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| issue date = 12/17/1982
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| title = NRC Generic Letter 1982-033: Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737 - Requirements for Emergency Response Capability
| title = NRC Generic Letter 1982-033: Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737 - Requirements for Emergency Response Capability
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{{#Wiki_filter:IfDecember 17, 1982TO ALL LICENSEES OF OPERATING REACTORS, APPLICANTS FOR OPERATINGLICENSES, AND HOLDERS OF CONSTRUCTION PERMITSGentlemen:SUBJECT: SUPPLEMENT 1 TO NUREG-0737 -REQUIREV4ENTS FOR EMERGENCYRESPONSE CAPABILITY (GENERIC LETTER 82-33)On October 31, 1980, the NRC staff issued NUREG-0737, which Incorporatedinto one document all TMI-related items approved for implementation bythe Commission at that time. The purpose of this letter is to provideadditional clarification regarding Safety Parameter Display Systems,Detailed Control Room Design Reviews, Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Revision 2) -Application to Emergency Response Facilities, Upgrade of EmergencyOperating Procedures, Emergency Response Facilities, and MeteorologicalData.The enclosures to this letter are a distillation of the basic requirementsfor these topics from the broad range of guidance documents that the NRChas issued (principally NUREG reports and Regulatory Guides). It is ourintent that the guidance documents themselves, referred to in the enclo-sures, are not to be used as requirements, but rather that they are to beused as sources of guidance for NRC reviewers and licensees regardingacceptable means for meeting the basic requirements.The following items In NUREG-0737 are affected:I .C.1I.D.1I.D.2Guidance for the Evaluation and Development of Procedures forTransients and AccidentsControl Room Design ReviewsPlant Safety Parameter Display ConsoleIII. A.1.2III.A.2.2Upgrade Emergency Support Facilities.Meteorological DataThe requirements and guidance contained in the enclosure to this letterreplace the corresponding requirements in the affected NUREG-0737 itemsand should be used by you in meeting the goals of these action plan items.You should also note that the staffing levels in table 2 to the enclosureare only goals, and are not strict requirements.11X" 6, .11/I il/I /t J, \6" 1-1 -10821 2 O 6 349(OFFICER .... ........................ ............ ............... ......... ............... ........................ ......... .................... ......... ........................ ........vE;SURNAME 4 ....... ..................... ............... ......... ............... ............ ........................ ....................................... ........................ ............... ...............DATE ... ..................... ... ............... ____ ........................ ........................ ................................................ ........................IdNRC FORM 318 (10-80) NRCM 0240O FFICIA L R EC O RD C OPYUISGPO: 1981-33549W
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-2-You will note that the enclosure does not specify a schedule for completinthe requirements. It has become apparent, through discussions with ownersgroups and Individual licensees, that our previous schedules did not ade-quately consider the integration of these related activities. In recog-nition of this and the difficulty in implementing generic deadlines, theCommission has adopted a plan to establish realistic plant-specific schedulesthat take into account the unique aspects of the work at each plant. Bythis plan, each licensee is to develop and submit its own plant-specificschedule which will be reviewed by the assigned NRC Project Manager. TheNRC Project Manager and licensee will reach an agreement on the finalschedule and in this manner provide for prompt implementation of theseimportant improvements while optimizing the use of utility and NRC resources.Applicants for construction permits are expected to comply with the require-ments of 10 CFR 50.34(f), and should consider this document to be additionalguidance in meeting these requirements. For holders of construction permitsand applicants for operating licenses, plant-specific schedules for theimplementation of these requirements will be developed In a manner similarto that being used for operating reactors, taking into consideration thedegree of completion of the power plant.In order to answer questions you may have regarding the Comm-ission's policyon these issues and the implementation process to be used by project managers,regional workshops will be conducted by senior staff members according to thefollowing schedule:Region I Washington,-D. C.-.--Week of 2/14/83Region II Atlanta, Ga. -Week of 2/21/83,Region III Chicago, Ill. -Week of 2/21/83'Region IV & V San Francisco, CA -Week of 2/28/83You will be notified of specific locations and times for the workshops ata later time.Accordingly, pursuant to 50.54(f), operating reactor licensees and holdersof construction permits are requested to furnish, no later than April 15,1983 a proposed schedule for completing each of the basic requirements forthe items identified in the enclosures to this letter. You are encouragedto work closely with your NRC Project Manager during this process so thatwe can reach an agreement on the final schedule as quickly as possible. Inaddition, you are requested to submit with it a description of your plansfor phased implementation and integration of the emergency response activities.Your plans for integration will be reviewed as part of our evaluation ofyour proposed schedule. After the staff completes this evaluation, it willtake action, as necessary, to assure that such requirements and commitmentsare appropriately enforceable.OF IE ............. ............. ............. ............. ............. ....1........ ........1...SU N M O ............. ........ ............. .......................... ............. ............DATIE ~ ............ ............I............-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ................... ..................... .................... ...................US ' 19813%-9NRC FORM 318 (10-W) NRCM 0240I OFFICIAL Kr_1k.%JKLJ uswo- 1981-%-05-9m
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.4'SI-3-This request for information was approved by the Office of Managementand Budget under clearance number 3150-0065 which expires May 31, 1983.Comnents on burden and duplication may be directed to the Office ofManagement and Budget, Reports Management Room 3208, New Executive OfficeBuilding, Washington, D. C. 20503.Sincerely,Darrell G. Eisenhut, DirectorDivision of LicensingOffice of Nuclear Reactor RegulationEnclosure: &<Supplement to NURi -0737OFFICEfr l,D. l ......:.... ..l.lSURNAMEt .R2r I a..... .ctf .F. 1 I ...... F J. ........................ ........................ ........................DATE ...../82 [1/ /82 ./. /. ? ..82.... .....................82 ........................ ........................NRCFOR 31 (1-80 NRM 040 FFIIAL ----~ CO----- B1-33-6NRC FORM 318 (10-80) NRCM 0240f O FFICIA L R EC O RD C OP YUSGPO: 1981-3351960
                  LICENSES, AND HOLDERS OF CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
.I -f.I l .(SUPPLEMENT 1 TO NUREG-0737 (CONTENTSPages1. INTRODUCTION .................. .....12. USE OF EXISTING DOCUMENTATION ..............33. COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF INITIATIVES .......44. SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM (SPDS) ..........7o Requirementso Documentation and NRC Reviewo Integrationo Reference Documents5. DETAILED CONTROL ROOM DESIGN REVIEW ...........10o Requirementso Implementation Scheduleo Documentation and NRC Reviewo Reference Documents6. REGULATORY GUIDE 1.97 -APPLICATION TO EMERGENCY RESPONSEFACILITIES ..., .............13o Requirementso Documentation and NRC Review7. UPGRADE EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES (EOPs) ......15o Requirementso Documentation and NRC Review.o Reference Documents8. EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES ..............17o Regulationso Technical Support Center ................19o Requirementso Operational Support Center ...............21o Requirements I -CONTENTS (Continued)Pageso Emergency Operations Facility .............22o Requirementso Documentation and NRC Reviewo Reference DocumentsTable 1 -Emergency Operations Facility Location Options ...26Table 2 -Minimum Staffing for NRC Licensees for Nuclear PowerPlant Emergencies .................27 EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITY1. INTRODUCTIONThis supplement was prepared as a result of a review by the Committeeto Review Generic Requirements (CRGR). The supplement represents thestaff's attempt to distill the fundamental requirements for nuclearplant Emergency Response Capability from the wide range of guidancedocuments that the NRC has issued. It is not intended that these guidancedocuments (NUREG reports and Regulatory Guides) be implemented as written;rather, they should be regarded as useful sources of guidance for licen-sees and NRC staff regarding acceptable means for meeting the fundamentalrequirements contained in this document. It is also not intended thateither the guidance documents or the fundamental requirements are to beconsidered binding legal requirements at this time. As indicated below,however, the fundamental requirements will be translated into bindinglegal requirements in the manner specified.These requirements are a further delineation of the general guidanceissued previously by the Commission in its regulations, orders and policystatements on emergency planning and TMI issues. It is intended thatthese requirements would be applicable to licensees of operating nuclearpower plants. For applicants for a construction permit (CP) or manufac-turing license (ML), the requirements described in this document must besupplemented with the specific provisions in the rule specifying licensingrequirements for pending CP and ML applications. Thus, compliance withrequirements in this document may not be sufficient to meet the relatedrequirements in 10 CFR 50.34(f) and Appendix E. In this regard, it isexpected that the staff would review CP and ML applications against theguidance in the current Standard Review Plan (which includes the provisionsof NUREG-0718) and this might lead to more detailed requirements than pre-scribed in this document in order to satisfy the requirements of 50.34(f)and Appendix E.Based on discussions with licensees, the staff has learned that many of theCommission approved schedules for emergency response facilities probably willnot be met. In recognition of this fact and the difficulty of implementinggeneric deadlines, plant-specific schedules will be established which takeinto account the unique status'of each plant. The following sequence fordeveloping implementation schedules will be used.The requirements for emergency response capabilities and facilities are beingtransmitted to licensees by this supplement and are being promulgated to NRCstaff. The letter which forwards this supplement requests that licensees submita proposed schedule for completing actions to comply with the requirements.
                  Gentlemen:
                  SUBJECT:             SUPPLEMENT 1 TO NUREG-0737 - REQUIREV4ENTS FOR EMERGENCY
                                        RESPONSE CAPABILITY (GENERIC LETTER 82-33)
                  On October 31, 1980, the NRC staff issued NUREG-0737, which Incorporated into one document all TMI-related items approved for implementation by the Commission at that time. The purpose of this letter is to provide additional clarification regarding Safety Parameter Display Systems, Detailed Control Room Design Reviews, Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Revision 2)                                                                                               -
                    Application to Emergency Response Facilities, Upgrade of Emergency Operating Procedures, Emergency Response Facilities, and Meteorological Data.


-2-Each licensee's proposed schedule will then be reviewed by the assignedNRC Project Manager, who will discuss the subject with the licensee andmutually agree on schedules and completion dates. The implementationdates will then be formalized into an enforceable document.The requirements in this document do not alter previously issued guidance,which remains in effect. This document does attempt to place that guidancein perspective by identifying the elements that the NRC staff believes tobe essential to upgrade emergency response capabilities. The proposal toformalize implementation dates in an enforceable document reflects the levelof importance which the NRC staff attributes to these requirements. TheCommission does not believe that existing guidance should be imposed in thismanner, but rather that it be used as guidance to be considered in upgradingemergency response capabilities. This indicates the distinction which thestaff believes should be made between the requirements and guidance.The following sections describe the requirements, their interrelationhips,and NRC actions to improve management of emergency response regulations.Reference documents are cited with a description of content as it relatesto specific initiatives.The requirements set forth in this document have been reviewed by the Commis-sion and, at a meeting held July 16, 1982, were approved by the Commission asappropriately clarifying and providing greater detail with respect to relatedTMI Action Plan requirements contained in NUREG-0737 for all operating licenseapplicants. These requirements are, therefore, to be accorded the status ofapproved NUREG-0737 items as set forth in the Commission's "Statement of Policy:Further Commission Guidance for Power Reactor Operating Licenses" (45 FR 85236),December 24, 1980). In this connection, the provisions for scheduling set forthherein supersede any schedules with respect to such items contained in NUREG-0737.Accordingly, the requirements should be used by the staff and by adjudicatoryboards as appropriate clarifications and interpretation of the related NUREG-0737items.The requirements set forth in this document are believed to be consistent withthe requirements regarding related items for construction permits and manufactur-ing licenses contained in 10 CFR 50.34(f) and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E. Accor-dingly, no changes to these regulations are required.
The enclosures to this letter are a distillation of the basic requirements for these topics from the broad range of guidance documents that the NRC
                    has issued (principally NUREG reports and Regulatory Guides). It is our intent that the guidance documents themselves, referred to in the enclo- sures, are not to be used as requirements, but rather that they are to be used as sources of guidance for NRC reviewers and licensees regarding acceptable means for meeting the basic requirements.


-3-2. USE OF EXISTING DOCUMENTATIONThe following NUREG documents are intended to be used as sources of guidanceand information, and the Regulatory Guides are to be considered as guidanceor as an acceptable approach to meeting formal requirements. The items byvirtue of their inclusion in these documents shall not be misconstrued asrequirements to be levied on licensees or as inflexible criteria to be usedby NRC staff reviewers.NUREG Report Titles0696 -Functional Criteria for Emergency Response Facilities0700 -Guidelines for Control Room Design Reviews0799 -Draft Criteria for Preparation of Emergency OperatingProcedures (to be superseded by NUREG-0899)0801 -Evaluation Criteria for Detailed Control Room DesignReviews0814 -Methodology for Evaluation of Emergency Response Facilities0818 -Emergency Action Levels for Light Water Reactors0835 -Human Factors Acceptance Criteria for SPDS0899 -Guidelines for the Preparation of Emergency OperatingProcedures: Resolution of Comments on NUREG-0799RegulatoryGuides Titles1.23 -Meteorological Measurement Program for Nuclear Power(Rev. 1) Plants1.97 -Instrumentation for Light-Water Cooled Nuclear Power(Rev. 2) Plants to Assess Plant and Environs Conditions Duringand Following an Accident1.101 -Emergency Planning for Nuclear Power Plants(Rev. 2)1.47 -Bypassed and Inoperable Status Indication for NuclearPower Plant Safety Systems
The following items In NUREG-0737 are affected:
-4-3. COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF INITIATIVES3.1 The design of the Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS), design ofinstrument displays based on Regulatory Guide 1.97 guidance, controlroom design review, development of function oriented emergency operatingprocedures, and operating staff training should be integrated withrespect to the overall enhancement of operator ability to comprehendplant conditions and cope with emergencies. Assessment of informationneeds and display formats and locations should be performed by individuallicensees. The SPDS could affect other control room improvements thatlicensees may consider. In some cases, a good SPDS may obviate the needfor large-scale control room modifications. Installation of the SPDSshould not be delayed by slower progress on other initiatives, and shouldnot be contingent on completion of the control room design review. Norshould other initiatives, such as upgraded emergency operating procedures,be impacted by delays in SPDS procurement. While the NRC does not planto impose additional requirements on licensees regarding SPDS, the NRCwill work with the industry to assure the development of appropriate industrystandards for SPDS systems.3.2 Implementation of part or all of Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) representsa control room improvement. The implementation of control room improve-ments is not contingent on implementing Technical Support Center (TSC) andEmergency Operations Facility (EOF) requirements.3.3 The Technical Support Center (TSC) and Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)are dependent on control room improvements in terms of communication andinstrumentation needs among the TSC, EOF, and control room. TSC and EOFfacilities are not necessarily dependent on each other. The OperationalSupport Center (OSC) is independent of TSC and EOF.3.4 The three groups of initiatives--SPDS, control room improvements, andemergency response facilities (TSC, EOF, OSC)-- have the following inter-relationships:a. The SPDS is an improvement because it enhances operator ability tocomprehend plant conditions and interact in situations that requirehuman intervention. The SPDS could affect other control room improve-ments that licensees may consider. In some cases, a good SPDS couldobviate the need for extensive modifications to control rooms.b. New instrumentation that may be added to the control room snould beconsidered a requirement for inclusion in the design of the TSC andEOF only to the extent that such instrumentation is essential to theperformance of TSC and EOF functions.
                    I .C.1                Guidance for the Evaluation and Development of Procedures for Transients and Accidents I.D.1                 Control Room Design Reviews I.D.2                 Plant Safety Parameter Display Console III. A.1.2           Upgrade Emergency Support Facilities.


-5 -c. The SPDS and control room improvements are essential elements inoperator training programs and the upgraded plant-specific emer-gency operating procedures.d. Acquisition, processing, and management of data for SPDS, controlroom improvements, and emergency response facilities should becoordinated.3.5 Specific implementation plans and reasonable, achievable schedules forimprovements that will satisfy the requirements will be established byagreement between the NRC Project Manager and each individual licensee.The NRC office responsible for implementing each requirement will deve-lop procedures identifying the following.a. The respective roles of NRR, IE, and Regional Offices in managingimplementation, checking licensee rate of progress, and verifyingcompliance, including the extent to which NRC review and inspectionis necessary during implementation.b. Procedural methods and enforcement measures that could be used toensure NRC staff and licensee attention to meeting mutually agreedupon schedules without significant delays and extensions.3.6 The NRC Project Manager for each nuclear power plant is assigned pro-gram management responsibility for NRC staff actions associated withimplementing emergency response initiatives. The NRC Project Manageris the principal contact for the licensee regarding these initiatives.3.7 The NRC will make allowances for work already done by licensees in agood-faith effort to meet requirements as they understand them. Foreach case in which a licensee would have to remove or rip out emergencyresponse-facilities or equipment that was installed in good faith tomeet previous guidance in order to meet the basic requirements describedin this document, the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulationor Inspection and Enforcement will review the circumstances and determinewhether removal is necessary or existing facilities or equipment repre-sent an acceptable alternative. Any regulatory position that wouldrequire the removal or major modification of existing emergency responsefacilities or equipment requires the specific approval of the responsibleOffice Director.3.8 The NRC recognizes that acceptable alternative methods of phasing andintegrating emergency response activities may be developed. Each licenseeneeds flexibility in integrating these activities, taking into account thevarying degree to which the licensee has implemented past requirements and
III.A.2.2            Meteorological Data The requirements and guidance contained in the enclosure to this letter replace the corresponding requirements in the affected NUREG-0737 items                                                                                                            ,
-6 -guidance. An example of a way in which these activities could beintegrated is discussed below. Other methods of integration proposedby licensees would be reviewed considering licensees' progress oneach initiative.a. SPDS(1) Review the functions of the nuclear power plant operatingstaff that are necessary to recognize and cope with rareevents that (a) pose significant contributions to risk,(b) could cause operators to make cognitive errors in diag-nosing them, and (c) are not included in routine operatortraining programs.(2) Combine the results of this review with accepted humanfactors-principles to select parameters, data display,and functions to be incorporated in the SPDS.(3) Design, build, and install the SPDS in the control room andtrain its users.b. To be done in parallel without delaying SPDS, complete emergency-operating procedure technical guidelines that will be used todevelop plant-specific emergency operating procedures.c. Using these EOP technical guidelines, the SPDS design, and acceptedhuman factors principles, conduct a review of the control roomdesign. Apply the results of this review to:(1) Verify SPDS parameter selection, data display, and functions.(2) Develop plant-specific EOPs.(3) Design control room modifications that correct conditionsadverse to safety (reduce significant contributions to risk),and add additional instrumentation that may be necessary toimplement Regulatory Guide 1.97.(4) Train and qualify plant operating staff regarding upgraded EOPsand modifications.d. Verify, prior to finalization of designs for modifications and ofprocedures and training, that the functions of control room operatorsin emergencies can be accomplished (i.e., that the individual initia-tives-have been integrated sufficiently to meet the needs of con-trol room operators and provide adequate emergency response capa-bilities).e. Implement EOPs and install control room modifications coincidentwith scheduled outages as necessary, and train operators inadvance of these changes as they are phased into operation.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    /I il11X"  .11  6 and should be used by you in meeting the goals of these action plan items.


