ML17180A989
| ML17180A989 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden, Byron, Braidwood, Quad Cities, Zion, LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 10/27/1994 |
| From: | Dick G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9410310264 | |
| Download: ML17180A989 (22) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555--0001 October 27, 1994 LICENSEE:
Commonwealth Edison Company {ComEd}
FACILITIES:
Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2 Dresden Station, Units 2 and 3 LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 Quad Cities Station, Units 1 and 2 Zion Station, Units 1 and 2
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF OCTOBER 19, 1994 MEETING On October 19, 1994, a public meeting was held at 1 p.m. between the NRC and ComEd (the licensee}, at ComEd's request, for the licensee to inform the staff of its intent to submit a proposal to the NRC requesting approval of a single emergency operations facility (EOF).
A list of attendees is enclosed (Enclosure 1). Enclosure 2 includes a copy of the meeting agenda and licensee's meeting handout.
Currently the licensee has four EOFs for its six sites and has requested NRC approval to use the corporate EOF (under staff review} as an interim EOF until the near-site EOFs become fully staffed. The licensee's new proposal will be to use the corporate EOF at the Downers Grove Facility as the EOF for all sites. The near-site EOF facilities would be converted to other uses.
The licensee discussed the technical and economic advantages of the proposal. It will be submitted as a cost beneficial licensing action.
The licensee has discussed its proposal with the states concerned.
Under the present arrangement, the states are not co-located with the licensee; consequently they do not object to the proposed changes as long as the present communication and decision making processes are not adversely affected.
The NRC stated that it would consider the proposal when it is submitted.
As part of the submittal, the NRC recommended that the licensee also:
(1) advise and coordinate with the appropriate counties; (2) consult with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to consider the impact on state and county emergency plans; (3) review any similar proposals that may have been submitted to the NRC by other licensees; and (4) use the same approach to developing staffing levels as will be used for the interim EOF.
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- The licensee indicated that the submittal is expected to be made near the end of 1994.
Original Signed By:
George F. Dick, Jr., Project Manager Project Directorate III-2 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, 50-295, and 50-304 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
- 1.
List of Meeting Attendees
- 2.
Meeting Agenda cc w/encl:
see next page DISTRIBUTION (w/all Docket File PUBLIC PDII I-2 r/f GDick JStang RPulsifer enclosures)
BCl ayton, RI II LMil 1 er, RI II PHil and, RI II RAssa WReckley CShiraki DISTRIBUTION (w/Enclosure 1 only)
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BMcCabe, EDO TEssig Eimbro JMcCormick-Barger CMiller JO' Brien STurk DOCUMENT NAME:
G:~CMRCJR\\DICK\\1019MTG.SUM To receive a copy of this d cument, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without enclosures "E" = Copy with enclosures "N" = No copy OFFICE NAME DATE 10/~7/94 10/ /94 10/ /94 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
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- The licensee indicated that the submittal is expected to be made near the end of 1994.
Orlgina1 Signed By:
George F. Dick, Jr., Project Manager Project Directorate III-2 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, 50-295, and 50-304 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
- 1. List of Meeting Attendees
- 2. Meeting Agenda cc w/encl: see next page DISTRIBUTION (w/all Docket File PUBLIC PDIII-2 r/f GDick JStang RPulsifer enclosures)
BCl ayton, RI II LMil l er, RII I PHil and, RII I RAssa WReckley CShiraki DISTRIBUTION (w/Enclosure 1 only)
WRussell/FMiraglia RZimmerman JRoe RCapra CMoore OGC EJordan, D/AEOD ACRS(4)
BMcCabe, EDO TEssig Elmbro JMcCormick-Barger CMiller JO'Brien STurk DOCUMENT NAME:
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To receive a copy of thi d ment, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without enclosures "E" = Copy with enclosures "N" = No copy OFFICE NAME DATE 10/27/94 10/ /94 10/ /94 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
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- The licensee indicated that the submittal is expected to be made near the end of 1994.
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, 50-295, and 50-304 G!~/; ~i tf; f Project Manager Project Directorate III-2 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
- 1.
List of Meeting Attendees
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Meeting Agenda cc w/encl:
see next page
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'Commonwealth Edison C~any cc:
Mr. Willial!TI P. Poirier Westinghouse Electric Corporation Energy Systems Business Unit Post Office Box 355, Bay 236 West Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 Joseph GaH o Gallo & Ross 1250 Eye St., N.W., Suite 302 Washington~ DC 20005 Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, tR,egion III 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Ms. Bridget Little Rorem Appleseed Coordinator 117 North linden Street Essex, Illinois 60935 Mr. D. L. Farrar, Manager Nuclear Re~ulatory Services Commonwealth Edison Company Executive lowers West, Suite 500 1400 OPUS Place
- Chicago, H~inois 60515 U.S. Nucle;ar Regulatory Commission Braidwood Resident Inspectors Office Rural Route #1, Box 79 Braceville, Illinois 60407 Mr. Ron Stephens, Director Illinois ~mergency 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, Ilff ijnois 60601 EIS Review Coordinator U.S. Envin:lllmmental Protection Agency 77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 Chairman Will County 8oard Will County Board Joliet, Illinois of Supervisors Courthouse 60434 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. l, 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
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I Michael I. Miller, Esquire Sidley and Austin One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60690 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 Grundy County Board Administration Building 1320 Union Street Morris, Illinois 60450 Phillip P. Steptoe, Esquire Sidley 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 Chairman LaSalle County Board of Supervisors
'LaSalle County Courthouse Ottawa,. I 11 i noi s 61350 Station Manager Zion Nuclear Power Station 101 Shiloh Blvd.
