The 1987 Federal field exercise: The DOE experience

Abstract

FOREWORD This document is a compilation of material describing the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) involvement in the second Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan (FRERP) Field Exercise. This exercise took place in June 1987 at the Zion Nuclear Power Station, Zion, Illinois. Participants in the exercise, which was held to test the FRERP, included the utility (Commonwealth Edison Company), the states of Illinois and Wisconsin, and federal agencies. This material has been compiled to provide a record of the activity and to assist those planning future DOE exercises and responses. This report is not intended to serve as the evaluation report for the exercise. An evaluation of the exercise and recommendations for improvements in the federal response can be found in Federal Radio logical Emergency Response Plan (FRERP) Field Exercise Report, Vol. I,