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EA-05-190
January 31, 2006
Mr. Michael R. Kansler
President
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
SUBJECT: |
CONFIRMATORY ORDER MODIFYING LICENSE TO REQUIRE BACKUP
POWER FOR THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR
GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 |
Dear Mr. Kansler:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is issuing
the enclosed Confirmatory Order to Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.,
to address the requirement of PL 109-58, 119 Stat 594, Section 651(b)
of the Energy Policy Act (Act) of 2005. The Act was enacted on August
8, 2005. The Act mandates that “for any licensed nuclear power
plants located where there is a permanent population, as determined by
the 2000 decennial census, in excess of 15,000,000 within a 50-mile radius
of the power plant, not later than 18 months after enactment of this
Act, the Commission shall require that backup power to be available for
the emergency notification system of the power plant, including the emergency
siren warning system, if the alternating current supply within the 10-mile
emergency planning zone of the power plant is lost.” Indian Point
Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 meet the criteria of the Act. The
Confirmatory Order will require backup power for the emergency notification
system used for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3. The
Confirmatory Order will become effective immediately upon issuance and
fully implemented by January 30, 2007.
Questions concerning this Confirmatory Order should be addressed to
Eric J. Leeds, Director, Division of Preparedness and Response, who can
be reached at (301) 415-2334 or Nader L. Mamish, Director, Emergency
Preparedness Directorate, who can be reached at (301) 415-1086.
Pursuant to Section 223 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,
any person who willfully violates, attempts to violate, or conspires
to violate, any provision of this Order shall be subject to criminal
prosecution as set forth in that section. Violation of this Order may
also subject the person to civil monetary penalty.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section
2.390 of the NRC’s “Rules of Practice,” a copy of this
letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public
inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the publicly available
record component of the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS).
ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html
(Public Electronic Reading Room). To the extent possible, your response
should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards
information so that it can be made available to the Public without
redaction. The NRC also includes significant enforcement actions
on its Web site at www.nrc.gov; select What
We Do, Enforcement, then
Significant
Enforcement Actions.
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Sincerely,
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/RA/
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J. E. Dyer, Director
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286
Enclosure: As stated
cc:
Mr. Gary J. Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
Entergy Operations, Inc.
1340 Echelon Parkway
Jackson, MS 39213
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Ms. Charlene D. Faison
Manager, Licensing
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601 |
Mr. John T. Herron
Senior Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
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Mr. Michael J. Columb
Director of Oversight
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601 |
Mr. Fred R. Dacimo
Site Vice President
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Indian Point Energy Center
295 Broadway, Suite 1
P.O. Box 249
Buchanan, NY 10511-0249
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Mr. James Comiotes
Director, Nuclear Safety Assurance
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Indian Point Energy Center
295 Broadway, Suite 1
P.O. Box 249
Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 |
Mr. Paul Rubin
General Manager, Plant Operations
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Indian Point Energy Center
295 Broadway, Suite 2
P.O. Box 249
Buchanan, NY 10511-0249
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Mr. Patric Conroy
Manager, Licensing
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Indian Point Energy Center
295 Broadway, Suite 1
P. O. Box 249
Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 |
Mr. Oscar Limpias
Vice President Engineering
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
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Mr. Travis C. McCullough
Assistant General Counsel
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601 |
Mr. Brian O’Grady
Vice President, Operations Support
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
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Ms. Stacey Lousteau
Treasury Department
Entergy Services, Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue
Mail Stop: L-ENT-15E
New Orleans, LA 70113
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Mr. John F. McCann
Director, Licensing
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
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Regional Administrator, Region I
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
475 Allendale Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406
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Senior Resident Inspector’s Office
Indian Point 2
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
P.O. Box 59
Buchanan, NY 10511
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Mr. William DiProfio
PWR SRC Consultant
139 Depot Road
East Kingston, NH 03827
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Senior Resident Inspector’s Office
Indian Point 3
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
P.O. Box 59
Buchanan, NY 10511
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Mr. Daniel C. Poole
PWR SRC Consultant
P.O. Box 579
Inglis, FL 34449
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Mr. Peter R. Smith, President
New York State Energy, Research, and
Development Authority
17 Columbia Circle
Albany, NY 12203-6399
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Mr. William T. Russell
PWR SRC Consultant
400 Plantation Lane
Stevensville, MD 21666-3232
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Mr. Paul Eddy
Electric Division
New York State Department
of Public Service
3 Empire State Plaza, 10th Floor
Albany, NY 12223
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Mr. Jim Riccio
Greenpeace
702 H Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20001
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Mr. Charles Donaldson, Esquire
Assistant Attorney General
New York Department of Law
120 Broadway
New York, NY 10271
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Mr. Phillip Musegaas
Riverkeeper, Inc.
