ML16032A029
| ML16032A029 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/23/2016 |
| From: | Bill Dean Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Pietrangelo A Nuclear Energy Institute |
| Sebrosky J, NRR/JLD, 415-1132 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML16032A029 (5) | |
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February 23, 2016 Mr. Anthony R. Pietrangelo Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Energy Institute 1201 F Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20004
SUBJECT:
REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS CHANGES TO ADDRESS SEVERE ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
Dear Mr. Pietrangelo:
The purpose of this letter is to outline the approach that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff intends to take to develop the guidance to implement Commission direction related to oversight of severe accident management guidelines (SAMGs). In an August 27, 2015, staff requirements memorandum (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML15239A767), the Commission directed the staff to update the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) to explicitly provide periodic oversight of industrys implementation of the SAMGs. By letter dated October 26, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15335A442), on behalf of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) you informed the NRC of an industry initiative to maintain SAMGs. This letter stated that each licensee will send a letter to the NRC docketing its site-specific SAMG commitments by December 31, 2015. The NRC has received SAMG commitment letters from each licensee that are consistent with the commitments outlined in NEIs October 26, 2015, letter. The licensees SAMG commitment letter dates and ADAMS Accession Nos. can be found in the enclosure to this letter.
The NRC staff envisions a phased approach for updating the ROP relative to SAMGs. This phased approach is based on: (1) near-term licensees commitments to make changes to the plants configuration management processes in order to ensure that the SAMGs reflect changes to the facilities over time; and (2) the longer term commitment to upgrade site-specific SAMGs to ensure that they are consistent with the latest revision to generic SAMG guidance documents.
Near-Term Activities In their letters, licensees committed to changing the plants configuration management process to include SAMGs by the end of 2016. The NRC staff is currently changing ROP guidance documents to reflect that the NRC staff would inspect licensees configuration management processes to ensure that these processes consider changes to SAMGs. The NRC staff intends to engage NEI and other interested stakeholders as the ROP changes are developed in this area.
A.Pietrangelo Long-Term Activities Licensees have also committed to updating the site-specific SAMGs to be consistent with the latest Boiling Water Reactors Owners Group (BWROG) and Pressurized Water Reactors Owners Group (PWROG) guidance. Changes to the BWROG and PWROG generic guidance documents have been made, and are continuing to be made, based on Fukushima lessons learned. Because this is a longer-term activity, the NRC staff envisions that the ROP will be updated again by December 31, 2020, to allow for oversight of the site-specific SAMG incorporation of generic guidance revisions. Again, the NRC staff intends to engage NEI and other interested stakeholders as the ROP changes are developed in this area.
Regarding the generic guidelines, the NRC staff appreciates the opportunity to provide comments or questions to the appropriate owners group on the generic guidelines and intends to do this with the following purposes in mind:
- inform and develop the appropriate ROP updates and subsequent inspections consistent with the generic guidelines;
- develop familiarity with the guidelines to inform and train the NRC staff on other related regulatory actions (e.g., training NRC staff members who are involved with incident response activities); and
- provide feedback to the owners groups for their consideration.
If you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact Joseph Sebrosky of my staff, at (301) 415-1132, or via email to Joseph.Sebrosky@nrc.gov, or Aron Lewin of the Reactor Inspection Branch at (301) 415-2259, or via email to Aron.Lewin@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
William M. Dean, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
Severe Accident Management Guidelines Commitment Letters by Site
ML16032A029 *-via email OFFICE NRR/JLD/JHMB NRR/JLD NRO/DIRS/IRIB NRR/DRA/ARCB* NRR/JLD/JHMB NAME JSebrosky SLent JPeralta UShoop MShams DATE 2/10/2016 2/1/2016 2/2/2016 2/2/2016 2/9/2016 OFFICE NRR/DIRS NRR/JLD NRR/D NAME SMorris JDavis WDean DATE 2/9/2016 2/16/2016 2/23/2016 Severe Accident Management Guidelines Commitment Letters by Site ADAMS Letter Site Accession Date Number Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2 12/22/15 ML15356A782 Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 11/20/15 ML15324A381 Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2 12/4/15 ML15338A125 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 12/30/15 ML15365A398 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 12/21/15 ML15362A016 Byron Station, Units 1 and 2 12/4/15 ML15338A125 Callaway Plant, Unit 1 12/2/15 ML15336A390 Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 12/4/15 ML15338A125 Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 12/21/15 ML15362A016 Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1 12/4/15 ML15338A125 Columbia Generating Station 12/21/15 ML15357A454 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 12/10/15 ML15357A050 Cooper Nuclear Station 12/9/15 ML15350A333 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 11/25/15 ML15329A209 Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 12/28/15 ML15362A521 Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 12/14/15 ML15351A409 Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 12/4/15 ML15338A125 Duane Arnold Energy Center 12/17/15 ML15356A209 Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 12/23/15 ML15357A213 Fermi, Unit 2 12/2/15 ML15350A104 Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 12/29/15 ML15363A270 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 1/20/16 ML16020A090 H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2 12/21/15 ML15362A016 Hope Creek Generating Station 12/29/15 ML15363A378 Indian Point Nuclear Generating, Unit Nos. 2, and 3 12/15/15 ML15356A099 James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant 12/15/15 ML15349B026 Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 12/23/15 ML15357A213 LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 12/4/15 ML15338A125 Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 12/4/15 ML15338A125 McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 12/21/15 ML15362A016 Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 12/29/15 ML16005A143 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant 12/17/15 ML15351A453 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 12/4/15 ML15338A125 North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2 12/29/15 ML16005A143 Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 12/21/15 ML15362A016 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1 12/4/15 ML15338A125 Palisades Nuclear Plant 12/9/15 ML15343A365 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 12/15/15 ML15349B042 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 12/4/15 ML15338A125 Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 11/20/15 ML15327A065 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 12/17/15 ML15358A007 Enclosure
ADAMS Letter Site Accession Date Number Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 12/17/15 ML15356A209 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 12/17/15 ML15351A453 Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 12/4/15 ML15338A125 Riverbend Station, Unit 1 12/15/15 ML16005A144 R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant 12/4/15 ML15338A125 St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2 12/17/15 ML15356A209 Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 12/31/15 ML15365A303 Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 12/17/15 ML15356A209 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 12/30/15 ML15365A398 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 12/21/15 ML15362A016 South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 12/17/15 ML16005A142 Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 12/29/15 ML16005A143 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 12/23/15 ML15362A520 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 12/4/15 ML15338A125 Turkey Point Nuclear Generating, Units 3 and 4 12/17/15 ML15356A209 Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 12/16/15 ML15356A052 Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 12/23/15 ML15357A213 Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 12/16/15 ML15350A397 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 12/30/15 ML15365A398 Wolf Creek Generating Station 12/14/15 ML15357A036