ML20005F069

Forwards for Review & Comment,Objectives for 900404 Graded Emergency Preparedness Exercise at Plant

ML20005F069
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	01/05/1990
From:	Mcburnett M HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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ST-HL-AE-3334, NUDOCS 9001120244
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P.O. Box 1700 llouston, 'Ibxas 77001 (713) 228 9211 Houston Lighting Ac Power. ,

January 5, 1990 ST-HL-AE-3334 File No,e G9.8 10CFR50.47 t

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20$55 South Te.:as Project Electric Generating Station Unita 1 and 2 Docket Nos. STN 50-498, STN 50-499 1990 Graded Emergency Preparedness Exercise Attached for your review and comment are the objectives for the April 4, 1990 Graded Emergency Preparedness Exercise at the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station. If you should have any questions on this matter, please contact Mr. P. L. Walker at ($12) 972-8392 or myself at (512) 972-8530.

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Regional Administrator, Region IV Rufus S. Scott Nuclear Regulatory Commission Associate General Counsel 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Houston Lighting & Power Company

Arlington, TX 76011 P. O. Box 61867 Houston, TX 77208 George Dick, Project _ Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission INPO <

i Washington, DC 20555 Records Center 1100 circle 75 Parkway J. I. Tapia Atlanta, CA 30339 3064 '

Senior Resident Inspector c/o U._S. Nuclear Regulatory Dr. Joseph M. Hendrie Commission 50 Be11 port Lane P. O. Box 910 Be11 port, NY 11713 Bay City, TX 77414 D. K. Lacker J. R. Newman, Esquire Bureau of Radiation Control Newman & Holtzinger, P.C. Texas Department of Health 1615 L Street, N.W. 1100 West 49th Street Washington, DC 20036 Austin, TX 78704 D. E. Ward /R. P. Verret Central Power & Light Company .

i P. O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, TX 78403 J. C. Lanier Director of Generation City of Austin Electric Utility 721 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78704 R. J. Costello/M. T. Hardt City Public Service Board P. O. Box 1771 San Antonio, TX 78296 1

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The 1990 Graded Exercise will be conducted for the purpose of assuring proper emergency response by those personnel who are assigned responsibilities within the South Texas Project Electric ,

Generating Station (STPEGS), and those personnel who are assigned  !

responsibilities as delineated in the State of Texas Emergency

, Management Plan and the Matagorda County Emergency Plan.  ;

Accordingly, the following objectives have been developed for the 1990 Graded Exercise.

I. FOR SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION l A. General Obiectives

1. Demonstrate the ability of emergency response _

personnel to implement and execute the STPEGS l Emergency Management Plan and appropriate Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures.

2. Demonstrate the ability to alert, mobilize and ,

augment Station emergency response personnel.

3. Demonstrate the ability to alert Federal, State and Local authorities within the specified time constraints.

4. Demonstrate the ability to activate the Technical Support Center (TSC), the Operations Support Center (OSC), the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), and the Media Information Center (MIC).

5. Demonstrate the functional and operational adequacy of the TSC, OSC, EOC, and the MIC.

6. Demonstrate the adequacy, operability and effective use of emergency communications equipment, and the adequacy of communications procedures and methods.

7. Demonstrate the ability to communicate and interface I

with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) l Headquarters Incident Response Center, and appropriate State and Local governmental organizations in an emergency situation.

8. Demonstrate the ability to provide the proper information to Matagorda county to support the Prompt Notification System.

! 9. Demonstrate the ability to perform post exercise critiques.

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April 4, 1990 1 2.0 OBsTECTIVES j B. Direction and control

l. Demonstrate the ability of each emergency response  ;

i facility manager to maintain command control over emergency responce activities conducted from his  ;

facility throughout the exercise. l

2. Demonstrate the ability to initiate and coordinate emergency response activities in an efficient and j timely manner.  ;

3. Demonstrate the ability to call upon and utilize outside support organizations if Station capabilities are exceeded or if the additional assistance is warranted.

4. Demonstrate the ability of the STPEGS Security group  ;

to respond to an emergency situation.

5. Demonstrate the transfer of responsibilities from the Control Room to the TSC staff and EOC staff. 1

6. Demonstrate the ability of Corporate Public Information personnel to support the STPEGS Emergency Response Organization.

7. Demonstrate the ability of each emergency response facility manager to periodically brief personnel within his facility concerning the status of the emergency. ,

8. Demonstrate the ability to mobilize manpower and material to support protracted (long-term) operations to include Recovery and re-entry activities.

1 C. Accident Assessment

1. Demonstrate the ability of the On-Shift Emergency organization and the STPEGS Emergency Response organization to evaluate the causes of incidents, and perform mitigating actions to place the affected unit (s) in a safe, stable condition.

