ML18086B369
| ML18086B369 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 03/04/1982 |
| From: | Uderitz R Public Service Enterprise Group |
| To: | Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8203190037 | |
| Download: ML18086B369 (8) | |
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Public Service Electric and Gas Company Richard A. Uderitz 80 Park Plaza, Newark, NJ 07101 201-430-7380
. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 570, Newark, NJ 07101 Vice President Nuclear Director Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Attention: Mr. Stephen Varga, Chief Operating Reactors Branch 1 Division of Licensing SALEM GENERATING STATION UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 1982 FEMA/NRC EXERCISE OBJECTIVES Gentlemen:
March 4, 1982 This letter submits the exercise objective for the 1982 FEMA/NRC witnessed exercise for the New Jersey, Delaware and Salem Genera-ting Station Radiological Emergency Response Plans.
This exercise is planned for May 19, 1982 and is being performed to fulfill the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E.
The date for this ex-ercise and the enclosed objectives have been reviewed by officials of the States of Delaware and New Jersey and have their full con-currence.
We hereby submit this information on our and their be-half.
It is our intent to continue development of the detailed scenario for this exercise and to submit it for your review by the first week in April.
In addition, we plan to conduct a practice exercise on April 14th, which will not require your active participation.
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S. Varga Page 3/4/82 If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Mr. Peter A. Moeller, Manager - Nuclear Site Protection as (609) 935-6013.
Enclosure cc: Major Harold Spedding Clarke V. Jester Ronald C. Haynes Sincerely,
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Objectives for the 1982 NRC/FEMA Observed SGS Exercise Page 1 An integrated exercise will be conducted in order to demonstrate the radiological preparedness of the Salem Generating Station (SGS),
Public Service Electric & Gas, the State, County and municipal agencies of New Jersey and the State and County agencies of Delaware, by implementation of their emergency plans.
The exercise will provide the basis for an evaluation by the participating organizations of the adequacy of their emergency plans and of their competancy in implementing the plans.
The benefit of the self-critique will be the identification of any problems and the corrective measures required to improve performance.
The onsite and offsite objectives of the exercise are as follows:
A.
Emergency Operations Facilities and Resources
- 1.
Demonstrate the ability of the licensee to activate and staff the emergency response facilities as appropriate for the existing emergency class and to transfer functional responsibilities from the Control Room, to the TSC, to the EOF.
- 2.
Demonstrate the timely response of onsite licensee personnel to a call for activation of the TSC and offsite licensee personnel to a call for activation of the EOF.
- 3.
Demonstrate the effectiveness of the following licensee emergency facilities:
TSC, OSC, EOF, Media Center, and General Office.
- 4.
Demonstrate the effectiveness of the New Jersey and Delaware State and County EOCs, and the New Jersey municipal EOCs.
- 5.
Demonstrate that the communication systems between the licensee, the EOC's, the Federal agencies, and the contiguous States are operable.
- 6.
Demonstrate that messages are transmitted in an accurate and timely manner; that messages are properly logged; that status boards are accurately maintained and updated; that appropriate briefings are held and incoming EOC personnel are briefed and updated.
- 7.
Demonstrate that each
- licensee, State,
- County, and local emergency response *facility has adequate access control and that adequate security can be maintained.
- 8.
Demonstrate that each licensee,
- State, County, and local emergency response facility has adequate space, equipment, and supplies.
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Alerting and Mobilization of Officials and Staff
- 1.
Demonstrate that licensee and offsite notification and alerting of officials and staff can be accomplished in a timely manner and that all initial notification and updating is verified and logged.
- 2.
Demonstrate that municipalities can co~unication links.
the
- States, Counties, establish appropriate and New Jersey notification and
- 3.
Demonstrate that organizations outside PSE&G that would be contacted to provide assistance (e.g. INPO, NSSS supplier) can be notified as appropriate, although they will not be involved during the exercise.
- 4.
Demonstrate the ability of the States, Counties, and New Jersey municipalities to activate and man the emergency operations centers as appropriate for the existing emergency class.
