ML20082C228
| ML20082C228 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 03/31/1995 |
| From: | Richard Anderson NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9504060240 | |
| Download: ML20082C228 (2) | |
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Northern States Power Company Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant j
1717 Wakonade Dr. East Welch, Minnesote 55089 d
March 31, 1995 j
U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk 4
Washington, DC 20555 j
PRAIRIE ISIAND NUCLEAR CENERATINC PIANT 4
Docket Nos. 50-282 License Nos. DPR-42 50-306 DPR-60 I
Severe Accident Management The purpose of this letter is to inform you that we intend to implement the a
formal industry position on severe accident management approved by the Nuclear Energy Institute's Nuclear Strategic Issues Advisory Committee on November 4, i
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:
4 Each license will:
Assess current capabilities to respond to severe accident conditions using Sectt'n 5 of NEI 91-04, Revision 1,
" Severe Accident Issue Closure Goidelines."
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Implement appropriate improvements identified in the assessment,
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within the constraints of existing personnel and hardware, on a schedule to be determined by each licensee and communicated to the i
NRC, but in any event no later than December 31, 1998.
Based on previous interactions between NEI (NUMARC) and NRC staff, we I
understand that NRC staff agrees with the need for licensee flexibility in their methods of assessing and establishing sever accident management guidance. Utilizing the associated implementing guidance (contained in NEI Report 91-04, Revision 1, we will complete the assessment of severe accident management capabilities and make any identified enhancements by December 31, 1998. However, we will work toward completion of this project by July 1997.
This implementation schedule is complementary to efforta currently underway at Prairie Island to address the individual picr.L examination of external events.
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In this letter we have made the following new Nuclear Regulatory Commission commitment:
Utilizing the associated. implementing guidance (contained in NEI Report 91-04, Revision 1, we will complete the assessment of severe accident management capabilities and make any identified enhancements by December 31, 1998.
Please contact Jack Leve111e (612-388-1121, Ext. 4662) if you have any l
questions related to this letter.
Roger 0 Anderson Director 4
' Licensing and Management Issues 4
1, c: Regional Administrator - Region III, NRC Senior Resident Inspector, NRC NRR Project Manager, NRC J E Silberg i
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