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Forwards Objectives & Guidelines for Waterford 3 Emergency Preparedness Exercise Scheduled for 991013.List of Objectives cross-referenced Where Applicable to Relevant Sections of NUREG-0654
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Issue date: 07/13/1999
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RTR-NUREG-0654, RTR-NUREG-654 W3F1-99-0110, W3F1-99-110, NUDOCS 9907200082
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Entergy wa Killona, LA 70006 Tel 504 739 6242 Early C. n~ wing,111 t a Safety & Regulatory Affairs W3F1-99-0110 A4.05 PR July 13,1999 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555

Subject:

Waterford 3 SES Docket No. 50-382 License No. NPF-38 Emergency Preparedness Exercise Objectives Gentlemen:

, Attached are the objectives and guidelines for the Waterford 3 emergency preparedness exercise, which is scheduled for October 13,1999.

The list of objectives is cross-referenced where applicable to relevant sections of NUREG-0654 and the FEMA exercise objectives from the Exercise Evaluation Methodology Manual.

Should you have any questions concerning the objectives or guidelines, please contact J.J. Lewis, Emergency Planning Manager, at (504) 739-6185.

Very truly yours, C )

E.C. Ewing Director, .

Nuclear Safety & Regulatory Affairs i

ECE/GCS/ssf Attachment / 6, 9907200082 990713 PDR ADOCK 05000382 F PDft l I

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WATERFORD 3 BIENNIAL EXERCISE

, OCTOBER 13,1999 OBJECTIVES I l

As a result of discussions between Waterford 3 staff, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region IV (NRC), the Federal Emergency Management Agency - Region VI (FEMA), the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEO), the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness (LOEP), St.

Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes, the following general objectives and guidelines have been developed for the 1999 Emergency Preparedness Exercise at the Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station, which is scheduled to be conducted on October 13,1999.

A. FOR THE ENTERGY O.PERATIONS, INC. (LICENSEE) EMERGENCY RESPONSE  !

ORGANIZATION:

1. Demonstrate the ability of the emergency organization to correctly assess the simulated accident conditions and declare the appropriate emergency classifications in accordance with EP-001-001, Recognition and Classification of Emergency Conditions. (B.2, D.1, D.2, l.1,l.2)
2. Demonstrate the ability to make appropriate initial protective action recommendations in accordance with EP-002-052, Protective Action Guidelines. (B.2, B.4, J.7, J.10m)
3. Demonstrate the ability to mobilize the Onsite (TSC and OSC) and Nearsite (EOF) emergency response personnel in accordance with the applicable classification procedures (EP-001-010, Unusual Event; EP-001-020, Alert; EP-001-030, Site Area I Emergency; EP-001-040, General Emergency) and; EP-002-015, Emergency Responder Activation. (A.1e, B.1, B.5, B.7, E.2, F.1e, H.1, H.4) l
4. Demonstrate the ability to activate the Technical Support Center (TSC) in accordance with EP-002-100, Technical Support Center (TSC) Activation, Operation and Deactivation.

(B.1-B.5, B.7, E.2, F.1.e, H.1, H.4, N.1.b)

5. Demonstrate the ability to activa *.e the Operational Support Center (OSC) in accordance l with EP-002-101, Operational Support Center (OSC) Activation, Operation and Deactivation. (B.1-B.5, B.7, E.2, F.1.e, H.1, H.4, N.1.b)
6. Demonstrate the ab;lity to coordinate repair team activities between the TSC, the OSC and .

-4 Control Point in accordance with EP-002-130, Emergency Team Assignments. (0.4.e)

7. Demonstrate the ability to activate the Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) in accordance with EP-002-102, Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) Activation, Operation and Deactivation. (B.1-B.5, B.7, E.2, F.1.e, H.2, H.4, N.1.b)
8. Demonstrate the ability to fully alert, mobilize and activate the Emergency News Center (ENC) emergency response personnel (including the Rumor Control Center) in accordance with EPP-423, Emergency News Center Activation, Operation and Deactivation. (B.7.d, E.2, F.1.e, G.3, G.4, H.4, N.1.b)
9. Demonstrate the ability to notify and update federal, state and local offsite agencies using primary and alternate methods in accordance with EP-002-010, Notifications and Communications. (B.2, B.4, E.1-E.4, F.1, F.2, J.7, N.2.a) 1

