ML20205J345

Summary of 881005 Meeting W/Util in Rockville,Md Re Status of Readiness for Facility Restart.List of Attendees & Viewgraphs Encl

ML20205J345
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Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	10/24/1988
From:	Mcdonald D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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..... October 24. 1988 Docket No. 50-293 LICENSEE: Boston Edison Company (BECo)  !

FACILITY: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station

SUMMARY

OF MEETING HELO WITH BECO ON OCTOBER 5. 1988 L O!SCUSS THE STATUS OF READINESS FOR RESTART OF THE PILGRIM FACILITY Sackground Nefrbers of the NRC staff met with the licensee's representatives in Rockville.

Maryland, to have the licensee provide an update on the status of the readiness for restart of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. The Comonwealth of Massachusetts was invited and time was allocated to allow its representative to provide the Comonwealth's views and coments relating to a restart decision recomendation being considered by the NRC staff. The meeting was an open meeting ,

for interested merrbers of the public to attend as observers in accordance with +

the Comission's policy on open meetings (43 Federal Register 28058, dated June 28. .

1978).

The meeting was transcribed and a copy of the meeting record is provided as an enclosure. The enclosure includes the followin (1) Meeting notice

and agenda. (2) Licensee's presentation and (3)g attachments

two letters from the Plym t Selectmen and coments by the Plymouth Civil Defense Director. A list of attendees l is also provided as an enclosure. l The Pilgrim Restart Assessment Panel issued a Restart Readiness Assessment  !

Report relating to the issues resulting in the plant shutdown, and recomend l

, restart of the Pilgrim facility to the Regional Administrator on September 26. l 1988. The Relienal Administrator chaired a public meeting in Plymouth Massachusetts.

on September 28, 1988, to receive public consnents on the report. The Regional i Administrator endorsed the recomendation and forwarded it to the Director of

• Nuclear Reactor Regulation for consideration.

l Sumary ,

! Dr. Thomas E. Murley. Director of NRR requested the teeting to receive an update l prior to providing the Comission a recomendation during its scheduled treeting of October 14, 1988, to assure that the latest status of issues relating to the i l' plant and the offsite emergency preparedness (EP) was available for consideration.  :

The licensee sumarized the current status of the plant issues as provided in the (

Restart Plan Revision 3. dated September 29, 1988. The licensee also sumarized i

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the status of offsite Er corrective actions which was provided in the BECo Peport, "The Status of Offsite EP around Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station," dated October 4, 1988.

The enclosed transcriot prevides the datails of the discussions of both the status of the plant issues and the differing views of the Comonwealth and those of the NRC staff and licensee on EP status. The Conmonwealth's representative, Mr. Peter Agnes, Assistant Secretary for Public Safety, provided the Comonwealth's views. Mr. Agnes also provided the NRC staff a copy of the Comonwealth's draft of "A Report on Progress Made in Emergency Planning for Response to an Accident at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station".

Subsequent to the meeting, the licensee provided its coments on the Connonwealth's draft report in a letter dated October 7, Ic88 The Confronwealth has finalized the proaress report and provided it to the NRC in a letter dated October 11, 1908.

The NDC staff will review the raport and provide the results of its review to the Conitonwealth.

Original signed by:

Daniel G. Mcdonald, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate I.3 Dfvsion of Reactor Projects I/II cc: w/ enclosures see next page D 3Wlb 'T_ ION:

i Docket File, NRC & Local PDRs, PDI-3 Reading, S. Varga, MRushbrook. EJordan.

D. Mcdonald, OGC, D. Hagon ACRS (10) r,PA/PA, BGrirres, HBClayton, JWiggins.Rgn I, BBoger, PBellamy, SCollins, KRussell, TFurley, FCongel, RWessman, WLazarus, CConklin, WTravers, PBoehnert, FVantor DBridran, Stewis, SGagner, FMiraglia, RHogon, MSlosson, DCrutchfield, CKagan, OFC :PDI. :PD -Q :FDI.3/DIR  :  :  :  :

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, I Mr. Ralph G. Bird Boston Edison Company Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station ec: ,

L Mr. Ralph G. Bird Mr. K. L. Highfill Station Director Senior Vice President - Nuclear Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Boston Edison Company RF0 #1 Rocky Hill Road Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 RFD#1, Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 ,

Resident Inspector's Office Mr. Richard N. Swanson, Manager i U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Nuclear Engineering Department l Post Office Fox 867 Boston Edison Company {

Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 25 Braintree Hill Park f Braintree, Massachusetts 02184 Chairman, Board of Selectmen i 11 Lincoln Street Ms. Elaine D. Robinson i Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Nuclear Infonnation Manager .

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station  !

