ML18058A143

Rev 10 to General Ofc Emergency Planning Procedure GEN-1, Overview. Approval Summary Encl

ML18058A143
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Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	12/09/1991
From:	CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
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Transmittal Date: 2/03/92 TO: 145 USNRC/WASHINGTON/

PROCEDURE NUMBER: GEN-1 TITLE: OVERVIEW - GENERAL OFFICE EMERGENCY PLANNING PROCEDURE TRANSMITTAL NUMBER: 460307 TRANSMITTAL: LISTED BELOW ARE NEW/REVISED PROCEDURES WHICH MUST BE IMMEDIATELY INSERTED INTO OR DISCARDED FROM YOUR PROCEDURE MANUAL.

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CONSUMERS GENERAL OFFICE PROC NO GEN-1 POWER EMERGENCY PLANNING PAGE 1 OF 14 COMPANY PROCEDURE REV 9 OVERVIEW

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 PURPOSE In the event of an emergency, classified as an Alert or higher, at one of its two nuclear facilities, Consumers Power Company is committed to activate an experienced and trained emergency response staff to operate the Company's Emergency Operations Facilities. For the purpose of emergency response facilities, activation and operational are defined as follows:

Activation: Process by which an emergency response facility is staffed and prepared for operation *

• • Operational: Status of an emergency response facility following assumption of intended functions and responsibilities.

Upon notification of the emergency, the.General Office Response Team (GORT) will report to the General Office Emergency Response area (P-26-104) to monitor the emergency and, if required, mobilize Corporate response to assist in manning the Emergency Operations Facility (EOF).

The GORT will serve as an initial operational base for Corporate emergency response. The EOF will relieve the affected plant Technical Support Center (TSC) of those duties not directly related to the plant emergency, as well as take over responsibility for coordination of the emergency response activities with Federal, State and County agencies as soon as possible.

To meet this commitment, Consumers Power Company has developed the General Off ice Response Team/Emergency Operations Facility Emergency Implementing Procedures

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CONSUMERS GENERAL OFFICE PROC NO GEN-1 POWER EMERGENCY PLANNING PAGE 2 OF 14 COMPANY PROCEDURE REV 9

• ovERVIEW 1.2 FUNCTIONS The Emergency Operations Facility staff will perform the following functions:

a. Manage overall Consumers Power Company emergency response;

b. Coordinate offsite radiological and environmental assessment;

c. Provide offsite dose analysis;

d. Recommend public protective actions to the State;

e. Coordinate emergency response activities with Federal, State and local agencies;

f. Coordinate information provided to JPIC;

g. Manage initiation of*the recovery phase;

h. Provide engineering, health physics, meteorology and logistics support to the TSC; 1.3 EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATION Provided below is a brief review of the four emergency classes and the corresponding specific level of readiness compatible with the severity of the situation *

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CONSUMERS GENERAL OFFICE PROC NO GEN-1 POwER EMERGENCY PLANNING PAGE 3 OF 14 COMPANY PROCEDURE REV 9 OVERVIEW Lowest to highest, the classes are:

Unusual Event - The lowest level of emergency which is a problem at the facility that usually can be handled by on-shift plant personnel.

Alert - A problem in the plant more serious than an Unusual Event.

Events are in progress or have occurred which involve an actual or potential degradation of the level of the safety of the plant. Re-sponse personnel in addition to the normal operating shift are required. The JPIC may be activated at this time.

- OSC, MSC (Palisades only) and TSC are activated. GORT activated to monitor the emergency. Full EOF activation is optional; Big Rock Point dispatches personnel to EOF

• Site Area Emergency - Events are in progress or have occurred which involve actual or likely major failures of plant functions needed for the protection of the public. Releases are not expected to exceed Environmental Protection Agency Protective Action Guides (EPA PAGs) exposure levels, except within the site boundary.

- OSC, MSC (Palisades only), TSC, EOF and JPIC are activated.

General Emergency - Events are in progress or have occurred which involve actual or imminent substantial core degradation or melting with potential for loss of containment integrity. Any radioactive release can be reasonably expected to exceed the EPA PAGs exposure levels offsite.

