Information Notice 1987-54, Emergency Response Exercises

Emergency Response Exercises

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Issue date:	10/23/1987
From:	Rossi C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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IN-87-054, NUDOCS 8710190144
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SSINS No.: 6835 IN 87-54 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 October 23, 1987 NRC INFORMATION

NOTICE NO. 87-54: EMERGENCY

RESPONSE EXERCISES

Addressees

All holders of operating

licenses or construction

permits for nuclear power reactors.

Purpose

This information

notice is being provided to remind addressees

of flexibility

that exists in certain rewuiremnents

contiined

in emergency

planning rules. It is expected that recipientsvwill

review&the

information

for applicability

to their program. However, suggestions

contained

in this information

notice do not constitute

NRC requirements';

therefore,'no'specific

action or written response is'required.

Description

of Circumstances:

To satisfy the current requirements

of 10 CFR 50.47 and 10 CFR Part 50, Appen-dix E, each licensee must' annually exercise its emergency

plan. In addition, each licensee is required to exercise with offsite authorities

such that the State and local government

emergency

plans'are

exercised

biennially.

Currently there are no specific requirements

which address whether each exercise scenario must lead to the declaration

of A General Emergency.

Mowever, perhaps as a carryover

from the 'previous

requirements

for annual State and local exercises, almost all exercise scenarios

are planned to progress to a General Emergency condition.

Discussion:

While it may be-appropriate

for biennial offsite exercises

to proceed to a General Emergency

declaration, exercises

other than biennial offsite exercises (off-year

exercises)

are not required to proceed to severe core damace. Such exercises

can provide an opportunity

forlmore realistic

emergency

response trainine and evaluation

of licensee staff. For example, before severe core damage would be expected to occur, the operating

staff may be given the oppor-tunity to diagnose and attempt-to

correct the problem through an interactive

scenario.

In addition, some exercise scenarios.

may be. designed with initiating

events at the Alert or Site Area Emergency

classification.

Since actual events may go directly to these higher level classifications

without sequencing

8710190144

' -is'.IN 87-54 October 23, 1987 through each emergency

classi advance.Opportunity

to-activate

response facili-ties may not occur. The flexibility

within the requirements

allows for the development

of other realistic

scenarios

which, in turn, can improve emergency response capability.

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.3.f, states that "licensees

shall enable any State or local government

located within the plume exposure.pathway

EPZ to participate

in annual exercises

when requested

by such State or local government." To satisfy this requirement, it may be necessary

for licensees

to develop an exercise scenario which provides opportunities

to test the appropri-ate aspects of the offsite response plan. Such participation

may need to be negotiated

between the.licensee

and the offsite.authorities...

Licensees

that have conducted

realistic

and interactive

exercises

have identi-fied and corrected

weaknesses

in their ability to respond to such simulated

onsite events as fire, loss of electrical

power, and equipment

failure. The response of personnel

and availability

and utilizationof

alternate.equipment, to mitigate simulated

severe, off-normal

plant conditions

have been;.challenging

and.have led somellicensees

to conduct further training and provide added.procedures

and support equipment.

In addition, interactive

exercises-can

provide a training opportunity

for personnel

that Would be called upon to make strategic

decisions

in areas that are not addressed

by existing procedures.-Licensees-arni

applc-a-its- may-_fShto-cons4de -neorpet-tig--thesetconcep~tsn, planning and conducting

off-year emergency

response-exercises.-

The revision to the exercise frequency

requirements

of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E has been previously

discussed

in.IE Information

Notice 85-55,: "Revised Emergency

Exercise Frequency

Rule." No specific action or written response is required by.this information!notice., If you have any questions

about.this

matter, please contact.the

technical.

contact listed below or the Regional Administrator

of the appropriate

regional office.Charles E. Rossi, Director Division of Operational

Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical

Contact: Cheryl A. Sakenas, AEOD .(301) 492-9004 Attachment:

List of Recently Issued NRC Information

Notices

4I-Attachment.

