ML20092E201

Intervenor Exhibit I-EP-4,consisting of SV Duckworth Providing Comments Re Readability Level of Emergency Plan Brochure

ML20092E201
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	05/03/1984
From:	Duckworth S WINTHROP COLLEGE, ROCK HILL, SC
To:	Carter P DUKE POWER CO.
References
I-EP-004, I-EP-4, OL, NUDOCS 8406220326
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.T- E P- 4 glg/g Mr. Phillip Carter Director, Community Relations D0 Duke Power Company 0 'J 8ER r g,,

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Dear Mr. Carter:

Please note the following comments regarding the readability level of the emergency plan brochure for the Catawba Nuclear Station:

1) The readability level is 17+, that is, the average reader who would be able to read and use the information would be college educated (check pages 3, 5 and 7 of attached manu-script for specifics). Newspapers and popular press publica-tions are on a 4-6 (grade) reading level.

2) The material uses technical terms (e.g., millirems) which must be operationally defined on a 4-6 (grade) reading level.

Written material should be approxinately 4-6 sentences in length per one hundred words and have an average of 140-160 syllables per one hundred words in order to fulfill 4-6 (grade) reading level requirements.

3) The manuscript is verbose. This can be remedied by rewriting (e.g., p. 7, 2nd paragraph, presently reads "An overwhelmino majority of evidence . . . . .". This could be changed to read "Alot of evidence . . . .").

If you have any questions,' do not hesitate to can' tact me. I would be willing to further assist you in the development of this project.

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. 1 CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION

. Lmergency Brochure (Inside Flap - Front Page)

We Want You to Be Prepared This brochure is your emergency plan for the Catawba Nuclear Station. It tells you what to io in the unlikely event a nuclear emergency occurs at the station.

It is important that your entiri family reads this information and becomes familiar with it. Your knowledge of the emergency plan will help assure the safety of you and your family.

This plan was made by members of the S.C. Emergency Preparedness Division, the .

N.C. Division of Emergency Management, the York Courity Emergency Management Agency, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Managem'ent Agency, the Gaston County Emergency Management Agency and Duke Power Company.

This brochure will be updated each year and a new copy sent to you. It will keep you informed of any changes in the emergency plan. Throw the old brochure away when you get the new one.

If you still have questions about the emergency plan after reading this, contact any of the following offices for more information.

Telephone numbers:

York County Emergency Management (803) 328-6171 ext. 225, 226 fiecklenburg County Emergency Management (704)374-2412

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- CATAWBA - Emergency Brochure

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Special Help For The Handicapped

• Local Emergency Management agencies can make special arrangements for notifying and evacuat ing the handicapped. Since you might have a hard time contacting your local Emergency Management Agency during an actual emergency, you should telephone them today at one of the numbers listed above so they will be aware of your special needs.-

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CATABA - Emeroency Brochure

Dear Neighbor:

For 10 years, Duke Power has been using nuclear power to provide

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you with a safe, efficient supply of electricity. During the next year, .

the Catawba N ) clear Station will begin generating electricity after more i

than 10 years of planning and construction. As part-owner and operator of the facility, we want you to be familiar with the emergency plan for our area.

The Nuclear Regul'atory Comission requires that all utilities with nuclear plants develop an emergency plan for people living within 10 miles of the plant. i. .

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.. We want to make sure we have the best possible plan. Once a year, training .

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the plan adequately provides for your safety. F- ', #.

Even though it is very unlikely a serious emergency would ever occur at \*

Catawba, r tant for you to be familiar with the station, we beli ve it is impo' i

how it works and how you should respond in case of an emergency. This brochure -

provides that information.

In the event of an emergency, don't act on rumor. Listen to emergency officials and your local radio or television station for accurate, up-to-date information. Most important, don't evacuate unless you are ordered to do so, t

As your neighbor, we are committed to safely generating electricity to serve your needs. If you have questions about the Catawba Station, feel free to call us at (803) 324-5015.

Sincerely, '

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. . 4 CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION

>Two Units, (1,145,000 kilowatts each) -

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING contains security

, and admin 'stration offices.

CUNTAINMENT BUILDING (or reactor building) {

is a steel and reinforced concrete structure. l c'

It houses the reactor, pressurizar, reactor l coolant pumps, steam generators, piping and ^J l c.bv'"b other equipment. This building is designed to contain radiation. 4JL AUXILIARY BUILDING houses equipment and laboratories for normal operation of the plant in addition to certain backup systems.

The control room is in this building. ,

TURBINE BUILDING contains the secondary (non- '

radioactive) system of water. Housed in this building are the steam turbines, the electric generator and the condenser system.

4 COOLING TOWERS are one of the plant's environmental protection features. They cool the condenser cooling water for reuse. There are three cooling towers per unit.

Each tower can cool 200,000 gallons of water per minute.

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5 C_A1AWBA - Emergency Brochure HOW IT WORKS How it Works .

The Catawba Nuclear Station is a pressurized water reactor. It has three completely separate water systems. (Illustrated on the diagram by different colors.)

The first system is the primary water system, which circulates around the nuclear fuel, often ca.lled the core (1). .

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I Primcry water (shown in green) circulates through the reactor (2) and heats to about 600 F as it flows around the nuclear fuel. Because water in the reactor system is under very high pressure, it does not boil. The amount of heat produced in the reactor is controlled by the control rods (3). The reactor , , ,

is shut down when the control rods are lowered. ,

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The heated primary water flows through u-shaped tubes in the steam generator (4) and give= off its heat to water (dark blue) in a separate secondary system before -

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it is returned to the reactor to be heated again.

