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| Issue date: | 05/11/1987 |
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1 Revised 5/11/87 EMERGENCY PLANS FOR FBBF LABORATORY B28 PHYSICS BUILDING I.
Definitions and General Principles These plans are provided to establish basic procedures to be followed in the event of emergencies or accidents involving actual or potentini radiation hazards.
A radiation accident or incident, for purposes of these procedures, is defined as any unforeseen event involving the inadvertent exposure of or contamination of persons or the environment by lonizing radiation or radioactive material; or inadvertent conditions, fire, acts of nature, including unauthorized entry, sabotage, or other that could lead to j
such exposure or contamination; or inadvertent conditions that lead to significant damage of the facilities.
Emergencies may range from minor spills of radioactivity to i
l major incidents such as fire, explosion, or accidental l
I criticality.
Because of the numerous complicating factors l
which may arise, and because of the wide range and variety of hazards, met emergency procedures cannot be established to cover all possible situations.
In any emergency, however, the primary concern must always be protection of l
personnel, including the caring for injured or wounded l
individuals and the minimizing of personnel exposure and 8706030475 870511 PDR ADOCK 07000152 C
contamination.
The secondary concern is the protection of facilities and equipment.
The general principles involved in handling emergencies can be summarized in terms of the following actions:
A.
Actions for terminating the cause of the accident or incident and protecting personnel.
B.
Immediate actions for reporting the accident and requesting assistance.
C.
Follow-up procedures, including incident evaluation, clean-up, and corrective measures.
In this emergency plan, representative incidents will be considered and the emergency procedures for each outlined.
It should be remembered in all cases that the actions recommended are guidelines, and that the actual conditions of the emergency may dictate alternate actions.
II.
Fires Fires are not considered to be a great hazard in the FBBF laboratory.
The majority of material in the laboratory will be of non-flammable material with the only wood being used for desks, chairs, work benches, and storage boxes for natural uranium fuel.
In general, these items will not be I
l in areas with large quantities of radioact3ve material, with the exception of the uranium storage boxes, and here the l
form of nuclear material is UO. pellets in sealed aluminum tubes.
With the exception of electronic equipment and some welding during the assembly of the facility, no operations are planned that would present a fire hazard.
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Fires in the building should not develop into a major radiation hazard since the major portion of the nuclear fuel j -
l and the neutron sources will be in the shielded room, providing a nearly fire-proof room.
The fuel stored in B28 l
is all in the form of UO. pellets in sealed tubes and will 2
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not present a major hazard in the event of a fire.
A.
Response of laboratory personnel discovering the fire in the FBBF facility.
1.
Notify all persons in the room at once.
2.
Turn off the air systems to the room.
3.
Activate the building fire alarms or notify the i
i fire department and police departments.
4.
Attempt to put out the fire if a radiation hazard is not immediately present.
5.
Notify the Radiological Control Office.
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Assist the fire fighting activities by informing and advising of radiation hazards.
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B.
Restrictions for fire fighting personnel.
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Take radiation level readings before entering the i
room.
If radiation levels exceed 25 R/hr., wait t
for instructions from Radiological Control.
If possible, also locate one of the FBBF laboratory i
personnel before entering the room to determine i
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2.
Fire fighting personnel are not to enter the i
shielded room B28C until approval is granted by the Radiological Control Office.
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Use of respirators or full face masks is advised.
C.
Response of University Police.
1.
Provide crowd control.
2.
Carry out the evacuation of the Physics Building if required.
3.
Notify FBBF laboratory administrators and Radiological Control Office.
4.
Provide ammistance for injured people.
If the injuries occurred in the FBBF laboratory (Room B28 Physics) assume the person to be contaminated with radioactive material unless otherwise notified.
c Seriously injured individuals should be transferred to the hospital.
D.
Follow-up actions.
1.
The Radiological Control Office will notify the Director of the University Physical Plant of dangers.
2.
The Laboratory Director or the Radiological Control Office will notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission if required by HRC Reguistions.
3.
The Laboratory Director and the Radiological Control Officer will mesess damage and plan methods for removal and storage of special nuclear mate' rial, source material, neutron sources and any other radioactive material.
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The Radiological Control Officer will determine the best method of decontamination of the laboratory and will supervise the laboratory personnel in the cleanup process.
5.
The Laboratory Director will investigate the cause of the fire and report to the Radiological Control Committee the cause, response, and plans for preventing a recurrence.
