ML19207A777
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| Issue date: | 07/30/1979 |
| From: | Lichtenberger H ABB COMBUSTION ENGINEERING NUCLEAR FUEL (FORMERLY, EMVC-EPS |
| To: | Rouse L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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20555 Attention:
Mr. L. C. Rouse, Chief Fuel Processing & Fabrication Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety Gentlemen:
Enclosed are ten (10) copies of Combustion Engineering, Inc., Emergency Plan for activities covered by License SfD!-1067 as revised by comments discussed and reviewed with Mr. N. Ketzlach of your staff and by fir.
G. J. Bakevich and fir. G. A. Johnstone of ny staff on July 18, 1979.
It is requested that our previous submittal dated June 8,1979 be with-drawn in its entirety.
Very truly yours, H. V. Lichtenberger ggN Vice President-Nuclear Fuel
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t l.0 If!TRODUCTION Emergency planning is concerned with individual and organization responses to the continuum of potential accident situations, including those discrete accidents that have been hypothesized.
The major considerations during any emergency situation involve savina human lives and preventing or lessening personal injury.
It is also important, subsequently, to mini ize property damage and to determine the cause and m
effect of an emergency.
Although all known possibilities of a serious accident at Nuclear Fuel Manu-facturing-Windsor (NFM-W) have been eliminated or reduced to an acceptably low level, it is prudent to plan and prepare for coping effectively with all emergency conditions which may arise, however unlikely their occurrences may appear.
It is essential that energency plans identify:
Potential sources for a serious radiation accident, Capabilities within the Company for coping with accidents, Capabilities readily available from nearby support and scrvice organizations.
The purpose of the Emergency Plan is to provide a basis for procedures for a coordinated effort to cope with:
nuclear criticality, fire, radiological accidents, explosions, potential major hazards, civil disorders, major acci-dents and severe weather conditions which seriously affect the NFM-Windsor site and/or adjacent property.
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s 2.0 DEFINITI0'iS Assessment Actions - those actions taken during or after an accident to obtain and process information that is necessary to make decisions to imrlement specific emergency measures.
Corrective Ac_ti_ons - those emergency measures taken to ameliorate or ter-i minate an emergency situation at or near the source of the problem in order to prevent an uncontrolled release of radioactive naterial or to reduce the magnitude of a release, e.g., shutting down equipment, firefighting, repair and damage control.
Drills - a strictly supervised repetitive instruction period aimed at per-fecting facility and skill in a particular operation.
A drill is often a component of a., exercise.
Emergency - any (potential or actual) situation which could result in a major disruption of norma' operations at the Windsor site.
It includes fires, nuclear accidents, severe weather conditions, structural collapses, mechanical and electrical failure and other similar type incidents involving injury of personnel and/or loss of property.
Emergency Action Levels - radiological dose rates; specific contamination levels of airborne, waterberne, or surface deposited concentrations of radio-active materials; or specific instrument indications (including their rates of change) that may be used as thresholds for initiating such specific emer-gency measures as designating a particular class of emergency, initiating a notification procedure, or initiating a particular protective action.
Exercise - an event that tests a major portion of the basic elements withir.
an Emergency Preparedness Plan / Organization.
This event should demonstrate the capabili'.y of the emergency nreparedness organization to cope with a radio-logical emergency that could result in off-site consequences.
Population At Risk - those persons for whom protective actions are being or would be taken.
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b 2.0 DEFINITIONS (cont'd)
Protective Actions - those emergency measures taken after an uncontrolled release of radioactive material has occurred for the purpose of preventing or minimizing radiological exposures to persons that would be likely to develop if the actions were not taken.
Rect ve y Actions - those actions taken after the emergency tc restore the plant or facility as nearly as possible to its pre-emergency condition.
