ML20195F165
| ML20195F165 | |
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| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 11/01/1988 |
| From: | Hogan R, Lazarus W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Russell W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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November 4, 1988 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Williarr. Russell, Regiohal Administrator THRU:
R. Bellamy, Chief, Facilities Radiation Safety and Safeguards Branch, DRSS FROM:
W. Lazarus, Chief. Emergency Preparedness Section FRSSB R. Hogan, Emergency Preparedness Specialist, NRR
SUBJECT:
MEETING WITH CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS IN THE TOWN OF MARSHFIELD TO O!SCUSS THE STATUS OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ON OCTOBER 25, 1988 BACKGR0l'?;D A meeting was held at the Marshfield Police Station on October 25, 1988. The purpose of this meeting was to obtain the latest factus1 infomation regarding i
i the status of emergency plans, implementing procedures, and facilities directly from the Director of Civil Defense for the Town of Marshfield. The Civil Defense Director was also provided an opportunity to bring any previously unidentified concerns regarding the status of emergency preparedness to the attention of the NRC, ATTEf; DEES Daniel McGonagle, Director, Office of Civil Defense, Marshfield Pilliar' Lazarus, Chief. Emergency Preparedness Section, NRC Recion i Postmary Hogan Emergercy Preparedness Specialist, Office of NRR DISCUS $10N During the meeting on October 25, 1988 and in a subsequent telcrbone conversation on October 31, 1988 which was used to clarify some o' the information, Mr. McGonagle presented the following status summaries and concerns regarding the state of emergency preparedress in the Town of Marshfield.
3 Implementing Procedures (Ifs)
The Plan and all procedures have been submitted to MCDA (and subsequently forwarded to FEMA for technical review). T'se only specific concern identified related to the status of the school procedure.
Until last week, the school superintendent was not involved in ariy erxrgency plan development. All plan and IP development had been delegated to the assistant superintendent.
He is opposed to a plan thet he has not approved and that has not been discussed with the teachers and school staff who would implerrent it.
He has received a copy of the plan te review, but has not received a school procedure.
Mr. McGonagle thinks the late involverrent of the school superintendent may delay emergency preparedness developtrent. At this point the g
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superintendent is not saying that the procedure wont wnrk, but be has sece concerns.
I Personnel Resources Mr. McGonagle is concerned with the ability of the Harbormaster to accomplish his duties with the limited staff available to him. The Harbormaster is tasked with notification of the beach, notification of the coastal waters out to a quarter of a mile and management of Green Harbor. He has only one boat, four assistants and lifeguards during the surr:er season. The details of harbor evacuation have not been developed.
Evacuation Time Estinate (ETE) i Mr. McGonagle's rajor concern involves the credibility of the ETE study.
From his observations of traffic during the sumer season, he does not believe the evecuation times in the study. He is not sure that the ETE cersiders that the EPZ population of 2500 doubles in the summer, that there are only two major routes out of the town proper, and that they i
feed into only two evacuation routes heading north (routes 3 and 3A) which will already be full with evacuation traffic. His doubts are based on a preliminary review of the 10/11/88 revision of the ETE. He plans to corplete a more detailed review and has provided copies to the Board of Selectmen for their review as well. He has concerns that the population evacuating from the Saquish area and passing through Marshfield have not been considered in determining the ETEs. He has some minor concerns regarding appropriate traffic routes.
Peception Center The plan currently designates Bridgewater as the reception center comunity for Marshfield, The Board of Selectmen and Mr. McGonagic adarantly oppose the proposed change to Wellesley. Bridgewater is satisfactory. Marshfield has proposed other locatiers to the I
Cem onwealth for a northern reception center. Wellesley is considered j
to be too far away and there are no hospitals nearby.
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Mr. McGonagle stated that the Barry Report accurately presented the
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status for the town of Marshfield.
