ML20039D106
| ML20039D106 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crystal River  |
| Issue date: | 11/17/1981 |
| From: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Hancock J FLORIDA POWER CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8112310322 | |
| Download: ML20039D106 (4) | |
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Additionally, the followipg constructive comments concerning the conduct of recent emergency exercises reflect FEMA and NRC observations which could be of salue to you.
1.
The content of the exercise scenarios should be handled on a "need-to-know" ba s i's, such that individuals who may be exercise " players" do not have access to the scenario to be used.
2.
In order to make tre exercise a valid test of emergency preparedness, the particular scenario to be run should not be used in " practices" While certain functions are similar regardless of the scenario, certain others (assessment, protective-action-decision-making, in plant surveys, etc.)
may differ significantly.
Therefore, to the extent practical, training or practice scenarios should di f fer from the scenario used for the fullscale exercise.
3.
Careful. consideration should be given to the manner in which scenario cues are presented to the players and to the content of the cues, such that inadvertent coaching or direction to the player is minimized.
The content and timing of cues should be consistent with information and scurces that wculd bc 'sailable to the players in a real emergency (e.g.,
simulated alarms, instrument readings, survey data, etc.).
This will result in the most realistic participation and interaction by everyone; the Operating staf f and their off site support elements, the NRC, FEMA, state and local governments, and others.
Exercise controllers should also be cognizant of actions necessary to ensure continuity of the exercise without unduly hindering nor aiding the participants' initiative, free play and decision making processes.
On a relhted subject, as you have probably already heard, the NRC has proposed changing the implementation date of prompt notification systems from July 1, 1931 to Febr-;ary 1, 1982.
I have enclosed a copy of the proposed rule change for your i n fo rma ti o n.
This appeared on September 21, 1981, in the Federal Regi ster f or comment.
No response to this letter is necessary.
Should you have any ouestions, the appropriate contact in Region II is Mr. George R. Jenkins, Chief, Emergency Preparedness Section at (404)-221-5541.
Since /ely, (4t d'
James P. O'Reilly Regional Admini strator
Enclosure:
Proposed Rule Change cc w/ encl:
D. C. Poole, Nuclear Plant Manager l
Federal Register / Vol. 48. No.182 / Monday. September 21, 1981 / Proposed Rules 465817 0 CFR Part 50 By July 1.19e1. the nuc! ear po er reactor the extended time pedod for
!icensee sha!! demenstrate that compliance.
Emergency Planning and aivarustratar and physical means haie been Preparedness for Production and estabbshed for alernes and providies pron pt De Commission's decision to defer instruchons to the pubhc mean the pLune the date for requiring full Utszation Faculties esposure pathway EPZ.11e design objectis e implementation of the prompt public Nuclear Regulatory shan be to have the capat@y to essentiaDF notification capability requirement was A0ancy:
Commission.
cc:rplete the trutxal nonfication of the public made as desenbed above, after ACT Ost Notice of proposed rulemakirg.
within the plume esposure pathway EPZ additional considera tion of industry-within about 15 minutes.
wide difficulty in acquiring the Susse$Any:ne Nuclear Regulatory The NRC staff has evaluated the level necessary equipment, permits. and Commission is proposing to amend its of compliance by the industry and noted dearances. His proposed deferral does regulations to extend the date by which that only about 12% of NRC power not represent any fundamental prompt public notification systems must reactor licensees have been able to meet departure from the rationale the be operational around all nuclear power fully the July 1.1981 date for installation Commission used in adopting and plants.%e proposed extension is based of a prompt public notification system sustaining the public nonfication on industry-wide difficulty in acquinng which meets the criteria in to CFR 50.47 capabihty requirement.See Final Rule
- he necessary equipment, permits. and 50.54, and Appendix E to Part 50. The on Emergency Planning. 45 FR 55402 cleerances. If adopted the proposal licensees inability to meet the July 1.
55407 ( Aug.19.1980). reconsiderction would extend the compliance date for 1981 date has been attributed to the denied. CIJ-80--40.12 NRC 636 (1980). It these syste=s from July L 1981 to no unforeseen difficulties and uncertainties is the Commission's continued judgment later than February L 1982.
surrounding the designing procunng.
that prompt public notification is an DATts: Comment period expires October and installing of the prompt notification important consideration in the affsite 2L 1961. Comments received after this systems. In estabhaMng the protection of the public in the event of a date will be considered ifit is practieal imple=entation date,the %nmission nuclear accident nis of! site protection r
to do so, but assurance of consideration was concerned that these factors would of the public includes a number of cannot be gived except as to comments inhibit the ability to comply with a short separate stg 7-ition of the received on or before this date.
schedde and set the July 1981 date with potential severity of t'he accident by the AooResses: Interested persons are this in mind (45 FR 55407).
