ML19260C051
| ML19260C051 | |
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| Site: | Haddam Neck, Millstone File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png |
| Issue date: | 12/10/1979 |
| From: | Counsil W NORTHEAST UTILITIES |
| To: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-0578, RTR-NUREG-578 NUDOCS 7912180279 | |
| Download: ML19260C051 (2) | |
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December 10, 1979 Docket Nos. 50-213 50-245 50-336 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Attn:
Mr. H. R. Denton, Director U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
20555 Ref erences :
(1)
W. G. Counsil letter to D. G. Eisenhut, dated October 18, 1979.
(2)
W. G. Counsil lett er to H. R. Denton dated November 21, 1979.
(3)
D. G. Eisenhut letter to All Operating Nuclear Power Plants, dated September 13, 1979.
(4)
H. R. Denton letter to All Operating Nuclear Power Plants, dated October 30, 1979.
Gentlemen:
Haddam Neck Plant Millstone Nuclear Power Station, I%1t Nos.1 and 2 Shift Technical Advisor In References (1) and (2), Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPCO) and Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (NNECO) responded to References (3) and (4),
by proposing an alternate method to fulfill the intent of Recommendation 2.2.1.b, Shif t Technical Advisor (STA). This alternative involved the use of senior personnel from the plant staff, and a supplemental group of on-call experts; the former being available in the control room within approximately thirty minutes from the start of an incident.
In recent telephone discussions, the Staff advised that this pro-posal was unacceptable, primarily because the Staff's view was that the STA must be available in the control room with ten minutes of being summoned.
The purpose of this letter is to formally document CYAPCO's and NNECO's verbal commitments of December 5,1979, that the Haddam Neck Plant, Millstone Unit No. 1, and Millstone Unit No. 2 will have an on-site STA, available to the control room in ten minutes, beginning January 1, 1980. This commitment has been made despite CYAPCO's and NNECO's continued belief that the proposal documented in Refcrences (1) and (2) represents a superior and more efficient method of providing the accident assessment and operating experience assessment functions required by the S taf f.
NRC rejection of the Reference (2) proposal is particularly disappointing in that the rejection again suggests that fulfilling the intent or accomplishing the objectives of the short-term lessons-learned requirements is not adequate; it
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must be accomplished in accordance with Staff-prescribed methods.
Such a posture does not facilitate optimized utilization of CYAPCO and NNECO personnel.
Nonetheless, personnel selection, personnel training, STA job description, and SIA duties will be in accordance with the clarification items in Section 2.2.1.b of Ref erence (4). Training of SIA personnel is in progress at this time.
It is currently envisioned that this method of fulfilling the SIA functions will be in effect for approximately two years.
The long-term method of compliance remains as described in References (1) and (2).
This correspondence supersedes the short-term method of compliance documented in Ref erences (1) and (2).
We trust you find the above information sufficient to concur with our determina-tion that the above actions constitute full compliance with Requirement 2.2.1.b of References (3) and (4).
Also during recent telephone discussions, the Staff identified a schedular concern regarding Requirement 2.1.9, Containment Pressure Indication, Containment Water Level Indication, Containment Hydrogen Indication, and Reactor Coolant System Venting.
In fulfillment of CYAPCO's and NNECO's previous verbal commitment, please be advised that it is fully intended that these requirements will be fulfilled by January 1,1981.
If in any instance, full compliance by January 1,1981 is recognized to be not feasible, the Staff will be so notified to that effect promptly.
Very truly yours, CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY J$
W. G. Counsil Vice President
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