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NEI /INPO: Enhanced Emergency Response Capabilities. Sue Perkins-Grew Senior Director Emergency Preparedness & Risk Assessment, NEI Lee Baxley Emergency Preparedness Manager, INPO 2014 NREP April 9, 2014– Salt Lake City, Utah. NEI / INPO Update. Enhanced Response Capabilities
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NEI /INPO:Enhanced Emergency Response Capabilities Sue Perkins-Grew Senior Director Emergency Preparedness & Risk Assessment, NEI Lee Baxley Emergency Preparedness Manager, INPO 2014 NREP April 9, 2014– Salt Lake City, Utah
NEI / INPO Update • Enhanced Response Capabilities • Industry Priorities • Challenges on the Horizon
Beyond Design Basis External Events • “BDBEE”
Beyond Design Basis External Events • New assumptions: • External Event • Multiple units affected • Extended loss of AC power • Impeded access to the units
U.S. Emergency Response Improvements Lee Baxley Manager, INPO Emergency Preparedness
Industry Response Coordination The Way Forward http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/safetyandsecurity/whitepaper/the-way-forward
Industry Response Coordination The Way Forward • Industry coordinated response • Regulatory interface • Stakeholder communications • Event analysis and lessons learned • Immediate actions for U.S. industry • Technology use and advancement • External event assessment • Strategies for EOP, SAMG, EDMG • Venting & Filtering Strategies
FLEX The US Approach To Large Event Mitigation
FLEX FLEX: three-pronged strategy • Phase 1: Installed plant equipment • Phase 2: On-site portable equipment • Phase 3: Off-site portable equipment • Unaffected Site or Utility • Regional Response Centers
Affected Site Implement Emergency Plans Notify NEI/ INPO
INPO Receive Station Notification Gain Situational Awareness Activate and Deploy Resources Coordinate Industry Response Maintain Situational Awareness Operating Experience
Industry coordinated response Regulatory interface Stakeholder communications
EPRI • Technology use and advancement • External event assessment
FLEX IMPLEMENTATION
FLEX FLEX: three-pronged strategy • Phase 1: installed plant equipment • Phase 2: on-site portable equipment • Phase 3: off-site portable equipment
The Pooled Equipment Inventory Company (PEICo) has joined forces with AREVA NP Inc. to create the SAFER Team to develop and manage a FLEX regional response center program as part of the PEICo’s existing Pooled Inventory Management (PIM) Program for the U.S. nuclear industry.
SAFER Program Services • Two Regional Response Centers (Memphis & Phoenix) • Response Equipment Procurement • Maintenance & Testing of Response Equipment • Support for Site Specific Deployment Plans and Staging Areas • Logistics and Transportation • Emergency Response Control Center • Emergency On-Site Support • Project Management with Project Plan • QA Program
Timeline for Emergency Response 24 Hour FLEX Equipment • T-0 – Notification • T-2 – Mobilization • T-4 – Transportation to Staging Area • T-20 – Equipment Preparation • T-22 – Transportation to Site • T-24 – First Equipment On-site 72 Hour FLEX Equipment • All plants – FLEX equipment to be delivered by Ground Transportation
Summary • Significant Safety Margin Gains from Completed Actions • Industry capabilities greatly improved • Framework document outlines US industry support for station during event • Support of off-sites will be critical in successful deployment of resources
Industry Response Capability - Next Steps Objectives: • Coordinate inclusion of a national response capability into the Nuclear Radiological Incident Annex • Create a national capability to support the deployment of FLEX equipment • Involve all State emergency management agencies
Industry Priorities Implement FLEX response programs at each site to comply with NRC Order Advocate for a “stand-alone” future regulation that addresses all requirements associated with BDB event response capabilities Ensure that changes do not distract the plants from performing safe day-to-day operations
Challenges on the Horizon Cumulative Effects of Regulation 2015 Robinson Exercise
Questions? Sue Perkins-Grew 202-739-8016 spg@nei.org Lee Baxley (770) 644-8305 BaxleyRL@inpo.org