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Notifies That Facility Chosen for Safeguards Regulatory Effectiveness Review (Rer) During Wk of 880404-08.Provision of Appropriate Plant Support Personnel for Three Rer Team Subgroups During Review Requested
ML20147E763
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Site: Clinton Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 03/01/1988
From: Mallett B
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Gerstner W
ILLINOIS POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 8803070150
Download: ML20147E763 (2)


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- Docket-No. 50-461 -

! Mr.- W. C. Gerstner L Executive Vice President

. Illinois Power Company 500 South 27th Street Decatur, IL 62525

Dear Mr. Gerstner:

The NRC is in the process of conducting safeguards Regulatory Effectiveness Review at nuclear power reactors. I wish to inform you that the Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, has been chosen for such a review scheduled for the week of April 4 through 8, 1988 Regulatory Efiectiveness Reviews (RER) are designed to assure that safeguards required by NRC's regulations, as implemented by licensees, provide the intended level of protection without compromising safety of operations.

These reviews complement NRC's licensing and inspection functions. During

- its on-site review, the RER team compares the existing safeguards to NRC's regulatory design basis threat, one group looking at safeguards through the eyes of an external adversary group of several persons, another group looking at it from the perspective of a single insider, and a team engineer looking at alternative combinations of plant systems needing protection against sabotage to assure the capability for safe shutdown of the facility. The RER team includes NRC reactor safeguards specialists and at least two U.S.

Army Special Forces personnel. Additional assistance for the RER team is provided by an inspector from the NRC regional office and the NRC resident inspector. Enclosed is a list of team members for whom unescorted access is requested. This enclosure should be treated as Official Use Only.

The first day on-site begins with an entrance briefing. You may wish to have a representative of your corporate staff present during this briefing, as it will provide an overview of the team's objectives and anticipated activities for the duration of the visit. Any licensee questions on methodology or other matters are then addressed so that a comon understanding can be reached.

Also, the suggested schedule for the week is discussed, and key licensee contact points are identified. It is through these contact persons that arrangements are made for knowledgeable licensee personnel to escort the team members during the review.

Af ter the RER team's entrance briefing, the entire RER team takes a general orientation tour of the protected area perimeter. The purpose of this crientation tour is to observe the surrounding terrain, the intrusion detection system and isolation zones, physical barriers, safety related water sources, and buildings containing vital equipment. Following the orientation tour the team breaks into three separate subgroups to begin their detailed evaluations. The last day of the review is reserved for a briefing of plant and corporate personnel on the preliminary results of the review. gg 0g 1

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Mr.' W. C. Gerstner 2 Please provide appropriate plant personnel support for the three RER team subgroups during the scheduled review. Specifically, both the internal and external security groups will require an escort from the security department who can communicate with alarm stations, and the team engineer will need an individual familiar with the safety equipment location and functional capabilities at Clinton. The team will make every effort to schedule its activities so as to avoid disruption of normal plant operations. The time that various team members will spend on-site will vary, but generally will range from six to eight hours per day. The team will also be on-site on Tuesday or Wednesday evening for approximately two hours, beginning at dusk.

If you have any questions regarding the conduct of these Regulatory Effectiveness Reviews which you wish to have answered prior to the team's visit, please contact Barry Mendelsohn, Reactor Safeguards Branch at (310) 492-3207 or James R. Creed, Chief, Safeguards Section, Region III, at (312) 790-5643.

Sincerely, M

Bruce S. Mallett, Chief Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards Branch

Enclosure:

As stated cc'w/o enclosure:

J. G. Partlow, NRR R. A. Erickson, NRR J. Stevens, PM, NRR DCD/DCB (RIDS)

Licensing Fee Management Branch Resident Inspector, RIII Roy Wight, Manager Nuclear Facility Safety Mnk Jason, Assistant Attorney General, Environmental Control Division Richard Hubbard J. W. McCaffrey, Chief, Public Utilities Division H. S. Taylor, Quality Assurance Division David Rosenblatt, Governor's l Office of Consumer Services R II RIII RIII RI did SW anger /abl reed Knop Mallett (J 2{tWW 1h0]

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