ML022670818
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 08/02/2002 |
| From: | Buikema E Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| To: | Dyer J Region 3 Administrator |
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"FederalEmergency Management Agency Region V 536 South Clark Street, 6th Floor Chicago, IL 60605-1521 August 2, 2002 Mr. James Dyer, Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351
Dear Mr. Dyer:
Enclosed is the Final Report for the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Plume Pathway Exercise conducted on June 4, 2002, for the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant. Copies of this report were transmitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission National Office, the Federal Emergency Management Agency National Office, and the State of Michigan.
No Deficiencies were identified for any jurisdiction. Two Areas Requiring Corrective Action (ARCA) were identified during this exercise. The first ARCA was identified for the State of Michigan under Criterion 2.b.2,- Radiological Assessment and Protective Action Recommendations and Decisions for the Plume Phase of the Emergency. The second ARCA was for Allegan County under Criterion 6.b. 1 - Monitoring and Decontamination of Emergency Worker Equipment. There was one prior ARCA for the State of Michigan identified under Criterion 5.b. I - Emergency Information and Instructions for the Public and the Media, and two prior ARCAs for Allegan County identified under Criteria 1.c. 1 - Direction and Control, and 3.c. 1 - Implementation of Protective Actions for Special Populations. All three prior ARCAs were resolved during this exercise. A detailed description of each issue can be found in Part IV of the final report.
Based on the results of the June 4, 2002, exercise, the offsite radiological emergency response plans and preparedness for the State of Michigan, and the Counties of Van Buren, Allegan, and Berrien, site-specific to the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, can be implemented. These plans are adequate to provide reasonable assurance that appropriate measures can be taken offsite to protect the health and safety of the public.
Therefore, Title 44 CFR, Part 350, approval of the offsite radiological emergency response plans and preparedness for the State of Michigan and the Counties of Van Buren, Allegan, and Berrien, granted on July 2, 1982, remains in effect.
If you have any questions, please let me know or have a member of your staff contact Woodie Curtis at (312) 408-5528.
Sincerely, ard G uikema Regional Director Enclosure
Final Exercise Report Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Licensee: Nuclear Management Company Exercise Date: June 4, 2002 Report Date: August 1, 2002 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REGION V 536 S. Clark Street, 6th Floor Chicago, IL 60605
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. EXECUTIVE SU MM ARY ................................................................................................. 1 II. INTRODU CTION ........................................................................................................ 3 III. EXERCISE OVERVIEW ................................................................................................ 5 A. Plume Emergency Planning Zone Description ................................................ 5 B. Exercise Participants ........................................................................................... 5 C. Exercise Tim eline ............................................................................................... 8 IV. EXERCISE EVALUATION AND RESULTS ............................................................. 10 A. Summary Results of Exercise Evaluation ........................................................ 10 B. Status of Jurisdictions Evaluated ...................................................................... 13
- 1. STATE OF MICHIGAN ...................................................................... 15 1.1 Initial Notification Point ........................................................... 15 1.2 Emergency Operations Center ................................................. 15 1.3 Technical Support Group ........................................................... 16 1.4 Joint Public Information Center ................................................ 16 1.5 Public Inquiry Hotline ................................................................ 17 1.6 Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) - Van Buren County Evacuee Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination ............. 17 1.7 DEQ - Allegan County Evacuee Monitoring and Decontamination ............................ 18 1.8 DEQ - Van Buren County Evacuee Monitoring and Decontamination ............................. 18 1.9 DEQ - Allegan County Emergency WorkerNehicle Monitoring and Decontamination .18 1.10 DEQ - Van Buren County Emergency WorkerNehicle Monitoring and Decontamination. 19
- 2. RISK JURISDICTIONS .................. .................................................... 19 2.1 Van Buren County .................................................................... 19 2.1.1 Initial Notification Point ............................................... 19 2.1.2 Emergency Operations Center ...................................... 19 i
2.1.3 Joint Public Information Center .................................... 20 2.1.4 Emergency Alert System Radio Station ........................ 20 2.1.5 Evacuation and Access Control Point ........................... 20 2.1.6 Dosimetry Distribution Point ........................................ 21 2.1.7 Evacuee Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination .......... 21 2.1.8 Evacuee Monitoring and Decontamination ................... 21 2.1.9 Public Reception ........................................................... 22 2.1.10 Congregate Care ........................................................... 22 2.1.11 Emergency Worker and Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination ............................. 22 2.1.12 Protective Actions for School Children -EV2 .............. 23 2.2 A llegan County ......................................................................... 23 2.2.1 Initial Notification Point ............................................... 23 2.2.2 Emergency Operations Center ...................................... 23 2.2.3 Joint Public Information Center .................................... 24 2.2.4 Evacuation and Access Control Point ........................... 25 2.2.5 Public Reception ............................................................ 25 2.2.6 Congregate Care ........................................................... 25 2.2.7 Evacuee Monitoring and Decontamination ................... 26 2.2.8 Emergency Worker and Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination ............................. 26 2.3 Berrien County ......................................................................... 27 2.3.1 Initial Notification Point ............................................... 27 2.3.2 Emergency Operations Center ...................................... 28 2.3.3 Joint Public Information Center .................................... 28 2.3.4 Protective Actions for School Children -EV2 .............. 28 List of Appendices APPENDIX 1 - ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................... 30 APPENDIX 2 - EXERCISE EVALUATORS AND TEAM LEADERS ................................. 32 APPENDIX 3 - EXERCISE CRITERIA AND EXTENT-OF-PLAY AGREEMENT ............ 35 APPENDIX 4 - EXERCISE SCENARIO ................................................................................ 43 List of Tables Table 1 - Exercise Tim eline ........................................................................................................ 9 Table 2 - Summary Results of Exercise Evaluation ...................................................................... 11 ii
- 1. EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
On June 4, 2002, an exercise was conducted in the plume exposure pathway emergency planning zones (EPZ) around the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Region V. The purpose of this exercise was to assess the level of State and local preparedness in responding to a radiological emergency. This exercise was held in accordance with FEMA's policies and guidance concerning the exercise of State and local Radiological Emergency Response Plans (RERP's) and procedures.
The most recent exercise at this site was conducted on June 6-7, 2000. The qualifying emergency preparedness exercise was conducted on December 9, 1980.
FEMA wishes to acknowledge the efforts of the many individuals in the State of Michigan, Van Buren County, Allegan County, and Berrien County who participated in the exercise.
Protecting the public health and safety is the full-time job of some of the exercise participants and an additional assigned responsibility for others. Still others have willingly sought this responsibility by volunteering to provide vital emergency services to their communities. Cooperation and teamwork of all the participants were evident during this exercise.
This report contains the evaluation of the biennial exercise and the evaluation of the following out-of-sequence activities:
State of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Evacuee Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination Evacuee Monitoring and Decontamination Emergency Worker/Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination Van Buren County Dosimetry Distribution Point Evacuee/Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination Public Reception Congregate Care Emergency Worker/Vehicle Monitoring/Decontamination Protective Actions for School'Children - EV 2 Allegan County Public Reception Congregate Care Evacuee Monitoring and Decontamination Emergency Worker/Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination Berrien County Protective Actions for School Children - EV 2 I
The State and local organizations, except where noted in this report, demonstrated knowledge of their emergency response plans and procedures and adequately implemented them. No Deficiencies were identified during this exercise. Two Areas Requiring Corrective Action (ARCA) were identified during this exercise. The first issue was identified for the State of Michigan under Criterion 2.b.2 wherein the Agricultural Advisories were issued after evacuation Protective Action Orders were given. The second issue was for Allegan County under Criterion 6.b. 1 wherein the vehicle monitoring and decontamination area established at the Area Technical Education Center was not set up as identified in the Allegan County Emergency Worker Decontamination Center Procedure. There was one prior issue for the State of Michigan identified under Criterion 5.b. 1. Emergency Information and Instructions for the Public and the Media, and two prior issues for Allegan County identified under Criteria 1.c. 1.Direction and Control, and 3.c. 1 Implementation of Protective Actions for Special Populations that were resolved during this exercise.
II. INTRODUCTION On December 7, 1979, the President directed FEMA to assume the lead responsibility for all off-site nuclear planning and response. FEMA's activities are conducted pursuant to 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 350, 351, and 352. These regulations are a key element in the Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program that was established following the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station accident in March 1979.
