ML20138C948

Clarifies Procedure Util Will Use When Making Emergency Notifications to Nrc.Procedures Re Collection of All Pertinent Info Needed by NRC Being Revised.Changes & Training of Personnel Will Be Completed by 860101

ML20138C948
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	10/03/1985
From:	Fay C WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO.
To:	James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
Shared Package
ML20138C926	List: ML20138C921 ML20138C948
References
CON-NRC-85-11, CON-NRC-85-111 VPNPD-85-467, NUDOCS 8510230111
Download: ML20138C948 (2)

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r= -W October 3, 1985 FILE E s Mr. J. G. Keppler, Regional Administrator Office of Inspection and Enforcement, '

Region III 4 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137

Dear Mr. Keppler:

DOCKET NOS. 50-266 AND 50-301 NOTIFICATION OF THE NRC FOR EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATION POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 The purpose of this letter is to clarify the procedure Point Beach Nuclear Plant personnel will use when making emergency notifications to the NRC. Licenseo Event Report 85-004 (Unit 1) discussed several possible corrective actions which could be taken to preclude the notification difficulties experienced during the unusual event of July 25, 1985. An extensive review of the proposed NRC notification procedures has subsequently taken place, and it has been decided that we will make emergency notification to the NRC using the following procedures:

The initial notification of off-site agencies (i.e., state and local counties) will continue to be made in accordance with guidance of our Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures.

These procedures have been reviewed with the State and counties and meet with their approval.

The initial notification of the NRC will be made in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.72. We will have a goal of -

completing that notification within thirty minutes rather than- 4 the stated one-hour limit. This notification goal should be possible to meet in most cases. We anticipate that only very complex emergency situations may delay that initial notification.

Nonetheless, the notification of the NRC will take place within the notification" time limitations described in 10 CFR 50.72.

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F4 Mr. J. G. Keppler October 3, 1985 Page 2 The Duty & Call Superintendent, Duty Technical Advisor, or Duty Shift Superintendent will make the initial notification in that order of priority. These personnel have the expertise and training to be able to discuss technical issues with the Duty Officer if required. This should make any call-backs by the Duty Officer less likely.

Our procedures were in the process of being revised to provide for the collection of all pertinent information needed by the NRC Duty Officer as outlined in Information Notice No. 83-34.

We received on September 30, 1985 Information Notice No. 85-78,

" Event Notification"; this notice will be reviewed and the worksheet attached to it will be incorporated into our procedures as appropriate. The use of the event notification worksheet should make available all the information required by the Duty Officer. The communication between the plant and the Duty Officer will be streamlined using this technique for notification.

Procedural changes and training of plant personnel will be completed by January 1, 1986.

We believe these changes will result in timely notification as well as efficient information transfer between the plant personnel and NRC Duty Officer. If you have any questions concerning these procedural changes or other matters concerning our emergency response, please contact us.

It should be recognized that the procedure changes we are proposing address the difficulties experienced during our emergency situation experience at Point Beach Nuclear Plant. Unless these procedures are actually used again, we will not be certain they efficiently address the concerns of the NRC, as well as those of

' Point Beach Nuclear Plant. We, therefore, recommend that during the next emergency plan drill the NRC actively participate in the notification aspect of the drill and provide feedback to us (preferably in the form of a transcript) such that we can evaluate the effectiveness of our procedures.

We believe periodic meetings between licensee management and regional NRC management to discuss matters of mutual interest can be valuable for both groups, but are not necessary as a result of this specific incident. However, if you consider that a meeting is desirabic, please arrange to meet with us in Milwaukee.

Very trul yours, hG t C. W. Fa '

Vice President Nuclear Power Copy to NRC Resident Inspector L