ML25036A068
| ML25036A068 | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 02/06/2025 |
| From: | US Dept of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region VI |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC Region 4 |
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| Download: ML25036A068 (1) | |
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Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report South Texas Project Plume Exposure Pathway Exercise and Medical Services Drill After Action Report Date: July 17, 2024 and August 15, 2024 Publication Date: December 6, 2024 FEMA Region 6
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Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Table of Contents Section 1: Exercise Overview............................................................................................................. 5 Section 2: Analysis of Capabilities.................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Summary Results of Assessment.................................................................................... 6 2.2 Results of Exercise Evaluation..................................................................................... 10 Appendix A: Participating Organizations........................................................................................ 15 Participating Organizations................................................................................................. 15 Appendix B: Planning and Evaluation Team.................................................................................. 16 Planning Team..................................................................................................................... 16 Evaluation Team.................................................................................................................. 16 Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations..................................................................................... 17 FEMA Region 6 3
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Executive Summary The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
Region 6, evaluated the plume exposure pathway exercise on July 17, 2024, and a Medical Services Drill on August 15, 2024, for the South Texas Project, located in Matagorda County, Texas.
This exercise and drill are a part of the FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program, where FEMA assessed the ability of state and local officials to implement plans and procedures to protect the public in the event of a radiological incident. This program ensures that adequate capabilities exist to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respond to, and recover from incidents involving commercial nuclear power plants. This exercise and drill implemented the revised NU REG 0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 2 document and the 2019 Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Manual. The previous exercise and drill was conducted on May 19 and July 20, 2022.
This report contains the final written evaluation of the exercise and drill. The state and local organizations demonstrated knowledge of their emergency response plans and procedures and adequately implemented them. All exercise and drill objectives with core capabilities were met, with no Plan Issues, Level 1, or Level 2 Findings identified.
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Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Section 1: Exercise Overview Name Dates Scope Mission Area(s)
Threat or Hazard Scenario Participating Organizations FEMA Region 6 2024 South Texas Project Plume Exposure Pathway Exercise and Medical Services Drill July 17, 2024; August 15, 2024 Through simulated scenarios, these drills assessed the Offsite Response Organizations' (ORO) decision-making, communication, and collaboration skills in managing a radiological emergency.
Protection
Response
Operational Coordination Environmental Response/Health and Safety Situational Assessment Operational Communications Public Information and Warning On-Scene Security, Protection and Law Enforcement Critical Transportation Planning Emergency Worker Exposure Control Management Transportation and Treatment of Contaminated, Injured Individuals Emergency Operations Management Exposure Control Alert and Notification Detect, Measure, Sample, Analyze and Assess Operate Release of radiological materials from a commercial nuclear power plant.
Plume Exposure Pathway Exercise Medical Services Drill A complete list of participating agencies and organizations is attached in Appendix A.
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FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Section 2: Analysis of Capabilities 2.1 Summary Results of Assessment Table 1 below lists the assessment activity objectives, capability targets, selected core capabilities, and status of each capability target evaluated.
Each jurisdiction and functional entity were evaluated based on the demonstration of core capabilities and capability targets. The demonstration status of the capability targets is indicated using the following terms:
Met (M): The jurisdiction or functional entity performed all activities under the objective/capability target to the level required per the work plan and/or the extent of play agreement, with no Level 1 or Level 2 Findings evaluated under that objective/capability target during the current activity and no unresolved prior Level 2 Finding(s).
Level 1 Finding (L1): An observed or identified inadequacy of organizational performance during an assessment activity that could cause a determination that offsite emergency preparedness is not adequate to provide reasonable assurance that appropriate protective measures can be taken in the event of a radiological emergency to protect the health and safety of the public living in the vicinity of a nuclear power plant.
Level 2 Finding (L2): An observed or identified inadequacy of organizational performance during an assessment activity that is not considered, by itself, to adversely impact public health and safety.
Plan Issue (P): An observed or identified inadequacy in the OROs emergency plan/implementing procedures, rather than in that of the OROs performance.
Not Demonstrated (N): For a justifiable reason, the jurisdiction or functional entity did not perform assessment activities under the objective/capability target as specified in the extent of play agreement.
Not Applicable (N/A): The objective/capability target does not apply to the jurisdiction.
