January 24, 2001 Mr. L. W. Myers Senior Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Post Office Box 4 Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077 SUBJECT: FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) FINAL EXERCISE REPORT FOR THE MAY 15, 16, AND JUNE 27, 2000, BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION PLUME EXPOSURE PATHWAY EXERCISE Dear Mr. Myers: Enclosed is a letter from Ms. Rita A. Calvan, Director, FEMA Region III, dated November 9, 2000, transmitting the FEMA report for the subject exercise to Mr. Hubert J. Miller, Regional Administrator, NRC Region I. There was one Deficiency identified during the June 27, 2000 plume exposure pathway exercise, which was immediately corrected. Also, there were 17 Areas Requiring Corrective Action (ARCAs) identified. Please provide assistance to offsite officials as they address and resolve the identified items on a timely basis. If you have any questions concerning this enclosure, please contact David Silk at (610) 337 5372. Sincerely, /RA/ Richard J. Conte, Chief Operational Safety Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 05000334, 05000412 License Nos. DPR-66, NPF-73 Enclosure: FEMA Final Exercise Report for Beaver Valley Power Station Mr. L. W. Myers -2 cc w/encl: L. W. Pearce, Plant General Manager R. Fast, Director, Plant Maintenance F. von Ahn, Director, Plant Engineering R. Donnellon, Director, Projects and Scheduling M. Pearson, Director, Plant Services T. Cosgrove, Manager, Licensing J. A. Hultz, Manager, Projects and Support Services, FirstEnergy M. Clancy, Mayor, Shippingport, PA Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State of Ohio State of West Virginia cc w/o encl: R. Calvan, Regional Director, FEMA Region III Mr. L. W. Myers -3- Distribution w/encl: Region I Docket Room (with concurrences) D. Kern, DRP - NRC Resident Inspector H. Miller, RA J. Wiggins, DRA J. Rogge, DRP N. Perry, DRP C. O'Daniell, DRP D. Barss, NRR R. Bores, SLO, ORA R. Conte, DRS D. Silk, DRS Distribution w/encl (VIA E-MAIL): J. Shea, OEDO E. Adensam, PD1, NRR M. Gamberoni, NRR L. Burkhart, NRR (LJB) DOCUMENT NAME: G:\OSB\SILK\BVFEMA2000.WPD After declaring this document "An Official Agency Record" it will/will not be released to the Public. To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RI/DRS RI/DRS L NAME DSilk RConte DATE 11/28/00 11/ /00 11/ /00 11/ /00 i) . OFFICIAL RECORD COPY f Federal Emergency Management Agency -~ Region III One Independence Mall, Sixth Floor 615 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-4404 PT NOV 9 2000 Mr. Hubert J. Miller r -i Regional Administrator .. • Region I United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission King of Prussia, PA 19406 Dear Mr. Miller: Enclosed is a copy of the final report for May 15, 16, and June 27, 2000, full-participation plume exposure pathway exercise of the offsite radiological emergency response plans site-specific to the Beaver Valley Power Station. This report addresses the evaluation of the plans and preparedness for Hancock County, West Virginia as well as the Pennsylvania Counties of Allegheny, Butler, Lawrence, Beaver and Washington. The risk counties of Beaver and Hancock in Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, along with the support counties of Allegheny, Butler, Lawrence and Washington within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania participated in this exercise. The final exercise report was prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region III staff. There was one Deficiency identified during the June 27, 2000 exercise, which was immeditely corrected. There were 17 Areas Requiring Corrective Action (ARCA) also identified during this exercise. FEMA Region III staff will coordinate with the State of West Virginia, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to correct the ARCAs on or before the next scheduled biennial exercise. Based on the results of the June 27, 2000 exercise, the offsite radiological emergency response plans and preparedness for the State of West Virginia and Hancock County as well as for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the affected local jurisdictions, site-specific to the Beaver Valley Power Station, can be implemented and are adequate to provide reasonable assurance that appropriate measures can be taken offsite to 2 protect the health and safety of the public in the event of a radiological emergency at the site. The Title 44 CFR, Part 350, approval of the State of West Virginia and Hancock County, West Virginia offsite radiological emergency response plans and preparedness site-specific to the Beaver Valley Power Station, granted on October 29, 1987, will remain in effect. The plans pertaining to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the affected local jurisdictions have not been granted Title 44 CFR, Part 350 approval. If you should have any questions, please contact F. Kevin Koob, Chairman, at 215 931-5576. Sincerely, Rita A. Calvan Regional Director Enclosure cc: Ms. Vanness Quinn, Ms. Kathy Halvey Gibson Final Exercise Report Beaver Valley Power Station Licensee: First Energy Nuclear Operating Company May 15 and 16 and Exercise Date: June 27, 2000 Report Date: October 31, 2000 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ONE INDEPENDENCE MALL, 6TH FLOOR 615 CHESTNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19106-4404 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................... 