ML20072N585
| ML20072N585 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 03/23/1983 |
| From: | Purple R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP. |
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| NUDOCS 8304010568 | |
| Download: ML20072N585 (4) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.
In the Matter of
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Rochester Gas and Electric
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Docket No. 50-244 Corporation
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R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant
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EXEMPTION I.
Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (the licensee) is the holder of Provisional Opercting License No. DPR-18 which authorizes the operation of the R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (the facility). The license provides, among other things, that it is subject to all rules, regulations and Orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) (NRC). The facility comprises one pressurized water reactor at the licensee's site in Wayne County, New York.
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10 CFR @50.54(q) of the Commission's regulations requires a licensee authorized to operate a nuclear power plant to follow and maintain in effect emergency plans which meet the standards of 10 CFR 50.47(b) and the require-ments of. Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50.Section IV.F.1 of Appendix E requires i
each licensee annually to conduct an emergency preparedness exercise with full p ticipation by the State and local county governments unless the State and all local connty governments in the plume exposure pathway Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) for the licensee's facility have otherwise participated in a full-scale exerci.se during the annual period (with such participation occurring in conjunction with a full-scale exercise at another nuclear power 8304010568 830323 PDR ADOCK 05000244 F
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In this latter case, the licensee is required to conduct an annual
. exercise with the participation of State and local governments consistent with the provisions of Section IV.F.3 of Appendix E for small scale exercises.
III.
By letter dated November 18, 1982, Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (the licensee, RG&E) requested an exenption from certain annual emergency -
j plan exercise requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.1.a such that the next exercise would be held no later than June 30, 1983.
The licensee is unable to meet the annual exercise requirement because RG8E needs to meet the coordinated schedule developed by their organization and representatives from NRC, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
and the State of New York. As a result, the next exercise has been
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tentttively scheduled for no later than June 30, 1983.
Based on the fact that the last full-scale exercise was held January 21, 1982; that the Ginna Emergency Plan implementation during the January 25, i
1982 incident demonstrated an acceptable level of preparedness; that such i
a delay is necessary based on prior commitments of the State of New York, i
l FEMA an[NRC to support exercises at other nuclear facilities in New York State an'd NRC Region I; that the training of emergency response personnel will continue within RG&E; and that the most effective and beneficial annual exercises are those involving the full-scale participation of State and local county government organizations, the NRC finds that a one-time e
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7590-01 delay until no later than June 30, 1983 in perfonning the next annual emergency preparedness exercise will not adversely affect the overall state of emergency preparedness at Ginna.
IV.
Accordingly, the Commission has determined that an exemption in accordance with 10 CFR 50.12 is authorized by law, will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and is otherwise in the public interest.
Therefore, the requested exemption from the exercise requirements of 10
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CFR Part 50,' Appendix E,Section IV.F.1.a to allow for full-scale partici-pation in the licensee's current annual exercise by NRC, FEMA and the State of New York no later than June 30, 1983 is hereby granted.
The Commission has determined that this exemption does not authorize a change in effluent types or total amounts nor an increase in power level and will not result in any significant environmental impact.' Having made this deter-mination, we have further concluded that the exemption involves an action which is insignificant from the standpoint of environmental inpact and, l
pursuant' to 10 CFR 51.5(d)(4), that an environmental impact statement, or negativ,e-declaration and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepareh1.nconnectionwiththisaction.
We have concluded, based on the considerations discussed in the Exemption, that:
(1) because the exemption does not involve a significant increase in thehrob$bility or consequences of an accident previously evaluated, 1
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7590m01 4-does not create the possibility of an accident of a type different from any evaluated previously and does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety, the exemption does not involve a significant hazards consideration, (2) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by this action, and (3) such activities will not be. inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.,
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION D
3-Robert. A. Purple, Deputy Director Division of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 23rd day of March, 1983.
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