828 South Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
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Mayor, Village of Buchanan
236 Tate Avenue
Buchanan, NY 10511
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Mr. Mark Jacobs
IPSEC
46 Highland Drive
Garrison, NY 10524 |
Mr. Ray Albanese
Executive Chair
Four County Nuclear Safety Committee
Westchester County Fire Training Center
4 Dana Road
Valhalla, NY 10592 |
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7590-01-P
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
In the Matter of |
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Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286 |
ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. |
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License Nos. DPR-26 and DPR |
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3) |
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EA-05-190 |
CONFIRMATORY ORDER MODIFYING LICENSE
(EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY)
I
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Licensee) is the holder of Facility
Operating License Nos. DPR-26 and DPR-64 issued by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or Commission) pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50. The licenses
authorize the operation of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos.
2 and 3, in accordance with the conditions specified therein. The facilities
are located on the Licensee’s site in Buchanan, New York.
II
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Act) (see 42 U.S.C. 2210 et seq.) was
enacted on August 8, 2005. Section 651(b) of the Act states:
“For any licensed nuclear power plants located where there is a permanent
population, as determined by the 2000 decennial census, in excess of 15,000,000
within a 50-mile radius of the power plant, not later than 18 months after
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall require that backup power to be available
for
the emergency notification system of the power plant, including the emergency
siren warning system, if the alternating current supply within the 10-mile
emergency planning zone of the power plant is lost.”
PL 109-58, 119 Stat 594. Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2
and 3 meet the criteria of the Act.
Adequate backup power for the emergency notification system (ENS), as required
by Section 651(b) of the Act, requires that: (a) the backup power supply for
the Public Alerting System (PAS) must meet commonly-applicable standards, such
as National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1221, Standard for the Installation,
Maintenance, and Use of Emergency Communications Systems (2002) and Underwriters
Laboratory (UL) 2017, Section 58.2; (b) each PAS and PAS Alerting Appliance
(PASAA) must receive adequate power to perform their intended functions such
that backup power is sufficient to allow operation in standby mode for a minimum
of 24 hours and in alert mode for a minimum of 15 minutes; (c) batteries used
for backup power must recharge to at least 80 percent of their capacity in
no less than 24 hours; (d) except for those components that are in facilities
staffed on a continuous basis (24 hours per day, 7 days per week) or otherwise
monitored on a continuous basis, immediate automatic indication of a loss of
power must be provided to the Licensee and appropriate government agencies;
and (e) except for those components that are in facilities staffed on a continuous
basis (24 hours per day, 7 days per week) or otherwise monitored on a continuous
basis, an automatic notification of an unplanned loss of power must be made
to the Licensee in sufficient time to take compensatory action before the backup
power supply can not meet the requirements of Section IV, part II. A. 2.
III
In order to carry out the statutory mandate discussed above, the Commission
has determined that the operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating
Unit Nos. 2 and 3 must be modified to include provisions with respect to
the measures identified in Section II of this Order. The requirements needed
to
effectuate the foregoing are set forth in Section IV below. On January
31, 2006, the Licensee consented to the license modifications set forth in
Section
IV below. The Licensee further agreed in its letter dated January 31, 2006,
that it has waived its right to a hearing on this Order, and, therefore,
that the terms of the Order are effective upon issuance.
I find that the license modifications set forth in Section IV are acceptable
and necessary, and conclude that with these provisions the Licensee will
be in compliance with the intent of the Act. Based on the above and Licensee’s
consent, this Order is immediately effective upon issuance.
