ML13016A484
| ML13016A484 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fermi  |
| Issue date: | 01/14/2013 |
| From: | Velasquez A US Dept of Homeland Security |
| To: | Casto C Region 3 Administrator |
| References | |
| Download: ML13016A484 (3) | |
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Region V 536 South Clark Street, Floor 6 Chicago, IL 60605 FEMA Mr. Charles Casto Regional Administrator U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III 2443 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60542-4351
Dear Mr. Casto:
Enclosed is one copy of the Final After Action Report / Improvement Plan (AARlIP) for the August 21,2012, Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Partial Participation Plume Exposure Pathway Exercise and the September 6, 2012, Medical Services (MS-I) Drill for the Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant. Under separate cover, four copies ofthis report are being sent to the State of Michigan for distribution to the Counties of Monroe and Wayne along with an additional copy for the state.
The State of Michigan, Monroe and Wayne Counties, and the utility owner/operator, Detroit Edison Company, participated in this exercise. The AARIIP was prepared by the U.S. Department of Homeland SecuritylFederal Emergency Management Agency (DHSIFEMA) Region V, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program.
There were no Deficiencies identified for the State of Michigan or the Counties ofMonroe and Wayne during this exercise.
There were no Areas Requiring Correction Action (ARCAs) identified for during this exercise for the State of Michigan or Wayne County.
There was one ARCAidentified during this exercise for Monroe County.
The ARCA for Monroe County was identified under Criterion 5.a.l - Activities associated with primary alerting and notification ofthe public are completed in a timely manner following the initial decision by authorized offsite emergency officials to notify the public of an emergency situation, whereby the initial instructional message to the public did not include as a minimum the elements required by current REP guidance. This ARCA remains open.
There were no new Plan Issues identified during this exercise for the State of Michigan or the Counties of Monroe and Wayne.
There was one ARCA from a previous exercise for Wayne County which was resolved.
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Page 2 The ARCA for Wayne County was identified under Criterion 3.b.l - Potassium Iodide (KI) and appropriate instructions are available should a decision to recommend use ofKI be made.
Appropriate record keeping ofthe administration ofKI for emergency workers and institutionalized individuals (not the general public) is maintained, whereby the Health Operations Officer instructed TACP personnel to "run the course" when taking KI; i.e., to take all ofthe 14 tablets (one per 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> period) contained in the KI bottle issued to them once they start taking KI. This ARCA was successfully re-demonstrated.
With the publication ofthe REP Program Manual in October 2011 and subsequent update in April 2012, this ARCA would now be identified under Criterion 3.a.l - The Offsite Response Organizations (OROs) issue appropriate dosimetry, KI, and procedures, and manage radiological exposure to emergency workers in accordance with the plans/procedures. Emergency workers periodically and at the end ofeach mission read their dosimeters and record the readings on the appropriate exposure record or chart. OROs maintain appropriate record-keeping ofthe administration ofKI to emergency workers.
There was one Plan Issue each from a previous exercise for the State ofMichigan and the Counties of Monroe and Wayne which were resolved.
The Plan Issues from a previous exercise which were resolved by the State ofMichigan and the Counties of Monroe and Wayne were identified under Criterion 5.a.l - Activities associated with primary alerting and notification ofthe public are completed in a timely manner, whereby the process between the State and Monroe and Wayne Counties appears to be cumbersome, and as a result, the time ofthe Protective Action Order at 1036 hours0.012 days <br />0.288 hours <br />0.00171 weeks <br />3.94198e-4 months <br />, through the completion ofthe EAS broadcast at 1102 hours0.0128 days <br />0.306 hours <br />0.00182 weeks <br />4.19311e-4 months <br />, was 26 minutes. The various coordination steps between the State, two Counties, the EAS development, the delivery to the radio station and siren activation was not completed in a timely manner.
A detailed discussion ofthese issues can be found in Part IV ofthe Final AARlIP Report.
Based on the results of the August 21,2012, exercise and the September 6,2012, drill, the offsite radiological emergency response plans and preparedness for the State ofMichigan and affected local jurisdictions, site-specific to the Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant, can be implemented and are adequate to provide reasonable assurance that appropriate measures can be taken offsite to protect the health and safety ofthe public in the event of a radiological emergency at the site.
Therefore, the Title 44 CFR, Part 350, approval ofthe offsite radiological emergency response plans and preparedness for the State of Michigan site-specific to the Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant, granted on March 9, 1987, remains in effect.
Mr. Casto Page 3 Copies ofthis Report were transmitted to the DHSIFEMA National Office, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Headquarters' Document Control Desk and the State of Wisconsin.
Ifyou have any questions, please contact William E. King, Chairman, Regional Assistance Committee, DHSIFEMA Region V at (312) 408-5575.
Sincerely,
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