ML19256G072
| ML19256G072 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | La Crosse File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png |
| Issue date: | 12/18/1979 |
| From: | Faust L Battelle Memorial Institute, PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATION |
| To: | Pagano F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7912270381 | |
| Download: ML19256G072 (2) | |
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'd December 18, 1979 ggg Pacific Northwest Laboratories P.o. Box 999 Mr. Frank G. Paganc acnuna. wasn.ngton 99352 Task Team Chief Telephone (5095 942-3613 Emergency Preparedness Task Force Teie= 32-e34s FTS - 444-3613 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
__wasnington, DC 20555
Dear Mr. Pagano:
TRIP REPORT ON SITE VISIT TO LACROSSE The Lacrosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) was visited by NRC Emergency Preparedness Review Team Number 5 on October 30 and 31,1979.
The team members were Jir:. Martin - Team Leader, NRc; Mike Gaita.1is - NRC; Bill Grant - NRC Office of Inspection and Enforcement, Region III; and Leo Faust - Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratory.
Also present on October 31 were Tom Womback - Licensing Project Manager, NRC; and Frank Pagano - NRC.
LACBWR is operated by Cairyland Power Cooperative (DPC) and is located at Genoa, Wisconsin, approximately 17 miles south of Lacrosse, Wisconsin. The 48 M4e plant, in service since 1967-68, was first built and operated t;y the AEC and sold to DPC in approximately 1971.
Tuesday, October 30, 1979 Messrs. Martin, Gaitanis, Grant, and Faust met at the LACBWR administration building, where a meeting was held with utility representatives, including Jim Shipsback (the plant supervisor) and Leo Krajewski (LACEWR Health and Safety Supervisor).
The meeting began with a discussion of the new early notification requirements.
In the case of LACBUR, the local sheriff must be notified within 15 minutes from the declaration of a general s ergency.
Since the plant is in a rural setting, the 10-mile limit is all 3
'Z; notification may be difficult. Alternatives for prompt warning t the public which were discussed included the use of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) radios; it would cost DPC approximately
$6000 to provide everyone within a 5-mile radius of the plant with a radio.
If fire sirens were to be used, they could be programmed for a wail or short bursts which would be different than the normal fire alarm.
The letter dated October 10, 1979, from Darrell Eisenhut was discussed briefly. LACBWR has a noble gas monitoring system capable of measuring 107 mR/hr and may seek relief from the instrumentation requirements on the basis of size and location of the plant.
The plant was then toured.
LACBWR officials intend to house the onsite Operations Support Center (OSC) and Technical Support Center (TSC) in a new administration building.
Questions were raised by the utility as to the amount and type of instrumentation required in these areas.
It should be noted that the new administration building is not " hardened" nor dces
/W3 it meet natural phenomena criteria. The existing reactor control rocm 6
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- itself is not hardened.
DPC representatives indicated that the plant would need extensive remodeling if, for any reason, relicensing would be required.
In fact, the facility would instead be shut down in that case.
The surrounding countryside was examined with respect to evacuation routes, population density, and topography.
The states of Iowa and Minnesota lay directly across the Mississippi River, some 1.5 to 2 miles wide at this plant site.
Wednesday-, October 31, 1979 A public meeting was held at the Vernon County College in Viroquoa, Wisconsin, with some 24 people in attendance.
Two to three of the attendees were members of the general public, with the remainder representing either the NRC team, local and state organizations (Wisconsin and Iowa were both represented), or the medi a.
An introduction was provided by Jim Martin and Frank Pagano that related the historical basis of the review team effort.
NUREG-0396 was reviewed, includ-ing the 10- and 50-mile limits for inhalation and ingestion, respectively; the need for establishing and maintaining effective communication systens -
including action levels, instrumentation, decontamination and medical facilities, and drills, and emergency preparedness plans.
Special emonasis was placed on the need for adequate onsite facilities, including the 03C and TSC, as well as offsite emergency operations centers.
Cognizant individuals are needed onsite and offsite to command and control assigned responsibilities.
Finally, a uniform emergency classification scheme is a must.
The meeting concluded with a public comment oeriod, during which several questions were raised fecm the floor with respect to the adequacy and implementat on of the i
current LACBWR emergency plan. A copy of the current plan, dated Maren 25, 1974, was received for review.
Sincerely, 1661 199
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Leo G. Faust, fianager Dosimetry Technology Section I