nrc lessons learned steve barr senior emergency preparedness inspector region i us nuclear...
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Region I Topics Exercise Evaluation Inspection –Performance vs. Program Findings –NRC Requirements vs. NEI Guidance –Communication and Working-Level Relationships –NRC Actions for FEMA DeficienciesTRANSCRIPT
NRC Lessons LearnedSteve Barr
Senior Emergency Preparedness Inspector Region I
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
2008 NRC Region I Joint Exercise Scheduling Conference
Mystic, CTDecember 10-12, 2008
Region I Topics
• Region I EP Inspections• Biennial Baseline Effort
– One Year = Biennial Exercise Evaluation– Other Year = Program Inspection
• Supplemental and Special Inspections– For Findings and Events
Region I Topics
• Exercise Evaluation Inspection– Performance vs. Program Findings– NRC Requirements vs. NEI Guidance– Communication and Working-Level
Relationships– NRC Actions for FEMA Deficiencies
Region I Topics– EP Performance Indicators
• ANS Reliability• Drill and Exercise Performance• ERO Drill Participation
– NRC Verifies Licensee Data Annually– Yellow PI for ERO Drill Participation
• Seemingly administrative error in placing large number of new members on ERO without requisite follow-up drill
• ERO Drill Participation PI Yellow threshold crossed• NRC Supplemental Inspection = 3 Inspectors for 1 Week• Licensee determined site EP program to be in need of
significant attention• PI worked!
Region I Topics
• Alert and Notification Systems (ANS)– Energy Policy Act of 2005 & 2005 NRC Findings– Licensee opted for entirely new ANS– NRC Confirmatory Order, then an Order, then a CAL– January 2007 deadline extends to August 2008– Licensee-FEMA-NRC coordination and progress– August 2008: new ANS placed in service– NRC currently performing wrap-up inspections
Region I Topics• Twelve Topics for NRC EP Rulemaking
– Emergency Response Organization Augmentation and Alternate Facilities
– Protection for Onsite Personnel– On-Shift Collateral Duties– Licensee Coordination with Offsite Response
Organizations During Security-Based Events– Security Event-Based Drills and Exercises– Emergency Action Levels for Security Events
Region I Topics• Twelve Topics for NRC EP Rulemaking
(cont’d)– Backup Means for Alert and Notification
Systems– Evacuation Time Estimate Updating– Emergency Operations Facility -
Performance-Based Approach– Decrease in Effectiveness– Emergency Classification Timeliness– Shift Staffing and Augmentation
Region I Topics
• It’s 10:00pm, Do You Know Where Your EALs Are?– History of EAL Change Process– 2007 RIS & EGM– IP7111404 Inspection– Traditional Enforcement vs. SDP– Continuing discoveries regarding EAL
adequacy
Region I Topics
• External Stakeholder Outreach– ANS performance
– Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) definition/growth
– Special populations within EPZ
– Government-to-government meetings
Region I Topics
• Other Programmatic Findings/Issues– Corrective action adequacy– Dose assessment rigor/technical basis– Scenario difficulty/control room assessment– Event classification basis not evaluated
Region I Topics
• Region I Points of Contact
– Steve Barr, Senior EP Inspector(610) 337-5316 or [email protected]
– Nancy McNamara, State Liaison Officer(610) 337-5337 or [email protected]