ML20206F797
| ML20206F797 | |
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| Site: | Calvert Cliffs  |
| Issue date: | 11/15/1988 |
| From: | Ebneter S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Tiernan J BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8811210336 | |
| Download: ML20206F797 (2) | |
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Docket Nos. 50-317 License Nos. OPR-53 50-318 DPR-69 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
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ATTH: Mr. J. A. Tiernan Vice President Nuclear Energy Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant MD Rts 2 & 4. P.O. Box 1535 Lusby, Maryland 20657 Gentlemen:
Subject:
Final Exercise Report of the November 17, 1987 Exercise of Offsite Radiological Emergency Preparedness Plans for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1
This letter transmits the Federal Emergency Management Agency report of the November 17, 1987 Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant full participation emergency exercise.
The report indicates that no deficiencies were identified during the exercise.
Of the areas requiring corrective action from the previous exercise, 22 of 27 were corrected. A schedule of corrective actions is included in the exercise report which addresses the current areas requiring corrective action.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Craig Conklin of my staff at (215) 337-5342.
Sincerely.
Originc! Str cd V.
Stewart D. Etocttd Stewart D. Ebneter, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards
Enclosure:
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OCTl8legg MEMORANDUM FORT Frank J. Congel Director Division of Radiation Protection and Emergency Preparedness Office of Nuclear Rtactor Regulation U. S.
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Ric d W. KTimm Assistant Associate Director Office of Natural and Technological Hazards SUluECT:
Final Exercise Report of the November 17, 1987, Exercise of Offsite Radiological Emergency Preparedness Plans for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Attached are two ccpies of the final exercise report of the November 17, 1987, exercise of the offsite radiological emergency preparedness plans site-specific to the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. This was an unannounced full parti-cipation exercise with the State of Maryland and Calvert, Dorchester and St. Mary's Counties. This final exercise report was prepared by the Region III office staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
There were no deficiencies identified during this exercise; however, there are several areas requiring corrective actions. A schedule of corrective actions is included in this report. There were 27 areas recommended for corrective action as a result of the last offsite radiological emergency preparedness exercise on September 10, 1985. Twenty-two of those were corrected at this exercise.
Based on the results of this exercise, the offsite radiological emergency plans and pretaredness are adequate to provide reasonable assurance that appropriate measures can be taken offsite te protect the health and safety of the public in the event of an accident at the Calvert Clif fs Nuclear Power Plant, and the 44 CFR 350 approval granted on August 8, 1985, remains in effect.
646-2871.
If you should have any questions, please contact me at Attachments mt,
AND REGIONAL. ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE EXERCISE EVALUATION REPORT i,
FACILITY:
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant OPERATOR:
Baltimore Gas and Electric LOCATION:
Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland i
i REPORT DATE:
September 16, 1988 1
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EXERCISE DATE:
November 17, 1987 l
PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS:
State of Maryland Calvert County Dorchester County St. Mary's County l.
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Exercie.
Summary..........................................il-iv Exercise Participante.....................
...............v PachEround................................................vi Evaluator Accignmento.....................................vii Evaluation Critaria Uced..................................viii Objectivee................................................ix-xii E x a rc i s e S c e n a r io....................................... x i ii-x i v Hecourcec.................................................xv Prior Exercise Problem Arese.............................xvi-xxii Objectivce Still to be Effectively Achieved...............xxiii Objectives Still to be Demonstrated for Six Year Cycle.... xxiv Exercice Reporte....
.................................... 1-16 State of Maryland Activities........................
1-9 Calvert County Activities......................
.... 0-12 Dorchester County Activitiec........................
12-13 St. Mary's County Activities................
....... 13-16 Suttsry of Inndequacien and State Fecroncee..............
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EXERCISE
SUMMARY
STATE ACTIVITIES Overall recponce capabilities at the State EOC were effectively and professionally demonstrated.
Of cpecial note was the excellent support demonctrated by the Governor and his staff during this exercise.
Several Governor's r'rresentatives participated and/or observed throughout the exercice.
The Governor, himcelf, made a
personal visit and participated by declaring a
mock State of Emergency.
The public information function at the State EOC was vastly improved over prior exercices.
In keeping with current policy the State did not take an active role in directing and coordinating the activation of the Alert and Notification (Sireno and EBS) System.
In order to encure that public alerting and notification is accompliched in a timely and uniform manner, it is recommended that State officiale concider taking a more active role in the process starting by amending the plans to include specific situatione requiring cyctem activation, such as to announce to the public protective actionc or changen in protective actione.
The ccenario was adequate to verify and tect the capabilitiee of State and Calvert County decision makere and emergency recpondere.
Minimal recponse actienc were required of Dorcheeter and St. Mary'e Counties and ceveral field activity locatione.
Both the Countiec were profeccionally staffed and ready to carry out their accigned duties but were never really tected during the exercice.
Scenario developere and/or exercise plannere chould incure that enouch action ic generated at all levele to justify the time and effort cpent in preparing for an exerciee.
The Joint Information Center in Prince Frederick ie outside the 10-mile EPZ and is adequate to function during an emergency and l
can acconnodate all media representatives.
A good working relationship wac demonetrated between the
- Utility, State, and a
County reprecentativec at the center.
The ob;tetives of the j
exerciea were met ineofar as demonstrating the State and County public information cr.pability at the Sint Media Center.
l The Emergency Operations Facility was activated and compatently I
etaffed in a timaly farhien concietent with the plan.
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Secretary of the Departeent of the Environment participated fully, made decielone baced on data provided and directed the i
appropriate protective action implementation.
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identified ctate perconnel were given unrestricted accese to the information nececeary to make appropriate protective action decieionn.
The Maryland Divinion of Fadiation
- Control, the acency tsched with Accidant Artecement, activated and mobili:ed in a timely 11
s manner.
The exerciec was enhanced by the actual participation of the Secretary of the Department of the Environment.
Such high level participation enhances the State's commitment to emergency response and ensures decision maker familiarity with the plan in the event of a real incident.
The procedures for the air sampling teams must be reviewed and changed to reflect proper monitoring techniques.
Members chould also be provided additional tr aining in radiological exposure control.
Detailed prob 3en arcac are noted in the body of the report.
Overall, the Agricultural Sampling Team in voll traine* and knowledgeable in propx. tampling and expecure control proceduree.
However, due to the termination of the exercice, the teams full range of capabilition was not teeted.
In future exercicee the agricultural campling team chould be given
=ufficient time to accomplieh its miec)on.
The Maryland St:te Police demonctration of accece and traffic control was profeceional.
The scenario did not allow for the activation of all traffic and accece control pointe in St. MSry'e County.
Therefore a complete evaluation of thic function could not be accompliehed.
CALVEFT COUNTY ACTIVITIES Emergency Operatione Manecement at the Calvert County EOC wac 1
excellent.
Dircuccions of plant conditionc and how thece conditione could ultimately affect county reeidente were held with all etaff memberc, the Emercency Menagement Coerdinstor and County elected officiale participating.
The County hac recently opened an outetanding emergency operatione center.
Once inctallation of new ecemunicitione equipment in completed, the facility will enhance the overall recponse efforte and information flow.
The alert and notification cyctem (cirene and EE5) was activated on three cepsrated occacione and at each activation wac cenpleted within appropriate time frames.
It ie reconmended that thic ryetem be uced whenever protective actione are brinc provided to the public.
County field monitorinc tenne were well trained, both iri monitoring proceduree and radiological expocure control.
The emergency worker dacontamina*.icn et: 9'sn rhould be relocated to a
focility which offere appropriate equipment and recourcec naceccary to perform nenitoring and decontamination functions.
The ov all direction ano control in reception and mace enre field operatione lecked a
coordinated effort.
Additional planning and trsininr is noconnsry, iii
DOSCiNSTER COUNTY ACTIVITIES The scenario provided enough activity for the evaluat3cn of the key elemente of the exercice.
The activation ane rgency operations elemente were 'erformed in cecordance with tue planc and the EOC staff communicated with all relevant organicatione in a
highly professionsl manner.
The overall performance of the County EOC staff wac euperlative.
The scenario tested areas of earlier inadequacies decpite the limited exercice play that excluded protective actione and public alerting elements.
ST. MARY'S COUNTY ACTIVITIES Overall management of the ciculated emergency vac effectively a ccorapliched by the Precident of the Board of County Commiccionere with professionni support from the Director of Civil Defence and staff membere of the emergency recponee team.
Several areac that could use improvement have been included in the body of the report which will adminictratively enhance the already excellent reeponse capabilitiee of the organisation.
The scenari:0 did not provide eufficient evente to adequately teet the et Ef*c obvious talente in an energency recronee eituation.
The regietration and mace care of evacueen wae well denenetrated.
Peplacement clothing wae not available and no agency claimed the recroncibility for ite provicion.
The radiation field menitoring team deployrd by St. Mary'c County demonstrated very capably all elemente of thic field oreratzen.
Tne attent;cn to detail and knowledce dieplayed by team membare reflectc favorably en training and practice provided by the Ccunty staff, iv
EXERCISE !,IIICIPANTS STATE Maryland Governor and his staff Maryland Emergency Management and Civil Defense Agency and 12 other State agencies and cganisations.
PLUME EPZ JURISDICTIONS Calvert County Dorchester County i
St. Mary's County OTHER PAPTICIPANTS American Red Croes RACES Civil Air Patrol i
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b BACKGROUND Federal requiremente dictate that periodic Badiological Emergency Besponse Preparednees exercieec be conducted in eupport of nuclear power plante to evaluate major portione of emergency responce capabilities.
The exercices teet the integrated capability and a
major portion of the basic elemente exicting within emercency preparedneen planc and organisatione.
The exercimen cimulate a
coordinated reeponce by State and local authoritice, along with ths utility, to include mobilisation of pereonnel and resourceo adt.aate to verify the em 111ty to deal with an accident coenario requiring reeponeen up to, and including, evacuation.
