ML18153A707
| ML18153A707 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry, North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 07/18/1995 |
| From: | Buckley B, Engle L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9507210331 | |
| Download: ML18153A707 (16) | |
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e UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 18, 1995 LICENSEE:
Virginia Electric and Power Company FACILITIES:
Surry and North Anna Power Stations
SUBJECT:
JULY 11, 1995 MEETING WITH VEPCO REPRESENTATIVES On July 11, 1995 members of the NRC staff met with representatives of th~
Virginia Electric and Power Company (the licensee) to discuss emergency plan staff augmentation.
The licensee had previously submitted as a cost beneficial licensing action (CBLA) a proposed change to their emergency plans for the North Anna and Surry Nuclear Power Stations. This proposed change would have eliminated 30-minute responders from the respective emergency plans. The NRC staff evaluated the proposed change and found it to be unacceptable according to currently established guidance; a Safety Evaluation was prepared to document the staff's basis for rejection and was forwarded to the licensee. The licensee requested a meeting to further discuss this issue.
A list of attendees and copy of the meeting handout are enclosed.
Licensee representatives presented a comparison of existing commitments, NUREG guidance, and their original proposal for changing to an alternate methodology for shift staff augmentation.
The licensee presented arguments to demonstrate that an alternate method for determining adequate shift augmentation staffing was necessary. Clarification of several points in the licensee's originally proposed change was provided.
The NRC staff expressed the concern that the licensee's originally proposed alternate methodology did not demonstrate successfully the inclusion of those functions determined to be necessary to satisfy existing guidance.
Licensee representatives proposed to submit, within a few weeks, a new CBLA package which would blend the 30- and-60-minute response commitments into one.
The licensee would also add commitments for emergency response facility activation goals to the respective emergency plans.
The NRC staff stated that they would review any new submittal made by the licensee concerning the resolution of this issue. However, the NRC staff also stated that they would be reluctant to approve precedent-setting licensing
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e e July 18, 1995 actions concerning major changes to shift staff augmentation requirements at this *time~
The NRC staff is currently studying the issue of shift staff
.~tigmentati~n goal.s as a generic issue.
(Original Signed By)
(Original Signed By)
- Leon B~ Engle, Prbjett Mana~er
- Project Di_rector'ate II-l
- ' Diviiion of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos~ 50-28Q~t50-28I 50-338, 50-339
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/enclosures:
See next page Distribution Docket File*
PDII-1 RF*
WRussell/FMiraglia RZimmerman SVarga JZwolinski OGC EJordan LCohen DBarss TEssig Gimbro BDoolittle ACRS (4)
GTracy, EDO DVerrelli, RII*
PUBLIC*
Bart C. Buckley, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate II-I Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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e actions concerning major changes to shift staff augmentation requirements at this time. The NRC staff is currently studying the issue of shift staff augmentation goals as a generic issue.
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~~ct Manager Project Dir!i~~~~~l-1 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-280, 50-281 50-338, 50-339
Enclosures:
As stated cc w/enclosures: See next page
!:}~ck(: ~~t Manager Project Directorate 11-1 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Vi~gin~a Electric & Power C~any cc:
Mr. William C. Porter, Jr.
County Administrator Louisa County P.O. Box 160 Louisa, Virginia 23093 Michael W. Maupin, Esq.
Hunton and Williams Riverfront Plaza, East Tower 951 E. Byrd Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Dr. W. T. Lough Virginia State Corporation Commission Division of Energy Regulation P.O. Box 1197 Richmond, Virginia 23209 Old Dominion Electric Cooperative 4201 Dominion Blvd.
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Mr. M. L. Bowling, Manager Nuclear Licensing & Programs Virginia Electric and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Blvd.
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Office of the Attorney General Commonwealth of Virginia 900 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Senior Resident Inspector North Anna Power Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 2, Box 78 Mineral, Virginia 23117 Senior Resident Inspector Surry Power Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 5850 Hog Island Road Surry, Virginia 23883 Robert B. Strobe, M.D., M.P.H.
