ML20056G575

Forwards Rev 8 to Univ of Fl Training Reactor Emergency Plan, Consisting of Updates & Minor Revs to Listed Pages. Floor Plan Updated to Reflect New Room Numbers & Ofc Setup

ML20056G575
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Issue date:	08/02/1993
From:	Vernetson W FLORIDA, UNIV. OF, GAINESVILLE, FL
To:	Cohen L NRC
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MEMORANDUM  ;

TO: Distribution r sakt FROM: William G. Vernetson  ;

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SUBJECT:

UFTR Emergency Plan (Revision 8)  !

Attached are the page changes which constitute Revision 8 of the University of Florida Training  !

Reactor (UFTR) Emergency Plan.

Revision 8 consists of a set of updates and minor revisions to fifteen (15) pages to include li, y,1-5, i all of Chapter 3 (pages 3-1 through 3-8). 5-2, 8-2, 8-3, and 10-6. l First, Page 1-5 (Figure 1.3: Second Floor Plan for the University of Florida Training Reactor Building) is updated to reflect new room numbers assigned about a year ago as well as to reflect several changes in how the offices are set up to include changes in size and movement of non-load l bearing inner walls to make two rooms in the former room 105 and to make one room out of the i i

former rooms 102 and 103.

I Second, all of Chapter 3.(Organization and Responsibilities) has been retyped with a number of  :

changes. All except the two Figures are denoted by vertical lines in the fight hand margin. First.

on Page 3-1, a reference to " disaster" preparedness is changed to " emergency" preparedness in Paragraph 3.2.1 in keeping with preferred terminology. Second, Figure 3.1 is unchanged but has  ;

been reset to agree with the format of the rest of Chapter 3. Third, Section 3.3 has been changed .

to reference the State of Florida Department of Community Affairs,- Division of Emergency Management Disaster Preparedness State Warning Point which is to be notified of all radiological . ,

emergencies to assure proper communications are maintained with the Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) Office of Radiation Control to afford its personnel the opportunity for. offsite monitoring and assessment and to assure availability and access to resources through this. office should they be considered appropriate. Next, Section 3.4 is changed to reflect adding'the HRS' i Office of Radiation Control as a fifth key emergency support organization though response by this  !

Office is not considered essential for the UFTR Emergency Response Plan to be effective. '!

Subsequently, the role of this Office is delineated in a new paragraph 3.4.5 which indicates that the l State of Florida Department of Community Affairs, Division of Emergency Management maintains 03000:

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1 UFTR Emergency Plan Page 2 August 2,1993 Revision 8 a State Warning Point for radiological emergencies and is informed of all UFTR radiological emergencies; normally they will be notified of all emergency drills as well. The HRS OfGce of Radiation Control maintains a full spectrum of response capabilities for offsite monitoring and dose assessment. The fact that they can be expected to respond to any significant radiological emergency associated with the UFTR basically to assure documentation of offsite monitoring and assessment activities needed to provide such backup radiation protection and control services as may be deemed appropriate requires that they be included as a key organization for consideration in responding to

UFTR Radiological Emergencies.

The fact that the State of Florida Office of Radiation Control in the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services is notiGed of all radiological emergencies to provide a communication link and the opportunity for offsite monitoring and assessment is also added to Section 3.5 (Reactor i Emergency Response Organization and Extensions)though again it is emphasized that this response is not considered essential for the UFTR Emergency Response Plan to be effective. Finally, Figure 3.2 (UFTR Emergency Organization Including Extensions)is redrawn to include the State Warning Point and moved from Page 3-5 to page 3-6.

In the last paragraph of Section 3.5 the references to call lists and their availability is changed to reDect that they are posted on several bulletin boards and in several copies of the procedure manuals located at various points in the reactor building. Finally. Section 3.9 (Radiological Assessment) is also changed to reDect that the HRS Of0ce of Radiation Control, through the State Warning Point, I will be notified of all significant radiological emergencies to provide the opponunity for documenting offsite monitoring and assessment and assuring communication channels are established j as appropriate. An incorrect reference to Figure 1.2 is changed to reference Figure 3.2. )

i The only other changes involved in retyping Chapter 3 are several changes to correct references to positions by gender (He. his. etc.). These references are corrected by using non-gender specific  ;

terms such as "the individual" or "his/her." These are also noted by vertical lines is the margin. j Third. Table 5.1 (UFTR Emergency Classification Guide) is changed to reflect better the categorization of emergencies allowed by the ANSI /ANS-15.16 Standard. Specifically, the Class I J

category will now require two area monitors above 100 mR/hr versus the previous 50 mR/hr. A new  ;

Class I event will be fuel damage indicated by high coolant fission product activity or contamination l indicating fuel failure. This category indicates the release is well contained. Both of these example

events prevent unnecessary elevation of emergencies to the Class II Alen level. For consistency, ,

the Class II Alen category now references major visible damage to a fuel bundle or other visible failure indicating a major breach of one or more fuel plates with significant release of fission products. Again, this description matches the original intent for a Class II event. Class II now also requires two area monitors to be above 500 mR/hr, again preventing a Class II Alen event from being called simply from moving a radioactive sample (perhaps dropping it) next to one area i

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Emergency Plan Page 3 August 2,1993 Revision 8 monitor. The remaining changes in Table 5.1 are only for presentation purposes with references to the decon room changed to the Emergency Support Center as the proper reference.

