ML20033B375

Forwards Public Version of Licensee Description of Program to Provide Emergency Planning Ed & Info to Residents & Transients in Plume Exposure Epz,Per NUREG-0654,FEMA-REP-1, Revision 1

ML20033B375
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	11/11/1981
From:	Curtis N PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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References
RTR-NUREG-0654, RTR-NUREG-654 PLA-952, NUDOCS 8112010334
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Letter dated July 21, 1981 (N. W. Curtis to A. Schwencer, PLA-887)

Dear Mr. Schwencer:

Tlu Susquehanna SES Energency Plan section 8.4 commits PP&L to provide emergency planning education and information to residents and transients in the Plume Exposure Emergency Planning Zone. Within PP&L, responsibility for providing this information rests mainly with the Superviser - Nuclear Emergency Planning working closely with the Special Assistant to the President - Susquehanna.

NUREG 0654 FEMA-REP-1, Rev.1, " Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants", section G, provides the basis for this educational and information program and places the responsibility upon all parties - the licensee, state and counties.

Considering the importance of the public education ar.d information program, PP&L has included State and Local agencies in all appropriate phases of it's plan development.

The status of these coordinated programs is as follows:

Commitment OI Printed instructions and evacuation maps will be distributed to EPZ I

residents on an annual basis.

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Mr. A. Schwencer, Chief Page 2 November 11, 1981 PLA-952 Status A draf t of this pamphlet has been developed by PP&L and PEMA. This pamphlet will include at least the following information:

10 Mile EPZ map with Major Evacuation Routes and Reception Centers 0

description of public noti 81 cation system including the Emergency o

Broadcast System general instructions for sheltering and evacuation o

general education information on emergency planning and radiation 0

o instructions as to whom to contact for additional information Mailing lists for this pamphlet have been established. The final draft, to be completed by mid-November,1981, will be reviewed by LCCD, CEMA, FEMA and the NRC Emergency Preparedness Group prior to printing and dissemination. PP&L has committed to pay all costs associated with development, production and dissemination of this information.

Mailing 6f this pamphlet will take place by the first quarter of 1982.

During the weekends of September 12,13 and 19, 20, PP&L held an open house at the plant for shareowners and residents of the 10 Mile EPZ.

Over these two weekends more than 12,000 people visited the Susquehanna Plant, touring the facility and having the opportunity to visit an Emergency Planning Information booth. At this booth, visitors could discuss emergency planning with a PP&L official and receive a copy of a brochure prepared by PP&L for this open house.

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Commitment Publish annually an ad in locci newspapers describing proper response by the public to an emergency situation at Susquehanna SES.

Status As in the case of the pamphlet, this commitment is being coordinated with PEMA, LCCD and CEMA. This ad will be completed in conjunction with the pamphlet with placement in newspapers to coincide with the pamphlet distribution.

PP&L has maintained over the years a policy of providing the public with information concerning all phases of the construction of the Susquehanna plant, not the least of which is the Emergency Planning efforts. In mid-1979 a public participation committee was established to review and recommend changes to the Susquehanna SES Emergency Plan. Enclosed are copies of news releases that have appeared in local newspapers providing a general flow of emergency planning information to the public within the 10 Mile EPZ.

4 Mr. A. Schwencer, Chief Page 3 November 11, 1981 PLA-952 Commitment Printed instructions and evacuation maps will be distributed to motels, hotels and recreation areas.

Status This material will essentially be the same as the material provided for the pamphlet and will be distributed in the same time frame.

Commitment In cooperation with PEMA, attempts will be made to place printed instructions for public alerting and evacuation in local 10 Mile EPZ Telephone directories.

Status PEHA has assumed the lead role in negotiations with Bell of Pennsylvania for placement of these instructions in telephone directories for all plants located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. These negotiations are underway and PP&L has offered to support PEMA wherever possible.

Commitment Educational programs will be made available to acquaint the public and the news media with emergency planning at Susquehanna SES.

