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Salt Repository Project Office,

SUBJECT: SRP SITE REPORT FOR THE WEEKS OF MAY 20, MAY 27,AND JUNE 3, 1985

1. I have received a trip report on WIPP Site Visit and Infomation ExchangeMeeting by SRPO. I have met with some SRPO staff and discussed theirimpressions about the geotechnical information being collected at WIPP.According to the SRPO staff, some of the key geologic issues at WIPP are:(a) salt dissolution within the basin; (b) complex nature of thehydrogeologic system and (c) presence of pressurized brine pockets in theCastile and Salado formations. I will brief different teams on otherpertinent points made in the report.

2. I received a copy of the Meeting Report on International Workshop on WastePackage Performance Assessment. The meeting was held in Toronto, Canadaon May 16, 1985. Several members of DOE staff and their contractorsattended the meeting. The other participating members were from Canada,Sweden and Switzerland. DOE requested the meeting. Waste PackagePerformance related research and modeling activities were discussed.

3. Engineering Review Group (ERG) met here in Columbus to review a draft of"In Situ Test Plan" prepared by Golder Associates. I attended the meetingas a NRC observer. A report by the ERG will be prepared by mid-June. Thedraft test plan is still generic.

4. Attended a SCP Planning/Status meeting between SRPO, ONWI and Fluor. Themeeting was held here in Columbus on May 29 and 30, 1985. ONWI staff willbegin their write up of SCP on July 5, 1985. Fluor efforts on write up ofChapter 6 of SCP will begin on September 5, 1985.

5. A Peer Review Panel Workshop on phenomena and mechanisms of groundwaterflow in salt was held here in Columbus on June 3-7, 1985. The ReviewPanel consisted of:

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The panel was provided information in form of most recent data available,NRC comments and draft EA, Chapters 3 and 6. Major emphasis was on DeafSmith County Site in the Permian Basin. Presentations were made by SRPOstaff, ONWI, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, INTERA, TexasBureau of Economic Geology and LBL. Uncertainties associated with theavailable data and analyses were discussed. The Panel will make itsrecommendations to SRPO on mechanisms and phenomena of groundwater flow(fracture and porus flow) and on estimates of travel time.

Tilak R. VermaSenior On-Site LicensingRepresentativeSalt Repository Project Office

cc: M. BellJ. BuntingH. MillerM. KnappJ. GreevesJ. LinehanR. JohnsonJ. GiarratanaS. BilhornR. CookP. Prestholt

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Department of EnergyChicago Operations OfficeSalt Repository Project Office505 King AvenueColumbus, Ohio 43201-2693Commercial (614) 424-5916F.T.S. 976-5916

May 30, 1985

Donald L. Bray, Assistant Manager, AMPTM, DOE-CH

SUBJECT: SRPO WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS REPORT

Enclosed for your information is the SRPO Weekly Highlights Report for theperiod May 24-30, 1985.

t | ~~J. . Neff.\ I ~~Manager

Salt Repository Project Office

SRPO:PVL/4095A

cc: H. J. Rauch, CHE. Cumesty, CHS. A. Mann, CHE. Motz, CHC. Morrison, CHG. E. Pierman, CHG. Shaw, CHV. L. Alspaugh-Prouty, CHR. Boyd, CHSRPO Staff BP# 353-85

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS REPORTSALT REPOSITORY PROJECT OFFICE(614-424-5916; FTS 976-5916)

May 24-30, 1985

I. ISSUES REQUIRING INVOLVEMENT OF HQ OR OTHER PROJECTS

A. New Issues

The State of Utah has formally requested a modification to their grant.The request is for $100,000 to be used to participate in litigation andto receive training in negotiation consultation and cooperationagreements.

B. Previously Reported Issues

The State of Mississippi has submitted a request for $500,000 to conductan assessment of the potential socioeconomic effects occurring as aresult of DOE activity in the State since 1976. (MED)

The State of Mississippi has requested tours of the Avery Island SaltMine, the Nevada Test Site, and the Hanford Reservation. The requestedvisits have been postponed due to SRPO Staff commitment to the EAs.