The lact full participation exercice for the Calvert Cliffe Nuclear Power Plant, the State of Maryland and the three plume none countine of Calvert, Dorchester and St.
Mary'c was held on September 10, 1985.
The purpoco of this report ic to record the capabilities of the State and local covernmente to rerpond to an accident at the Calvert Cliffc Nuclear Power Plant based upon the actual demonstration or cimulation of implenentation of radiological emercency planc during the November 17, 198 exerciee.
Arcas Fequiring Corrective Action and Arenc Recommended for Improvement will be identified froi this exer: ice and methode of improvement will be recommended which would help to improvo prepar-dnece and responce capabilitier.
The cxercieo was obeerved by a team of twenty-two evaluatorn from FEMA Focion III, the Begional Accictance Committee and Argonne National haboracory vi
CALVERT CLIFFS EXERCISE EVALUATOR ASSIGNMENTS November 17,1987 Obcervera-at-large Paul P.
- Giordano, Regional Director.
(FEMA)
Rick Kinard, RAC Chairman (FEMA)
Joe McCarey, Chief, Tl! Dranch (FEMA)
Steve Hopkina. Team Leader (FEMA)
State EOC Woodrow Br o:cuski (FEMA)
Arvind Teotia (ANL)
Calvert Cliffe, EOF Ed Fox (NRC)
Accident Accecement Bill Eclancer (EPA)
Traffic Accecc Charlec L. Kolcky (DOT)
Control Air Sampling Teams Jerry Combs (DOE)
Jim Opelka (ANL)
Agricultural Sampling Cheryl Malina (USDA)
Team Joint Media Center Hugh Laine (FEMA)
Calvert County Janet Lamb. Team Leader (FEMA)
Dale Petranech, Red Croec Herb Fish (DOE)
Dorchecter County Craic Pattani. Tese Lead-r (FEMA)
John Connelly (FEMA)
St. Mary ~c County Bob Shapiro, Team Leader (FEMA)
Steve Adukaitic (FEMA)
Jerry Staroba (ANL) l Cor. nun i ca t i on s Charlene Fanton (FEMA)
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4 EVALUATION CRITERIA Evaluation criteria for this exercise concieted of the planning ctandards contained in NUREG-0654/ FEMA-REP-1, Rev.
1; the Radiological Emergency Plan for Fixed Nuclear Facilities, Annex Q of the Maryland Disaster Aecietance Plan; Appendix 1 of Annex Q.
cite-cpecific to Calvert Cliffe Standard Operating Procedures for Radiological Emergencies for
- Calvert, Dorchecter and St.
Mary *c Countiec.
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s STATE OF MARYLAND CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EXERCISE CALVEX) 1987 CBJECTIVES The State of Maryland objectives for the biennial joint exercice with the Calvert Cliffe Nuclear Power Plant (CCNPP) cometime during the week of November 15, 1987, ara as follows:
1.
Radiological Emergency Planc:
To demonstrate the adequacy and capability of implementation of State.
Plume and Ingection Zone County radiolecical emergency response plane.
2.
Accident Acceccment a.
To demenctrate the effectivence4 of the State accident arsecement eyetem, to include adequacy of equipment, perconnel etaffinc and competency chille and with respect to reporting, dese projection, field nescurement, actione for coordination, communication and decieien(e) for recettended protective actions, b.
To demonetrate the activation, etaffing and functione of the Incection Pathway Coordinating Center (IPCC).
3.
Notification and Communicatione 3.
To teet and demenetrate the adequacy of the CCNPP notification and alert precedurec in the followinc arcac:
1)
Notification by CCNFP to State and County Geverntent.
2)
Notification by the Maryland Emargency Management and Civil Defeneo Agency (MEM%CDA) to the D-partment of Health and Mental
- Hyciene, Divicion of Radiation Control (DEC), plume sen* and incestion eene county emergency operatione centerc (EOC),
celected State Department / agencies.
Federal Etercency Managenent Acency (FEMA),
contiguous
- States, and the American Red Crose.
3)
Notification by Plume Zone and Incestion Zone Countiec and State Departments /Acenciec of emergency response ateff perconnel.
b.
To teet and denonetrate the ability of key energency rerponce perconnel in implementing notification procedurer in the event of an accident of CCNPP to include continuing notification and coerdinatien, ix
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c.
To demonstrate the ability of State and County authorities to alert and notify the public within the plume exposure pathway emergency planning zone for CCNPP.
To include operability of prompt notification system cirena, d.
To demonetrate the ability of State and County authorities to provide the public within the CCNFP plume exposure pathway emergency planning mone of the plant periodic updatee of emergency statuc.
c.
To teet and demonstrate the adequacy of external communication cycteme from CCNPP.
State, and County emergency operatione centere and field locations.
Federal agencies and contiguoue States eyetene will also be checked, f.
To demonstrate timely feedback to the AAC. ECC, and EOF from the counties and the state EOC on the ctatue of protective action implementation and other situatione affecting County operations.
4.
Command anu Coordination i
a.
To demonctrate the ability of key
' ; tate, County) emergency response personnel to initiate and cosrdinate timely j
and effective deciclonn with respect to an accident at CCNFP.
b.
To demonstrate the capability of Federal, Stato, i
and County emergency responee acencies to identify and provide v
.-~cource requiremente.
c.
To demonetrate the capability of State and County covernmente in coordinatir.g (internally / externally) actions.
l needs, and statue of eituatione nerveen orvanisatione fvr the purpoee of acquiring cupport and evoking appropriate decisions.
d.
To demonstrate the level of cupport and i
participation provided by the reeponsible elected / appointed officiale.
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5.
Protective Actionc a.
To demonctrate the capability of the State, County, and State Departmentn/Agenciee emergency reeponse eyeteme to make decieionn and to irr ' o r4e nt the following protective actione:
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Take Shelter (limited) 1 0)
Evacuation (limited) 3)
Access Control (limited) l l
4)
Feed, water, milk, and livectock feed centrol l
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e (limited).
The ingection zone countiee (except) Montgomery and Worcheeter) will demonstrate ingestion sone operatione in eupport of Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), and to provide information to the public ac necencary.
6.
Parallel Actione:
To demonstrate the capability of the
- State, County and State / Department /Acenciee emergency recronce nyctems to make decieione and to implement the following parallel actione.
a.
Emergency Medical Servicee:
(not to be exerciced, but demonetrated during the CCNPP annual medical drill).
b.
Radiation Expecure Control 1)
To demonstrate methode and resourcen for distribution of dosimetry to emergency workerc.
2)
To demonctrate methods and recourcee for dintribution,
- iceuance, and adminictering of potacrium lodido (KI) to emergency workers.
3)
To demonctrate perconnel monitorine, equipment monitorine, and decontamination proc +dures.
4)
To demonstrate the methode and capability of
- State, County, and local emergency parconnel for keeping radiation exposure recordc.
c.
Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention (not to be exercised, d.
Maer Care:
(linated).
To detonctrate the capability of the State and County emergency reeponse eyetem to provide
- fond, clothing and ehelter for evacueee to include evacuation center operationc.
e.
Feentry and Ercovery:
Not to be exercised.
7.
Public Infornatien:
To demonntrate the State and Ccunty Public Infornation Program and the adequacy of the interface of State, County, and CCNPP public information eyeteme with the newc media.
8.
Emercency Operations Center a.
To test and demonctrate the adequacy of the emercency operatione center with respect to epace, ccmfort, and functicn for managing a fixed nuclear facility incident.
b.
To teet and demonctrate the
- adequacy, apprepriatenees, and effectivenare of the internal cortunicatient xi
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eyetems within the EOC, to include maps and displays.
c.
To demonetrate the adequacy of staffing and competency of staff, d.
To test and demonstrate the adequacy of accece control and security means for the EOC.
9.
Demonstrate the ability to carry out emergency functione and activities during an unannounced exercice.
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o SCENARIO
SUMMARY
The scenario begins with Unit one powering down to a hot shutdown condition due to Renctor Coolant System (BCS) leakage greater than ten gallonc per minute from an unidentified source.
Unit Two le in the 21st day of a refueling outage with fuel movement and other outage-related activities in progrene.
At Scenario Time
- 0000, a
fuel aceembly is tipped over in the core, caucing the implementation of AOP-6D and the declaration of a plant Alert condition.
This fuel handling incident results in the releace of cap activity from the pine of the affected aceembly.
Unit two containment 1.
evacuated and complete containment intecrity le maintained.
No radiological release occura from Unit Two containment.
At Scenario Time
- 0130, the leakage from the Unit One BCS increacee to 500 gallons per minute and the unit *e reactor and msin turbine trip.
The unit'e high precrure cafety injection (HPSI) pumps are unavailable due to a combination of maintenance activities and an equipment fault, resulting in a negative net makeup feed rate which leade into a
core undercooling and uncover eequence bafore full makeup feed flow capabilitiee are restored.
Unit One plant conditione would also cupport an Alert condition (already declared), and the core undercooling sequence wil) lead rapidly to the declaration of a General Emergency.
The Unit One core undercoeline and recovery sequence resulte in the releace of the followir.c icotopic core inventory fractienc:
Iodinos 0.02 Xenons 0.03 l
Krypton-Bi 0.10 Other Kr ptene 0.03 Ceciume 0.05 4
These fractjone approximate a
burst releace from 100% of the core'c fuel pine.
The nodel used homereneously dietributec thic j
activity throughout the BCS, realictically transporting it to the CTMT at a rate contietent with the varying BCS leak rate.
It ic j
annumed that 100% of the Xenone and Kryptone alcng with 50% of j
the lodinea are homeceneoucly dir.tributed throughout the Unit One containnent at r:oephere.
As a result of the increasine containment atmospheric activity, e pesure rstec inside variouc aresc of the Auxiliary Building are
^ hine" effect.
increar.ed to realietically der.onstrate the c
Ac cooling capacity le bring rectored to the Unit One reactor core, s localized hydrogen explocion in containment reculte in the rupture of an electrical penetration in the 45-foot elevation I
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Electrical Penetration Foom.
