ML20151V019
| ML20151V019 | |
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| Site: | Salem, Hope Creek, 05000000 |
| Issue date: | 02/04/1986 |
| From: | Krimm R Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| To: | Jordan E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
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| Download: ML20151V019 (8) | |
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- $D Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D.C. 20472 1%B-4 M MENORANDUM EVR
- Fdward L. Jordan Director Division of Dnergency Preparedness and Engineering Response Office of Inspection and Enforcemnnt U.
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7 Assistant Associate Director Offico of Natural and Technological Hazards SUMECT:
Exercise Report for the October 29, 1985, Exerciso of Offsite Radiological Dnergency Preparedness Plans for Artificial Island Generating Station and the November 15, 1985, Remedial Exorcise Attached is a copy of the exerciso report of the October 29, 1985, full-participation exerciso of the offsito radiological emergency preparedness plans for the Artificial Island Generating Station (fornerly Salem / Hope Creek) and the results of the November 15, 1985, remedial exerciso. His exercise report was prepared by the Region III staff of the Federal Farr-gency Management Agency (FFNA).
R ore was one identified deficiency during the exorciso which resulted from failure to caplete public alerting and notification within 15-minutes of the initial evacuation decision. %o Delaware State officials prmptly addressed and resolved this deficiency during a remedial exerciso conducted on November 15, 1985. Because of the pramtness in responding to this deficiency, the remedial exerciso report is also incitxted. Roro are soveral areas requiring correctivo actions as well as areas rocamended for inprovement. A schedule of correctivo actions is attached. An additional schedule of correctivo actions has been requested from the Stato of Delawaru regarding the distribution of high rango dosimeters to the field team. A copy of this information will be forwarded when it becxmes available.
Based on the results of this exorciso and the remedial exerciso, FEMA considors that offsito radiological emergency preparednesn is adequato to provido reason-able assurance that appropriate measures can be taken offsite to protect the health and safety of the public living in the vicinity of the nito in the event of a radiological ennrgency.
If you should have any questions, pleano contact Rotnrt S. Wilkorson, Chiof, Technological llazards Division, at 646-2860.
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% k.y3L" STATE or DELAWARE DEPARTMENT Or Pusuc SAFETY EMERGENCY PLANNING AND OPERATIONS DIVISION 9 0 Don S2 7 OrraCE OF THE Ottawaat Citi. Det a* ant 19706 f tLa r**oNt t 800 292 9580 DRECTOR January 9, 1986 Mr. Paul P. Giordano Director Federal Emergency Management Agency Region III 105 South 7th Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
Dear Mr. Giordano:
Attached are our comments regarding the FEMA Critique of the October 29, 1985 Exercise of Delaware's Radiological Emergency Plan.
We were very pleased with the report and felt that the referees' and observers' comments were fair and, in large part, very accurate. Players who read the report disagreed with only five comments (Areas Requiring Improvement #7a, 7b, 9, 11 and Areas Recommended for Improvement (4).
Additionally, I want to thank you for the opportunity to correct the one outstanding deficiency before publishing the report.
Sincerely, Clarke V.
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HOPE CREEK EXERCISE - OCTOBER 29. 1985 COMMENTS REGARDING CRITIOUE DEFICIENCIES 1.
RESOLVED by EBS Drill on 11-15-85.
AREAS REQUIRING IMPROVEMENT 1.
RESOLVED by EBS Drill on 11-15-85.
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RESOLVED by EBS Drill on 11-15-85.
3.
EBS messages were announced once for each emergency action level during the exercise.
In the 1987 FEMA Graded
- Exercise, EBS messages will be announced
.for each cignificant event. and as protective action recommendations are revised.
Planners and PSE&G staff have revised the EBS procedure significantly to satisfy FEMA 43 requirements and will incorporate changes in Attachuent 11 and SOP 503 before February, 1986.
Proiacted Concletion Date - Revision of plan by February, 1986.
To be demonstrated during 1987 FEMA Graded Exercise.
4.
Public information news roltase procedure has been reviewed.
One of the sijor reasons for time delays, as long as one hour, resulted from equipaant problems and getting releases approved by New Jersey counterparts.
Plans to streamline this procedure include elimination of New Jersey's approval step.
Proiected Connletion Date - New procedure to be completed by June, 1986.
