ML20206M724
| ML20206M724 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 08/18/1986 |
| From: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Opeka J NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8608210349 | |
| Download: ML20206M724 (6) | |
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e AUG 181986 Docket No.: 50-336, 50-423 DISTRIBUTION Qogiat_ File TMurley NRC PDR TRehm Mr. John F. Opeka, Senior Vice President Local PDR JSniezek Nuclear Engineering and Operations ED0 #1952 JRoe Northeast Nuclear Energy Company ED0 Reading CGrimes
-Post Office Box 270 HDenton/RVollmer FMiraglia/MSchaaf Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 Glainas PPAS (ED0 #1952)
ERossi VStello
Dear Mr. Opeka:
DCrutchfield OELD ISAP Reading
SUBJECT:
INTEGRATED SAFETY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR MILLSTONE AThadani NUCLEAR POWER STATION UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 VNoonan Service List
'In a letter to the Commission dated June 18, 1986, you requested that the Integrated Safety Assessment Program (ISAP) be extended to Millstone Units 2 and 3.
The staff is currently conducting an ISAP pilot effort for Millstone Unit 1 and Haddam Neck in accordance with the Commission's policy statement of November 15, 1984.
In your June 18, 1986 request, you proposed that Millstone Units 2 and 3 be assigned to the Integrated Safety Assessment Project Directorate so that NRC staff familiar with the ISAP practices could manage the licensing activities and integrated assessments for all four of the Northeast Utilities' facilities.
The Commission continues to enthusiastically support the concept of ISAP as a means to provide effective, efficient, and timely improvements in plant safety.
Further, the House Committee on Appropriations in reporting the Energy and Water Development Appropriation Bill for FY 1987 expressed strong support for the continuation of ISAP.
We recognize the value of the comprehensive approach of ISAP which continuously reflects on operating experience and probabilistic and research insights.
From a regulatory stand point, this integrated approach makes it possible for utility management and regulators to give appropriate priority attention to issues of utmost safety importance. At the same time, the i
approach goes beyond the regulatory environment to consider all plant activities for comprehensive plant excellence.
It also provides an avenue to recognize issues that might otherwise be overlooked without the integrated evaluation.
l The purpose of the pilot program is to develop the experience from which the Commission can decide how the ISAP concept can best be applied to other operating nuclear power plants. The pilot program is scheduled to be completed near the end of the year. The staff has committed to provide the Commission with a summary of the pilot program experience and recommendations for continuation or redirection of ISAP by the fall of 1986.
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The staff. appreciates receiving the comments on your experience with the ISAP concept and will consider your recommendations for continuation of the program.
I encoura'ge your continued cooperative efforts with the project directorates to develop the principles of an effective, efficient systematic review of the safety of operating plants.
Sincerely,
~(SignedT JacE W. Roe Victor Stello, Jr.
Executive Director for Operations Cleared with Comm. Bernthal 8-18-86 per his request.
Ok to dispatch per SECY 8-18-86.
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Mr. John F. Opeka Millstone Nuclear Power Station Northeast Nuclear Energy Company-Unit No. 2 cc:
Gerald Garfield, Esq.
Mr. Wayne D. Romberg Day, Berry & Howard Superintendent
' Counselors at Law Millstone Nuclear Power Station City Place-P. O. Box 128 Hartford, Connecticut 06103-3499 Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Regional Administrator, Region,I Mr. Edward J. Mroczka U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Vice President, Nuclear Operations Office of Executive Director for,
Northeast Nuclear Energy Company Operations P. O. Box 270 631 Park Avenue
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Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270' King of Prussia, Pennsylvania ~ 19406 Mr. Charles Brinkman, Manager Washington' Nuclear Operations-C-E Power Systems Combustion' Engineering, Inc.-
7910 Woodmont Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Mr.. Lawrence Bettencourt, First Selectman Town of Waterford Hall of-Records _ 200 Boston Post Road Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Northeast Utilities Service Company ATTN: Mr. Richard R. Laudenat, Manager Generation Facilities Licensing Post Office Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 Kevin McCarthy, Director Radiation Control Unit Department of Environmental Protection State Office Building Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Mr. Theodore Rebelowski U.S. NRC P. O. Box 615 Waterford, Connecticut 06385-0615 Office of Policy & Management ATTN: Under Secretary Energy Division 80 Washington Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106
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' Docket'N3.: 50-336, 50-423-DISTRIBUTION Docket File TMurley NRC PDR TRehm
- Mr. John F. "Opeka, Senior Vice President Local PDR JSniezek Nuclear Engineering and Operations ED0 #1952-JRoe Northeast Nuclear Energy Company E00 Reading CGrimes Post Office Box 270 HDenton/RVollmer FMiraglia/MSchaaf Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0270 Glainas PPAS (EDO #1952)
ERossi VStello
Dear Mr. Opeka:
DCrutchfield OELD ISAP Reading
SUBJECT:
-INTEGRATED SAFETY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR MILLSTONE AThadani NUCLEAR POWER STATION UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 VNoonan Service List In a letter to the Comission dated June 18, 1986, yo requested that the Integrated Safety Assessment Program (ISAP) be extetided to Millstone Units 2 and 3.