2. Demonstrate the ability of the appropriate emergency response facility personnel to classify an emergency condition.

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April 4, 1990 2.0 OBJECTIVES 3.- Demonstrate the ability of the appropriate emergency response facility personnel to analyze current plant i- conditions, identify projected trends and potential consequences, coordinate with radiological assessment teams, and provide recommendation actions.

D. Radiolocical Assessment

[ 1. Demonstrate the ability to coordinate and conduct i onsite, in-plant and offsite radiological monitoring activities.

2. Demonstrate the ability to assess and provide projections of offsite radiological conditions to support the formulation of protective action recommendations (regardless of the system used).

3. Demonstrate the ability to coordinate radiological data between the TSC and EOC.

4. Demonstrate the ability to coordinate STPEGS offsite radiological assessment activities with those conducted by the State.

5. Demonstrate the ability to direct and coordinate the deployment of Onsite and offsite radiological i monitoring teams, and coordinate with State radiological monitoring teams.

6. Demonstrate the ability of survey personnel to perform dose rate surveys, collect and analyze radiological samples and preform other prescribed onsite, in-plant and offsite radiological monitoring activities.

7. Demonstrate the ability to obtain and analyze samples from the in-plant normal or post-accident sampling systems, and assess the resultant data.

E. Protective Response

1. Demonstrate the ability to inform and update STPEGS, State and Local emergency response personnel regarding the status of the emergency.

2. Demonstrate the ability to control the spread of contamination and emergency workers' exposure.

3. Demonstrate the ability to formulate and implement onsite protective action measures.

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4. Demonstrate the ability to formulate protective action recommendations for the general public and .

emergency workers within the Plume Exposure Emergency Planning Zone.

5. Demonstrate the ability to communicate protective action recommendations to State and Local authorities, and coordinate the Protective Action i Recommendations with the Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control.

6. Demonstrate the ability to continuously account for personnel assigned to, and operating out of, each emergency response facility.

7. Demonstrate the ability of onsite personnel to provide emergency first aid to an injured, contaminated individual prior to the arrival of the ,

ambulance service.

F. Public Information

1. Demonstrate the capability to coordinate the preparation, review and release of information with Corporate Personnel and Federal, State and Local government agencies; and provide information releases to the media.

2. Demonstrate the ability of rumor control personnel to address questions concerning the status of emergency situations.

3. Demonstrate the ability of the Media Information ,

Director or his designee to conduct media ConfOrences.

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April 4, 1990 2.0 OBJECTIVES STATE AND LOCAL OBJECTIVES FOR THE 1990 STPEGS GRADED EXERCISE JURISDICTIONAL FEMA EXERCISE NUREG-0654 RESPONSIBILITY LOCATION .

OBJECTIVE NUMBER & TEXT REFERENCE State Local (See Note A)

1. Demonstrate the D.3, D.4 X X ALL ability to monitor, understand and use emergency .

classification levels (ECL) through the appropriate ,

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emergency functions and activities corresponding to ECL's as required by the scenario. The four ECL's are:

Notification of Unusual Event, Alert, .

Site Area Emergency and General Emergency.

2. Demonstrate the E.1, E.2 X X ALL ability to fully (See Note E) alert, mobilize and activate personnel for both facility and field-based emergency functions. (See note B). (1)

3. Demonstrate the A.1.d, A.2.a X X 1,2,3,4 ability to direct, coordinate and control emergency activities. (3) 2.0.5

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4. Demonstrate the F.(not F.1.f) X X ALL l ability to (See Note E) l communicate with all '

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locations, organizations and field personnel. (5)

5. Demonstrate the G.3.a, H.2.3 X X 1,2,3,4,5 adequacy of facilities, equipment, displays and other materials to support emergency operations. (4)

6. Demonstrate the K.3.a, K.3.b X X 1,4,7,8,9,10 ability to 11,12,13 continuously monitor (See Note E) and control emergency worker exposure. (20) e

7. Demonstrate the I.8. I.11 X 7 appropriate equipment and procedures for determining field radiation measurements. (7)

8. Demonstrate the I.9 X 7,8 appropriate equipment and procedures for the measurement of airborne radioiodine concegtrations as low as 10' microcurie L per cc in the presence of noble gases. (8) 2.0.6

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JURISDICTIONAL FEMA EXERCISE NUREG-0654 RESPONSIBILITY LOCATION OBJECTIVE NUMBER & TEXT REFERENCE State Local (See Note A)

9. Demonstrate the I.10 X 7,8 ability to obtain samples of  ;

particulate activity in the airborne plume and promptly perform laboratory analyses.

(New Objective)

10. Demonstrate the I.10 X 4 ability, within the plume exposure pathway, to project dosage to the public via plume exposure, based on plant and field data. (10)

11. Demonstrate the ability J.10.m X X 1,4 to make appropriate protective action decisions, based on projected or actual dosage, EPA PAG's, availability of adequate shelter, evacuation time estimates and other relevant factors.