Fourth, Table 8.1 listing equipment typically available from the University of Florida Radiation Control Office for emergency dose and radiation level assessment and Table 8.2 which lists the equipment typically available in the UFTR facility for dose and radiation level assessment that may also be available from the UFTR depending on accessibility during an emergency event are both updated. These updated tables reDect better actual equipment available to address emergency events to include the removal of failed or unreliable instruments and the addition of new instmments acquired over the past two years such as the ASP-I GM Survey meter, the RO-2A ionization chamber and the ESP-2/NRD-1 neutron detector. These tables do not have vertical lines in the margin due to the number of changes.

Fifth, Table 10.3 is updated only to show that the respirators with spare filters (asterisked) are stored in Room 108 NSC, not Room 106 NSC as previously indicated.

Finally, the Table of Contents (Page ii) is updated to reflect page changes per the retyped and corrected Chapter 3 and the List of Tables (Page v) is updated to reDect the movement of Figure 3.2 from page 3-5 to page 3-6.

All of these changes have been reviewed by UFTR management and by the Reactor Safety Review Subcommittee (RSRS) of the University of Florida Radiation Control Committee and are considered to be minor; the entire Revision 8 to the UFTR Emergency Plan is not considered to change the Plan substantially and not to decrease the effectiveness of the Plan. These changes, especially those in Chapter 3, are also considered responsive to concerns expressed by the State of Florida Radiation Control Office in previous communications with UFTR management. In general, these changes make the Plan better suited to assuring a proper response to Emergencies at the University of Florida Training Reactor. Therefore, the Plan continues to meet the needs for responding to emergencies related to the University of Florida Training Reactor. These changes have also been reviewed and ,

approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. l To maintain a complete copy of the UFTR Emergency Plan, Revision 8 as attached should be inserted as follows:

l Remove Paces Add Revision 8 Paces Table of Contents Page ii Page ii (Rev. 8,12/92)

Page v (Rev. 7,12/91) Page v (Rev. 8,12/92)

Chapter 1 Page 1-5 Page 1-5 (Rev. 8,12/92)

i l Emergency Plan - Page 4 August 2,1993 Revision 8 1

Remove Paces Add Revision 8 Paces l l

Chapter 3 Page 3-1 (Rev. 5,12/89) Page 3-1 (Rev. 8,12/92)

Page 3-2 Page 3-2 (Rev. 8,12/92) l' Page 3-3 (Rev. 5,12/89) Page 3-3 (Rev. 8,12/92) '

Page 3-4 (Rev. 5,12/89) Page 3-4 (Rev. 8,12/92)

Page 3-5 (Rev. 5,12/89) Page 3-5 (Rev.' 8,12/92)  !

l Page 3-6 Page 3-6 (Rev. 8,12/92)  !

Page 3-7 (Rev. 5,12/89) Page 3-7 (Rev. 8,12/92)  ;

Page 3-8 (Rev. 5,12/89) Page 3-8 (Rev. 8,12/92) j Chapter 5 Page 5-2 (Rev.1, 7/84) Page 5-2 (Rev. 8,12/92)  !

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l Chapter 8 Page 8-2 (Rev. 7,12/91) Page 8-2 (Rev. 8,12/92)

Page 8-3 (Rev. 7,12/91) Page 8-3 (Rev. 8,12/92)  !

l Chapter 10 Page 10-6 (Rev. 7,12/91) Page 10-6 (Rev. 8,12/92) l l

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If there are any questions concerning this revision, please give me a call at (904) 392-1408 or 392- j 1429. l

.I Distribution: David J. Orban Joseph Barron Craig Bassett (NRC .

Suzette Martin M.J. Ohanian Richard E. Jones Will Gray May, Jr. W.E. Bolch Richard Lusk- a William S. Properzio James S. Tulenko Jerry Eakins (2 copies)-

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David Kramer Donald L. Munroe ,

Everett H. Stevens Craig Fugate . )

Lawrence Cohen (NRC) Donald W. Hawkins, Jr.  ;

Linda S. Gray Ted Michaels (NRC) .j l

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