Zion, Illinois 60099-2797 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 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 Chairman Rock Island County Board of Supervisors 1504 3rd Avenue Rock Island County Office Bldg.
Rock Island, Illinois 61201 Mr. D. Bax Station Manager, Unit 3 Dresden Nuclear Power Station 6500 North Dresden Road Morris, Illinois 60450-9765
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LIST OF MEETING ATTENDEES FOR OCTOBER 19. 1994 1 p.m.
Terry Blackmon Corn Ed Robert Capra NRC George Dick NRC Thomas Essig NRC Leslie Holden Corn Ed Eugene Imbro NRC Irene Johnson Com Ed James McCormick-Barger NRC Charles Mi 11 er NRC James O'Brien NRC Jack Roe NRC Sherwin Turk NRC
I Single EOF Meeting Agenda
- Introduction -
I. M. Johnson
- Single EOF - T. Blac~mon
- Licensing of Downers Grove Facility
- State Perspective
- Economic Analysis
- Licensing Conaider~tions
- Open Discussion
- Conclusion -
I. M. Johnson
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ComEd EOFs
- Zion EOF located at Zion Station
- Joint Public Information Center located at Highland Park, II
- Byron EOF located in Dixon, II.
- Joint Public Information Center co-located with EOF.
- Quad Cities EOF located in Morrison, II.
- Joint Public Information Center co-located with EOF.
- Dresden, LaSalle, and Braidwood EOF located in Mazon, II.
- Joint Public Information Center co-located with EOF.
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- Downers Grove Facility**
Location
- Downers Grove Facility is within 1 to 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> of all sites.
- Downers Grove Facility is within 15 minutes of NRC Region Ill.
- Located within easy access to four interstates.
- I - 294 to Zion Station
- I - 290 to Chicago
- I - 88 to Byron and Quad Cities Station
- I -55 to Dresden, LaSalle, and Braidwood Station
- Located with easy access to O'Hare and Midway Airports
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Downers Grove Facility Talent Pool for Staffing
- Senior Executive Management for Nuclear Division
- Licensing Department
- Emergency Preparedness Department
- Radiation Protection Department
- Nuclear Fuel Services Department
- Downers ~rove EOF ~apabi_lities
- Dedicated Facility
- Space - Approximately 2680 square feet more than typical ComEd EOF.
- Communications - Equivalent communications capabilities as current EOFs.
- ENS - Can be established using commercial phone lines.
- HPN - Can be established using commercial phone lines.
- Computers - Same capabilities as current EOFs.
- Links to all Sites, the General Office and the Joliet Data Center
- Provides SPDS, EROS, Plant Data, Dose Projection, etc.
- Downers t3rove EOF ~apabi.lities (cont'd)
Facility Space Comparison Area Typical Downers ComEd EOF* Grove EOF**
Main Area 4507 6437 NRCArea 443 725 State Area 400 868 TOTAL 5350 8030
- Does not include kitchen, washrooms, or library.
- Does not include kitchen, washrooms, library, or scenario development room.
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I Downers Grove EOF Capabilities (cont'd)
- Exercised with full EOF staffing at LaSalle Exercise - June, 1992
- Observeq by NRC - No significant concerns ~xpressed.
- Licensed as Zion Backup EOF - July, 1993
- Implemented as Zion Backup EOF -
September, 1993
- Observed by NRC - No significant concerns expressed.
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- Single EOF - State/Loca1-Perspective
- Parallels State Emergency Operations
- State decisionmakers operate from State Capitols
- State decisionmakers gather information through communication links.
- No Impact on Locals
- Locals do not send anyone to the EOF.
- ComEd sends Liaisons to State and Local Emergency Operations Centers.
- Joint Public Information Centers will remain at present locations.
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- Single EOF - State/Local Perspective (cont'd)
- No face to face communications with state and local decision makers.
- No change in information flow to
- states and locals.
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- Single EOF - State/Local Perspective (cont'd)
State Letters of Support
- we see no negative impact on the coordination of activities between CECo and State officials... "
- as long as adequate information flow and cooperative assessment and decisionmaking are achieved, a.central EOF should present no barrier to effective emergency response."
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- Single EOF - State/Local Perspective (cont'd)
State Letters of Support
- Wisconsin Division of Emergency Government 11 Any effect on the State of Wisconsin and Kenosha County Should be administrative only."
- Iowa Emergency Management Division 11The State of Iowa does not object to the proposal concept of a Central Emergency Operations Facility located in Downers Grove...
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- Cost Reduction Analysis
- One Time Initial Savings - $250k
- Equipment that can be used within the ComEd system.
- Annual Savings - $300k
- Reduced communications cost.
- Reduced labor for facility surveillance and maintenance.
- R*educed labor for document control.
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Cost Reduction Analysis (coht'd)
Future Upgrades I Enhancements Cost 20.0%
Savings 80.0%
Upgrades such as the changeout of
-computer systems dictated by changes made at the sites or technological obsolescence of equipment are often necessary.
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-Licensing Considerations ComEd is Unique.
- Six plant sites widely distributed across Northern Illinois..
- State of Illinois is connected by real-time data link 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> each day to each of the twelve ComEd units.
- State Decisionmakers do not co-locate with utility at EOF.
- Local Decisionmakers do not co-locate with utility at EOF.
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Other Considerations *
- Workday activations will be more timely.
- Off-hours response time is approximately 1-1 1/2 hours.