ML19345C892
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| Issue date: | 08/04/1980 |
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EVALUATION OF THE TENNESSEE MULTI-JURISDICATIONAL REF-PLAN PLANT SEQUOYAH SY FRANK NEhTON REGIONAL DIRECTOR FEMA REGION IV AUGUST 4, 1980 O
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INTRCDUCTION_
Governor Lamar Alexander has submitted the Tennessee Mult4-Jurisdictional
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REP plan for TVA's Plant Sequoyah for FEMA review and approval (see attached letter). The plan, dated June 2,1980, contains an executive sumary, a The plan j
basic plan, with annexes A through I, and parts I, II, III and IV.
has been developed in the following fanat:
e Basic Plan - Tennessee Multi-Jurisdictional Radiological Emergency Response Plan
- Annex A - Definitions, Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Annex B - Direction and Control
- Annex C - Notification and Warning J
- Annex 0 - Public Infomation
- Annex E - Physical Security
- Annex F - Radiological Protection Measures
- Annex G - Multi-County Emergency Comunications
- Annex H - Medical
- Annex I - Radiological Emergency Response Training and Exercises e Part I - Tennessee Radiological E:nergency Response Plan - Emergency Classifications e Part II - Plume Exposure Pathway
- Appendix 1 - Hamilten County Emergency Evacuation - Plume Exposure Pathway
- Appendix 2 - Bradley County Emergency Evacuation - Plume Exposure Patnway e Part III - Ingestion Exposure Pattway Emergency Planning Zone e Part IV - Recovery and Restoration - Sequoyah Emergency Response e Index - Subject Index FEMA Region IV staff has reviewed the plan and assisted the Regicnal Assistance Comittee (RAC) in a detailed review to deter nine whetner, in the judgement of
- ne RAC, the plan meets the criteria set forth in NUREG 0654/ FEMA-REP-1.
Tennessee and FEMA Region IV held a public meeting on June 10, 1980, in Chattanooga, Tenressee to acquaint members of the public with the contents of tne State and related local plans. In additicn, the public meeting provided a forum for the public to:
e Ask questions about the FEMA review process; e Provide suggestions concerning improvements or changes to the plan, and e Gain knowle<'ge concerning the ways in which the plan is expected to functicn in the event of a real emergency.
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2 A detailed description of the public meeting is attached.
5 A comprehensive exercise of the Sequoyah site specific plan was conducted i
en June 16-17, 1980, which included participants from all primary State response organizations / agencies, local governments, the License (TVA), and The exercise was observed by members of tne appropriate federal sgencies.
RAC augmented by FEMA National personnel as well as by official State observers.
The A detailed critique of the exercise was held on the afternoon of June 17.
State has provided FEMA Region IV with a corprehensive exercise critique report which addresses each deficiency and actions taken/ planned to correct deficiencies To overcome deficiencies observed in radiological noted in the exercise.
monitoring team coordination and responsibilities, the State has indicated a Thus, en need for a more clear delineation of the utilization of these teams.
appendix to Annex F titled " Radiological Monitoring Tem Utilization", has been prepared (see attached materials) and will be inserted in the plan as the first In addition, the State has indicated that additional training is update.
currently being provided to the team on (1) location of mcnitoring points, (2) comunications, and (3) reporting of appropriate monitoring data.
A comprehensive exercise package is provided which included (1) 'the RAC critique, (2) an exercise report, and (3) State assigned responsibilities for follow-up This exercise package is on correcting deficiencies noted in the exercise.
attached hereto, and made a part hereof.
This evaluation report lists each planning objective (i.e., planning standards) in the order that they apoear in NUREG 0654/ FEMA-REP-1 followed by a summary of appropriate portions of the plan as they apply to State and local off-site The final section of this report radiological planning and preparedn?.ss.
provides a summarization of my overall evaluation of the Tennessee clan with A detailed criteria item by item RAC some closing general coments.
evaluation is en file in the FEMA IV Regional office.
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3 EVALUATION A.
Assicnment of Resocnsibility (Orcani:ation Control) a Plannt.c Objective-To assure that primary responsibilities for emergency response in nuclear facility operator, State and local organi:ations within the Emergency Planning Zones have been assigned, that the emergency responsibilities of the various supporting organizations have been specifically established, and l
that each principal response organization is staffed to respond and to augment its initial response on a continuous basis.
Emergency Plan-The Tennessee plan for an emergency response at the Sequoyah Nuclear Power Facility was developed to meet their requirements as well as the planning criteria found in NUREG 0654-1/ FEMA RE?-1. The operations area, as provided for in the plan, covers two (2) counties in the ten-mile plume exposure pathway and nineteen (19) counties in the fifty-mile ingestion exoosure Because of the size of the area and scope of the operation the pathway.
State of Tennessee has chosen to use the multi-jurisdicational concept for The State has developed the overall plan and planning and response.
incorporated the actions of the municipalities and county governments into the overall State plan making one plan for the Sequoyah facility.
This concept calls for the State to have overall responsibility for emergency response utilizing both State, local, Federal and in some instances, private equipment, personnel and facilities.
The plan describes the overall concept of operations, that of the State as the prime agency responsible for response to emergency operations. The Governor of Tennessee has overall responsibility for actions to be taken.
He is advised by a tripartite conmittee made up of the Adjutant General as Chainnan, the Connissioner of the Departnent of Public Health and a technical advisor appointed by the Governor.
Annex 3, Direction and Control, provides in detail the primary responsi-bilities and functions of the State agencies and directs the :netnod of control of tne operations.
The responsibility for assessing the radiological ha:ard and making reconnenda-tions on matters which affect the health of citizens is assigned to the Department of Public Health.
The Departnant of Transportation is responsible for traffic management in and adjacent to the affected area. The Departnent of Safety assists local The agencies in control of evacuation and security of evacuated areas.
Military Departnant is prepared to provide support as may be reouired. The responsibility for evaluating the imoact of an accident or incident on livestock, dairy animals and dairy products, and otner foi tuffs producec in the area is assigned to the Departnent of Agriculture.
4 The American Red Cross is tasked with the responsibility for operation of mass care shelters in the host areas.
1 Assignments of responsibilities were judged adeouate by the RAC and were evident during the exercise.
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On-site Emer;encv Organization Planninc Objective To assure' that on-shift facility operator responsibilities for amergency response are unambiguously defined, that adequate staffing to provice initial facility accident response in key functional areas is maintained at all times, and timely augmentation of response capabilities is available, and that the interfaces among various on-site response activities and off-site support and response activities are specified.
Emergency Plan The State of Tennessee has worked closely with the facility operator (TVA) in developing on-site and off-site plans which ensure that State and local organizations will be kept aporised of conditions at the plant. The procedures and cessnunications (Dedicated Ring Down System) to implement the plan were effectively tested during the exercise.
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Emergency Resoonse Supoort and Resources planninc Objective To assure that arrangements for requesting and effectively using assistance resources have been made, that arrangements for State and local staffing of the operator's Emergency Operations Facility have been made, and tnat cegani:ations capable of augmenting tne planned response have been identified.
J Emeroency Plan The plan has appendices which identifies support provided by U.S. Department of Energy as well as DOE Laboratories. An appendix is included which Activation procedures for provides for Tennessee Valley Authority support.
the Southern Mutual Radiation Assistance Plan are also included in an appendix.
Each aopendix listed abcve provides procedures for requesting and the effective utili:ation of the requested assistance.
