Capability Target 5.4: Traffic and Access Control

ASSESSMENT – DEMONSTRATION AND EVALUATION GUIDANCE

By observing the OROs’ capability to address the appropriate bullet points below and while considering the overall capability being assessed, the following key points of review and associated questions should be considered and will support an evaluation of this capability target.

OROs demonstrate the capability to:

  • Select, establish, and staff appropriate TCP/ACPs, consistent with current conditions and PADs (e.g., evacuating, sheltering, and relocation), in a timely manner.
    • Were there pre-identified TCPs/ACPs in the plan?
    • What was the basis for determining the location of TCPs/ACPs (e.g., evacuation of area, danger in area, etc.)?
    • At what ECL were TCPs/ACPs established?
    • Who was responsible for establishing traffic routes and/or TCPs/ACPs?
    • Who deployed TCP/ACP personnel to the assigned location?
    • Were necessary resources available when needed?
    • Were there any gaps identified between the TCP/ACP resources needed and the resources available? If so, what alternate resource providers were identified and resources provided?
    • Were TCPs/ACPs identified, staffed, and established in timely manner?
  • Provide instructions to TAC staff on actions to take, including when modifications in protective action strategies necessitate changes in evacuation patterns or in the area(s) where access is controlled.
      • Did the TCP/ACP staff receive an emergency worker briefing? If so, what did the briefing include?
      • When PADs expanded into the affected area, were TAC personnel relocated?
      • Were instructions provided to TCP/ACP staff on the modification of PADs?
      • Were TCP/ACP personnel able to provide the following information:
      • Location of TCPs/ACPs.
      • Location of reception/registration centers.
      • Location of emergency worker monitoring and decontamination center.
      • Equipment available (e.g., cones) to establish TCPs/ACPs.
      • The means used to verify emergency worker identification and access.
      • Their roles and responsibilities.
      • What plans/procedures were in place for verifying emergency worker identification and access authorization?
  • Contact the state or Federal agencies that have the authority for the different transportation modes (e.g., rail, water, and air traffic).
    • Who notified which agency for control of water, rail, and air traffic?
    • Were times and ECLs documented when rail, water, and air traffic access control were notified by the ORO?
    • What actions were requested? How were actions coordinated?
  • Identify and take appropriate actions concerning impediments that affect the evacuation and evacuation routes.
    • Were there impediments to evacuation? If so, where did the impediment occur on the evacuation route? Was the impediment on the evacuation route left in place for the remainder of the demonstration or was it removed?
    • Were appropriate actions for impediments that affected evacuation routes identified?
    • How were the resources to remove impediments to evacuation identified and coordinated? Was this done in a timely manner? What organizations assisted in impediment removal?
  • Make the decision to re-route traffic and coordinate with key decision-makers and the JIC to ensure the alternate route information is appropriately communicated to evacuees.
    • What key decision-makers were involved in the coordinated effort to re-route traffic?
    • Who made the decision to re-route traffic?
    • What coordination occurred among various OROs, such as local law enforcement, state law enforcement, National Guard, and/or state and/or local transportation departments?
    • What coordination occurred to alert the public of the need to take an alternate route?
    • How and when was the public alerted to take an alternate route?
    • Were decisions made in coordination with all agencies (both internal and external) involved?
    • Was the messaging coordinated and consistent?
  • Establish procedures to control access to and monitor people and vehicles from the evacuated and restricted areas.
    • How did the ORO determine location of ACPs?
    • How was the area identified (e.g., ropes, fences, gates, etc.)?
    • What did the ORO do to control access to the restricted areas?
    • Which agencies have the responsibility to establish procedures to control access to evacuated and restricted areas?
  • Authorize reentry of individuals into the restricted areas.
    • What was the process to approve individuals to reenter the restricted areas?
    • How were individuals authorized to reenter the restricted areas?
    • What provisions were made to determine and control their exposure?
    • How were these individuals tracked to ensure they returned out of the restricted areas?
  • Establish exit procedures.
    • How were individuals, vehicles, and equipment monitored?
    • What was the decision-making guidance for decontamination?
    • What was the disposition of dosimeters, maintenance of the reentry radiation exposure records of dosimetry, and maintenance of emergency worker radiation exposure records?