Comission Briefing j
Mr. McGonagle had not read the transcript of the October 14, 19FP l
Comission briefing, and was not able to coment en the representatior i
provided by Lt Governor Murphy, Ser,ator Kennedy, or Representative I
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i Attachrent 5 Ability to implement Mr. McGonagle believes that there has been a marked improvement in emergency preparedness in the past fifteen months. There have been no tests of any portion of the revised plan. He plans to conduct a series of tests before he can determine if the plan and IPs can be implemented.
Both the polir.e and fire departrents have stated that they would be comfortable in implementing the plan.
Except for resolution of the concerns with the school procedure, he feels that the IPs will be completed and the EOC operational by late December 1988.
EPZ Mr. McGonagle does not believe that the effect of emergency response activity in the part of Marshfield within the EPZ on the areas adjacent, but outside of the EPZ. have been satisfactorily adP essed. He believes actions taken by some of the population outside of the EPZ ray disrupt evacuation within the EPZ. There are about 28,000 year round residents in Marshfield and 70.000 to 75.000 during the sumer (2500 residents in the part o' the town within the EPZ). He perceives an administration problem with emergency response personnel functioning in only one part i
of the town. He is concerned that Marshfield resources for responding
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to an emergency, such as the fire department, are not located within the EPZ. but rathtr ruch farther away in another part of town.
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The EOC. which is being erected as an addition onto the police l
department building, is incomplete at this writing, but is progressing.
Instal 16tien of conrunications ard other equipment will occur when the l
EOC is corpleted.
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Mr. McGonagle wrf provided with a copy of this memorandum and indicated that it accurately reflected the infomation he provided during our discussions.
He also indicated that he was preparing some additional coments that he would provide by November 8, 1938.
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V November 1, 1988 MEMORANDUP FOR:
William Russell Regional Administrator THRU:
R. Bellamy Chief. Facilities Radiation Safety and Safeguards Branch DRSS FROM:
W. Lazarus. Emergency Preparedness Section Chief. FRS8SB R. Hogan Emergency Preparedness Specialist. NRR
SUBJECT:
MEETINC VITH CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS IN THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF EFERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ON OCTOBER 25, 1988 l
BACKGROUND P
This meetinc was conducted in the Plymouth EOC on October 25, 19838. The i
purpose of the meeting was to obtain the latest factual information regarding l
the status of emergency plans implementing procedures, and facilities, directly from the Director of Emergency Preparedness for the Town o' Plymouth.
The Emergency Preparedness Director was also provided an opportunity to bring l
any previously unidentified concerns regarding the status of emergency preparedness to the attention of the NRC.
ATTENDEES J. Douglas Hadfield. Director. Office of Emergency Preparedness Alba C. Thompson Chairman. Board of Selectmen i
William J. Lazarus. Emergency Preparedness Section Chief. NPC Pegion i Rosemary T. Hogan. Emergency Preparedness Specialist. Office of NRR DISCUSSION Pr. Hadfield, and Ps. Thompsen presented the following status sumaries and 1
concerns regarding the state of errergency preparedness in the Town of Plymouth.
Irplementing Procedures (IPs)
This status is based on Mr. Hadfield's coments, review of the IP status list that was provided at the meeting (attached), and a telephone conversation with Mr. Hadfield to clarify discrepancies on October 28 1988.
Of the 57 IPs identified on the attached list, all exist at least in draft fore. The review process involves a review by the cognizant department head, then review by the RERP Comittee, and finally review and approval "1r. concept" by the Board of Selectmen.
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i this meeting. 34 IPs have been "approved in concept". Of the remaining procedures.17 have been through the RERP Comittee and are avaiting l
review by the Board of Selectmen. That leaves 4 procedures which have not been reviewed by the RERP Cerr11ttee. One of the a (Special Seeds
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)I Officer) has been approved at the department head level and is awaiting review by the RERP Comittee.
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list, there are 34 shelter procedures. The model for these 34 procedures (Shelter Manager Procedure) has been "approved in concept" by the Board of Selectmen. Review and approval of all of the IPs at the local level is expected to be complete in 10 to 12 weeks. The IPs which have not yet been approved at the department head level include Saguish, Monitoring and Decontamination, and Jordan Hospital.
