ML20217D403

Summarizes Series of Four Revs That Have Been Made to SNEC Emergency Response Procedure & Emergency Plan Since 970408. Revs Include Changes to Reflect Current Site Conditions & Changes in Organizational Structure

ML20217D403
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Site:	Saxton File:GPU Nuclear icon.png
Issue date:	10/06/1999
From:	Kuehn G GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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ML20217D409	List: ML20217D403
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1920-99-20526, NUDOCS 9910150163
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l GPU Nuclear,Inc.

( U.S. Route #9 South NUCLEAR Post Office Box 388 Forked River. NJ 08731-0388 Tel 609-9714000 1920-99-20526 October 6,1999 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen,

Subject:

Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation (SNEC)

Changes to SNEC Facility Emergency Plan Operating License No. DPR-4 Docket No. 50-146 f

The SNEC Facility does not contain any irradiated fuel, which was removed in 1972. In addition, the reactor and other major components have been removed from the site. <

Therefore, many of the requirements of 10 CFR 50.47 and Appendix E to 10 CFR 50 do not apply. However, paragraph 2C of the Saxton license states:"This license shall be j deemed to contain and be subject to... Sections 50.54 and 50.59 of Part 5010 CFR." j i

The attachments to this letter summarize a series of four revisions that have i;een made to I the SNEC Emergency Response Procedure and Emergency Plan since April 8,1997.

Prior to implementation each change was subjected to a review in accordance with the criteria of 10 CFR 50.59. The changes were not, however, forwarded to the NRC i

Document Control Desk as required by 10 CFR 50.54(q).

1 The revisions include changes to reflect current site conditions and changes in  !

management and departmental titles to reflect changes in organizational structure. Also j included are changes to the Emergency Notification Protocol listing. Additional changes were made to the procedure to increase the effectiveness of the program during

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emergencies.

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The changes, both individually and in total, have been reviewed in accordance with 10 CFR 50.54 (q). The changes are primarily administrative and editorial in nature and '

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do not reduce the effectiveness of the plan. GPU Nuclear regrets the oversight and has i "

taken measures to preclude recurrence.

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If there are any.' questions concerning this letter, please contact Dennis Kelly of our Oyster Creek Licensing Department at (609) 971-4246.

Sincerely, G. A. Kuehn, Jr.

Director, SNEC Facility

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cc:' NRC Project Manager NRR '

NRC Administrator, Region I l NRC Project Scientist, Region I I

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Attachtnent 1  ;

Change 1 (Implementation Date - 4/8/97) {

l Description of Emergency Plan Changes:

• Changed the procedure number prefix from 6675 to 6575 to reflect current responsible office.

I e . Table of contents has been added for quick reference.

. Procedure has been rewritten to make each section for the various emergency type scenarios more stand-alone and to make procedure more reader friendly.

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• Numerous changes included to reflect current site conditions (e.g., site manned 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> per week or more vs. quarterly inspections). Instructions added for emergency scenarios, which occur during normal working hours /when the site is manned.

• Definitions have been included for " Authorized Company Representative", " Radiologically Qualified j individual", and " Radiological Event". l e Company name changes have been incorporated and management and departmental titles changed to reflect cunent organizational structures.

• Changes made to note relocation of dispatch personnel from Altoona to Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

• Added new section on handling contaminated injured personnel requiring off site medical attention.

• Added new section to outline requirements for handling a contaminated / injured man emergency scenario.

. Added Emergency Response Kit, contents and inventory requirements (Exhibit 1).

e Updated the SNEC Facility Incident Report form (Exhibit 2).

• Updated hospital notification listing (Exhibit 5).

e Telephone number / notification protocol requirements have been updated.

.* Instructions added for high sump level alarm.

. Chang:s were made to remove unnecessary information already included in other GPU Nuclear documents.

. . Tornado Emergency instructions have been removed from Exhibit I and placed in the body of procedure.

. Fire Protection Plan has been revised / updated to reflect the current condition of the Containment Vessel power supplyJ

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