The secondary system of water is converted to steam (light blue) in the steam generator. The steam rotates a turbine (5) that is connected to an electric generator (6). As the steam leaves the turbine it falls on pipes carrying cooling water in the third system (yellow) from the cooling towers.

As the steam hits the outside of the condenser, tubes, it is changed back to water and returned to the steam generator to be heated to steam again.

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', CATAWDA - Emergency Brochura RADIATION...A FACT OF LIFE Hadiation...A Fact of Life Radiation is all around us. It is a natural part of our environment.

Natural background radiation is in the air we breathe, in the food we eat, in our homes and Ieveninourbodies.

In addition to natural background radiation, there is also man-made radiation from such sources as medical and dental X-rays, fall-out from the testing of nuclear weapons and very small amounts.from the generation of nuclear power.

There are three types of radiation: alpha particles, which are the least penetrating and can be stopped by a sheet of paper; beta particles, which can be stopped by a thin sheet of metal; and gamma rays, the most penetrating, which can be almost completely absorbed by three feet of concrete.

The amount of radiation we all receive is usually measured in millirems. In this part of the United States, the average person is exposed to about 180

millirems per year. The nautral background radiation we receive each year is hundreds of times greater than that released to the environment by an operating nuclear plant. By looking at this chart, you can see that the nuclear power industry is a small contributor to your average radiation exposure.

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The potential harm to you from radiation depends on:

i l . The type and amount of the particles or rays to which you are exposed;

, The length of time you are exposed;

. The amount of your body exposed and;

, the amount of radioactive material you breathe or take into your body.

In the event of a radiation release from the Catawba Nuclear Station, you can take several steps to limit the amount that enters your body:

. If you are told to stay indoors, close all windows and doors and turn off fans and air conditioners. l

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CATAWGA - Emergency Brochure 7 l Unborn and very young children are more sensitive to radiation than older .

children and adults. Because of this, precautions might be ordered at lower levels of radiation release for women who are, or could be, pregnant and for very youhgchildren.

An overwhelming majority of evidence shows that low-level radiation doses of up to several thousand milliren:s do not result in long-term health effects.

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• to be extra careful, protective actions for the public would be ordered at lower levels of potential or actual releases of radiation. This will allow residents within the 10-mile' area around Catawba more time to take shelter or, if necessary, to evacuate.

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Locating Your Zone r.-

. 3' lUn the map folding out at the end of this brochure you will see that the 10-mile s . O \

• area around' Catawba lluclear Station has been divided into zones. Find the zone where you live or work and write it on the c'over of this brochure. This way you will be able to quickly tell if you live or work in the area affected by an e'mergency. For example, residents in zones A-1 and A-2 might be told to stay '

indoors. Others might not be affected.

How Would I Be Notified Of n Emergency?

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.If an eEergency, occurs.at the Catawba' Nuclear Station, Duke Power will immediately notify North Carolina, Sout'h Carolirt, Ycrk County, Necklenburg County, and Gaston County Eme,rgency organtz,ations. These organizations have carefully tested plans that would ' deal 31th any emergency at' Catawba. They are responsible for notifying. -

you if any action is.needed..  ; , .

If needed". sirens3 installed .lk the 10-mile area around the station will be sounded.

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A steady, three-minute. signal kill alert you to an' emergency. If you hear the sirens, tune inraediatdy,to 3 radio or' television station that is part of the emergency broadcast systec. lhese stations will give you informationl about the emergency

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LAIAWt$A' NUCLEAR STdTION gmr. PROTE'CTIVE ACTION ZONE'S Ccunty Zone Primary Evacuation Routes Reception Center / Shelter Mecklenburg A-0 (N.C.) 1. NC 49 or US 521 or NC 161 A-1 to I-77 North. I-77 North to UNCC @

A-2 I-85 North to NC 49 East to A-3 the shelter.

2. Or, NC 49 East to the shelter.

3. Or, NC 51 East to NC 16 North to US 277 to I-85 North to NC 49 to the shelter.

Gaston F-3 1. NC 274 North to US 29/74 West Ashley Jr. Hi9 @

to US 321 South to Ashley Jr. Hi9h Hancock Elem.

2. NC 279 North to Hancock North Belmont E .

@ (o@ve Elementary School Warlick School

3. NC 273 North to North Belmont Elementary School '

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2. Or, SC 5 to US 521 South to SC 9 West to Rec. Center

3. Or,SC 5 to U'S 21 South to SC 9 East to the Rec. Center York C-1 1. I-77 South or Lewisville High School C-2

- 2. SC 901 South or LewisvilleMiddleSchool (Additional Rec. Centers

3. SC 72 South or Chester County to be prov-

4. SC 5 South to US 21 to SC 9 by W. McSwain) to the Rec. Center Yo C - D-1 1. US 321 South to Lowrys to Zion Presbyterian Church D-2 East or SC 909 to the Rec. Lowry Baptist Church 0 Center

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York A-0 (S.C.) 1. SC 55 West to Bethany Elem. Bethany Elementary School O E-1 School BethanyPresbyterianChurch0 E-2 2. Or, SC 55 West to SC 161 1-85 Welcome Center (Cherokee North to Bethany Presbyterian Church fA o al Gaffney Church to be provided by W. P.: Swain) 0

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