ML20033C420
| ML20033C420 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Callaway  |
| Issue date: | 11/18/1981 |
| From: | Youngblood B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Schnell D UNION ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8112030155 | |
| Download: ML20033C420 (3) | |
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1981, to review the application._of the Union.,Electr,1c Company for a license to operate the Callaway Plant, Unit No.1., The Committee's; report, dated November 17, 1981, is enclosed for your use..
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Mr. D. F. Schn211 Vice President' - Nuclear Union Electric Company Post Office Box 149 St. Louis, Missouri 63166 cc: Mr. Nichols A. Petrick Mr. Fred Luekey Executive Director - SNUPPS Presiding Judge, Montgomery
'5. Choke Cherry Road County Rockville, Maryland 20850 Rural Route Rhineland, Missouri 65069 Gerald Charnoff, Esq.
Thomas A. Baxter, Esq.
Mayor Howard Steffen Shaw, Pittman, Potts &
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Professor William H. Miller Washington, D. C.
20036 Missouri Kansas Section, Mr. J. E. Birk American Nuclear Society Assistant to the General Counsel Department of Nuclear Union Electric Company Engineering Post Office B~x 149 1026 Engineering Building o
St. Louis, Missouri 63166 University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 65211 Mr. John Neisler U. S. Reguletory Commission Robert G. Wright Resident Inspector Office Assoc.' Judge, Eastern. District RR#1 Steedman, Missouri 65077 County Court.Calliway County, M0c Route #1 Mr. Donald W. Capone, Manager Fulton, Missouri 65251 Nuclear Engineering Union Electric Company Kenneth M. Chackes Post Office Box 149 Chackes and Hoare St. Louis, Missouri 63166 Attorney for Joint Intervenors A. Scott Cauger, Esq.
314 N. Broadway Assistant General Counsel St. Louis, Missouri 63102 for the Missouri Public Service Commission Mr. Earl Brown Post Office Box 360 School District Superintendent Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Post Office Box 9 Kingdom City, !!issouri 65262 Ms. Barbara Shull Mr. Samuel J. Birk Ms. Lenore Loeb League of Women Voters of Missouri R. R. #1, Box 243 2138 Woodson Road Morrison, Missouri 65061 St. Louis, Missouri 63114 Mr. Harold Lottman Ms. Marjorie Reilly Presiding Judge, Dasconade County Energy Chairman of the Route 1 League of Women Voters Owensville, Missouri 65066 of University City, MO 7065 Pershing Avenue Eric A. Eisen, Esq.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 November 17, 1981 Honorable Nunzio J. Palladino Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
SUBJECT:
REPORT ON THE CALLAWAY PLANT UNIT N0. 1
Dear Dr. Palladino:
During its 259th meeting, November 12-14, 1981, the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards reviewed the application of the Union Electric Company (the Applicant) for a license to operate the Callaway Plant Unit No.1.
A tour of the facility was made by members of the Subcommittee on November 4, 1981, and a Subcommittee meeting was held in Columbia, Missouri on November 4 and 5, 1981.
During its review, the Committee had the bcr.efit of discussions with representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Staff and with representatives and consultants of the Applicant Westinghouse Electric ~Corpo-ration, and Bechtel Power Corporation.
The Committee also had the benefit of tne documents listed below. The Committee commented on the construction per-mit application for this plant in its report dated September 17,1975 to NRC Chairman William A. Anders.
The Callaway Plant application was one of four submitted in response to the Commission's standardization policy as described in Appendix N to Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This option allows for a simultaneous review of the safety-related parameters of a limited number of duplicate plants which may be constructed within a limited time span at a multiplicity of sites.
The five utilities that originally joined together designated their common design the " Standardized Nuclear Unit Power Plant System" (SNUPPS).
At the present time, in addition to the Callaway Plant Unit No.1, only the Wolf Creek Generating Station remains an active SNUPPS project.
