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ATTACHMENT 82002.01

FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

82002.01-01 INSPECTION OBJECTIVES

To verify, during plant construction (and prior to fuel load of the plant), the operational 

readiness of the facilities and equipment required by the Emergency Preparedness (EP) 

program and to ensure that the licensee will be able to transition to monitoring under the 

reactor oversight process.

82002.01-02 INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS

02.01 Determine the type of EP-related equipment or facilities. Develop an inspection 

plan for the equipment and facilities. 

02.02 Determine whether facilities and equipment meet Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) requirements, are adequately maintained, and are appropriately 

incorporated into the Emergency Plan. Include licensee communication 

systems/capabilities in this determination.

02.03 Review any changes to emergency facilities, equipment, instrumentation, and 

supplies, review the associated Section 50.54(q) analyses and determine whether the 

changes were a decrease in effectiveness.

02.04 If the new reactor will use the Alert and Notification System (ANS) of a colocated operating reactor, and the physical design of the ANS has been identified as a 

problem in past inspections, then determine whether the design has been changed 

since approval of the initial design. Review any approvals of the changes. If the initial 

physical design or changes are thought to be inadequate, or changes to the design 

have not been submitted, a determination of the adequacy of the system will require 

review by personnel qualified in the design of ANS. This effort will be conducted by 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Management should be informed of 

the need to initiate discussions with FEMA.

02.05 Based on the review of a representative sample of deficiencies, determine the 

effectiveness of licensee corrective actions in addressing facilities and equipment 

issues.

82002.01-03 INSPECTION GUIDANCE

03.01 This inspection is based on the expectation that the licensee will adequately 

maintain equipment and facilities. It is expected that a properly functioning EP program 

will address equipment and facilities problems through the robust drill and critique 

programs. However, when these processes are inadequate, readiness of equipment. 

and facilities may degrade. The inspection shall include all EP-related equipment within 

emergency response facilities (ERF) and all other types of EP-related equipment to 

verify the licensee’s operational readiness. Inspection information will be useful in 
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determining whether the EP program can transition to the reactor oversight process and 

meet the Cornerstone Performance Expectation and can operate in the green band. 

03.02 Requirements for emergency facilities, equipment and supplies are found in 10 

CFR 50.47(b), 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Technical Specifications, NUREG-0737, 

“Clarification of TMI Action Plan Requirements,” and Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737, 

“Clarification of TMI Action Plan Requirements - Requirements for Emergency 

Response Capability.” Essential emergency facilities, equipment, instrumentation, and 

supplies must be maintained in a state of operational readiness by the licensee. 

Determination of their status must be accomplished by direct inspection of ERFs, 

equipment, instrumentation and supplies. Acceptance guidance includes: 

a. ERFs shall be in a state of operational readiness.

b. Equipment/instrumentation (e.g., radiological survey equipment) must be 

technically adequate, operable, in calibration, properly maintained and present 

in appropriate quantities to be considered adequate. The status of emergency 

preparedness equipment, instrumentation and supplies that support the ERFs 

will be determined by direct inspection.

c. Communications systems shall be adequate for ERF operations and operable.

d. In-plant and onsite data acquisition systems shall be operable and testing 

records for ERF air cleaning systems should show required surveillance.

e. A review of dose assessment hardware and software documentation supporting 

the licensee radiological assessment program shall include the applicable 

sections of the licensee’s Emergency Plan. Elements that shall be reviewed 

include the following :

1. A review of the licensee’s program for maintenance of dose assessment 

software models. This would include the Validation and Verification 

Report, configuration control documents, revision approval chain, and 

model documentation. Review changes to the model and code for 

compliance with licensee programs. Review any internal audits of the 

code and revisions. 

2. The model used by the licensee shall be consistent with models used by 

offsite authorities. Determine whether the licensee has compared dose 

models with those of offsite authorities. Where there are significant 

differences, confirm that the licensee understands the differences and has 

informed the offsite authorities and the NRC Regional Response Staff of 

the differences. (Differences in dose calculations in an emergency will 

have to be explained to offsite decision makers and the press.) A factor of 

ten difference in the results, or a plume location difference of 30 degrees 

should not be regarded as a major difference, if the reasons for the 

differences are understood.
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3. The control room normally provides reliable indication of the 

meteorological variables (specified in Regulatory Guide 1.97) for site 

meteorology. Verification can be achieved by reviewing the 

meteorological system maintenance records. In addition, the inspector 

shall review letters of agreement with the National Weather Service or 

other service that can provide 24-hour backup information. The relevant 

procedures should contain the current telephone number for contacting 

the backup service.

03.03 The inspector shall verify that any changes to emergency facilities and 

equipment meet NRC requirements and have been appropriately incorporated into the 

Emergency Plan. Verify that changes were properly assessed under 10CFR 50.54(q). 

Verify that changes which may affect the licensee=s ability to activate them in a timely 

manner, were properly assessed under 10 CFR 50.54(q). Such changes will include 

size, location, supplies, internal arrangements, and use during normal operations. 

Changes made to licensee communication systems/capabilities should be evaluated to 

ensure that they did not reduce the effectiveness of the Emergency Plan. Offsite 

communication systems/capabilities recovery plan(s) and onsite repair support for these 

systems/capabilities will be included in this review.

03.04 No inspection guidance.

03.05 No inspection guidance.

82002.01-04 RESOURCE ESTIMATE

It is estimated that conduct of this attachment will take 40 hours.

END
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Exhibit 1

Revision History for IP 82002.01

Commitment 

Tracking Number

Issue Date Description of 

Change

Training Needed Training 

Completion Date

Comment 

Resolution 

Accession Number

N/A 11/08/2011

CN 11-030

ML111040206

Initial issue to 

support inspections 

of construction 

programs described 

in IMC 2504, 

Construction 

Inspection 

Program: 

Inspection of 

Construction and 

Operational 

Programs.

Completed 4 year 

search of historical 

CNs and found no 

commitments 

related to this 

Inspection 

Procedure.

None N/A N/A