ML20138A618

Affidavit of Rl Bryant Supporting Applicant 860310 Motion for Summary Disposition of Joint Intervenors Contention EP-5 Re Reception Ctr Capacity

ML20138A618
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	03/10/1986
From:	Bryant R BURKE COUNTY, GA, GEORGIA POWER CO.
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ML20138A591	List: ML20138A589 ML20138A599 ML20138A618 ML20138A625 ML20138A628
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION < 'O BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOAft'DRd 1] Jggp E

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GEORGIA POWER COMPANY, et al. ) Docket Nos. 50- 4

) 50-425 (Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, )

Units 1 and 2) )

AFFIDAVIT OF RICHARD L. BRYANT ON CONTENTION EP-5 COUNTY OF BURKE )

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STATE OF GEORGIA )

I, Richard L. Bryant, being duly sworn according to law, ,

depose and say as follows:

1. My name is Richard L. Bryant. I am the Director of the Burke County Emergency Management Agency. My business address is Route 2, Box 518, Waynesboro, Georgia 30830. A sum-mary of my professional qualifications is attached to this af-fidavit as Exhibit A.

2. The purpose of this affidavit is to support "Appli-cants' Motion For Summary Disposition of Joint Intervenors' Contention EP-5," which concerns the capacity of the schools which would be used to receive evacuees from the Vogtle plume exposure pathway Emergency Planning Zone ("EPZ"). I have per-sonal knowledge of the matters set forth herein and believe I them to be true and correct.

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3. The'following schools in Waynesboro.have been desig-nated as reception centers:

The Burke County Comprehensive High School, which will be available for'use as a reception .

center by December, 1986. This school will be opened for use by students no later than September, 1987.

The "old" Waynesboro High School Waynesboro Elementary School' Blakeney Elementary and Junior High Schools

4. The capacity of these schools to accommodate the ,

processing of evacuees consists of the classroom areas and the

" common" areas of the buildings, e2g2, the cafeterias and gym-  ;

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'nasiums. At various times during the school day, the schools  ;

designated as reception centers ope / ate normally with the en-tire student population of those schools within the classroom areas.- In the event of an accident at Plant Vogtle during-school hours, any' students then in the common areas could be returned to their classrooms in a matter of a few minutes, clearing the common areas for reception of evacuees.

5. In discussing the capability of the above reception centers to accommodate evacuees from the vogtle EPZ, three sce-narios are' examined below. In each scenario, it is assumed I

that school.is in session, and the capacity of the identified schools is compared with the maximum number of evacuees which might need to be processed. The.three scenarios are:-

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G Scenario A: The Burke County Comprehensive High School is available for evacuee reception, but is not open for students (maximum time period of this sce-nario is December, 1986 to September, 1987).

Scenario B: The Burke County Comprehensive High School is in use as a school, with students present.

Scenario C: The same as Scenario B, except that con-struction has been completed at Vogtle, Unit 2.

6. It is important to note that, in an actual evacua-tion, not all evacuees would arrive at reception centers at the same time. Rather, arrivals at reception centers would be staggered, so that many who arrive early in the evacuation would be processed and then pe .aitted to leave the reception centers (for motels or homes of f riends or f amily outside the EPZ) before the later evacuees arrive. Nevertheless, for pur-poses of demonstrating that Burke County has identified adc-quate reception center capacity, the maximum number of evacuees from the EPZ can be directly compared to the capacities of the identified facilities.

7. In all three of the above scenarios, the evacuees will consist of resident and transient populations. For pur-poses of this analysis, the resident population consists of people who live in the EPZ (approximately 2,479 persons), less those EPZ residents who are also Plant Vogtle workers (and therefore considered transients for purposes of this analysis),

and less students who live within the EPZ but attend school outside of the EPZ. For purposes of this analysis, the r

i transient population consists of Plant Vogtle workers present at the site but not needed to fill emergency roles,l/ workers at other places of employment in the EPZ, motorists, sportsmen, guests at the Vogtle Visitors Center, and students who attend Girard Elementary School in the EPZ but live outside the EPZ.2/

(Girard School will close upon the opening of the Burke County Comprehensive High School. When that occurs, students who now l attend Girard School will attend school outside the EPZ.)

Scenario A

! 8. In Scenario A, the Burke County Comprehensive High School (not yet open to students) will accommodate 5,980 evacuees for processing. All students at the remaining schools can be accommodated in the classrooms of their schools, leaving j the common areas immediately available to receive 2,850 evacuees. Specifically, the gym and the cafeteria of the "old" 1/ The analyses in this affidavit assume a need for Burke County to process the entire Vogtle work force at Burke County reception centers. This is a very conservative assumption, since plant personnel will generally be monitored (and decontaminated, if necessary) onsite, and then released to go i

to their homes. Therefore, in most emergencies -- where an evacuation occurs prior to the release of radiation offsite --

only those plant personnel who reside within the EPZ would ac-tually report to reception centers.

