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| ML12101A242 | |
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| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 02/07/2012 |
| From: | Ward N US Dept of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| To: | Collins E, Ghilarducci M Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, NRC Region 4, State of CA, Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| Cecere, Bethany NSIR/DPR 415-6754 | |
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| Download: ML12101A242 (27) | |
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u.s. Department of Homeland Security Region IX IIII Broadway, Suite 1200 Oakland, CA 94607-4052 FEMA FEB 07 20t2 Mr. Mark Ghilarducci Secretary California Emergency Management Agency 3650 Schriever Avenue Mather, CA 95655
Dear Mr. Ghilarducci:
I am forwarding a copy of the Final After Action Report for the medical services drill held in San Luis Obispo County on August 10, 2011, for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP). The purpose of this exercise was to assess the level of state and local preparedness in responding to a radiological emergency. The final exercise report was prepared by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region IX Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program staff.
No deficiencies were identified during this exercise for the state of California or San Luis Obispo County. There were no Areas Requiring Corrective Action (ARCA) identified as a result ofthe exerCise.
Based on the evaluation of the August 10, 2011, medical services drill, the offsite radiological emergency response plans for the state of California and the affected local jurisdictions site-specific to DCPP can be implemented, and are adequate to provide reasonable assurance that appropriate measures can be taken offsite to protect the health and safety of the public in the event of a radiological emergency at DCPP.
Therefore, the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 44 Part 350 interim approval of the offsite radiological emergency response plans and preparedness for the state of California, site-specific to DCPP, will remain in effect.
I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the many individuals that participated in this successful exercise. Their dedication to this program was clearly evident.
www.fema.gov
Mr. Mark Ghilarducci Page 2 If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at (510) 627-7100.
Your staff may also contact Ms. Katherine Nishihara, DCPP Site-Specialist, at 510-627-7080, or Mr. James Macaulay, Acting Radiological Assistance Committee Chair, at 510-627-7009.
Sincerely,
- JQ I-l ~t f. lO/QlQd Nancy Ward Regional Administrator FEMA Region IX Enclosure
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Region IX 1111 Broadway, Suite 1200 Oakland, CA 94607-4052 FEB 072012 Mr. Elmo E. Collins, Jr.
Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV 611 Ryan Plaza, Suite 400 Arlington, Texas 76011-8064
Dear Mr. Collins:
I am forwarding a copy of the Final After Action Report for the medical services drill held in San Luis Obispo County on August 10, 2011, for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP). The purpose of this exercise was to assess the level of state and local preparedness in responding to a radiological emergency. The final exercise report was prepared by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region IX Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program staff.
No deficiencies were identified during this exercise for the state of California or San Luis Obispo County. There were no Areas Requiring Corrective Action (ARCA) identified as a result of the exerCIse.
Based on the evaluation of the August 10, 2011, medical services drill, the offsite radiological emergency response plans for the state of California and the affected local jurisdictions site-specific to DCPP can be implemented, and are adequate to provide reasonable assurance that appropriate measures can be taken offsite to protect the health and safety of the public in the event of a radiological emergency at DCPP.
Therefore, the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 44 Part 350 interim approval of the offsite radiological emergency response plans and preparedness for the state of California, site-specific to DCPP, will remain in effect.
I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the many individuals that participated in this successful exercise. Their dedication to this program was clearly evident.
www.fema.gov
Mr. Elmo E. Collins, Jr.
Page 2 If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at (510) 627-7100.
Your staff may also contact Ms. Katherine Nishihara, DCPP Site-Specialist, at 510-627-7080, or Mr. James Macaulay, Acting Radiological Assistance Committee Chair, at 510-627-7009.
