ANNEX A
THE STATE OF
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
(To
The State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan)
Definitions
CHAPTER 2 - THE RADIOLOGICAL RESPONSE ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER 3 - DIRECTION
CHAPTER 4 - EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
CHAPTER 5 - NOTIFICATION
CHAPTER 6 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
CHAPTER 7 - PUBLIC INFORMATION
CHAPTER 8 - EMERGENCY FACILITIES
CHAPTER 9 - ACCIDENT ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 10 - RADIOLOGICAL EXPOSURE CONTROL
CHAPTER 11 - PROTECTIVE RESPONSE
CHAPTER 12 - MEDICAL
CHAPTER 13 - RECOVERY
CHAPTER 14 - EXERCISES
CHAPTER 15 - RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING
APPENDIX I -
APPENDIX II -
APPENDIX
APPENDIX IV - FARLEY
APPENDIX V - THE LAUNCH OF RADIOISOTOPE
THERMOELECTRIC
GENERATORS (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Station)
LIST OF FIGURES
Page
1-1 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SITES IN
2-1 STATE OF
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EMERGENCY 2-12
2-2 PRIMARY
4-1 PROTECTIVE ACTION DECISION
EMERGENCY
OPERATION FACILITY 4-4
5-1
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS (AN
EXAMPLE) 5-7
5-2
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS (AN
EXAMPLE) 5-9
6-1 TESTING OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS CHART 6-4
7-1 SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE - UNUSUAL EVENT 7-6
7-2 SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE - ALERT 7-7
7-3 SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE -
7-4 SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE - GENERAL EMERGENCY 7-9
7-5 SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE -CONTINUATION OF
EVENT 7-10
7-6 SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE - EMERGENCY ALERT
SYSTEM ACTIVATION 7-11
7-7 SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE - AGRICULTURE
EMBARGO 7-13
7-8 SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE - MEDIA RELEASE H 7-14
8-1 STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER FLOOR
8-2 RADIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY
8-3 OFFSITE MONITORING EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE TO
FIELD TEAMS 8-10
8-4 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE
10-1 INDIVIDUAL EXPOSURE RECORD
10-2 PERMANENT RADIATION EXPOSURE RECORD
10-3 DECONTAMINATION ACTION GUIDES 10-7
10-4 WORKERS DOSE LIMIT GUIDANCE 10-8
10-5 HEALTH EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH WHOLE-BODY
DOSES 10-9
10-6 CANCER RISK 10-10
11-1 RECOMMENDED PROTECTIVE ACTION GUIDANCE FOR
EARLY
PHASE OF
AN INCIDENT 11-9
11-2 PROTECTIVE ACTION GUIDES FOR EXPOSURE TO DEPOSITED
RADIOACTIVITY DURING THE
INTERMEDIATE PHASE OF A
NUCLEAR
INCIDENT 11-10
11-3 PROTECTIVE ACTION GUIDES FOR INGESTION OF
CONTAMINATED
FOODS 11-11
12-1 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPORT FACILITIES WITH A
UTILITY
AGREEMENT 12-2
12-2 AGREEMENTS FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE SUPPORT 12-4
13-1 RECOVERY
15-1 LEVELS OF INSTRUCTION NEEDED FOR RISK &
15-2 LEVELS OF
INSTRUCTION NEEDED FOR INGESTION
15-3 LEVELS OF
INSTRUCTION NEEDED FOR STATE PERSONNEL 15-6
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The State of Florida Radiological Emergency
Management Plan (Annex A) identifies the actions to be taken
by the State and local governments in preparing for, responding to, and
recovering from a radiological emergency.
This Annex addresses the Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant (operated by
Florida Power Corporation), the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant (operated by
the Florida Power and Light Company), the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant
(operated by the Florida Power and Light Company), the Farley Nuclear Power
Plant (operated by the Southern Nuclear Operating Company), and the launch of
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators from the Kennedy Space Center/Cape
Canaveral Air Station. This Annex
establishes the planning and operational concepts for responses
to emergency radiological situations at these locations. The details of the implementation of these
concepts are contained in State and county implementing procedures.
