ML20082S483

Informs That Should Power Station Be Licensed,School District Ready to Cooperate & Coordinate W/Govt Body or Other Organization Assigned Responsiblity for Emergency Planning

ML20082S483
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Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	12/06/1983
From:	Prodell A SHOREHAM, NY
To:	Brenner L Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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ISSUANCES-OL-3, NUDOCS 8312140162
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December 6,1983 g , U ..? O E C II Lawrence Brenner, Esq.

Administrative Judge Atomic Safety ~and Licensing Board Panel United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

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Judge Brenner:

The Shoreham Nuclear Power Station is located within the bounds of the Shoreham-Wading River Central School District.

During the period when consultants for Suffolk County were formulating an emergency plan for the area around the nuclear power station, the school district constituted an Emergency Planning Committee to coordinate the responsi-bilities and activities of the school district with those of Suffolk County and the Long Island. Lighting Company in the

. event an emergency should occur. The committee consisted of representatives f rom parent organizations f rom ~ each of the district's schools,' teachers, members of the Civil Service Employees Unit, high school students, bus drivers, a representative f rom the bus company, a District administrator, and -two members of the Board of Education.

l The committee met once with a representative from the Long l Island Lighting Company to learn about the company's i preparations, monitoring systems, instrumentation, and other

! activities. A number of the committee's meetings were l attended by a representatiave from PRC Vorhees, one of the firms consulting-for_Suffolk County.

There are five schools in the Shoreham-Wading River Central School District (see attached map) . three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. The l Wading River Elementary School is located about one-tenth of a mile north of Route 25A on the east side of Wading River-Manorville Road; the Miller Avenue Elementary Schol is located on the east' side of Miller Avenue approximately l

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-December 6,1983 Page 2 one-quarter of a mile north of the intersection of Miller Avenue with Route 25A which lies between the William Floyd Parkway and Randall Road in Shoreham. The Briarcliff Elementary School is located between Woodville Road and Briarcliff Road, an extension of Randall Road, in Shoreham about one-half of a mile north of Route 25A. The Middle School is located on the west side of Randall Road in Shoreham _approximately one-half mile south of Route 25A.

The High School is located on the south side of Route 25A i about one-quarter mile east of the intersection of Route Route 25A and the William Floyd Parkway.

Routes for egress f rom the school district are primarily

. east and west along Route 25A; south along Wading River-Manorville Road to Route 25, the Long Island Expressway, and the Sunrise Highway; south along the William Floyd Parkway to Route 25, the Long Island Expressway, and the Sunrise t Highway, and south along Randall Road in Shoreham to Route 25 and then-via the William Floyd Parkway to the Long Island Expressway and the Sunrise Highway.

Recognizing that in an emergency the level of hazard and therefore the level and immediacy of response to the hazard may depend strongly on accurate existing and forcast wind

, and weather conditions, the District Emergency Planning i Committee early in its discussions determined the compass heading of the nuclear power station f rom each of the five schools. As part of its activities the committee also '.

determined what areas in each school building were most suitable for sheltering, reviewed the number of vehicles available to the district under its contract with the bus

! company and conducted surveys of district staff members and i

bus drivers. It was found that the number of vehicles was large enough so that all school children attending schools

'in the district and those f rom the district attending private and parochial' schools and occupational and special education classes in BOCES I and II could be transported without the need for second trips. In response to the surveys, a sufficient number of bus drivers and staff members, who volunteered to supervise on buses or be trained to drive buses, indicated a willingness to man the vehicles L required to move all the school children simultaneously to i their homes or from the area if such a move became l necessary.

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situations would include the normal school day and times These P i3 7SE when students were participating in af ter-school, school- N

[r g sponsored activities, such as athletics, in or out of the di Fy district. Two options were being considered for the g.i 4 District's response to an emergency. One option would k

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creating anxieties and attendant confusion. Whether the dissemination of information would ease anxieties is a matter for conjecture. The committee stressed, however, that to minimize confusion and implement a rapid evacuation, if an evacuation became necessary, it was of great importance to receive early and accurate information so that drivers could be alerted and mustered and buses brought to and stationed at the schools prior to the declaration of a general emergency. Throughout the committee's deliberations, the importance of accurate and timely communications was emphasized.

The district committee had prepared an outline of an emergency plan, but because of the uncertainties surrounding the licensing of the nuclear power station, the committee has not met for a number of months. It is, however, preparing to resume work on an emergency plan proposal to submit to the Board of Education. Should the power station be licensed to operate, the school district is ready to cooperate and coordinate with any governmental body or other organization which is assigned overall responsibility for emergency planning around the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station. -

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Albert G. Prodell, President Board of Education Shoreham-Wading River Central School District AGP:d Enc. (2)

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FROM: Robert J. Sokel

SUBJECT:

Civil Defense

. DATE: October 3,1983 Attached is the Emergency Go-Home Plan in effect for the 1983-84 school year.

Since none of our school buildings have licensed fallout shelters, designate parts of your building which could provide effective protection from certain types of disasters. Each building should be surveyed to identify the safest area (s) of the building where occupants could be sheltered until circumstances permit dispersal to safer destinations.

