ML20199J594
| ML20199J594 | |
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| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 09/15/1998 |
| From: | WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP. |
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| ML20199J568 | List: |
| References | |
| A-01, A-1, NUDOCS 9901260187 | |
| Download: ML20199J594 (5) | |
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EMERGENCY PROCEDURE A-01, REV. 2 Issue Date: 09/15/98 1.0 PURPOSE The EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
ORGANIZATION exists to safeguard Westinghouse Columbia Plant employees and property, and the general public from the consequences of accidents.
2.0 POLICY AND SCOPE The EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATION is a voluntary unit which acts in a prompt, efficient and intelligent manner to resolve any emergency situation which may occur at the plant site as a
result of
- chemical, radioactive, hazardous
- material, natural or other causes.
3.O REFERENCES 3.1 Replaces Emergency Procedure A-01, Rev. 1 3.2 Site Emergency Plan, Chapter 4
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4.O TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 4.1 EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATION The Emergency Response Organization (ERO) consists of the Emergency Director and Staff, Emergency Coordinator and the Emergency Brigade.
Support groups which may assist the ERO in various response events include the Regulatory Response
- Team, Medical Response Team and Security Guard Force.
Directors and Coordinators are qualified under the same requirements and may serve in either or both capacities.
i 5.0 REGUIJATORY REQUIREMENTS This entire procedure is of regulatory significance.
6.0 RESPONSIBILITIES l
6.1 EMERGENCY DIRECTOR l
The Columbia Plant Manager is the site Emergency Director (ED) and is responsible for directing incident response for emergencies classified as ALERT and SITE AREA.
The Emergency operations Center will be manned by the Director and Staf f for these situations (see Section 8.0.)
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Columbia Plant Staff Managers serve as the Emergency Staff and assist the ED as a disaster evaluation team in the resolution of emergencies classified as ALERT or SITE AREA l
They may serve as Emergency Director in the absence of the i
Plant Manager.
i 6.3 EMERGENCY COORDINATOR The Emergency Coordinator (EC) is the On-Scene Incident.
j Commander during emergency events and is responsible for the resolution and termination of same.
During routine. working hours which are first, second & third shifts Monday through
- Friday, the ADU Conversion Area Supervisor is the DUTY EC.
During non-routine working hours which are weekends, holidays
& shutdowns, alternate EC's will serve as the DUTY EC as scheduled.
6.4 EMERGENCY BRIGADE The Brigade consists of volunteers who are trained in fire-
,O fighting and other aspects of emergency response.
The Brigade is directed by the Brigade' Chief who reports to the EC.
6.5 REGULATORY RESPONSE TEAM The Manager of Regulatory Engineering & Operations (REO), and staff of Regulatory Engineers and Technicians serve on this team. Criticality Safety Engineers and Technicians serve as support personnel to the team.
The REO Manager (or designee) is the HP Coordinator.
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6.6 MEDIGAL RESPONSE TEAM The Manager of Security & Services and staff of Medical Doctor and Nurses serve on this team.
6.7 SECURITY GUARD FORCE Security guards report to the Manager of Security & Services.
-Security assistants may be. recruited from within the general plant-population during any actual emergency, drill or
-exercise to assist the Security Guard Force as noted in 6.8 and 6'.9.
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATION EMERGENCY PROCEDURE A-01, REV. 2, 09/15/98 6.8 ALL MANAGERS All Columbia Managers are required per procedure A-03, EVACUATION, ACCOUNTABILITY & GENERAL RESPONSE, to conduct a manual accountability of their department and to report the results to the Accountability Coordinator at the Assembly Area (s).
Managers should also assist the Security Department as needed in response activities such as traffic control, escorting off-site emergency responders (Fire Department,
- Sheriff, etc.)
and accountability of non-Westinghouse personnel.
6.9 SITE EMPLOYEES Any Westinghouse Columbia employee may be required to assist the ERO during any emergency event, drill and/or exercise by performing actions not requiring formal training such as traffic control, notification of personnel, escort duty and messenger.
6.10 MINIMUM STAFFING In the event of an actual emergency during non-routine working
- hours, all members of the Emergency
Response
N Organization and Support Groups will be called to respond.
A minimum number of response personnel would be required on site to respond to such emergencies.
This required MINIMUM STAFFING will consist of:
1 - Emergency Coordinator
- 4 - Brigade Member
- 1 - Team Manager (or designee) of affected area such as Conversion, Pelleting, IFBA, URRS, etc.
1 - Staff Manager 1 - Regulatory Engineer or Manager 1 e Regulatory Technician 7.0 PROCEDURE 7.1 Upon being informed of an emergency situation, all members of the ERO will listen for announcements by Security via the Voice Communication System (VCS) and assume a standby status for assigned response actions.
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7.2 The Coordinator will investigate the situation, determine what actions are necessary, activate the appropriate plant alarm / warning
- systems, and instruct Security to make announcements to the plant population over the VCS.
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7.3 The Director and Staff will report to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and assume command and control of the ERO for resolution of any classified emergency (ALERT or SITE AREA).
7.4 Emergency Brigade members will report to the EC or to their assigned duty station for instructions.
l 7.5 Regulatory Response Team members will acquire instruments for taking radiological readings and report to designated assembly points for instructions from the HP Coordinator l
and/or the EC.
7.6 The Medical Response Team will stand by for announcements over the VCS for information regarding injured personnel and will report to designated assembly points to provide medical treatment as needed.
V 7.7 The Security Guard Force will make announcements over the VCS as instructed by the EC, provide traffic control of personnel and vehicles as needed, and will provide instructions and directions for off-site organizations responding to the emergency.
8.0 EOC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Certain duties must be assigned to the Emergen~cy Staff to assure a smoothly functioning Operations Center.
8.1 Requests for assistance from of f-site organizations will be made by the Emergency Director or designee.
8.2 Notifications to off-site organizations will be made by the Emergency Director or designee.
8.3 The Emergency Director and Emergency Coordinator will assure accountability of all on-site personnel.
8.4 The Emergency Director will establish responsibilities and duties for each worker in the EOC.
Examples are:
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- a monitor for all radio transmissions; a recorder (scribe) of all activities, communications, etc., which take place during the event; i
- telephone communicator (s) to handle any incoming calls from off-site response groups;
- a communicator to be responsible for press releases and/or
" statements for use if queried";
- a reviewer to scan the Emergency Plan, Emergency Procedures Manual and/or BMP to assure that all required actions are completed; j
- a contact person (s) for any state or federal personnel who may come on-site to assist.
8.5 State and Federal agencies will be available to assist the ERO as requested, but resolution of the emergency is the sole
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responsibility of WCNFD, Columbia Site.
8.6 The Director and Staff should be prepared to address j
questions as below which may be asked by assisting off-site i
agencies:
- is Westinghouse in control of the event?
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- are plant conditions stable or degrading?
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- what quantities of material have been released from the process; from the building?
- what are estimated quantities (if any) of material released off-site?
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- what is the worst case scenario?
- are there any injuries or exposures to personnel on-site and/or'off-site as a result of the event?
- what is the wind speed and direction?
- is there a need for state or federal personnel to come to the Columbia Site to assist?
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