ML20235H488

Ack Receipt of Util & Requests Addl Info Re Proposed Amend to Physical Security Plan.Response Requested within 30 Days from Receipt of Ltr.Comments on Physical Security Plan Changes Encl

ML20235H488
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	09/21/1987
From:	Mark Miller Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	James O'Reilly GEORGIA POWER CO.
References
TAC-65311, NUDOCS 8710010071
Download: ML20235H488 (4)

Text

..

C C

Docket Nosa: 50-424/425 Mr. James P. O'Reilly Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations SEP 211987 Georgia Power Company P.O. Box 4545 Atlanta, Georgia 30302

SUBJECT:

MISCELLANE0US AMENDMENTS / SEARCH REQUIREMENTS V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT (TAC #65311)

I This is to acknowledge receipt of the Georgia Power Company letter, dated March 27, 1987, which transmitted a proposed amendment to the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Physical Security Plan, in response to the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements.

The submitted document has been reviewed and we have determined that additional information and revisions to the plan are required prior to our approval.

The enclosed comments are based upon pertinent NRC regulations and published guidance describing methods, acceptable to the NRC staff, for implementing specific parts of those regulations.

It is requested that you provide your response to these comments within 30 days from receipt of this letter.

The reporting and/or record keeping requirements contained in this letter affect fewer than ten respondents; therefore, OMB clearance is not required under P.L.96-511.

Should you need to discuss the enclosed comments, please contact me at (301) 492-7357.

Sincerely, Melanie A. Miller, Project Manager Project Directorate 11-3 Division of Reactor Projects I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

DISTRIBUTION W/ ENCLOSURES:

Physical Security Plan Conrnents R5GB rf Sec rf BManili CBuracker(2) j cc w/ enclosure:

Region II MDuncan See next page MMiller Docket File 50-424/425 0710010071 870921 Case File NRC PDR PDR ADOCK 05000424 RErickson wo/ encl Local PDR F

PDR LBush wo/ encl

• SEE PREVIOUS CONCURRENCES

~

OFG :R5GB

R5GB

R5GB

R5GB

PD 11-3

PD 11-3 NAME :*BManilf /an :*CBuracker :*LBush

• RErickson

• MDuncan DATE :9/09/87

9/08/87

9/09/87

9/09/87

9/11/87

9/g/87

.)

~*

j I

Mr. J. P. O'Reilly i

Georgia Power Company Vogtle Electric Generating Plant j

l

-CC :

Mr. L. T. Gucwa Resident Inspector Chief Nuclear Engineer Nuclear Regulatory Commission l

Georgia Power Company P. O. Box 572 i

P.O. Box 454S Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Atlanta, Georgia 30302 Mr. Ruble A. Thomas Deppish Kirkland, III, Counsel Vice President - Licensing Office of the Consumers' Utility Vogtle Project Council Georgia Power Company /

Suite 225

)

Southern Company Services, Inc.

32 Peachtree Street, N.W.

P.O. Box 2625 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Birmingham, Alabama 35202 James E. Joiner Mr. Paul D. Rice Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman, Vice President & Project General Manager

& Ashmore i

Georgia Power Company Candler Building Post Office Box 299A, Route 2 127 Peachtree Street, N.E.

I Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 l

Danny Feig l

~

Mr. J. A. Bailey 1130 Alta Avenue Project Licensing Manager Atlanta, Georgia 30307 Southern Company Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 2625 Carol Stangler Birmingham, Alabama 35202 Georgians Against Nuclear Energy 425 Euclid Terrace Ernest L. Blake, Jr.

Atlanta, Georgia 30307 j

Bruce W. Churchill, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 2300 N Street, N. W.

{

Washington, D. C.

20037 Mr. G. Bockhold, Jr.

Vogtle Plant Manager Georgia Power Company Route 2, Box 299-A Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 Regional Administrator, Region II 4

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission l

101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Mr. R. E. Conway Senior Vice President and Project Director Georgia Power Company Rt. 2, P. O. Box 299A Waynesboro, Georgia 30830 l

1 Docket No. 50-424/425 I

COMMENTS ON PHYSICAL SECURITY PLAN CHANGES (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS AND SEARCH REQUIREMENTS)

ALVIN W. V0GTLE NUCLEAR PLANT 1

Provide a schedule for implementing the amended safeguards requirements within 180 days after Commission approval of the proposed security plan.

Reference 10 CFR 73.55.

I State that vital area access controls will not be dropped for life threatening situations not involving public health and safety.

Reference 10 CFR 50.54(x) and (y) and Generic Letter 87-08 (Q&A #3).

Provide a commitment that the search requirements will be implemented within 60 l

days after Commission approval of the proposed revisions.

Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(1).

1 Provide a commitment that if security force members leave the protected area to perform official duties subsequent to their initial entry and search, they will be searched prior to re-entry' into the protected area if tney have not been l

under direct observation or accompanied by another member of the security I

force.

Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(1) and Generic Letter 87-08 (Q&A #11).

Provide a commitment that a current authorization access list will be established for each vital area.

Reference 10 CFR 73.55 (d)(7)(i)(A).

Expand the commitment on page 5-2 that vital area access lists shall be updated and reapproved by the cognizant manager / supervisor at least every 31 days.

Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(7)(1)(A).

Provide a commitment to positively control, in accordance with the current approved access lists, all points of personnel and vehicle access to vital areas.

Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(7)(1)(B).

Provide a commitment that in the case of an individual's involuntary termination for cause, the individual's unescorted facility access will be revoked, and identification badge and other entry devices shall be retrieved prior to or simultaneously upon notification of termination.

Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(7)(1)(C).

I Provide a commitment to ensure prompt access to vital equipment to accommodate the potential need for rapid ingress or egress of individuals during emergency conditions or situations.

Indicate how this prompt access will be ensured (e.g., by issuing override keys to appropriate operators and security force l

i members at the start of each shift, or by other acceptable means).

Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(7)(ii) and Generic Letter 87-08 (Q&A #6).

l

6.

Revise the commitment on page 8-1 to periodically (annually) review physical security and contingency plans and procedures to evaluate their potential impact on plant and personnci safety.

Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(7)(ii)(B) and Regulatory (suide 5.65.

Indicate what additional components of the secondary power supply system will be protected as vital.

Reference 10 CFR 73.55(e)(1) and Generic Letter 87-08 (Q&A #18).

1 l

1 l

i

_