ML20092E173

Intervenor Exhibit I-EP-8,consisting of Quarterly News for Neighbors of Catawba Entitled, New Generating, Vol 2,No 4, Dec 1983

ML20092E173
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	05/03/1984
From:	DUKE POWER CO.
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I-EP-008, I-EP-8, OL, NUDOCS 8406220312
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f'rst-hand look at what goes into followed the program It in-Duke Power 1

the Construction of a nuclear Ciuded stops in the reactor Duke sponsors an annual open ga g

power plant at the 1983 open bueng. turbne building. spent house at Catawba to provide 5

house held September 12-15 fuel bueng coohng towers nearby resdents wth an op-AWM "o '"e "e ' tne moiex -

portunity to see now tne station Vistors to the sta heard a pro-the control room Following the is being bunt and to become Han oram bv piant management on tour ne,gnbors were g,ven tne more farnaar ein now nuciear how Catawba wdl produce eleC-opportunity to talk informally power works Naarty 3.000 neighbors of the incity and on emergency plan-wth Duke employeesand toask Catawba Nuclear Station got a ning A guded tour of the ste questons algout the plant and E

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A gg g{ tion and requirements for their Resdent inspectors must know sad And we can be reheved of work in addition independent plant schedules and be aware of our duty at a nuciear stat;on for spot inspections are performed any unresolved issues We try accepting items of value f rom b by the resdent inspectors to continually assess the the utikty ' grengths and possde weak-Follow All ms *ws us to go m an area In addition. to ensure that resi-mswsw h may ast h not specified in the manual and dent inspectors remain un- % " S* S E* M a m Aspects of u sedaney namany remain at aers us tne freedom to go g deeper into any area we choow om locaw tv onN m to other NRC personnel input is Wn Doom sad five years Then they are reas-Og cunpded m ayeady mt sgned to another location Skinner added we probably of the plant s performance. @n Van Doom aM Race spead moretimedoingindepen called the Systematic Assess-Skinner and his wife Phyiks. Skim am wnig res M dent inspectons than required ment of Umnsee Performance have three children Van Doom inspectors for the United States inspections ' (SALP) report. and his wife. Sally have three Nuclew Regulatory Comms-Children also Both of them hve son (NRC) Their lobs require Van Doom and Skinner's etforts Mcording to Wn Doom and wthin five rndes of Catawba agreatdealof knowledgeabout are supplemented by region in-Skinner the NRC has a code d Nuclear Station the construction and operation spectors from the NRC who are conduct for all inspectors. "This of nuclear plants and they are experts in particular fields. Code of conduct grants us totaj "We have a personal commit-responsible for ensunng safety freedom to perform our work ment as well as a professonal in both areas. But Wn Doom To qualify for such a lob. a great independently from the utihty. commtment to ensure that and Skinnerdon't work in Wash _ deal of education. traning and We are even restncted in our Catawbaissafe? Van Doorn said. ington-they work on sie at expenence is required Wn social contact with any em-Catawba Nuclear Station Downis a graduate of Michgan ployee of Duke Power" Skinner E State Universty wth a degree d * " ' ' P ' V' "h x k ? i Senior resdent nspectors are in metaturgicalengineenng He Q# I' l full 4me,on-ste representatives has mhtary expenence as a bwj - ~ 'I.Nde W of theNRC Wn Doomis respon-weiding engines and has been N[M- .T L 6s m-sble for the construction pham wth the NRC for sx years a ' 4[ h ' Y 4 of the station while Skinner s Skjnner has 18 years mhtary $ @N % 4 Y ~ responsblitieslie manly with experience with the U S Navy's ~~ the operational phase They are nuclear program and also was Y t... - A N ^ M! involved with virtually every start-up manager for a pnvate --/ ' 1 2.~ < ~ - ,N' DEN f - J 'T ? aspect of Catawba from con-utlity pnor to loining the NRC

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~, ^ struchon to secunty to health three years ago 1 "' / d .Aif e physcs to emergency planning M q J& ' i f.Q ' 7 and everything in between Wn Doorn's pnmary duty is 4.' . %g,P, - . > >,j g; .q mspectng consmcw wak \\. g T, , My primary responsbikty is to ), (,. yy l performon-steinspections N mondes the Ming n. y that takes place pnor to plant p @), ,g..