The ruptured penetration providee a rolesee path for the radioactivity precent in the containment attoephere t
the environment.
The environment release le dispereed ueing historical meteorological data from November 12, 1986.
Real-time meteorological data shall not be used for the exercice.
Ae modeled by the MIDAS doce accecement computer using predicted RI-5415 responeee, offeite child thyroid doce ratee reach values of:
920 mrem /h at the cite boundary 580 mrem /h at 2 milec 190 mrem /h at 5 miles 80 mrem /h at 10 milen Sirnificant lovele of ground depocition are also medeled ac appropriate for the radiological release.
SCENARIO TIME HINE Projected Actual Iine Eyr.n1 The OEIS Alert 0807 0955 Site Area Emergency 1000 1025-1055 General Emergency 1029 Protective Actione Shelter 1052 1508 Evacuate 1424 1508 xiv
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DEMONSTRATION OF BESOURCES State and County EOCe, personnel and equipment n
Communications cyntems and equipment l
Staffing for all facilitiec Prompt notification cystem, includinc rumor control Field campling teams (air,
- water, agriculture) and equipment. State and County Decignated reception and mase care centera, perconnel and equipment Dacienated emercency worker d+ contamination
- statione, perr.onnel and equipment Designated accece cont rol and traffic control
- pointe, perconnel and equipment Self-reading dos ic:e te rc, doce
- recorde, and cimulated TLDc and KI for emergency workere.
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STATUS OF PRIOR PROBLEM AREAS EXERCISE HELD, SEPTEMBER 10, 1985 MARYLAND STATE EOC 1.
The State EOC never received direct notification from the utility of the General Emergency.
It wae not until 0920 that the State was made aware of the General Emergency through the State Police contacting their communications center.
Attempte by the EOC to communicate. with the plant by radio and commercial telephone received no recponce from the utility.
Confirmation from Calvert County did not occur until 0930.
Communicationc equipment redundancy is excellent.
- However, a workable policy chould be developed between the parties regarding notification procedures when the dedicated phone (red phone) le not operational.
Corrected.
Procedurec for usine the backup radio were euccennfully demonstrated when the dadicated phone (red phone) again experienced a failure, being out of operation for about 40 minutee.
The communicatione etaff promptly re-eetablished the link ucing the backup radio, and notified operations.
2.
Coordination Fotween the counties and State EOC neede. to be irproved.
It le realized that.
the counties are the primary reepondere but the State neede to be kept informed of all critical actionn.
It was not until well af t ar the fset that the State was ausre that the countice had activated their nirersn.
Corrected.
Stato policy ic not to take an active role in directing or coordinating county recronce actione, in the area of activation of the Alert and notification eyetem; thnea are considered te be county recponeibilities.
Within the linite of thst
- policy, etate officiale adequately tracked ana r-corded county retponto actione.
3.
PIO operatione at the State FOC need to be improved.
Merchgec are clow in being prepared for dispatch to the media center and to the coun*.ies.
The PIO etaff was 1.ot aware of 24-hour etaffing capability and arranremente for rumor control were very sketchy.
Corrected.
PIO operations at the State FOC have improved creatly.
Prese releases were drafted, coordinated and provided to the joint media centar ad-quately.
There are 34 PIO ctaff e ibere available for 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> staffing.
There were feur rumor control telephone nunberc available.
One for each riek county e'id the Baltinore Metrepolitan area.
4.
The demenrtrated pr:>cedure fer setivation of Calvert Ccunty'r EPS etation was not the rethed epecified in the pInne.
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In future exercices the State should allow County demonstration of their ability to activate the local ES3 station, and prepare appropriate mescages for broadcact.
Corrected.
The County activated the EBS eyetem according to plans and procedures.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE 5.
The communicatione failure affected the ability of the ECC to be effective and as timely as it could have been.
The tache were accomplished, but with a lot of effort to collect the data for the decicions required.
There le a
cerioue lack of redundancy in ECC/IPCC radio syeteme.
Radiation Control etaff need unacceptable radio proceduren in initiatinc and reeponding to meccagee.
Ao a reeult, eeveral meceagec re.csrding monitoring readinge and etatue were incorrectly interpreted and parsed along to the EOC.
A standard method to record and review messagee wac not available.
This led to multiple, needlecc transmiccione to verify information which could not be copied quickly enough by Badiation Control operatore.
A paralleling lack of redundancy in cycteme at the EOF caused a nearly total failure in the radio communicatione eyeten.
A eignificant portion of meccacer were i
dependent on landlinee which were not dedicated.
In the event of an actual emergency, it is unlikely that commercial landliner, would be readily available.
Had thic been an actual emergency it in likely that EOF /EOC radiation control would have been deaf, dumb and blind given multi-ryctem failurae.
The State should re-i evaluate the communicatione cyct-m uced to link the ECC, IPCC, EOF and field teans and ehould inctitute the improvemente in equipment, procedurec and training nececcary to aneure effective conmunicationc.
Corrceted.
The Accident Aseescrcent Center and the Incection Pathway Center have been collocated in the Etercency Operatiene Facility.
No communicatione probleme were experienced durinc the exercice.
t FIEhD MONITORING TEAMS 6.
Poor percenal monitorinc and expoeuro control procedurec were denonctrated.
!n coro caces no personal monitorinc l
proceduree~ were d e roen c t ra t ed.
The teame should review and refreeh themselves on cood personal monitoring procedures, e.c.,
l readinc donimetere at regular intervale and being cure that they j
have received instructionc.
Not Corrected.
Althouch the te3m did denonetrate the use of h
decimetry, other radiological expoeure control measures were not adequately demonstrated, for example. the team drove through *he l
plume with windowe of the vehicle open and did not use cloves wl.ile taking and handline rampi-e.
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Poor communication techniquee were observed.
The controller (at the EOF) did not recpond very rapidly to incoming i
transmiccions.
The controller wac slow in aesigning the next monitoring station.
A great deal of waiting time was obcerved.
Team members and team contro11ero should review communications l
procedures and institute needed modifications in techniquea and/or institute improvements in training.
Corrected, Communications between the EOF and the field team were generally excellent.
However, membere ehould remember that all meceagee must begin with "Thie le a drill".
AGRICULTURAL SAMPLING TEAM 8.
In future exercices the acricultural rampling team should be i
civen eufficient time to accomplish its mission by either an earlier activation or by extending its operatione beyond the
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official termination of the exerciee.
i Not Corrected.
Due to termination of the
- exercise, the teso acain did not completely demenetrate the ability to perform i
collection and analycle of all cample n.edia.
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S.
PIO enordination and ececunication between the State EOC.
h the Joint Ir.for..ation Center and the county EOCe wan poor leading i
to inadeguste performance.
The State abould review ite l
comnunicatienn equipment and proceduree in order to datermine what modificaticn.'. are neceenary.
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Corrected.
Coordination between State EOC, County EOCe and the Joint Information Center war well demonstrated throughout the l
exercice.
10.
Rumor control numbere chould be publici:ed in future I
exerciece.
l Corrected.
All rumor control numbare were well public' ed during l
thic exercice.
CALVEET COUNTY i
11.
The capability for preparing comprehencive, detailed public instruction rerarding protective actionn was not demonetrated.
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In futuro exercioec, county officiale should demonstrate their l
cspability for providinc detailed inetructione in the form of t
both meccaces and neue releacec.
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Durinc tha exercice the County PIO prepared C-8
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O comprehensive meacages for the public which were well coordinated with the State 500 and the Joint Information Center.
12.
The ataffe at both the assembly area and maec care center did not receive adequate status updates to advise them of the accident status and ccunty reeponse actionc.
Calvert County chould eetablich procedures whereby EOC pereonnel provide the mana care and accenbly center staffe with appropriate updates.
Corrected.
See Number 13.
13.
The maec care center did not denonetrate adequate coordination with the County EOC.
Thorouch coordination with the County EOC ehould be de.monrtrated in future exercicec.
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Corrected.
Appropriate information and etatue updates were provided by both the County to aerenbly and tant care centere and p
by these centers back to the county.
14.
Stsff membere. at the ascenbly area were not sufficiently f
fsniliar with some acrecte of their recponsibilitiec.
Additional training ehould be provided to famillsrice perconnel with the pinne and pro edurec.
t tiot corrected.
Overall direction and control in aerenbly and mece care field operatione lackad a coordinated effort.
Planning r.nd training ic needed.
15.
A number of problene involving
- etaffing, traininc and equipment ware ebserved amonc p+rcor.nel rer pe nc ible for evscuee nonitoring at the aesembly area.
3tsffine capability coneictent with the plan chould be eetabliehed, additional trainine chould be provided, and the specified equipment should be obtained.
l tbt corrected.
The only monitoring function at the aer e-mtly cer.ter war for energency wo rk e re..
There ctatione rhould be located eeparately.
The monitoring and decentarination team wac net up on the cana table as the receptien team.
10.
Mid-range doeiretry (0-508) as called for in the Coanty SOP wan not availsble thur making it imporcible to etart reporting docinetry readince when the doriteter regietere 38 (neither the 0-200nr not the 0-2003 decimotor in edequste for this purpore).
The County chould either obtain mid-rance docitetry or nodify i t. c reportinc requirerente to utill:e the doeitetry actus11y e.v s i la b ic,
i Corrected.
0-00F Decimaterr have been provided for all enercency werkerc.
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17.
The emergency
- sirens, the dedicated "red phone" line and Channel I
communications means should all be reviewed and repaired if necoccary to eneure operations capability during an emergency response.
Corrected.
The dedicated phone (red phone) and Channel 1 cor.munications were operationel.
Sirene were not activated due j
to ecenario limitatione affecting the impact to Dorcheeter i
County.
18.
Emercency inatructions to the public calline for cheltering an a
protective action ehould include instructione for the trancient population.
