Southern Exposure 2015 Exercise

July/September, 2015

Southern Exposure 2015 (SE15)

• About 1.5 years of planning.

• Full Federal Participation Exercise.

• State of SC volunteered.

• H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Generating Plant, Part of the Duke Energy Fleet.

• Ingestion Pathway Exercise.

• Multiple Seminars, Workshops and Training.

SE15

• ANI/Price Anderson Act and Other Funding Mechanisms Workshop

• Agricultural Workshop

• National Disaster Recovery Framework Workshop

• Incident Management Workshop

Whole Community Nuclear Power Plant Exercise

• DOE/NNSA, FEMA Technological Hazards Division and Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• SC Emergency Management Division

• Duke Energy

• More realistic exercise

• Integration of organizations at all levels of Govt

• Efficient use of limited resources

SE15 Exercise Dates

• July 21-23 Full Scale Field Activities – “Real Time”, Plume Phase ended on Day 1, then started Ingestion Phase on Day 2 and 3

• July 23 TTX (Day 14)

• Sept 9 TTX (6 Months) (Recovery)

• Sept 10 TTX (18 Months) (Recovery)

Plume Phase – Day 1

• State ESF-10 makes PARs to the Gov, SC EMD and Counties.

• Based on Plant conditions and running dose projections (Rascal v4.3.1 – source term to dose model).

• Gov, SC EMD and Counties determine PADs.

DHEC ESF-10

Emergency Response Coordinator (SEOC)

Public Information Assistant (JIC)

ESF-10 Communicator (SEOC)

Planning Section Chief / DAC (SEOC)

GIS Analyst (SEOC)

Chas TAT Team Member (SEOC)

Exposure Control Clerk (SEOC)

Field Team Two (MOC) Field Team One (MOC)

Exclusion Zone (MOC)

Chemist (MOC)

Exclusion Zone(MOC)

Sample Receipt / Control Line (MOC)

Sample Receipt / Control Line (MOC)

Site Safety Officer (MOC)

Lead Liaison (SEOC)

Lee County Liaison

Facility EOF Liaison (EOF)

Darlington County Liaison

Chesterfield County Liaison

Host County

Florence County Liaison

Chemist (MOC)

Public Information Officer (JIC)

ESF –10 Communicator (SEOC)

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Day 1 Exercise

DHEC

Mobile Rad Lab Manager (MOC)

Field Team Two Relay (MOC)

Field Team Recorder (MOC)

Field Team One Relay (MOC)

GIS Analyst (MOC)

SRS Personnel

DOE RAP Team (MOC)

Ops Section Chief /MOC Coordinator Finance Section Chief (SEOC)

Sheriff’s Office

MOC Security (MOC)

Logistics Section Chief (SEOC)

Civil Support Team

43rd CST (MOC)

Field Team Recorder (MOC)

Field Team Director (MOC)

WebEOC Support (MOC) ROSS Support (MOC)

SC IMT (MOC)

Contract for

Commercial Lab Support

DHEC

Fixed Lab Support

DHEC ACC Liaison (EOF)

Ingestion Phase Day 2 and Day 3 TTX

• SEOC, FRMAC and JIC Operations

• FRMAC products

Agriculture Dairy

Relocation

Worker Protection Areas

ETC

DHEC Div of

Emergency

Response

Map 1

DHEC

ESF-10 - ERC

Dose Assessment

Food Protection

Solid Waste

Rad Waste

Ag Permitting

Wastewater

Drinking Water

Dairy

PIO

Map 2

DHEC Div of

Emergency

Response

Southern Exposure - Day 3 TTX - JuLY 23

No DHEC

participation

Ingestion Phase Day 2 and Day 3 TTX

• UCG (Unified Coordination Group)

FCO SCO DOE

Defense Coordinating Officer

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

EPA Duke Energy

After Action Reviews are still on-going for the Full Scale Exercise

• FEMA REP Program (Was a graded exercise for OROs)

• National Exercise Program/SE15 Executive Group

• DHEC ESF-10 internal AAR

Few ESF-10 Lessons Learned

• Four Positives:

Integration with the DOE Rap Team

Use of the SC IMT on IAP development

Use of the ROSS (Radiological Operations

Support Specialist)

Notification to EPA R4 Duty Officer

• Improve Communications between functional areas for ESF-10.

• Need to work with the 43rd CST Team to better incorporate them into our field team capabilities.

• Need more details in a logistics plan to deploy DHEC assets.

• We need to increase the awareness of our DHEC environmental programs on Rad issues.

• Continue to work on the Emergency Public Health Powers Act order template to cover “Non-Ag Goods”.

• DHEC ESF-10 operates a 24-Hour line for the reporting of spills/releases. While not an information line, there is concern that early on the volume of calls from citizens would easily overwhelm our system.

• Need to better explain FRMAC data products to SEOC Staff and Counties.

• Review the public health order process for Emergency Workers to ingest KI. Currently, order from DHEC Public Health Officer.

• Need an MOU with the SC National Guard on Armory use for our Mobile Operations Center.

• Need to update/expand our contract with Commercial Laboratories for analytical support.

• Need to conduct an assessment/review of pre and post event communications with the Public.

Future

• Will this type of exercise continue?

• It was a lot of work, but a great opportunity.

• Thanks to all of our Federal Partners and the States of FL, MI and NC.

Q’s and A’s

THANK YOU!

Chris Staton, Director

Division of Emergency Response

(803) 896-4111

statoncd@dhec.sc.gov