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tierr Program as well as follow-role allowsthemtoobservealot. p v ii4 .T T, wa ',A. upinspections. I also serve as a The NRC must be assured that L ' *..T e j. -; J. e % ~ ~M$. $yd W f J W*1 ' 6 pl. e.zx, M public and media contact re-the plant is built safety and wil J.~.7 9

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m. garding NRC actvities relative be operated safely The resdent to this station" inspectors haNe anopendoorto .. f a [,.J> $ [,,1,4 ?, 7. ye, ) ' ' #l - V4 y %; E, any snplop who has a m The ResdentIrispection Pro-cem. "We are especially sens- ., 3..,j ),. . y, 7,.;. 3 gramincludes monthly repats tivetopossbleconcemsregard-

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.j .y. 4. f and documentation along with N ant #wnanysnployee 3 pc ' y,,, x ; gg ;, 7 inspectons. To ensure a sys- $s or neghbml,Wn Down said 4 e,; E ; >, " \\, y 4. g. . tematicapproachtosucha / ,7., i large task, Wn Doom and J An NRCinspector,has the re-

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gp ;.0 ' '..>., ?1 ".1 .. ef j .s 0 ' *. A 4.Q' ;. g, Skinner receive guidance frorn sponsiblityand authonty to l %ht report'anydeficienciesso - WMi'f - '"3 'T1 j )adocument known as the NRC^ 4 m nspedianEnforcement Manual. procercorrectve action can fgs, dent tw Kimspectors xim wr> coom castr> and eierce skener examine - ) Wiidmanualprovidesinforma-j be taken. stanwess steet poing at Caranos. g-

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~ N 3. sble for thelead team of security ~ 2 -1 '^?.- team is responso,e a me 4 & a p. s. 1 ". '- - iSOU AN O ~- ) - t malunty of the acwty which e?4 ' ' I 'W El takes place at the site dunng o " : w ,..[#. # 7, Ol TEEJ normal working hours "I g 6M / b y w h e~ ?.s44 Team 0 tW h oh M m fg j; p y. j y g;Q.34]t " am mW ohs am Being a secunty officer at Cataw-v ca% mW W @ s ,m o j j-, y ba Nuclear Statton is very de-4, .,n ( s,y g, manding It requires d!scipline m \\ g9 piete an extensve nuclear secur- .w+- n;; t -.[ professonahsm, physical fitness ty training program It consists .[- 1'E.i, I4 I ' 'MW p{ extensve traning a whose lot of of 320 hours of classroom in-1M Ii" E 1. : 9 motveton and acomrntment to .I J"b Y struct on in basic South Carohna.,'M['. - V- ~.$N 4 ba the very best The 176 off cers i

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who make up the secunty force 1 t; responder and fire bngadetrain-m i h atMpowssMosequab ing and secunty-related Nuclear '1 ', "N M 9% d, 7.. tes and mom 4 Regulatory Commsson requia-dn ed'iM. 4 Y Q' ?,Q:> ~ ~ '. o ' 9 Protectng Irves and property on tons They also rKeive instruc-Z '. S. ; 2 l,y%- p ig/UQ[p the 391 acres that surround the lion in the use of weapons }r a stabon is a tremendous respon-u mrry unnocks inght) qws instnxtnans to Catansa Secorty Oncers Bal j sbhty which is not taken hqhtly comn er aacx mge! mwm ano cev hryr u N [ they did not include any plans gether TheNRCrequiresCataw-i for coordinating wth off-ste ba to have an annual exercise g f, i agenoes or events that affected whch involws Duke personnel. e l C the areaoutsdetheplanti Bolch local. state and federalagencies. g /.,M { g "hc h ~ E The possbhtes of us ever Other exeroses are held dunng sad. yhk,... g & ~ ?j if having a senous probem at Cat-Since that ame. emergency the War whch involve Duke P8' N y ^. 4 awba are very. very low-but plans have become much more '!p j /. they re not zerof sad Mike Bolch extensve tncluding detailed "The exeroses are one way of '.i .V 4' emergency preparedness co-pans for the area within 10 miles testing ourselves Bolch sad q a; r*:,9 i ordinator for the Catawba of the plant and other plans for "Our emergency plans arecon-l .W-Nuclear Staton ' That.' he sad, areas up to 50 mies from the stantly being revised We beheve J =d'. ( 's why we have an extensve sie More than 94,000 people in selfexamnation, and we i h. errsrgency plan for ths plant" kw within the pnmary planning can alwaysfind better waystodo O 1 ?j i' it, o (. R..g..$.,. ,p ' area of Catawba Nuclear Sta-thngs -wecan alwaysimprove* 1 The plan contans.instruccons > y{f. ton according to Bolch Catawba's emergency planning [j and proceduresto be followed S '" % N 4 in the event of an emergency at " Emergency preparedness effortsinvolveibrk Countyin ys%

