ML20247J772
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| Site: | Kewaunee, Point Beach, Prairie Island, Zion, 05000000 |
| Issue date: | 07/19/1989 |
| From: | Kwiatkowski D Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| To: | Congel F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8907310318 | |
| Download: ML20247J772 (8) | |
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JUL 191989
-l Mr. Frank J.
Congel Director, Division of Radiation Protection and Emergency Preparedness Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S.-Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Congel:
Enclosed is a copy of the report for the unannounced and off-hours drills conducted on October 20, 1988, for the State of Wisconsin, site-specific to the Zion, Point Beach, Kewaunee, and Prairie Island Nuclear Power Stations.
The report was prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region V staff.
The State of Wisconsin and Kenosha County for the Zion. site', Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties for the Point Beach and Kewaunee sites, and. Pierce county for the Prairie Island site participated.in this-drill.
The scope of this drill was limited to demonstrating the ability of State and local governments to fully activate.
Emergency Operations Centers (EOC's) and to mobilize all staff that report to the EOC's.
There were.no deficiencies or_ areas requiring corrective actions identified during this i
drill conducted for all sites affecting the State of l
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me on i
646-2871.
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l December 1, 1988 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Richard W. Krimm Assistant Associate Director Office of Natural & Technological Hazards ATTENTION:
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Wisconsin Unannounced & Off-hours Drills
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.1 Enclosed please find the evaluations of'the Wisconsin unannounced and off-hours drills conducted October 20, 1988.
In addition to the State EOC the Wisconsin Counties that activated their EOCs' were Kenosha for the Zion off-site area, 1
Kewaunee and Manitowoc for the Point Beach and Kewaunee off-site areas and Pierce for the Prairie Island off-site area.
The scope of these drills were as defined in the' February 16, 1988, Grant C. Peterson memorandum.
The' conduct of these drills i
satisfies the GM PR-1 periodic requirement ~'for unannounced and off-hours exercises for the first six year cycle.
The GM EX-3 Objective 36 will need to be demonstrated again during the current second six year cycle which started in 1988.
I There are no identified areas requiring corrective action in the evaluations, these~ reports may be considered final.
If you have any questions please contact Janet Quissell of my staff.
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's, STATE OF WISCONSIN The unannounced and off hours drill was conducted during the evening of October 20, 1988.
No one who participated in the drill. knew the exact day or starting time of-the drill, they were i
provided'only with a one week window.
I A drill controller initiated the emergency response alerting and activation of
- Kenosha, Kewaunee, Manitowoc and Pierce Counties simultaneously by using NAWAS at 1912.
By 1914 all the Counties' Warning Points had verified the drill's beginning.
At 1915 the initial call was made to the Division of Emergency Government (DEG) duty officer at her home by the drill controller using commerical telephone.
The DEG duty officer alerted the State EOC Staff by following a
fan out call list where some people contacted were to call others.- Staff alerting was done from 1917 to 1938.
'Once activated, the EOC Staff were informed by the DEG duty officer of the organizations she had not been able to contact.
A verification call of the Governor actually being briefed was received by the. drill-controller at 1926.
The EOC was opened at 1940 with the arrival of the first EOC Staff member, the DEG Deputy Administrator.
As the staff arrived they started to set up the EOC by rearranging the conference room I
tables into agency work areas, hooking up telephones, posting maps, displays and providing supplies, message forms and plans.
~ Incoming calls were answered for agencies not yet at their stations.
Follow up calls to agencies the'DEG duty officer could l
not contact were made.
The EOC was operational by 2015.
Key positions were staffed, all communications links were staffed, a message' system was established and the status of the drill was being plotted on the board.
The last ' staff person arrived at 2035.
j There were sixteen of the DEG staff performing the following EOC positions:
officer in
- charge, operations
- officer, plotter, message control, messengers, switchboard operator, SRC liaison, communications officer and staff.
Other State Agencies with representatives in the EOC were:
Public Utilities Commission, two from Department of Natural Resources (one' serving as PIO),
three from Health and Social Services (accident assessment and social services),
State
- Patrol, Military
- Affairs, Emergency Police and Transportation.
The Red Cross and Agriculture representatives had not been contacted so their duties were assigned to Social Se rvices and a
DEG staff person.
Both indicated they were familiar with tasks from previous exercises.
Once the EOC was operational all the communications were tested.
The fascimile machine was used to send messages to the Counties l
EOCs.
^elephone links and numbers were tested by each staff
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I member wit h their counterparts at the Counties.
The radio and teletype systems were used.
Agencies field responders were contacted.
