0CAN079603, Provides Status Update Re Dissimination of Emergency Planning Info within 10-mile EPZ

Provides Status Update Re Dissimination of Emergency Planning Info within 10-mile EPZ

ML20115G472
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	07/10/1996
From:	Mims D ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
0CAN079603, CAN79603, NUDOCS 9607190168
Download: ML20115G472 (2)

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July 10,1996 0CAN079603 l

l U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Mail Station PI-137 l

Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

Arkansas Nuclear One - Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-313 and 50-368 i License Nos. DPR-51 and NPF-6 Status Update Regarding Dissemination of Emergency Planning Information Within the 10-Mile EPZ ,

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Gentlemen

In correspondence dated December 28, 1995, Entergy Operations described plans for replacing the tone-alert radio portion of the prompt notification system' with National

! Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather radios. The purpose of this letter is to provide an update regarding the status of that effort.

Implementation of NOAA weather radios at ANO, originally scheduled for the Spring of 1996, has not occurred due to delays in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approval process. As a result of FEMA budget and resource constraints, review of this project has been delayed due to other higher priority issues within the agency. ANO has elected to continue with the use of tone-alert radios and the services of a contract radio station for activating these radios until the conversion to NOAA radios is completed. ANO l

estimates that NOAA implementation, which includes final approval by FEMA and subsequent l

work on installation and testing of NOAA equipment, will occur in, or before, the fourth 1 quarter of 1997.

l l Our December 28,1995, letter stated that the Emergency Instructions Booklet (EIB) issuance i and NOAA weather radio implementation would occur during the Spring of 1996. This schedule was dependent on FEMA approval. Although this project has been delayed, dissemination of the EIB is nearing completion, even though no informatieri regarding NOAA radios could be included in this revision due to the delay in obtaining FEMA approval.

. ' The prompt notification system is the means used to provide early notification and clear instruction to the /

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j OCAN079603 Page 2 i Dissemination of this revision of the EIB satisfies the requirements of 10CFR50, Appendix E. i IV. D. which states that " provisions shall be described for yearly dissemination to the public within the plume exposure pathway EPZ of basic emergency planning information..."

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Additionally, as outlined in our December 28, 1995, correspondence, ANO intends to disseminate a revised Emergency Instmetions P^ Net (EIB) prior to the implementation of NOAA weather radio during 1997 in order to ensure that instructions for using the new radios  !

are adequately communicated to the population within the plume exposure pathway j emergency planning zone (EPZ).

We will continue to keep the NRC informed if additional schedule changes occur during the conversion to NOAA weather radios. Should you have any questions, please contact me..

Very tru!y yours,  !'

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MDwight C. Mims U Director, Nuclear Safety DCM/dwb i

cc: Mr. Leonard J. Callan Regional Administrator U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission RegionIV 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 NRC Senior Resident Inspector Arkansas Nuclear One P.O. Box 310 London, AR 72847 Mr. George Kalman NRR Project Manager Region IV/ANO-1 & 2 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRR Mail Stop 13-H-3 One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 >

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