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10. Demonstrate the ability to assess changes in protective action recommendations and make timely notification to offsite agencies in accordance with EP-002-052, Protective Action Guidelines and with EP-002-010, Notifications and Communications. (Exercise Weakness 50-382/9718-03)
11. Demonstrate the ability of the senior facility managers to direct, coordinate and control the activities of their facilities throughout the exercise. (B.1-B.3, B.5)

~ 12. Demonstrate the ability to transfer command and control of the emergency response in a timely manner in accordance with EP-002-100, Technical Support Center (TSC)

Activation, Operation and Deactivation, and EP-002-102, Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) Activation, Operation and Deactivation. (A.1.d, A.2.a, A.4, B.3-5) l 13. Demonstrate the adequacy of facilities, equipment, displays and other materials to support emergency operations. (H.1, H.2, H.5, H.6, H.9)

14. Demonstrate adequate and effective use of emergency communications equipment and communications procedures and methods necessary to establish and maintain communications with:

l a) All Waterford 3 emergency response facilities. (E.2, F.1.d) b) Parish, State and Federal agencies. (C.1, E.4, F.1.a, F.1.b, F.1.c, N.2.a) c) Radiological Field Monitoring Teams (Primary & Altemate Methods). (F.1.d, H.6, H.12) d) In-plant emergency teams. (H.9) e) The selected offsite assembly area. (J.1) f) Local and industry emergency suppon organizations, as required. (E.4, F.1.a, F.2, H.6) l 15. Demonstrate the ability to monitor and assess onsite radiological conditions and control exposure of emergency response personnel in accordance with EP-02-030, Emergency Radiation Exposure Guidelines and Controls, EP-002-031, in-Plant Radiological Controls and Surveys During Emergencies, EP-002-032, Monitoring and Contamination, and EP-002-034, Onsite Surveys During Emergencies. (K.1, K.2, K.3, K.5, K.6)

16. Demonstrate the ability of the offsite radiological monitoring field teams to collect and report radiological field data, including environmental samples and surveys in l accordance with EP-002-060, Radiological Field Monitoring, and EP-002-061, Emergency Environmental Monitoring. (H.7, l.3, l.4,1.7-l.9, N.2.d) l l 17. Demonstrate the ability to perform offsite dose projection calculations in accordance with EP-002-050, Offsite Dose Assessment (Manual), and/or EP-002-051, Offsite Dose Assessment (Computerized). (E.3, E.4, H.12,1.3,1.4,1.6, l.8, l.9, l.10, J.7, N.2.d) l 18. Demonstrate coordination of protective action decision-making activities with NRC (if l participating) arid LDEQ in the Emergency Operations Facility. (J.7, K.1-K.3, K.5, K.6, N.2.a, N.2.d) 2

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, OBJECTIVES (CONTD)

19. Demonstrate the ability to accurately assess the accident conditions and implement effective accident mitigation decision-making activities. (l.1, l.2) ,

. 20. Demonstrate the ability of the emergency organization to perform re-classification l (downgrade) decision-making and to de-escalate emergency response activities in l accordance with EP-001-001, Recognition and Classification of Emergency i Conditions, and EP-002-170, Recovery, as necessary. (D.1, D.2,1.1,1.2) l' 21. Demonstrate'the ability to perform a Protected Area evacuation and offsite assembly by evacuating non-essential personnel in the Protected Area to parking lots and sending a selected group of personnel to an offsite assembly area. (J.1-J.5)

22. Demonstrate the ability to perform accountability in the Protected Area by providing names of missing persons to the TSC Supervisor within 30 minutes after a site evacuation has been directed in accordance with EP-002-190, Personnel Accountability. (J.5) '
23. Demonstrate the ability to perform continuous accountability activities for the onshift, onsite and nearsite emergency organizations in accordance with EP-002-190, Personnel Accountability, and EP-002-102, Emergency Operations Facility (EOF)

Activation, Operation and Deactivation. (J.5)

24. Demonstrate the ability to conduct a post-exercise critique to determine areas requiring additional improvements in accordance with EP-003-020, Emergency Preparedness Drills and Exercises. (N.4, N.5)

B. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (LDEQ)

1. Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully mobilize personnel for both emergency facilities and field operations. Demonstrate the capability to activate and staff emergency facilities for emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #1)
2. Demonstrate the adequacy of facilities, equipment, displays and other materials to I support emeigency operations.. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #2)  :
3. Demonstrate the capability to direct and control emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #3)

-4. Demonstrate the capability to communicate with all appropriate emergency l personnel at facilities and in the field. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #4) ,

5. Demonstrate the capability to continuously monitor and control radiation exposure to emergency workers. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #5)
6. ' Demonstrate the capability to develop dose projections and protective action  !

recommendations regarding evacuation and sheltering. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #7)

7. Demonstrate the capability and resources to implement potassium iodide (KI)  ;

L protective actions for emergency workers, institutionalized individuals, and if the State plan specifies, the general public. Note: This is a " Scenario-dependent" objective, and will be demonstrated as " Talk-through" if the scenario does not warrant it. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #14) i l

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8. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (LDEQ) (CONTT))
8. Demonstrate the capability to maintain staffing on a continuous,24-hour basis through an actual shift change. Note: This objective will not be demonstrated at the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC). (FEMA OBJECTIVE #30)

C. LDEQ RADIOLOGICAL FIELD MONITORING TEAMS

1. Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully mobilize personnel for both emergency facilities and field operations. Demonstrate the capability to activate and staff emergency facilities for emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #1)

. 2. Demonstrate the adequacy of facilities, equipment, displays and other materials to support emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #2)

3. Demonstrate the capability to communicate with all appropriate emergency personnel at facilities and in the field. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #4)

'4. Demonstrate the capability to continuously monitor and control radiation exposure to emergency workers. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #5)

5. Demonstrate the opropriate use of equipment and procedures for determining field radiation measi .ents. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #6)
6. Demonstrate the ;ppropriate use of equipment and procedures for the measurement of airborne radic dine concentrations as low as 10# (0.0000001) microcuries per cubic centimeter in the presence of noble gases and obtain samples of particulate activity in the airborne plume. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #8) l

' 7. Demonstrate the capability to maintain staffing on a continuous,24-hour basis  !

through an actual shift change. Note: Only two teams per shift will demonstrate field activities. Part of the demonstration may be talk-through. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #30)

D. LDEQ RADIOLOGICAL LABORATORY

1. Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully mobilize personnel for both emergency facilities and field operations. Demonstrate the capability to activate and staff  !

emergency facilities for. emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #1)

2. Demonstrate the adequacy of facilities, equipment, displays and other materials to support emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #2)

^ 3. Demonstrate the capability to communicate with cll appropriate emergency personnel at facilities and in the field. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #4)

4. Demon'+ rate the capability to continuously monitor and control radiation exposure to )

emergency workers.' (FEMA OBJECTIVE #5)

5. Demonstrate laboratory operations and procedures for measuring and analyzing samples. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #25)

.6. Demonstrate the capability to maintain staffing on a continuous,24-hour basis j through an actual shift change. Note: Part of the Laboratory demonstration will be

- out-of-sequence but on the same day as the exercise. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #30)  ;

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E. STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC)

1. Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully mobilize personnel for both emergency facilities and field operations. Demonstrate the capability to activate and staff

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emergency facilities for emergency operations. Note: Only the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health and Hospitals will report to the EOC during mobilization of the State EOC by the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness (LOEP). (FEMA OBJECTIVE #1)

2. Demonstrate the adequacy of facilities, equipment, displays, and other materials to <

support emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #2)

3. Demonstrate the capability to direct and control emergency operations. (FEMA l OBJECTIVE #3)
4. Demonstrate the capability to communicate with all appropriate emergency personnel at facilities and in the field. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #4)
5. Demonstrate the capability to make timely and appropriate protective action decisions (PAD). Note: Authorization whether or not to administer Potassium lodide

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I (KI) to Emergency Workers (EW) and institutionalized individuals is the only

" Decision" made at the State EOC. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #9)