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- 3. 0 SCOPE AND APPLICABILITY The NFM-W Emergency Plan applies to Combustion Engineering's low enriched U0 fuel f brication plant and related laboratory facilities at Windsor, 2
It is part of the overall Windsor Site Emergency Plan which provides the emergency planning base for all activities and facilities within the Windsor Site.
The Windsor Site Emergency Director has delegated responsibilities for emergency planning to various Area Coordinators to facilitate timely response at the various facilities through facility management organizational frameworks.
The Area Coordinator for all act-ivities covered under license SNM-1067 is the Nuclear Licensing and Safety Supervisor. He assures that updates and revisions to the NFM-W plan are submitted to the Windsor. Site Emergency Director for incorporation into the overall site emergency plan.
This Emergency Plan has been discussed with the State of Connecticut's Office of Civil Preparedness for incorporation into their overall Emergency Response Plan for Fixed Nuclear Facilities. The final format and content of informa-tion required is presently under review by OCP in light of the accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant.
This review was determined to be necessary and beneficial to assure compatability of action levels and the participation of various local and state agencies which have emergency plan-ning responsibilities.
The SNM-1067 Emergency Plan will thus be an integral part of the overall state plan and will be incorporated into it.
We have a written agreeraent with St. Francis Hospital in Hartford for re-ceiving and treating patients with injuries complicated by radioactive con-tamination and related medical-surgical problems.
Their emergency procedure is reviewed annually and formal exercises are conducted at least once per year. A copy of their emergency procedures is maintained at NFM-Windsor.
While most accidents are of minimal consequence, a few can be expected to be serious.
Routine, established programs, such as those conducted by Nuclear Licensing and Safety, will normally be able to cope with minor in-cidents following standard operating procedures.
For the other extreme, detailed emergency plans will be needed to cope with a serious accident.
This plan has been established in accordance with the elements listed in 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix E and USNRC Regulatory Guide 3.42 to provide the functions necessary to cope with any emergency that may occur at NFM-Windsor.
The procedures which implement this emergency plan take precedence overall normal health physics and operational procedures.
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4.1 Personnel Emergency (Cont'd)
Recognition of this class of emergency is primarily a judgement matter for facility supervisory or management personnel.
Its importance as part of the classification scheme rests to some extent on its " negative" information content, vis, that the incident giving rise to the emergency is restricted in its scope of involvement.
Examples of personnel emergencies are:
Injuries requiring first aid treatment by trained plant personnel cr by C-E's on-site fledical Facility.
Injuries requiring transportation to off-site medical facilities for treatment.
Actual or possible internal exposure to radioactive materials requiring health physics evaluation and follow-up.
External contamination requiring decontamination and assessment by Health Physics.
4.2 Emergency Alert This class involves spccific situations that can be recognized as creating a hazard potential that was previously nonexistent or latent.
The situation may not yet have caused damage to the facility or harm to personnel and does not necessarily require an immediate change in facility operating status.
Inherently, however, this is a situation in which time is available to take precautionary and constructive steps to prevent an accident and to mitigate the consequences should it occur.
An Emergency Alert situation may be the result of either manmade or natural phenomena and can reasonably be expected to occur during the life of the plant.
Emergency Alert conditions imply a rapid transition to a state of readiness by the facility personnel and possibly by off-site energency support organi-zations, the possible cessation of certain routine functions or activities within the facility that are not immediately essential, and possible pre-cautionary actions that a specific situation may require.
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4.2 Emergency Alert (Cont'd)
Example of situations which fall in the emergency alert classification are:
Bomb threats Civil disturbances Tornado warning or sighting Earthquake tremor or warning of seismic activity Forest fire Threat of nuclear attack Although anyone can report a situation requiring an Emergency Alert, the Emergency Director is responsible for classifying and declaring the Emergency Alert.
No situation associated with in-plant events involving radioactive materials has been identified as belonging in the Emergency Alert classifica-tion.
4.3 Plant Emergency This class includes accidents within the manufacturing areas (Bldgs.17 & 21) or the Development Laboratories (Bldg. 5) requiring staff emergency organization response.
