ML12023A215

Email from Thomas Farnholtz to Linda Howell, Subject: Fw: Daily Event Status at Fort Calhoun - Sunday

ML12023A215
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	07/01/2011
From:	Thomas Farnholtz Region 4 Engineering Branch 1
To:	Linda Howell NRC Region 4
References
FOIA/PA-2011-0339
Download: ML12023A215 (3)

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FW: Daily event status at Fort Calhoun Date:

Friday, July 01, 2011 8:35:35 AM Hi -

Today's plant status from Fort: Calhoun. Water level has dropped. aboutf an inch from yesterday. Plant conditions are relatively:*table at this point.. Water: in-leakage: is being handled Using Pumps.

Thank you and have a great:day.

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Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 8:22 AM To.:Bill P00k; Dan; Eric Plautz; Farnholtz, Thomas; Jeff:Theulen; Jon Schwarz; Kirkland, John; Larry Oliver;i: Laurel Ryan.;Paul Johnson; Whitney Shipley; 'Stodla, Kathy [HSEMD]'

Cc: GEBERS, STEVEN W; DEANGELIS, PETER A; RELLER, MARK H; MOELLER, CHRISTOPHER J; HANKINS, RHONDA R; SILKE, DEENA L

Subject:

Daily event status at Fort Calhoun 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.

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

5. Shutdown cooling is in service and protected

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

7. Current Blair gauge level is 32.2 ft., which is a decrease 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

.p river level over the next 4 days.

Yesterday afternoon (June 30, 2011), a small fire occurred during refueling of one of the flooding mitigation pumps. The fire was inside the protected area, but outside of any buildings. The fire was extinguished very quickly, and no additional EALs were applicable.

During the fire, one worker was injured and was taken offsite by LifeFlight. This was communicated last night to states and counties,

• and no new status of this injured worker is known at this time.

9. Early Sunday morning (June 26, 2011), one of the AquaDams that was protecting the 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. Water has not entered any vital equipment, and no personnel were injured. Water has equalized onsite, repair efforts are underway. This section of the AquaDam is expected C-Z

to be replaced, in the next two* weeks.::":.

10. The site :has. implemented procedurtes :to.protect powe*:r supl*Pies and vital equipment. Wate r is onsite, and flood barriers are

• protect{in*g v;ital equipment.

11. No r[elease o;f ri!adioac;tivity has: o.c~curred.,...

12. Fort Calh~ou~n ihas de~clared a Notification :of IUnusual -Event atU 0:00 616/11.

13. Backup evacuatio~n ro~ute onsite is s:inundlated how~beve~r:th~e primary route onsite is passable, anid not. expec:ted :to be affected............

14. Power was re~moved from sire~n 25;7 and :260' ini Pottawattamie Co. IA, which is just on !the *edge :of ~the: 10-:mi~le. EPZ sou~th east* of t:he; pi!lant Siren 75, ;76 in Desoto National Wildlife Refuge: have :no power. Currenitly::the :refuge is closed due to flod~ing. Si~ren Ie~ast of FortC~alhou*;en on county road 34 between Fortt Calhoun and Boyer Chute Recreational Area is :without power.

This area :isi Closed :due to flooding. Power was removed to one *additional siren in washin:gton: County - sirens 69. was iremoved :from* service due to flooding and ima~y r.equir~e route alerttingfr a:O!**:*Yi~ny non-evacua*ted residents.

Power was; removed *from: siren* 259..This siri:jieni is! located :.in Poittawattamie County on ~eSo.to iTraili, west of 1 1:::0th ~street.

Count*,,dy t*io ve*:rifyieva~cu.ation,.:*

route alerting ca!pability ifl needed.*

Power has bee*ini rem*oved ifrom :sire~ns:1:43.:

and 144 in :Pottawattamie Co. IA due to floodingi. This :area hals :been*

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evacuated, and i:is noit: populated.

15. The Receptio*n anid Care Center in Fremon*ti*s now..offic¢ial, replacin~g..

Bellevue.

T:ihis ~has been planned forqi::*jte s*ome time, :'but *:also i*provides::

us with greater pr~otection for the public!, as no ;evaicuation :routes to that location are affected at this time.

16. At this time ino :known major evyacuation ro0ultes ar*e iiaffecte!dwii*thout.:....

contingenicy actions plann~e~d. Inter*state *29 in both !dir!ection*s~i: fromEx*it. 54A (G Avenlue):to'Exit 71!:(i1-680 e.xit):!:; 1680 ro:i6ad closed !to :traffic b:ieca use: of flooding.: 1;-680: is. closed: in =both directionsi: from before E~xit 1

'*130th Street to Exit 62

1-29; Old Mormon.Bridge :Road r::::,oad.closed be~cause of flooding.

Flooding enhancemfents ialonhg US-30 in Ilowa do inot :affect eva~cu~ation, since Req ues ted In~formation nfrom states' and counttes::

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\\hern ffSite eva euato n: r~outes. :are. affected p~le-ase co:ntac c::emer*gen cy 2...When.th e: aI~r :Wate r pkm

[an s: affected:p leasJe :cor itact.emer~gency@: p unh ing.

3..Aut~horized pgower outiages thia~t affect or: Coou*claffect :s~ren:o~peab~i~ity, please contact emefgenrcy* pla!nning.i The river flow rate an~d level have been :relatively :constanit a#t Blair :NE. :Th~e Corp of Engineers is.releasin~g *Gav~in's Po*int t:.dam at 160,000 cubic feeti: per; seco6nd (cfs).

Emergency :Planning Contacts at Fcs:

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• Work Phone: 40.2-533-7308:::::"::

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Allen Berck:

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Allen D. Berck Supervisor - Emergency Planning Fort Calhoun Station Omaha Public Power District

• phone: 402-533-6064 ager:m(b)(6),

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