- 5.
Demonstrate the timely response of State, County, and local personnel to call for activation of their EOCs.
- 6.
Demonstrate the a1::>ility of the licensee to communicate with their monitoring teams, rescue parties, and other personnel as needed.
- 7.
Demonstrate that all agencies have 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> capability and that all agency representatives who are assigned emergency responsibilities can effectively operate from their planned location inside or outside the EOC.
C.
Emergency Operations Management
- 1.
Demonstrate the ability of the licensee to activate and man the emergency response facilities as appropriate for the existing emergency class and to transfer functional responsibilities from the Control Room, to the TSC, to the EOF.
- 2.
Demonstrate the timely response of onsite licensee personnel to a call for activation of the TSC and offsite licensee personnel to a call for activation of the EOF.
- 3.
Demonstrate ihe effectiveness of the following licensee emergency facilities:
TSC, OSC; EOF, Media Center, and General Office.
- 4.
Demonstrate the effectiveness of the New Jersey and Delaware State and County EOCs, and the New Jersey muncipal EOCs.
- 5.
Demonstrate the ability of the licensee to communicate with their monitoring teams, re.scue parties, and other personnel as needed.
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- 6.
Demonstrate that messages are transmitted in an accurate and timely manner; that messages are properly logged; that status boards are accurately maintained and updated; that appropriate briefings are held and incoming EOC personnel are briefed and
- updated,
- 7.
.Demonstrate that. the designated officials of the States, Counties, and New Jersey municipalities in each EOC are in command; that officials designated in the plan are actually in charge of the overall coordination of the response; and that offsite representatives are present in the TSC and/or EOF as appropriate.
- 8.
Demonstrate the effectiveness of EOF and General Office support in assisting plant operations in accident evaluation and mitigation.
- 9.
Demonstrate coo.rdination between Federal, State, County, and New Jersey municipal agencies and between those agencies and the licensee.
- 10.
Demonstrate that all agencies have 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> capability and that all agency representatives who are assigned emergency responsibilities can effectively operate from their planned location inside or outside the EOC.
D.
Public Alerting and Notification
- 1.
Demonstrate that the States' decision to notify the public can be accomplished in an effective and timely manner.
- 2.
Demonstrate the public notification sequence procedure activating the Emergency Broadcast to transmit an exercise test message and a preplanned statement about the exercise by activating the prompt notification siren system.
E.
Public and Media Relations by EBS and
- 1.
Demonstrate the ability to establish a public information center; that there are accurate and timely press releases and briefings and that designated public information personnel are implementing their procedures.
F.
Accident Assessment
- 1.
Exercise the overall SGS Emergency Plan from Alert to General Emergency.
- 2.
Demonstrate the ability of licensee personnel to recognize an emergency initiating event and properly characterize and classify the emergency according.
to the pre-established Emergency Action Levels and make proper notifications to offsite agenices.
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- 3.
Demonstrate that New Jersey, Delaware and PSE&G personnel can perform offsite dose projections and accident assessment for both radioactive noble gases and radioiodine quickly and accurately.
- 4.
Demonstrate the ability of the licensee to determine the cause of the accident,- take appropriate action and place the plant in*
a safe condition.
- 5.
Demonstrate the ability of the licensee to interpret and analyze installed plant and radiation monitoring equipment.
- 6.
Demonstrate the field monitoring capability of the licensee and the States for (1) predetermined area radiation levels, (2) air sampling and analysis for radioiodine and particulates in the plume exposure EPZ for plume exposure rate verification (3) tracking the plume; demonstrate that results can be effectively used in determining protective action recommendations.
- 7.
Demonstrate that appropriate sampling can be done in the ingestion EPZ.
It will be demonstrated that samples can be forwarded to a laboratory although no radioactivity analyses will be performed.
I-131 concentration in milk will be predetermined to demonstrate that the results of such analyses could be effectively used to determine ingestion protective action recommendations.
- 8.
