ML20011B186

Forwards Public Version of Executed Agreement Between State of La & Util Re Implementation of Protective Actions on Behalf of Public in Event of Radiological Emergency,In Response to NRC Question 810.3(c)

ML20011B186
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	11/19/1981
From:	Dale L MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML20011B184	List: ML20011B186
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AECM-81-428, NUDOCS 8112040388
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Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-416 and 50-417 File 0260/15601 Memorandum of Understanding with State of Louisiana AECM-81/42.8 on March 6, 1981, we received formal Nuclear Regulatory Commission questions on the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Emergency Plan for Units 1 and 2, which we submitted on November 20, 1980 by AECM-80/279. One of those questions, Question 810.3 (c), identified the absence of an executed agreement by which the Louisiana Nuclear Energy Division would provide emergency response services in the event of an accident at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station.

Since that time, the agreement has been executed between the State of Louisiana and the three utilities planning to operate nuclear power stations within or near the state boundaries. A copy of this " Memorandum of Understanding Between Gulf States Utilities Company, Louisiana Power & Light Company, Mississippi Power & Light Company and the State of Louisiana",

which is now effective, is attached for your information.

Please let me know if you have questions.

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AECM-81/428 MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY Page 2 cc: Mr. N. L. Stampley (w/a)

Mr. R. B. McGehee (w/a)

Mr. T. B. Conner (w/a)

Mr. G. B. Taylor (w/a)

Mr. Victor Stello, Jr. , Director (w/a)

Office of Inspection & Enforcement U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Mr. G. R. Jenkins (w/a)

Office of Inspection & Enforcement U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 101 Marietta St., N. W., Suite 3100 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Mr. D. J. Perrotti (w/a)

Of fice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY, LOUISIAN A POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA:

TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN TIIE EVENT OF A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY AT A FIXED NUCLEAR FACHJI'Y 1.

Purpose:

The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding is to establish conditions for coordinating the emergency planning efforts between Gulf States Utilities Company (GSU), Louisiana Power & Light Company (LP&L), Mississippi Power

& Light Company (MP&L) and the State of Louisiana, including the establish-ment of cenditions of notification regarding a Radiological Emergency or occurrences and conditions potentially leading to a Radiological Emergency which may require the implementation of Protective Actions.

Proper and timely flow of information throughout the duration of any such Radiological Emergency is essential in order for the State to discharge its obligation to maintain public safety and. well-being by implementing its response plan, designated as the Louisiana Peacetime Radiological Response Plan, hereafter referred to as the Plan, and its site- specific Attachments. The Plan is broad, flexible, and designed to maintain public confidence and to control exposure by any route to the population as a result of a release of radioactivity above prescribed limits from a Fixed Nuclear Facility exclusion area.

II. Authority:

The Governor, as the chief executive officer of the State of Louisiana, is responsible for the overall safety and well-being of all citizens within the State.

The Louisiana Environmental Affairs Act (La. 3.S. 30:1051 et seq.) authorizes the Office of Environmental Affairs to coordinate the development of specific emergency plans for nuclear power facilities; to respond to any emergency which involves possible or actual release of radioactive material; to coordinate decontamination efforts; to issue relocation and evacuation recommendations; and to otherwise protect the public welfare and safety in any manner deemed necessary and appropriate.

The Louisiana Disaster Act of 1974 (La. R.S. 29:701 et seq.), relative to man-made and natural disasters, authorizes the Office of Emergency Preparedness f La. R.S. 36:408(F)1 to provide a disaster management system embodying all aspects of pre-disaster preparedness and post-disaster response, as well as authority to coordinate disaster prevention and recovery.

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- , III. Definitions:

A. Exclusion Art.a:

An area surrounding the reactor, in which the reactor licensee has the authority to determine all activities including exclusion or removal of personnel and property from the area. This area may be traversed by a highway, railroad, or waterway, provided these are not so close to the facility as to interfere with normal operations of the facility and provided appropriate and effective arrangements are made to control

. traffic on the highway, railroad, or waterway, in case of emergency, to protect the public health and safety. Residence within the exclusion area shall normally be prohibited. In any event, residents shall be subject to ready removal in case of necessity. Activities unrelated to operation of the reactor may be permitted in an exclusion area under appropriate limitations, provided that no significant hazards to the public health and safety will result. .

B. Louisiana Peacetime Radiological Response Plan:

State of Louisiana emergency response plan for fixed nuclear facilities in the State and near its borders, as it now exists or may be hereafter revised. The Plan has a separate Attachment for each fixed nuclear

. facility in or near the State for which planning is necessary. The Plan is also incorporated as Annux J, Appendix 7 to the Louisiana Preparedness Plan for Emergency Operations.

C. Protective Actions:

those emergency measures taken prior to, during, and after an inadvertent release of radioactive material has occurred for the purpose of preventing or minimizing radiological exposures likely to occur to persons if the actions were not taken.

D. Protective Action Guide:

a projected dose to population groups or individuals in the population which warrants taking pre-planned protective action.

E. Radiological Emergency:

For the purposes of this Memorandum of Understanding, a Radiological Emergency is any condition existing within or outside a Fixed Nuclear Facility, owned or licensed by a federal agency, which is endangering or which could reasonably be expected to endanger the health and safety of the public or to contaminate the environment.

