ML20214N567
| ML20214N567 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 05/27/1987 |
| From: | Bernthal F NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Markey E HOUSE OF REP. |
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| Download: ML20214N567 (3) | |
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Dear Congressman Markey:
I am responding to your letter of May 4, 1987 concerning NRC resources being expended on further efforts by Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) to justify a reduced emergen'cy.
planning zone (EPZ).
As a result of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board decision to deny PSNH's petition on reducing the 10 mile EPZ, I have been informed that the NRC staff review of the petition has ceased.
I understand that the NRC staff does not intend to meet further with PSNH concerning i.ts past proposal to reduce the size of the Seabrook EPZ.
Further meetings on PSNH's' desire to reduce the EPZ will not take place unless and until a new request to reduce the EPZ is received by the NRC.
The staff will continue to meet with PSNH on issues related to its appli-cation to operate the Seabrook facility and generic safety issues.
We consider the review of the Seabrook Station Probabilistic Safety Assessment (SSPSA) Update by the NRC staff appropriate to obtain an additional perspective of the risk associated with operation of the Seabrook plant even though that document was a part of the PSNH petition.
The staff is reviewing the SSPSA Update to identify any new plant-specific information that may have generic implications or information that augments ongoing analyses of issues already identified as concerns.
Issues such as potential accidents during plant shutdown conditions and induced depressurization in response to the potential of direct containment heating are examples of Seabrook specific information which will be utilized in current activities addressing these generic issues.
Each year a report of insights gained from probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) reviews is disseminated to the staff and industry to increase awareness of the factors which have been found to dominate risk in PRAs for numerous plants.
In addition, results of PRA reviews and a summary of PRA-related activities are provided to Congress each year in the NRC Annual Report.
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Commissioner Roberts did not participate in this response.
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