ML19309G283
| ML19309G283 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 10/23/1979 |
| From: | Deyoung R NRC - NRC THREE MILE ISLAND TASK FORCE |
| To: | Landry L METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. |
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| TASK-TF, TASK-TMR NTFTM-791019-03, NTFTM-791019-3, NUDOCS 8005050507 | |
| Download: ML19309G283 (8) | |
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oc7, 31979 Mr. Leonard J. Landry In Reply Refer To:
Health Physics Engineer NTyra 791019-o3 TMI Nuclear Station P.O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057
Dear Mr. Landry:
Enclosed is a copy of the file memorr.ndum prepared by members of the Special Inquiry staff based upon our interview with you on the indicated date.
If you believe there are any substantial inaccuracies or omissions'in the en-closed memorandum that require correction, or if tNre is an important matter with which you would like to supplement the recent interview, please inform us in writing within ten days and we will include your response in our files together with the enclosed memorandum. If we do not hear from you within the 10-day period, we will assume that the memorandum is accurate.
We appreciate your help and cooperation in the Special Inquiry.
-p As a result of an error, the enclosed Witness Notification letter was not provided to you prior to the interview.
If after reading the notification you should wish to modify or delete any portion of the attached interview memorandum, please inform us within the ten-day period designated above.
Sincerely, R. C. DeYoung, Deputy Staff Director NRC/TMI Ske'cial fnquiry Group
Enclosures:
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NRC/SIG:
Witness Notification 2.
NRC/D0R:
Review of TMI Emergency Plan, FSAR Amendment 65 3.
Memorandum from Mulleavy to All Department Heads, dated October 3, 1978 4.-
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Memorandum from Busansky to Department Heads, dated November 3, 1978 5.
Interview Memorandum
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This interview is being conducted by cambers of the ::uclear Regulatory-Corrission's (NRC's) Special Inquiry Group on Three Mile Island.
This Group is being directed independently of the !;RC by an outside law firm, Rogovin, Stern and Huge.
It includes both NRC personnel who have been detailed to the Spc-cial Inquiry Staff, and outside staff and attorneys.
Through a delegation of authority from the NRC under Section 161(c) of the Atom.ic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the S. ecial Inquiry Group has a broad "=.r.d;te to inquire into the causes of the accidant at Three Mile Island, to identify major problem areas and to make recommendations for change.
At the conclusion of its investi-gation, the Group will is'.ue a detailed public report setting forth its findings and reccamendaticns.
Unless you have been served with a sub;;ena, your participaticn in this interview is voluntary a.id there will be no effect on you if you d'ecline to ar.swer s:me or all of the quest'ons asked you.
Mc.2ver, the Special Inquiry has been given the power to sdpcena witnesses to appear and testify under oath, or to appear and produce documents, or both, at any designated place.
Enyper-son interviewed -- whether he has been r-tnaenaed or is being interviewed informally -- may have an attorney present or any other persen he viishes accompany him at the interview as his representative.
itnesses shculd realize that while we will try to respect any requests for confidentiality in connection with the publication of our report, we can make no cuarantees.
Nac.es of witnesses and the information they provide ray eventually bsccme public, inasmuch as the entire record of the Special Inquiry Group's investigation wi'l be made avail-able to the NRC for whatever uses it may deem appropriate.
In time, thi.,s information may be made available to the public voluntarily, or become.available to the public through the Freedcm of Infccmation Act.
Moreover, other d'apartmants and agencies of govern. ant may request access to this inforr.ation puricant to the Princy Act of 1974.
The ir.fce: stian ay also he :;de a.eilable in ble Or in
' art 'a ecc...ittees or SW.wittees of t?e U. 5. C,r.gress.
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Three F.ile Island Site [t:rgancy Plan t!a hc.ve rcvimeed the revised Energency Plan for Three ihle Island submitted with a cover Ic'.ter dated "2y il, 1978. 1:e find that Iie submittal does not aa ;?:s tely 4..::. strate con.'cr. nce wii.h tha :7.C sie rf pr.sition as stated in T.3gulatory Guide 1.101, " vis kn 1, dc'ed lurch 10/7.
Discussion of the.
follo. ting ele =2nts is either deficient or missing fecm the information pro-vided:
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Your classification system does not include an Ecersency Alert '
Class as discribed in Pegulatory Guide 1.101 at Section 4.1.2.
A Site Emirgency includes a ctr.ditien of 125 mr/!.r at the security fence.
Such a dase rate F.ust ha the result of a sericus incid:nt requiring a General Energency response.
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Your listing of a Spectrum of Postulated Accidents in Section 2.2 should include instru:c.sniation capability for prt:r.pt detection and ccr. tin :0d assessment and..irJ:'.;2r r.;cds in relation to the antici-pated sequence and timing of events.
