ML20155F104
| ML20155F104 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 04/09/1986 |
| From: | Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Mcdonald R ALABAMA POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8604210308 | |
| Download: ML20155F104 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000348/1985037
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Alabama Power Company-
ATTN:
Mr.'R. P. Mcdonald
Senior Vice President
P. O. Box 2641
Birmingham, AL 35291
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
REPORT NOS. 50-348/85-37 AND 50-364/85-37
We previously acknowledged your response of February 3,1986, to our Notice of
Violation issued on December 10, 1985, concerning activities conducted at your
Farley facility. We acknowledge your denial of the violation and have considered
tha information you provided in your response. As we discussed in a telephone
conversation between Mr. R.
P.
Mcdonald of Alabama Power Company and
Mr. R. Walker of the NPC on March 13, 1986, the violation remains in that your
denial is based on an incorrect interpretation that the literal wording of the
relevant regulation is "...there exists a physical capability of making a 15
minute . noti fication. . ." The word " physical" is not contained in the relevant
regulation (10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Section IV.D.3.) nor can it be inferred from
the contextual information contained in the Statement of Considerations published
in the original Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
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It is our understanding from the telephone conversation that you will delete from
your plan that such notifications will be made within 15 minutes "... consistent
with
the need for offsite emergency actions...."
As was discussed, our
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regulations require procedures, training and equipment for offsite notifications
for emergencies within 15 minutes (or less) independent of a licensee's
determination of the need for offsite action.
Also, during this telephone conversation, you stated that the change to your
emergency plan showing notification of offsite authorities within 15 minutes
". . . consistent with operational priorities. . ." was not intended to imply that
your emergency planning does not provide adequate staff to both take appropriate
plant corrective action and make timely notifications to State and local
authorities. You committed that there would be adequate staff to effect both the
necessary operational response and the required notifications promptly.
If your understanding of the issues differs from that outlined above, you should
contact this office immediately.
We will examine the implementation of your
corrective actions during future inspections.
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