ML20247E828

Requests Rev to Facility Emergency Plan to Address Listed Findings & Reflect Method That Ensures Emergency Plan Maintained as Current,Per 881121 Submittal

ML20247E828
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Site:	University of Buffalo
Issue date:	09/06/1989
From:	Michaels T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Henry L NEW YORK, STATE UNIV. OF, BUFFALO, NY
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September 6, 1989 Docket-No. 50-57.

' Mr. Louis G. Henry, Director Buffalo Materials Research Center State University of New York Rotary Road Buffalo, New York 14214-

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BUFFALO MATERIALS RESEARCH CENTER EMERGENCY PLAN We have completed our review of the revised emergency plan dated November 21, 1988 for the Buffalo Materials Research Center (BMRC). The review verified that the revisions involved only editorial. changes, however, we note that changes agreed upon by you, in a telephone conversation with Ms. Rosemary Hogan j

on September 27, 1984 have not been made. The changes were to be made the next time the emergency plan was to be revised and are as follows:

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Section 4.2 discusses an " emergency cc,anand post" while Section 9.1-ciscusses an " emergency support center." The plan should be changed to use " emergency support center" consistently throughout the plan.

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Section'13 discusses training for Emergency Staff and other University Staff Members, but fails to discuss the training provided to the offsite response organizations that are identified in'the plan. The.

plan.should describe the-training provided #cr the offsite organizations described in Section.3.4.3. This item is peticularly important in light'of a weakness identified during an exercise conducted in October 17, 1988.

In that exercise, ambulance staff were hesitant to handle contaminated injured personnel.

Neither of these findings were addressed in the emergency plan revision dated November 21, 1988.

In: addition to the above findings,.we note that changes made to the facility that' affect the emergency plan are not factored into the emergency plan in a timely manner.

For instance, the reactor facility name was' changed in 1985

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but the change was not reflected in the emergency plan until November 21, L

1988. 10 CFR 50, Appendix E.IV.G requires licensees to describe in the emergency 1

plan provisions to ensure that the emergency plan is maintained up to date.

In most cases, provisions that have been employed involve some type of annual review of the plan and procedures by a reactor committee.

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2-September 6,.1989 l Mr.1.ouis G. Henry q-Please revise your emergency plan to address the findings listed as 1) and 2) and reflect a method that ensures the emergency plan is maintained current.

Also, when making changes to the emergency plan, they should be indicated with vertical lines in the right margins to expedite plan review.

'If you have any questions, please call me at (301)492-1102.

Sincerely, Theodore S. Michaels, Project Manager Non-Power Reactor, Decommissioning and Environmental Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next age I

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'Please revise your. emergency plan to address the findings listed as 1) and 2)

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and reflect a method that ensures the emergency plan is maintained current.

Also, when making changes to the emergency plan, they should be indicated with vertical lines in the right margins to expedite plan review.

If you.have any ' questions, please call me at (301)492-1102.

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