IR 05000213/1986012

Emergency Preparedness Insp Rept 50-213/86-12 on 860425-26. No Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Emergency Preparedness & full-scale Emergency Exercise Onsite & at Corporate Headquarters

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Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	06/20/1986
From:	Amato C, Bellamy R, Lazarus W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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Licensee: Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant Company f Facility Name: Haddam Neck Plant l i P.O. Box 270

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Hartford, Connecticut 06101-0270 Inspection At: Haddam and Berlin, Connecticut Inspection Conducted. April 25-26, 1986 l

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i j Areas Inspected: Routine, announced emergency prepardness inspection and i observation of a full-scale emergency exercise at the Haddam Neck Plant and I Northeast Utilities Corporate Office conducted on April 25-26, 1986. The j inspection was performed by a team of four NRC Region I and two NRC contractor i

personne I l Results: The licensee's onsite and corporate headquarters response actions j for this exercise were adequate to provide protective measures for the health and safety of the public. No violations were identified.

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_ DETAILS 1. Persons Contacted The following licensee representatives attended the exit meeting on April 26, 198 J. F. Opeka, Senior Vice President C. F. Sears, Vice President Nuclear and Environmental Engineering E. J. Mroczka, Vice President Nuclear Operations R. Graves, Superintendent, Haddam Neck Plant R. Bouchard, Superintendent Station Services, Haddam Neck Plant R. Rogers, Manager, Radiological Assessment E. Molloy, Supervisor, Emergency Prepardness W. T. McCance, Haddam Neck, Emergency Prepardness Coordinator D. Alloi, Emergency Prepardness staff P. Luckey, Nuclear Training Department In addition, the inspectors observed the actions of numerous licensee personnel during the conduct of the exercis . Emergency Exercise The Haddam Neck Plant full participation, unannounced emergency exercise was conducted on April 25, 1986, from 4:30 p.m. until 11:15 .1. Pre-Exercise ictivities

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Prior to the emergency exercise, NRC Region I representatives had telephone discussions with licensee representatives to review the scope and content of the objectives and scenario. As a result, minor revisions were made to certain scenario data by the licensee. In addition, NRC observers attended a licensee briefing on April 25, 198 The exercise scenario included the following events:

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Abnormal weather conditions

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Loss of one offsite power supply line

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Turbine trip - no immediate reactor trip

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Overpressure of primary loop

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Safety valve lifts and sticks 100% open i'

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PORVs open and close normally

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Pressure Relief Tank diaphram ruptures

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Primary loop water flows to containmen

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Manual reactor trip, 30 seconds after turbine trip

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Tornado impacts site

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Loss of all offsite power

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Only available diesel electric generator starts )

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Site evacuation and personnel accountability

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Available diesel electric generator fails

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Activation of emergency response facilitie Station blackout

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Core uncovery

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Top of plant stack topples, falls on and ruptures purge line

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Ground level release of radioactive material to the environment

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Diesel electric generator restarts

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Core recovery

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Operation of containment sprays

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Termination of atmospheric release by equalization of containment and atmospheric pressur The events and accompanying scenario details were prepared to meet on-and offsite objectives and respond to nineteen open items resulting from observation of the previous, observed exercis The open items were reported in inspection report 50-213/85-0 .2. Exercise Observations During the conduct of the licensee's exercise, NRC team members made detailed observations of the activation and augmentation of the emergency organization; activation of emergency response facilities; and actions of emergency response personnel during the operation of the emergency response facilities. The following activities were observed:

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Recognition of scenario initiating conditions

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Correlation of scenario initiating conditions with Emergency i Plan Implementing Procedures

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Classification of scenario events with Emergency Action Levels

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Notification of onsite personnel and offsite agencies

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Activation and operation of Emergency Response Facilities

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Technical support to operations

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Personnel accountability

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Use of procedures and other Emergency Plan related documentation

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Dose assessment

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Radio net controller management of Radiological Monitoring Teams

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Assembly, briefing and dispatch of inspection, repair and radiological monitoring teams

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Support of the Emergency Operation Center by the Connecticut Yankee Corporate Organization for Nuclear Incidents (CONI)

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Briefing of Emergency Response Facility staff

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Maintainence of communication with the State of Connecticut

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Operation of Nuclear Emergency Status System (NESS)

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Order of Repair and Corrective Actions

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Formation of Protective Action Recommendations

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EOF security and Health Physics control

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Establishment of shift relief

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Arrangement for external support and replacement equipment

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The NRC team noted the licensee's activation and augmentation of the l emergency response organization and activation of the Emergency

