ML19345C887
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| Issue date: | 12/01/1980 |
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== s ** * ' 6% p c; UNITED STATES a-E \\* > # 4 }' % ~ NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION $\\ E WASH' ** TON, D C. 20555 ,~, December 1,1980 Sequoyah 1 50-327 MEMORANDUM FOR: -Chief,. Document Management Branch, TIDC FROM: Director, Division of Rules and Records, ADM
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PRIVACY REVIEW 0F UTILITY EMERGENCY PLAN DOCUMENTATION The Division of Rules and Records has performed a privacy review for the attached document and has deter ined that it may now be made publicly available. J. i.~Fe ton, Director Division of Rules and Records Office of Administration I 1 i 80i20-80IN' f
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.i \\ s L- . 4:.m ng:r... e...,.4 s August 7,1980 '? ~; ./ Mr. Willian J. Di:cks s,. Acting Executive Director fo: Operations /' U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washi=gton, DC 20555
Dear Mr. Dircks:
I= accordance with de proposed Federal 7.mergency Manage:nen: Agency (m) Rule 33 CFR 350, Review and Approval of S: ate Radiological Tmergency Plans and Preparedness, and :he provisions of the sev NRC Rule on emergency preparedness, I have prepared a ~ certifica:ica of N ?#,d'ngs and Determinatio: (enclosed) with
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Facility. I find tha: I an able to approve the ?lan vi:h :he follow'. g conditions: (1) 3y July 1, 1981, che public ale::i=g and notificatio: sys:em meets TEMA/NRO criteria, and; (2) Tha: the deficiencias de tailed i= the S:a e fi di gs are adequacely resolved is accordance vi h the State schedule submi::ed to the Regieru.1 M ne:or on August 1, 1980. I will monit.or he progress mace by the Sca:e in co::ect-3g these deficiencies on the schedule defined is their findings relating :o the exercise and : spor: to you is accordance vi h $350.12 of -de proposed 77s.'anle. Alexander of my ac: inn as well as publishing the I am so:ifyi=g Goverso: enclosed certifica:ics i= the 7ederal Register. Sincerely yours. d i=ank A. - Associate Direc:c: for Plans and ?:aparedness Enclosure as stated Ins =nirvan n,7:r:a:Ic : Ir :o n: A:na:nc c: :nc 17.2 ) 02 2m.:IC" An 0**D BPVMQ@f. iib u.k ~ 59b .eoJ 1 / f b O 12 0 8 Og50, I I
United States of America Federal Energency Management Agency j l In the matter of THE TENNESSEE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL RADI0 LOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN FOR TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY'S SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PCWER FACILITY Docket No. FE".A A-TN-1, CERTIFICATION OF FE4A FINDINGS AND DE~ERMINATION In accordance with the FEMA rule, 44 CFR Part 350 (proposed), on June 20, 1980, the State of Tennessee subnitted its plan to the Director of FEMA Region IV for review and approval. The Regional Director has forwarded his statement of findings and determination to the Associate Director for Plans and Pre-paredness on the subject plan and the associated facility, dated August 4,1980, l s/ in accordance with B350.12 of the proposed rule. Included in these findings and determination is an evaluation of the State plan and the associated local plans for the Sequoyah facility, an evaluation of the exercise. conducted on June 16-17,1980, at the Sequoyah facility in accordance with 9350.9 of the i proposed rule, and a report of the public meeting held on June 10,1980, to' i excla{n the site specific aspects of the State and local plan in accordance with 3350.10 of the proposed rule. Based on this statement and the review of FEMA headquarters staff, the Associate Director finds and determines that subject to the conditions stated below the State plans and preparedness including the local plans and preparedness for the Sequoyah facility are adequate to protect the i health and safety of the public living in the vicinity of the