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Industry’s
Emergency Preparedness Focus
National Radiological Emergency
Preparedness Conference
April 13, 2005
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NEI Issue Review
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Alan Nelson, Chief Emergency
Preparedness Nuclear Energy Institute
Reevaluation of Emergency
Preparedness
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David E. Leaver, Polestar Applied
Technology, Inc.
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NEI Issue Review
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NEI Mission/Essential Issue
EP Post 9/11 Actions
EP/Security Integration
Bioterrorism Preparedness and
Response
NEI Emergency Preparedness Forum
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Nuclear Energy Institute
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The Washington, D.C. Policy
organization of the nuclear power
industry
To create favorable U.S. Energy policy
for the continued safe use of nuclear
energy
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Nuclear Energy Institute
Emergency Preparedness
Essential Issue
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Emergency preparedness involves
technical or operational issues of
significance that can have political and
financial impacts on all, or most of the
industry
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Nuclear Energy Institute
Outreach
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NEI Public Web Page
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http://www.nei.org
Essential Issue Fact Sheets
Issue Policy Briefs
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EP/Security Integration
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NEI EP Working Group
NEI Security Working Group
NEI EP/Security Task Force
Nuclear Sector Coordinating Council
NRC EP ICM Implementation
EP/Security Table Top Drills
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EP/Security Integration
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Transition Force on Force Exercises
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EP Drill Guidelines
Lessons Learned
NEI Force on Force Forum (Sept ’04)
Federal Interactions - Calvert Cliffs,
Indian Point
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Validate National Response Plan
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EP/Security Integration
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Full Scale Integrated Exercises - Indian
Point, Diablo Canyon
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Industry Lessons Learned (NEI EP Forum,
NREP Conference)
NEI letter to Administrative Points of
Contact 08/03/04
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Ensure security program modifications are
integrated into emergency response and
operations
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Current EP Security Related
Initiatives – Post 9/11 Actions
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Additional threat based emergency
classification levels (EALs)
New onsite and offsite protective
actions based on external events
Expedited notification methods
Training and performance evaluation
involving threat event focus
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Proposed Post 9/11
Actions
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Revises Emergency Classification Level
(ECL) definitions to include a terror based
perspective
Adds HOSTILE ACTION definition
Adds four new Initiation Conditions (ICs)
and Emergency Action Levels (EALs)
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One Unusual Event (UE) EAL
Two Alert EALs
One Site Area Emergency (SAE) EAL
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Proposed Post 9/11
Implementation Guidance
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EAL Guidance
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Provides specific guidance for NEI 99-01,
NUMARC/NESP-007, and NUREG-0654 users
Includes entire security related EAL set that revised
Emergency Plans should contain
Changes made in accordance with this guidance
are not a decrease in effectiveness and may be
performed under 10 CFR 50.54(q) without prior
NRC approval
Should coordinate changes with State and Local
Offsite Response Organizations (OROs)
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Threat Based Training Drills
and Exercises
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Ensure that emergency, operations and
security response organizations are well
integrated
Formulate NEI EP Security Task Force
Frame a process to develop guidance
for the conduct of evaluated threat
based exercises within the 6 year cycle
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Phase 1 – Develop Materials
and Conduct Pilot Tabletops
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Initial draft of guidance documents
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Industry guideline
Extent of play
Objectives and demonstration criteria
Scenario abstracts
Conduct pilot tabletops
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Region IV
Region III
Region II
Region I
SONGS (June 22)
Duane Arnold (Nov)
(TBD)
Seabrook (Oct)
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Phase 1 – Drill Scheme
Initial Event Response
Post Event Response
Scope
Integrated EP and Offsite initial
response to a security event
(bounded by DBT).
Scope
Large-scale post event response
based on significant damage caused
by a security event (not bounded by
DBT).
Objectives
1. Classification
2. Notification
3. PARs(onsite and offsite)
4. Initial plant control actions
5. ERO augmentation
6. Offsite initial response
7. NRC incident response (optional)
Objectives
1. Mitigation
2. Communications
3. Public Information
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Phase 2 – Test Baseline
Drills
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Revise guideline based on Phase 1
results (Jan ’06)
Conduct 2 site drills (Feb-Apr ’06)
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Diablo Canyon
TBD
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Phase 3 – Test Baseline
Drills
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Revise guideline based on Phase 2
results (May ’06)
Seek NRC endorsement and perform a
Joint Industry/NRC Workshop (June
’06)
Utilities conduct baseline Security
Event Drills (Beginning July ’06)
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Phase 4 – Implement New
Exercise Program
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Once all sites have completed initial
drill incorporate into 6 year exercise
plan
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Bioterrorism Preparedness and
Response - Potassium Iodide
10-20 miles
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Public Law 107-188 Section 127
Make KI available for stockpiling and
distribution to the public out to 20 miles
HHS Guidelines – Distribute Potassium
Iodide 10-20 miles
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Distributed for State comment
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Bioterrorism Preparedness
and Response
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NAS recognized that sound science coupled together with sound
public policy did not support widespread KI distribution. The
committee stated that distribution of KI be the responsibility of
the State to determine what methods, distances and populations
are appropriate for their unique circumstances.
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This effort should be dismissed in accordance with Section 127
(f) Applicability and funds dedicated to this effort be directed to
more urgent bioterrorism uses.
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Bioterrorism Preparedness
and Response
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25 states commented on the guidelines
Significant concerns voiced
Could lead to defacto expansion of the EPZ
Results in an unfunded mandate
Potential loss of public confidence
No scientific basis to justify KI expanded
distribution
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Bioterrorism Preparedness
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Options
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Federal Register notice for public
comments
Use and application of subsection (f) “stop
applying if the President finds better
alternatives to KI”
Legal interpretations of section (f)
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Bioterrorism Preparedness
and Response
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Health and Human Services
should include the following
questions in the FR notice:
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Did NAS satisfy the request to determine the
most effective and safe way to distribute and
administer KI on a mass scale?
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Bioterrorism Preparedness
and Response
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Does the draft Federal Guidelines for
requesting Potassium Iodide (KI) from the
Strategic National Stockpile meet the intent
of the public law?
The Public Law Provisions for
Applicability (f), “stop applying if the
President finds better alternatives to KI,”
do you believe there are better alternatives
to met the intent of the law?
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Bioterrorism Preparedness
and Response
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Has the Public Law provisions been
met and call it victory?
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The President has made KI available
States have made a determination
Ingestion pathway protective actions are in
place
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Emergency Preparedness
and Communications Forum
San Diego, California
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June 13- 14 Emergency Preparedness
and Communications Forum
June 15 - Emergency Preparedness
RUG
June 15-17, Emergency Preparedness
Training Course
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Emergency Preparedness
and Communications Forum
San Diego, California
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You will hear updates on:
NEI, INPO updates
Emerging issues
Regulatory activities, NRC, DHS/FEMA
EP/security exercise initiatives and lessons learned
Real-events lessons learned
Inspection insights
Outreach and public confidence
Communication issues and new challenges
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