IN-87-54 October 23, 1987.LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED INFORMATION

NOTICES 1987 i I-I k, I Information

Date of Notice No. Subject Issuance Issued to 87-53 87-52 87-51 87-50 Auxiliary

Feedwater

Pump Trips Resulting

from Low Suction Pressure Insulation

Breakdown

of Silicone Rubber-Insulated

Single Conductor

Cables During High Potential

Testing Failure of Low Pressure Safety Injection

Pump Due to Seal Problems Potential

LOCA at High-and Low-Pressure

Tnterfaces

from Fire Damage 10/20/87 10/16/87 10/13/87 10/9/87 All holders of OLs or CPs for nuclear power reactors.All holders of OLs or CPs for nuclear power reactors.All nuclear power reactor facilities

holding an OL or CP.All nuclear power reactor facilities

holding an OL or CP.87-49 Deficiencies

in Outside.! -Containment

Flooding -Protection

10/9/87 i o... .1 '7 , .,w E ..All nuclear power reactor facilities

holding an OL or CP.87-48 87-47 87-46 87-45 Information

Concerning

the Use of Anaerobic

Adhesive/Sealants Transportation

of Radio-graphy Devices Undetected

Loss of Reactor Coolant Recent Safety-Related

Violations

of NRC Requirements

by Industrial

Radiography

Licensees 10/9/87 10/5/87 9/30/87 9/25/87 All nuclear power reactor facilities

holding an OL or CP.All NRC licensees authorized

to manu-facture, distribute

and/or operate radio-graphic exposure devices and/or source changers.All PWR holding facilities

on OL or CP.All NRC licensees authorized

to possess and use sealed sources for industrial

radio-graphy.OL = Operating

License CP = Construction

Permit

IN 87-54 October 23, 1987 through each emergency

class, advance opportunity

to activate response facili-ties may not occur. The flexibility

within the requirements

allows for the development

of other realistic

scenarios

which, in turn, can improve emergency response capability.

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.3.f, states that "licensees

shall enable any State or local government

located within the plume exposure pathway EPZ to participate

in annual exercises

when requested

by such State or local government." To satisfy this requirement, it may be necessary

for licensees

to develop an exercise scenario which provides opportunities

to test the appropri-ate aspects of the offsite response plan. Such participation

may need to be negotiated

between the licensee and the offsite authorities.

Licensees

that have conducted

realistic

and interactive

exercises

have identi-fied and corrected

weaknesses

in their ability to respond to such simulated onsite events as fire, loss of electrical

power, and equipment

failure. The response of personnel

and availability

and utilization

of alternate

equipment to mitigate simulated

severe off-normal

plant conditions

have been challenging

and have led some licensees

to conduct further training and provide added procedures

and support equipment.

In addition, interactive

exercises

can provide a training opportunity

for personnel

that would be called upon to make strategic

decisions

in areas that are not addressed

by existing procedures.

Licensees

and applicants

may wish to consider incorporating

these concepts in planning and conducting

off-year emergency

response exercises.

The revision to the exercise frequency

requirements

of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E has been previously

discussed

in TE Information

Notice 85-55,"Revised Emergency

Exercise Frequency

Rule." No specific action or written response is required by this information

notice.If you have any questions

about this matter, please contact the technical contact listed below or the Regional Administrator

of the appropriate

regional office.Charles E. Rossi, Director Division of Operational

Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical

Contact: Cheryl A. Sakenas, AEOD (301) 492-9004 Attachment:

List of Recently Issued NRC Information

Notices*SEE PREVIOUS CONCURRENCES

R C/OGCB:DOEA:NRR

D/DREP:NRR

CHBerlinger

FCongel 87 10/ /87 10/ /87*PPMB:ARM

OGCB:DOEA:NRR

IR : OA:A D C/IRB:DOA:AEOD

C/PEPB:DREP:NRR

TechEd JERamsey CASakenas

KEPerkins

DBMatthews

09/29/87 10/ /87 10/ /87 10/ /87 10/ /87 IN 87-XX October xx, 1987 through each emergency

class, advance opportunity

to activate response facili-ties may not occur. The flexibility

within the requirements

allows for the development

of other realistic

scenarios

which, in turn, can improve emergency response capability.

