ML20127J343

Forwards Response to Questions Re Facility Offsite Emergency Preparedness Plans Raised During 850411 Limited Appearance Session.Emergency Coordinator Has Responsibility & Authority for Directing Emergency Response Onsite

ML20127J343
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	06/17/1985
From:	Stefano J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Louth R AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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NUDOCS 8506260565
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@t; 11 1.$6ft Docket No.: 50-440 Mr. Roland Louth 13164 Leroy Center Road Painesville, Ohio 44077

Dear Mr. Louth:

My letter to you dated May 24, 1985, advised that the Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency (FEMA) would be responding to your questions raised during the Limited Appearance session at the Perry hearing on April 11, 1985, relative to the Perry offsite Emergency Preparedness Plans.

This letter provides the NRC staff's response to your questions pertaining to the Perry Plant Emergency Onsite Plans, which are enclosed.

If you have any further concerns or questions on the enclosed responses, please do not hesitate to contact me. If you have any further questions on offsite emergency preparedness at Perry, it is suggested that you contact the FEMA Regional Office at:

Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency Region V 300 S. Wacker Drive - 24th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60606 Sincerely, John J. Stefano, Project Manager Licensing Branch No. 1 Division of Licensing

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Dear Mr. Louth:

My letter to 24, 1985, advised that the Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency (you dated MayFEMA) would be responding to your questions raised Limited Appearance session at the Perry hearing on April 11, 1985, relative to the Perry offsite Emergency Preparedness Plans.

This letter provides the NRC staff's response to your questions pertaining to the Perry Plant Emergency Onsite Plans, which are enclosed.

If you have any further concerns or questions on the enclosed responses, please do not hesitate to contact me. If you have any further questions on offsite emergency preparedness at Perry, it is suggested that you contact the FEMA Regional Office at:

Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency Region V 300 S. Wacker Drive - 24th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60606 Sincerely, I /

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Enclosure:

NRC Responses to Questions on the Perry Onsite Emergency Plans cc: See next page

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JUN 17 E 0028.0.0 Mr. Murray R. Edelman Perry Nuclear Power Plant The Cleveland Electric Units 1 and 2 Illuminating Company cc: -

Jay Silberg, Esq. Mr. Larry O. Beck Shaw, Pittman, & Trowbridge The Cleveland Electric 1800 M Street, N. W. Illuminating Company Washington, D. C. 20006 P. O. Box 97 E-210 Perry, Ohio 44081 Donald H. Hauser, Esq.

The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company P. O. Box 5000 Cleveland, Ohio 44101 Resident Inspector's Office U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Parmly at Center Road Perry, Ohio 44081 Regional Administrator, Region III U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Donald T. Ezzone, Esq.

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney 105 Main Street Lake County Administration Center Painesville, Ohio 44077 Ms. Sue Hiatt OCRE Interim Representative 8275 Munson Mentor, Ohio 44060 Terry J. Lodge, Esq.

618 N. Michigan Street Suite 105 Toledo, Ohio 43624 John G. Cardinal, Esq.

Prosecuting Attorney Ashtabula County Courthouse Jefferson, Ohio 44047

ENCLOSURE NRC Resaonses to Mr. Louth's Questions on the 7erry Onsite Emergency Plans ,

Question No. 1. _hoischargedwithimplementingtheemergencyTvacuationplan W

for Perry? ,

Answer: Perry Plant personnel are responsible for the evacuation of onsite personnel, both utility employees and non-utility persons, at the time of an accident. During an emergency situation, the Emergency Coordinator (initially the Shift Supervisor, then the Plant Operations Manager when the Technical Support Center is activated) has the authority and responsibility to direct all phases of emergency response onsite, including evacuation of non-essential personnel. In the event of a Site Area or General Emergency, site personnel will be instructed to begin personnel accountability and all persons without an emergency response function will be directed to exit the site area by normal exit routes and exit procedures and proceed to offsite assembly areas for assembly and monitoring. For additional information see the l answer to Question No. 5.

l Question No. 2. I would like to know what the chain of connand is in the emergency evacuation plan.

Answer: As explained above, the Emergency Coordinator has the overall l

responsibility and authority for directing the emergency response l

onsite. The Perry emergency plan provides a line of succession for the Emergency Coordinator position: Shift Supervisor; Operationt l

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Manager; and Vice-President, Nuclear Group or his alternate, the Vice-President, Nuclear Operations Division. As the Technical Support Center (TSC) and Emergency Operations Facility (E0F) are activated, the Shift Supervisor and Operations Manager, respectively, are relieved as the Emergency Coordinator, such that, if a Site Area or General Emergency were declared, the Shift Supervisor would be involved in the safe operation of the plant, the Operations Manager would be in charge of the onsite activities, and the Vice-President, Nuclear Group would be in charge of overall direction of emergency

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operations. The Vice-President, Nuclear Group would be assisted by the EOF Manager.

