ML17056A337
| ML17056A337 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 10/02/1989 |
| From: | Ronald Bellamy NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Burkhardt L NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8910110105 | |
| Download: ML17056A337 (12) | |
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OCT 02 1989 Docket Nos.
50"220 50-410 Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation ATTN:
Mr. Lawrence Burkhardt, III Executive Vice President Nuclear Operations 301 Plainfield Road
- Syracuse, New York 13212 Gentlemen:
Enclosed is a September 22, 1989 letter from. the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region II to Donald A. DeVito, Director, New York State Emergency Management Office, which describes two inadequacies identified during the May 16, 1989 emergency exercise at Nine Mile Point.
These planning inadequacies concern the availability of transportation resources and the training of emergency. workers, and have resulted in FEMA's finding that the New York State Radiological Emergency Preparedness Plan is not adequate to protect public health and safety.
In accordance with 44 CFR 350, FEMA has initiated action to withdraw approval of the Plan.
We are concerned about the inadequacies identified by FEMA.
As stated in the
- letter, FEMA has given the.State.four months in-which to correct the inadequacies.
Accordingly, you should coordinate with New York and Oswego County in'esponding to these issues and should assist them in developing a schedule for ensuring timely corrective actions.
Please keep this office informed of progress.
If you have any questions, please call me at 215-337-5200.
Sincerely,
Enclosure:
As Stated 6,"!final Sigrco Gy:
ficnald R. Uelhmy Ronald R. Bellamy, Chief Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards OFFICIAL RECORD COPY NINE MILE LETTER -
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V. Mangan, Senior Vice President D. Palmer, Acting Manager, Quali.ty Assurance W. Hansen,
- Manager, Corporate Quality Assurance R. Smith, Unit 2 Superintendent, Operations C.
- Beckham, Manager, Nuclear Quality Assurance Operations R. Abbott, Unit 2 Station Superintendent J. Perry, Vice President, Quality Assurance K. Dahlberg, Unit 1 Station Superintendent R. Randall, Unit 1 Superintendent, Operations J. Willis, General Station Superintendent C. Terry, Vice President Nuclear Engineering and Licensing J.
- Warden, New York Consumer Protection Branch T. Conner, Jr.,
Esquire G. Wilson, Senior Attorney J.
Keib, Esquire
- Director, Power Division, Department of Public Service, State State of New York, Department of Law Public Document Room (PDR)
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NRC Resident Inspector State of New York of New York bcc w/encl:
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/Con Be//gory' Federal Emergency Management Agency Region II 26 Federal Plaza New York, New York 10278 0
September 22, 1989 Mr. Donald A. DeVito, Director State Emergency Management Office
'ublic Security Building State Campus
- Albany, New York 12226-5000
Dear Mr. DeVito:
Thzs letter zs provided to apprise you of our concerns regarding the status of off-site preparedness surrounding the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Power Station.
In your March 9, 1989 "Annual-Letter of Certification" you.
1988 the re
- ensured, as per Guidance Memorandum PR-1 that i 1
d e requxsxte activities had been addressed by Oswego Count for the following functional areas:
ego oun y Public Education and Information Emergency Facilities and Equipment Exercises Radiological Emergency
Response
Training Update of Plans and Letters of Agreement Alert and Notification The bxennzal exercise for this site, conducted on Ma 16 19 igned to evaluate emergency response capabilities set forth y
in the Nine Nile Response Plan.
The post-exercise e
1 t' egion resulted xn three deficiencies and several Areas Requiring Corrective Action (ARCA).
The ensuing ARCAs 1
th s xnvo ve he f equipment, facxlxties, procedures and training.
The exercise deficiencies concern the following issues:
EBS message development (FEMA Objective 13)
Notification of the hearing impaired (FEMA Objective 12)
Training of monitors at the Reception Center (FEMA Objective 21)
After the summation of these exercise results, it has come to my attention that two functional areas of emergency preparedness have been deteriorating to a point which causes due concern as to the assurance this plan gives for the protection of the general public.