The initial assessment of situations in this class should indicate that it is unlikely that other facilities at the Windsor site would be affected.
However, substantial modification of plant operating status is a highly probable corrective action if it has not already taken p! ~
by automatic protective systems.
This class is associated with a judgment that the emergency situation can be corrected and controlled by the facility staff and on-site emergency responsa teams.
Protective evacuations or isolation of certain areas may be necessary. This class of emergency can also reasonably be expectcd to occur during the life of the plant.
Accidents which fall into this class are those accidents analyzed in the Environmental Impact Information as events that are predicted to have insuffi-cient consequences outside the plant to warrant taking protective measures.
Criteria for declaring Plant Emergencies is based on (1) the recognition of an innediate need to implement in-plant e~ergency measures to protect or pro-vide aid to affected persons in the facility or to mitigate the consequences 7841$%
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4'. 3 Plant Emergency (Cont'd) of damage to plant equipment; (2) a positive observation that radiation monitors do not indicata the possibility of a criticality accident and; (3) the recognition by personnel in the area involved that the situation is beyond their capability to resolve.
The non-nuclear alarm may be sounded by any person cognizant of the situation.
Declaring and classi-fying the emergency is the responsibility of the Emergency Director.
Examples of action levels for plant emergencies are:
Major process leak or spill (toxic or radioactive)
Fire (not controllable by personnel in the immediate vicinity)
Explosion contained within building The Emergency Director may request that off-site agencies which may be re-quired to respond to a particular emergency assume an alert condition until the emergency is terminated.
For example, the Windsor Fire Department would be requested to stand by in case of a fire that is not easily extinguishable.
Notification of C-E management and appropriate off-site agencies to alert them to the nature and extent of a plant emergency is to be made in accordance with instructions contained in the NFM-Windsor Emergency Procedures.
4.4 Site Emergency Emergency situations more severe than lant emergencies are not expected e
occur during the life of the plant because of design features and otht.
measures taken to guard against their occurrence.
Nevertheless, it is necessary and prudent to make provisions for a class that involves an uncontrolled release of radioactive materials into the CE Windsor site environs, outside the Building el7 ManufactJring or Building #5 Laboratory areas. An " uncontrolled release" is defined as any release of 860 pCi or greater of radioactive particulates averaged over a 24-hour period.
This action level for initiating a site emergency is based on the notification criterie given in 10 CFR Part 20.403(b).
Notification of off-site emergency organizations will be made for all site emergencies.
The State of Connecticut's Office of Civil Preparedness is the main off-site agency that will be notified (See Section 5.4).
They have agreed to coordinate all emergency response efforts required by participating governmental and local agencies as necessary to cope with any emergency involving off-site impact.
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4.4 Site Energency (Cont'd) personnel from the affected building to the designated emergency assembly areas and/or warning of site employees to remain ins de other site buildings until the emergency condition is terminated.
These communications will be handled through the emergency intercom and paging system. This system is activated by the Security Guard when the 5555 call (the Windsor Site Emergency Telephone Number) is received. There are nine emergency telephones located throughout the Windsor site that can be activated from a cen-tral control panel at the guardhouse by the guard.
The quard will contact all nine of these locations by simply pressing one button that keys in the emergency intercom system.
Picking up the handset rings all nine telephones simultaneously and allows the guard to describe the emergency to all nine people at the same time.
This provides notification to key emergency personnel. One of these nine locations is the Vice President Nuclear Fuel (Emergency Director).
The Emergency Director is then able to communicate with all of the other key emergency personnel at the same time via this conference call and request assistance from the appropriate services.
The guard also can contact the Windsor Police Dispatcher via the emergency hot line in the guardhouse. This is a direct line to the Hindsor Fire and Safety com-plex where assistance from both the fire and ' police departments of surrounding townships is obtained. No dialing is needed; picking up the handset activates the system and puts the guard in contact with the Windsor Police Dispatcher. These communications are en emergency power.
