ML19344B281
| ML19344B281 | |
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| Site: | Surry, North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 07/29/1980 |
| From: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Ferguson J VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.) |
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| NUDOCS 8008260213 | |
| Download: ML19344B281 (1) | |
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50-280 50-281 Virginia Electric and Power Company ATTN:
J. H. Ferguson Executive Vice President-Power P. O. Box 26666 Richmond, VA 23261 Gentlemen:
Enclosed is IE Supplement !!o. I to IE Inf ormation Notice No. 80-06 "Notifi-cation of Significant Events," which provides clarification on types of events that are required to be reported in accordance with 10 CFR 50.72, " Notification of Significant Events."
Sincerely, a?
g James P. O'Reilly irector
Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 80-06 Supplement No. I w/ encl 2.
List of Recently Issued IE Information Notices cc w/encls:
W. R. Cartwright, Station Manager P. G. Perry, Senior Resident Engineer J. L. Wilson, Manager 800826 0 2. /J l
UNITED STATES SSINS No.: 6870 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Accessions No.:
0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 8006190035 WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 July 29, 1980 Supplement IE Information Notice No. 80-06 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 g 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 5 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 g 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 g 50.72 are currently being evaluated to determine actions needed in light of public coments on and experience with Notwithstanding future actions which may include some modifications the rule.
to the rule and supplementary regulatory guidance, a short term need exists for clarifying the thresholds for notifications of certain categories of The following paragraphs provide clarification on what is reportable events.
pursuant to the ev,ent categories listed in items (1), (7) and (9) of the rule.
Item (1) of g 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 An that place the facility in a " Notification of Unusual Event" status.
unusual event indicates a potential degradation of the level of safety of the Examples of initiating events or conditions that would be categorized plant.
as an unusual event are listed on the enclosed pages 4 and 5 of NUREG-0610
" Draft Emergency Action Level Guidelinx for Nuclear Power Plants" (Appendix 1
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to NUREG-0654, " Criteria for Preparat' Emergency Response Plans and Preparedt DUPLICATE DOCUMENT It is recognized that some overlap an(
requirements of item (1) and other it Entire document previously entered into system under:
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