ML19330C012
| ML19330C012 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 07/29/1980 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Finfrock I JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8008070418 | |
| Download: ML19330C012 (1) | |
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,o KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406 Occket No. 50-219 Jersey Central Powe" and Light Company ATTN: Mr. Ivan R. nnfrock, Jr.
Vice President Madison Avenue at Punch Bowl Road Morristown, New Jersey 07960 Gentlemen:
The enclosed Supplement to IE Information Notice No. 80-06 provides additional information with regard to an amendment to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations requiring the immediate reporting by telephone of significant events at operating nuclear power plants. No written response is required.
Should you have any questions regarding this information notice, please contact this office.
Sincerely,
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Bo ce H. Grier rector
Enclosures:
1.
Supplement to IE Information Notice No. 80-06 with Enclosure 2.
List of Recently Issued IE Information Notices CONTACT:
D. L. Caphton (215-337-5266) cc w/encls:
J. T. Carroll, Station Manager 8008070 W '
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ENCLOSURE 1 UNITED STATES SSINS No.: 6870 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Accessions No.:
OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 8006190035 WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 July 29, 1980 IE Information Notice No. 80-06 Supplement Page 1 of 2 NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AT OPERATING POWER REACTOR FACILITIES Description of Circumstances:
IE Information Notice No. 80-06 (IN 80-06) issued on February 27, 1980, forwarded a Federal Register Notice which indicated that the NRC regulations were amended by adding a new 6 50.72, " Notification of significant events", to 10 CFR Part 50.
The effective date of the new rule was February 29, 1980.
This Information Notice supplements IN 80-06 and provides clarification on types of events that are required to be reported in accordance with the rule.
Public commen:s on the rule indicate the need for more detailed clarification on what occurrences are reportable in regard to certain event types listed in the rule.
Commenters particularly stressed the need to e:.t3blish more defini-tive thresholds for notifications of certain types of events.
Experience so far with notifications being made in accordance with S 50.72 also suggest the need for clarification and more definitive guidance.
The general categoriza-tion of some of the event types listed in the rule has resulted in notifica-tions of events of less significance than was originally intended.
As stated in the Federal Register Notice implementing 6 50.72, the rule was intended to require immediate notification of " serious events that could result in an impact on the public health and safety."
The notification requirements in S 50.72 are currently being evaluated to determine actions needed in light of public comments u.' and experience with the rule.
Notwithstanding future actions which may inciude some modifications to the rule and supplementary regulatory guidance, a short term need exists for clarifying the thresholds for notifications of certain categories of events.
The following paragraphs provide clarification on what is reportable pursuant to the event categories listed in items (1), (7) and (9) of the rule.
Item (1) of S 50.72(a) requires notification of: "Any event requiring initiation of the licensee's emergency plan or any section of that plan." Notifications under this item refer to those initiating events or conditions that place thy _
facility in a " Notification of Unusua a potential degr'adation of the level DUPLICATE DOCUMENT initiating events or conditions that !
are listed on the enclosed pages 4 ar l Entire document previously Action Level Guidelines for Nuclear F '
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Docket Nos. 50-03 uly 29, 1980 50-247 Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
ATTN: Mr. Peter Zarakas Vice President 4 Irving Place New York, New York 10003 Gentlemen:
The enclosed Supplement to IE Information Notice No. 80-06 provides hdditional information with regard to an amendment to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations requiring the immediate reporting by telephone of significant events at operating nuclear power plants. No written response is required.
Should you have any questions regarding this information notice, please contact this office.
Sincerely, N* h.
(x w 8 ce H. Grier rector
Enclosures:
1.
Supplement to IE Information Notice No. 80-06 with Enclosure 2.
List of Recently Issued IE Information Notices CONTACT:
D. L. Caphton (215-337-5266) cc w/encls:
L. O. Brooks, Project Manager, IP Nuclear W. Monti, Manager - Nuclear Power Generation Department M. Shatkouski, Plant Manager J. M. Makepeace, Director, Technical Engineering W. D. Hamlin, Assistant to Resident Manager J. D. Block, Esquire, Executive Vice President - Administration Joyce P. Davis, Esquire
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ENCLOSURE 1 UNITED STATES SSINS No.: 6870 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMtISSION Accessions No.:
0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 8006190035 WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 July 29, 1980 IE Information Notice No. 80-06 Supplement Page 1 of 2 NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AT OPERATING POWER REACTOR FACILITIES Description of Circumstances:
IE Informatfori Notice No. 80-06 (IN 80-06) issued on February 27, 1980, forwarded a Federal Register Notice which indicated that the NRC regulations were amended by adding a new $ 50.72, " Notification of significant events", to 10 CFR Part 50.
The effective date of the new rule was February 29, 1980.
This Information J
Notice supplements IN 80-06 and provides clarification on types of events that are required to be reported in accordance with the rule.
Public comments on the rule indicate the need for more detailed clarification on what occurrences are reportable in regard to certain event types listed in the rule.
Commenters particularly stressed the need to establish inore defini-tive thresholds for notifications of certain types of events.
Experience so far with notifications being made in accordance with 6 50.72 also suggest the need for clarification and more definitive guidance.
The general categoriza-tion of some of the event types listed in the rule has resulted in notifica-tions of events of less significance than was originally intended.
As stated in the Federal Register Notice implementing 6 50.72, the rule was intended to require immediate notification of " serious events that could result in an impact on the public health and safety."
The notif! cation requirements in S 50.72 are' currently being evaluated to determine actions needed in light of pchlic comments on and experience with the rule.
Notwithstanding future actions which may include some modifications to the rule and supolementary regulatory guidance, a short term need exists for clarifying the thresholds for notifications of certain categories of 4
events.
The following paragraphs provide clarification on what is reportable
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pursuant to the event categories listed in items (1), (7) and (9) of the rule.
Item (1) of 6 50.72(a) requires notification of: "Any event requiring initiation of the licensee's emergency plan or any section of that plan." Notifications under this item refer to those initiating events or conditions that place the facility in a " Notification of Unusual Event" status.
An unusual event indicates a potential degradation of the levelf X-u initiating events or conditions that J DUPLICATE DOCUMENT are listed on the enclosed pages 4 a7 ktion Level Guidelines for Nuclear y
Criteria for Preparation and tivalua4 Entire document previously A
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