ML20116K395
| ML20116K395 | |
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| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 05/01/1985 |
| From: | Krimm R Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| To: | Jordan E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
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Exercise Evaluation Report on the Offsite Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise at the North Anna Power Station Attached are two copies of the Exercise Evaluation Report for the November 15, 1984, exercise of the offsite radiological emergency preparedness plans for the North Anna Power Station. The exercise report dated January 18, 1985, was prepared by the Region III staff of the Federal Energency Management Agency.
Also attached is a copy of the corrective action schedule submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The exercise report cites a Category A deficiency for Louisa County which resulted from the failure of the Louisa County Acting Coordinator of Energency Services to cont.act the State Energency Operations Center (E0C) for clarification of the Governor's evacuation order, thus, resulting in a 35-minute delay in implementing the protective action. The confusion resulted from differences in the onsite and offsite scenarios during the General Energency phase of the exercise, which caused Louisa County Officials to reach an inappropriate decision on implementing the protective action. Exercise participants had agreed during exercise design to run a separate onsite and offsite scenario during part of the exercise in order to generate evacuation actions in all jurisdictions. However, for a r period of time Louisa County continued to play on the basis of the onsite scenario. Thus, the noted Category A deficiency was artificially created by the scenarios and exercise control failures. A remedial exercise will not be required for the Category A deficiency since the Commonwealth of Virginia and Louisa County have committed to proper coordination in the future which should alleviate confusion in implementing protective action recommendations.
In light of the schedule of corrective actions submitted for the Category A and B deficiencies, there is reasonable assurance that appropriate protective measures can be implemented by offsite authorities in the event of an accident at the North Anna Power Station. Therefore, the 44 CFR 350 approval granted by FEMA on February 23, 1983, will remain in effect.
If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Robert S. Wilkerson, Chief, Technological Hazards Division, at 646-2861.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Robert S. Wilkerson, Chief Technological Hazards Division ATTENTION: Gloria Joyner l FROM: James R. Asher, Chairman Regional Assistance Commi ee
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North Anna Exercise Corrective Actions Enclosed for your information is a copy of the follow-up response, as pro-vided by the Commonwealth of Virginia, in clarifying proposed and completed corrective actions for deficiencies / recommendations identified during the North Anna Power Station REP Exercise conducted on November 15, 1984.
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DepartmentofEmergency Services s,o m u nnon.s February 4, 1985 teom:2>am Mr. James R. Asher ,
Chairman, Regional Tgsistance Committee Federal Emergency Management Agency Region III i l
Sixth and Walnut St eehs Philadelphia, Pennsjlvtniag 19106 Y
Dear Mr. Asher:
This is in reply to your letter dated January 21 concerning our comments on the North Anna Power Station Exercise Report. We provide-the following statements to clarify our previous response.
Item 12 On January 3, 1985, the State Department of Emergency Services initiated a telephone conversation with the Caroline County Coordinator of Emergency Services concerning exercise deficiencies and proposed corrective actions. The Coordinator agreed, on this date, to seek information from the State EOC on ingestion pathway protective actions in the absence of information being made available from the State. As regards this item, the State Deputy Director of Operations in the State EOC has agreed to cause on-going status reports of emergency / exercise activities to be provided to local governments in the plume and ingestion exposure pathways.
This corrective action has already been taken.
Date: January 3,1985.
Item 21 Spotsylvania County has agreed to clearly demonstrate route alerting and route alerting procedures during future
- exercises and to assure that the assigned federal representative observes this action.
This corrective action was discussed and agreed to on
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Dr. Jamse R. Anhar Page Two February 4,1985 The following is the revised projected 6ates for completion of the noted corrective actions:
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Item 1 - December 1984 - January 1985 category 3 Item 1 - January 1985.
i Item 2 - In process.
Item 3 - Under discussion; October 1985.
Item 4 - On-going training being provided.
Item 5 - On-going training being provided.
Item 6 - On-going training being provided.
Item 7 - Under discussion; meeting held January 1985.
Item 8 - In process; October 1985.
Item 9 - On-going training being provided; recordkeeping cards / sheets emphasized.
3 Item 10 - Under discussion; meeting held December 1984.
Item 11 - Discussed and agreed. January 8,1985.
