ML19250B896

Requests Info from near-term CPs Re Preliminary Plans for Coping W/Potential Consequences of Emergencies Beyond Site Boundary,Including Provisions for Plume Exposure & Ingestion Pathway Emergency Planning Zone

ML19250B896
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Site:	Allens Creek File:Houston Lighting and Power Company icon.png
Issue date:	10/23/1979
From:	Vassallo D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Eric Turner HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
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NUDOCS 7911060011
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Local POR Docket Files ACRS LWR-4 File S. Varga M. Williams B. Moore L. Rubenstein Project Manager Licensing Assistant (2)

Attorney, ELD I&E (3)

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UNITED STATES y y 7,, p (,g NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 7,."I'i/J : jc E WASHINGTON, D. C. 70555 s

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50-466 0CI 2 3 l973 Mr. E. A. Turner, Vice President Power Plant Construction and Technical Services Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77001

SUBJECT:

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS - ALLENS CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 1 In a recent letter dated October 10, 1979 on the "Folicwup Actions Resulting from the NRC Staff Reviews Regarding the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Accident",

we outlined the staff's requirements resulting from its Emergency Preparedness Studies. In that letter we stated that the Commission was considering what changes to current regulations and policy would be appropriate as a result of the Siting Policy Task Force Report (NUREG-0625), and it was likely that they would endorse the 10- and 50-mile emergency planning zones recommended by the EPA /NRC study.

On October 18, 1979, the Comission concurred in and endorsed the guidance on emergency planning zones recommended in the NRC/ EPA report.

In a policy statement on that date (Enclosure 1), the Comission directed the NRC staff to incorporate the planning basis guidance into existing documents used in the evaluation of State and local emergency preparedness plans to the extent practicable.

Thus, in addition to the requirements now set forth explicitly in Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50, and the requirements of Enclosure 7 of our October 10, 1979 letter, it is the ' staff position that for near term cps, preliminary plans for coping with the potential consequences of emergencies beyond the site boundary must include provisions for a plume exposure pathway Energency Planning Zone (EPZ) and an ingestion pathway Emergency Planning Zone. The EPZ for the plume exposure pathway must encompass an area of about 10 miles in radius, and the EPZ for the ingestion pathway an area of about 50 miles in radius.

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Mr. E. A. Turner The following information must be provided and evaluated in order to implement this staff position.

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Contacts and agreements with local, State and Federal governmental agencies with responsibility for coping with emergencies for development of final plans must be documented for the areas within the plume exposure Emergency Planning Zone. This shall include agreement in principle oetween these agencies on a framework for emergency notification and protective action criteria acceptable to the NRC. For a description of t'e draft Emergency Action Level Guidekines see Encicsure 2.

The principal government office or agency in each local political jurisdiction (county and municipality) within the plume exposure pathway EPZ, which would have the responsibility for prompt implementation of protective action warn-ings and instructions to the public, must be clearly identified.

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A preliminary analysis which describes the means to be employed in the notification of State and local governments, Federal agencies and the public in the event of an emergency must be submitted for the plume exposure EPZ and for notification of the agricultural agencies and other governmental bodies having jurisdiction within the ingestion pathway EPZ.

A commitment must be made to provide prompt notification to offsite author-ities and to assure that offsite authorities have the resources to provide a general early warning and clear instructions to the public, acceptable to the NRC, in the plume exposure EPZ within 15 minutes following notifi-cation from the facility.

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Preliminary planning must reflect the need to include facilities, systems, and methods for identifying the degree of seriousness and potential scope of radiological consequences of emergency situations within and outside the site boundary, including capabilities for dose projection using real-time meteorological information and for dispatch of radiological monitoring teams within the EPZ's. The anticipated role and capabilities of offsite agencies in radiological monitoring and dose assessment in the environs must be described for both plume and ingestion exposure pathways. P re-liminary planning must reflect the role of the on-site technical support center and of the near-site emergency operations center in assessing information, recommending protective action and disseminating information to the public.

