ML18229A166

2018 INPO New EP Managers Seminar (Incident Response Activities)

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Issue date:	08/21/2018
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U.S. NRC Incident Response Activities INPO Emergency Managers Seminar August 21, 2018 Bill Gott, Chief Coordination Branch Division of Preparedness and Response Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1

NRC Event Communications

• NRC response roles

• Initial notification of an Emergency Classification

• Communications with NRC in response

• Physical Attack

• Imminent Threat Process 2

NRC Incident Response Roles

• Independent assessment of licensee activities/plant conditions

• Independent assessment of licensee Protective Action Recommendations (PARS)

• Support off-site officials

• Federal liaison

• Media interaction 3

NRC Response Decision-making

• Licensee notifies NRC as soon as possible but within 60 minutes of the emergency declaration

• Brief Headquarters Operations Officer

• Headquarters Operations Officer notifies Decision makers

• Licensee remains on line if possible to answer specific questions

• Event details requested from the licensee communicator:

• Description of the event,

• Significance of the event,

• Status of the plant (and equipment),

• Potential for degrading conditions, etc.

• Communicator knowledgeable on:

• Plant operations

• Current plant status 4

Response Modes Monitoring - Region leads response

• Events are understood

• Not a danger to public health and safety

• Communications

• Licensee - Region on Emergency Notification System (ENS) Bridge Activation/Expanded Activation

• Incident complex or uncertain

• Involves terrorist activities

• NRC Headquarters in the Lead from the Operations Center

• Executive Team (ET) Member (Chairman ET Director)

• Regional Site Team at Licensee

• Communications

• Emergency Notification System - Plant conditions/status

• Health Physics Network - Protective Measures/Protective Action Recommendations

• Safeguards Team Bridge - Security and Threat 5

• Licensee Management

Expected Level of Communications

• Emergency Notification System (ENS)

• Open line at Alert or higher or any NRC activation

• If NRC remains in NORMAL MODE the communicator is normally allowed to hang up

• Access to plant data or status boards

• Operational/engineering knowledge

• Update NRC on Changing Plant Conditions or Emergency Classifications

• Site security response 6

Expected Level of Communications

• Health Physics Network

• Open line at the request of NRC

• Expected information (RIS 2002-16)

• Status of radiological releases

• Classification

• Protective Action Recommendations

• Status of event - mitigation activities/success

• Safeguards Team Bridge

• At the request of NRC

• Not normally an open line

• Site security and Local Law Enforcement response 7

Key Information Needs

• Status of Reactor Core

• Status of Reactor Cooling Systems

• Status of Containment

• Challenges to above

• Operational Priorities

• Operations planned/underway which may result in significant Dose Rate Changes on/offsite

• Operations planned that require Radiation Safety Evaluation/Support

• Likely release paths 8

Physical Attack

• Licensee required to give accelerated notification (<15 min) to NRC

• Authentication Code verified by NRC

• Key details provided by caller/licensee

• Facility

• Classification of Emergency

• Nature of attack (armed assault, vehicle bomb)

• Attack status (Imminent, in-progress, repelled)

• Licensee does not maintain an open line 9

Physical Attack Response

• HQ Emergency Response Officer (HERO)

• Call ALL Reactor and Fuel Cycle Facilities (Blast dial)

• Authentication Code

• Request licensee consider an increase in security posture

• Call HQ and All Regions Information Assessment Teams

• Obtain Region point of Contact

• HQ Operations Officer (HOO)

• DHS and FBI

• NRC Decision Makers (Blast Dial)

• Response Staffing

• Licensee does not maintain an open line 10

Aircraft Threat

• Federal Aviation Administration or Department of Defense notifies NRC of aircraft threat

• HQ Emergency Response Officer maintains continuous communications with the information source

• HOO briefs licensee and NRC Senior Manager of key information

• HOO will use the authentication code

• Key conference participants

• HOO

• Licensee dedicated communicator

• NRC Senior manager

• Ensures licensee performs imminent aircraft threat procedures if appropriate

• Delegated authority to issue immediately effective verbal orders to NRC licensee 11

For More Information Bill Gott, Coordination Branch Chief 301-287-9256 William.Gott@nrc.gov 12