! Item 12 - See statement above.
! Item 13 - Action taken; January 1985.
Item 14 - Discussed; January 1985.
Item 15 - Discussed; January 1985.
Item 16 - Discussed; January 1985; plans being developed.
Item 17 - Discussed; January 1985; prescribed message format being developed.
Item 18 - On-going training being provided; January 1985.
i Item 19 - On-going training being provided; January 1985.
Item 20 - On-going training being provided; January 1985.
Item 21 - In process; prescribed message format
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Item 22 - Discussed and agreed; December 1984.
Item 23 - Under discussion; installation scheduled for June 1985. !
Item 24 - Discussed; January 1985.
- Item 25 - On-going training being provided.
Item 26 - See statement above.
Item 27 - Discussed; December 1984; revised plans l being developed. .
! Item 28 - Discussed; December 1984; plans in place.
l Item 29 - Training in progress; January 1985.
j Item 30 - Discussed; January 1985; staff currently ,
i reviewing procedures.
! - Item 31 - Refresher training provided December 1984; monthly tests of the computer network to include hardcopy transmission of information i is being scheduled with local governments.
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Mr. James R. Asher Page Three February 4, 1985 Item 32 - Discussed at a January 1985 training session; on-going training for field deployment' is being provided.
Item 33 - Discussed; January 1985.
Item 34 - Discussed; December 1984; new location under study.
Itep 35 - Discussed; January 1985; Coordinator has made provision to effectively employ status board in exercises and/or emergencies.
Item 36 - Antennae cable work has been scheduled; January 1985.
Item 37 - Discussed; January 1985; plans underway to accommodate press representatives in Hanover media briefing room.
Item 3 8 - Corrective action will be discussed with local government officials and other principal parties at a meeting scheduled for February 1985.
1 Item 39 - The North Anna Computer Network, as of January 1985, is in place, operational, and has been tested; will be used to provide the exchange of hardcopy news releases.
Item 40 - Discussed; December 1984.. County currently 4 making provision to utilize a status board in the EOC.
Item 41 - Orange County has requisitioned appropriate communications links to be installed between the two facilities; January 1985.
Item 42 - This item was discussed at a December 1984
> meeting; arrangements have been made to relocate message center.
Item 43 - Discussed at the December 1984 meeting; message logs were reviewed for deletion of non-essential information; new procedures being discussed with message journal clerks.
Item 44 - On-going training will be provided to all l EOC and EAC personnel; discussed and scheduled at the December 1984 meeting.
Should you have any questions concerning this subject or any I
of the above information, please feel free to call me.
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Dear Mr. Urquhart:
This is to formally acknowledge receipt of your written response to the North Anna Power Station Exercise Evaluation Report for the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise conducted on November 15, 1984.
The proposed corrective actions and projected completion dates for each of the listed deficiencies and recommendations have been reviewed and, in general, appear to satisfactorily resolve the identified concerns.
In addition, due to the nature of the Category A deficiency identified in Louisa County, and with the understanding that subsequent conta::t with Louisa County officials has indicated that in the future the County will respond to protective action directions received from the State in a timely manner, it has been determined that a remedial exercise or drill will not be necessary in order to correct this deficiency. However, your assistance in clarifying the following concerns is requested.
- 1. The proposed corrective action for the Category B deficiency numbered 12 does not indicate definitive actions to be taken to avoid the recurrence of this deficiency in future exercises.
- 2. Although it is reported under Corrective Action numbered 26 that route alerting procedures were demonstrated by Spotsylvania County, the federal observer's report of activities and exercise logs and message forms do not indicate the dispatch of, contact with, or completion of route alerting activities. It is recommended that the next full-scale exercise scenario for jurisdictions surrounding the North Anna Power Station ensures the completion of route alerting procedures in Spotsylvania County to permit the focused federal observation of the activation, i
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- 3. In general, the projected dates for all of the corrective actions sho ld be reviewed so as to indicate the date of projecte1 completion of each activity, and revised as necessary.
Your continued assistance and cooperation..in resolving the recommendations and deficiancies raised during this exercise are appreciated. Please provide ychr response to the above listed items'.tp my attention at your .
