ML20236L103

Forwards Request for Addl Info Re 861126 Application for Amend to Physical Security Plan in Response to Miscellaneous Amends & Search Requirements.Requests Response within 60 Days of Receipt of Ltr

ML20236L103
Person / Time
Site:	Dresden
Issue date:	11/02/1987
From:	Erickson P, Grotenhuis M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Butterfield L COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
References
TAC-65237, TAC-65238, NUDOCS 8711100109
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Docket Nos. 50-10/237/249 Mr. L. D. Butterfield, Jr. '

NOV 2 1907 Nuclear Licensing Manager Commonwealth Edison Company P. O. Box 767 Chicago, Illinois 60690

SUBJECT:

MISCELLANE0US AMENDMENTS / SEARCH REQUIREMENTS DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3 (TAC #65237/65238)

This is to acknowledge receipt of the Commonwealth Edison Company letter, dated November 26, 1986, which transmitted a proposed amendment to the Dresden i Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2 and 3, Physical Security Plan, in response I to the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements.

The submitted document has been reviewed and we have determined that additional information and revisions to the plan are required prior to our approval. The enclosed comments are based upon pertinent NRC regulations and published guidance describing methods, acceptable to the NRC staff, for implementing specific parts of those regulations.  :

It is requested that you provide your response to these comments within 60 days l from receipt of this letter. 1 The reporting and/or record keeping requirements contained in this letter affect fewer than ten respondents; therefore, OMB clearance is not required under P.L.96-511.

Should you have any questions concerning the enclosed comments, please contact ,

the reviewer, Robert Skelton, at (301) 492-4533. j l'

Sincerely, lol Peter B. Erickson, Project Manager

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Marshall Grotenhuis, Project Manager i Standardization & Non-Power Reactor Project Directorate III-2 Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects III, IV, V l Division of Reactor Projects III, IV, V and Special Projects  !

and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation .

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation  !

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Mr. Michael I. Miller Isham, Lincoln & Beale '

Three FirJt National Plaza Suite 5200 Chicago, Illinois 60602 l Mr. J. Eenigenburg i Plant Superintendent Dresden Nuclear Power Station Rural Route #1-Morris, Illinois 60450 l

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office-Dresden Station-Rural Route #1 Morris, Illinois 60450 1

! Chairman l Board of Supervisors of l Grundy County Grendy County Courthouse  !

(' Morris, Illinois 60450 Regional Administrator Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III l 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellya, Illinois 60137 >

Mr. Michael E. Parker, Chief j Division of Engineering "

Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety 1035 Outer Park Drive, 5th Floor Springfield, Illinois 62704 1

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i Docket Nos. 50-10/237/249 ENCLOSURE I 1

COMMENTS ON PHYSICAL SECURITY PLAN CHANGES (MISCELLANE0US AMENDMENTS AND SEARCH REQUIREMENTS)

DRESDEN NUCLEAR POWER STATION,' UNITS 1, 2 AND 3  !

l Provide a schedule for implementing the amended safeguards requirements within 180 days after Commission approval of the proposed security plan. Reference 10 CFR 73.55.

Stipulate that in a plant ~ safety emergency, reasonable action may be taken 1 to suspend any safeguards measures in c'ce:rdance with 10 CFR 50.54(x) and (y) when this action is immediately neeueu to protect the public health and safety. Reference 10 CFR 73.55(a) and Generic Letter 87-08 (Q&A #2).

State that vital area access controls will not be dropped for life threatening situations not involving public health ~and safety. Reference 10 CFR 50.54(x) and (y) and Generic Letter 87-08 (Q&A #3).

Provide a commitment that the search requirements will be implemented within l 60 days after Commission approval of the proposed revisions. . Reference 10  !

CFR 73.55(d)(1).

Provide a commitment that if the firearms and explosives portal detection I equipment fails to operate satisfactorily and handheld equipment with similar capability is unavailable, a physical pat-down search of all persons entering the protected area will be conducted. Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(1).

Provide a commitment that a physical pat-down search of an individual shall-be conducted if there is cause to suspect that an individual is attempting to bring firearms, explosives, or incendiary devices into the protected area.

Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(1).

Provide a commitment that if security force members leave the protected area to perform official duties subsequent to their initial entry and search, they will be searched prior to re-entry into the protected area if they have not been under direct observation or accompanied by another member of the security force. Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(1) and Generic Letter 87-08 (Q&A #11).

Provide a statement that only bona fide Federal, State, and local law-enforcement personnel on official duty are exempt from the required equipment searches upon entry to the protected area. Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(1).

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4 page 2 Provide a commitment that in the case of an individual's involuntary termination for cause, the individual's unescorted facility access will be revoked, and identification badge and other entry devices shall be retrieved ~

prior to or simultaneously upon notification.of termination. Reference 10 j CFR 73.55(d)(7)(i)(C). q Provide a commitment to ensure prompt access to vital equipment to accommodate the potential need for rapid ingress or egress of individuals during emergency conditions or situations. Indicate how this prompt access will be ensured  :

(e.g. , by issuing override keys to appropriate operators and security force l members at the start of each shift, or by other acceptable means).

Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(7)(ii) and Generic Letter 87-08 (Q&A #6). 4 l

Provide a commitment that all keys, locks, combinations, and related access I control devices used to control access to protected and vital areas shall be )

changed or rotated at least every 12 months. )

1 Provide a commitment that whenever an individual's unescorted access is 1 revoked due to lack of trustworthiness, reliability, or inadequate work performance, keys, locks, combinations, and related access control devices j to which that person had access shall be changed or rotated. Reference 10 CFR 73.55(d)(9).

Indicate what components of the secondary power supply system will be protected as vital. Reference 10 CFR 73.55(e)(1) and Generic Letter 87-08 i (Q&A #18). ,

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