ML20035B767

Provides Comments on Revised Incident Response Training Program.Staff Believes That Revs Have Resulted in Substantial Improvement in Training Requirements for Incident Responders

ML20035B767
Person / Time
Issue date:	03/25/1993
From:	Norelius C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Spessard R NRC OFFICE FOR ANALYSIS & EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA (AEOD)
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NUDOCS 9304050087
Download: ML20035B767 (3)

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i MEMORANDUM FOR:

R. Lee Spessard, Director, Division of Operation Assessment, Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data FROM:

Charles E. Norelius, Director, Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards, Region III

SUBJECT:

COMMENTS ON THE REVISED INCIDENT RESPONSE TRAINING PROGRAM Per your request, we have reviewed the revised incident response training program. We recognize that the training matrices were substantially revised as a result of the January 27-28, 1993 ERC workshop attended by Region III personnel. We believe that these revisions have resulted in a substantial improvement in the training requirements for our incident responders in that the regions should be able to accommodate the requirements.

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concerning the training matrices are attached.

In order to properly implement this training program, AE0D committed to provide the regions with a fully functional computer based training tracking system.

Region III provided your staff with copies of our management and individual training status reports generated from our existing computer based tracking system. This system is not suitable to accommodate the proposed i

matrices. However, the types of reports provided to your staff are valuable to us to assure required training is scheduled, performed, and recorded, and an easily retrievable list of qualified individuals is available to our managers to select base and site team members.

In addition to the above, AE0D should assure support for the required and recommended training identified in the matrices so that this training is made available to regional staff at a frequency assuring each region has ample trained staff to support the regions' needs.

l The proposed training matrices focus on the needs of a reactor event.

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example, the protective measures staff are either required or recommended to take reactor safety courses. AE0D should consider developing separate matrices for non-reactor events which do not require reactor safety training.

This will allow the regions to have a qualified staff of responders for materials events.

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MAR 2 51993 We appreciate the opportunity to input to and review this training program.

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McCormick-Barger at (708) 790-5284.

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Ross A. Scarano, Director, DRSS, Region V J. Foster, ERC, Region III D. Chawaga, ERC, Region I J. Hufham, ERC, Region II E. Bates, ERC, Region IV y

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Attachment SPECIFIC TRAINING MATRICES COMMENTS FULL ACTIVATION SITE TEAM MATRIX Deputy D50s should not be required to take the Federal Interface course.

This course should be a recommended course, as it is for the DSO.

Inplant & Effluent Mobile Lab Analyst should not be required to take the RTM courses. This appears to be an overly excessive requirement.

Protective Action Support Team personnel should not be required to take l

the Federal Interface and Reactor Safety RTH courses. Although these courses may enhance their performance, they do not appear to be necessary for them to perform their tasks.

l Environmental Sample Mobile Lab Analyst should not be required to take the Federal Interface course. This appears to be an overly excessive requirement.

The Assessment Specialist and Monitoring & Analysis Coordinator should not be required to take the Federal Interface course or the Reactor t

Safety RTH course. These course requirements appear to be overly excessive.

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