ML19242C890
| ML19242C890 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Calvert Cliffs  |
| Issue date: | 07/17/1979 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Jo Jacobs CALVERT MEMORIAL HOSP., PRINCE FREDERICK, MD |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7908140093 | |
| Download: ML19242C890 (2) | |
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July 17,1979 NJ f Dockets Nos.: 50-317 and 50-318 Mr. Joseph P. Jacobs, Administrator Calvert Memorial Hospital Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678
Dear Mr. Jacobs:
Your letter of June 15, 1979 has been referred to me for reply. The following is our response to each of your questions.
(1)
Is there a mandated requirement from your agency that one or more physicians be trained and available promptly in the care of the radioactively contaminated pitient?
Response
Yes; the Code of Federal Regulations 10 Part 50, Appendix E,Section IV requires an applicant in his Emergency Plan to describe:
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Emergency first aid and personnel decontamination facilities, including:
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Arrangements for the services of a physician and other medical personnel qualified to handle radiation emergencies; and 5.
Arrangements for transportation of injured or con-taminated individuals to treatment facilities outside the site boundary.
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Arrangements for treatment of individuals at treatment facilities outside the site boundary."
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Is the annual " radiation drill" in which a radioactive contaminated patient is intitduced in the hospital considered adequate?
Response
Yes, such a drill fulfills one of the training requirements of the aforementioned Appendix E to 10 CFR 50. We do not require that the patient be actively contaminated; simulation is considered sufficient for the training exer:ise.
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Mr. Joseph P. Jacobs (3) What guidelines are available to the hospital as well as the community which address themselves to a nuclear accident which would require evacuation of the hospital?
Response
Prince Frederick is approximately 13 miles from the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Station. The recently published NRC document NUREG 0396 recommends a 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone for the inhalation pathway for extremely severe and extremely remote accidents at a nuclear power plant. No planning for predetermined actions such as shelter or evacuation is recomended beyond the 10 mile distance.
Recommended planning beyond the 10 mile distance is related to con-tr. ' ling radioactivity in dairy and agricultural pathways.
No pianning of this sort need directly involve your hospital.
The Department of Energy has published the enclosed booklets on Emergency Handling of Radiation Accident Cases far Physicians, N yses, Ambulance-Rescue Squads, Hospital Administrators, which you may find to be of assistance.
I trust that this information responds to your needs.
",incerely, L
M L VI N. Eisbnhut, S
Darre c ing Director Division of Operating Reactors Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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DOE /EV-0017, 0018, 0019, 0020 - October 19/8.
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