The ability of SRPO to meet the planned schedule for land acquisition atthe beginning of site characterization activities is an issue. The nextstep in the land acquisition planning process is a discussion with thepotential host states. This discussion centers around a draftmodification to the Interagency Agreement with the Corps of Engineers.The Interagency Agreement with the Corp of Engineers was revised toincorporate HQ instructions to focus on the Texas site. The I.A. wassent to HQ with a cover letter requesting authorization to forward it tothe State of Texas for review. The present schedule calls for realestate planning reports to be prepared in one month, a draft landacquisition plan to be prepared in three weeks, and a land acquisitionplan to be prepared by SRPO and submitted to HQ in one week. The landacquisition process was originally scheduled to take six months tocompl ete. (TJT/JRW)

II. MAJOR INTERNAL CONCERNS

A. New Concerns

None

B. Previously Reported Concerns

A decision memorandum is being prepared concerning whether SRPO shouldcontract directly with a geotechnical firm for conduct of field studiesduring site characterization.

SALT REPOSITORY PROJECT OFFICE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS REPORT May 30, 1985

III. SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS/INFORMATION ITEMS

A. Site Evaluation (J. Sherwin)

SRPO Staff visiting WIPP to discuss logistics or core preservation study.

B. Site Characterization Plan (T. Baillieul)

SRPO is sponsoring a Practicum Fellow in Health Physics through the OakRidge Associated Universities.

C. Budget and Project Control (P. Van Loan)

Reviewed and provided comments to OCRWM on the Draft Second Annual GAOReport.

Participated in the Fluor and Parsons-Redpath Monthly Management Reviews.

Continued efforts to followup on requests for additional data frommidyear Budget meeting last week with OGR.

Continued to review the NCR Worksaver 300 office automation equipment.NCR is to provide SRPO with a letter by 6/10/85 that identifies what thesystem has been demonstrated to do and what it can not do relative toSRPO's original Systems Requirements.

Briefed EEI on the SRP Project & Project Management System.

Sent CH Finance a revised listing of the "Identification of Nuclear WasteFund Plant & Capital Equipment - SRP" to be used as the basis forreimbursing the Energy Appropriation for capital equipment that should betransferred to the Fund.

D. Institutional Relations (T. Taylor)

SRPO staff are stepping. up reviews of contractor topical reports in aneffort to finalize as many references as possible for the final EAs.

SRPO approved the format of presentations to HQ at the next workshop onthe environmental assessments, scheduled for June 11-13. Thepresentations will focus on the status of the comment/response appendix,and the work underway to resolve challenges to the findings in the draftEAs in Chapter 2.3 and Chapter 6.

Field studies commenced in Utah to determine the engineering feasibilityand cost of constructing road and rail access routes to the Paradoxsites. The studies will also be used to determine the visual impacts oflocating a repository at the sites.



E. Quality Assurance (J. Reese)

Review is continuing on revising the SRPO QA Program documents.

The SRPO QAM meeting was held in Columbus. Some issues were raised whichwill be taken to the QACG.

Review and comments were made to the draft OGR document "QA Requirementsfor Overview of Quality Assurance.

Preliminary planning was begun for a QA management assessment of SRPO.

Plans were started for an internal QA audit in June.

F. Engineering & Technology (R. Lahoti)

SRPO, ONWI and Fluor attended the MRS/Repository Interface Task Forcemeeting in Washington, D.C., April 30-May 2, 1985. The Task Force hasreviewed the strategy and planning, MRS and Repository ArchitectureEngineering drawings and Functional Design Specifications.



G. Office Staffing Status as of 05/23/85 (J. England)

AuthorizedPositions**

VacantPositions

AdvertisedPositions

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Positions Advertised: Positions To Be Advertised:

1 Environmentalist(Columbus Office)

1 Contract Specialist(Site)

1 Lawyer (Site)

1 Project Manager (Site)1 Secretary (Site)1 Quality Assurance Specialist

** 39 FTE Authorized forColumbus Office, includingAssistant Chief Counsel (FY 85)

Andrew P. Avel, Facilities Engineering Project Manager,reported for duty on May 28, 1985.


H. PROCUREMENT: *(J.L. England, SRPO, Ext. 17)

The following contracts, task orders, modifications, and supplemental agreementswere issued during the period: 5/07/85 through 5/13/85:

(1) CONTRACTS & SUPPLEMENTS PLACED

DATE CONTRACT NO. CONTRACTOR AMOUNT

5/22/85 E514-16300 Dr. Arthur L. Bloom $ 20,000

MEMBER GEOLOGIC REVIEW GROUP

5/22/85 E514-16400 Dr. William W. Hambleton $ 20,000


5/22/85 E514-16500 Prof. William R. Judd $ 20,000


5/22/85 E514-16600 Dr. Konrad B. Krauskopf $ 20,000


5/22/85 E514-16700 Dr. Irwin Remson $ 20,000


5/22/85 E514-16800 Dr. Howard P. Ross $ 20,000


5/22/85 E514-16900 Dr. Charles I. Smith $ 20,000


5/23/85 E512-09400 Goldberg Zoino & Assoc., Inc. $115,000Soil & Rock Instrumentation Div.