Sequoyah facility by providing reasonable assurance that appropriate protective measures can and will be taken off-site in the event of a radiological emergency and are capable of being implemented. The Associate Director further finds and determines witl respect to the joint criteria NUREG-0654/ ~ FEMA-REF-1 that: a) the public alerting and notification system does not meet the requirements of Appendix 3, and b) certain weaknesses were noted during the exercise for which the State has scheduled corrective action. Therefore, the Associate Director approves the State plan and associated local pla'ns for Sequoyah facility subject to conditions that: a) by July 1,1981, the public alerting and notification system meets FEMA /NRC criteria, and; b) that the deficiencies detailed in the State findings a.-e adequately resolved in accordance with the State schedule submitted to the Regional Director on August 1,1980. 1 PERSONAL PRIVACY II"lOTJLATION DELETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE M4 DOM 0F INFOTWATION ACT
.._..a-. 9 FE".A will continue to review the status of preparedness of the State and the local juriscictions associated with Seoucyah facility in accordance with !350.13 of the proposed rule. For further details with respect to this action, refer to the FE*A docket file maintained by the Regional Director at 1375 Peachtree Street, N.E., ~ Atlanta, Georgia 30309. For the Federal Emergency Management agen* f. Frank A. Cam Associate Director for Plans and Preparedness 3ated August 7,1980 Washington D.C. e- %f l i ~.,
y ~~- i f['R fll / FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Region IV 1375 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30309 JUN 2 51980 Mr. Eugene P. Tanner Dtrector of Civil Defense Military Department of Tennessee Tennessee Emergency Ope ration s Center Sideo Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37204
Dear Mr. T+nner:
I have endosed observer and participant reports on the State /Sequoyah ,O exercise conducted June 16-17, 1980. .s it is my understanding State and local participants and observers did an excellent job of critiquing the exercise and have, in fact, identified most of the problem areas discussed in our reports. VTnile I am aware you have made a number of corrections in your Plan as a result of the exercise critique,1 must ask special attention be given to critique items which specifically address off-site radiological monitoring team procedures and capability. We must assure ourselves, prior to submit:ing the Plan to FEMA National for review, these problem areas are resolved. Your State has done much in a short period of time to accomplish what you have on the REP Plan. I compliment you for the excellent effort and assure you that RAC IV members and FEMA IV staff look forward to supporting future REP activities in your State. Sincerely yours, l b Harris M. Pope Chairman, RAC IV Enclosure PZRSONAL FRIVACY INFORMATION DZ'.IIID IN ACCOR0ANCE wITH THE FIEC% OF INFOR12ATICI; ACT l:LO = ;f
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY j Region IV 1375 Peachtree Street. NE Atlanta, Georgia 30309 JUN 2 5 ISs0 hiEhiORANDUhi FOR: Harris hi. Pope Directo: Plans and Preparedness Division %. A. 0 2 -_ f O e-FROhi: -Jack 3. c'ha rds on Plans and Preparedness Division SU3 JECT: Tennessee REP Exercise (Sequoyah) i 1 (') I have attached copies of subject exercise observer and participant reports x" for your review. In my opinion these should be forwarded to the State as written. The State and local exercise participants did an excellent job of critiquing themselves and, in fact, pmpointed the items discussed in our reports. In an effort to avoid repet: tion, I have only three areas to recomrrend for plans improvement: (1) State should plan to notify FEMA Region of situation when " Alert" emergency classificatica is reached. (2) Adjacent state notifications should be handled by FEMA Region rather than State. (3) State should reconsider and better define the functions and responsibilitzes of the State Ccmmand Center (forward) located m Chattanooga. Exercise Observer and Participant Assignments were as follows: Obs e rve rs TVA CECC Dick Vas Neil State ECC (Nashville) Jack Richardson State CC (Chattanooga) Ray Boyett Bob Trojanowski Hamilton Co. EOC Vernon Darley Frank Vogel 3radley Co. EOC Don Hammonds 5: ate Rad Health (hiobile Team) Ed Williams 4