The drill was terminated 2050.
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m KENOSHA COUNTY The unannounced and off Nurs drill was conducted 'during the evening of October 20, 1986 No one at the County level knew the exact day or starting time of the drill; they were provided only with a one week window.
The Kenosha County Sheriff's Dispatch Center received the initiating call from the State over NAWAS at 1914.
The call was immediately verified and staff alerting and mobilization was begun.
The dispatchers' divided up the callout list and used a pager and commercial telephone.to contact.the EOC ' staf f as designated in the plan.
A log of calls was maintained.
The callout list was a copy of the one identified in the plan (TAB B,-
page X-20) and is maintained in the dispatch, center.
The dispatchers also have a listing of alternates.
The dispatchers completed the staff activation calls in approximately 20 minutes.
- However, the identified Health Department representative could.
not be reached by the dispatchers.
The alternate on file in the dispatch center also could not he reached.
By this time the Emergency Services Director had arrived and indicated that the EOC staff would take responsibility for contacting an alternate.
The alternate Health Department representative was notified at 1953.
The EOC was opened at 1919 with the arrival of the first EOC staff member, the Emergency Services Director.
The -last EOC staff member arrived at 2014 about one hour after the initiating call.
The EOC staff consisted of representatives of the County Board, Kenosha Mayor, Pleasant Prairie Town Chairman, Sheriff's Department, Kenosha Police Chief,. Highway Department, Kenosha Public Works, ASCS, Human Services, Health Department, Kenosha Health Administrator, ' County Fire Coordinator, Kenosha Fire
- Chief, Radiological
- Officer, Operations Officer (Emergency Services), Public Information Officer and EOC Security.
In accordance with the plan, the Emergency Services Director contacted the Wisconsin Emergency Government Southeast ' Area Director at 1928, the Wisconsin Telephone Company at 1929 and the Lake County, Illinois, EOC at 1940.
Since the Lake County EOC was not fully operational at that time, the Director called again at 1950 to synchronize clocks.
i The County plan also identifies ten organizations which the Emergency Services Director must alert upon activation of the EOC.
These ten calls were inade by Emergency Services staff and completed by 1945.
Those notified included:
Superintendent of
- Schools, Pleasant Prairie Police Chief, Coast Guard Station, Racine County Sheriff Department, Racine County Emergency Government, Walworth County Sheriff Department and Emergency Government, University of Wisconsin Agri-Business Agent, Kenosha Transportation Director, Kenosha Water Department and Bristol
Town Chairman.
- Upon arrival at the EOC, the staff proceeded to make the EOC
' functional.. The EOC is a dedicated space with supplies, maps and other materials stored in the room.
With the exception of telephones which are addressed below, the EOC was operational l
within minutes with the appropriate maps, displays, status boards.
and supplies to support emergency response activities.
The EOC standby telephones are activated by contacting the Wisconsin Telephone Company and requesting telephone activation.
The call to the Wisconsin Telephone Company was placed at 1929.
The telephones were operational at 2028.
Prior to activation of the EOC standby telephones-essential communications were conducted utilizing the County Emergency Services office day-to-day telephones which are also located in the EOC.
The EOC staff established communications with,their counterparts in the State. EOC.
Commercial telephone and facsimile machine were utilized-during the communications demonstration..
The specific contacts at the State EOC included Officer-in-Charge, operations Officer, Communications Officer, Public Information Officer, State Radiological Coordinator, State Patrol, Health Services (DHSS), Community Services (DHSS), Transportation, and Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection - (DATCP).
.The drill was terminated at Kenosha County at 2040 following the demonstration of the communication links.
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o KEWAUNEE COUNTY The unannounced and off hours drill was conducted during the evening of October 20, 1988.
No one at the County level knew the exact day or starting time of the drill; they were provided only with a one week window.
The drill was initiated at 1912 by a National Warning System (NAWAS) call from the State Warning Center II, Madison, Wisconsin to the County Warning Point, in the County Sheriff's Department, Safety Building, Kewaunee.
The dispatcher immediately verified the call with the State and began the notification of the County EOC Staff using-an up to date call list.
Commercial telephone and a pager system were used to notify EOC Staff.
All the staff were alerted by 1921.
The Kewaunee County EOC located at 416 Fremont Street in Algoma was fully staffed and operational by 1955.
The positions staffed were as follows:
County Board Chairman and two additional Commissioners, County Emergency Government Coordinator and his Deputy, Security, Algoma City Deputy Director and Fire, County Chief of Fire and Rescue Services, County Highway Commissioner, County
- Traffic, Radiological
- Officer, Agricultural Extension Agent, County Social Services, County Health Services, Red Cross, Public Informaion Officer, a radio and a telephone operator.
