ML20005A927
| ML20005A927 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 06/17/1981 |
| From: | Adensam E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Parker W DUKE POWER CO. |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737, TASK-1.C.1, TASK-TM NUDOCS 8107060044 | |
| Download: ML20005A927 (2) | |
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Dear Mr. Parker:
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Staff Evaluation of Item I.C.1 for Westinghouse Facilities he have completed our interim revf ew of the Westinghouse Owners Group submittal for Action Plan item I.C.1, Guidance for the Evaluation and Development of Procedures for Transients and Accidents. A copy of Mr. Eisenhut's May 28, 1981 letter to tir. Jurgensen, Chaiman, Westing-house Owners Group is enclosed for our information. As indicated in the a
enclosure, further work will be necessary in order to produce a document which satisfies the staff positions in a timely matter.
Sincerely, Elinor G. Adensam, Acting Chief Licensing Branch No. 4 Division of Licensing
Enclosure:
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William L. Porter, Esq.
North Carolina Electric Membership Duke _ Power Comparty Corp.
P.O. Box 33189 333 North Boulevard Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 P.O. Box 27306 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.
Debevoise & Libernan Saluda River Electric Cooperative, 1200 Seventeenth Streat, N.W.
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20036 207 Sherwood Drive Laurens, South Carolina 29360 North Carolina MPA-1 P.O. Box 95162 Janes W. Burch, Director Raleigh, North Carolina 27625 Nuclear Advisory Counsel 2600 Bull Street Mr. R. S. Howard Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Power Systens Division Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Mr. Peter K. VanDoorn P.O. Box 355 Resident Inspector Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 11695 Mr. J. C. Plunkett, J r.
Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730 NUS Corporation 2536 Countryside Boulevard Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Clearwater, Florida 33515 825 North Capital Street, N.E.
Washington, D. C.
20426 Mr. Jesse L. Riley, President Carolina Environmental Study Group Chairman 854 Henley Place South Carolina Public Service Charlotte, North Carolina 28208 Commission P.O. Box 11649 Richard P. Wilson, Esq.
Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Assistant Attorney General S.C. Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 11549 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Walton J. McLeod, J r., Esq.
General Counsel South Carolina State Board of Health J. Marion Sins Building 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 1
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Robert W. Jurgensen, Chairman Westinghouse Owners Group American Electric Power Service Corporation 2 Broadway New York, New York 10004
Dear Mr. Jurgensen:
In your letter dated March 18, 1981 (06-54), you summarized a meeting held on February 20, 1981 between representa+ives of the NRC staff, The purpose Westinghouse Owners, and Westinghouse Electr:. Srporation.
of the meeting was to discuss the Westinghouse Ovmers Group (WOG) activities in response to NUREG-0737, Clarification of TMI Action Plan Requirements, Item I.C.1, Guidance for the Evaluation and Develop-Following the meeting ment of Procedures for Transients and Accidents.
summary, you requested that the staff acknowledge the acceptability of the program described in the meeting.
As indicated in a meeting with Tom Anderson, of Westinghouse, on April 8, 1981, we have concerns about the acceptability of the WOG
. The last submittal of generic WOG guidelines, including the Inadequate Core Cooling Guidelines, required the operator t7 diagnose program.
a specific event using the diagnostic procedure included in the guide-Subsequent' failures were, essentially, addressed by entry into lines.
As indicated in the one of the inadequate core cooling guidelines.
February meeting and discussed in your letter, the: guidelines do not provide smooth transitions from the event procedures to direct theThis operator if subsequent multiple or consequential failures occur.
Furthermore, the Inadequate Core Cooling Guidelines are reached.
guidelines do not address subsequent reevaluation of plant conditions to ensure that the expected plant response is occurring.
Our second concern is your proposed schedule for completing the program recognizing that development of emergency operating procedures is aHowev dynamic process with no absolute end point.that continual, major re burden on plant operating staffs and confusing to the operators who l
In the February meeting, WOG representa-must relearn the procedures.
tives indicated thay they expect to have the initial development phase of the guidelines completed in July 1981, and would not expect major changes to the guidelines to result from the phases to be completed in You also state in your letter that the January 1982 and July 1982.
- However, initial phase will address over 98 percent of the total risk.
we were also told in the meeting that the guidelines to be submitted
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in July would probably not differ greatly from those already submitted.
Considering our concerns with the existing guidelines, as addressed above, we do not see how the July submittal can be responsive to We believe that NUREG-0737, Item I.C.1 without significant change.
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-z-l,;AY 2 0 G 0i The staff has not completed its' review of WCAP 9691 or the probability estimates presented in the February meeting, and the 0.:ners Group has not addressed the broad range of initiating events, including natural phenomena such as earthquakes, in the analysis presented to date.
Therefore, we cannot assess the overall adequacy of the proposed program.
Unless our concerns, as stated herein, 'are satisfied, the ability of licensees to meet the schedule for revising their procedures may be compromised.
As indicated in the April 8,1981 meeting, we have serious doubts that the full range of initiating events and subsequent failures can be addressed wichin the event specific framework adopted by the Westing-house Owners Group.. If your additional work to date provides more insight into resolution of these concerns, we would be available to meet with you at your convenience.
By copy of this letter, each licensee and applicant of a Westinghouse-type plant, is being advised of our evaluation of your submittal,
- incerely, h,
DarrellG.(Eisenhut, Director Division of Licensing cc:
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