ML20081E272
| ML20081E272 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 03/15/1995 |
| From: | Terry C TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| TXX-95071, NUDOCS 9503210228 | |
| Download: ML20081E272 (2) | |
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March 15, 1995
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C. Lance Terry Grour irerment #meiser j
v U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington. DC 20555
SUBJECT:
COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION (CPSES)-
DOCKET N05, 50 445 AND 50 446
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INTENT TO IMPLEMENT FORMAL INDUSTRY. POSITION ON SEVERE ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT i
Gentlemen:
The purpose of this letter.is to inform you that TU Electric ~ intends to implement the formal industry position on severe accident management -
4 approved by the Nuclear Energy Institute's (NEI) Nuclear Strategic Issues Advisory Committee on November 4, 1994. That formal position, previously communicated in a' letter dated November 21, 1994, from NEI to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, states that:
Each licensee will:
Assess current capabilities 40 respond to severe accident conditions using Section 5 of NEI 91 04, Revision 1 " Severe 4
Accident Issue Closure Guidelines."
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Irplement appropriate improvements identified in the assessment, within the constraints of existing personnel and hardware, on a schedule to be determined by each licensee and communicated to the NRC, but in any event no later than December 31, 1998.
Based on previous interactions between NEI (NUMARC) and NRC staff.
TV Electric understands that the NRC staff agrees with the need for licensee flexibility in their methods of assessing and establishing severe accident management guidance. Utilizing the associated implementing guidance (contained in NEI Report 91 04 Revision 1), TV Electric intends to complete the assessment for severe accident management capabilities and make any identified enhancements by July,1997.
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D.- F. Kirsch, Region IV Mr. T. J.'Polich, NRR Resident Inspectors,- CPSES 1
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