ML20073A459

Provides Addl Clarification of Info Contained in PSAR Section 13.3, Emergency Planning (SER Open Item 5). Responses to Questions Identified in Crbr 830321 Meeting in Bethesda,Md & Annotated PSAR Pages Encl

ML20073A459
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Site:	Clinch River
Issue date:	04/08/1983
From:	Longenecker J ENERGY, DEPT. OF, CLINCH RIVER BREEDER REACTOR PLANT
To:	Grace J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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HQ:S:83:242, NUDOCS 8304110760
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Department of Energy Washington, D.C. 20545 Docket No. 50-537 HQ:S:83:242 APR 0 81983 Dr. J. Nelson Grace, Director CRBR Program Office Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Dr. Grace:

RESPONSE TO SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT (SER) OPEN ITEM N0. 5 - EMERGENCY PLANNING This letter provides additional clarification of information contained in the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) Section 13.3, " Emergency Planning." A working meeting on this subject was held on March 21, 1983.

The enclosed resolution of the specific questions identified at the meeting shoula enable the staff to complete their review and close out this SER open item. The attached PSAR change pages will be included in the next scheduled PSAR amendment.

Any questions regarding the information provided can be addressed to Mr. Ken Yates (FTS 626-6097) or Mr. Wayne Hibbitts (FTS 626-6455) of the Project Office Oak Ridge staff.

Sincerely,

. b J n R. Longen er Acting Director, Office of Breeder Demonstration Projects Office of Nuclear Energy Enclosure cc: Service List Standard Distribution Licensing Distribution g

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Enclosure CRBRP/NRC WORKING MEETING EMERGENCY PLANNING MEETING LOCATION /DATE: Landow Building, Room Illi, Bethesda, Maryland, March 21, 1983 ATTENDEES: Richard Stark, NRC

, Don Perrotti, NRC Wayne Hibbitts, CRBRP/P0 Peter Planchon, Westinghouse /0R Eric Sliger, TVA

, Lonnie Kepley, CRBRP/P0 Kenneth Yates, CRBRP/P0 Richard Baker (part time), CRBRP/P0 Pat Docherty, Westinghouse /WLLC0 The following information is provided in respons2 to requests made by NRC staff (Don Perrotti and Richard Stark) concerning questions related '

to the PSAR and the CRBRP SER:

Questions / Areas of Discussion

1. The PSAR Section 13.3.3 requires additional information to address agreements to be established among emergency planning agencies.

Response: The attachment provides a revision to the PSAR Section

13.3.3 which further describes emergency planning arrangements mquested in the SER Section 13.3.2.1.

2. Verify the principal agency in North Carolina responsible for coping with smergencies in North Carolina.

Response: The North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Safety is the principal agency responsible for coping with emergencies in North Carolina.

3. Identify in the PSAR the application of real-time meteorology.

Response: The attached proposed update to the PSAR Section 13.3.2, page 13.3-4, par. 6, and page 13.3-5, par. 3, con fims that real-time meteorological infomation will be utilized in dose assessments related to actual releases of radioactivity with readout capability in the Control Room, TSC, CECC, MSECC, and State of Tennessee Emergency Operations Center.

4. Provide a more detailed discussion of the EPZ bcundary determination including known impediments to evacuation.

Response: The preliminary evacuation time estimates (PSAR Appen-i- dix 13.3A) assumed a circular 10 mile plume exposure EPZ boundary. The final EPZ boundary will be determined 4

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by the State of Tennessee following coordination of planning efforts with local government agencies. The applicant will provide CRBRP specific information to the State to supplement, as necessary, NUREG-0396 EPZ size guidance.

This final EPZ boundary will consider also such conditions as demography, topography, land characteristics , access routes, and jurisdictional boundaries. No known impedi-ments have been identified which would significantly affect effective evacuation of the assumed EPZ.

5. Does the Edgewood School present an impedinent to evacuation, if so describe.

Response: No, the Edgewood School does not present an impediment to evacuation. The PSAR Section 13.3A, par. C(4)d, is modified to identify the means of evacuating the general population, schools and other institutions.

Miscellaneous Items

1. The PSAR Section 13.3A is als ' revised to correct an error to the evacuation time estimates for the 5 mile and 10 mile EPZ.