FEMA Rule 44 CFR 350 establishes the policies and procedures for FEMA's initial and continued approval of State and local governments' radiological emergency planning and preparedness for commercial nuclear power plants. This approval is contingent, in part, on State and local governments' participation in joint exercises with licensees.
FEMA's responsibilities in radiological emergency planning for fixed nuclear facilities include the following:
- Taking the lead in off-site emergency planning and in the review and evaluation of RERPs and procedures developed by State and local governments; Determining whether such plans and procedures can be implemented on the basis of observation and evaluation of exercises of the plans and procedures conducted by State and local governments; Responding to requests by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding between the NRC and FEMA dated June 17, 1993 (Federal Register, Vol. 58, No. 176, dated September 14, 1993); and Coordinating the activities of Federal agencies with responsibilities in the radiological emergency planning process:
- U.S. Department of Agriculture;
- U.S. Department of Commerce;
- U.S. Department of Energy;
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;
- U.S. Department of the Interior;
- U.S. Department of Transportation;
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Representatives of these agencies serve on the FEMA Region V Regional Assistance Committee (RAG), which is chaired by FEMA.
Formal submission of the RERPs for the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant to FEMA Region V by the State of Michigan and involved local jurisdictions occurred on March 22, 1982.
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Formal approval of these RERPs was granted by FEMA to the State of Michigan on July 2, 1982, under 44 CFR 350.
A REP exercise was conducted on June 4, 2002 by FEMA Region V, to assess the capabilities of State and local emergency preparedness organizations in implementing their RERPs and procedures to protect the public health and safety during a radiological emergency involving the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant. The purpose of this exercise report is to present the exercise results and findings on the performance of the off-site response organizations (ORO) during a simulated radiological emergency.
The findings presented in this report are based on the evaluations of the Federal evaluator team, with final determinations made by the FEMA Region V RAC Chairperson, and approved by the Regional Director.
The criteria utilized in the FEMA evaluation process are contained in:
NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, "Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants," November 1980; FEMA-REP-14, "Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise Manual,"
September 1991; and FEMA "Radiological Emergency Preparedness: Exercise Evaluation Methodology" as published in the Federal Register Notice/Vol. 67, No. 80, dated April 25, 2002.
Section HI of this report, entitled "Exercise Overview", presents basic information and data relevant to the exercise. This section of the report contains a description of the plume pathway EPZ, a listing of all participating jurisdictions and functional entities, which were evaluated, and a tabular presentation of the time of actual occurrence of key exercise events and activities.
Section IV of this report, entitled "Exercise Evaluation and Results," presents detailed information on the demonstration of applicable exercise criteria at each jurisdiction or functional entity evaluated in a jurisdiction-based, issues-only format. This section also contains: (1) descriptions of all Deficiencies and ARCAs assessed during this exercise, recommended corrective actions, and the State and local governments' schedule of corrective actions for each identified exercise issue; and (2) descriptions of unresolved ARCAs assessed during previous exercises and the status of the OROs' efforts to resolve them.
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III. EXERCISE OVERVIEW Contained in this section are data and basic information relevant to the June 4, 2002 exercise to test the off-site emergency response capabilities in the area surrounding the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant. This section of the exercise report includes a description of the 10-mile plume pathway EPZ, a listing of all participating jurisdictions and functional entities that were evaluated, and a tabular presentation of the time of the actual occurrence of key exercise events and activities.
A. Plume Emergency Planning Zone Description The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant is a single unit pressurized water reactor with a net capacity of 805 megawatts. The facility, owned by Consumers Energy and operated by Nuclear Management Company (NMC), commenced commercial operation in 1971. Lake Michigan is the cooling water source for the plant.
The plant is located in northwestern Van Buren County, Michigan, on the shore of Lake Michigan, approximately five miles south-southwest of South Haven. The 10-mile EPZ of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant encompasses parts of Allegan, Berrien, and Van Buren Counties, with the major portion of the zone falling within Van Buren County. The total plume pathway EPZ population is 35,220 (NMC data) persons.
Approximately 50 percent of the 10-mile EPZ lies within Lake Michigan. The lake attracts a large number of vacationers during the summer. The area includes various summer resorts, which offer camping facilities, light housekeeping cottages, tourist's attractions and the Van Buren State Park. The City of South Haven, with a tourism-based economy, is located five miles north of the plant.
The population varies from summer to winter months.
Agricultural use of the land includes seasonal fresh fruit and vegetable farming and processing. Peak agricultural use takes place during the spring, summer, and fall months.
B. Exercise Participants The following agencies, organizations, and units of government participated in the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant exercise on June 4, 2002.
STATE OF MICHIGAN Department of Agriculture Department of Community Health Department of Natural Resources Department of State Police 5
Department of Transportation Emergency Management Division Family Independence Agency Office of the Governor - Executive Office Office of Services to the Aging Special Operation Division RISK JURISDICTIONS VAN BUREN COUNTY Emergency Management Division Emergency Medical Services Executive Group - Chief Elected Official Family Independence Agency Fire Services Health Services Human Services Intermediate School District Michigan State Liaison Office of Services to the Aging Road Commission Police Services Sheriff's Office Social Services ALLEGAN COUNTY Emergency Management Division Executive Group - Chief Elected Official Family Independence Agency Fire Services Health Services Human Services Intermediate School District Mental Health Michigan State Liaison Office of Services to the Aging Police Services Road Commission Sheriffs Department Social Services 6
BERRIEN COUNTY Emergency Management Division Executive Group - Chief Elected Official Family Independence Agency Fire Services Health Services Human Services Intermediate School District Michigan State Liaison Office of Services to the Aging Police Services Road Commission Sheriffs Department Social Services RISK SCHOOL DISTRICTS Bangor School District (Van Buren County)
Bangor Middle School Bangor High School Coloma School District (Allegan County)
Coloma Elementary School PRIVATENOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS Allegan County Sheriffs Posse American Red Cross Area Technical Education Center Bangor Emergency Medical Services Decatur High School Fennville Fire Department Fennville High School Fennville Middle School Gobles High School Hartford Fire Department Life Emergency Medical Services Medic Pride Care Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services South Haven Fire and Emergency Medical Services Van Buren Transit WCSY-FM Radio 7
C. Exercise Timeline Table 1, on the following page, presents the times at which key events and activities occurred during the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant plume pathway exposure exercise on June 4, 2002. Also included are times that notifications were made to the participating jurisdictions/functional entities.
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Table 1. Exercise Timeline DATE AND SITE: June 4. 2002 - Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Time Time That Notification Was Received or Action Was Taken Classification Utility Level Declared State of Michigan Allegan County Berrien County Van Buren County Joint Public SEOC EOC EOC EOC Information Center Unusual Event 0835 0841 0900 0850 0841 N/A Alert 0851 0858 0912 0908 0858 0929 Site Area Emergency 1026 1030 1039 1040 1041 1038 General Emergency 1038 1053 1055 1056 1055 1055 SIM Radiation Release Started 1035 1045 1153 1228 1106 1055 SIM Radiation Release Terminated N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Facility Declared Operational 0955 0955 0950 0925 0955 Declaration of State of Emergency State 1035 1035 1040 1038 1053 Local N/A 1035 1031 1038 N/A Exercise Terminated 1250 1250 1305 1250 1315 1"Early Precautionary Advisory: 1040 1113 1119 1055 1110 Livestock Advisory - Dairy animals and livestock placed under shelter and fed stored feed and well water in Van Buren County - Areas 1.2.and 3.
2"d Early Precautionary Advisory: 1124 1215 1228 1127 1215 Livestock Advisory - Dairy animals and livestock placed under shelter and fed stored feed and well water in Areas
- 1. 2. 3.4.and 5.
l' Protective Action Order: 1053 1055 1056 1055 1059 Evacuate Areas 1, 2, and 3.
Restrict marine and lake traffic out to 5 miles.
l' Siren Activation 1056 1102 1056 1056 N/A I" EAS Message 1055 1102 1056 1109 N/A 2"d Protective Action Order: 1124 1125 1126 1127 1129 Evacuate Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Restrict marine and lake traffic out to 10 miles.
