ML20199M086

Forwards Emergency Preparedness Exercise Insp Repts 50-245/97-81,50-336/97-81 & 50-423/97-81 on 970820-22.No Violations Noted.Staff Adequately Demonstrated Ability to Implement Emergency Plan

ML20199M086
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	11/24/1997
From:	Wiggins J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Carns N NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO.
Shared Package
ML20199M090	List: ML20199M086 ML20202A707
References
50-245-97-81, 50-336-97-81, 50-423-97-81, EA-97-481, NUDOCS 9712020190
Download: ML20199M086 (4)

See also: IR 05000245/1997081

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{ November 24, 1997 EA #97-481 Mr. N. S. Carns Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer- Northeast Nuclear Energy Company P. O. Box 128 Waterford, Connecticut 06385-0128 9 SUBJECT: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INSPECTION OF THE MILLSTONE STATION AUGUST 21,1997, NRC/ FEMA GRADED PLUME EXPOSURE EXERCISE, . AND THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM FOR RESTART , (50 245,336,423/97 81) l ' I Dear Mr. Carns: ' This letter refers to the emergency preparedness exercise inspection led by Mr. J. Lusher, at Millstone Station, Waterford, Connecticut, during the period of August 20-22,1997, and the emergency preparedness program inspection during the period of August 23-29, 1997. Overall, your site emergency response organization's (SERO) performance was good. No exercise weaknesses were identified. Good command and control were demonstrated in all emergency response facilities. Communications within and between facilities, and with the 1 - State of Connecticut were good. Your staff adequately doinonstrated the ability to implement the emergency plan. During the emergency preparedness program inspection, the inspectors identified instances where emergency response facilities were not maintained in accordt,nce with the emergency plan. They found training and procedures for dose assessment were not effective in assuring that personnel could perform radiological dose assessment activities in a timely manner. Further, the inspectors found that Revision 22 of the Emergency Plan, ff made in June 1997, decreased the effectiveness of the emergency plan and the revision [[/ was implemented without the required approval by the NRC. The NRC team is concerned [ , these discrepancies were not identified at Millstone Station !" your team. These items are considered apparent violations of NRC requirements. r -. $Nh

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. . . . . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , S , Mr. N. S. Carns 2 Your emergency respons personnel, f acilities and equipment, self assessment, and the corrective actions, impler: nted at Millstone, as a consequence of the Haddam Neck exercise problems, adequately demonstrated the ability to implement your emergency plan during the exercise. However, this review of the emergency preparedness program indicates that some elements need improvement prior to restart of any unit. Based on the results of this inspection, the apparent violations are being considered for escalated enforcement action in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy, NUDGE-1600). Accordingly, no Notice of Violation is presently being issued for these inspection findings. In addition, please be advised that the number and characterization of apparent violations described in the enclosed inspection report may change as a result of further NRC review. An enforcement conference to discuss these apparent violations will be scheduled in the near future. The purposes of this conference are to discuss the apparent violations, their causes and safety significance; to provide you the opportunity to point out any errors in our inspection report; and to provide an opportunity for you to present your proposed corrective actions. In addition, this is an opportunity for you to provide any information concerning your perspective on (1) the severity of the issue, (2) the f actors that the NRC considers when it determines the amount of a civil penalty that may be assessed in accordance with Section VI.B.2 of the Enforcement Policy, and (3) the possible basis for exercising discretion in accordance with Section Vil of the Enforcement Policy. You will be advised by separate correspondence of the results of our deliberations on this matter. No response regarding the apparent violations is required at this time. However, any corrective actions deemed aopropriate should be implemented in a timely manner. This enforcement conference will be open to public observation in accordance with the Commission's trial program as discussed in the enclosed Federal Register notice (Enclosure 2). Although not required, we encourage you to provide your comments on how you believe holding this conference open to public observation affected your presentation and your communications with the NRC. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. We appreciate your cooperation. Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED iW: James T. Wiggins, Director Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-245;50-336;50-423 l - . - - - . _ - - _ _ - _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - . _ _

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1 ' - , Mr/ N. S. Carns 3. cc w/ encl: M. H. Brothers, Vice President - Millstono, Unit 3 J. McElwain, Unit 1 Recovery Officer M. Bowling, Jr., Unit 2 Recovery Officer D. M Goebel, Vice President, Nuclear Oversight D. Amerine,- Vice President, Nuclear Engineering and Support P. D. Hinnenkamp, Director, Unit Operations F. C. Rothen, Vice President, Work Services ' J. Stankiewicz, Training Recovery Manager , R. Johannes, Director - Nuclear Training S. J. Sherman, Audits and Evaluation L. M. Cuoco, Esquire , J. R. Egan, Esquire V. Juliano, Waterford Library J. Buckingham, Department of Public Utility Control S. B. Comley, We The People State of Connecticut SLO Designee D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN) R. Bassilakis, CAN J. M. Block, Attorney, CAN - S. P. Luxtori, Citizens Regulatory Commission (CRC) Representative T. Concannon E. Woollacott, Co Chairman, NEAC , e .M r . - . - - - - - . -. - - - - . - - - -

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. . Mr. N. S. Carns 4 1 Distribution w/ encl: Region i Docket Room (with gany of concurrences) Nuclear Safety information Center (NSIC) PUBLIC FILE CENTER, NRR (with Orioinal concurrences) FEMA, Region l NRC Resident inspector OE (2) H. Miller, RA W. Axelson, DRS D. Barss, NRR B. Jones, PIMB/ DISP M. Kalamon, SPO, RI W. Lanning, Deputy Director of Inspections, SPO, RI W. Travers, Director, SPO, NRR J. Wiggins, DRS L. Nicholson, DRS C. Miskey, DRS Distribution w/per_g] (VIA E-MAIL): J. Andersen, PM, SPO, NRR M. Callahan, OCA R. Correia. NRR W. Dean, OEDO S. Demhek, PM, SPO, NRR G. Imbro, Der.aty Director of ICAVP Oversight, SPO, NRR D. Mcdonald, PM, SPO, NRR P. McKee, Deputy Director of Licensing, SPO, NRR L. Plisco, Chief, SPO, NRR S. Reynolds, Technical Assistant, SPO, NRR D. Screnci, PAO Inspection Program Branch (IPAS) DOCDESK DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\EP&SB\\ LUSHER \\ MIL 9781.lNS To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment / enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment / enclosure "N" = No copy y 3ffg., g , OFFICE Rl/DRS E Rl/DRS V Rl/SPO RI/DRS l

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