CONTRACT OVERRUN

5/28/85 E512-05000 Stone & Webster Eng. Corp. $789,000SA No. 34

GPM PERMIAN BASIN - FUNDING THROUGH 6/30/85


(2) REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS ISSUED

DATE RFP NO. TITLE AMOUNT DUE DATE

5/24/85 E512-08900SA No. 21ParsonsBrinckerhoff/BP/KBB

Revision of SaltEnvironmental Assessment

$700,000 5/31/85

5/23/85 E512-08900 Long Lead Design of $146,000 5/31/85SA No. 22 Hoists for ESPParsonsBrinckerhoff/BP/KBB


IV. UPCOMING EVENTS:

A. Meetings Scheduled

May 29-30 - QA visit to ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN. (TJR)

June 3-7 - Hydrology Workshop to determine the appropriate treatment ofhydrologic issues in the final EA, consistent with existing data andpreliminary modeling efforts. Participants to include experts from theU.S. and Canada. (TAB)

June 4-5 - Internal QA audit of SRPO. (TJR)

June 5-6 - Budget meeting for PM's at HQ. (JON)

June 7 - Meeting for PM re Common A/E and Chapter 7 methodology. (JON)

June 11 - Transportation coordination group meeting, to coincide withthe EA workshop. (JRW)

June 11-13 - Schedule for QA audit of Fluor, Irvine, CA. (TJR)

June 11-13 - EA workshop at DOE-HQ. (TJT)

June 10-12 - Waste Package Contractors Mid-Year Review in Columbus,Ohio. (KKW)

June 11 - WIPP DHLW Interface Working Group meeting in Albuquerque, NewMexico. (KKW)

June 17-21 - QA Lead Auditor course, Columbus, OH. (TJR)

June 18 - SRPO/NRC management meeting in Columbus, OH. (LAC)

June 18-19 - Workshop to resolve comments on draft Systems EngineeringManagement Plan (SEMP) at DOE-HQ. (LAC)

June 25-27 - Waste Package Coordination Group meeting in Denver,Colorado. (KKW)

June 27-28 - Schedule for QA audit of BNL at Upton, NY. (TJR)

July 9-11 - DOE-HQ audit of SRPO. (TJR)

July 15 - NRC and NRC consultant Bill Bland will give presentation inColumbus on NASA's uses of QA and other management practices as theymight relate to the SRP. (TJR)

September 18-20 - International Symposium on Coupled ProcessesAffecting the Performance of a Nuclear Waste Repository, sponsored byDOE/NRC/OECD/CEC. (KKW)

SALT REPOSITORY PROJECtOFFICE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS REPORTM May 30, 1985

IV. UPCOMING EVENTS:

Aerial and ground inspection of potential repository location andrail/road access for Paradox sites, with participants to includerepresentatives of ONWI, Bechtel, and BLM. Engineering feasibilityanalysis and visual aesthetics analysis will follow the inspections.(WSW)

B. Monthly Management Review Schedule

ONWI (15-1-DOE-CR) Fluor (15-1-DOE-CR) P-R (15-1-DOE-CR)

06/04/85 1:30 p.m.

06/27/85 9:30 a.m.06/27/85

1:300 p~m.

06/27/85 1 :30 p.m.

Office of/NucleaWaste Isolation

Battelle505 ing AvenueColumbus, Ohio 43201Telephone (614) 424-6424Telex 24-5454

May 30, 1985

J. 0. Neff, Manager, SRPO

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS REPORT

We are enclosing the Weekly Highlights Report covering theperiod May 23-29, 1985, for the Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation.

A. CarbienerProg'ram Manager

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cc: T. Langevin, PRC

WBS 1.3.9ONWI-011-85-0051

Visitors' Entrance: 1375 Perry Street, Columbus, Ohio

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS REPORT Battelle

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR WASTE ISOLATIONMAY 23-29, 1985

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* The Socioeconomic Analysis for Repository Siting (SEARS) Model ModificationPlan was transmitted to SRPO. The model code will be converted to FORTRANand the number of user-alterable parameters will be increased. Thesemodifications will be completed by the end of FY 85.

