ML17187A299
| ML17187A299 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden, Byron, Braidwood, Quad Cities, Zion, LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 02/08/1996 |
| From: | Capra R NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Farrar D COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737 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 9602090169 | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Mr. D. L. Farrar, Manager Nuclear Regulatory Services Commonwealth Edison Company Executive Towers West III 1400 Opus Place, Suite 500 Downers Grove, IL 60515 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 8, 1996 f;'O-2. ~ 7
SUBJECT:
USE OF THE CORPORATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY AS AN INTERIM*
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY - COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY (TAC NOS. M84864, M84865, M84866, M84867, M84868, M84869, M84870, KB4871, M84872, M84873, M84874 AND M84875)
Dear Mr. Farrar:
By letters dated March 31 and August 5, 1993, Conunonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) submitted proposed changes to its Generating Stations Emergency Plan (GSEP) that included the use of the corporate emergency operations facility.
(EOF) as an interim EOF until the affected station's near-site EOF is staffed.
and operational. Additional and clarifying information was provided by ComEd by its letters of September 23, 1993, November 15, 1994, November 22, 1994, December 16, 1994, June 7, 1995, July 21, 1995 and October 2, 1995.
The ComEd' emergency response strategy involves staffing of the EOFs with personnel from the corporate office and unaffected stations and staffing the onsite emergency facilities (i.e., control room, technical support center and operational support center) with personnel from the affected station. This strategy is intended to optimize the services of ComEd senior managers in the formulation of key onsite and offsite decisions and allows the affected stations to focus on the onsite response.
Utilizing the above emergency response strategy, ComEd has estimated that: it currently takes from 1% to 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> to staff its near-site EOFs, depending on the site involved and the availability of emergency response personnel. With the proposed change to use the corporate EOF as an interim EOF, it can be staffed within 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> and assume emergency management responsibility unUl the near-site EOF is staffed and operational.
The standards that emergency response plans for nuclear power reactors must meet are delineated in 10 CFR 50.47 and in Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50.
NRC guidance regarding acceptable methods for meeting the emergency planning requirements is given in NUREG-0737, Supplement 1, aclarificatfon of TIU Action Plan Requirements (Requirements for Emergency Response Capability}: *.
- Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737 specifies that (1) the EOF must be located between 10 and 20 miles from the site, and (2) Conunission approval is required if the EOF is to be located beyond 20 miles from the site. ComEd's corporate EOF is located from 32 to about 120 miles from an affected site.
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D. L. -Farrar The NRC staff has reviewed the proposed change to the GSEP as well as observed demonstrations of how it would be implemented.
The corporate EOF was successfully used as an interim EOF during the Braidwood Station emergency exercise on April 11, 1995, and the Zion Station full-participation exercise on April 26, 1995.
In addition, the NRC staff observed an offhours unannounced callout drill which demoristrated ComEd's ability to staff the interim EOF within 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br />.
On November 21, 1995, th~ staff recommended that the Commission approve ComEd's plan for interim use of its corporate EOF as a reasonable exception to the Commission's guidance on EOFs.
On January 31, 1996, the Commission accepted the staff's recommendation.
As res.ult of the staff's review and the Commissi.on's acceptance of the staff's recommendation, we find ComEd's request to use the corporate EOF as an interim EOF unt 11 the near-site EOF is staffed and ope rat i ona 1 t.o be accept ab 1 e.
Docket Nos. STN 50-456, STN 50-457, STN 50-454, STN 50-455~ 50-237, 50-249, 50-373, 50-374, 50-254, 50-265, 50-295, 50-304 cc:
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- 1. Miller, Riii Sincerely, Isl Robert A. Capra, Director Project Dir~ctorate 111-.2 Di-vision of Reactor Projects IH/IV Office of Nuclear Reacto.r Regulation R. Assa J. Stang o., Lynch R.. Pulsifer C. Shiraki'.
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D. L. Farrar cc:
Michael I. Miller, Esquire Sidley and Austin One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conunission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Facility Safety 1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, Illinois 62704 Document Control Desk-Licensing Commonwealth Edison Company 1400 Opus Place, Suite 400 Downers Grove, Illinois 60515 Mr. William P. Poirier, Director 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.
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Washington, DC 20036 Attorney General 500 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701 EIS Review Coordinator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 Conunonwealth Edison Company Byron Station Manager 4450 North German Church Road Byron, Illinois 61010 Kenneth Graesser, Site Vice President Byron Station Commonwealth Edison Station 4450 N. German Church Road Byron, Illinois 61010 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Braidwood Resident Inspectors Office Rural Route #1, Box 79 Braceville, Illinois 60407 Mr. Ron Stephens Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency 110 East Adams Street Springfield, Illinois 62706 Chairman Will County Board of Supervisors Will County Board Courthouse Joliet, Illinois 60434
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