F. State:

the State of Louisiana 1

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Gulf States Utilities Company, or Louisiana Power & Light Company, or Mississippi Power & Light Company.

• H. Fixed Nuclear Facility: ,

a commercial nuclear power generating plant, hereinafter referred to as the facility.

. I. Utility Emergency Plan:

The emergency plan for each facility developed by the Utility to meet the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's requirements for emergency planning.

IV. Agreement:

The following terms shall be binding upon the State and Utility:

A. The State and each Utility shall cooperate at all times in planning for emergencies at the facility, including the development, udpate, distribu-tion, implementation, review, evaluation, modification and coordination of the emergency plans and implementing procedures.

B. In furtherance of emergency planning efforts, the State and each Utility shall endeavor to cooperate to assure the following:

1. That emergency responsibilities of the principle response organi-zations are specifically established;

2. That principle response organizations and supporting organizations are adequately staffed and arrangements are made for requesting and effectively using assistance resources;

3. That emergency planners and those who may be called on to assist in an emergency are properly trained;

4. That provisions exist for assuring prompt communications among the Utility, principle response organizations, emergency personnel and the public;

5. That adequate emergency facilities and equipment to support the emerb 'y responses are provided and maintained;

6. That adequate methods, systems, and equipment for assessing and monitoring actual or potential offsite consequences of a Radiological Emergency exist;

7. That means for controlling radiological exposures are established for emergency workers; and

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- 8. That arrangements are made for medical services for contam-inated or injured individuals.

The State and each Utility shall participate in an initial training program and, thereafter, a periodic training program. The scheduling and

- location of the annual training program shall be at a time and place agreeable to both parties.

C. The State and each Utility shall participate in an emergency prepared-ness exercise in accordance with existing guidelines and in such other exercises and drills which are mutually agreed upon. The emergency preparedness exercise will test the adequacy of implementing procedures and methods; emergency equipment and communications networks; the public notification system; and ensure that emergency organization personnel are familiar with their duties. The State and each Utility shall cooperate to correct any deficiencies identified as a result of exercises and drills. The scheduling of the annual emergency planning exercise shall be at a time and place agreeable to both parties.

D. The State and each Utility shall review emergency plans on at least an annual basis and submit a report of findings within 30 days thereafter to the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Environmental Affairs and to the appropriate senior Utility management official.

E. The State recognizes the obligation of Utility personnel to do all that is possible to bring a Radiological Emergency under control. A Utility will not restrict the State's access when necessary for the purpose of obtaining information essential for offsite response management. If necessary, each Utility agrees to provide, to the maximum extent possible, escorts for State personnel responding to an emergency requiring physical access to a security or radiation area.

F. Each Utility shall furnish the State and its supporting agencies copies of its Utility Emergency Plan and Implementing Proceduras and amend-ments thereto as they are issued. The State shall furnish each Utility with copies of the Louisiana Peacetime Radiological Response Plan and Amendments thereto as they are issued.

G. It is each Utility's duty and obligation to notify the State in accordance with its notification procedures utilizing a standard emergency classifi-cation and action level scheme as established by the Plan and as implemented in the Utility Emergency Plan.

II. As set forth in the Utility Emergency Plan, in the event of a Radiological Emergency, each Utility shall recommend Protective Actions to the Assistant Secretary, Office of Environmental Affairs, for exposure pathways for the public and emergency workers in accordance i with the range of Protective Actions developed in the Plan and shall l make Protective Action recommendations to local response organiza-tions in the absence of immediate state directives.

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,- I. The State and each Utility endorse the Protective Action Guides and Protective Actions developed and provided by the United States Environm c Protection Agene" h the "'.Isnual of Protective Action Guides ana erotective Actions for Nuclear Incidents-EP A 520/1-75-001, September 1975, as revised.

J. Prior to operation of a facility and periodically thereafter, the State and each Utility agree to cooperate in assuring the development and distri-bution of information to be made available to the public within the plume exposure pathway emergency planning zone with regard to initial notification procedures and actions. To maintain public confidence and to avoid public apprehension in case of a Radiological Emergency, information shall be periodically released to the public in a timely and coordinated manner. This condition in no way abridges the right of the Utility involved or the State to release information to the public.

However, each Utility and the State agree to exert their best efforts to advise and consult each other regarding any information release to the mass media prior to issuing such a release concerning a Radiological Emergency. In keeping with this delineation of authority and respon-sibility, each party further agrees to restrict public statements to those areas for which each party is responsible.

K. Each Utility shall be financially responsible for the disposition of radioactive waste resulting from decontamination of State personnel, facilities, equipment, and supplies resulting from a Radiological Emergency due to the operation of each Utility's respective facility.

Ilowever, nothing herein shall be construed as altering or expanding the limit, extent, or scope of legal liability of the Utility or waiving any defenses as specified in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

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The terms of this Memorandum of Understanding shall apply to River Bend Station (Gulf States Utilitics Company), Waterford 3 (Louisiana Power & Light Company), and Grand Gulf Nucice Ct tion (Mississippi Power & Light Company).

This agreement shall be effective upon execution of the parties hereto but no sooner than'the 1st day of November,1981.

IN WITNESS WIIEREOF, the parties have hereunto executed this Memorandum of Understanding on the dates specified below.

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