ML20137C445

Submits Goals & Objectives for June 1997 BFN REP Exercise

ML20137C445
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	03/19/1997
From:	Baron R TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
References
NUDOCS 9703250013
Download: ML20137C445 (8)

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IUA Tennessee Valley Authortty,1101 Market Street, Chattanooga Tennessee 37402-2801 March 19, 1997 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Chief, Emergency Preparedness Section Region II ,

101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323 Gentlemen:

In the Matter of ) Docket Nos. 50-259 Tennessee Valley Authority ) - 50-260 50-296 BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT (BFN) - UNITS l', 2, AND 3 - GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE JUNE 1997 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PLAN (REP) EXERCISE Enclosed are TVA's goals and objectives for the June 1997 BFN REP exercise. These goals and objectives are being submitted in accordance with a July 22, 1994, NRC letter which specified the objectives be submitted 75 days prior to the exercise.

The BFN exercise is currently scheduled for the week of June 2, 1997.

If you have any questions, please telephone Eyerett Whitaker at (423) 751-6369.

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/ N Raul R. Baron .j General Manager Nuclear Assurance and Licensing Enclosure cc: See page 2 9703250013 970319 o40049 PDR ADOCK 05000259 F PDR lE. IlEE, E!llElElll$lEllE.

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ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323  ;

l Mr. J. F. Williams, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike i Rockville, Maryland 20852 -

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT (BFN)

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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE JUNE 1997 l RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PLAN EXERCISE '

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. The Radiological Emergency Plan Exercise will be a full scale exercise consisting of the following participation by TVA and State emergency organizations:

. Central Emergency Control Center will fully participate and be evaluated.

. Technical Support Center will fully participate and be evaluated.

. Operations Support Center will fully participate and be evaluated.

. Joint Information Center will fully participate and be evaluated.

. State Emergency Operations Center will fully participate and be evaluated.

. Risk Counties Emergency Operations Centers will fully participate and be evaluated.

. State Field Coordination Center will fully participate and be evaluated.

. State Radiological Monitoring Control Centerwill fully participate and be evaluated.

. State Field Teams will fully participate and be evaluated.

EXERCISE GOALS TVA's goals for the exercise are as follows:

1. Allow plant and offsite personnel to demonstrate and test the capabilities of the emergency response organization to protect the health and safety of plant personnel and the general public in accordance with the Nuclear Power- Radiological Emergency Plan (NP-REP), site Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures (EPIPs), and the Central Emergency Control Center (CECC) EPIPs.

2. Provide an interactive exercise to ensure proficiency of onsite and offs,ite emergency response capabilities.

3 Provide training for emergency response personnel.

4. Identify emergency response capabilities that are in need of improvement or revision.

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5. Provide an interactive exercise to allow the State responders to demonstrate their proficiency in 1 emergency response capabilities.

EXERCISE OBJECTIVES l A. Control Room / Simulator

1. Demonstrate the ability of the Shift Manager to recognize conditions, classify emergencies, make required notifications in a timely manner, and assume the initial responsibilities of the Site Emergency Director (SED).

2. Demonstrate the ability of the Shift Manager to maintain effective command and control of control room activities, perform classification analysis, periodically inform the control room staff of the status of the emergency situation, and provide a precise and clear transfer of responsibilities from the control room to the Technical Support Center (TSC).

3. Demonstrate the ability of the control room staff to make timely analysis of the incident, perform mitigating actions, keep onsite personnelinformed of the emergency situation prior to TSC activation.

4. Demonstrate the ability of the control room staff to use appropriate radiological emergency procedures, maintain an accurate log of events, and defer problems that cannot be quickly resolved to the TSC for resolution.

5. Demonstrate the ability of the control room staff to continuously evaluate information, redefine / confirm conditions and event classifications, and establish an effective flow of information between the Control Room, the TSC, and the Operations Support Center (OSC).

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, B. Technical Support Center (TSC) l

1. Demonstrate ability to perform a precise and clear transfer of responsibilities from the control room staff to the TSC staff and assume the primary responsibilities of the Central Emergency Control Center (CECC) until the CECC is activated.

2. Demonstrate the SED's ability to provide effective direction, command and control, to manage activities j in a manner that promotes event classification, analysis, or mitigation of an event and to perform periodic briefings forTSC/OSC staff and personnel.

