ML20042A398
| ML20042A398 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Browns Ferry, Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 02/11/1982 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Burstein S WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20042A399 | List: |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-0654, RTR-NUREG-654, TASK-3.A.2.1, TASK-TM TAC-46259, TAC-46260, NUDOCS 8203230389 | |
| Download: ML20042A398 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000266/1982002
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Wisconsin Electric Puer Company
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Mr. Sol Burstein
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Milwaukee, WI 53201
Gentlemen:
Subj ect: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS APPRAISAL
To verify that licensees have attained an adequate state of onsite
emergency preparedness, the Office of Inspection and Enforcement is
conducting special appraisals of the emergency preparedness programs
at all operating nuclear power reactors. The objectives of these
appraisals are to evaluate the overall adequacy and effectiveness of
emergency preparedness and to identify areas of weakness that need to
be strengthened. We will use the findings from these appraisals as a
basis not only for requesting individual licensee action to correct
deficiencies and effect improvements, but also for effecting improvements
in NRC requirements and guidance.
During the period of January 4-15, and 20,1982, the NRC conducted a
special appraisal of the emergency preparedness program at the Point
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Beach Nuclear Power Plant and the Wisconsin Electric Power Company
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Corporate Office. This appraisal was done in lieu of certain routine
inspections normally conducted in the area of emergency preparedness.
Areas examined during this appraisal are described in the enclosed
report (50-266/82-02; 50-301/82-02). Within these areas, the appraisal
team reviewed selected procedures and representative records, inspected
emergency facilities and equipment, observed work practices, and inter-
viewed personnel.
Significant deficiencies for which you have made acceptable commitments
to resolve are discussed in the Confirmation of Action Letter dated
January 21, 1982, enclosed as Appendix A and in summary include:
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Shift staffing and augmentation capability 's unacceptable with
respect to the regulatory positions of Table B-1, of NUREG-0654.
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We have reviewed your April 14, 1981, letter fror Mr. C. W. Fay to
Mr. Harold R. Denton in which you address NUREG-L654 Table B-1
minimum shift staffing and 30 to 60 minute shift augmentation. The
position you take is unacceptable. Table B-1 specifies that in addi-
tion to the shift complement you describe, a communicator, a health
physics technician and a rad / chem technician be on shift at all times.
This item is addressed in Section 2.0 Emergency Organization of the
attached report.
Deficiencies in the minimum plant operations crew are currently
being examined by NRR.
b.
No schedule for the development and documentation of an approved
emergency plan training / retraining program, formal lesson plans
or means for determining student performance have been provided.
c.
The Point Beach Emergency Plan and Emergency Plan Implementing Pro-
cedure Emergency Action Levels (EAL's) are not consistent with those
given in NUREG-0654, Appendix 1.
The licensee's ability to notify
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State and Local authorities within 15 minutes of the declaration of
an emergency is questionable, and the identity of individuals respons-
ible for the notification of State and Local authorities is unclear.
d.
The meteorological program is unacceptable with respect to the
regulatory position of Regulatory Guide 1.23.
No provisions have been
made for dose calculation methodology to compensate for potential
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uncertainties associated with plume trajectories. There are no pro-
cedures to accommodate lake effect.
The findings of this appraisal also indicate that there are areas in need
of improvement in your emergency preparedness program. These areas are
discussed in Appendix B, " Appraisal Improvement Items."
In conjunction with the emergency prepare ( iess appraisal, emergency plans
for your facility were reviewed. The res.lts of this review indicate that
deficiencies exist in your Emergency Plra
These are discussed in Appendix
C, " Emergency Preparedness Evaluation ".epart."
Several areas in your emergency preparedness program were not completed
at the time of this appraisal and therefore were not examined. These
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areas are identified as Open Items and are listed in Appendix D.
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will be examined by our staff at a future date.
Please notify our office
relevant to your completion schedule of these items for re-examination
by our staff.
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We recognize that an explicit regulatory requirement pertaining to each
item identified in Appendices A, B, and C may not currently exist. Not-
withstanding this, you are requested to submit a written statement within
thirty days of the date of this letter, describing your planned actions
for improving each of the items identified in Appendix A and the results
of your consideration of each of the items in Appendix B.
This descrip-
tion is to include:
(1) steps which have been taken; (2) steps which
will be taken; and (3) a schedule for completion of actions for each item,
This request is made pursuant to Section 50.54(f) of Part 50, Title 10,
Code of Federal Regulations. With regard to Appendix C, within 90 days
of the date of this letter you are requested to provide changes to the
emergency plan correcting each deficiency. Copies of these changes are
to ve submitted in accordance with the procedures delineated in 10 CFR 50.54(q).
This is to inform you that should the deficiencies addressed in the
Confirmation of Action letter of January 21, 1982, not be corrected by
the commitment dates provided, the Commission will determine whether
the reactor shall be shut down until such deficiencies are emedied
or whether other enforcement action is appropriate.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the Commission's regulations, a copy of
this letter, the enclosures, and your response to this letter will be placed
in the NRC's Public Document Room.
If this report contains any information
that you (or your contractors) believe to be exempt from disclosure under
10 CFR 9.5(a)(4), it is necessary that you (a) notify this office by tele-
phone within ten (10) days from the date of this letter of your intention
to file a request for withholding; and (b) submit within twenty-five (25)
days from the date of this letter a written application to this office to
withhold such information.
If your receipt of this letter has been
delayed such that less than seven (7) days are available for your review,
please notify this office promptly so that a new due date may be estab-
lished. Consistent with Section 2.790(b)(1), any such application must
be accompanied by an affidavit executed by.the owner of the information
which identifies the document or part sought to be withheld, and which
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contains a full statement of the reasons which are the bases for the
claim that the information should be withheld from public disclosure.
This section further requires the statement to address with specificity
the considerations listed in 10 CFR 2.79C(b)(4). The information sought
to be withheld shall be incorporated as far as possible into a separate
part of the affidavit.
If we do not hear from you in this regard within
the specified periods noted above, a copy of this letter, the enclosures,
and your response to this letter will be placed in the Public Document
Room.
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The responses directed by this letter and the accompanying enclosures are
not subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and
Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
Should you have any questions concerning this appraisal, we will be pleased
to discuss them with you.
Should you have any questions, please contact
Mr. Jess
A. Pagliaro, Emergency Preparedness Section at (312) 932-2538.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Jam 2s G. Kappler
James G. Keppler
Regional Administrator
Enclosures:
1.
Appendix A, Significant
Appraisal Deficiencies
Confirmation Action Letter
dtd 1/21/82
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Appendix B, Appraisal
Improvement Items
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Appendix C, Emergency Plan
Evaluation Report
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Appendix D, Open Items
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C. W. Fay, Assistant
Vice President, Wisconsin
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G. A. Reed, Manager
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