-7-4. SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM (SPDS)4.1 Requirementsa. The SPDS should provide a concise display of critical plantvariables to the control room operators to aid them in rapidlyand reliably determining the safety status of the plant.Although the SPDS will be operated during normal operationsas well as during abnormal conditions, the principal purposeand function of the SPDS is to aid the control room personnelduring abnormal and emergency conditions in determining thesafety status of the plant and in assessing whether abnormalconditions warrant corrective action by operators to avoida degraded core. This can be particularly important duringanticipated transients and the initial phase of an accident.b. Each operating reactor shall be provided with a Safety ParameterDisplay System that is located convenient to the control roomoperators. This system will continuously display informationfrom which the plant safety status can be readily and reliably.assessed by control room personnel who are responsible for theavoidance of degraded and damaged core events.c. The control room instrumentation required (see General DesignCriteria 13 and 19 of Appendix A to 10 CFR 50) provides theoperators with the information necessary for safe reactoroperation under normal, transient, and accident conditions.The SPDS is used in addition to the basic components and servesto aid and augment these components. Thus, requirements applic-able to control room instrumentation are not needed for thisaugmentation (e.g., GOC 2, 3, 4 in Appendix A; 10 CFR Part 100;single-failure requirements). The SPDS need not meet requirementsof the single-failure criteria and it need not be qualified tomeet Class IE requirements. The SPDS shall be suitably isolatedfrom electrical or electronic interference with equipment andsensors that are in use for safety systems. The SPDS need not beseismically qualified, and additional seismically qualified indi-cation is not required for the sole purpose of being a backup forSPDS. Procedures which describe the timely and correct safetystatus assessment when the SPDS is and is not available, will bedeveloped by the licensee in parallel with the SPDS. Furthermore,operators should be trained to respond to accident conditions bothwith and without the SPDS available.d. There is a wide range of useful information that can be providedby various systems. This information is reflected in such staffdocuments as NUREG-0696, NUREG-0835, and Regulatory Guide 1.97
You should also note that the staffing levels in table 2 to the enclosure
* -8Prompt implementation of an SPDS can provide an important contri-bution to plaot safety. The selection of specific informationthat should be provided for a particular plant shall be based onengineering judgement of individual plant licensees, taking intoaccount the importance of prompt implementation.e. The SPDS display shall be designed to incorporate accepted humanfactors principles so that the displayed information can bereadily preceived and comprehended by SPDS users.f. The minimum information to be provided shall be sufficient toprovide information to plant operators about:(i) Reactivity control(ii) Reactor core cooling and heat removal from the primarysystem(iii) Reactor coolant system integrity(iv) Radioactivity control(v) Containment conditionsThe specific paramenters to be displayed shall be determined bythe licensee.4.2 Documentation and NRC Reviewa. The licensee shall prepare a written safety analysis describingthe basis on which the selected parameters are sufficient toassess the safety status of each identified function for a widerange of events, which include symptoms of severe accidents.Such analysis, along with the specific implementation plan forSPDS shall be reviewed as described below.b. The licensee's proposed implementation of an SPDS system shall bereviewed in accordance with the licensee's technical specifica-tions to determined whether the changes involve an unreviewedsafety question or change of technical specifications. If theydo, the shall be processed in the normal fashion with prior NRCreview. If the changes do not involve an unreviewed safety ques-tion or a change in the technical specifications, the licenseemay implement such changes without prior approval by NRC or mayrequest a pre-implementation review and approval. If the changesare to be implemented without prior NRC approval, the licensee'sanalysis shall be submitted to NRC promptly on completion ofreview by the licensee's offsite safety review committee. Basedon the results of NRC review, the Director of IE or the Directorof NRR may request or direct the licensee to cease implementationif a serious safety question is posed by the licensee's proposedsystem, or if the licensee's analysis is seriously inadequate.
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.I ..I .I .-9-4.3 IntegrationPrompt implementation of an SPDS is a design goal and of primaryimportance. The schedule for implementing SPDS should not be impactedby schedules for the control room design review and development offunction-oriented emergency operating procedures. For this reason,licensees should develop and propose an integrated schedule forimplementation in which the SPDS design is an input to the otherinitiatives. If reasonable, this schedule will be accepted by NRC.4.4 Reference DocumentsNUREG-0660NUREG-0737NUREG-0696NUREG-0835Reg. Guide 1.97(Rev. 2)-- Need for SPDS identified-- Specified SPDS-- Functional Criteria for SPDS-- Specific acceptance criteria keyed toNUREG-0696-- Instrumentation for Light-Water CooledNuclear Power Plants to Assess Plant andEnvirons Conditions During and Followingan Accident
-2- You will note that the enclosure does not specify a schedule for completin the requirements. It has become apparent, through discussions with owners groups and Individual licensees, that our previous schedules did not ade- quately consider the integration of these related activities. In recog- nition of this and the difficulty in implementing generic deadlines, the Commission has adopted a plan to establish realistic plant-specific schedules that take into account the unique aspects of the work at each plant. By this plan, each licensee is to develop and submit its own plant-specific schedule which will be reviewed by the assigned NRC Project Manager. The NRC Project Manager and licensee will reach an agreement on the final schedule and in this manner provide for prompt implementation of these important improvements while optimizing the use of utility and NRC resources.
-10 -5. DETAILED CONTROL ROOM DESIGN REVIEW5.1 Requirementsa. The objective of the control room design review is to "improvethe ability of nuclear power plant control room operators to pre-vent accidents or cope with accidents if they occur by improvingthe information provided to them" (from NUREG-0660, Item I.D.1).As a complement to improvements of plant operating staff capabil-ities in response to transients and other abnormal conditionsthat will result from implementation of the SPDS and from up-graded emergency operating procedures, this design review willidentify any modifications of control room configurations thatwould contribute to a significant reduction of risk and enhancementin the safety of operation. Decisions to modify the control roomwould include consideration of long-term risk reduction and anypotential temporary decline in safety after modifications resultingfrom the need to relearn maintenance and operating procedures.This should be carefully reviewed by persons competent in humanfactors engineering and risk analysis.b. Conduct a control room design review to identify human engineeringdiscrepancies. The review shall consist of:(i) The establishment of a qualified multidisciplinary reviewteam and a review program incorporating accepted humanengineering principles.(ii) The use of function and task analysis (that had been usedas the basis for developing emergency operating proceduresTechnical Guidelines and plant specific emergency operatingprocedures) to identify control room operator tasks andinformation and control requirements during emergencyoperations. This analysis has multiple purposes and shouldalso serve as the basis for developing training and staffingneeds and verifying SPDS parameters.(iii) A comparison of the display and control requirements with acontrol room inventory to identify missing displays andcontrols.(iv) A control room survey to identify deviations from acceptedhuman factors principles. This survey will include, amongother things, an assessment of the control room layout,the usefulness of audible and visual alarm systmes, theinformation recording and recall capability, and thecontrol room environment.


* I-11 -c. Assess which human engineering discrepancies are significant andshould be corrected. Select design improvements that will correctthose discrepancies. Improvements that can be accomplished withan enhancement program (paint-tape-label) should be done promptly.d. Verify that each selected design improvement will provide thenecessary correction, and can be introduced in the control roomwithout creating any unacceptable human engineering discrepanciesbecause of significant contribution to increased risk, unreviewedsafety questions, or situations in which a temporary reduction insafety could occur. Improvements that are introduced should becoordinated with changes resulting from other improvement programssuch as SPDS, operator training, new instrumentation (Reg. Guide1.97, Rev. 2), and upgraded emergency operating procedures.5.2 Documentation and NRC Reviewa. All licensees shall submit a program plan within two months ofthe start of the control room review that describes how items 1,2 and 3 above will be accomplished. The staff will review the.program plans as licensees conduct their reviews, and selectedlicensee will undergo an in-progress audit by the NRR humanfactors staff based on the program plans and advice from residentinspectors and Project Managers.b. All licensees shall submit a summary report of the completed reviewoutlining proposed control room changes, including their proposedschedules for implementation. The report will also provide asummary Justification for human engineering discrepancies withsafety significance to be left uncorrected or partially corrected.c. The staff will review the summary reports, and within two weeksafter receipt of the licensee's summary report, will inform licen-sees whether a pre-implementation onsite audit will be conducted.The decision will be based on the content of the program plan, thesummary report, and the results of NRR in-progress audits, if any.The licensee selection for pre-implementation audit may or may notinclude licensees selected for in-progress audits under paragraph 1.d. For control rooms selected for pre-implementation onsite audit,within one month after receipt of the summary report, the NRC willconduct:(I) A pre-implementation audit of proposed modifications (e.g.,equipment additions, deletions and relocations, and proposedmodifications).
Applicants for construction permits are expected to comply with the require- ments of 10 CFR 50.34(f), and should consider this document to be additional guidance in meeting these requirements. For holders of construction permits and applicants for operating licenses, plant-specific schedules for the implementation of these requirements will be developed In a manner similar to that being used for operating reactors, taking into consideration the degree of completion of the power plant.
-12 -(ii) An audit of the justification for those human engineeringdiscrepancies of safety significance to be left uncorrectedor only partially corrected.The audit will consist of a review of the licensee's record of thecontrol room reviews, discussions with the licensee review team,and usually a control room visit. Within a month after thisonsite audit, NRC will issue its safety evaluation report (SER).e. For control rooms for which NRC does not perform a pre-implementation onsite audit, NRC will conduct a review and issueits SER within two months after receipt of the licensee's summaryreport. The review shall be similar to that conducted for pre-implementation plants under paragraph 4 above, except that it doesnot include a specific audit. The SER shall indicate whether,based on the review carried out, changes in the licensee's modifi-cation plan are needed to assure operational safety. Flexibilityis considered in the control room review, because certain controlboard discrepancies can be overcome by techniques not involvingcontrol board changes. These techniques could include improved -procedures, improved training, or the SPDS.f. The following approach will be used for OL review. For OL appli-cations with SSER dates prior to June 1983, licensing may bebased on either a Preliminary Design Assessment or a ControlRoom Design Review (CRDR) at the applicant's option. However,applicants who choose the Preliminary Design Assessment optionare required to perform a CRDR after licensing. For applicationswith SSER dated after June 1983, Control Room Design Reviewwill be required prior to licensing.g. After the staff has issued an SER and licensees have addressed anyopen issues, they may begin their upgrade according to an approvedschedule that has been negotiated with the staff.5.3 Reference DocumentsNUREG-0585 -- States that licensees should conduct review.NUREG-0660 -- States that NRR will require reviews for(Rev. 1) operating reactors and operating licenseeapplicants.NUREG-0700 -- Final guidelines for CRDR.NUREG-0737 -- States that requirement was issued June,1980, final guidance not yet issued.NUREG-0801-- Staff evaluation criteria.


-13 -6. REGULATORY GUIDE 1.97 -APPLICATION TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES6.1 Requirementsa. Functional StatementRegulatory Guide 1.97 provides data to assist control roomoperators in preventing and mitigating the consequences ofreactor accidents.b. Control RoomProvide measurements and indication of Type A, B, C, D, Evariables listed in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2). Individuallicensees may take exceptions based on plant-specific designfeatures. BWR incore thermocouples and continuous offsite dosemonitors are not required pending their further development andconsideration as requirements. It is acceptable to rely oncurrently installed equipment if it will measure over the rangeindicated in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2), even if the equipmentis presently not environmentally qualified. Eventually, all theequipment required to monitor the course of an accident would beenvironmentally qualified in accordance with the pending Commissionrule on Environmental qualification.Provide reliable indication of the meteorological variables (winddirection, wind speed, and atmospheric stability) specified inRegulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) for site meteorology. No changesin existing meteorological monitoring systems are necessary ifthey have historically provided reliable indication of these vari-ables that are representative of meteorological conditions in thevicinity (up to about 10 miles) of the plant site. Information onmeteorological conditions for the region in which the site islocated shall be available via communication with the NationalWeather Service. These requirements supersede the clarificationof NUREG-0737, Item III.A.2.2.c. Technical Support Center (TSC)The Type A, B, C, D and E variables that are essential for perfor-mance of TSC functions shall be available in the TSC.(i) BWR incore thermocouples and continuous offsite dose moni-tors are not required pending their further developmentand consideration as requirements.(ii) The indicators and associated circuitry shall be of reliabledesign but need not meet Class IE, single-failure or seismicqualification requirements.
In order to answer questions you may have regarding the Comm-ission's policy on these issues and the implementation process to be used by project managers, regional workshops will be conducted by senior staff members according to the following schedule:
                          Region        I            Washington,-D. C.-.--Week of 2/14/83 Region        II            Atlanta, Ga.                                           -Week of 2/21/83, Region        III          Chicago, Ill.                                           -Week of 2/21/83'
                          Region        IV & V        San Francisco, CA                                      -Week of 2/28/83 You will be notified of specific locations and times for the workshops at a later time.


-14 -d. Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)(i) Those primary indicators needed to monitor containmentconditions and releases of radioactivity from the plantshall be available in the EOF.(ii) The EOF data indications and associated circuitry shallbe of reliable design but need not meet Class IE, single-failure or seismic qualification requirements.6.2 Documentation and NRC ReviewNRC review is not a prerequisite for implementation. Staff reviewwill be in the form of an audit that will include a review of thelicensee's method of implementing Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2)guidance and the licensee's supporting technical Justification ofany proposed alternatives.The licensee shall submit a report describing how it meets theserequirements. The submittal should include documentation whichmay be in the form of a table that includes the following informationfor each Type A, B, C, D, E variable shown in Regulatory Guide 1.97(Rev. 2).(a) instrument range(b) environmental qualification (as stipulated in guide or statecriteria)(c) seismic qualification (as stipulated in guide or state criteria)(d) quality assurance (as stipulated in guide or state criteria)(e) redundance and sensor(s) location(s)(f) power supply (e.g., Class 1E, non-Class IE, battery backed)(g) location of display (e.g., control room board, SPDS, chemicallaboratory)(h) schedule (for installation or upgrade)Deviations from the guidance in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) shouldbe explicitly shown, and supporting Justification or alternativesshould be presented.
Accordingly, pursuant to 50.54(f), operating reactor licensees and holders of construction permits are requested to furnish, no later than April 15,
                    1983 a proposed schedule for completing each of the basic requirements for the items identified in the enclosures to this letter. You are encouraged to work closely with your NRC Project Manager during this process so that we can reach an agreement on the final schedule as quickly as possible. In addition, you are requested to submit with it a description of your plans for phased implementation and integration of the emergency response activities.


-15 -7. UPGRADE EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES (EOPs)7.1 Requirementsa. The use of human factored, function oriented, emergency operatingprocedures will improve human reliability and the ability tomitigate the consequences of a broad range of initiating eventsand subsequent multiple failures or operator errors, withoutthe need to diagnose specific events.b. In accordance with NUREG-0737, Item I.C.1, reanalyze transientsand accidents and prepare Technical Guidelines. These analyseswill identify operator tasks, and information and control needs.The analyses also serve as the basis for integrating upgradedemergency operating procedures and the control room design reviewand verifying the SPDS design.c. Upgrade EOPs to be consistent with Technical Guidelines and an-appropriate procedure Writer's Guide.d. Provide appropriate training of operating personnel on the use ofupgraded EOPs prior to implementation of the EOPs.e. Implement upgraded EOPs.7.2 Documentation and NRC Reviewa. Submit Technical Guidelines to NRC for review. NRC will performa pre-implementation review of the Technical Guidelines. Withintwo months of receipt of the Technical Guidelines, NRC willadvise the licensees of their acceptability.b. Each licensee shall submit to NRC a procedures generation packageat least three months prior to the date it plans to begin formaloperator training on the upgraded procedures. NRC approval of thesubmittal is not necessary prior to upgrading and implementingthe EOPs. The procedures generation package shall include:(i) Plant-Specific Technical Guidelines -- plant-specificguidelines for plants not using generic technical guide-lines. For plants using generic technical guidelines,a description of the planned method for developing plantspecific EOPs from the generic guidelines, includingplant specific information.(ii) A Writer's Guide that details the specific methods to beused by the licensee in preparing EOPs based on theTechnical Guidelines.
Your plans for integration will be reviewed as part of our evaluation of your proposed schedule. After the staff completes this evaluation, it will take action, as necessary, to assure that such requirements and commitments are appropriately enforceable.