Status This program is in the final development stage by PP&L. A general overview program was developed and presented to a media advisory. group on September 16, 1981; this same media group meets monthly and with monthly updates provide a vehicle for dissemination of this educational program to the media. This same program was presented to local fire and ambulance as-sociation personnel on October 13, 20 and 27, 1981 with scheduled plans for it being made available to the general public by December,1981.

By coordinating all public education and information activities with all parties involved PP&L is making every effort to ensure an ef fective program for in-forming the public on emergency planning activities is well established. This total program will provide the public with the information necessary to understand fully their response during an emergency condition at Susquehanna SES.

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Colarrha Ca.nty Emergercy Management Agency Emergency Planning Zones

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Wukc> Barre. PA 1871I wm (W A) ard Nat ne AM SHh h6 A,iitxmal idor nMm can be obt2med from-Fission Products - The atoms usua:Iy rMiox-Susquehanna Plant Penns>barua Erxrgency Management Agency live. formed when a uranium atom sphts.

P. O. Box 3321 Half-Life - The tune it t.hs for a rahtive Hunsburt PA 17105 s.bgance to lose ort-half d its radoxthity.

Meltdown - Partial or total melting d a rextor's fuel core.

Let as know when you have ee, or concerns Minirem - The umt used to measm radation about the Susquehanna plant. We're annous to dosage, taking into xcount the potential impact on keep you inkened.

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John IL Saeger Plume Esposure Pathway -The geographic area W Asagud to the W in which indmduals may recche a rMatson ex-ppgt posure ex to h th 1009 Fowler Ave.

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will be a safe, reliable generating station. No technology is completely free from the risk of acci-dents, however. Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.*

The Susquehanna emergency plan provides a four-which off-site agency emergency response may be I

off-site emergency response organizations and the category emergency dassification system. Each necessary.

public - you - must be prepared in case of an acci-category is linked to various emergency c'onditions dent at Susquehanna.

which could occur at the plant, and each is, in turn, Site Area Emergency - A condition with the linked to a particuor set of on-site and off-site potential for off-site rc: case of radioactivity due to actual or potential failure of plant safety functions ge It's important to remember, first of all, that not all requ e pu 8C protecke ach A Qe c

accider.ts at the plant would lead to conditions re-Unusual Event - A condition which is out of the.

which disables safety systems is an example. Pubhc quiring protective action involving off-site agencies ordinary, but which causes no serious damage to and the public. With some incidents, notdication of the plant and may not require a change in its the public wouldn't be necessary for any other operating status. A tornado warning or hurricane reason than our commitment to keepin;t you well warning in the area is an example. No public action -

General Emergency - The most severe category, info med about activities at the plant.

would be required.

involving the possible loss of plant safety. Any failure of two out of three " fission product barriers" Alert - A condition involving a change in the (fuel cladding, remr coolant pressure boundary This folder gives you a preliminary look at plant's overall safety margins that could affect on-and primary contairment), with potential loss of the emergency planning for Susquehanna. It descnbes site personnel. A loss of electrical power to the third would be classed as a " general emergency."

the classifications of emergency situations in plant, for instance, could place the plant in an alert Public action might be required to ensure safety of PP&L's emergency plan, tells how you will be cendition. As with an " unusual event," no public people within the 10-mile emergency planning zone notified if there's an emergency and defines some action would be required. This is the lowest level for for the plant nuc! car terms to help you better understand the in.

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A special siren system has been installed to alert

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fled by the siren alert system, residents would turn to the emeigency broadcast radio station for their kb The Susquehanna area siren notification system area to recew hstructions. Plant-area residents will can also be used by local fire departments. A wall-get more information about this system in the com-ing tone signals a fire. A steady,3-5 minute tone ing months.

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_ viRii 6RIGADES TRAIN SUBE To the average person, a nuclear-power generating plant is a place where people split atoms to generate electricity. To the people who work in such a plant, it's tMt and much more.

Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.'s Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, now under construction near Berwick, will have many features of a small commtm..ty - such as a fire brigade.

