TITLE 32: ENERGY
CHAPTER II: ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER c: NUCLEAR FACILITY SAFETY
PART 504
STATUS SIGNALS FOR NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS
SECTION 504.10 POLICY AND SCOPE
Section 504.10 Policy and
Scope
a) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (Agency) has the
responsibility under State law to acquire from each nuclear power reactor in
the State all system status signals which initiate Emergency Action Level
Declarations, actuate accident mitigation and provide mitigation verification,
including indications of operating power levels.
b) Signals shall be provided by each owner in a manner that
assures availability to the Agency during all modes of reactor operation
(including defueled conditions) as well as throughout accidents and subsequent
recovery operations.
c) This Part provides the criteria and requirements under which
each owner of a nuclear power reactor shall transmit to the Agency a System
Status Signals Catalogue for the reactor via a Reactor Data Link (RDL).
d) This Part shall apply to all owners. For any nuclear power
reactor for which no License to Operate has been issued by the United States
Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the effective date of this Part, a System
Status Signals Catalogue shall be transmitted by the owner to the Agency prior
to commencing initial fuel load.
e) For any nuclear power reactor providing an RDL, the owner
shall continue to transmit a System Status Signals Catalogue after the License
to Operate is no longer maintained and until such time that all fuel is removed
from the site or until the owner no longer possesses the capability to supply
such data.
(Source: Amended at 33 Ill.
Reg. 2254, effective January 23, 2009)
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CHAPTER II: ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER c: NUCLEAR FACILITY SAFETY
PART 504
STATUS SIGNALS FOR NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS
SECTION 504.20 DEFINITIONS
Section 504.20 Definitions
As used in this Part, the
following definitions will apply:
"Agency"
means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
"Communication
Link" means the network connection between the Agency supplied communication
hardware on the owner's premises to the Agency's headquarters in Springfield,
Illinois.
"Owner"
means the owner and operator of the nuclear power reactor.
"Point"
means the system parameter being monitored.
"RDL"
means the Reactor Data Link for a reactor. The RDL includes the entire system
by which the owner provides and the Agency receives a System Status Signals
Catalogue at the Agency's headquarters in Springfield, Illinois.
"RDL
outage" means any breakdown in the RDL that prevents the normal continuous
data transmission of the System Status Signals Catalogue to the Agency's
headquarters in Springfield, Illinois.
"Reactor"
means a nuclear power reactor.
"Station
Catalogue" means the complete and inclusive list of all computer monitored
points available for transmission from a nuclear power station from which the
System Status Signals Catalogue for each reactor is chosen.
"Station
Computer" means the computer or computers that collect and transfer data
to the Agency's communication hardware.
"System
Status Signals Catalogue" means the points selected by the Agency from the
Station Catalogue to be transmitted over the Communications Link. A System
Status Signals Catalogue is selected for each reactor.
(Source: Amended at 42 Ill.
Reg. 10418, effective May 31, 2018)
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CHAPTER II: ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER c: NUCLEAR FACILITY SAFETY
PART 504
STATUS SIGNALS FOR NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS
SECTION 504.30 PROTOCOL FOR DATA TRANSMISSIONS
Section 504.30 Protocol for
Data Transmissions
Communications protocol, data
representation and data transmission frequency for the System Status Signals
Catalogue shall be established and/or changed by mutual consent of the Agency
and the owner subject to the condition that the owner shall provide signals to
the Agency in a manner and at a frequency that allows the Agency to incorporate
the signals into and augment the Agency's remote effluent monitoring system.
(Source: Amended at 33 Ill.
Reg. 2254, effective January 23, 2009)
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CHAPTER II: ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER c: NUCLEAR FACILITY SAFETY
PART 504
STATUS SIGNALS FOR NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS
SECTION 504.40 EQUIPMENT
Section 504.40 Equipment
a) The Agency shall provide communication hardware to the owner
and shall establish a Communication Link. All Agency owned equipment shall be
maintained by the Agency.
b) Agency personnel and agents shall have access to all Agency
equipment located at the nuclear station site, subject to any security
requirements imposed by law, regulation, or normal security practices of the
owner, including Fitness-For-Duty requirements.
c) The owner shall provide and maintain necessary hardware and
software at its reactor site to communicate via the Agency supplied communication
hardware.