Associated ass ssment actions include radiological monitoring and provisions for mor.itoring the environment.
A site emergency is declared by (1) automatic sounding of the nuclear (criticality) alarm when levels exceed 5 mr/hr at the criticality detector or (2) sounding of the non-nuclear alarm, initiated automatically tr by any person cognizant of the emergency situation.
(These alarms initiate immediate evacuation) or (3) a re-lease averaged over a 24-hour period that is equal to or greater than 860 pCi of radioactive particulates (determined by analysis of stack samples).
Declaring and classifying the emergency is the responsibility of the Emergency Director.
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4.4 Site Emergency (Cont'd)
Examples of site emergencies are:
Confirmed criticality acciderit Major fire or explosion which is not easily controllable by on-site emergency response organizations Release of 860 pCi of radioactive particulates into the CE Windsor site environs averaged over a 24-hour period.
Two ammonia tanks located within the Building #17 fenced manufacturing area have been analyzed for all credible accidents.
A large ammonia release is considered to be incredible based on the following:
All lines into the ammonia tanks are equipped with excess flow valves. These valves are protective devices that provide a means of protecting personnel and property from accidents caused by excessive ammonia loss due to hose rupture or breakage of pipelines.
Excess flow valves are designed to close at flows in excess of their normal rated flows.
Any rupture or break in a line that in-creases the flow abeve the rated flow rate of the valve will close the valve.
These valves are also recessed within the ammonia tanks so that even if the line is sheared off at the tank the valve will still form a seal and stop the release.
Also, the tanks are design-tested at 325 psi (vapor pressure of NH t 100 is 3
200 psi) and supported by two solid concrete supports (one at each end of the tank). These concrete supports have concave shaped tops so the tanks rest within the supports. The tanks are also located within the Building #17 controlled access area where there is minimal, if any, traffic flow.
Finally, the tanks are surrounded by a 12 foot high reinforced chain link fence.
4.5 General Energency Accidents that have the potential for serious radiological consequences to the public health and safety have been analyzt previously and were not found to be credible for the C-E NFM-Windsor facility.
4.6 Spectrum of Postulated Accidents _
Off-site impact of the spectrum of accidents discussed in the Environmental Im-pact Information is shcwn in the following table-e n M_p&
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4.6 Spectrum of Postulated Accidents (Cont'd)
Accident.
Classification Off-site Impact Injured Employee Personnel Emergency None Contaminated Employee Personnel Emergency None Process Leak or Spill Plant Emergency None Fire Plant Emergency None Release of 860 eCi of Site Emergency 50% of MPC for insoluble Radioactive Particulates U23s at site boundary into CE Site Environs Criticality Accident Site Emergency Whole body dose.216 RAD Thyroid Dose 1.32 PAD Emergency Alert Emergency Alert None (off-site impact from Emergency Alerts which are reclassified into Plant or Site Emergencies are des-cribed above).
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5.0 ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROL OF EMERGENCIES The formal organization of C-E Windsor contains support groups which, in addition to normal functions during routine operations, can provide support to any or all facilities at Windsor during an emergency.
5.1 NorTnal Plant Operations Each operation at C-E NFM-Windsor is staffed with experienced operating personnel.
These personnel are well qualified to recognize conditions that may result in an accident and are capable of instituting remedial procedures.
If these remedial actions would be insufficient to deal with a situation, the employees have been trained to make emergency notifications and to perfonn those emergency functions that provide the maximum immediate control over most situations. These staffs are also trained to evacuate the facility involved, if necessary.
The Vice President, Nuclear Power Systems has delegated the overall responsibility, in the event of an emergency involving areas covered by License SNM-1067, to the V. P. Nuclear Fuel and has authorized him to function as the Emergency Director for the Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing facility as well as the Development Department Laboratories.