utility, communication ci the perceived invited to submit written comments and While licensees
- r~d-with the
- hreat to of'aite authorities, decision by suggestions on the proposal to the prompt notification requirement has offsite of%ta on the need foe Secretary of the Commission. US been delayed. the NRC considers that protective action, capabutty to spread Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
emergen..y plans and preparedness have public warmng and actual response by Washington. D C. 20555. Attention:
signincantly improved within the last the public.De emergency plannhg rule Docketing and Service Branch. Copies of year at and around every nuclear power is premised on reducmg to the extent comments received by the Commission plant site.nis insigni5 cant possible-and to the extent the NRC can may be examined in the Commission's t=provement has been confirmed by regulate-the time required for and the Public Document Room at 1717 H Street NRC teams who have visited a number uncertainty associated with each step.
NW., Washington D.C.
of plant sites to evaluate the licensees
- Every aspect of the rule. Inche the FOR FURTHER INFOmasAT1084 COertACTt compliance with the upgraded prompt notification system is still Brian K. Crimes. Director. Division of emergency planning regulations of required. In da@g the Emergency Preparedness. Office of August 1980. In addition. the Federal implementation date of the prompt Inspection and Enforcement.UA Emergency Management Agency public notification capability Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(EBfA) and the NRC have monitored requirement, the Commission recognizes Washington. D.C. 20555 (telephone 301-numerous nuclear emergency exercises the continued need for this requirement 49 _4814).
invoh-ing State and local governments and expects all utilities to co=plete the and the licensees, and again have installation of this system as soon as sumrafENTARY twFORsd ATIOsc witnessed a siginficant improvement on practicable but not later than February L The Proposed Rule onsite and offsite emergency 1.1982. However, the Commission On August 19.1980. the Nuclear preperedness.
intends to take appropriate enforcement Regulatory Commission published in the Based on the above information and action against licensees who did not.
Federal Register (45 FR 55402) on a recognition that there exist prior to July 1.1981. notify the amendments to its regulations (10 CFP customary warning systems (police, Commission of their inability to meet Part 50 and Appendix E) concerning the radio, telephone). which are viewed as the July L 1981 deadline.
upgrading of emergency preparedness.
sufSciently effective in many postulated The effective date of these regulations accident scenarios, the Commission is Significant licensee performance was November 3.1980. Among other proposing to defer the implementation etrengths and weaknesses are evaluated things, the regulations required licensees date of the prompt public notification in the NRC Systematic Assessment of to submit upgraded e=ergency plans by capability requirement from }uly L 1981 IJcensee Performance (SALp).ne SALP Jandary 2.1981. submit implementing to February L 1982. In view of the program specifically includes evaluation procedures by March L 198L and above. the Co==ission finds that there of licensee performance in emergency implement the emergency plans by April exists sufficient reason to believe that preparedness. Accordingly, a licensee's 1.1981.
appropriate protective measures can efforts in attempting to meet the July L One element that must be and will be taken for the protection of 1961 date for installing the prompt de=onstrated in an acceptable the health and safety of the public in the public notification capability will be a licensee's emergency plan is that:
event of a radiological emergency daring factor in that licensee's SAIA
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46588 Federal Register / Vol. 48 No.182 / Monday, September 21. 1981 / Proposed Rules
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IL Proposed Applicat!on of the Mnal final rule, w hen effectiva, w111 be 1244,1248. (42 U.S C 5841. 5842. 584el, unles Rula applied to ongoing licensing proceedings otherwise noted. Section sofs also issued now pending and to issues or under sec.122. es Stat. 939 (42 US C 2152).
%e Commission also is proposing in contentions therein. Union of Concerned Secuan 50.78-50.81 also issued under sec.184.
es Stat 354, as amended (42 m 2234b this rule that the four month period for Scientists v. AEC. 499 F 2d 1089 (D.C.
Sections so.1oM01021ssued under sec.186, c:rrecting deficiencies, provided in Cir.1974).
6a Stat. 955 (42 U.S C 2236). For the purposes t 50.54(s){2). should not spply to any lic;nsee not in compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Certification of sec. 223. 68 Stat. osa. as amended 142 USC 2273). I so.41(i) issued under sec.161L public notification system requirement in accordance with the Regulatory es Stat. 949 (42 USC 2201(ill; il soJo, sa71, by February 1.1982. the new dead!ine Flesibility Act of 1980. 5 U.S.C. 605(b).
and 50.78 issued under sec. telo. 66 Stat. 950 dite. lf a licensee is not in compliance the Commission concludes that this rule as amended (42 U.S C 22c1[ol, and the laws with this requirement by Februery 1 will not,if promulgated. have a referred to in Appendices.