Sincerely,
- J~/;L~f wllRd Nancy Ward Regional Administrator FEMA Region IX Enclosure cc
- NRC Headquarters Document Control Desk US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Vanessa Quinn, Chief Radiological Emergency Preparedness Branch FEMA Headquarters
Diablo Canyon Power Plant After Action Report/Improvement Plan Drill Date - August 10, 2011 Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program Final Published December 22, 2011
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Diablo Canyon Power Plant After Action Report/Improvement Plan Published December 22, 2011 SECTION 1. Drill Overview................................................................... 6 1.1 Drill Details....................................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Drill Planning Team Leadership....................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Participating Organizations............................................................................................................... 7 SECTION 2. Drill Design Summary....................................................... 8 2.1 Drill Purpose and Design.................................................................................................................. 8 2.2 Drill Objectives, Capabilities and Activities..................................................................................... 8 2.3 Scenario Summary............................................................................................................................ 8 SECTION 3. Analysis of Capabilities..................................................... 9 3.1 Drill Evaluation and Results............................................................................................................. 9 3.2 Summary Results of Drill Evaluation............................................................................................... 9 3.3 Criteria Evaluation Summaries....................................................................................................... 12 3.3.1 Risk Jurisdictions.................................................................................................................... 12 3.3.2 Private Jurisdictions................................................................................................................ 12 SECTION 4. Conclusion....................................................................... 13 Appendix A: Drill evaluators..................................................................................................................... 14 Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations............................................................................................... 15 Appendix C: Extent-of-Play...................................................................................................................... 16
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EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IX National Preparedness Division - Technological Hazards Branch evaluated a medical services drill in the emergency planning zone (EPZ) around the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) on August 10, 2011.
The most recent biennial plume phase drill at this site was conducted on August 11, 2010. The last medical services drill held at the French Hospital Medical Center was conducted on October 17, 2007.
The purpose of the drill was to assess the level of state and local preparedness in response to a simulated radiological emergency at DCPP. This drill was held in accordance with FEMAs policies and guidance concerning the drill of state and local Radiological Emergency Response Plans (RERP) and procedures.
FEMA wishes to acknowledge the efforts of the many individuals who participated in this drill.
Protecting the public health and safety is the full-time job of some of the drill participants and 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 drill.
This report contains the final evaluation of the drill. The drill participants, except where noted in this report, demonstrated knowledge of their emergency response plans and procedures and adequately demonstrated the ability to execute those plans. There were no Deficiencies and no Areas Requiring Corrective Action (ARCA) identified during the course of the drill.
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SECTION 1. DRILL OVERVIEW 1.1 Drill Details Drill Name Diablo Canyon Power Plant Medical Services Drill Type of Drill Medical Services Drill Drill Date August 10, 2011 Program Department of Homeland Security/FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Scenario Type Radiological Emergency 1.2 Drill Planning Team Leadership Kelly Van Buren Emergency Services Coordinator San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 Tracey Vardas Emergency Planning Coordinator PG&E Diablo Canyon Power Plant Avila Beach, CA 93424 Richard Echavarria Senior Site Specialist Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program FEMA Region IX Oakland, CA 94607
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1.3 Participating Organizations The following agencies and organizations participated in the Diablo Canyon Power Plant drill:
County San Luis Obispo County Private Sector Organizations San Luis Ambulance French Hospital Medical Center Diablo Canyon Power Plant
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SECTION 2. DRILL DESIGN
SUMMARY
2.1 Drill Purpose and Design FEMA Region IX evaluated the drill to assess the capabilities of local emergency preparedness organizations in implementing their RERPs and procedures to protect the public health and safety during a radiological emergency involving DCPP. The purpose of this final After Action Report (AAR) is to present the results and findings on the performance of the Offsite Response Organizations (ORO) during a simulated radiological emergency.
2.2 Drill Objectives, Capabilities and Activities The drill evaluation area criteria, contained in the FEMA Federal Register Notice, "Radiological Emergency Preparedness Drill Evaluation Methodology," 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.
The objectives of this drill are as follows:
Criterion 1.e.1: Equipment, maps, displays, dosimetry, potassium iodide (KI), and other supplies are sufficient to support emergency operations. (NUREG-0654: H.7, 10; J.10.a, b, e; J.11; K.3.a)
Criterion 3.a.1: The OROs issue appropriate dosimetry and procedures, and manage radiological exposure to emergency workers in accordance with the plans 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. (NUREG-0654: K.3.a, b)
Criterion 6.d.1: Transportation and Treatment of Contaminated Injured Individuals - The Facility/ORO has the appropriate space, adequate resources, and trained personnel to provide transport, monitoring, decontamination, and medical services to contaminated injured individuals. (NUREG-0654, F.2; H.10; K.5.a, b; L.1, 4) 2.3 Scenario Summary This section contains a summary of the simulated sequence of events used as the basis for invoking emergency response actions by OROs, submitted to FEMA by the state of California and DCPP.
