ML20082C723
| ML20082C723 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 03/29/1995 |
| From: | George Thomas DUQUESNE LIGHT CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9504070132 | |
| Download: ML20082C723 (2) | |
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Beaver Valley Power Station Shipping PA 15077-0004 (412) 643-0069 FAX
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Subject:
Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No.1 and No. 2 (BVPS-1 and 2)
BV-1 Docket No. 50-334, License No. DPR-66 BV-2 Docket No. 50-412, License No. NPF-73 Severe Accident Management Guidance
Reference:
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Letter to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, " Formal Industry Position on Severe Accident Management," dated November 21,1994 The purpose of this letter is to inform the NRC that Duquesne Light Company-intends to implement the industry position on severe accident management approved by the Nuclear Strategic Issues Advisory Committee' of NEI on November 4,1994. The position, which is contained in the referenced letter, states that each licens~ee will:
Assess current capabilities to respond to severe accident _ conditions using Section 5 of NEI 91-04, Revision 1, " Severe Accident Issue Closure Guidelines."
Implement 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 and the NRC Staff, it is understood that the NRC Staff agrees with the need for flexibility in the methods of assessing and establishing severe accident management guidance.
The implementation guidance contained in NEI Report 91-04, Revision 1, will be. used to complete the BVPS assessment.
The completion schedules of the BVPS-1 and 2 Individual Plant
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Examinations of External Events (IPEEEs) and the' Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and the Westinghouse Owners Group training information development have been considered, and it is intended that the assessment of the BVPS severe accident management capabilities and. the incorporation of identified enhancements will be completed by December 31,1997.
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