- OSC, MSC (Palisades only), TSC, EOF and JPIC are activated *

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• COMPANY PROCEDURE OVERVIEW REV 9 2.0 ORGANIZATION 2.1 GORT ORGANIZATION The organization of the GORT is shown in Attachment 1. The GORT will be manned by personnel from General Offices in Jackson. A brief description of responsibilities follows:

Senior Management

- At the request of the Site Emergency Director (SED), may authorize use of both Company and non-Company resources.

• - Becomes Emergency Officer when EOF is activated

• On-Call Director Consults with the SED regarding emergency conditions, and apprises Senior Management of those conditions and requests for assistance.

- Becomes EOF Director when EOF is activated.

Emergency Planning Representative

- Acts as a resource person to Senior Management and the On-Call Director.

- Ensures additional personnel are mobilized as required.

Radiological Advisor

- Interprets and advises the On-Call Director concerning radiological conditions resulting from the emergency.

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CONSUMERS GENERAL OFFICE PROC NO GEN-1 POwER EMERGENCY PLANNING PAGE 5 OF 14 COMPANY PROCEDURE REV 9 OVERVIEW Public Affairs Representative

- Gathers information from the On-Call Director and transmits information and press releases to the General Office Information Center.

Logistics Representative

- Communication Services: Ensures the operability of communication channels in the GORT area.

- Building Services: Ensures the GORT area is properly set up, and secures equipment and supplies requested by the On-Call Director.

2.2 EOF ORGANIZATION The organization of the EOF is shown in Attachment 2. The EOF will be manned by personnel from the General Offices in Jackson and the plants.

Appendix H contains a matrix which designates training required for personnel staffing of the EOF. A brief description of .the staff duties follows:

Emergency Officer

- Has overall responsibility for the entire CP Co emergency response.

Attachment 3 contains organizational diagram of Consumers Power Company emergency response and interfaces with offsite organizations.

- Ensures that the full resources of Consumers Power Company are made available as required to secure the plant systems and to minimize the effects of the incident on plant personnel and the public, including the availability of other utilities and consultant resources

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- Upon arrival at the GORT area and thereafter, the Emergency Officer will have Communication capability with the plant and shall have authority to approve any actions or requests for additional assis-tance, The Emergency Officer will report to the EOF within about an hour at Palisades and an hour and a half at Big Rock Point upon declaration of a site area emergency.

EOF Director

- Responsible for assigning and coordinating the activities of the Emergency Operations Facility. Also serves as the primary liaison between the plant and specific nonlocal of fsite organizations and individuals (eg, NRC, State of Michigan, etc) *

• EOF Administrator

- Coordinates administrative functions of the EOF, manages the facility until arrival of EOF Director and administers the call-out provisions regarding alcohol in the Fitness for Duty Procedures.

Communication Support Team

- Acts as primary communicator between EOF and outside organizations and individuals; maintains a record of all communications.

Reactor Physics/Accident Analysis Support Team

- Provides the EOF Health Physics Support Team with engineering support necessary in performing source term calculations. Provides technical assistance pertaining to reactor physics. This assistance may include verifying the extent of the emergency situation and providing advice to the EOF Director and the plant in matters related to GEN-1

'I I' v CONSUMERS GENERAL OFFICE PROC NO GEN-1 POWER EMERGENCY PLANNING PAGE 7 OF 14 COMPANY PROCEDURE REV 9 OVERVIEW reactor physics and accident analysis. At Palisades, technical assistance will include chemistry, plant operations and reactor engineering.

Plant Support Engineering Support Team

- Provides the EOF Health Physics Support Team with engineering support necessary in performing source term calculations. Will advise the EOF Director and the plant in technical engineering matters.

Health Physics Support Team

- Advises the EOF Director on recommended protective actions. Provides technical health physics and meteorological support to the EOF Director. This assistance will include offsite dose analysis, meteorological support, and advice to the EOF Director in matters related to health physics.

Emergency Planning

- Acts as a resource person in technical and nontechnical areas and to provide interface support between emergency response organizations (both Company and non-Company).