? 1 Pa reicicants State EOC (Nahsville) Sob Gan:: State CC (Chattanooga) Ma.-tin Sevans Attachmeat e
t . 'e FEDERAt.EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT AGENCY Plans and Preport Aness office l Radiological Test Facility [ Bldg. 22 Washington Navy Yard Washington, D.C. 20374 1l June 20, 1980 i MEMORANDUM 70R,: Frank Vogal, Director. 341. Operational Syssens Division FRatt: rd F. Williams Jr. Chiaf, Radiolo61 cal Test Facility I simszen comm
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I served as an atss. w at the Stata t"--ad Centar ik Chett.anooga, Tennessee sa Jens-16, 1960. T also traveled with aan of two radi - o loS cal useitoring teams deployed from Maatsvilla to-Chattanooga after I i f they arrived on the scene. During-this obearvation the f=11% defi-f e4==e4=a were noted in the Tennesase r==pa=== and in particular in the radiolo5 cal sa=4 rating program: i .'J. i i I 1. Dera appeared to be no plan by the Tannessee Depotsment I of Radiological Basith (TDRM) per=====1. for nobile monitoring 5 and deployment of the tamma appeared to be without purpose. De team with 1shich I travelad was only assigned to aske the b measurements Juring the antiza deployment of 3 3 hours.. o 2. Comunasteme4 ann were gzoesly ivadequata tw thattts DRE Director of th rad 4at==.4__e=1 anniterths was not in' direct contact by radio with him taman.and had to talay his in scructions through a w e= tor who was not familiar' with the radiolo6 cal jargon or ta^a4-=1 tarus. i 3 3. Dere was no direct.coimusaic=e ta= between the MER radio-s 1=e.4 r= 1 monitoring program and the radialigical~ apaitoring-program of the TVA at the State.r'h Cantar im Osattanooga. Race two alaments appeared to be operating independently 9 of each other. 4. De map syscam and the technique used for deploying ISAM namitoring tamos to a particular location 1ssa inadequate. } Prep 1====d munitarias peinca should be employed. his deficiancy caused the team which T. observed to be Inst on a number of occasions. 5. De total naamber of amaitoring taama deployed for this appli-cation (two) is not adequate and the deployeest tian for the i State e==== une too long % 3 bomes. -l l 0 f dj b! i Mbd bidM$b i l 1 a
I, ~ ~~"~ l 2 6. m team did not report monitorias information heck to l the "-d Center. However Mr. West of TDAB says that he instructed the teams not to report monitorins data during the marcise. I I Q 7.. The air sample instrumenenciaa essencial for this kind of l nonitoring appears to be quite limited requiring tne use j of an AC generator. It is recommended that air movers that can be operated directly off the aute=ahf's elsetrical swecasa be procured. 8 Se team turned in their D h4dssa to the Staca Command c_. ,she. they wop.d t. Com d r t vest a.d there-fore had no means of identification. Once idane4fication ) is issued to amargency persoansi it should be carried by ) them throughout the esercise er ace 4daar. s S. Communications to Scace Command Cantar in Qiastanooga were extremely poor. hir lanowledge of what taas happening in l the field and at the ette isere 14=4hA sad often ran from 30 =i==res to 1 1/2 hours-behind the time af the actual I events.
- 10. The TDRE aomitoring taan did not use good maaitarilag er esasuring t=ahaiques. Mast of' the usaeurunents ipere made inside the vehicle ishich is not acceptah14. Bousser Mr..
West stated that he had not asked the temas te take and te===4 : readings or to aren.11y go through their soaitaring 3' I_ procedures. This toes done har=== he, fair that they were isell versed of what they would he required to do. W Hi fhhk h = e i I L.
