ML20211G978
| ML20211G978 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 10/23/1986 |
| From: | Mcloughlin D Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| To: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| Download: ML20211G978 (1) | |
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Roe Rehm Sniezek 06T 231986 Eu"nningham Mr. Victor Stello, Jr.
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Dear Mr. Stello:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has empleted an analysis of the prompt alert and notification system for the Oconee Nuclear Station in Seneca, South Carolina. This review has been completed pursuant to FEMA Rule 44 CFR 350; selected evaluative criteria and Appendix 3 in NURED-0654/ FEMA-REP-1, Revision 1; and FEMA-43, the " Standard Guide for the Evaluation of Alert and Notification Systems for Nuclear Power Plants" (now published as FEMA-REP-10). The enclosed report entitled "Oconee Nuclear Station Site-Specific Offsite Radiological Emer-gency Preparedness Alert and Notification System Quality Assurance Verification" sumarizes the engineering design review, incorporates the results of the telephone survey of the public conducted immediately following activation of the alert and notification system on July 30, 1985, arxl confirms the adequacy of the applicable evaluative criteria from NUREG-0654/FD1A-REP-1, Revision 1, and FEMA-43.
Based on the engineering design review and the results of the telephone survey, FEMA has determined that the alert and notification system installed around the Oconee Nuclear Station satisfies the requirements of NUREG-0654/ FEMA-REP-1, Re-vision 1, and FEMA-43. Therefore, there is reasonable assurance that the system is adequate to prmptly alert and notify the public in the event of a radiological emergency at the site. The ca eat on the alert and notification system contained in the 44 CFR 350 approval dats Nbruary 23, 1983, is now removed. The Honorable Richard W. Riley, Governor of Mvth Carolina, has been advised of this approval.
Notwithstanding this approval, FEMA recomends that the Duke Power Cmpany, the State of South Carolina, and the local jurisdictions increase the frequency of either the full-cycle tests or grcwl tests of the alert and notification system.
Since the biweekly silent tests conducted on the system only confirm proper radio signal transmission and do not test whether each siren actually received the trans-mission and is operating properly, FEMA believes that additional full-cycle or growl tests, possibly conducted monthly, would provide an added degree of assurance of the continued readiness and operability of the alert and notification system.
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