IV
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 104b, 161b, 161i, 161o, 182 and
186 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, Section 651(b) of
the Energy
Policy
Act of 2005 (PL 109-58, 119 Stat 594), and the Commission’s regulations
in 10 CFR 2.202 and 10 CFR Part 50, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY,
THAT LICENSE NOS. DPR-26 AND DPR-64 ARE MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS:
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The Licensee shall provide and maintain a backup power
supply for the ENS for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos.
2 and 3, facilities. The ENS is the primary prompt notification system
used to alert the public of an event at a nuclear power plant.
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The Licensee shall implement II.A, II.B, and II.C.1-3 by January
30, 2007. The backup power system for the ENS shall be declared operable
by January 30, 2007. The backup power supply for the ENS shall include,
as a minimum:
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A. |
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A backup power supply for the PAS and each PASAA which
shall provide adequate power for each component to perform their design
function. These functions include the following as examples: sound
output, rotation, speech intelligibility, or brightness as applicable.
This criterion includes the associated activation, control, monitoring,
and testing components for the backup power supply to the ENS including,
but not limited to: radio transceivers, testing circuits, sensors to
monitor critical operating parameters of the PAS and PASAA.
The Licensee is required to meet all applicable standards, such as
NFPA Standard 1221, Standard for the Installation, Maintenance, and
Use of Emergency Communications Systems (2002) and UL 2017, Section
58.2;
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The backup power supply for each PAS and PASAA shall be designed for
operation in standby mode, including, but not limited to: radio transceivers,
testing circuits, sensors fully operational and providing polling data
to the activation, control, monitoring, and test system for at least
24 hours without AC supply power from the local electric distribution
grid. The backup power supply then shall be capable of performing its
intended function, without recharge, by operating the PAS and PASAA in
its alerting mode at its full design capability for a period of at least
15 minutes. This sequence shall be assumed to occur at the most unfavorable
environmental conditions including, but not limited to, temperature,
wind, and precipitation specified for PAS and PASAA operation and assume
that the batteries are approaching the end of their design life (i.e.,
the ensuing recharge cycle will bring the batteries back to the minimum
state that defines their design life).
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In defining battery design life, automatic charging shall be sized
such that batteries in the backup power are fully recharged to at least
80 percent of their maximum rated capacity from the fully discharged
state in a period of not more than 24 hours.
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Battery design life and replacement frequency shall comply with vendor(s)
recommendations.
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Except for those components that are in facilities staffed on a continuous
basis (24 hours per day, 7 days per week) or otherwise monitored on a continuous
basis, there shall be a feedback system(s) that provides immediate automatic
indication of a loss of power to the Licensee and the appropriate government
agencies, and an automatic notification of an unplanned loss of power must
be made to the Licensee in sufficient time to take compensatory action before
the backup power supply can not meet the requirements of Section IV, part II.
A. 2.
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The Licensee shall implement a preventative maintenance and testing
program of the ENS including, but not limited to: the equipment that
activates and monitors the system, equipment that provides backup power,
and the alerting device to ensure the ENS system performs to its design
specifications.
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The Licensee shall implement any new Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) guidance pertaining to backup power for ENS that may affect the
system requirements outlined in this Order that is issued prior to obtaining
DHS approval of the alerting system design. The Licensee shall not implement
any DHS guidance that reduces the effectiveness of the ENS as provided
for in this Order without prior NRC approval.
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The Licensee shall document the evaluation of lessons learned from
any evaluation of the current alert and notification system (ANS) and
address resolution of identified concerns when designing the backup power
system and such consideration shall be included in the design report.
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The final PAS design must be submitted to DHS for approval prior to
May 1, 2006.
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Within 60 days of the issuance of this Order, the Licensee shall submit
a response to this Order to the NRC Document Control Desk providing a
schedule of planned activities associated with the implementation of
the Order including interactions with the Putnam, Rockland, Westchester,
and Orange Counties, the State of New York, and DHS. In addition, the
Licensee shall provide a progress report on or shortly before June 30,
2006.