To be demonstrated during 1987 FEMA Graded Exercise.
5.
The Division of Emergency Planning & Operations' Public i
Information Officer attended FEMA Public Information Course at Emittsberg from November 11-15, 1985.
He will host and i
attend all the FEMA Professional Series Courses in Delaware i
during 1986. The PIO staff at the Emergency News Center will receive further training following the revision of the i
public information release procedure (See Areas Requiring l
Improvement #4).
i Proiacted Concletion Date Public Information Officer training to be completed by December, 1986. PIO staff will be trained by December, 1986.
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The Joint News Center (JNC) was used for the first time l
during this exercine.
The JNC served as PSE&G and New Jersey's main point of media contact.
Delaware's main point of contact remained in the Delaware Emergency News Center, Carvel Building in Wilmington.
Delaware sent a
representative to the JNC to insure continuity of i
information obtained and released.
Delaware's JNC representative was given an SOP to use temporarily until it was decided whether it was worthwhile to send a
r representative to the JNC for future exercises or in the event of a real incident.
Delaware's JNC representative's role proved to be valuable and will be incorporated in the i
next plan revision.
Proiected Completion Date - December, 1986 7a.
The Department of Public Health was issued 27 low range direct reading dosimeters (0-200mR) and 27 mid-range direct reading dosimeters (0-20R) as specified in Attachments 5 and 4
15 (See hand receipt, Attachment 1).
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1 of 4, Section 3.1.2 reads "Each member of the team has i
been issued and is wearing a thermoluminescent dosimeter and I
a high and/or low range direct reading dosimeter which has been zeroed and recorded by the Program Director of the OIGS or the OSE".
The DPH issued to each emergency worker one thermoluminescent dosimeter, one low range dosimeter (0-1 200mR) and one high range dosimeter (0-200R) which was in agreement with the plan.
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. SOP 302, Part 1, Page 1 of 5, Section 4.1.1 indicates i
that each field monitoring team member should obtain and I
wear one thermoluminescent dosimeter, one low range direct j
reading dosimeter (0-200mR) and one mid-range direct reading 4
dosimeter (0-10R). Three of the four team members contacted l
indicated that they wore all three dosimeters on the day of the exercise.
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Citizens Hose Fire Company was issued the appropriate l
dosimetry as mentioned in the critique but inadvertently I
used high range direct reading dosimeters (0-200R) rather than mid-range direct reading dosimeters (0-20R). Further training for the six primary response fire companies and the six back-up companies will be conducted by DEPO's Exercise j
and Training officer and the State Fire School staff.
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Proiected Completion Date - August, 1986 l
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Portable ion chamber PIC-64 will be repaired.
Proiected Completion Date - June, 1986 I
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SOP 302, Part 1, Page 2 of 5, Section 4.3.5 says " Place the CDV-700 survey meter in the survey vehicle with the probe in open position."
We are unaware of any place in the plan which indicates the probe should be closed during transit. The field monitoring team captain indicated that they are aware that this was a previous deficiency but keep the probe open to sample for beta radiation.
10.
Both field team captains will brief field-air monitoring teams and field sampling teams regarding plant conditions, meteorological conditions and types of materials released before. deployment. Further training for teams and their captains will take place this spring.
Proiected Concletion Date Training to be completed by
- July, 1986 To be demonstrated in 1987 FEMA Graded Exercise.
11.
New Castle County Emergency Management Coordinator indicated that the map and card system used to identify individuals with special transportation needs is updated regularly.
In this system, each person receives a number in chronological order.
When a person no longer needs special transportation it is documented in the file but that number is not removed from the system, it is merely indicated as
" Moved", " Deceased" on the map and on the card. During the exercise, his assistant had removed all cards for persons who were deceased which may have given the appearance to the observer that the system was not updated.
AREAS RECOMMENDED FOR IMPROVEMENT 1.
The EBS system has been reviewed extensively by the Division of Emergency Planning & Operatiens planners and PSE&G staff during December, 1985 and January, 1986 while working on the FEMA 43 Project.
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2.
The Division of Emergency Planning & Operations Public Information Officer was informed of the confusion caused i
because news releases received at the Joint News Center were not marked " draft" or " final".
In future exercises, news releases will be marked to indicate status and time.