The
Department of Community Affairs, Division of Emergency Management, has overall
responsibility for coordination of the response to a radiological emergency by
federal, State and local agencies. The
Division also has the overall authority and responsibility for updating and
coordinating the plans with other response organizations. Within the Division, the Bureau of
Preparedness and Response has the responsibility for coordinating State
planning for a radiological emergency.
The
Annex is divided into twenty chapters as follows:
Chapter 1 - Introduction -
provides a discussion of the purpose, scope, and planning assumptions on which
the Annex was developed.
Chapter 2 - The Radiological Emergency Response
Organization - identifies the various State,
county, and federal response organizations and describes their responsibilities
in the event of a radiological emergency.
Chapter 3 - Direction and Control -
describes the management of the emergency response efforts at the State and
county levels.
Chapter 4 - Emergency Classification System -
describes the four classes of emergency for a fixed nuclear facility and
explains the general actions to be taken in response to each classification.
Chapter 5 - Notification and Activation -
identifies the responsibilities and systems for alert of emergency personnel;
activating emergency plans; obtaining assistance from other agencies; and
warning the public.
Chapter 6 - Emergency Communications -
describes the primary and backup in-place communications systems used by the
licensee and the State/local agencies.
Chapter 7 - Public Information and Education -
provides guidance for the timely and accurate collection, coordination, and
dissemination of information to keep the public informed of potential hazards
and emergency responses.
Chapter 8 - Emergency Facilities and Equipment -
identifies the State, local and licensee emergency response facilities and equipment
that would be used to effectively manage a radiological emergency.
Chapter 9 - Accident Assessment -
establishes the procedures to be used during an emergency at a nuclear power
plant to assess the health and safety hazard to citizens. This Chapter identifies the organizations
responsible for assessing and recommending necessary protective actions. Also described is the federal assistance
available to support State emergency operations and procedures for obtaining
this assistance.
Chapter 10 - Radiological Exposure Control -
establishes the means for controlling radiological exposure of emergency
workers.
Chapter 11 - Protective Response -
provides guidelines for actions that can be taken to protect the public from
significant releases of radioactive materials.
Chapter 12 -
Medical and Public Health Support - describes arrangements for
emergency hospital and medical services and for transporting victims of
radiological emergencies to medical support facilities.
Chapter 13 - Recovery and Reentry -
outlines the general procedures to be used after a radiological emergency has
been brought under control to assure that persons are not allowed to return to
a contaminated area until it is safe.
Chapter 14 - Exercises and Drills -
outlines the requirements for periodic radiological exercises and drills to
evaluate the plan and the basic skills of emergency response personnel.
Chapter 15 - Radiological Emergency Response
Training -
provides assurances that emergency personnel are adequately
trained to respond to a radiological emergency.
Appendix I -
Appendix II - Turkey Point Commercial Nuclear
Power Plant (Site Plan) - establishes site-specific
procedures and protective actions to ensure the health, safety and welfare of
persons affected by a radiological emergency at this plant.
Appendix
Appendix IV - Farley Commercial Nuclear Power
Plant (Site Plan) - establishes procedures and protective actions to
ensure the health, safety and welfare of persons affected by a radiological
emergency at this plant.
Appendix V - Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral
Air Station (State of Florida Radiological Emergency Management Plan for the
Launch of Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators) -
establishes operational guidance for effectively managing State resources in
response to an emergency during or immediately following a launch of a
radioisotope thermoelectric generator at the Kennedy Space Center.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
The
development and implementation of the State of Florida Emergency Management
Annex for A Radiological Emergency is consistent
with and pursuant to the applicable State and federal authorities and
references that are listed in Section
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2)
3) Monroe County Board of
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5) Martin County Board of
6) St. Lucie County Board of
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11) Code of
12) Existing Mutual Aid Agreements
DEFINITIONS
Alpha Radiation - Emission
of positively charges particles from nucleus of an atom.
Beta
Radiation - Emission of
negatively charged particles (electrons) from the nucleus of an atom.
Contamination - The deposition of radioactive
materials levels on the surface of structures, areas, objects, or personnel.
Curie - A unit of radioactivity
equal to 3.7 x 1010 disintegrations per second.
