ML12019A337

Email from Thomas Farnholtz to Kriss Kennedy... Linda Howell, Subject: FW: Daily Event Status at Fort Calhoun - Saturday

ML12019A337
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	07/02/2011
From:	Thomas Farnholtz NRC Region 4
To:	Clark J, Linda Howell, Kennedy K, Anton Vegel NRC Region 4
References
FOIA/PA-2011-0339
Download: ML12019A337 (3)

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FW Daily Event Statut at Fort Calhoun 7-2.txt t1rom: Farnholtz, Thomas Afs-&I1 Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 8:59 AM Tio: Kennedy, Kriss; Clark, Jeff; vegel, Anton; Howell, Linda qc: Azua, Ray

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FW: Daily Event Statut at Fort Calhoun - Saturday Good Morning -

Plant status for Saturday July 2, 2011. NO significant changes from yesterday.

Water level seems to be stable at about 1006' 5" plus or minus an inch or two. The licensee is kýeeing up withN in-leakage as required. John Kirkland is here for day shift and 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> coverage is

ý,Onti nui ng.

Have a.great weekend.

-r--:- Orig!nal Message -----

From:.BERCK, ALLEN [1]

sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 7:42 AM ....

Toa: Bill Poo0k; Dan; Eric Plautz; Jeff Theulen; Jon Schwarz; Kirkland, John; Larry Oliver; Laurel Ryan,; : Paul. Johnson; Whitney Shipley; 'Rasmusson, Melanie'; kathy.stodola@iowa:.gov; F arnholtz,: Thomas CC: .EBERS, :STEVEN W; DEANGELIS, PETER A; MOELLER, CHRISTOPHER J; HANKINS, RHONDA R; BERCK, ALLEN; SILKE :.DEENA L; RELLER, MARK H

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Daily Event Statut at Fort Calhoun - Saturday Fort Calhoun Flooding Status (changes from yesterday's report are in bold)

1. Reactor Status: Shutdown

2. Reactor is covered with > 23-ft of cooling water

3. offsite power and Emergency Diesel Generators are available. Both vital buses are energized at this time.

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4. Spent Fuel Pooling cooling is in service and protected.

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5. Shutdown cooling is in service and protected I

6. Current river level is 1006' 4" at Fort Calhoun Station - the river level has rjemained steady over the last 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.

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/I.Current Blair gauge level is 32.3 ft., which is stable in the last 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.

Current NWS/USACE predictions are for a slight decrease in river level over the next 4 days.

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8. Early Sunday morning (June 26, 2011), one of the AquaDams that was protecting i*he plant ruptured. The AquaDam was a backup (secondary) flood protection barrier. All primary barriers are intact and are providing adequate protection to the site. The station is on 345 kv power.

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r FW Daily Event Statut at Fort Calhoun 7-2.txt onsite, repair efforts are underway. This section of the AquaDam is expected to be replaced in the next two weeks.

10. The site has implemented procedures to protect power supplies and vital

ýquipment. water is onsite, and flood barriers are protecting vital equipment.

11. No release of radioactivity has occurred.

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12. Fort Calhoun has declared a Notification of unusual Event at 08:00 6/6/11.

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13. Backup evacuation route onsite is inundated however the primary route onsite is Oassable and not expected to be affected.

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14. Power was removed from siren 257 and 260 in Pottawattamie Co. IA, which is just 6n the 6dge of the 10-mile EPZ south east of the plant. siren 75, 76 in Desoto National

'i1dlife Refuge I'ave no power. Currently the refuge is closed due to flooding, siren 1 east of Fort Calhoun on Lounty road 34 between Fort Calhoun and Boyer chute Recreational Area is without

'bower. This area is closed due to flooding. Power was removed to one additional siren in Washington county sirens 69 was removed from service due to flooding and may require route alerting for any non-evacuated residents. Power was removed from siren 259. This siren is located in Pottawattamie County on DeSoto Trail, west of 110th street. County to verify evacuation route alerting capability if needed. Power has been removed from sirens 143 and 144 in Pottawattamie Co. IA due to flooding. This area has been evacuated and is not populated.

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15. The Reception and Care Center in Fremont is now official, replacing Bellevue.

irhis has been planned for quite some time, but also provides us with greater protection for the public, as no evacuation 1 routes to that location are affected at this time.

16. At this time no known major evacuation routes are affected without contingency actions planned. Interstate 29 in both directions: from Exit 54A (G Avenue) to Exit 71 (1-680 exit): 1-680 road closed to traffic because of flooding. 1-680 is closed in both directions: from before Exit 1 i130th Street to Exit 62: 1-29; old Mormon Bridge Road --- road closed because of flooding.

Oighway 30 from Blair to Missouri valley is re-opened; flood barrier work will restart on Tuesday, but I does not impact evacuation routes.

IRequested Information from states and counties:

I I1. when offsite evacuation routes are affected please contact emergency planning.

12.when the Blair water plant is affected please contact emergency planning.

3. Authorized power outages that affect or could affect siren operability, please contact

,mergency planning.

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-he river flow rate and level have been relatively constant at Blair NE. The Corp of Ie easing is n ineers Gavin's Point dam at 160,300 cubic feet per second (cfs).

Emergency Planning Contacts at FCS:

Steve.

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Allen Berck:

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