As with any large industrial plant, operators of Susquehanna would call a local fire company in case of fire. And as in many industrial. plants, SusqueMnna's operators,will have a good deal of fire-protection apparatus and manpower on hand for containing and fighting fires until local firemen arrive to assist them.

John T. Kauffman, PP&L's executive vice president-Operations, says the five-person fire brigade that is part of every shif t will be capable of fighting any foreseeable type of fire for 30 minutes - adequate time to allow the East

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i ppa!. as arranged to have the three fire companies visit the plant and familiarize i

tremwes with its layout.

Ninety to 100 Susquehanna plant employees are being trained for fire i

brica.>.t;tv and have begun the year of work that is needed to satisfy U.S. Nuclear i

i Rem:4!yv Commission (NRC) requirements and PP&L's own fire-protection and saf et y %!.sadards.

Af ter some classroom training in fire protection, fire detection, i

breath 4ng apparatus, portable extinguishers and the properties of different kinds of fires, brigade members went to the Luzerne County Fire School near Nanticoke to test 15est knowledge and hone their skills in fighting actual fires in real imildings.

Donald E. Roland, a Susquehanna power-production engineer who put the tra ning course together, credits the Luzerne County school with doing an eure!!cnt iob in the training program.

"When they come up here and feel the heat of a fire," Roland says,"it all comes together. The classroom practice becomes real when a trainee finds himself or herself in a smoke-filled building and discovers that you can't see under many fire-fighting conditions."

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<,-mo! staf f are in the thick of training, shouting encouragement and directions; showing the brigade members the safest and most efficient way to subdue a fire.

Heading the school is Captain William Mislan of Exeter Township, a former 5.stration chief in the Washington, D.C., fire department - now a state-accrected instructor in Pennsylvania.

Mislan a d his men dish out an exhausting regimen for the Susquehanna trainees at the fire school, which is conducted in a " ghost town" of rein!we-d concrete homes. Over and over, fires are started in basement, first-and second-floor locations. And over and over, the trainees and their instructors work their way in through dark, smoky stairs, extinguishing the fires of wood and fuel oil, then sentilating the structures af terward. In addition, pools of water are covered with fuel oil that is ignited to create an inferno in which trainees lecrn not only to extingunh large fires, but also to work their way through to critical valves or switches or to work around obstructions that may be blocking a fire.

Roland decided to look close to home when he was charged with developing a training course that would satisfy the NRC and PP&L's needs.

"There are some good specialized schools in the midwest and western parts of the country," Roland says, "and we could have done as 7,ome companies have and built a fire-protection school here at the plant. But PP&L prefers to favor local communities in buying goods or services if it's hssible to get the necessary quality, so I talked about it with Mr. Roberts."

Roberts is Gordie Roberts, coordinator of the county fire school. "I was surprised," Roberts says, "when ! saw how much interest there was. Up to this

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The Luzerne County School teaches basic firefighting, and its strong point is the opportunity for " hands-on" experience. The specialized training that brigade members need comes 'from a PP&L training program that features the special care used around radiation sources and the techniques common to electrical fires. Both they and the three local fire companies, of course, will receive familiarization with the layout of the plant and how to get in and out during emergencies.

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Kohn says the company's approach to fire protection incorporates the same " defense-in-depth" concept that characterizes the other safety systems in the nuclear plant. "First," he says, "there are automatic extinguishing systems in strategic area: Then, there are fire-preventive routines that are fo!! owed during plant operation. Finally, there are the fire brigades and local volunteer fire companies. The idea is always to try to prevent emergencies, but if one occurs, to be ready to contain it from getting worse, and return the plant back to normal as soon as possible."

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Already garbed in a Nomex fire-resistant coat, Sharon M. Grim makes an adjustment to her firefighter's helmet and face shield before attacking a fire at the Luzerne County Fire School. She is among close to 100 employees of the PP&L Susquehanna nuclear plant who will provide around-the-clock fire-brigade service daring plant operation.

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Wiping sweat and grime from his face, Susquehanna Steam Electric Station employee Mark A. Kare gets a brief respite from two days of fire-fighting training at the Luzerne County Fire School.

