ML20138G427

Informs That on 961126,licensee Planning to Hold Annual Emergency Drill.Attached Outline Gives Appropriate Details About Scenario

ML20138G427
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Site:	Neely Research Reactor
Issue date:	10/08/1996
From:	Karam R Neely Research Reactor, ATLANTA, GA
To:	Mcalpine E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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NUDOCS 9705060295
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- NEELY NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER

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l Mr. Edward J. McAlpine, Chief Fue! Facilities Branch l Division of Nuclear Materials Safety l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region 11 101 Marietta Street, N.W.,, Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323-0199

Dear Mr. McAlpine:

Pursuant to Emergency Preparedness Plan Requirements 10.2, this is to let you ,

know that on November 26,1996, we plan to hold our annual emergency drill. The l attached outline gives appropriate details about the scenario.

Should you have any questions, please let me know (894-3620).

Sincerely,  ;

k 1 R.A. Karam, Ph.D. ,

Director I RAK/ars Attachment-1 1

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EMERGENCY EXERCISE Nov. 26,1996 OBJECTIVES:

1. To test the NNRC Emergency Orfannation's response to a "NOUE" emergency event;

2. To demonstrate a new Emergency Director's ability to handle an emergency situation:

3. To demonstrate that NNRC personnel are trained properly and can respond appropnately to an emergency situation;

4. To demonstrate that emergency procedures are adequate and can be followed: ,

5. To demonstrate that emergency communications symms are functional, and

6. To use the emergency communication system in summoning help from the State of ,

Georgia.

SET-UP The Reactor has bceu .lefueled for the Olympics. Primary water has been dramed from the reactor and is in its storage container in the basement. The Hot Cell is empty. 'Ihe barn contains campus and NNRC low level waste. It is a dark, gloomy, ominous and rainy morning!

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9:00 AM Controllerinitiates exercise by handing Card One to Adrainimative Secretary CARD ONE: You havejust received a telephone call from the Police C.,, iro. erd informing you of a " Tornado Watch" and requesting that NNRC take appropriate precautions. 'Ihe NNRC Director, the -

Manager, Offia of Radiation Safety and the Reactor Manager are not anilable Expected Actions:

1. Notify NNRC staff and students using PA system.

2. Nedfy assistantreactor spanager

3. Assistant Reactor Manager assumes role cf Es y. cy Director (ED) 9:03 AM or upon receipt of Tornado Watch call from Administrative Secretary. Controller gives out Card Two to Ameistant Reactor Manager:

CARD TWO: "Ihe GT Police have called again and informed ytm that a tornado has been ,

sighted one mile WNW of NNRC and moving toward NNRC. The tornado " watch" is now a tornado

" warning".

Fv~t Actions

l. P.A. As- = " - at "All staff take shelter".  !

2 Assume positions in shelter.

9:20 Tornado passes by Reactor on South Side near E.R.B. building.

CARD THREE: The tornado hasjust passed by on South side of NNRC near the E.R. B.

SM!dia- You have lost all electrical power.

Ep~i Actions:

1. Send out damage assessment teams

2. Call police

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9:30 Damage Assessment CARD FOUR: Team one: "No damage to Reactor, Hot Cell or NNRC" CARD FIVE: Team two: " Barn is torn open and part of the roofis missing--possible spread j contamination from paper waste."

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1. Send out survey team to barn.

2. Notify GEMA for the need of eff-site monitoring assistance (Need forradiological,selfontained,self-supportingradiologicallaboratory

in trailer).

i 3. Request born inventory of radionuclides 4

9:45 Radiological Aase<< ment CARD SIX: Survey of ares around barn shows (see MAP ONE and attached survey) little contanunation off site but cannot 1:e sure as there is no electricity to accurately count smears. Alldata is based upon count rates using a pancake probe ratemeter plus direct exposure readags with ionindon chamber detectors. Rain has stopped and the clouds are dispersing giving opemngs of blue sky.

Ep~i Action:

1. Declare NOUE

2. CallGEMA AND A/ FEMA

3. CallNRC

4. Initiate Clean-up

a. Mark radiadon/copeammarian areas

b. Pickupotnious waste 10:30 Georgia DNR arrives with portable van.

CARD SEVEN: Georgia EPD has arriwd with mobile laboratory Expected Acuan

1. Brief GA EPD Personnelof situation

2. Georgia EPD conducts defmi:ive radiological survey 12:00 Final atacamment CARD EIGHT: GA EPD repons no contanunauon anywhere. All previously noted radiation levels must have been == *=4 with paper waste that has been picked up. Power is restored.

Expected Action:

1. Final report to:

a. GEMA

b. NRC

2. Emergency Terminated

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