ML20245C980
| ML20245C980 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Browns Ferry, Sequoyah, 05000000 |
| Issue date: | 04/25/1989 |
| From: | Fox C TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737 NUDOCS 8904280052 | |
| Download: ML20245C980 (2) | |
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TENNE. ;SEE VALLEY AUTHORITY CH ATTANOOGA. TENNESSEE 37401 5N 1578 Lookout Place i
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h U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C.
20555 Gentlemen:
In the Matter of
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Docket Nos. 50-259 Tennessee Valley Authority
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50-260
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50-296
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50-327
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50-328 REQUEST TO ELIMINATE SITE LOCAL RECOVERY CENTERS (LRCs) AT BROWNS FERRY (BFN)
AND SEQUOYAH (SQN) NUCLEAR PLANTS NUREG 0737 entitled, " Clarification of THI Action Plan Requirements,"
established criteria for Emergency Response Facil'attes (ERFs) including a required Emergency Operations facility (EOF) to be located "near site." In Darrell G. Eisenhut's letter to H. G. Parris dated March 19, 1981, NRC agreed to grant TVA an exemption to the. specific "near site" criteria and endorsed TVA's Centralized Emergtncy Management concept which established the Central Emergency Control Center (CECC)-as the EOF for all TVA nuclear plants. This exemption was granted provided certain provisions were made. One provision was that we provide near site accommodations to support an NRC response team during an emergency.
In L. M. Mills's letter to H. R. Denton dated June 2, 1981, TVA committed to designate LRCs at each site which, during an emergency, would be " dedicated space" for NRC and provide equipment which met the above criteria. We currently maintain LRCs at both SQN and BFN as described in the June 2, 1981, letter and the Radiological Emergency Plan.
Based on TVA's experience in emergency response, we nropose elimination of the LRC. He have the following justification:
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We currently have sufficient space associated with existing ERFs (site Technical Support Centers and CECC) to accommodate the NRC and Federal agency functions as described in the NRC Incident Response Plan.
We have developed a large area adjacent to the CECC for NRC.
The sites have identified space which will handle the additional burden of NRC co-location, t
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All of our facilities are fully equipped with communications, data links, and hardware to support the required data availabilities.
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The LRCs have not been utilized either during an exercise or actual emergency and, given the current state of emergency planning both within TVA and NRC, we see no compelling reason to maintain these facilities as a requirement.
l In view of the above justification, we request your approval that this arrangement is satisfactory and TVA's commitment to maintaining LRCs at our sites can be eliminated.
If you havc any questions or need additional information, please telephone R. H. Shell at (615) 751-8099.
l Very truly yours, TENNESSEE LLEY AUTHORITY C. H.
ox, J., Vice President and Nucle r Technical Director cc: Ms. S. C. Black, Assistant Director for Projects TVA Projects Division U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint, North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852 Ms. L. J. Watson, Acting Ass'istant Director for Inspection Programs TVA Projects Division U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Browns Ferry Resident Inspector Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant ens, kl b [na 5 9-2000 Sequoyah Resident Inspector Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 2600 Igou Ferry Road i
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