ML20087G256
| ML20087G256 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 03/28/1995 |
| From: | Carns N WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| WM-95-0051, WM-95-51, NUDOCS 9504040072 | |
| Download: ML20087G256 (2) | |
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W$LF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION Neil S. " Buzz" Carns cn.,m.n.erw oeni.no March 28, 1995 Chef Executive Offcer WM 95-0051-U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Mail Station P1-137 Washington, D.
C. 20555
Subject:
Docket No. 50-482:
Implementation of Severe Accident Management Program Gentlemen:
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC) intends to implement the formal industry position on severe accident management approved by the Nuclear Energy Institute's (NEI)'
i 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 to respond to severe accident conditions using Section 5 of NEI 91-04, Revision 1,
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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 comununicated to the NRC, but in any event no later than December 31, 1998.
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Based on previous interactions between NEI (NUMARC) and the NRC staff, WCNOC 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), WCNOC intends to complete the assessment of severe accident management capabilities and make any identified enhancements by September 30, 1997.
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This implementation' schedule is complementary to efforts currently underway at WCNOC to address the individual plant examination of external events.
If_you should'have any questions regarding this response, please contact me at'
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Very truly yours, W
Neil S. Carns NSC/jra cc:
L. J. Callan (NRC),
D. F. Kirsch (NRC)
J. F. Ringwald (NRC)
J. C. Stone (NRC) i.
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