During the exercise conducted on June 16-17,1g80, the DOE RAF resources were asked for and RAP response teams were dispatched to the Sequoyah area from 00E, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
The plan adequately provides for staffing the State Emergency Operations Center as well as the State Coordinating Center located in vicinity of Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. Both Hamilton and Bradley County Emergency Coeratien Centers staffing are provided for in the plan.
The RAC, in its review of the plan and observations made during the exericse, has indicated that the plan and exercise response. meets the requirements as set forth in NUREG 0654/ FEMA-REP-1.
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Emercencv Classification System planning Objective To assure that a standard emergency classification and action level seneme is in use by the nuclear facility operator, including facility system and effluent parameters; and to assure that State and local resconse organi:a-tions, will rely on informatien provided by f acility for determinations of initial offsite resconse measures.
Emergency Plan Emergency classifications adopted by the State of Tennessee are in accordance The emergency classification with the requirements set forth in NUREG C610.
provided in Part I of the plan in order of increasing importance are:
e Notification of Unusual Event e Alert e Site Emergency e General Emergency Part I also contains a listing of specific actions to be taken by the State for eacn emergency classification.
The action to be taken by the State in the event of notification of an unusual event on-site is to infor n key individuals, State agencies and local governments.
An alert emergency classificatien in which small releases of radiation may occur calls for the State to alert and bring to standby status key individuals,
state agencies and response teams.
A site emergency ir.aicates that en-site events nave occurred or conditions exist that may lead to major failure of facility systems wnich are needed for protection of the public. If a site emergency is declared by the licensee,
. the State takes innediate actions to:
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Reconnend protective actions wnich should be taken by the public e
The general emergency is the most serious emergency tlassification indicated in the plan. A potential exists for the release of large cuantities of radio-1 active material off-site.
8 The general emergency classification calls for the State to evaluate data from all sources in ceder to determine off-site consecuences. Protective actions for the public include sheltering and/or evacuatien.
The RAC, in its review of the plan, has indicated that the plan meets the requirements set forth in NUREG 0654/ FEMA-Rf?-1.
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Notification Methods and procedures Planninc Objective To assure that procedures have been established for notification, by the facility, of State and local response organizations and fer notification of emergency personnel by all response crganizations; to assure that the content of initial and followup messages to response organizations and the public have been established; and to assure that means to provide early warning and clear instruction to the populace within the plume execsure pathway Emergency Planning Zone have been established.
Emergency P1an The four standard emergency classes (i.e., Notification of Unusual Event, Alert, Site and General Emergency) have been establish 2d in the State Plan.
Annex C, Notification and Warning, describes the network and procedures wnich will be used in notification and warning. The facility operator (T/A) will provide notification +4 the State Emergency Operations Center (ECC) 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> per day Outy Officer, via dedicated ring down circuit. The Outf Officer will notify the Director of State Civil Defense who will then inform the Adjutant General. The Adjutant General will notify the Governor and direct notifica-tien to local governments and State agencies as necessary based on tne events that have taken place.
The general public will be informed of minor incidents by routine press releases to the news media by the operator in coordination with tne State.
However, in the event of a major accident or one where significant levels of radiatien are released, the public will de infomed through the local emergency broadcast sys*m, radio, and T/ stations, NOAA weather stations,
inplace warning sirens, and emergency workers (State / County / Local law enforce-ment and volunteer units) driving through the area using sirens to aler:
citizens, and PA systems telling them to turn on TV and radio for further ins tructions. Public infomation and instructions will be issued using E35 and NOAA weather stations.
Tennessee has designed and can effectively implement the best notification system that is possible withic current resources. During tne exercise, completa notification (simulated) of Red residents within the ten mile EFI was accom-plished, utilizing law enforcement vehicles and sirens and the E35 system.
The State is currently working wf th TVA to further effect additional incrove-ments to the system by acquisition of additional resources.
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Emertency Connunications Planninc Objective To assure that provisions exist for prompt connunications amcng principal response organi:ations, to emergency personnel and to the public.
Emertency Plan Annex G to the basic plan outlines the site specific consunications system for plant Sequoyah. The system provides the methods for notification and The conmunica-warning in addition to metnods for general communications.
tiens system includes (1) dedicated (ring-down) telephone circui*a fh., the (3) public service ' ale-utility to the State ECC, (2) NAWAS for back-up,(4) State radio sys*Jms, ohone for notifying State and federal agencies, Redundancy is E35 and NOAA weather radio, and (5) teletype circuits.
required for all vital communications links since alternate methods of connunications are required. These are described in Annex G.
The emergency connunications were exercised adequately during the exercise The RAC has indicated that the requirements set forth in on June 16-17.
NUREG 0654/FE. -REP-1 with regard to emergency connunications have been : net.
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Public Infor nation Planninc Cbjective To assure that accurate and timely infonnation is provided to the public on how they will be notified and what their initial actions should be; to assure that the principal points of contact with the news media for dissemi-nation of infernation (including physical location or locations) are estab-lished in advance; and to establish procedures ' fee coordinated dissemination of information to the public.
Emeroency Plan Annex 0 to the basic plan provides a det:ription of the systems, procedures,
and format for getting information throuch t he news adia to the public.
The plan calls for the release of informa: ion to tne public to be coercinated and supervised by the Governor's press secretary.
f An effective br:chure (attached) also provided public informaticn to the public as well as education on actions they should take in the event of an emergency at Sequoyah, l
Information released to the public utili:ing the EBS system during the acceptance exercise on June 16-17 was very effective.
l The RAC has indicated that the plan mets the critaria set forth in NUREG 0654/ FEMA-REP-1.
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Emeroency Facilities and Ecuioment Plannino Objective To assure that adequate emergency facilities and equioment to support t.w J
emergency response are provided.
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The The four emergency operations facilities listed in the plan are:
State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located in Nashville; tne State j
Control Center (SCC), located in the Air National Guard faciit ty, Lovell Field, Chattanooga, TN; the Chattanooga-Hamfiton County Emeqency Operations l
Center, located in Chattanooga; and the Bradley County Emergency Operations Center, located in Cleveland, TM.
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to provide for the needs of direction and control in a radiological emer-j gency as addressed in the plan are permanently configured in :ne Sta*J ECC.
j At the State Control Center as well as Chattanooga-Hamilton Ccunty and i
Bradley County, there are sufficient folding tables and chairs stored on the premisas which can be quiekly set up. Te1ecomunicatiens and radio comunications are in place. There is adequate, well ventilated space in the facilities described above.
It is The Bradley County EOC is located in the basement of the Courthouse.
poorly ventilated and with an ECC staff of 20 persons and eight radio trans-This condition was evident during *ne mitters, becomes uncomfortably hot.
exercise on June 16-17, 1980. ATthough this condition creates an uncomfortable Reme-working environment, it does not preclude operating from this facility.
dial action has been recommended to Bradley County officials by State offi-cials to alleviate this situation.
The plan, as reviewed by the RAC, provided adequate emergency coerations f aciliti es. All cf taese facilities were observed by the RAC during the June exercise and were determined to be adequate.
The Plan also provides a radiciogical health equipment inventory wnich was evaluated by the RAC as adequate.
An appendix is included which provides adequate information concerning reliable off-site meteorological data. The national weather service office located at Lovell Field, approximately fifteen statute miles SSW of the Sequoyah Plant is to provide this data.
There are appendices for Hamilton and Bradley Counties which address the l
inter-relationships between the responsibilities for radiological protectien assigned to the State and those assigned to the counties. These appendices also identify the counties' responsibilities and describe the plans for carry-ing out those responsibilities.
