NUREG-0298, Discusses Coordination of NRC Fire Protection Plan. Recommends Responsibility for Div of Operating Reactors Coordination Be Transferred to Div of Sys Safety,To Reduce Dor Fire Protection Effort as SERs Are Completed
| ML19261B827 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/05/1979 |
| From: | Ferguson R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Vollmer R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| RTR-NUREG-0298, RTR-NUREG-298 NUDOCS 7903070299 | |
| Download: ML19261B827 (2) | |
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
R. Vollmer, Assistant Director for Systems and Projects, Division of Operating Reactors THRU:
G. Lainas, Chief. Plant Systems Branch, Division of Operating Reactors FROM:
R. Ferguson, Section Leader, Plant Systems Branch, Division of Operating Reactors
SUBJECT:
C0 ORDINATION OF NRC FIRE PROTECTION ACTION PLAN The NRC Fire Protection Action Plan involves efforts by several NRC offices.
To aid the coordination of this plan, a " Coordinating Committee" was established to identify and discuss interface problems.
In addition, NUREG 0298 Summary Status Report - Fire Protection Action Plan was developed to serve as a vehicle to coordinate and control the program.
D0R was assigned to chairmanship of the " Coordinating Comittee".
Three meetings were held.
The last meeting was October 25, 1977.
During these meetings and in a subsequent meeting with Mr. Stello, it became apparent that D0R did not and could not assign sufficient manpower to coordinate and control the program because of priority given to completing the fire protection evaluations.
In addition, NUREG 0298 was deemed to be inadequate for program management.
It was also determined that NUREG 0298 did not portray a realistic action plan.
D0R will complete this initial evaluation of fire protection programs in the near future. MPA is considering terminating the publication of NUREG 0298 and have requested guidance regarding which information contained therein should be preserved.
The fire protection research program is being redirected and the fire protection standard program should probably be redirected.
The issue for 00R management is whether D0R resources becoming available as a result of the D0R evaluations be!ng completed should be either committed to coordinating the NRC fire action plan or be assigned to 7soaovo n y
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I recommend that: (1) 00R's coordination responsibility be transferred to DSS because in the future most of the program will be directed toward new plants; (2) 00R's fire protection effort be reduced as SER's and supplements thereto are completed; and (3) 00R resources coming from this program be assigned other tasks of higher priority.
We would like to discuss these recommendations at your earliest convenience.
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R. Ferguso ection Leader Plant Sys ems B anch Division o ating Reactors cc:
V. Stello D. Eisenhut G. Lainas
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