1982, the Commission will consider significant economic impact on a
- 1. Section P/.D.3 of Appendix E to tiking appropriate enforcement actions substantial number of small entities. The Part So is revised to read as follows:
promptly at that time. In determining proposed rule concerns an extension of cppropriate enforcement action to the operational date for public Appendit F~ Emergency Planning and ne r Pmducdon and Utihzadoo initiate, the Commission will take into notification systems for nuclear power pajm cccount. among other factors, the plants licensed pursuant to Sections 103 demonstrated diligence of the licensee and IcAb of the Atomic Energy Act of D
in attempting to fulfill the prompt public 1954. as amended,42 U.S.C. 2133. 2134b.
codon {mee ums n:tification capability requirement. The The electric utility companies owning Commission will consider whether the and operating these nuclear power
- 3. A licensee shall hase the capability to
"**IF licinsee has kept the NRC informed of plants are dominant in their service
,"o,,n n I er cies wi6 minum tfie steps that it has taken, when those areas and do not fall within the ener declanna an emergency. m licensee stIps were taken and any s:gmficant definition of a smallbusiness found in shall demonstrate that the State / local problems encountered and the updated Section 3 of the Small Business Act.15 officials have the capabihty to make a public timetable which the licensee expects U.S.C. 632, or within the Small Business notification decision promptly on being 4
w"ll be met in achiesing full compliance Size Standards set forth in 13 CFR Part informed by the hcensee of an emergency with the prompt public notification 121. In addition, since the amendment condition. By Febr.ary 1.1982. each nuclear power nector heensa shall demonswte that capability requirements.
extends for one year the date by which I'i#*'***"* *"
With respect to requests for the public notification systems are to be established for alerting and providing prompt esemptions that NRC has received from operational, the businesses and state nuclear power reactor licensees and local governments involved in the
," ",'CU ",* $0* PN*M"ur month I
,, 7 concerning the prompt pubhc manufacture and installation of these period in to Cnt A 54(s)(21 for the correction notification requirement and dead!ines.
systems are not econontically affected in of emergency plan deficiene.es shall not for installation and operational any significant manner. Accordingly.
apply to deficiencies in the initial installation capability, the Commission has decided there is no significant economic impact of this public eatification s> stem that is to deny these requests in light of the on a substantial number of small required by February 1.1981 The design proposed extension of the July 1.1981 entities, as defined in the Regulatory objective of the prompt public notification date. Any licensee not able to meet tid Flexibihty Act of1980.
system shat! be to have the capabihty to new deadline date of February 1.1982 essentially complete the initial notification of will be subject to enforcement penalties Paperwork Reduction Act Statement the public within the plume exposure bout 15 mbu after the new date. This provision will Pursuant to the provisions of the
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eliminate unnecessary and costly Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (Pub.
from trnmediate notification of the pubhc adrninistratis e actions needed to L. 9Hu), the NRC has made a (within 15 minutes of the time that State and consider present exemption requests determination that thil proposed rule local officia!s are notifi d that a situation that will essentially become moot by the does not impose new recordkeeping, esists requiring urgent action) to the more proposed extension of the July 1.1981 information collection, or reporting hkely esents where there is substantial time date. This approach will also permit the requirements.
anilable for the State and local NRC to focus its consideration upon a Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of govemmental officials to make a judgment
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reduced number of noncotapliance 1954. as amended, the Energy whether r n t to activate the public situations which remain at the time of Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, n uncauon system. mem t.Vm is a dec%n e cat on s h' '
the new deadlme. It is expected that the and Section 553 of Title 5 of the United
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ne most efficient t.se of NRC resources will States Code, notice is hereby given that activate the entire notification. sy stem be achieved by this treatment of present adoption of the following amendment to simultaneously or in a graduated or staged exemption requests relating to the July 1.
10 CFR Part 50. Appendix E is manner. ne responsibihty for activatirg 1981 operational date requirement.
contemplated, such a public notif; cation system shall remain if the proposed rule is subsequently with the appropnate govemment authonties promulgated as a final rule,it is the PART 50-DOMESTIC LICENSING OF Commission's present intention to make PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION it effective immediately upon FACILITIES Dated at Washington. D C., this teth day cf publication, pursuant to 5 U.S.C-September 1981.
553(d)(1), since the rule is expected to The authority citation for Part 50 For the Nuc! car Regulatory Commission relieve the obligation of certain reads as follows:
3 licensees with respect to the present Authoriry Secs. 103.104.181.182.183.189 Secretaryof the commission.
July 1.1981 deadline for operational 68 Stat. 936,937,948, 953. 954. 955. 956, as public notificetion systems. In that areended (42 USC. 2133. 2123.1201. 2232.
[M Doc 81-2ms W Su e o mal apo cooe rsee.es-as re2ard, the Cr Hssion notes that the 2233. 2233); secs. 201,202,206. 88 Stat.1243,
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