ML17083A780

Forwards Fema/Nrc Interim Agreement on Criteria for Low Power Testing at New Commercial Nuclear Facilities.Public Health & Safety Is Adequately Protected If Facility Is Located in State Receiving Previous Concurrence

ML17083A780
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Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	02/27/1981
From:	Grimes B, Ryan R Federal Emergency Management Agency, NRC - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TASK FORCE
To:	Harold Denton, Mcconnell J Federal Emergency Management Agency, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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1 l41WA~P UNtTED STATES NUCLEI REGULATORY COMMlSSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 mvACmEm Xr MEMORANDUM FOR:

Harold R. Denton, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC FROM:

SUBJECT:

John W. McConnell, Assistant Associate Director for Population Preparedness, FEMA FEMA/NRC Steering Committee EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CRITERIA FOR LOW POWER TESTING In accordance with your exchange of letters, both dated February 14, 1980.

'he joint FEHA/NRC Steering Committee has made a determination on whether specific emergency preparedness criteria should be developed for low power testing authorizations at new commercial nuclear power facilities.

The Steering Committee has determined that the position in the enclosure with regard to emergency preparedness for low power testing is adequate and can serve as an interim basis for licensing facilities for low power testing.

The Steering Committee concludes that in view of the minimal nature of the potential

hazard, the development of specific low power testing criteria is not warranted.

Me conclude that an appropriate objective for those facilities beyond North

Anna, Salem and Diablo Canyon is to assess against the upgraded NRC/FEMA criteria and mak~ findings with regard to the significance of any deficiencies for low power Zesting a thorizations.

Brian K. Grimes, Director Emergency Preparedness Task Group Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation - NRC Robert Ryan, Direct r

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Division of Radiological Emergency Preparedness

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of.the FEMA/NRC Steering Comittee

Enclosure:

Criteria for Low Power Testing cc w/enclosure:

FEMA/NRC Steering Comoittee K. Cornell F.

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FEMA/NRC INTERIM AGREEMENT ON CRITERIA FOR LOW POMER TESTING AT NEW COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR'FACILITIES The FEMA/NRC Steering Committee has agreed that for the purposes of low power testing (up to 5>> power)'at new comoercial nuclear facilities that the public health and safety is adequately protected if such facility is located in a State which had received a concurrence under the previous voluntary concurrence program>

administered by the NRC and based on evaluation by a multi-agency Federal Regional Advisory Committee.

In addition, operator plans at individual sites must be consistent with both the existing NRC Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 and, NRC Regulatory Guide 1.101 in order to assure adequate protection of the public health and safety prior to low power testing.

NRC and FEMA agree that State, local and nuclear facility operator plans must be adequate when judged against the criteria contained in NUREG-0654 and FEMA/REP-1 prior to full scale commercial operation.

This agreement is:based on the considerations discussed in the exchange of letters between H. Denton, NRC and J. McConnell, FEMA, both dated February 14, 1980.

The parties note that the North Anna, Sa1em and Diablo Canyon sites are located in Virginia, New Jersey and California respectively, all of which have received prior NRC concurrence in State Plans.

The Salem facility is located near the Delaware border; the radiological emergency plan of the State of Delaware has also received prior NRC concurrence.

NRC stipulates that individual nuclear facility operator plans at these plants are in compliance with'ppendix E and are consistent with Regulatory Guide 1.101.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units Nos.

1 and 2)

Docket Nos.

50-275 O.L.

50-323 O.L.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of NRC

RESPONSE

TO GOVERNOR BROWN'S INTERROGATORIES in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class or, as indicated by an asterisk, through deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's internal mail system, this 10th day of March, 1981.

• Elizabeth S. Bowers, Esq.,

Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

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• Mr. Glenn 0. Bright Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

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• Dr. Jerry Klinc Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.

S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.

C.

20555 Philip A. Crane, Jr.,

Esq.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O.

Box 7442 San Francisco, California 94106 Mrs. Elizabeth Apfelberg 1415 Cozadero San Luis Obispo, California 93401 Mrs. Raye Fleming 1920 Mattie Road Shell Beach, California 93449 Mr. Frederick Eissler Scenic Shoreline Preservation Conference, Inc.

4623 More Mesa Drive Santa Barbara, California 93105 Mrs. Sandra A. Silver 1760 Alisal Street San Luis Obispo, California 93401 Mr. Gordon Silver 1760 Alisal Street San Luis Obispo, California 93401 Richard B. Hubbard MHB Technical Associates 1723 Hamilton Avenue - Suite K

San Jose, California 95125 Andrew Baldwin, Esq.

124 Spear Street San Francisco, California 94105

-I Paul C. Valentine, Esq.

321 Lytton Avenue Palo Alto, California 94302 Harry M. Willis Seymour 5 Willis 601 California, Street, Suite 2100 San Francisco, California 94108 John R, Phillips, Esq.

Simon Klevansky, Esq.

Margaret Blodgett, Esq.

Marion P. Johnston, Esq.

Joel

Reynolds, Esq.

Center for Law in the Public Interest 10203 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90067 Arthur CD Gehr, Esq.

Snell 5 Wilmer 3100 Valley Center

Phoenix, Arizona 85073 Janice E. Kerr, Esq.

Lawrence (j. Garcia, Esq.

350 McAllister Street San Francisco, California 94102 Mr. James

0. Schuyler Nuclear Projects Engineer Pacific Gas 5 Electric Company 77 Beale Street San Francisco, California 94106 John Marrs Managing Editor San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune 1321 Johnson Avenue P. 0.

Box 112 San Luis Obispo, California 93406 Bruce Norton, Esq.

3216 North 3rd Street Suite 300

Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Davis S. Fleischaker, Esq.

Suite 709 1735 Eye Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.

20006 Byron S. Georgiou Legal Affairs Secretary Governor's Offic'e State Capitol Sacramento, California 95814 Herbert H.

Brown HILL, CHRISTOPHER

& PHILLIPS, P.

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1900 M Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.

20036 Richard E. Blankenburg, Co-publisher Wayne A. Soroyan, News Reporter South County Publishing Company P. 0, Box 460 Arroyo Grande, California 93420 "Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

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~Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

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• Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN:

Chief, Docketing 8 Service Br.

Washington, D.C.

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Bradley W. Jones Counsel for NRC Staff