ML20094F571

Emergency Response Plan Exercise Manual for Ja Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant

ML20094F571
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	07/18/1984
From:	POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
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ML20094F538	List: ML20094F534 ML20094F571
References
PROC-840718, NUDOCS 8408100105
Download: ML20094F571 (4)

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• I Emergency Plan through its various action levels. Although this i

scenario accurately simulates operating events , it is not in-tended to assess all of the Operator's diagnostic capabilities, but rather provides sequences which ultimately demonstrate the Operator's ability to respond to events, and which results in exercising both. onsite and offsite emergency plans and proce-4 dures. Free play is encouraged and the referees will interfere only if operator / player action prematurely terminates the exer-

! cise or excessively deviates from the drill schedule, j In order to provide a conservative exercise, in terms of offsite doses, adverse meteorology was developed since actual meteorolo-gy would probably lead to projected radiological doses below es-

tablished Protective Action Guides (PAGs).

} D. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS AND CONTROL OF THE EXERCISE The licensee and the State of New York will supply official con-trollers / evaluators for locations where an emergency response is

. being demonstrated for the exercisa. Prior to the exercise, the

, controllers and evaluators will be provided with the appropriate

locations, maps, time periods, guidelines (as appropriate train-ing in the use of equipment and procedures), and an observer j evaluation checklist for their exercise assignments.

l The exercise initiating events will be controlled by the lead

! referee at the JAFNPP. Simulated initiating events will consist l of two types of information: (1) information and data provided to Control Room personnel by the Control Room referee, (2) on-site and offsite dose rate data (simulated gamma and iodine dose i

rate measurements) provided to the site, County and Federal (if they participate) monitoring teams by controllers / referees.

4 The lead referee (ons,ite) and the State Exercise Director (off-site) will have the responsibility to control and coordinate the j time sequence of initiating events to ensure an orderly flow of  :

exercise events.

I The state controllers or evaluators may supply " problems" for offsite participants (such as a disabled vehicle or a farmer who must return to his farm after the evacuation). All other ac-l

' tions during the exercise will occur through a free play re-sponse as the licensee, State and County participants respond to i the initiating events.

i As the initiating events are provided to the JAFNPP staff, they will determine the nature of the emergency and implement appro-1 priate plant emergency response procedures. These procedures l

! include a determination of the emergency classification in ac- l l

cordance with the JAFNPP Emergency Plan. After the emergency classification has been determined, the appropriate Federal, State and local authorities will be notified in accordance with ,

i the JAFNPP emergency response procedures.

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o. l Upon notification of the simulated accident at the JAFNPP, the State and Oswego County will complete their initial notifica-tions in accordance with their emergency plans and . procedures.

State and local personnel and facilities will be activated based on the initial accident classification provided by the site and confirmed by direct communication between appropriate agencies and the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant.

, The simulated accident will continue to develop based on data and information provided to the Control Room personnel by the Control Room referee. As the situation develops, information will be forwarded to New York State and the County assessment j teams. These agencies will analyze and act on the information

as they would in a real emergency.

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Where information would normally be confirmed via an independent source, the confirmation data will be obtained. If the confir-mation data conflicts with simulation data provided by the site, i the simulation data will be utilized for accident assessment

, purposes. If any inconsistencies are noted in the initiating

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events, these inconsistencies should be questioned by the acci-dent assessment teams as they would be in a real emergency.

Certain inconsistencies (such as plume width, release duration, '

technical reason for the simulated release, etc.) may be inten-

tional and required due to the nature of simulating an accident that has never occurred, and the requirement to provide an exer-cise basis which tests the site, State, and local capabilities to the maximum extent feasible in a limited time frame. If an inconsistency is known or determined to be intentional, then the i accident assessment group will note the inconsistency and ignore

it. The lead referee shall have the authority to resolve or ex-i plain any inconsistencies or problems that may occur during the j exercise.

l With the exception of the aforementioned potential inconsisten-cies, the internal operation of the site, State and local com-mand centers shall be identical with their intended operation in a real emergency.

E. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND AWARENESS l

Prior to the exercise, the public, within the affected area, will be informed of the impending conduct of a radiological emergency exercise through joint press releases. The New York Power Authority, New York State and Oswego County will develop coordinated press releases.

Agencies should make every effort to prevent the public from being misinformed about the nature of the exercise. Therefore, it is important to inform members of the public that an exercise is in progress and that their involvement is not required, when-ever public contact occurs in the field.

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A pre-exercise briefing will also be conducted for the news media.

F. MAINTAINING EMERGENCY READINESS During the performance of an exercise, the ability to recognize a real emergency, terminate the exercise, and respond to the new situation must be maintained. Therefore, the exercise scenario and actions of aarticipants shall not include any actions which degrade the conc ition of systems, equipment or supplies, or af-

-fect the detection, assessment or response capability to radio-logical or other emergencies.

Actions taken by the participants shall also avoid actually re-ducing plant or public safety. The potential for creating real radiological or other emergencies shall be specifically avoided.

All messages about real events shall be clearly identified as such. For example, precede a real message with "This is NOT, repeat, NOT an exercise message".

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