f acility. Licensee performance was generally good, but the scenario was somewhat similar to prior years. The licensee agreed to develop scenario for the next exercise that has less similarity to pre-  :

vious drills and exercises. FEMA found no deficiencies in offsite authority performance, but did note some areas where iniprovements would be appropriate.

5. Florida Power Corporation On September 28, representatives of the Florida Power Corporation were in the Region 11 Office to attend an Enforcement Conference regarding Vendor Branch inspection findings and nuclear sea water operability issues which  ;

occurred at their Crystal River f acility.

6. Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)

Georgia Tech conducted an emergency drill on September 28. Neely Nuclear Research Center staff responded to a simulated criticality accident. i Licensee's performance curing the drill was good. [

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1. NRC Regulatory Impact Survey The NRC staff, in consultation with the Commission, has embarked on an NRC l senior management survey of 13 utilities throughout the country to assess 1 the impact'of NRC activities on the safe operation of nuclear power plants. The survey results will be analyzed to determine what, if any, changes to the NRC regulatory approach should be made. This Regulatory ,

Impact Survey (RIS) commenced on September 25, 1989 with Diablo Canyon interviews followed with Palo Verde interviews on September 27, 1989. The .i survey. team was led by A. Bert Davis (Region III) with James Partlow .I (NRR), Dennis Crutchfield (NRR), William Russell (Region I), and Stewart- I Ebneter (Region II) as team members and Cynthia Pederson (Region III) as team assistant. The RIS will continue into December 1989 with a one week visit to each region. f

2. Kerr-McGee, West Chicago As a result of a City of West Chicago ordinance banning the shipment of radioactive materials into and through the City of West Chicago, Kerr-McGee filed suit in Federal District Court to have the ordinance overturned. On September 27, 1989 District Judge Milton Shadur issued a temporary restraining order banning the City of West Chicago from enforcing the ordinance and opening the door for Kerr-McGee to resume excavation of thorium-contaminated waste from a homeowner's yard outside the West Chicago City limits. The State of Illinois continues to dispute the classification of this waste as source material and is consequently claiming they. currently have no authority to regulate the material. A meeting has been called by the West Chicago Mayor for October 3,1989 to

, discuss the issues at hand.

3. D. C. Cook Nuclear Power Station i Dr. Carl Paperiello, Deputy Regional Administrator, Mr. Thomas Martin, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Safety, members of the Region III staff, and members of the NRR staff met with representatives of Indiana j and Michigan Power Company at the D. C. Cook Nuclear Power Station on l September 26, 1989 to discuss the recently issued Systematic Assessment {

ofLicenseePerformance(SALP) report. In addition to the SALP meeting, <

1 other activities included plant and training center tours and a short meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest.

4. LaSalle County Station Dr. Carl Paperiello, Deputy Regional Administrator, and members of the Region III staff met with representatives of the Commonwealth Edison Company at the LaSalle County Station on September 28, 1989, to review the Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) report.

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6.. Clinton Nuclear Power Station An Operational Safety Team Inspection (OSTI) led by Mr. William Forney, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Projects, is being conducted at the Clinton Station September 25-29, 1989.

7. Palisades Nuclear Power Station Mr. Edward Greenman, Director, Division of. Reactor Projects, members of the Region.III, staff, and members of the NRR staff met with

. representatives'of Consumers Power Company on September 28,.1989, in the Region III office. Activities included a management meeting to discuss the forthcoming steam generator replacement outage,. Configuration Control Project status, safety margins, other topics of mutual interest and an Enforcement Conference to discuss potential violation related to Containment Penetration Local Leak Rate Testing and Containment Integrity.

8. HAFA Instrumented Inspection Technique The Chief, and a member of the Materials and Processes Section, Division

. of Reactor Safety, participated in a meeting in Headquarters on

. September 27, 1989, with representatives from NRR and other regions concerning the HAFA instrumented inspection technique. Topics discussed included the method utilized as an alternative to hydrostatic testing,

. code requirements, the approved to)ical report requirements, and inspection results. Recommended s1 ort term and long term actions were agreed upon.

9. Objective Test Item Development Seminar Region III Operator Licensing enminers participated in an objective test item development seminar conducted by NRR during the week of September 25, 1989. Test item models and examples of desirable and inappropriate test

,. items were presented and discussed. Participants developed and critiqued their own test items as well.

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d Region IV Items of Interest Week Ending September 28, 1989

1. Leon County, Texas The National Response Center informed'the Region IV Duty Officer on September 24, 1989, that a Texas resident had observed a 1-gallon container, labelled " Radioactive," beside County Road 456 in Leon County, lexas. The container appeared to have contained low level, radioactive-L tagged sand used in the well logging industry. The Texas Bureau of Radiation Control, which had been called immediately by the regional Duty.

