ML20247F753

Forwards Exercise Evaluation of Implementation of State & Local Radiological Emergency Response Plans Conducted 880831 for Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station. Approval of Offsite Plans for Plant Granted Under 44CFR350 in Effect

ML20247F753
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Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	03/20/1989
From:	Kwiatkowski D Federal Emergency Management Agency
To:	Congel F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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/ Washingte D.C. 20472 FIAR 2 01939 MEMORANDUM FOR:- Frank J. Congel Director Division of Radiation Protection and Emergency Preparedness ffice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation *

.S. Nucl r gu,lato Co ssion FROM: ennis H. Kw' tkowski Assistant Associate Director Office of Natural and Technological Hazards Programs

SUBJECT:

Report for the August 31, 1988, Exercise of j Offsite Radiological Emergency Response Plans Site-specific to the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Attached is a copy of the exercise report for the August 31, 1988, full-participation exercise of the offsite radiological emergency response plans for Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station. The State of Iowa and the Counties of Clinton and Scott participated fully in the exercise. The report was prepared November 2, 1988, by Region VII of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

One of the eight deficiencies identified during the exercise has been adequately corrected through a plan revision.

Another deficiency was corrected during the Duane Arnold Energy Center Exercise conducted on November 9, 1988. A remedial exercise was conducted for the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station on November 29 - 30, 1988, correcting the remaining six deficiencies. (See attached correspondence.)

There were twenty Areas Requiring Corrective Action (ARCA) identified during the August 31, 1988, exercise. Based on discussions with the State of Iowa, FEMA Region VII determined it appropriate to remove the designation for two of the twenty ARCAs. Five ARCAs have been corrected through plan changes. The objectives related to the remaining thirteen ARCAs are to be demonstrated during the next full-participation exercise. Additional verification of corrective action implementation will be provided by FEMA after the next full-participation exercise.

Based on the remedial actions taken by the State of Iowa, FEMA considers that offsite radiological emergency preparedness is adequate to provide reasonable assurance I that appropriate measures can be taken offsite to protect l

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Therefore, the approval of the offsite plans for the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station granted under 44 CFR 350 on March 26, 1986, continues to be in effect.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call me on 646-2871.

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• y 911 Walnut Street, Room 200 Kansas City, MO 64106 DEC -81988 MEMORANDUM FOR: Ellen Gordon, Administrator Iowa Di s Se es Division

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Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station - Remedial Exercise The purpose of this memorandum is to notify your office of the results of the remedial exercise conducted November 29 and 30, 1988, to cor-rect the deficiencies identified during the August 31, 1988 exercise of the State and Local Radiological Emergency Response Plans for the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station.

Seven of the eight deficiencies identified in a memorandum, dated No-vember 3, 1988, to your office have been adequately corrected as fol-lows:

• The two deficiencies identified at the Clinton County Emergency Operations Center, concerning the capability to formulate and distribute instructions to the public in a timely manner and the capability to provide proper instructions to schools within the emergency planning zone, were corrected during the remedial exer-cise.

• The three deficiencies identr.fied at the Scott County Emergency Operations Center concerning Emergency Broadcast System activa-tion, formulation and distribution of emergency instructions to the public, and notification of emergency personnel to begin mo-bile rpute alerting, were currected during the remedial exercise.

• The deficiency identified with the capability to successfully complete mobile route alerting within 45 minutes of notification of the Site Area Emergency, was also corrected for both counties. ,

In Clinton County, routes P7, A9.5, A9.5r, R9.5, and R9.5r took 35, 21, 24, 33, and 28 minutes, respectively, to complete. This includes demonstrated notification time of 2 minutes. Mobiliza-tion time is also included and was demonstrated during the reme-dial exercise.

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• In Scott County, routes L5.5, L5.5r, N7, N7r, and L10 took 27, l 37, 24, 31, and 36 minutes, respectively, to complete. This in- l cludes demonstrated notification time of 4 minutes. This also includes mobilization time of 5 minutes as stated in the Alert and Notification Design Report.

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• The deficiency identified with the Iowa radiological field teams, concerning the proper use of equipment and monitoring pro-cedures, was corrected during the Duane Arnold Energy Center ex-ercise conducted November 9, 1988.

• The one deficiency remaining to be resolved concerned the in-ability of the Iowa Department of Public Health to obtain plant status data from the utility prlor to the activation of the Emer-gency Operations Center. Per the memorandum, dated November 3, 1988, to your office, remedial action will consist of the identi-fication of a communication link to the Technical Support Center and the modification of the State Plan to assure this link has been established. As stated in the aforementioned memorandum, this plan amendment must be submitted to this office and approved by December 29, 1988.

If you have any questions, please contact Bob Bissell 283-7002.

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Ellen Gordon, Administrator Iowa Disaster,,S c Division FROM: .

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Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station - Remedial Action The purpose of this memorandum is to notify your office that the re-maining deficiency, identified at the State Emergency Operations Cen-ters during the August 31, exercise, has been closed. 1988 Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station The receipt of the actual plan changes

, correcting this deficiency resolved this issue. j The plan amendment will be distributed to the Regional Assistance Com-mittee (RAC) and other appropriate organizations.

cc: Anna Hart, FE:n HQ Bill Snell, NRC III i

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