ML20213G940
| ML20213G940 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 11/13/1986 |
| From: | Wisenburg M HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. |
| To: | Noonan V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-0654, RTR-NUREG-654 ST-HL-AE-1803, NUDOCS 8611180417 | |
| Download: ML20213G940 (5) | |
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>>n>x nm um_. icxm,,mi gi33 mmu November 13, 1986 ST-HL-AE-1803 File No.: G9.8 Mr. Vincent S. Noonan, Project Director PWR Project Directorate #5 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 South Texas Project Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. STN 50-498, STN 50-499 Emergency Plan Staff Augmentation Study
Dear Mr. Noonan:
As noted in our Emergency Plan submittal of October 15, 1986, Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL&P) has been requested by the NRC staff reviewer to prepare a Staff Augmentation Study to support HL&P's position that 45 minutes is an adequate response time for plant personnel listed as 30 minute responders in Table B-1 of NUREG-0654. We have reviewed our shift complement and determined that sufficiert personnel are available on a normal shift to cover most of the positions listed for 30 minute responders in NUREG-0654.
The attached table is a comparison of the staffing criteria of Table B-1 (for on-shift and 30-minute reporting) against the on-shift staff with emergency response roles. As the table indicates, in most cases STPEGS will have sufficient personnel already on site available to fill the necessary positions to satisfy the Table B-1 on-shift and 30-minute criteria. Two exceptions are identified.
The first exception is in the areas of " Radiological Accident Assessment and Support of Operational Accident Assessment" and " Protective Actions (In-Plant)". Table B-1 requires that positions in these categories be filled with a total of eight individuals combining on-shift and the 30 minute additions. STPEGS will have three individuals on-shift and the remainder arriving within 45 minutes. However, this will be compensated by three radiological protection personnel available from the second unit once both units are operational.
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Ilouston Lighting & Power Company ST-HL-AE-1803 File No.: G9.8 Page 2 The second exception is the core / thermal hydraulics engineer (nuclear engineer). At STPEGS the STAS are nuclear engineers, and a second nuclear engineer responding within 30 minutes is considered unnecessary. We have committed to provide a second nuclear engineer within one hour. This position has been previously discussed with and conceptually agreed to by the NRC staff reviewer.
HL&P has conducted a study to determine feasible response times for emergency response personnel. Most of the emergency response personnel live in the Bay City area. Drive times to the site from Bay City ranged from 21 to 40 minutes depending primarily on the part of town where the employee resides.
We believe that the benefits from a remotely located site outweigh the response time consideration and that a response time of 45 minutes should be acceptable for the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station.
If you should have any questions on this matter, please contact Mr. M. A. McBurnett at (512) 972-8530.
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Comparison of Staffing Requirements L3/NRC/az
Ilouston Lighting & Power Company ST-HL-AE-1803 File No.: G9.8 Page 3 cc:
Hugh L. Thompson, Jr., Director O. Backus/J. E. Malaski Division of PWR Licensing - A City of Austin Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation P.O. Box 1088 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Austin, TX 78767 Washington, DC 20555 J. B. Poston/A. vonRosenberg Robert D. Martin City Public Service Board Regional Administrator, Region IV P.O. Box 1771 Nuclear Regulatory Commission San Antonio, TX 78296 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, TX 76011 Brian E. Berwick, Esquire Assistant Attorney General for N. Prasad Kadambi, Project Manager the State of Texas U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station 7920 Norfolk Avenue Austin, TX 78711 Bethesda, MD 20814 Lanny A. Sinkin Claude E. Johnson Christic Institute Senior Resident Inspector /STo 1324 North Capitol Street c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Washington, D.C.
20002 Commission P.O. Box 910 Bay City, TX 77414 Oreste R. Pirfo, Esquire Hearing Attorney Office of the Executive Legal Director M.D. Schwarz, Jr., Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Baker & Botts Washington, DC 20555 One Shell Plaza Houston, TX 77002 Citizens for Equitable Utilities, Inc.
c/o Ms. Peggy Buchorn J.R. Newman, Esquire Route 1, Box 1684 Newman & Holtzinger, P.C.
Brazoria, TX 77422 1615 L Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036 Docketing & Service Section Office of the Secretary Director, Office of Inspection U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Enforcement Washington, DC 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (3 Copies)
Washington, DC 20555 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards T.V. Shockley/R.L. Range U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Central Power & Light Company 1717 H Street P.O. Box 2121 Washington, DC 20555 Corpus Christi, TX 78403 Revised 10/09/86
'N Comparison of Staffing Requirements NUREG-0654 Normal Onshift Complement with Major Functional Area Table B-1 Onshift 30-min Assigned Emergency Response Roles Plant Operations and Shift Supervisor (SRO) 1 Shift Supervisor 1
Assessment of Shift Foreman (SRO) 1 Unit Supervisor 1
Operational Aspects Control Room Operators 2
Reactor Operators 2 (licensed)
Auxiliary Operators 2
Plant Operators 2 (non-licensed)
Emergency Direction Shift Technical Advisor, 1*
Shift Supervisor, 1*
and Control (Emergency Shift Supervisor, etc.
Plant Superintendent, Coordinator)
Plant Manager, or V.P. Nuclear Plant Operations Notification /
1 1
Administrative Aide ano 2
Communication Plant Operator Radiological Accident Senior Manager RP Supervisor Assessment and Senior Health Physics Support of Operational Expertise 1
Accident Assessment Offsite Survey 2
Senior RP Technician Onsite Survey 1
RP Technicians 1
In-Plant Survey 1
1 RP Technicians 1
Rad / Chem Technicians 1
Chemistry Technicians 1
Plant System Engineering, Shift Technical Advisor 1
Repair and Corrective Core / Thermal Hydraulics 1
Nuclear Engineer 1**
Actions Electrical Electrical Engineer Mechanical Mechanical Engineer Mechanical Maintenance /
1*
Mechanical Maintenance 1*
Radwaste Operator Radwaste Operator Electrical Maintenance /
1*
1 Electrical Maintenance 1* and 1 I & C Technician 1
I & C Technician 1
Protective Actions (In-Plant)
HP Technicians 2*
2 RP Technicians 2*
Comparison of Staffing Requirements
- NUREG-0654 Normal Onshift Complement with Major Functional Area Table B-1 Onshift 30-min Assigned Emergency Response Roles Fire Fighting Fire Brigade per Technical Specifications First Aid 2*
First Aid 2*
Site Access Control and Personnel Accountability Per Security Plan Per Security Plan Total 10 11 15
- May be provided by shift personnel assigned other functions.
- The STA is a nuclear engineer. A second nuclear engineer is provided within one hour.