III. Spills and Contamination Incidents The problems of spills and contamination during the operation of the FBBF facility should be minimal.
The major
.i source of contamination will probably be the loose contamination already present on the fuel rods and their storage boxes.
The rods will be assumed to be contaminated during all operations and will be handled accordingly.
Experiments to be placed in the facility will involve the activation of numerous different types of material.
Most of the experiments will consist of metal foils which will be removed for counting.
Metal foile present a minimum safety hazard in terms of sp111n and contaminations.
In a few cases, pellets of powder such as sulfur or sodium 1
chloride will be activated, but these materials will be contained in plastic containers.
In all cases, the activity of the experiments will be less than 500uC1 of radioactive material for unsealed sources.
A.
Response of Laboratory Personnel to major spills and l
contamination.
1.
Notify all other persons in the FBBF area at once of the hazard.
2.
Request all persons not involved in the accident to vacate the room at once, taking a survey instrument with them to check for contamination immediately 4
upon leaving the room.
3.
Switch off the ventilation system which will also drop the neutron source in the FBBF.
4.
If radioactive dusta, mists, fumes, organic vapors t
or games are involved, hold your breath and vacate the room.
5.
Notify the Radiological Control Office as soon as possible giving all details of the incident.
6.
Permit no person to enter the area until approval of Radiological Control Office is secured.
B.
Handling injuries 1.
Wash minor wounds immediately (within 15 seconds if possible) under running water, while spreading the edges of the gash.
(Notes Light tourniquet action
- t..> top venous return, but not restrict arterial flow, may be desirable to stimulate bleeding).
2.
Report all radiation accidents (wounds, over-exposure, ingestion, inhalation) to Radiological Control Officer as soon as possible.
3.
Call a physician (normally the Student P, spital) at once, or request medical aid through the campus police emergency phone number.
4.
Permit no person (injured in an accident involving radiation or radioactivity) to return to work without the approval of the Radiological Control Officer and the attendant physician.
C.
Follow-up Actions 1.
Notify Laboratory Director.
2.
The laboratory director or the Radiological Control Officer will notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission if required by NRC Regulations.
3.
The Radiological Control Office will determine the best method of cleaning up the radioactive material and will supervise the laboratory personnel during the clessup process.
4.
The Laboratory Director will investigate the cause of the accident and will file a report with the Radiological Control Office stating the cause, the responses, and plans for preventing a recurrence of the incident
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IV.
Hiah Radiation Levels and Criticality I
Three causes of a high radiation level alarm can be l
l identified; a malfunction of an alarm, a leak in the Cf-252 neutron sources, or an accidental criticality.
In general, I
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none of the other radioactive sources that will be used in the facility will produce radiation levels high enough to trip the 10 mR/hr settings of the alarms.
A malfunction of an alarm can be determined by using survey instruments to check the radiation levels in the area of the suspected detector.
Grons leaks in the Cf-252 sources w.
1 also produce high levels of radiation in the shie19'd room which do not decrease when the source is lowered.
High levels of radiation will also be recorded near the absolute filter on the exhaust from the shielded room B28C.
Because of the design of the neutron sources and holder, this is considered an extremely unlikely event.
An accidental criticality will involve first, a breakdown of the administrative control of how much special nuclear material can be handled at one time and second, a flooding condition.
With the special nuclear material involved in the FBBF project, there is no possibility of a criticality unless a moderator is present and the most likely moderator will be water.
Administrative controle, determining how the fuel is stored, used, and handled, have been established which if followed will insure that criticality can not bw achieved even if the whole laboratory is flooded.
Thus, unless the fuel is first placed in an unsafe geometry and the area then flooded, no criticality can occur.
If water is present and criticality does occur, the high level radiation alarms will sound.
The criticality
can be readily verified by the use of radiation survey instruments.
A.
Immediate Action 1.
Evacuate the room, taking a radiation survey instrument, and assemble in front of the Physics Building entrance facing Northwestern Avenue.
2.
Use the emergency phone (in front of Physics Building on Northwestern Avenue) to give details of incident to the Police Department and have them notify Radiological Control.
3.
Survey personnel for contamination.
B.
Follow-up Actions 1.
Laboratory personnel, together with Radiological Control personnel will determine the cause of the alarm.
If an actual alarm, the Laboratory Director and the Radiological Control Officer will assess the hazard and plan the best methods to minimize the hazard and contain the problem.
