ML20211J248
| ML20211J248 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/07/1985 |
| From: | Vollmer R NRC - FIRE PROTECTION POLICY STEERING COMMITTEE |
| To: | Grace J, Olshinski J, Spessard R NRC - FIRE PROTECTION POLICY STEERING COMMITTEE |
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| FOIA-86-274 NUDOCS 8606260295 | |
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- - ./.j WASHING TON, D. C. 20555 ALAR 0 71985 MEMORANDUM FOR
- Fire Protection Policy Steering Committee:
J. Nelson Grace Richard L. Spessard John A. Olshinski William J. Olmstead FROM: Richard H. Vollmer, Chairman
SUBJECT:
COMMISSION PAPER ON FIRE PROTECTION On March 6,1985, I met with representatives of IE, NRR, and ELD who are pre-paring a Commission Paper on fire protection as requested by the enclosed ED0 memorandum of December 10, 1984. The analysis of public comments on the steering committee's report is underway and will be complete by March 22, 1985. It is expected that the evaluation of risk will also be available at that time. IE has commented on the resource cost of an expedited inspection but this has not yet been tied to the risk results.
I will distribute this material for your review in preparation for a steering
- committee meeting on or about April 1,1985. At this meeting, we need to review .
all of our recommendations in light of current knowledge and make changes if appropriate. I have committed to provide final steering committee comments by April 8, 1985. I would appreciate your cooperation in meeting this schedule.
c- N Y Richard H. Vollmer, Chairman Fire Protection Policy Steering Committee
Enclosure:
Memo, V. Stello, H. Denton, R. DeYoung from W. Dircks dtd. 12/10/84 cc: W. J. Dircks. ED0 J. M. Taylor, IE H. R. Denton, NRR G. H. Cunningham, ELD W. A. Shields, ELD /
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'% . . . . . # DEC 101984 MEMORANDUM FOR: Victor Stello, Jr. , DEDROGR Harold R. Denton, Director, NRR Richard C. DeYoung, Director, IE FROM: William J. Dircks '
Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
FIRE PROTECTION POLICY STEERING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS In a memorandum dated October 26, 1984, the Fire Protection Policy Steering Comittee provided me with their recomended actions on the fire protection policy and program. Coments on these recomendations have been received from the appropriate program and regional offices. The individual coments are enclosed.
These coments, although generally supportive of the Steering Comittee's work, raise a nurser of serious questions which need to be answered bef6re we can proceed to the Comission on this m&tter. They are: ,
- 1. Are all the recomendations technically justified from the safety standpoint? ,
- 2. Are the resource estimates correct?
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- 3. How will the inspection program be impacted to the extent that resources will be diverted from other activities?
- 4. Considering the current status of fire protection capability at , operating plants, does the current risk dictate the reprograming of inspection resources for fire protection inspecticn?
- 5. Is the magnitude of the safety problem comensurate with the proposed actions; e.g., no further schedular exemptions?
- 6. Should the revised interpretations and questions and answers be issued and what impact will they have on the overall program? i
- 7. Do the recorrinendations go beyond what the Comission intended in promulgating Appendix R?
In light of the above, I have decided to proceed in the following way:
' @ The Director, NRR, should release the report of the Steering Comittee to the POR and invite coment by interested part:as. Coments8 should be <
analyzed by_NRR with assistance from IE and ELD as needed. This analysis I should be provided as part of a Comission paper.
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- 2. The Director, NRR, sho'uld provide a quantitative estimate of the public risk associated with fire from operating plants based on their current status; i.e., incomplete compliance with Appendix R. "This estimate should be based on your review of pertinent existing PRAs that have been reviewed by NRC. The ROGR staff should be kept informed of progress in 'this area. This estimate and associated basis should be provided in the Commission paper.
- 3. The D_irector, IE, should provide an evaluation of the. reprogramming of inspection activities that will be necessary in order to implement the Steering Committee's recommendations regarding inspection. Inspection activities to be reprogrammed shall be identified and a basis provided.
This report shall be provided to NRR for the Commission paper and shall be consistent with the results of Task'2.
- 4. The Director, NRR, with assistance from the Directors of IE and ELD should prepare a Commission paper that addresses the activities to date and provides'~s pecific recommendations for Commission approval. That paper should address the specific questions identified above. Target date for providing the paper to the CRGR for review is February 1,1985.
- 5. CRGR 'should review the proposed Conmission paper, address each of the above questions, and make specific recommendations to me not later than ,
30 days after receipt from NRR.
I expect appropriate nanagement representatives from NRR, IE and the Steering Committee to attend the CRGR meetings on this issue to respond to a
CRGR questions.
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William rcks Executive Director for Operations
Enclosures:
As stated cc: R. Minogue G. Cunningham Regional Administrators 1
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