F. ST. CHARLES EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC)

1. Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully mobilize personnel for both emergency facilities and field operations. Demonstrate the capability to activate and staff emergency facilities for emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #1)
2. Demonstrate the adequacy of facilities, equipment, displays, and other materials to support emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #2)
3. Demonstrate the capability to direct and control emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #3)
4. Demonstrate the capability to communicate with all appropriate emergency personnel at facilities and in the field. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #4)
5. Demonstrate the capability to continuously monitor and control radiation exposure to emergency workers. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #5)
6. Demonstrate the capability to make timely and appropriate protective action decisions (PAD). (FEMA OBJECTIVE #9)
7. Demonstrate the capability to promptly alert and notify the public within the 10-mile j l plume pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ) and disseminate instructional i messages to the public on the basis of decisions by appropriate State or local officials. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #10)
8. Demonstrate the capability to coordinate the formulation and dissemination of accurate information and instructions to the public. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #11)

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ST. CHARLES EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC) (CONT'D)

' 9. . Demonstrate the capability and resources necessary to implement appropriate protective actions for special populations. Note: This is a " Scenario-dependent" objective, and will be demonstrated as " Talk-through" if the scenario does not warrant it. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #15)

10. Demonstrate the organizational capability and resources necessary to control evacuation traffic flow and to control access to evacuated and sheltered areas.

Note: This is a " Scenario-dependent" objective, and will be demonstrated as " Talk-through" if the scenario does not warrant it. For the purpose of the exercise, only one team will actually deploy and demonstrate the procedures. (FEMA OBJECTIVE

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11. Demonstrate the capability to maintain staffing on a continuous,24-hour basis through an actual shift change. Note: Shift change will also be demonstrated at the Emergency News Center. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #30)
12. - Demonstrate the capability to provide offsite support for the evacuation of onsite personnel. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #31)

G. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC)

1. Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully. mobilize personnel for both emergency facilities and field operations. Demonstrate the capability to activate and staff emergency facilities for emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #1)
2. ' Demonstrate the adequacy of facilities, equipment, displays, and other materials to l' support emergency operations' (FEMA OBJECTIVE #2)

. 3. Demonstrate the capability to direct and control emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #3) 4, Demonstrate the capability to communicate with all appropriate emergency personnel at facilities and in the field. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #4)

5. Demonstrate the capability to continuously monitor and control radiation exposure to emergency workers. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #5) 6.: - Demonstrate the capability to make timely and appropriate protective action decisions (PAD)c (FEMA OBJECTIVE #9)
7. Demonstrate the capability to promptly alert and notify the public within the 10-mile

' plume pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ) and disseminate instructional ,

messages to the public on the basis of decisions by appropriate State or local ,

officials. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #10)  !

8. Demonstrate the capab'ility to coordinate the formulation and dissemination of accurate information and instructions to the public. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #11) 9.- ' Demonstrate the capability and resources necessary to implement appropriate

. protective actions for_ special populations. Note: This is a " Scenario-dependent" objective, and will be demonstrated as " Talk-through" if the scenario does not warrant it. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #15) 1 6 ,

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10. . Demonstrate the capability and resources necessary to implement protective actions for school children within the plume pathway emergency planning zone. Note: This is a " Scenario-dependent" objective, and will be demonstrated as " Talk-through" if j the scenario does not warrant it.- (FEMA OBJECTIVE #16)
11. Demonstrate the organizational capability and resources necessary to control evacuation traffic flow and to control access to evacuated and sheltered areas.

Note: This is a " Scenario-dependent" objective, and will be demonstrated as " Talk-through"if the scenario does not warrant it. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #17)  !

12. Demonstrate the capability to maintain staffing on a continuous,24-hour basis through an actual shift change. Note: Syft change will also ba demonstrated at the  ;

Emergency News Center. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #30)

H. LAFOURCHE PARISH EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC) ,

1. Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully mobilize personnel for both emergency facilities and field operations. Demonstrate the capability to activate and staff emergency facilities for emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #1)
2. Demonstrate the adequacy of facilities, equipment, displays, and other materials to support emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #2)
3. Demonstrate the capability to direct and control emergency operations. (FEMA

' OBJECTIVE #3)

4. Demonstrate the capability to communicate with all appropriate emergency personnel at facilities and in the field. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #4)
5. Demonstrate the capability to maintain staffing on a continuous,24-hour basis through an actual shift change. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #30)
l. LAFOURCHE MONITORING AND DECONTAMINATION STATION
1. Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully mobilize personnel for both emergency