2.
The criticality monitors will be recovered as soon as possible and analyzed.
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The Radiological Control Officer will notify the l
Director of the University Physical Plant of the hazards.
4.
The Laboratory Director or Radiological Control l
Officer will notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
5.
The Radiological Control Officer will determine the best method of cleanup and decontamination of the laboratory and will supervise the laboratory personnel in the cleanup process.
6.
The Laboratory Director will investigate the cause of the incident and report to the Radiological Control Committee.
V.
Incidents Involvina Unauthorized Entry or Sabotaae The FBBF laboratory will be protected against unauthorized entry by means of an alarm system.
The alarm system is activated at night and other times when the laboratory is unoccupied or unused by authorized personnel.
Any unauthorized entry at these times will cause an alarm on the annuciator panel at the campus police station.
A.
Action by the University Police 1.
Investigate the cause of the alarm.
If the radiation alarms are ringing, do not enter and immediately notify the laboratory administrator and the Radiological Control Office.
2.
If the alarms are not ringing, investigate for uncuthorized entry and/or sabotage.
3.
Notify the nuclear engineering personnel.
B.
Follow-up Actions 1.
Conduct inventory of all nuclear fuel.
2.
If actual unauthorized entry or sabotage, the i
Laboratory Director or the Radiological Control Officer will notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
VI.
Emeraency Trainina and Drills All individuals who work in or frequent the FBBF facility will be required to read the emergency procedures.
A written record affirming to this will be maintained for all individuals.
Additionally, an abbreviated version of the procedures, together with emergency phone numbers will be posted in the area at a sufficient number of locations to assure that they are readily available and easily referred to in an emergency.
Copies of the emergency procedures will likewise be provided to the Fire Department and Police Department for inclusion in their emergency response procedures.
Short courses for Purdue Police and firefighters on handling radiation emergencies are performed by the Radiological Control staff.
Evacuation drills for personnel in the FBBF facility are considered unnecessary due to the small number of persons involved.
Personnel will, however, be familiarized with the sound of the alarm bell which requires such evacuation, and
the evacuation routes from the room will be clearly indicated to all workers.
The FBBF facility is sufficiently isolated from the other occupied portions of the building that evacuation from other parts of the building is considered unnecessary for all the emergencies postulated except for fire.
In the case of fire, the normal fire alarms would sound throughout the building and all personnel in the building would evacuate in the normal manner that is used for fires.
VII. Back-up and Medical Assistance A.
Purdue University Police, Fire, and Medical Facilities The Purdue University Police Department includes 40 policemen who are fully sworn peace officers of the State of Indiana.
The Purdue Fire Department includes 23 firemen plus the Fire Chief, with 7 men on duty at any given time.
The department utilizes 1 aerial ladder truck, 1 pumper, 1 tanker, 1 mini-pumper, 2 ambulances, and a hazardous materials response truck.
The firefighters have a radiation survey instrument as part of their regular emergency equipment.
The department has specific information on the -
l location of buildings and laboratories where radioactivity or radiation-producing devices are in use.
i The Purdue University Medical Facility has a full time staff of 9 medical doctors plus a full staff of nurses and other support personnel.
It is fully equipped to handle a variety of emergencies.
Emergency equipment for radiation l
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immediately adjacent to the Student Medical Facility.
B.
Relationship with Lafayette and West Lafaywtte Fire and Police Personnel.
1 All of the fire departments in the county, including Purdue University, West Lafayette, Lafayette, Wabash Township, and several volunteer fire departments, have a mutual; assistance agreement.
Primary responsibility for fires in campus buildings rests with the Purdue Fire Department.
Purdue University is a State institution and the campus im State owned.
As such, it may call on the Indiana State Police for assistance as the need arises.
Additionally, the West Lafayette and Lafayette Police Departments are available to provide assistance upon request.
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Relationship with Lafayette Area Hospitals Should a situation arise which cannot be handled by r
the Purdue University Medical Facility, the services of two i
other major hospitals in the area are available St.
I Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette and Home Hospital in i
Lafayette.
These two hospitals, together with the Purdue Medical Facility, have a formal cooperation agreement for community emergencies and disasters coordinated through the County Civil Defense Agency.
For radiation-related emergencies, we would primarily rely on the services of St.
Elizabeth Hospital.
The henith physicists at St. Elizabeth
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have developed appropriate emergency handling procedures and have available and on hand emergency monitoring equipment and protective clothing.