I lhe following items were identified as specific concerns which remain to j
be resolved before some of these IPs can be approved:
Police: Division of responsibilities between the Plymouth Police and state police needs to be detemined, as the procedures i
identify 40 access points and 40 traffic control points and there are only 76 police officers available from Plymouth. The need for protective clothing for police manning positions in the EP7 during radiological emergencies has not yet been detemined.
Schools: The Joint School Comittee met on October 24, 1988 to review tFe school procedures. There are 8 elementary, 1 intermediate, and 2 high schools involved. The outcome of that review was not known at the time of this meeting.
In a, telephone cerveisation on 10/28/8P, Mr. Hadfield related that the committee did not approve the school procedure, but that they had authorized training for the elementary school teachers. Concerns have been
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raised regarding the appropriate way to notify parents of evacuation of the children; legal questions regarding i
transportation of school children cut of the town; and the j
question of whether teachers would participate in the evacuatien 1
of the school children.
Still being considered is a change to the school procedures which would have children sent home at the ALEPT l
j level rather than bolding them at the school and then evacuating i
i then at the SITE AREA EMERGENCY as the state would like. This is j
apparently being considered because children would be moved before the parents knew there was a problem, since there is no EES t
broadcast at the ALERT level. A joint comittee is attempting to j
resolve differences between Carver and Plyrouth in the procedure r
for the Carver (Regional) High School (which is shared by Plynouth i
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f Hospital: Jordan Hospital has serious problems with their implementine procedure as it deals with the evacuation of patients. Details of the concern were not known at this tire. A second concern raised by Mr. Padfield was that the Jordan Hospital
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injured / contaminated workers from the site in case of an accident, t
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Attichment 6 Mr.1:adfield to be the biggest obstacle to the ccepletion of the IPs.
Mr. Hadfield acknowledged that he had copies of the latest drafts of all implementing procedures in the EOC. They were presently contained in 7 21/2 inch binders whereas the total previous town plan was a little more than an inch thick.
Personnel Resources Police need to work out division of responsibilities with the state police because there are too few Plymouth police to handie all the access enntrol and traffic control points.
Special heeds Population The town is still working to get people with special needs to "self-identify". An advertiserent is beinc placed in the local newspaper once per month for the next six months requesting that people with special needs contact the Emergency Preparedness Office to have their names placed on a confidential list which could be used to assist them in the event of an accident. This process is hoped to update completely the list maintained by the town.
Barry Report Mr. Hadfield indicated that although he had a problem with the State speaking generically fcr the towns, the third Farry Report was generally coeplete regarding the status and problems faced by Plymouth. He was not sure if the concerns with the Jordan Hospital procedure were reflected in that report.
Representation at the Comissier Briefing on October 14, 1988 Mr. Fadfield and t'rs. Thompson both indicated that the Lt. Govu ner, Senator Kent.edy, and Congressman Studds had fairly represented their concerns at the Conr.ission briefing, although their comments lacked the specifics which they were bringing out in our meeting.
Saquish - Gurnet Point Area At the present time there is not an adequate procedure for the protection of the 200 - 400 sumer residents plus another 200 - 300 campers who would be in the Saquish - Gurnet Point area. The homeowners are working on development of a plan. The concern is that part of the only road off the Saguish Feach area is under water for some period of tire during the full moon each menth, and that a boat is the only way out during that tire.
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Attachrent 6 Implementation of the Plan When asked whether he thought he could implement the plan and procedures Mr. Hadfield indicated that he honestly couldn't answer the question due to the incomplete state of development, review, and training.
Individual department heads would be in a better position to make such an assessment. Ms. Thompson indicated that restart should not be permitted until effective plans are in place, but that she tas not sayino that a full-scale exercise was necessarily required to make that determination. Mr. Hadfield did indicate that there was no question that they were ahead of where they were in the planning process a few years ago, and that they had made great improvements.
Mr. Hadfield was provided a copy of this memo and indicated that it accurately reflected the status he presented during our discussions.