(See Figure 5.la). During the day shift, in his absence, he has delegated this responsibility to the General Manager-Fuel Fabrication for emergencies occurriry in the fuel manufacturing facility and to the Manager, Health Physics for emergencies occurring in the Development Department Labs. Alternates are shown in Figure 5.lb.
On evening and night shifts, the responsibility is delegated to the shift foreman.
The Vice President, Development is responsible through the Vice President, Engineering and Development to the Vice President, Nuclear Power Systems for the Development Laboratories.
He has delegated safety 2nd emergency response to the Manager of Health Physics and has directed him to report directly to the Vice President-Nuclear Fuel for all emergencies involving areas covered by License SNM-1067.
Trained Fire Brigade members, First Aid Team Members and Health Physics Technicians are present on site for each production shift.
A telephone call-in list is used by security on weekends and holidays to obtain emergency organization personnel as required in the event of an emergency r,i tua ti o n.
If management personnel are recalled to the site during an emergency, the highest ranking person assumes control of his emergency func tica.
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C-E ORGANI7.ATIO'I V. P. Nuclear Power Systems
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Fuel Manufacturing Labs Facility Manager IIcalth General Manager Physics Fuel Fabrication Production Superintendent Radiological Engineer Shift Foreman 2nd & 3rd shifts I
Telephone Call-in Telephone Call-in 7Cfg List List (weekends &
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5.2 On-Site Emergency Orcanization At such time as the Emergency Plan is put into effect, all aspects of the emergency situation will be coordinated by the Emergency Director, although requests for on-site emergency response organizations will be made within the scope of the emergency organization.
(See Figure 5.lc).
5.2.1 Emergency Director _
a) Activate Emergency Control Center at Building #6, or establish an alternate control point from which activities can be directed.
b) Determine status and necessity for shutdown of plant systems.
c) Direct, coordinate, and evaluate actions to be taken by func-tioning emergency teams, including rescue and re-entry operations, d)
Establish contact and communications with the Windsor Site Director of Emergency Services for possible activation of addi-tional on-site emergency response teams.
e) Collect and organize information pertaining to the emergency for approval by management and communicate to the C-E Public Relations Officer.
f)
Direct performance of preparedness functions, (i.e., drills, training, exercises,etc.).
5.2.2. Nuclear Licensing and Safety Supervisor a)
Emergency planning and coordination, updating and revising of plan and procedures, and proper distribution thereof.
b)
Emergency supplies - inspections, servicing or obtaining servicing and procurement of emergency equipment and supplies.
c)
Direct Manufactt" ing Health Physics Staff in their assigned emer-gency functions.
5.2.3 Fact Finding Commi ttee Members to serve on this committee will be selected by the Emergency Director depending on the nature of the emergency.
The Chairman of the Committee shall be an individual who is not a member of the immediate response teams. The Comittne shall-a) Communicate with the Energency Director and others to obtain facts for determining the cause and effect of the emergency.
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5.2.3 Fact Finding Committee (Cont'o) b)
Interview personnel who witnessed the incident or those who can contribute information lE3 ding to Cause and effe't.
c) Review and examine all evidences (photographs, recoverable materials, etc.) that may be considered pertinent and informative for evaluation purposes.
d)
Keep records and prepare a written report for C-E management.
5.2.4 Radiological Safety Advisor a) Accumulate and evaluate known radiological data to daterriine the extent of the emergency.
b)
Establish a liaison between the Emergency Director and a direct source of available information, c)
Establish policies with the Emergency Director regarding the emergency plan of action for controlling the incident.
d) Collect information pertaining to the emergency for the Director to disseminate to the C-E Public Relations Officer.
e) Maintain a close liaison with the Emergency Director regarding emergency activity progress.
f)
Inform and consult with the Fact Finding Committee.