The staff is currently conducting an ISA[ pilot effort for Millstone Unit 1 and Haddam Neck in accordance with the omission's policy statement of November 15, 1984.
In your June 18, 1986 r est, you proposed that Millstone.
Units 2 and 3 be assigned to the Integratef afety Assessment Project Directorate so that NRC staff familiar with the ISAPfractices.could manage the licensing activities and integrated assessments f r all four of the Northeast Utilities' facilities.
The Comission continues to suppor the concept of ISAP as a means to provide effective, efficient and timely jmprovements in plant safety. The purpose of the pilot program is to develop /the experience from which the Comission can decide how the ISAP concept cad best be applied to other operating nuclear power plants.
The pilot program is schq uled to be completed near the end of the year. The staff has comitted to provide the Comission with a summary of the pilot program experience and recomendations for continuation or redirection of ISAP by the fall of 1986.
In vipw' of this schedule and the need to develop alternative implementation plans' for the Comission to consider, we do not believe that it is appropriate tojiict on your request at this time. Although the ISAP pilot program is not yet complete, the Comission continues to endorse the use of PRA and other rglevant factors in assessing priorities of plant improvements for all operating reactors.
In this regard, the NRC staff is utilizing all available in ormation, including PRAs, in assigning priorities to outstanding issues. W ncourage you to work with the project directorates to factor in your thou ts in prioritization of licensing actions and your initiatives.
Sincerely, Victor Stello, Jr.
Executive Director I r Operations ad
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Dear Mr. Opeka:
DCrutchfield 0 ELD ISAP Reading
SUBJECT:
INTEGRATED SAFETY ASSESSM T PROGRAM FOR MILLSTONE AThadani NUCLEAR POWER STATION UNIT OS. 2 AND 3 VNoonan Service List In a letter to the Commission dated June 8, 1986, you re ested that the Integrated Safety Assessment Program (ISAP be extended Millstone Units 2 and 3.
The staff.is currently conducting an ISAP pilot ffort for Millstone i
Unit 1 and Haddam Neck in accordance with the Commissi
's policy statement of November 15, 1984.
In your June 18, 1986 requ st, yo proposed that Millstone Units 2 and 3 be assigned to the Integrated Saf ty A sessment Project Directorate so that NRC staff familiar with the ISAP practic s ould manage the licensing 4 tivities and integrated assessments-for all fo of the Northeast Utilities' faddties.
The Commission continues to support the concept of SAP as a means to provide effective, efficient and timely improvements i plan' safety. The purpose of the. pilot program is to develop the experienc from ich the Commission can decide how the ISAP concept can best be appl ed to ot er operating nuclear power plants.
The pilot program is scheduled to be comp eted near the nd of the year. The s
staff has committed to provide the Commi sion with a sumgary of the pilot program-experience and recommendations for cont nuation or redirection of ISAP by the fall of 1986.
In view of this schedul and the neea to ds elop alternative implementation plans for the Commissi to consider, we do ot believe that it is appropriate to act on your reques at this time. The st ff will consider your proposal in its recommendation for continuation or redirection of the program,alcngwithanyothersubseuentcommentsyoumaywisytooffer concerning experience from the pil t program.
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