ML19345G303
| ML19345G303 | |
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| Site: | 05000471 |
| Issue date: | 03/03/1981 |
| From: | Tedesco R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Rhonda Butler BOSTON EDISON CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8103180130 | |
| Download: ML19345G303 (8) | |
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Dear Mr. Butler:
As a result of our review of Amendment 40 to the Pilgrim Station Unit 2 Preliminary Safety Analysis Report, we have concluded that additional information and commitments are needed prior to the staff determining that Amendment 40 meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50. contains comments and questions developed during the staff's emergency planning review. These ccmments and questions have been discussed with members of the Boston Edison Company staff.
We request that you amend your Preliminary Safety Analysis Report to reflect your responses to the enclosure by March 18, 1981. Based on suitable responses to the enclosed questions by the.ab.4e date, the staff plans to issue the SER supplement dealing with emergency p* P.nning by April 30, 1981.
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l are unable to respond by the March 18, 381 date, please notify us within seven days of receipt of this letter in order that we may adjust our schedule accordingly. Questions on this letter should be directed to the Pilgrim Unit 2 project manager, Mr. Dino Scaletti, (.301) 492-8443.
Sincerely, Robert L. Tedesco, Assistant Director for Licensing Division of Licensing s
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Enclosure:
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c Mr. R. M. Butler cc: Mr. William F. Hickey Project Licensing Manager Boston Edison Company (Nuclear) 800 Boylston Street l
. Boston, Massachusetts 02199 Dale G. Stoodley, Counsel Boston Edison Company 800 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02199 George H. Lewald, Esq.
Ropes & Gray 225 Franklin Street Boston,' Massachusetts 02110 Willian 5. Abbott Attorney & Counsellor at Law
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So Congress Street, Suite 925 Boston, Massachusetts 02109 B. N. Pushek.
Bechtel Power Corporation P. 0. Box 3695 l
San Francisco, California 94119 John D. Fassett
'Vice President & General Counsel l
United Illuminating Compa,4y 80 Temple Street New Haven, Connecticut 06506 l
Mr. R. Newman Combustion Engineering Corporation 1000 Prospect Hill Road Windsor, Connecticut 06095 W. C. Tallman, President -
-Public Service Company of New Hampshire 1000 Elm Street '
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-Manchester, New Hampshire 03105 L
Mr. R. M. Butler.
cc: Stephen M. Leonard, Esq.
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Comnonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Place - 19th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Henry Herrman, Esq.
151 Tremont Street - 27K Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Mr.-8 Mrs. Alan R. Cleeton 22 Mackintosh Street Franklin, Massachusetts 02038 W. M. Sides, Quality Assurance Manager Boston Edison Cornpany 800 Boylston Stuet Bosto.:, Maisschus.etts 02199 Mr. R. A. Fortney EDS Nuclear 220 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California 94104 Andrew C. Goodhope, Chairman i
Atc.mic Safety & Licensing Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
20555 Dr. Dixon Callihan l
Union Carbide Corporation P. O. Box Y Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37820 l
Dr. Richard F. Cole Atomic Safety & Licensing Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
20555 Richard S. Salzman, Esq., Chairman Atomic. Safety & Licensing Appeal Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l ~.
Washington,.D. C.
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MAR 3 1931 Mr. R. M. Butler.
cc: Dr. John H. Buck Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission e
Washington, D. C.
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Michael C. Farrar, Esq.
Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission l
Washington, D. C.
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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PILSRIM SThTION UNIT 2 i
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PSAR, AMENDMENT 40-MAR 3 1981 PSAR SECTION COMMENT 13.3.2.2.1 Discuss how sufficignt onsite emergency personnel and aug-mentation capability will be provided in acccrdance with the r'equirements of NUREG-0654, Table B-1.
Figure 13.3-4 Show the interface with Federal, State and local response
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13.3.2 The principal Rhode Island State office or agency with responsibility for ingestion pathway protective actions must be identified and an agreement providing for noti-fication criteria, protective action criteria and estab-lishment of notification system provided.
i 13.3.3.2 Reclassify events involving offsite treatment or transpor-tation of contaminated injured persons as unusual events.
13.3.5.4.2; Letters of agreement or State and local plans that provide 13.3.4.2; for " prompt" (15 minute) protective action decision-making 13.3.2.1.1 on a 24-hou'r basis by offsite agencies must be provided.
This must include a description of the decision-making chain, times required, and ' provisions for 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> avail-ability of decision-makers and communications. Backup com-munications not vulnerable to loss of normal power or over-load by public use must also be provided to each individual in the decision-making process (see NUREG-0654, Appendix 3).
Describe in~ general the system proposed to alert and provide an information message to the plume EPZ public within-15 minutes.in accordance with NUREG-0654, Appendix 3.
Pro-visions for special instructions to special populations (e.g.