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12. Demonstrate the E.6 X 1 ability to initially alert the public within the 10-mile EPZ and begin dissemination of an instructional message within 15 minutes of a decision by appropriate State and/or local officials (s). (See note C). (13) 2.0.7

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OBJECTIVE NUMBER & TEXT REFERENCE State Local (See Note A)

13. Demonstrate the E.5, G.4.b X X 1,2,3,4,5 ,

ability to coordinate the formulation and dissemination of accurate information and instructions to the public in a timely fashion after '

the initial alert and notification has occurred. (14, 25)

14. Demonstrate the G.3.a, G.4.a X X 5 ability to brief the media in an accurate, coordinated and timely manner. (24)

15. Demonstrate the G.4.c X X 5 ability to establish and operateerumor control in a coordinated and timely fashion (26)

16. Demonstrate the J.10.e, X X 1,4,6,7,9 ability to make the J.10.f decision to recommend the use of KI to emergency workers and institutionalized persons, based on predetermined criteria, as well as to distribute and administer it once the decision is made, if necessitated by radioiodine releases.

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18. Demonstrate the J.10.d, X 1 ability and resources J.10.g, necessary to implement J.10.h appropriate protective '

actions for the impacted permanent and transient plume EPZ population (including transit-dependant persons, special needs populations, handicapped persons and institutionalized persons). (15)

19. Demonstrate the J.9, J.10.g X 1 ability and resources necessary to implement appropriate protective actions for school children within the plume EPZ.

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20. Demonstrate the J.10.j X 1,9 organizational J.10.k ability and resources necessary to control evacuation traffic flow and to control access to evacuated and sheltered areas.

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April 4, 1990 2.0 OBJECTIVES STATE AND LOCAL OBJECTIVES FOR THE 1990 STPEGS GRADED EXERCISE JURISDICTIONAL FEMA EXERCISE NUREG-0654 RESPONSIBILITY LOCATION OBJECTIVE NUMBER & TEXT REFERENCE State Local (See Note A)

21. Demonstrate the J.12 X X 10,13,18 adequacy of procedures, facilities, equipment and personnel for the registration, radiological monitoring and decontamination of evacuees. (27)

22. Demonstrate the J.10.h X 10,18 adequacy of facilities, equipment and personnel for congregate care of evacuees. (28)

23. Demonstrate the X 12,14 adequacy of vehicles, (See Note E)

' equipment, procedures and personnel for transporting contaminated, injured or exposed individuals.

24. Demonstrate the X 11,15 adequacy of nedical (See Note E) facilities, equipment, procedures i and personnel for handling contaminated, injured ,

or exposed individuals.

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25. Demonstrate the K.5.a, X X 10,13 adequacy of K.5.b i facilities, ,

equipment, supplies, procedures and personnel for decontamination of emergency workers, equipment and vehicles and for waste disposal. (29)

33. Demonstrat3 the M.1. X 1 ability to implement appropriate measures for controlled reentry and recovery.

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34. Demonstrate the A.1.e, A.4 X 1,2,3,4,5 ability to maintain i staffing on a continuous 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> basis by an actual shift change.

35. Demonstrate the B.6, J.2 X 1,4 ability to coordinate the evacuation of onsite personnel.

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A. The locations where various exercise objectives are to be demonstrated are indicated by numerical codes as follow:

CODE TEAM ELEMENT OR FACILITY NAME LOCATION l

1. Matagorda County EOC Sheriff's Office, Bay.

City

2. State EOC DPS

!. Headquarters, i Austin

3. Disaster District Sub 2A EOC DPS District Office, Pierce

4. STPEGS EOC STPEGS Plant Site, Matagorda County

5. Media Information Center Holiday Inn, Bay City

6. BRC Staging Area Convention Center, Bay City

7. Various Field Monitoring Teams 10-Mile EPZ

8. BRC ERV and Mobile Laboratory Convention Center, Bay City

9. Access Control Point (s) 10-Mile EPZ

10. Reception Center,(Bay City) McAllister Jr.

High School, Bay City

11. Matagorda General Hospital Bay City

12. Ambulance Service (Bay City) Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Bay City

13. Vehicle Decontamination Facility Designated Car Wash, Bay City

14. Ambulance Service (Palacios) Palacios Volunteer Fire Department

15. Wagner General Hospital Palacios

16. Reception Center (Palacios) Palacios High School Gymnasium

17. Vehicle Decontamination Facility Designated Car Wash, Palacios  ;

18. Reception Center (El Campo) El Campo High School B. Teams will be pre-positioned. Deployment will not be delayed to simulate travel time from normal duty stations.

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D. Decontamination will be simulated at the designated car wash in Bay city. .,

E. Objectives 2, 4, 6, 23, 24, and 34 will be demonstrated

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