ML19253A679
| ML19253A679 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/23/1979 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| RTR-REGGD-01.101, RTR-REGGD-1.101 SECY-79-450, NUDOCS 7909100656 | |
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UNITED STATES July 23, 1979 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SECY-79 "50 WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 INFORMATION REPORT Cor:
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Harold P.. Denton, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regul ation
Subject:
ACTION PLAN FOR PROMPTLY IMPROVING EMERGENCY PREPAEEDNESS C urpcse:
To infona the Commission of the staff'c pla7s to take i 'ediate steps to inprove licensee creparedress r. e~'l r
operating power plants and for near-tem OL's.
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While the emergency plans of all power reactor licenn ees have been reviewed by the staf f in tne cast fcr c M : m ance to the general provisions of Appendix E tc 10 CF^ -a - t 5C, the nost recent guidance on energer.cy ;l anr.ing, prirc rily that given in Regul atory Guide i.lCl " Emergency Plar- ' ';
for Nuclear Power Plants, has not yet neer full: "rc -l amented by most reactor licensees.
Further, tnere are so e.:dc ticnal i
areas where inprovements in emergerc3 ;lanning han ! een highlightea as particularly significant by the inree Pie Island accident.
T'.e NRR staff plans to undertake an intens ve effe t m er r
i about the next year to inprove licensee pre,.aracne:s at all ocerating power reactors and tnose reactors sc~ec ulad for an operating license decision,itr'in 9e nec ser.
This effcrt will be cicsely cocrdirated ',-:i:n a sir."'
. c effort by the Office of State Prograns :.o incrcve P...te and local response plans through the concu-rence c cr ess and Office of Inspection and Enforcement efforts to v erify proper inplementation of 1 icensee er.ergency prepared : ess activities.
The nain elements of the staff effort, as listed in Erclosure 1. are as follows:
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The Commissioners (2) Assure the implementation of the related recommenda-tions of the NRR Lessons Learned Task Force involving instrumentation to follow the course of an accident and relate the infomation provided by this instrumentation to the emergency plan action levels.
This will include instrumentation for post-accident sampling, high range radioactivity monitors, and improved in-plant radiciodine instrumentation.
The implementation of the t 'ssons Learned recommendation on instrumentation for detection of inadequate core cooling will also be factored into the emergency plan action level criteria.
(3) Detennine that an Emergency Operations Center for Federal, State and local personnel has been established with suitable communications to the plant, and that upgrading of the facility in accordance with the Lessons Learned recommendation for an in-plant technical support center
, underway.
(4) Assure that improved licensee offsite nonitoring capabil-ities (including additional TLD's or equivalent) have been provided for all sites.
(5) Assess the relationship of State / local plans to the licenst.e's and Federal plans so as to assure the capability to take appropriate emergency actions.
Assure that this capability will be extenced to a distance of 10 miles as soon as practical, but not Iater than January 1, 1981.
This i?er will be performed in conjunction witn the Crfice cf State Programs and the Of fice of Inspect. ion and Enforcement.
(6) Require test exercises of approved Emergency Plans (Federal, State, local, licensees), review plans for such exercises, and participate in a lirited number of joint exercises.
Tests of licensee plans will be required to be conducted as soon as practical for all facilities and before reactor startuo for new licensees.
Exercises of State plans will be perfomed p., sot {is g O y+.
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The Commissioners in conjunction with the concurrence reviews of the Office of State Programs. Joint test exercises involving Federal, State, local and licensees will be conducted at the rate of about 10 per year, which would result in all sites being exercised once each five years.
The staff review will be accomplished by about 6 review teams, similar to the concept used-to assure suitable implementation of the physical security provisions of 10 CFR 73.55. As a minimum, the teams will consist of a team leader from i;RR, a member from Los Alamos Scientific Lab (LASL) and, at least for field visits, a member from the IE Regional office.
LASL will be used as the source of non-flRC team menbers because of the expertise gained and faciliarity with the plants acquired during the physical security reviews.
The Division of Operating Reactors will have the responsibility for comple-ting these reviews for both operatir.g reactors and near-term OL's.
J. R. Miller, Assistant Director, DCR will be respon-sible for implementation of the program.
General policy and technical direction will be provided by Brian Grimes, Assistant Director, DOR.
The first sites to be reviewed by the teams will be those scheduled for operating licenses within the next year and those sites in areas of relatively high population.
Major milestones for the program are being developed and will include regional meetings with licensees to discuss the progran, site visits by the review tean, and neetings with local officials.
Coordination:
This action plan has been discussed with the Task Force on Emergency Planning and the Task Force Chairman, T.
F. Carter, has advised that the Task Force deliberations to date have indicated no reason why NRR should not proceed.
The Office of State Programs concur, in this plan. The Office of Inspection and Enforcement concurs in the plan.
The Commissioners NRR expects to perform this task without augmentation of resources beyond those authorized for FY79 and FY80.
N Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
Emergency Preparedness Improvecents for Operating Plants and Near Tem OL's DISTRIBUTION Commissioners Commission Staff Offices Exec "ir for Operations ACRS Secretariat o-.5 -y 4
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ENCLOSURE N0. 1 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IMPROVEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS REQUIRED FOR OPERATING PLANTS AND NEAR TER!M OL'S I:mplementation Item Categoryl/
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Upgrade emergency plans to Regul atory Guide 1.101 A
with special attention to action level criteria based on plant parameters.
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Inplement certain short tern actions reconnended by Lessons Learned task force and use these in action level criteria.2_/
2.1.8(a) Post-accident sampling Design review complete A
Preparation of revised procedures A
Inplenent plant nodifications 3
Description of proposed modification A
2.1.8(b) High range radioactivity monitors B
2.1.3(c)
Inproved in-plant iodine instrunentation A
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Establish Erergency Operations Center for Federal, State and Local Officials (a) Designate location and alternate location and A
provide connunications to plant (b) Upgrade Energency Operations Center in 3
conjunction with in-plant technical support center t'
'C a t eg o ry A Inple entation prior to OL or by v'anuary 1,1930 (t.ee NC?.EG-0570 j.
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Irplementation crior to OL or by i d-lESC.
Categcry E:
I plenentation by January 1,19E'.
-3;Tne inclementation cf the Lessons Learned task force reccrcendat-!on iten 2.1.3(b),
i ns*ru entation for detection of inadecuate core cooling, will a~lso be factored into the action level criteria.
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Implementation Item Category 4.
Improve offsite monitoring capability A
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Assure adequacy of State / local plans (a) Against current criteria A
(b) Against upgraded criteria B
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Conduct test exercises (Federal, State, local, licensee)
(a) Test of licensees energency plan AI (b) Test of State emergency plans Al (c) Joint test exercise of energency plans
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New OL's B
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