~ l Summ.ary of Observations at SCC and Basilton County ECC - June 16, 1980 - Frank Vogel Most of the comments I would have euhaitted were covered by others in e the critiques. Therefore, only a few points which I feel needed repeticion. For a no-noties elsercise there were alot of people ao statiaa prior to s the scart. Tha scenario adequately esercised the plans of the par'4-4--"s. e The SCC was behind the scenaria osaa 11/2 to 1 hours in the miMie of e tha morning. State annat either develop procedurse to keep the SCC up to f date or decide whether SCC is needed in the early period of an incident, since contral is esercised from Nashville. Rad Easich. unset develop procedures for cloost liaises with TFA 1 monitor-o
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s The Hamiltou County EOC was very adequataly manned by local government e agencisa and. voluntary agencias operated efficimacly and procedures appeared to be adequate. Voice communiencions need to be rari' wed and reports nors ciseely s e monitored for correctases;. for exampla, at 1513 the fa1W=- mesesse uma cir~T-r d la the Basiltaa Councy BOC: Puff released 1200 R1as at 1 mile and 37 Rims at 10 m13as." This messass was set questiamed, yet /p6 it had to. be facorrect for two reasons; there is ao auch thing as Rim and 1200 Emmu at 1 mile plue 37 Rams at 10 miles would be a major event.
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from a release at the Sequoyah ?lant, usat12an County kept the FAA ~~)C b, inf====i concernins a=rei== missees. This is an-action dich could he overlooked and should be streseed in all local plans. ha 1Jun w h, h O o se = e me
j . =new N j .p. Summary of observatiras Emergency operatisme tacility (EDF) of TVA at Chestnut Tower. :.aattanooga,. hensee,. June 16,1980 - C.1. Van Mial 1. TVA personnel performed in a professional annaar 2. There was some delay and diffiemacy with the dissemination of information within the 30F. 3. EGF is os Eastern cias $4:11e all af the TVA p&anta, 4-hwat Sequoyah, are on Cencral tias. Sees confusion migbc.amoult.- 4. MQAA Usacher Radio alert reported status of ensreise at 1100 and 1550 hours. Good use of systaa.- 5. Site and General haerzescies casfused he-of different numbering a j9 Ql syntas (IP-4 & IP-5) for Division of Nuclear Power (DRIF) and Sequoyah procedures. 6. Some confusion as per of BOF personnel as to when to terminsta ensreise on Monday af tornoaa. 7. some question if FJF received last scenario messaga (change of wind to 030*). 8. Status board not utilfaed effectively. 9. Good telephone coheations systan with ring donat ~;^8 M y to t Scaces, councias and reactor planca, p/5
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Region i / 13"5 Peacntree Street. NE Atlanta, Georgia 30309 M June 21., 1960 Mr RANDUM FOR: DIRECTOR, PLAliS AND PREPAREDNESS DIVISION T A F'.Oli: Rayfard H. Boye::, Heal:h Physicis: SU3JEC*: Tennessee RIP Exercise (Sequoyah) The Tennessee Sequoyah exercise held on June 16-17 was applauded as a success-ful exercise by local, Sca e and Federal observers. The Regional Health Phy-sicis: observed :he exercise from the State forward censnand cente a: Lovell Field in Chat:anooga, Tennessee. t It is the opinion oJ this observer :ha: the S: ate and local officials have exercised the major parts of the Tennessce REP plan (i.e., Warning, Protective Response, Co -4 cations, Public Information, Sctification, Acciden: Assessnen:, Radiological Exposure Control, ant' Medical Support). Due :o ti:ne censeraints, recovery and reentry was not exercised. Two minor cri:1cisms were observed from the forward command center: 1. The lag of informa ion flowing to che decision makers a: Lovell Field, and .:. Slowness of response of State agency personnel to the facility. 6 These are classified as sir.or by this observer because : hey,, in fac:;, nay se. i.' entirely real in an ac:ual e:nengency. l, r4 ***{'.' e ,, j j..[,[ -{i ( [6. 'i.[",M,.. Q.. d'.%.k.,[i e ]: - 1-.y Q J,g..., 3., 'R t' <4 .,,. L,f -1 } i e 1 I
