ML20127N320
| ML20127N320 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 01/27/1993 |
| From: | Feigenbaum T NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NYN-93011, NUDOCS 9301290171 | |
| Download: ML20127N320 (4) | |
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Facsimile (603)474 2987 Ener0y Servico Corporelion Ted C. Folgenbaum Senior Vice President and Chief NuclearOfficor NYN 93011 January 27,1993 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Attention:
Document Control Desk
References:
(a)
Facility Operating License No NPF 86, Docket No. 50 443 (b)
Letter dated December 22, 1992: Grant C.
Peterson (Associate Director, State and Local Programs and Support) to James M. Taylor (Executive Director for Operations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission) transmitting
- Technical Assistance Review for Massachusetts State and Local Community Plans in Support of Seabrook Nuclear Power Station" dated December 22, 1992 (c)
PEM A Region I: Draft Exercise Report; Seabrook Nuclear Power Station, Exercise of the Offsite Plans and Preparedness (d)
Letter dated December 15, 1992: Grant C.
Peterson (Associate -
Director, State and Local Programs and Support) to James M. Taylor (Executive Director for operations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission) fe)
Letter dated. November 19, 1992:
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David Rodham (Director, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency) to Richard 11. Strome, (Regional Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Subject:
Transfer of Responsibility for the Massachusetts Portion of the Scabrook Station Plume and Ingestion EPZs Gentlemen:
On December 30,1992, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the six communities (Amesbury, Salisbury, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury) within the Seabrook Station plume and ingestion exposure pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ) assumed responsibility for emergency preparedness for a radiological emergency at Seabrook Station from North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation's (North Atlantic) Offsite Response Organization (ORO) Offsite emergency planning and response for those communities are now conducted in accordance with the Massachusetts Radiological Emergency Response Plan (MARERP) with the full cooperation, and utilizing the full resources, of the Commonwealth and local emergency response organizations. North Atlantic ORO personnel will, however, remain temporarily available to supplement the Commonwealth's response, if so requested, 280003-0 i 0-m a member f the Northeast Utilities system i
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pending completion of final administrative reviews by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety.
The transfer of emergency planning responsibilities from the ORO to t h e_
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Commonwealth and local authorities does not decrease the effectiveness of the Seabrook Station emergency plans, and the plans, M suanged, continue to meet the standards of 10 CFR 50.47(b) and Appendix E to 10 Cr'R 50. The plan changes effected by the transition in responsibilities met the criteria of, and were completed under the authority granted by 10 CFR 50.54(q). This conclusion is based on PEM A's review of the MARERP [ Reference (b)]
and their evalention of the June,1992 full participallon biennial exercisc [Retecnce (c)],
which includsd the first such exercise of the M ARERP. FEMA identified no deficiencies in the draft exercise report which has been submitted to the Commonwealth and the State of New flampshire for comments prior to finalization. As a result, FEMA has forwarded to.
the NRC its determination l Reference (d)) that the offsite plans and preparedness are adequate to protect the health and safety of the public living in the Massachusetts portion of the EPZ in the event of a radiological emergency and that the plans are capable of being implemented.
In this transfer, the Commonwealth and local plans and resources replaced the utility.
sponsored Seabrook Plan for Massachusetts Communities (SPMC) for the Massachusetts portion of the EPZ. The SPMC had been developed by North Atlantic following the 1986, decision of the Commonwealth and the local Massachusetts EPZ communities, not to -
paiticipate in emergency planning. It established the utility sponsored ORO which consisted of emergency response personnel from North Atlantic, other utility organizations, and various support groups and organizations with which North Atlantic had contracts and/ori letters of agreement. The ORO had the capability to assume responsibility, on behalf of the Commonwealth and/or local organizations, for implementing all or a portion of.the plan.-
The SPMC was submitted to the NRC in September,1987 in conformance with the emergency planning requirements of 10 CFR $0.47(c)(1),
Prior to the granting of the full power operating license for Seabrook Station, FEM A evaluated the SPMC and assessed the performance of the ORO in its implementation during a full participation exercise of the offsite emergency plans on June 28 29,1988< On the basis:
of FEMA's findings on the plan and the exercise, the staff concluded in Supplement 9 to the Seabrook Station Safety Evaluation Report that adequate protective measures cot,ld and would be taken in the Massachusetts portion of the EPZ and that the SPMC was acceptable-for full power operation. - The SPMC was utilized as th'e = cmergency plan ' for ' the-Massachusetts portion of the.EPZ from issuance of the full power license in Ma'rch,1990 until December 30,1992, in March,1991, the Govetnor of Massachusetts issued an Executive Order directing-the appropriate state agencies, and encouraging the six EPZ communities, to begin working =
with the operators of Seabrook Station to ensure adequate emergency planning and the establishment of cffective ' warning 'and notification systemsi This resulted in the1 full ~
cooperation of the Commonwealth and the communities in the planning process and led to1 the development of the plans contained in the MARERP. The Commonwealth-of-
. Massachusetts submitted these plans to FEMA in September, 1991 and they 3 vere
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United States Nuclear 1(egulatory Commission January 27,1993 Attention:
Document C9ntrol Desk Page threc subsequently demonstrated ar, part of the Seabrook Station full participation, blennial exercise conducted from June 3 5, 1992. In Novernber,1992, a letter from the Director of the Mastachusetts I?rnergency Management Agency (MiiM A) to the PEM A Itegional Director
[Iteference (c)], indicated the Commonwealth's readiness to accept responsibility for Implementation of these plans and its opinion that they are adequate to provide reasonable assurance that appropriate measures can and will be taken to protect the health and safety of the Massachusetts public in the vicinity of Scabrook in the event of a radiological emergency, The long carefut preparations and cooperation among - North Atlantic, the commonwealth and local communities, led to the smooth transition that took place on December 30 during which there was no lapse in responsibility for ernergency response preparedness. The 01(O was staffed and ready to respond to a radlological emergency at Seabrook Station in accordance with the SPMC until December 30 when the resources and -
facilities of the Commonwealth and local ernergency response organizations were fully in I
place, On that date, the Commonwealth formally assumed responsibility for implementing the M Al(El(P in the event of an emergency at Seabrook Station.
The transition from the SPMC to the M ARERP was the fulfillment of North Atlantic's sustained, good faith effeits to secure and retain the participation of the state and local-authorities in emergency planning, In issuing the final rule, allowing a nuclear plant to be licensed with a utility plan in place of a state and locally.ponsored plan, the staff noted that:
The rule recognizen...that no utility plan is likely to he uhle to provide the same degree of puhlte protection that would obtain under Ideal conditions, l.c. n sinte or local plan with full state und local participation, but that it may temphustri supplied] nevertheless he adequate. (50.SC.25, April 30, 1992)
This view is borne out in the present circumstances. The SPMC war, adequate The cooperation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, however, brings established statutory j.
and executive authority to radiological emergency response planning, Massachssetts also brings substantial resources and experience to the planning process since it has been terponsible for planning and preparedness for three commercial nuclear power plant sites and has maintained offsite emergency plans since 1975. Equally, the hard work, cooperative spirit, expertise and sustained good faith of the local communitics has resulted in emergency plans that are enbanced in every aspect.
-If you have any further questions on this subject, please do not hesitate to call Mr, Terry L. Ilarpster at (603) 474 9521, extension 2765.
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