Ouestion No. 3. I would like to know the reliability and the confidence of those involved in the plan and what are their credentials.

Answer: The Shift Supervisor position is a 24 hour-per-day position. Shift Supervisors are selected by utility management based on their experi-ence and background. However, Shift Supervisors must meet certain NRC standards: four years of nuclear power plant experience in a responsible position, a licensed reactor operator for a minimum of one year, at least three months on shift in that role (i.e., as an extra Shift Supervisor in a training status), and a minimum of six months on site. In addition, the Shift Supervisor holds a Senior Reactor Operator license. The Operations Manager, and the Vice-President, Nuclear Group are generally upper-management person-nel whost selection is based on experience and background. All

i persons who serve in the position of the Emergency Coordinator are required to successfully complete emergency response tFiining courses which include radiological controls, emergency response, accident assessment / protective response, recovery / reentry, and EOF operations.

Drills and emergency exercises are included in the training program ,

and all emergency response personnel, including Emergency Coordina-tors, are provided re-training on an annual basis.

No one has made available at least to me a clear answer on why Ques' t ion No. 4.

an emergency evacuation plan is necessary at all.

Answer: Emergency evacuation plans for nuclear power plants are required by ..

Federal regulation as an element of onsite and offsite emergency plans The for responding to potential accidents at nuclear power plants.

d Commission has determinded that emergency preparedness, as well as proper plant siting and engineered safety features, is needed to pro-

! tect the health and safety of the public.

A principal objective of emergency planning is to take protective actions before any of the public is exposed to radiation during an l

emergency situation. The onsite emergency response plans are developed l

for,1) early detection and classification of the event, 2) prompt i

notificationofStateandlocalauthoritiesandthepublic,3)onsite

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response to mitigate the emergency, and 4) making protective action f

recomendations to appropriate authorities, to include recommendations

! for sheltering and/or evacuation.

Question No. 5. Whatistheemergencyevacuationplanrouteof..egfessfromthe plant area, and what are the school bus evacuation routes?

Answer: Evacuation routes from the plant are shown in the attached Figures 6-7B and 6-7C which have been extracted from the Perry Plant Emergen-cy Plan. Your question on school bus evacuation routes has been forwarded to FEMA.

! Question No. 6. Has the degree of emergency increased from conception of the l

plant until today with regard to the evacuation?

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Question No. 7. Have the problems ;t Three Mile Island plant given rise to any i change in the proposed emergency evacuation plan at the plant at Perry?

l Answers to 6 & 7: After the Three Mile Island accident in 1979, the NRC made l

l significant changes to its regulations on emergency planning applicable l

to nuclear power plants. The most substantive changes involved the f

establishment of plume and ingestion exposure pathway emergency plan-l ning zones (EPZs) of about 10 and 50 miles in radius from the plant, a public alerting and notification system for early warning of the l

public, a prompt notification scheme for alerting state and local authorities, a standard emergency classification scheme (Notification of Unusual Event, Alert, and Site Area and General Emergencies), an emergency t

action level scheme to be used by the plant operator, and emergency response facilities (Technical Support Center. Operations Support i

. ,,e Center and Emergency Operations Facility). In particular, the Emergency Operations Facility, or EOF, was established as' the loca-tion for coordination of all Federal, state, local, and utility officials' emergency response effort.

In addition, requirements regarding emergency response training, procedures and equipment have been enhanced. Training is more extensive and exercises are now required which involve participation by state and local agencies. A successful offsite exercise at operating plants is required by FEMA for approval of state and local l

emergency response plans. Also, evacuation time estimates for the plume EPZ are required for each nuclear power plant which will provide 4 state and local authorities with information (including evacuation i routes and clear time estimates) that is needed to make decisions on protective actions for the public.

o In summary, onsite and offsite emergency plans have been significant-ly upgraded, the notification links have been greatly improved, the det.ision-making chain has been streamlined, and cooperation and coordination between utility, state, local and Federal officials and agencies has vastly improved. With regard to evacuation of the public, an EPZ of about 10 miles in radius from the Perry plant has been established in which potential protective actions such as sheltering or evacuation are planned for by local authorities.

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