ML20092E182

Intervenor Exhibit I-EP-7,consisting of Catawba Info Program Description

ML20092E182
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	05/03/1984
From:	DUKE POWER CO.
To:
References
I-EP-007, I-EP-7, OL, NUDOCS 8406220317
Download: ML20092E182 (5)

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? ~~ The Catawba nuclear station is in York County, South Carolina. Unit I has a

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target fuel loading date of spring 1984. Unit 1 is 94% complete and Unit 2 is 54%

bJ complete. The operating license for Catawba has been contested. The two inter-l vening group are the Carolina Environmental Study Group, which has opposed Duke

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Power for 12 years, and the Palmetto Alliance, based in Columbia, South Carolina.

!Eh, The first phase of hearings on Catawba's operating license are scheduled to begin i E in October. Hearings on emergency pla'nning will be held in early 1984

! hh Due to a number of unique circumstances, we began our public acceptance efforts

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kN[.a number of years ago. We knew that the operating license would be contested. We Yalso had a special responsibility at Catawba because we have sold portions of the hplantan.dhavecontracturalobligations.

m. .. .n The programs at Catawba emcompass both f eedia and connunity efforts. The focus issuesjre those that have been admitted in

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, W The local media have been involved with Catawba since ground breaking in 1974.

MThe staff, including copy staff, of each local paper is invited on a special tour at least once a year. In addition, we make regular visits to the media and take m

them information on the plant. During the last year, we have been preparing features for placement in the smaller papers that serve the comunities around the

$1 ant. 311 features are designed to humanize the plant. Each has featured an

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oyee from the local comunity. For example, quality assurance is a contention *

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f Y "in'each of the local papers. Intervenors also alleged a lack of hand-on experience

, I hamong Catawba operators - a feature for each community around the plant spotlighted ,

l han. operator from their community, stressing his expertise. _One community near the

! Olanthasbeenverypoliticallyactive. They have successfully opposed a hazard l

Meeste s treatment facility and a number of law suits have been launched against the -

jocal' airport. We've made a real effort in getung Natures placed in their

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, {communitynewsletter. Copies of some of the printed futures are attached.

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. Q, $ For the last several years, we have held at least one media briefing each f $h'ye'er at Catawba. Each briefing has dealt with an issue that is going to $ in the

'D 5 news in the coming year. For example, in 1982 we knew that our McGuire nuclear l

" station - which is a sister station to Catawba **was likely to beve a. steam. generator i ,'y

" (ge omflawLand requim modification. Ourmed'ialbriefingfocusedonsteam-generator t

enseend there was no surprise when the modification was announced. In 1983 Ith e M r'nment Accountability Project became involved with the Catawba case.

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Ay we recognized that they were going to focus on whistle blowers and alleged g

F inadequacies in our welding and welding inspection program. A briefing on quality 1 assurance had the two focus points. At the metal fab shop, we walked the reporters p

4 i o . through vari us types of welds and various types of inspections. The other focus

.5 i point was pi ing supports and the engineering work involved. }

j Recognizing that quality assurance is going to be the contention in the 1 -

hearings that draws the most media attention, we are holding media training for our quality assurance management who will be testifying at the hearings. These poeple f1 will be ready to share their expertise with the media effectively.

Other media programs support the Catawba activities. This includes distri- f

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[ s i. buting material on the plant during our visits to other media throughout the service j N. rejiion. A special focus is the media in the municipalities that are part owner of O L'r, Catawba.

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. - The majority of our activities at Catawba have focused on estab1Tshing a j $g.;; dialogue with the community. For two years we have had a full-time person on site.

During the sunmer of 1983, in order to handle the tour load, we hired a local high

%M school physics teacher. She did an outstanding job and has returned to the class-

! h@Q T' k room as an ambassador for Catawba.

dw i jr,* Community activities include the bi-monthly newletter, NEW GENERATION, that j ]$1]g if mailed to all homes within the emergency planning zones. (CopiesofNEW

Q [j Q GENERATION are attached.) Articles in the newsletter are again geared to the subject areas of the contentions. We have dealt with welding, with operator l $

training, radiation monitoring and emergency planning. We will continue to dwell 4

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l g%p Our Catawba Information Coordinator is an active member of the chambers o'f y commerce in each of the towns around the plant. Through this contact, she has ,

$Q, been able to sponsor special briefings and tours for these groups, d l' .. A mailing to each civic club around the plant offered an opportunity for a tour or a speaker. This has been extremely well received. Other special tours l -'

included a tour for our own division operation (retail and marketing) employees!

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Mg , spouses. ,All the local managers' wives were invited in for a luncheon and tour. ,

%g Another special mailing was made to all the ministers who have churches in N.'communitiesaroundtheplant. Their tour featured the plant, refreshments and .

W 9, gyan1 intgeduction to our weatherization program in which Duke provides materials -

gferchurchestoweatherinelow-incomehomes. We have purposely tied the two j programs together in this community.

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Other special tours that are upcoming include a vip tour and dinner for the barbers and beauticians who have businesses within ten miles of the plant. We l g recognize that these people are discussion leaders and plan to work with them on

,. keeping literature in their shops on a' regular basis. Additionally, we will be l' holding a selinar on radiation for physicians and dentists around the pl6nt.

