ML18153A554
| ML18153A554 | |
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| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 12/13/1995 |
| From: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| NUDOCS 9512180072 | |
| Download: ML18153A554 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 SAFETY EVALUATION FOR A CHANGE TO EMERGENCY PLAN AUGMENTATION GOALS OF SELECTED RESPONDERS FROM 30 MINUTES TO 45 MINUTES FOR THE SURRY POWER STATIONS BACKGROUND By letter dated September 6, 1995, Virginia Electric and Power Company (Virginia Power) requested the review and approval of a proposed revision to the Surry Power Station Emergency Plan.
This revision would modify the mobilization commitment from 30 minutes to 45 minutes for the Mechanical Maintenance Damage-Control Team Member position intended to augment onshift response capabilities during an emergency.
Virginia Power presented this proposed change as a cost beneficial licensing action (CBLA).
The proposed savings would be realized by no longer requiring onshift staffing of this position.
With this proposed revision, Virginia Power also specified a facility activation goal of 90 minutes for the local emergency operations facility (LEOF) and 60 minutes for the technical support center (TSC) and operational support center (OSC) at an Alert or higher classification.
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APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE 10 CFR 50.47(b){2)
"On-shift facility licensee responsibilities for emergency response are unambiguously defined, adequate staffing to provide initial facility accidernt response in key functional areas is maintained at all times, timely augmentation of response capabilities is available and interfaces among various onsite response activities and offsite support and response activities; are specified."
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, IV. Content of Emergency Plans "The applicant's emergency plans shall contain, but not necessarily be limited to, information needed to demonstrate compliance with the elements set forth below, i.e., organization for coping with radiation emergencies, assessment
.actions, activation of emergency organization, notification procedures, emergency facilities and equipment, training, maintaining emergency preparedness, and recovery.
In addition, the emergency response plans submitted by an applicant for a nuclear power reactor operating 1 icense shaJl contain information needed to demonstrate compliance with the standards described in 50.47(b), and they will be evaluated against those standards.
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., 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E. IV. A. Organization
- The organization for coping with radiological emergencies shall be described, including definition of authorities, responsibilities, and duties of individuals assigned to the licensee's emergency organization and the means for notification of such individuals in the event of an emergency.
Specifically, the following shall be included:
- 3. A description, by position and function to be performed, of the licensee's headquarters personnel who will be sent to the plant site to augment the onsite emergency organization.*
Regulatory Guide I.IOI "Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Nuclear Power Reactors" C. Regulatory Position 9 The criteria and recommendations contained in Revision I of NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-l are considered by the NRC staff to be acceptable methods for complying with the standards in 10 CFR 50.47 that must be met in onsite and offsite emergency response plans.***
11 NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-l, Rev. 1, B. Onsite Emergency Organization
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"Each licensee shall specify the positions or title and major tasks to be performed by the persons assigned to the functional areas of emergency activity. For emergency situations, specific assignments shall be made for all shifts and for plant staff members, both onsite and away from the site.
These assignments shall cover the emergency functions in Table B-1 entitled,
'Minimum Staffing Requirements for Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies.'
The minimum on-shift staffing levels shall be as indicated in Table B-1.
The licensee must be able to augment on-shift capabilities within a short period after declaration of an emergency. This capability shall be as indicated in Table B-1 **** " (See Table B-1).
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"Each licensee shall specify the corporate management, administrative, and technical support personnel who will augment the plant staff as specified in the table entitled 'Minimum Staffing Requirements for Nuclear Power Emergencies,' (Table 8-1) and in the following areas:
- a. logistic support for emergency personnel, *** ;
- b. technical support for planning and reentry/recovery operations;
- c. management level interface with governmental authorities; and
- d. release of information to news media during an emergency ****
- NUREG-0737 Supplement No. I "Clarification of TMI Action Plan Requirements*
"8.2.1.j. [The TSC should be] staffed by sufficient technical, engineering and senior designated licensee officials to provide needed support and be fully operational within approximately I hour after activation.
- 8.4.1.i. [The EOF should be] staffed using Table 2 (previous guidance approved by the Commission) as a goal. Reasonable exceptions to goals for number of additional staff personnel and response times for their arrival should be justified and will be considered by NRC staff."
Table 2, *Minimum Staffing Requirements for NRC Licensees for Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies" (See Table 2)
(Note: Table 2 of NUREG-0737 is the same information contained in Table B-1 of NUREG-0654.)
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ANAL Y!SIS Table B-1 of NUREG-0654 stands as the currently approved criteria which are used as guidance for determining a licensee's ability to meet the 10 CFR 50.47(b)(2) requirement of availability for timely augmentation of response capabilities. The table specifies a certain minimum number of personnel and functions that should be available on shift and within 30 and 60 minutes of an event to augment the onshift emergency response capabilities.
The guidance in NUREG-0654 Table 8-1 calls for augmentation of onshift staffing wi.th. mechanical maintenance capabilities of one additional person in 60 minutes. The licensee current commitment to augment this capability with one person in 30 minutes and one additional person in 60 minutes adequately satisfies the standard established by the guidance.
The proposed change in augmentation time from 30 minutes to 45 minutes for one person with a second person available in 60 minutes would continue to satisfy the established guidance for augmenting onshift staffi-ng with mechanical maintenance capabilities.
The licensee has identified this proposed change as a cost beneficial licensing action (CBLA).
The savings that would be realized by the licensee would be accomplished by no longer requiring the staffing of the mechanical maintenance position onshift on a continuous basis.
The licensee emergency response plans have previously been found to adequately meet the standard required by 10 CFR 50.47(b)(2). The change in response time from 30 minutes to 45 minutes is a minor decrease in the availability of this responder. This proposed change does not adversely impact the licensee overall response capabilities previously committed to.
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CONCLUSION As a result of our review, we have determined that the proposed revision would not decrease the effectiveness of the currently approved emergency plan for the Surry Power Station. The proposed change would add only 15 minutes to the response ti.me for the mechanical maintenance position. The extended response time for this position would continue to satisfy the criteria used to
detennine acceptability of a licensee's response capabilities for the mechanical 11a.~ntenance position. Therefore, the staff has determined that revising the (lli9,ans as the 1 icensee proposed would not alter the staff's previous conclJw*si on that the 1 i censee' s p 1 ans meet the standard required by 10 CFR 50.47(b)(2). For this reason, we are approving the licensee's proposed emergency pl~,change.
Principal Contributor: D. Barss Date: December l3, 1995