ML20056D998

Informs That Licensee 930623 Proposed Changes to Plant Emergency Plan Meets Requirements of 10CFR50,App E & Therefore Acceptable.Addl Info Requested Re Listed Issues

ML20056D998
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Site:	University of Utah
Issue date:	07/30/1993
From:	Mendonca M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Gemlich D UTAH, UNIV. OF, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
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Dr. Dietrich K. Gemlich Reactor Administrator 2202 NEB: ,

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Dear Dr. Gemlich:

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SUBJECT:

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH EMERGENCY PLAN [

We have reviewed your June 23, 1993, revision to your Emergency Plan. Our l review indicates the proposed changes do not decrease the effectiveness of the ,

currently approved emergency plan and the plan maintains compliance with j 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E. The proposed changes are, therefore, acceptable.

Additionally, during our review, we identified a few issues which we would  !

request that you address. .Please provide responses to the enclosed Request ,

for Additional Information within 120 days of the date of this letter, i This request affects nine or fewer respondents and, therefore, is not subject '

to Office of Management and Budget review under Public Law 96-511. If you.

have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 504-1128. l Sincerely, i Original signed by:  !

Marvin M. Mendonca, Senior Project Manager f Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate -

Division of Operating Reactor Support Office of. Nuclear Reactor Regulation .

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[ July 30,1993 Docket No. 50-407 Dr. Dietrich K. Gemlich l- Reactor Administrator l 2202 MEB University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

SUBJECT:

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH EMERGENCY PLAN We have reviewed your June 23, 1993, revision to your Emergency Plan. Our review indicates the proposed changes do not decrease the effectiveness of the currently approved emergency plan and the plan maintains compliance with  ;

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E. The proposed changes are, therefore, acceptable.

4 Additionally, during our review, we identified a few issues which we would request that you address. Please provide responses to the enclosed Request i for Additional Information within 120 days of the date of this letter.

This request affects nine or fewer respondents and, therefore, is not subject I to Office of Management and Budget review under Public Law 96-511. If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 504-1128.

Sincerely,

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Starvin M. Hendonca, Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of 0perating Reactor Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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University of Utah Docket Nos. 50-72/407 CC" Mayor of Salt Lake City 451 South State Room 306 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Director Division of Radiation Control 1460 West 288 North P.O. Box 144850 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4850 Dr. Richard Koehn  :

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Dr. David M. Slaughter Director of Nuclear Engineering i Laboratory -

University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UNIVERSITY OF UTAH r DOCKET NO. 50-407  !

1. Organization and Responsibilities The organization is well defined and the respuasi*oilities for the key personnel are delineated. The Reactor Supervisor (RS) serves as the Onsite Emergency Coordinator (0EC) and has the responsibility to declare an -

emergency, obtain resources and authorize emergency radiation exposures. The i plan provides for a line of accession in the event the RS is unavailable.  ;

However, throughout the plan, duties of the OEC are discussed referencing the ,

RS. This can be confusing in situations where an alternate staff member fills the OEC position. Provide a change to the Emergency Plan or describe your procedures on staffing of the OEC position to demonstrate that the 0EC .

position will be established and staffed in a timely manner in the event of an emergency plan activation.

2. Emeroency Classification System The plan. describes two classes of emergencies at this facility. The lowest emergency is described as non-reactor safety related events. The types of. .

events falling under this category includes: bomb threats, personnel injury I with or without radiological complications, minor fires or explosion i non-specific to the reactor and. significant contamination of an individual or i of the facility. This emergency classification is not defined in the .

regulations or in any guidance. However, it has been used by other non-power  !

reactor facilities. If reported to the NRC, it can be a source of confusion ,

since it is not one of the four emergency classes in the regulations or NRC guidance. Provide a change to the Emergency Plan or describe your internal .

procedures to ensure that the reporting of emergencies does not utilize a classification that is not generally recognized.  :

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3. Emeraency Action Levels (EAls)

The plan describes the action levels to initiate the declaration of a NOUE.

They include an EAL for radiological _ effluent. The wording for this EAL has-been directly taken from NUREG-0849. There is an EAL for loss of water from -

the pool. Initiation of a NOVE requires a pool water alarm and visual '

observation of abnormal loss of pool water at a rate exceeding 100 gal /hr. ,

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a. Provide a description of your implementing procedure for determining that the rate of water loss is exceeding 100 gal /hr, including the description of any pertinent instrumentation i

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b. Provide the relationship between the alarm sei. ting on pool water, the technical specification value for water level in the pool, and a description of your implementing procedure for the initiation of ,

emergency plan on water level indication.  ;

4. Emergency Response

a. In the plan, it is stated that during off hours the first University of Utah Nuclear Engineering Lab staff member notified shall resolve '

the situation and determine the real emergency situation and take appropriate action. This approach, as described, does not seem consistent with the emergency plan where the Reactor Supervisor (RS),

as the OEC Onsite Emergency Coordinator, has the responsibility and authority to classify the event and make any protective actions.

Provide a change to the Emergency Plan or describe your implementing ,

procedures to clarify this apparent discrepancy.

b. In the next paragraph of this section, it states that the radiation ,

safety officer may authorize. emergency exposures. However, this ,

authorization is the OEC's responsibility and'cannot be delegated to -

the REO. In addition, this conflicts with the stated responsibilities in Section 3.1.1. Provide a change to the Emergency Plan or describe your implementing procedures to clarify this apparent discrepancy.

5. Emeroency Facilities and Eouipment The contents of the emergency kit are not listed, and a more detailed  :

description of the radiation monitoring equipment and where it is located in the facility could be provided. Therefore, provide such information in your ,

Emergency Plan or describe your procedures for the identification and control of this equipment.

6. Maintainina Emeroency PreDaredness

a. The plan does not address or include a list of maintenance of the emergency equipment. Therefore, provide such information in your  ;

Emergency Plan or describe your procedures for the control of this  ;

activity. .

b. The plan does not address or include copies of current agreements with  ;

local hospitals, ambulances and fire departments. Therefore, provide i such information in your Emergency Plan or describe your procedures i for the control of this activity.

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