ML20238F737

Requests Exemption from 10CFR50,App E Requirement to Conduct Annual Emergency Preparedness Exercise & Requirements to Prepare & Distribute Info Brochure to Residents within 5-mile Epz.Requirements Unnecessary

ML20238F737
Person / Time
Site:	La Crosse File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png
Issue date:	09/01/1987
From:	Taylor J DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
References
LAC-12343, NUDOCS 8709160312
Download: ML20238F737 (3)

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hh[S/[ COOPERAT/VE . e O. eOx 817 2615 E LAAST AVE.(608) SO CROSSE. WISCONSIN 54602-0817 788-4000 JAMES W. TAYLOR General Manager September 1, 1987 In reply, please refer to LAC-12343 DOCKET NO. 50-409 Document Control Desk U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555

SUBJECT:

DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE LA CROSSE BOILING WATER REACTOR (LACBWR)

PROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENSE DPR-45 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN EXEMPTION REQUEST

Reference:

(1) 10 CFR 50, Section 50.12 Gentlemen:

This letter serves to inform you that Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC) requests an exemption from the 10 CFR 50 Appendix E requirement to conduct an annual emergency preparedness exercise. DPC also requests an exemption from the requirements to prepare and distribute an information brochure to all re~idents within the five mile LACBWR plume exposure pathway EPZ. Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of Reference 1, an exemption request is hereby filed.

Reference 1 requires that specific circumstances must be presera for the Commission to grant an exemption to 10 CFR 50. Two of the specific circumr' nces listed apply to this exemption request. They are:

(a) 50.12.(a)(2)(ii) " application of the regulation in the particular circumstance would not serve the underlying purpose of the rule or is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule;"

and (b) 50.12.(a)(2)(iii) " compliance would result in undue hardship or other costs that are significantly in excess of those contemplated when the regulation was adopted or that are significantly in excess of those incurred by others similarly situated;"

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September 1,~1987 LACBWR was permanently shut down on April 30, 1987. Reactor defuelling was completed June 11, 1987, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a possession-only license for LACBWR on August 4, 1987.

The purpose of the annual exercise is to test the responses of LACBWR, together with emergency response personnel from the surrounding counties and states, to an accident serious enough to compromise the health and safety of.

the general public. Preliminary accident'analysos done by the LACBWR staff show that, for the worst case accident possible in the SAFSTOR mode, a cask drop accident'in the spent fuel pool without containment isolation, no offsite' protective actions would be required.

.. Therefore, it can be concluded that the scheduled annual exercise of LACBWR is not necessary. The'1987 LACBWR exercise is currently scheduled for November.3.

The annual information brochure details the protective actions to be taken in the event of a serious emergency at LACBWR. It specifies evacuation routes, assembly points, sheltering recommendations, etc. Since protective actions for the general public will no longer be required, the requirement to produce and distribute an annual information brochure is not necessary.

The LACBWR Emergency Plan is currently undergoing a revision that will

' detail the drill and exercise requirements appropriate for the LACBWR facility in its current status. This revision will be submitted by October 1, 1987.

LACBWR has been permanently shut down and defuelled. The majority of residual fission gases and radioiodines have decayed to stable elements.

Because of those facts, and because conducting an annual exercise, and the printing and distribution of an information brochure are time consuming, very expensive, and no longer necessary, the criteria for exemption as listed in 10 CFR 50.12 (a)(2)(ii) and (iii) appear to be met. Dairyland Power Cooperative, therefore,. believes the NRC should grant this request and exempt LACBWR from the requirements for an annual exercise and distributing an annual informational brochure.

If there are any questions, please contact us.

Sincerely, DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE i

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