ML20088A830
| ML20088A830 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 03/20/1984 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8404130183 | |
| Download: ML20088A830 (3) | |
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i UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION I
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SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY )
SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SERVICE
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Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station,
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EXEMPTION I.
l The South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCEAG) and South Carolina Public 1
Service Authority hold operating license number hPF-12 which authorizes the operation of the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, l' nit No.1.
The facility consists of one pressurized water reactor located at the licensees' site near Jenkinsville, South Carolina.
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Section IV.F.1.a. of Appendix E to 10 CFR 50 requires each licensee to hold emergency preparedness exercises at a frecuency which will enable each State and local government within the plume exposure pathway. emergency planning zone to i
participate in at least one full-scale exercise per year, i
j SCE&G's letter of.lanuary 18, 1984, to Harold R. Denton, Director, Office of Nuclear Reac'.or Regulation, reounted that an exemotion be granted from the i
requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix E Section IV.F.1.a. as it applies to
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participation by State and local gavernment agencies in the planned March 21, 1984, full-scale emergency preparedness exercise to be held at the Virgil C.
Sumer Nuclear Station, Unit 1.
SCE&G bases this request for exemption on the previous successful I
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. participation by State and local government agencies in full-scale and limited-scale exercises in May 1981 and March 1983, which resulted in favorable findings by FEMA and NRC. SCE8G contends that the experience gained by the State and local government agencies during the exercises is sufficient basis for relief from the annual exercise frequency requirement.
The NRC staff has reviewed the participation of the State in an October 1983 exercise with the H. B. Robinson Nuclear Power Station and the local covernment agencies in the March 1983 exercise for the V. C. Summer Nuclear Station. The staff determined that the agencies demonstrated a capability to respond effectively to nuclear power station emergency conditions. Based on this review, the staff concludes that an exemption pursuant to the reouire-ments of 10 CFR 50, Appendix E.Section IV.F.1.a., is justified, subject to the condition that the State and local government agencies may be required to provide such minimal support as may be essential to the conduct of the March 21, 1984, onsite emergency preparedness exercise.
Based on our evaluation, the staff has concluded that non-participation by State and local government agencies in the March 21, 1984, emergency preparedness exercise for the Virgil C. Summer Fuclear Station, Unit I will not adversely affect the overall state of emergency preparedness for the V. C. Summer Nuclear Station and th3t the requested exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.1.a. should be granted.
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l Accordingly, the Commission has determined that pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, 1
an exemption is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and is otherwise in the public interest.
The NRC staff 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 nr negative declaration and environmental impact appraisal nned not be prepared in connection with this action.
This exemption is effective upon issuance.
A0 Dated at Bethesdi, Maryland, this '20. day of March 1984.
4 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SY lc1C(,
l DarrellG.Ei('enhut, Director Division of L1 censing
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