3. Demonstrate the ability of the TSC staff to use appropriate procedures, solve problems related to incident identification and mitigation, and maintain an accurate account of events through chronological logs.

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4. Demonstrate the TSC's ability to determine the appropriate sampling and monitoring required to support l

accident mitigation, perform timely assessments of onsite redWogic l conditions, and formulate, coordinate, implement, and track on site protective actions.

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5. Demonstrate the TSC's ability to maintain effective communication between the OSC, control room, CECC, and various groups within the TSC.

6. Demonstrate ability of the TSC to continuously evaluate available information, redefine / confirm plant conditions and event classifications, f.nd if required assemble onsite personnel within the site area.

7. Demonstrate the ability of the TSC to effectively communicate with environmental monitoring vans from ,

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C. Operations Support Center (OSC)

Demonstrate the ability of the OSC Manager, through effective command and control, to coordinate and )

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initiate activities in a timely manner, maintain effective communications between various groups with!n the OSC, and use appropriate procedures.

2. Demonstrate the ability of the OSC staff to properly plan required tasks and promptly dispatch, track, ,

l and maintain communication with the response teams.

3. Demonstrate the ability of the OSC response teams to prepare, respond, make necessary repairs or ,

inspections, and provide an adequate debrief upon retuming to the OSC. l l

4. Demonstrate the ability of the OSC staff to maintain accurate status boards, priority boards, team tracking boards, and logs. Also, demonstrate effective transfer of information between the OSC, TSC, Radeon laboratory, and Chemistry laboratory.

5. Demonstrate ability of the Radcon personnel to use appropriate procedures and follow Radcon and ALARA practices to ensure adequate worker protection and perform effective inplant surveys.

6. Demonstrate ability of the OSC to track changing radiological conditions through survey results and/or inplant monitors, controlintemal and extemal exposures and personnel contamination of onsite emergency workers, and incorporate the information into personnel protective actions and exposure tracking.

D. Central Emergency Control Center (CECC)

1. Demonstrate the ability of the Operations Duty Specialist to make initial notifications to State agencies in a timely manner.

2. Demonstrate the ability to transfer offsite responsibilities from the TSC to the CECC.

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3. Demonstrate the ability of the CECC Director to maintain effective command and control and promote inlemal communications.

4. Demonstrate the ability of the CECC to provide emergency classifications, protective action recommendations, plant conditions, and dose assessment information to the State in a timely manner.

5. Demonstrate the ability to effectively obtain radiological survey information from the environmental monitoring teams, keep the monitoring teams informed of emergency conditions, and provide them with exposure control.

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6. Demonstrate the ability of the CECC staff to use appropriate procedures and equipment, maintain accurate logs, and to periodically evaluate available information and redefine / confirm plant conditions and event classifications.

7. Demonstrate the ability of the CECC staff to contact TVA corporate, vendor, or other outside support i resources as appropriate or needed.  !

8. Demonstrate the ability of the CECC staff to obtain field data needed to develop dose assessments in a  ;

timely manner.

9. Demonstrate the ability of the CECC staff to establish and maintain effective communication between the various emergency centers.

10. Demonstrate the ability of the CECC staff to analyze current plant conditions, identify projected trends, determine the potential consequences, and maintain accurate status board information.

11, Demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain adequate security for the CECC.

E. Exercise Specific

1. Demonstrate the ability of the exercise controllers to perform their function without prompting, coaching, or otherwise interfering with the performance of exercise players.

2. Demonstrate that personnel participating in the exercise were not pre-positioned prior to commencement.

3. Demonstrate that participants did not have undue prior knowledge of scenario details or initiation time.

4. The scenario should be technically accurate, anticipate emergency classifications, and be sufficiently difficult to exercise capabilities of the emergency plan.

5. Demonstrate the ability to conduct post exercise critiques.

6. Demonstrate the adequacy of control room and emergency centers facilities, resources, equipment, and communication systems to support emergency operations.

7. Demonstrate the ability to alert and mobilize emergency response center personnel and activation of the emergency centers within approximately one hour.

8. Demonstrate the ability to conduct habitability surveys for the TSC, OSC, Control Room / Simulator, and all assembly areas. ,

9. Demonstrate the ability to maintain effective communication between the Technical Support Center, Operations Support Center, Central Emergency Control Center, Control Room / Simulator, and NRC.