Use of'these areas is dependent upon sufficient advanced warning to allow moving occupant.s to the designated areas.

Proper instruction and practice drills will reduce this moving time to a minimum.

When a disaster strikes with little or no warning, duck and cover may be the only resort. Again, proper instruction as l

to what is expected in such an event and practice drills are essential.

In addition to disaster preparedness planning, all school t

administrators should be providing instruction which will effectively prepare students to respond to any disaster situation in an intelligent and practical way. Instruction should be an element of regular instructional activity; and should provide basic information and an understanding which can be translated into an appropriate response if and when a '

disaster strikes. Instruction can be based on any appropriate course area including Strand V of the Health Education curriculum.

It will be the responsibility of each Building Principal to designate a. signal for Civil Defense drills that will'not be confused by the students as a Fire Drill.

Attachment cc: Seaman Bus Company Dr. DeFeo, Superintendent, BCCES 1 P. Shaller, Deputy Director Department of Emergency Preparedness

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PROPOSED EMERGENCY GO-ECME PLAN FOR SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT This plan is submitted in accordance with the request of~ the State Civil Defense Commission and the New York State Education Department. It is designed to evacuate quickly all children from District buildings and grounds in the event that an emergency situation should occur. However, the Chief School Administrator may institute a

• Stay Where You Are" plan when in his/her opinion the safety of the children is better served.

If the decision to evacuate is not made before 1:00 p.m., . children will be sent home at their regular dismissal time.

Parents are requesthd to train their children.to be

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able to enter their house in-an-emergency when no one is at heme.

Parents will indicate on the Emergency Home Contact form if they have so trained the child and give permission for her/him to be sent home without a parent being.in.the house.

I'n-school emergency closing due to no heat, no water,

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a. Radio stations will be notified of the dismissal.

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b. The bus company will be notified to proceed immediately to the schools with pick-ups based upon the regular dismissal procedures.

c.. Elementary schools will immediately put into effect procedures for contacting class mothers who

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.' will then contact ,the parents, or the neighbor designated by the parents, notifying them of the dismissal and the estimated time of dismissal from school. If neither tdue parent nor the emergency contact person (s) is available, school personnel ~

will ' call neighbors of the child's f amily to try to locate someone who will agree to care for the child until a parent can come for him/her. If the parents have given their permission, children who

. have been trained to enter their homes when no one is at home will be sent home with the other children.

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d. If none of the above conditions prevail for particular children, they will remain at the school. The Building Principal will be responsible to see that school personnel remain until all the children have left the school. Such personnel should also be available to provide transportation for those children who are kept in school.

PLAN 2 - A natural disaster such as a hurricans or winter storm, where there is adequate warning.

a. Radio stations will be notified of the dismissal.

b. The bus company will be notified to proceed immediately to the schools with pick-ups based upon the regular dismissal procedures. All schools will be notified of the estimated time of arrival of the buses in order that the children

'may be ready for immediate evacuation.

c. Elementary schools will immediately put into effect procedures for contacting class mothers who will then contact the parents, or the neighbor designated by the parents, notifying them of the dismissal and the estimated time of dismisal~ from the- school. If neither the parent nor the emergency contact person (s) is available, school personnel will call neighbors of the child's family to try to locate someone who will agree to

. care for the child until a parent can come for him/her. If the parents have given their permission, children. who have been trained to enter their hcmes'when no one is at home will be sent home with the other children.

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d. If none of the above conditions prevail for particular children, they will remain at the school. The Building Principal , will be responsible to see that school pers'onnel remain until all the children have left the school. Such personnel should also be available to provide transportaticn for those children who are kept in school.

PLAN 3 - A natural or man made disaster where it is necessary for immediate evacuation.

a. Radio stations will be notified of the dismissal.

b. The bus company will be notified to immediately send an appropriate number of buses to each school to transport elementary students who live more than one-half mile from the school, middle school students who live more than one mile from the j school, and high. school students who live more-

. than one and one-half miles from the schocl.

L Middle School. and High School. students who will not be transported by the buses will be dismissed immediately with instructions- to proceed as quickly as possible to their home.

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c. Elementary schools will inmediately put into b leffect procedure for contacting class mothers who

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! designated by the parents, notifying them of! the

' dismissal and the estimated time of dismissal from

'the school. If neither the parent nor the emergency contact person (s) .is available, school personn.el will call neighbors of the child's family to try to locate someone who will agree to care for the child until a' parent can come for him/her. If the parents have given their permission, children who have been trained to enter their homes when no one is at home will be sent home with the other children.

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d. If none of the above conditions prevail for particular children, they will remain at the school. The Building- Principal will be responsible to see that school personnel remain until all the children have lef t the school. Such personnel should also be available to provide transportation for those children who are kept in school.

e. The Building Principal will also be responsible to establish procedure for the dismissal of students who are picked up by private automobile.

PLAN 4 - Nuclear emission from LILCO plant.

In the event of off-site radiation from the Shoreham

-Nuclear Plant, the school district will evacuate students to a safe place.

Adopted 10/6/76 '

Revised 9/18/78 Revised 8/28/80 Revised 8/21/81 Revised 9/21/82 6/15/83d 9

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