'i- A special promotion this sumer was aimed at site employets. All the con-f struction personnel are Duke employees. A letter was sent to each of the 4,000 construction workers along with each of the operations people and quality assurance l{

d people asking them if their neijhbor had toured Catawba. We challenged each lX- employee to invite one neighbc; or friend's family to come on a tot To support

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, y this, banners across plant exits say "Has Your Neighbor Toured Catawba."

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• All tours are coordinated by a member of our staff. A briefing on the' plant p,, ,

34 cperation includes any specific areas of interest.' For tour guides we have called

[ on the Construction Department and are using senior construction personnel both l $N from crafts and management to actually handle the on-site walking portion of the j W,,ws . tour. Each of these tour guides was selected by their management and we'nt through l

ka..g ym t a special training program on varhus aspects of the plant as well as basic 3/4 comunication skills. Again, because Duke's construction personnel are our own

[ _ employees, they have a great deal of expertise'in building plants,and this has Q:# * .come across very well in the tours. Our feedback on plant tours indicates that h, T, ,

the employees' pride and competence have made a lasting impression.

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A number of our comunity programs have focused on the emergency planning-

_ zone for _ Catawba. MpuTtion within this area is 95,000. All mailings go to 74, each home in the area. In early May, we mailed a letter to each home inviting the ^

residents to a meeting on emergency planning. These meetings were scheduled two l' Q :

b weeks before siren installation Tegan. In the letter, we let people know the EM G# sirens The thirteen Hay meetings were would becommunity going in and what.their purpose was. '

gh held in the at churches, schools and other convenient gathering l

l -;f # ' spots. The presentat' ion included an update on the plant and an overview of< ..

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emergency planning including the sirens. A member of Corporate Comunicattbns l:

! 9; presented the plant update. _Emeraency planning was handled by our Duke staff with'

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complimentary presentations by county emergency planning personnel and state '

emergency ' planning personnel. Our emergency planning zone takes in parts of two j

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states and parts of three counties. -

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@Wh The week of September.12 we will be holding evening open houses at the plant. _

j[Againan'invitationhasbeenmailedtoeacnhomearoundtheplant.

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%will include a briefing by station personnel, an overview of emergency planningR 1 he MJiand then a guided walking tour of the plant site. A similar effort tt our McGuire

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if* nuclear station two years ago resulted in a total of 5.000 neighbors coming through

.h. the plant and excellent media coverage.

Prior to our emergency drill in February, a mailing will invite the comunity

.to another secies.of meetings on emergency planning.

With Ca lawba we took a fresh look at our emergency brochure. It had evolved

[ ' ). over a number'of years and had become fairly difficult to decipher. A new brochure d Lis written on a 7th grade reading level, The Catawba Comunications Coordinator has placed thermal-luminescent dosimeters fh'.

T @ $ 1n homes and businesses around the plant. We began this effort before fuel was i hreceived on site so " 3t we could begin educating the public on background radiation.

by4 Quarterly reports on the readings for the specific dosimeters will be mailed to the

~ N7.. . homeo7nir or business owner. Again this program has been extremely successful.at

, hn (McGuire 5 where it has continued after plant operatioh.

One of the groups that we have been particularly concerned about are young J p (hers who do not work outside the home.

me,t In reviewing their social and informational

- . resources, we determined that the first step was the physicians and dentists seminars.

y [B$ yond that, we are looking at where they receive infomation. We have put card 3 e ggholders out in grocery stores, in shops and in businesses around the plant. The jcardholdersheadlineis-NowThatWe'reNeighbors. The postage-paid card can be

, ,W i ) returned for a tour or for information on the plant. We are getting a very good -

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{ greturnonthese. Additionally, we have worked with the Welcome Wagons around the t 3m { plant and are getting information on the plant to our new neighbors. This includes M m Nbrochures as well as .a Catawba frisbee for the kids.

m W S, We are developing school materials that can be used at our visitor overlook.

g  !((The Museum of York County is a few miles from the plant. We have worked with them 1

Stohaveasidevisitforschoolgroupstakingfieldtripstothemuseum. For this

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' The teacher could group then take the. kids would pick .up to the overlook, go through a tape therecorder materials' t a

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~s yusing the tape, and then drop the tape recorder off at the plant. Also with the a .o Museum of York County, we are sponsoring a number of contests for local schools.

,ihese'. include an energy bowl for high school students, an energy slogan contest for:

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a -dmiddle school students and an energy song contest for elementary school students.

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The energy song contest at Oconee was especially effective with more than 75 classes Mantering.f The winnir; class had a recording session at a local radio station and. ,

DOdnNhe songs'were p'isyed by all local radio stations throughout the month.

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Another school program is an emergency planning packet for students who go to school within ten miles of the plant. This is a learning activity where the children j will determine what their shelter or reception center is and prepare instructions E

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f. We are keeping the ot.'her Catawba owners involved and have a public information jt liaison with e.ach of the groups to make sure that these materials are made available j ~t to their constituents. We are also involving them in emergency planning for the station. ~

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'? Opinion Research j .' The measurement for this program has been opinion research in the emergency if #- planning zone. Our first survey was in 1981. We had another one in the spring of

.qi 1983 and will be going back into the field the last two weeks of September. We are i f

.(' not only comparing the Catawba comunity historically, but are also comparing it with -

,i l% : the 10-mile area surrounding our Oconee Station which has been operating ten years

' %a an.: .QL and our McGuire Station which has been operating for two years. This information STPqm . has not only confirmed the success of our Catawba information programs but has M ',"jallowed us to tailor these programs to the informational needs of our community.

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