-16 -(iii) A description of the program for validation of EOPs.(iv) A brief description of the taining program for theupgraded EOPs.c. All procedures generation packages will be reviewed by the staff.On an audit basis for selected facilities, upgraded EOPs will bereviewed. The details and extent of this review will be based onthe quality of the procedures generation packages submitted toNRC. A sampling of upgraded EOPs will be reviewed for technicaladequacy in conjunction with the NRC Reactor Inspection Program.7.3 Reference DocumentsNUREG-0600,Item I.C.1, I.C.8, I.C.9NUREG-0799-- (Superseded by NUREG-0899)
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-17 -8. EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES8.1 Regulations10 CFR 50.47(b)(6) (for Operating License applicants) -- Requirementfor prompt communications among principal response organizationsand to emergency personnel and to the public.10 CFR 50.47(b)(8) -- Requirement for emergency facilities and equip-ment to support emergency response.10 CFR 50.47(b)(9) -- Requirement that adequate methods, systems andequipment for assessing and monitoring actual or potential offsiteconsequences of a radiological emergency condition are in use.10 CFR 50.54(q) (for Operating Reactors) -- Same requirement as 10 CFR50.47(b) plus 10 CFR 50, Appendix E.10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Paragraph IV.ERequirement for:"1. Equipment at the site for personnel monitoring;""2. Equipment for determining the magnitude of and for con-tinuously assessing the impact of the release of radio-active materials to the environment;""3. Facilities and supplies at the site for decontaminationof onsite individuals;""4. Facilities and medical supplies at the site for appro-priate emergency first aid treatment;""5. Arrangements for the services of physicians and othermedical personnel qualified to handle radiation emer-gencies on site;""6. Arrangements for transportation of contaminated injuredindividuals from the site to specifically identifiedtreatment facilities outside the site boundary;""7. Arrangements for treatment of individuals injured insupport of licensed activities on the site at treat-ment facilities outside the site boundary;""8. A licensee onsite technical support center and a licenseenear-site emergency operations facility from which effec-tive direction can be given and effective control can beexercised during an emergency;""9. At least one onsite and one offsite communications system;each system shall have a backup power source."
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..-18 -All communication plans shall have arrangements for emergencies,including titles and alternates for those in charge at bothends of the communication links and the primary and backupmeans of communication. Where consistent with the functionof the governmental agency, these arrangements will include:"a. Provision for communications with contiguous State/localgovernments within the plume exposure pathway (emergencyplanning zone) EPZ. Such communications shall be testedmonthly.""b. Provisions for communication with Federal emergencyresponse organizations. Such communication systemsshall be tested annually.""c. Provision for communications among the nuclear powerreactor control room, the onsite technical supportcenter, and the near-site emergency operations facility;and among the nuclear facility, the principal State andlocal emergency operations centers, and the field assess-ment teams. Such communications systems shall be testedannually.""d. Provisions for communication by the licensee with NRCHeadquarters and the appropriate NRC Regional OfficeOperations Center from the nuclear power reactor controlroom, the onsite technical support center, and the near-site emergency operations facility. Such communicationsshall be tested monthly."Within this section on emergency response facilities, the Technical SupportCenter (TSC), Operational Support Center (OSC) and Emergency OperationsFacility (EOF) are addressed separately in terms of their functional state-ments and recommended requirements. The subsections on Documentation andNRC Review and Reference Documents that follow the EOF discussion apply tothis entire section on emergency response facilities.
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-19-8.2 Technical Support Center (TSC)8.2.1 Requirementsa. The TSC is the onsite technical support center foremergency response. When activated, the TSC is staffedby predesignated technical, engineering, senior management,and other licensee personnel, and five pre-designated NRCpersonnel. During periods of activation, the TSC willoperate uninterrupted to provide plant management andtechnical support to plant operations personnel, andto relieve the reactor operators of peripheral dutiesand communications not directly related to reactorsystem manipulations. The TSC will perform EOF functionsfor the Alert Emergency class and for the Site AreaEmergency class and General Emergency class until theEOF is functional.The TSC will be:b. Located within the site protected area so as to facilitatenecessary interaction with control room, OSC, EOF andother personnel involved with the emergency.c. Sufficient to accommodate and support NRC and licenseepredesignated personnel, equipment and documentationin the center.d. Structurally built in accordance with the Uniform BuildingCode.e. Environmentally controlled to provide room air temperature,humidity and cleanliness appropriate for personnel andequipment.f. Provided with radiological protection and monitoring equip-ment necessary to assure that radiation exposure to anyperson working in the TSC would not exceed 5 rem wholebody, or its equivalent to any part of the body, for theduration of the accident.g. Provided with reliable voice and data communications withthe control room and EOF and reliable voice communicationswith the OSC, NRC Operations Centers and state and localoperations centers.h. Capable of reliable data collection, storage, analysis,display and communication sufficient to determine siteand regional status, determine changes in status, forecaststatus and take appropriate actions. The following vari-ables shall be available in the TSC:
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-20 -(i) the variables in the appropriate Table 1 or 2 ofRegulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) that are essentialfor performance of TSC functions; and(ii) the meteorological variables in Regulatory Guide1.97 (Rev. 2) for site vicinity and National WeatherService data available by voice communication forthe region in which the plant is located.Principally those data must be available that wouldenable evaluating incident sequence, determiningmitigating actions, evaluating damages and determiningplant status during recovery operations.i. Provided with accurate, complete and current plant records(drawings, schematic diagrams, etc.) essential for evaluationof the plant under accident conditions.J. Staffed by sufficient technical, engineering, and seniordesignated licensee officials to provide needed support,and be fully operational within approximately 1 hourafter activation.k. Designed taking into account good human factors engineeringprinciples.
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& --_* 4-21 -8.3 Operational Support Center (OSC)8.3.1 Requirementsa. When activated, the OSC will be the onsite area separatefrom the control room where predesignated operationssupport personnel will assemble. A predesignated licenseeofficial shall be responsible for coordinating andassigning the personnel to tasks designated by controlroom, TSC and EOF personnel.The OSC will be:b. Located onsite to serve as an assembly point for supportpersonnel and to facilitate performance of support functionsand tasks.c. Capable of reliable voice communications with the controlroom, TSC and EOF.
Comnents on burden and duplication may be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Reports Management Room 3208, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D. C. 20503.


-2~2 --8.4 Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)8.4.1 Requirementsa. The EOF is a licensee controlled and operated facility.The EOF provides for management of overall licenseeemergency response, coordination of radiological andenvironmental assessment, development of recommendationsfor public protective actions, and coordination of emer-gency response activities with Federal, State and localagencies.When the EOF is activated, it will be staffed by pre-designated emergency personnel identified in the emergencyplan. A designated senior licensee official will managelicensee activities in the EOF.Facilities shall be provided in the EOF for the acquisition,display and evaluation of radiological and meteorologicaldata and containment conditions necessary to determineprotective measures. These facilities will be used toevaluate the magnitude and effects of actual or potentialradio-active releases from the plant and to determinedose projections.The EOF will be:b. Located and provided with radiation protection featuresas described in Table 1 (previous guidance approved bythe Commission) and with appropriate radiological monitor-ing systems.c. Sufficient to accommodate and support Federal, State,local and licensee predesignated personnel, equipmentand documentation in the EOF.d. Structurally built in accordance with the Uniform BuildingCode.e. Environmentally controlled to provide room air temperature,humidity and cleanliness appropriate for personnel andequipment.f. Provided with reliable voice and data communicationsfacilities to the TSC and control room, and reliablevoice communication facilities to OSC and to NRC, Stateand local emergency operations centers.
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* .V-23 -g. Capable of reliable collection, storage, analysis, displayand communication of information on containment conditions,radiological releases and meteorology sufficient to deter-mine site and regional status, determine changes in status,forecast status and take appropriate actions. Variablesfrom the following categories that are essential to EOFfunctions shall be available in the EOF:Mi) variables from the appropriate Table 1 or 2 ofRegulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2), and(ii) the meteorological variables in Regulatory Guide1.97 (Rev. 2) for site vicinity and regional dataavailable via communication from the National WeatherService.h. Provided with up to date plant records (drawings,schematic diagrams, etc.), procedures, emergency plansand environmental information (such as geophysical data)needed to perform EOF functions.i. Staffed using Table 2 (previous guidance approved by theCommission) as a goal. Reasonable exceptions to goalsfor the number of additional staff personnel and responsetimes for their arrival should be justified and willbe considered by NRC staff.J. Provided with industrial security when it is activatedto exclude unauthorized-personnel and when it is idleto maintain its readiness.k. Designed taking into account good human factors engineeringprinciples.8.4.2 Documentation and NRC ReviewThe conceptual design for emergency response facilities (TSC,OSC, and EOF) have been submitted to NRC for review. Inmany cases, the lack of detail in these submittals has precludedan NRC decision of acceptability. Some designs have beendisapproved because they clearly did not meet the intent ofthe applicable regulations. NRC does riot intend to approveeach design prior to implementation, but rather has providedin this document those requirements which should be satisfied.These requirements provided a degree of flexibility withinwhich licensees can exercise management prerogatives indesigning and building emergency response facilities (ERF)that satisfy specific needs of each licensee. The foremostconsideration regarding ERFs is that they provide adequate
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-24 -adequate capabilities of licensees to respond to emergencies.NUREG guidance on ERFs has been intended to address specificIssues which the Commission believes should be considered inachieving improved capabilities.Licensees should assure that the design of ERFs satisfiesthese requirements. Exemptions from or alternative methodsof implementing these requirements should be discussed withNRC staff and in some cases could require Commission approval.Licensees should continue work on ERFs to complete them accord-ing to schedules that will be negotiated on a plant-specificbasis. NRC will conduct appraisals of completed facilitiesto verify that these requirements have been satisfied andthat ERFs are capable of performing their intended functions.Licensees need not document their actions on each specific itemcontained in NUREG-0696 or 0814.
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-i9 7* .,-25 -8.4.3 Reference Documents (Emergency Response Facilities)10 CFR 50.47(b) -- Requirements for emergency facilities andequipment for OLs.10 CFR 50.54(q) and Appendix E, Paragraph IV.E -- Requirementsfor emergency facilities and equipment for ORs.NUREG-0660 -- Description of and implementation schedule forTSC, OSC and EOF.Eisenhut letter to power reactor licensees 9/13/79 -- Requestfor commitment to meet-requirementsDenton letter to power reactor licensees 10/30/79 -- Clarifica-tion of requirements.NUREG-0654 -- Radiological Emergency Response PlansNUREG-0696 -- Functional criteria for emergency responsefacilities.NUREG-0737 -- Guidance on meteorological monitoring and doseassessment.Eisenhut letter to power reactor license 2/18/81 -- Commissionapproved guidance on location, habitability and staff foremergency facilities. Request and deadline for submittalof conceptual design of facilities.NUREG-0814 (Draft Report for Comment) -- Methodology for evalu-ation of emergency response facilities.NUREG-0818 (Draft Report for Comment) -- Emergency Action LevelsReg. Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) -- Guidance for variables to be usedin selected emergency response facilities.COKJA-80-37, January 21, 1981 -- Commission approval guidanceon EOF location and habitability.Secretary memorandum S81-13, February 19, 1981 -- Commissionapproval of NUREG-0696 as general guidance only.
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                                  CONTENTS
                                                                  Pages
1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    . . ..  . .. .  .  1
2. USE OF EXISTING DOCUMENTATION    . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3
3. COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF INITIATIVES    . . . . . . .   4
4. SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM (SPDS) . . . . . . . . . .      7 o  Requirements o  Documentation and NRC Review o  Integration o Reference Documents
5. DETAILED CONTROL ROOM DESIGN REVIEW    . . . . . . . . . . .    10
  o  Requirements o  Implementation Schedule o  Documentation and NRC Review o  Reference Documents
6. REGULATORY GUIDE 1.97  - APPLICATION TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE
  FACILITIES . . .,. .     .    . .            . . . . . .       13 o Requirements o Documentation and NRC Review
7. UPGRADE EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES (EOPs)     . . . . . .   15 o Requirements o Documentation and NRC Review
  .o Reference Documents
8. EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES    . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    17 o Regulations o Technical Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      19 o Requirements o Operational Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     21 o Requirements


TABLE 1 .. .EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY-aI ..IOption 1Two FacilitiesClose-in. Primary: Reduce HabitabilityAo within 10 mileso protection-factor = 5o ventilation isolationwith HEPA (no charcoal)* Option 2nnA F rft'-41 iI0..2I.. V ..o At or Beyond 10 mileIFo-No special protectioo.If beyond 20 miles,approval required by* Commission, and somesion for NRC site te; to site.o Strongly recommended..be coordinated withauthorities.V.Backup EOFo between 10-20 mileso no separate, dedicatedfacilityo arrangements for portablebackup equipmento strongly recommended locationbe coordinated with offsiteauthoritieso continuity of dose projectionand decision making capability.. .n factor.specific.the* provi.,am closerI location .N,offsite * *rthquakes:ons and l,;h 'n '.ow ,*; .$''I.For both Options:-located outside security boundary-space-for about 10 NRC employees-none designated for severe phenomena, e.g., earabitability requirements are only for the part of the EOF in which dose assessments communicat-ecision making take place..a utility has begun construction of a new building for an EOF that is located with 5 miles, tIcility is acceptable (with less than protection factor of 5 and ventilation isolation and HEPA'at a backup EOF similar to "B" in Option 1 is provided.-) providedd.A ..., ,-
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TABLE 2MINIMUM STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR NRC LICENSEES, .FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EMERGENCIESI.-.I,; d r f ., , ; I-I IC _apai i.. Aor Iiaalti2 u xn-Position Titlen" , vnrtS seCapability Tor AdditionsOnShiftA 30 min. 60 mi-.--% A -in.1B2, 'r_ T1ckMajor lunctional Area ridtur *abi U. .v a t --- _Plant Operations andAssessment ofOperational AspectsEmergency Direction and ..*Control (Emergency *Coordinator)*-"Shift supervisor (SRO).Shift.foreman (SRO)Control-room operatorsAuxiliary operatorsShift technical advisor,shift supervisor, ordesignated facilitymanager1.12.-2.__* .(__I1Notification/Communi cti on***)Radiological AccidentAssessment and Supportof Operational AccidentAssessmentNofity licensee, statelocal, and federalpersonnel & maintaincommunicationEmergency'operationsfacility CEOF) directorOffsite doseassessment -Offsite surveysOnsite (out-of-plant)-Inplant surveysChemistry/radio-chemistry.I..1Senior manager..*Senior health physics -(HP) expertiseHP technicians,Rad/chem technicians;11121.1I1'2*111INOTE: Source of thils table is NUREG-0654, "Functional Criteria for Emergency Response Facilities.", I.0
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TABLE 2 (Continued)-- -t A_.t. ir- t; nncPosition Titlenr CVra"+4Cti s"apabill ty ror lAdditionsOnShiftA 30 min. 60 min,..~x T __2__Major Functional AreaPlant SystemEngineering, 'Repairand Corrective Actionsmajor lasks -Iv U ,Us wa.i -_..Technical support.Repair and correctactionsIShift technical advisoryCore/thermal hydraulicsElectricalMechanicalive Mechanical maintenance/Radwaste operatorElectrical maintenance/,..instrument and control(I&C) technician.M-1111AA1**..2A2*A*..s __Protective Actions(In-Plant)Fi ref I ghti ngRescue Operationsand First-AidI....Radiation protection:a. Access controlb. HP Coverage forrepair, correc-tive actions,search and rescuefirst-aid, & F.fi refi hhti ng*c. Personnel monitor-ingd. DosimetryHP technicians..-- *. 1*'1 a-.1 * * --2 2* v..,.,- :..', F.? t r.. ..Z .I'' .--' i.?.' I1.....:' :., ..* .* ',; ..: ,, , :,....., .;: E ..' ..&sect;.J ...., .. :,: ., s ....- r , >...* ., * ; *;:*- * ;,.-'-N' ' '4: , '. ', .. '' ) ','t,. .t...J........: X X ..... ....'t 'S' '* s ,@ ..* !., ,: .., jt' ;..* .., ,. 6..: ....__Fire* brigadeper** techni-calspecifi-cationLocalsupport..I__2** LocalsupportI
                                                                  Pages o Emergency Operations Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . .    22 o Requirements o Documentation and NRC Review o Reference Documents Table 1 - Emergency Operations Facility Location Options . . .  26 Table 2 - Minimum Staffing for NRC Licensees for Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   27
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* w mm. w W .mm.illShi, rL. 30 min. GO0 min.Major Fuinctional Area MaSite Access Control Scand Persomiel coAccountbi I ity soJ(1... .-.,-l .-- .z K .. \- _# ]-II I III% ' ______-A-____'tluri ty, tirefiithinlgtnmtlnllic.a t ijolns, Ier-ilnel I accounLabi litySecuritly. personnel .securi typlan* , It I.IN I I,,fI) I.... .,.-4,..0Total10it15.*"I:or eacli ulna Flected nucltanr uniE in operation, maintain at least one shift foreman, onc control-roomoperator, and one akxiliary operator except that units sharing a control room may share a shift foremaniP all functions are covervil. * *A"May be provided by shirt liersoninel assigned ollier functions.* .***"Overall direction of Facilit.y response to he assimled by EOF director when all centers are fully manned. Directof minute-Lto-minute facility operations remains with senior manager in technical support center or control room-.".May be perrormed by engineering 'ai le to shiFLt supervisor.*
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1. INTRODUCTION
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  This supplement was prepared as a result of a review by the Committee to Review Generic Requirements (CRGR). The supplement represents the staff's attempt to distill the fundamental requirements for nuclear plant Emergency Response Capability from the wide range of guidance documents that the NRC has issued. It is not intended that these guidance documents (NUREG reports and Regulatory Guides) be implemented as written;
  rather, they should be regarded as useful sources of guidance for licen- sees and NRC staff regarding acceptable means for meeting the fundamental requirements contained in this document. It is also not intended that either the guidance documents or the fundamental requirements are to be considered binding legal requirements at this time. As indicated below, however, the fundamental requirements will be translated into binding legal requirements in the manner specified.
 