2. The reference attached provides a copy of a letter from Eugene P. Tanner, Director, Tennessee Emergency Managenent Agency, to Mr. H. J. Green, TVA, re: Responsibility for Emergency Response Plans. This letter i is a new reference to PSAR Section 13.3.3.

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The director of each center is responsible for directing his staff in carrying out their respective responsibilities. He is delegated the authority during i energencies to locate, direct, and dispatch the personnel and equipment

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The purpose of the CECC and associated CECC staff is to provide the facilities and. manpower for evaluating, coordinating, and directing the overall activities involved in coping with a radiological emergency.

During an emergency, the CECC Director and his staff will review the response to the emergency by TVA and the appropriate State agencies to ensure that an effective and cooperative effort is being made. The CECC Director, after consultation with the Office of Health and Safety CECC representative, is responsible for providing TVA's recommended protective actions to 'the appropriate State officials.

f The CECC staff will coordinate with all other TVA emergency centers to ensure an effective TVA effort in resMnse to an accident situation. The CECC staff will also provide an accurate description of the emergency situation for TVA management and public information. In addition, the CECC will coordinate with i

offsite Federal sgencies, such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission JRC) and Department of Energy (DOE), to ensure availability of additional outside resources to TVA.

l l The DNPEC staff provides support services during a radiological emergency to l the affected plant. Support services may be provided by utilizing any necessary manpowec and equipment under the direct control of the Division of g Nuclear Power. If the division is unable to provide adequate services or

,_. support, requests will be made for additional support to other TVA divisions, local agencies, or government installations as may be required.

The Muscle Shoals Emergency Control Center (HSECC) supports the CECC by performing environmental radiological monitoring and dose assessments and by recommending protective actions for the public to the CECC. In performing I these functions, the MSECC assists the Tennessee Department of Public Health

~in evaluating the population exposures resulting from radiological emerMriciliiil The HSECC staff directs offsite environmental monitoring for the l Tennessee Department of Public Health and continues monitoring activities until a State Field Coordination Center is established to coordinate the offsite environmental monitoring effort. The MSECC will continue to evaluate l ' the need for monitoring assistance to the Tennessee Department of Public Health. The State may request assistance from the appropriate DOE Operations Office in accordance with Interagency Radiological Assistance Plan (IRAP) for additional support. The MSECC will monitor the radiation protection problems in the plant during emergencies to provide guidance, manpower, and equipment to the Plant Health Physicist as required to control and mitigate these problems.

f The Knoxville Emergency Control Center (KECC) serves as the focal point for all essential support activities involving TVA Knoxville offices. The TVA i Office of Engineering Design and Construction (OEDC), Division of Engineering l Design (EN DES), has been delegated overall responsibility for the KECC and

( for providing technical support during and following a radiological emergency.

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The KECC also serves as the .comunication center for other essential '1VA offices such as the '1VA Board of Directors, the General Manager, the Nuclear Safety Review Staff, and the Information Office.

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Se radiological emergency cormonications network will consist of a cont >ination of comercial telephone circuits, radio, and microwave circuits.

South Central Bell Telephone Company lines will be used as the primary means of comunications during radiological emergency situations between plant,  ;

CECC, DNPEC, MSECC, KEOC, and appropriate Federal and State agencies. His system will be augmented by the '1VA Private Automatic Exchange (PAX). Hard copy data transmission will be accomplished by Panafax frm the CRBRP to the DNPEC, the CEoc, and the MSEC. % e hard copy transmission is then follo?.'ed up and verified by redundant telephone comunications. '1VA will provide the necessary interfaces to the CRBRP Safety Paraneter Display System (SPDS) for transmission of SEDS data to '1VA emergency centers, as appropriate.

The primary means of notification of plant and offsite personnel is the comercial telephone circuits. Additionally, pocket pagers are provided to certain key individuals in the emergency organization.

Figure 13.3-1 illustrates the relationship between the '1VA emergency centers and depicts the interface among '1VA, Federal, State, and local agencies.