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Acciaent Assessment Plannino Objectives To assure the adecuacy of metnods, systems and ecuipment for assessing and monitoring actual or potential offsite consequences of a radiological emergency concition.
Emergency Plan Annex F to the basic plan outlines and details the recuirements and actions to be taken by the Tennessee Department of Public Health Division of Radiological Health to assess the extent of off-site radiological problens as a result of an accident at Sequoyah. This annex also outlines the cuties of the Division of Radiological Health and the outies of monitoring teams. Procedures and equi:rnent to be used by monitoring teems are also provided in Annex F.
Methods for evaluation of the cata provided to the Division of Radiological Health and the mechanisms for recensnending protective actions are also proviced.
Capabilities of State personnel and other resources which will be relied upon to measure fodine concentrations are described in Annex F :s, r; as capabilities and resources for field monitoring in the plame exposare EPI. Methods for rapid assessnents of radiological hazards and conversions of measurec parameters to dose rates are provided.
The RAC has indicated that the requirerents set forth in NUREG C654/
FEMA-REP-1 have been met with regard to accident assessment. Deficiencies notec in the exercise held on June 16-17 have been addressed by the State and an additional apoendix to Annex F has been develoced wnich describes tne utilization of monitoring teams.
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Protection Resconse Planninc Obiectives Ts assure that a range of protective actions is available for the alume exposure pathway for emergency workers and the public, guidelines for-the choice of protective actions during an emergency, consistir "th federal guidance, are developed and in use, and that protective actions for the ingestion exposure pathway appropriate to the locale have been developed.
Enernency Plan Annex F, Radiological Prctective Measures, details the requirements and actions to be taken by the Depart:nent of Public Health to assure that necessary measures will be taken to protect citizens from unnecessary radiation exposure resulting from an incident at Sequoyah. The Depart:nent of Public Health Division of Radiological Health (DRH) will base its actions and recess::endations upon initial and follow-on information from the licensee regarcing accident classification, release (s) of radioactivity, meteorological information and atmospheric stability. The plan calls for JRH to base reczmendations for protective response ucon RAGS developec by USEPA and USFDA.
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Methods for notifying resident and transient populations are provided in Part II. In addition, Part II provides maps which show evacuation routes, relocation centers, shelter areas and medical facilities.
Population distributions by sectors are provided in Part II.
Provisions for use of KI are described in Annex F.
Infor nation on re-location to include means of relocation, traffic capacities, access control, relccation impediments and evacuation time estimates is pro-vided in Part :I.
Protective measures to be used for the ingestion exposure pathway are described in Part III which is totally devoted to the ingestion exporura E?I.
Protective response has been judged by the RAC as adeouate, and tnus meets the requirements set forth in MjREG 0654/FD8.A-REP-1.
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Radiological Excesure Control Planninc Objectives To assure that means for controlling radiological exposures, in an mergency, are established for emergency workers and the affectec population.
Emergency Plan Appropriate appendices to Annex F of the bas'. 9 an provide the methods 1
and proced res for 24-hour capability to deta.mine doses received by mergency workers. Pennanent and self-reading dose record devices are described in addi:1on to methods for maintaining dose records. The decision chain for authori:ing emergency workers to receive cosas in excess of EPA PAGS is described in Accendix 16 of Annex F.
Decon-tamination action levels are described in Appendix 20 to Annex F, and procedures for registr. ring and monitoring evacuees are provided in the local plans whien ara appendices to Part II.
The RAC has cetermined that the planning objective for radiological exposure control has been met in the plan.
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Medical and Public Health Succort Planning Obiectives To assure that arrangements are made for mecical services for contami-nated individuals.
Emercency Plan Annex H, Medical, identifies the primary medical treatment facilities for acute radiation exposure victims.
It also identifies those hcspitals that have the capability to care for accident victims who may also be contaminated with radioactive material.
A letter datec April 30, 1980, from the Senicr Vice Presicent, Erlanger Medical Center, verifies that they are prepared to provide medical care to radiation accident victims from Sequoyah. The letter further states that "should the numbers concaminated be too gieat for us to effective manage, we have working relationships with otner c:mnunity hospitals that would pennit us to call en them to assist in such an emergency."
The assurance tnat adequate arrangements are made for medical services for contaminated individuals was evaluated adequate by the RAC and the ability of local hospital to handle contaminated victims was adecuately exercised.
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Recovery and Reentry Planning and Postaccident Oceratiens Plannino Objective To assure that general plans for recovery and reentry are develoced.
Emercencv Plan Part IV of the plan cutlines factors to be considered and procedures tr be followed in initiating recovery actions.
It also describes constra1nts to be considered in determining the advisability of allowing puclic re-ent.ry into an evacuated area.
Included in this Par: are planning concepts, concept of coerations, disastor assistance, reentry guideline fomulas and comcutaticns.
Assurances that. general plans for recovery and reentry are developed were detamined by the RAC to be adequa'J.
Announcements'for relaxing the emergency conditions were adecuately exercised. Due to time constraints, long-tem recovery and reentry plans were not exercised. However, long-tem monitoring of food stuffs and the ingestion pathway requirements (i.e., the 50 mil,x ingestion pathway) were adequately exercised.
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Exercises and Drills Pianninc Obiective To assure that periodic exercises are conducted to evaluate major portions of emergency response capabilities, that the results of exercises fann the basis for corrective acticn for identified deficiencies and that periodic drills are conducted to develop and maintain key skills.
Emeroency Pla,n, Annex I, Radiological Emergency Response Training and Exercises, establishes the system of drills and exerdses which will be required to maintain a What the State state of readiness for State and local government forces.
has addressed in tnis annex exceeds the planning criteH a specified in NUREG 0654/ FEMA REP-1.
Observers from Federal, State and local governments will be invited to participate and/or cH tique all exercises. A femal critique of exercises will be held as scon as possible after the exercise.
Drills based on site or general emergency conditiens will be held at pre-detemined frequencies for response compenents (e.g. Fire, Medical, Comunications, Health Physics, etc.) to ensure maximum effectiveness of tne plan.
The RAC has indicated that the plan mees the requirements set forth in NUREG 0654/ FEMA-REP-1.
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Radiolecical E.mergency Resoonse Trainina Planninc Obf ective To assure that radiological emergency respcnse training is provided to those wno may be called upon to assist in an emergency.
Emercency Plan Provisions for training of appropriate individuals are described in Annex I to the basic plan. A training and periodic retrsining program is established for all personnel involved in the response organi:ations as well as support organi:ations and personnel.
The RAC has judged the training program as having met the recuirements as set forth in NUREG C654/ FEMA-REP-1.
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Resconsibility for the Planning Effort: Develcoment, Periodic Review anc Districutlen of Emergency Plans Planning Objective
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To assure that responsibilities for plan development, review and distribution of energency plans are established and that planners are properly trained.
Emergency Plan Annex I prevides for training of planners involved in radiological energency planning. The respcnsibility for plan development, review and distribution is adequately provided for in the plan.
A complete table cf contents and a subject index to assist personnel using the plan to find the location of scecific key words or items are included.
The plan contains a statement that it will be reviewed annually.
Assurances that responsibilities are established for plan develocment, review, updating and distribution and that planners are procerly trained were considered adequate by tne RAC.
An update is currently underway resulting from the exercise held on June 16-17, 1980.