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Corrected.
The coordinator ine.tructed etaff membere to include inr,tructions for transient populatione in all protective action j
notifications to the public.
19.
Adequate doeinetry was not provided to all emercancy workern I
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in the field, and all workere were not aware of proper dosimetry l
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- use, decontamination procedurce, or the location of decontamination / relocation centere.
The county should take the nococcary etepe to enrure that all ecm rgency workers detailed within the 10-t411e EPZ are provided adequate docimetry equipment j
nnd appropriate training with regard to protectivo actions.
Correct +d.
Adequate docie:etr;*
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available for all emergency workern.
Training hae aleo been provided.
20.
Mid-ranga docitotry (0-503) an called for in the County SDP was not available thue making it impoccible to start reporting i
donirmtry readincn when the docimeter registere 1H (neither the 0-200mR nor the 0-200R dealmetry le adequate for thie purpoce).
Th+ County cheuid either obtain mid-range dorimetry or modify its reportinc requiremente to utillee the d or. i me t ry actually i
available.
Corrected.
The EADEF Officer had mid-rance dosieetere (0-20R) available for distribution to erercency workere.
21.
Tha County thould revirw contact procedures with the Taylor's Ieland Volunteer Fire Company and revice current procedurac if nececeary in order to improve connunicatione capability with that location.
Corrected.
The Civil Defense Director har made appropriete i
chances to notificaticn procedures responee to the naed for improved cennunicationc to Taylor'e Irland Fire Company.
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Several organizations on the emargency operations staff took from 3/4 of an hour up to 1-1/2 houre to report to the EOC. The Red Crose did not arrive until 1050, after evacuation had begun, and evacueen had arrived at the evacuation center.
Organisatione muet report to the EOC an quickly as possible in order to meet their responsibilities during an emergency.
Corrected.
The etaff reeponded to the EOC in a timely manner even conridering that this vac an unennounced exercice and they had no advance knowledge of when they may be called to report.
23, The County ehould provide status updates to the State more frequently; EDS activaticus, evacuation updaten, etc. were not alwaye provided to the State in a timely manner.
Corroeted.
The County vac aware of the need to provide timely coordination of EBS activation and protective action updates to the State.
24.
b' hen the ciren eynten use activated in St.
Mary's County, three of the four tone alert radice located in the echoolc did not function.
Thic equipment chould be checked and operability encured ac quickly sc peccible.
Not corrected.
Thic function van not demonetrated during thie exercice.
25.
Complete lietr of hearing-inraired and mobility-impaired individualc with any erecial naede indicated cheuld be maintained in the EOC in accordsnee with Section 5.2 of th*
County REP.
Arrangemente for the notification and evacuation of these individuale should be planrxi and den.onetrated.
Corrected.
Complete lietr of handleapped individuale which aleo identifjes epecial neede in on file in the County EOC.
26.
Mid-rance dosinotry (0-50B) ar called fcr in the County DOP uun net avadisble thuc making it ie.pocrible to start reporting denitetry readings when the docie.eter regictern 1B (neither the 0-200nr nor the 0-200R dosinetry is adequate for th ic: purpone).
The ccunty rheuld eit her obtain raid-range dor.inetry or c>odify ite reporting requirements to utilice the docimetry actually avail 3ble.
Carrected.
Mid-ranga doeimetere (0-20R) are available for er ergoney workere.
27.
Tha etsff in the evacuation center war awar-of the recourcee they unuld need for congregate care of evacueen.
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3 nstrat*d during thic period.
Protective action deir ione,
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by the Secretary of the
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Environrent at tha F9. were convayed to tha State EOC (ard, t
nieultanecutly, to the Ccunty E0Ce) via the d-dic=tei lin*.
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Acceen and traffic control arrangemente, including reetricting und notifying marine and air traffic, were well addressed by the recponsible etaff members.
The staff also demonstrated good coordination on aenembling traneportation recources for uee by the counties.
Vehicles were provided a eimulated State Police escort to etaging areas well in advance of the evacuation.
Erchlam Areat 1.
In keeping with current policy. State officiale did not take an active role in directing or coordinsting the activation of the ciren eyetem and EBS.
It le a county reeponcibility to not only activate the alert and notification cystem, but to determine when euch activatione are approprinte becaur.e the procese ac currently stated in the plan in not clesrly defined. Dorcheeter County officiale did not activate the alert and notificatter.
cyeten.
A formal proeece needs to be developed and includad in the plane to incure a coordinated activation of the cyctem.
It le reconmended that State officiale coneider taking a nere active role in coordinatine the alert and notification nyeten activation.
At a mininum, a procere ehould be developed where all eeunties and the Stato are involved in activation of the Alert and Notification eyeten ae wall ar, ep-cifyinc in the plane e.1%cific cituations requiring r.ystem activation, rueh he to annnunca protactive actione or changes in protective actient.
2.
There w+re enveral inctancer whare Initial Accident Beport Fe rra r.,
receivod at the cer.nunicatione rocm, were directad to Operatiene via the rootinn meeraga procedure with reeultine delaye of up to 15 minutes.
The delaye did not cauce sny probleno during the exercice, but it ir recommended that euch u nnaren, which are need to notify changes in on rite c'r.ercency ntatur, te decicnated for a rpacial handline procedoro.
S11ts.LG Dblida12rra.LLon Tha State fublic Infornation Of ficer (PIO) arrived at the State Emerrency Operatione Canter (EOC) prorptly following his notification of tha Alert etatue.
The F10 reported hir arrival to the EOC Group Chief (Orerations Officer) and diepstehed other PIO Pereonnel as per the plane.
He then prepared a prres relear.e ubich. following approval, wac typed and telefaxed to the Joint Informstion C-nter.
Other PI0a for the Fire b rrhal'e Office, the Health Departront, the Departeent of the Environment, and the Governor *n Prere Office arrived at tha EOC ac required under the plan, The PIO adequately cuided and coordinated all public infornatien activitien in the E0C.
The Enc provided the PIO etsff with adeauste spree, furniture, lirhtinc ty puriters, tel* fax en ch i ne and accere to a cepter.
N-erve or furniture war dedic3ted to prest rarr-eantativer rince all redi$ parronnal arr diro-ted to the Joint Inferr9' ion 2
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Center.
Hapa and displaye were available for information and analycie.
The PIO and his staff were fully nuare of 24-hour staffing capability.
A list of 34 back-up P10s was demonstrated.
The li t, t included the work and home telephone numbere.
- Overo11, the Public Information Operatione were performed efficiently.
Adequate coordinatien occurrad w i.th the Group Chiefe at the EOC and State Police PIO at the Joint Information Center in Calvert County, Updates were provided to the Joint Information Center whenever appropriate.
Six Prece Relearen were iceued by the PIO durine the exercice.
The drafte were prepared by his etaff membere, and were approved by the EOC Group Chief.
The instructions were renerally clear and appropriate, and were beced upon preteripted mensarec pertaining to
- Alert, Site Er:a rrency,
and Ganeral Emercency otatue.
Except for the firet preer. relesee, which took about 70 r.inuten, the Public B-leare Announcement e were draf ted, approved,
typed and telef axed wit hin 40 minutes.
Thir was concidared a cstiefactory roeponce, particularly in the viaw that clicht extra tire in the firnt preee releace occurred when the PIO wac the only public information etaff in the EOC.
The public inetructione were alco clear in outlining the public retponre.
For exar.ple, all reridente were adviced to remain indcore, closing all windewe and doere.
Efficient use of Elc was alco msde during the operatione.
After the appropriate coordination with the E E *.
- Station, an anne.unernent use broadcast by the P.ceretary of Public Cafety and Correctienc via the rereta pick np nnit nt the State EOC.
Thie wan an excellent demonetraticn of State ef ficiale capability to dier.eutnate the acercency instructions to the publie quickly.
chould that be neeercary.
A r ra n ger:a n t a for ruror control were adequate.
Four phone numbarr.
ware eetivated for Calvnrt County, St. Mary *e County. Dorchaeter Ccunty, and the Paltirore Metropolitan Area.
The PIO etaff et the FOC recponded to the inw irier.
of cencarned citi.ene adequatuly.
FIcldtt Artan None identified.
&inLInfnrluih1LC:r.ta r Activaticn and et affine of the Joint Inforcation Center at Frin e Frederick use accerplirhed according to the State Flan.
The fs-!!ity ir lerated cut +ide the 1Neih FF7 It ie sda;usta t functien during an erargency and can wee. red te a 1 1 r a d i =,
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representstives.
A good working relationehip was demonetrated i
between the
- utility, state, and county representatives at the
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center.
Communications equipment was adequate and coordination of information was good.
Newe items prepared at the State EDC were received at the information center, and were releseed to the media in a timely manner at the joint briefings and through hard copy releanes, both distributed and poeted.
The State and County Humor Control numbers were well publicised.
The rate of information flow from the EOC media center to the J1C wac adequate.
The ecenario provided for an adequate demonstration of media rerponee capability.
The objectives of the exercice were r2et ineofar as demonotrating the ' State and County public information capability at the Jeint Media Center.
Er.oblaz__Ar_a_s -
None identified.
Etc.rrency_fTrrAthat Ficility The State of Maryland mobill:ed and activated staffing for the Energency Operatione Facility (EOF) in a timely manner eeneierent with the plan.
The staff was technically qualified to perforr:
th*ir anricned tarke.
The Secretary of the Departnent of the Environrent part4cipated fully. directine the implementation of protective actione and by providing technics 1 advice.
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consequencee were well thcucht out and actions were concietent with infermation provided.
Adequate facilities to include mapc.
etatue boarde, and communicatione equipment were available.
Wnen an actual failure occurred with the telephoner, bsekup cet.munientions wera
- ueed, Feratra u-re made to the primsry cotmunicatione eyeten in a moet timely msnner.
Accese to the EOF wan adequately contro11ad.
