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------- ~ ----- -- - - · -- I I 1 Final After Action Report I Catawba Nuclear Station Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise I Exercise Date: June 5, 2018 I September 20, 2018 I I 8FEMA I <-1No sic; I I 1 Final After Action Report .I Catawba Nuclear Station Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise I Exercise Date: June 5, 2018 I September 20, 2018 I I t~• t FEMA I l,1.vo stc; I Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program I After Action Report 2018 Catawba Nuclear Station I I I I I I I I This page is intentionally blank I I I I I I I I 2 I I I Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program '· I After Action Report 2018 CatawbaNuclear Station Table of Contents I Page Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................. 3 Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 5 I Section 1 : Exercise Overview ......................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Exercise Details ............................................................................................................. 7 1.2 Exercise Planning Team Leadership ............................................................................. 7 I 1.3 Participating Organizations ........................................................................................... 8 Section 2: Exercise Design Summary ........................................................................................... 11 2.1 Exercise Purpose and Design ....................................................................................... 11 I 2.2 FEMA Exercise Objectives and Core Capabilities ...................................................... 12 2.3 Scenario Summary ....................................................................................................... 14 Section 3: Analysis of Capabilities ............................................................................................... 15 I 3 .1 Exercise Evaluation and Results .................................................................................. 15 3 .2 Summary Results of Exercise Evaluation .................................................................... 15 I 3 .3 Jurisdictional Summary Results of Exercise Evaluation ............................................. 18 3.3.1 South Carolina Jurisdictions .... ,....................................................................... 18 3 .3 .1.1 State of South Carolina .................................................................. 18 I 3.3.1.2 York County .................................. :............................................... 24 3.3.1.3 Cherokee County ........................................................................... 29 3 .3 .1.4 Chester County ............. ·..... ;..... ·i ..................................................... 31 I 3.3.1.5 Union County, South Carolina ...................................................... 36 3.3.2 North Carolina Jurisdictions ............................................................................ 38 3.3.2.1 State ofNorth Carolina .................................................................. 38 I 3.3.2.2 Charlotte-Mecklenburg County .................................................... .45 3.3.2.3 Gaston County ............................................................................... 47 3.3.3 Joint Operations ............................................................................................... 49 I 3.3.3.1 Joint Information System .............................................................. .49 3.3.3.2 Emergency Operations Facility ..................................................... 50 Section 4: Conclusion ................ '. .................................................................................................. 53 I Appendix A: Exercise Timeline ................................................................................................... 55 Appendix B: Exercise Key Leaders and Evaluators ..................................................................... 57 Appendix C: Extent-of-Play Agreements ..................................................................................... 61 I SC Extent of Play Agreement .................................................................................................. 61 NC Extent of Play Agreement ................................................................................................. 86 I I I I 3 I Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program I After Action Report 2018 Catawba Nuclear Station I I I I I I I I This page is intentionally blank I I I I I I I I 4 I I I Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program I After Action Report 2018 Catawba Nuclear Station Executive Summary I On June 5, 2018, the United States Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IV Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program staff evaluated a plume-exposure-pathway exercise in the 10-mile emergency planning zone for the Catawba I Nuclear Station. The evaluations of out of sequence activities conducted on the weeks of April 16 and April 30, 2018, are also included in this report. · I Catawba Nuclear Station, operated by Duke Energy, is located in South Carolina on the western shore of Lake Wylie, approximately six miles north of Rock Hill, South Carolina. The emergency planning zone encompasses portions of York County in South Carolina and I Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Gaston counties in North Carolina. Host counties include Cherokee, Chester, Lancaster, and Union counties in South Carolina, and Cleveland and Union counties in I North Carolina. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's overall objective of the exercise was to assess I the level of state and local preparedness in responding to a radiological emergency at the Catawba Nuclear Station. The Federal Emergency Management Agency evaluated the exercise in accordance with their policies and guidance concerning the exercise of state and local I radiological emergency response plans and procedures. The qualifying emergency preparedness exercise was conducted on February 15-16, 1984. I Officials and representatives from participating agencies and organizations demonstrated knowledge of their emergency response plans and procedures and successfully implemented I them during the exercise. The Federal Emergency Management Agency did not identify any level 1 findings; however, one level 2 finding was identified. The finding identified in Chester County during their reception I center demonstration concerned the inability to monitor the expected population within about a 12 hour period. Evaluators identified the need to review and possibly revise their plans and I procedures and to provide additional training to their emergency workers. Two level 2 findings from the 2016 Catawba exercise were corrected during this exercise. These findings concerned insufficient monitoring equipment at reception centers throughout the state I and personnel training in Union County, SC. The Federal Emergency Management Agency wishes to acknowledge the efforts of the many I individuals who participated in the exercise and made it a success. The professionalism and teamwork of the participants was evident throughout all phases of the exercise. I I I 5 I Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program I After Action Report 2018 _Catawba Nuclear Station I I I I i I I I I This page is intentionally blank I I I I I I I I 6 I I I Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program I After Action Report 2018 Catawba Nuclear Station Section 1: Exercise Overview I 1.1 Exercise Details Exercise Name I 2018 Catawba Nuclear Station, Plume-Exposure-Pathway Federal Emergency Management Agency Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Evaluated Exercise I Type of Exercise Full-Scale Exercise I Exercise Date I June 5, 2018 Exercise Off-Scenario/Out-Q,f-Sequence Dates I Weeks of April 16 and April 30, 2018 Locations I , See the extent-of-play agreements in Appendix C for exercise locations. Program Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency I Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Mission I Response Scenario Type I Plume-Exposure-Pathway South Carolina Partial Participation, North Carolina Full Participation REP Exercise I 1.2 Exercise Planning Team Leadership Larry Robertson JT Ackermann I Central Section Chief North Section Chief FEMA Region IV FEMA Region IV 3003 Chamblee-Tucker Road 3003 Chamblee-Tucker Road I Atlanta, Georgia 30341 Atlanta, Georgia 30341 Joe Harworth Michael Dolder I Emergency Management Specialist Emergency Management Specialist FEMA Region IV FEMA Region IV 3003 Chamblee-Tucker Road 3003 Chamblee-Tucker Road I Atlanta, Georgia 30341 Atlanta, Georgia 30341 I 7 I Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program I After Action Report 2018 Catawba Nuclear .Station I Nathan Nienhius James Young FNF Program Manager REP Program Manager South Carolina Emergency Management North Carolina Emergency Management I Division 1636 Gold Star Drive 2779 Fish Hatchery Rd Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 West Columbia, South Carolina, 29172 I Kimberly Shiverdecker Greg Atchley FNF Coordinator Western BranchOffice Manager I South Carolina Emergency Management North Carolina Emergency Management Division 3305-l 5 l 6th Street 2779 Fish Hatchery Rd Conover, NC 28613 I West Columbia, South Carolina, 29172 1.3 Participating Organizations