ML073540414

Ltr 12/14/2007 NRC Participation in the Byron February 2008 Hostile Action-Based Drill

ML073540414
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Site:	Byron
Issue date:	12/14/2007
From:	Eric Duncan Plant Support Branch II
To:	Pardee C Exelon Generation Co
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December 14, 2007 Mr. Charles G. Pardee Chief Nuclear Officer and Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville IL 60555

SUBJECT:

NRC PARTICIPATION IN THE BYRON FEBRUARY 2008 HOSTILE ACTION-BASED DRILL

Dear Mr. Pardee:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) routinely participates in licensees emergency preparedness exercises to ensure that the NRCs Incident Response capabilities are effectively maintained and to provide licensees an opportunity to exercise the interface with the NRC that may occur during the response to an incident at their sites. The NRC is currently taking the opportunity to participate in Hostile Action-Based Drills for the same reasons as mentioned above. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our intent to participate in the Byron Hostile Action-Based Drill that is scheduled to occur on February 27, 2008. Currently, the extent of participation will involve NRC Headquarters response staff, including participation by one of the NRC Commissioners, as well as regional response staff. The Byron Hostile Action-Based Drill is the first drill of this kind in which NRC participation will involve both headquarters and regional staff.

The Regional response will involve activating our Region III Incident Response Center and sending an NRC Site Team, including our resident inspectors, to your facilities. If our scope of participation changes, we will contact your emergency preparedness staff to discuss the changes. We will also be coordinating with your staff to schedule pre-drill outreach presentations and training opportunities given by our emergency response coordinators. The NRC outreach and training are offered to your staff to further reinforce concepts related to NRC incident response activities.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

C. Pardee If you have any questions concerning our participation, please contact Desiree Smith, Region III Emergency Response Coordinator at (630) 829-9853, Michelle Garza, Region III Emergency Response Specialist at (630) 829-9719 or myself at (630) 829-9757.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eric Duncan, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-454; 50-455 License Nos. NPF-37; NPF-66 cc w/encl: Site Vice President - Byron Station Plant Manager - Byron Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - Byron Station Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President Senior Vice President - Midwest Operations Senior Vice President - Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Manager Licensing - Braidwood, Byron, and LaSalle Associate General Counsel Document Control Desk - Licensing Assistant Attorney General Illinois Emergency Management Agency State Liaison Officer, State of Illinois State Liaison Officer, State of Wisconsin Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission B. Quigley, Byron Station

C. Pardee If you have any questions concerning our participation, please contact Desiree Smith, Region III Emergency Response Coordinator at (630) 829-9853, Michelle Garza, Region III Emergency Response Specialist at (630) 829-9719 or myself at (630) 829-9757.

Sincerely, Eric Duncan, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-454; 50-455 License Nos. NPF-37; NPF-66 cc w/encl: Site Vice President - Byron Station Plant Manager - Byron Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - Byron Station Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President Senior Vice President - Midwest Operations Senior Vice President - Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Manager Licensing - Braidwood, Byron, and LaSalle Associate General Counsel Document Control Desk - Licensing Assistant Attorney General Illinois Emergency Management Agency State Liaison Officer, State of Illinois State Liaison Officer, State of Wisconsin Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission B. Quigley, Byron Station DISTRIBUTION:

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