- schools) should be discucsed'along with provisions for summer beach and boat populations.
13.3.5.1 Commit. to develop EALs in accordance with NUREG-0654, Criterion 'I.1 and Appendix' 1.
The, EAL recognition methodology for site and general' emergencies must not include performance of any calculations, personnel actions, etc., -that can not te completed in 15 minutes during the backshift.
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e PSAR SECTION C01{ MENT 13.3.5.4, Describe the methodology used to determine the protective 13.3.5.4.1 action recommended offsite to include:
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Development of EALs corresponding to plant conditions (core, containment, ESF),
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Use of evacuation time estimates for conditions at the time of the accident and for special populations, 3.
Use of the protection factors for homes, schools, etc.,
4.- Consideration of special populations and facilities, and 5.
The State and local protective action decision-makers must agree in principle to rely on information provided by the site for determination of minimum initial offsite response.
Provide the protection assumed to be provided by local homes, schools, places of work, etc. in accordance with NUREC-0654, Criterion J.10.m.
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13.3.5.4.2.1 Commit to develop a method to account for site personnel
.vithin 30 minutes.
13.3.5.5.2 Describe the provisions for the development of specific criteria (action levels) to be used to implement onsite protective measures.
Discuss the need and provisions fr onsite corrective actions under accider t condition 4 13.3.7.2-Describe the provisions to have each onsite individual who may be required to perform a task crucial to implementation of. the emergency plan demonstrate annually their ability to perform these tasks.
.13.3.5.1 Describe how real time. dose projections will be provided using the instruments required by Reg. Guide 1.97.
13.3.6.1 Describa the provisions to provide protective action information to the public in accordance with NUREG-0654, Criterion G.I.
Describe how inforhation will be provided to transient populations such as boaters and beachgoers.
(See NUREG-0654, Criterion C.2. )
PSAR SECTION COMMENT 13.3.2.3
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emergency response facilities and data systems in enough
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detail to demonstrate that they will provide an adequate basis for identifying the seriousness and potential scope
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of emergency situations, for assessment of information, and recommendations for protective actions and disseminating information to the public. Relate your response to the guidance provided in NUREG-0696.
13.L.7.1.2.4 Comnunications with the State organizations within the in-8estion EPZ must be tested quarterly and monthly ccmmunica-tions drills must be conducted with the monitoring teams and emergency centers.
13.3.5.1 Revise the general description of the dose projections methodology to conform to NUREG-0654, Appendix 2.
This description should include the concepts of the Class A model, incorporating site specific conditions and a meteor-ological measurement system as described in proposed Revision 1.to Reg. Guide 1.23.
' Figure 13.3-1; Provide a map. showing the plume EPZ in s fficient detail to Appendix 13.A, define the boundaries of the zone, hospitals, relocation centers and special populations in accordance with NUREG-0654, Appendix 4.
Appendix 13.A, Describe in more detail the process used to obtain the comments Section 1 from local town officials and the current ' status of this effort.
Letters should be included from the towns contacted summariz-ing their comments.
Appendix 13A, Discuss the.use of alternative protective actions at special Section 6.1 facilities.' This should include the shelter factors assumed, evacuation times for those facilities and a discussion of how the protective measures to be recommended for these facilities will be determined.(see comment on Section 13.3.5.4).
Nursing homes, schools and camps should be considered as special facilities.
Appendix 13.A, Include consideration of the effects of " spontaneous" Section 6.4.
evacuation of people from Cape Cod when calculating tim
" Case 6" evacuation times. Two evacuation routes termina6 i (Nodes 800 and 801) in the area of the Sagamore Bridge Cire'.e and the evacuation s,tudy should be expanded to determine the
. time required to evacuate those people down Route 6A.
Discuss how-access to. Route 3 was modeled (No nodes are shown).
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PSAR SECTION C0124ENT Appendix 13.A Provide the basis for the automobile occupancy factors.
9 B.3 Appendix 13.A, Provide the Roadway characteristics as described in Section 3.2 NUREG-0654, Appendix 4-III B (pg. 4-6).
Appendix 13.A, Provide a further description of the algorithm used in Annex A the Model. Describe how highway capacity was determined and how the dynamic route loading is conducted.
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- Appendi= 13.A, Discuss estimated evacuatiori time for the public that i
Section 5 must use public emnsportation in accordance with NUREG-0654, page 4-9.
13.3.5.5.4 Provide the proposed location (show relation to emergency centers) and physical layout of the first aid and per-sonnel decontamination facilities.
13.3.6.2.3 Provide a more detailed list of the State and local support agencies to be invited to onsite training.
Provide for training of these personnel on the functions they may be required to perform or condi-i tion they may encounter onsite that are not part of
'D scribe their normal (offsite) duties / training.
e the proposed length of this training and type.
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