ML17180A934
| ML17180A934 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden, Byron, Braidwood, Quad Cities, Zion, LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 09/19/1994 |
| From: | Capra R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Farrar D COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| References | |
| TAC-M84864, TAC-M84865, TAC-M84866, TAC-M84867, TAC-M84868, TAC-M84869, TAC-M84870, TAC-M84871, TAC-M84872, TAC-M84873, TAC-M84874, TAC-M84875, NUDOCS 9409290334 | |
| Download: ML17180A934 (8) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. D. L. Farrar Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Services Commonwealth Edison Company Executive Towers West III, Suite 500 1400 OPUS Place Downers Grove, IL 60515 September 19, 1994
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO TH~PROPOSED/USE OF THE CORPORATE EOF A~ AN INTE~IM EOF {TAC NOS. M84864, M84865, M848"'66, M848"67, M8(868, M84B69, M84870, M84871, M84872, M84873, M84874, AND M84875)
Dear Mr. Farrar:
In NRG Incpaction RPpnrt 50-237/92022, dated August 20, 1992, the NRC staff identified a concern that the Commonwea1th Edison Conipariy*s (Cu111Eu) emergency plan does not provide for timely augmentation of ComEd's emergency response organization to relieve the control room and technical support center of off-site emergency response functions.
In response to this concern, ComEd proposed to use the corporate emergency operations facility {EOF), staffed within about 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> following an emergency, as an interim EOF until the near-site EDF could be staffed.
The NRC staff has observed the implementation of your plan during numerous emergency exercises and drills at various ComEd sites and has repeatedly identified concerns with ComEd's capability to effectively perform emergency response functions using the corporate EOF as an interim EOF.
Inspection Reports 50-456/94003, 50-457/94003, 50-454/94008, 50-455/94008, 50-254/94015, and 50-265/94015 document the concerns that have been identified. A summary of our concerns and request for additional information {RAI) is enclosed.
We request you provide a response to the concerns and RAI included in the enclosure within 30 days of receipt of this letter, so that we can complete our evaluation of your proposal and provide our recommendation to the Commission.
If there are any questions regarding this RAI, please contact George F. Ditk at (301) 504-J019.
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9409290334 940919 PDR ADOCK 05000237 P
r Mr. Dr This requirement affects one respondent and, therefore, is not subject to the Office,,6f Management and Budget review under P. L.96-511.
I Docket Nos. STN 50-454, STN 50-455 STN 50-456, STN 50-457
50-237'.--50-249' 373
/50-374,..-50-254; "50-265 and/50-295, 50-304 Sincerely, original signed by Robert A. Capra, Director Project Directorate III-2 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
Request for Additional Information cc w/encl:
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- E. Adensam C. Moore (6)
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I Mr. D. L. Farrar cc:
Mr. William P. Poirier Westinghouse Electric Corporation Energy Systems Business Unit Post Office Box 355, Bay 236 West Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 Joseph Gallo Gallo & Ross 1250 Eye St., N.W., Suite 302 Washington, DC 20005 Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, Region III 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Ms. Bridget Little Rorem Appleseed Coordinator 117 North Linden Street EssP.x, Illinois 60935 Chairman Rock Island County Board of Supervisors 1504 3rd Avenue North Rock Island County Office Bldg.
Rock Island, Illinois 61201 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Braidwood Resident Inspectors Office Rural Route #1, Box 79 Braceville, Illinois 60407 Mr. Ron Stephens, Director Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency 110 East Adams Street Springfield, Illinois 62706 Howard A. Learner Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest 203 North LaSalle Street Suite 1390 Chicago, Illinois 60601 EIS Review Coordinator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 Chairman Will County Board of Supervisors Will County Board Courthouse Joliet, Illinois 60434 Commonwealth Edison Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Byron Resident Inspectors Office 4448 North German Church Road Byron, Illinois 61010-9750 Ms. Lorraine Creek Rt. 1, Box 182 Manteno, Illinois 60950 Mrs. Phillip B. Johnson 1907 Stratford Lane Rockford, Illinois 61107 Attorney General 500 South 2nd Street Springfield, Illinois 62701 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Zion Resident Inspectors Office 105 Shiloh Blvd.