* The ESF/WIPP Cost Comparison was transmitted to SRPO. Items coveredincluded the inventory of the information received from WIPP and a summaryexplanation of the cost comparison, along with a detailed backup for costsassociated with WBS 6.2 through 6.7.

e Review comments of the Fluor report, "Repository Operating Concepts", weretransmitted to SRPO.

* ONWI submitted a letter to SRPO assessing the need for a repository sub-surface simulation model and the associated Fluor/M-K proposed costs.

e A set of slides on the salt repository program was sent to Neville Carterat Texas A&M University and Robert Healy of Conn Edison's Indian PointEnergy Information Center in Buchanan, New York.

* Draft thank you letters to local people in the four salt states who providedassistance during B. Rusche's trip were provided to SRPO for transmittal.

* The Soil and Rock Instrumentation audit report for the audit which wasconducted on April 22 and 23, 1985, was issued.

STATUS

* Woodward-Clyde Consultants has submitted all site study plans for geologicfield activities.

* A preliminary request has been received from Mark Jacobsen of Chevron OilCompany, Denver, Colorado, for core samples from Salt Valley, Elk Ridge,and Gibson Dome boreholes. He will submit a written request detailingintervals of interest and indicating the availability of test data to DOE.

* Draft fact sheets and objective sheets have been prepared for the transpor-tation and core storage facility cost studies requested by SRPO.

* Review of draft data tables and statistical evaluation of the geotechnicaldata for J. Friemel well is underway.

* At the request of SRPO, rationale was supplied to support the recommendationfor plugging Mansfield and Sawyer wells prior to lease expiration.

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STATUS (Continued)

e The following draft reports were received and have been distributed forONWI technical review:

- The SWEC report "Preliminary Simulation Model to DetermineGround-Water Flow and Ages in the Palo Duro Basin".

- The Earth Technology report "Regional Ground-Water Flow NearRichton and Cypress Creek Domes, Mississippi, Annual StatusReport for FY 85".

- A Woodward-Clyde Consultants letter report discussing alternateground-water travel paths in the Davis Canyon area.

e The second draft of the Paradox Rail Noise Study was received from BNI, andits second review was initiated.

* Data requirements lists for Transportation, Aesthetics, Land Use, Culturaland Paleontological Resources, Biota/Ecosystems, and Water Resources weredeveloped. These lists will be used in preparing Chapter 2 of the SurfaceBased Study Plan.

a The review of working papers for the Aesthetics Environmental Study Plan(ESP) was completed. A list of comments and suggestions was transmittedto BNI for their action prior to formal technical review.

* Draft final reports on the comparative evaluation of sites for the threebasins were submitted by BCD. They are undergoing review prior to final-alization by BCD.

* The final draft Environmental Program Plan is available for ONWI managementreview.

e The Golder Associates report, "Performance of Geotechnical Instrumentationin a Salt Repository Environment - Phase I" was received. This study isthe first phase of an effort to evaluate the performance capabilities ofthe geotechnical instrumentation required for characterizing a candidatesalt repository site.

e ONWI review of the 90 percent complete preliminary designs by ParsonsBrinckerhoff/PB-KBB for the Exploratory Shaft Facility in three salt basinsis underway.

* QA specifications for the PNL Waste Package Program have been reviewed.

* SRPO has requested a formal response to the ANL comments on the WastePackage Reference Conceptual Design Report, WTSD-TME-O01 Rev. A. Issuanceof ONWI-517 will be delayed until after resolution of the ANL comments.

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STATUS (Continued)

* The SRP Experimental Design Methodology Panel decided that oxygen fugacityshould be retained as a factor in the factorial matrix of tests. Inconsidering about 16 years of corrosion data in sea water, it was decidedthat corrosion rates in the repository environment may reach a steady statein a period of a few months and, therefore, the planned upper time limit ofthe experiments was set at 5 years.

a EA issue responses are being prepared for submittal to SRPO. Format guid-ance received May 28, 1985, requires redrafting of framed issues andpreviously prepared responses. Current delivery date is June 5, 1985.

* Approval was received from SRPO to initiate EA study plans for expandingthe social impact analysis at all sites, including a seed company analysisfor the Pennian sites.