These requirements are a further delineation of the general guidance issued previously by the Commission in its regulations, orders and policy statements on emergency planning and TMI issues. It is intended that these requirements would be applicable to licensees of operating nuclear power plants. For applicants for a construction permit (CP) or manufac- turing license (ML), the requirements described in this document must be supplemented with the specific provisions in the rule specifying licensing requirements for pending CP and ML applications. Thus, compliance with requirements in this document may not be sufficient to meet the related requirements in 10 CFR 50.34(f) and Appendix E. In this regard, it is expected that the staff would review CP and ML applications against the guidance in the current Standard Review Plan (which includes the provisions of NUREG-0718) and this might lead to more detailed requirements than pre- scribed in this document in order to satisfy the requirements of 50.34(f)
  and Appendix E.
 
Based on discussions with licensees, the staff has learned that many of the Commission approved schedules for emergency response facilities probably will not be met. In recognition of this fact and the difficulty of implementing generic deadlines, plant-specific schedules will be established which take into account the unique status'of each plant. The following sequence for developing implementation schedules will be used.
 
The requirements for emergency response capabilities and facilities are being transmitted to licensees by this supplement and are being promulgated to NRC
    staff. The letter which forwards this supplement requests that licensees submit a proposed schedule for completing actions to comply with the requirements.
 
-2- Each licensee's proposed schedule will then be reviewed by the assigned NRC Project Manager, who will discuss the subject with the licensee and mutually agree on schedules and completion dates. The implementation dates will then be formalized into an enforceable document.
 
The requirements in this document do not alter previously issued guidance, which remains in effect. This document does attempt to place that guidance in perspective by identifying the elements that the NRC staff believes to be essential to upgrade emergency response capabilities. The proposal to formalize implementation dates in an enforceable document reflects the level of importance which the NRC staff attributes to these requirements. The Commission does not believe that existing guidance should be imposed in this manner, but rather that it be used as guidance to be considered in upgrading emergency response capabilities. This indicates the distinction which the staff believes should be made between the requirements and guidance.
 
The following sections describe the requirements, their interrelationhips, and NRC actions to improve management of emergency response regulations.
 
Reference documents are cited with a description of content as it relates to specific initiatives.
 
The requirements set forth in this document have been reviewed by the Commis- sion and, at a meeting held July 16, 1982, were approved by the Commission as appropriately clarifying and providing greater detail with respect to related TMI Action Plan requirements contained in NUREG-0737 for all operating license applicants. These requirements are, therefore, to be accorded the status of approved NUREG-0737 items as set forth in the Commission's "Statement of Policy:
Further Commission Guidance for Power Reactor Operating Licenses" (45 FR 85236),
December 24, 1980). In this connection, the provisions for scheduling set forth herein supersede any schedules with respect to such items contained in NUREG-0737.
 
Accordingly, the requirements should be used by the staff and by adjudicatory boards as appropriate clarifications and interpretation of the related NUREG-0737 items.
 
The requirements set forth in this document are believed to be consistent with the requirements regarding related items for construction permits and manufactur- ing licenses contained in 10 CFR 50.34(f) and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E. Accor- dingly, no changes to these regulations are required.
 
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2. USE OF EXISTING DOCUMENTATION
  The following NUREG documents are intended to be used as sources of guidance and information, and the Regulatory Guides are to be considered as guidance or as an acceptable approach to meeting formal requirements. The items by virtue of their inclusion in these documents shall not be misconstrued as requirements to be levied on licensees or as inflexible criteria to be used by NRC staff reviewers.
 
NUREG Report                      Titles
        0696    -   Functional Criteria for Emergency Response Facilities
        0700    -   Guidelines for Control Room Design Reviews
        0799    -    Draft Criteria for Preparation of Emergency Operating Procedures (to be superseded by NUREG-0899)
        0801    -     Evaluation Criteria for Detailed Control Room Design Reviews
        0814    -     Methodology for Evaluation of Emergency Response Facilities
        0818    -     Emergency Action Levels for Light Water Reactors
        0835    -     Human Factors Acceptance Criteria for SPDS
        0899    -     Guidelines for the Preparation of Emergency Operating Procedures: Resolution of Comments on NUREG-0799 Regulatory Guides                          Titles
        1.23    -     Meteorological Measurement Program for Nuclear Power (Rev. 1)        Plants
        1.97    -    Instrumentation for Light-Water Cooled Nuclear Power (Rev. 2)        Plants to Assess Plant and Environs Conditions During and Following an Accident
        1.101    -    Emergency Planning for Nuclear Power Plants (Rev. 2)
        1.47    -    Bypassed and Inoperable Status Indication for Nuclear Power Plant Safety Systems
 
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3. COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF INITIATIVES
  3.1  The design of the Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS), design of instrument displays based on Regulatory Guide 1.97 guidance, control room design review, development of function oriented emergency operating procedures, and operating staff training should be integrated with respect to the overall enhancement of operator ability to comprehend plant conditions and cope with emergencies. Assessment of information needs and display formats and locations should be performed by individual licensees. The SPDS could affect other control room improvements that licensees may consider. In some cases, a good SPDS may obviate the need for large-scale control room modifications. Installation of the SPDS
        should not be delayed by slower progress on other initiatives, and should not be contingent on completion of the control room design review. Nor should other initiatives, such as upgraded emergency operating procedures, be impacted by delays in SPDS procurement. While the NRC does not plan to impose additional requirements on licensees regarding SPDS, the NRC
        will work with the industry to assure the development of appropriate industry standards for SPDS systems.
 
3.2  Implementation of part or all of Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) represents a control room improvement. The implementation of control room improve- ments is not contingent on implementing Technical Support Center (TSC) and Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) requirements.
 
3.3  The Technical Support Center (TSC) and Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)
        are dependent on control room improvements in terms of communication and instrumentation needs among the TSC, EOF, and control room. TSC and EOF
        facilities are not necessarily dependent on each other. The Operational Support Center (OSC) is independent of TSC and EOF.
 
3.4  The three groups of initiatives--SPDS, control room improvements, and emergency response facilities (TSC, EOF, OSC)-- have the following inter- relationships:
        a. The SPDS is an improvement because it enhances operator ability to comprehend plant conditions and interact in situations that require human intervention. The SPDS could affect other control room improve- ments that licensees may consider. In some cases, a good SPDS could obviate the need for extensive modifications to control rooms.
 
b. New instrumentation that may be added to the control room snould be considered a requirement for inclusion in the design of the TSC and EOF only to the extent that such instrumentation is essential to the performance of TSC and EOF functions.
 
- 5- c. The SPDS and control room improvements are essential elements in operator training programs and the upgraded plant-specific emer- gency operating procedures.
 
d. Acquisition, processing, and management of data for SPDS, control room improvements, and emergency response facilities should be coordinated.
 
3.5 Specific implementation plans and reasonable, achievable schedules for improvements that will satisfy the requirements will be established by agreement between the NRC Project Manager and each individual licensee.
 
The NRC office responsible for implementing each requirement will deve- lop procedures identifying the following.
 
a. The respective roles of NRR, IE, and Regional Offices in managing implementation, checking licensee rate of progress, and verifying compliance, including the extent to which NRC review and inspection is necessary during implementation.
 
b. Procedural methods and enforcement measures that could be used to ensure NRC staff and licensee attention to meeting mutually agreed upon schedules without significant delays and extensions.
 
3.6 The NRC Project Manager for each nuclear power plant is assigned pro- gram management responsibility for NRC staff actions associated with implementing emergency response initiatives. The NRC Project Manager is the principal contact for the licensee regarding these initiatives.
 
3.7 The NRC will make allowances for work already done by licensees in a good-faith effort to meet requirements as they understand them. For each case in which a licensee would have to remove or rip out emergency response-facilities or equipment that was installed in good faith to meet previous guidance in order to meet the basic requirements described in this document, the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation or Inspection and Enforcement will review the circumstances and determine whether removal is necessary or existing facilities or equipment repre- sent an acceptable alternative. Any regulatory position that would require the removal or major modification of existing emergency response facilities or equipment requires the specific approval of the responsible Office Director.
 
3.8  The NRC recognizes that acceptable alternative methods of phasing and integrating emergency response activities may be developed. Each licensee needs flexibility in integrating these activities, taking into account the varying degree to which the licensee has implemented past requirements and
 
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guidance. An example of a way in which these activities could be integrated is discussed below. Other methods of integration proposed by licensees would be reviewed considering licensees' progress on each initiative.
 
a. SPDS
    (1) Review the functions of the nuclear power plant operating staff that are necessary to recognize and cope with rare events that (a) pose significant contributions to risk, (b) could cause operators to make cognitive errors in diag- nosing them, and (c) are not included in routine operator training programs.
 
(2) Combine the results of this review with accepted human factors-principles to select parameters, data display, and functions to be incorporated in the SPDS.
 
(3) Design, build, and install the SPDS in the control room and train its users.
 
b. To be done in parallel without delaying SPDS, complete emergency- operating procedure technical guidelines that will be used to develop plant-specific emergency operating procedures.
 
c. Using these EOP technical guidelines, the SPDS design, and accepted human factors principles, conduct a review of the control room design. Apply the results of this review to:
    (1) Verify SPDS parameter selection, data display, and functions.
 
(2) Develop plant-specific EOPs.
 
(3) Design control room modifications that correct conditions adverse to safety (reduce significant contributions to risk),
          and add additional instrumentation that may be necessary to implement Regulatory Guide 1.97.
 
(4) Train and qualify plant operating staff regarding upgraded EOPs and modifications.
 
d. Verify, prior to finalization of designs for modifications and of procedures and training, that the functions of control room operators in emergencies can be accomplished (i.e., that the individual initia- tives-have been integrated sufficiently to meet the needs of con- trol room operators and provide adequate emergency response capa- bilities).
e. Implement EOPs and install control room modifications coincident with scheduled outages as necessary, and train operators in advance of these changes as they are phased into operation.
 
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4. SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM (SPDS)
  4.1  Requirements a. The SPDS should provide a concise display of critical plant variables to the control room operators to aid them in rapidly and reliably determining the safety status of the plant.
 
Although the SPDS will be operated during normal operations as well as during abnormal conditions, the principal purpose and function of the SPDS is to aid the control room personnel during abnormal and emergency conditions in determining the safety status of the plant and in assessing whether abnormal conditions warrant corrective action by operators to avoid a degraded core. This can be particularly important during anticipated transients and the initial phase of an accident.
 
b. Each operating reactor shall be provided with a Safety Parameter Display System that is located convenient to the control room operators. This system will continuously display information from which the plant safety status can be readily and reliably.
 
assessed by control room personnel who are responsible for the avoidance of degraded and damaged core events.
 
c. The control room instrumentation required (see General Design Criteria 13 and 19 of Appendix A to 10 CFR 50) provides the operators with the information necessary for safe reactor operation under normal, transient, and accident conditions.
 
The SPDS is used in addition to the basic components and serves to aid and augment these components. Thus, requirements applic- able to control room instrumentation are not needed for this augmentation (e.g., GOC 2, 3, 4 in Appendix A; 10 CFR Part 100;
            single-failure requirements). The SPDS need not meet requirements of the single-failure criteria and it need not be qualified to meet Class IE requirements. The SPDS shall be suitably isolated from electrical or electronic interference with equipment and sensors that are in use for safety systems. The SPDS need not be seismically qualified, and additional seismically qualified indi- cation is not required for the sole purpose of being a backup for SPDS. Procedures which describe the timely and correct safety status assessment when the SPDS is and is not available, will be developed by the licensee in parallel with the SPDS. Furthermore, operators should be trained to respond to accident conditions both with and without the SPDS available.
 
d. There is a wide range of useful information that can be provided by various systems. This information is reflected in such staff documents as NUREG-0696, NUREG-0835, and Regulatory Guide 1.97
 
*                                -8 Prompt implementation of an SPDS can provide an important contri- bution to plaot safety. The selection of specific information that should be provided for a particular plant shall be based on engineering judgement of individual plant licensees, taking into account the importance of prompt implementation.
 
e. The SPDS display shall be designed to incorporate accepted human factors principles so that the displayed information can be readily preceived and comprehended by SPDS users.
 
f. The minimum information to be provided shall be sufficient to provide information to plant operators about:
          (i)    Reactivity control (ii)  Reactor core cooling and heat removal from the primary system (iii)  Reactor coolant system integrity (iv)  Radioactivity control (v)    Containment conditions The specific paramenters to be displayed shall be determined by the licensee.
 
4.2 Documentation and NRC Review a. The licensee shall prepare a written safety analysis describing the basis on which the selected parameters are sufficient to assess the safety status of each identified function for a wide range of events, which include symptoms of severe accidents.
 
Such analysis, along with the specific implementation plan for SPDS shall be reviewed as described below.
 
b. The licensee's proposed implementation of an SPDS system shall be reviewed in accordance with the licensee's technical specifica- tions to determined whether the changes involve an unreviewed safety question or change of technical specifications. If they do, the shall be processed in the normal fashion with prior NRC
          review. If the changes do not involve an unreviewed safety ques- tion or a change in the technical specifications, the licensee may implement such changes without prior approval by NRC or may request a pre-implementation review and approval. If the changes are to be implemented without prior NRC approval, the licensee's analysis shall be submitted to NRC promptly on completion of review by the licensee's offsite safety review committee. Based on the results of NRC review, the Director of IE or the Director of NRR may request or direct the licensee to cease implementation if a serious safety question is posed by the licensee's proposed system, or if the licensee's analysis is seriously inadequate.
 
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              4.3 Integration Prompt implementation of an SPDS is a design goal and of primary importance. The schedule for implementing SPDS should not be impacted by schedules for the control room design review and development of function-oriented emergency operating procedures. For this reason, licensees should develop and propose an integrated schedule for implementation in which the SPDS design is an input to the other initiatives. If reasonable, this schedule will be accepted by NRC.
 
4.4 Reference Documents NUREG-0660              --    Need for SPDS identified NUREG-0737              --    Specified SPDS
                  NUREG-0696              --    Functional Criteria for SPDS
                  NUREG-0835              --    Specific acceptance criteria keyed to NUREG-0696 Reg. Guide 1.97          --    Instrumentation for Light-Water Cooled (Rev. 2)                      Nuclear Power Plants to Assess Plant and Environs Conditions During and Following an Accident
 
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5. DETAILED CONTROL ROOM DESIGN REVIEW
  5.1  Requirements a. The objective of the control room design review is to "improve the ability of nuclear power plant control room operators to pre- vent accidents or cope with accidents if they occur by improving the information provided to them" (from NUREG-0660, Item I.D.1).
            As a complement to improvements of plant operating staff capabil- ities in response to transients and other abnormal conditions that will result from implementation of the SPDS and from up- graded emergency operating procedures, this design review will identify any modifications of control room configurations that would contribute to a significant reduction of risk and enhancement in the safety of operation. Decisions to modify the control room would include consideration of long-term risk reduction and any potential temporary decline in safety after modifications resulting from the need to relearn maintenance and operating procedures.
 
This should be carefully reviewed by persons competent in human factors engineering and risk analysis.
 
b. Conduct a control room design review to identify human engineering discrepancies. The review shall consist of:
            (i)    The establishment of a qualified multidisciplinary review team and a review program incorporating accepted human engineering principles.
 
(ii)  The use of function and task analysis (that had been used as the basis for developing emergency operating procedures Technical Guidelines and plant specific emergency operating procedures) to identify control room operator tasks and information and control requirements during emergency operations. This analysis has multiple purposes and should also serve as the basis for developing training and staffing needs and verifying SPDS parameters.
 
(iii) A comparison of the display and control requirements with a control room inventory to identify missing displays and controls.
 
(iv) A control room survey to identify deviations from accepted human factors principles. This survey will include, among other things, an assessment of the control room layout, the usefulness of audible and visual alarm systmes, the information recording and recall capability, and the control room environment.
 
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      c. Assess which human engineering discrepancies are significant and should be corrected. Select design improvements that will correct those discrepancies. Improvements that can be accomplished with an enhancement program (paint-tape-label) should be done promptly.
 
d. Verify that each selected design improvement will provide the necessary correction, and can be introduced in the control room without creating any unacceptable human engineering discrepancies because of significant contribution to increased risk, unreviewed safety questions, or situations in which a temporary reduction in safety could occur. Improvements that are introduced should be coordinated with changes resulting from other improvement programs such as SPDS, operator training, new instrumentation (Reg. Guide
          1.97, Rev. 2), and upgraded emergency operating procedures.
 
