ML17216A475

Ohio Department of Health

ML17216A475
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	08/01/2017
From:	Salz C State of OH, Emergency Management Agency
To:	Allan Barker NRC/RGN-III
Barker A
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Emergency Management Agency Executive Director August 1, 2017 Mr. Allan Barker Emergency Medical Services Office of Criminal Justice Services Emergency Management Agency Ohio Homeland Security 2855 West Dublin-Granville Road Ohio State Highway Patrol Columbus, Ohio 43235-2206 (614) 889-7150 www.ema.ohio.gov State and Government Affairs for Region Ill Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrensville Road Lisle, Illinois 60605-4351

Dear Mr. Barker:

This letter requests permission to observe the NRC Inspection scheduled for the week of August 14, 2017 at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. In support of Utility Radiological Safety Board Joint Inspection Observation Program activities, Ohio Department of Health would like to send a representative to that inspection to cover the Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) and asks that you please coordinate this request with the lead NCR inspector, Steve Bell.

The person who will be observing this inspection for Ohio Department of Health is (John) Eric Denison, a Senior Health Physicist in the Health and Safety Section of the Bureau of Environmental Health and Radiation Protection.

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Mission Statement To coordinate activities to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters RECEIVED AUG 0 4 2017

July 28, 2017 Mr. Christopher Salz Branch Chief Ohio Emergency Management Agency 2855 W. Dublin-Granville Road Columbus, Ohio 43235 Re: Perry Nuclear Power Plant JIOP Coordination

Dear Christopher,

614/466-3 543 www. odh.oh io.gov Lance Himes/Director of Health The Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection schedule shows an inspection scheduled for the week of August 14 at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant.

In support of Utility Radiological Safety Board Joint Inspection Observation Program (JIOP) activities, ODH would like to send a representative to cover activities of that inspection. The inspection is to cover Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP). We ask. that you please coordinate this request with the NRC lead inspector involved in this effort, Steve Bell.

The individual representing ODH for this inspection will be (John) Eric Denison, a Senior Health Physicist in the Health and Safety Section of the Bureau of Environmental Health & Radiation Protection. He can be reached by telephone at 614-644-6362 or via email at Eric.Denison@odh.ohio.gov.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

~1r Supervisor, Radiological Health and Safety Ohio Dept. of Health, Bureau of Environmental Health & Radiation Protection HEA 6413 (Rev. 6117)

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Protocol Agreement for State Observation of NRC Inspections NRC Protocol:

The Regional State Liaison Officer (RSLO) will normally be the lead individual responsible for tracking requests for State observation, assuring consistency regarding these requests, and for advising the Regional Administrator on the dispositions of these requests. The appropriate technical representative or Division Director will communicate with the State on specific issues concerning the lnspectlons(s).

Requests for observations of Headquarter-based Inspections will also be coordinated through the RSlO. Headquarters-based Inspections should be referred through the RSLO to a technical representative designated by the Region.

NRC will process written requests to the Regional Administrator through the State Uaison Officer (SLO). Requests should ldent:Jfy the type of inspection activity and facility the State wishes to observe.

Limits on scope and duration of the observation period may be imposed If, In the view of the Regional Administrator, they compromise the efficiency or effectiveness of the Inspection. Regions should use their discretion as to which, ff any, inspections will be excfuded from observations.

State will be informed they must not release information concerning the time and purpose of unannounced Inspections.

The Region will make It clear to the licensee that the State views are not necessarily endorsed by NRC. The R.egfon wfll also make It dear that only NRC has regulatory authority for Inspection findings and enforcement actions regarding radiological health and safety.

State Protocol:

A State will make advance arrangements with the licensee for site access training and badging (subject to fitness for duty requirements), prior to the actual inspection.

Normally, no more than one Individual will be allowed to observe an NRC inspection.

The State will be responsible for determining the technical and professional competence or Its representatives who accompany NRC Inspectors.

An observer's communication with the licensee will be through the appropriate NRC team member, usually the senior resident inspector or the team leader.

When lnfonned of an unannounced inspection, a State must not release Information concerning its time and purpose.

An observer will remain In the company of NRC personnel throughout the course of the Inspection.

State observation may be terminated by the NRC If the observer's conduct interferes with a fair and orderly Inspection.

An observer will not be provided with proprietary or safeguards Information. Observers will not remove any material from the site without NRC or licensee approval.

2 The 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 hanntul substances which may occur to the accompanyJng Individual during the inspection and will assume no Uablllty for any incidents associated with the accompaniment.

The State observer wlll be expected to adhere to the same conduct as NRC inspectors during an Inspection accompaniment.

If the State observer notices any apparent non-conformance wltn safety or regulatory requirements during 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 communlcatlons may be made publicly avallable, 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 to-mile radius) of an NRC-licensed fadlity located in another State. A host State ls a State In which an NRC-licensed faclllty *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 determination 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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