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21 Evaluation Summary Governor Alexander has indicated in his letter of application that the level of radiological preparedness in Tennessee is, in his opinion, adequate to protect the health and safety of Tennessee citizens. As Regional Director of FEMA Region 'V, I concur with Governor Alexander's conclusion. Based on the amount of planning effort, the public meeting and the exercise, it is my belief that an adequata level of radiological preparedness exists in Tennessee, and that tnis preparedness is adequate to protect the health and safety of Tennessee citi: ens.
It is my opinion that Tennessee has done an applaudable job in the development of the REP plan for Plant Sequoyah. Region IV staff memeers and the Regional Assistance Cannittee have worked long and hard to 3ssist the State and local officials in this effort. The requirements set forth in the proposed FEMA rule, 44 CFR Part 350, titled, " Review and Approval of State and Local Radiologi-cal Emergency Plans and Preparedness," have been met and deficiencies noted by the exercise have been or are currently being corrected by tne State planning staff.
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j Mr. Frank Newton Regional Director Feceral Emergency Management Agency Region IV i
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Dear Mr. Newton:
On 10 June 1980, Tennessee conducted a Puolic Meeting on the Tennessee Multi-3urisdictional Emergency Response Plan for TVA's Sequoyah Nuclear Power Facility at the Chattanooga YMCA Building in Chattanooga, i
Tennessee. The purpose of this meeting was to inform the public of tne general contenu of the pian and the State's capability to provide for tne safety of the citizens in the areas that could be affected my an incident at tne Sequoyah Nudear Power Facility.
This meeting was announced to the generai public through both news-reper and television advertisements in sufficient time to alert the public to the meeting. A copy of the news release is endosed.
The meeting was conducted by the State of Tennessee with par.icipation by FEMA and representation by NRC and TVA. A copy of the Agenca and a summary of the contents of the meeting are endosed. The puolic was represented by approximately thirty (30) citizens from the surrounding area.
The meeting was conduced with a question and answer period in wnich those citizens attending the meeting had an opportunity to question the State on the Pian. A tranwipt of the questions and answers is endosed. Both a video and audio recording of the question and answer session are avaliable at the Tennessee Division cf Civil Def(nse, Tennessee National Guard Armory, Sideo Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37204.
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Dear Mr. Newton:
The Tennessee Multi-jurisdictional Radiological Emergency Response Plan for Tennessee Valley Authority's Sequoyah Nuclear Power Facility is submitted for your review, concurrence, and forwarding to the National Authority for approval.
This plan represents, in the opinion of Tennessee's responsibla officials, the concepts, procedures, and actions that will provide the most workable system for the safety and protection of the cm.zens of Tennessee in the event of an accident at the Sequoyah Nuclear Facility.
A puolic hearing of the Plan was. conducted on June 10, 1980, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The Plan was exercised on June 16 and 17,1980. A crit.que was conducted on 17 June 1930 in wruch the Plan was rated as workable and Itw State of Tennessee as capacte of acequate response to an accident at the plant.
Those changes recommenced during the critique have been made.
Sincerely, Lamar Alexander
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release to James O. Boyer, Puhlic Affairs Officer, (80-9) 404 881-2411 MEETING *dELD ON SEQUOYAH PLAN CHATTANCOGA, Tenn.--Frank Newton, Southens: Regicnal Director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FDIA) praised the werk of Tennessee and Region Personnel here Tuesday for " scoring a !!irst" in the nation;under President Carter's mandate to FDiA; for ccepleting an eff-site emergency plan for a nuclear' power pint f acility.
tr. I!ewton spcke at a public meeting on Tennessee State and local c.if-site plans for ccping with potential emergencies cen-nected with the'Sequcyah Fixed Nuclear Facility near Chattanecga.
The meetine, was held in the Golden Gateway DICA.
"This plan is the first of its kind to reach this advanced stage of development," Mr. Newton said.
"I'm proud of the wc k done by Tennessee Civil Defense personnel, by the Regional Advisory Committee and others involved.
These involved in this project went r.11 cut to meet the June deadline imposed for this wcrk."
The FIMA Regicn IV Dirce 0r pointed out that as a result of the Three-Mile Island nuclear pcwer plant incident, Presiden:
Carter assigned to FIMA the prime responsibility for Radielegical Emergency Plcnning.
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Mr. Newton explained that under the agreement TEMA assumed responsibility for:
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--Taking the lead in off-site emergency planning and review-ing and assessing State and local en.e gency plans for adequacy.
--Cc=pleting by June 1930 the review cf State and local emergency plans in States affected by operating reactors.
--Completing, as seen ar possible, the review cf State and 1ccal a=ergency plans in States af*ected by plan *.s scheduled for operatien in the near future.
--Determining whether State and local emergency plans are adequate and capable of implementation.
--Assuming responsibility for emergency preparedness train-ing of State and local Emergency Management-Civil Defense efficials.
--Develeping and issuing an updated series of interagency assignments that would delineate respective agency capabilities and responsibilities, and define precedures fer coordination
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Under the agre,ement the NRC is responsible for assessing the adequac'.cf licensees, verifying that licensees emergency y
plans are adequately implemented, reviewing TEMA determinations on the adequacy Of State and local plans, and making decisiens the overa11' state cf emergency preparedness in connection cn1 with the issuance of operating licenses or the shutdown of operatitg.
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1 "To date," Mr. Newton added, "the r.egional office and the RAC have made detailed reviews of the Tennessee m lti-jurisdic-u i
tional plan for the Sequoyah Plant, and the ccmmittee has indi-a cated that it is satisfied with the contents of the plan.
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the ccmmittee," Mr. Newton said, "I feel that the Tennessee plan i
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This plan will be forwarded after we hear from i
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related to the plan is held later this month.
The Regicnal Director said that it "has been cur pleasure I
to werk with Tennessee on this Sequoyah plan and we in m A pledge cur centinued. support of the State in its Radiological I=ergency Planning effort.'..
Tennessee Gev. T.,amar Alexander' is expected to be notified
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1 The purpose of the public meeting was to acquaint the public i
with the contents of the plan, to answer questiens on it, and to receive suggestions on the plan.
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Col. Eugene P. Tanner, Director of the Tennessee Civil Defense Office, spoke and participated in the discussion.
"We have here a plan that we believe to be practical, and.
one that can be effectively carried out in the best interest of our people," Col. Tanner said.
"The safety of residents was the guiding thought in our planning."
Lacy Suiter, Tennessee Civil Defense Deputy Director for Operations, was mcderator for the public meeting.
FEMA, created through the merger of five Federal agencies, was established April 1,1979, through President Carter's i
Reorgani:ation Plan No. 3.
On December 7, 1979, the Presiden:
directed that TIMA wculd assume lead respcnsibility for all off-site nuclear emergency planning and response.
FT/N s Region IV consists of the States of Tennessee, Alabare.,
Gecrgia, 71erida, F.ississippi, Kentucky, nom h Carolina and South Carolina.
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SIQUOYAE MII'"IN'G TO EI EILD JUNI 10 A'"I.ANTA, Ga.
~here will be a public meeting June 10, 1980, en Tennessee State and local off-site plans for ecping with potential emergencies connected with the Sequcyah Fixed N, clear Facili y nea-Charancesa, Frank New en, Scutheastern Regicnal Oirec cr fer the Federal I=ergency Manage =en: Agency (IIM.A), said.
This neering, the firs cf its kind in the natien, will be held frc= 10 a.=.
= noen in the Gciden Gatevay YMCA, Gateway Chananecga, Mr. New en said.