Deeigna+ad State perconnel were prop-rly identified and badged without delay.
Thene perrone had unrectricted accere throuchout the facility which arcieted them in obtaining nececcary infore stion and ecordinating actions aronc therselver and with the licenere.
Fretective actione were dincucced and coordinated.
Fecoraendatione were made in a timely ra n n n.-
Three were reviewed and upcraded ae cereceary.
Protective-ection decirienc were msde pritarily barad on plant conditions and seecndarily bsred on done nerecement which was in keepinc with the ecenario.
All decisione were concervative, titely and apprepriate for exercice conditions.
The scenario trovid d the nochanism for the Gtate to deacnetrate certain olrcrvable evente; hcwever, in thic cane, since plant conditione ucro paramount, it was adequate to enable State representativer at the EOF to deranstrate the necessary objectivec.
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i Problem Arean None Identified.
Accident AssaerncILt This unannounced exercice teeted the ability of the Maryland Divielon of Radiation Control to mobill:e without prior notice.
The mobilization was demonstrated without problem.
The exercise was enhanced by the participation of the Secretary of the Department of the Environment at the EOF.
Such high level participation enhances the State'c commitment to emergency renponee and ascures that the decinion-makere will be familiar with the plan in the event of a real emergency.
There were. no neroue problems obeerved regardinc the carability to perform dose acceesment.
There are two areac where improvement le possible.
First, the State ataff was not immediately aware of where to find the convareion from iodine concentratione in the air to radiological doce to the thyroid.
Thie did not have a
cignificant impact on doce arnecement cir.ce the computer program performe this function.
It is naeded only to calculate a dome from a field radic-iodine measurement.
The needed infornstion wac contained in materiale brought by Stata perronnel (the EPA PAGr).
It le necersary to know exactly where to locate thic needed information.
Greater familiarity with the organisation of doen accesement manuals would eliminate this situation.
The cecond recommendatien arieer from an incident in which an erroneoue thernoccupler reading indicated core uncoverinc at 1130.
The error was corrected and the fact van posted, alonc with the projectad tira to uncover at 1230 to 1245.
State dose accocerent perconnel failed to notice thie por.ted meresse on the EOF board and pacred alonc the erroneoue meesage.
It is reccemended that the latect EOF poetincs be coneulted more frequently.
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There wae evidence that familiarity with ths PAG ennuale could be inproved.
It ie recemeended th >
all State dene nr.ceecrent personnel r* view the TAG ranuaAs and familiari:e themselver. with the organization of the manuale, and locate certain charte and tatloc in a place where they can be readily referenced.
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A correction on the EOF atatus board van not noticed promptly by the doce areeceeent perconnel which resulted in incorrect infermation being given to state personnel.
It ie recommende1 that EOF poetiner be consulted more f requ er.t ly.
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g-t Etate_Menitorine Teate-Air _.S3tT3. IRE Activation and Staffing' of the State Air Samp1.tng Teams wan accomplished by a real time notification of the Department of the Environment at ite Baltimore office at 0815.
The teams departed Baltinore for the EOF by 1015.
The first team was dispatebed from the EOF for a monitoring ansignment at 1125.
Equipment available for use by the field team included a GM Counter, ionization chamber and a r.cintillation counter with awitchable channeln.
The ionization chamber had nat been calibrated within the lact year.
Rosdinge taken while travereing the plume were completed by placing the probe through an cron window.
The procedure callr.
l for the meter to be in the lap of the team member.
The driver l
was traveling too fact to realirtically mearure the location of the peak reading and the cer.ter line of the plute.
In additien, the edge of the plume could not be exsetly idantified since the team followed proceduree and took only closed probe window readince.
The edce of the plume le identifiable by the difference in opened and cloced readinga.
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The team had difficulty finding some nonitorinc pointe.._
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locatione were not marked on the availabla espe.
Multiple interrectionc of Route 2 '. and Faute 765 were aleo confueinc.
While travereing th-pl.re th-team wat at tirer cenfaced about which rap anet/or monitorinc location they were reporting data on, l
Connonicatdonc via the rrdio ware einerally excellent, ibwaver.
the propor }rotocol of "Thin le a drill" won not ured.
The teem l
had proper dorimetry and rewd and recorded readince at regular intervalc.
KI war administered when to directed by the Departrant of the Environnant etaff at the F0F.
Glover w(ve not worn chile handlinc air canplec.
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State Field Team procedurer r.hould Fe raviewad and changed no thet preper monitoring techniquee are J lieved by test r;erbe t e.
M-t.toi r eheuld airo receive additianal training in n.naitorine techniquer in badiological Experur-Centrol.
Tha following i r.
Provided ar exarplen of improper techniquer:
a.
Pasdinre taken while tr3varring the plune were caupleted by placing the probe thro.lgh an epen Window.
The procedurer call for the reter to be in the lap of tese member, Mercuremente of the plume chould ideally h msde with the prote cutride the vehicle with the veht:la*e window cleeed.
b Only elce-d prob readinac war + taken.
Imth wran snd clored ce n d i r.gr rh.uld be tale.
The peint whare d i f fe r+ucer.
cecar betwen epen and c a e.wd a-s M ince w: 11 indicate the +# e nf C
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the plume.
Current proceduree call for closed probe readinge only.
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Readings should be taken at throa inchen above ground
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Higher readings at ground level will give a quick indication of ground deporition.
Current procedures en11 for readinge at eix feet only, d.
Air camplee should be taken even when ambient level is leet than SmR/heur if iodine deposition le cuepected.
Ambient 1cvels of much less than SmF/ hour due to iodine can eauno incection from icdine.
The proceduree currently etate that air camples cry be ached for at anbient lovele below bnR/ hour, c.
The current procedure calle for reaeuring the air camplee in an area of lower anblent radiation if the anbient level le above 5mR/ hour.
It ie recoteended that the tean always r.earure sir camples in en area of backg round anbient radiation.
2.
The monitoring t e ra natbere chould demonetrate proper expor:ure cor. trol practices to include the uee of glover and minimizine ventilation of the vehicle dur!rg travel through and l
in the plut:o pathway.
3.
The m3rn of ronitoring loca tier.r. e Tould be improved and teen 3
e.*mbero cheuld be provided more detailed gaerraphic inferr.atie.n on th+re lo m tionc, 4.
All corrunicati,nc during the exercise chould be proceeded by "Thic in a Drill".
atneE a_1d_f*a tfnrinc Te r - Acricul.iun 1 Earyl.imc An Acricultuial Car.pline Team corpriced of terbere of the Dersrtment of Health and Mental Hyclona"e Division of Milk Contrnl and Fond Control war deployed from Faltimore to Cahert Cour6 t y.
Th-ter:
received ite direction from the I r.ce n t i e n Fathway Cor rdinat ing Center (II'CC).
Tean memberc had adequate camplir.g and radiolecical tienite rine equiprent to perfern their ew rcency rarpline functiene.
They were very knowledccable of proper camp 1!.c and exporurt centrol techr;iquee.
Recordkeeping of radiolocical readiner on decimeters van denonetrated, ae well me the effective uee of docimetry
+quiprent.
Test eenbere were aleo kneuledg-able of proper econtaninstion procedures and the inetructione for tsking F.1.
rall the tene uor well trained and prepared for reapandin: to radielocical erorcency.
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- exercice, the team did not completely demonstrate the ability to perform radiological monitoring, to include collection and analysic of all sample
- oedia, e.g.,
water, milk, feed or forage.
In future exercices the agricultur,1 sampling team should be given sufficient time to accomplich its miselon by either an earlier activation or by extending its operations beyond the official termination of the exercice.
Eroblam, Areas 1.
Due to termination of the
- exercice, the team did not completely icmonctrate the ability to perform radiological nonitorine, so include collection and analycle of all cample
- media, cuch as
- water, milk, feed and forage.
In future exercices, the tean chould be provided the opportunity to demonstrate collection of all types of samplec.
This can be accomplished eithe-by earlier activation of the team (relative to the nequence of scenario events) or by the team's continuing to demenetrate field activities part the time of exercice termination.
Traffic opd Accare Control The Calvert County contingent of tha Marylend State Police (Parrack "U")
acted quickly tc call in off-duty officere to man pocnible Accece Control pointo.
Calle were completed within 1/2 an hour of the Alert.
The officerc were on etandby in the County EOC, and had been thoroughly briefed on +he situation within one hour.
Each officer wac civen a 10-page brochure explaining their dutzen, what the different ctages were, and locatione of variouc Accecs Control peinte in Calvert County.
It aleo contained information on what to tell the public as to evacuation centere, docentaminat'on eentere, etc.
Ac part of the laLefing the officerc ware given a thorouch rundown on radiolecical expocure cont rol for thame.elvec.
Each officer war riven a film badge, a low and high range docincter.
The maximum allowable done war diecusred.
Althouch they were not i ctually supplied with KI, ite purpnee and une were diecuened and they were instructed in its uco during a real emorcency.
A form usn given along with the instructione to be filled on a
continuing borin.
Officern were civen pamphlete to hend out to the public explaininc that this wac an exercise.
Accerc pointe at the five mile boundary were in pince and nanned within 40 minutan of the decielon te co at the Calvert County EOC.
The officere were checked at each accece control point and found to have the pr ;.er briefinc and equipment with them.
Ae the cituation eccalated, the control rites were r.hifted and pulled back, new men w,r" accicned and thera reliaved told to 8
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report to the decentamination station for monitoring.
Ac the limite of the eva;.uation were extended to 5 milec, Barracks "T"
(St.
Mary's Cocnty) cent J>creonnel to the Bridge over the Patuxent (MD24/MD235) prior to that they had only simulated manning of 13 aites.
Under thic exercice, the plume direction did not have an affect on evacuation; however, had the wind been more southerly in direction, toward Olivet and Drun Point (the most heavily populated area near the plant) evacuation would only be possible via routen that go back through the plume.
