ML15057A546
| ML15057A546 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Perry  |
| Issue date: | 02/20/2015 |
| From: | Bear M Staehle Consulting, State of OH, Dept of Public Safety |
| To: | Allan Barker NRC/RGN-III |
| Barker A | |
| References | |
| Download: ML15057A546 (3) | |
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OHIO DEPARTMENT John R. Kaslch, Govemo.
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Emergency Management Agency Executive Director Emergency Medical Services
- Office of Criminal Justice Services Emergency Management Agency
- Ohio Homeland Security 2855 West Dublin-Granville Road
- Ohio State Highway Patrol (614) 889-7150 Mr. Allan Barker State and Government Affairs for Region III Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrensville Road Lisle, Illinois 60605-4351
Dear Mr. Barker:
February 20, 2015 This letter requests permission to observe the Radiological Hazard Assessment &
Exposure Control inspection at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant scheduled for the week of March 30, 2015.
www.ema.ohio.gov Mr. Robert Leidy, the Ohio Department of Health, has been selected by the Utility Radiological Safety Board to be the designated observer. Coordination will be made with the NRC Inspector. Mr. Leidy has obtained unescorted access authorization; therefore, a plant escort will not be necessary.
Enclosed is a copy of Mr. Leidy's signed NRC/State Protocol Statement.
MB/mw Enclosure Sincerely, Michael L. Bear State Liaison Officer RECEIVED FEB 26 2015 Mission Statement "to save lives, reduce injuries and economic loss, to administer Ohio's motor vehicle laws and to preserve the safety and well being of all citizens with the most cost-effective and service-oriented methods available."
Protocol Agreement for Stat~: Observation of NRC Inspections 1\\'Rl' Protocol:
Tht: Regionol State Liaison Officer (RSLO) will normally be the !.:ad individual responsible tor trac:king rt'quc-sls for :State obs.:rvation, assuring consistency regarding these rcqu\\."sts, and for advising the Regional Admmistrawr on thr dispositions of these request'>. 'l11e appropriate teclmical n::prcscntative or Division Oire..:tor will communicate with the State on spccitic issues concerning the inspectious1 s).
Requests for ob.scrvations of Headquarter-based inspections will also be coordinated through the RSLO.
Jieadquartcrs-based inspections should be refeued through the RSLO to a t~:clmical r~:prescntativc designated hy thc R.:giun.
- \\RC \\\\ill process written reqm:sts to the Regi(inal Adnunistrator through th:: St;ltc Liaison Officer (SID).
Rc:qut."sts ~h<.mld idc:uify th.: l)'pe of inspection activity and facility the Stat.: wtshcs to obserw.
l-imits on s..:opc and duration of the observation period may be imposed it: in t!a: vit:w of the Regional
. \\dministrator. they compromise the efficiency or effectiveness of the inspcction. Regwns should tt'>t: the1r discretion as to which, if any, inspections will be excluded from obs1.>J"Vation.s.
State will bl." mformcd they must not release infom1ation concerning the time and purpose of unannoun.:ed mspcctions.
lh'-* Rcgwn >\\ill n1akc it ckar to the licensee that the State views an: not necessarily cnJorsed by NRC. The Region will also make it dear that only NRC has regulatory authority tbr inspection findings and enforcement J<.:tldll:> n.:g<~rding radiological health and safety.
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. \\ Statc will make advance arrangements w1th the-licensee for site access training and badging (subject to iltness t0r duty rcqum:mcnts). prior to the actual msp~:ction.
- \\orm.:.lly. no more than on~ individual will t>c allowed to observe anl'\\RC inspection.
fh..: State >>ill be Iespon;,ibk for determining the tcchnkal and profession:~! comp.:k~nce of ib n:prcsentanve:>
whu a..:company ~Rc' insp~:etors.
- \\n obs..:rvcr's communi..:auon w1th the licensee will b.: through the Jppropriate ;.;Rc t<.::.un mcmber. usualiy the
~cnwr rcs1dent inspector or the team leader.
Wh..:n inti.m11ed of an unannoum:ed inspectiou, a State must not reh:ase information concerning its time and purpol!~:.
Au observ.:r will remain in the company ofl\\'RC personnel throughout the course of the inspcction.
State observation may be terminated by the NRC if the observer's conduct interferes with a fair and ordcrly inspection.
.-\\n observer will not be provided with proprietary or safeguards i.nforn1atiou. Observers will not remove: any
- n:ncrial from rhc sitt* without NRC or licensee appmval.
2 fhe State observer. in accompanying the NRC inspectors, does so at his or her own risk. NRC will not be responsible for injuries or exposures to hannful substances which may occur to the accompanying individual during the inspection and will assume no liability for any incidents associated with the accompaniment.
The State observer will be expected to adhere to the same conduct as NRC inspectors Juring an inspection accompaniment.
If the State observer notices any apparent non-confonnance with safety or regulatory requirements Juring the inspections, he/she will make those observations promptly known to the NRC team leader or lead inspector.
Likewise. when overall conclusions or views of the State observer are substantially different from those of the NRC inspectors, the State will advise the team leader or lead inspector and forward those views, in writing, to the NRC Region. This will allow NRC to take any necessary regulatory actions.
Under no circumstances should State communications regarding these inspections be released to the public or the licensee before they are reviewed by the NRC and the inspection report is issued. State communications may be made publicly available, similar to NRC inspection reports, after they have been transmitted to and reviewed by NRC.
Adjacent State Protocol:
An adjacent State is a State within the plume exposure pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ) (within approximately a 1 0-mile radius) of an NRC-licensed facility located in another State. A host State is a State in which an NRC-licensed facility is located. An adjacent State may request permission to observe NRC inspections at an NRC-licensed facility in a host State.
The adjacent State SLO must communicate hiS/her request for observation to the Regional Administrator for the region in which the facility is located.
The adjacent State SLO must also communicate his/her request to the host State SLO so that each State is aware of the other's intentions.
If a host State and an adjacent State request observation of the same inspection. the Regional Administrator will make the final detennination on the number of State observers who may attend the inspection. If there is a need to limit the numbers of observers, the Regional Administrator will routinely give preference to the host State observers.
- Adjacent State observers will abide by the same protocol in all aspects of the inspection as host States under this agreement.
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