My concerns with these two functional areas',
resources and training, are discussed below.
Resources According to FEMA's assessment of the.May 16, 1989 exercise through LOAs, 'the Oswego County Plan requires more buses than are available for a one wave evacuation of school children and transit dependent general population.
The current plan requires a total of 366 buses and 5 vans for a single wave evacuation of schools, special facilities and the transit dependent general population.
FEMA has determined from the plan that only 353 buses would be available in the event of an evacuation totals to only 353.
Below is an outline of these calculations:
evacuat'on re irements:
City School District of Oswego City School District of Mexico Special Facilities General Population Total vans 2
1 2
buses 112 52 12u 366 evacuat'on esources:
City School District of Oswego Centro of Osvego Gibson Bus Service Centro of Syracuse Oswego County BOCES Oswego County Opportunities Mexico Academy
& Central Schools Total buses v~a 67 9
10 175 29 19 44 353 From these figures it. appears that there are not sufficient bus resources to meet the requirements for a single vave evacuation.
These figures leave a shortage of 13 buses and 5
vans.
Aside from this procedural
- problem, the exercise brought forth the same resource problem.
During the
- exercise, only 131 buses were available for the evacuation of the Oswego County school children located in the Emergency Planning Zone.
This is 33 fever buses than is necessary for a complete school evacuation.
Train' The performance of emergency workers during this exercise and the available training logs indicate that the annual training of emergency workers was either not performed or was
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ineffective.
(Guidance Memorandum PR-1, Sec.
0.5)
Bus Drivers:
Those training logs, maintained at the Oswego County EOC, indicate only 136 Oswego County emergency worker bus drivers have been trained since January 1988.
Since the total number of buses and vans required for an evacuation is 371, there is a deficit of 235 trained emergency bus drivers needed to implement an evacuation.
u ance Dr've s:
Ambulance companies, listed in the Oswego County plan, also are required to have annual training.
Although the plan does not specify the quantity of vehicles provided by each
- company, there are two ambulance companies which, by your records, have not received
~an training this year.
(SOVAC Ambulance Corp.
and Phoenix Ambulance Corp.)
Review of other ambulance driver training logs indicate that a total of 50 drivers have been trained.
Since the vehicle requirements are not outlined, FEMA is unable to determine whether this training is adequate.
General:
During the exercise, one deficiency and several ARCAs are directly related to training.
The deficiency (OCFA 1), incurred at the Arts and Home Center Reception
- Center, points to a lack of trained monitors and inefficient monitoring techniques.
The training related ARCAs indicates lack of or insufficien4 review in procedural items and radiological exposure control.
In particular, these training issues concern field teap coordinators, vehicle monitors, reception center monitors (vehicle and decontamination),
PMC
- workers, and ambulance drivers.
FEMA is concerned that this lack of training and absence of sufficient resources may place the health and safety of the public in jeopardy.
After review of these issues, the certification of completed training and adequate resources is in question.
It appears that Oswego County is unable to provide adequate transportation resources to complete a single wave evacuation of the Plume Exposure Pathway Emergency Planing Zone.
Also apparent is the insufficient quantity of emergency bus drivers to implement an evacuation.
FEMA finds that due to the inadequacy of the number of trained emergency workers, the Plan is not adequate to protect public health and safety by providing reasonable assurance that appropriate protective measures can be taken..
FEMA is, therefore, invoking the provisions of FEMA Rule 44 CFR 350.13 to withdraw approval of the Plan.
If, after four months from the date of this letter, the State of New York has not corrected the inadequacy by providing the required number of trained emergency
- workers, and adequate transportation resources, FEMA will withdraw approval of the Plan and immediately inform you and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of the determination to withdraw the approval.
At that time, FEMA would be required to publish notification of the withdrawal in the Federal Register and the local newspaper having the largest daily circulation in the State.
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Please provide this office with a schedule of corrective actions in sufficient detail to review. by October 30, 1989.
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NRC Region I Sincerely, Paul Weberg, Chairman Regional Assistance Committee
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