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1. 387 A mutually helpful agreement has been reached by the Berwick-YMCA and PPSL concerning use of the renovated "Y" headq'uarters on

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The YMCA board of directors was looking for financial help in its efforts.to renovate the former Third Street i

School as the new home of the Y.

PPGL will contribute appr 5..nately $300,000 this year toward the cost of renovating.the building.

In return, the YMCA will make several rooms available to the company for accommodating any large visitation of news media that might result from a plant emergency.

During day-to-day operation, the Y will have full use of the rooms, and specia1 emergency equipment such as lighting, sound and

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payment Special Assistant to the President Robert S. Gombos says the 11.5. Nuclear Regulatory Commission reacted to the Three Mile Island accident by requiring that nuclear plant owners provide facilities for news people during emergencies.

"To build a single-purpose operations center would have been quite expensive," Gombos explains, "and then wc*d have had the problem of an empty building to naintain for most or all of every year.

Being able to get the use of the Berwick YMCA not only solves our problem of satisfying the NRC requirements, it also enables us to support the YMCA loially in the process."

The YMCA is moving into the former Third Street School in Berwick.

PPGL's participation enabled the board to plan for larger quarters and better facilities than they wou'Id have originally.

The gymnasium in the school will be fitted with a stage and expanded so that it can be a " news center" capable.of handling news conferer es and briefings with 500 or more people attending.

The club rooms w.41 be "home base" for visiting news crews and the information staffs of federa'l agencies and PPSL.

The YMCA has already started renovating the > hool.

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The center will provide space in which PPSL management could

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meet, assess an accident at the plant, assess radiation releases and make decisions as' needed to advisc local, state and Ecderal agencies.

It will also provide working space for the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-sion and emergency management agency people there to help deal with an accident.

The emergency operaticas facility will bc located north of Itunte 11, about one-half mile west of the plant.

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. principal purpose is for emergency operations, it will be used on a normal, day-to-day basis as well, providing space for training and health p'hysics work.

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. facility project will includs site grading, excavation and placing sul abic fill.

Actual construction of the 16,000-square-foot concrete and brick building is scheduled to begin next April.

The project is scheduled for completion in April 1982.

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The centor ls required by the NRC, which said after the Threc Mile Island accident that utilities operating nuclear plants must provide a facility which is shielded from radiation so management, the NRC and others can continue working near the plant site during the course of an accident.

Total estimated cost of the' center is abodt $3.6 million.

The contract for site preparation has been let to Clair llock Inc., Bloomsburg, but bids haven't been solicited yet on the contract for actual construction of the facility.

The Susquebanna plant, more than 75 percent complete overall, is jointly owned by PPGL and Allegheny Electric Cooperative Inc.,

a liarrisburg-base,d power supply cooperative responsible for the wholesale power requirements of 14 rural electric distribution systems in Pennsyl-vania and New Jersey.

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An experienced consulting firm will help 40 Pennsylvania municipalities and townships with preparation of their emergency plans.

In addition to existing state and county emergency plans, each governing body within a 10-mile radius of Pennsylvania Power G Light Co.'s nuclear plant near Berwick must have a plan, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Recognizing that many of the local governing bodies would like assistance in preparing these plans and the lack od manpower availabic from state and county agencies, PPSL has hired the consulting ' firm of Kline, Knopf G Wojdak to assist them and coordinate preparation of local emergency plans.

Upon their completion, these plans will not only aid in coordinated local efforts during an emergency at the Susquehanna plant but will provide a capability for handling the more likely emergencie's such as fire, flooding, chemical spills, etc.

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Kline, Knopf 6 Wojdak were chosen because of their experience in developing emergency plans for the Three Mile Island area after the

. accident there.

They are presently working on plans for the Peach Bottom area in and around York and Lancaster counties and Maryland.

They began working on this project on Nov. 10 and will be contacting local township and municipal officials as soon as possible.

The contract will cost around $140,000.

The project should be completed by March 1, 1981.

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