5.2 Documentation and NRC Review a. All licensees shall submit a program plan within two months of the start of the control room review that describes how items 1,
          2 and 3 above will be accomplished. The staff will review the.
 
program plans as licensees conduct their reviews, and selected licensee will undergo an in-progress audit by the NRR human factors staff based on the program plans and advice from resident inspectors and Project Managers.
 
b. All licensees shall submit a summary report of the completed review outlining proposed control room changes, including their proposed schedules for implementation. The report will also provide a summary Justification for human engineering discrepancies with safety significance to be left uncorrected or partially corrected.
 
c. The staff will review the summary reports, and within two weeks after receipt of the licensee's summary report, will inform licen- sees whether a pre-implementation onsite audit will be conducted.
 
The decision will be based on the content of the program plan, the summary report, and the results of NRR in-progress audits, if any.
 
The licensee selection for pre-implementation audit may or may not include licensees selected for in-progress audits under paragraph 1.
 
d. For control rooms selected for pre-implementation onsite audit, within one month after receipt of the summary report, the NRC will conduct:
          (I)  A pre-implementation audit of proposed modifications (e.g.,
                equipment additions, deletions and relocations, and proposed modifications).
 
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        (ii) An audit of the justification for those human engineering discrepancies of safety significance to be left uncorrected or only partially corrected.
 
The audit will consist of a review of the licensee's record of the control room reviews, discussions with the licensee review team, and usually a control room visit. Within a month after this onsite audit, NRC will issue its safety evaluation report (SER).
    e. For control rooms for which NRC does not perform a pre- implementation onsite audit, NRC will conduct a review and issue its SER within two months after receipt of the licensee's summary report. The review shall be similar to that conducted for pre- implementation plants under paragraph 4 above, except that it does not include a specific audit. The SER shall indicate whether, based on the review carried out, changes in the licensee's modifi- cation plan are needed to assure operational safety. Flexibility is considered in the control room review, because certain control board discrepancies can be overcome by techniques not involving control board changes. These techniques could include improved -
        procedures, improved training, or the SPDS.
 
f. The following approach will be used for OL review. For OL appli- cations with SSER dates prior to June 1983, licensing may be based on either a Preliminary Design Assessment or a Control Room Design Review (CRDR) at the applicant's option. However, applicants who choose the Preliminary Design Assessment option are required to perform a CRDR after licensing. For applications with SSER dated after June 1983, Control Room Design Review will be required prior to licensing.
 
g. After the staff has issued an SER and licensees have addressed any open issues, they may begin their upgrade according to an approved schedule that has been negotiated with the staff.
 
5.3 Reference Documents NUREG-0585              --    States that licensees should conduct review.
 
NUREG-0660              --    States that NRR will require reviews for (Rev. 1)                      operating reactors and operating licensee applicants.
 
NUREG-0700              --    Final guidelines for CRDR.
 
NUREG-0737              --    States that requirement was issued June,
                                  1980, final guidance not yet issued.
 
NUREG-0801              --  Staff evaluation criteria.
 
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6. REGULATORY GUIDE 1.97  - APPLICATION TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES
  6.1  Requirements a. Functional Statement Regulatory Guide 1.97 provides data to assist control room operators in preventing and mitigating the consequences of reactor accidents.
 
b. Control Room Provide measurements and indication of Type A, B, C, D, E
            variables listed in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2). Individual licensees may take exceptions based on plant-specific design features. BWR incore thermocouples and continuous offsite dose monitors are not required pending their further development and consideration as requirements. It is acceptable to rely on currently installed equipment if it will measure over the range indicated in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2), even if the equipment is presently not environmentally qualified. Eventually, all the equipment required to monitor the course of an accident would be environmentally qualified in accordance with the pending Commission rule on Environmental qualification.
 
Provide reliable indication of the meteorological variables (wind direction, wind speed, and atmospheric stability) specified in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) for site meteorology. No changes in existing meteorological monitoring systems are necessary if they have historically provided reliable indication of these vari- ables that are representative of meteorological conditions in the vicinity (up to about 10 miles) of the plant site. Information on meteorological conditions for the region in which the site is located shall be available via communication with the National Weather Service. These requirements supersede the clarification of NUREG-0737, Item III.A.2.2.
 
c. Technical Support Center (TSC)
            The Type A, B, C, D and E variables that are essential for perfor- mance of TSC functions shall be available in the TSC.
 
(i)  BWR incore thermocouples and continuous offsite dose moni- tors are not required pending their further development and consideration as requirements.
 
(ii) The indicators and associated circuitry shall be of reliable design but need not meet Class IE, single-failure or seismic qualification requirements.
 
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    d. Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)
        (i)  Those primary indicators needed to monitor containment conditions and releases of radioactivity from the plant shall be available in the EOF.
 
(ii) The EOF data indications and associated circuitry shall be of reliable design but need not meet Class IE, single- failure or seismic qualification requirements.
 
6.2 Documentation and NRC Review NRC review is not a prerequisite for implementation. Staff review will be in the form of an audit that will include a review of the licensee's method of implementing Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2)
    guidance and the licensee's supporting technical Justification of any proposed alternatives.
 
The licensee shall submit a report describing how it meets these requirements. The submittal should include documentation which may be in the form of a table that includes the following information for each Type A, B, C, D, E variable shown in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2).
    (a) instrument range (b) environmental qualification (as stipulated in guide or state criteria)
    (c) seismic qualification (as stipulated in guide or state criteria)
    (d) quality assurance (as stipulated in guide or state criteria)
    (e) redundance and sensor(s) location(s)
    (f) power supply (e.g., Class 1E, non-Class IE, battery backed)
    (g)  location of display (e.g., control room board, SPDS, chemical laboratory)
    (h) schedule (for installation or upgrade)
    Deviations from the guidance in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) should be explicitly shown, and supporting Justification or alternatives should be presented.
 
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7. UPGRADE EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES (EOPs)
  7.1  Requirements a. The use of human factored, function oriented, emergency operating procedures will improve human reliability and the ability to mitigate the consequences of a broad range of initiating events and subsequent multiple failures or operator errors, without the need to diagnose specific events.
 
b. In accordance with NUREG-0737, Item I.C.1, reanalyze transients and accidents and prepare Technical Guidelines. These analyses will identify operator tasks, and information and control needs.
 
The analyses also serve as the basis for integrating upgraded emergency operating procedures and the control room design review and verifying the SPDS design.
 
c. Upgrade EOPs to be consistent with Technical Guidelines and an- appropriate procedure Writer's Guide.
 
d. Provide appropriate training of operating personnel on the use of upgraded EOPs prior to implementation of the EOPs.
 
e. Implement upgraded EOPs.
 
7.2  Documentation and NRC Review a. Submit Technical Guidelines to NRC for review. NRC will perform a pre-implementation review of the Technical Guidelines. Within two months of receipt of the Technical Guidelines, NRC will advise the licensees of their acceptability.
 
b. Each licensee shall submit to NRC a procedures generation package at least three months prior to the date it plans to begin formal operator training on the upgraded procedures. NRC approval of the submittal is not necessary prior to upgrading and implementing the EOPs. The procedures generation package shall include:
            (i)    Plant-Specific Technical Guidelines -- plant-specific guidelines for plants not using generic technical guide- lines. For plants using generic technical guidelines, a description of the planned method for developing plant specific EOPs from the generic guidelines, including plant specific information.
 
(ii)  A Writer's Guide that details the specific methods to be used by the licensee in preparing EOPs based on the Technical Guidelines.
 
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        (iii)  A description of the program for validation of EOPs.
 
(iv)    A brief description of the taining program for the upgraded EOPs.
 
c. All procedures generation packages will be reviewed by the staff.
 
On an audit basis for selected facilities, upgraded EOPs will be reviewed. The details and extent of this review will be based on the quality of the procedures generation packages submitted to NRC. A sampling of upgraded EOPs will be reviewed for technical adequacy in conjunction with the NRC Reactor Inspection Program.
 
7.3 Reference Documents NUREG-0600,
    Item I.C.1, I.C.8, I.C.9 NUREG-0799                --    (Superseded by NUREG-0899)
 
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8. EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES
  8.1  Regulations
        10 CFR 50.47(b)(6) (for Operating License applicants) -- Requirement for prompt communications among principal response organizations and to emergency personnel and to the public.
 
10 CFR 50.47(b)(8) -- Requirement for emergency facilities and equip- ment to support emergency response.
 
10 CFR 50.47(b)(9) -- Requirement that adequate methods, systems and equipment for assessing and monitoring actual or potential offsite consequences of a radiological emergency condition are in use.
 
10 CFR 50.54(q) (for Operating Reactors)  --  Same requirement as 10 CFR
          50.47(b) plus 10 CFR 50, Appendix E.
 
10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Paragraph IV.E
          Requirement for:
                "1. Equipment at the site for personnel monitoring;"
                "2. Equipment for determining the magnitude of and for con- tinuously assessing the impact of the release of radio- active materials to the environment;"
                "3. Facilities and supplies at the site for decontamination of onsite individuals;"
                "4. Facilities and medical supplies at the site for appro- priate emergency first aid treatment;"
                "5. Arrangements for the services of physicians and other medical personnel qualified to handle radiation emer- gencies on site;"
                "6. Arrangements for transportation of contaminated injured individuals from the site to specifically identified treatment facilities outside the site boundary;"
                "7. Arrangements for treatment of individuals injured in support of licensed activities on the site at treat- ment facilities outside the site boundary;"
                "8. A licensee onsite technical support center and a licensee near-site emergency operations facility from which effec- tive direction can be given and effective control can be exercised during an emergency;"
                "9. At least one onsite and one offsite communications system;
                      each system shall have a backup power source."
 
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            All communication plans shall have arrangements for emergencies, including titles and alternates for those in charge at both ends of the communication links and the primary and backup means of communication. Where consistent with the function of the governmental agency, these arrangements will include:
            "a. Provision for communications with contiguous State/local governments within the plume exposure pathway (emergency planning zone) EPZ. Such communications shall be tested monthly."
            "b.  Provisions for communication with Federal emergency response organizations. Such communication systems shall be tested annually."
            "c.  Provision for communications among the nuclear power reactor control room, the onsite technical support center, and the near-site emergency operations facility;
                  and among the nuclear facility, the principal State and local emergency operations centers, and the field assess- ment teams. Such communications systems shall be tested annually."
            "d.  Provisions for communication by the licensee with NRC
                  Headquarters and the appropriate NRC Regional Office Operations Center from the nuclear power reactor control room, the onsite technical support center, and the near- site emergency operations facility. Such communications shall be tested monthly."
Within this section on emergency response facilities, the Technical Support Center (TSC), Operational Support Center (OSC) and Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) are addressed separately in terms of their functional state- ments and recommended requirements. The subsections on Documentation and NRC Review and Reference Documents that follow the EOF discussion apply to this entire section on emergency response facilities.
 
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8.2 Technical Support Center (TSC)
    8.2.1  Requirements a. The TSC is the onsite technical support center for emergency response. When activated, the TSC is staffed by predesignated technical, engineering, senior management, and other licensee personnel, and five pre-designated NRC
              personnel. During periods of activation, the TSC will operate uninterrupted to provide plant management and technical support to plant operations personnel, and to relieve the reactor operators of peripheral duties and communications not directly related to reactor system manipulations. The TSC will perform EOF functions for the Alert Emergency class and for the Site Area Emergency class and General Emergency class until the EOF is functional.
 
The TSC will be:
          b. Located within the site protected area so as to facilitate necessary interaction with control room, OSC, EOF and other personnel involved with the emergency.
 
c. Sufficient to accommodate and support NRC and licensee predesignated personnel, equipment and documentation in the center.
 
d. Structurally built in accordance with the Uniform Building Code.
 
e.  Environmentally controlled to provide room air temperature, humidity and cleanliness appropriate for personnel and equipment.
 
f. Provided with radiological protection and monitoring equip- ment necessary to assure that radiation exposure to any person working in the TSC would not exceed 5 rem whole body, or its equivalent to any part of the body, for the duration of the accident.
 
g. Provided with reliable voice and data communications with the control room and EOF and reliable voice communications with the OSC, NRC Operations Centers and state and local operations centers.
 
h. Capable of reliable data collection, storage, analysis, display and communication sufficient to determine site and regional status, determine changes in status, forecast status and take appropriate actions. The following vari- ables shall be available in the TSC:
 
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  (i)  the variables in the appropriate Table 1 or 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) that are essential for performance of TSC functions; and (ii) the meteorological variables in Regulatory Guide
        1.97 (Rev. 2) for site vicinity and National Weather Service data available by voice communication for the region in which the plant is located.
 
Principally those data must be available that would enable evaluating incident sequence, determining mitigating actions, evaluating damages and determining plant status during recovery operations.
 
i. Provided with accurate, complete and current plant records (drawings, schematic diagrams, etc.) essential for evaluation of the plant under accident conditions.
 
J. Staffed by sufficient technical, engineering, and senior designated licensee officials to provide needed support, and be fully operational within approximately 1 hour after activation.
 
k. Designed taking into account good human factors engineering principles.
 
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      8.3 Operational Support Center (OSC)
          8.3.1  Requirements a. When activated, the OSC will be the onsite area separate from the control room where predesignated operations support personnel will assemble. A predesignated licensee official shall be responsible for coordinating and assigning the personnel to tasks designated by control room, TSC and EOF personnel.
 
The OSC will be:
                b. Located onsite to serve as an assembly point for support personnel and to facilitate performance of support functions and tasks.
 
c. Capable of reliable voice communications with the control room, TSC and EOF.
 
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8.4 Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)
    8.4.1  Requirements a. The EOF is a licensee controlled and operated facility.
 
The EOF provides for management of overall licensee emergency response, coordination of radiological and environmental assessment, development of recommendations for public protective actions, and coordination of emer- gency response activities with Federal, State and local agencies.
 
When the EOF is activated, it will be staffed by pre- designated emergency personnel identified in the emergency plan. A designated senior licensee official will manage licensee activities in the EOF.
 
Facilities shall be provided in the EOF for the acquisition, display and evaluation of radiological and meteorological data and containment conditions necessary to determine protective measures. These facilities will be used to evaluate the magnitude and effects of actual or potential radio-active releases from the plant and to determine dose projections.
 
The EOF will be:
          b. Located and provided with radiation protection features as described in Table 1 (previous guidance approved by the Commission) and with appropriate radiological monitor- ing systems.
 
c. Sufficient to accommodate and support Federal, State, local and licensee predesignated personnel, equipment and documentation in the EOF.
 
d. Structurally built in accordance with the Uniform Building Code.
 
e. Environmentally controlled to provide room air temperature, humidity and cleanliness appropriate for personnel and equipment.
 
f. Provided with reliable voice and data communications facilities to the TSC and control room, and reliable voice communication facilities to OSC and to NRC, State and local emergency operations centers.
 
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          g. Capable of reliable collection, storage, analysis, display and communication of information on containment conditions, radiological releases and meteorology sufficient to deter- mine site and regional status, determine changes in status, forecast status and take appropriate actions. Variables from the following categories that are essential to EOF
              functions shall be available in the EOF:
                Mi)  variables from the appropriate Table 1 or 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2), and (ii) the meteorological variables in Regulatory Guide
                      1.97 (Rev. 2) for site vicinity and regional data available via communication from the National Weather Service.
 
h.    Provided with up to date plant records (drawings, schematic diagrams, etc.), procedures, emergency plans and environmental information (such as geophysical data)
                needed to perform EOF functions.
 
i.    Staffed using Table 2 (previous guidance approved by the Commission) as a goal. Reasonable exceptions to goals for the number of additional staff personnel and response times for their arrival should be justified and will be considered by NRC staff.
 
J.    Provided with industrial security when it is activated to exclude unauthorized-personnel and when it is idle to maintain its readiness.
 
k. Designed taking into account good human factors engineering principles.
 
8.4.2 Documentation and NRC Review The conceptual design for emergency response facilities (TSC,
          OSC, and EOF) have been submitted to NRC for review. In many cases, the lack of detail in these submittals has precluded an NRC decision of acceptability. Some designs have been disapproved because they clearly did not meet the intent of the applicable regulations. NRC does riot intend to approve each design prior to implementation, but rather has provided in this document those requirements which should be satisfied.
 
These requirements provided a degree of flexibility within which licensees can exercise management prerogatives in designing and building emergency response facilities (ERF)
          that satisfy specific needs of each licensee. The foremost consideration regarding ERFs is that they provide adequate
 
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adequate capabilities of licensees to respond to emergencies.
 
NUREG guidance on ERFs has been intended to address specific Issues which the Commission believes should be considered in achieving improved capabilities.
 
Licensees should assure that the design of ERFs satisfies these requirements. Exemptions from or alternative methods of implementing these requirements should be discussed with NRC staff and in some cases could require Commission approval.
 
Licensees should continue work on ERFs to complete them accord- ing to schedules that will be negotiated on a plant-specific basis. NRC will conduct appraisals of completed facilities to verify that these requirements have been satisfied and that ERFs are capable of performing their intended functions.
 
Licensees need not document their actions on each specific item contained in NUREG-0696 or 0814.
 
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          8.4.3 Reference Documents (Emergency Response Facilities)
                10 CFR 50.47(b) -- Requirements for emergency facilities and equipment for OLs.
 
10 CFR 50.54(q) and Appendix E, Paragraph IV.E -- Requirements for emergency facilities and equipment for ORs.
 
NUREG-0660 -- Description of and implementation schedule for TSC, OSC and EOF.
 
Eisenhut letter to power reactor licensees 9/13/79    --  Request for commitment to meet-requirements Denton letter to power reactor licensees 10/30/79  --    Clarifica- tion of requirements.
 
