ML19322E691
| ML19322E691 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 11/30/1979 |
| From: | Jurgensen R AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC. |
| To: | Chilk S NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19322E681 | List: |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-0610, RTR-NUREG-610 ACRS-1704, NUDOCS 8004020120 | |
| Download: ML19322E691 (4) | |
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C AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER Service Corporation ggp 2 Broadway. Netc York..Y Y.10004
'212) 440*900)
November 30, 1979 AEP:NRC:00303 l
Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316 License flos. OPR-58 and OPR-72 Commentary Mr. Samuel J. Chilk, Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Attention:
Docketing and Service Branch
Dear Mr. Chilk:
The attachment to this letter is in response to Mr. 0; G. Eisenhut's letter of October 10, 1979 which reouested comments on the document en-tittled " Basis for Emergency Action Levels for fluclear Power Facilities'.'.
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R. S. Hunter John E. Dolan D. V. Shaller - Bridgman 80010'20
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if U.S. Nucle.sr Regulatory Connission Samuel J. Chilk Page I i
i In addition, General Electric notei that " Turbine Failure" is identifled as an exeple of an initiating condit.lon (Iten 14e, page 5).
We believe-that within the context of the document " Turbine failure" is intended to I
twan the occurrence of an event that might lead to the ejection of ex-ternal mis:lles 50 as to impair t.he taftty of the reactnr plant (see i
Reference 3).
The use of the tem " Turbine failure" without a qualifying definitinn could be misconstrued to mean all turbine " forced outages".
A Since the vast majority of turbine forceri outages are Jot related in y
any way to the safety of the plant', this would be an unwarrahtetf report-
- q ing of irrelevant events.
General Electric therefore suggests that
" Turbine Failure" on page 5 is inappropriato and should be deleted.
I We appreciate the opportunity to provide these comrents and would be pleased.to respond to any questions you may have.
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I R.H. Buchholz, Manager BWR Systems Licensing I
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G.G. Sherwood J,E. Ward i
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ATTAChMCli TO AEP:NRr 20303 C0fCENTS Off " BASIS FOR EMERGEf'CY ACTION
" LEVELS FOR NUCLEAR POWER FACILITIES" 1.
The basis contains no appropriate justification for the establishment of the " Notification of Unasual Event" class and therefore this level should be eliminated from licensee Emergency Plans for the following reasons:
a) Minor events having no effect on the health and safety of the public because no radiological ha:ard or potential hazard exist do not. warrant the consiceration by public officials or agencies.
b) An event wnich comes into the realm of being classified as an emergency " Alert" shall recuire due notification and action to mitigate any serious consequences associated with the event, hence the ::ublic is properly protected against being exposed to a radiological hazard.
c) The examoles listed for this class of emergency do not realisti-cally coincide with the " Expected Frequency" shown on the table for these events.
d) Newly established NRC acceotance criteria for emergency plans require prompt notification (within 15 minutes) of off-site agencies following the occurrence of an emergency having potential or projected radiological consequences, and the
" Release Potential" for this class states that "No releases of radiological material requiring off-site response or moni-toring are expected..." and e) Since minor events are truly not emergencies, but rather are the expected contingencies which may arise in day to day operations, more confusion may result from the use of this classification of unusual events for plant operations, off-site agency operations, and communications between public officials and the public, especially in situations where no real danger exists.
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The use of example situations or events associated with the other
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" Emergency Action Level" classes does not create an increase in protection of the public and therefore should not serve as a basis in the establishment of a specific emergency class for the following reasons:
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ATTACMtENT TO AEP:'IRC:00393 a) The public would he better prote'ted if EAL classes could e
be defined by li. nits of dose exposure similar to 10 CFR 100 critoria or EPA's Protec.tive Actio'n Guidelines.
b) 00se estimates should soeve as the basis for any projected radiological release con.iequence and by the establishment of estir.! ale levels assc.ciated with e.n emergency event or classification, the appropriate off-site actions can be taken to protect the public, c)
In addition, examples alone can create a reliance on the part of the operator to only c:nsider those possibilities listed rather than beir.o prepared for some totally unexpected event whw making his determination as to an emergency level classification and hence this would lessen the protection of the public's safety.
3.
Under " Licensee Actions" for each Class the close out actions required.
include written sum ary recorts within certain time frames as indicated.
This action does not serve to protect the health and safety of the public above and beyond unct is already recuired under Technical Specification reporting recuirements which re erence Regulatory Guide 1.16, and there-fore should be removed from future editions of this document.
4 Finally, the " Class Description" and "Purcose sections of each table do not serve as a basis, in and of themselves, for the establishment of the carticular emergency class.
Rather, there appears to be a definition of certair goals which may well be considered as actions in the " Purpose" sectionis and therefore these purposes would be better placed in the actions to be take'1 listings for each class; and the general descriptions for each class of energency are too vague and could be more appropriately described if related directly to project or actual dose estimates expected to be received by the public during a given event.
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