ML18031A430

Discusses Interpretation of Min Plant Staffing Requirements, Per 10CFR50.54(m)(2).Licensed Operator or Senior Operator Need Not Be Present at Controls During Cold Shutdown

ML18031A430
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	05/20/1986
From:	Muller D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	White S TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
References
NUDOCS 8605300264
Download: ML18031A430 (4)

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May 20, 1986 Docket Nos. 50-259/260/296 Hr. S. A. White Manager of Nuclear Power Tennessee Valley Authority 6N 38A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

MINIMUM PLANT STAFFING AT BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 3 In your letter dated January 28, 1986 to Mr. Muller you provided us with your interpretation of the minimum staffing requirements for licensed operators at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3.

In a letter to you dated March 26,

1986, we restated the licensed operator staffing requirements given in 10 CFR 50.54(m)(2).

In our letter we said:

"The rule states that for each fueled nuclear power unit, a licensed operator or senior operator shall be present at the controls at all times.

This means that for fueled units the operator must remain at the controls and not elsewhere in the control room.

This regulation would apply only for Unit 3 since Units 1 and 2 are defueled."

On further review, of 10 CFR 50.54(m)(2)(iii), a nuclear power unit in the operational mode of "cold shutdown,"

does not need a licensed operator or senior operator: to "be present at the controls at all times."

Therefore, per 10 CFR 50.54(m)(2)(iii),

a licensed operator or senior operator does not have to be present at the controls of Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 3 at all

'times when it is in "cold shutdown," but should be present within the designatedboundaries of the control room.

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Chairman, Limestone County Commission Post Office Box 188

Athens, Alabama 35611 Ira L. Meyers, tl.D.

, State Health Officer State Department of Public !!ealth State Office Building Montqo'mery, Alabama 36130 Mr. K. t!. Hhitt E3A8 400 Hest Summit Hill Drive Tennessee Valley Authority Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 H.,C. Bibb Site Director, BFNP Tennessee Valley Authority Post Office Box 2000

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Mr. Donald L. l!illiams, Jr.

Tennessee Valley Authority 400 i!est Summit Hill Drive, 1!10B85 Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Robert L. Leviis, tianager, BFNP Tennessee Valley Authority Post Office Box 2000

Decatur, Alabama 35602 Regional Administrator, 'Region II U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street, Suite 3100 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Mr. Steven Roessler U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reactor Training Center Osborne Office Center, Suite 200 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37411

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