, Response Facilities were generally consistent with the emergency l plan, implementing procedures and the Corporate Organization for

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where the licensee's activities were thoroughly planned and i efficiently implemented:

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! * Use of procedures

• Augmentation of emergency response staff for an unannounced

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Efficient and knowledgeable Technical Support Center staff 4 * Good command and control by the Director of Site

Emergency Operations

Protective Action Recommendations for.nulated using i appropriate procedures and correlated with Connecticut ,

j State Posture Codes

Good communication with the State

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Very good radio net control of the Radiological Monitoring i Teams

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Very well trained Health Physics para professionals who i formed the Radiological Monitoring Teams 1 *

PORC meeting held in TSC when needed for approval of j temporary procedures j *

Very good leadership by the No. I Radiological Monitoring

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Good technical management at the Corporate Emergency Operations Center

Knowledgeable actions by the Manager Radiological Consequence Assessment I

Observation of actions relating to open items from the previous exercise, demonstrated adequately there was no repetition and the following open items are closed.

(Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-01) NRC contractor observers assigned j In Plant and to the Control Room were not escorted by a member i of the Plant Security force and were not authorized access, prior to the exercise, to two vital areas involved in the '

scenari These limitations on the observers movements impeded observation of some activities.

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NRC team observations.

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• (Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-02) The Control Room requested delivery of three portable radios prior to an Unusual Event being declared which was considered to be prestagin Observation indicated no prestaging in any for * (Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-03) The required notifications to the NRC were simulated and the timeliness of the notifications could not be confirmed. The EPIP's 1.5-1, 1.5-2, and 1.5-33 should be reviewed regarding the NRC notification requirement EPIP's 1.5-1, 1.5-2 and 1.5-33 were revised (they are dated March or April 1986). The required notifications were made in a timely manner meeting the requirements of 10 CFR 50.72(a)(3).

• (Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-04) There were many radio communications made without the notice that a drill or exercise was in progres Observation of the radio net controller indicated the statement

"this is a drill" was always use *

(Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-05) The plant public address system was not used effectively for notification of events, classification, and plant status informatio (Repeat item from 1984 exercise.)

Generally, accurate and timely information was communicated using the public address syste *

(Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-06) It took almost one and one half hours to obtain requested administrative help in the site TS Administrative support personnel arrived at the TSC twenty (20)

minutes after public address announcement of a possible tornado impacting site. They were among the first to arrive at the TS (Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-07) It took over one half hour to get the repair team out of the OSC for gagging the relief valve to terminate the releas Repair and inspection teams were formed, briefed and dispatched in a reasonable time and with no apparent delays. First team was ready to go in ten (10) minute *

(Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-08) There was some confusion in information coming out of the CR regarding the plant trip since the TSC thought the plant was tripped and was later informed of a controlled shutdown in progres .

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TSC manager was regularly briefed in the E0C. He, in turn, briefed TSC staff. TSC status board recorded only key event Information flow was acceptable; no confusion was observe (Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-09) The site TSC activities regarding corrective actions were incomplete, in that special procedures were not drafted, reviewed, and approved by a multi-disciplined body as the Plant Operations Review Committe TSC activities regarding corrective actions were complete. A PORC was formed to review procedures when such a committee was needed to do s (Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-10) Certain health physics practices in plant contributed to a degraded performance:

Air sample filter paper and cartridge handled with bare hand Portable survey meter not battery checked and stack gas sampling area approached with radiation survey instrument turned of An emergency dosimeter was issued to CR personnel without being checked after it was dropped on a hard tile floo An air sample was started without noting the time the sampler was turned o All Health Physics practices were adequate. Air sample filter paper and cartridges were glove handled, survey meter batteries and sources were checked before being taken into the field, and all dosimeters were properly handle (Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-11) The Fire Brigade Team left spare air bottles and CO2 fire extinguishers standing upright and unrestrained in a passagewa " Housekeeping" of this nature is not an emergency prepardness item. This matter lies within the area of Fire Detection and Prevention. (see Open Item FDP 50-213/86-12-11 onpage9)

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(Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-12) There was no equipment in the offsite monitoring kit to zero dosimeters in the fiel (Repeat item from 1984 exercise.)