Demonstrate the capability of the licensee to monitor, -
interpret and evaluate plant conditions and make prote"ctive action recommendations to the appropriate offsite authorities.
- 9.
Demonstrate that independent accident as~essment can be
- accomplished by the New Jersey Bureau of Radiation Protection and the Delaware Accident Assessment Advisory Group; that they are capable of recommending appropriate protective actions and that information is communicated between the licensee and the State accident assessment personnel.
- 10.
Demonstrate that the field monitoring teams of the licensee and the States can be dispatched and deployed in a timely manner; that communications are adequate; that radiological monitoring equipment is functional; that simulated data are accurately obtained and transmitted through their respective channels.
- 11.
Demonstrate the ability of the licensee to communicate with their monitoring teams, rescue parties, and other personnel as needed.
- 12.
Demonstrate the effectiveness of EOF and General Office support in assisting plant operations in accident evaluation and mitigation.
- 13.
Demonstrate the ability of the States and the licensee to evaluate a radiological release.
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- 14.
Demonstrate the capability of the licensee to
- monitor, interpret, and evaluate plant conditions and make protective action recommendations to the appropriate authorities.
- 15.
Demonstrate* the ability of the States to evaluate and make decisions to take protective actions based on recommendations from the licensee and/or other.independent assessments.
G.
Actions to Protect the Public
- 1.
Demonstrate that the designated officials of the States, Counties, and New Jersey municipalities will provide timely support; that local offsite agencies such as first aid squads, police, and fire companies will provide timely support on an as-available-basis.
- 2.
Demonstrate that access control points are established promptly and according to the plan, and that access and traffic control can be effectively implemented with 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> capabilities.
- 3.
Demonstrate the capability for evacuation of the general public.
Actual evacuation will only be simulated.
- 4.
Demonstrate the following for at least one New Jersey Congregate.Care Shelter/Decontamination Center and one Delaware Registration/Decontamination Center and Relocation Center:
that it can be *opened and staffed on a timely basis; that records can be maintained; that adequate provisions for the care of the evacuees can be located; and that health and sanitation requirements can be met.
- 5.
Demonstrate inplant building evacuation.
H.
Health, Medical, and Exposure Control Measures
- 1.
Demonstrate the ability of the licensee to provide adequate radiation protection services such as dosimetry and personnel monito.ring (frisking) and the ability to perform area surveys under emergency conditions.
- 2.
Demonstrate the ability of the licensee to enter a simulated highly contaiminated area.
- 3.
Demonstrate the ability by simulation (walk through) the taking of a reactor coolant (RCS) sample and a vent sample.
- 4.
Demonstrate the ability of the licensee's Health Physics personnel to conduct onsite surveys and do ALARA evaluations.
S.
Demonstrate the ability to perform personnel monitoring.
- 6.
Demonstrate that the designated officials of the
- States, Counties, and New Jersey municipalities will provide timely support; that local offsite agencies such as first aid squads,
Page 6 police, ap.d fire companies will provide timely support on an as-available-basis.
- 7.
Demonstrate the ability of the designated hospital* to treat a simulated contaminated offsite injured patient and that the ambulance service can effectivley transport simulated contaminated injured personnel to the hospital; Demonstrate that the ambulance and associated equipment can be decontaminated and that contaminated clothing and disposable materials are properly discarded.
- 8.
Demonstrate that before assignments State, County and local emergency workers as appropriate are briefed and receive dosimeters and KI supplies; that permanent records are maintained; and that the opened decontamination centers are properly manned and supplied.
- 9.
Demonstrate the ability of the licensee to account for onsite personnel.
- 10.
Demonstrate the ability of the licensee to rapidly deploy search and rescue teams.
I.
Recovery and Reentry Operations
- 1.
Demonstrate the response of licensee *damage control teams.
- 2.
Demonstrate that licensee, State and local re-entry and/or recovery procedures such as health and sanitation, safety criteria for acceptable radioactive contamination
- levels, re-entry access
- control, and public information are implemented.
- 3.
Demonstrate the ability of the licensee to rapidly deploy search and rescue teams.