1 II. INTRODUCTION ............................................. 2 III. EXERCISE OVERVIEW ........................................ 4 A. Plume Emergency Planning Zone Description ............. 4 B. Exercise Participants ................................ 5 C. Exercise Time Line ................................... 11 IV. EXERCISE EVALUATION AND RESULTS .......................... 15 A. Summary Results of Exercise Evaluation ................ 15 B. Status of Jurisdictions Evaluated .................... 24 1. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ........................ 26 1.1 State Emergency Operations Center .............. 26 1.2 Public Information Activities (Commonwealth Emergency News Information Center) ............ 27 1.3 Joint Public Information Center (Pennsylvania and West Virginia) ............... 28 1.4 Accident Assessment (State Emergency Operations Center) ........................... 29 1.5 Emergency Operations Facility (Pennsylvania and West Virginia) ............... 30 1.6 Field Air Monitoring Team A ..................... 30 1.7 Field Air Monitoring Team B ..................... 31 1.8 State Traffic/Access Control (State Police/Beaver County) ........................ 32 1.9 State Western Area Emergency Operations Center (Indiana) ................... 32 2. RISK JURISDICTIONS ............................... 32 2.1 BEAVER COUNTY ................................ 32 2.1.1 Emergency Operations Center ............. 32 2.1.2 Emergency Alert System Radio Station (KDKA) ....................... 36 2.1.3 City of Aliquippa ........................ 37 2.1.4 Beaver Borough ........................ 38 2.1.5 Bridgewater Borough/Fallston Borough .. 38 2.1.6 Brighton Township ........................ 40 2.1.7 Center Township ....................... 40 2.1.8 Chippewa Township ....................... 41 2.1.9 Georgetown Borough/Greene Township/ Hookstown Borough ....................... 41 2.1.10 Hanover Township/Frankfort Borough .... 41 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 2.1.11 Hopewell Township ........................ 41 2.1.12 Independence Township ................... 42 2.1.13 Industry Borough ......................... 42 2.1.14 Midland Borough ....................... 42 2.1.15 Monaca Borough ........................ 43 2.1.16 Patterson Heights Borough/Patterson Township .............................. 44 2.1.17 Potter Township ....................... 44 2.1.18 Raccoon Township ...................... 45 2.1.19 Shippingport Borough .................... 45 2.1.20 South Beaver Township/Glasgow Borough/Ohioville Borough ............... 45 2.1.21 South Heights Borough ................... 46 2.1.22 Vanport Township ......................... 46 2.2 Allegheny County Emergency Operations Center. 49 2.3 Butler County Emergency Operations Center .... 49 2.4 Lawrence County Emergency Operations Center.. 49 2.5 Washington County Emergency Operations Center 50 3. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA ........................... 50 3.1 State Emergency Operations Center .............. 50 3.2 Public Information Activities (State Emergency Operations Center) ........................... 50 3.3 Accident Assessment (State Emergency Operations Center) ........................... 52 3.4 Field Air Monitoring Team ................... 53 4. RISK JURISDICTIONS ............................... 56 4.1 HANCOCK COUNTY ................................ 56 4.1.1 Emergency Operations Center ............. 56 4.1.2 Traffic/Access Control Points ........ 57 4.1.3 Supplemental Route Alerting ............. 57 5. SUPPORT JURISDICTIONS (Out of Sequence) ........... 58 5.1 BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ..................... 58 5.1.1 Emergency Worker Monitoring/ Decontamination Station A ............... 58 5.1.2 Emergency Worker Monitoring/ Decontamination Station B ............... 58 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 5.2 ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ................. 58 5.2.1 Reception Center ...................... 58 5.2.2 Monitoring/Decontamination/Mass Care Center ................................ 59 5.3 BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ..................... 59 5.3.1 Reception Center ..................... 59 5.3.2 Monitoring/Decontamination/Mass Care Center ................................ 59 5.4 LAWRENCE COUNTY,