ML13317A385
| ML13317A385 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 10/28/1982 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Southern California Edison Co |
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| NUDOCS 8211040084 | |
| Download: ML13317A385 (4) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
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AND SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC
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Docket No. 50-206 COMPANY.
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(San Onofre Nuclear Generating
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Station, Unit No. 1)
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EXEMPTION I.
The Southern California Edison Company (SCE) and the San Diego Gas and Electric Company (the licensees) hold Provisional Operating License No. DPR-13, which authorizes Southern California Edison Company to operate the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 1 (the facility) at power levels not in excess of 1347 megawatts (thermal) rated power. The facility, which is located in San Diego County, California, is a pressur ized water reactor (PWR) used for the commercial-generation of electricity.
Section 50.54(t) of 10 CFR Part 50 requires that a nuclear power reactor licensee provide for a review of its emergency preparedness program at least every 12 months by persons who have no direct responsibility for implementation of the emergency preparedness program. By application dated March 18, 1982, the licensee requested an exemption from the Section 50.54(t) schedular requirement to permit a one-year extension of the annual review of the review of the emergency preparedness program for San Onofre 821104o8 921028 PI)R ADOCK 05000206 F
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Discussions between the licensees' representatives and members of the NRC staff indicated that schedular relief until February 16, 1983, rather than April 1, 1983, would be acceptable for San Onofre Unit No. 1. This modified date coincides with the date that a similar audit is required for San Onofre Unit No. 2. Accordingly, the licensees and-the NRC staff mutually agreed to modify the extension request to February 16, 1983.
The'licensees stated that the requested schedular relimef.is justified by the comprehensive review of existing onsite and offsite emergency pre par6dness for the site, including SONGS-1 conducted during the past year and-a-half by the NRC staff and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in conjunction with licensing proceedings related to San Onofre_-.
Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3. In an affadavit submitted in support of the exemption request, the licensee cited (1) the full-scale exercise of the San Onofre Unit No. 1 onsite.emergency plan and the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station offsite emergency plans conducted on May 13,
- 1981, by Southern California Edison Company and the involved offsite jurisdictions, under the observation of FEMA and NRC staff representatives, (2) the April 15, 1982 exercise of the San Onofre Unit No. 2 onsite plan and the.offsite emergency plans under the observation of FEMA and NRC repre sentatives, (3) the December 2, 1981 FEMA report, (4) the February 9, 1982 report issued by the NRC on the emergency preparedness appraisal for San Onofre Units 2 and 3, and (5) the NRC inspections of emergency preparedness in October and November 1981.
and January 1982.
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The affidavit submitted in support of the licensees request presents a factual picture of the salient milestones in the development and review of the site's emergency preparedness program. That description is generally consistent with the schedule of events that have occurred at each -of the operating plants (and the near term operating license applicant's sites) during the course of calendar year 1981.
One significant additional factor unique to the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station site is the occurrence of an additional exercise during April, 1982 for the purpose of evaluating the San Onofre, Unit 2, onsite program and foc demonstrating the level of offsite capability beyond that evaluated during the May, 1981, exercise. We note that tHe Unit 1 offsite plans are the same plans applicable to Uit' 2.
Based on our review, we find that the additional onsite and offsite review performed in conjunction with the April 1982 emergency planning exercise is sufficient to support the granting of an exemption until February 16, 1983 for the conduct of an independent audit of the San Onofre Unit No. 1 emergency plan.
We conclude that the extension until February 16, 1983, is acceptable based on the additional onsite and offsite review performed in conjunction with the April 1982 exercise. We further conclude that this extension of time until February 16, 1983 for the conduct of an independent audit of the San Onofre Unit 1 emergency preparedness program will not endanger the health and safety of the public and should, therefore, be granted.
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IV.
Accordingly, the Commission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, an exemption is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, is otherwise in the public interest, and is hereby granted.
The Commission has determined that the granting of this exemption will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 51.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negative declaration and envit-onmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with this action.
This exemption is effective upon issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director Division of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 28th day of October, 1982.