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.3.f, states that "licensees

shall enable any State or local government

located within the plume exposure pathway EPZ to participate

in annual exercises

when requested

by such State or local government." To satisfy this requirement, it may be necessary

for licensees

to develop an exercise scenario which provides opportunities

to test the appropri-ate aspects of the offsite response plan. Such participation

may need to be negotiated

between the licensee and the offsite authorities.

Licensees

that have conducted

realistic

and interactive

exercises

have identi-fied and corrected

weaknesses

in their ability to respond to such simulated onsite events as fire, loss of electrical

power, and equipment

failure. The response of personnel

and availability

and utilization

of alternate

equipment to mitigate simulated

severe off-normal

plant conditions

have been challenging

and have led some licensees

to conduct further training and provide added procedures

and support equipment.

In addition, interactive

exercises

can provide a training opportunity

for personnel

that would be called upon to make strategic

decisions

in areas that are not addressed

by existing procedures.

Licensees

and applicants

may wish to consider incorporating

these concepts in planning and conducting

off-year emergency

response exercises.

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Reference:

The revision to the exercise frequency

requirements

of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E has been previously

discussed

in IE Information

Notice 85-55,"Revised Emergency

Exercise Frequency

Rule." No specific action or written response is required by this information

notice.If you have any questions

about this matter, please contact the technical contact listed below or the Regional Administrator

of the appropriate

regional office.Charles E. Rossi, Director Division of Operational

Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical

Contact: Cheryl A. Sakenas, AEOD (301) 492-9004 Attachment:

List of Recently Issued NRC Information

Notices N105*SEE PREVIOUS CONCURRENCES

D/DOEA:NRR

C/OGCB:DOEA:NRR

D/DREP:NRR~4 C CERossi CHBerlinger

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l 09/29/87 10/13/87 ! /87 _ 10/1 /87 10/15/87 IN 87-XX October xx, 1987 through each emergency

class, advance opportunity

to activate response facili-ties may not occur. The flexibility

within the requirements

allows for the development

of other realistic

scenarios

which, in turn, can improve emergency response capability.

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.3.f, states that "licensees

shall enable any State or local government

located within the plume exposure pathway EPZ to participate

in annual exercises

when requested

by such State or local government." To satisfy this requirement, it may be necessary

for licensees

to develop an exercise scenario which provides opportunities

to test the appropri-ate aspects of the offsite response plan. Such participation

may need to be negotiated

between the licensee and the offsite authorities.

Licensees

that have conducted

realistic

and interactive

exercises

have identi-fied and corrected

weaknesses

in their ability to respond to such simulated onsite events as fire, loss of electrical

power, and equipment

failure. The response of personnel

and availability

and utilization

of alternate

equipment to mitigate simulated

severe off-normal

plant conditions

have been challenging

and have led some licensees

to conduct further training and provide added procedures

and support equipment.

In addition, interactive

exercises

can provide a training opportunity

for personnel

that would be called upon to make strategic

decisions

in areas that are not addressed

by existing procedures.

Licensees

and applicants

may wish to consider incorporating

these concepts in planning and conducting

off-year emergency

r 7 sponse exercises.

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requirements

of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E has been previously

discussed

in IE Information

Notice 85-55,"Revised Emergency

Exercise Frequency

Rule." No specific action or written response is required by this information

notice.If you have any questions

about this matter, please contact the ftgoena4 JAdm4fistratc

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Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical

Contact: Cheryl A. Sakenas, AEOD (301) 492-9004 Attachment:

List of Recently Issued NRC Information

Notices

IN 87-XX October xx, 1987 through each emergency

class, advance opportunity

to activate response facili-ties may not occur. The flexibility

within the requirements

allows for the development

of other realistic

scenarios

which, in turn, can improve emergency response capability.