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William J. Lazarus, EP Section Chief, Region !
M Rosemary T. Hegan, EP Specialist NRR cc: J. Dolan, FEFt Region 1
November 1, 1988 MEMORANDUM F0P: William Russell, Regional Administrator THRU:
R. Re11amy, Chief Facilities Radiation Safety and Safeguards Branch ORSS FROM:
W. Lazarus, Emergency Preparedness Section Chief. FR$8SB R. Hogan, Emergency Preparedness Specialist NRR
SUBJECT:
MEETING WITH CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS IN THE TOWN OF TAUNTON TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF EMERGEhCY PREPAREDNESS ON OCTOBER 26, 1988 BACKGROUND A meeting was conducted in the Taunton EOC on October 26, 1988. The purpose of this meeting was to obtain the latest factual information regarding the status of emergency plans, implementing procedures, and facilities, directly from the Director of Civil Defense for the Town of Taunton. The Civil Defense Director was a'so provided an opportunity to bring any previously unidentified cencerns regarding the status of emergency preparedness to attention of the NRC.
4 ATTEhCEES Robert Spearin, Director, Office of Civil Defense Taunton Albert Slaney, Planner, Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency (MCDA)
William J. Lazarus, Emergency Preparedness Section Chief, NRC Region i Roserary T. Hogan, Erergency Preparedness Specialist, Office of NRR 1
i DISCUS $10N Mr. Spearin presented the followine status summaries and concerns regarding the state of energency preparedness in the Town of Taunton.
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Implementing Procedures (IPs)
There are ?5 !Ps required for the plan. The Plan and all 25 procedures have beer reviewed on the local level and h6ve been forwarded to FEMA through MCDA. There are no sticking points or concerns regarding the ifs. They are waiting to get back the comments from FEMA's technical review so that any necessary changes can be incorporated into the procedures. The Plan and a set nf procedures, as well as the Evacuation Time Estimate are in the EOC.
In addition each department head has a copy.
i Facilities and Equipment EOC:
The EOC is essentially corplete; only a few minor items are needed - some Status boards, raps, and other small riscellarecus items.
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Reception Center:
The renovation of the reception center (to be located in an unused building at the state hospital - Cain Fall) l has not been started.
As this is a state facility State approval rust be given in order for outside funds to be expended on it.
Pr. Slaney indicated that the plans still need to be approved by the state agency responsible for granting approval before Boston Edison can begin the work.
(This facility will be used for the l
survey and decontamination of evacuees, and reuniting of families, t
Congregate care is handled by other facilities.) Examples of i
repairs noted by Mr. Spearin and Mr.'Slaney are painting, repair of gutters and downspouts, handicap access, and reconnection of heat and water.
Survey equipment and decon facilities will aise i
need to be installed.
l Traffic Control Equipment: The town still hasn't received traffic l
control ecuipment needed. They have been told that it will be s
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Communications Equipment: A11 needed communications equipment has been installed, tested, and is functional, f
Training Training is progressing well.
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police Department is about 50 % complete.
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Pealth Department is corplete, i
i DPW is complete.
Feoical (EP.5) is not started.
Eeercency(cergregate care) is not started, r
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j E0C has not started.
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4 All training should be coPplete in about six months.
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areas. The town is still looking for volunteer workers.
I Barry Report Mr. Spearin thoucht that the third Ferry Report contained a fair
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He had not read the transcript of the Comission briefing so could not coment on the presentations made by the Lt. Governor, Senator Kennedy.
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SUMMARY
i Mr. Spearin's biggest concerns were the lack of readiness of the reception facility and the fact that training was not complete. He indicated that there I
was no comparison to where the town was in the 1982-1985 time frame. They previously had only a set of plans and now had detailed implementing j
procedures. Cooperation from Boston Edison has greatly improved. With the i
reservations noted about the status of the reception center, he thought that the procedures were adequate and could be used.
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Mr. Spearin was provided a copy of this memorandum and indicrted that it accurately reflected the status provided during our discussions.
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