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Forwards Category 2 & 3 Regulatory Positions to Be Addressed in Sep.Reg Guide 1.114,Revision 1,encl
ML18043A794
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Site: Big Rock Point, Palisades  File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date: 06/11/1979
From: Ziemann D
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Bixel D
CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
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Dear Mr. Bixel:

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IMPLEMENTATION OF CATEGORY.2 AND 3 REGULATORY.GUIDES HJ THE SYSTEMATIC *EVALUATION PROGR~ - BIG ROCK POINT /PALISADE_S PLAUT

.. In the Systematic Evaluation Program for your facilities we *plan to address

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Category 2 and Categ'ory 3 are defined as follows:

Category 2: *Further staff cons1deratfo'n of the need for* backfitting.

  • appears to be required for certain identified items of the regulatory position.-. these individual issues are**

such that existing plants.need to be evaluated to detennine their status with ~egard to these safety

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to determine whether ident1fie*d items of the regulatory:**

position are resolved* in accordance with the guide or by some equivalent al ternati.ve.

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Regu.latory Guide 1.105 11 Instrument Setpoints" - This matter was inGluded 'in the SEP Topic VII-1.B and was resolved on the basis of.the NUREG-0138 discussion of the topic.

However, DOR generic action on specific instrumentation such as LPRM drift in BWRs is continuing (such action was noted in the NUREG) and these generic reviews may be expanded if the need to do so is identified.

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Regulatory Guide 8.8 11 Information Relevant to Ensuring That Occupational Radiation Exposure at Nuclear Power Stations Will Be As Low As is Reasonably Achievable (Nuclear Power Reactors) 11

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Regulatory*Guide 1.68.2 11Initial Startup Test Program to Demonstrate Remote Shutdown Capability for Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants"*-- This matter was detennined, by*Regulatory Requirements Review Committee, to be applicable to plants in the OL stage of licensing.

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ENCLOSURE 2 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGULATORY GUIDE.

Revision 1 November 1976

  • OFFIC~ OF ~TANDARDS DEVELOPMENT REGULATORY GUIDE 1.114 GUIDANCE ON BEING OPERATOR AT THE CONTROLS OF A NUCLEAR POWER _PLANT
  • A. INTRODUCTION Paragraph (~) of §50.54, "Conditions of Licenses,"

of 10 CFR Part 50, "Licensing of Production and Utiliiation Fa.cilities, ** requires that an operator or senior operator licensed pursuant to 10 CFR Part55, "Operators' Licenses," be present at the controls at

  • all times during the operation of a facility. 1 General Design Crile.rlon 19,*"Control Room," -of Appendix
  • A, "General. Design Criteria for. Nuclear Pow.er Plants," to I 0 CFR Part 50 requires, in part, that a control room be provided.from which actions can be
  • taken to operate the nuclear power unit safely under
  • normal conditions and to maintain the nuclear power plant in a safe condition under accident conditions.

As 'defined. in 10 CFR. §50.2(t), the term "controls,"

\\\\*hen us.~d with respect to nuclear reactors, means ap-paratus and* me!=hanisms, the manipul.ation of which directly affects the reactivity or power level of the reactqr. This guide describes a method acceptableto the NRC staff for complying with the Commissi.on's regulations that require an operator to be present at

  • the controls of a nuclear power plant. The Advisory Committee* ori Reactor Safeguards ha.s been con-.

suited concerning this guide and has concurred in the regulatory positiOn.

B. DISCUSSION

  • Operating. experience has shown that there is a need.for guidance with regard to acceptable methods

. Of complying with the Commiss'ion\\requirement for the presence of an operator at the controls. of a.

facility. The operator at the controls of a nuclear*

  • power plant has many responsibilities, which include but are n.ot limited to (1) adhering to the plant's
  • .technicai specifications, plant operating procedures,
  • Line indicates substantive change from previous issue.

. I Current siandard Technical Specificatio'ns require a licensed operator to be present. in the control room*at all times while fuel is iri tlie rea.::toi.

USN RC REGULATORY G*JIDES RegulHOr~ ~"ides.,,e is1ued to describe and make available to tho public methods acctptaeile to th* NRC 1t1ff -of implementing specific p*ns of*the Commi111on*1 regulations. to dehneete t1ch*n,*que1 used by the staff in e11alu-1t11'\\g specific c>robl1m'1 or postulated 1ccidenu or to provide guidance 1o'appli-cant1 R19ul1tory Guides are not 1ub1titutei for regul1tion1. and compliance

. with 1herr* 11,,01 rt:'Quired. Me1hod11nd 1olution1 different from 1ho1e 1e1 ou1 in*

the guioe:s """'.ir be' acceptable if they s:=:rov.id1 1 b11i1 for the findings r1Qui1ite.*o tht i11u1,,*ce or continuance of* permit or hCeiue by the Comm1111on Commenu *,..d h.1gge1tion1 for improv1m1~11 in th*** guid11 11e encou*raged