Zion, Illinois 60099 George L. Edgar Newman & Holtzinger, P.C.
1615 L Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036 Commonwealth Edison Company Byron Station Manager 4450 North German Church Road Byron, Illinois 61010 Illinois Dept. of Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Facility Safety 1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, Illinois 62704 Commonwealth Edison Company Braidwood Station Manager Rt. 1, Box 84 Braceville, Illinois 60407 Chairman, Ogle County Board Post Office Box 357 Oregon, Illinois 61061 Mayor of Zion Zion, Illinois 60099 Dr. Cecil Lue-Hing Director of Research and Development Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago 100 East Erie Street Chicago, Illinois 60611
Chairman LaSalle County Board of Supervisors LaSalle County Courthouse Ottawa, Illinois 61350 Mr. J. Eenigenburg Station Manager, Unit 2 Dresden Nuclear Power Station 6500 North Dresden Road Morris, Illinois 60450-9765 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office Dresden Station 6500 North Dresden Road Morris, Illinois 60450-9766 Chairman Board of Supervisors uf Grundy County Grundy County Courthouse Morris, Illinois 60450 Phillip P. Steptoe, Esquire S~dley and Austin One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 Assistant Attorney General 100 West Randolph Street Suite 12 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Resident Inspector/LaSalle, NPS U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rural Route No. 1 P. 0. Box 224 Marseilles, Illinois 61341 Michael I. Miller, Esquire Sidley and Austin One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60690 Mr. D. Bax Station Manager, Unit 3 Dresden Nuclear Power Station 6500 North Dresden Road Morris, Illinois 60450-9765 Robert Cushing Chief, Public Utilities Division Illinois Attorney General's Office 100 West Randolph Street Chicago, Illinois 60601 LaSalle Station Manager LaSalle County Station Rural Route 1 P. 0. Box 220 Marseilles, Illinois 61341 Chairman Illinois Commerce Commission Leland Building 527 East Capitol Avenue Springfield, Illinois 62706 Mr. Stephen E. Shelton Vice President Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company P. 0. Box 4350 Davenport, Iowa 52808 Mr. Guy Campbell Station Manager Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station 22710 206th Avenue North Cordova, Illinois 61242 Quad Cities Resident Inspectors Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 22712 206th Avenue North Cordova, Illinois 61242 Station Manager Zion Nuclear Power Station 101 Shiloh Blvd.
Zion, Illinois 60099-2797 I~
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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY TO SUPPORT THE REVIEW OF GSEP REVISION 93-01 The following information is requested to support the NRC's review of Commonwealth Edison Company's (ComEd) Revision 93-01 to its Generating S~ations' Emergency Plan.
- 1.
CONCERNS IDENTIFIED DURING EMERGENCY EXERCISES AND DRILLS The following concerns have been identified during emergency drills and exercises performed to demonstrate the implementation of your emergency pl an.
- a.
Communications Between Emergency Response Facilities Technical staff in the corporate emergency operations facility (EDF) have had difficulty communicating with their counterparts in other emergency response facilities.
In addition, the corporate EOF staff has had difficulty obtaining current plant status.
Provide information regarding your plans for correcting these communication deficiencies.
- b.
Lack of Support Staff to Perform Emergency Response Functions The corporate EOF was unable to adequately perform the following functions with the staff specified for the corporate EOF:
emergency notification system (ENS) communicating health physics network (HPN) communicating off-site survey team control government liaison interfacing public affairs interfacing status board maintenance Provide information regarding your plans to accomplish these functions in the corporate EOF.
