ML020070579
| ML020070579 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saxton File:GPU Nuclear icon.png |
| Issue date: | 01/09/2002 |
| From: | Alexander Adams Operational Experience and Non-Power Reactors Branch |
| To: | Kuehn G GPU Nuclear |
| Adams A, NRC/NRR/DRIP/REXB, 415-1127 | |
| References | |
| TAC MB3164 | |
| Download: ML020070579 (6) | |
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January 9, 2002 Mr. G. A. Kuehn, Jr.
Vice President SNEC and Program Director SNEC Facility GPU Nuclear, Inc.
Route 441 South P.O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057-0480
SUBJECT:
EMERGENCY PLAN CHANGES FOR THE SAXTON NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL CORPORATION FACILITY (TAC NO. MB3164)
Dear Mr. Kuehn:
This letter acknowledges receipt of your letter dated October 1, 2001, which transmitted a change to the Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation (SNEC) Facility Emergency Response Procedure and Emergency Plan submitted under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.54(q).
The plan change involved the removal of a Containment Vessel (CV) Sump High-Level Alarm.
You identified this change as a decrease in the effectiveness of the emergency plan. This alarm was designed to provide indication of leakage into the CV during the time period when the CV was sealed. The CV had been sealed since the plant was closed until the start of the current decommissioning phase. As part of the decommissioning effort, the concrete in the CV is being removed as well as the alarm system and all energized electrical equipment.
The staff has reviewed the circumstances surrounding the removal of the alarm system and physical condition of the facility and believes that with the removal of radiologically contaminated components and decontamination of concrete, this alarm is no longer needed given the small amount of radioactive material remaining in the CV. However, you propose to continue performing visual inspections whenever the CV is entered. Furthermore, any leakage that would occur would be into the CV and would not cause any offsite radiological releases.
Based upon our review, we conclude that with the current status of decommissioning this change will not decrease the effectiveness of the Emergency Plan and the revised Emergency Plan will continue to meet the requirements of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of this letter will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1127.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors Section Operating Reactor Improvements Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-146
cc: Please see next page Saxton Nuclear Docket No. 50-146 Experimental Corporation cc:
Mr. Michael P. Murphy Bureau of Radiation Protection Hopewell Township Supervisors Department of Environmental Protection ATTN: Sally Giornesto, Secretary 13th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office RR 1 Box 95 Building James Creek, PA 16657-9512 P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Mr. D. Bud McIntyre, Chairman Mr. Jim Tydeman Broad Top Township Supervisors 1402 Wall Street Broad Top Municipal Building Saxton, PA 16678 Defiance, PA 16633 Mr. James H. Elder, Chairman Mr. Don Weaver, Chairman Concerned Citizens for SNEC Safety Liberty Township Supervisors Wall Street Ext. R. D. #1 Saxton, PA 16678 Saxton, PA 16678 Mr. Ernest Fuller U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1427 Kearney Hill Road Baltimore District Six Mile Run, PA 16679 ATTN: S. Snarski/P. Juhle P.O. Box 1715 Saxton Borough Council Baltimore, MD 21203 ATTN: Peggy Whited, Secretary 9th and Spring Streets The Honorable Robert C. Jubelirer Saxton, PA 16678 President Pro-Temp Senate of Pennsylvania Mr. David J. Thompson, Chair 30th District Bedford County Commissioners State Capitol County Court House Harrisburg, PA 17120 203 South Juliana Street Bedford, PA 15522 Mr. James J. Byrne Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Mr. Larry Sather, Chairman Station Huntingdon County Commissioners P.O. Box 480 County Court House Middletown, PA 17057 Huntingdon, PA 16652 Mr. Robert F. Saunders Saxton Community Library First Energy Corp.
Front Street 76 South Main Street Saxton, PA 16678 Akron, OH 44308 Carbon Township Supervisors Ms. Mary E. OReilly ATTN: Penny Brode, Secretary First Energy Legal Department R. D. #1, Box 222-C 76 South Main Street Saxton, PA 16678 Akron, OH 44308
University Park, PA 16802-2301 Mr. Manuel Delgado 2799 Battlefield Road Fishers Hill, VA 22626 Mr. Gareth McGrath Altoona Mirror Mr. Eric Blocher 301 Cayuga Avenue 216 Logan Avenue Altoona, PA 16603 Wyomissing, PA 19610 Dr. William Vernetson Mr. David Sokolsky Director of Nuclear Facilities 1000 King Salmon Avenue Department of Nuclear Engineering Eureka, CA 95503 Sciences University of Florida Mr. Gene Baker 202 Nuclear Sciences Center 501 16th Street Gainesville, FL 32611 Saxton, PA 16678 Mr. Charles Barker Mr. Dick Spargo Box 143, RR 1 1004 Main Street James Creek, PA 16657 Saxton, PA 16678 Mr. William Kanda Mr. Mark E. Warner First Energy Operating Corp.
AmerGen Energy Co., LLC 10 Center Road P.O. Box 480 Perry, OH 44081 Middletown, PA 17057 Mr. G. A. Kuehn, Jr.
Vice President SNEC and Program Director SNEC Facility GPU Nuclear, Inc.
P.O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057-0480 James Fockler, Chairman Saxton Citizens Task Force 1505 Liberty Street Saxton, PA 16678 Dr. Rodger W. Granlund Saxton Independent Inspector Radiation Science and Engineering Center The Pennsylvania State University Breazeale Nuclear Reactor
January 9, 2002 Mr. G. A. Kuehn, Jr.
Vice President SNEC and Program Director SNEC Facility GPU Nuclear, Inc.
Route 441 South P.O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057-0480
SUBJECT:
EMERGENCY PLAN CHANGES FOR THE SAXTON NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL CORPORATION FACILITY (TAC NO. MB3164)
Dear Mr. Kuehn:
This letter acknowledges receipt of your letter dated October 1, 2001, which transmitted a change to the Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation (SNEC) Facility Emergency Response Procedure and Emergency Plan submitted under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.54(q).
The plan change involved the removal of a Containment Vessel (CV) Sump High-Level Alarm.
You identified this change as a decrease in the effectiveness of the emergency plan. This alarm was designed to provide indication of leakage into the CV during the time period when the CV was sealed. The CV had been sealed since the plant was closed until the start of the current decommissioning phase. As part of the decommissioning effort, the concrete in the CV is being removed as well as the alarm system and all energized electrical equipment.
The staff has reviewed the circumstances surrounding the removal of the alarm system and physical condition of the facility and believes that with the removal of radiologically contaminated components and decontamination of concrete, this alarm is no longer needed given the small amount of radioactive material remaining in the CV. However, you propose to continue performing visual inspections whenever the CV is entered. Furthermore, any leakage that would occur would be into the CV and would not cause any offsite radiological releases.
Based upon our review, we conclude that with the current status of decommissioning this change will not decrease the effectiveness of the Emergency Plan and the revised Emergency Plan will continue to meet the requirements of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of this letter will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1127.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors Section Operating Reactor Improvements Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-146 cc: Please see next page DISTRIBUTION:
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