ML20213H051

Exemption Granting Extension of Deadline for Conducting Annual Emergency Exercise to 870228

ML20213H051
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	11/14/1986
From:	Lear G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	KANSAS GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
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ML20213H054	List: ML20213H051
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TAC-61056, NUDOCS 8611190056
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l'NITED STATES Of APERICA s

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Kar.sas Gas ard Electric Ccncary fansas City Fower & Light Centar.y

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OccLet Uc. 50-482 Karsas Electric Power Cccccretise, Inc i

(L'cif Creek Generatirig Stetier.)

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EXEMPTION 1.

Lansas Gas and Electric Con.cany, Kansas City Pcher & Light Cen gan), ar d Kansas Electric Pcwer Cooperative, Inc., (tte liter.see) are the holcers cf Facility Ocerating License Nc. NPF-42 which authorizes creration of tne !?cif Creek Generating Station (the facility) at steady-state reactor power levels r.ct in excess cf 3411 negawatts thernal. The licerse provider, encrg titet things, tt et it is subject to all rules, regulatier.s ar.d Crders ci the Nuclear Regulatory Comtissici; (the Cennissic:) now or hereafter it. e f fec t.

The facility consists of a pressurized water reactor located at the licer.see's site in Ccffey Cour.ty, Kanses.

II.

Section 50.54(q) of 10 CFR Part 50 requires e licensee authorizec to operate a nuclear power reactor to fcilew and raintair, it. effect ererger;cy clens which neet the standards of 10 CFR SC.47(t) and the requirenents of Ascendix E to 10 CFR Part 50.Section IV.F.P of Appendix E requires that each licensee at each site shall arruelly exercise its ererger.cy plar..

Ill.

By letter dated Parch 20,19Ef, the litersee requested an execpticr. frct the schedular requirer.ents of Section JV.F.2 of Accencix E.

The last arreal er.ergercy preparedr.ess exercise was a full participation exercise cceducted at 8611190056 861114 PDR ADOCK 05000482 F

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,n the Loir' Creet Generating Station en Novenber 20, 19CE.

The licermee requests that ar: exetetier be grantec' tc allct, tre next arruel exercise to be defcrrcd frer its cur rently schduled dcic of fiover,ter ", 19P6, to the tir.e pericd t t -

tween Jaruary 1 and February EF,,19F7.

The licensee states that refer schedulir.9 ccr.straints are ar.ficipated frcr tre first refueling cutage et Pol' Crcek Generatir c Staticr v.tici. is sctedeled for October 19Pf.

The c.utage is excected to e> terd into hoverther 19Pf, with an additional pericd cf tio:e required if any uriar.ticicated cifficulties arise.

Tt.e licer.see states tFat conducting the er,ergercy plan e>ercise ccircider.t with tre refueling outage would require the reassigrnent of key sunrvisory and canage-rent personr.el f ron crucial refueling cutage activities to exercisc activitiu,

v.culd ur. duly burder, ctter staff includir.g healtt ctysics ar.d security perscnr.el, and could potentially e>terd the outage.

The licersee has inforn.ec the NPC that state anc lccal gcVernrent agencics n'ay participate at varying levels of participation ir the licensee's prepesed arr.ual exercise.

The licensee will also ccnduct a full participation exercise later 1r.1987 in which state and local governrrents v.ill fully participate. ir.

acccrdance with the bienr.ial frequency requirerer.t of 10 CFP EC, Appendix E,Section IV.F.3.

This exercise schedule has been ccordir.ated with the Federel Ercergency Panagerent Agency (FEl'A) Rcgicn VII.

Full participation exercises at Wolf Creek Generating Staticn with stat (

ar.c local governnent participction have been conducted annually during the previous twc years, with the o;ost recent full participation exercise corducted on Nosenber 20, 19PE.

This exercise iraclved accropriate full participction ty all jurisdictions within the plun.e and ingesticn expcsure pathway energer.cy Elanning zor,es includir.g the State of Kansas and Ccffey Courty.

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cxercise was conducted in April 19E0 tc ccrrect a deficier.cy identified ty FEf*/.

in ncr.itering and dectrtarcinction catatilities at a county relccation/reccction cer,tei.

Ccth f,F.C ard FEl'A havt fcur.d thet the ir t ienentaticn cf cr.titt crd offsite erergtr.cy plcrs was adequate tc protect the tealth arid safety o' tf(

pctlic.

These findir.ss provide assurance that the licer.see, stete arc' iccel astr citt have the cetatility to resocrd to en er.ersency at the k'cif Crceh Cer.eratir L Sta tion.

Ar. cxtensive en~ccrt cf er;.erscrcy pler trair.ing has been cordocted by the -

licensee since the last exercisc was held cr t.'ovember 20,19E5.

The literset cerducted an c.ffsite radiclogical roonitcring drill or Parch 5,19EE, with state and local monitoring tears perticitating. The licensee ccnducted table tcc drills for crirary art alternate Tectrical Scctort Center erorctrcy resccr,st perscnnel in Jur.e 1986, for Oceraticr,al Suppcrt Ccrter emergency restcr.sc perser.rel cr. June 25 and July 7,198f, and for Emergency Operaticr.s Ftcility personnel in July 19Ef. Control roon personnel participated in table ter drills in August 1986, continuing for six weeks to inclLce all sir. crerating shifts.

Hone Office Er..ergency Center erergency resconse perscrnel are tc.

participcte in drills starting ir. October 19E6, with eight sessier.s clanred.

Additienelly, the licensee has cor. ducted n.cnthly and cuarterly comtur icatices drills intclving ersite and offsite resconse centers and crgarizaticr s.

IV.

Besed on the abcst assurancc related to nainter.arce of onsite trecaredrcit and the adequacy of offsite erergency preparedress, we conclude that the i

licensee's request for an exemption is reascnable and that grantir.g tFe re-quested exer..oticn will nct adversely affect the cverall state of en.ersercy

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preparedness for Wolf Creek Generating Staticr.

The Comission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12,-the exemption requested by the licensee's letter dated March 20, 1986, as discussed above, is authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and scfcty, and is consistent with the comon defense and security.

Finally, the exemption requested is a temporary one which will exist only for about two months and is necessary only because of schedulirg restraints caused by the first refueling outage.

The licensee has made a good faith effort to comply with the regulation by attempting to schedule the excerisc cerlier. Due to scheduling constraints of the Federal Emergency t'anagement Agency, this was not possible. This situation constitutes the special circumstances described in 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v).

Accordingly, the Counission hereby approves the exemotion, modified as follows:

"The next emergency exercise at Wolf Creek Generating Station conducted pursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.?,

shall be conducted not later than February 28, 1987."

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determired that the granting of this Execption will have no significant impact on the environment (51 FR 41172).

This Exemption is effective uper issuance.

D6teo at Bethesda, Maryland, this 14Nay of November 19P6.

FOR THE huCLEAC. REGULATORY COMMISSION O

d NV George Lea, Acting Deputy Director Division of PWR Licensing-A Office of Nuclear Reactor Peculation

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