Avenue ~4est, "hha purpose of this meeting will be := acquaint the public i
with the contents of these plans; te answer questiens en them,
" Dis-and := receive suggestions en 'he plans," Mr. New en said.
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Milita*.y Depw'e=ent of Tc.'.nc:see,
Suite 3-13, Chat anooga, Tenn.;
Directer cf Civil Defense, Imergency Op c ating Center, Sideo Drive, Nashville, Tenn., and at Regien IV headquarters, Fed cal Emergency 6 6', 1375 ?eachtree St., N. E., Atlanta,
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Tederal, State and local officials connected with I=argency Management activities are expected to at:end the public meeting, i
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j IIMA, created.through the merger of five Federal agencies, was established April.1,1979, through President Carter's Recrganica-On. December 7, 1979, the President directed that tien Plan No. 3.
FIMA wecid assume. lead respensibili y for all eff-site nuclear i
emergency planning and response.
.Mr. Newten said FIMA's i= mediate basic respcnsibilities in Tixed Nuclear Facility-Radic1cgical Imergency Pla.ning include:
S Oahing the. lead in off-site emergency planning and reviewing and assessing State and local emergency plans for adeqcacy..
-Cc=pleting by June 1980 the review of State and local emergency plans in States affected by operating reacecrs.
-Ccmplet'ng, as seen as-pessible, the review cf State and i
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-Deter =ining whether State and local eme.-gency plans are adequate and capable of inplementatien.
- Assu=ing respcnsibility fer emergency preparedness trai:.ing of State and local 7.nergency Management-Civil Defense officials.
--Caveicping and issuing an updated series of interagency assig.=e?. s that would delineate respective agency capabilities and respensibilities, and define procedures fer eccrdina:icn J
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Alaha=a, FE"X s Region IV consists of the States of Tennessee Georgia, 71crida, Mississippi, Kentucky, Ncrth Carolina and Scuth Carclina.
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I feel that this Public Meeting concerning the Tennessee Plan has met the Federal requiremenu for the State to inform the public and offer them an opportunity to question or comment on :ne Plan.
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I AGENDA FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION BRIEFING FOR SEQUOYAH REP INTRODUCTION LACY SUITER OPENING REMARKS COL EUGENE P. TANNER FEMA ROLE FRANK NEWTON BASIC PLAN ELGAN USREY i
RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION CHARLES WEST O
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hearing and tne agenda for the meeting.Mr. Suiter in his introductio Emergency Preparedness, gave a background on the to conduct planning and develop a concept and organization to respond t safety or health of Tennessee citizens in the surrounding are o any FEMA in tne development of the planning objectives, r
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assistance to the State in the case of an actual emergency.
V Manager, Division of Civil Defer.se.The basic plan was explained in detail usec by Ine State, the response organizations an the Emergency Broadcast System and NOAA Weather Radio to i f public.
the method of evaluating the threat to public health an n orm the my Mr. Charles West, Division of Radiological Health, Department of Public x a ned Health.
provided an overview of the actions thatMr. William DeBrocke, Direc will be taken by the local government to include local warning procedures, evacuation plans, evacuation routes, shelter information poinu, types of shelters and security of evacuated areas.
locations and The actions to protect the farm animals, agricultural for determining when it would be safe to return to the eva
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'h-briefing, the floor was opened to questions proceoures, evacuation of sick and elderly, and protxtion of li audience was that the State and local government had area.
plan that would support the hea.th ed safety of citizens in the area.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AT THE PUBLIC MEETING ON THE TENNESSEE REP FOR
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(Lacy Suitar): We will entertain your questions at this time. We'll direct them to the people who can best answer. We would ask that you
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How often will the information on residents in the ten mile area be updated?
j (DeBrock): It is currently considered, in our discussions with TVA anc. with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, that annually wculd be adequate for this purpose. Keep in mind the things that I mentioned to you Mrlier about those folks who do not know what to do until some-thing happens. Now we're going to have people moving in and out of the canununity, where do you draw the line? How often would you want it to be updated? Mailing out these things to all of the 23,000 folks is a pretty big problem, and it's expensive.
It takes a lot of time, and theti as soon as you get it in, it's out of date, because as sure as heck, somebody's moved out of the ama.
i I think we've got to reach a point which is acceptable to botn si des'.
Acceptable to those who have to do the work and acceptable with people who are presumably "at risk," in the event something happens. Keep in mind though, that we are -- if this is a concern of yours, we're as close as your telephone to our office, or anything else. You've heard us talk about the shelter infomation points for
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folks wno do have problems, that they have forgotten what they were told, or something is changed in their household that makes them new not able to do what they originally said on their questionnaire, and if it turns out that annually isn't adeouate, we'll do it more often.
It's just a little more expensive, and we're looking for that line that we can afford to maintain and still satisfy everybody's concerns.
Hamilton County is the fourth largest county ir Tennessee, yet there's Q.
It's left up to no organized Emergency Medical Services in this area.
Volunteer Fire Departments, funeral homes, or just private enterprise.
A(j The specific question I have is, what planning, if any, is being made to improve the Energency Medical Services in Hamilton County? Right now, in a lot of areas, most of you who've lived :ere anytime, know that they can't even handle a multiple injury car wreck so how are we going to handle an incident like this on the situation we have now?
(Bill DeBrock): The county is probably least well served of all of the other emergency services in the ambulance service. Now this has l' an brought to the attention of all of our county director; and county comissioners and they're aware of this. They would like very much to be able to improve this capability and we are exploring everything they can in the way of making money available for these kinds of things.
In this particular instance, however, in this particular instance.
I think we could get the ambulances in reasonably short time by borrowing them from the surrounding connunities. Now that's not an excuse. We should have more, in my opinion, and I'm sure that the cannission is aware of it and are plann't? ' a do something along these lines. But t
you've also been readts 2 at,aut the papers about the problems with the bucgets for this yjce.
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In an actual evacuation, would it be possible to get from the outlying I
area into the area to evacuate some of your elderly members of your family that may be in that area?
Yes, sir.
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How many questionnaires have you received back? The percent of questionnaires?
i (Bill DeBrock): We mailed out 23,000. The last count I've had is l
we've gotten about 11,000 back. Now, when I say "back," that means
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on and so on.
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How do you get the call again, if the on-site TVA at Sequoyah realites they have a situation, how long do we estimate it would be before you would be nctifying the Sheriff's Department to send out notifiers to the local areas?
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If it is a Category 4, that is the high class, the general emergency, we are notified, I would guess imediately after the words are spoken to the State IOC, they call us up. Now that's to give us every chance to become leaning fonvard in our foxholes.
We get ready at that point in t.sme. We still wait for State to say, "This translates into what we think you should do," which meant evacuate. Or, they may say, "Just snut your windows and sit tight for awhile and we'll see what develops." Eut we are inmediately notified, directly. Now that's different from the other situations.
The other situations which are not as emergency-nature, they're not the worst type of a situation, we would be notified after the State
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I'm Mrs. Dean Goulin and I'm curious to know wnat provision has been made for the dairy cattle herds and One beef cattle herds.
Sometimes they're out in tne pasture, sometimes they're grazing, and other times they're comoined.
Especially in the wintertime, you know, they need to be fed.
(Suitar): The Department of Argiculture has that responsibility. Their man is not here, Elass will answer the question for you.
(E. Usrey): As I said earlier, in part three of our plan, we have p
identified all those farmers within the 50-mile area who have dairy herds or beef cattle, pigs, chickens, and we have their names, addresses and telephone numbers. Now, a part of the public warning system addresses-the fanners in the area. They're pre-progranned messages which will tell them, " prepare to bring your livestock into a sheltered area and prepare to put them on stored feeds." Another message will tell them,
" alright, at this time, start feeding them stored feed."
