ML20078R748

Forwards Rev 1 to Westinghouse Owners Group Emergency Response Guidelines Validation Program, Per NUREG-0737, Item I.C.1

ML20078R748
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	10/31/1983
From:	Sheppard J CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO., WESTINGHOUSE OPERATING PLANTS OWNERS GROUP
To:	Crutchfield D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML20078R750	List: ML20078R748 ML20078R769
References
RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737, TASK-1.C.1, TASK-TM OG-108, NUDOCS 8311150279
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>J R]a Carolina Power & Light Company 0G-108 October 31, 1983 Mr. Dennis Crutchfield, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #5 Division of Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, DC 20555 b3

Dear Mr. Crutchfield:

Westinghouse Owners Group Emergency Response Guidelines, Rev. 1 Validation Program One of the major undertakings of the Westinghouse Owners Group has been the development of a comprehensive set of Emergency Response Guidelines (ERGS) to respond to the requirements set forth initially in NUREG-0737, '

Item I.C.l. The ERGS contain both optimal recovery and function restoration strategies presented in a human-factored two-column format.

Both types of strategies are symptom-based. The Optimal Recovery Guidelines (ORGs) provide optimal strategies for recovering the plant based on plant parameter responses and the Function Restoration Guidelines (FRGs) respond to challenges to the integrity of the physical barriers against radiation release. ,

The BASIC version of the ERGS was issued substantially in September, 1981, for the reference High Pressure (HP) plant. Subsequently, additional guidelines were added to the set, until it reached its final form in mid-1982. In that same time frame, an analagous set of ERGS was developed for the reference Low Pressure (LP) plant. In June, 1982, the BASIC version of the HP-ERGS was subjected to a thorcugh validation test at the Union Electric Company Callaway training simulator.

As a result of that validation, a great deal was learned about the new ERG format and strategies. To incorporate the findings of that first J E. validation test, and also a number of other utility, NRC and Westinghouse

@P recomendations, the Westinghouse Owners Group (WOG) authorized the gg development of Revision 1 to the ERGS. Printed versions of the Revision en 1 ERGS will be issued shortly, with their respective " Configuration O Control and Approval" sheets certifying WOG and Westinghouse approval.

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- OG-108 Mr. Dennis Crutchfield October 31, 1983 In March, 1983, the WOG authorized a comprehensive validation test of the Revision 1 ERGS. The validation test has since been carefully planned, taking full advantage of the experience gained in the BASIC validation program and also the currently available INP0 guidance on E0P validation. The test will take place at the Public Service of New Hampshire Seabrook training simulator during the week of October 31 to November 4, 1983.

Attached for your information is a copy of the Program Plan for the Revision 1 Validation Program. Following the test, a detailed review of all the test data will be performed, resulting in a Revision 1 Validation Program Final Report in early 1984. A copy of this report will be sent to the NRC following distribution to WOG utility members. The major objectives of this program are to demonstrate the useability and operational correctness of the ERGS, ara to provide generic documentation witch can be referenced by utilities in their plant specific E0P validation programs.

Your interest in our validation program is appreciated. If further information is desired, please contact Roger Newton (414-277-2002),

Chairman, WOG Procedures Subcommittee.

Sincerely, (nh ,. -,

J. 1 Sheppard, Chairman Westinghouse Owners Group

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