ML20205L556
| ML20205L556 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/22/2020 |
| From: | James Anderson NRC/NSIR/DPR/RLB |
| To: | Fiore C US Dept of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| Joseph Anderson | |
| References | |
| Download: ML20205L556 (3) | |
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From: Anderson, Joseph To: Fiore, Craig Cc: Foreman, Bruce; Jeremy, David; Williams, Edith; Harris III, Timothy
Subject:
RE:: PGE Request for a One-Time Exercise Exemption (DCPP)
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 3:54:00 PM Attachments: image002.png Craig - For your awareness, DCPP temporary exercise exemption submittal is now publicly available in ADAMS:
https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?
AccessionNumber=ML20191A204 Joseph D. Anderson, Chief Reactor Licensing Branch Division of Preparedness and Response Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 287-9300 joseph.anderson@nrc.gov From: Fiore, Craig <Craig.Fiore@fema.dhs.gov>
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 12:18 PM To: Anderson, Joseph <Joseph.Anderson@nrc.gov>
Cc: Maier, Bill <Bill.Maier@nrc.gov>; norris, michael <Michael.Norris@nrc.gov>; Foreman, Bruce
<Bruce.Foreman@fema.dhs.gov>; Jeremy, David <David.Jeremy@fema.dhs.gov>; Lee, Samson
<Samson.Lee@nrc.gov>; Wengert, Thomas <Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov>; Dixon-Herrity, Jennifer
<Jennifer.Dixon-Herrity@nrc.gov>; Williams, Edith <Edith.Williams@fema.dhs.gov>; Harris III, Timothy <timothy.harrisiii@fema.dhs.gov>; Kinard, Rick <Richard.Kinard@nrc.gov>
Subject:
[External_Sender] RE: ACTION: PGE Request for a One-Time Exercise Exemption (DCPP)
Hello Joe.
Yes, the date of September 15, 2021 for the postponed DCPP biennial exercise is acceptable to FEMA. This date was coordinated prior to the submittal by DCPP to the NRC and the submittal from the DCPP OROs to FEMA R IX.
Craig J. Fiore Acting Chief, Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Branch l Technological Hazards Division Office: 202-212-1205 Mobile: 202-280-9303 craig.fiore@fema.dhs.gov Federal Emergency Management Agency 400 C. St, S.W. Washington, DC 20472-3025 fema.gov
FEMA Mission: Helping people before, during, and after disasters From: Anderson, Joseph <Joseph.Anderson@nrc.gov>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 11:47 AM To: Fiore, Craig <Craig.Fiore@fema.dhs.gov>; Harris III, Timothy <timothy.harrisiii@fema.dhs.gov>
Cc: Maier, Bill <Bill.Maier@nrc.gov>; norris, michael <Michael.Norris@nrc.gov>; Foreman, Bruce
<Bruce.Foreman@fema.dhs.gov>; Jeremy, David <David.Jeremy@fema.dhs.gov>; Johnson, Johanna
<Johanna.Johnson@fema.dhs.gov>; Lee, Samson <Samson.Lee@nrc.gov>; Wengert, Thomas
<Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov>; Dixon-Herrity, Jennifer <Jennifer.Dixon-Herrity@nrc.gov>
Subject:
ACTION: PGE Request for a One-Time Exercise Exemption (DCPP)
Craig (Tim) -
The attached letter from Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) dated July 9, 2020, is requesting a one-time schedular exemption for Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) Units 1 and 2 from the requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Sections IV.F.2.b and IV.F.2.c. PG&E is requesting to postpone the full-participation biennial emergency preparedness exercise, originally scheduled for August 19, 2020, until a proposed date of September 15, 2021, due to the on-going COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. The September 15, 2021, date for the rescheduled exercise falls within 35 months from the month of the previously evaluated exercise conducted October 24, 2018. If this exemption request is granted to allow PG&E to conduct the CY 2020 biennial exercise in CY 2021, PG&E indicates that future biennial EP exercises will continue to be held as planned in even years. of PG&Es July 9, 2020 letter provides a copy of the June 23, 2020, request by the State of California, Nuclear Power Preparedness Program, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IX office to extend the 2020 DCPP biennial exercise originally scheduled for August 19, 2020, to September 15, 2021. The request documents the determination by the County of San Luis Obispo (SLO County),
the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), and the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) that the current COVID-19 pandemic response has impacted their ability to prepare for the scheduled exercise and that they are unable to participate in the exercise as currently scheduled. In addition, Attachments 2 and 3 provide copies of letters received from Cal OES and SLO County, respectively, that endorse this exemption request and reflect that those organizations paramount focus is on pandemic response. PG&E has also indicated that they have coordinated the rescheduling of this exercise directly with the FEMA Region IX Regional Assistance Committee (RAC) Chair during biweekly coordination calls.
As part of the NRCs evaluation of the proposed one-time exemption to the biennial exercise scheduling requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix E, Sections IV.F.2.b and IV.F.2.c, I am requesting that FEMA Technological Hazards Division document their acceptance of this proposed September 15, 2021, exercise date in an email or letter back to the NRC. This email or letter will be entered in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) and cited in our technical
evaluation documenting FEMAs acceptance of this proposed one-time exemption and proposed DCPP exercise date.
NOTE: The attached letter has not yet been declared publicly available in ADAMS. As such, please control forwarding of this letter to required FEMA staff.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please do not hesitate to contact Rick Kinard at (267) 241-3669 / richard.kinard@nrc.gov .
Joseph D. Anderson, Chief Reactor Licensing Branch Division of Preparedness and Response Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 287-9300 joseph.anderson@nrc.gov