5.2.5 pervisors a)
Each super visor is responsible for proper implementation of the Emergency Plan.
b) Assure that personnel under his supervision are familiar with the location and use of emergency equipment.
c) Assure personnel familiarization with the Emergency Plan and pro-cedures.
d) Account for their personnel during an emergency, including visitors and contractor personnel in their area.
e)
Prepare Supervisor's Report of Inju y of Personnel under his super-vision.
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9 5.2.6 Manufacturing & Laboratory Health Physics Staff The health physics staff consists of health physics personnel from both manufacturing and the laboratories.
These personnel are res-ponsible for their respective facilities, under the direction of the Emergency Director, because of their familiarity with their own facilities.
However, they will assist each other as needed in the time of an emergency upon request of the Emergency Director, a)
Shall assess and delineate an emergency radiation or toxic fume, vapor, or mist condition, including radiological survey monitoring.
b)
Prt ride personnel monitoring, recover accident dosimetry for analysis, and :ollect health physics or industrial hygiene samples for analysis.
c) Gnduct environmental monitoring.
d) Assist with first aid and emergency rescue.
e)
Procure, store and issue protective clothing and equipment for re-covery operations.
f)
Prepare necessary records and reports.
g) Direct decontamination of personnel and/or equipment'.
5.2.7 Site Security Officer a)
Direct and coordinate Security Guard activities.
b)
Restrict access to the site to authorized personnel and outside sjpporting services.
c) Coordinate activities with state and local police.
5.2.8 Fire Marshal a)
Coordinate the fire-fighting activities of the site fire brigade with local fire department.
b) Organize site fire brigades.
c) Assure that personnel have been trained in fire-fighting tech-niques involving radioactive materials, as well as fire-fighting precautions to be taken in criticality areas.
5.2.9 Security Guards a)
Provide traffic control and communication with outside supporting services.
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Be familiar with special guard orders for all emergency occurrences, which include maintaining plant security and access control.
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5.?.10 Facilities Engineering & Services (Maintenance) a) Maintain or discontinue as necessary, utility services during the emergency.
b)
Provide, fabricate or modify equipment needed for recovery opera-
- tions, c)
Provide equipment and personnel for recovery and salvage operations.
5.2.11 Medical Department a)
Provide assistance in the decontamination and medical treatment of personnel, b)
Coordinate and supervise medical activities.
c)
Prepare medical records and reports.
5.2.12 All Personnel a)
Se familiar with both the nuclear and non-nuclear alarms.
b)
Know evacuation routes and respective emergency assembly areas.
5.3 Augmentation of On-Site Emergency Organization 5.3.1 Local Services Suoport Agreements have been reached with various private and civil organizations to provide assistance as required.
Details of the agreements are con-tained in the Appendix to this plan.
St. Francis Hospital has agreed to accept victims of accidents having injuries possibly complicated by radioactive contamination.
St.
Francis Hospital has a procedure for handling patients who are con-taminated with radioactive materials. The victim is brought to ' des-ignated section of the emergency room where trained hospital personnel will care for the victim with monitoring assistance from C-E Health Physics personnel.
The Connecticut State Police and the local Windsor Police Department have agreed to provide assistance to C-E Windsor in an emergency. This assistance includes coordination with other civil authorities as nec-essary, traffic control, and control of civil disturbances.
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5.3.1 Local Services Support (Cont'd)
The Windsor, Wilson and Poquonock Fire Departments respond to emergency calls at C-E NFM-Windsor.
If the response is for a fire involving radioactive material, Nuclear Licensing and Safety will provide monitoring as necessary to protect fire department personnel.
Transportation of injured personnel to off-site treatment facilities is accomplished using site security vehicles.
No fornal agreement exists for outside provision of ambulance services.
5.4 Coordination with Participating Government Agencies As previously stated, analysis of the postulated C-E NFM-Windsor accident spectrum shows that there is no credible accident with significant off-site consequences.
A list of cognizant government agencies and current telephone numbers is main-tained, however, and they will be contacted should an emergency arise involving a consideration within their jurisdiction.