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The Licensee shall submit a proposed revision to its emergency response
plan to incorporate the implementation of items A.1–A.6, B.1–B.3,
and C.4–C.5. This plan shall be submitted to the NRC for review
and approval within 120 days from the issuance of the Order.
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Prior to declaring the ENS operable, the Licensee shall, in accordance
with a test plan submitted to and approved by the NRC in conjunction
with the design submittal, demonstrate satisfactory performance of all
(100%) of the ENS components including the ability of the backup power
supply to meet its design requirements.
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After declaring the ENS operable, the Licensee shall conduct periodic
testing to demonstrate reliable ENS system performance.
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The results from testing as discussed in paragraph C.4 shall be reported,
in writing, to the NRC Document Control Desk, with a copy to the Director
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, documenting the results of each test,
until there are 3 consecutive tests testing the operability of all ENS
components used during an actual activation), conducted no sooner than
25 days and no more than 45 days from the previous test with a 97% overall
entire emergency planning zone success rate with no individual county
failure rate greater than 10%. A false negative report from a feedback
system will constitute a siren failure for the purposes of this test.
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The Licensee shall submit a written report to the NRC Document
Control Desk, with a copy to the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,
when the ENS is declared operable.
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IV. |
The Licensee shall submit a written report to the NRC Document
Control Desk and provide a copy to the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
when it has achieved full compliance with the requirements contained
in this Order.
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The Licensee may use the criteria contained in 10 CFR 50.54(q)
to make changes to the requirements contained in this Order without prior
NRC approval provided that they do not reduce the effectiveness of the
Order requirements or the approved emergency plan. The Licensee shall
notify, in writing, the NRC Document Control Desk, with a copy to the
Director, Division of Preparedness and Response, Office of Nuclear Security
and Incident Response, 30 days in advance of implementing such a change.
For other changes, the Licensee may submit a request, in writing, to
the NRC Document Control Desk, with a copy to the Director, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, to relax or rescind any of the above requirements
upon a showing of good cause by the Licensee. |
V
Any person adversely affected by this Confirmatory Order, other than the
Licensee, may request a hearing within 20 days of its issuance. Where good
cause is
shown, consideration will be given to extending the time to request a hearing.
A request for extension of time must be made in writing to the Director,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, D.C. 20555, and include a statement of good cause for the extension.
Any request for a hearing shall be submitted to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Chief, Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff,
Washington, D.C. 20555. Copies of the hearing request shall also be sent
to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555; to the Assistant General Counsel for
Materials Litigation and Enforcement at the same address; to the Regional
Administrator, NRC Region I, U.S. NRC Region I, 475 Allendale Road, King
of Prussia, PA 19406-1415; and to the Licensee, Entergy Nuclear Operations,
Inc., 440 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601. Because of continuing
disruptions in delivery of mail to United States Government offices, it
is requested that answers and requests for hearing or for time extensions
be
transmitted to the Secretary of the Commission either by means of facsimile
transmission to 301-415-1101, or by e-mail to hearing.docket@nrc.gov, and
also to the Office of the General Counsel either by means of facsimile
transmission to 301-415-3725 or by e-mail to OGCMailCenter.Resource@nrc.gov. If a
person other
than the Licensee requests a hearing, that person shall set forth with
particularity the manner in which his interest is adversely affected by this
Order and
shall address the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 2.309.
If the hearing is requested by a person whose interest is adversely affected,
the Commission will issue an Order designating the time and place of any
hearing. If a hearing is held, the issue to be considered at such hearing
shall be whether
this Confirmatory Order should be sustained.
In the absence of any request for hearing or written approval of an extension
of time in which to request a hearing, the provisions specified in Section
IV above shall be final 20 days from the date of this Order without further
order or proceedings. If an extension of time for requesting a hearing has
been approved, the provisions specified in Section IV shall be final when
the extension expires if a hearing request has not been received. AN ANSWER
OR
A REQUEST FOR HEARING SHALL NOT STAY THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS
ORDER.
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FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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/RA/
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J. E. Dyer, Director
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
Dated this 31st day of January 2006
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