ML20235B924

Submits Info Re Status of Licensing Activities in Progress, in Response to 870807 & 20 Memos Concerning Emergency Preparedness.Pursuit of Corrective Actions & Further Upgrading of Offsite Plans Not Warranted

ML20235B924
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Site:	La Crosse File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png
Issue date:	09/21/1987
From:	Stello V NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Mcloughlin D Federal Emergency Management Agency
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+ SEP 211987 Mr. Dave McLoughlin Deputy Associate Director State and Local Programs and Support Federal' Emergency Management Agency Washington, DC 20472

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In response to your meraoranda dated August 7 and August 20, 1987, regarding offsite emergency preparedness at the Lacrosse Boiling Water Reactor (LAC 8WR), .

I am providing progress. you with information on the status of licensing activities in On May to the NRC22, 1987, askingthe licensee, that the Dairyland Power Cooperative, submitted a request status. This request was based on thelicense be amended to a possess-but not operate April 30,1987. permanent shutdown of the LACBWR on On July 1, 1987, the NRC published in the Federal Register a notice of the amendment request and a proposed determination that the requested action does not involve a significant hazards consideration (52 F_R 24546). In an earlier memorandum to FEMA (F. J. Congel to R. W.

1987), the NRC staf f indicated that the plant had been shut down and that allKrimm dated J fuel had been removed from the reactor vessel.

On August 4, 1987, the license was amended to a possess-but-not operate status.

In addition request on August to modify 26, 1987, the NRC received from the licensee a notarized the LACBWR Technical Specifications (Tech Specs). The request, facility inamong other things, its shutdown addresses accidents that could occur at the condition.

The licensee's submittal indicates that in the event of a severe accident involving the stored spent fuel, the re-suiting 50 mrem. whole body radiation dose at the site boundary would be less than This dose is well below the lower range of the Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) Protective Action Guides (PAGs) at which offsite protective actions should be considered (1 rem whole body and 5 rem thyroid).

The NRC will perform a detailed analysis and review of the information in the licensee's formal request to change the Tech Specs. However, on the basis of our preliminary review, the licensee's assessment appears reasonable and supports the conclusion that tne scope of emergency planning for the LACBWR can be limited to onsite activities only. Of course, liaison with local sup-port agencies, such as the fire department, should be maintained and would be addressed in the onsite emergency plan.

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Mr. Dave McLoughlin In additicr to the Tech Spec changes trentioned above, the licensee is also preparing a revised cr. site emergency plan. As mentioned in the July 24, 1987, rnemorandum, we expect to receive this submittel in October 1987. When we .

ccrnplete our detailed review of the Tech Spec changes and the revised onsite emergency plan, we will inform you of our final determinations as to the level .

Of offsite emergency preparedness, if any, needed for LAC 8WR.

In the interim, it is our view that the pursuit of corrective actions and further upgrading of the cff site plons are not warranted in light of the present status of the LAC 8WR faciijty.

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