ML20039G078

Direct Testimony of R Feldkamp Addressing ZAC-ZACK Contentions 20c(3),(5),20e(3),(4),20g(1) & 24(6) & (7). Related Correspondence

ML20039G078
Person / Time
Site:	Zimmer
Issue date:	01/06/1982
From:	Feldkamp R ZIMMER AREA CITIZENS - ZIMMER AREA CITIZENS OF KY
To:
References
NUDOCS 8201150262
Download: ML20039G078 (6)

Text

.

lib 4 D CuJe 2 POW"-

Oq'. 'jE TE'

. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ,g7 g .t2 P3 :27 ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD .

In the Matter of  :

CINCINNATI GAS & EIECTRIC  : DOCKET NO. 50-358 .

COMPANY, et al.  :

(William H. Zimmer Nuclear  : ,

Power Station)  : APPLICATION FOR AN OPERATING LICENSE DIRECT TESTIMONY OF RICHARD FELDKAMP ADD - THE ZIMMER AREA CITIZENS-ZIMMER AREA CITI h CKY CONTENTIONS 20c (3) , (5) ; 20e (3) , (4) ; 1);,23(

24 (6), (7) . s m.,,,,,,__ m

' ~ys s s.u p ~

State of Ohio )

) SS' g131982m -

County of Clermont ) ("k Richard Feldkamp, being first cautione d sworn my U I testimony state as follows. .

I am the assistant chief of the Village of New Richmond life.

squad, and in that capacity I am responsible for the operation of the life squad for the Village of New Richmond, Ohio. I.have been a member of the,New Richmond life squad since March, 1980. I am a member of the Village of New Richmo.nd fire department,Jas a -

firefighter, and have been since 1971. Before March, 1980 I had served as.a member of the Village of New Richmond life squad for the period of 1967 to 1975. My home address is 861 Washington Street, New Richmond, Ohio.

I hold a certificate as an emergency medical technician in my life squad participation and as a firefighter I am the instructor in fire service. The Village of New Richmond life squad has 1,6 membe,rs and the fire department has 30 members: however, 4 members, e st . mf,3l

l event of a Zimmer Station accident. As to firemen, approximately 25% will not respond in an emergency role. As for myself, I have a grandmother, mother and my family located within the plume exposure pathway of the Emergency Planning Zone for the Zimmer Station and I must fulfill my obligation to my family and conduct an evacuation of my grandmother, mother and family and, after having-evacuated them, I will then determine whether or not to return to the area to undertake an emergency response role.

I have been a resident of the Village of New Richmond for 35 years and, based upon my knowledge and experience of the population residing in the village of New Richmond and Ohio and Monroe Townships, these individuals will not follow direction presented to them prior to a Zimmer Station accident and they will not follow direction during a Zimmer Station accident. One of the emergency response roles assigned to firemen is to verify the notification of the public, in which that public will be directed to' place a green card or, in'the absence of that green ,

card, a towel at their front door or mail box. Based upon my experience of this community, approximately half of the population will place such verification notice.

The community living within the plum exposure planning pathway of the Zimmer Station has been exposed to a great deal of publicity concerning the construction of this plant and, most recently, publication of construction defects and other matters which they believe indicates faulty construction of this plant.

3

O In the event of any kind of an accident at the Zimmer Station,. the community will overreact and probably panic, there will be numerous vehic.ular accidents and insufficient manner or means to cope with such situations, and an inadequate number of emergency response personnel, including police, to control such a situation and to provide for the safety of the public. During the course of such

- events, automobiles will travel U.S. 52 and S.R. 132 as if they 4

are raceways.

Because of the inability of the community to follow directions, their anxieties and related reactions, and the insuf ficient number of emergency response personnel, the failure to post n'otification verification card or towel, the control of .,

the public during an evacuation, whether declared or not, is totally unrealistic and can nct be implemented for the safety' of the community at the time of a Zimmer accident.

I, with my other volunteer response personnel, participated in the November 18, 1981 drill exercise. In approximately September, while in attendance at an' emergency preparedness meeting held at the Bethel fire house, I and another volunteer were approached by .

Ed Canfield and Steve Woolen '(phonetic sp. ) , engineers employed.by

~

the Stone & Webster Engineering firm. At that time I and the volunteer with me were requested to take the day off from our employment on November 18, 1981 to participate in the drill exercise and we were promised to be reimbursed by the sum of S,50 for o,ur-lost wages. I was further requested to also have available members of the life squad and my companion was requested to have 4

e available firemen, all of whom would be reimbursed by the sum of $50. It was concluded that I would have available three extra life squadsmen, to be paid, as an extra crew of life squad personnel on November 18 because the crew on duty that day had previously indicated that they would not participate in either a Zimmer drill or a Zimmer accident. I further understood that such arrangements and promises were also made to members of other fire and life squads. On November 17, 1981, at approximately 11:00 P.M., I received a telephone call and was advised that the 4 life squad extra crew would not be needed for the drill exercise, that such advice had been given by Ed Canfield and Steve Woolen of Stone & Webster, and that the extra crew would not be paid.

Five firemen were to be paid to be available and that they would be the only ones receiving pay. I remained from my employment on November 18 to participate in the drill and I did participate in the drill as a firefighter.

Prior to November 18, I and other volunteer response support group personnel had been advised and were prepared and available.

to participate in the November 18 drill exercise. This drill exercise does not present any means of evaluation of the competency of that drill in the face of the response group personnel being totally prepared to engage in the drill on November 18, that large portions of the emergency response group personnel remained from their employment, as did I, to be available and present to commence participation in the drill upon notification that it was commencing. I further find that, in addition to the foregoing, there can not be any competent evaluation of a drill to determine e

> 5

e the ability to implement current emergency plans unless there is participation by all segments of the community in that drill, including the erection of access control devices, notification to the public and responsive verification, and an involvement of the

public in evacuation. In the event of an accident at the Zimmer Station, and considering the community, the emergency response personnel who would be available and would perform, the reactions of the public and the emergency response personnel, all result in the inability to implement an emergency. plan to in any manner protect the health and safety of the public.

' +

iSn A sklllLi/

" Richard Feldkam .

Sworn to and subscribed in my presence this L.% day of January, 1982. .

bi o_ -

h MAXINE S. LOUX

^ Notary Puthc, State of Or;o

' My Commisskm Egites Jan. 29, 1985 9

9 e

e 6

~

. - . _ . .. -- _ , - , - .---_ , - - . . . - , _ , _ _ , _ . - , , - . _