BRP RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN

1. BRP RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN PA BRP Emergency Response Section December 2008

2. BRP RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN • New Plan. Replaces BRP Nuclear Power Station Emergency Plan • All Radiological Hazards Plan – Not Just Nuclear Power Plants

3. Plan Structure • Basic Plan – Provides Outline of Plan • Annexes – Procedures for Various Emergencies, and Supporting Annexes; 10 Annexes, Labeled A – K. • Section/Procedure Naming: • BRP-ER-(Annex)-(Section/Procedure) • Example: BRP-ER-J-1.04

4. Annexes • A. Nuclear Power Plant Incidents • Very Much Like Old BRP E-Plan. • Contains Bulk of New Plan Material. • Most Section Labels Same as or Close to Old Plan • Several upcoming revisions to plan including organizational change to have technical representative at ICP

5. Annexes (Continued) • B. Radiological Based Terrorist Incidents • RDD/RED/IND • Development completed, plan revisions to be issued 02/09 • Includes above, plus a Recovery Procedure, Hotspot 2.06 and NARAC procedures.

6. Annexes (Continued) • Annex C. Radiological Transportation Incidents • BRP Response to Transportation Incident • Annex D. Radiological Fixed Facility Incidents • Facilities Using Radioactive Material

7. Annexes (Continued) • Annex E. RESERVED to avoid confusion with current Annex E of State Plan • Annex F. Other Radiological Incidents • Example - Landfill Alarms Requiring BRP Response • Under Development

8. Annexes (Continued) • Annex F. Forms • Common Forms Used for Any Response • Example – General Log Form • Annex G. Glossary • Terms and Definitions • Acronyms

9. Annexes (Continued) • Annex I. Preventive RAD/NUC Detection • Detection of Illicit Radioactive Material at Ports and Borders. • Under Development

10. Annexes (Continued) • Annex J. Common Equipment Operating Procedures • R3Vs, F-150’s, MCAs • Annex K. Common Implementing Procedures • Sample Control, Resp. Prot., Phone List

11. Documents Which Require Periodic Revision • Six Documents in Plan Receive Periodic Updates • Inventories (4) • Personnel List • Phone List • Listed in Plan as ‘EXAMPLE ONLY’ • Updates Provided by E-mail

12. Changes to Plan • Plans Will Have ‘Copy #’ on Cover • Track Plan Location and Changes • Changes Issued by BRP CO Emerg. Resp. Section • Record Changes on ‘Record of Changes’ Page • Return Sheet to Acknowledge Change

13. Changes to Plan (Cont.) • Updates to ‘Example Only’ Documents (Phone List, Inventories, Personnel Rosters) Will NOT Require an Entry on ‘Record of Changes’ Page

14. Distribution of Plan • CDs – Each BRP Technical Staff Receives CD • PDF and Word Versions on CD, and includes Ingestion Pathway calculation spreadsheets for Food, Water, Soil etc. • Hard Copies – • Regions – 2 for Office; 2 for Field Teams (Kept now in F -150s) • CO, EOF, PEMA, R3V

15. QUESTIONS • For a copy of plan, Please contact: • Martin Vyenielo – Chief – Emergency Response Section • PA BRP/DEP • 400 Market Street, 13th Floor • Harrisburg, PA 17105 • 717-783-6003, mvyenielo@state.pa.us