(Source: Amended at 42 Ill.
Reg. 10418, effective May 31, 2018)
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CHAPTER II: ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER c: NUCLEAR FACILITY SAFETY
PART 504
STATUS SIGNALS FOR NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS
SECTION 504.50 UPDATING STATION CATALOGUES AND SYSTEM STATUS SIGNALS CATALOGUE
Section 504.50 Updating
Station Catalogues and System Status Signals Catalogue
a) For each point included in the Station Catalogue, the Station
Catalogue shall contain, as a minimum, the name of the point; a description of
each parameter (point) measured, sensed or calculated; the units of measure for
analog points; the state indication for digital points, e.g., open or closed,
on or off; and the type of point, e.g., analog or digital.
b) The owner shall provide the Agency an updated Station
Catalogue for each nuclear power station at six month intervals. In the event
that the Station Catalogue remained unchanged, the owner shall notify the Agency
that no changes were made, in lieu of providing an updated Station
Catalogue. The Agency may lengthen the Station Catalogue submission interval
at any time.
c) Within 14 calendar days after receipt of an updated Station
Catalogue, the Agency shall provide the owner with notice of any changes to the
System Status Signals Catalogue.
d) The Agency shall select points for the System Status Signals
Catalogue from the updated Station Catalogue using the following criteria:
1) those points by which the off-site radiological consequences
can be determined;
2) those points by which challenges to, and failures of, the
clad, the primary boundary, and the containment structures can be determined;
3) those points by which short and long-term decay heat removal
capabilities can be determined; or
4) those points by which on and off-site station electrical power
status can be determined.
(Source: Amended at 42 Ill.
Reg. 10418, effective May 31, 2018)
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CHAPTER II: ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER c: NUCLEAR FACILITY SAFETY
PART 504
STATUS SIGNALS FOR NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS
SECTION 504.60 IMPLEMENTATION OF SYSTEM STATUS SIGNALS CATALOGUE
Section 504.60
Implementation of System Status Signals Catalogue
Except as provided in this
Section, the owner shall coordinate the transmission of a new System Status
Signals Catalogue no later than 14 calendar days after receiving the notice
provided for in Section 504.50(d). If the owner determines that it cannot transmit
the new System Status Signals Catalogue in the 14 calendar day period, the
owner shall, prior to the expiration of the 14 calendar day goal, apply in
writing to the Agency for an extension of time to transmit the new System
Status Signals Catalogue.
a) A written request to extend the time for implementation shall
include an estimate of the amount of time needed by the owner to begin
transmitting the new System Status Signals Catalogue and the reasons why the
additional time is needed for implementation.
b) Timely submittal to the Agency of a written request described
in subsection (a) will result in an automatic 14 day extension of the time for
implementation by the owner.
(Source: Amended at 33 Ill.
Reg. 2254, effective January 23, 2009)
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CHAPTER II: ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER c: NUCLEAR FACILITY SAFETY
PART 504
STATUS SIGNALS FOR NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS
SECTION 504.70 AVAILABILITY
Section 504.70 Availability
a) Each owner shall transmit a System Status Signals Catalogue
for each reactor over a Communications Link continuously 24 hours a day during
all modes of reactor operation (including defueled conditions) as well as
throughout accident and subsequent recovery operations, except during planned
station computer and RDL system outages or unplanned station computer and RDL
system outages beyond the control of the owner. The owner shall establish
measures to assure that unplanned RDL system outages are promptly identified
and corrected and that the root cause of the RDL outage is determined and
corrective action taken to preclude repetition when appropriate.
b) In the event of an RDL outage, or station computer outage, the
owner, when required by the Agency, shall establish a point of technical
contact with the Agency to communicate reactor status information until the RDL
is restored.
c) In the event of a planned or unplanned station computer
outage, data transmission to the Agency shall be restored as soon as possible
after the station computer's return to service.
d) The Agency's access to the System Status Signals Catalogue
shall not be intentionally degraded by the owner's computer usage unless that
usage is necessary to protect public health and safety as required under the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission license, and the degradation of access cannot be
avoided.
(Source: Amended at 42 Ill.
Reg. 10418, effective May 31, 2018)
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