The Callaway Plant is located in a rural section of Missouri about 80 miles west of St. Louis.
The site is approximately 5 miles north of, and about 325 feet above the flood plain of, the Missouri River. The nearest population center is Jefferson City (estimated 1980 population about 34,0C0), which is 25 miles west -southwest of the Plant.
l The Plant will use 1 Westinghouse, four-loop, pressurized water reactor, nuclear steam supply sys*em having a rated power level of 3425 MWt. The Plant employs a cylindrical, steel-lined, reinforced, post-tensicned concrete containment structure with a free volume of 2.5 million cubic feet. The con-tainment design pressure is 60 psig.
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Honorable Nunzio J. Palladino November 17, 1981 The Callaway Plant will be the first commercial nuclear power plant in the
- state of Missouri, and is the first nuclear power plant to be operated by the Union Electric Company. The Committee reviewed the Applicant's management organization, experience, and training program. We were favorably impressed by the general competence and attitude of the Applicant's personnel, but we i
believe their commercial nuclear experience is less' than desirable. The NRC Staff is requiring the utility to augment its own organization with on-shift personnel having experience with large commercial PWR operations until suit-able experience has been developed by the operating staff. We endorse the NRC Staff requirement but recommend that attainment of 100% rated power should not be the only consideration in demonstrating operational profi-ciency.
We also recommend that a highly competent, senior individual with
-considerable professional experience on commercial PWRs be assigned'to as-sist the Plant Superintendent as an advisor through at least the first year of full power operation.
The Committee recommends that the operating organization establish a list of technological matters which may have to be faced in future operation of,j;he nuclear plant and identify sources of skilled personnel and expertise that ought to be available to address these matters when needed. The Committ'ee wishes to be kept informed.
The Onsite Review Committee, Nuclear Safety Review Board, and Independent Safety Engineering Group should include personnel from outside the operating organization who are experienced in the operational management of large PWRs and related technology as well as other independent advisors with mature judgment about public safety matters.
During our review, it was noted that Shift Technical Advisce training in the areas of Plant Systems and especially Transient / Accident Analysis appears' mar-ginal.
It is recommended that the 14RC Staff evaluate this matter and apply the results to those nuclear plants where they are generically applicable.
Discussion with the Applicant. indicated that emergency operating procedures for dealing with off-normal plant behavior are incomplete. However, the Applicant is endeavoring to develop such procedures utilizing new and promis-ing approaches, and we encourage such efforts. The Committee wishes to be j
kept informed.
' Other issues have been identified as Outstanding Issues, License Conditions, and Confirmatory Issues in the NRC Staff's Safety Evaluation Report dated October 1981; these include some TMI Action Plan requirements. We believe j
these issues can be resolved in a manner satisfactory to the NRC Staff and recommend that this be done.
The Committee believes that, if due consideration is given to the recommenda-tions above, and subject to satisfactory completion of construction, staffing, and preoperational testing, there is reasonable assurance that the Callaway l
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Additional comments by Dr. M. W. Carbon, ACRS Member, are presented below.
Sincerely, J. Carson Mark Chairman Additional Comments by Dr. M. W. Carbon, ACRS Member It is my belief that the NRC Staff's requirement for experienced, on-shift personnel during the early operation of the plant is inadequate.
I therefore recommend that a licensed Senior Reactor Operator (SRO), who has been previously licensed as an SR0 on another Westinghouse PWR, be available on each shift in an advisory capacity through the first year of full-power operation.
I also believe that the advisor to the Plant Superintendent should have an. educational background at least equal to a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or a related di.scipline.
References:
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" Final Safety Analysis Report for Standardized Nuclear Unit Power Plant System," including Revisions 1 through 7.
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" Final Safety Analysis Report for Standardized Nuclear Unit Power Plant System, Callaway Plant Units No.1 and 2 Addendum," including Revisions 1 through 4.
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, " Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Operation of Callaway Plant, Unit No.1," NUREG-0830, dated October 1981.
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