ML20138H231
| ML20138H231 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 04/23/1993 |
| From: | Mccabe E NRC |
| To: | Kantor F NRC |
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| ML20138G636 | List:
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| FOIA-96-351 NUDOCS 9701030179 | |
| Download: ML20138H231 (1) | |
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i From:
Ebe C. Mc be (ECM1)
To:
FXK, ASM Date:
Friday, April 23, 1993 5:17 pm
Subject:
SALEM NON-CLASSIFICATION OF EMWERGENCIES
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Falk/Aby, Craig Gordon just did the Salem / Hope Creek program inspection.
This licensee is still insisting that no terminated emergency need be classified as an emergency, and is identifying Aby as the NRC source i
who says so.
(They will report in 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> but won't classify the 4
event as an emergency, thereby leaving it up to the NRC HOO and subsequent regional review to deduce whether it was an emergency and how to respond.)
My understanding is that all emergencies need to be classified as emergencies so that, even though over, the NRC and the States can respond to the events based on their safety significance (i.e.,
the level of emergency involved) and so that the NRC and industry i
databases on emergency conditions will be accurate (including inputs l
for changing event classifications, as was the case with annunciators).
Many licensees address this by declaring terminated emergencies, reporting these in the same time frame after identification as for existing emergencies, but not requiring a licensee response.
That's a good way, though we don't have major heartburn with a 4-hour report of a terminated emergency instead.
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It's a 4-hour report of a terminated emergency as a non-emergency that gives us concern.
Please let me know (1) whether terminated emergencies have to be classified as emergencies and (2) whether terminated emergencies have to be reported.
(If we endorse non-classification, we don't see an enforceable requirement for reporting the terminated and unclassified emergencies, and we can expect that some licensees won't report them.
Further, we can expect licensees to jump on the non-classification bandwagon because a smaller number of emergencies is a tangible safety performance indicator.
Those who classify all emergencies l
will thereby look worse than those who don't.
In reality, non-classification of terminated emergencies obscures identification of the inability to identify emergency conditions.
And, that could be dangerous.)
Ebe CC:
CZG, JHJ 9701030179 961226 PDR FOIA 0'NEILL96-351 PDR
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