ML20038B984
| ML20038B984 | |
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| Issue date: | 11/18/1981 |
| From: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Knuth K KERR-MCGEE CHEMICAL CORP. |
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| NUDOCS 8112090392 | |
| Download: ML20038B984 (1) | |
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M. Filippone P. Check' M. Bridgers-1098 Dr. Donald F. Knuth W. Dircks K'4C, Incorporated K. Cornell 1747 Pennsylvania Ave., hW T. Rehm Washington, DC 20006'
Dear Dr. Knuth:
In your letter of October 6,1931, you commented on the Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS) on behalf of the Coordinating Group on Emergency Preparedness Implementation (CGEP). The utilities comprising CGEP are working collectively in the implementation of emergency planning criteria.
Your letter stated that the industry has*. proceeded with the developuent of SPDS designs with only vague guidance from NRC and has expressed concern that the NRC has lost the perspective of the SPDS relationship to other requirements. Because of this concern, you recommend that NRC establish evaluation criteria, reestablish the relationship between the control room review and the SPDS, and establish an implementation date consistent with the intermediate steps which impact on the SPDS.
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Ne agree with your point that the SPDS must be coordinated with the l
other related activities.
In the proposed rulemaking to add the SPDS to the Emergency Response Facilities rule, the staff's proposed implementation date will be based on integration of the SPDS with the detailed control t
l room design review, guidelines for emergency operating procedures, and l
the Emergency Response Facilities. All of these proposed requirements will be reviewed by the newly formed Comittee to Review Generic Requirements 1
(CRGR), chaired by Mr. Victor Stello, Jr., Deputy Executive Director for l
Regional Operations and Generic Requirements. The CRGR will evaluate the priority of these proposed requirements relative to existing requirements and will evaluate whether the requirements would place unnecessary burdens on licensee and NRC resources. The CRGR will obtain coments on the propose,d requirements from CGEP and other industry groups as appropriate.
l I appreciate your coments concerning integration of the SPDS with other control room tasks and hope I have been responsive to your concerns.
If you have further questions, please do not-hesitate to contact me or Mr. Stello.
i Sincerely, l
(Sigt.ed William J.Dircks, William J. Dircks ggj2gg2 Executive Director for Operations N
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