State Health Commissioner Office of the Commissioner Virginia Department of Health P.O. Box 2448 Richmond, Virginia 23218 Regional Administrator, RII U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street, N.W, #2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Mr. J. A. Stall, Manager North Anna Power Station P.O. Box 402 Mineral, Virginia 23117 Mr. J. P. O'Hanlon Senior Vice President - Nuclear Virginia Electric and Power Company Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Blvd.
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Mr. Michael R. Kansler, Manager S~rry Power Station Post Office Box 315 Surry, Virginia 23883 Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Chairman Board of Supervisors of Surry County Surry County Courthouse Surry, Virginia 23683
SURRY AND NORTH ANNA POWER STATIONS EMERGENCY PLAN MEETING JULY 11, 1995 LIST OF ATTENDEES Name Organization L. Engle NRR/PDII-1 D. Sommers VEPCO L. Cohen NRR D. Barss NRR/DOTS/TERB T. Essig NRR/DOTS/TERB B. Buckley NRR/PDII-1 E. Collins VEPCO G. lmbro NRR/ADPR/CBLA M. Bowling VEPCO
VIRGINIA POWER Emergency Plan Staff Augmentation July 11, 1995
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VIRGINIA POWER Introduction Emergency Plan Staff Augmentation Agenda July 11, 1995 Review of Purpose & Submittals Conclusion M. L. Bowling J. E. Collins M. L. Bowling
EP STAFF AUGMENTATION
VIRGINIA POWER Introduction M. L. Bowling Manager Nuclear Licensing & Programs
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VIRGINIA.POWER Review of Purpose & Submittals J. E. Collins Director Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
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VIRGINIA POWER STAFF AUGMENTATION 10 CFR 50.47(b)(2) -
"... adequate staffing to provide initial facility accident response in key functional areas is maintained at all times, timely augmentation of these response capabilities is available... "
NUREG-0654 Table -B As Guidance Staff Augmentation as a CBLA Onsite Staffing an Undue Hardship Does Not Serve Underlying Purpose Lack of Consistency with Concept of Operations
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VIRGINIA POWER EMERGENCY RESPONSE STAFFING COMPARISON 0654 Guidance Alternate Methodology 30 Minute Resgonders 60 Minute Resgonders ERFs Staffing
- min*
full Surry= 1 Surry= 26 53 114 (Mechanic)
North Anna = 10 North Anna = 18 59 111 (No Mechanics)
Table B-1 = 11 Table 8-1 = 15 26 26
- Sixty Minute Facility Activation Does Not Include Minimum Staff Personnel
EPSTAFFAUGMENTATION
VIRGINIA POWER NEED FOR ALTERNATE APPROACH Difficulty of NUREG 0654 as Guidance Trap of Equivalency Concept of Operations Intent of Regulation Not to Place Augmenting Staff Onsite GL 82-33 Staffing Levels in Table 2 Are... Goals and Not Strict Requirements Alternate Methodology Integrates Augmentation with Facility Activation Emergency Planning Requirements and Capabilities Have Changed Since Issuance of NUREG 0654 e
Plant Specific Performance Remote Site and Personnel Considerations
VIRGINIA POWER CLARIFICATION OF ORIGINAL CBLA SUBMITTAL Not Attempting to Reduce On Shift Commitments or Total Number of Responders, but Rather Integrating These Personnel with ERF Activation Original Submittal Represents Actual Response and Includes the Commitment to ERF Activation Times Activation of ERFs Is Contingent on Minimum Staffing Requirements
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VIRGINIA POWER VIRGINIA POWER PROPOSAL Maintain NUREG 0654 Format Denote "Thirty Minute" Column as "Thirty to Sixty Minute" Column,
Footnote Table 5.1 to Note Augmentation of On Shift Response as Goals Add Commitment of Emergency Response Facility Activation Times
EPSTAFFAUGMENTATION
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VIRGINIA.POWER Conclusion
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ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT AMENDMENT NO.
95 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-41 DOCKET NO. STN 50-528 Replace the following pages of the Appendix A Technical Specifications with the enclosed pages.
The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain vertical lines indicating the areas of change. The corresponding overleaf pages are also provided to maintain document completeness.
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- No changes were made to these pages; reissued to become overleaf pages.