ML17250A643
| ML17250A643 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 08/29/1980 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP. |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of Rochester Gas and Electric Company R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant
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Docket No. 50-244 ORDER FOR MODIFICATION OF LICENSE Rochester Gas 5 Electric Company (the licensee) is the holder of Provisional Operating License No. DPR-18, which authorizes the operation of the R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant at steady-state reactor power levels not in excess of 1520 megawatts thermal (rated power).
The facility consists of a pressurized water reactor located at the licensee's site in Wayne County, New York.
On November 4, 1977, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) filed with the Commission a "Petition for Emergency and Remedial Relief."
The petition sought action in two areas:
fire protection for electrical
- cables, and environmental qualification of electrical components.
By Memorandum and Order dated April 13, 1978 (7 NRC 400), the Commission aenied certain aspects of the petition and, with respect to other aspects, ordered the NRC staff to take several related actions.
UCS filed a Petition for Reconsideration on Nay 2, 1978.
By Memorandum and Order, dated May 23, 1980, the Commission reaffirmed its April 13, 1978 decision
regarding the possible shutdown of operating reactors.
- However, the Commission's May 23, 1980 decision directed licensees and the NRC staff to undertake certain actions.
With respect to environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, the Commission, determined that the provisions of the two staff documents - the Division of Operating Reactors "Guidelines for Evaluating Environmental (}ualification of Class lE Electrical Equipment in Operating Reactors" (DOR Guidelines) and NUREG-0588, "interim Staff Position on Environmental (}ualification of Safety-Related Electrical
- Equipment,"
December 1979 "form the requirements which licensees and applicants must meet in order to satisfy those aspects of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A General Design Criterion (GDC-4), which relate to envi-ronmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment."
The Commission directed, for replacement parts in operating plants, "unless there are sound reasons to the contrary, the 1974 standard in NUREG-0588 will apply."
The Commission also directed the staff to complete its 1
review of the information sought from licensees by Bulletin 79-01B and to complete its review of environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment in all operating plants, including the publication of Safety Evaluation Reports, by February 1,
1981.
The Commission 1
Bulletin 79-01B was not sent to licensees for plants under review as part of the staff's Systematic Evaluation Program.
The information sought by Bulletin 79-01B was requested from these licensees by a
series of letters and meetings ou. ing the months of February and March, 1980.
imposed a deadline that,. "by no later than June 30, 1982, all safety-related electrical equipment in all operating plants shall be qualified to the DOR Guidelines or NUREG-0588."
The Commission requested the staff to, "keep the Commission and the public apprised of any further findings of incomplete environmental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, along with corrective actions taken or planned,"
and requested the staff to provide bi-monthly progress reports to the Commission.
The Commission further directed the staff to add certain documentation requirements to each license after the specific requirements were approved by the Commission.
The Commission also pointed out that the various deadlines imposed in its Order, "do not excuse a licensee from the obligation to modify or replace inadequate equipment promptly."
The information developed during this proceeding emphasizes the importance of adequate documentation, the prompt completion of the review of environ-mental qualification of safety-related electrical equipment, and the prompt completion of any plant modification needed to assure conformance with the DOR Guidelines or NUREG-0588.
A si gni ficant aspect of this review is the timely submittal of environmental qualification information by the operating plant licensees to enable the staff to complete its review in accordance with the Commission's Order.
The staff has a program presently underway to reevaluate,'using the DOR Guidelines and NUREG-
- 0588, the qualifications of safe.y-.-.elatea electrical equipment exposed
to environments that may. exist following postulated accidents.
These accidents ar'e Loss of Coolant Accident and Main Steam Line Break inside containment, and High Energy Line Breaks inside and outside containment.
In this connection the licensee was requested by our letter of March 6,
- 1980, as modified by our letter of March 28, 1980, to.provide information on emergency procedures and safety related systems.'he licensee was requested to define and provide the basis for the hostile environment, inside and outside containment.
This hostile environment would then be
- used, by the licensee, in the determination of unqualified equipment.
A complete
- package, including justification for methods
- used, was requested.
Clarification was provided by supplemental information, briefings, and, in some cases, meetings with the licensee.
Timely completion of the staff's review of environmental qualification of electrical equipment and timely completion of needed modifications by the licensee is required to provide cbntinuing reasonable assurance of public health and safety.
Such completion is dependent on the prompt receipt of a complete response by the licensee to the staff's requests for information.
- However, the licensee's
- response, to date, is incomplete.
Therefore, I have concluded that the public health,
- safety, and interest required that a firm schedule for the timely submission of all the informa-tion previously requested by the staff should be established by Order effective immediately.
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Accordingly, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
- amended, and the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 2 and 50, IT IS ORDERED THAT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELYProvisional Operating License No.
DPR-18 is hereby amended to add the following provisions:
"Information which fully and completely responds to the staff's request as specified above, shall be submitted to.the Director, Division of Licensing by the licensee not later than November 1, 1980."
An earlier response is encouraged to facilitate staff review and issuance of the safety evaluation repor t.
The licensee or any person whose interest may be affected by this Order may request a hearing within 20 days of the date of this Order.
Any request for a hearing will not stay the effective date of this Order.
Any request for a hearing shall oe addressed to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mashington, D. C.
20555.
A copy of the request should also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mashington, D. C.
- 20555, and to Harry H. Voight, Esquire,
- Le8oeuf, Lamb, Leiby
& MacRae, 1333 New Hampshire
- Avenue, N. M., Suite 1100, Mashington, D. C., attorney for the licensee.
If a hearing is held concerning this Order, the issue to be considered at the hearing shall be whether the license should be modified to require submission of information as set forth in Section IY. of the Order.
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~ Operating of the facility on terms consistent with this Order is not C
stayed by the pendency of any proceedings on the Order.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COHf'llSSI ON rre
. Ei enhut, ir'ector Division o Licensing Effective Date:
August 29, 1980
- Bethesda, Maryland