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.3.f, states that "licensees

shall enable any State or local government

located within the plume exposure pathway EPZ to participate

in annual exercises

when requested

by such State or local government." To satisfy this requirement, it may be necessary

for licensees

to develop an exercise scenario which provides opportunities

to test the appropri-ate aspects of the offsite response plan. Such participation

may need to be negotiated

between the licensee and the offsite authorities.

Licensees

that have conducted

realistic

and interactive

exercises

have identi-fied and corrected

weaknesses

in their ability to respond to such simulated onsite events as fire, loss of electrical

power, and equipment

failure. The response of personnel

and availability

and utilization

of alternate

equipment to mitigate simulated

severe off-normal

plant conditions

have been challenging

and have led some licensees

to conduct further training and provide added procedures

and support equipment.

In addition, interactive

exercises

can provide a training opportunity

for personnel

that would be called upon to make strategic

decisions

in areas that are not addressed

by existing procedures.

Licensees

and applicants

may wish to consider incorporating

these concepts in planning and conducti o -year emergency

respopse exercises.

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e~Gfrci6 fermn os.The revision to the exercise frequency

requirements

of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E has been previously

discussed

in IE Information

Notice 85-55,"Revised Emergency

Exercise Frequency

Rule." No specific action or written response is required by this information

notice.If you have any questions

about this matter, please contact the Regional Administrator

of the appropriate

regional office or this office.Charles E. Rossi, Director Division of Operational

Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical

Contact: Cheryl A. Sakenas, AEOD (301) 492-9004 Attachment:

List of Recently Issued NRC Information

Notices*SEE PREVIOUS CONCURRENCES

D/DOEA:NRR

C/OGCB:DOEA:NRR

D/DREP:NRR

CERossi CHBerlinger

FCongel 10/ /87 10/ /87 10/ /87*PPMB:ARM

OGCB:DOEA:NRR

IRB:DOA:AEOD

C/IRB:DOA:AEOD

C/PEPB:DREP:NRR

TechEd JERamsey CASakenas

KEPerkins

DBMatthews

09/29/87 10/ /87 10/ /87 10/ /87 10/ /87

-I >IN 87-XX September

xx, 1987 through each emergency

class, advance opportunity

to activate response facili-ties, for example, may not occur. This flexibility

allows for the development

of more realistic

scenarios

which, in turn, can improve emergency

response capability.

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section IV.F.3.f states that "Licensees

shall enable any State or local government

located within the plume exposure pathway EPZ to participate

in annual exercises

when requested

by such State or local government." In order to satisfy these requirements, it may be necessary

for licensees

to develop an exercise scenario which provides opportunities

to test the appropriate

aspects of the offsite response plan. The particulars

of such participation

may need to be negotiated

between the licensee and the offsite authorities.

Licensees

that have conducted

more realistic

and interactive

exercises

have identified

and corrected

weaknesses

in their ability to respond to such simu-lated onsite events as fire, loss of electrical

power, and equipment

failure.The response of personnel

and availability

and utilization

of alternate

equip-ment to mitigate simulated

severe off-normal

plant conditions

have been chal-lenging and have led some licensees

to conduct further training and provide added procedures

and support equipment.

Interactive

exercises

can provide a training opportunity

for personnel

that would be called upon to make strategic

decisions

should an actual event pro-gress beyond existing procedures.

Licensees

and applicants

may wish to con-sider incorporating

these concepts in planning and conducting

off-year emer-gency response exercises.

Reference:

The revision to the exercise frequency

requirements

of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E has been previously

discussed

in IE Information

Notice 85-55,"Revised Emergency

Exercise Frequency

Rule." No specific action or written response is required by this information

notice. If you have any questions

about this matter, please contact the Regional Administrator

of the appropriate

regional office or this office.Charles E. Rossi, Director Division of Operational

Events Assessment

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Technical

Contact: Cheryl A. Sakenas, AEOD (301) 492-9004 Attachment:

List of Recently Issued NRC Information

Notices D/DOEA:NRR

C/OGCB:DOEA:NRR

D/DREP:NRR

J EIpssi CHBerlinger

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