. facilities and field operations. Demonstrate the capability to activate and staff emergency facilities for emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #1)

2. Demonstrate the capability to communicate with all appropriate emergency j personnel at facilities and in the field. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #4) j 3.' - Demonstrate the capability to continuously monitor and control radiation exposure to j emergency workers. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #5)
4. . Demonstrate the adequacy of procedures for the monitoring and decontamination of emergency workers, equipment and vehicles. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #22)
5. Demonstrate the capability to maintain staffing on a continuous,24-hour basis through an actual shift change. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #30) l 7

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J. EMERGENCY NEWS CENTER (ENC) (MEDIA CENTER)

1. Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully mobilize personnel for both emergency facilities and field operations. Demonstrate the capability to activate and staff emergency facilities for emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #1)
2. Demonstrate the adequacy of facilities, equipment, displays, and other materials to q support emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #2) '
3. Demonstrate the capability to communicate with all appropriate emergency personnel at facilities and in the field. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #4)
4. Demonstrate the capability to coordinate the development and dissemination of clear, accurate, and timely information to the news media. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #12)
5. Demonstrate the capability to establish and operate rumor control in a coordinated and timely manner. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #13)

K. NICHOLS STATE UNIVERSITY RECEPTION CENTER / CARE CENTER

1. Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully mobilize personnel for both emergency facilities and field operations. Demonstrate the capability to activate and staff emergency facilities for emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #1)
2. Demonstrate the capability to communicate with all appropriate emergency personnel at facilities and in the field. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #4)
3. Demonstrate the capability to continuously monitor and control radiation exposure to emergency workers. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #5)
4. Demonstrate the adequacy of procedures, facilities, equipment, and personnel for j the radiological monitoring, decontamination, and registration of evacuees. (FEMA l OBJECTIVE #18)
5. Demonstrate the adequacy of facilities, equipment, supplies, personnel, and procedures for congregate care of evacuees. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #19)
6. Demonstrate the capability to maintain staffing on a continuous,24-hour basis through an actual shift change. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #30)

L. OCHSNER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL

1. Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully mobilize personnel for both emergency facilities and field operations. Demonstrate the capability to activate and staff emergency facilities for emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #1)
2. Demonstrate the capability to ccmmunicate with all appropriate emergency personnel at facilities and in the field. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #4)
3. Demonstrate the capability to continuously monitor and control radiation exposure to emergency workers. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #5)
4. Demonstrate the adequacy of the equipment, procedures, supplies, and personnel of medical facilities responsible for treatment of contaminated, injured, or exposed individuals. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #21) 8
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M. FLIGHT CARE HELICOPTER AMBULANCE SERVICE

1. Demonstrate the capability to alert and fully mobilize personnel for both emergancy

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emergency facilities for emergency operations. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #1)

2. Demonstrate the capability to communicate with all appropriate emergency personnel at facilities and in the field. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #4)
3. Demonstrate the capability to continuously monitor and control radiation exposure to emergency workers. (FEMA OBJECTIVE #5)
4. Demonstrate the adequacy of vehicles, equipment, procedures, and personnel for transporting contaminated, injured, or exposed individuals. (FEMA OBJECTIVE
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To define the scope and extent of participation by organizations and " participants", the following guidelines are established in order to meet the objectives listed in Section II of this manual.

A. General Guidelines 1

1. The exercise will be conducted on October 13,1999. Exercise participants will not possess prior knowledge of the exercise start time, and will follow normal routines for that day until mobilized as part of the emergency response.
2. The Control Room staff will operate from the Waterford 3 Simulator. Prior to the start of the exercise, a shift briefing will be conducted in the Simulator. The briefing will include "on-shift" exercise participants from Operations, Maintenance, Chemistry and Radiation Protection. The participants will be briefed on the postulated plant conditions and general guidelines for the conduct of the exercise.

Following this briefing, the in-plant shift personnel will return to their normal workstations.

