ML20006D875

Advises Licensee Changing 1984 Annual Emergency Preparedness Exercise Schedule for Feb to June Per FEMA Request

ML20006D875
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	07/11/1983
From:	Starostecki R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
TAC-51783, NUDOCS 9002150170
Download: ML20006D875 (8)

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EXEMPTION FROM THE ANNUAL SCHEDULE REQUIREMENT FOR AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE,BEAVCR VALLEY,

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DOCKET NO. 50-334 Attached is a proposed response to the June 1,1983 letter from Duquesne Light regarding a deviation from 10 CFR 50, Appendir. E,Section IV.F scheduling requirements for an annual exercise. The licensee is changing the 1984 annual exercise scheduled for February to June at the request of FEMA. We have reviewed the bases and find they provide sufficient justification for granting the enclosed exemption.

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SUBJECT:

. BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION UNIT NO.1 ANNUAL EMERGENCY PREPAP.EDNESS EXERCISE SCHFDULE i

Enclosed is. an approved Exemption dated

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-Section IV.F. in response to your le.tter dated June 1,1983.

This exemption pomits the annual emergency preparedness exercise at Beaver Valley to be conducted no later than June 30, 1984.

A copy of the Exemption is being filed with the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely, Steven A. Varga Chief -

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of Docket No. 50-334 DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY

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Duquesne Light Company (the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License No 'DPR-66 (the license) which authorizes operation of the Deaver Valley Power Station, Unit No.1 (the facility) at steady state reactor power level not in excess of 2652 megawatts thermal.

The facility is a pressurized water reactor located at the licensee's site in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

II The licensee grelides, among other things, that it is subject to all rules,-regulations and Orders of the Commission.

1 3ection 50.54(q) of 10 CFR Part 50 requires a licensee authorized to operate a nuclear power reactor to follow and maintain in effect emergency plans which meet the st6ndards of 10 CFR 50.47(b) and the requirements of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50.

Section IV.F.1 of Appendix E requires each licensee to conduct en emergency preparedness exercise annually. The last annua 1' exercise at Beaver Valley was held on February 16, 1983.

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. developed at a meeting on April 21, 1982, by FEMA Region V and NRC Region III i

for the emergency exercise to be conducted during February 1984 and 1985.

Subsequently, a meeting was conducted on January 20, 1983, by FEMA Region III which resulted in the emergency exercise being scheduled for June of 1984 and L

1985. Additionally, the licensee stated that because of Beaver Valley Power 1

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Statio.ns unique situation of being included in two FEMA Regions and three.NRC

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jf Regions, the licensee feels the exercise should be planned in accordance with the request of the FEMA Region III host region.

i The licensee has completed corrective actions on the deficiencies iden-i tified during an emergency preparedness appraisal performed on October 4-16, 1981,.and successfully conducted full scale exercises on February 17, 1982, and February 16, 1983, thus providing assurance regarding the capability of state and local officials to respond to an emergency.

h Based on-the above, we find that the delay in the date of in performing the licensee's annual emergency preparedness exercise will not adversely affect the state of emergency preparedness at the Beaver Valley Power Station.' We t-concluded, therefore, that an exemption should be granted.

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an exemption is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest.

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In order to allow for offsite agencies' schecule constrainti, the next

' emergency preparedness exercise at the Beaver Valley Power $tation,, Unit No. 1 shall be conducted no later than June 30, 1984. This exercfse shall include'

appropriate participation by the State and local authorittos, The Commission has determined that the granting of tnis Exemption will not result in any significant environmental impr,ct and enet persuant to 10 CFR

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vironmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connectier, with this action.

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SUBJECT:

BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION UNIT NO. 1 ANNUAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE' SCHEDULE

-Enclosed'is.an' approved-Exemption dated

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' This exemption permits the annual emergency preparedness' exercise at Beaver Valley to be conducted no later than June 30,-1984.

A copy'of the Exemption is being filed with the Office of the Federals. Register-

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Sincerely, Steven A._Varga, Chief, Operating Reactors Branch No. 1 Division-of,. Licensing

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