2!'d Siren Activation 1126 1140 1126 1127 N/A 2 nd EAS Message 1128 1140 1128 1137 N/A KI Administration Decision:
Ingestion of KIlto all EWs in Areas 1, 2, and 3. 1048 1053 1105 1054 1053 Ingestion of KI to all EWs in Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. 1122 1127 1134 1130 1143
IV. EXERCISE EVALUATION AND RESULTS Contained in this section are the results and findings of the evaluation of all jurisdictions and functional entities that participated in the June 4, 2002 exercise to test the off-site emergency response capabilities of State and local governments in the 10-mile EPZ surrounding the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant.
Each jurisdiction and functional entity was evaluated based on its demonstration of exercise criteria delinated in Federal Register Notice/Vol. 67, No. 80, dated April 25, 2002. Detailed information on the exercise criteria and the extent-of-play agreement used in this exercise are found in Appendix 3 of this report.
A. Summary Results of Exercise Evaluation The matrix presented in Table 2, on the following page(s), presents the status of all exercise criteria from Federal Register Notice/Vol. 67, No. 80, dated April 25, 2002 that were scheduled for demonstration during this exercise by all participating jurisdictions and functional entities. Exercise criteria are listed by number and the demonstration status of those criteria are indicated by the use of the following letters:
M Met (No Deficiency or ARCAs assessed and no unresolved ARCAs from prior exercises)
D - Deficiency/(ies) assessed A - ARCA(s) assessed or unresolved ARCA(s) from prior exercise(s)
N - Not Demonstrated (Reason explained in Section IV.B.)
Blank - Not scheduled for demonstration 10
Table 2. Summary Results of Exercise Evaluation DATE AND SITE: June 4, 2002 - Palisades Nuclear Power Plant (Sheet 1 of 2)
JURISDICTIONS/ 1.1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3 3. 3 3 3. 3. 3. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 5. 5. 5. 56.6. 6. 6, FUNCTIONALENTITY a.
1 b. 1 C. 1 d. 1 1 e. 1_1a. b.
1 b.
2
- c. d.
1111
- e. a.
2 1
- b. c. c. d.
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- d. e. e.lf. a. a. a. b. c. a. a. a. b. a. b. c. d.
1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 STATE OF M'ICM'HGAN 1 Initial Notification Point M M Emergency Operations Center M M M M M M M A M M M Technical Support Group M M M M M Joint Public Information Center M M M M M Public Inquiry Hotline M M DEQ - Evacuee Vehicle M&D (Van Buren Co.) MM M M DEQ - Evacuee M&D ------
(Allegan Co.) MM M M DEQ - Evacuee M&D ------
(Van Buren Co). MM M M DEQ - EW & Vehicle M&D (Allegan Co.) MM M MM DEQ - EW & Vehicle M&D - ------
(Van Buren Co.) MM M RISK COUNTIES VAN RflREN Initial Notification Point M M Emergency OperationsCenter M M M M M M M M M M MIM M M Joint Public Information Center M M M M EAS Radio Station M M I Evacuation & ACP M M M M M Dosimetry Distribution Point M M M LEGEND: M - Met (No Deficiency or ARCA(s) assessed) A = ARCA(s) assessed (Not affecting health and safety of public) Blank = Not scheduled for demonstration D = Deficiency assessed U = Unresolved ARCA(s) from prior exercises N = Not demonstrated as scheduled (Reason explained in Section W.B.
Table 2. Summary Results of Exercise Evaluation DATE AND SITE: June 4, 2002 - Palisades Nuclear Power Plant (Sheet 2 of 2)
JURISDICTIONS/ 1.1.1.1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 5.
FUNCTIONALbENTITY 5. 5. 5. 6. 6. 6. 6.
a.b.. E Y d. 1 e.
1 -- a. b. b. c. d. e. a. b. c. c. d. d. e. e. f. a. a. a. b. c.
1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 a. a. a. b. a. b. c. d.
2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 Evacuee Vehicle M&D M M M M Evacuee M&D M M M M Public Reception M M Congregate Care M M M EW & Vehicle M&D M M M MM Protective Actions for School---
Children - EV2 M ATIJ".AN COTINTV Initial Notification Point M M t'3 Emergency Operations Center M M M M M M M M M M M M M Joint Public Information Center M _M M Evacuation & ACP M M M M M Public Reception M M Congregate Care M M M Evacuee M&D M M M EW & Vehicle M&D M M M M A BERRI"EN CONTWW Initial Notification Point M M Emergency Operations Center M M M M M M M M M M M M M M Joint Public Information Center M M M Protective Actions for School-Children - EV2 r L T T ..
. M LEG*iEND: M = Met (No Deficiency or ARCA(s) assessed A = ARCA(s) assessed (Not affecting health and safety of public) Blank = Not scheduled for demonstration D = Deficiency assessed U = Unresolved ARCA(s) from prior exercises N = Not demonstrated as scheduled (Reason explained in Section IV.B.)
B. Status of Jurisdictions Evaluated This subsection provides information on the evaluation of each participating jurisdiction and functional entity in ajurisdiction-based, issues-only format.
Presented below are definitions of the terms used in this subsection relative to criteria demonstration status.
Met - Listing of the demonstrated exercise criteria under which no Deficiencies or ARCAs were assessed during this exercise and under which no ARCAs assessed during prior exercises remain unresolved.
Deficiency - Listing of the demonstrated exercise criteria under which one or more Deficiencies was assessed during this exercise. Included is a description of each Deficiency and recommended corrective actions.
Area Requiring Corrective Actions - Listing of the demonstrated exercise criteria under which one or more ARCAs were assessed during the current exercise or ARCAs assessed during prior exercises remain unresolved. Included is a description of the ARCAs assessed during this exercise and the recommended corrective action to be demonstrated before or during the next biennial exercise.
Not Demonstrated - Listing of the exercise criteria that were not demonstrated as scheduled during this exercise and the reason(s) they were not demonstrated.
Prior Issues - Resolved - Descriptions of ARCAs assessed during previous exercises that were resolved in this exercise and the corrective actions demonstrated.
Prior Issues - Unresolved - Descriptions of ARCAs assessed during prior exercises that were not resolved in this exercise. Included is the reason the ARCA remains unresolved and recommended corrective actions to be demonstrated before or during the next biennial exercise.
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The following are definitions of the two types of exercise issues that are discussed in this report.
A Deficiency is defined in FEMA-REP-14 as "...an observed or identified inadequacy of organizational performance in an exercise that could cause a finding that offsite emergency preparedness is not adequate to provide reasonable assurance that appropriate protective measures can be taken in the event of a radiological emergency to protect the health and safety of the public living in the vicinity of a nuclear power plant."
An ARCA is defined in FEMA-REP-14 as "...an observed or identified inadequacy of organizational performance in an exercise that is not considered, by itself, to adversely impact public health and safety."
FEMA has developed a standardized system for numbering exercise issues (Deficiencies and ARCAs). This system is used to achieve consistency in numbering exercise issues among FEMA Regions and site-specific exercise reports within each Region. It is also used to expedite tracking of exercise issues on a nationwide basis.
The identifying number of Deficiencies and ARCAs includes the following elements, with each element separated by a hyphen (-).
Plant Site Identifier - A two-digit number, corresponding to the Utility Billable Plant Site Codes.
Exercise Year - The last two digits of the year the exercise was conducted.
Criterion Number - An alpha and two-digit number corresponding to the criteria numbers in the six Exercise Evaluation Areas described in Federal Register Notice/Vol. 67, No. 80 dated April 25, 2002, which amends FEMA-REP 14, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise Manual.
Issue Classification Identifier - (D = Deficiency, A = ARCA). Only Deficiencies and ARCAs are included in exercise reports. Plan Issues are reported to the State(s) via a letter from the Regional Director. Therefore, standardized issue numbers are not assigned to Plan Issues.'
Exercise Identification Number - A separate two- (or three-) digit indexing number assigned to each issue identified in the exercise.
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- 1. STATE OF MICHIGAN 1.1 Initial Notification Point
- a. MET: Criteria 1.a.1 and 1.d.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 1.2 Emergency Operations Center
- a. MET: Criteria 1.a.1; 1.b.1; 1.c.1; 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 2.a.1; 2.b.1; 2.c.1; 5.a.1; and 5.b.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: Criterion 2.b.2.