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Region IV 1375 Peacntree Street. N: Atlanta, Georgia 30309 June 20, 1980 .C CRANDUM FOR: y ACK D/')CC)IAROiCN Yi2 " Y ~2 u-FROMs Martin. N vans Rcbe M J. Gantt SUL W : Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant Exercise Based upon our participation in the Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant exeretse at the Emergency Cent:cl Center (ECC) in Chattanooga, and in the State EOC in Nashville en the 16 and 17 of June 1980, he followtng racccnnendaticns are previded. \\ 1. An initial briefing should be conducted by the recensible individual gg cutlining how tse situation develeped. Thereafter 1.s iodic upda.es shculd be given ini:.cating whether the situation is improving or detericrating at .he plant. 2. Cne of the functions of the FEMA positien in the ECC in a real emergency would be to prepara periodic SITREPS to be forwarded thrcugh the State ECC an Nashville to the National Office. The inic=: nation that was available i lI was not current. in discussing thi2 with my counterpart at the State ECC he had most infore.ation well in advance of the ti:ne we received it in Chattanooga. Id the ECC is to be of value in an emergency then some system has to be devised to cbtain current infez: nation for :nore timely decisions. 2. The configuration of the ECO was not set up properly for an efficient - 'fj cperation. Better separatica cf elements would be needed in an actual cperation. v 4. The display system in the State IOC needs revision to p: vide a bette: E visual descriptten of the developing emergency situation. Maps were the 4b cnly displays used and cculd not adequately present all info::natien in a clear manner that could be seen.T all par _icipants. S. The ::ipartite syr. ten werked very well but they were too involved with cperatt.ons in the State EOC. A location away from the operations tables [ ' should be selected for their use which provides some degree of privacy. 6. '"he FEMA representative needs a posi ica f cm which to operate in the IO State ECC that includes access to the FTS system. 7. The front table arrangement in the State ICC needs some thought. A ,g better tafer:natica display system would have reduced this problem by allowing par.icipants o keep up without :noving to the front of the recm. i
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fPlease do not divulge tne Exercise date, since a numoer of participants wish to be uninformied on this point in the interest of realism). P05T LXERCISE EVALUATION SESSION WII.L BE HELD on 6-17-80; 1: 30 p.m. at Lovell Field, Tennessee (Date/ Time) (Location) 1. OBSERVER DATA: a. Name VERNON O. DARLEY b. Organt:stion U.s. DOT /FAA c. Title Regional Emergency Transportation Reoresenta:ive,. 3. Business Address P. O. Box 20636 216-7595 F"5 A:lanta, Georgia 30320 Phone: J.0 t. 76 1 7595 (Ccam.) 2. GENE RAL,, ASS I G'iMC,NT,. You are requested to participate as a Federal Ceserver in tne aoove listed exercise and attend the Pos: Exerci;e Evaluation. Please be present at Hamil:oc County EOC, Chatta,o_c g,_, n v (Location) _ FOR DL*"Y. ty _ 0800 o' clock, on June 16,1980 % Jes-w-(time) (date) 3. SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT. (To be completed by Team Leader) Your specific location / area of interest during the exercise will t,e See abovt_,,, Return :nese original worksheets (or readable coDy) directly to H. W. Gaut - US:;RC not later than for comoilation into a final report. (Please ar::e in complete sta:ements since, in the interest of prompt response, eciting of sections s and 6 will be almost non-existan*..) ,V y "* ('
