ML17277B588
| ML17277B588 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 05/09/1983 |
| From: | Jordan E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Krimm R Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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| ML17277B584 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8501150278 | |
| Download: ML17277B588 (5) | |
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Richard M. Krimm Assistant Associate Director Office of Natural and Technological Hazards Federal Emergency Management Agency FROM:
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Edward L. Jordan, Director Division of Emergency Preparedness and Engineering
Response
Office of Inspection and Enforcement HRC POSITION CONCERNING 15 MINUTES PUBLIC NOTIFICATION CAPABILITY This responds to your request made at the April 7, 1983 FEMA/NRC Steering Committee MIeeting for the NRC to furnish its position regarding the capability for prompt public notification.
10 CFR 50.47(b) establishes 16 planning standards for nuclear power reactors.
One of these standards as set forth in 10 CFR 50.47(b)(5) requires, in part, that ".... means to provide early notification and clear instruction to the populace within the plume exposure pathway Emergency Planning 2one have been established."
In addition 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E( IV)(D)(3) requires that "The licensee shall demonstrate that the State/local officials have the
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The design objective shall be to have the capability to essentially complete the initial notification of the public within the plume exposure pathway EP2 within about 15 minutes.
The use of this notification capability will range from immediate notification of the public (within 15 minutes of the time that State and local officials are notified that the situation exists requiring urgent action) to the more likely events where there is substantial time available for the State and local governmental officials to make a judgment whether or not to activiate the public notification system."
As further clarification, the Statement of Considerations which accompanied the HRC's final rules on emergency preparedness (see 45 FR 55403, dated August 19, 1980), state that the expansion of Sections of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E includes "Provisions for the State and local governmental authorities to have a capability for rapid notification of the public during a serious reactor emergency, with a design objective of completina the initial notification within 15 minutes after notification b the licensee....
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Thus, it is our position that there is a clear regulatory requirement that the capability shall exist to alert and notify the public within 3G minutes.
It is not intended that the entire local response is required to be in place.
In accordance with our May 2, 1983 telecon it is the NRC staff view that subse-quent to a prompt alert and notification (within 30 minutes of an event) of a rapidly progressing accident, full deployment of offsite officials beyond those which are continuously available, may require an hour or so from the declara-tion of the event.
Please be. aware that in preparing this memorandum we have made no interpretations of the Commission's
- rules, as 10 CFR 1.32 clearly stipulates that official written interpretations of the Corrmission's rule can only be issued by the NRC Office of the General Counsel.
Edwa
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M. Taylor, IE S.
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V. Everett, Manager Emergency Preparedness Programs WA Public Power Supply System P.O.
Box 968 Richland, Washington 99352
Dear Mr. Everett:
As a result of discussions with parties in this Region, I requested a
meeting of the NRC/FEMA Steering Committee on the current definition and interpretation of alert criteria and default times contained in Planning Standard E and Appendix 3 of'UREG 0654/FEMA REP-l, Rev. l.
The Steering Committee met on April 7, 1983, and the enclosed position paper was received by my National Office and forwarded to me last week.
It is important for you to note that this paper does not imply any change in criteria with respect to the design and capabilities of the alert and notification system or in the capabilities of your organization te acti-vate the system.
Furthermore, the default times of 15 minutes and 30 minutes are the times we have been using to assess your preparedness capabilities under normal conditions and response capabilities under exercise conditions.
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