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Preliminary planning must reflect provisions for initiating protective actions for all exposure pathways, onsite,and offsite, including:

(a) Direct radiation exposure from a confined source in-plant, an airborne plume, and ground deposition, (b)

Inhalation exposure from an airborne plume, and (c) Ingestion exposure from contaminated water, milk, and other agricultural products.

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Mr. E. A. Turner A preliminary analysis which describes various available protective action options must be submitted for the areas within the Emergency )lanning Zones.

This must include estimates of evacuation times for various sectors and distances within the plume exposure EPZ. Preliminary plans for protective action recomendations within the plume exposure EPZ must include evacuation, sheltering, and area access control. Preliminary plans for protective action cecuendations within the ingestion exposure EPZ must include taking cowF off pasture when required and controlling the use of milk, drinking water, and agricultural products 2those source is within the ingestion EPZ.

If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact the NRC Project Manager for your facility.

Sincerely, D. B. Vassallo, Acting Director Division of Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosures:

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vomission Policy Statement 2.

NRR Staff Draft Guidelines cc w/ enclosures:

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Houston Lighting & Power Company cc: (w/ enclosure 1)

R. Gordon Gooch, Esq.

Baker & Botts 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.

Washington, D. C.

20006 J. Gregory Copeland, Esq.

Baker & Botts One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 Jack R. Newman, Esq.

Lowenstein, Newman, Reis & Axelrad 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N. W.

Washington, D. C.

20036 Mr. P. A. Horn Project Manager, ACNGS Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77001 Mr. Ray Matzelle Project Manager, ACNGS Ebasco Services, Inc.

19 Rector Street New York, New York 10005 Mr. Ray Lebre Project Manager, ACNGS General Electric 175 Kurtner Avenue San Jose, California 95125 Richard Lowerre, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas Environmental Protection Division P. O. Box 12548 Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711 1'78 113

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Ms. Carro Hinderstein 8739 Link Terrace Houston, Texas 77025 James Scott, Jr., Esq.

Texas Public Interest Research Group, Inc.

Box 237 UC University of Houston Houston, Texcs 77004 Ms.' Brenda A. McCorkle 6140 Darnell Houston, Texas 77074 Mr. John F. Doherty Armadillo Coalition of Texas 4438-1/2 Leeland Houston, Texas 77023 1'78 114

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Ea:kcr:ur.d The NR receivsd a request from the Conference of Radiatic-Centrc'. Program Cire: :rs, an Organization of State officials, to ".ake a determination of the a:s: severe accident basis for which radiological emergency response plans shculd be develcped by offsite agencies."

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Resp:nse ?lans in Sup; ort of Light W:ter Nuclear Power Plants," NUREG-0395, EPA 52 /1-78-016, dated December 1978. Single copies o' the report can be Obtainsd by writing to the Director, Division of Technical Information and Docuser.t Control, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washingten, D.C. 20555.

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In endorsing This guidance, the Commission recognizes that it is appropriate and prudent for emergency planning guidance to take into consideration the principal characteristics (such as nuclides released and distances likely to be involved) of a spectrum of design basis and core melt accidents.

While the Comission recognizes that the guidance may have significant response impacts for many local jurisdictions, it believes that implementation of the guidance is nevertheless needed to imprcve emergency response planning and preparedness around nuclear por:er reactors.

The Co=ission is directing its staff to incorporate the planning basis guidance into existing documents used in the evaluation of state and local emergency response plans to the extent practicable. The NRC has recently published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning additional regulations on emergency plans, 44 FR 41484. Tuesday, July 17, 1979.

Addi:icnal guidance will be provided following this rulemaking.

This additional guidance can be expected to consider how local conditions such as demography, land use, and meteorology can influence the size and sna;5 ;f :na EE s anc to address c:her issues, such as evacuation clan-ir;.

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