. earliest convenience, but not later than February '15,19'5. ,
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January 7,1985 Mr. James R. Asher Chairman, Regional Assistance Committee Federal Emergency Management Agency Region III Sixth and Walnut Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
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Dear Jim:
This is in reply to your letter dated December 18, 1984, which transmitted the Exercise Evaluation Report (draft) for the North Anna Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise conducted on November 15, 1984.
We have reviewed the interim report and, with few exceptions, accept its recommendations. Copies of the report were distributed to major exercise participants who were invited to comment on their respective elements. A consolidated response of comments and a schedule of corrective actions to identified deficiencies / recommendations is attached.
Should you have any questions on this submittal, please contact George Urquhart (804-323-2846).
Sincerely,
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SUPftARY OF CATEGORY "A" DEFICIENCY Reference NUREG-0654 Proj'd Deficiency / Recommendation Part II Correction Date j Ltuisa County i
i 1. After receiving the Governor's J.9 May '86*
evacuation directive, which EOC staff i. The toussa county Acting coordinator of Emergency Servtees and his oeputy, upon recetving the covernor's evacuation directive,
( perceived to be inappropriate, County proceeded to discuss this proclamation with cembers of the 1 officials failed to contact the State '**** 8""ning b dy, and with othu emugency suvicu personnel. This directive was also discussed with the j EOC for clarification, resulting in a State's Acting nesional coordinator. The point of l' thirty-five minute delay in implementing discussion flow was it possible for areas in Louisa the protective action
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NAPS when, up to the time of the order, repcrts from the assure a coordinated response, thus power station consistently showed wind and plume pathway minimizing public Confusion, County to be away from Louisa? Emergency services coordinators officials should contact the State EOC matter. It was soon discovered by Louisa that all other promptly regarding questions on directions jurisdictions within the ten-mile EPZ were directing or instructions sand protective actions evacuati n in ace rdance with the directive from the State EOC. As noon as these reports were received. Louisa should be Completed on a timely basis. County officials immediately ordered evacuation for the "affected" portions of the County.
The major cause of the delay in implementing the directive was that the NAPS technical scenario and the scenario for
- off-site authorities, which called for evaccation out to ten miles in all directions differed during the General Emergency Phase. The dual scenario was required to cause sufficient plan implementation and maximum participation in all jurisdictions, regardless of wind direction and other plant-generated data.
In the futuregjurisdictions will implement protective
- actions based on the exercise scenario, State directives or best available information. Also, every effort will be made to ensure that any confusion caused by dual scenarios will be minimized. 3 N
- Scheduled date for the next joint full-scale exercise of NAPS.
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! 1. The State Operations Officer should E.5 1. Every effort will be made to ensure that May '86 i ensure that all documents concerning the Governor's Proclamation of Emergency
}- protective actions, to include the conforms with current protective action Governor's Proclamation of Emergency, recommendations / decisions.
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{ 2. The need for heightened coordination E.5 2. An abbreviated radiological status condi- May '85
! and sharing of information received by J.9 tions form is being developed for use with ^
, the BRH at the State EOC should be the North Anna Computer Network system.
emphasized with BRH staff. Updates to This will facilitate the transmission of l radiological / meteorological conditions more frequent and timely information to
} should be immediately forwarded to the appropriate agencies and organizations.
i appropriate individuals / organization.
- 3. Omanunication to-the Counties regarding E.5 3. We agree that future exercises should May '86
. the timing of the simulated EBS and siren F.1.b. include an actual demonstration of the l activation was belated, and no advance activation of the siren and EBS systems.
ccordination with the primary siren '
activation point was demonstrated. Future exercises should actually demonstrate -
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Part II Correction Date 4 The Department of State Police K.3.a. 4. This observation resulted from an isolated May '85 should ensure that all police department K.3.b. incident. The Department of State Police emergency workers are issued TLDs and has issued TLDs and record keeping cards to instructed to maintain record keeping all emergency workers. Also, all State cards. (See Louisa Coun.ty report.) Police emergency workers have received instructions on the use of instruments ar.d
- State / Local Radiological Monitoring Teams record keeping.
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- 5. Field teams should be briefed with regard J.9 5. In the future, we will ensure that the May '86 to meteorological conditions by the EOF EOF will include meteorological conditions
' prior to their deployment to the field, in field team briefings prior to their deployment into the field.