Officer, dispatched a Texas inspector in the afternoon of September 24 to the location. The container was found by the inspector to be empty and had no radiation levels above background.

2. Arkansas Nuclear One Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2, commenced shutdown September 25, 1969, to begin a scheduled 59-day refueling outage. The reactor trip breakers were opened at 2:54 a.m. (CDT) and the unit is presently in Mode 3.

3. Schlumberger Technology Two Region IV materials inspectors reviewed well logging activities conducted by Schlumberger Technology, an NRC licensee, on a drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The inspection was unannounced by virtue i of the cooperation of the drilling operator. No violations of NRC l requirements were identified for the job which commenced at 4:00 a.m.

on September 22, 1989. This is the second offshore logging job Region IV has been able to review in recent months.

4 South Texas project, Unit 1 On September 26, 1989 South Texas Project, Unit 1 (STP-1), transitioned j from Mode 6 (refueling) to Mode 5 (cold shutdown) on Day 53 of its first refueling outage. The outage, which began on August 4, 1989, was originally scheduled to last 55 days. Among the items not anticipated at j the beginning of the outage was repair of cracks found in the outer rows of low pressure turbine stationary blading. The licensee believes the cracking, which has been experienced with similar turbines at other plants, was caused by resonance in the stationary blade rings. The  ;

licensee anticipates returning STP-1 to power operation on Friday, October 13, 1989.

5. Waterfora 3 Mr. Dewease and Mr. Barkhurst, senior managers at Waterford 3, met with Region IV management at 4 p.m. (CDT) September 27, 1989, in the regional ofttce to discuss recent inspection findings.

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Region V Items of Interest Week Ending September 29, 1989

'I. U.S. Testing Company, Inc.

'On September 22, 1989, a Notice of Violation and proposed Imposition of civil, Penalty'in thefarount of $280,000 was sent to United States Testing Company, Inc. s, United Service Group of Modesto, California, (licensee)

. tor numerous flagrant, repetitive and willful violations of NRC requirements identified.during an inspection conducted from February'10 to June 1, 1987. Additionally, on September 26 another Notice of Violation.and proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in-the amount of

$5,000 was sent to the licensee for. violations of NRC requirements identified during a July 3-4,'1989, inspection of.the licensee's field radiographic operations conducted at the San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center.

2. Diablo Canyon and Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plants On September 25, 1989, a Regulatory Impact Survey team was at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. This team consisted of B. Davis, D. Crutchfield, J. Partlow, S. Ebneter..and W. Russell. The team surveyed licensee staff nembers representing several organizational elements and levels. These surveys are to be done at several plants'and will be used to assess if and what regulatory changes are needed to enhance reactor safety. On September 27, 1989, a similar survey was conducted by this team at the Palo Verde site.

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i A. STAFF REQUIREMENTS - BRIEFING ON EPRI DESIGil REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT FOR ADVANCED LIGHT WATER REACTORS, 10:00 A.M., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE,  !

l flARYLAND, (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) - SECY to Memorandum for the Record dated 9/27/89 The Commission was briefed by the Nuclear Management and  ;

Resources Council (NUMARC) and the Electric Power Research {

Institute (EPRI) on the status of the Design Requirements j Document for Advanced Light Water Reactors (ALWR). 4 Representing NUMARC were:

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- Edwin Kintner, Vice President, GPU Nuclear and ,

Chairman of ALWR Utility Steering Committee, EPRI

- Karl Stahlkopf, Director Materials and Systems Department l EPRI

- Jack DeVine, Jr.

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- John Taylor, Vice President Nuclear Power, EPRI EPRI informed the Commission that it would transmit the following documents for NRC review: )

1. The Man / Machine Interface Requirements Document by the end of October 1989.

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'5CHEDULE, 9:00 A.M., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1989, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTEN-DANCE) - SECY to James M. Taylor, Acting, EDO dated 9/29/89 The. Commission was briefed by.the.. staff on the status of maintenance initiatives for nuclear power plants and the schedule'for completion of. activities.

The Commission requested that the staff.not forward its recommendation on the revised policy statement on maintenance at nuclear ~' power plants.until it has addressed the comments by-ACRS on the same subject. ACRS' comments are scheduled to be submitted to the Commission by October 11, 1989. The paper should also incorporate enforcement criteria on maintenance activities, as requested in SRM on SECY-89-143.

The Commission also requested the staff to recommend to the Commission proposed criteria to be used in determining when industry progress in the area of maintenance would be sufficient to obviate a need for rulemaking.

Chairman Carr requested the staff to be more definitive in identifying the balance of plant systems to be included in the maintenance programs. He indicated that descriptions in the regulatory guide such as " structures, systems, and components whose failure would significantly impact plant safety or security," are too general and subject to differing inter-pretations. He encouraged the staff to continue to assure that the regulatory guide on maintenance at nuclear power plants is of high quality.

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