Issue No: 44-02-2.b.2-A-01 Condition: The first Livestock Advisory was broadcast to the EPZ population immediately prior to the first Protective Action Order (PAO) to evacuate, while the second Livestock Advisory was issued in conjunction with the second PAO to extend the evacuated area.
Possible Cause: Neither state procedures, nor guidance address a situation of placing livestock indoors and on stored feed and protected water when an evacuation order is implemented before the advisories are made.
Reference:
NUREG-0654, J.9, 1O.m Effect: Livestock Advisories were issued in conjunction with and immediately after PAOs to evacuate the EPZ population.
Recommendation: Plans, procedures, and prescripted messages should be revised to address the issuance of a Livestock Advisory after a PAO to evacuate is issued; keeping exposure "as low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA).
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Schedule Of Corrective Actions: State Emergency Operations Center Procedures and Michigan Department of Agriculture Procedures are being modified to include a caution on avoiding this situation in the future. This issue will be demonstrated for resolution during the September 24, 2002 Fermi 2 REP Exercise.
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 1.3 Technical Support Group
- a. MET: Criteria l.c. 1; L.d. 1; L.e. 1; 2.a. 1; and 2.b.2
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 1.4 Joint Public Information Center
- a. MET: Criteria 1.a.1; 1.b.1; l.d.1; 1.e.1; and 5.b.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED:
Issue No: 44-00-13-A-02 (New Criterion 5.b.1.)
Description:
The response time, for the Joint Public Information (JPIC) Center Rumor Control section, to the Consumers Energy Customer Service Center after the messages were completed ranged from six minutes to 73 minutes. Of the 10 messages forwarded, seven took over 36 minutes to respond to rumor control 16
questions. This kind of delay results in the service center staff answering the public rumor control questions with potentially obsolete information.
Corrective Action Demonstrated: The JPIC replaced the older facsimile transmission machines with newer machines that have greater memories, greater speed, and do not use thermal paper. Quick transmission of information between the two locations allowed public inquiry questions to be answered with current information.
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 1.5 Public Inquiry Hotline
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1 and 5.b.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE C. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 1.6 Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Evacuee Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination, Gobles High School - Van Buren County
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 3.a.1; and 6.a.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 17
1.7 DEQ - Evacuee Monitoring and Decontamination, Fennville High School - Allegan County
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d. 1; 1.e. 1; 3.a. 1; and 6.a. 1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 1.8 DEQ - Evacuee Monitoring and Decontamination, Gobles High School - Van Buren County
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 3.a.1; and 6.a.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 1.9 DEQ - Emergency Worker (EW) and Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination, Area Technical Education Center - Allegan County
- a. MET: Criteria L.d.1; 1.e.1; 3.a.1; 6.a.1; and 6.b.1.
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 18
1.10 DEQ - EW and Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination, Hartford Fire Department - Van Buren County
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d. 1; 1.e. 1; 3.a. 1; 6.a. 1; and 6.b. 1.
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE C. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE
- 2. RISK COUNTIES 2.1 VAN BUREN COUNTY 2.1.1 Initial Notification Point
- a. MET: Criteria 1.a.1 and 1.d.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.1.2 Emergency Operations Center
- a. MET: Criteria 1.a.1; 1.b.1; 1.c.1; 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 2.c.1; 3.a.1; 3.b.1; 3'.c.1; 3.c.2; 3.d. 1; 3.d.2; 5.a. 1; and 5.b. 1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE 19
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.1.3 Joint Public Information Center, County Public Information Officer
- a. MET: Criteria 1.a.1; 1.d.1; 1.e.1; and 5.b.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE C. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.1.4 Emergency Alert System Radio Station, WCSY
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d. 1 and 5.a.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.1.5 Evacuation and Access Control Point
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 3.a.1; 3.b.1; and 3.d.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE 20
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.1.6 Dosimetry Distribution Point, County Health Department
- a. MET: Criteria 1.e.1; 3.a.1; and 3.b.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.1.7 Evacuee Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination, Gobles High School
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 3.a.1; and 6.a.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.1.8 Evacuee Monitoring and Decontamination, Gobles High School
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 3.a.1; and 6.a.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 21
2.1.9 Public Reception, Gobles High School
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1; 1.e.1; and 6.a.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.1.10 Congregate Care, Decatur High School
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d. 1; 1.e. 1; and 6.c.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE C. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.1.11 Emergency Worker and Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination, Hartford Fire Department
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 3.a.1; 6.a.1; and 6.b.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 22
2.1.12 Protective Actions for School Children - EV2, Bangor Middle School and Bangor High School
- a. MET: Criterion 3.c.2
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.2 ALLEGAN COUNTY 2.2.1 Initial Notification Point
- a. MET: Criteria 1.a.1 and 1.d.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.2.2 Emergency Operations Center
- a. MET: Criteria 1.a.1; 1.b.1; 1.c.1; 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 2.c.1; 3.a.1; 3.b.1; 3.c.1; 3.d.1; 3.d.2; 5.a.1; and 5.b.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED:
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Issue No.: 44-00-03-A-03 (New Criterion 1.c. 1.)
Description:
The State provided the County with the second protective action order (PAO) at 1105 hours0.0128 days <br />0.307 hours <br />0.00183 weeks <br />4.204525e-4 months <br />. The PAO included the requirement to evacuate sub areas 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 out to 10-miles. This PAO included a portion of Allegan County. There was discussion on the evacuation of 2,500 students from the schools in Van Buren County. However, there was no discussion of the general public and the special populations in Allegan County (Objective No. 15) during the roundtable briefing in the Allegan County Emergency Operations Center.
Corrective Action Demonstrated: The Family Independence Agency (FIA) representative contacted a sufficient number of appropriate transportation providers placing them on stand-by. Thereby, ensuring their availability in the event that Area 4 of Allegan County, which is within the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone, would be available if the special needs population required additional transportation. During the exercise, the FIA representative simulated contacting each of the special needs population groups ensuring that their transportation requirements were adequate and that no additional assets were required. In addition, periodic updates by law Enforcement concerning the status of the evacuation of the general population was furnished to the Emergency Operations Center staff members once the PAO was implemented by Allegan County.
Issue No.: 44-00-15-A-04 (New Criterion 3.c.1.)
Description:
The FIA representative did not receive confirmation that simulated telephone calls were made to the special populations. The FIA representative did not confirm that equipment and personnel required to evacuate transportation dependent people to a shelter were available.
Corrective Action Demonstrated: The FIA representative placed Allegan County Transportation on stand-by status during the Alert Emergency Classification Level in the event that the special needs populations residing in Areas 4 and 5 were required to be evacuated. In addition, the Fennville High School Reception Center was activated when the Governor signed the Protective Action Order to evacuate Areas 4 and 5. All special needs individuals were contacted (simulated) to determine if they required transportation to evacuate from the impacted areas.
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.2.3 Joint Public Information Center, County Public Information Officer
- a. MET: Criteria 1.a.1; 1.d.1; 1.e.1; and 5.b.1.
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- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.2.4 Evacuation and Access Control Point
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 3.a.1; 3.b.1; and 3.d.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.2.5 Public Reception, Fennville High School
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1; 1.e.1; and 6.a.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE C. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.2.6 Congregate Care, Fennville Middle School
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1; L.e.1; and 6.c.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE 25
C. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.2.7 Evacuee Monitoring and Decontamination, Fennville High School
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 3.a.1; and 6.a.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.2.8 Emergency Worker and Vehicle Monitoring and Decontamination, Area Technical Education Center
- a. MET: Criteria 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 3.a.1; and 6.a.1.
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: Criterion 6.b.1.
Issue No: 44-02-6.b.l-A-02 Condition: The vehicle monitoring and decontamination area was not set up as identified in the Allegan County Emergency Worker Decontamination Center Procedure. Center supervisory personnel did not insure that the facility setup, workflow, and conduct were correctly accomplished. Barriers, plastic ribbon, or marking tape identification tools were not used to designate vehicle control areas.
Sufficient personnel and decontamination equipment was not provided to perform center mission.