A maintenance worker was performing work on an Emergency Core Cooling System valve inside the Unit 1 containment when the packing gland failed. The worker was sprayed in the face with warm, low pressure water from the system. The worker was struck in the face with a tool she was carrying which resulted in a facial laceration and contusions. She fell to the ground and injured her wrist and received a cut to her palm. The injured person was assisted by coworkers to the Unit 1 140ft. Access Area.
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SECTION 3. ANALYSIS OF CAPABILITIES 3.1 Drill 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 August 10, 2011, medical services drill to test the offsite emergency response capabilities of state and local government agencies for the DCPP EPZ.
Each jurisdiction and functional entity was evaluated on its demonstration of criteria contained in the drill evaluation areas as outlined in the Federal Register, Vol.67, No. 80 FEMA-Radiological Emergency Preparedness: Drill Evaluation Methodology (April 25, 2002). Detailed information on the extent-of-play agreement used in this drill is found in Appendix C of this report.
3.2 Summary Results of Drill Evaluation The matrix illustrated in Table 3.1, presents the status of all drill evaluation area criteria that were scheduled for demonstration during this drill by all participating jurisdictions and functional entities. Drill criteria are listed by number and the demonstration status is indicated by the use of the following letters:
M - Met (No Deficiency or ARCAs assessed and no unresolved ARCAs from prior drills)
D - Deficiency assessed A - ARCA assessed or unresolved ARCA from prior drills N - Not Demonstrated Presented below are definitions of the terms used in this section relative to criteria demonstration status.
- a. Met - Listing of the demonstrated drill evaluation area criteria under which no Deficiencies or ARCAs were assessed during this drill and under which no ARCAs assessed during prior drills remain unresolved.
- b. Deficiency - Listing of the demonstrated drill evaluation area criteria under which one or more Deficiencies were assessed during this drill. Included is a description of each Deficiency and recommended corrective actions.
- c. Area Requiring Corrective Action - Listing of the demonstrated drill evaluation area criteria under which one or more ARCAs were assessed during the current drill. Included is a description of the ARCAs assessed during this drill and the recommended corrective actions to be demonstrated before or during the next medical services drill.
- d. Not Demonstrated - Listing of the drill evaluation area criteria that were scheduled to be demonstrated during this drill, but were not demonstrated and the reason they were not demonstrated.
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Final After Action Report/Improvement Plan Diablo Canyon Power Plant 10 The following are classifications of the types of issues that are discussed in this report:
A Deficiency is defined in the FEMA August 2002, Interim REP Program Manual as...an observed or identified inadequacy of organizational performance in an drill 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 the FEMA August 2002, Interim REP Program Manual as...an observed or identified inadequacy of organizational performance in a drill that is not considered, by itself, to adversely impact public health and safety.
FEMA has developed a standardized system for numbering issues. This system is used to achieve consistency in numbering drill issues among FEMA Regions and site specific drill reports within each Region. It is also used to expedite tracking of drill issues on a nationwide basis.
The identifying number for Deficiencies and ARCAs includes the following elements, with each element separated by a hyphen (-).
- a. Plant Site Identifier - A two-digit number corresponding to the Utility Billable Plant Site Codes.
- b. Drill Year - The last two digits of the year the drill was conducted.
- c. Evaluation Area Criterion - A letter and number corresponding to the criteria in the FEMA REP Drill Evaluation Methodology.
- d. Issue Classification Identifier - D = Deficiency, A = ARCA
- e. Drill Issue Identification Number - A separate two digit indexing number assigned to each issue identified in the drill.
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After Action Report/Improvement Plan Diablo Canyon Power Plant 11 DATE: 2011-08-10 SITE: Diablo Canyon Power Plant, CA A: ARCA, D: Deficiency, M: Met, N: Not Demonstrated MEDCOM San Luis Ambulance French Medical Hospital Emergency Operations Management Mobilization 1a1 Facilities 1b1 Direction and Control 1c1 Communications Equipment 1d1 Equip & Supplies to support operations 1e1 M
M Protective Action Decision Making Emergency Worker Exposure Control 2a1 Radiological Assessment and PARs 2b1 Decisions for the Plume Phase -PADs 2b2 PADs for protection of special populations 2c1 Rad Assessment and Decision making for the Ingestion Exposure Pathway 2d1 Rad Assessment and Decision making concerning Relocation, Reentry, and Return 2e1 Protective Action Implementation Implementation of emergency worker exposure control 3a1 M
M Implementation of KI decision 3b1 Implementation of protective actions for special populations - EOCs 3c1 Implementation of protective actions for schools 3c2 Implementation of traffic and access control 3d1 Impediments to evacuation are identified and resolved 3d2 Implementation of ingestion pathway decisions - availability/use of info 3e1 Materials for Ingestion Pathway PADs are available 3e2 Implementation of relocation, re-entry, and return decisions.