F. Environmental Monitoring

1. Demonstrate the ability of the environmental monitoring teams to effectively utilize procedures to perform dose rate surveys and to collect and analyze radiological samples.

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' 2. Demonstrate the environmental monitoring team's abilities to follow contamination control procedures in field conditions.

3. Demonstrate the adequacy of the environmental monitoring vans to support emergency operations.

(monitoring equipment, supplies, communication equipment, etc.)

4. Demonstrate the ability of the site to timely and effectively activate and establish communication with environmental monitoring vans.

5. Demonstrate ability of the site to timely and effectively transfer control of the environmental monitoring vans to an offsite center.

6. Demonstrate ability to effectively dispatch and control radiological / environmental monitoring teams, coordinate with the State when applicable, and obtain, analyze, and utilize meteorological, onsite and offsite radiological conditions, and source term information to develop dose assessments in a timely manner.

7. Demonstrate ability of the environmental raonitoring team personnel to monitor their accumulated dose, report their accumulated doses to the Environs Assessor / Field Coordinator, and receive proper authorization for emergency exposures if required.

G. Public Information / Joint Information Center

1. Demonstrate the ability of the CECC/ Communications staff to coordingte information with non - TVA agencies prior to the JIC being staffed.

2. Demonstrate the ability of the CECC Communications staff to develop timely and accurate news releases.

3. Demonstrate the ability of the CECC Information Manager to exercise effective command and control of the overall communications response.

4. Demonstrate the ability of the JIC to coordinate public news briefings with State and Federal agencies and provide timely information to the public during periodic JIC briefings.

5. Demonstrate the ability of media relations' personnel in the JIC to answer telephone calls from the media professionally and accurately.

6. Demonstrate the ability of TVA's public information staff in the JIC to provide timely and accurate information to anyone calling the public information telephone number.

7. Demonstrate the ability to provide reasonable media access with minimal impact on emergency response activities.

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8. Demonstrate the ability to provide information to the public that is accurate, presented at a meaningful technical level, and take corrective actions for inaccuracies.

9. Demonstrate the adequacy of the CECC communication staff facilities, resources, equipment, and communications system to support emergency operations.

H. Fire Emergency Response Team

1. Demonstrate that an incident commander is promptly dispatched to the scene of the emergency where he/she demonstrates ability to establish a command post, establish communication with the main control room, and effectively interact with the fire brigade team leader.

2. Demonstrate the ability of the fire brigade team to respond to the scene, establish appropriate response sectors / staging areas, and assess the physical situation in a timely manner.

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' 3. The fire brigade team demonstrates adequate fire fighting skills and appropriate use of fire fighting equipment. j l

4. The fire brigade leader demonstrates ability to conduct briefings, control the fire scene, and displays i appropriate fire fighting tactics.

5. Radeon personnel demonstrates their ability to monitor fire brigade team exposures and provided sufficient radiological information to the incident commander and / or fire brigade team leader, i

6. The incident commander and fire brigade team leader demonstrates ability to communicate effectively.

7. Security personnel demonstrate their ability to provide sufficient and effective control at the scene of the j fire. I I Post Accident Sampling ]

1. Liquid or gaseous samples were collected containing actual or simulated elevated radionuclide levels including the use of the Post Accident Sampling Facility.

2. Doses to sampling and analysis personnel do not exceed limits specified in 10CFR20.1201.

3. Results of sample analysis are available within 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> of suspected core damage (given that the reactor and core conditions are such that a representative sample can be taken within that timeframe). i.e.:

sampling is not prudent during the core damage phase orif exercise equipment failures preclude sampling.

J. Termination and Recovery

1. If necessary due to the conditions existing at the time of entry into Recovery, a recovery organization l adequate to maintain oversight of remaining activities was designated and a plan was developed on how  !

to transition from TSC operations to LRC operations if long term operations are recuired.

2. A detailed plan for activities necessary to retum the plant systems to " normal" statur was developed.

3. The Control Room, TSC, CECC, NRC, and State were allincluded in discussions ano concurred in the decision to terminate and enter recovery K. NRC Follow-up Items NONE L. The following drills will be conducted during the exercise:

1. CECC/ State Communication Drill

2. TSC/CECC Communication Drill

3. Plant Radeon Drill (In-Plant Radiation Monitoring)

4. Plant Radiological Monitoring Drill ( Environs Monitoring )

5. Radiological Dose Assessment Drill (CECC)

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