- 6. Additional training should be provided K.3.a.
to team members with regard to decon- 0.4.c. 6. On-going training will be continued with May '86 tamination procedures, maximum dose regard to decontamination procedures, allowed without authorization, and maximum dose allowed without authorization, instructions regarding procedures to be and instructions regarding procedures to
, followed if dose limits are exceeded. be folicwed if dose limits are e :ceeded.
- 7. Communications should be maintained F.1.d. 7. We will ensure that radio contact is May '85 between the field teams and the EOF maintained to improve communications throughout the course of the exercise between field teams and the EOF. Also,
! as to team locations, plant conditions, we will increase our frequency of contact i
etc. with field teams and the EOF.
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, 8. Field sampling teams should be provided F.1.d. 8. Two-way radios for field sampling teams May '86 with two-way radios in their vehicles is currently being scheduled for installation to permit the timely exchange of in order to permit the timely exchange of j information. '
information.
- 9. Recording keeping cards should be K.3.a. 9. Record keeping cards will be issued to May '86 issued to sampling teams members along K.3.b. sampling team members as recommended.
with other dosimetry equipment.
News Media Center j 10. The Department of Emergency Services E.5 10. The Department of Emergency Services May '86 1
and Public Information staff should re- G.4.b. P l anning, operations, and public informa-view information flow processes to the News tion staff and the licensee have met and Media Center to ensure the timely trans. reviewed information flow processes to mission of information regarding plant the News Media Center to ensure the timely status, transmission of information regarding plant status.
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- 11. One access point to the EOC designed for J.10.J. 11. security to all EOC access points will be .May '86 i use by the media was left unmonitored for Provid,ed by local government.
i an extended length of time. Arrangements
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Reference NUREG-0654 Proj'd Deficiency / Recommendation Part II Correction Date i 12. The State EOC did not initiate any J.g 12. In the event the State EOC does not May '86 discussion with the County regarding J.11 initiate transmittal of information ingestion pathway protection actions. regarding the ingestion pathway protec-In the absence of such State initiative, tion actions, local government should the County should have sought information seek out information.
concerning the ingestion pathway.
- 13. Protective clothing was not available to K.3.a. 13. Based on the exercise, the County has May '86 County emergency workers in the field. relocated some protective clothing to i
Some of this type equipment, which is the Ladysmith Rescue Squad Building available at the County EOC, should be which is located 10 miles from the power
- Prepositioned at a more convenient station in Caroline County-just outside
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314 Security should be more fully J.10.j. 14. Adequate security was demonstrated at May '86 i demonstrated during future exercies. the EOC with a person positioned adjacent to the " sign-in" sheet at the EOC
- 15. Elected officials should take a more entrance. Other access doors were locked A.2.a.
active role in future exercises. to prevent unauthorized entrance.
16.. If the County continues to use the
- 15. Elected County officials will be urged to May '86 F.1.d. be present at future exercises.
operations room used in this and past N.5 ~
I exercises, a drop off for the Instaphone 16. Hanove'r County plans to construct a May ,86 2, I
and additional telephone lines should be Public Facility Building in FY87 which
- installed at the EOC. It is noted that this will include a e emunications center .
was an identified deficiency in the designed t effectively address the ~
previous exercise. c neerns f r adequate telephone lines and instaphone.
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- 17. The EOC staff need'to better develop E.5 17. For future exercises, a prepared May '86 their plans for route alerting. The E.6 prescribed statement will be developed EMC is unaware of how many vehicles J.10.c. to be broadcast by teams involved in would be needed or the path that they route alerting. Such messages will alert would take Also, a general, prescripted residents to tune into their EBS station.
message should be developed that these Also plans for route alerting will be these teams will broadcast. It is further refined as needed.
recommended that they alert residents to tune to their EBS station.
- 18. The RADEF Officer should refamiliarize J.9 18. On-going training will continue to May '86 himself with the procedures established 0.1 sharpen County workers familiarity with for emergency worker radiological established procedures for emergency exposure control. worker radiological exposure control.