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4 2 As an ooserver you snould be prepared to: Deserve the operational response activities of tne Organi:ation./ a. Area to whicn you are assignec and record your otservations anc evaluations and reconnendations on the attached forms during or immediately after the Exercise. h. 1*ruvide 4 (opy of tne completed sections 4, 5 and 6 to the State Exercise Coordinator (or his designee) after tne Exercise (if requested). Report orally on Exercise activities during the Critique if called c. upon tu do so. MA Attachec - Section 4 -- Factual oeservation sheets section 5 - Evaluation sneets Section 6 - General comment sneets hu o u i 4 i e
3 Obst:rver V. O. DARLEY - De t.e-6-19-80 1 ~ ACT,lAL Oti!.i t.' AT 10f45. To tne extent feasible, recer:t yrmr observation, or, the f ollowira; subject areas in the spac.i.s provided. Pleaa.e be as cani:r.:Le, detailed and objective as possible. (Pref ace all tonenent, 5,ith an ef fe:tive time if relevant). d. Wa rn i nts. (Indicate times received and dist.eminated, from whom. war ning means, warning format, etc. ) Notice of unusual event received by calecem from state EOC at 0826. ( .i s D. p g m cy,Cousaanications. (Indicate methods o' consinunica t s uns, el fi ctiveness of equipment, control medsures cuployed, etc,) Telephone and radio--both effective. V D 6 [1 ! d gPg D _%P O (94_a - M e w rp y-
-s - Ob wever V. O. DARLEY D.. t,r. 6-19-80 Enernenc e Medical Ac'. ions. (What occurred and wnen; now handled anc Dy wnom; nosFtW,7moulances and medical personnel i nv 0 l s+e:. etc.) Well directed from the EOC by a Dr. Clark, local orthopedic surgeon serving as a volun:eer. He and a volun:eer assistant did an ou: standing job in :ha: they kep: on top of the si:ua: ion by maintaining a running accoun: of available hospi:al beds and other medical services. Inciden: ally, during :he simulation of responding to an emergency call there occurred an ac:ual emergency in which medical services people actually picked up a hear attack victim who was DOA at hospital. t s d. Public Information. (Indicate what public information was disseminatec wnen, ey wnat means. by whom, on whose authority, etc.) Excellen: cooperation from the press. County _O Direc:or used : hem effectively to keep public informed. I.ocal emergency broadcas: stations carried the simulated emergency six or eight times throughou: th e day. <%i) i l
a Ubserver ..O. DARLEY b-Da te. -- 6-19. 80 l e. i$chnica l Advic.e. (Indica te wt at *ec.hnica l advice, wnen, by wrion., to wnon., rneans of conmunica tion, etc. ) No: obse rved. \\ .a f. Team Resoonse. (Indicate wnat Team; how organized; wnen notifiec, wnen rescenced; how transp3rted; equipment; conmunications; ar.'. ions upon notification, en route, at site, etc.) All coun:y teams were being competently directed from the coun:y EOC; ei her amoloyees from the respec:1ve response or or volunteers wi:h skills in those areas were presen:gani:stions
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V. O. DARLEY Ob.t'r v' r. NLe 6 80 y. Actioris is. Threatened Area'.. (1) Road blockinc activities. (Indicate when, wnere, on wriat ~ acvice, by wnom, how simulatec, etc.) Not observed directly but it was apparent from celephone reoorts' f rom the field" that roadblocks were established at the proper places on a timely basis. OG / (2) h otection Actions. (Indicate when, what, where, ori ~ w'nat advice, by wnom, how simulatec,~ etc.) Not observed directly but it was apparent from control room status reports that all protective actions were ,r taken on a timely basis-including simul.ated evacuatino. O J t 2 4
l ~ ~- Observer ,v. o 04atgy ~ .1 Date 6 80 7 Ac-ions (Continued) 9 (3) Receution Centers. (Indicate wnen, wnere, oy whom (organization), procedures emoloyed, now simulated, etc.) Not observed directly but it was apparent that all county centers designated in the plan were established in a ti:nely manner. OV ./ (4) Other. (Area Cor.'.rol, protective actions other than evacuation, etc. ) Apparently adequate. .v + ]
Observer _V. O. DARLEY Date 6-19-80 -S-Coordination of Supoort Effort. (Who coorcinattec wndt ar.tiv itt.:;, n. ,nen, ett.)