Possible Cause: The Allegan County Emergency Worker Procedures, dated March 2002, is not descriptive enough to enable facility personnel to correctly 26
setup the desired vehicle flow path, identifying clean, contaminated, and decontamination areas for vehicles, and identifying sufficient personnel and equipment to manage and perform mission tasks. Equipment such as traffic cones and barriers were not provided.
Reference:
NUREG-0654, J.10.h.; K.5.b.
Effect: Emergency workers could have driven their vehicles onto the property through several existing entrances potentially contaminating the entire area.
Clean and contaminated vehicles could be intermingled causing cross contamination. Emergency workers again could contaminate themselves or a medical patient by using a vehicle that had not been decontaminated. Emergency workers and vehicles, waiting to be checked, were subjected to long lines, which kept them from being available quickly for reassignment.
Recommendation: Review and revise the Allegan County Emergency Worker Procedure. Provide training to all center personnel on the revised procedure.
Provide trained personnel and equipment needed to accomplish the tasks. Include descriptive supervisory tasks in procedures, covering overall center management.
Schedule of Corrective Actions: Supervision and staff personnel will be trained on setup of the facility. Provisions will be made to ensure that contamination control barrier tape and traffic cones to control vehicular and personnel traffic flow are available to the Voc-Tech Center facility. Allegan County will request a staff assistance visit during 2003 to demonstrate this issue for resolution.
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.3. BERRIEN COUNTY 2.3.1 Initial Notification Point
- a. MET: Criteria 1.a.1 and 1.d.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE 27
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.3.2 Emergency Operations Center
- a. MET: Criteria 1.a.1; 1.b.1; 1.c.1; 1.d.1; 1.e.1; 3.a.1; 3.c.1; 3.c.2; 3.d.1; 3.d.2; 5.a.1; 6.a.1; 6.b.1; and 6.c.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.3.3 Joint Public Information Center, County Public Information Officer
- a. MET: Criteria 1.a.1; 1.d.1; 1.e.1; and 5.b.1
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE C. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: NONE
- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: NONE 2.3.4 Protective Actions for School Children - EV2, Coloma Elementary School
- a. MET: Criterion 3.c.2
- b. DEFICIENCY: NONE
- c. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: NONE
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- e. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: NONE
- f. PRIOR ISSUES UNRESOLVED: NONE 29
APPENDIX 1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS The following is a list of the acronyms and abbreviations that were used in this report.
ACP Access Control Point ALARA As Low As Reasonable Achievable ARCA Area Requiring Corrective Action CFR Code of Federal Regulations cpm counts per minute DEQ Department of Environmental Quality EAS Emergency Alert System EMD Emergency Management Division EOC Emergency Operations Center EPZ Emergency Planning Zone EW Emergency Worker FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FIA Family Independence Agency FTC Field Team Center HP Health Physics or Health Physicist HS High School ICF ICF Consulting JPIC Joint Public Information Center KI Potassium Iodide M&D Monitoring and Decontamination mR milliroentgen mR/hr milliroentgen per Hour MSP Michigan State Police N/A Not Applicable NMC Nuclear Management Company NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 30
NUREG-0654 NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants, November 1980 ORO Off-site Response Organization PAO Protective Action Order PAD Protective Action Decision R Roentgen R/hr Roentgen per hour RAC Regional Assistance Committee RACES Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services RASCAL Radiological Assessment System for Consequence Analysis RCP Reactor Coolant Pump RCS Reactor Coolant System REA Radiation Emergency Area rem Roentgen Equivalent Man REP Radiological Emergency Preparedness RERP Radiological Emergency Response Plan SEOC State Emergency Operations Center T/L Team Leader 31
APPENDIX 2 EXERCISE EVALUATORS AND TEAM LEADERS The following is a list of the personnel who evaluated the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant exercise on June 4, 2002. Evaluator Team Leaders are indicated by the letters "(TL)" after their names. The organization which each evaluator represents is indicated by the following abbreviations:
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency ICF ICF Consulting NAME ORGANIZATION RAC Chairperson Woody Curtis FEMA Exercise Director Woody Curtis FEMA EVALIUATION SITE EVALUATOR ORGANIZATTON STATE OF MICHIGAN Initial Notification Point Jennifer Roberson ICF Emergency Operations Center Clint Crackel (TL) FEMA Jennifer Roberson ICF Arthur Ball ICF Technical Support Richard Grundstrom ICF Joint Public Information Center George Mac Donald ICF Public Inquiry Hotline Tommy Brown ICF DEQ - Evacuee Vehicle Monitoring Hollis Berry ICF and Decontamination, Gobles HS - Van Buren County DEQ - Evacuee Monitoring and Frank Bold ICF Decontamination, Fennville HS - Allegan County DEQ - Evacuee Monitoring and Hollis Berry ICF Decontamination, Gobles HS - Van Buren County 32
EVALUATION SITE EVALUIATOR ORGANIZATION DEQ - Emergency Worker and Bill Neidermeyer ICF Vehicles Monitoring and Decontamination, Area Technical Education Center Allegan County DEQ - Emergency Worker and Richard Grundstrom ICF Vehicles Monitoring and Decontamination, Hartford Fire Department Van Buren County VAN BUREN COUNTY Initial Notification Point Sandra Bailey FEMA Emergency Operations Center Sandra Bailey (TL) FEMA Robert Rospenda ICF Harold Spedding ICF Joint Public Information Center, George Mac Donald ICF County Public Information Officer EAS Radio, WCSY Rosemary Samsel ICF Evacuation and Access Control Harold Spedding ICF Point Dosimetry Distribution Tommy Brown ICF Evacuee Monitoring and Hollis Berry ICF Decontamination, Gobles HS Evacuee Vehicle Monitoring and Hollis Berry ICF Decontamination, Gobles HS Public Reception, Gobles HS Hollis Berry ICF Congregate Care, Decatur HS Rosemary Samsel ICF Emergency Worker and Vehicles Richard Grundstrom ICF Monitoring and Decontamination, David Jacobson ICF Hartford Fire Department Protective Actions for School Sandra Bailey FEMA Children - EV2, Bangor Schools 33
EVAIIATION SITE EVALUATOR ORGANIZATION ALLEGAN COUNTY Initial Notification Point Carolyn Sturghill FEMA Emergency Operations Center Carolyn Sturghill (TL) FEMA Gary Naskrent FEMA Paul Nied ICF Joint Public Information Center, George Mac Donald ICF County Public Information Officer Evacuation and Access Control Paul Nied ICF Point Public Reception, Fennville HS Rosemary Samsel ICF Congregate Care, Rosemary Samsel ICF Fennville Middle School Evacuee Monitoring and Frank Bold ICF Decontamination, Fennville HS William Neidermeyer ICF Emergency Worker and Vehicles Frank Bold ICF Monitoring and Decontamination, William Neidermeyer ICF Area Technical Education Center BERRIEN COUNTY Initial Notification Point Roy Smith ICF Emergency Operations Center Roy Smith (TL) ICF David Jacobson ICF Joint Public Information Center, George Mac Donald ICF County Public Information Officer Protective Actions for School Sandra Bailey FEMA Children - EV2, Coloma Schools 34
APPENDIX 3 EXERCISE CRITERIA AND EXTENT-OF-PLAY AGREEMENT This appendix lists the exercise criteria that were scheduled for demonstration in the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant exercise on June 4, 2002 and the off-site extent-of-play agreement approved by FEMA Region V on May 22, 2002.
The exercise criteria, contained in FEMA "Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise Evaluation Methodology" as published in the Federal Register Notice/Vol.67, No 80, dated April 25, 2002, represent a functional translation of the planning standards and evaluation criteria of NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, Criteria for the Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants, November 1980.
Because the exercise criteria are intended for use at all nuclear power plant sites, and because of variations among off-site plans and procedures, an extent-of-play agreement is prepared by the State and approved by FEMA to provide evaluators with guidance on expected actual demonstration of the criteria.
A. Exercise Criteria and Extent-of-Play Listed below are the specific REP criteria scheduled for demonstration during this exercise.