- 19. Emergency workers should be fully briefed J.9 19. Emergency workers will continue to be May '86 on the maximum dose allowable without K.4 breifed on the maximum dose allowable authorization. 0.4.g. without authorization through an on-going training program.
Louis:t County
- 20. Some emergency workers observed in the J.9 20.'There will be an increased emphasis May '86 field were unfamiliar with the radiation K.4 Pl aced on training of emergency exposure limit. . Emergency workers should 0.4.g. w rkers including training in radiation be fully briefed on the maximum dose exposure limits and maximum dose allowable without authorization. allowable procedures.
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- 21. Route alerting teams simulated broad- E.5 21. The County will develop a prescribed May '86 casting a message which, according to E.6 message instructing residents to tune County officials, would have advised to their EBS station for further residents to evacuate. In the interest instructions.
of time and clarity, a general, pre-scripted message is recommended, instructing residents to tune to their EBS station.
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'22. The Superintendent of Schools acts as A.I.e. 22. In the absence of superintendent of May '86 liaison between the EOC and EAC at the schools, an alternate representative County. .After reporting to the EOC, such as the assistant superintendent will hswever, he left because of other be assigned his duties. In this particu-commitments. This is a very important lar exercise, the EOC was adequately position that should be manned to co. staffed and the EOC coordinator made a crdinate response activities between the decision to let the superintendent leave EOC and EAC, thereby relieving key for other duties. The EOC coordinator decision-makers of this additional accepted full responsibility for this function. action.
- 23. It is recommended that a drop off of F.1.d. 23. This is presently under study, and if a June '85 the Instaphone be located in the EOC dr P off line is needed to improve -
Operations area which would permit c mmunication, it will be added.
direct communications between the EMC and the decision-makers at the State EOC, EOF and other risk counties.
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Deficiency / Recommendation Part II Correction Date 24 County operations staff are not aware J.10.e. 24. For future exercises, the State Depart- May '86 of any protective action procedures for J.11 ment of Agriculture will continue to farmers in the area who may request to K.4 coordinate its procedures with local reenter the EPZ in order to feed and 0.1 government to ensure the protection of oilk their livestock. The County farmers in the area. The State Depart-Extension Agent should work with the ment of Agriculture has procedures for State Department of Agriculture to clarify contacting dairy farmers directly in established procedures to protect these case of emergency.
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- 25. Briefings to field workers should J.9 25. A continuing on-going training program May '86 ~
include procedures in the use of KI J.10.e. by the County and State addresses the use i
and maximum doses allowable without K.4 of KI in times of emergencies. Procedures i
authorization. 0.4.g. for its use and guidelines for its distribution will be refined.
- 26. The County did not demonstrate route E.5 alerting procedures. It is noted that N.5
- 26. According to County officials, routing N/A procedures were demonstrated.
this was an identified deficiency in the previous exercise and should have been demonstrated during this exercise.
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- 27. The physical layout at the entrance to K.S.b 27. This was the first time Spotsylvania May '86 the EAC should be revised in order to county used Battlefield Intermediate eliminate the possibility of contaminating School as the EAC, and upon advice from
" clean" evacuees and emergency workers.
The following areas should be considered: State Radiological Health representatives, developed a physical layout and procedures
-contaminated evacuee area and the registra- for handling evacuees. Further refinements tion area should be set further apart; to these procedures will be forthcoming
-contaminated individuals should be based on the results of this exercise.
registered after decontamination;
-following decontamination, women should not have to pass through a contaminated area to enter the EAC.
- 28. At one point in the exercise, individuals J.10.J. 28. Spotsylvania County agrees to provide were observed entering the EAC through the May '86 kitchen area. This could pose a potential K.S.b. better access control at the EAC for exercises / emergencies.
problem during an emergency, should these individbals be contaminated. Actions should be taken to provide better access control to the EAC.
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- 29. Additional training should be provided 0.1 29. Additional training will be provided May '86 to back-up support staff responsible to back-up personnel responsible for for message handling and status board message handling and status board updates. ,
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- 30. BRH information handling procedures 30. Information processing procedures will May '86 should be reviewed for possible improve- be reviewed to include the need for j ment, to include the need for clarification of messages received.