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' witnin the 10-mile area and they have to be evacuated, the fanners them-selves and their families, then they are told, "put your animals in-sice in a sheltered area if possible, provide them with stored feed, a small amount of stored feed and water, and leave your animals." If possible, you know, if the radiation is not so bad that it would be a danger to them for short periods of time, they may be allowed to go
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I'm wondering where you're going to get that water that's going to me carried out there?
(Usrey): Well, if it's necessary, the bulk milk naulers, tanks, could be utili:ed to carry water in.
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Rignt now you are using emergency vehicles and personnel as evacuators, and whereas if you had a type of alerting system that did not depend on pecole going through and doing it physically, but using a siren-tyoe system, woulon't be much more effective?
(Lacy Sutter): Yes. We're aware that the system out there rignt now has some faults and in view of the threat, the system will be refined and developed. Right now, the studies that are underway, Doth by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who are making separate recommendations to Col. Tanner, the State Director, matter of fact, apparently Col. Tanner has it in his hand now, calls for a mixture of warning systems, and it will be addressed.
We will meet the 15 minute criteria as specified in NUREG 0654.
Colonel, wculd you like to say something?
(Col. Tanner): Yes. Thank you for your question and the comparison of the voluntary / involuntary type of evacuation. The study that I received from Frank Newton this morning indicates that we need 18 sub-sites for sirens withir. tne ten mile area at a cost of approximately
$200,000.00.
(Lacy Suiter): That cost is just for equipment and installation.
This does not include maintenance over the years which is something else again. And that oftentimes, freouently gets to be more expensive
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than the equipment itself.
Even so it's, that's a much better estimate than wnat we had up to this time.
There's another independent survey being conducted.
I don't tnink, somebody from the TVA could tell us, I don't :nink it's ready yet. Tommy, or John, does anybody know? It's being conducted by an independent out-side firm so we'll have two reports.
(DeBrock): This bunen down in Florida turned in their proposal.
So they're really just studying this very carefully, but it's expensive as it can be and we want to not get any more than we truly think we need.
(~s (Suiter): I believe the gentleman on the back row, do you have a ques-tion sir?
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Yes, sir.
I'm Don Gaithers.
I understand you're going to have the practice evacuation of a ten mile area wit: n the next month or something.
Is that true?
(Suiter): It's my understanding from the evaluation team that it'll be before the 21st of this month.
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Will this require evacuation of the elderly and sick in this practice evaluation?
(Suiter): There will be no actual evacuation at all.
It'll be simulating that...
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... all simulation. In the event of an actual evacuation, would it be possible to get from the outlying area into the area to evacuate some of your elderly members of your family that may be in that area?
(Suiter): Yes, sir.
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It would be. Thank you, sir.
(Suitar): Any otner questions? Yes, sir?
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My name's Jack Wright and I represent a large food company locally, have two or three questions, a couple to Bill DeBrock.
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(Bill DeBrock): We mailed out 23,000.
The last count I've had is we've gotten about 11,000 Dack. Now, wnen I say "back," that means the kind tnat came back with some kind of an answer.
We've had others that came back tnat said, "Not deliverable to this address," and so on and se on.
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What aDout Watts Bar and Belafonte?
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Perhaos this would be for someone else, as those plants develop, I assume plans would be input to Hamilton County to notify the I
local area of situations there also?
1 (Suiter): That's correct.
Watts Bar and Belafonte, you're only in-volved in the injestion portion of the plan. There's a map over the-e that shows you where you are. The Department of Agriculture at tne State level has the responsibility for the management of that.
The Watts Bar Plan will be completed by August 29th of this year.
The Belafonte plan I don't know the date off the top of my head on that one.
It's soon, though.
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Okay, thank you.
(Suiter): 30 June.
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Okay, I believe, for Mr. Charles West, how many local radiological health devices do you all have locally and how soon would they be able to be deployed in the areas after notification of your division?
(Mr. Charles West): After notification, we have one person with a radio equipped emergency equipped car.
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tion area but in :ne area of Chattanooga. Short time, in tnat case. Others from our division would be, other personnel will be from Nashville, which would recuire a t riving time from Nashville, bringing emergency equipment vehicles down here.
In addition to that, TVA personnel at the site can be, TVA has stated th&t they would have those people into the, in other words, outside the plant immediately. So we would be giving that information -- a relatively short time, we would be giving some information about the radiation.
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With one vehicle you could cover both sides of the river I guess, depending on which way the wind will be blowing?
(Charles West): Yes. It's not like it's going to go everyplace at once.
(Suiter): Talking about the immediate response, it may be beefed up somewhat along the way in the planning stages. Also, I think it's only fair to mention here that there is a meterological tower out there that is constantly transmitting data back to the Muscle Shoals facility which analyzes it and immediately passes it on to the State. All this happens in a matter of seconds.
It doesn't happen in a matter of minutes, it's a matter of seconds.
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I nave several questions.
I'm sorry I came late so osme of these questions might already have been asked.
(Suiter): Okay, let me -- for those of you that did come in late, we were a rinute or two there ourselves, let me assure you that the cuestion or the subject now has to do with the Radiological Emergency Response Plan, not the merits of nuclear power or wnether the Tennessee
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I'm not going to talk about that.
I'm not going to ask.
(Suiter): Oh, no, there's several of you that came in late and I just wanted to make that clarification. But ycur question will be answered.
just not by anybody up here.
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I can only say that from the point in time that the Tennessee Valley Authority de-cides that there's an emergency and the State Department of Radiological Health concurs in that and directs action on our part from there that would be almost instantaneous. As far as the time span, something would happen at the plant, beg pardon?
(NRC Rep. Mr. Trogenaski): Conceivably within thirty minutes.
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Okay, then the other question is, are you considering having any sort of citi:en monitoring of radiation levels in water, grass, air, as they have had at Three Mile Island after the accident? Su having it before any kind of accident occurs at Sequoyah, like providing people with geiger counters and things like that.
(Suiter): Well, you know, we in State governnent consider ourselves citizens, we just happen to be working for y'all. There is a division called the Water Quality Control Division, the Air Quality Control Division, and the Environmental Sanitation Division, all within the Department of public Health.
It is their responsibility, charged by law, for the quality of water and air and other problems, especially,
10 I nappen to be very familiar with Water Quality Control, Dr. Elmo Lund, tneir Director, and they are hignly competent in that area. They do have sensoricg and monitoring devices.
I would suggest if you nave a specific question as to the quality of their work that you shop'A write Commissioner Fowinkle in Nashville, go further in it. Whetner or not, that's well within his jurisdiction, whether he plans to go to the citizens with auditional things I don't know. But I do know he has promoting oevices now.
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Well, for some reason, I guess it was because they felt like in Pennsylvania, that they could get a more accurate reading if they had more people in more places, you know, with their own equipment, because naturally, the State is~ sort of limited in the number of people that it can hire to do that kind of monitoring. And if people are willing to do it, you know, as volunteers, it seems like...
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I think it's a great idea and I think that the Commissioner should do it.
I don't run Public Health.
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You're not going to have that proolem in Tennessee.
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Okay, Well, thanks. Okay, the other thing tnat's come to my mind as a result of the Three Mile Island accident, there've been some reports about before there was actually any kind of accident at Three Mile Island, people had been noticing that their livestock were having some pretty serious health problems, like their bones were becoming soft and they weren't able to stand up and they were collapsing. And tney were having a lot of mis-carriages, and also tney weren't able to reproduce at the same sort of rate that they had before.
