ML20040H154
| ML20040H154 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/01/1982 |
| From: | Donaldson D, Grimes B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I), NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
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USNRC APPRAISALS OF ONSITE EMERGENCY FREPAREDNESS By: Brian X._ Grimes, Directcr S
Division of-Emergency Preparedness RECEWED U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission
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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Introduction l
The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has recently upgraded its emergency planning regulations to assure that protective measures can and will be taken to protect the health and safety of the public in the. event of_ an emergency at a nuclear power plant.
The Emergency Preparedness Appraisal Program described in this paper addresses licensee overall emergency preparedness.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is responsible for making findings as to whether State and local emergency plans are adequate and capable of being implemented.
The NRC reviews the FEMA findings and determinations in addition to the results of its own review of the licensee's preparedness to arrive at an overall' determination of adequacy of emergency preparedness.
The -purpose of developing the Emergency Preparedness Appraisal Program war to institute a standard means for performing a comprehensive evaluation of the overall adequacy and effectiveness of power reactor licensess' total emergency preparedness program.
The appraisal results in a finding that there is or is not reasonable assurance that adequate assessment and protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological emergency.
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. The appraisal program is geared toward evaluating the total program in terms of capabilities and performance and identifying major inadequacies., not towards identification of noncompliance.
The appraisal is designed to assess the ability of licensee response personnel to complete the sequence of crucial tasks under emergency conditions using the resources available at the site to meet the fundamental objective of an emergency response.
The findings in relation to the licensee's ability to meet the objective will be based on evaluations of:
- the administrative elements essential to the establishment and continued maintenance of the response capability;
- the structure and definition of the emergency organization;
- the training of response personnel;
- the facilities, equipment and decisional aids essential to the performance of the crucial emergency response tasks;
- the form, scope and content of the procedures which will guide the performan~ce of the crucial tasks;
- the coordination of the licensee's response tasks with those of operating groups; and
- performance demonstrations of critical tasks by key emergency response personnel.
The program is described using analytic trees, written guidance and a series of questions. The " top" of the trees is illustrated in figure 1.
The analytic trees provide a raphical depiction which aids in the deductive analysis of the system. The guidance sections provide the user with the objectives to be met, a discussion of the basis for the questions and need to review a given area and suggests review methods.
The questions are intended to lead the reviewer into the major areas pertinent to a comprehensive evaluation of the various aspects of emergency preparedness.
The analytic trees and worksheets are provided as tools to evaluate the information gathered to reach findings.
Use of these tools will aid in identifying interrelationships of findings, thereby permitting an assessment of the total impact of findings in a logical way.
They can also be helpful r
in communicating the findings to the licensee.
The analytic trees provide a clear picture of the basic elements of the program and provide a logic display of interrelationships.
The trees start with a single desirable condition and systematically proceed through lower levels or tiers until all important factors which produce the major condition are specified.
An example of one of the seven trees is given in figure 2.
The trees provide a description of the elements of a fully implemented emergency plan which meets t:m planning standards in 10 CFR Part 50.47(b) and the specific criteria in NUREG-0654, Rev.1, (NUREG-0654 Plan).
Use of these trees can help in the detection and correction of licensee oversights and omissions.
. Each of the trees has some degree of interface with the other.
Important interfaces are highlighted by transfer functions (triangles with arrows and a letter or number).
The questions. accompanying each tree are carefully structures to avoid duplicative effort in the interface areas.
The interfaces between areas are important in the evaluation process. To properly evaluate areas where transfers are noted, data collected fran one area must be " transferred" to another and considered in the evaluation of both areas. The end result is that the impact of a particuise finding can be assessed in a systematic way and assurance provided that a given area is adequate or inadequate, with a minimum amount of time and effort.
No method or program can or should eliminate the need for professional judgment.
In this sense, the' program is not an attempt to preclude the reviewer's application of judgment factors, but rather seeks to clarify where such judgment is needed and to aid the reviewer in making judgments by bounding the area requiring such professional judgments.
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References 1.
" Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants",
NUREG-0654/ FEMA-REP-1, Rev.1.
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Emergency Preparedness Appraisal Program, unpublished, Division of Emergency Preparedness, USNRC.
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" Application of MORT Chart Analysis to Emergency. Preparedness",
M. L. Smith, PNL; A. Desrosiers, PNL; D. Donaldson, M.;C.
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