ML20129H955

Notification of Peach Bottom full-participation Exercise Scheduled for 961119 on Site.Forwards Lodging Arrangements, Roster Assignments & Schedule of Key Events

ML20129H955
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	10/30/1996
From:	Laughlin J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Lucher J, Schmidt W, David Silk NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
References
NUDOCS 9611060076
Download: ML20129H955 (6)

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October 30, 1996 MEMORANDUM TO: W. Schmidt, SRI, Peach Bottom, DRP D. Si;k, Senior EP Specialist, DRS J. Lusher, EP Specialist, DRS N. McNamara, EP Specialist, DRS W. Maier, EP Specialist, NRR THRU: R. Keimig, Chief, Emergency Preparedness and Safeguards Branch Division of Reactor Safety FROM: J. Laughlin, EP Specialist, Regional Team Leader Emergency Preparedness and Safety Branch Division of Reactor Safety

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PEACH BOTTOM FULL-PARTICIPATION EXERCISE, COMBINED INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-277/96-12, 50-278/96-12 The Peach Bottom full-participation exercise is scheduled for Tuesday, November 19,1996. Lodging arrangements have been made for team members at the Eden Resort inn (717/569-6444) for two nights, beginning November 19,1996. The room rate is $73.00/ night, and the rooms are on 4:00 p.m. hold.

Team members should arrive at the site on Tue 4 day, November 19 by 10:00 a.m. for the entrance meeting and licensee scenario briefing. Review and be familiar with the attached

" Rules for Exercise Observers" prior to the exercise. Copies of the scenario and Emergency Plan implementing Procedures will be available at the site for review. The team roster, assignments, and schedule of key events is also attached.

Team members will be free at approximately 12:00 noon on November 21. If there are any questions, contact me at (610) 337-5074.  ;

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l SCHEDULE Tuesday, Nov 19 10:00 a.m. Licensee Scenario Briefing, Training Center 3:00 p.m. Exercise commences 9:00 p.m. Exercise concludes I Wednesday, Nov 20 8:00 a.m. NRC team meeting, Training Center Discuss findings and prepare write-ups Thursday, Nov 21 10:00 a.m. Licensee Critique, Training Center, Classroom A&B i

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W. Schmidt Simulator Control Room l

D. Silk Technical Support Center J. Lusher Operations Support Center W. Maier Emergency Operations Facility, Command and Control N. McNamara Emergency Operations Facility, Dose Assessment J. Laughlin Team Leader / Float Confirmation numbers for the Eden Resort inn are as follows: l Lusher 443553 Silk 443554 l McNamara 443555 Maier 443556 4

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f RULES FOR EXERCISE OBSERVERS REVIEW THE SCENARIO Review the time-line of major event's and the details relevant to the area you will be observing. Scenario copies will be available at least the day before the exercise.

That will normally occur at the final licensee pre-exercise briefing of controllers / observers.

REVIEW THE EMERGENCY PLAN AND IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURES Review the Emergency Plan sections on command and control, decision-making, and communications. Review the implementing Procedures for the area you will be observing.

! REVIEW IP 82301. " EVALUATION OF EXERCISES FOR POWER REACTORS" l

This inspection manual chapter details inspection requirements in each area of licensee response. Note that more emphasis is placed on the licensee's ability to implement the Emergency Plan (i.e., detection, classification, notifications, dose assessment, and protective action recommendations) than on the ability of the l operators to mitigate the accident. It is not that operator action is less important to l

protection of public health and safety, but that the exercise is primarily a test of l the Emergency Plan. Operators are examined separately on their response to transients, and, for the most part, will be prevented from mitigating the accident during the exercise because of the need to test other parts of the response in accordance with the Emergency Plan.

i INTERACTIONS WITH LICENSEE PERSONNEL DURING THE EXERCISE l Once the exercise starts, do not question players on their response. Direct your

questions to the Controller in your area. Interaction with the player (s) could be l

construed as prompting players or otherwise interfering with the response. If questions cannot be satisfactorily resolved with the Controller, note the questions j and pursue them after the exercise.

PROMPTING Be alert for indications of prompting by Controllers (e.g., providing information which would not normally be available to the players and thereby steering their i response).

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2 PROTECTION OF SCENARIO INFORMATION Care should be taken to ensure that the exercise scenario is not compromised before or during the exercise by safeguarding the scenario in your possession.

RECORDKEEPING DURING THE EXERCISE Maintain a log of times and actions for the major events during the exercise. This will be very valuable during the team critique that follows. Use of the evaluation forms that are included in MC82301 are not required; however, your notes should be sufficiently detailed such that you will be able to reconstruct pertinent information. (It is not necessary to maintain field notes after you are satisfied that the issued report adequately addresses your observations.)

TEAM CRITIQUE Following the exercise, the observation team will assemble to critique the findings.

Sufficient time will be allowed for observers to resolve questions which arose during the exercise. At the critique, be prepared to provide the team leader a short written summary of findings from your area. This should include both strengths and weaknesses, and provide sufficient detail so that it can be presented to the licensee by the team leader. Normally, these findings will be incorporated into the inspection report without the need for an additional inspection report feeder. If you feel that these findings are tentative in any way, e.g., more information is necessary to determine their validity, clearly indicate that concern to the team leader and obtain agreement as to how the issues will be resolved before the exit interview. If they have not been resolved before the exit interview, inform the team leader of that fact, so that the findings can be properly presented and discussed.

LICENSEE CRITIQUE Plan to attend the licensee's formal post-exercise critique. Attendance at the group critiques conducted by controllers / observers in preparation for their formal critique is not necessary; in fact, such attendance may unnecessarily inhibit licensee openness in discussing issues. During the critique, note licensee-identified weaknesses / problems also identified by the NRC.

REVIEW CLASSIFICATION OF EXERCISE FINDINGS i Exercise Weakness: A finding that the licensee's demonstrated level of preparedness could have precluded effective implementation of the Emergency Plan

in the event of an actual emergency (see 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.2.g).

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Other Findinas l Planning inadequacies identified during the exercise will be categorizei separately  ;

(i.e., violation, unresolved item, inspector follow-up item). l i

TEAM LEADEPJ l lNFORM THE LICENSEE THAT CLASSIFICATION OF FINDINGS ARE SUBJECT TO MANAGEMENT REVIEW PRIOR TO FINAL ISSUANCE OF THE REPORT.

i REMIND THE LICENSEE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE OBSERVERS CANNOT l OBSERVE ALL DETAILS OF THE RESPONSE. IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL l INFORMATION WHICH COULD CAUSE US TO RECONSIDER OUR FINDINGS, THEY  !

SHOULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO US.

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