3. The exercise will commence with a postulated condition necessitating the declaration of an emergency classification and escalate to require other emergency classification declarations.
4. The scenario contains simulated radiological release conditions that will require consideration of protective actions for the general public.
5. Exercise participants will perform, as appropriate, radiological monitoring and dose assessment activities. Radiological field monitoring teams will be dispatched in order to evaluate response time, communications and monitoring procedures.
6. The Emergency News Center (ENC) will be staffed and activated. Participation by members of the media will be simulated. News bulletins will be made which depict simulated exercise events. However, no exercise press bulletins will be made to the public.
7. If postulated accident conditions warrant evacuation of non-essential site personnel, a small number of pre-designated personnel will proceed to the offsite assembly area selected by the exercise participants. All other non-essential personnelin the Protected Area will be assembled in station parking lots or

. accounted for. Once accountability procedures have been completed, assembled personnel will return to their normal work stations.

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NOTE Care shall be taken to assure individuals who may overhear or observe exercise activities are not misled into believing that an actual emergency situation exists.

8. All emergency communications that are part of the exercise will be clearly .

identified as part of the exercise. Verbal communications will be initiated and closed by the statement "This is a drill". Any use of plant alarms (Station Alarm or Fire Alarm) will be preceded by announcing "This is a drill" over the plant page system. Any exercise documentation transmitted via facsimile machine will have the word " Drill" stamped on them prior to transmittal.

9. Methodology and assumptions related to the development of data for specific areas are provided with the data in Section Vil of this manual.-
10. Exercise participants will include the following emergency organizations:

Waterford 3

.'Onshift Emergency Organization (Normal Operations Shift Personnel)

Onsite Emergency Organization (TSC and OSC)

Nearsite Emergency Organization (EOF)

All Waterford 3 site personnel are potential participants, since the site personnel are expected to report abnormal conditions observed during the exercise, such as smoke, unusual noises, etc. The emergency organization may also call out additional personnel to assist in the response to the simulated emergency conditions.

Entergy - Louisiana Offsite Emergency Organization (ENC)

Waterford 1&2 Control Room Limited participation (Communications Only)

Entergy district offices and maintenance divisions will not participate in this exercise. Communications with these groups may be initiated but their respcnse will be simulated.

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Entergy Operations, Inc. Headquarters Corporate Emergency Center (CEC)

Full participation State of Louisiana Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ)

Full participation. LDEQ will staff positions in the Waterford 3 EOF and ENC.

Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness I

Full participation.

St. Charlos Parish '

Department of Emergency Preparedness Full participation. I St. John the Baptist Parish Office of Civil Defense Full participation.

Lafourche Parish j Direction of Support Parish activities.

Lafourche Monitoring / Decontamination Station Emergency Worker Decontamination Station activities.

Nichols State University Reception / Care Center y i

Reception Center activities. '

Ochsner Foundation Hospital Treatment and decontamination of simulated contaminated injured person. 1 Flight Care Helicopter Ambulance Service l Handling, treatment and transport of simulated contaminated injured person.

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. B. Safety Precautions -

1. Personnel will not, in response to the postulated accident conditions, take any action that jeopardizes plant or personnel safety.

' 2. Valves, breakers, and controls shall not be manipulated in response to this exercise except as necessary to meet a specific exercise objective. Actual operation of valves, breakers and controls that may be required to meet an

' objective will be coordinated between the drill Shift Superintendent and real Shift Superintendent and must be authorized by the real Shift Superintendent.

3. In the event an actual emergency occurs during the conduct of this exercise, the drill Emergency Coordinator shall immediately contact the real Shift Superintendent and coordinate available resources to mitigate the emergency.

In the case of an actual fire repoit, the " operating shift" will provide the initial response.

In the case of an actual medical emergency, the " operating shift will provide the initial response until relieved of that responsibili+y by the drill shift.

- - The drill clock' and exercise activities can be stopped at the discretion of the drill Emergency Coordinator and the real Shift Superintendent until the actual emergency is assessed and/or under control.

Qualified drill participants and drill control team members can be directed to

. support the real Shift Superintendent in response to the actual emergenc/.

'4. All personnel who enter an RCA will be rsdiation worker qualified.

5. - Exercise personnel will observe all radiological controls. In the event the data  ;

presented in this exercise package indicates lower radiation levels than those I actually found in the plant, actions for the actual (higher) readings will be followed.

' In such instances the Health Physics Controller and the Lead Controller will be l notified.~  !

