ML071720529
| ML071720529 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 06/12/2007 |
| From: | O'Claire C State of OH, Dept of Public Safety |
| To: | Lickus R NRC/RGN-III |
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| Download: ML071720529 (4) | |
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OHIO SAFETY EDUCATION. SERVICE. PROTECTION OHIO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Administration Bureau of Motor Vehicles Emergency Management Agency Emergency Medical Services Division Office of Criminal Justice Services Ohio Homeland Security Ohio Investigative Unit Ohio State Highway Patrol Ted Strickland, Governor Nancy J. Dragani Acting Director Nancy J. Dragani Execufrve Drrector Emergency Management Agency 2855 West Dublin-Granville Road Columbus, Ohio 43235-2206 www erna Ohio gov (614) 889-7150 June 12,2007 Mr. Roland Lickus, Chief State and Government Affairs for Region I11 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrensville Road Lisle, IL 60605-435 I
Dear Mr. Lickus:
This letter requests permission to observe the NRC Reactor Vessel Head Replacement Inspection (IP 71 1007) at Davis-Besse, scheduled for the weeks of June 9 through August 6, 2007. Michael R. White of the Ohio Emergency Management Agency has been selected by the Utility Radiological Safety Board to be the designated observer. Mr. White has obtained unescorted access authorization; therefore, a plant escort will not be necessary. Coordination will be with the lead Regional NRC inspector.
Enclosed is a copy of Mr. White's signed NRC/State Protocol Statement.
Sincerely, CAROL O'CLAIRE State Liaison Officer COC/rlh Enclosure RECEIVED JUN 2 2 2007 Mission Statement "to save lrves. reduce rnjunes and economic loss to admmister Ohm's motor vehrccle laws and to preserve fhe safety and well berng of all crtrzens wrth the mosf cost-efectrve and servlce-onented methods avarlable
Protocol Agreement for State Observation of NRC Inspections NRC Protocol:
responsible for tracking requests for State observation, assuring consistency regarding these requests, and for advising the Regional Administrator on the disposition of these requests. The appropriate technical representative or Division Director will communicate with the State on specific issues concerning the inspection(s).
The Regional State Liaison Officer (RSLO) will normally be the lead individual Requests for observations of Headquarters-based inspections will also be coordinated through the RSLO. Headquarters-based inspections should be referred through the RSLO to a technical representative designated by the Region.
Liaison Oficer (SLO). Requests should identie the type of inspection activity and facility the State wished to observe.
NRC will process written requests to the Regional Administrator through the State Limits on scope and duration of the observation period may be imposed if, in the view of the Regional Administrator, they compromise the efficiency or effectiveness of the inspection. Regions should use their discretion as to which, Zany, inspections will be excluded from observations.
purpose of unannounced inspections.
States will be informed they must not release information concerning the time and endorsed by NRC. The Region will also make it clear that only NRC has regulatory authority for inspection findings and enforcement actions regarding radiological health and safety.
The Region will make it clear to the licensee that the State views are not necessarily
State Protocol:
badging (subject to fitness for duty requirements), prior to the actual inspection.
A State will make advance arrangements with the licensee for site access training and inspection.
Normally, no more than one individual will be allowed to observe and NRC competence of its representatives who accompany NRC inspections.
The State will be responsible for determining the technical and professional team member, usually the senior resident inspector or the team leader.
An observers communication with the licensee will be through the appropriate NRC concerning its time and purpose.
When informed of an unannounced inspection, a State must not release information the inspection.
An observer will remain in the company of NRC personnel throughout the course of with a fair and orderly inspection.
State observation may be terminated by the NRC if the observers conduct interferes
- An observer will not be provided with proprietary of safeguard information.
Observers will not remove any material fiom the site without NRC or licensee approval.
risk. NRC will not be responsible for injuries or exposures to harmful substances, which may occur to the accompanying individual during the inspection and will assume no liability for any incidents associated with the accompaniment.
The State observer, in accompanying the NRC inspectors, does so at his or her own during an inspection accompaniment.
The State observer will be expected to adhere to the same conduct as NRC inspectors If the State observer notices any apparent non-conformance with safety or regulatory requirements during the inspection, hdshe will make those observations promptly known to the NRC team leader or lead inspector. Likewise, when overall conclusions or views of the State observer are substantially different fiom those of the NRC inspectors, the State will advise the team leader or lead inspector and forward those views, in writing, to the NRC Region. This Will allow NRC to take any necessary regulatory actions.
- Under no circumstances should State communications regarding these inspections be released to the public or the licensee before they are reviewed by the NRC and the inspection report is issued. State communications may be made publicly available, similar to NRC inspection reports, after they have been transmitted to and reviewed by NRC.
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Adjacent State Pro tom1 :
zone (EPZ) (within approximately a 10-mile radius) of an NRC-licensed facility located in another State. A host State is a State in which an NRC-licensed facility is located. An adjacent State may request permission to observe NRC inspections at an NRC-licensed facility in a host State.
An adjacent State is a State within the plume exposure pathway emergency planning Regional Administrator for the region in which the facility is located.
The adjacent State SLO must communicate hisher request for observation to the so that each State is aware of the others intentions.
The adjacent State SLO must also communicate hidher request to the host State SLO Regional Administrator will make the final determination on the number of State observers who may attend the inspection. If there is a need to limit the numbers of observers, the Regional Administrator will routinely give preference to the host State observers.
If a host State and an adjacent State request observation of the same inspection, the
- Adjacent State observers will adide by the Same protocol in all aspects of the inspection as host State under this agreement.
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