Evacuation of these paopic chould possibly be considered et an earlier stage if the waind le in thic direction.
- Overall, Accece and Traffic Control was handled well particularly in Calvert County.
St.
Mary"e County, through the Maryland State Police have similar plans.
However, becauce St.
Mery'c County was not involved in an evacuation 9d only late in VAe exercice for cheltering, the State Police roje m m limited.
YrQD h D..bre n None identified.
Fa:rl Cr_nr F LeLd Opay_:1LLoo 1]_JL@i'n!M.tf.1%
The Fed Croce Field Office wac le. 'ted in the Prince borren County Chapter Headquarterc in
.m'tsville.
They were
,- m oparatione during tho rerpannible for cir"cting Red exerciee.
Several county plant in8' ee that tha American Pod Crocc wi))
provide clothing to v<
we whore own cloth _ng in contaninated.
- However, Ped Croce r 1;cy does not provida clothir.g during nuclear incidente.
Erthir>r,.Ars n 1.
The Ead Cronc does not provide clothing during a nuclear incident.
County officiale will have to find other meanc of obtaining clothing to be uced by evacueer in the event their'c ic contaninated.
Planc cheuld be changed accordingly.
Czd3trLC mitty A e t iv i_t_ie a S
H in the Calvert County KOC in a Activ3 tion and etaffing om tinely fachion.
Initic.
- ( ficcet. ion of Alert at the Calvert Cliffc Nucient Pouer Piar s.
reci. i v..d at ^811.
Full ataffing wac conpleted by 0900.
.c.n n y ir ucen pocitionc were double
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to r.e e w d chift perconnel In the care of tha EMC, an actun] chift c % m recurred at n r pro x irn te ly 13C0.
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All other personnel were knowledgeable of their rolen and functionc.
Calvert County has just recently moved into a new Emergency Operatione Center.
The Connnnloationn Center eauipment inctallation is not complete.
Once the communications equipment le inctalled meseage traffic flow will improve.
The new EOC is very modern and more than adequate for the response team.
Briefinen and updates to the etaff were professionally done.
The Coordinator had the staff member from each ugency provide verbal statu.
updatee throughout the cource of the exercise.
Thic practice keepe all responders aware of actione that each acency is taking.
Activation of Sirenn and the EBS cyctem in Calvert County wac nimulated at 1025 and 1029. at 1440 and 1443 and at 1524 and 1528.
The firnt ciren and EBS activation was to provide information of a Site Area Emercency to the public.
The cecond and third act.vation were performed to provide updated protective actions to the public.
Calvert County EMC notified the State EOC, St.
Mary's County EOC, and Dorchester County EOC each time they were activating the eye +em.
Neither of the other Countico notified Calvert County if and when they activated their systems.
At 105?
the State Cecretary of the Environment directed chelter 0-? milen, 360 decreer and 5 miles downuind in cectorc G.H.J.K..
md M.
The cirene were not activatad to inform th3 public or thie protective action.
Route alert teamc were dicp stehed to inform residente.
The public informatien functionc were well handled.
The County Public Information Officer actively sought coordination of information with the Joint Information Center and the State E00.
brhlf.n Arf 2_c 1.
County officiale did not activate the cirene to notify the r a r. i d e n t e to take protective actions at 1059 (cheitering).
Aithough reute alerting wae denunctrated, it was not completed for over an hour.
The primary eyctem of alerting and notifying the public wac not utiliced.
Recolution of the iccuen identified in Area Pequiring Corrective Action Number 1 will addrene thic problem.
D eli. lion 11r.tlocmC31vart ccunty.
Emercen-y workere performinc field monitorinc were placed on standbv chertly after the Alert notification.
Threa field monitoring teamc were deployad from the Calvert Ccunty EOC in a timely m :ner to reveral County curvey pointe.
Each war ecluippad 10
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h with appre,priate dosimetry (one 0-200mR, one 0-20R and one 0-200R), a TLD, exposure records and survey meters, CDV-700, and CDV-715 and a charger.
Plant updatee were conveyed and potassium iodide provided with instructione for its use.
Each team was equipped with a
tuo-way radio and maintained conctant connunicatione with the EOC, I n n t ru m-n +."
w r* properly checked and exportly uced by the field monitors and their findings were relayed back to th e EOC for integration with other radiological information obtained from other sources.
Upon release the field teome reported to the Emercency Worker Decontamination Station for monitoring and decontamination if nececsary.
Radiation expoqure records were properly maintained.
Er.nkle_m. A r. tan None identified.
Enarcency Worker Decontamination Statin, Calvert County Although eone delay wac experienced in activating the Emercency Worker Decontamination Station at the Calvert High School Field
- Houce, when establiched the facility staff performed their function adequately.
The facility wan clearly marked with containere for contaminated
- clothing, chouer area, re pl a cem<-n t clothing and apyropriate equipment to acccmplish the monitoring.
The monitors were aware of their reeponcibilities and effectively checked out both vehicler, and personnel arriving from the plume arna.
A coction of the hand Fill wae. s"t aside for d"centanination of vahicles.
Appropriate record keeping techniquee were demonctrated.
Ernbht: Llrain 1.
The Emarcency Worker Decor.tanination Station was collocated with the acaembly center for the General Public.
It in recommended that a separate facility be designated with equipn. ant necennars to perfern monitorinc and deenntamination functions.
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Tho overall direction and control in Reception and Mace. Care Field Operationn lacked a
coordinated effort.
Additional planning and training ir, needed.
The Feception Center was adequately etaffed and workerc were aware of the baaier, of their ar.cinned dutice.
The team war. ret up in the same location an the Monitoring /Decontacination taan.
They were actually ur.ine the rame table.
Foreonnel were unaware of bacie concepte, of the overall plan.
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It lacked tollot. r.houerc. fwd prep'.rstion ar.d eat ine facilitie -
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food and drink were not allowed in the auditorium, the only room that might be used to accommodate the anticipated 900 evacuees.
The staff were knowledgeable but were ineffective, primarily because of the lack of proper facilities.
Several workers had actual shelter experience during Hurrienne Gloria.
The Fed Crocs Coordinator did not arrive until after the exercise had terminated.
Since the local Red Cross Chapter does not nave cufficient staff or equipment to adequately support the Macc Care Operations, Field Headquartere or mutual assictance agreersente are used to cupport the function.
These elements need to be teeted.
Eroblem Arean 1.
The overall direction and control in Reception and Mase Care Field Operatione lacked a
coordinated effort.
Additional planning and training is needed, a.
A table-top type diccuccion between County officiale, Departnent of Social Services, Red Croen, Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop an overall concept of operationc and preparation of Standard Operating Procedures for all phasec of the Reception and Maze Care functione ic eccential.
b.
The Red Crors Disacter Territorial staff initiate traininc in Introductory Diracter cour:<es, Mass Care Courcer, and Diracter Health Snrvices not only for Red Croen personnel but alco for othere with an operational role c.
The State / County officiale cheold provide training to all Maec Care etaff.
d.
Red Croce mutual Aecletance Agreements chould be developed and/or expanded.
These elemente must be demonctrated during exercinac.
Lbxclumnlounl.r.A2tililin Mobilication of the Dorch-eter County emergency recponderc occurred in a timely manner and in accordance with the planc.
The EOC was fully operational with the required full etaffinc elenente within fifteen minutec of the Site Area Emergency.
Enerroney operationn management was excellent.
The Civil Defence Director effectivnly managed the etaff'c emergency operationc, addrer.ning all irinues and inquirier with appropriate recponnen in a timely rnnnor.
Althouch Protective Actione were not part of thin EOC'c participation, the Radielegical Officer provided appropriate i n e. t ru c t i o n n rerarding doe in et ry and V'
to menbern of tha nt if f.
Actual drployment of doc,imetry to a
- ific site for dj et ribution to erarcancy workarn war dar.+n n t ra ted.
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- range, mid and high range) were available.
Facilities were adequate and the EOC had communications and backup communications links to all relevant organizations.
The Dorchester County plans include relocating the communicatione center in the future to the county office building to better utill e the larger tacility.
Due to the limited exercise scenario, the demonstration of pub]ic alerting and notification was not accompliehed in Dorchester County.
Erobler Arean 1.
Becauce the process ac currently stated in the plan is not clearly defined, Dorchecter County officials did not activate the alert and notification e y s t e.m.
Renolution of the issues identified in Area Bequiring Corrective Action Number 1 will eddresa thie problem.
St. Mary's County Activitien St. Mary's County wac notified of the emergency at the Calvert Cliffe Nuclear Power Plant via the dedicated telephone (red phone) cimultaneoucly with the State of Maryland and two other rick counties.
This telephone in continuously monitored by the County'c communications center located in the EOC.
The facility le a separate in-ground center and hae the capability to rupport the staff for extended periods.
Manacement of t h t-rerponra to the emergency was effectively accompliched by the Precident of the Board of County Cetmiccioners with profeccional cupport from the Director of Civil Defense and nther eta f f membere.
The emercency responec planc, checklicte and variouc charte and graphe were utiliced to renpond to the variouc incidente that occurred during the energency at Calvert Cliffc.
The entire ntaff dieplaycd a thorouch knowledge of the plan and the ability to work as a team.
Durinc the exercice two radia reprecentatives were provided briefings and allowed accene to the ECC for the purpone of raining an underctending of how the ccunty ir prep' ired to protect the population.
The County conducted n simulated tent of the eiren cyntem at 102f.
The County plan indicatec that the Civil Defen!e Director will activate the eiren system but doee not indicate how thic will be coordinated with the other juricdictionc.
Since the activation of cirene by one county could poesibly be heard by residente in another county, it ie impertant that all affected counties he knowledgeable of this notification procers so that it esn be dealt with appropriately.
The planc do not specifical]y addrete the coordimtion of the riren activation with affected neighboring countier T). i e chould ba addrenc"d in tha planc snd irplemor.ted to tho fullect during energencies co ns to elinin te 13
rw-t potential confusion.