The County EOC facility is adjacent to the County Emergency Government Office.
It is dedicated for that function and is maintained on a day to day basis.
Therefore, all the necessary maps, status boards and other displays, messages forms, plans and SOPS, staff work stations and telephones are always set up and J
ready for operation.
Upon arrival each staff position was functional in a very brief time.
Once the EOC was operational all the communications were tested.
The fascimile machine was used to send hard copy messages to Manitowoc County and State EOCs.
Telephone links were ckecked by each staff member with their counterparts at the Manitowoc and State EOCs.
The Fire and Sheriff radio systems were also tested.
All the second shift personnel were notified.
The drill was terminated at 2050.
During the drill all relevant functions and activities were implemented in a
manner that is consisitent with the i
organizations emergency plan and procedures.
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The unannounced and off hours drill.was conducted during the evening of October 20, 1988.
No one at the County level knew the exact day or starting time of the drill, they were provided only with a one week window.
Manitowoc County conducted the drill between the hours of 1914 and 2100.
i The drill was initiated at 1914 by a National Warning System j
(NAWAS) call from the State Warning Center II, Madison, Wisconsin l
to the emergency notification entry
- point, in the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department.
The call was verified by a return I
telephone call by Sheriff's dispatch center staff.
The dispatchers (2) on duty immediately notified their shift supervisor and began the telephone notification of key EOC staff,-
i the Manitowoc and Two Rivers Police Departments and Kewaunee County.
The staff and aforementioned-agents were contacted.by use'of a current and up to date call up roster, dated 1988.
The staff call-up, by Sheriff's dispatchers, began at 1921 and was
. completed at 1924.
The first staff arrival was at approximately 1925.
Security was initially initiated at the entry to the Sheriff's Department anC was subsequently controlled into the EOC by use of personal identification and a sign in roster.
The EOC was operational at 1930, with decision making staff and/or those delegated decision making authority in the absence of the County Board (i.e., the County Director of Emergency Government, the County Sheriff, County Highway Department etc.).
The EOC was declared to be fully staffed at 2005.
The County staff used commercial telephone and radio systems i
during. the drill.
Conferencing via the NAWAS and commercial l
telephone is available in the EOC.
Both primary and back up
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systems were able to handle communications flow without undue
- delay, j
i The Manitowoc County EOC is located in the lower level of the County Sheriff's Department. The EOC facility is radiologically protected and have sufficient space, furnishings, lighting, rest rooms, back up electrical power, adequate ventilation, and other amenities for extended operations.
Additional equipment include typewriters, datafax, copiers, etc. The required maps were posted i
in the EOC.
The maps depicted evacuation routes, relocation
- centers, radiological monitoring points and the plume EPZ population by planning areas.
All relevant functions and activities were implemented in a manner that-is consistent with the organizations emergency plan and procedures.
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PIERCE COUNTY The unannounced and off hours drill was conducted during the-evening of October 20, 1988.
No one at the County level knew the i
exact day or starting time of the drill; they were provided only with a one week window.
The Pierce' County Warning = Point (Sheriff's Dispatch Center)'was
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notified of the drill at 0912 by a call from the State over NAWAS.
The dispatch staff began the process of activation the EOC staff.
They had up to date call lists and used telephone and pagers.to' contact.the staff.
Staff activations..was completed at' 1943.
Agencies reporting to the EOC were:
Civil Defense,-Public Health, Sheriff, Humans Services, County. Nurse, Transportation, RADEF, Agriculture, Fire, Communications '(RACES) and the County Board Chairman.
The public information staff was out of town covering the local high school football ~ team.
A Deputy Sheriff was assigned the public information function.
The sheriffs dispatch center staff used telephone and pagers to' i
activate the county staff.
Radio capability was demonstrated-to
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contact adjacent Wisconsin Counties and Goodhue County. Minnesota.
i The Wisconsin and Minnesota State EOC's were contacted by telephone.
Staff agencies in the County EOC used telephone'to contact their counter part agencies at the State EOC. ' Pierce.
County does not have a
telefax capability.
Hard copy is transmitted by the Law Enforcement TYME System.
Maps and status. boards were-hung in" their' proper
- places, typewriters, copy machine and other equipment were brought in and set up.
Plans and SOPS were distributed and the operations room otherwise prepared to carry out emergency operations.
The EOC was set up and operational be 2007.
Staffing'was completed by 2019.
After the communications were tested the drill was terminated at 2040.
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