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PALISADES NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EXERCISE June 4, 2002 Extent Of Play Agreements for Allegan County, Berrien County, Van Buren County, and the State of Michigan Criteria that can be re-demonstrated immediately for credit, at the discretion of the evaluator, include the following: 3.a.1, 3.d.1, 3.d.2, 6.a.1, 6.b.1, 6.c.1 and 6.d.1. Criteria that may be re demonstrated, as approved on a case-by-case basis by the Chairperson of the Regional Assistance Committee, include the following: 2.a.1, 2.b.1, 2.b.2, 5.a.1 and 5.b.1.
Evaluation Area I - Emergency Operations Management Criterion I.a.1: OROs use effective procedures to alert, notify and mobilize emergency personnel and activate facilities in a timely manner.
The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) will be fully activated. State personnel will be mobilized in accordance with procedures with the exception of personnel reporting to local government EOCs and the JPIC, who will be pre-positioned. Pre positioned personnel will begin participation no earlier than the Alert classification. The Field Team Center and associated personnel will not be demonstrated for this exercise.
A cell will be established to initiate exercise data inputs for SEOC players. Personnel involved in out of sequence demonstrations will be prestaged. A roster will be provided to demonstrate 24-hour staffing.
The Allegan and Van Buren County EOCs will be fully activated. Personnel will be mobilized in accordance with procedures with the exception of those reporting to the JPIC, who will be pre-positioned. Pre-positioned personnel will begin participation no earlier than the Alert classification. Personnel involved in out of sequence demonstrations will be pre-positioned. Rosters will be provided to demonstrate 24-hour staffing.
The Berrien County EOC will be partially activated and mobilized in accordance with procedures. EOC staff will be limited to the Chief Ekecutive, Chief of Staff, Public Information, RADPRO, Fire Services, and Social Services representatives. A roster will be provided to demonstrate 24-hour staffing of the EOC.
Criterion 1.b.1: Facilities are sufficient to support the emergency response.
This objective will include the demonstration of the setup of the State, Allegan County, and Van Buren County EOCs. The JPIC and Berrien County EOC will be set-up in advance of the exercise. The Van Buren County EOC was built during 2001.
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Criterion 1.c.1: Key personnel with leadership roles for the ORO provide direction and control to that part of the overall response effort for which they are responsible.
This criterion will be demonstrated at the SEOC, Allegan County EOC, Berrien County EOC, and the Van Buren County EOC.
Criterion I.d.1: At least two communication systems are available, at least one operates properly, and communication links are established and maintained with appropriate locations.
Communications capabilities are managed in support of emergency operations.
This criterion will be demonstrated at the SEOC, Allegan County EOC, Berrien County EOC, and the Van Buren County EOC.
Criterion 1.e.1:, Equipment, maps, displays, dosimetry, potassium iodide (KI) and other supplies are sufficient to support emergency operations.
Equipment, maps, displays, and other supplies will be demonstrated to support emergency operations at the SEOC, JPIC, Allegan County EOC, Berrien County EOC, and the Van Buren County EOC. The FTC will not be demonstrated. Potassium iodide and dosimetry are stored at the Emergency Management Office in Allegan County; at the Emergency Management Office in Berrien County; at the Emergency Management Office, Health Department, and South Haven Fire Department in Van Buren County, and at the MSP/EMD office in Lansing. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality also maintains supplies of potassium iodide and dosimetry for use by its personnel.
EVALUATION AREA 2 - PROTECTIVE ACTION DEcIsIoN MAKING Criterion 2.a.1: OROs use a decision-making process, considering relevant factors and appropriate coordination, to ensure that an exposure control system, including the use of KI, is in place for emergency workers including provisions to authorize radiation exposure in excess of administrative limits or protective action guides.
The ability to make the decision to recommend the use of KI to emergency workers will be demonstrated by the SEOC. Authorization to exceed state exposure limits will be demonstrated as driven by the scenario. Exposure record keeping will be demonstrated at out of sequence emergency worker and public decontamination center activities in Van Buren and Allegan Counties.
Criterion 2.b.I: Appropriate protective action recommendations are based on available information on plant conditions, field monitoring data and licensee and ORO dose projections, as well as knowledge of on-site and off-site environmental conditions.
The Technical Support Group in the SEOC will evaluate licensee and FTC Cell provided information and complete an independent analysis of scenario data. Dose assessment evaluation will be conducted via interview with the individual performing the FTC Cell role at the MSP/EMD office in Lansing.
This criterion does not apply to Allegan, Berrien, and Van Buren Counties.
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Criterion 2.b.2: A decision-making process involving consideration of appropriate factors and necessary coordination is used to make protective action decisions (PADs) for the general public (including the recommendation for the use of KI, if ORO policy).
This criterion will be demonstrated by the Executive Group in the SEOC in conjunction with applicable support staff.
This criterion does not apply to Allegan, Berrien, and Van Buren Counties.
Criterion 2.c.1: Protective action decisions are made, as appropriate, for special population groups.
This criterion will be demonstrated by the Executive Group in the SEOC in conjunction with applicable support staff via the ability to make the decision to recommend the use of KI to institutionalized persons will be demonstrated by the SEOC.
Lists of transportation dependent and special needs populations are kept by each county. No personnel will be moved. Equipment lists and rosters will be available in the Van Buren and Allegan CountyEOCs. No phone calls to transportation dependent persons will be made. Berrien County will not demonstrate this criterion.
Criterion 2.d.1: Radiological consequences for the ingestion pathway are assessed and appropriate protective action decisions are made based on the ORO's planning criteria.
This criterion will not be demonstrated during this exercise.
Criterion 2.e.1: Timely re-location, re-entry and return decisions are made and coordinated as appropriate, based on assessments of the radiological conditions and criteria in the OROs plan and/or procedures.
This criterion will not be demonstrated during this exercise.
EVALUATION AREA 3 - PROTECTIVE ACTION IMPLEMENTATION Criterion 3.a.1: The OROs issue appropriate dosimetry and procedures, and manage radiological exposure to emergency workers in accordance with the plan and procedures.
Emergency workers periodically and at the end of each mission read their dosimeters and record the readings on the appropriate exposure record or chart.
Issuance of dosimetry will be discussed during scheduled interviews, which may occur during the exercise. Refer to the Table of Exercise Demonstrations for specific times and locations.
This criterion will be demonstrated by the State of Michigan, Allegan County, and Van Buren County during out of sequence reception and decontamination center demonstrations.
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for Van Buren County and Allegan County. Berrien County has no scheduled field demonstrations during this exercise. The RadPro Officer may be interviewed by FEMA to assess the ability to effectively distribute dosimetry.
Criterion 3.b.1: KI and appropriate instructions are available should a decision to recommend use of KI be made. Appropriate record keeping of the administration of KI for emergency workers and institutionalized individuals (not the general public) is maintained.
This will be demonstrated during the traffic and access control demonstrations in Allegan and Van Buren Counties. Berrien County will not demonstrate this objective.
Simulated KI will be distributed to emergency workers in Van Buren and Allegan Counties along with their dosimetry if driven by the scenario. The State will demonstrate this objective through decision-making and orders to the counties to implement appropriate Protective Action Orders.
Criterion 3.c.1: Protective action decisions are implemented for special population groups within areas subject to protective actions.
This criterion will be demonstrated in the Allegan, Berrien, and Van Buren County EOCs via EOC staff discussions, which will be documented in situation logs. Telephone calls will be made to demonstrate the ability to contact providers of transportation services.
Each county will contact one public transit authority, one school system for buses, one local ambulance service, and one fire/rescue service. There will be no discussion of scenario information during these calls.
Criterion 3.c.2: OROs/School officials decide upon and implement protective actions for schools.
This criterion will be demonstrated in the Berrien and Van Buren County EOCs. EV-2 interviews will be conducted in Berrien and Van Buren Counties. There are no Allegan County schools in the 10-mile EPZ. Refer to the Table of Exercise Demonstrations for specific times and locations.
Criterion 3.d.1: Appropriate traffic and access control is established. Accurate instructions are provided to traffic and access control personnel.
Decisions related to traffic and access control will be demonstrated in the Allegan, Berrien, and Van Buren County EOCs. Allegan and'Van Buren counties will demonstrate one traffic and access control post each during the exercise.!
Demonstration locations will be determined during the exercise at a time agreed upon by the FEMA evaluator, the State Controller, and the county emergency management coordinator. Staffing of the all other access and traffic control points will be simulated.
