ML20009G841
| ML20009G841 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 07/31/1981 |
| From: | Crutchfield D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Counsil W NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO. |
| References | |
| TASK-02-01.A, TASK-2-1.A, TASK-RR LSO5-81-07-098, LSO5-81-7-98, NUDOCS 8108050139 | |
| Download: ML20009G841 (5) | |
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July 31, 1981 Docket flo.
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Dear Mr. Counsil:
SUBJECT:
SEP TOPIC II-1.A. " EXCLUSION AREA AUTHORITY AND CONTROL", (MILLSTONE)
Enclosed is the staff's final evaluation of SEP Topic II-1. A " Exclusion Area Authority and Control" for the Millstone Unit 1 Nuclear Power Plant.
The staff review of your Topic II-1. A safety assessment, submitted April 27, 1981, concluded that the criteria of 10 CFR 100.3(a), which states that the reactor licensee must have the authority to I determine all activities within the designated area, is net.
This evaluation will be a basic input to the integrated safety assessment for your facility unless you identify changes needed to reflect the as-built conditions at your facility. This assessment may be revised in the future if your facility design is changed or if NRC criteria relating to this subject are modified before the integrated assessnent is comoleted.
Sincerely, Dennis M. Crutchfield, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #5 Division of Licensing
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20005 Northecst Nuclear Energy Company ATTN: Superintendent Millstone Plant P. O. Box 128 Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Mr. James R. Himmelwri ght Northeast Utilities Service Company P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06101 Resident Inspector c/o U. S. NRC P. O. Box Drawer KK Niantic, Connecticut 06357 Waterford Public Library Rcpe Fer,'y Rcad, Route 156 Waterfcrd, Ccnnecticut 06385
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MILLSTONE UNIT 1 TOPIC Il-1.A, EXCLUSION AREA AUTHORITY AND CONTROL 1.
INTRODUCTION The safety objective of this tcpic is to assure that appropriate exclusion area authority and control are maintained by the licensee as required by 10 CFR Part 100.
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REVIEW CRITERIA Section 100.3(a) of 10 CFR Part 100 requires that a reactor licensee have the authority to determine all activities within the designated area, including the exclusion and removal of personnel and oroperty.
III. _RELATED SAFETY TOPICS Topic XIII-1, " Conduct of Operations" will assure that the licensee can adequately specify proper operation in routine, accident and emergency conditions.
The topic is being covered as part of the NRC TMI Task Action Plan.
Topic XIII-2, " Safeguards / Industrial Security" will evaluate the licensee's canability to protect the operating unit (s).
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FEVIErl GUIDELINES The review was ccnducted in accordance with the guidance given in SRP 2.1.2.
The caoability of the olant to reet the. dose criteria of 10 CFR Dart 103 at the exclusion area boundary will be evaluated in the Desicn Easis Event phase of the SEP review.
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EVALUATION
"'llstone Unit No. 1 is located in the tcwn of Waterford in New London couity, Connecticut, on the north shore of Long Island Sound.
The 500 acre Millstone site is 3.2 miles west-southwest of New London town limits and 30 miles southeast of Hartford, Connecticut.
The exclusion area, which is dcfined as the area within the site boundary, is wholly owned by the licensees, who have complete control of activities including mineral rights within the exclusion area except for the passage of trains along the Penn Central railroad track which runs east-west through the site.
Provisions have been made with Amtrak, as described in the Millstone Nuclear Power Station Emergency Plan, to divert train traffic away from the liillstone site and to enforce traffic control, should the need arise.
No public highways traverse the exclusion area.
The. site is shown in Figure 2.2.1-6 of the Millstone Unit No.1 FSAR, which is included as Figure 1.
The dis-tance from the Unit 1 stack to_the. nearest exclusion area boundary on the landward side of the olant is 503 meters.
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wildlife preserve as well as swinning and fishing areas.
The recreational areas, however, have been closed due to the construction activities at Millstone Unit No. 3.
The exclusion area is not defined over the waters of Long Island Sound adjacent to the site.
The NRC Staff in recent cases involving shore front sites has interpreted the definition of an exclusion area in 10 CFR Part 100 as applying to the entire area surrounding a reactor including the overwater portion..In these cases, applicants have been required to make appropriate arrangements to control water traffic within the exclusion area in the event of a plant emergency.
While the licensee has not specifically defined an exclusion area over the water, arrangements have been made with the U.S. Coast Guard, as documented in the Millstone Nuclear Power Station Emergency Plan and the State of Connecticut Energency Plan, for control of water traffic in the vicinity of the Millstone site in the event of a plant' emergency.
The lack of a defined exclusion area over the water adjacent to the plant site is a deviation from the staff's current interpretation of the criteria in 10 CFR Part 100.
However, the arrangements made by the licensee With the U. S. Coast Guard meet the intent of the criteria and, therefore, it is considered that the lack of a defined exclusion area over the water does not constitute a significant safety issue for the SEP review.
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1: CFR Part 1:2 his ccnoletes tne evaluaticn of this SEP tooic.
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