ML20073K835
| ML20073K835 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 05/01/1991 |
| From: | Tuckman M DUKE POWER CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9105130059 | |
| Download: ML20073K835 (4) | |
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DUKCPOWEH May 1, 1991 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTH:
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Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 Docket Hos. 50-413, 414 NRC Inspection Report No. 50-413, 414/91-06 Exercise Weakness 50-413, 414/91-06-02 Reply to Identified Exorcise Weakness Gentlement Enclosed is the response to Exercise Weaknoss 50-413, 414/91-06-02 concerning failure to promptly classify and make timely notification to State / Local organizations and failure to demonstrate adoquate Health Physics practices and First Aid response techniques during a medical drill.
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Ebneter Regional Administrator, Region II U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta St.,
NW., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Mr. W. T. Orders NRC Resident-Inspector Catawba Nuclear Station Mr.
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E. Martin Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.
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Reply to Identified Exercise Weakness 50-413, 414/91-06-02 Exercise Weakness 50-413, 414/91-06-02 Failure to classify, make timely notification to State / Local j
organization, demonstrate adequate Health Physics practices and First Aid response technique during a medical drill.
Ecaponse 1
We agree the report accurately reflects Catawba Nuclear Station's annual exerciso performance except for some comments l
supporting the Medical Drill weakness.
1 We have reached different conclusions that the Inspector on the following one comment in Paragraph 5 and five comments in i
Paragraph 8(n) identified as weakness items in Subject Report:
l Paragraph 5 "The NOUE classification was not made, nor were the notification forms completed, nor were the State and local officials notified, as required by procedure RP/0/A/5000/02 titled Notification of Unusual Event Enclosure 4.2.2 or Procedure RP/0/A/5000/06."
Response to Paragraph 5 - Duke Power Company considers-it unnecessary to classify a losser emergency based on meeting a particular EAL when in a more serious declared emergency classification.
Catawba was in a declared General Emergency in accordance with expected actions by the exercise scenario at the time the contaminated injury occurred.
Immediate notification to States and local government of the contaminated injury was not required because a NOUE was not and should not have been declared.
However, notification of the contaminated injury on the next routine followup message should have been made but was not.
Paragraph 8 (e) (1) - Poor Health Physics Practices Air samples were not taken Donning of Anti-C clothing over " contaminated" boots e
contaminating clean clothing e
No control of contaminated consumable waste materials (e.g. rubber gloves)
s Paragraph 8(o) (2) - Poor first Aid Technique Wrapping an unconscious non-communicative minimally e
contaminated victim in p1hatic Response to paragraph 8(o)(1) and (2) - Air samples are not required (by Radiation Protection Section omorgency proceduro llP/0/B/1009/08 ontitled Contamination Control During Transportation of Contaminated Injured Individuals) to be taken at the accident scono in consideration of injurod's health and available human resources.
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considered a " recovery" activity to be taken at the appropriato time following movement of the injured to an offsite medical facility.
The Catawba RP Section considers it an acceptable practice to don Anti-C clothing over contaminated clothing in an omorgency (life-saving) situation in order to minimizo and/or "contain" the contamination and provent its spread thereby saving timo while facilitating treatment and transport of the injured.
The Catawba RP Section considers their actions concerning the control of contaminated consumable wasto materials to have boon appropriato given the exerciso scenario.
An RCZ was crocted around the injured for the express purpose of containing the area.
The fact some wanto materials (e.g.
rubber gloves) were not disposed in a dedicated wasto recoptacle was of littic consequence considering the degraded condition of the injured.
All waste materials generated in the RCZ woro contained in the RCZ.
Reclaiming the RCZ was considered a " recovery" activity to have boon implemented at the appropriate time following movement of the injured to an offsite medical facility.
The Catawba Safety Section considers the wrapping of.the injured in plastic to have boon a prudent medical practico given the vital signs of the unconscious victim and the determination she was in shock.
Qualified Paramodics and EMTs on staff have reviewed a videotapo of the medical drill and datormined this medical decision to have been an appropriato method of kooping the injured warm and in accordance with proper medical protocol for a victim in shock.
We disagroo with Inspector comments in the last two paragraphs of 8(o) concerning prompt emergency classification and notification for the same reasons as stated in our response to Paragraph 5 above.
4 Catawba has committed to repeat the medical exorciso twico to rodomonstrate their contaminated injury capabilities and resolve the weakness item.
The datos that were agrood to by the Region are April 18 and May 16, 1991.
We have completed the April 18 exorciso as scheduled.
The exorcise was successful by our assessment.
The May 16th exercise will be scheduled to begin at approximately 0900 and will be terminated before transporting offsito.
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