NUREG-0654  --  Radiological Emergency Response Plans NUREG-0696 -- Functional criteria for emergency response facilities.
 
NUREG-0737 -- Guidance on meteorological monitoring and dose assessment.
 
Eisenhut letter to power reactor license 2/18/81 -- Commission approved guidance on location, habitability and staff for emergency facilities. Request and deadline for submittal of conceptual design of facilities.
 
NUREG-0814 (Draft Report for Comment) -- Methodology for evalu- ation of emergency response facilities.
 
NUREG-0818 (Draft Report for Comment) -- Emergency Action Levels Reg. Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) -- Guidance for variables to be used in selected emergency response facilities.
 
COKJA-80-37, January 21, 1981 -- Commission approval guidance on EOF location and habitability.
 
Secretary memorandum S81-13, February 19, 1981 -- Commission approval of NUREG-0696 as general guidance only.
 
-a TABLE 1 .. .
                                                                                                                                      ..I I
                                    EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY
                                                                                          *Option 2 Option 1                                                                    nnA Frft'-41 i IF
        Two Facilities                                                                                            ..          .
                                                        0
                                                                            o At or Beyond 10 mile Close-in. Primary: Reduce HabitabilityA
                                                                              o-No special protectio n factor.
 
o within 10 miles                            I                              o.If beyond 20 miles, specific.
 
o protection-factor = 5                                      . .2            approval required by the o ventilation isolation                                                *      Commission, and some* provi.
 
with HEPA (no charcoal)                                                      sion for NRC site te,am closer I
                                                                                ;to site.
 
V.
 
.. V    .  .
                                                                              o Strongly recommended I location            .            N,
                                                                            . .be coordinated with offsite            * *
                                                                                authorities.
 
Backup EOF
  o between 10-20 miles o no separate, dedicated facility o arrangements for portable backup equipment o strongly recommended location      I.
 
be coordinated with offsite authorities o continuity of dose projection                                                                          ;h'n  '.ow    ,*;  .  $''
    and decision making capability For both Options:
                                              - located outside security boundary
                                              - space-for about 10 NRC employees                        rthquakes
                                              - none designated for severe phenomena, e.g., ear                  and:ons          l, abitability requirements are only for the part of the EOF in which dose assessments        communicat- ecision making take place..
a utility has begun construction of a new building for an EOF that is located with 5 miles, tI          ) providedd.
 
cility is acceptable (with less than protection factor of 5 and ventilation isolation and HEPA'
at a backup EOF similar to "B" in Option 1 is provided.-
                                                A  ...
                                                                                                ,-
 
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                                                                                                                                    .        -.      I
                                                          TABLE 2
                                                                                                                                ,;  d rf          .
                                      MINIMUM STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR NRC LICENSEES                                            ,  ,    ;  I
    ,    .FOR                                  NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EMERGENCIES                                                      -    I          I
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                                1B2,  T1ck
                                        'r_                ,
                                                            n"    vnrtS  se        ShiftA      30 min.          60 miin.
 
Major lunctional Area          ridtur  *abi              U.  a    t .v    --    _  -
                                                            Shift supervisor (SRO).    1.          __.
 
Plant Operations and                                                                  1 Assessment of                                              Shift.foreman (SRO)
                                                            Control-room operators    2.-
Operational Aspects                                                                  2 Auxiliary operators                                            * .
                                                                                                                                      (
                                                            Shift technical advisor,
                                                                                                  __
  Emergency Direction and                .. *
  Control (Emergency *                                      shift supervisor, or Coordinator)*-"                                          designated facility manager I
                                Nofity licensee, state                                1          1 Notification/
  Communi cti on***)              local, and federal personnel & maintain communication Emergency'operations      Senior manager..                                          I1 Radiological Accident Assessment and Support          facility CEOF) director of Operational Accident        Offsite dose            *Senior health physics -                    1 Assessment                      assessment        -        (HP) expertise
                                                                                                      2            '2 Offsite surveys                                                                    *1 Onsite (out-of-plant)-                                              1 Inplant surveys            HP technicians                1      .1                  1
                                                                                                                      1                I
                                  Chemistry/radio-        ,Rad/chem technicians          1
                                                              ;
                                  chemistry.I..
  NOTE:    Source of thils table is NUREG-0654, "Functional Criteria for Emergency Response Facilities."
                                                                                                                                                , I.
 
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                                                                                                                                                                            '' .                            -- '                      i
                                                                                      "apabill ty              ror lAdditions                                                .?.'                                                    I
                                                        Position Title                On                                                                                                                                              1
                        ..  ~x      T __2__            nr CVra"+4Cti s              ShiftA                30 min.            60 min, Major Functional Area    major        lasks -          ,Us  Iv U wa.i                -_
                                                                                                                __
                                                                                                                          .
                                                                                                                                          .
                                                                                                                                                  .  .                                                                ..
                                                        Shift technical advisory s                                                                                                        :.
                                                                                                                                                                                . :'
Plant System            Technical support                                                                          1
                                                                                                                                                                                                  ,                            .
                                                        Core/thermal hydraulics        .    M-
Engineering, 'Repair                                                                                                                    1    .
                                                                                                                                                                                          *              .
                                                        Electrical                                                                      1 and Corrective Actions                                                                                                                                                    *        ',;
                                                                                                                                                                                            :,,, :
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ..
                                                        Mechanical                                                                                                                            ,....
                                                                                                1AA
                                                                                                                --      *.              1  .,          .;:                                  E                          .
                      . Repair and correct ive        Mechanical maintenance/                                                              .' .                                    J
                                                                                                                                                                                          . &sect;.                      ...
                            actions                    Radwaste operator                      1**                                                    : .                            ,
                                                                                                                                                                                          .,
                                                                                                                                                                                                  s
                                                                                                                                                                                                    ..
                                                                                                                                                                                                    ,
                                                                                                                                                                                                              :
                                                                                                                                                                                                                .                ..
                                                        Electrical maintenance/,..                      *'1                        a-.                                .-      r                              ,            >
                                                I      instrument and control                                    1 *          *    --
                                                                                                                                                                                                            ...
                                                                                                                                                                *          ., *                                ;            *;:
                                                        (I&C) technician                ..    2 A                                                                                                                '        '4
                                .
                                                  .
                                                I....                                                            2                    2  *-
                                                                                                                                            :
                                                                                                                                                    *
                                                                                                                                                    , '.      ',      ..
                                                                                                                                                                            ;,.-'-N'
                                                                                                                                                                                          '' )                                  '
                                                        HP technicians                        2*A
Protective Actions          Radiation protection:                                . .
                                                                                            *
                                                                                                                                            ,'t,.                          .                    t..
(In-Plant)                                                                                                                                                                            .          J
                            a.  Access control                                                                                                .
                                                                                                                                                            .            .
                                                                                                                                                                                            .
                                                                                                                                                                                              .
                                                                                                                                                                                                          .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                ..
                                HP Coverage for X        .
                            b.                                                                                                                                                              :        X
                                                                                                                                                                      .    .    ..          .    .      .    .
                                repair, correc-                                                                                                                                *
                                                                                                                                                                                          't 'S' '. . * !
                                                                                                                                                                                            s ,@
                                tive actions,                                                                                              .,
                                                                                                                                                                  .,                  ,:
                                                                                                                                                                                          jt'
                                                                                                                                                                                                          .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ;
                                search and rescue first-aid, & F.
 
.                                            .        *                  .
                                                                                                                                                                                                    .,            ,.              6 fi refi hhti ng                                                                                                                : .
                                                                                                                                                                                          .                                      .
                            *c.  Personnel monitor- ing                                                                                                      .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            .      .
                            d.  Dosimetry
                                                          __
                                                                                        Fire                Local Fi ref I ghti ng                                                              *        brigade support per
                                                                                      ** techni- cal                                  .  .
                                                                                                                                  I
                                                                                        specifi- cation
                                      __                                                    2**              Local Rescue Operations                                                                                            support and First-Aid I
 
TABL1E 2 (;0 11tinUIC(l)
                                                                                                                                                                                  1'    * ,      It I
                                                                                                                                                                                      ....      .,
                                                                                                                                                                                    .    IN    I I,,f MMl tins
                                                                                                                                    - - rt.,!A
                                                                                                                                              ~1.Ir.II Is I) I
                                                                                                                                    f~                I
                                                                                                                                                          I'1J
                                                                                                                                                              *w i(:r mm.    .
                                                                                                                                                                      wW    mm.
 
.    -
                                                                            1.
 
*
                                                        .
                                                                                              Pns iLion Title                        ill GO0 min.
 
.  .
                                                                                                                                    Shi, rL.            30 min.
 
Major Fuinctional Area          Ma    J(1II-l ... ..I III%---. K,
                                    ljfl                          '
                                                                                .z        .. nrv    xncrtvnin?
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NRC Generic Letter 1982-033: Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737 - Requirements for Emergency Response Capability
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Site: Beaver Valley, Millstone, Hatch, Monticello, Calvert Cliffs, Dresden, Davis Besse, Peach Bottom, Browns Ferry, Salem, Oconee, Mcguire, Nine Mile Point, Palisades, Palo Verde, Perry, Indian Point, Fermi, Kewaunee, Catawba, Harris, Wolf Creek, Saint Lucie, Point Beach, Oyster Creek, Watts Bar, Grand Gulf, Cooper, Sequoyah, Byron, Pilgrim, Arkansas Nuclear, Three Mile Island, Braidwood, Susquehanna, Summer, Prairie Island, Columbia, Seabrook, Brunswick, Surry, Limerick, North Anna, Turkey Point, River Bend, Vermont Yankee, Crystal River, Haddam Neck, Ginna, Diablo Canyon, Callaway, Vogtle, Waterford, Duane Arnold, Farley, Robinson, Clinton, South Texas, San Onofre, Cook, Comanche Peak, Yankee Rowe, Maine Yankee, Quad Cities, Humboldt Bay, La Crosse, Big Rock Point, Rancho Seco, Zion, Midland, Bellefonte, Fort Calhoun, FitzPatrick, McGuire, LaSalle, 05000514, 05000000, 05000496, 05000497, 05000515, Zimmer, Fort Saint Vrain, Washington Public Power Supply System, Shoreham, Satsop, Trojan, Bailly, Atlantic Nuclear Power Plant, Perkins, Cherokee, Clinch River, Skagit, Marble Hill, Hartsville, Phipps Bend, Yellow Creek
Issue date: 12/17/1982
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NUREG-0737 GL-82-033, Suppl 1, NUDOCS 8212060349
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f December 17, 1982 TO ALL LICENSEES OF OPERATING REACTORS, APPLICANTS FOR OPERATING

LICENSES, AND HOLDERS OF CONSTRUCTION PERMITS

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: SUPPLEMENT 1 TO NUREG-0737 - REQUIREV4ENTS FOR EMERGENCY

RESPONSE CAPABILITY (GENERIC LETTER 82-33)

On October 31, 1980, the NRC staff issued NUREG-0737, which Incorporated into one document all TMI-related items approved for implementation by the Commission at that time. The purpose of this letter is to provide additional clarification regarding Safety Parameter Display Systems, Detailed Control Room Design Reviews, Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Revision 2) -

Application to Emergency Response Facilities, Upgrade of Emergency Operating Procedures, Emergency Response Facilities, and Meteorological Data.

The enclosures to this letter are a distillation of the basic requirements for these topics from the broad range of guidance documents that the NRC

has issued (principally NUREG reports and Regulatory Guides). It is our intent that the guidance documents themselves, referred to in the enclo- sures, are not to be used as requirements, but rather that they are to be used as sources of guidance for NRC reviewers and licensees regarding acceptable means for meeting the basic requirements.

The following items In NUREG-0737 are affected:

I .C.1 Guidance for the Evaluation and Development of Procedures for Transients and Accidents I.D.1 Control Room Design Reviews I.D.2 Plant Safety Parameter Display Console III. A.1.2 Upgrade Emergency Support Facilities.

III.A.2.2 Meteorological Data The requirements and guidance contained in the enclosure to this letter replace the corresponding requirements in the affected NUREG-0737 items ,

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-2- You will note that the enclosure does not specify a schedule for completin the requirements. It has become apparent, through discussions with owners groups and Individual licensees, that our previous schedules did not ade- quately consider the integration of these related activities. In recog- nition of this and the difficulty in implementing generic deadlines, the Commission has adopted a plan to establish realistic plant-specific schedules that take into account the unique aspects of the work at each plant. By this plan, each licensee is to develop and submit its own plant-specific schedule which will be reviewed by the assigned NRC Project Manager. The NRC Project Manager and licensee will reach an agreement on the final schedule and in this manner provide for prompt implementation of these important improvements while optimizing the use of utility and NRC resources.

Applicants for construction permits are expected to comply with the require- ments of 10 CFR 50.34(f), and should consider this document to be additional guidance in meeting these requirements. For holders of construction permits and applicants for operating licenses, plant-specific schedules for the implementation of these requirements will be developed In a manner similar to that being used for operating reactors, taking into consideration the degree of completion of the power plant.

In order to answer questions you may have regarding the Comm-ission's policy on these issues and the implementation process to be used by project managers, regional workshops will be conducted by senior staff members according to the following schedule:

Region I Washington,-D. C.-.--Week of 2/14/83 Region II Atlanta, Ga. -Week of 2/21/83, Region III Chicago, Ill. -Week of 2/21/83'

Region IV & V San Francisco, CA -Week of 2/28/83 You will be notified of specific locations and times for the workshops at a later time.

Accordingly, pursuant to 50.54(f), operating reactor licensees and holders of construction permits are requested to furnish, no later than April 15,

1983 a proposed schedule for completing each of the basic requirements for the items identified in the enclosures to this letter. You are encouraged to work closely with your NRC Project Manager during this process so that we can reach an agreement on the final schedule as quickly as possible. In addition, you are requested to submit with it a description of your plans for phased implementation and integration of the emergency response activities.

Your plans for integration will be reviewed as part of our evaluation of your proposed schedule. After the staff completes this evaluation, it will take action, as necessary, to assure that such requirements and commitments are appropriately enforceable.

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Comnents on burden and duplication may be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Reports Management Room 3208, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D. C. 20503.

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SUPPLEMENT 1 TO NUREG-0737

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CONTENTS

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1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . 1

2. USE OF EXISTING DOCUMENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF INITIATIVES . . . . . . . 4

4. SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM (SPDS) . . . . . . . . . . 7 o Requirements o Documentation and NRC Review o Integration o Reference Documents

5. DETAILED CONTROL ROOM DESIGN REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . 10

o Requirements o Implementation Schedule o Documentation and NRC Review o Reference Documents

6. REGULATORY GUIDE 1.97 - APPLICATION TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE

FACILITIES . . .,. . . . . . . . . . . 13 o Requirements o Documentation and NRC Review

7. UPGRADE EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES (EOPs) . . . . . . 15 o Requirements o Documentation and NRC Review

.o Reference Documents

8. EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 o Regulations o Technical Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 o Requirements o Operational Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 o Requirements

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Pages o Emergency Operations Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 o Requirements o Documentation and NRC Review o Reference Documents Table 1 - Emergency Operations Facility Location Options . . . 26 Table 2 - Minimum Staffing for NRC Licensees for Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITY

1. INTRODUCTION

This supplement was prepared as a result of a review by the Committee to Review Generic Requirements (CRGR). The supplement represents the staff's attempt to distill the fundamental requirements for nuclear plant Emergency Response Capability from the wide range of guidance documents that the NRC has issued. It is not intended that these guidance documents (NUREG reports and Regulatory Guides) be implemented as written;

rather, they should be regarded as useful sources of guidance for licen- sees and NRC staff regarding acceptable means for meeting the fundamental requirements contained in this document. It is also not intended that either the guidance documents or the fundamental requirements are to be considered binding legal requirements at this time. As indicated below, however, the fundamental requirements will be translated into binding legal requirements in the manner specified.

These requirements are a further delineation of the general guidance issued previously by the Commission in its regulations, orders and policy statements on emergency planning and TMI issues. It is intended that these requirements would be applicable to licensees of operating nuclear power plants. For applicants for a construction permit (CP) or manufac- turing license (ML), the requirements described in this document must be supplemented with the specific provisions in the rule specifying licensing requirements for pending CP and ML applications. Thus, compliance with requirements in this document may not be sufficient to meet the related requirements in 10 CFR 50.34(f) and Appendix E. In this regard, it is expected that the staff would review CP and ML applications against the guidance in the current Standard Review Plan (which includes the provisions of NUREG-0718) and this might lead to more detailed requirements than pre- scribed in this document in order to satisfy the requirements of 50.34(f)

and Appendix E.

Based on discussions with licensees, the staff has learned that many of the Commission approved schedules for emergency response facilities probably will not be met. In recognition of this fact and the difficulty of implementing generic deadlines, plant-specific schedules will be established which take into account the unique status'of each plant. The following sequence for developing implementation schedules will be used.

The requirements for emergency response capabilities and facilities are being transmitted to licensees by this supplement and are being promulgated to NRC

staff. The letter which forwards this supplement requests that licensees submit a proposed schedule for completing actions to comply with the requirements.

-2- Each licensee's proposed schedule will then be reviewed by the assigned NRC Project Manager, who will discuss the subject with the licensee and mutually agree on schedules and completion dates. The implementation dates will then be formalized into an enforceable document.

