Protecting People and the EnvironmentUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
GL80096
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555
November 14, 1980
Docket No. 50-336
Mr. W. G. Counsil, Vice President
Nuclear Engineering & Operations
Northeast Nuclear Energy Company
P. O. Box 270
Hartford, Connecticut 06101
Dear Mr. Counsil:
As you know, a proposed Section 50.48 and Appendix R to 10 CFR 50 has been
pending since May 1980. The Commission has recently approved a revised final
version of that proposed Section 50.48 and Appendix R to 10 CFR 50 which
will be published in the Federal Register shortly and will become effective
90 days after publication. This revised 10 CFR 50.48 will contain schedules
for completion of all fire protection modifications. One set of schedules
will be applicable to features covered by Appendix R. A similar set of
schedules will be applicable to all other fire protection modifications that
have been approved by the NRC staff in a staff safety evaluation report.
This latter set of schedules will require completion of modifications not
covered by Appendix R by schedules specified in the revised rule or by the
dates now specified as license conditions, whichever is sooner, unless an
extension or exemption is approved by NRC.
Some of the completion dates discussed in the SER for your facility may be
associated with modifications for which the NRC staff required additional
information, such as design details or test results, to be subsequently
reviewed and approved by the NRC staff prior to implementation. To the
extent that there are fire protection modifications such as this for your
facility and the required additional information has not yet been approved
by the staff as evidenced in a staff safety evaluation report, there is no
present implementation requirement; consequently, completion of such items
will be governed by the schedules in the revised rule.
In the interim, pending the effective date of the revised rule, the
Commission has approved a new Section 50.48 of 10 CFR 50 suspending
completion dates for fire protection modifications previously approved by
the NRC staff. This new section became effective upon publication in the
Federal Register on October 29, 1980 (45 FR 71569). A copy of the new rule
is enclosed for your information. This rule will be superseded by the
revised rule when it becomes effective.
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In the near future, we plan to contact you to identify specifically which
fire protection features associated with your facility are covered by
Appendix R and would thus be subject to one set of schedules, and which are
previously approved items which are covered by a different set of schedules.
Sincerely,
Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director
Division of Licensing
Enclosure:
As stated
cc w/enclosure:
See next page
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Northeast Nuclear Energy Company
cc: Mr. John Shedlosky
William H. Cuddy, Esquire Resident Inspector/Millstone
Day, Berry g Howard c/o U.S. NRC
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Hall of Records - 200 Boston Post Road
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Northeast Nuclear Energy Company
ATTN: Superintendent
Millstone Plant Connecticut Energy Agency
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Waterford, Connecticut 06385 Development
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Office of Radiation Programs Hartford, Connecticut 06106
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Arlington, Virginia 20460
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ATTN: EIS COORDINATOR
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Boston, Massachusetts 02203
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Northeast Utilities Service Company
ATTN: Mr. James R. Himmelwright
Nuclear Engineering and Operations
P. O. Box 270
Hartford, Connecticut 06101