Additionally, the hospital staff is experienced in handling patients who have been administered relatively high levels of radioactivity and radiation for therapeutic purposes.
D.
Liaison with State Radiation Emergency Plan Indiana has a Rad.'ological Emergency Response plan which is Coordinated through the Indiana Department of Civil Defense and the Indiana State 3aard of Health.
A single phone call by any of the Police agencies (or by any reporting individual) will bring the personnel and resources of these agencies into action.
Two Purdue faculty and one member of the Purdue Radiological Control Staff are also members of the Indiana Area Radiation Emergency Response Committee.
Thus, an emergency action involving the campus Radiological Control would automatically involve the State agencies.
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INDikNA AREA RADIATION EMER2ENCY RESPONSE COZlTTEE Escomington Area Fort Wayne Area (cont'd)
Ind6enopoles Area (cont'd)
Lake County Aree South Send Aree RAP Team:
312/972-4800 day Henry C fbggs Pn D John Agnew. Ph D Robert George, Ph.D Francis E. Gannon John Scheu. Ph D.
312/972-5731 night Enveronmental Healtn and Parkview Memonal Hospital Radiabon Oncology St Cathenne Hospital 808 East Jefferson Safety Department 2200 Randaha Onve 8.U Medical Cemer 4321 Fir Street South Bend. IN 46617 Ed Jascewsky.
Indisna University Fort Wayne IN 46805 Radiation Therapy Building East Chicago, IN 46312 219/287-4146 312/972-2254 work 840 stzte Road 46 Bypass 2191484-6636 (Ext 4567) 535 Barnfull Dnve 219/392-7208 Res. 21200 Clover Hill Dnve 312/739-1393 home Doommgton IN 47405 Res. 3405 Thames Dnve Indianapolis, IN 46223 Res 6047 Beechwood Road' South Bend. IN 46614 812/335-3230 Fort Wayne. IN 46815 317/264-2525 Matteson. IL 60443 Res Tel. 219'291-9532 FDA - Jim Kraeger:
Res Tel. 812/332-5337 Res Tel.219/482-1831 Res 2544 Hawtnorn Place Res. Tel,312/7201354 312/353-9408 work No06esville. IN 46060 Robert Zerr 312/359-7387 home if no Enswer at esther office or home call ind6enapol6e Area Res Tel. 317/773-4596 Frances L Moser. Pn D.
Roor,119 - Student Hearth Center St Anthony Medical Center. inc.
University of Notre Dame REAC/TS:
812/335-9514 ask operator to prge 113 Hat S. Stocks. Chief Mack Richard Main and Franciscan Road Notre Dame. IN 46556 No mal office hours-Radiological Heartn Section Radiation Safety Office Crown Pomt. IN 46307 219/239-5037 615/576-3131 Evansvttle Aree Indiana State Board of Health I U. Medical Center 219/738-2100 (E xt.1583)
Res 116 Orange Avenue After office hours 1330 West Michigan Street 541 C4mical Dnwe Res 1217 Devonshire Dnve Mishawaka. IN 46544 615/481-1000 beep 241 Georgi Drame Gutnne. Ph D.
Indianapohs. IN 46206 Indianapons. IN 46223 Joket. fL 60435 Res Tel 219/259-0611 Gayle Littlefield Indiana University School of 317/633-0152 317/264-2003 Res Tel.815/741-8828 Normal office hours.
Medicme - Evansvale Res 4720 North Capitor Avenue Res 13 Hammon Dnve John W. Lucey. Ph.D.
615/576-3261 8600 Univers:1y Boulevard indianapohs. IN 46208 Brownsburg, IN 46112 H Roland Heycogger. Pn D.
