IR 05000254/1981010
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| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 06/01/1981 |
| From: | Axelson W, Grant W, Paperiello C, Phillips M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| 50-254-81-10, 50-265-81-10, NUDOCS 8106190179 | |
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Reports No. 50-254/81-10; 50-265/81-10 Docket Nos. 50-254; 50-265 License Nos. DPR-29; DPR-30 Licensee: Commonwealth Edison Company Post Office Box 767 Chicago, IL 60690 Facility Name: Quad-Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Inspection At:
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Inspection on May 19-21, 1981'(Reports No. 50-254/81-10: 50-265/81-10)
Areas Inspected: Routine, announced inspection of Quad-Cities emergency exercise involving observations by ten NRC representatives of key functions and locations during the exercise. The inspection involved 77 inspector-hours onsite by ten NRC inspectors.
Results: No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted
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NRC Observers and Areas Observed
- W. Azelson, Acting Chief, Emergency Preparedness Section, Region III, Technical Support _ Center (TSC) and Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)
A. B. Davis, Deputy Director, Region III, TSC and EOF N. Chrissotimos, Senior Resident Inspector, Floater S. DuPont, Resident Inspector,' Floater
- R. DeFayette,. Emergency Preparedness Development Branch, Readquarters, Radiation Environmental Monitoring Team W. Grant, Radiation Specialist, Region III, Corporate Command Center (CCC)
- R. Lickus, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Region III, EOF
- M. Phillips, Radiation Specialist, Region III, Operations Support Center (OSC) and Inplant Health Physics Team J. Strassa, Public Affairs Officer, Region III, ECT
- B. Thompson, NRC Consultant, OSC and Inplant Realth Physics Tess
- Denotes those attending the exit interview on May 20, 1981.
Commonwealth Edison and Areas Observed F. Palmer, Vice President Nuclear Stations, Controller, EOF N. Kalivianakis, Station Director, TSC D. Galle, Manager of Operations, Controller, TSC J. Golden, Radioecology/ Emergency Planning Supervisor, Controller, EOF J. Baker, Controller, TSC
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J. Gudac, Controller, Control hoom R. Yung, Controller, OSC F. Ost, Controller, Implant Bealth Physics Team V. Chaney, Controller, Radiation Evironmental Monitoring ~Tese M. Andrews, Controller, Radiation Environmental Monitoring-Teme D. Thayer, Controller, Maintenance Tese W. Erenner, Controller, EOF W. Worden, Recovery Manager, EOF The above personnel attended the exit interview on May 20, 1981.
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General An exercise of the licensee's Generating Stations Emergency Plan (GSEP)
and the Quad-Cities Annex was conducted at the Quad-Cities Station on
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May 20, 1981, testing the intergrated responses of the licensee, State, and local organizations to a simulated emergency. The exercise tested the liccanee's response to a major asble gas and iodine release. Attach-
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ment I describes tF. Scenario. The exercise was integrated with a test of the States of ?..inois and Iowa, Clinton County (Iowa), Scott County (Iowa), Rock Island County (Illinois), and Whiteside County (Illinois)
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General Observations a.
Procedures This exercise was conducted in accordance with 10 CFR 50, Appendix E requirements using the GSEP, Quad-Cities Annex, and the Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures (EPIPs) used by the CCC, IOF, and Station, b.
Coordination The response was coordinated, orderly, and timely.
If the event had been real, the actions of the licensee would have been sufficient to permit the States and local authorities to take appropriate protect-tive actions.
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Observers Licensee observers monitored and critiqued this exercise along wit'
ten NRC observers and approximately 35 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) observers.
FEMA observed and will report on the re-sponses of the States and local governments.
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Critique The licensee held a critique immediately following the exercise the afternoon of May 20, 1981. The NRC and the licensee identified the deficiencies as discussed in the exit interview.
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Specific Deficiencies Noted Suggested improvements made by the NRC observers during the exit interview included:
(1) provide better management direction to the health physics tsaas; (2) document results of radiation surveys performed; and (3) provide additional training to the Environs Director in the operation of the Dose Assessment Computer. (S"fFA)
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Specific Observations a.
Control Room The eperators responded well to cues, and made proper notifications.
Information on plant conditions was routinely passed to the TSC in a timely manner. Although the exercise did not test the operator's ability to correct plant malfuntions, this area is tested during the NRC licensing an=4mation of the operators.
