Regulatory Reporting Requirements (XI1.ID2)

Question 1

XI1.ID2

What are the two conditions that would require a 1 hour report to the NRC?

Answer 1

• Emergency Event (any declaration of……:)
  
  • Unusual Event
  • Alert
  • Site Area Emergency
  • General Emergency
• Non-Emergency Event
  
  • Deviation from license (T.S.) via 10 CFR 50.54 X

Question 2

XI1.ID2

What are the conditions that warrant 4 hour report to NRC?

Answer 2

• Initiation of a T.S. Required shutdown
• ECCS actuation that results or should have resulted in a discharge into the RCS (via a valid actuation signal) *
• Rx trip from criticality *
• Any news release that may generate national attention

* unless trip or ECCS is part of a pre-planned evolution (testing, normal shutdown trip)

Question 3

XI1.ID2

What are the conditions that warrant an 8 hour NRC report notification?

Answer 3

• Condition of plant seriously degraded (fission prod barriers)
• plant in unanalyzed condition (that significantly degrades plant “system safety function(s)”)
• valid actuation of following: (unless part of planned evolution)
  
  • RPS
  • Cnmt Isolation
  • ECCS
  • AFW
  • Cnmt heat removal/ depressurization
  • DG’s
• condition that could have prevented a safety function from being executed had an actuation taken place
• contaminated, injured man transported to offsite facility
• loss of major assessment capability (CR ind, MET tower, etc.)

Question 4

XI1.ID2

What are the defined “System Safety Functions” that if lost/degraded requires a report to the NRC?

Who is responsible to make an immediate notification to the NRC if conditions warrent?

Answer 4

• shutdown Rx and maintain in a safe s/d condition
• remove residual heat
• control release of radioactive material
• mitigate the consequences of an accident

Shift Manager

Question 5

XI1.ID2

What is the “Event discovery date” when it comes to makeing reports to the NRC?

When does it start?

Answer 5

• it is the date and time the clock for reports due to the NRC starts

start times

• date/time tech, engineer, supervisor identifies problem
• if engineering eval is required to determine operability/compliance the date is whenever resonable expectation the equipment operability no longer exists (eval starts to go south)

Question 6

10 CFR 55/ XI1.ID2

Other than a change to an “operators” medical conditins, what else concerning that operator required a 30 day report to the NRC?

Answer 6

• Permanent re-assignment
• termination
• felony conviction

Question 7

XI1.ID2

Other than 50.54 x and emergency class declaration, what else will required “immediate” notification to NRC?

Answer 7

• lost/ stolen special nuc material. (>1000 x 10CFR20)
• overexposure / excessive release
• termination of emergency class
• safety limit violation