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l.,. the sie ~' Emergency planning involves taking the emergency South Carolina and thecounbes ?g. 3.x ;O f], ' @ $.. for nuclear stations is a jant plans. coordinahng them with of Gaston and Mmburg m N.Q,,.if {.Q ' et ort of local, state and federal station personnel traning and North Carohna . [ yf,l, _; - y agenoes as well as the utthty retraning personnel on their What I hke about emergency l; l..g, b,Ng. itself? Bolch sad. dubes and making sure every-preparedness is being able to 2' i~'P.* thing is documented It is vir-work with all thedifferentgroups E ..O

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.=~,4 Emergency Management [- ... ' Q.. A, f.W Agency set guidehnes for emer-g scheduling and conducting and maintenance; Bolch sad. . @) f' /, 1,. w ses and maWevisms Boichis a nativeof Gastoniaand w, .., hf i yr 4 gency planning. This document .. '.?.i m % he emergmcy p@s. assgns responsbhtes tolocal has been with Duke Power for h[p@preiwe@esscoorcrwar and stateagenoesandtheutlity Drills or exercises are cord almost eight years. He and his gT M "Pnor to Three %Ie Island, we ducted to test the ablity of the famty live in Belftlont. $ Cafswea had someemergencyplans, but vanous agences to work to-3 4

r3 - 1 P __E=___ M ~ eta mE (cortinuedtominsdepage] receive 48 hours of additional Catawba. Carol Motsinger, a ba secunty force. "I just do my The requirementsforCatawba's training to prepare them to han-Cloverresident.and BillWilliams, job and when they need me, I secunty officers are strict. They d!e any secunty-related threat!' a Rock Hill resident, are mem-help. It doesn't matter that I'm must maintain proper weight, bers of the lead team. "I've female; what mattersisthatI'ma havegood eyesight andhearing When fuHy staffed, N sewnty 1 and bein topphysicalcondition. force at Catawba d be one d always been used to high dis-fellow officer," Motsinger said. cipline and professionalism" Williams added that all officers Theyalso must successfully thelargest law enforcement W!!ams said. 4 ~ oomplete an obstacle course agencesin the state of South wear the same uniform and andrequalifyye dy Carolina. Its members will have A U.S. Manne Corps veteran, they're all treated alike. "We're all an average of eight years ex. Williamsis assigned totheinter-partof theteamthat protectsthe j Anyone who works at Catawba penencein lawenforcement. im barrier, which willseparate public, the plant and the em-orvisitsthe site encounters Catawba's two units. playees" he said' i5 secunty.TheofficersatCatawba Security officers begin each 5 must havetheablitytoworkwell shift at Catawba with aninspec-Motsingeriscurrentlyon special 4 and be effective with everyone tion much like the mihtary. assignmentin construction ? {

Aspeaal unit the Designated Their personal pnde comes secunty. Both officers started

. ^ through on thejob andisin-out on patrolwhen they joined 3 - ArmedResponseTeam(DART), stilledin each officer from the the Catawba security force. TheNmGeneration j -consists of officers who are security chief down through the Patricia S. Osbum 3-trainedto respondtoanytype ranh ~We only want the best*. Thecamaraderieamongofficers Catawba information i 'of unusual situation. "They Minnicks said. is evidentin their desire to work Coordinator are our nuclear SWAT team" as a team. Motsingeris one of 803/831-2657 Lake Wylie ,i Mnnicio said.These officers Manyof theofficerslivenear 24 femaleofficersontheCataw-803/324-5015 Rock Hill \\;); ,'t.a 'g y ' ' ' T Corporale Communications l{ O Duke Power Company BULK RATE , [NCatawbaNuclearStation PAID US POSTAGE '

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