BRP RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN

PA BRP Emergency Response Section

December 2008

BRP RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN

New Plan. Replaces BRP Nuclear Power Station Emergency Plan

All Radiological Hazards Plan – Not Just Nuclear Power Plants

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

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

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.

Annexes (Continued)

Annex C. Radiological Transportation Incidents BRP Response to Transportation

Incident

Annex D. Radiological Fixed Facility Incidents Facilities Using Radioactive Material

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

Annexes (Continued)

Annex F. Forms Common Forms Used for Any

Response Example – General Log Form

Annex G. Glossary Terms and Definitions Acronyms

Annexes (Continued)

Annex I. Preventive RAD/NUC Detection Detection of Illicit Radioactive

Material at Ports and Borders. Under Development

Annexes (Continued)

Annex J. Common Equipment Operating Procedures R3Vs, F-150’s, MCAs

Annex K. Common Implementing Procedures Sample Control, Resp. Prot., Phone

List

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

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

Changes to Plan (Cont.)

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

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

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