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Evidence of the arrange.ients and agrescents reached with local, county, state ar.d Federal agencies and with fire, police and anbu-lance organizations for support should be included as letters of agreement in an Appendix.to your Plan, as per Section 10.1 of P.egu-4 lat'ory Guide 1.101.
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The notification procedure described in Section 4.1 is for the Shift Supervisor to call the Station Superintendant who calls the Pcnnsylvania Bureau of Radiological Health who then calls local authoritics.
When time is of the essence, such a procedure cay be excessively time-consu-ing.
Section 4.1.5 of Regulatory Guide 1.101 recomands the following:
" Coordination with local authorities is an essential element of the planning for this class (Ganeral Emergency) to ensure the availability of mechanisms for early warning' of the public."
Sections 4.1.3 and 4.1.4, Unit and Station Emargencies, Regulatory Guide 1.101, recomend notif'ication to state and local agencies so..
I that they may assume an alert condition.
Your plan should empha-i size the.need for early and direct cc.xc.unication tihen initiating events with the potential for serious con ac :ences occur, even when i
an 1rmediate release of radioactivitf 1s not' forseen.
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Section 4.2, Assessment' Actions, of your plan places emphasis on t
in-plant radiation monitors and on-and offsite surveys, but makes no mention of process instrumentation.
Section 4.1.5 of Regulatory i
Guide !.101 states that " emergency action levels and other criteria for declaring a General Emergency should be specified in tenas of inforcation readily available in the ' control room.
Such information siculd include the status of engineered safeguards." As t,1chup to such instilled instrunntation ycur plan should include estic: tca
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rnicase of activity from 1% core melt into containment d) release of activity from 10% core melt into containme'nt
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- 6) Activation criteria for declaration of emergencies should be defined in terms of control room instrument readings and should also be.re-lated to protective action guides incorporated in USEPA guidance.
(Regulatory Guide 1.101, Section 4.1.4).
- 7) Sections 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 of your plan shculd he expanded to include the following infor.ation shcified undar Section 6.4 of Regulatdry Guide 1.101:
a) steps to provide visitors to the plant and to make i
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information concerning how the emergency plans pro-vide for notification to them and how they can ex-1 pecttocead0isedvhattodo.
bl the msans and the time required to scarn or advise persons in the low population zone.
cl protective actions including isolation and area access, control of agricultural and water supplies.
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Your plan states in Section 5.5.1 that metecrological informa-tion will be available in the control room.
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be available if, for any reason, it was not available in the ccatrol room.
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Section 4.4.2 states that first aid and decontamination facilities' are maintained at the Unit il ECS and the two service buildings.
Your plan should also' d:-scribe provisions for first aid, monitoring and decontamination of personnel and of vehicles evacuating from the site.
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Section 10 of Regulatory Guib 1.101 - agreement letters, time-dose-
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F it r4p-t. ZDIVICUAL-ACCOU:!TA31 LIT.Y..DURING RADIAT10it....
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- W.MEijCY D'111.1.S SCHEDULED TO BE CONDUCTED J.i Uover.Se,- 3,1978 6 & S i
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Departmant !:eads
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cs[ist the Site Protectica Force in accomplishing individual accountability 74 1.
duciag the :r'dect drills, the following information is provided for guidance
.;..d c:harenr.e by all ;r.; n wel:
Upon actification of the drill, all pertennal nust iggediately_ report
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their muster areas.
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Personnel uithin the Protxted.t.ca in pencesien of a TMI-i: cued Blue, freen or tlhite_ badge uill plc.ce their budges uithin boxes to be located ct the muster areas.
Other personnel, i.e. " Visitors", will be muststed' by assigncd number and will not relinquish their badges.
Additionally, they rc.ust remain escorted by cssigned personnel.
(Please ensure that indivh'rals kno.I not to place their Itet-Ed I.D. Stdges, Red badges or -
1, ass into the Lc;.as being us.d for b:.dge c,llection.)
Guards uill collect
.hese L.:dges and '.cturn e se to the Proccrsing Center for acucuatability.
. :ac..:-l 1::c?.cd :ithin thrC.ntrol Pecc":, ErS and, if utilhed, Alternate c.
FCS.till casum cll badges es nquired in pare. graph 1.b. are dalivered to the I: orth or Suth.".:m. Sly f.res (t:hici.u.cc is closast) for colle.ction by the guards.
All personnel located within thd Daner-Centrolicd Area (e::ternal to the d.
Wotected Area) will ;i.usier within t!.e T !I !!archeuse (adjacent to Unit I.)
A guard will physicclly conduct the cccountability custar by use of desi aated forms.
(Badges.:ill not be collectcd at this n.cster point; but b
rath:r uill be retained by all individuals involved.)
It is requested that all first line supervisors and contractor personnel are 2.
made aware of the requirer.. ants of this memorandum upon receipt so as to ensure accountability raquirements are r.:et during the drills.
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Your assistance is requested.
Please direct all ' questions to myself or Jeff Taylor, extensica(s) 284 or 319 for possible resolution.
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