Problqn Areat 1.
Staff memberc were briefed on the plant emergency in detail as the initial notification calls were made by the dispatcher.
There are normally 14 to 20 calls to be made and as each etaff member was given extencive briefings, it became a time consuming proceca to notify the recponderc.
Much lecs detailed information, as well as having more staff members available to place notification calle would expedite this process.
2.
There were five telephones Jocated in the operatione room utilized by thirteen staff members.
There is an apparent need to have additional low ringing telephones available so that chould the existing five phonec become "saturated' with use, other staff nonberc would have uce of additional phones.
3.
. Internal meccage procedurer regarding what information wae to be recorded as well ac the distribution procedures were not clearly dnfined.
The staff recocnicec thic problem and diccussed it at come lencth during the exercise.
A reeolution etill needs to be made.
4.
The EOC ctaff was not adequately tacked during this exercise.
The ccenarin did not provide enough events that involved the St. Mary'c County participante.
Thic could have a r.9rked adverce affect during the next exercisa with recpect to the etaff memberc wondering if their ir.volvement is really worth their time and effort Future exercice ccenarios chould allow for more tecting of thie ntaff*e capability to respond to es:e rcen c i e c.
The ctaff wac profencionally equipped and able to rerpond and yet not tected.
5.
It war not known at the EOC if there was a compatible hard copy merrace capability between the County and the Joint Information Centor.
A telafax machine it available in the EUC.
It chould be accartained 4f thic machine is compatible with thone
.l oc a te d in the Joint icrornation Center The County chould be provided with a titely copy of newt releacec.
6.
St Mary's County did not coordinate their ciren and EDS activationc with Calvert County.
It le important that activation of the Alert and Notification Syrtem be coordinated with other rick juricdictions; not only to incure that established time framen are mat, but alco to eliminate any poccible confucion that might recult in nnichboring countier.
Becolution of the iscuec identified in Area Brquiring Corrective Action Number 1 will addreen thic problet 14
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nearby Junior military school, a facility not designated in the county plan.
The denignated facility, the local high school, was not utilized because of a decire not to disrupt school activities.
The facility was activated at Site Area Emergency, operated by the local Red Cross and ctaffed by Red Cross volunteerc.
The Shelter !!anager ctated that nurring care uculd be provided by the local hospital; although said staff was not present.
The Shelter l
Manecer also stated that the Red Crosc had nufficient etaff to l
operate 24 hourn a day.
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The Shelter Manacer wac not fully aware of the maximum number of ponnible evacueos.
Her ectimate of L,000, when compared with the County'c cetimate of 8,600t, could recult in rer.ource shortacec.
She did state that any unmet recource neede would be reported to the Red Croce representative at the County Emergency Operationc Center (EOC).
It in unclear ac to how these needs would be naticfied.
A communications link between the center and the EOC was provided by Civil Air Patrol radio.
Prior to regietration, each evacuee uns monitored for poccible contamination by a
team from the County Health Departnent.
The tc am demonctrated proper t.onitoring techniquec as well u decontamination procedures via-a nhower rcom attachod to the facility.
Contaminated clothing would he disponed of in plantic lage provided by the Health Department.
The Health Department representative ctated there hvc would bo incinerated a t the local hospital.
Thic is not the pro.;edure outlined in etanding oparating proceduree.
Ferlacement clothinc w u not available and no acency claimed responsibility for the provision of said clothing, hrhin:_Are a t 1
Monitorinc and dacontamination te3n tambarn were not aware of the prop-r handlinc procedurer for con t orni na ted clothing.
The proper t-thod for dicponal and\\or decontarination of contaminated clothing chould be conveyed to monitoring / decontamination teams.
2.
The recponeibility for the provicion of immediate replacement clothing ehould be clearly identif:ed.
F i a lilienileri n r' Tm The Field Monitorine te3m deployed by St.
Mary's County damnnstrated very aptly and capably all elemente of thic field activity.
Tean mobilization, Mu! pen +, technical operationc.
cot.municationc. and expneere con +rol factcrs ware outntandinc.
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The thoroughness of execution and attent3cn to details and the general overall knowledge displayed by the team members' reflects mostly back to the training and practice given to them by the county staff (principally the Director and Aseletant Director).
Six monitoring points were covered from a total of 24 in the County's portion of the EPZ.
Members knew exact locations, terrain features and traffic and highway detaile.
Specific proceduren for radiation measurement and reporting were practiced to the fullest.
Three or four more tesmo could have been mobill:ed as stated by the team memberc.
This team euperbly demonstrated itc field monitoring capability.
Exnblen Areas 1
Several
- areac, including monitorinc point #15, were dead radio area.m.
Thece were areac generally close to the Patuxent Fiver in low underlying locations b-bind ridge lines or emall hille.
Perhaps tha addition of a linear amplifier to each unite' CR radio could be inctalled to booet power to punch through to the County EOC.
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SUMMARY
LIST OF PROBLEM AREAS EXPLANATION OF CATEGORIES Following are explanations of the terme:
Deficienciec. Areas Requiring Corrective Action and Arcac Recommended for Improvement for each evaluated location or activity and summa ri::ed on the followinc pages:
Deficiencian are demonctrated and observed inadequaciec that f
cause a finding that offeite emergency preparedness was not adequate to provide reaeonable accurance that appropriate protective measures can be taken to protect the health and cafety of the public living in the vicinity of Calvert Cliffc Nucicar Power Plant in the event of a radiological emergency.
Because of the potential impact of deficiencien on emergency preparednece, they are required to be promptly corrected through appropriate remedial actione includinc remedial exercices, drille or other actions.
There were no deficiencies identified in thic exercice.
Arr3 c _ Feq ui r.inL Cicrrec t i v e A c t i c;1 are demonstrated and observed inadequaciec of performance, and although their correction is required durinc the next echeduled biennial exercise, they are not concidered, by ther.ce ivee, to advereely impact public health and cafety.
Ar rJrumm2t. demi _fnr__Irrreve.uma are problem arcar observed d u rin;? nn ex-relce that are not concidered to advercely impact public health and cafety.
While not
- required, correction of thene would enhance an o rgani::a t ions level of emercency preparedneen.
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AREAS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION PROBLEM AREA State EOC 1.
In keeping with current policy, State officiale did not take l
an active role in directing or coordinating the activation of the siren system and EBS.
It is a county responsibility to not only activate the alert and notification system, but to determine when I
nuch activatione are appropriate.
Becauce the process ac ctrrently stated in the plan ic not clearly defined, Dorchecter County offic! ale did not activate the alert and notification cystem.
A formal procece needs to be developad and included in the plane to insure a coordinated activation of the cyctem.
It is recommended that State officiale consider taking a nore active role in coordinating the alert and notification system process ehould be developed where activation.
At a minimum, a all countice and the State are involved in activation of the Alert and Notification cyctem ac well ac crecifying in the planc specific si tuo ti onn requiring cystem activation, such ac tu announce protective actionn or changee in protective actions.
NUREG ELEMENT:
E.6 PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
The State of Maryland han no intention of changing the policien regarding siren activation in ranp;nce to Areas Requiring Corrective Action 1
and 14.
Neverthelece, we will concider more specific instructions for the Ccunty Standard Operating Proceduree regarding the need to activate cirenc whenever protective actione are ordered or reviced.
At a minimum, thece cituatiene will be diccursed during training reccionc.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
No date given.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
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PROBLEM AREA Accident Aerecnment 2.
A correction on the EOF etatus board was not noticed promptly by the dose assessment perconnel.
It is recommended that EOF postings be consulted more frequently.
NUREG ELEMENT:
E.4 PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Thic Area Requiring Corrective Action will be corrected throuch training of appropriate perconnel on their tasks.
F90FOsED BATE 6F E0hhEETISH; 1988.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
PROBLEM AREA h nr>1ine Team 3.
State Field Team procedurec nould be reviewad and changed no that proper nonitorine techniqu.-r are followed by team memberc.
Penbere should also receive additional training in tanitoring techniques in Radiological Expocure Control The following ir provided as exampler of improper techniques:
a.
Readinen taken while travercing the plume were completed by placing the probe throuch an open window.
The procedures call for the prob. to be in the lap of team member Monr.uremente of the plume should ideally be made with the probe cutside the vehicle uith tha vehicle'c window closed, b.
Only cloned probe readingn ware taken.
Both cpen and cinned readings chould be nade.
The point where diffarancee occur between open and cloned readings will indicate the edge of the plume Current procedurac call for closed probe readince only.
c.
Bradince chould ba taken at thren incher above crnund lovel.
Higher readince at croond level will give a quick indication of cround depocition.
Current prnceduren en11 for readinen at eiy feet only.
d.
Air campler. cheuld be taken even when ambient level ic Icts than Str/heur if icJine depocition ic nucpected.
Ambient IcVele of r.uch 3ent ti.nn Str/heur due to iodine car. enure ingention frns iodino.
The procedurer currantly ntata that cir c ep3er t vi b.
o rk ari for at an biant leve]c below SmD/ hour.
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The current procedure calls for measuring the air camplec in an area of lower ambient radiation if the ambient level ic above SmR/ hour.
It is recommended that the team always measure air samplee in an area of background ambient radiation.
NUREG ELEMENT:
I.7, I.11 PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Plan or procedure revisions to correct or clarify aesigned taeks are nececcary and will be made.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
1988.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
Fs0E' celi AhsA 4.
The monitoring team me:ube rs chould denunstrate proper expecure control practicen to include the use of glovec and minimizing ventilation of the vehicle during travel through and in the plume pathway, NUREG ELEMENT:
J.6 PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Thie Area R+ quiring Corrective Action will be corrected through traininc of appropriate perncnnel on their tschc.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
1988.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
PROBLEM AREA L.
Tho mapn of monitorine locatione cheuld be irproved and tem, n"mbern cheuld ba providad more detailed geocraphic inforestion on the m locationc.
