10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 222, § 4

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 144-222-4 - Methods of Notification for Various Events

A. Scheduled Releases

1. if a gaseous or liquid release is scheduled, notice of such release shall be through an established toll-free telephone number. The notice must occur at least 24 hours prior to the day of the projected release. Projections of scheduled radioactive effluent releases shall be based on a calendar day. Thus, for example, if a release is projected for any time on Wednesday, the notice must commence no later than 11:59 p.m., Monday.

2. The notice must continue throughout the day that the release is projected to occur, re-stating the original projection.

3. Should the toll-free number become inoperative an cause a failure to comply with Section 4.A.1. , a nuclear power plant shall provide notices to the print and electronic media.

B. Unscheduled Releases

1. When a gaseous or liquid unscheduled release occurs notice of the unscheduled release shall be made as soon as the required information under Section 5 of these rules is known, but no later.. than 24 hours after discovery.

2. Unscheduled releases must be reported to the Department and to MEMA as soon as possible through commercial telephone lines.

3. The public shall be notified of any such unscheduled release via a toll-free telephone line, or, the electronic media and the print media.

4. When the print media is utilized, the notice must .appear in at least one local or regional newspaper or newsletter with a distribution that includes a ten mile radius of Maine Yankee.

5. When electronic media is utilized, the broadcast shall be via public and commercial radio or television stations with signal coverage of at least a ten mile radius of Maine Yankee.

C. Breakdown, or Malfunction or Inoperability of Safety Related Equipment Reportable under 10 CFR Part 21

1. Telephone notice shall be made to the State Nuclear Safety Inspector as soon as possible after the discovery of a breakdown, or malfunction or inoperability of any safety related equipment reportable under Part 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Energy.

2. Notice to the public of a breakdown, or malfunction or inoperability of safety related equipment shall be made following the determination that a 10 CFR Part 21 event exists. This notice shall be via a toll-free telephone line, the electronic media, or the print media, depending upon the circumstances.

10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 222, § 4