ML20029C607
| ML20029C607 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 04/05/1994 |
| From: | Kantor F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Joyner J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| NUDOCS 9404180149 | |
| Download: ML20029C607 (3) | |
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s April 5, 1994 MEMORANDUM T0:
James H. Joyner, Chief Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch Division of Radiation Safety 1
and Safeguards
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Falk Kantor, Acting Chief 4
i Emergency Preparedness Branch Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards Office of. Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SUBJECT:
FEMA IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCY DURING 1993 FULL. PARTICIPATION' EXERCISE AT PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER. STATION t
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Enclosed is a letter from Mr. Joseph E. Hayes, Director, Division of Preparedness Training and. Exercise,. FEMA Region'I, to'Mr. A. David Rodham, Director, Massachusetts' Emergency Management Agency, dated: March 21,.1994, identifying a Deficiency from the December 7,1993, full participation-l exercise at Pilgrim Nuclear. Power Station.
The Deficiency, assessed against.Kingston's, emergency operations center (E0C),
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. resulted because an. E0C staff member made a critical public health and. safety '
decision independent of_ the Kingston Emergency Management Director. (EMD) which contradicted current procedures and undermined the authority.of the EMD. The Deficiency was remediated in a redemonstration drill on December 9,1993.
Please forward a copy of the enclosed letter to.the licensee for their information.
Original signed by F. Kantor Falk Kantor,' Acting Chief J
Emergency Preparedness Branch Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards.
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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David Rodham, Director Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency 400 Worcester Road P.O.
Box 1496 Framingham, Massachusetts 01701
Dear Mr. Rodham:
This is to provide you with information on a Deficiency identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency during the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant Exercise conducted December 7-9, 1993.
The Deiciency was corrected during a redemonstration on December 9, 1993.
The Deficiency is being assessed against Kingston's Emergency Operation Center (EOC) under Objective 3:
Direction and Control.
The Deficiency resulted because an EOC staf f member made a critical public health and safety decision independent of the K1.ngston Emergency Management Director (EMD) which contradicted current plans and procedures and undermined the authority of the EMD.
During the second alert and notification sequence (simulated),
sirens were not sounded in conjunction with other jurisdictions bacause of independent actions taken by the EOC Fire Department Representative.
At 1328, the Kingston EOC was requested by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)
Framingham to activate the sirens at 1338 due to a protective action decision by MEMA to evacuate some of the sub-areas around the plant although the Kingston sub-areas were not among those to be evacuated.
The EOC Fire Department Representative elected not to sound the sirens, despite the EMD's instructions to do so, because the evacuation order did not pertain to Kingston.
The Fire Department Representative then reconsidered and ordered the two sirens closest to Plymouth, an area which was under the evacuation order, to be sounded at 1346.
The EMD, upon learning that not all the sirens were sounded, ordered the sounding of all sirens in Kingston at 1358, 30 minutes after the order by MEMA Framingham.
A redemonstration of this objective occurred on December 9,
- 1993, to correct the problem identified during the exercise on December 7,
1993.
For the redemonstration, the Kingston EOC was staffed by representatives critical to the siren activation, including the Deputy EMD, the Fire Department Representative, and the BECONS operator.
Following siren activation instructions from MEMA Framingham, the Fire Department Representative, under the direction of the Deputy EMD, ordered the activation of the siren system
d (simulated) in one instance when Kingston was not impacted by a protective action decision to evacuate and in one instance when they were.
The sirens were sounded in accordance with the plan and procedures.
This corrected the Deficiency identified during the exercise conducted on December 7, 1993.
In accordance with FEMA-REP-14, we have reviewed and discussed the aforementioned Deficiency with the U.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
If you have any questions, please contact Jack Dolan, FEMA Region I Regional Assistance Committee Chairman, at (617) 223-9567.
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