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You mentioned here, like these sirens, two hundred anc some thousand collars, Amoulances would cost money. TVA has built the dam, the power plant. Do
- ney take any responsibility for helping fund any of the answers to some of these potential problems? Or is that tne state responsibility?
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I think they have so far, or at least the evidence I have, somebody else here may have contrary evidence, but they've so far been more than generous in funding those parts that had to do with the mitigation of building the thing in the first place. They, in those areas such as specifically in the warning, they are participating in tnat. There are other types of benefits which are going to come from tne warning system, nuclear attack warning, which is probably more likely to happen than a major emergercy'at *he plant in the first place, but nuclear attack warning, severe weather warning, evacuation that might result from a chemical truck wrecking on - what is that, Highway 27? -Scnething that goes down through there.
The Tennessee Valley Authority has recognized its responsibility to provide this warning and they've said that they'll provide supple-mentary funding assistance if it can't be made available othenvise through existing resources.
In the area of ambulances and things of tnis nature, this is clearly a, you know, a county responsibility.
If the State ge.ts involved in that, you know, or somebody else, tnen the State is imposing itself on the county. But to answer that question, you.really should get to, you know, again with Commissioner Fowinkle in the Depart:nent of Public Health.
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(Suiter) : Great. Great.
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Why?
(Suiter): Because I think we have a level of integrity built between the local government and the people here, between the State and the local government, between the State government and the Federal govern-ment, between the State government and the Tennessee Valley Authority, We want that we all have confidence in wnere we're going rignt now.
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we've got to convince now is the citizenry that it's out there, you Right now, you '<now, we have evacuations in Tennessee frequently.
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We had a big one in Knoxville last week from a bromine truck, or week before last, I guess it was. We evacuated the entire town of Madison-ville a couple of years ago when an L&N Train wrecked with sulfuric acid or oleum, whatever it was. We evacuated Waverly when an LPG tank exploded. The people that didn't evacuate didn't do what local govern-ment said, government told them they'd die. We.can't do that. We
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you don't get out then you're probably going to die. Some people in Waverly died. It's that simple.
Rockwood Mountain, the bromine went out, people got out, saw the evacuation notice, they were out a minimum amount of time and back in.
Inconvenienced, true, but nobody died. So, when these things come up and the public perceives that there is a real danger or a real tnreat, and we're not going to put any false ones out tnere on you, we're going to tell you tne truth, right from tne beginning, then
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I was just going to saj, like yesterday I was thinking about this, the elderly I'm more concerned with. The young people, they're not going to worry about it. They know they can get out or do something.
It's the elderly people who are conc.erned.
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If you've go*. any good ideas, that fellow sitting right there, Gene Tanner, can get him at the State Emergency Operation Cel.ter in Nashville, 37204. Give yoe all tMse addresses O
Q when it's over if you want to write. We'll change the plan, we'll reflect what's gotta be done.
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Do you have any idea how mcr.h money the State has spent developing this plan?
(Suiter): Tne State has spent, oh, Col. Tanner, do you want to answer that question, sir?
(Col. Tanner): Let me translate that into man or woman days. Very simply, -ince the first of October, this involves tne amount of time in whicn we tested the old plan, but we have, as of the 23rd of May,
14 35 man months involved in Sequoyah alone and I believe we've gone into every detail in tne development process.
I haven't translated that into dollars yet.
It's cost TVA, very frankly, an enonnous amount of money, and what we're going to do at the conclusion of the testing of tne plan, is we're goir.g to detennine what deficiencies exist, wnat is really required to implement the plan, and at that point in time we will have identified the resource deficiencies, what is not available at county level or state level, to fulfill those requirements, enen we're going to hese to turn to TVA.
35 man months from the first of October until the 23rd of May is devoted in the cavelopment of Sequoyah Plan. Does that answer someone's question?
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You mean like 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> a week?
(Col. Tanner): Yes. You can, some of that is overtime, you know just Je acsninistrative process of Titting together a document with that magnitude, correlating that with all elements of state and local govern-I ment, is an enormcus undertaking, and it has required that amount of J
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g I can't presume to tell you how much the Department of Health, Agricul-ture, Jack Richardson, Frank Newton's personnel, but we record everything we do in terms of time on a daily basis according to the project that we have responsibility for by law. And this is why I'm able to tell you the number of man days, or man months, 25 man months, that we have involved in the plan.
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I might add, it's unusual for a group of government people working together especially, but on that wnole blame team that they've got working on it, nere's not a kook on ::. Not a one. They're all
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Just to expand on your question just a tad further there, ma'am, we're real lucky ir Bradley County and Hamilton County because they have recognized their responsibilities and have picked up :ne planning effort and have gone right along.
I don't know how lucky we'll be in other counties as we expand the planning process out.
I can tell you that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has funded three or I
four people off of one of their staffs to come in and work with us Come full time, matter of act, Gil Smith in the back is one of them.
in, wherever Ray Byrd is, to come in and work on it, and they've funded I
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INFORMATION BUT f " TIN TENNESSEE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN FOR SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR FACILITY During 1979 extensive planrung and coordination was conducted to develop a radiological emergency response plan by both State and local government.
The process culminated in an exercise during October 1979 to test plans at all levels of responsibilities. The Federal Agencies responsible for approving the Nuclear Power Facility (NPF) observed the Octooer tes: and considered i: to be san factory based on the requirements at that time.
As a result of the evaluation of the Three Mile Island accident, Federal Agencies (NRC, FEMA) have determined tha: the old requirements were not adequate to protec: the population arouc.d the NPF and have established new and more stringen: requirements for all orgaruzations and at;encies concerned with planrung for and responding to any unusual occerent:: at a NPF. For example, previous requirements stated that the area to be evacuated around the NPF was a three (3) mile radius. The new criteria requires that State and local government be prepared to evacuate an area of ten (10) miles around the NPF.
In January cf 1980, NRC issued interim guidance for developing the new plan. While TVA, the State, and local government have demonstrated that they V.
had a worwable plan and the plan was accepted by the Federal Government, we mus: meet the new requiremenu for the TVA NPF to be licensed by the NRC.
The new guicance is explicit in providing cefined objectives with specific criteria under each objective.
The Tennessee Plan for an emergency response at the Sequoyah Nuclear Power Facill:y has been developed to meet the new requirement. The opera-tional area covers two (2) counties in the ten (10) mile plume exposure pathway area (See Figure 1) and nineteen (19) counties in the fifty _(30) mile ingestion exposure patnway (See Figure 2). Secause of the size of the area and scope of the operation, Tennessee has chosen to use the multi-jurisdic:ional concept for 1
planning. The State has developed the overall plan and incorporated the actions of tne municipalities and county governments into the overall State Plan making one (1) plan for the Sequoyah Facility.
The concept calls for the State to have overall responsibilty for emer-gency response utilizing both Stae. local, Federal, and in some cases, private equipment, personnel, and facilities. The new plan provides for the maximum safety and votection for the citizens in the area surrounding the Sequoyah Nuclear Facility.
The Tennessee Plan contains a Basic Plan and four (4) Par s. The Basic Plan covers the concept of operations, responsibilities of State,. Federal, and local governments, c.nd provides basic information and mechanisms for Par: I defines the Emergency Classification System s id the actions response.