The requirements in this document do not alter previously issued guidance, which remains in effect. This document does attempt to place that guidance in perspective by identifying the elements that the NRC staff believes to be essential to upgrade emergency response capabilities. The proposal to formalize implementation dates in an enforceable document reflects the level of importance which the NRC staff attributes to these requirements. The Commission does not believe that existing guidance should be imposed in this manner, but rather that it be used as guidance to be considered in upgrading emergency response capabilities. This indicates the distinction which the staff believes should be made between the requirements and guidance.

The following sections describe the requirements, their interrelationhips, and NRC actions to improve management of emergency response regulations.

Reference documents are cited with a description of content as it relates to specific initiatives.

The requirements set forth in this document have been reviewed by the Commis- sion and, at a meeting held July 16, 1982, were approved by the Commission as appropriately clarifying and providing greater detail with respect to related TMI Action Plan requirements contained in NUREG-0737 for all operating license applicants. These requirements are, therefore, to be accorded the status of approved NUREG-0737 items as set forth in the Commission's "Statement of Policy:

Further Commission Guidance for Power Reactor Operating Licenses" (45 FR 85236),

December 24, 1980). In this connection, the provisions for scheduling set forth herein supersede any schedules with respect to such items contained in NUREG-0737.

Accordingly, the requirements should be used by the staff and by adjudicatory boards as appropriate clarifications and interpretation of the related NUREG-0737 items.

The requirements set forth in this document are believed to be consistent with the requirements regarding related items for construction permits and manufactur- ing licenses contained in 10 CFR 50.34(f) and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E. Accor- dingly, no changes to these regulations are required.

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2. USE OF EXISTING DOCUMENTATION

The following NUREG documents are intended to be used as sources of guidance and information, and the Regulatory Guides are to be considered as guidance or as an acceptable approach to meeting formal requirements. The items by virtue of their inclusion in these documents shall not be misconstrued as requirements to be levied on licensees or as inflexible criteria to be used by NRC staff reviewers.

NUREG Report Titles

0696 - Functional Criteria for Emergency Response Facilities

0700 - Guidelines for Control Room Design Reviews

0799 - Draft Criteria for Preparation of Emergency Operating Procedures (to be superseded by NUREG-0899)

0801 - Evaluation Criteria for Detailed Control Room Design Reviews

0814 - Methodology for Evaluation of Emergency Response Facilities

0818 - Emergency Action Levels for Light Water Reactors

0835 - Human Factors Acceptance Criteria for SPDS

0899 - Guidelines for the Preparation of Emergency Operating Procedures: Resolution of Comments on NUREG-0799 Regulatory Guides Titles

1.23 - Meteorological Measurement Program for Nuclear Power (Rev. 1) Plants

1.97 - Instrumentation for Light-Water Cooled Nuclear Power (Rev. 2) Plants to Assess Plant and Environs Conditions During and Following an Accident

1.101 - Emergency Planning for Nuclear Power Plants (Rev. 2)

1.47 - Bypassed and Inoperable Status Indication for Nuclear Power Plant Safety Systems

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3. COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF INITIATIVES

3.1 The design of the Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS), design of instrument displays based on Regulatory Guide 1.97 guidance, control room design review, development of function oriented emergency operating procedures, and operating staff training should be integrated with respect to the overall enhancement of operator ability to comprehend plant conditions and cope with emergencies. Assessment of information needs and display formats and locations should be performed by individual licensees. The SPDS could affect other control room improvements that licensees may consider. In some cases, a good SPDS may obviate the need for large-scale control room modifications. Installation of the SPDS

should not be delayed by slower progress on other initiatives, and should not be contingent on completion of the control room design review. Nor should other initiatives, such as upgraded emergency operating procedures, be impacted by delays in SPDS procurement. While the NRC does not plan to impose additional requirements on licensees regarding SPDS, the NRC

will work with the industry to assure the development of appropriate industry standards for SPDS systems.

3.2 Implementation of part or all of Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) represents a control room improvement. The implementation of control room improve- ments is not contingent on implementing Technical Support Center (TSC) and Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) requirements.

3.3 The Technical Support Center (TSC) and Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)

are dependent on control room improvements in terms of communication and instrumentation needs among the TSC, EOF, and control room. TSC and EOF

facilities are not necessarily dependent on each other. The Operational Support Center (OSC) is independent of TSC and EOF.

3.4 The three groups of initiatives--SPDS, control room improvements, and emergency response facilities (TSC, EOF, OSC)-- have the following inter- relationships:

a. The SPDS is an improvement because it enhances operator ability to comprehend plant conditions and interact in situations that require human intervention. The SPDS could affect other control room improve- ments that licensees may consider. In some cases, a good SPDS could obviate the need for extensive modifications to control rooms.

b. New instrumentation that may be added to the control room snould be considered a requirement for inclusion in the design of the TSC and EOF only to the extent that such instrumentation is essential to the performance of TSC and EOF functions.

- 5- c. The SPDS and control room improvements are essential elements in operator training programs and the upgraded plant-specific emer- gency operating procedures.

d. Acquisition, processing, and management of data for SPDS, control room improvements, and emergency response facilities should be coordinated.

3.5 Specific implementation plans and reasonable, achievable schedules for improvements that will satisfy the requirements will be established by agreement between the NRC Project Manager and each individual licensee.

The NRC office responsible for implementing each requirement will deve- lop procedures identifying the following.

a. The respective roles of NRR, IE, and Regional Offices in managing implementation, checking licensee rate of progress, and verifying compliance, including the extent to which NRC review and inspection is necessary during implementation.

b. Procedural methods and enforcement measures that could be used to ensure NRC staff and licensee attention to meeting mutually agreed upon schedules without significant delays and extensions.

3.6 The NRC Project Manager for each nuclear power plant is assigned pro- gram management responsibility for NRC staff actions associated with implementing emergency response initiatives. The NRC Project Manager is the principal contact for the licensee regarding these initiatives.

3.7 The NRC will make allowances for work already done by licensees in a good-faith effort to meet requirements as they understand them. For each case in which a licensee would have to remove or rip out emergency response-facilities or equipment that was installed in good faith to meet previous guidance in order to meet the basic requirements described in this document, the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation or Inspection and Enforcement will review the circumstances and determine whether removal is necessary or existing facilities or equipment repre- sent an acceptable alternative. Any regulatory position that would require the removal or major modification of existing emergency response facilities or equipment requires the specific approval of the responsible Office Director.

3.8 The NRC recognizes that acceptable alternative methods of phasing and integrating emergency response activities may be developed. Each licensee needs flexibility in integrating these activities, taking into account the varying degree to which the licensee has implemented past requirements and

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guidance. An example of a way in which these activities could be integrated is discussed below. Other methods of integration proposed by licensees would be reviewed considering licensees' progress on each initiative.

a. SPDS

(1) Review the functions of the nuclear power plant operating staff that are necessary to recognize and cope with rare events that (a) pose significant contributions to risk, (b) could cause operators to make cognitive errors in diag- nosing them, and (c) are not included in routine operator training programs.

(2) Combine the results of this review with accepted human factors-principles to select parameters, data display, and functions to be incorporated in the SPDS.

(3) Design, build, and install the SPDS in the control room and train its users.

b. To be done in parallel without delaying SPDS, complete emergency- operating procedure technical guidelines that will be used to develop plant-specific emergency operating procedures.

c. Using these EOP technical guidelines, the SPDS design, and accepted human factors principles, conduct a review of the control room design. Apply the results of this review to:

(1) Verify SPDS parameter selection, data display, and functions.

(2) Develop plant-specific EOPs.

(3) Design control room modifications that correct conditions adverse to safety (reduce significant contributions to risk),

and add additional instrumentation that may be necessary to implement Regulatory Guide 1.97.

(4) Train and qualify plant operating staff regarding upgraded EOPs and modifications.

d. Verify, prior to finalization of designs for modifications and of procedures and training, that the functions of control room operators in emergencies can be accomplished (i.e., that the individual initia- tives-have been integrated sufficiently to meet the needs of con- trol room operators and provide adequate emergency response capa- bilities).

e. Implement EOPs and install control room modifications coincident with scheduled outages as necessary, and train operators in advance of these changes as they are phased into operation.

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4. SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM (SPDS)

4.1 Requirements a. The SPDS should provide a concise display of critical plant variables to the control room operators to aid them in rapidly and reliably determining the safety status of the plant.

Although the SPDS will be operated during normal operations as well as during abnormal conditions, the principal purpose and function of the SPDS is to aid the control room personnel during abnormal and emergency conditions in determining the safety status of the plant and in assessing whether abnormal conditions warrant corrective action by operators to avoid a degraded core. This can be particularly important during anticipated transients and the initial phase of an accident.

b. Each operating reactor shall be provided with a Safety Parameter Display System that is located convenient to the control room operators. This system will continuously display information from which the plant safety status can be readily and reliably.

assessed by control room personnel who are responsible for the avoidance of degraded and damaged core events.

c. The control room instrumentation required (see General Design Criteria 13 and 19 of Appendix A to 10 CFR 50) provides the operators with the information necessary for safe reactor operation under normal, transient, and accident conditions.

The SPDS is used in addition to the basic components and serves to aid and augment these components. Thus, requirements applic- able to control room instrumentation are not needed for this augmentation (e.g., GOC 2, 3, 4 in Appendix A; 10 CFR Part 100;

single-failure requirements). The SPDS need not meet requirements of the single-failure criteria and it need not be qualified to meet Class IE requirements. The SPDS shall be suitably isolated from electrical or electronic interference with equipment and sensors that are in use for safety systems. The SPDS need not be seismically qualified, and additional seismically qualified indi- cation is not required for the sole purpose of being a backup for SPDS. Procedures which describe the timely and correct safety status assessment when the SPDS is and is not available, will be developed by the licensee in parallel with the SPDS. Furthermore, operators should be trained to respond to accident conditions both with and without the SPDS available.

d. There is a wide range of useful information that can be provided by various systems. This information is reflected in such staff documents as NUREG-0696, NUREG-0835, and Regulatory Guide 1.97

  • -8 Prompt implementation of an SPDS can provide an important contri- bution to plaot safety. The selection of specific information that should be provided for a particular plant shall be based on engineering judgement of individual plant licensees, taking into account the importance of prompt implementation.

e. The SPDS display shall be designed to incorporate accepted human factors principles so that the displayed information can be readily preceived and comprehended by SPDS users.

f. The minimum information to be provided shall be sufficient to provide information to plant operators about:

(i) Reactivity control (ii) Reactor core cooling and heat removal from the primary system (iii) Reactor coolant system integrity (iv) Radioactivity control (v) Containment conditions The specific paramenters to be displayed shall be determined by the licensee.

4.2 Documentation and NRC Review a. The licensee shall prepare a written safety analysis describing the basis on which the selected parameters are sufficient to assess the safety status of each identified function for a wide range of events, which include symptoms of severe accidents.

Such analysis, along with the specific implementation plan for SPDS shall be reviewed as described below.

b. The licensee's proposed implementation of an SPDS system shall be reviewed in accordance with the licensee's technical specifica- tions to determined whether the changes involve an unreviewed safety question or change of technical specifications. If they do, the shall be processed in the normal fashion with prior NRC

review. If the changes do not involve an unreviewed safety ques- tion or a change in the technical specifications, the licensee may implement such changes without prior approval by NRC or may request a pre-implementation review and approval. If the changes are to be implemented without prior NRC approval, the licensee's analysis shall be submitted to NRC promptly on completion of review by the licensee's offsite safety review committee. Based on the results of NRC review, the Director of IE or the Director of NRR may request or direct the licensee to cease implementation if a serious safety question is posed by the licensee's proposed system, or if the licensee's analysis is seriously inadequate.

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4.3 Integration Prompt implementation of an SPDS is a design goal and of primary importance. The schedule for implementing SPDS should not be impacted by schedules for the control room design review and development of function-oriented emergency operating procedures. For this reason, licensees should develop and propose an integrated schedule for implementation in which the SPDS design is an input to the other initiatives. If reasonable, this schedule will be accepted by NRC.

4.4 Reference Documents NUREG-0660 -- Need for SPDS identified NUREG-0737 -- Specified SPDS

NUREG-0696 -- Functional Criteria for SPDS

NUREG-0835 -- Specific acceptance criteria keyed to NUREG-0696 Reg. Guide 1.97 -- Instrumentation for Light-Water Cooled (Rev. 2) Nuclear Power Plants to Assess Plant and Environs Conditions During and Following an Accident

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5. DETAILED CONTROL ROOM DESIGN REVIEW

5.1 Requirements a. The objective of the control room design review is to "improve the ability of nuclear power plant control room operators to pre- vent accidents or cope with accidents if they occur by improving the information provided to them" (from NUREG-0660, Item I.D.1).

As a complement to improvements of plant operating staff capabil- ities in response to transients and other abnormal conditions that will result from implementation of the SPDS and from up- graded emergency operating procedures, this design review will identify any modifications of control room configurations that would contribute to a significant reduction of risk and enhancement in the safety of operation. Decisions to modify the control room would include consideration of long-term risk reduction and any potential temporary decline in safety after modifications resulting from the need to relearn maintenance and operating procedures.

This should be carefully reviewed by persons competent in human factors engineering and risk analysis.

b. Conduct a control room design review to identify human engineering discrepancies. The review shall consist of:

(i) The establishment of a qualified multidisciplinary review team and a review program incorporating accepted human engineering principles.

(ii) The use of function and task analysis (that had been used as the basis for developing emergency operating procedures Technical Guidelines and plant specific emergency operating procedures) to identify control room operator tasks and information and control requirements during emergency operations. This analysis has multiple purposes and should also serve as the basis for developing training and staffing needs and verifying SPDS parameters.

(iii) A comparison of the display and control requirements with a control room inventory to identify missing displays and controls.

(iv) A control room survey to identify deviations from accepted human factors principles. This survey will include, among other things, an assessment of the control room layout, the usefulness of audible and visual alarm systmes, the information recording and recall capability, and the control room environment.

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c. Assess which human engineering discrepancies are significant and should be corrected. Select design improvements that will correct those discrepancies. Improvements that can be accomplished with an enhancement program (paint-tape-label) should be done promptly.

d. Verify that each selected design improvement will provide the necessary correction, and can be introduced in the control room without creating any unacceptable human engineering discrepancies because of significant contribution to increased risk, unreviewed safety questions, or situations in which a temporary reduction in safety could occur. Improvements that are introduced should be coordinated with changes resulting from other improvement programs such as SPDS, operator training, new instrumentation (Reg. Guide

1.97, Rev. 2), and upgraded emergency operating procedures.

5.2 Documentation and NRC Review a. All licensees shall submit a program plan within two months of the start of the control room review that describes how items 1,

2 and 3 above will be accomplished. The staff will review the.

program plans as licensees conduct their reviews, and selected licensee will undergo an in-progress audit by the NRR human factors staff based on the program plans and advice from resident inspectors and Project Managers.

b. All licensees shall submit a summary report of the completed review outlining proposed control room changes, including their proposed schedules for implementation. The report will also provide a summary Justification for human engineering discrepancies with safety significance to be left uncorrected or partially corrected.

c. The staff will review the summary reports, and within two weeks after receipt of the licensee's summary report, will inform licen- sees whether a pre-implementation onsite audit will be conducted.

The decision will be based on the content of the program plan, the summary report, and the results of NRR in-progress audits, if any.

The licensee selection for pre-implementation audit may or may not include licensees selected for in-progress audits under paragraph 1.

d. For control rooms selected for pre-implementation onsite audit, within one month after receipt of the summary report, the NRC will conduct:

(I) A pre-implementation audit of proposed modifications (e.g.,

equipment additions, deletions and relocations, and proposed modifications).

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(ii) An audit of the justification for those human engineering discrepancies of safety significance to be left uncorrected or only partially corrected.

The audit will consist of a review of the licensee's record of the control room reviews, discussions with the licensee review team, and usually a control room visit. Within a month after this onsite audit, NRC will issue its safety evaluation report (SER).

e. For control rooms for which NRC does not perform a pre- implementation onsite audit, NRC will conduct a review and issue its SER within two months after receipt of the licensee's summary report. The review shall be similar to that conducted for pre- implementation plants under paragraph 4 above, except that it does not include a specific audit. The SER shall indicate whether, based on the review carried out, changes in the licensee's modifi- cation plan are needed to assure operational safety. Flexibility is considered in the control room review, because certain control board discrepancies can be overcome by techniques not involving control board changes. These techniques could include improved -

procedures, improved training, or the SPDS.

f. The following approach will be used for OL review. For OL appli- cations with SSER dates prior to June 1983, licensing may be based on either a Preliminary Design Assessment or a Control Room Design Review (CRDR) at the applicant's option. However, applicants who choose the Preliminary Design Assessment option are required to perform a CRDR after licensing. For applications with SSER dated after June 1983, Control Room Design Review will be required prior to licensing.

g. After the staff has issued an SER and licensees have addressed any open issues, they may begin their upgrade according to an approved schedule that has been negotiated with the staff.

5.3 Reference Documents NUREG-0585 -- States that licensees should conduct review.

NUREG-0660 -- States that NRR will require reviews for (Rev. 1) operating reactors and operating licensee applicants.

NUREG-0700 -- Final guidelines for CRDR.

NUREG-0737 -- States that requirement was issued June,

1980, final guidance not yet issued.

NUREG-0801 -- Staff evaluation criteria.

