ML20063H621
| ML20063H621 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Byron  |
| Issue date: | 07/28/1982 |
| From: | Krimm R Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| To: | Grimes B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
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| NUDOCS 8209020038 | |
| Download: ML20063H621 (6) | |
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4 SVg5 M5MORANDUMFOR: Brian Grimes, Director gy Division of Emergency Preparedness U.. Nu lear gulatory Commission FROM:
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. K ;mm Assista t Associate Director Office of Natural and Technological Hazards
SUBJECT:
Status Report on Offsite Radiological Emergency Planning and Prenaredness at the Byron Nuclear Power Station Attached is a report on offsite radiological emergency planning and preparedness accomolishments by governmental units around the Byron Nuclear Power Station. The ten mile Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) surrounding Byron includes Ogle and '4innebago Counties, Illinois, and the fifty mile EPZ includes fifteen counties in Illinois, four counties in '4isconsin, and two counties in Iowa.
The State of Illinois has submitted to the Federal Emeraency Management Agency (FEMA) the State General Plan, Volume I, of the Illinois Plan for Radiological Accidents. This document is the plan from which all site-specific plans are developed to integrate local offsite olanning.
The State generic plan has been reviewed by FEMA Region V and the Regional Assistance Connittee (RAC) and has been exercised and found to be adequate for public protection in conjunction with other sites in Illinois. The State of Illinois has indicated that the Byron site-soecific offsite plans for Ogle and tlinnebago Counties will not be furnished to FEMA Region V before late April 1983. The plans will then be reviewed by Region V and the RAC and will be exercised in mid 1983.
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Reg, ion V 300 South Wacker. 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 353-1500 M J 01982 MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Associate Director, Office of Natural and Technological Hazards FROM:
Chairman, Regional Advisory Committee
SUBJECT:
Interim Report - Byron Nuclear Power Station In response to your request, attached is the Interim Findings of State and local readiness for off-site radiological emergency preparedness for the Byron Nuclear Power Station, Byron, Illinois.
An evaluation of p'lanning will be conducted by the RAC Region V,once the site-specific plans have been received in the Region.
It is anticipated the Byron site-specific off-site plans for Ogle and Winnebago Counties will be received in FEMA Region V late April 1983.
The State will be notified of a 30-day period from receipt of the RAC plan review and the post-exercise evaluation in which to comment on any deficiencies.
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'W MERDi FINDING Byron Nuclear Puwer Station l
Byron, Illinois l
Introduction This interim finding is a report on off-site Radiological Emergency Preparednese '"'.
of goverrnmental units around the Syron Nuclear Power Station and the physcial and social pattern of the area brought into perspective.
The Syron Nuclear Power Station is located 3.7 miles south-southwest of the city.. -
l of Byron in the geographic centar of Ogle County, on German Church Road, 2.2 miles east. of the Rock River.
The facility site is the highest elevation in Ogla 7 l
County. Commonwealth Edison W=y is the owner, operator who also operates the Dresden, t=h11a, Quad Cities and Zion Nuclear Power Plants.
Twenty miles to tha -
northeast is Rockford, the second largest city in Illinois (second only to chicago),, population 151,000. Twenty miles to the southwest is Dixon. Tm=ais.
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population 18,200.
Several large sacropolitan Chicago suburbs lie approximately ;
50 miles to the east of the Byron Nuclear Power Station. -
1 Ogle County is bordered to the north by Stephenson and Winnebago Councias.
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r two Counties form a part. of the Illinois / Wisconsin State line.
Fsu:ility Description
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Byron Station occupies apprmdantely 1288 acres of land.
This area includes the nain site area and the transmission and pipeline. corridor-to the Rock River.
The main sitt area occupies approicimately 904 acr.as, and the corridor occupias.
the r=--4ndag 384 acres.
The plant consists of two identical pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear steam supply systems (NSSS) and turbine-generators furnished by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Each nucinar steam supply system is designed for a power outpur of -
3425 MEI. The equivalent warranted gross and approximata net electrical outputa is of each unit are 1175 nee and 1120 MWe, respectively.