The contact would be in the form of nro'fication, although a request for emergency assistance would be made as needed.
These agencies include:
Connecticut State Police, Hartford, CT DOE Radiological Assistance Team, Brookhaven Office, Upton, NY State of Connecticut, Office of Civil Preparedness, Hartford, CT (OCP has agreed to coordinate the efforts of off-site agencies as necessary to cope with any emergency involving off-site impact).
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I, King of Prussia, PA will be notified in the event of a site emergency.
The above agencies are listed, with their area of intere;t, in the Emergency Pro-cedures Manual.
In the event of a plant emergency, only local agencies would be contacted (as discussed in Section 5.3).
In the event of a site emergency, all the agencies would be contacted.
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6.0 EMERGENCY MEAS'JRE5 6.1 Personnel Emergency This class of emergency is declared by the affected individual or nearby personne'.
(It does not involve sounding of an alarm).
An assessment of the situation is made by a representative of the Manufacturing or Laboratory Health Physics Staff to determine whether medical treatment and/or personnel decontamination is necessary. When applicable, corrective acticas will be promptly taken to preclude further injury to the ind: idual involved or nearby personnel.
These corrective actions may include:
a)
Shutting off electrical power to faulty equipment.
b)
Isolation and containment of minor process leaks.
c)
Restricting personnel access to areas of possible high concentrations of airborne radioactive material, d) Any other action necessary to correct or mitigate the situation at or near the source of the problem.
Normally, protective action other than the possible use of respiratory protection in the immediate area, is not required for a personnel emergency.
Use of respiratory protection is determined by a trained member of the Manufacturing or Laboratory Health Physics Staff.
Personnel decontamination will be performed by or under the supervision of a qualified Health Physics representative. Notification of off-site medical facilities, if necessary, is made by the Emergency Director while transportation is provided by on-site security vehicles. A H. P. representative will accompany the victim to any off-site treatment facility.
6.2 Emergency /.lert The responsibility for declaring an emergency alert rests with the Emergent; L; rector.
The general criteria for declaring an emergency alert are as follows:
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Bomb threats 2.
Actual or warning of impending civil disturbance 3.
Earthquake tremor or warning of seismic activity 4.
Forest fire warnirg or siqhting 5.
Sighting or report c' rc lease f toxic or noxious gas nearby which could affect the site 6.
Tornado warning or sighting 7.
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6.2 Emergency Alert (Cont'd)
The Emergency Director then assesses the situation and makes a decision as to whether to evacuate to the Emergency Control Center or Emergency Assembly Areas by manually activating the non-nuclear alarm, or to instruct personnel to remain inside plant buildings by the emergency intercom and paging system.
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$48-4005 OrFICE oF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR umE A CODE 2031 May 22, 1979 Gregg Johnstone, Padiation Specialist 5201-1701 Combustion Engineering, Inc.
1000 Prospect Hill Road Windsor, CT 06095
Dear Mr. Johnstone:
We have continued to maintain our capacity and interest in receiving and treating patients with radioactive contamination and medical-surgical problems.
This, of course, includes those from combustion Engineering, Inc.
should the need arise.
We have available a locker and cabinet containing supplies and equipment dedicated to this need. We have developed and practice protocols for this service and conduct at least one formal drill per year.
We stand ready, therefore, to meet your needs in this direction and others as they may develop.
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Bakevich Supervisor, Nuclear Licensing & Safety C-E Power Systems 1000 Prospect Hill Road Windsor, Connecticut 06095
Dear Mr. Bakevich:
This is in response to your letter of June 12, 1978.
In the event of a nuclear or non-nuclear emergency at Combustion Engineering Inc., Windsor, the Connecticut State Police Department will assist and cooperate with the local police to the fullest extent possible.
Assistance will be rendered in compliance with plans being formulated by the State Office of Civil Preparedness.