6. ALARA concepts will be observed during the course of the exercise. Activities associated with the performance of the exercise will not occur in areas where  !

personnel will receive significant exposures.

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I C. l Simulation Guidelines - )

NOTE Simulated exercise events will be initiated as indicated in the exercise scenario package under the direction of the Lead Controller. Since all possible participant reactions to the simulated exercise events can not be anticipated, individual Controllers may initiate simulated situations to preserve the continuity of the overall scenario timeline without prior approval of the Lead Controller. However, individuals are prohibited from creating real or simulated situations that are not provided for in the scenario package and may affect the timeline without prior approval of the Lead Controller.

1. Exercise participants are expected to cany out all responses to the postulated

' scenario events as if responding to a real emergency. Actions required by Plant Operating Procedures and Emergency Plan implementing Procedures shall be carried out to the fullest extent possible, unless otherwise directed by the drill control team.

2. Since the exercise will be performed using the Waterford 3 Control Room Simulator, exercise plant parameter data and radiological monitoring data will be obtained from the Simulator control panels and the SDS terminals, which will be configured to display Simulator data.

Radiological Monitoring System (RMS) data will be simulated through the use of posted data sheets at the -4 Control Point Count Room RMS terminal.

- If a failure of the Simulator occurs, and the Simulator can not be recevered in a reasonable period of time, backup data sheets will be available and posted in appropriate locations.

3. No drill control team personnel are assigned to monitor the activities of the  !

Nuclear Auxiliary Operators (NAOs) in the plant. The NAO participants will obtain scenario information by contacting the Simulator instructor Booth. The Simulator Operstor will provide scenario package information as if a drill control member

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was present at the scene. Prior to the exercise, the Lead Controller will brief the I NAO participants on this method of drill control. This allows Operations personnel

. to support the OSC operations as they would in an actual emergency.

4. Portable fire extinguishers or other sealed 'canisters shall not have the seals 1
broken or safety pins removed in response to the' postulated scenario events, except when specifically required by instructions provided in the scenario package.

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5. Exercise participants will be expected to obtain the proper tools and equipment i necessary in responding to the scenario conditions in order to receive credit for I
  1. kr actions to mitigate the consequences of the simulated conditions.

-The exercise package includes the use of mock-ups to simulate plant equipment. )

In most situations where mock-ups are available, the exercise participants will be j expected to respond to the actual plant equipment and then the drill control tearn I will direct them to the mock-up. Due to the location of some mock-ups, the drill control team may instruct the participants to proceed directly to the mock-up.

Specific instructions are provided in the scenario package regarding the use of individual mock-ups. l

6. The exercise participants in the plant will not simulate the use of protective clothing.
7. To prevent unnecessarily alarming members of the general public, who may observe their activities, the radiological field monitoring teams will simulate the use of protective clothing and respirators.
8. SCBAs will be donned, as required by the scenario conditions, but, after initial fitting on the face, the masks may be removed.
9. The use of silver zeolite cartridges when taking air samples will be simulated.

The drill control team will provide charcoal cartridges for use in the air samplers.

10. The use of potassium iodide, if required by the scenario conditions, will be simulated.
11. If a decision is made to use the Post Accident Sampling System (PASS),

sampling activities will be simulated.

12. No plant equipment will actually be tagged out in response to the scenario events.

However, all necessary authorizations required by procedures are expected to be obtained prior to th rimulation of the tag out.

13. Radiological postings as required by the simulatee - cenario radiation levels,will not be simulated. The drill control team will insure hat the postings are appropriately labeled to identify them as part of the drill.
14. Actual operation of the Whole Body Counter, or the Backup Whole Body Counter, will be simulated. Due to the number of Health Physics personnel assigned to the drill control team, sufficient personnel will not be available to support this activity.
15. If consideration is given to relocating the Primary Access Point (PAP) due to the simulated radiological conditions, this activity will be simulated.
16. Onsite response to a medical emergency is not an objective of this exercise. The scenario events for the medical emergency portion of this exercise are provided in a separate document. j
17. The activation of the Emergency Response Data System (ERDS) wi!! not be simulated. ERDS will be activated to transmit drill data from the Simulator.

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18. The use of the Voice Notification System (VNS) will_not be simulated. Drill i scenarios are provided to be used during the response to the simulated exercise events.

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