. If all 1ime1. and g~1de1 will bo revi11d. 11 eppropriate. to accommodltl com menu end 10 rtrll'Ct.new Information or **P*rience. Thi1 guide w11revi11d11.1 reault of 1ub1t1nt1v1 comment& roc1iv1d f;om the pUblic 1nd additionlil 11aff and N RC regulations; (2) re~iewing opera.ting data,*

including da.ta Jogging and review, in order to. ensure

  • safe operation of the plant; and* (3) being able to
  • manually initiate. engineered safety features during various transient and aceident conditions. '

In order for* the operatorat the co~trols of a nuclear power plant to be able to carry out the'se and other responsibilities in a timely fashion, he inustgiv~

his attention to the condition of the plant a*t illltim.es.

He must be alert in order to ensure: that the plant is operating safely and must be capable of taking action.*

to' prevent any progress toward a condition ~that.

might t?e unsafe. This is facilitated by control room d~sign and layout in which all controls, instrumenta-tion displays, and alarms required for the safe opera-tion, shutdown, and cooldown of the unit are readily

  • available to the operator in the control room.

C. REGULATORY POSITION I. The _operator at the controls Of a nuclear power plant should have an unobstructed view e>f an_d*access to the operational control

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  • including*. in-strumentation. displays and alarms, in order to be, able to initiate prompt corrective action; when necc:s~
  • sary, on receipt of any indication (instrument move-ment or alarm) of a changing condition.
2. Th_e operator at the controls should not 11ormal~ *.

ly leave the area where continuous*.attention *

. (including visual surveillance of safety-related annlln-ciators and instrumentation) can be given fo reactor,- :-

operating conditions and where he has access to the

  • reactor controls. For example, the operator should not routinely enter areas behind control panels where

= Operational control panels are control panels that enable the "

operator at the controls to perform required manual sarcty runc-tions and equipment surveillance and to monitor plant condi-tions under normal and accident conditions. Operational control panels include instrumentation for the reactor. reactor coolant system, containment. and safety-related process systems..

co*mmenu should be sent to the Secretary of the Commiaaion, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comminion.. W11hing1on. D.C. 2055S. Attention. Docketing *nd Service Section.*

The guidea are'iisued in°t~e following ten broad di,,..i1ion1*

1. Power Reactors
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Aeaea~ch 1nd Te11 Reactors

7. Tran1pon11ion 3 Fuel11nd Materi1t1 F1ciliti11
8. Occup111onal Health 4 Environmental and Siting I. Antitrust Review
5. M11erial1 and Plant Protection tO. General Cop1e1 of published guides may be ubti1r\\ed by written reque1t indic1ting the divi11on1.d11i11d to 0

th1 U.S~ Nucl11r R1gula1orv Commiuion. W11hington. D.C

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plant* performance cannot be monitored. The 9perator at the controls should not under any cir-cµmstances !~ave the surveillance area defined by regulatory pbsition 3 for any nonemergency reason *

  • (e.g.. to confa with others or for personal reasons) without: *Obtaining a.qualified relief operator at the controls. In ~he event of an emergency.affecting the safety of operations, the operator at the controls may momentarily be absent from the defined surveillance area in order to verify the re.ceipt of an annunciator alarm or initiate corrective action, prdvided he re-mains within the confines of the control room.
3. Administrative procedures should be es~
  • tablisheq fo.. define and outline. (preferably with

~sketches) specific areas within the control room

. ;where the operator at the controls.should remain..

The procedures should define the surveillance area and the areas that may be entered, in the event of an emergency affecting the safety of operations, by the or era tor at the controls to verify receipt of an annun-ciator alarm or initiate corrective action.

4.* Prior to. assumirig responsibility for being operatO:r at the controls, the relief operator should be

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'::i sure that proper relief. occurs, admiriistrative procedures should be written to describe V.*hat is re-quired. The administrative procedure should inch.ade, as a minimum, a definition of proper relief (e.g., what information is required to be passed. on and acknowledged between the two operators).

5. A single operator should not assume the*

operator-at-the-controls responsibility for two or more nuclear power units at the same time.

D. IMPLEMENTATION The purpose of this section is to provide informa-tion to licepse applicants and licensees regarding the N RC.staffs plans for using this regulatory guide..

This guide reflects current SRC staff practice.

Therefore, 1except in those cases. in which the appli-cant or licensee proposes an acceptable alternative method for complying with specified portions of the Commission's regulations; the method d~scribed herein is being. and will continue to be used in.the evaluation of submittals for operating license or con-struction permit applications and the performance of

  • licensees until this. guide is revised as a result of sug:-

gestions from the public or additional ~taff review.

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