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Technical Support Center (TSC)
Activation of the permanent TSC was orderly and timely. Command and Control functions performed at the TSC were adequate. Monitoring of the TSC for radiological habitability was performed in the room housing the ventillation system for the TSC using an Eberline PING-2 which sessures airborne radiation levels. More training for the Environs Director on the use of the SYFA is needed. This was demonstrated when he was unable tu determine the correct protective actions to be taken while using the SYFA.
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Operation Support Center (OSC)
The OSC is the assembly area for the health physics emergency teams and the maintenance teams. Timely activation and management of this area were noted.
Periodie plant status updates from the control coom were passed on to personnel at the OSC. Although the OSC was cetivated for the, entire exercise, no air samples or direct radiation monitoring was performed to ensure habitability. This is attributed to lack of direction from the Rad / Chem Director at the TSC, who is responsible for all onsite protective measures to control personnel exposures. The observers found an adequate supply of protective clothing, potassium iodide, and dosimeters (both high and low range).
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Imergency Operations Facility (EOF)
The temporary EOF, which is located in the visitors center, was activated in accordance with the Emergency Plan and manned within one bour from the beginning of the exercise. Communications at the EOF were adequate, however, the NRC dedicated Health Physics Network and Emergency Notification System phones were not available.
Installation and maintance of these phones is under the direction of the MRC. These phones will be installed in the EOF in the near future.
Command and control functions at the EOF were adequate, and it was clear who was in charge. Adequate briefings of personnel regarding updated plant conditions were held. The interface between the senior managers at the EOF and the TSC was excellent.
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Corporate Command Center (CCC)
The CCC Director was notified of the Site Energency and other perti-
. ment data by the System Power Dispatcher thirty ninutes into the esercise. The CCC was activated, and completely manned within one hour of the beginning of the exercise. Communications with the site and offsite agencies were established. Upon manning of the EOF, some confusion arose at the CCC as to just what they were supposed to do.
CCC personnel appeared to handle the situation very well, however, if doubts arose about whether a particular notification or report was to be made by'the CCC or the ECT, personnel at the CCC asked
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the EOF. The CCC team responded with enthusiasm and intensity and worked at making the esercise run smoothly. They were fully pre-pared to reassume command functions whec notified of the increasing radiation at the EOF. Some minor communication and computer problems were handled quickly and professionally.
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Public Information Center The Public Information Center was established in the EOF. CECO's technical spokesperron gave periodic news briefing throughout the
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exercise. These briefings.were occassionally too technical in nature.however, CECO has improved in this area. Report's Guides were disseminated during this test. The inspectors feel this area will continue to improve with more esercises.
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-Environmental Monitoring Teams The environmental monitoring teams were dispatched to various down-wind sectors in both Iowa and Illinois. Although sampling and monitoring procedures were not referred to by the teams.during the esercise, these tasks were implemented properly. At times it was unclear as to which map (site environs or Illinois map) the field teams should use. Field teams were never informed as to whether iodine was.present in the release, although this information was
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available at the EOF, Potassium Iodide (KI), dosimetry, and pro-tective clothing were provided to team members prior to being dispatched
<tm the site. Teams were also given a briefing by the Environs Director prior to offsite monitoring.
Several times on the Iowa side communications from the team to the EOF was lost.
This was due to irregular terrain and not being within line of j
sight of the Station. On these occasions, the teams could have communicated by using a pay phone. A problem was noted in the use of terminology between teams and the EOF, e-g., dose rate results
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in area instead of ares / hour. This should be corrected by better training of team members and coassunicators. Monitoring teams could have been used more efficiently. CECO's teams should have been informed of what the State Radiological Assessment Teams were doing.
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Iaplant Eealth Physics Teams The two implant ~Bealth Physics teams were aware of the location of protective clothing, potassius iodide (KI), and self contained
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The only major problem identified involving inplant teams was a basic lack of specific mangement direction in the performance of their duties. There were four problems identified regarding
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(1) the team assigned to collect drywell air and primary coolant samples did not know which reactor unit to sample, nor the specific location to collect the primary cool.ut sample; (2) when told to take surveys outside of the plant in the protected area, the team walked along the edge of the buildings since they had not been directed to any specific locations; (3) in-plant surveys were taken in an ad hoe manner, rather than at pre-
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determined locations; and (4) survey results were not documented, but were verbally passed on to the TSC by telephone.
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Exit Interview-The inspectors held an exit interview at the conclusion of the licensee's critique with representatives denoted in Paragraph 1.
The licensee agreed to address the inspector's concerns stated in Paragraph 4.
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