ML13316A238
| ML13316A238 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 07/29/1997 |
| From: | Anderson C SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9710300023 | |
| Download: ML13316A238 (13) | |
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON An EDISON L\\TER.\\ATIOVAL Company July 29, 1997 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C.
20555 Gentlemen:
Subject:
Docket Nos. 50-361 and 50-362 1997 Emergency Plan Exercise San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2 and 3 Enclosed are the scope and objectives for the San Onofre annual emergency plan exercise scheduled for October 28, 1997. These documents contain information about the exercise. To assure the security of the scenario, they should not be disclosed until after the exercise. Edison therefore requests that the enclosures not be filed or distributed to exercise participants until after October 28, 1997.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Sinc
- ely, Cyrus K. Anderson Manager, Site Emergency Preparedness Enclosures cc:
w/o enclosures E. W. Merschoff, Regional Administrator, NRC Region IV K. E. Perkins, Jr., Director, Walnut Creek Field Office, NRC Region IV J. A. Sloan, NRC Senior Resident Inspector, San Onofre Units 2 & 3 M. B. Fields, NRC Project Manager, San Onofre Units 2 and 3 M. K. Webb, NRC Project Manager, San Onofre Unit 1 L. C. Carson, Regional Project Inspector, San Onofre Unit 1 S. S. Bajwa, Section Chief, Decommissioning Section Linda Vasta-Huerta (FEMA, Region IX) cc:
w/enclosures G. M. Good, Senior Emergency Preparedness Analyst, NRC Region IV 9710300023 970729 PDR ADOCK 05000206 S
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ENCLOSURE 1 EXERCISE SCOPE
ENCLOSURE 1 EXERCISE SCOPE EXERCISE SCOPE The annual Emergency Plan Exercise to evaluate major portions of the station's emergency response capabilities will be conducted at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) on October 28, 1997 from 0800 until about 1400.
The exercise will be graded by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA).
The exercise scenario will take place at Units 1 and 2, and will result in all San Onofre Emergency Response Facilities being activated. The exercise will test implementing procedures and methods, emergency equipment and communications capabilities, and the emergency organization personnel's familiarity with their duties.
Specific objectives for SONGS and Offsite Jurisdictions are listed in enclosures 2 and 3. The ingestion pathway exercise, originally scheduled for this year will be rescheduled for 1999 to permit participation by federal agencies, including the NRC.
This year's full participation exercise has been structured to include all offsite jurisdictions within the plume exposure pathway Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) to facilitate their biennial evaluation by FEMA. Offsite jurisdictions will participate by activating their Emergency Operations Centers (EOC), using the interagency communications system (Yellow Phone) stations, and performing other functions specified in their emergency plans.
The following jurisdictions will participate in the Exercise:
- City of Dana Point
- City of San Clemente
- City of San Juan Capistrano
- Orange County
- San Diego County
- State Regional Emergency Operations Center
- California Department of Parks and Recreation, Orange Coast District
- USMC Camp Pendleton In addition to the above agencies, the Offsite Dose Assessment Center at the station's Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) will be activated and radiation monitoring teams will be deployed.
The San Onofre Operations crew will be staged at the Unit 2 simulator and the Unit 1 control room. Other San Onofre participants will be staged at in-plant locations, and at normal work locations as appropriate for the exercise's initial conditions. Offsite participants will be staged at their normal work locations or near their respective EOCs and will report to the facilities in response to the emergency notification process.
The exercise will begin at the Alert level, escalate first to a Site Area Emergency, and then to a General Emergency. Detailed information regarding the specifics of the event scenario will be provided in a later submittal.
Alert declaration requires that on-shift personnel classify the event, notify plant personnel, initiate a recall of SONGS emergency response personnel, and make the necessary notifications to offsite agencies and the NRC.
Site Area Emergency declaration requires that all non-emergency response personnel assemble outside of the Protected Area.
Protective actions for non participants will be simulated. Therefore, prepared public address announcements will be made directing non-participants to continue with their normal work.
General Emergency declaration requires that non-emergency response personnel evacuate the site via a designated route. Additional prepared public address announcements will be made directing non-participants to continue with their normal work. There will be no actual sheltering or evacuation of the public.
The following activities will be simulated during the exercise:
- Beach evacuation.
- Public 'protective actions (sheltering and evacuation).
- Activation of the Community Alert Siren System.
- Use of the Emergency Alert System.
- Containment entry.
- Potassium iodide use.
- Silver zeolite cartridge use.
- Assembly and evacuation of site personnel
- Use of emergency response security measures.
- Manipulation of plant equipment (onsite emergency sirens will be sounded).
- NRC Red Phone contact shall be simulated unless requested otherwise by the NRC.
- Use of Self Contained Breathing Apparatus shall be exercised if required by scenario conditions, however such use shall be limited to a demonstration of its proper use, including donning and doffing, bottle change-out and communications.
ENCLOSURE 2 EXERCISE OBJECTIVES FOR SONGS EXERCISE OBJECTIVES FOR SONGS
- Emergency Recognition and Classification Demonstrate the ability of the Control Room and the TSC to recognize accident conditions, and to declare the appropriate emergency classification as soon as possible following the recognition of abnormal plant conditions.
- Protective Action Recommendations Demonstrate the ability to make timely and appropriate protective action recommendations throughout the event.
- Emergency Response Facility Augmentation and Staffing Demonstrate the prompt augmentation of on-shift emergency response personnel and timely activation of the OSC, TSC, EOF and HSC.