3f1 Field Measurement and Analysis Adequate equipment for plume phase field measurements 4a1 Field Teams obtain sufficient information 4a2 Field Teams manage sample collection appropriately 4a3 Post plume phase field measurements and sampling 4b1 Laboratory operations 4c1 Emergency Notification and Public Info Activation of the prompt alert and notification system 5a1 Activation of the prompt alert and notification system - Fast Breaker 5a2 Activation of the prompt alert and notification system - Exception Areas 5a3 Emergency information and instructions for the public and the media 5b1 Support Operations/Facilities Mon / decontamination of evacuees and emergency workers, and registration of evacuees 6a1 Mon / decontamination of emergency worker equipment 6b1 Temporary care of evacuees 6c1 Transportation and treatment of contaminated injured individuals 6d1 M
M M
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After Action Report/Improvement Plan Diablo Canyon Power Plant 12 3.3 Criteria Evaluation Summaries 3.3.1 Risk Jurisdictions 3.3.1.1 MEDCOM In summary, the status of the DHS/FEMA criteria for this location is as follows:
- a. MET: 6.d.1
- b. AREA REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: None
- c. DEFICIENCY: None
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: None 3.3.2 Private Jurisdictions 3.3.2.1 San Luis Ambulance In summary, the status of the DHS/FEMA criteria for this location is as follows:
- a. MET: 1.e.1, 3.a.1, 6.d.1
- b. AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: None
- c. DEFICIENCY: None
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: None 3.3.2.2 French Hospital Medical Center In summary, the status of the DHS/FEMA criteria for this location is as follows:
- a. MET: 1.e.1, 3.a.1, 6.d.1
- b. AREA REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION: None
- c. DEFICIENCY: None
- d. NOT DEMONSTRATED: None
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After Action Report/Improvement Plan Diablo Canyon Power Plant 13 SECTION 4. CONCLUSION FEMA Region IX evaluated a medical services drill on August 10, 2011, in the plume exposure pathway EPZ around DCPP. The purpose of the drill was to assess the level of state and local emergency preparedness in response to a simulated radiological emergency. This drill was held in accordance with FEMA policies and guidance concerning the drill of state and local RERP and procedures.
The findings presented in this AAR are based on the evaluations of the federal evaluation team, with final determinations made by the FEMA Region IX Regional Assistance Committee Chairperson and approved by the Regional Administrator.
There were no Deficiencies and no ARCAs identified during the course of this drill.
Based on the evaluation of the August 10, 2011, medical services drill demonstrations, the offsite radiological emergency response plans for the state of California and the affected local jurisdictions site-specific to DCPP can be implemented, and are adequate to provide reasonable assurance that appropriate measures can be taken offsite to protect the health and safety of the public in the event of a radiological emergency at DCPP.
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After Action Report/Improvement Plan Diablo Canyon Power Plant 14 APPENDIX A: DRILL EVALUATORS Location Evaluator Agency San Luis Obispo County MEDCOM Richard Echavarria FEMA RIX French Hospital Medical Center Daryl Thome ICF San Luis Ambulance Richard Grundstrom ICF FEMA Region IX Site Specialist, Katherine Nishihara FEMA Region IX Senior Site Specialist, Richard Echavarria
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After Action Report/Improvement Plan Diablo Canyon Power Plant 15 APPENDIX B: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS Acronym / Abbreviation Meaning AAR After Action Report ARCA Area Requiring Corrective Action DCPP Diablo Canyon Power Plant EPZ Emergency Planning Zone FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency KI Potassium Iodide ORO Offsite Response Organization REP Radiological Emergency Preparedness RERP Radiological Emergency Response Plan
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After Action Report/Improvement Plan Diablo Canyon Power Plant 16 APPENDIX C: EXTENT-OF-PLAY Presented in this appendix is a compilation of drill scenario materials submitted by the state of California and the DCPP. This appendix contains the extent-of-play agreement prepared by the state of California and approved by FEMA Region IX to provide evaluators with guidance on expected actual demonstration of the evaluation area criteria.
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