IR 05000244/1999201

Forwards Insp Rept 50-244/99-201 (Operational Safeguards Response Evaluation) on 990621-24.No Violations Noted. Primary Purpose of Osre to Assess Licensee Ability to Respond to External Threat.Insp Rept Withheld

ML20217J170
Person / Time
Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	09/24/1999
From:	Gallo R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Mecredy R ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
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50-244-99-201, NUDOCS 9910250035
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Dr. Robert C. Meerc<iy September 24,1999 Vice President, Ginna Nuclear Operations i Rochester Gas & El3ctric Corporation 89 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14649 SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION 50-244/99201 (OPERATIONAL SAFEGUARDS RESPONSE EVALUATION) j

Dear Dr. Meeredy:

During June 21 through 24,1999, NRC's Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation performed i an Operational Safeguards Response Evaluation (OSRE) at the Ginna Nuclear Power Plant.

A final exit meeting was held by telephone conference on August 19,1999, to summarize the findings of the OSRE. The enclosed report presents the scope and results of that inspection.

The primary purpose of the OSRE was to assess your ability to respond to an external threat. The OSRE also assessed the interaction between operations and security in establishing priorities for protection of equipment and the protective strategies used. The OSRE included a safety / safeguards interface review to ensure that safeguards measures did q not adversely impact safe operation of the facility. 1

The licensee's performance during this evaluation indicated an effective overall contingency response capability, although one open item was identified for which the facility licensee is taking corrective action which were identified in a submittal to the NRC dated August 13, 1999. Overall the OSRE team troted the significant operations involvement in the planning and exercising of the contingency response capability, and concluded that the protective strategy for Ginna was being effectively implemented and that the response force demonstrated the capability to protect public health and safety against the NRC design basis threat (DBT). The exercises also demonstrated that the security response force could provide a protected, safe environment for the operators to operate and control the reactor

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within their normal training and qualifications. The team also concluded that effective provisions were in place to ensure that safeguards measures did not adversely affect the safe operation of the facility.

, The enclosed r'e port does not convey any new regulatory requirement. The enclosure, l which contains safeguards information of a type specified in 10 CFR 73.21, will Do_t o be l gg Violation of protection requirements for Enclosure contains SAFEGU ANDS INFoRMATION O subject to Upon removal of enclosure this document CIVIL and CRIMINAL Penalties, is DECONTROLLED.

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