ML19330C018

Forwards Suppl to IE Info Notice 80-06, Notification of Significant Events at Operating Power Reactor Facilities. No Written Response Required

ML19330C018
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	07/29/1980
From:	Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Pasternak R POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
References
NUDOCS 8008070427
Download: ML19330C018 (1)

Text

S s Lay YW a

e

[*

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION o

REGION I 631 PARK AVENUE

,o',g KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406

+...*

D:cket No. 50-333 Power Authority of the State of New York James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant ATTN:

Mr. R. J. Pasternak Resident Manager P. O. Box 41 Lycoming, New York 13093 4

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,

~ bytis &

6C w 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:

George T. Berry, President and Chief Operating Officer J. P. Bayne, Senior Vice President-Nuclear Generation A. Klausmann, Director, Quality Assurance M. C. Cosgrove, Site Quality Assurance Engineer J. F. Davis, Chairman, Safety Review Committee C. M. Pratt, Assistant General Couns_el G. M. Wilverding, Manager-Nuclear Licensing 8088070 d'2 7

4 3

ENCLOSURE 1 UNITED STATES SSINS No.: 6870 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Accessions No.:

0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 8006190035 WASHINGTON, D.C.

20555 July 29, 1980 IE Information Notice No. 80-06 i

Supplement Page 1 of 2 1

NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AT OPERATING POWER REACTOR FACILITIES Description of Circumstances:

i 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 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 more defini-tive thresholds for notifications of certain types of events.

Experience so far with notifications being made in accordance with 9 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 on and experience with the rule.

Notwithstanding future actions which may include 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 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 l

facility in a " Notification of Unusual Event" stat m

.An ynge W - t 4-d# 7,

a potential degradation of the-lever initiating events or conditions thai i DUPLICATE DOCUMENT arelistedontheenclosedpages4i4

-Action Level Guidelines for Nuclear "CriteriaforPreparationandEvalu2bl Entire document previously entered into system under:

Plans and Preparedness in Support of g{

N o. of Pages:

l p-gj

'n A

%c

ww -

. :u =-

"~

- - -----