- c. Transfer of Command and Control Transfer of command and control to the corporate EOF did not occur during two exercises. Since that time, you committed to revise your implementing procedures to specify the criteria to be used to determine when and if command and control is to be transferred to the corporate EOF.
ENCLOSURE
- Provide information regarding:
(1) the nature and status of the procedure changes, (2) the nature and status of training on these procedure changes (including the number of emergency response personnel trained), and (3) any additional actions taken to assure efficient transfer of command and control to and from the corporate EOF.
- d.
Untimely Determination of Emergency Classification and Protected Action Recommendations Due to a combination of the lack of support staff and communication problems, emergency classification and protective action recom-mendations from the corporate EOF were observed to be untimely.
Provide information regarding your plans to correct this deficiency.
It appears that you do not consider it necessary to equip and staff the corporate EOF to perform all the duties normally performed at the near-site EOF.
However, in consideration of the important functions that need to be performed at the corporate EOF and the uncertainty in the time the corporate EOF will need to be in "command and control," it is appropriate for the corporate EOF to be staffed and equipped similar to the near-site EOFs.
- 2.
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES The staffs for both the corporate EOF and the near-site EOF are prestaged for exercises. Therefore, the real-time activation of these facilities are not tested during your emergency exercises.
Provide information regarding your plans to test the real-time activation of your emergency facilities.
- 3.
RESULTS OF AUGMENTATION DRILLS The concern with the timeliness of the staffing of the near-site EOFs was identified during an augmentation drill performed in July 1992.
Since that time, changes have occurred to your emergency plan and emergency response organization which would affect your augmentation capability.
Provide the results of augmentation drills performed since July 1992.
- 4.
BENEFIT OF THE USE OF THE CORPORATE EOF RELATIVE TO STAFFING THE NEAR-SITE EOFS WITHIN ABOUT 1 HOUR In your response to Inspection Report 50-237/92022, you provided information regarding the benefits of the your staffing plans and the use of the corporate EOF.
This response did not address negative aspects of your plan, such as not assuming the ENS and HPN functions from the technical support center (TSC), as well as not assuming the control of the field teams from the TSC.
- Provide information regarding your assessment of the additional burden the on-site emergency response facilities bear due to your plan for staffing the near-site EOF with corporate and unaffected station personnel and using an interim corporate EOF.
- 5.
IMPACT OF REVISING EMERGENCY PLAN TO STAFF THE NEAR-SITE EOF WITHIN ABOUT 1 HOUR In order to provide a balanced assessment of your proposed use of the corporate EOF versus staffing the near-site EOFs within about 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> after an emergency declaration, information on what the impact of revising your emergency plan and emergency response organization to accommodate staffing of the near-site EOF within about 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> is needed.
Provide information regarding the consequences of revising your emergency plan and emergency response organization to accommodate staffing of the near-site EOF within about 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> following an emergency declaration.
- 6.
RELOCATION OF CORPORATE ENGINEERING STAFF It has come to our attention that ComEd is restructuring its organization to locate corporate resources at the nuclear plant sites.
Provide information on any organizational changes that may affect the staffing of the corporate or near-site EOFs.
l Mr. D. This requirement affects one respondent and, therefore, is not subject to the Office of Management and Budget review under P.L.96-511.
Docket Nos. STN 50-454, STN 50-455 STN 50-456, STN 50-457 50-237, 50-249, 50-373 50-374, 50-254, 50-265 and 50-295, 50-304 Sincerely, original signed by Robert.A. Capra, Director Project Directorate III-2 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
Request for Additional Information cc w/encl:
See next page DISTRIBUTION:
Docket File PDIII-2 r/f (6)
J. Zwolinski R. Capra G. Dick J.. Stang R. Pulsifer R. Emch J. McCormick-Barger B. Clayton, RIII L. Miller, RIII NRC & Local PDRs J. Roe E. Adensam C. Moore (6)
,R. Assa W. Reckley C. Shiraki J. O'Brien OGC P. Hiland, RIII ACRS (10)
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