ST-HL-AE-2425, Discusses 871002 Accountability/Evacuation Drill Held to Demonstrate Capability to Account for Individuals in Protected Area.Procedure Satisfactory.Description of Accountability Process Encl

Discusses 871002 Accountability/Evacuation Drill Held to Demonstrate Capability to Account for Individuals in Protected Area.Procedure Satisfactory.Description of Accountability Process Encl

ML20236W687
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	12/02/1987
From:	Vaughn G HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
References
ST-HL-AE-2425, NUDOCS 8712080167
Download: ML20236W687 (4)

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1 fP The Light company P.O. Box 1700 11ouston, 'lexas 77001 (713) 228-9211 Ilouston Lighting & Power -

December 2 1987 ST-HL- AE-2425 File No.: G9.8

} 10CFR50 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Doewnent Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. STN 50-498, STN 50-499 Closeout of NRC Open Item (498/8635-055; 499/8635-055):

Accountability / Evacuation Drill On October 2, 1987, Houston Lighting & Power Company conducted an Accountability / Evacuation drill at the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station to demonstrate the capability to account for individuals in the Protected Area within 30 minutes as required by the STP Emergency Plan.

During this drill four persons for whom we could not account were identified by name to the Site Security Manager within the prescribed 30 minutes so that search / rescue procedures could be initiated. Accordingly, the procedure utilized during the drill has been found to be satisfactory in speed and reliability. The attachment to this letter describes the accountability process.

If there are any questions on this matter, please contact Mr. M. A. McBurnett at (512) 972-8530.

G. E. Vaughn Vice President Nuclear Plant Operations GEV/PLW/smq

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1 Houston Lighting & Power Company ST-HL-AE- 2425 File No.: G9.8 Page 2 cc Regional Administrator, Region IV Rufus S. Scott Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Associated General Counsel 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Houston Lighting & Power Company Arlington, TX 76011 P. O. Box 1700 Houston, TX 77001 N. Prasad Kadambi, , Proj ect Manager U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7920 Norfolk Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814 Dan R. Carpenter Senior Resident Inspector / Operations c/o U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Bon 910 Bay City, TX 77414 Claude E. Johnson Senior Resident Inspector / Construction c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 910 Bay City, TX 77414 J. R. Newman, Esquire Newman & Holtzinger, P.C.

1615 L Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036 R. L. Range /R. P. Verret Central Power & Light Company P. O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, TX 78403 H. B. Lee /J. E. Malaski' City of Austin P. O. Box 1088 Austin, TX 78767-8814 R. J. Costello/M. T. Hardt City Public Service Board P. O. Box 1771 San Antonio, TX 78296 Revised 11/17/87 W ~ _ - - . - -- -

Attachment South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Accountability / Evacuation Drill October 2, 1987 On October 2, 1987, an Accountability / Evacuation Drill was conducted to demonstrate that the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STPEGS) can account for individuals in accordance with the criteria in NUREG-0654,

. FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, " Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants".

Section J.4 of NUREG-0654 states, "Each licensee shall provide for the evacuation of onsite non-essential personnel in the event of a Site Area or General Emergency and shall provide a decontamination capability at or near the monitoring point specified in J.3". Additionally, Section J.5 of the same document requires, "Each licensee shall provide for a capability to account for all individuals onsite at the time of the emergency and ascertain the names of missing individuals within 30 minutes of the start of an emergency and account for all onsite individuals continuously thereafter". Based upon these two requirements, STPEGS has determined that the evacuation of non-essential personnel from onsite will be part of the accountability process.

Access into the Protected Area (onsite) is controlled by issuing identification badges. The serialized cards are issued to individuals upon entry into the Protected Area. When not in use, these badges are stored in a hardened security area in racks according to their serial numbers. To provide accurate rapid status of these bad [.ss, a system of laminated colored markers is used. If a badge number has not been assigned, a white marker labeled "NOT ISSUED" is placed in the respective badge slot. When an assigned badge has been removed from the badge rack to allow access, a red marker labeled

" ISSUED" is placed in that slot to indicate the number has been assigned and the badge is in use. Therefore, those badge slots which have a red marker after the non-essential personnel have been evacuated indicate individuals who are still inside the Protected Area. Lists of names and badge numbers of participating members of the Emergency Response Organization at the Emergency Response Facilities (ERF's) are provided to the Security Force at the East Gate House by the respective ERF's. An orangs marker labeled " EMERGENCY RESPONSE" is placed in the badge slots corresponding to the names on the various ERF lists and the red markers are removed. When orange markers have been placed in the proper badge slots corresponding to the lists, there should not be any slots with a red marker. For those slots with a red marker, the individual is inside either the Protected or a Vital area but their exact location is unknown. This is the method used to satisfy section J.5 of NUREG-0654.

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Using this information on the. method of accountability, the scenario for the

- accountability / evacuation drill on October 2, 1987, was as follows:

1545. The Unit 1 Shift Supervisor-read a message on the'Public /.ddress System for all members'of the Emergency Response Organization to report to their' designated station. (This started the drill and allowed the essential personnel an opportunity to belin position.

for the actual accountability.)

1600 The Unit'1 Shift Supervisor commenced the Accountability / Evacuation p Drill by sounding the Evacuation Alarm and directing all non-essential personnel to go to the designated Assembly Area, which is adjacent to the Protected Area Ingress / Egress point.

Also, the Unit 1 Shift Supervisor called the Security Force Coordinator and directed'the Accountability.to commence, in accordance with approved procedures. Within the various ERF's'the lists of badge numbers and names of participating members of the a

, Emergency Response Organization were generated. A security. guard was sent to these facilities to pick up the lists and take them to the East Gate House, where the actual accountability was conducted.

1627 The names of the individuals for whom we could not account were telephoned to the Site Security Manager, in accordance with procedure OEPP01-ZA-0007, " Accountability / Evacuation", within 27 minutes.

'1640 The drill was terminated and a critique was' conducted.,

Based upon the criteria of NUREG-0654, this drill is considered to be successful and satisfies the commitment to conduct successful Accountability / Evacuation drill prior to obtaining a Full Power License.

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