ML17219A444

Advises of Extended Deadlines for Implementation of ATWS Rule 10CFR50.62.Revised Schedule Allows Implementation Delay to No Later than Third Refueling Outage After 840724.Request for Delay Beyond Third Outage Will Be Handled Case by Case

ML17219A444
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	03/16/1987
From:	Tourigny E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Woody C FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
References
GL-85-06, GL-85-6, NUDOCS 8703190615
Download: ML17219A444 (3)

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~ Narch 16, 1987 Docket Nos.

50-335 and 50-389 Mr.

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Woody Group Vice President Nuclear Energy Florida Power 8 Light Company P.

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Box 14000 Juno Beach, Florida 33408 Distribution (Docket File /

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SUBJECT:

ST.

LUCIE PLANT; UNIT NOS.

1 AND 2 SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ATWS RULE The purpose of this letter is to provide you information concerning imple-mentation schedules for compliance with the requirements of the ATWS rule (10 CFR 50.62).

The specific requirements are listed in paragraphs (c)(l) through (c)(5) of the rule.

Paragraph (d) of the rule addresses implementa-tion schedules.

The ATWS rule was published in the Federal Register on June 26, 1984.

guality Assurance (gA) guidance for non-safety related ATWS equipment was issued by Generic Letter (GL) 85-06 dated April 16, 1985.

Therefore, plant specific schedules for meeting the requirements of the ATWS rule were required to be submitted to NRR by October 15, 1985 (180 days after issuance of the gA guidance).

Many utilities responded by stating that final schedules for meeting the requirements of the rule could not be determined until the staff completed its reviews of generic ATWS designs.

The generic reviews have either only recently been completed or are still ongoing.

Delays incurred in preparation of the gA guidance, and the extensive time and effort required to resolve complex issues associated with the development of review criteria, interpretation of the supplementary information published with the rule, and the review of generic ATWS designs have all impacted utility schedules.

Because of the cumulative effect of these

delays, and in recognition that a

sound and thorough engineering approach to resolve ATWS concerns is preferred to a rushed effort forced by schedular constraints, the NRC has decided to extend the deadline for implementation of the ATWS rule.

The revised schedule allows you to delay implementation of ATWS rule requirements to no later than the third refueling outage after July 24, 1984.

A request for a delay beyond the third outage will be handled on a case-by-case basis if it is presented in a timely fashion, and can be adequately justified.

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Please contact me regarding impl'ementation schedules at the St.

Lucie Plant using the guidance provided above.

Should you have any problems 'with this approach, please contact me at (301) 492-8007 within 60 days of your receipt of this letter.

Sincerely,

/s/

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Mr. Jack Shreve Office of the Public Counsel Room 4, Holland Building Tallahassee, Florida 32304 Resident Inspector c/o U.S.

NRC 7585 S.

Hwy AlA Jensen Beach, Florida 33457 State Planning 8 Development Clearinghouse Office of Planning

& Budget Executive Office of the Governor The Capitol Building Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Harold F. Reis, Esq.

Newman 8 Holtzinger 1615 L Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036 Norman A. Coll, Esq.

McCarthy, Steel, Hector and Davis 14th Floor, First National Bank Building Miami, Florida 33131 Administrator Department of Environmental Regulation Power Plant Siting Section State of Florida-2600 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Mr. Weldon B. Lewis, County Administrator St.

Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue, Room 104 Fort Pierce, Florida 33450 Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager Washington - Nuclear Operations Combustion Engineering, Inc.

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. Mr. Allan Schubert, Manager Public Health Physicist Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services 1323 Winewood Blvd.

Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Executive Director for Operations 101 Marietta Street N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323