ML18033A373
| ML18033A373 | |
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| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 09/13/1988 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS |
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UNITEDSTATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, O. C. 20555 ENCLOSURE SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT BY THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS RELATIVE TO STAFFING OF FIRE BRIGADE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY BROMNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1, 2
AND 3 DOCKET NUMBERS 50-259/260/296
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated April 29,
- 1988, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or the licensee) submitted a description of the reorganized fire brigade at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN) Units 1, 2 and 3.
This reorganization at BFN is part of an overall plan to upgrade the fire fighting capabilities at all TVA Nuclear plants with professional fire brigade personnel.
TVA has named this reorganized unit, the Fire Emergency
Response
Organization.
- 2. 0 EVALUATION Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, are committed to meeting the corrective actions outlined in Reference 1.
NRC approval of the original BFN fire brigade concept is addressed in Section 6.0, Administrative Changes, of Reference 2:
This referenced Safety Evaluation Report (SER) describes the BFN fire brigade as consisting of at least five members with training on the use of water to extinguish electrical fires, use of self-contained breathing apparatus, smoke control and interface requirements with offsite fire companies.
The staff's 1976 SER also states that the fire brigade participates in periodic dri1 1 s.
The original fire brigade was staffed by the Assistant Shift Engineer as the fire brigade leader and four operations personnel.
The reorganized fire brigade will be controlled by the Assistant Shift Operations Supervisor (formerly Assistant Shift Engineer).
The Assistant Shift Operations Supervisor will serve as the Incident Commander and the brigade will be staffed by a
brigade leader and four individuals from the offsite fire operations unit.
The Incident Commander will respond to all plant fire emergencies
'and will provide the technical knowledge of safe shutdown systems to determine the effects of fire and fire suppressants on safety-related systems.
The Incident Commander wi 11 also remain in 'direct communications with the Shift Operations Supervisor/
Emergency Coordinator in order to provide any technical information that may be required foi the plant operations staff to safely shutdown an operating reactor.
Each duty shift of the Fire Emergency
Response
Group is staffed by a
Fire Captain (brigade leader) who has professional fire service experience and four Fire Operators.
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The Fire Operators have met the minimum standards for certification as Fire-fighter II as defined by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), have had 80 hours9.259259e-4 days <br />0.0222 hours <br />1.322751e-4 weeks <br />3.044e-5 months <br /> of classroom instruction on site specific fire protection systems as well as on-the-job-training, emergency health physics training, and emergency medical training.
It is the licensee's
- position, and the staff agrees, that the reorganized fire brigade meets or exceeds the original fire brigade commitments and requirements.
The licensee has provided a comparison of its fire brigade to the requirements of BTP CMEB 9.5-1 (Reference 3).
The comparison shows that the reorganized Fire Operations Unit meets the intent of the requirements of CMEB 9.5-1 in Section C.3, Fire Brigade.
3.0 CONCLUSION
The staff concludes that the reorganized fire brigade unit (Fire Emergency
Response
Organization) meets the staff's guidance in References 2 through 4 in regard to the staffing, training and equipping of the plant fire brigade.
4.0 REFERENCES
(1)
TVA,,April 13, 1975, "Plan for Evaluation,
- Repair, and Return to Service of Browns Ferry Units 1
5 2 (March 22, 1975 Fire)."
(2)
USNRC, March 1976, "Safety Evaluation Report lated to Operation of Browns Ferry.
Units 1 and 2 following the Marcn 22, 1975 Fire" (NUREG-0061).
(3)
USNRC, July 1981, Standard Review Plan (NUREG-0800) Section 9.5-1 Fire Protection
- Program, rane ec naca osition CMEB 9.5-1, "Guidelines for Fire Protection for Nuclear Power Plants,"
Revision 2.
(4)
USNRC, August 23,
- 1976, BTP APCSB 9.5-1 Appendix A, "Guidelines for Fire Protection for Nuclear Power Plants, Docketed Prior to July 1, 1976."
Principal Contributor:
Rex G. Hescott Dated:
September 13, 1988
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A. White CC:
General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Summit Hill Drive Ell B33 Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Hr.
R. L. Gridley Tennessee Valley Authority 5N 157B Lookout Place Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 Nr. C. Mason Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant P.'0.
Box 2000
- Decatur, Alabama 35602 Nr. N. J.
tray Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant P.O.
Box 2000
- Decatur, Alabama 35602 Nr. D. L. Williams Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Summit Hill Drive W10 B85 Knoxville., Tennessee 37902
- Chairman, Limestone County Commission P.O.
Box 188
- Athens, Alabama 35611 Claude Earl Fox, H.D.
State Health Officer State Department of Public Health State Office Building Hontgomery, Alabama 36130 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Regional Administrator, Region II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Narietta Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Resident Inspector/Browns Ferry NP U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 12, Box 637
- Athens, Alabama 35611 Dr. Henry Hyers, Science Advisor Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs U. S.
House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
20515 Tennessee Valley Authority Rockville Office 11921 Rockville Pike Suite 402 Roc kv i'1 1 e, Nary land 20852