IR 05000057/1988003

Insp Rept 50-057/88-03 on 881017.No Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Emergency Preparedness Exercise

ML20196D763
Person / Time
Site:	University of Buffalo
Issue date:	11/28/1988
From:	Amato C, Lazarus W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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Shared Package
ML20196D760	List: IR 05000057/1988003 ML20196D758
References
50-057-88-03, 50-57-88-3, NUDOCS 8812090191
Download: ML20196D763 (4)

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COWilSSION

REGION I

Report N /88-03 Docket N License No. R 77 Licensee: _ State University of New York at Buffalo

~ Rotary Road, South campus Buffalo, New York 1426D~

Facility Name: Buffalo Material Research Reactor Inspection Conducted: October 17. 1988 Inspectors: [. bs Emergency Preparedness 8Mr/8V Cate' G. Amatq',EPS, FRSSB, DRSS Specialist, E. Fox J EPS C. Mars,chall,Sr.EPSSRI,Glnna,FRSSB,DRSS N Perry, RI, Ginna N YW Approved By: Emergency date J/ I,4zar t ) Section, Preparedness chief, FRSSB, DRSS Inspection Summary: Inspection on October 17, 1988 (Inspection Report 50 5Uss ol)

Areas inspected: Routine, announced safety inspection of the licensee's emergency preparedness exercise conducted on October 17, 198 Results: No violations were identified. The licensee demonstrated the abili-ty to implement their emergency plan in a manner which would have provided adequate protective measures for the health and safety of the staff. Emergency preparedness training effectiveness was also demonstrate k$

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DETAILS 1.0 Persons Contacted The following Buffalo Material Research Center personnel attended the NRC entrance and exit meeting J. Griffin, Senior Health Physicist The inspector also observed the actions of, and interviewed, other licensee personne .0 Emergency Exercise The Buffalo Material Research Reactor announced, full-participation ex-ercise was conducted on October 11:57 a.m. to 12:57 p.m. Sub-17, 1988, sequently, three City of Buffalo and two Erie County emergency services, the Veterans Administration Medical Center, three ambulance companies and six Campus units participated. Three Special Agents from the Buffalo Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation observed the exercis .1 Pre exercise Activities NRC Region I representatives had telephone conversations with the licensee's emergency pre content of the scenario.paredness staffminor As a result, to discuss the were revisions scopemade and to the scenario which allowed adequate testing of the major portions of the Buffalo Material Research Reactor Emergency Plan and Procedures. The licensee stated that certain emergency response activities would be simulated and that controllers would intercede in exercise activities to prevent disruption of normal operatio .2 Exercise Scenario The exercise scenario included the following events: Bomb threat; Detonation of bomb inside containment; Non isolable, cold leg break inside containment; Injured, contaminated staff members; Search and rescue operations; and

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t Support by on and off- campus emergency service organizaticn .3 Activities Observed During the conduct of the licensee's exercise, four NRC team mem-bers made detailed observations of the activation and response of '

the Buffalo Material Research Reactor Emergency Organization and i support by other Campus Emergency units and governmental emergency .

i response organizations. The following activities were observed: l I Receipt of bomb threat and immediate notice given to the

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control room and the facility Director;  ; Reactor scram, evacuation of the containment and adjacent buildings;  !

' Notice of threat given to Campus Public Safety;

' Personnel accountability at the Emergency Support Center; l l Closure of primary isolation valves; Timely notification to off site authorities; Response by a battalion of the Buffalo Fire Department; Removal, triage and treatment of the contaminated individu-als at the scene and transfer to the Veterans Administration Hospital; and Closure of the beam tube drain trench and activation of the emergency pool flood system to flood the containment above top of active fue .0 Exercise Observations Exercise Strengths The NRC team noted that the licensee's activation of the Emergency Organization was generally consistent with their Emergency Plan and Procedures. The NRC team also noted the following activities that provide strong indication of the licensee's ability to cope with abnormal conditions: Selection and use of the correct Procedures; Timely notification to off site authorities;

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i Effective command and control: and Consideration (,f alternate methods to plug the broken cooling pip ,

< Exercise Weaknesses .

The NRC team identified the followin exercise weaknesses which need to be evaluated and corrected b the licensee. The licensee  :

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also conducted an adequate self- cri ique which identified many of these weaknesse l t Some personnel experienced difficulty in donning Self Contained Breathing Apparatu '

t Ambulance staff were hesitant to handle contaminated injured i personne . Emergency staff members were at times delayed reentering the facility due to a lack of proper emergency response organization identificatio ,

4.0 Exit Meeting and NRC Critique Following the licensee's self critique, the NRC team met .,d evaluated the licensee's critique. Subsequently, the NRC team met ,;ith the license 9's representative listed in Section 1 of this report at the end of the inspection. The NRC team leader summarized the observations made  !

during the exercise. The licensee was advised no violations were iden-tified. The NRC team determined that within the scope and limitations of the scenario the licensee demonstrated they could implement their Emergency Plan and Procedures in a manner that would adequately provide "

protective measures for the health and safety of the staff. The  :

licensee was also advised training of their staff, campus and off site ,

responders was effective as demonstrated by their response to the '

scenario conditions. And, in addition, their plans and procedures, as t written, adequately address the problems presented by the scenari At no time during the course of the inspection did the inspectors provide any written information to the license l

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