Similar plans for other nuclear facilities within the State provide for traffic control, evacuation, and controlling of access to affected areas.
As the plans of Civil Preparedness are being finalized I am sure that members of this Department will be in contact with you for information and guidance.
Very truly yours, Jolonel Edward P.
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June 12, 1978 Mr. George J Bakevich Supervisor Nucicar Licens ing & Sa fety Combustion Engineering Inc.
Nucicar Fuel Manufacturing Dept. 5201-1701 1000 Prospect Hill Road Windsor, Connecticut 06095
Dear Mr. Bakevich:
This letter serves as an acknowledgment of our intent to make available services of the Windsor Police Department to Combustion Engineering's Windsor Site in the event of a nucicar or non-nuclear emergency.
Services which uculd be provided, within our ability, include, but are not limited to the following:
Preventing unauthorized entry into the emergency area.
Notification of ambulance services to St. Francis Hospital for victims having injuries possibly complicated by radioactive cor.t am i n a t i on.
Assisting in traf fic control and communications.
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October 17, 1978 Mr. G. J. Bakevich supervisor, Nuclear Liter. sing f. Safety Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Combustion Engineering 1000 Prospect Hill Road Windsor, Conn. 06095
Dear Mr. Bakevich:
On October 12, 1978 a meeting was held at Combustion Engineering to discuss procedures to be implemented in the event of a fire or emergency. At that meeting, officials of CE, Assistant Chief Endee, as well as yourself, were present.
As to radioactive materials incidents, the following conclusion was reached:
"The fire companies of the Town of Windsor will respond to incidents of this nature and in conj unction with the staff of your of fice and CE will be available to assist in safely resolving the incident to the extent our resources allow.
The Poquonock Fire Company is the first due company to your facility, and would be the in-charge company at any alarm."
It is my sincere hope that this will satisfy your needs.
I look forward to working with ycu in the future.
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I Mr. D. J. Bridges Director Emergency Services Combustion Engineering, Inc.
1000 Prospect Hill Road Windsor, Connecticut 06095
Dear Mr. Bridges:
SUBJECT:
COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC.
Since your nuclear facility is located in Region I, the Brookhaven Area Of fice is charged with the responsibility for providing radio-logical assistance in the event of an emergency.
Such assistance can be requested, at all times, by calling 516-345-2200 and asking for radiological assistance indicating the nature of the incident,
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the location, and how to contact responsible authorities to coordi-nate our response.
The Department of Energy (DOE) will respond to requests for radio-logical assistance from licensees, Federal, state and local agencies, private oiganizations, or individuals involved in or cognizant of an incident 1211eved to involve source, byprodnet, or special nuclear mat.' rial as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or other ionicing radiation sources.
Unless the DOE or a DOE contractor is responsible for the activity, ionizing radiation source, or radioactive material involved in an incident, DOE radiological assistance will be limited to advice and emergency action essential for the cantrol of the immediate hazards to health and safety.
Radiological emergency assistance will be terminated as soon as the emergency situation is under control.
There-fore, responsibility for postincident recovery, including further action for the protection of individuals and the public health and safety, should be assumed by the appropriate responsible Federal, state or local government, or private authority as soon as the emergency conditions are stablized.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUlll.IC SAFETY Qp OFFICE OF CIVIL PREPAREDNESS w.g July 16, 1979 Mr. Gregg Johnstone Health Physics Dept.
Combustion Engineering Inc.
100 Prospect 11111 Road Windsor, Connecticut 06095
Dear Mr. Johnstone:
We look iorward to working with you in developing the Combustion Engineering portion of Annex V to the State Emergency Operations Plan.
We will provide information relative to both the state agency and local government portion of the plan.
In the event of an emergency our office which will be notified by the State Police, will coordinate state assistance to the local communities.
Charts, maps and diagrams for the 300 and 400 series will be accomplised under a federal contre-t with a consulting firm.
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