Cooling for the plant is provided by two natural draft cooling towers for nonessential service cooling I
water,.and by nerh="4e=1 draf t cooling towers for essential service cooling water. -
Syron Station has two' reisase points for gaseous radioactive affluents, the two Arrt11ary 3Mwa* ventilation stacks. The top cf each stack rises 200 feet above the grade elevation. Byron Station has one release point for liquid radio- -
a:Cive affluents, the Rock River. With both reactors operating, the natural draf t..
l towers have a water evaporative loss of approximately 40,000 gallo s per minute.
l The draw from the bck River is approximately 60,000 gallons per minute.
Therefore,'
the return to the river is about 20,000 gallons of water per minute.
1 Liquid radioactive vastes are stored and sampled prior to release to the Ecck l
River. A radiation monitor in the discharge line. rill automatically terminate l
- eleases if radioactivity levels exceed predetermined values.
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2 Emerasocy Plancina Zones na 10-m11a Esargency P1-4== Zone (EPZ) 6indes the central heart of Ogle County and a minuta corr 1 dor in extreme southwest Winnebago County. Within the lO-eile IPZ are several small viHages; the largest, Oregon (population 3,500),
second largest Mt. Morris (pop =1=+4an_ 3,200), followed by Byron (population 2,000),
and Sri 11=== valley (population 2,000).
The Low Pop"1=tf-Zone (LPZ) 3 mila radina encompasses some si-=4*ie==t aceractions.-
na Byron. Motor Dragway,3 miles north of the station ~ site, Mount Morris Boat Cinh on the Rock River,1.5 =dlam northwest, River Road Camping and. w=d==- 2.5 miles west-southwest, Weld Memorial Park 3 milaa ease, and.Motosport Park adjacent to the northern perimeter of the station sits.
The 506 EPZ 4=e1M== the. m4=ais Counties of Boone, Eureau, Carroll, Daviass, DeKalb, Henry, Eane, y=ad=11, T=*=11a, Lee, McHenry,. Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside,-.-
and Winnebago; Wisconsin Counties of Creen, Lafayette, Rock, and Walworth; Iowa Counties of: Clinton and JmA
. Several cities of moderate size and a signifi _. -
cant numb'er of small villages are.within this circle.
Tha topography consists of low level s1=-4=1 knolla with slight gradus 1 grades.
In between the irnalia, the: natural drainage forms small creeks which namndar across grassy usadows. The creeks are.the many tributarias which feed the area rivers.
This region is a part of the vast expanse of prairie which once was the sinamer homs of hundreds of thousands of North hearican Bison. Today this is.
a productive==rienitural area. Agri-businaar predominates co==*ves.
Small villages which are no farther apart than the grain elevator storage tanks on the horizon dat the area. The villages of Paynes Point, Honey Creek, Leaf River, chana andc orhar= are commerca centers for the rural ca-na4cy around the station.
Tha villages arm composed of dry goods and food storas, petroleum depots, seed.
and fertilizer and agricultural equipment sales, banks, s:nall family owned i
businesses, and most ganara11y a grain slavator.
The. goods, services and sachange.
of news of rural haarica focuses here.
3 Cultivated==v4enitural crops are primarily soybeans and corn.
The grazing of
=n4==1= is not formaost. however, the production of hay ranks irith the grain and seed productien. Pork, beef and dairy production constitutes the principal
- 4 - 1 husbandry practice. Iba " family farm" is the backbone of commerce in.
this area.
Fara size ranges from 300 to 800 acres.
Unique considerat1ons for chia particular site are the following:
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Recreational Area Within and just outside the 10-mila EPZ are several recreational t
facilities and sightseeing attractions. Wirhd r sight of the cooling e
towers are: Lowden State Park, Castle Rock State Park and White Pinas Forest State Park. The three parks combined offer camping, boating, fishing, picnicking, hiking, etc. The sightseeing attractions are:
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3 the John Den Home, Lincoln State Memorial, and President Ronald Reagan's Boyhood Home.
Dese attractions bring in :nany travelars during the summer toonths and particularly betvaan May and Septsaber.
