ML19329D353
| ML19329D353 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 05/06/1976 |
| From: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Graw W OHIO, STATE OF |
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MM 6 E6 Nr. William Graw, Director City of Elyria Ohio Civil Defense 32C Cornell Avenue Elyria, OH 44035
Dear Yr. Graw:
Your letter of April 4 to President Corald Ford and your letter of April 2 to Ps. Bette B. Welch, Administrative Assistant to Congressman Charles A. Mosher of Ohio, have been referred to the Iuclear Regulatory Comission for reply.
Your letter of April 4 to President Ford forwarded a cosy of a newspaner article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer entitled "1,488 Defects Found at
!!uclear Plant." The article ilong with a copy of your letter to Ms. Welch refers to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station owned by the Toledo Edison Company. With respect to this article, we offer the following surrary coments.
The tiRC has a philosophy of " defense-in-depth" for the design and operation of nuclear. power plants.
This : philosophy calls for minicizing the likelf-hood of operating failures by the use of redundant systers, equioment, and design.
In addition, the NP.C has certain requirements for quality assurance that all applicants or licensees must meet before they are issued construction permits or operating licenses.
These requirerents help to assure that the plant will be built and operated in a safe manner.
The Davis-Besse facility, which is nearing completion cast of Toledo, is under frequent scrutiny by the NRC Office of Inspection and Enforce: rent.
Insoections, new averacing tore than two cer ;nonth, last several days and are rade by teams of two or more inspectors.
An exarple of the thorouqhness required by the TGC's regulatory nrogran is found in the report of 1.483 defects being found in the electrical work at Davis-Besse. These " defects," rangina from the alnost trivial to the significant, were found by Toledo Edisen in a special reinscection of the safety-related electrical work.
After a NRC inspection in Pay 1975 found quality assurance and installation problems with the safety-related electrical work, Toledo Edison acreed to make a con:plete reinspection of the electrical work and take any corrective action needed.
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g Toledo Edison's reinspection program is still underway.
completed, the NRC will then conduct another independent inspection of hen it is the safety-related electrical work to evaluate the effectiveness of the utility's recheck and recairs.
The NRC inspection staff has conducted similar inspection of other areas of plant construction, too, and these inspections will intensify as the plant nears completion and preparations are begun for plant operations.
.Sefore an coeratino license is granted to Toledo Edison for the Davis-Besse plant, the NRC staff must satisfy itself that the facility has been built as designed and that it meets the applicable standards and specifica tions.
The NRC's regulatory progran (licensing and inspection) is aired If there is any reasonable doubt about the safaty of the not be pemitted to operate.
Your letter of April 2 to Ms. Welch concerns a veriety of rnatters dealing With the safety of nuclear power plants, energency planning assistance and the Reactor Safety Study (WASH 1400). With respect to these catters, we want to assure you that the HRC and other Federal agencies have been act involved in all of these areas for sorre tire.
outlined the scope of our efforts in the general areas First, contrents concerning the safety of nuclear power plants have been outlined,above.
Second, in the matter of emergency planning assistance; for sorre time NRC, as " lead agency" and other Federal agencies have been actively involv
, the in a cooperative interagency program to assist States and their local govemments in developing and inproving radiological erergency response plans in support of fixed nuclear facilities like the Dcvis-liesse nuclear Power Station.
copy of which is enclosed as Enclosure 1.This program is outlined in a Feder Each Federal agency listed in States and local governments in radiological crergen These agencies are also responsible for providinc training progrars for State and local coverrcents in this area and a fully-funded " Federal Inter-acency Course in Radiological Emergency Response Planning in Support of Fixed Fuclear Facilith" has been develooed and has ocen offe and local government personnel since March of 1975.
four emergency planning personnel fron Ohio attended this course.,He are On March U-12 1976 surprised that you apparently have not heard of the course.
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3 Mr. William Graw Of further interest to is a copy of the Course Schedule (curriculum).
you.may be a " Federal Interagency Field Training (Assistance) Cadre,"
This corTrised of representatives of the involved Federal agenc the development or imorovement of their radiological emergency response It is also available to assist in the observation and critique plans.
of drills or exercises testing these plans.
Additionally, we recently reissued the document originally published in December of 1974 by the Atomic Energy Comission Regulatory Office entitled
" Guide and Checklist ~ for Development and Evaluation of State and Local Government Radiological Emeroency Response Plans in Suocort of~ Fixed [
i A copy of this guidance document is J{uclear Facilities _(!WREG 75/111)."7]iis publication addresses the concerns y enclosed as Enclosure 3.
have expressed in your letter including:
Hotification trethods and procedures in the event of an emergency; 1.
Responsibility of nuclear facility operators for notification, 2.
initial accident assessment and recorrendations concerninn 4
protective actions; (also reflected in NRC Emergency Planning Regulations 10 CFR 50, Appendix E. Enclosure 4)
Specific guidance in reeny amas for developing erergency plans.
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The U.S. Environmntal Pmtection Agency and the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency have published companion emergency planning guidanco in their publica E
tions "Panual of Protective Action Guides and Protective Actiens fo Incidents TEPA-$Wi71~75-00ll" and Chance #1 (June 1974) to "D'Isa Cooies of these
_0 erations - A Handbook for Local Covernnents (CPG l-6)."
f The Energy Research and Developrent 1
.am included as E^nclesures 5 and 6.
Administration's (ERDA) ~" Radio ~ logical Assistance flan (RAP)" and the Feder*
" Interagency Radiological Assistance Plan (T!WP)" are described in ERDA They are important publications nurters 10 and 60. Enclosures 7 and 8. documen I-Third, in the matter of HRC safety studies; the NRC has released the is an Executive Sumary
" Reactor Safety Study" (WASH 1400).
The ccmlete study is quite voluminous and is available of that stuFy.
from the National Technical Inforfration Service, Springfield, VA for $62.00 printed copy and $2.25 for each volunc in microfiche form.
We trust that the enclosed inforr.ation will helo bring you up-to-date in If you believe that you may have a need to the amas of your concern.
attend the one-week energency planning courso, ycu shouiJ contact the Director of the Ohio Disaster Services Agency, Maior General James C. Clem, If he believes that you should attend and advise him of your concerns.
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L we will make the necessary arrangemnts for invita ndP Yravel orders to the courso with transoortation, lodging and per dicm expenses being paid by the aforementioned Federal interagency group.
Please be assured that the NRC and the other involved Federal agencies are exerting substantial effort to assist the States and local governrents in improving their radiological emergency resconse plans in support of fixed nuclear facilities like Davis-Besse. The nuclear power plants located in Ohio are some distances from your City of Elyria, approximately 50 miles in the case of Davis-Sesse, 60 miles in the case of the Perry Nuclear Station and 200 miles in the case of the Zirmer Nuclear Station.
It is highly unlikely that any foreseeable accident occurring at any of these nuclear power plants would affect your city.
lievertheless, we seek your assistance and help in pronulgating the guidance and infomation that has already been provided by the Federal government. We suggest that you ascertain any role your orcanization may have in the State emercency plans supoorting these particular Ohio' nuclear facilitics from the Directer of the Dhlo Disaster Services Agency.
We look fontard to your early reply concerning our invitation to particioate in our training progre.
Sincerely, png w.a.
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William J. Dircks Assistant Executive Director for Ooerations cc w/o enc 1: fir. Roland L. Ellit ;, Director of Corresoondence, Tae White House
'l's. Dette B. Welch,- AJmin Asst to Congressman Charles A. Posher, Ohio Pajor General James C. Clem, Adjutant General
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