ML17346B174
| ML17346B174 | |
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| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 01/09/1986 |
| From: | Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8601150380 | |
| Download: ML17346B174 (5) | |
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Enclosure 7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUL R RGU R
MMSSION In the Matter of FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY (Turkey Point Plant, Unit Nos.
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EXEMPTION Docket Nos.
50-250 and 50-251 Florida Power and Light Company (the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License Nos.
DPR-31 and DPR-41 which authorizes the operation of the Turkey Point Plant, Unit Nos.
3 and 4 (the facilities) at steady-state power level not in excess of 2200 megawatts thermal.
The facilities are pressurized water reactors (PWRs) located at the licensee's site in Dade County, Florida.
10 CFR 50.54(q) requires a licensee authorized to operate a nuclear power reactor to follow and maintain in effect emergency plans which meet the standards of 50.47(b) and the requirements of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50.
Section IV.F of Appendix E requires each licensee to conduct emergency preparedness exercises at each site at least annually.
The licensee's letter of September 6, 1985, requested that an exemption be granted to the requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F, as applied to the annual exercise requirement, because the proposed scheduled exercise date 860ii50380 860i09 PDR ADOCK 05000250 F
would exceed the existing annual date as defined by IE Information Notice No. 85-55 dated July 15, 1985.
The last exercise at the Turkey Point Plant was on November 7, 1984.
The licensee requests that an exemption be granted to allow shifting the annual exercise into the early part of calendar year 1986, with annual exercises held during subsequent calendar years.
The requested date for the upcoming exercise is January 22-23, 1986.
The licensee further states that the proposed exercise date has been agreed upon by appropriate State and local government emergency preparedness officials.
Additionally, the licensee stated that Emergency Management Directors for Dade and Monroe Counties have determined that the Turkey Point exercise date will completely avoid the hurricane
- season, thereby, allowing full attention as required by the demands of this season.
A review of exercise schedules for past years show that the Turkey Point exercise dates have consistently fallen within the prescribed limits with the exception of the calendar year 1984 exercise which required an exemption request.
Full-scale exercises at Turkey Point with State and local government participation have been conducted annually during the previous three years including the most recent full-scale exercise on November 7, 1984.
Each of the previous exercises demonstrated that the licensee could effectively implement the emergency plan and implementing procedures.
In addition, the corpbrate emergency response capability was extensively exercised during the Federal Field Emergency Exercise at St. Lucie in March 1984.
The NRC and FEMA concluded that during the most recent exercise (November 1984), implementation of onsite and offsite
l emergency plans was adequate to protect the health and safety of the public.
The requested date does not conflict with other scheduled exercises within NRC Region II and, thus, the schedule does not work any hardship on the Regional staff.
In addition, exercises held during the early part of each calendar year will avoid conflict with the hurricane season.
IV.
Based on the above, the staff concludes that scheduling the Turkey Point Plant emergency preparedness exercise for January 22-23, 1986, will not adversely affect the overall state of emergency preparedness at the Turkey Point site.
In addition, the permanent shift of the annual exercises to the early part of each calendar year on a continuing bases will benefit all parties concerned with hurricane planning and possible conflicts with the hurricane season.
Therefore, the requested exemption from the schedular requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F, for the November 1985 exercise to be held in January
- 1986, and establishing the early part of each calendar year for the annual exercises on a continuing basis is reasonable and should be granted.
Accordingly, the Commission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50. 12(a),
the exemption requested by the licensee's September 6, 1985, letter is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and is otherwise in the public interest.
Therefore, the requested exemption which authorizes the licensee to conduct the annual Turkey Point Plant emergency exercise and related drills in January 1986, with annual exercises held during subsequent calendar years.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that the issuance of the exemption will have no significant impact on the environment
( 51 FR 792
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For further details with respect to this action, see the licensee's request dated September 6, 1985, which is available for public inspection at the Commission Public Document
- Room, 1717 H: Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. and at the Environmental and Urban Affairs Library, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 9th day of ~Januar, 1986.
en r a, cti g Director Division of PWR Lice s'-A Office of Nuclear Reac or Regulation