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'1VA will have agreements with other Federal agencies to assist in the evaluation and control of any radiological emergency. %ese agreements will include such agencies as the Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge Operations Office, and the National Aeronautics and Space Adninistration (NASA), Marshall Space Flight Center. S e CECC staff may request assistance from these outside agencies as required. Se Site Emergency Director will be responsible for notification of NRC's regional office of Inspection and Enforcement.

[ Agreements will be made with the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Dnergency Management Agency, to provide planning for emergencies at 'IVA nuclear facilities. This planning includes evacuation arrangements, traffic control, p A and support fran other state agencies as required. % e Clinch River Breeder p J Reactor Plant Radiological Dnergency Plan will utilize the liaisons already I g established in developing the Browns Ferry, Sequoyah, Watts Bar, and Bellefonte Radiological Plans with the States of Alabama and Tennessee. Se f Tennessee Bnergency Management Agency will notify the State of North Carolina and surrounding states and coordinate assistance from the various state agencies.

'1VA will maintain liaison with the Tennessee Dnergency Management Agency, particularly with respect to the availability of emergency services. We Tennessee Dnergency Management Agency will inform these agencies of ac' c ions to be taken under their respective statutory authority and assist them in Amend. 76 13.3-5, March 1983

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j( PSAR Section 13.3.3, paragraph 2 (lNS6KT Agreement has been made with the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA), to provide for planning and conduct of emergency operations for emergencies at CRBRP (Reference 1). TEMA is responsible for coordination of the efforts of all state agencies and local governments in the developmentofresponseplan[sthathaveanimpactbeyondthe /

capability of a single agency or local government to control.

The actual agreements and arrangements involved with such state agency and local government will be specifically defined in the' ~

State of Tennessee CRBRP Radiological Emergency Response Plan ,

which will be provided in the CRBRP FSAR. The TVA CRBRP Radiological Emergency Plan will utili g he liaisons already established in developing the Sequoyahf Wa(tsBar med Radiological Emergency Plans with the State of Tennessee, r.f 1.1_': _ _. TEMA will notify the 8 tate of North Carolina, Department of Crime Control and Safety j and coordinete assistance from the various b  %

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1. The time required for the initial accident assessment of the most serious design basis accident may require 15 minutes. This time is an estimate based on the operation of the reactor instrumentation used to follow the course of accidents. Based on TVA's experience, the time required to perform an initial dose projection. and notify offsite authorities can be accomplished in 15 minutes.

For the most serious dasign basis accident, the projected two-hour doses at the exclusion area boundary do not reach the protective action guide level for evacuation.

2. The time required to warn all resident and transient persons in any evacuation sector will conform to the requirements of 10 CFR

- SG, Appendix E-1982.

3. The estimated elapsed time, af ter the initial warning, to evacuate the 2-mile emergency planning zone (EPZ) is 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br />. The g(A%

estimated evacuation time for the 5-mile EPZ is (5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br />, 2_Q7 minutos.

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4. These evacuation time estimates were prepared by the Traffic Management Division of the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

h a. Figures 13 3A-5 and 13 3A-6 are maps showing all roads within 10 miles of the Clinch River Project. Also indicated are the l

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b. Table 13 3A-1 shows the transient and resioent populations in the 16 directional sectors within 10 miles of the Clinch River

! Project. This table uses 1980 census data.

c. Table 13 3A-2 shows the estimated transient and resident populations in the 16 directional sectors within 10 miles of the Clinch River Project. This table uses the p'rojected population figures for year 2020. The projected population figures come from a report prepared by the Fire of Dames and Moore dated June 16, 1981. gjg sc s [p

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The Tennessee Emergency .'.tanagement Agency (TEMA) is charged by the Tennes:ee Code Annotated with numerous dut!es including the preparation, coordinatien and updating of emergency respense plans. TEMA is also responsible for the conduct of emergency operaticas by all participating agencies to sustain M life and prevent, minimize or remedy Injury to persons and damage to preparty from disasters caused by nature of man developed technology.

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agencies and local government in the development of resoonse plans that hsve an O 1:r. pact beyond the capabilities ut a smgle agency or local government to r octrol, i.e. p;ans sucn as tne Tennes ee Mutt - oriwnct nal Response Plan for TV A's .

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The preparation of a respunw phn for the Clinch River DreWr Reacter would detmitely be in the c.ategory of those things that TEMA is charged to do. ._.

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