ML20052H431

Advises NRC of Efforts to Develop Generic BWR Emergency Procedure Guidelines & Immediate Plans to Upgrade Facility Emergency Procedures Per TMI Item I.C.1.BWR Owners Group Will Submit Revision 2 of Guidelines by June 1982

ML20052H431
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	05/14/1982
From:	Daltroff S PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
To:	Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737, TASK-1.C.1, TASK-TM NUDOCS 8205210042
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V PHILADELPHI A ELECTRIC COM PANY 2301 M ARKET STREET P.O. BOX 8699 PHILADELPHI A. PA.19101

$HRLDS L. DALTROFF stactnec Pn Duc ton May 14, 1982 Re : Docket Nos. 50-277 50-278 Mr. Darte11 G. Eisenhut, Director Divisit. of Licensing U . S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555

SUBJECT:

Emergency Operation Procedures for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station - Nureg 0737, Item I.C.1 Refs.: See Attachment 1

Dear Mr. Eisenhut:

This letter advises the NRC of our ef forts to develop generic BWR emergency procedure guidelines, and of our immediate plans to upgrade the Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3 emergency procedures.

NUREG 0737, Item I.C.1, requires licensees to submit technical guidelines for development of upgraded emergency procedures. Philadelphia Electric Company has actively participated in the BWR Owners' Group program for developing these guidelines since it was initiated in the summer of 1979.

Periodically, the BWR Owners ' Group has informed the NRC of its progress (References 1 through 5) on this activity.

Relevant information obtained from the utilities writing and validating emergency procedures, and from the NRC staff, was factored into revisions of the guidelines. Additionally, the scope of the guidelines has been expanded to address operator

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'd Mr. Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director Page 2 plans to submit Revision 2 of the Emergency Procedure Guidelines (EPGs) to the NRC staff for approval in June, 1982.

NUREG 0737 requires licensees to revise and implement their emergency procedures at the first refueling outage after January 1, 1982 following NRC approval of the guidelines. Peach Bottom Unit 2 is currently shutdown for refueling with an expected startup in June, 1982. Consequently, NRC approval of "

the revised guidelines and procedure implementation by this date.

is not feasible for Unit 2. Peach Bottom Unit 3 is scheduled for a refueling outage in early 1983. Approval of the guidelines by

the NRC staff in a timely manner would be necessary for their incorporation into the Unit 3 procedures prior to the start of j the next fuel cycle. Since NRC approval of the guidelines is pending, we propose that it is appropriate to alter the schedule for implementation of the emergency procedures to be the first refueling outage commencing at least six months after NRC ,

approval of the guidelines. We will continue to work with the BWR Owners' Group in their efforts to refine and improve the emergency procedure guidelines. ,

In the meantime, we have drafted new emergency procedures based on a recent draft of revision 2 of the EPGs.

Training of the Peach Bottom operators using these new procedures was started in March, 1982. Our current plan is to implement the new procedures later this year following completion of the operator training. The new procedures will be applicable to both Peach Bottom Unit 2 and Unit 3. We believe the content of Revision 2 of the EPGs permits significant improvaments to be incorporated into the Peach Bottom emergency procedures, and that

these improvements should be expedited in the interest of enhancing operator response to plant transients and accidents.

The procedures will be revised further as needed to reflect the final NPC approved EPGs.

Should you have any questions concerning the above information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Very truly yours, 7 3 >

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! Nefs.: 1) Letter, D. B. Waters (BWROG) to D. G. Eisenhut

( N RC ) , "BWR Emergency Procedure Guidelines,

Pevision 1 and Responses to Related Questions" I 2) Letter, D. B. Waters (BWROG) to D. G. Eisenhut

( N RC ) , "BWR Emergency Procedure Guidelines, {

Revision 1, and Responses to Pelated Questions,"

dated January 31, 1981

3) Letter, T. J. Dente (BWROC) to D. G..Eisenhut

( N RC) , "BWR Emergency Procedure Guidelines, Revision 1B," dated September 8, 1981 4

4) Letter, T. J. Dente (BWROG) to D. Beckham

( N RC/ PTRB ) , "BWR Emergency Procedure Guidelines, Revision IC," dated December 15, 1981 i  !

5) Meeting of January 26-27, 1982, between NRC (Procedures and Test Feview Branch; Reactor Systems

, Branch) and BWROG (Emergency Procedures Committee) 1 I

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