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Aari-Business Crops which predo=f nate the area are soybeans, cara and hay.
In s5 addition.to seeds., grains and forage crops, pork, beef and dairy production are the principal an4=1 husbandry practica.
This is truly a rural setting da=4n=ced with expansive crop acreage and " family fatas" composed of several bt:41d4 nam for storage and family
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living.
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Transportation Systens State Ecute 72 and 64 are the east-west arteries which enter tha 10-mile ZPZ. State Ecute 2 follows the Rock-River along the west bank on the floodplain. Several rural back roads foza a. travel natuork e
across the 10-mile and 50-mile 3P3. Two major railusys, the Miluaukas, and Mington Northern cross the* IPZ aast-weeto the north and south
-r of hs Station. The Eock. River, a favorite spot for anny anglers, flows from the northeast to the southwest of the 10 and 50-mile IPZa.
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Local Emerxency Rascurces Due ta the araa's demographic structure, four villages dominate the 10-mila EPZr Oregon, Mt W2, St 411==n Valley, and Byron. Their x
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- %fasd populations total 10,700. Many emergency responsa organi.
l zations ara volaneser and/or part-time as are many of tha elected officials' positions. Emergency egn4==nt is sufficient to meet tha t
every day emergency needs of.ha communities but is considared. limited to meet a technological emergency such as a significant radiological ace 4d-nt at a nuelaar power station.
Status of ?la-mine ne State of Illinois has submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency tha Stats General Plan, Volume I of the I111acis Tian for Radiological Accidents.
His document is the plan from which all site-spae"4e plans are developed to
~i=regrate local off-site p1 - 4=g, no Stata agencias involved in radiological k
emergency prepare /naea are the T114nois Energency Services and Disaster Agency i
I and the m 'nais Department of Nuclear Safety.
Because of the significant nunber.
of operating and potent 1a1 operational nucisar power plants in the State, Illincia has devised an org=n4 red approach to the development of radiological emergency-plans which is: five months prior to the approval date for a joint on-sita/cff-l site exercise, the State assigns a team of radiological emergency planners to a temporary duty station within the IO-sile IPI to develop, in coordination with local government offic4=1=, the radiological energency plans site-specific to the licensee's nuclear pcwer station. Whila plan development proceeds, a total i= pact training program is implemented.
The lilinois ISDA and DNS provide y
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in-depth trair.ing for local officials and emergency respcnders. Prior to the exerc1se, training is completed and the newly developed plan is provided the Federal Emergency Management Agency Easton V and the Regional Advisory Committee. Therefore, the receipt of the Dyron Nuclear Power Station off-sits l
site-specific radiological emergency plan can be expected approximately thirty i
days prior to tha exercise.
The Stata plan has been reviewed by 7EMA 1ssion 7 and the Regional Advisory Committaa for other sites la Illinois. The several exarcisings of that plan have demonstrated that the T114aais plan is adequate to. provida the protection necessary to safeguard the health and safety of the public. The Illincia plan for Radiological Accidents (State General Plan, Volnaa I) was ennemitted to FEMA National with the Illinois Plan for 1tadtalogical Accidents (LaSalla volume III) and recommanded for cW4Hanal approval. FEMA National found the plans adequata to protect the public health and safety conditioned on the adequacy of an operational Proope Alarting and NoMf4 cation System. (Federal Register /vol. 47, No.116/ Wednesday, June 16,,1982/5ccices/page 26024).
Should the development of the Byron off-sita plan for Ogle and Winnebago Counties be consistent in quality as the Dresden. TmRalle, Quad Cities and Zion off-sita plans, it-is believed the Stata plan is adequata in its present form to encompass -
-Jte Byron off-sita plan when it is developed Other than the I111acis Stata Plan, the only Byron Nuclear Power Station re-lated material available in FIMA Region 7 are documents relating to the con-tantions filed on beh=1f of the contanders, DeKalb Area A114-a For Raspensi-bla Energy /Sinnissippi Alliance for the Envizcament (DAARZ/ SAFE) and the Rockford Laagna of Woman Voters.
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