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Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Table 1. Summary Results of Capability Targets Venue Capability Target Core Capabilities Status Objective 1: Emergency Management Operations Texas Disaster District Committee 16 Department of State Health Services-Emergency Operations Facility Joint Information Center Matagorda County Emergency Operations Center 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 L - -
1.5 Objective 2: Exposure Control Department of State 2.1 Health Services-Emergency Operations Facility 2.2 FEMA Region 6 Operational Coordination, Planning M
Operational Coordination, Environmental Response/Health and M
Safety, Public Information and Warning, Situational Assessment, Planning 1
Operational Coordination, Planning M
Operational Coordination, Environmental Response/Health and M
Safety, Public Information and Warning, Situational Assessment, Planning Operational Coordination, Environmental Response/Health and Safety, Situational Assessment, Planning M
Operational Coordination, Planning M
Operational Coordination, Planning M
Operational Coordination, Environmental Response/Health and M
Safety, Public Information and Warning, Situational Assessment, Planning Operational Coordination, Environmental Response/Health and M
Safety, Situational Assessment, Critical Transportation, Planning Operational Coordination, Environmental Response/Health, and M
Safety Operational Coordination, Environmental Response/Health, and Safety Operational Coordination, Environmental Response/Health, and Safety M
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Venue Department of State Health Services-Field Monitoring Team 1 Department of State Health Services-Field Monitoring Team 2 Matagorda County Emergency Operations Center Palacios Community Medical Center Capability Target 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 Objective 3: Alert and Notification Texas Disaster District Committee 16 3*1 Department of State Health Services-Field Monitoring Team 1 Department of State Health Services-Field Monitoring Team 2 Department of State Health Services-Emergency Operations Facility Joint Information Center Matagorda County Emergency Operations Center FEMA Region 6 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.3 Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Core Capabilities Operational Coordination, Environmental Response/Health, and Safety Operational Coordination, Environmental Response/Health, and Safety Operational Coordination, Environmental Response/Health, and Safety Operational Coordination, Environmental Response/Health, and Safety Emergency Worker Exposure Control Management Operational Coordination, Operational Communications Operational Coordination, Operational Communications Operational Coordination, Operational Communications Operational Coordination, Operational Communications Operational Coordination, Operational Communications Public Information and Warning Operational Coordination, Operational Communications Public Information and Warning Public Information and Warning Status M
M M
M M
M M
M M
M M
M M
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Venue National Weather Service Capability Target 3.2 Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Core Capabilities Status Public Information and Warning M
Objective 4: Detect, Measure, Sample, Analyze and Assess Department of State Health Services-Emergency Operations Facility Department of State Health Services-Field Monitoring Team 1 Department of State Health Services-Field Monitoring Team 2 Objective 5: Operate Palacios Community Medical Center Matagorda County Emergency Operations Center FEMA Region 6 4.1 4.5 4.2 t
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5.3 5.4 Environmental Response/Health and M
Safety Environmental Response/Health and M
Safety Environmental Response/Health and M
Safety t
Environmental Response/Health and M
Safety i
Transportation and Treatment of M
Contaminated, Injured Individuals Operational Coordination, On-Scene Security, Protection, and Law M
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Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report 2.2 Results of Exercise Evaluation Texas Disaster District Committee-16 Objective 1: Emergency Management Operations Capability Target 1.1: Mobilization Capability Target 1.2: Direction and Control Objective 3: Alert and Notification Capability Target 3.1: Communication In summary, the status of DHS/FEMA capability targets for this location are as follows:
- a. MET: 1.1, 1.2, 3.1
- b. LEVEL 1 FINDING: None
- c. LEVEL 2 FINDING: None
- d. PLAN ISSUES: None
- e. NOT DEMONSTRATED: None
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: None
- a. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: None Department of State Health Services Emergency Operations Facility Objective 1: Emergency Management Operations Capability Target 1.1: Mobilization Capability Target 1.2: Direction and Control Capability Target 1.3: Protective Action Recommendations Objective 2: Exposure Control Capability Target 2.1: Emergency Worker Exposure Control Decision-Making Process Capability Target 2.2: Emergency Worker Exposure Management Objective 3: Alert and Notification Capability Target 3.1: Communication Objective 4: Detect, Measure, Sample, Analyze, and Assess Capability Target 4.1: FMTs Management Capability Target 4.5: Plume Phase Analysis and Dose Assessment FEMA Region 6 10
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report In summary, the status of DHS/FEMA capability targets for this location are as follows:
- a. MET: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.5
- b. LEVEL 1 FINDING: None
- c. LEVEL 2 FINDING: None
- d. PLAN ISSUES: None
- e. NOT DEMONSTRATED: None
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: None
- g. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: None Department of State Health Services FMT 1 Objective 2: Exposure Control Capability Target 2.2: Emergency Worker Exposure Management Objective 3: Alert and Notification Capability Target 3.1: Communication Objective 4: Detect, Measure, Sample, Analyze, and Assess Capability Target 4.2: Plume Phase Measurements and Sampling In summary, the status of DHS/FEMA capability targets for this location are as follows:
- a. MET: 2.2, 3.1, 4.2
- b. LEVEL 1 FINDING: None
- c. LEVEL 2 FINDING: None
- d. PLAN ISSUES: None
- e. NOT DEMONSTRATED: None
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: None
- g. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: None Department of State Health Services FMT 2 Objective 2: Exposure Control Capability Target 2.2: Emergency Worker Exposure Management Objective 3: Alert and Notification Capability Target 3.1: Communication Objective 4: Detect, Measure, Sample, Analyze, and Assess FEMA Region 6 11
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Capability Target 4.2: Plume Phase Measurements and Sampling In summary, the status of DHS/FEMA capability targets for this location are as follows:
- a. MET: 2.2, 3.1, 4.2
- b. LEVEL 1 FINDING: None
- c. LEVEL 2 FINDING: None
- d. PLAN ISSUES: None
- e. NOT DEMONSTRATED: None
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: None
- g. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: None Joint Information Center Objective 1: Emergency Management Operations Capability Target 1.1: Mobilization Objective 3: Alert and Notification Capability Target 3.1: Communication Capability Target 3.3: Emergency Information and Instructions for Public and News Media In summary, the status of DHS/FEMA capability targets for this location are as follows:
- a. MET: 1.1, 3.1, 3.3
- b. LEVEL 1 FINDING: None
- c. LEVEL 2 FINDING: None
- d. PLAN ISSUES: None
- e. NOT DEMONSTRATED: None
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: None
- g. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: None Matagorda County Emergency Operations Center Objective 1: Emergency Management Operations Capability Target 1.1: Mobilization Capability Target 1.2: Direction and Control Capability Target 1.4: Protective Action Decisions for the Plume Phase Capability Target 1.5: Protective Action Decisions Implementation for the Plume Phase Objective 2: Exposure Control FEMA Region 6 12
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Capability Target 2.1: Emergency Worker Exposure Control Decision-Making Process Capability Target 2.2: Emergency Worker Exposure Management Objective 3: Alert and Notification Capability Target 3.1: Communication Capability Target 3.2: Alert and Notification to the Public Capability Target 3.3: Emergency Information and Instructions for Public and News Media Objective 5: Operate Capability Target 5.4: Traffic and Access Control In summary, the status of DHS/FEMA capability targets for this location are as follows:
- a. MET: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.4
- b. LEVEL 1 FINDING: None
- c. LEVEL 2 FINDING: None
- d. PLAN ISSUES: None
- e. NOT DEMONSTRATED: None
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: None
- g. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: None National Weather Service Objective 3: Alert and Notification Capability Target 3.2: Alert and Notification to the Public In summary, the status of DHS/FEMA capability targets for this location are as follows:
- a. MET: 3.2
- b. LEVEL 1 FINDING: None
- c. LEVEL 2 FINDING: None
- d. PLAN ISSUES: None
- e. NOT DEMONSTRATED: None
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: None
- g. PRIOR ISSUES-UNRESOLVED: None Palacios Community Medical Center Objective 2: Exposure Control Capability Target 2.2: Emergency Worker Exposure Control Management FEMA Region 6 13
Objective 5: Operate Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Capability Target 5.3 - Transportation and Treatment of Contaminated, Injured Individuals In summary, the status of DHS/FEMA capability targets for this location are as follows:
- a. MET: 2.2, 5.3
- b. LEVEL 1 FINDING: None
- c. LEVEL 2 FINDING: None
- d. PLAN ISSUES: None
- e. NOT DEMONSTRATED: None
- f. PRIOR ISSUES - RESOLVED: None
- g. PRIOR ISSUES - UNRESOLVED: None FEMA Region 6 14
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Appendix A: Participating Organizations Participating Organizations Federal Organizations FEMA Region 6 National Weather Service U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission State Organizations Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Department of State Health Services Texas Division of Emergency Management Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Texas State Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services Risk Jurisdictions Bay City Independent School District Bay City Police Department City of Bay City City of Palacios Matagorda County Matagorda County Amateur Radio Club Matagorda County Sheriff's Office Matagorda Regional Medical Center Palacios Police Department Private Organizations South Texas Project Palacios Community Medical Center FEMA Region 6 15
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Appendix B: Planning and Evaluation Team Planning Team Planners Title/Position Name Agency Regional Assistance Committee Oscar Martinez FEMA Region 6 Chair Federal Planning Team Lead Timothy Pflieger FEMA Region 6 Senior Site Specialist Exercise Lead Melisa Ogrodnik FEMA Region 6 Site Specialist State Planning Team Lead Vanessa Danese Department of Emergency Planner State Health Services Licensee Planning Team Lead Stacia Taylor South Texas Project Emergency Preparedness Evaluation Team Team Leaders and Evaluators Venue/Location Evaluation TeamjTeam Lead Agency Texas DDC-16 N/A FEMA Region 6 DSHS EOF Ken Wierman
FEMA Region 7 DSHS FMT 2 Bart Ray*
Cadmus Joint Information Center Linda Gee*
FEMA Region 6 Matagorda County EOC Heather Wilson
- FEMA Region 6
- Team Leader FEMA Region 6 16
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations Acronym Description DHS Department of Homeland Security FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency ORO Offsite Response Organization FEMA Region 6 17
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program South Texas Project After Action Report Appendix D: Extent of Play Agreement and Scenario FEMA Region 6 maintains an approved copy of the extent of play agreement and scenario.
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