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6. REGULATORY GUIDE 1.97 - APPLICATION TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES

6.1 Requirements a. Functional Statement Regulatory Guide 1.97 provides data to assist control room operators in preventing and mitigating the consequences of reactor accidents.

b. Control Room Provide measurements and indication of Type A, B, C, D, E

variables listed in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2). Individual licensees may take exceptions based on plant-specific design features. BWR incore thermocouples and continuous offsite dose monitors are not required pending their further development and consideration as requirements. It is acceptable to rely on currently installed equipment if it will measure over the range indicated in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2), even if the equipment is presently not environmentally qualified. Eventually, all the equipment required to monitor the course of an accident would be environmentally qualified in accordance with the pending Commission rule on Environmental qualification.

Provide reliable indication of the meteorological variables (wind direction, wind speed, and atmospheric stability) specified in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) for site meteorology. No changes in existing meteorological monitoring systems are necessary if they have historically provided reliable indication of these vari- ables that are representative of meteorological conditions in the vicinity (up to about 10 miles) of the plant site. Information on meteorological conditions for the region in which the site is located shall be available via communication with the National Weather Service. These requirements supersede the clarification of NUREG-0737, Item III.A.2.2.

c. Technical Support Center (TSC)

The Type A, B, C, D and E variables that are essential for perfor- mance of TSC functions shall be available in the TSC.

(i) BWR incore thermocouples and continuous offsite dose moni- tors are not required pending their further development and consideration as requirements.

(ii) The indicators and associated circuitry shall be of reliable design but need not meet Class IE, single-failure or seismic qualification requirements.

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d. Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)

(i) Those primary indicators needed to monitor containment conditions and releases of radioactivity from the plant shall be available in the EOF.

(ii) The EOF data indications and associated circuitry shall be of reliable design but need not meet Class IE, single- failure or seismic qualification requirements.

6.2 Documentation and NRC Review NRC review is not a prerequisite for implementation. Staff review will be in the form of an audit that will include a review of the licensee's method of implementing Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2)

guidance and the licensee's supporting technical Justification of any proposed alternatives.

The licensee shall submit a report describing how it meets these requirements. The submittal should include documentation which may be in the form of a table that includes the following information for each Type A, B, C, D, E variable shown in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2).

(a) instrument range (b) environmental qualification (as stipulated in guide or state criteria)

(c) seismic qualification (as stipulated in guide or state criteria)

(d) quality assurance (as stipulated in guide or state criteria)

(e) redundance and sensor(s) location(s)

(f) power supply (e.g., Class 1E, non-Class IE, battery backed)

(g) location of display (e.g., control room board, SPDS, chemical laboratory)

(h) schedule (for installation or upgrade)

Deviations from the guidance in Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) should be explicitly shown, and supporting Justification or alternatives should be presented.

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7. UPGRADE EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES (EOPs)

7.1 Requirements a. The use of human factored, function oriented, emergency operating procedures will improve human reliability and the ability to mitigate the consequences of a broad range of initiating events and subsequent multiple failures or operator errors, without the need to diagnose specific events.

b. In accordance with NUREG-0737, Item I.C.1, reanalyze transients and accidents and prepare Technical Guidelines. These analyses will identify operator tasks, and information and control needs.

The analyses also serve as the basis for integrating upgraded emergency operating procedures and the control room design review and verifying the SPDS design.

c. Upgrade EOPs to be consistent with Technical Guidelines and an- appropriate procedure Writer's Guide.

d. Provide appropriate training of operating personnel on the use of upgraded EOPs prior to implementation of the EOPs.

e. Implement upgraded EOPs.

7.2 Documentation and NRC Review a. Submit Technical Guidelines to NRC for review. NRC will perform a pre-implementation review of the Technical Guidelines. Within two months of receipt of the Technical Guidelines, NRC will advise the licensees of their acceptability.

b. Each licensee shall submit to NRC a procedures generation package at least three months prior to the date it plans to begin formal operator training on the upgraded procedures. NRC approval of the submittal is not necessary prior to upgrading and implementing the EOPs. The procedures generation package shall include:

(i) Plant-Specific Technical Guidelines -- plant-specific guidelines for plants not using generic technical guide- lines. For plants using generic technical guidelines, a description of the planned method for developing plant specific EOPs from the generic guidelines, including plant specific information.

(ii) A Writer's Guide that details the specific methods to be used by the licensee in preparing EOPs based on the Technical Guidelines.

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(iii) A description of the program for validation of EOPs.

(iv) A brief description of the taining program for the upgraded EOPs.

c. All procedures generation packages will be reviewed by the staff.

On an audit basis for selected facilities, upgraded EOPs will be reviewed. The details and extent of this review will be based on the quality of the procedures generation packages submitted to NRC. A sampling of upgraded EOPs will be reviewed for technical adequacy in conjunction with the NRC Reactor Inspection Program.

7.3 Reference Documents NUREG-0600,

Item I.C.1, I.C.8, I.C.9 NUREG-0799 -- (Superseded by NUREG-0899)

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8. EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES

8.1 Regulations

10 CFR 50.47(b)(6) (for Operating License applicants) -- Requirement for prompt communications among principal response organizations and to emergency personnel and to the public.

10 CFR 50.47(b)(8) -- Requirement for emergency facilities and equip- ment to support emergency response.

10 CFR 50.47(b)(9) -- Requirement that adequate methods, systems and equipment for assessing and monitoring actual or potential offsite consequences of a radiological emergency condition are in use.

10 CFR 50.54(q) (for Operating Reactors) -- Same requirement as 10 CFR

50.47(b) plus 10 CFR 50, Appendix E.

10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Paragraph IV.E

Requirement for:

"1. Equipment at the site for personnel monitoring;"

"2. Equipment for determining the magnitude of and for con- tinuously assessing the impact of the release of radio- active materials to the environment;"

"3. Facilities and supplies at the site for decontamination of onsite individuals;"

"4. Facilities and medical supplies at the site for appro- priate emergency first aid treatment;"

"5. Arrangements for the services of physicians and other medical personnel qualified to handle radiation emer- gencies on site;"

"6. Arrangements for transportation of contaminated injured individuals from the site to specifically identified treatment facilities outside the site boundary;"

"7. Arrangements for treatment of individuals injured in support of licensed activities on the site at treat- ment facilities outside the site boundary;"

"8. A licensee onsite technical support center and a licensee near-site emergency operations facility from which effec- tive direction can be given and effective control can be exercised during an emergency;"

"9. At least one onsite and one offsite communications system;

each system shall have a backup power source."

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All communication plans shall have arrangements for emergencies, including titles and alternates for those in charge at both ends of the communication links and the primary and backup means of communication. Where consistent with the function of the governmental agency, these arrangements will include:

"a. Provision for communications with contiguous State/local governments within the plume exposure pathway (emergency planning zone) EPZ. Such communications shall be tested monthly."

"b. Provisions for communication with Federal emergency response organizations. Such communication systems shall be tested annually."

"c. Provision for communications among the nuclear power reactor control room, the onsite technical support center, and the near-site emergency operations facility;

and among the nuclear facility, the principal State and local emergency operations centers, and the field assess- ment teams. Such communications systems shall be tested annually."

"d. Provisions for communication by the licensee with NRC

Headquarters and the appropriate NRC Regional Office Operations Center from the nuclear power reactor control room, the onsite technical support center, and the near- site emergency operations facility. Such communications shall be tested monthly."

Within this section on emergency response facilities, the Technical Support Center (TSC), Operational Support Center (OSC) and Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) are addressed separately in terms of their functional state- ments and recommended requirements. The subsections on Documentation and NRC Review and Reference Documents that follow the EOF discussion apply to this entire section on emergency response facilities.

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8.2 Technical Support Center (TSC)

8.2.1 Requirements a. The TSC is the onsite technical support center for emergency response. When activated, the TSC is staffed by predesignated technical, engineering, senior management, and other licensee personnel, and five pre-designated NRC

personnel. During periods of activation, the TSC will operate uninterrupted to provide plant management and technical support to plant operations personnel, and to relieve the reactor operators of peripheral duties and communications not directly related to reactor system manipulations. The TSC will perform EOF functions for the Alert Emergency class and for the Site Area Emergency class and General Emergency class until the EOF is functional.

The TSC will be:

b. Located within the site protected area so as to facilitate necessary interaction with control room, OSC, EOF and other personnel involved with the emergency.

c. Sufficient to accommodate and support NRC and licensee predesignated personnel, equipment and documentation in the center.

d. Structurally built in accordance with the Uniform Building Code.

e. Environmentally controlled to provide room air temperature, humidity and cleanliness appropriate for personnel and equipment.

f. Provided with radiological protection and monitoring equip- ment necessary to assure that radiation exposure to any person working in the TSC would not exceed 5 rem whole body, or its equivalent to any part of the body, for the duration of the accident.

g. Provided with reliable voice and data communications with the control room and EOF and reliable voice communications with the OSC, NRC Operations Centers and state and local operations centers.

h. Capable of reliable data collection, storage, analysis, display and communication sufficient to determine site and regional status, determine changes in status, forecast status and take appropriate actions. The following vari- ables shall be available in the TSC:

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(i) the variables in the appropriate Table 1 or 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) that are essential for performance of TSC functions; and (ii) the meteorological variables in Regulatory Guide

1.97 (Rev. 2) for site vicinity and National Weather Service data available by voice communication for the region in which the plant is located.

Principally those data must be available that would enable evaluating incident sequence, determining mitigating actions, evaluating damages and determining plant status during recovery operations.

i. Provided with accurate, complete and current plant records (drawings, schematic diagrams, etc.) essential for evaluation of the plant under accident conditions.

J. Staffed by sufficient technical, engineering, and senior designated licensee officials to provide needed support, and be fully operational within approximately 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> after activation.

k. Designed taking into account good human factors engineering principles.

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8.3 Operational Support Center (OSC)

8.3.1 Requirements a. When activated, the OSC will be the onsite area separate from the control room where predesignated operations support personnel will assemble. A predesignated licensee official shall be responsible for coordinating and assigning the personnel to tasks designated by control room, TSC and EOF personnel.

The OSC will be:

b. Located onsite to serve as an assembly point for support personnel and to facilitate performance of support functions and tasks.

c. Capable of reliable voice communications with the control room, TSC and EOF.

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8.4 Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)

8.4.1 Requirements a. The EOF is a licensee controlled and operated facility.

The EOF provides for management of overall licensee emergency response, coordination of radiological and environmental assessment, development of recommendations for public protective actions, and coordination of emer- gency response activities with Federal, State and local agencies.

When the EOF is activated, it will be staffed by pre- designated emergency personnel identified in the emergency plan. A designated senior licensee official will manage licensee activities in the EOF.

Facilities shall be provided in the EOF for the acquisition, display and evaluation of radiological and meteorological data and containment conditions necessary to determine protective measures. These facilities will be used to evaluate the magnitude and effects of actual or potential radio-active releases from the plant and to determine dose projections.

The EOF will be:

b. Located and provided with radiation protection features as described in Table 1 (previous guidance approved by the Commission) and with appropriate radiological monitor- ing systems.

c. Sufficient to accommodate and support Federal, State, local and licensee predesignated personnel, equipment and documentation in the EOF.

d. Structurally built in accordance with the Uniform Building Code.

e. Environmentally controlled to provide room air temperature, humidity and cleanliness appropriate for personnel and equipment.

f. Provided with reliable voice and data communications facilities to the TSC and control room, and reliable voice communication facilities to OSC and to NRC, State and local emergency operations centers.

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g. Capable of reliable collection, storage, analysis, display and communication of information on containment conditions, radiological releases and meteorology sufficient to deter- mine site and regional status, determine changes in status, forecast status and take appropriate actions. Variables from the following categories that are essential to EOF

functions shall be available in the EOF:

Mi) variables from the appropriate Table 1 or 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2), and (ii) the meteorological variables in Regulatory Guide

1.97 (Rev. 2) for site vicinity and regional data available via communication from the National Weather Service.

h. Provided with up to date plant records (drawings, schematic diagrams, etc.), procedures, emergency plans and environmental information (such as geophysical data)

needed to perform EOF functions.

i. Staffed using Table 2 (previous guidance approved by the Commission) as a goal. Reasonable exceptions to goals for the number of additional staff personnel and response times for their arrival should be justified and will be considered by NRC staff.

J. Provided with industrial security when it is activated to exclude unauthorized-personnel and when it is idle to maintain its readiness.

k. Designed taking into account good human factors engineering principles.

8.4.2 Documentation and NRC Review The conceptual design for emergency response facilities (TSC,

OSC, and EOF) have been submitted to NRC for review. In many cases, the lack of detail in these submittals has precluded an NRC decision of acceptability. Some designs have been disapproved because they clearly did not meet the intent of the applicable regulations. NRC does riot intend to approve each design prior to implementation, but rather has provided in this document those requirements which should be satisfied.

These requirements provided a degree of flexibility within which licensees can exercise management prerogatives in designing and building emergency response facilities (ERF)

that satisfy specific needs of each licensee. The foremost consideration regarding ERFs is that they provide adequate

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adequate capabilities of licensees to respond to emergencies.

NUREG guidance on ERFs has been intended to address specific Issues which the Commission believes should be considered in achieving improved capabilities.

Licensees should assure that the design of ERFs satisfies these requirements. Exemptions from or alternative methods of implementing these requirements should be discussed with NRC staff and in some cases could require Commission approval.

Licensees should continue work on ERFs to complete them accord- ing to schedules that will be negotiated on a plant-specific basis. NRC will conduct appraisals of completed facilities to verify that these requirements have been satisfied and that ERFs are capable of performing their intended functions.

Licensees need not document their actions on each specific item contained in NUREG-0696 or 0814.

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8.4.3 Reference Documents (Emergency Response Facilities)

10 CFR 50.47(b) -- Requirements for emergency facilities and equipment for OLs.

10 CFR 50.54(q) and Appendix E, Paragraph IV.E -- Requirements for emergency facilities and equipment for ORs.

NUREG-0660 -- Description of and implementation schedule for TSC, OSC and EOF.

Eisenhut letter to power reactor licensees 9/13/79 -- Request for commitment to meet-requirements Denton letter to power reactor licensees 10/30/79 -- Clarifica- tion of requirements.

NUREG-0654 -- Radiological Emergency Response Plans NUREG-0696 -- Functional criteria for emergency response facilities.

NUREG-0737 -- Guidance on meteorological monitoring and dose assessment.

Eisenhut letter to power reactor license 2/18/81 -- Commission approved guidance on location, habitability and staff for emergency facilities. Request and deadline for submittal of conceptual design of facilities.

NUREG-0814 (Draft Report for Comment) -- Methodology for evalu- ation of emergency response facilities.

NUREG-0818 (Draft Report for Comment) -- Emergency Action Levels Reg. Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2) -- Guidance for variables to be used in selected emergency response facilities.

COKJA-80-37, January 21, 1981 -- Commission approval guidance on EOF location and habitability.

Secretary memorandum S81-13, February 19, 1981 -- Commission approval of NUREG-0696 as general guidance only.

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EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY

  • Option 2 Option 1 nnA Frft'-41 i IF

Two Facilities .. .

0

o At or Beyond 10 mile Close-in. Primary: Reduce HabitabilityA

o-No special protectio n factor.

o within 10 miles I o.If beyond 20 miles, specific.

o protection-factor = 5 . .2 approval required by the o ventilation isolation * Commission, and some* provi.

with HEPA (no charcoal) sion for NRC site te,am closer I

to site.

V.

.. V . .

o Strongly recommended I location . N,

. .be coordinated with offsite * *

authorities.

Backup EOF

o between 10-20 miles o no separate, dedicated facility o arrangements for portable backup equipment o strongly recommended location I.

be coordinated with offsite authorities o continuity of dose projection ;h'n '.ow ,*; . $

and decision making capability For both Options:

- located outside security boundary

- space-for about 10 NRC employees rthquakes

- none designated for severe phenomena, e.g., ear and:ons l, abitability requirements are only for the part of the EOF in which dose assessments communicat- ecision making take place..

a utility has begun construction of a new building for an EOF that is located with 5 miles, tI ) providedd.

cility is acceptable (with less than protection factor of 5 and ventilation isolation and HEPA'

at a backup EOF similar to "B" in Option 1 is provided.-

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MINIMUM STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR NRC LICENSEES , ,  ; I

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Shift supervisor (SRO). 1. __.

Plant Operations and 1 Assessment of Shift.foreman (SRO)

Control-room operators 2.-

Operational Aspects 2 Auxiliary operators * .

(

Shift technical advisor,

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Emergency Direction and .. *

Control (Emergency * shift supervisor, or Coordinator)*-" designated facility manager I

Nofity licensee, state 1 1 Notification/

Communi cti on***) local, and federal personnel & maintain communication Emergency'operations Senior manager.. I1 Radiological Accident Assessment and Support facility CEOF) director of Operational Accident Offsite dose *Senior health physics - 1 Assessment assessment - (HP) expertise

2 '2 Offsite surveys *1 Onsite (out-of-plant)- 1 Inplant surveys HP technicians 1 .1 1

1 I

Chemistry/radio- ,Rad/chem technicians 1

chemistry.I..

NOTE: Source of thils table is NUREG-0654, "Functional Criteria for Emergency Response Facilities."

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Core/thermal hydraulics . M-

Engineering, 'Repair 1 .

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Total 10 it 15

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"I:or eacli ulna Flected nucltanr uniE in operation, maintain at leasta one shift foreman, onc control-room control room may share a shift foreman operator, and one akxiliary operator except that units sharing *

iP all functions are covervil. *

A"May be provided by shirt liersoninel assigned ollier functions.

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when all centers are fully manned. Direct

      • "Overall direction of Facilit.y response to he assimled by EOF director in technical support center or control room of minute-Lto-minute facility operations remains with senior manager

-.".May be perrormed by engineering'ai le to shiFLt supervisor.

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