ML17311A008

Forwards Assessment of SEP Topic II-1.A, Exclusion Area Authority & Control. Assessment Is Modeled on NRC Assessment of Topic for Palisades & San Onofre Unit 1 Plants

ML17311A008
Person / Time
Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	03/27/1981
From:	MAIER J E ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:	CRUTCHFIELD D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
TASK-02-01.A, TASK-2-1.A, TASK-RR NUDOCS 8104020616
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REGULATORYiORMATIONDISTRIBUTIONSYS<(RIDS)ACCESSIONNBR:8104020616DOC~DATE:81/03/27NOTARIZED:NODOCKETFACIL:50-244RobertEmmetGinnaNuc'lear'lantiUnit1ERochesterG05000244AUTH'AMEAUTHORAFFILIATIONMAIEREJ~E,Rochester'Gas8ElectricCorp'ECIP~NAMERECIPIENTAFFILIATIONCRUTCHFIELDgD~OperatingReactorsBranch5

SUBJECT:

ForwardsassessmentofSEPTopicII-1~AE"ExclusionAreaAuthorit>'Control."AssessmentismodeledonNRCassessmentoftopicforPalisadesLSanOnofreUnit1plants'ISTRISUTIDNCODE:A03SSCOPIESRECEIVED:LTRL-ENCLSIZE:,TITLE.':SEPTopics.NOTES:1copy:SEPSect.Ldr~05000244EXTERNAL:ACRSNSIC1405RECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMEACTION:.CRUTCHFIELD04INTERNAL:A/DMATLLGUAL13HYD/GEOBR10NRCOR0201"COPIESLTTRENCL771-1221111161611RECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMECONTSYSA07I8E06ORASSESSBR11SEPBR,12LPDR03COPIESLTTRENCL1122113311TOTALNUMBEROFCOPIESREQUIRED:LTTR~ENCL r,IIl

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Subject:

SEPTopicII-1.A,"ExclusionAreaAuthorityandControl"R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDocketNo.50-244

DearMr.Crutchfield:

EnclosedistheRochesterGasandElectricassessmentforSEPTopicII-1.A,"ExclusionAreaAuthorityandControl".ThisassessmentfortheR.E.GinnasiteismodeledupontheNRC'sassessmentsofthistopicforConsumersPowerCompany'sPalisadesplant,issuedbyletterfromDennisL.Ziemann,NRCtoMr.DavidBixel,CPCO,datedNovember27,1979,andforSouthernCaliforniaEdison'sSanOnofreUnit1,issuedbyletterfromDennisL.Ziemann,NRC,toMr.JamesH.Drake,SCE,datedNovember7,1979.Verytrulyyours,JonE.MaierAttachment,go<5/(

iI1Juv~tdgI~-a'If AttachmentR.E.GinnaTOPICII-1.A-ExclusionAreaAuthoritandControlThesafetyobjectiveofthistopicistoassurethatappropriateexclusionareaauthorityandcontrolaremaintainedbythelicenseeasrequiredby10CFRPart100.ThereviewwasconductedinaccordancewiththeguidancegiveninSRP2.1.1.Thecapabilityoftheplanttomeetthedosecriteriaof10CFRPart100attheexclusionareaboundary,willbeevaluatedintheDesignBasisEventphaseoftheSEPreview.,TheR.E.Ginna,plantislocatedonthesouthshoreofLakeOntario16mileseastofRochester,NewYork,acityof241,539people(Rochestermetropolitanareapopulationis701,745).The4siteexclusionareaiscompletelywithintheplantboundaries.Thedistancefromthecontainmenttothenearestsiteboundary(excludingtheboundaryonthelakefront)is1550feetbuttheminimumexclusiondistanceisassumedtobe450metersor1476feet.ThesiteboundaryisshownintheattachedFigure1ofthisevaluation(notethatadditionallandtothewesthasbeenpurchasedsinceFigure2.2-3oftheFSARwassubmitted).Nopublichighwaysorrailroadstraversetheexclusionarea.RochesterGasandElectricCorp.ownsandcontrolsallofthelandwithintheexclusionarea.Regardingthelakeshorefrontagewithintheexclusionarea,RGSE,byNewYorkStateprocedures,ownsthelandabove243.8'sl.Thisiswellbelowtheaveragelakestageof246feetmsl,butisabovetheExtreme P)I LowWaterLevelof242.23feetmslandthelowestregulatedlevelof243feetmsl.However,sincethelowperiodisgenerallyin1thewinterandthehighperiodinthesummer,itisnotexpectedthattherewouldbeany"beachuse"ofthisarea.Previousexperienceconfirmsthis;thus,nospecialprecautionsforpotentialbeachusersareinplace.TheexclusionareaisnotdefinedoverthewatersofLakeOntarioadjacenttotheR.E.Ginnasite.TheNRCstaffinrecentcasesinvolvingshorefrontsiteshasinterpretedthedefinitionofanexclusionareain10CFRPart100asapplyingtotheentireareasurroundingareactorincludingtheoverwaterportion.Inthesecases,applicantshavebeenrequiredtomakeappropriatearrangementstocontrolwatertrafficwithintheexclusionareaintheeventofaplantemergency.WhileRGGEhasnotspecificallydefinedanexclusionareaoverthewater,arrangementshavebeenmadewiththeU.S.CoastGuard,asdocumentedintheGinnaPlantRadiationEmergencyPlan,forthecontrolof5water'rafficintheeventofaplantemergency.Thelackofadefinedexclusionareaoverthewater'djacentetotheplantsiteisadeviationfromthestaff'scurrentinterpre-tationofthecriteriain10CFRPart100.However,thearrangementsmadebyRGSEwiththeU.S.CoastGuardmeettheintentofthecriteriaand,therefore,itisconsideredthatthelackofa'JIedefinedexclusionareaoverthewaterdoesnotconstituteasignificantsafetyissuefortheSEPreview.Theissueofdefininganexclusionareaoffshore,asitmightaffecttheatmosphericdispersioncharacteristicsofthesitewillbeevaluatedunderSEPTopicII-2.C.

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TheconclusioncanbemadethatRG&Ehastheproperauthoritytodetermineallactivitieswithintheexclusionarea,asrequiredby10CFRPart100.ThiscompletestheevaluationofthisSEPtopic.SincetheR.E.GinnaPlantsitesuitablymeetscurrentlicensingcriteria,noadditionalSEPreviewisrequired.References2.3.4~5.6.RochesterGasandElectricCorporation,RobertEmmettGinnaNuclearPowerPlantUnitNo.1-FinalFacilityDescriptionandSafetyAnalysisReport(FSAR),Sections1.1,2.1,2.2andAppendix2C.RochesterGasandElectricCorporation,R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantUnitNo.1,EnvironmentalReport,Volume1,Section2.1.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionNUREG-75/087,StandardReviewPlan,Section2.1.2,September1975."OfficialPreliminary1980CensusFigures,"takenfromtheRochester"Times-Union,"September15,1980.RG&EProcedure"RadiationEmergencyPlan"(SC-1).NewYorkStatePolicyasestablishedbytheLandUtilizationDepartmentwithintheNYSOfficeofGeneralServices.

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