* The Salt Specific Requirements Working Group continued the development ofthe salt requirements specification. The systems hierarchy proposed by thegroup was modified to include salt site specific stratigraphy.

* SRPO comments on the Draft FY 85 Technical Project Plan (TPP) have beenincorporated as appropriate. A review of the resolution of the commentswill be held with SRPO prior to initiating the clearance process.

* Interim System Operation Work Instructions for SRP/TDB data entry wereissued and specific work instructions for data extraction and entry havebeen compiled for review.

* A complete rewrite of the ONWI Baseline Procedures Notebook has beeninitiated based on the internal ONWI comments received. This revisedversion will be very similar to the SRP Baseline Procedures Notebook.

* Support continued to the SRPO Change Control Board Secretary by providingdraft copies of Baseline Change Proposals and Change Control BoardDirectives.

* Compilation of the Repository Operations Simulation model has been success-fully accomplished. An input data file consisting of "best guess", hypo-thetical input parameters is being created and an execution run will besubsequently attempted.

* A draft of Chapter 9 of the Performance Assessment Plan was completed. Thesubject of the chapter is computer code verification, validation, anddocumentation.

* Coding of the computer program for the Repository Ventilation Cost Model(REVCOM) is continuing. Testing of some subprograms has started.

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STATUS (Continued)

e The design of the various subprograms of the Transportation-RepositoryInterface Facility (TRIM) computer model is continuing. Coding of somesubprograms has started.

* The ONWI April Project Status Report, which was scheduled for submittal onMay 28, 1985, is running behind schedule due primarily to staff involvementwith the Budget Review. It is expected that the report will be issued onMay 30, 1985.

e CBD Announcement 85-3, "Environmental Services for Salt Site Character-ization" ("Salt Repository Studies in Sound, Ionizing Radiation, Visi-bility, Air Quality, and Meteorology") was forwarded to The CommerceBusiness Daily for publication.

e Requests for Proposals for the renewal of the GPM contracts for the ParadoxBasin (Woodward-Clyde Consultants) and the Permian Basin (Stone & Webster)through FY 86 were mailed May 28, 1985. Proposals are requested by June 17.

MEETINGS HELD THIS WEEK

e ONWI staff met with SRPO and Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation inColumbus to review the scope of the study to evaluate transportation andcore storage facility costs.

e The Engineering Review Group (ERG) met at Battelle and reviewed the "DraftTest Plan for In Situ Testing in an Exploratory Shaft in Salt". Findingsand recommendations of the ERG were presented in preliminary form in anexecutive summary at the conclusion of the meeting. Formal findings andrecommendations will be provided to ONWI by mid-June.

* An SCP Planning/Status meeting between ONWI, SRPO, and Fluor was held inColumbus. Status of SCP milestones, a review of the logic diagram forChapter 6 preparation, and a discussion of Fluor's role in Chapter 6assembly and coordination were discussed.

* OCRWM Director Ben Rusche visited the four salt states. During this weekMr. Rusche met with 13 local officials, people, and media representativesin Utah; 132 in Texas; 15 in Louisiana; and 20 in Mississippi.

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TRIPS AND MEETINGS PLANNED

May 30

June 3-7

J. Moody will attend the American Geophysical Union Symposiumon Coupling Geochemical and Hydrologic Models for SubsurfaceSolute Transport to be held in Baltimore, Maryland.

A Hydrology Panel, composed of staff members from ONWI andDOE, GPM representatives, and several noted hydrologists,will be held at ONWI. The objective of this peer reviewpanel is to provide a recommendation to the Salt RepositoryProject regarding how the phenomena and mechanisms of ground-water flow should best be treated within the context of thefinal Environmental Assessments.

June 4-5

June 7

June 10-12

L. Myers will meet with Golder Associates in Bellevue,Washington, to discuss FY 86 and outyear planning.

SRPO staff and R. Kennedy will attend a meeting at DOE-HQon EA Chapter 6 Findings and Disqualifiers.

A midyear review and planning meeting on waste packagestudies will be held at ONWI. Presentations will be madeby PNL, MCC, LRL, and BNL.

June 11-13 SRPO and ONWI EA staff will attend an EA workshop at DOE-HO.

QA AUDITS AND SURVEILLANCES PLANNED

June 11-13 E. Patzer and several DOE staff members will conduct an auditof Fluor Engineering Company.

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