ML20211B859
| ML20211B859 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 02/12/1987 |
| From: | Paulson W Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Andrews R OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
| References | |
| GL-85-06, GL-85-6, NUDOCS 8702190579 | |
| Download: ML20211B859 (3) | |
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February 12, 1987 Dis",ribution Docket No. 50-285 EBocitetJile d PKreutzer NRC/ Local DPR WPaulson PBD 8 Reading ACRS (10)
FMiraglia NThompson BGrimes JPartlow EJordan DCrutchfield 1Calvo RKendall G.ay File 3.3a JMauck Mr. R. L. Andrews Division Manager - Nuclear Production Omaha Public Power District 1623 Harney Street Omaha, Nebraska 68102
Dear Mr. Andrews:
SUBJECT:
FORT CALHOUN STATION UNIT NO. 1 SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ATWS RULE The purpose of this letter is to provide you information concerning imple-mentation schedules for compliance with the requirements of the ATWS rule (10 CFR 50.62).
The specific requirements are listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(5) of the rule.
Paragraph (d) of the rule addresses implementa-tion schedules.
The ATWS rule was published in the Federal Register on June 26, 1984.
Quality Assurance (QA) guidance for non-safety related ATWS equipment was issued by Generic Letter (GL) 85-06 dated April 16, 1985.
Therefore, plant specific schedules for meeting the requirements of the ATWS rule were required to be submitted to NRR by October 15, 1985 (180 days after issuance of the QA guidance).
Many utilities responded by stating that final schedules for meeting the requirements of the rule could not be determined until the staff completed its reviews of generic ATWS designs.
The generic reviews have either only recently been completed or are still ongoing.
Delays incurred in preparation of the QA guidance, and the extensive time and effort required to resolve c'omplex issues associated with the development of review-criteria, interpretation of the supplementary information published with the rule, and the review of generic ATWS designs have all impacted utility schedules.
Because of the cumulative effect of these delays, and in recognition that a sound and thorough engineering approach to resolve ATWS concerns is preferred to a rushed effort forced by schedular constraints, the NRC has decided to extend the deadline for implementation of the ATWS rule.
The revised schedule allows you to delay implementation of ATWS rule requirements to no later than the third refueling outage after July 24, 1984.
A request for a delay beyond the third outage will be handled on a case-by-case basis if it is presented in a timely fashion, and can be adequately justified.
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-2 Please contact me within 30 days after receipt of this letter regarding implementation schedules at Fort Calhoun using the guidance provided above.
Sincerely,
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Walter A. Paulson, Project Manager PWR Project Directorate #8 Division of PWR Licensing-B cc: -See next page l
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20036 Mr. Jack Jensen, Chairman Washington County Board of Supervisors Blair, Nebraska 68008 Mr. Phillip Harrell, Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 309 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023 Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager Washington Nuclear Operations C-E Power Systems 7910 Woodmont Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Executive Director for Operations 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011 Harold Borchert, Director Division of Radiological Health Department of Health 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 l