Public Affairs

- Communicates information from the EOF to the Joint Public Information Center to be used in preparing new releases *

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CONSUMERS GENERAL OFFICE PROC NO GEN-1 POWER EMERGENCY PLANNING PAGE 8 OF 14 COMPANY PROCEDURE REV 9 OVERVIEW Property Protection Support Team

- Secures the EOF and controls access, provides assistance to plant security as requested, and coordinates security issues between the NRC and Consumers Power Company management.

Secretarial/Clerical Support Team

- Provides general assistance to the EOF emergency response organization.

Logistics

- Duties include coordination and maintenance of all support services required to keep the EOF operating in a reliable and efficient manner.

Governmental Liaison

- Acts as a technical resource on plant operations for State and county emergency response personnel. (This position will be located in the governmental Emergency Operation Centers.)

3.0 ACTIVATION The General Office Response Team will be activated whenever an Alert is declared at either plant.

NOTE: If the Alert has been terminated prior to notification, the On-Call Director may stop activation of the GORT *

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• COMPANY PROCEDURE OVERVIEW REV 9 Activation of the EOF at the Alert level will be at the request of the Site Emergency Director. Activation of the EOF is mandatory at the Site Area Emergency or General Emergency classification.

A general description of the activation process for the GORT and EOF is given below.

3.1 ACTIVATION OF THE GORT

a. At the alert stage or above, Control Room notifies Jackson Power Controller;

b. Jackson Power Controller notifies the On-Call Director, Senior

• Management Representative, Emergency Planning Representative, Radiological Advisor, Public Affairs Representative, Connnunication Services Representative, Building Services Representative, and the unaffected plant contr,ol room.

c. When the GORT arrives, connnunications with TSC are established.

d. At this point, the GORT is operational.

3.2 ACTIVATION OF THE EOF

a. The Site Emergency Director dispatches designated plant personnel to the EOF to initiate those actions necessary to augment the onsite emergency organization.

b. The Logistics Support Team Leader will notify the appropriate logistic personnel to initiate actions to have the Emergency Operations Facility activated

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c. The GORT Director designates additional support personnel to staff the EOF. He instructs Logistics to make travel arrangements.

d. The Emergency Planning Representative ensures that the additional support personnel to staff the EOF are notified.

e. While the designated EOF staff is in transit, the District Facilities Department or Conference Center staff assists the specified plant personnel in setting up the EOF. This includes:

- Telephone Hookups

- Setup of Status Boards and Emergency Planning Zone Maps

• - Setup of Computer Terminals

- Setup of Tables, Desks, Chairs, Signs, Nameplates, etc

- Supplies (Pens, Paper, Forms, etc)

- PA System Arrangements for food, security, transportation, housing or bedding, laundry and radios, as required.

f. Upon arrival, the EOF Director establishes communications with the TSC. Accident status decisions and actions are reviewed with plant personnel assigned to the EOF *

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g. As soon as the individual support teams are assembled and function-ing, having established communications with their counterparts in the TSC, the EOF teams are ready to accept responsibilities from the TSC.

As each team becomes ready to accept its responsibilities, the SED and* EOF Director are informed.

h. When the appropriate teams are ready and the EOF is judged to be prepared to assume responsibility, the EOF Director requests the SED to transfer authority to the EOF.

4.0 PROCEDURE The attached GORT/EOF Emergency Implementing Procedures define those

• tasks and responsibilities of the Emergency Response Staff at General Office and at the Emergency Operations Facility *

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CONSUMERS GENERAL OFFICE PROC NO GEN-1 POWER EMERGENCY PLANNING PAGE 12 OF 14

• COMPANY PROCEDURE OVERVIEW ATTACHMENT 1 REV 9 GENERAL OFFICE RESPONSE TEAM ORGANIZATION SENIOR MANAGEMENT ON-CALL DIRECTOR EMERGENCY RADIOLOGICAL LOGISTICS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLANNING ADVISOR (BUILDING & REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE COMMUNICATION SERVICES)

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CONSUMERS e GENERAL OFFICE e PROC NO GEN-1 POWER EMERGENCY PLANNING PAGE 13 OF 14 COMPANY PROCEDURE REV 9 OVERVIEW ATTACHMENT 2 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY ORGANIZATION EMERGENCY OFFICER I

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