ML20063B151
| ML20063B151 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 12/30/1993 |
| From: | Kwiatkowski D Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| To: | Congel F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9401280008 | |
| Download: ML20063B151 (2) | |
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DEC 3 0 'rm Mr. Frank J.
Congel, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555
Dear Mr. Congel:
Enclosed is a copy of the final exercise report for the June 9-11, 1992, full-participation joint plume and ingestion pathway exercise of the offsite radiological emergency response plans, site-specific to the Beaver Valley Power Station.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of West Virginia; risk counties of Beaver in Pennsylvania and Hancock in West Virginia; support counties of Allegheny, Butler, Lawrence, and Washington in Pennsylvania; ingestion counties of Armstrong, Clarion, Fayette, Greene, Mercer, Venango, and Westmoreland in Pennsylvania and Brooke, Ohio, and Marshall in West Virginia; and 27 Pennsylvania risk municipalities participated in the exercise.
The exercise report was prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Region III staff.
A copy of the report will be forwarded to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of West Virginia by the Region III staff.
t one Deficiency was identified during this exercise.
The Deficiency resulted when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania failed to properly coordinate the dissemination of an appropriate Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) message with Beaver County.
Thus, the EBS message concerning the Governor of Pennsylvania's order to evacuate the public within the 10-mile emergency planning zone (EPZ) failed to contain pertinent information such as (a) the names of municipalities within the 10-mile EPZ; (b) geographic landmarks, including rivers, roads, railroad tracks, towns and villages or any combination thereof to delineate the area to be evacuated; (c) reference to the Beaver County Emergency Information Brochure; (d) the names and locations of, and evacuation routes to, the reception centers serving the municipalities; (e) instructions to special needs populations; and (f) suggestad items to be taken when evacuating.
This Deficiency was corrected via a remedial exercise conducted on August 17, 1992.
Thirty-three Areas Requiring Corrective Action (ARCA) were also identified during the exercise.
FEMA's Region III staff will monitor the status of corrective actions relative to these ARCAs.
Based on the results of the June 9-11, 1992, exercise and the August 17, 1992, remedial exercise, the offsite radiological emergency preparedness for the Beaver Valley Power Station is UNOG86008 M w __- _
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.t adequate to provide reasonable assurance that appropriate-measures can be taken offsite to protect the health and safety of the public in the event of a radiological emergency at the site.
Therefore, the Title 44 CFR, Part 350, approval of the radiological emergency response plans and preparedness i
site-specific to the Beaver Valley Power Station granted on i
October 29, 1987, for the State of West Virginia will remain in-i effect.
If you should have any questions on the enclosed report, please contact Mr. Joseph A. Moreland, Director, Exercir7s Division, at (202) 646-3544.
- incerely, f
ennis H. Kwia kowski Deputy Associa e Director Preparedness, Training, and Exercises j
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