Office of the Coninissioner PFD #1, Rocky Hill Road l Massachusetts Department of Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 Environmental Quality Engineering r One Winter Street Charles V. Barry -

Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Secretary of Public Safety Executive Office of Public Safety i Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place [

One Ashburton Place Boston, Massachusetts 02108 f 20th Finor Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Mr. Richard W. Krim i Assistant Associate Director  :

Mr. Robert M. Hallisey, Director Office of Natural and Technological [

Radiation Control Program Hazards Program '

Masshchusetts Department of Federal Emergency Management Agency  !

Public Health Washington, D. C. 20470 '

150 Tremont Street, 2nd Floor  ;

Boston, Massachusetts 02111 i i

Regional Administrator, Region ! l

11. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission 475 Allendale Road l Ki.ig of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406  ;

Mr. James 0 Keyes i Regulatory Affairs and Programs Group Leader Boston Edison Company  :

25 Braintree Hill Park i Braintree, Massachusetts 02184

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Listoffttendees Name Affiliation B. A. Boger NRC L Ronald R. Bellany NRC  ;

Samuel J. Collins NRC Region I i William T. Russell NRC RI Tom Murley NRR i Frank Ccngel NRC/NRR R. H. Wessman NRC/NRR J. T. Wiggins NRC Region I W. J. Lazarus NRC Region I f Craig Conklin NRC RI William D. Travers NRC/NRR Paul Boehnert NRC/ACRS Falk Kantor NRC/NRR  :

Donald Brinkman NRC/NRR May A. Dinan Press Kate O'Brien Nuc. Mothers - Sudbury Stephen Lewis NRC/0GC Sue Gagner NRC/GPA Frank Miraglia NRC/NRR/ADT  !

Mike Callahan GPA/CA '

i Rosefnary Hogan NRC/NRR Andrew D. Weissman Swidler & Berlin i Anne Funk Swidler & Berlin John Loverine Ma. Civil Defense i J. Douglas Hadfield Plymouth Civil Defense  !

4 Carl D. O'Neil Dansbury Civil Defense l

John J. Judge Mass Goventor's office  !

George B. Dean Mass. Atty. General l Peter W. Agnes, Jr. Ass't Sec. Public - Mass.

Anne Stuart Patriot ledger Frederick P. Gabriel The Entervice i Euzz Hausner Massachusetts NSER ,

Brent Clayton NRC/0EDO I Marylee Slossen NRC/0EDO t Dennis Crutchfield NRC/NRR Carole Kagan NRC/0GC ,

S. A. Yarga NRC/NPR  :

L. L. Highfill BECO j P. G. Bird BECO  :

Ronald Varley Boston Edison l R. A. Ledgett Boston Edison t R. Grazio Boston Edison '

George Edger NAH

, Albert Samano !!! Boston Edison Edward Howard Boston Edison  !

Janet Ecker N&H [

Elaine D. Robinson BECO r Daniel G. Mcdonald, Jr. NPC/NRR f f

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.....* September 26, 1988-Occket No. 50-293 MEMORANCUM FOR: Richard H. Vessman, Director Dreject Directorate I-3 Divisicn cf Reactor Projects !/11 FROP: Daniel G. McConald, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate I-3 Division of Reactor Projects I/I!

SUBJECT:

FORTHCOMING PEETING WITH BOSTON EDISON COMPANY P!LGRIM NUCLEAR P0k'ER STATION CATE A TIME: Wednesday, October 5, 1988 1:00 cm - 4:00 pm LOCATION: Ore White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Pockville, Md. 20852 Room 2-F-17&21 PURPOSE: Status of readiness for restart of the Pilgrim facility.

• PARTICIPANTS: NRC Utility C Murley R. Bird -

D. Crutchfield R. Ledgett P. Ecger E. Howard i F. Congel K. Highfill D. Mcdonald R. Varley S. Collins et. al.

R. Bicugh et. al.

The Ccanonwealth of Massachusetts ha teen invited to a and and provide connents. ,J [ ,y Daniel 0. Mcdonald, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate I-3 Divisien of Reactor Projects I/!!

Attacheent:

Meeting Agenda cc: See next page

• Meetings between NPC technical staff and applicants or licensees are open for interested mefrbers of the public, petitier.ers, intervenors, or other parties -

to attend as observers pursuant to "Ocen Meeting Statefrent of NRC Staff Policy," 43 Federal Pegister 28058, 6/28/78.

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, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Status Meeting Agenda

. October 5. 1988

!. Open Remarks

!!. Plant Status Man 49erent/ Staffing Technical Issues Safety Enharcement Program

!!!. Power Ascensinn Prcgram IV. Restart Open items V. Er.ergency Preparedress VI. Consnonwealth of Passachusetts Consnents VI. Closir.g P earks -

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RADIOLOGICAL CON ~ROLS 90% CLEAN LOWER MAN-REM GOAL: 390 DECREASED RORS PLANT MANAGER IN CHARGE OF ALARA SOURCE TERM REDUCTION PROJECT .

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