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Testimony of W Conklin Re Observations Made During 830309 Radiological Emergency Response Plan Exercise
ML20073G716
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Site: Indian Point  Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 04/11/1983
From: Conklin W
PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT INDIAN POINT, PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP, NEW YORK, UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
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Obrarver Wa1.tcr Conklin Observation Post Peekskill Polica Departmant 2 Nelson Avenue Peekskill, New York Time of observation 7:55 rtm until 1: 55 pm 7:55 Arrive at Police Station and identify myself in the lobby.

I am told I will be taken inside when some-thing happens " necessitating action."

8:10 Taken ins 5 de by Police Commissioner Walter Kirkland who is also Civil Defense Director.

He pointed out the equipment

-terminal linked to Indian Point

-red Hotline phone attached to a speaker All announcements during the day came over this equipment.

-radio tuned to WLNA

-multichannel radio

-backup radio manned by ham amateur volunteer 8:20 Rockland County is heard asking for a weather report from the state warning point.

Weather is given: Wind 1.8 meters /second from 080*

stability class "C" 8:29 Hotline : " Emergency classification Alert" 8:34 Hotlines wind given again: no change, general weather cloudy.

8: 45 Officer answere phone in training room and repeats to the caller the announcement heard over hotline at 8:34 9: 10 Commissioner Kirkland. brings in news that_ County Exec had ordered all schools closed. Asked if the message came over the hotline.

Ans: " No. "

9: 18 Telephone line to Pe.kskill Fire Station is out.

Man sent to check power up on the hill.

l 9: 19 Commissioner Kirkland explains that in a real emergency the procedures to dLose the schools w Id now be in effect.

9: 21 Officer announces that there is a projected wind change due at 10:00 to 160' 9: 23 Hotlines" Projected wind change to 160

  • At 10:00.

l General weather clear."

9:32 Intervenor observer asked for name and address for Police log of exercise.

ed to site

" Condition at Indian Point chang /second from l

9:37 Hotlines.

. Wind spe,ed now $.7 meters area emergency.

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7 Conklin Paga 2 9:50 Mayor George Pataki arrives and given a tour by Commi-ssioner Kirkland.

Announcement that Con Edison is evacuating non-essential personnel from Unit 2.

The officers were not fully informed as to which emergency classification level was the trigger for the sirens.

Sirens sound 9:53 Commissioner explains to Mayor that he would now be giving the Mayor an update in a real emergency.

9:55 Radiological officer explains his weather watching procedure to Mayor Pataki at the wall with a large map.

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Discussion between Commissioner, Mayor, and City Manager 10:01 about chain of command sin actual evacuation process.

Commissioner goes over some steps of the evacuation procedure including

- calling extra outside police and who would pay for it (agreement: not Peekskill)

- sending all cars with loudspeakers out to alert all the people.

Mayor asks what would happen if the emergency occurs at 3: 00 am and all the people working at the station are at home.

Commissioner answers that they would use the recall procedure used during the blackout.

10:14 Hotline: Weather announcement.

Anticipated wind con-ditions at 14: 00 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> given.

10:25 Commissioner announces that at this point the city water l

supply would be shut down by the Peekskill water commissioner under orders from the Peekskill Department of Public Works as the plume would contaminate the water supply.

i 10: 40-Mayor Pataki tells observer he is satisfied with the l

10: 56 operation.

He reiterates the different systems they L

haves hotline, apple computer, multichannel radio.

back-up radio.

He informs me that Peekskill has the authority to order its own evacuation but not to counter-mand a County-ordered evacuation.

He is concerned over whether in the event of a large scale evacuation there will be enough buses to evacuate all the people from Peek skill who don' t have cars.

The Peekskill Parks Commissioner has ordered the evacuation of all city parks.

He is expected to issue a statement.

10: 58 Hotline:

" County declared state of emergency.

No radiological indication of ' danger."

Radiation officer explains again how he analyzes eeather.

Parks commisiooner arrives to report on evacuation of parks.

11:07 Precautionarysheltering and/or eavouation being considered

F C nklin-Pags 3 11:22 Catered-food brought in, paid for by the State under some rule I can' t catch.

11: 33 Hotline:

"Still site area emergency.

Conditions deteriorating.

11: 37 Hotline :

" Precautionary evacuation of certain "ERPAs" recommended and precautionary sheltering of others, at the diacretion of local authorities."

11:47 Hotline: " State of NY ordered evacuation of Rockland County."

11: 49 Mayor orders evacuation of Peekskill.

11: 58 Hotline:

Announcement begins as site area emergency but is changed to general emergency.

12:06 Hotlines Announcement of estimated release of radioactivity and full body doses.

12:13 Hotlines Ground release of radiation given, as of 12:01 pm.

12:20 Instructions spread to take iodine. pills.

j 12: 33 County order to Peekskill to close down their water supply (see 10:25) 12: 40 Radiological officer briefs city manager on progress of plume and amount of radiation in the air.

If people j

are still on the streets the advisability is to shelter indoors rather than trying to evacuate.

12: 52 Still a general emergency.

Radioactive release continues.

l Areas that had been recommended to take shelter are 'now recommended to evacuate.

1:01 Mayor says that at this point everything would be closed down, all people out of Peekskill leaving Peekskill under the National Guard.

1: 01-During this last hour, most officers left and a couple 1: 55 returned to their regular duties.

I did not hear any more official emergency messages over the hotline loudspeaker.

Mayor Pataki left about 1 pm.While he was there he had quickly briefed me from time to time.

I could only hear firsthand what came over the hotline loudspeaker, and general announcements, since I was not allowed to enter the equipment room but stood nBar the doorway inside-the " training room."

The equipment room is'small so'it is understandable why I was not' allowed ~ in, but.the constant traffic and conversation in the training room hampered my ability to see and hear.

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