- nat the State and local government mus: take at that EC level. Part II is the local government actions required to conduct and control evacuation. Part In cefmes the actions necessary to protect liveswck and food stuff grown or processed in the fifty (30) mile ingestion area. Part IV presc-ibes the conditions that must be met to re-enter the area after evacuation.
The Basic Plan describes the overall concept of operations, that of the Sta:e as tne prime agency responsible for response to emergency operations.
The Governor of Tennessee has overall responsibility for the ac: ions to be O
He is advised by a Tripartite Committee made up of the Adjutant taken.
General as Chairman, the Commissicner of the Department of Public Health, and a Tecnnical Advisor appointed by the Governor. Informa: ion and cara come into the State Emergency Operations Center from TVA and State Agencies in the field.
This data is evaluated, and the Tripartite Commi ee makes recommendations to the Governor as to what actions should be taken. Based on ne Governor's guidance, the Sta:e Agency will direct actions to protec: and sofeguard citizens in.he various emergency plannmg zones.
Annex A, to the Basic Plan,is Definitions and Arenyms. Terms that are unfamiliar or peculiar to the plan are identified and defined. Abbreviations and Acronyms are written out in full leng:n to familiarize readers with the snortened forms. -
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1 Annex B, Direction and Control, provides in detail the primary responsi-oilities and functions of the State Agencies and directs the method of control of tne operation.
The Division of Civil Defense w!!! p 7 vide a twenty-four (24) nour per day cury officer to receive wi.aung messages and will maintain :ne State EOC in a state of readiness. In acdition, CD will nave the capability to staff tne EOC and direct emergency operations.
Department of Public Health is respcnsible for assessing the radiological hazard and making recommendations on matters which affect the health of citizens and the environment.
The Department of Safety assists local agencies in control of evacuation and security of evacuated areas. Department o; Transportation is responsible for traffic management in and around the affected area.
The Military Department is prepared to provide suppor as may be required.
The Department of Agriculture will evaluate the impact on livestock, dairy animals and products, and other foodstuffs produced or processed in the area. The American Red Cross is tasked with the operation of mass care shei:ers in the nos: areas.
Annex C, Notification and Warnmg, lays out the network and procedures that will be used in notification and warning. The operator (TVA) will provide notification to the State Emergency Ooerations Center (EOC) twenty-four (24) f hour per day duty officer (DO). The Duty Officer will notify the Director of Civil Defense wno will then inform the Adjutant General.
The Adjutant s~
General will notify the Governor and direct notification to local governmen:
and those State Agencies necessary based on the events that have aken place.
"Ihe general public will be informed of minor incidents by routine press release to the news media by the operator in coordination with the State.
However, in the event of a major accident or one where significant levels of radiation are released, the public will be informed through the local Emergency Broadcast System, Radio, and Television Stations, NOAA Weather Stations, in-place sirens, and emergency workers driving through the area using sirens to 3.
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e alert c:izens, and PA systems telling them to turn on televisions and radios for instructions. Puolic information and instructions will be issued using the E35 Stations and NCAA Weather Stations.
Annex D, Public Information, provides the systems, procedures, and format for providing information througn news media to the public. The release of public information will be cooruuted between State, Federal, local govern-ment, and TVA.
Annex E, Physical Security, provides provisions for the Department of Safety to assist local government in the evacuation of threatened areas and assist in securing the evacuated area. Under declaration of an emergency, the THP will assume the role of the State Law Enforcemen Agency.
Annex F, Radiological Protective Measures, details those requirements and actions taken by the Department of Public Health to assess the extent of the radiological problems, the duties of the Divisions within Puolic Health, the cuties, procedures, and equipment of the radiological detection team, the sources and capabilities of outside agencies to assist in the detection and analysis of radiological contamination. Also, this Annex provides the evacaa-tion of data and the mechamsm to recommend the adoption of protective action. Guides are available to prevent or reduce the radiation dose received by citizens and emergency workers.
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Annex G, Communications, outlines :ne communica: ions systems : hat provice tne method of notification, warmng, and general communications.
Communications systems include dedicated telephone circuits (ring down),
National Warmng System Communication Network, public service telephcne, State radio systems, and teletype circuits. Redundancy is required for all vital communications link. The dedicated telephone or ring down phone is the primary system used by the operator (TVA), the State EOC, and local government. This system is backed up oy the NAWAS. Commercial radio, TV, and the NOAA systems are the primary systems to be used to commur.icate with the general public. In addition, news conferences will be s-! 'uled to provice information through all news media.
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Annex H, Medical, identifies the primary medical treatment facilities for acute radia:icn exposure victms. It also identifies those hospitals that have tne capability to care for accicent victims who may also oe contamined wita radioactive material.
Annex 1, Training, estabiishes the system of training, drills, and exercises required to maintain a state of readiness for S* ate and local government forces.
All personnel involved with the execution of the plan must receive training annually in the concept of the plan and in the execution of their particular portions of the plan. Pe sonnel who have or are required to have certain tecnnical skills must receive special training.
The general puclic must be informed of the plan and educated a, to their role in care of emergencies. The plan mus: be exercised prior to the licensing of the NPF :o operate.
Par I, Eme gency Claulficadon, describes *h circumstances or condi-tions that may constitute a threa: to puolic safety. Also, it contcins a list of actons Ina: will be taken upon receipt of in:ormation whicn es-elishes an emergency classification.
The first or lowes: level of EC is that of NOTIFICATION OF UNUSUAL EVENT wnicn may be any irregularity whien has a potential to degrade the safety level a: the NPF. The main action taken by :ne State is to inform key individuals, State Agencies, and local government.
A The second EC is that of ALERT. A: this level, events or a potential v
exist ina: will cons:i:ute some degradation of safety.
Small releases of raciation may occur. Actions taken at this level are to aler and bring to standby status key individuals, agencies, and teams.
The third level of EC is SITE EMERGENCY. /tt this level events have occurred or conditons exist that may lead to major fal.ure of fatM functions needed for protdon of the public. At this stage, *h State takes action to man Emergency Centers, dispatch emergency teams, inform the puolic of the potential or actual :nreat, and recommend protdve actions as may be requirec.
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GENERAL EMERGENCY is last and most serious of the EC. At this A
point, serious loss of protec-don to include a core meltdown may occur.
potential for release of large amounu of radiation or radioactive material exists. A General Emergency the State will evaluate tne data from all sources to determine the actual or potential danger, recommend protective action to include shelt.ering or evacuation of the public, assist local government in the concuct and control of evacuation efforts, maintain control of the evacuated area, and assist local government in the recovery of the affected area.
Part II of the Plan is the detail actions that are to be taken by State and local government to determine the protective actions that are necessary and tne procedures of how the evacuation will be carried out to incLde the evacuation zones, routes, shelter locations, and protec-Jon of the evacuated An information brochure was sent to each home to explain the actions area.
that will be taken to protect and/or evacuate them under this EC level. (See Attached Brochure)
Part III of the P!an oeals with the location, distribution, care, and control of Agricultural products in the ingestion area. Dairy and livestock farmers in tne area have been identified, as have recommended actions to protect the animal and foocstuffs produced from or by the animals. Produce haulers and processors of foocstuffs and dairy procucts have been located and identified so ina: all agricultural goods grown, produced, or processed in the affected area O
may be inspected and controlled.
y Part IV of tne Pian provides Itv guidelines for the conditions tha: mus:
exis: to re-enter or recover the affected areas.
The last portion of the Plan is a Subject Index to assist personnel using the Plan to find the location of specific key words or items.
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