Decontamination - The reduction or removal of contamination from structures, areas, objects or personnel.
Direct Read An instrument that allows the
wearer to determine the level of gamma
Dosimeter - radiation
exposure that he or she has received; can be read directly in the field.
Examples:
Dose - A general term
denoting the quantity of radiation or energy absorbed.
Dose
Commitment- The radiation dose
equivalent received by an exposed individual to the organ cited over a lifetime
from a single event.
Dose
Equivalent- The quantity that
expresses all radiation on the common scale for calculating the effective
adsorbed dose. It is defined as the
product of the absorbed dose in rads and certain
modifying factors. The unit of dose
equivalent is the Roentgen Equivalent
Dose Rate - The radiation dose delivered
per unit of time (measured, for example, in Roentgen Equivalent Man per hour).
Dosimeter - An
instrument that measures an individual's cumulative external exposure to
radiation.
Dosimeter Badge
- A badge device that provides the
official dose of record (e.g. film, TLDs, Luxels, etc.).
Emergency
Classification
- Any event or condition which
is classified into one of the four event categories (Unusual Event, Alert, Site
Area Emergency, and General Emergency).
Emergency Planning
Zone - The area around a
nuclear power plant for which planning efforts are
made.
There are two zones, the 10-mile plume exposure zone and the 50-mile
ingestion exposure zone.
Gamma
Radiation - A form of electromagnetic,
high energy radiation emitted from a nucleus.
Gamma radiation is essentially the same as X-rays and requires heavy
shielding.
Ingestion Exposure
Pathway - The ingestion pathway zone
extends for a radius of approximately 50 miles from the plant site. The principal exposure source from this
pathway would be form ingestion of contaminated water or foods such as milk,
fresh vegetables, or aquatic food stuffs.
Licensee - Utility licensed by the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission to operate a nuclear power plant.
Megawatt - One
million watts.
Microcurie - 1/1,000,000
of a curie.
Millirem - 1/1000
of a Roentgen
Noble Gases - Gases that do not react chemically
with other materials and is not absorbed by plants or animals. The noble gases are helium, neon, argon,
krypton, xenon, and radon.
Offsite - All land and water areas
outside the owner controlled area.
Onsite - All land and water areas
inside the owner controlled area.
Plume - Radioactive
cloud driven by wind.
Plume Exposure
Pathway - The Plume exposure pathway
extends outward to a radius of approximately 10 miles from the plant site. The principal exposure sources are direct external
exposure to beta and gamma radiation from the plume and deposited material, and
internal exposure resulting from the inhalation of radioactive material in the
plume.
Potassium Iodide
(KI) - A blocking agent for
radioiodine which prevents the thyroid from absorbing radioactive iodine by saturating the thyroid with stable
iodine.
Pressurized Water
Reactor - Reactor in which the
primary closed coolant system is kept under enough pressure so that it does not
boil. Steam formed in a secondary closed
system by heat transfer is used to turn turbines to generate electricity.
Protective
Action - An action taken to avoid or
reduce a projected dose (sometimes referred to as a protective measure).
Protective Action
Guide - The projected dose
commitment to individuals in the general population from a release of
radioactive material that warrants consideration of protective actions to avoid
that dose. The Protective Action Guide does not include the dose that has
unavoidably occurred before the assessment.
Radiation Absorbed
Dose (
Roentgen (R)
- A measure of the total amount
of ionization that a quantity of gamma
or x-ray radiation would produce in air.
Roentgen Equivalent
Man (REM) - The dose of ionizing radiation
that will cause the same biological effect as one roentgen of x-ray or one
gamma-ray exposure.
State Emergency
Response Team
- A team comprised of State agency
representatives, volunteer groups, and business sector representatives grouped
together to assist the State in preparation for, response to, recovery from,
and mitigation of the impacts of an emergency or disaster event.
Survey Meters - Meters
that detect and read radiation exposure in units of time.
Examples:
(0 - 10,000 R/hr)
CROSS REFERENCE TO NUCLEAR REGULATION -
0654
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Radiological Emergency Preparedness,
Revision #1
Criterion
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