This will also bu incorporated into the revised news ' release procedure.
I Proiec*.ed Comoletion Date - New procedure to be completed by
- June, 1986.
To be demonstrated in 1987 FEMA Graded Exercise.
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It is being discussed whether.to install a two-way call initiation telephone at WDEL.
The main concern with a two-4 way telephone is that the line' may be used for purposes other than EBS.
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Citizens Hose Fire Company's CDV-700 radiation detection equipment is issued in kits called CDV-777-1.
Each item in the kit is recalibrated at the same time.
Kits are rotated through Maryland's Maintenance & Calibration Shop every two-four years per FEMA guidance.
Citizens Hose CDV-777-1 kits were last calibrated in 1983.
These records are kept by the Division of Emergency Planning Operations Support Technician as well as updated on Olney's computerized RADEF Station File (Attachment 2).
In the CDV-777-1 kit, the CDV-715 is dated to indicate the last recalibration date for the set.
Radiation detection equipment used by field teams are recalibrated every six months.
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Trooper received training regarding radiation exposure and self-protection on 10/10, 10/11.
10/15.
They will receive additional training prior to the 1986 REP Exercise.
j Proiected concletion Date Training to be completed by l
November, 1986 6.
Further coordination among the fire, ambulance, EOC and 4
ECC personnel is needed.
As part of the Division of Emergency Planning Operations Education Training officer's Scope of Work for federal fiscal year 1986, he L
will conduct one exercise each month.
The ETO hopes to 4
include these parties in various tabletop exercises to increase their understanding of role
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Proiected Concletion Date - December, 1986 i
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1 Jk:.,1380 Mr. Clarke V. Jester, Director Division of Emergency Planning and Operations Department of Public Safety Post Office Box C Delaware City. -Delaware 19706
Dear Mr. Jester:
Enclosed are two (2) copies of FEMA Region III's final Exercise Evaluation Report for the October 29, 1985 Artiftctal Island Exercise.
Thank you for your prompt response to the draft report. We have reviewed your comments and find that, with one exception, they adequately address the identified problem areas (the exception is one item which should be further addressed, as explained below).
In addition, three inadequacies identified in the draft report have been partly or completely eliminated as a result of your comments.
The it ms which were eliminated (or partly eliminated) are those listed in the draft Summary of Inadequactes as #7, #9 and #11 under Areas Requiring Improvement. Our findings, relative to your corresponding response comments, are as follows:
7b.
This inadequacy ws based on our observer's report that the specified 0-20R dosimetry had not been distributed to the field monitoring team members; the observer did not note, however, that G4 0R dosimeters had been substituted, which the plan permits.
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This inadequacy resulted from our failure to note that SOP 302 Part I has been revised since the previous exercise. The field team's demonstrated procedure was thus in compliance with current 50P instructions.
11.
We accept the New Castle County Emergency Management Coordinator's explanation of how the map and card system procedure could have ghen the appearance that the system was not up-to-date. The obt.erver maintains that there was still a problem, perhaps with the EMC's assistant not being familiar with the procedure. As noted in the draft repnrt, however, the problem was recognized and corrected quickly.
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In addition to removing these items from the Sumary Listing of Inadequacies, we have made appropriate revisions to other corresponding sections of the report.
have been renumbered in the final version of the report.Please note that some The Area Requiring Improvement for which we are requesting further response is identified in the Sumary Listing as #7.
Your response identified the item as #7.a. Our finding is as follows:
7.a.
Your report that the Department of Public Health distributed high range (0-200R) dosimeters to the field teams, even though DEPO had provided the agency with the correct instruments (0-20R) confirms i
FEMA's finding. Citing 50p 303, Part 1, which is in conflict with 5 regarding dosimetry complement, does not justify the agency's error.
To the contrary, this compounds the problem. In addition to the corrections originally identified, we find that 50p 303, part 1 should also be revised to bring it inte agreement I
with Attachment 15.
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' n addressing this issue, we request that you specify the correctiva actions I
which will be implemented, and provide us with a projected completion date.
l, I trust you will find the final exercise report satisfactory. We feel that the report represents a definite advancement in Delaware's radiological emergency response capability.
Sincerely,
, g I peWL P, Giordano Regional Director Enclosures i
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