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Olnerver , V.,0. DARLEY_. - Ug u. 6-19-80. _ __ _, ,g, b. EVALJATION. Aa ording to your best judgment, pleose provior a ' <...m..a r i / +; 'accoun't' Srid evaluation of the' er$sponse activities observeu: 4. Suns!g ry. (Surnmari:e the resporise actions rioted in one or two paragraphs.) All required or appropriate actions were taken. No further elaboration is needed. D0 1 D. AeSerence to Plan. (Did the organization 00 served adhere to tre plan!. If not, in wnat respect? Should the plan be c anged?) The county adhered to the plan. An exc ellent j ob.
~ ~ ~ - -.O_. D_A_RLE_Y. Observer V. Date 6-19-80 . c. Maior Strenotns anc Weacnesses. Bearing in ninc the intended j paiticT;iation of tne organization, wnat were tne major streng;qs ~ 2 and weaknesses noted? 1 (1) Major Strengths. (a) Professionally directed. (b) Adhered to the plan. (c) Excellent cooperation on the part of all participants. V] (1) Major Weaknesses. (a) None noted in the county. (b) Positive and timely direction from the state Control Center a: Lovell Field vaa not apparent in ene county EOC. N i i I i
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.Ila te ,6-19,80 -I1. d. -Suogested,forrective Measures. The fol1owing means tor iniprovin; tr,e organi auon's response capabilities are sugge".ted: d No specific recommendations. AU ~.. e. Exercise Objectives. (Indicate degree of accomplishment of Exercise. O Gefec:1ves). j j I thinir. that all objectives were met at the county level. i O ~ .e-,
Ub',erver,,J. O., D ARI 0/ D3 t(- _,,1-13. Q 0,, _ 0 . t. Cy nents. Overall, I would grade the exercise play at the county level as very e f f e ctive. In my opinion, all objectives were met a: :he county level. liowever, 1 got the distinct impression that some of the participaacs had advance knowledge of the scenario--especially :he iming. h.
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... ~... - - ~ FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Region IV 1375 Peacntree Street. NE Atlanta, Georgia 30309 June 25,1980 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Plans & treparedness Division _2 f / & ".dRammonds " ~ ~_ _ - ' ~ Donougn C FROM: Plans and Preparedness Division
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Bradley Co., Tennessee, Sequoyah Exercise Report ACCOMPT MHMENTS The county response was complete and timely. All key city and county i organ:. nations and volunteer service groups were represented in the emergency Ope rations Center (EOC). These representatives had evidently been thoroughly briefed on their emergency roles and responsibilities and performed endusiastically and effectively. The Mayor of Cleveland was present in 6e IOC throughout the exercise. The County Judge was present durbg the crucial sta g e s. All response organizations were activated to the degree necessary to determme that a viable capability exists. Two of the planned five evacuee centers were acnvated and staffed by red cross, public health, civil preparedness and school board personnel. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) ambulances were coordinated by the service supe. visor and were positioned at forward duty locanons. Bus runs were actually concucted to simulate evacuation of persons who have. no pr vate means of transportation. Monitoring instruments were distributed to emergency workers. Police, sheriffs and fire units parncipated by deploying and sub-sector command posts were established. Bradley County is obviously capable of inicanng and controlling an evacuation on relatively short notice. SHORTC OMINGS KIis to be pre-distributed to all f=m,H es within the 10 mile EPZ with instructions It is obvious that in the haste dg to bring the drug with them when they evacuate. F and anxiety cf an evacuation many families will fail to do this. There are no provisions for coping with this situation. Evacuee shelters are to be linked by aznateur radic operators. This system was not exercised. County emergency management officials should examine h alteroanves in the event Se system cannot be act:vated during an actual eme rgency. County officia'.s should also investigate phone company "line load control" provisions to de ermine whether they would benefit emergency com-rnunications.