- Initial Emergency Coordinator Duties Demonstrate the ability of the Shift Superintendent to have the following completed in a timely manner: offsite agency notification, recall, NRC notification, and public address/siren activation.
- Activation of Recall System Demonstrate the ability of the Shift Communicator to notify site personnel of the emergency by activation of the recall system.
- Siren/Public Address Activation Demonstrate the ability of the on-shift operations crew and TSC personnel to provide timely, clear public address announcements and to properly activate the site sirens.
- Notification of NRC Demonstrate the ability of the on-shift operations crew to provide the initial NRC notification.
- Intra-facility Communications Demonstrate Emergency Response Facility communications that promote a good understanding of the status of the event and actions underway to mitigate the event.
- Response Team Planning and Dispatch Demonstrate effective planning, dispatch and coordination of field teams from the OSC.
- Response Team Tracking Demonstrate the ability of the OSC to effectively track all personnel outside of the onsite emergency response facilities as field teams.
- Information to Emergency Response Personnel Demonstrate the ability to provide radiological information to personnel in the OSC and to field teams.
- Health Physics Sampling and Analysis Demonstrate the ability to perform airborne sample collection and analysis in accordance with Health Physics procedures.
- Direct Radiation Measurement Demonstrate the ability of field teams to perform radiation measurements in accordance with Health Physics procedures.
- Dose Projections Demonstrate the ability to make timely and accurate dose projections.
- Determine Magnitude and Impact of a Radiological Release Demonstrate the ability to assess the isotopic makeup of a radiological release, incorporate into dose projections, and consider the results in recommending protective action.
- Notification to Offsite Agencies Demonstrate the ability to provide clear, timely and accurate notifications to offsite agencies within specified time limits using the available communication systems.
- Accountability Demonstrate the timely completion of Protected Area Personnel Accountability reports.
- Headquarters Support Center (HSC) Engineering Support of the Technical Support Center (TSC) and Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)
Demonstrate the ability of the HSC to provide requested support to the TSC and/or EOF.
- ENC Facilities and Equipment Demonstrate the adequacy of facilities, equipment, displays and other materials to support emergency operations.
- ENC Communications Demonstrate the ability to communicate with all appropriate emergency personnel at the EOF, EOCs and other appropriate emergency response facilities.
- News Releases Demonstrate the ability to coordinate the development and dissemination of clear, accurate, and timely information to the news media.
ENCLOSURE 3 EXERCISE OBJECTIVES FOR OFFSITE JURISDICTIONS EXERCISE OBJECTIVES FOR OFFSITE JURISDICTIONS
- Mobilization of Emergency Personnel Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully mobilize personnel for both emergency facilities and field operations. Demonstrate the capability to activate and staff emergency facilities for emergency operations.
- Facilities - Equipment, Displays, and Work Environment Demonstrate the capability to fully alert, mobilize and activate personnel for facility and field based functions.
- Direction and Control Demonstrate the capability to direct and control emergency operations.
- Communications Demonstrate the capability to communicate with all appropriate emergency personnel at facilities and in the field.
- Emergency Worker Exposure Control Demonstrate the capability to continuously monitor and control radiation exposure to emergency workers.
- Field Radiological Monitoring - Ambient Radiation Monitoring Demonstrate the appropriate use of equipment and procedures for determining field radiation measurements.
- Plume Dose Projection Demonstrate the capability to develop dose projections and protective action recommendations regarding evacuation and sheltering.
- Field Radiological Monitoring - Airborne Radioiodine and Particulate Activity Monitoring Demonstrate the appropriate use of equipment and procedures for the measurement of airborne radioiodine concentrations as low as 10E-7 (0.0000001) microcuries per cubic centimeter in the presence of noble gases and obtain samples of particulate activity in the airborne plume.
- Plume Protective Action Decision Making Demonstrate the capability to make timely and appropriate protective action decisions (PAD).
- Alert and Notification Demonstrate the capability to promptly alert and notify the public
-within the 10 mile plume pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ) and disseminate instructional messages to the public on the basis of decisions by appropriate State or local officials.
- Public Instructions and Emergency Information Demonstrate the capability to coordinate the formulation and dissemination of accurate information and instructions to the public.
- Emergency Information - Media Demonstrate the capability to coordinate the development and dissemination of clear, accurate, and timely information to the news media.
- Emergency Information - Rumor Control Demonstrate the capability to establish and operate rumor control in a coordinated and timely manner.
- Implementation of Protective Actions - Use of KI for Emergency Workers, Institutionalized Individuals, and the General Public Demonstrate the capability and resources to implement potassium iodide (KI) protective actions for emergency workers.
- Implementation of Protective Actions - Special Populations Demonstrate the capability and resources necessary to implement appropriate protective actions for special populations.
- Implementation of Protective Actions - Schools Demonstrate the capability and resources necessary to implement protective actions for school children within the plume pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ).
- Traffic and Access Control Demonstrate the organizational capability and resources necessary to control evacuation traffic flow and to control access to evacuated and sheltered areas.
- Emergency Workers, Equipment, and Vehicles - Monitoring and Decontamination Demonstrate the adequacy of procedures for the monitoring and decontamination of emergency workers, equipment, and vehicles.
- Continuous, 24-hour Staffing Demonstrate the capability to maintain staffing on a continuous, 24-hour basis through an actual shift change.