Criterion 3.d.2: Impediments to evacuation are identified and resolved.
This will be demonstrated through discussions at the Allegan and Van Buren County EOCs. Messages will be injected by the State Controller to drive this demonstration.
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Personnel will deal with the impediment by discussing the need for equipment, discussing its estimated time of arrival, etc. The State of Michigan and Berrien County will not demonstrate this objective. If the impediment posed involves road closures that would have been known to exercise participants during the course of normal operations, this information will be provided to the players as part of the initial conditions for the exercise.
Criterion 3.e.1: The ORO demonstrates the availability and appropriate use of adequate information regarding water, food supplies, milk and agricultural production within the ingestion exposure pathway emergency planning zone for implementation of protective actions.
This criterion will not be demonstrated during this exercise.
Criterion 3.e.2: Appropriate measures, strategies and pre-printed instructional material are developed for implementing protective action decisions for contaminated water, food products, milk and agricultural production.
This criterion will not be demonstrated during this exercise.
Criterion 3.f.1: Decisions regarding controlled re-entry of emergency workers and relocation and return of the public are coordinated with appropriate organizations and implemented.
This criterion will not be demonstrated during this exercise.
EVALUATION AREA 4 - FIELD MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS Criterion 4.a.1: The field teams are equipped to perform field measurements of direct radiation exposure (cloud and ground shine) and to sample airborne radioiodine and particulates.
This criterion will not be demonstrated during this exercise.
Criterion 4.a.2: Field teams are managed to obtain sufficient information to help characterize the release and to control radiation exposure.
This criterion will not be demonstrated during this exercise.
Criterion 4.a.3: Ambient radiation measurements are made and recorded at appropriate locations, and radioiodine and particulate samples are collected. Teams will move to an appropriate low background location to determine whether any significant (as specified in the plan and/or procedures) amount of radioactivity has been collected on the sampling media.
This criterion will not be demonstrated during this exercise.
Criterion 4.b.1: The field teams demonstrate the capability to make appropriate measurements and to collect appropriate samples (e.g., food crops, milk, water, vegetation, and soil) to support adequate assessments and protective action decision-making.
This criterion will not be demonstrated during this exercise.
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Criterion 4.c.1: The laboratory is capable of performing required radiological analyses to support protective action decisions.
This criterion will not be demonstrated during this exercise.
EVALUATION AREA 5 - EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION Criterion 5.a.1: Activities associated with primary alerting and notification of the public are completed in a timely manner following the initial decision by authorized offsite emergency officials to notify the public of an emergency situation. The initial instructional message to the public must include as a minimum the elements required by current FEMA REP guidance.
The Van Buren County Sheriffs Department is the primary activation point for the public warning sirens and Emergency Alert System for Van Buren, Allegan, and Berrien Counties. Allegan and Berrien Counties do not control the sirens or issue separate EAS messages. To demonstrate this criterion, the State will provide information to Van Buren County for release in the initial Emergency Alert System message. Allegan and Berrien Counties will provide information for inclusion only if the initial Protective Action Order affects their jurisdiction.
Criterion 5.a.2: [RESERVED]
Criterion 5.a.3: Activities associated with FEMA approved exception areas (where applicable) are completed within 45 minutes following the initial decision by authorized offsite emergency officials to notify the public of an emergency situation. Backup alert and notification of the public is completed within 45 minutes following the detection by the ORO of a failure of the primary alert and notification system.
This objective does not apply to the State of Michigan, Allegan County, Berrien County, or Van Buren County.
Criterion 5.b.1: OROs provide accurate emergency information and instructions to the public and the news media in a timely manner.
This will be demonstrated at the JPIC via dissemination of Emergency Alert System announcements in coordination with the SEOC, Allegan County EOC, Berrien County EOC, and Van Buren County EOC. All media briefings will be conducted at the JPIC.
A public inquiry hotline will be operated by Consumers Energy during the exercise.
Refer to the Table of Exercise Demonstrations for specific time and location.
Evaluation Area 6 - Support Operation/Facilities Criterion 6.a.1: The reception center/emergency worker facility has appropriate space, adequate resources, and trained personnel to provide monitoring, decontamination, and registration of evacuees and/or emergency workers.
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Van Buren and Allegan Counties will each fully demonstrate separate emergency worker and public reception/decontamination centers during out-of sequence demonstrations. Personnel will not go through alert, mobilization, activation, or shift changes. Berrien County will demonstrate its capabilities through interviews at the BEOC. State DEQ HP personnel will provide assistance as requested during Allegan and Van Buren County demonstrations. Public reception centers will demonstrate the ability to screen evacuees within established guidelines to meet the 20% in 12-hour requirement. The State of Michigan Field Team Center is not being demonstrated.
Criterion 6.b.I: The facility/ORO has adequate procedures and resources for the accomplishment of monitoring and decontamination of emergency worker equipment including vehicles.
Van Buren and Allegan Counties will each fully demonstrate an emergency worker decontamination center out of sequence with the exercise. Emergency vehicles will be monitored and decontaminated as appropriate. State DEQ HP personnel will provide assistance as requested during Allegan and Van Buren County demonstrations. The State of Michigan Field Team Center is not being demonstrated. Berrien County will demonstrate its capabilities in an interview at its EOC.
Criterion 6.c.1: Managers of congregate care facilities demonstrate that the centers have resources to provide services and accommodations consistent with American Red Cross planning guidelines. Managers demonstrate the procedures to assure that evacuees have been monitored for contamination and have been decontaminated as appropriate prior to entering congregate care facilities.
Van Buren and Allegan Counties will each fully demonstrate a congregate care center out of sequence with the exercise. Personnel manning the centers will not go through alert, mobilization, activation, or shift changes. Berrien County will demonstrate its capabilities in an interview at its EOC.
Criterion 6.d.1: The facility/ORO has the appropriate space, adequate resources, and trained personnel to provide transport, monitoring, decontamination, and medical services to contaminated injured individuals.,
This criterion will be demonstrated during the MS-1 exercise scheduled for October 2, 2002.
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APPENDIX 4 EXERCISE SCENARIO This appendix contains a summary of the simulated sequences of events that were used as the basis for invoking emergency response actions by OROs in the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant exercise on June 4, 2002.
The plume exercise scenario was submitted by the State of Michigan and Nuclear Management Company, and approved by FEMA Region V on May 23, 2002.
During the exercises, controllers from the State of Michigan either gave or telephoned "inject messages," containing scenario events and/or relevant data, to those persons or locations who would normally receive notification of such events. These inject messages were the method used for invoking response actions by OROs.
S9CFWNART 0T )MMARY Palex 2002 The plant is operatingat 100% power and has been for the last 6 months with exception ofpower changesfor testing. Chemistry results have indicateda potentialcladfailure. Dose equivalent1-131 has risen steadily over the last 17 days. The scenariowill present the Operatorswith a small Primary CoolantLeak that will develop into a Large Break LOCA. The leak rate will rise after the switchyard Front(F) Bus is lost due to some perturbationon the grid. The FrontBus will cause the Turbine to trip and the reactorwill not auto trip on loss of load.But can be manually trippedfrom the C-02 Panel This will prompt the SED to declare an Alert emergency classification.
One of the HPSIpumps is Out of Service due to a breakerPM. The other HPSIpump will operateas designed at the SIAS but one of the re-circulationvalves will not open. The pump may overheat and seize if it is not discovered that the recirc valve is not open.
Instrument and ControlTechnicians are trouble shooting a problem with the ContainmentIsolationActuation System due to an EngineeringAssist Report (EAR). Their work in the ControlRoom will begin with them in the ControlRoom and continue until the PrimaryCoolantLeak is introducedto the crew. At this time it would be expected that the SS/CRS would ask the Technicians to restore the system and leave the ControlRoom. A problem with ContainmentIsolation will become evident laterwhen the ContainmentIsolation System is initiateddue to RIA 1807 (one of the ContainmentHigh Radiation monitors)goes into alarm. This has the ControlRoom, per procedure,manually isolate the containment.At thispoint the containmentvent valves do not indicate closed on the Control Room panel.
If both HPSIpumps are unavailablethe SIR WT should not lose level appreciably.Level should not drop unless ContainmentSprays initiate.If level does reach 2% there will be no HPSIpumps availablefor injection during a Re-circulationActuation System if the HPSIpumps= re-circulationvalve is not opened.
