Re: drill scenario ??? -Reply

[erollins <erollins@southconn.com>]

Kenneth Prendergast wrote:
> 
> As an Emergency Preparedness Inspector, I was involved in many drills and
> exercises.  I would not have approved of a scenario that contained information on
> doses at lethal levels 10 miles from the plant.   This type of information defies reason
> and would not be followed by the licensee or the NRC.  Such false information would
> cause confusion and result in to many people heading down the wrong path.
> 
> Again these are my thoughts and not the views of my agency.  KMP @NRC.GOV


In my 13 years of commercial reactor emergency planning experience
(1980-1993), we developed scenarios to "exercise" the operators and
emergency responders under credible (design basis) conditions.  This was
a very time consuming (expensive) exercise that required input from
numerous individuals.  The NRC also took time to review and approve
these scenarios to determine if they adequately tested the emergency
response plan and personnel.  I do not believe that a drill scenario as
has been described would have been approved several years ago.  

What has changed?

Gene Rollins, CHP
erollins@southconn.com