2 i The county evacuation plan makes the director of each participating organisation responsible for maintaining radiation exposure records for their 1 During the exercise, however, the county RADEF officer explained g LO wo rke r s. that he would maintain all exposure records. This conflict should be re-conciled. It is recommended that the planned procedure be adhered to. There is no provision for hadhg contaminated evacuees except segregation Neither are there provisions for decontaminating m within the evacuee centers. N' emergency workers and vehicles. The county is relying upon State personnel 'g and other resources to cope with contamination. In at least one evacuee center (Cak Grove School) there are no showers. It is unrealistic to expect the State to undertake all decentamination. Local resources must be employed, possi.bly under state guidance / supervision. The area 'Ihe county EOC is not well suited to support emergency operations.This is (parking garage under courthouse) is poorly ventflated and small. Arrangement of l, *
- particularly true of the communications equipment area.
3p tables and chairs does not leave wall space available for good information display. During the exercise there was little information display and no easily visible posting of wind directions on operations maps.
4 $2% k ap: p Deportment of Energy Oak Rege Operations P.O. Box E Oak Ridge Tennessee 37830 JUN 2 0,ESO E. P. Tanner, Dtrector Division of Civf. Defense and Emergency Preparedness State of Tennessee 30t.1 Sideo Dnve Nashville. TN 3'i20/. DOE COMMENTS ON JUNE 16-17, 1980 SEQUOYAH EXERCISE The June 16 '1 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant emergency exercise required relatively little actual and/or simulated response by Interagency Radiological Assistance Plan, IRAP, signatenes. Emphasis appeared to be heavily weighted toward evacuation decisions and related actions. We were pleased to hear the positive comments during the June 17 critique held in the SCC at 1.ovell Field relative to the successful demonstration of this highly important activity. On the other hand, we were disappointed with the communications problems that ence again arose and the lack of a clear understanding as to the role of the SCC. Focustng more directly on IRAF concerns, three needs were particu-larly evident. The first need is space. During an actual emer-gency, we can easily envision directing the monitonng activities of four mobile laboratories, one field laboratory,10-20 monitenng teams, and senal surveillance. Sufficient space must be provided for this effor. The second neec is for a clearly defined goal and local (SCC) State dtrection for these monitoring activities. Additional preplann-ing would reduce *he associated uncertainties evident dunng this exercise. The third need is for direct communication between counterparts. (This point was addressed at the critique by Bill Graham.) With the vanous operating centers, this could be a formidable problem;
~ \\ \\ JUN 2 0 $ E. P. Tanner however, ;ood decision making demands an interchange of data vtth and insights. The ability to accomplith this goal may rest the participants rather than with the system; nevertheless, the the desirability of this type of communicatten plan should reflect and, where possible, facilities should be oriented toward this goal. N f, H. W. Hibbitts Health Physicist MS-331:HWH Environmental Protection Branch CC: Bill Graham, TN/ Rad. Health V. J. D ' Amico, MS-30 W. H. Travis, MS-33 W. L. Smalley, MS-30 e
O tweenag i MILJTARY DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE OTFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EMERGEN7Y OPERAT10NS CENTER anat sacco carve NASMv%LE 37304 MooteE (019 7415141 07 July 1930 ( M4jor ueneral Carl D. Wallace The Adjutant General Military Department of Tennessee Sicco urive, National Guard Armory Nasnytile, Tennessee 37204 De4r General Wallace: Attacnec nereto is the Exercise Report for the Tennessee Multi-Jurisdictional Raciological Emergency Response Plan for the Sequoyan Nuclear Power Facility. The exercise was concucted successfuity on June 16-17, 1980. Minor enanges have been mace to the plan, and it has been forwarded to FEMA by Region IV witn their recommendation that it be accepted. I have designated Gilbert Smith as the individual in civil defense to follow-up on actions whicn are necessary as a result of the observer and participant comments on tne Exercise. We have a fine working relationship with the utility operator - TVA, and I am conficent inat if an emergency arises, Tennessee will nandle it expertly to protect all O of ine citizens. Si erely, / bdh ENE P. TANNER rate Director / luc Attacnments N w .}}