NUREG ELEMENT:
J.10.a PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Correction will be made throuch additional training of perconnel.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
1988.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
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m PROBLEM AREA Red Croes Field Handouartenc 6.
The Red Cross doec not provide clothing during a Nuclear Emcrgency.
County officials will have to find other meanc of obtaining clothing to be used by evacuees in the event that evacueec' ic contaminated.
Plane chould be changed accordingly.
NUREG ELEMENT:
J.12 PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Plan changec.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
1988.
AG?UAI; ilATE OF 60hnEGil0Hi PROBLEM AREA C.tlJrrt _.C.o.un_tr 7.
County officiale did not activate the cirene to notify the re q i d en t r, to take proter tive actions at 1059 (eheltering).
Althouch route alertinc was detonetrated, it wae not completed for over an hour.
The primary eyeten of alerting and notifying the public war not utiliwd.
Recelution of the iecu e idantified in Area Eequiring Corr ~ctive Action Number 1 will addraec this problem.
NUREG ELEMENT:
E.6 PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
The State of Maryland dieputer the accurney of thic ARCA.
Obvicucly, tne Ccunty was aware of the need to notify the public of the take ebolter order and re r.pon d e d uith the ore of route alerting.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
None.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
None.
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Tbc Emergency Worker Decontamination Station war collocated with the accembly center for the General Public.
It is recommended that a ceparate facility be designated with equipment necescary to perform monitoring and decontamination functions.
NUREG ELEMENT:
K.5.b PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Thic ARCA reculted from limitationc impoced by the unannounced exercise.
Not all facilities were available for uce, ecpecially Calvert Genior High School which would have been used for the monitoring and decontamination of the general public.
The next exercice will demonctrate the fecilit.ier decignated in the plan.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
1939.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
PROBLEM AREA Bea nt.ien am LMoen 1 ArLa 1 DD' ext Cm taty.
9.
The overal3 direction and control in Feception and Marc Care Field Operationc lacked a
cocedinated effort.
Additional planninc and trnining ic nneded.
6 A table-tep type diceuccion between County officialc, D+partment of Social Servicec, Red Croce, repartment of Health and the De p a r tt..n n t.
of Education to develop an overall concept of operationc and preparation of Starh rd Op ra t inc Proc +duro.x for all T hasec of th-R' ~ ption and Mur Care functions le escontial, b.
The Red Crect Disacter Territorial etaff initiat.e traininc in Intr 3du: tory Dicacter courceo. !!acs Care Cources, and D i r.a r.te r lies l t h Se rv i cer not, only for Red Crocs pelecnnel tut alco for othere with ar. oparaticnal role c.
The State / County officiale chould provide traininc to all Mare Care etaff.
d.
Red Crest tutual A.:s i r ta n ce Acreerrrte chould be developed and/or expanded.
There elemente muct be demonctrated durinc exercioec.
NUltEG ELEMENT:
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Calvert County hac delegated mann care coordination to a new staff member and procedures will be reviced accordingly.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
1988.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
PROBLEM AREA DnrChente" County 10.
Becauce the procese ac currently ctated in the plan le not clearly
- defined, Dorchester County officiale did not activate the alert and notification cyctem.
Recolution of the iesues identified in Area Requiring Corrective Action Number 1 will addrens thic problem.
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PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
The Etate of Maryland dieputec the accuracy of thic ARCA.
Dorchector County had limited play during the exerciee.
County officio]c insist
- t. hey simulated ciren and EDS activation.
More cpecific instructions for the County Standard Operatinc Procedurec regarding activation of the Alert end Notification are being concidared.
At a minimum, this item will be dircucsed durin.2 training nenelone.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
1988.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
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PROPLEM AREA St. Mary's County 11.
Staff membere were briefed on the plant emergency in detail ac the initial notification calls were made by the dispatcher.
There are normally 14 to 20 calls to be made and as each etaff member wac given extensive briefinge, it became a time coneuming procene to notify the recpondere.
Much lese detailed information, as well as having more staff members available to place notification calls would expedite this process.
NUREG ELEMENT:
E.1, E.2 PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Thie ARCA micht be concidered at: an "Area R(commended for Improvement",
but we dispute the need to "correct" uhat is connidered a non-problem.
Notificationc from St.
Mary'c EOC may have been cumbersome, but the result wac tinaly etaf finc of the EOC even in the context of an unannounced exercise.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
None.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
PROBLEM AREA 12.
Internal meccare precedures regarding what information une to be recorded ac well as the dirtribution procedurec were not clearly defined.
The ntaff recogni.ec this problem and diceucced it at come length during the exercice.
A reee lution etill neede l
to be nade.
1 HUREG ELEMENT:
A.2.a PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Thic AhCA will result in plan or p: enedu re revicione to correct or clarify accicned tackr..
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
1988.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
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PROBLEM AREA 13.
The EOC ctaff was not adequately tasked during this exercise.
The ccenario did not provide enough events that involved the St. Mary's County participante.
This could have a marked adverse affect during the next exercice with respect to the staff members wondering if their involvement ic really worth their time and effort.
Futuro exercice r:cenarios chould allow for more tecting of thic ctaff*e capability to reepond to e:.e rgenciec.
The staff was profeenionally equipped and able to recpond and yet not tested.
NUREG ELEMENT:
N.1.a PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Thic ARCA resultr from a ecenario problem.
The next exereire will be developed to provide more I
play for the St. Mary'n County EOC.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
1989.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
PROBLEM AREA 14.
Gt. Mary'c County did not coordinate their ciren and EDS activations with Calvert County.
It ic important that activation of the A'ert and Notificatien Dvetem he coordinated uith other rir:k jur.edicticns; not only to incura that entablished time frener are m t,
but alco to eliminate any peer.ible confucien thnt t.icht recuit in neichbsring counties.
k+colution of the ist en identified in Area Raquirinc Corrective Action Nunbar 1 eill addre ce thic problem.
NUREG ELEMENT:
E.5, E.6 PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Tho exercice report on pace 9 ntaten, "Calvert County EMC notifird the Stat-EOC, St. Mary'e Cnunty
- FOC, and Dorchenter County EOC each time they were activatine.the cycten.'
Thic le evidence that coordination of eiren activation took place.
The State of Mriryland har no intention of changing the policiar r.garding riren activation.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
Nonn.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
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PROBLEM AREA Fecention and Mese Care 15.
Monitoring and decontamination team rembers were not aware of the proper handling procedurec for contaminated clothing.
The proper method for dicposal and\\or decontamination of contaminated clothinc should be conveyed to monitoring / decontamination teams.
NUREG ELEMENT:
K.5.b PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Training will be provided to appropriate perronnel on their tackc.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
1938.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
PROBLEM AREA 16.
The recponeibility for the provicion of immediate r, placement clothinc ehould be clearly identified.
NUREG ELEMENT:
K.7 PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Trainine will be provided to correct thic ARCA.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
198d.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
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PROBLEM AREA Field Monitorint' Tean 17.
Several areas, including monitoring point
- 16, were dead radio areas.
Thece were arese generally close to the Patuxent River in low underlying locatione behind ridge lines or email hille.
Perhaps the addition of a linear amplifier to each unitc' CB radio could be innta11ed to boost power to punch through to the County EOC.
NUREG ELEMENT:
F.1.d PROPOSED CORRECTIVE ACTION:
Thir ARCA r-eulted from limitatione impoced by the unannounced exercico.
During a real e-ercency or announced exercinec, the full contingent of arateur radio operators would be availab]u When the full RACES network it operatintr, nuf ficient home bane ctatione are available to ralay cie n e *> g o e fror. monitoring teane throughout St.
Mary'e portion of the EPZ.
The eucceeted addition of linear anplifiere ic not allowed by law.
PROPOSED DATE OF CORRECTION:
'989.
ACTUAL DATE OF CORRECTION:
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AREAS RECOMMENDED FOR IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATION State EOC 1.
There were several inctancee where Initial Accident Report
- Forme, received at the communicationc rocm, were directed to
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Operatione via the routine necesce procedure with reculting delayc of up to 15 minuten.
The delays did not cauce any problar.e during the exercice, but it ic recommended that cach mecengeo, which are ured to notify chances in on cite emergency ctatur, be designated for a epacial handline procedure.
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There war evidenen that familiarity with.the PAG manuele.
could be improved.
It in recorrended that all State done ac c or men t.
p"rrernel review tha PAG manualc and f a mil i c: r i re th-rnelv-r with the organiration of the
- manuals, and place certain charte; and tables in a place where they can be readily s
referenced.
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Ali communicationn during tha axercise choulo be p roce ~ie d ty 'Thir ir a Drill' (Krhul.bx LLrr1Lts T" m 4.
Due to t~rrination of tne
+xerciec, the team did no+
cenpla*"ly d e r. ' n c t r a t e the nbility to perform radiolocieni t nitorir.c. to include co l l ec t i er.
a r. d analyric of all eer.;In
- redia, cuch m
- water, rilk, feel and forage.
In future oxarci er, tha te n rh e n.1 1 1+
pre,vided the oppmr+. unity
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anctrato collection of al}
typ-e of rariple -
Thic c4n ba scr r plirhed either by earlier activation of tha t e a r.
(relative i
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'f rrenario evente) or by the tear'r con t i n a i rm l
in donc nc t ra t e finia activitine; put th" tire of exoraine terr inatio:
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Th-re were f i v.
teirrhoner located in the operationn room utilir d by thirte n c t, f f c.embe r:
There it an appsrent nord to hsva additinnal low r i r.c i n g telerhonen available to that rhould e.intinc five phone bacon" raturated" with urr, other staff the s
of ndditionni phoner.
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It was not known at the EOC if there was a compatible hard copy mescage capability between the County and the Joint Information Center.
A telefax machine le availab]e in the EOC.
It should be anc..rtained if this machine is compatible with those located in the Joint information Center.
The County should be provid.:d with a timely copy of news releases.
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