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(Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-13) A source check of the R02A instrument, was not performed by the offsite monitoring team prior to departure from the EO All teams performed source check of instrument * (Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-14) The offsite monitoring team was delayed from leaving the site twice during the exercise because of a requirement to have the vehicle surveyed for radioactivity by site personne There was no observed delay due to survey requirement =

(Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-15) While an air sample was being taken offsite the vehicle motor was started and remained in operation for radio communicatio The sample flow rate increased about 25 percent and was not accounted for in total volum Good Health Physics practices were followe Air sample times were recorde =

(Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-16) During collection of an air sample, the team congregated at the back of the van doorway, which could restrict the collection of a representative sampl In addition the sampler was set back a shcrt distance inside the van which could also impair collecting a representative sampl (Repeat item from 1984 exercise.)

proper H.P. practices were followed. Air samples were properly collecte *

(Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-17) Security personnel were wearing respiratory equipment outside the EOF while other site personnel were no It was also noted that Security personnel removed the respiratory equipment to use the telephon Security and other plant personnel did not wear respirators outside of the EO (Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-18) EPIP 1.5-10, Rev. 8, "Off-Site l Emergency Radiological Surveys", should be clarified regarding ;

the check out of kits, use of designated or private vehicles, '

obtaining background counts, marking and counting of particulate filters, and personnel, equipment, and vehicle survey EPIP 1.5-10 Rev. 9 was issued February 7,1986. Observation indicated good Health Physics procedures were followe .

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(Closed) IFI (50-213/85-06-19) Security personnel opened the i Corporate E0C and established access controls about 30 minutes

before activation was started. There appeared to be several  :

licensee personnel prestaged in the EOC area.

There was no evidence of prestaging. There was no evidence of

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I The following areas were identified which require licensee attentio !

Many of these findings were also identified by the licensee as part  !

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(0 pen) IFI (50-213/86-12-01) Improper use of terminology whe referring to accident classification by a Control Room staff l member.

ALERT and Site Area Emergency (SAE) were interchange This

usage is not in accordance with the classification scheme of

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(0 pen) IFI (50-213/86-12-02) Evacuation was ordered at the Site  ;

Area Emergency (SAE) while a severe weather watch was in effect (tornado was imminent). It was not clear that the risk of

evacuation, rather than remaining in the plant within areas j

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(0 pen) IFI (50-213/86-12-03) There were several problems with notifications and messages originating in the Control Room. Due

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to scenario pace, at least one pager message was not updated in a timely manner. In addition, the SSSA, within thirty (30)

minutes of initiating the radiopager message plays back the recorder to verify response of appropriate Level personnel. Due

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to scenario pace, there may have been an over-lap between response of Level one and Level two verifications leading to confusion, (messages were being changed while verifications were being made).

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(0 pen) IFI (50-213/86-12-04) One person in the control did not obtain emergency dosimeters until a General Emergency-Bravo was declared.

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(0 pen) IFI (50-213/86-12-06) The E0F public address system could not be heard in the TSC and NRC rooms. The DSE0 could not ac-cess this system.

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(0 pen) IFI (50-213/86-12-07) The basis for emergency classifi-

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cation escalation was not made clear to the Director of the Corporate Emergency Operations Center (CE0C). The basis for the SAE Charlie Two classification was thought to be, in the CEOC, a tornado striking a facility vital area. The correct basis was barrier failur ! *

(0 pen) IFI (50-213/86-12-08) Posting of information was not

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always timely and correct in the CEOC and among the Emergency Response Facilities (ERFs) within the EO *

(0 pen) IFI (50-213/86-12-09) Environmental Monitoring Teams

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(EMTs) controlled from the CE0C were dispatched into scenario

heavy thunderstorms during a tornado warning period without j being briefed as to these conditions or instructed as to the j steps they could take to protect themselve .

(0 pen) IFI (50-213/86-12-10) Radiological Monitoring Teams

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(RMTs) directed from the EOF were not briefed as to severe weather conditions and possible tornado impact on or near sit .

(0 pen) FDP (50-213/86-12-11) The Fire Brigade Team left spare air bottles and carbon dioxide fire extinguishers upright and unrestrained in a passagewa .3. Licensee's Critique The NRC team attended the licensee's post-exercise critique on April 26, 1986, during which lead licensee controllers discussed observations of the exercise. The critique adequately addressed the areas which require further attention.

2 Exit Meeting Following the licensee's self-critique, the NRC team met with the licensee representatives listed in Section 1 of this repor The team leader summarized the observations made during the exercise and discussed the findings of the inspection as noted in this repor The licensee was informed that although no violations were identified, there are areas which required additional licensee attention. The licensee demonstrated that they could implement their Emergency Plan, Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures and Corporate Organization for Nuclear i

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Licensee management ackncwledge the findings and indicated that appro-priate action would be taken regarding the identified items of concer At no time during this inspection did the inspectors provide written information to the license l l

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