Associate Professor After office hours Evcnsvale. IN 47712 Res Tel. 317/253-6189 Res Tel 317/852-7893 Purdue University-Calumet Aerospace Mechanical Engmeenng 615/481 1000 beep 241 812/464-1831 317/597-2073 weeniend 2233 - 171st Street Uruversity of Notre Dame l
RFs 700 Drexel Dnve Lafayette Area Haramond, IN 46323-2094 Notre Dame. IN 46556 Local Civil Defense Lle6 eon:
Evansville. IN 47712 Marcia L. Howard 219/844-0520 (Ext. 284) 219/239-7381 Ris Tel. 012/985-2046 Radiosogical Health Section StaNey D. Hampton Res 4923 Kimbark Avenue Res. 307 East Pokagon
Contact:
Rex Bowser indiana State Board of Health Radiation Control Office Chicago IL 60615 Soutn Bend. IN 46617 317/232-3846 work Arnold Sorensen 1330 West Michigan Street Pharmacy Budding Res. T el. 312/373-4909 Res Tet 219/232-4481 312/925-5285 home Deaconess Hospital indianapohs. IN 46206-1964 Purdue University 600 Mary Street 317/633-0154 West Lafayette. IN 47907 Roger Robb Dennis Justice. Pn D Pubisc Information Lleteon:
Evsnsvine. IN 47747 Res. 213 North Cross 317/494-6367 Combustion Apphcations Medical Radiation Phys csst 812/426-3366 Danvdle, IN 46122 Res R R. 4. Box 218D Department Soutn Bend Memonal Hospital
Contact:
Art Logsdon Ris 7666 Eagedale Dnve Res Tel. 317/745-7710 Tipton, IN 46072 Northern Indiana Pubhc 615 Nortn Michigan Street 317/633-0109 work Res. Tel. 317/675-4782 Service Company South Bend. IN 46601 317/257-7056 home Newburgh. IN 47630 Ris Tel.812/853-2653 Mark A. Lamaster 5265 Hohman Avenue 219/284-7461 I
721 Oswego Road Robert Landott. Ph.D Hammond. IN 46320 Res $10 East Pokagon NRC:
l Alvm Korba. M.D Carmel. IN 46032 School of Health Scie 6ces 219/853-5821 South Bend. IN 46617 312/790-5500 St M ry's Medical Budding Res. Tel. 317/846-2653 Robert Home Pharmacy Res.11 Heather Court Res. Tel. 219/289-3957 202/951-0550 after hours Room 302 Schererville. IN 46375 801 St. Mary s Dnve Suite 301 Eysnsville. IN 47715 Robert Shupe. Ph.D Purdue University Res. Tel.219/322-4819 Terre Heute Area NRC Lla6een Roland Lackus 812/476-1367 Radiation Oncology West Laf ayette. IN 47907 (Abows phone number es 1 U. Medical Center 317/494-1440 New Albany & Jeffersonvifte Aree John Swez. Ph.D.
312/790-5666 work snswered 74 hours8.564815e-4 days <br />0.0206 hours <br />1.223545e-4 weeks <br />2.8157e-5 months <br /> / day) 535 Barnhill Drive Res.1000 Hdicrest Road Science Buildmg 312/369-9146 home Res 1508 Southfield Road Cimical Building (Office)
West Lafayette. IN 47906 Richard L. Conkhn, Ph.D.
Physics Department. Room 116 Evensville. IN 47715 317/264-8219 Res Tel. 317/463-9897 Professor of Physics indiana State University Res.Tel. 812/477-2855 Radiation Therapy Buddmg (Chnic)
Hanover College Terre Haute. IN 47809 317/264-2524 Paul Ziemer. Ph.D Hanover. IN 47243 812/237-2045 Fort toyne Aree Res. 6816 Wirton Court School of Health Sciences 812/866 2151 Ext. 348)
Res. R.R. 53. Box 53 Indianapohs. IN 46224 Robert Heine Pharmacy Res. Box 24 Terre Haute. IN 47805 Ch rtIs S. Narayanan Res. Tel.317/247-6106 Purdue University Hanover. IN 47243 Res Tel 812/466-1102 Luth: tan Hospetal of West Lafayette. IN 47907 Res. Tel 812/866-2021 Fort Wayne. inc.
Robert Anger 317/494-1435 3024 Fairfield Avenue Department of Nuclear Radiology Res. 3442 South River Road Darryt L. Steinert. Ph.D.
Fort Wayne, IN 46807 Methodist Hospital West Laf ayette. IN 47906 Hanover College 219/458-2281 1604 North Capitol Res. Tel. 317/743-5766 Hanover IN 47243 R s $926 Vance Avenue 6ndianapohs. IN 46206 812/866-2151 (Ext 308)
Res. 623 East First Street Fort Wayne,IN 46815 317/929-3572 Res. Tel.219/485-3750 Res. 5230 North Washmgton Blvd.
Madison. IN 47250 Indianapots, IN 46220 Res. Tel. 812/265-4451 Revised 11/85 E'temn Res. Tel. 317/253-0443
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