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- 31. The EOC PIO should utilize available hard G.4.b. 31. The EOC PIO will utilize the computer ay '86 i
copy transmission devices (telefax, VCIN (primary means) or other available means or the new computer network) to provide to provide the County with timely
, the Counties with timely information updates.
- Information updates for fifture exercises.
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- 32. It is recommended that the joint teams I.8 32. The joint teams will continue their i expeditiously prepare for field de. May '66 training activities to ensure rapid ployment at the staging area to allow deployment upon direction by the EOF j for immediate deployment upon direction during exercises / emergencies.
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SUf9tARY OF CATEGORY "B" RECENWEEllDATIONS Reference NUREG-0654 Proj'd Deficiency / Recommendation Part II Correction Date 33 0 Consideration should be made for more I.8 33. Consideration vill be given for more May '86 extensive use of the field teams' extensive use of the field team's capabilities, i.e. , the monitoring of capabilities.
additional locations and a greater variety of samples, including water, soil and/or vegetation.
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340 It is recommended that a working area 34. A working area will be set aside for PIO May '86 be set aside for PIO staff use, staff use, to be separated from the media secluded from the media briefing area. briefing area. '
Caroline County 350 All significant incoming and outgoing 35. A status board will be utilized to record May '86 E0C messages should be logged. Signiff- significant incoming and outgoing EOC cant on and off-site events, including messages.
emergency classification levels, should be posted and updated in order to enable newly arrived staff to quickly orient themselves as to the status of the emergency response,. .
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- 36. The antennae cable for the RACES F.1 36. The antennae cable will be repaired. May '86 equipnent had been severed, requiring the RACES staff to operate from their vehicle outside of the building, some- .
what delaying the receipt of messages.
The antennae cable should be repaired.
37 A larger room providing seating for J.10 37. Additional maps and a larger room for May '86 anticipated press representatives would .
media functions will be considered
- better accommodate media functions. within present building constraints.
Additional maps, such as the EPZ and Note #16.
Evacuation Route maps, would be -
extremely helpful in accomplishing more effective briefings.
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- 38. County officials strongly favor using E.5 38. Options for sounding the sirens and EBS May '86 the stren system and ESS to provide , are being considered at present with early warning to the public, preferably appropriate parties.
at the Site Area Emergency phase. This .
does not conform to the State's policy of using the sirens and EBS to alert cod notify the public at the time protective actions are announced. It is recommended that County and State officials resolve this issue by developing a coordinated approach towards the use of ,
the siren and EBS public notification systems.
- 39. The capability for the exchange of hard
~ 6.4.b. 39. The North Anna Network system will be May '86 copy news releases among the County EOC, utilized for this function.
State EOC and the Joint Media Center was -
not available at the County. In order to permit effective coordination of news re-leases between the County and State PIDs, some means for transmitting and receiving -
hard copy news releases should be established - -
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r Recommendation j Deficiency /Recomendation NUREG-0654 ,
Proj'd j Part II Correction Date i
l 40. It is recommended that a large.
I clearly visible status board be utilized 40. Louisa County will utilize,a large, May '86 at the County EOC. clearly visible status board at the
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l 41. It is recommended that a dedicated F.1.d . 41. This recommendation for a line linking June '85 j
line or other direct comunication link the dispatcher's office with the EOC l between the Dispatcher's Office and the will be accomplished.
EOC be established.
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4 42. The EOC operations room is a somewhat i
congested area when all staff are present. 42. This recommendation is presently being May '86 considered by County officials.
- It is recommended that the message i center be relocated to the room -
l immediately adjacent to the operations j room to alleviate some of this congestion.
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- 43. Message center personnel maintain an 43. Message logs will be reviewed to see if May '86 official copy of all messages and are they can be streamlined to contain responsible for maintaining the status essential information only. Naturally, boards and official message logs. To the County sust decide what is essential relieve some of the demands placed on and what isn't.
message center personnel, message logs should contain only essenti,a1 information, not the entire text of the message.
44 Although the staff in the EAC knew their 0.4. 44. On-going training will be forthcoming to May '86 individual assignments, the EAC Manager improve overall performance of EAC did not provide sufficient supervision and Personnel. Note #27 response. '
coordination to combine these individual '
functions into a smoothly run operation. The staff were informed of the status of activities during the exercise. -
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