ML20081B658
| ML20081B658 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 10/12/1983 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | DUQUESNE LIGHT CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8310280142 | |
| Download: ML20081B658 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY Docket No. 50-334
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(BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION,
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UNIT N0. 1)
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P EXEMPTION I.
Duquesne Light Company (the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License No. DPR-66 (the license) which authorizes operation of the Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No.1 (the facility) at steady state reactor power level not in excess of 2652 megawatts thermal.
The facility is a pressurized water reactor located at the licensee's site in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
II.
The license provides, among other things, that the licensee is subject 1
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Section 50.54(q) of 10 CFR Part 50 requires a licensee authorized to operate a nuclear power reactor to follow and maintain'in effect emergency plans which meet the standards of 10 CFR 50.47(b) and the requirements of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50.
Section IV.F.1 of Appendix E requires each licensee to conduct an emergency preparedness exercise annually.
The last annual exercise at Beaver Valley was held on February 16, 1983.
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. By letter dated June 1, 1983, the licensee stated that a schedule was developed at a meeting on April 21, 1982, by FEMA Region V and NRC Region III for the emergency exercise to be conducted during February 1984 and 1985.
Subsequently, a meeting was conducted on January 20, 1983, by FEMA Region III which resulted in the emergency exercise being scheduled for June of 1984 and 1985. Additionally, the licensee stated that because of the facility's unique situation of having a plume exposure pathway Emergency Planning Zone which involves two FEMA Regions and three NRC Regions, the licensee feels the exercise should be planned in accordance with the request of the host Region, FEMA Region III.
The licensee has completed corrective actions on the deficiencies iden-tified during an emergency preparedness appraisal performed on October 4-16, 1981, and successfully conducted full scale exercises on February 17, 1982, and February 16, 1983, thus providing assurance regarding the capability of state and local officials to respond to an emergency.
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Based on the above, we find that the delay in the date of performing l
the licensee's annual emergency preparedness exercise will not adversely affect the state of emergency preparedness at the Beaver Valley Power Station.
We concluded, therefore, that an exemption should be granted.
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Accordingly, the Commission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50.12, an exemption is authorized by law and will not endanger life or proper-ty or the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest.
The exemption is hereby granted as follows:
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In order to allow for offsite agencies' schedule constraints, the next emergency preparedness exercise at the Beaver Valley Power Othliv., Unit No. I shall be conducted no later than June 30, 1984. This exercise shall include appropriate participation by the State and local authorities.
The Commission has determined that the granting of this Exemption will not result in any significant environmental impact and that pursuant to 10 CFR 51.5(d)(4) an environmental impact statement or negative declaration and environmental impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with this action.
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blrb'llG'.Eise~nhut,Diector Division of Licensing Dated at Bethesda, Maryland l
this 12th day of October,1983 l
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