The claddingfault will eventually develop into afuelfailuresufficient to create a significantradiationlevel in the containmentand a radioactivereleaseto the environment that will affect Van Buren and Allegan Counties. This will prompt two Protective Action Recommendations to be made. The initialPAR should be Evacuate the 2 miles radius and to 5 miles in the affected AREAS. The second PAR will involve evacuation of the 5 mile radius and evacuation 43
of the affected AREA out to the 10 mile radius.
The emergency procedures that will be entered will consist of ONP 23.1 Primary Coolant Leak, EOP-4 Loss of CoolantAccident and EOP-9.
The Emergency Action Levels that those people with Command and Control should be utilizing will be E 1I Primary Coolant System Integrity to declare the Unusual Event when the PCS Leak is equal to or exceeds 10 gallonsper minute. The Alert will be declaredfrom the EngineeredSafeguards Featureswhen the plant does not tripfrom the Loss of Load and must be tripped manually; exceeding an RPS Set point and Manual Trip was successful.
The Site Area Emergency (possiblya GeneralEmergency) will be initiatedfrom losing PCS integrity andfuel cladding in the Fission ProductBarriercategory. The projected GeneralEmergency will stem from containment integrity being lost about this same time. If all threefission products are lost a GeneralEmergency will be appropriate.
A radioactivereleasewill be evident due to the Stack Gas Monitors (RGEM) indicatinga rise at the Normal Range Stack Monitor (RIA 2326) then the High Range Stack Monitor (RJA 2327). The release will produce two Protective Action Recommendations. The first will be projectedto include the 2-mile radius and the affected area within the 5 mile radius. The second PAR will be for the entire 5-mile radius and the affected area within the 10 mile radius.
A 24-hour timejump will be initiatedto enter the Re-entry phase and eventually the Recovery phase of the exercise.
The exercise will be terminated upon satisfying all the objectivesfor the 2002 Palisadesgradedexercise.
Time: Initial conditions:
0800 A team of two Instrument and Control Technicians are in the Control Room working on the Containment Isolation System Logic due to a Engineering Assistance Report (EAR) modification.
Plant is at 100% Core age; Xenon and Boron concentration is per the Forced Outage Book.
High Pressure Safety Injection pump (Pump 66B) is Out of Service due to Electricians performing Preventive Maintenance on breaker 152-113 (B pump). Technical Specifications LCO 3.5.2 B 1 is in affect for 72 Hours.
Chemistry samples have indicated a steady rise in the Primary Coolant Dose equivalent 1-131. This has been trended over the last 14 days and shown a steady rise to the present value of 0.09 DCi/gm.
No other equipment is degraded or out of service.
0810 Chemistry will call Control Room for permission to draw a Primary Coolant Sample for trending PCS Iodine activity. Request CV- 1910 and CV- 1911 opened.
0815 The simulator operator will insert the Primary Coolant System leak at 12 gallons per minute ramped in over 30 seconds.
0818 Gaseous Waste Monitor annunciator alarms. (Window EK-1364) 0819 The CRS request that the NCO at the controls (ATC) quantify the suspected Primary Coolant Leak. The CRS enters ONP 23.1 Primary Coolant Leak. Announcement of entering ONP 23.1 is made to the plant.
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0820 The Chemistry Technician calls inquiring if they should secure the sampling. (Need to ensure Controller hands the message to the Chem. Tech. to call Simulator for this. Correct phone number needs to be given to the Chernt Tech.) Letdown is isolated per ONP 23.1.
0822 A crew brief is conducted. A plant trip is discussed if the leak approaches 20 gpm per ONP 23.1.
0823 The leak rate should be calculated at 10-12 gpm and the Shift Supervisor should be into EI I Category-"Primary Coolant Integrity"-Unidentified leakage greater than 10 gallons per minute.
0825 The Shift Supervisor should be declaring an Unusual Event emergency classification for reasons mentioned above.
0828 The emergency notifications should be initiated to Van Buren County, the State of Michigan and the NRC.
0835 The crew prepares to reduce power.
0845 The leak rate is calculated is calculated at approximately 18 gpm.
0848 The CRS calls for a crew brief to discuss tripping the plant due to the approaching 20 gpm leak rate.
0850 Before the crew can trip the plant the switchyard Front Bus trips. The safeguards buses swap to Startup Transformers but the Turbine trips but the reactor does not trip. The reactor must be tripped manually from C-02.
0851 The crew enters EOP 1.0.
0853 The Shift Supervisor declares an ALERT classification, due to the Failure of the RPS to automatically trip exceeding an RPS set point and the manual trip from C-02 trips the reactor.
0900 The CRS/SS-SED discuss removing the I&C Technicians from the Control Room.
0901 EOP 1 verbal verifications completed.
0902 The I&C Technicians are ordered to restore the CIS to normal and exit the Control Room when they are through. EOP 1.0 completed.
0919 Leak rate calculated to be 36 gpm.
0920 The TSC is declared Operational, the Shift Supervisor relieved of SED duties. Communications is moved to the TSC.
0924 PCS cool down commenced 0930 SO- Fail fuel malfunction initiated.
0942 Leak calculated to be 68 gpm. Radiation monitors at the 590 elevation and the High Range monitors are rising steadily. The area monitor at the NSSS panel is indicating a steady rise.
0948 SIS is initiated automatically at 1605 psia. No mini flow (recirculation flow) is indicated on Pump 66 "A", nor on any of the Low Pressure Safety Injection pump.
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0953 "E" electrical bus is restored 1007 RIA 1805,1806, 1807, 1808 are all greater than 6 R/hour. Leak rate is calculated to be 90 gpm.
1023 RIA 1807 reaches 10 R/hour (CIS will be manually initiated or if the second RIA reaches 10 R/hour CIS will occur automatically). CV-1065 and CV-1064 will not show closed indications.
1024 The EOF Director is advised to declare a Site Area Emergency. There are 2 out of 3 fission product barriers breached.
1026 A new message has gone out to the county, state and NRC.
1030 I&C come to the Control Room to open CV-19 10 and CV-l1911 for EI 7.
1045 The Health Physics Technician at the NSSS panel has a number that indicates a fuel failure in excess of<I%.
1055 This information arrives at the TSC. The HP Supervisor and Operations Support Group recommend upgrading the emergency classification to a General Emergency.
1100 RIA 2326 goes into Alert and indicates a steady rise to the High Alarm Set point. If a General Emergency has not been declared at this time, a leak path for the containment should be investigated and found to be CV-1065 and CV-1064 1105 A General Emergency is declared at this time with a Protective Action Recommendation made to evacuate the 2-mile radius and out to 5 miles in the affected areas.
1130 RIA 2327 is indicating xx mR/hour. RIA 2321 and 2322 are showing L.0E04 Rem/hour in containment and is rising slowly. (at this point the radiation level should level off and within the next hour start to drop - it cannot exceed the limit for 20% core damage per El- 11). At 4.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br /> after reactor trip the 20% limit will be 10,000 Rem/hr.
1155 The Dose Assessor indicates that the plume has exceeded 1 Rem at the 5-mile radius. The EOF Director calls the State Emergency Management Director in Lansing and changes the PAR to evacuate the 5-mile radius and out to the 10-mile radius in the affected areas.
1158 The OSC informs the TSC/Control Room that the breaker for Pump (P-66B is restored and ready to place in service.
1200 SIRWT is at 2% and RAS is initiated. If the re-circulation valve(s) that did not open were not discovered in time to prevent the HPSI pump that was available from seizing their will not be a pump to add water to the PCS. If the valve failure was .discovered in time then the operators can operate the pump as necessary in attempt to keep the core covered.
1215 I&C resolve the containment vent valve isolation opening and gets one them to close and isolates the release.
1230 RIA 2327 continues to drop from the isolation of the containment vent CV.
1245 The breaker that was out for Preventative Maintenance is restored to operability and ready to be closed.
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1300 The RVLMS lights have been restored to normal and pressurizer level is beginning to register.
1330 Primary Coolant System pressure is 280 psia and temperature is 250EF. Cool down continues.
1335 Terminate/Critique Time jump to 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> from termination for Re-entry/Recovery.
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