2/ For purposes of this analysis, the guests at the motel in

! the EPZ are subsumed within other identified segments of the I

transient population -- e.a., Plant Vogtle workers, sportsmen, l etc. -- and are accounted for as part of those segments. This l is necessary to avoid double-counting.

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4 high school in Waynesboro would accommodate approximately 1,100 evacuees; the gym and the auditorium of the Waynesboro Elemen-tary School would accommodate approximately 1,150 evacuees; and the cafeteria of the Blakeney schools would accommodate approx-imately 600 evacuees. tamming these figures yields a total ca-pacity for 8,830 evacuees in Scenario A.

9. In Scenario A, the maximum resident EPZ population to be processed at reception centers in the event of an evacuation would be 1,949 persons, after deduction of the approximately 300 Vogtle workers who live in the EPZ, and after deduction of the approximately 230 high school students who attend school outside the EPZ. The maximum transient population would be a total of 5,246 persons, consisting of an estimated 4,940 non-essential Vogtle workers, an estimated 50 non-EPZ residents attending Girard School, and an estimated 256 other transients (see Paragraph 7 above). The total of resident plus transient evacuees in Scenario A is 7,195.

10. In Scenario A, the total capacity for evacuees at the reception centers is 8,830, compared with a total maximum of approximately 7,195 evacuees from the EPZ. Sufficient capacity therefore exists at reception centers under Scenario A -- even with students present, and even assuming that all evacuees ar-rive at reception centers simultaneously.

Scenario B

11. In Scenario B, all Burke County Comprehensive High School student: can be accommodated in the classrooms of the school, leaving the common areas (the gym, the cafeteria, the auditorium, and the media center) immediately available to re-ceive 4,675 evacuees. The remaining schools can accommodate 2,850 evacuees in common areas, with students present. Summing these figures yields a total capacity for 7,525 evacuees in Scenario B.

12. In Scenario B, the maximum resident EPZ population to be processed at reception centers would be 1,799 persons, cal-culated in the same manner as for Scenario A (See Paragraph 9),

except that 150 EPZ residents who presently attend Girard School will, under Scenario B, be attending school outside the EPZ. The maximum transient population would be a total of 5,196 persons, calculated in the same manner as for Scenario A, except that 50 students living outside the EPZ who presently attend Girard School would then be attending school outside the EPZ. The total of resident plus transient evacuees in Scenario B is 6,995,

13. In Scenario B, the total capacity for evacuees at the reception centers is 7,525, compared with a total maximum of approximately 6,995 evacuees. Sufficient capacity therefore exists at .eception centers under Scenario B -- even with students present, and even assuming that all evacuees arrive at reception centers simultaneously.

Scenario C

14. In Scenario C, only operating staff would be present at Plant Vogtle. This staff would number approximately 700, which is substantially less that the estimated 4,940 plant workers who might require reception if an emergency were to occur before construction of Unit 2 is completed. Therefore, in Scenario C, the maximum number of evacuees to be processed at reception centers would drop dramatically, while the avail-able capacity would remain the same as for Scenario B.

15. The above analysis demonstrates conclusively that the schools identified as reception centers by Burke County have sufficient capacity to accommodate the maximum number of EPZ evacuees -- even with students present at the schools, and even assuming that all evacuees arrive at reception centers simulta-neously. Nevertheless, if still more capacity was desired, school officials would dismiss students who were not residents of the evacuated area (a process estimated to require a total of approximately 1 1/2 hours), providing capacity for approxi-mately 4,310 additional persons (1,305 at Burke County Compre-hensive High School, 620 at the "old" Waynesboro High School,

.a 960 at Waynesboro Elementary School', and 1,425 at the Blakeney schools).

16. The " Burke County Emergency Management Agency Radiological Emergency Plan For Nuclear Incidents / Accidents Involving Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,".A:tachment I, is being amended to list the Blakeney schools as reception cen-ters. In addition, the revised plan will specify the capacity of each of the schools identified as reception centers (with and without students present), and will state that the schools have sufficient capacity (even with students present) to accom-modate the maximum number of evacuees from the Burke County portion of the Vogtle EPZ. Thus, Burke County has given ade-quate consideration to the ready availability of schools for use as reception centers in the event of a radiological emer-gency at Vogtle.

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. > < / si AA4G M Richard L.' Br nt Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13 day of February, 1986.

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My Commission expires: 1 -'? T i January, 1986 Exhibit A RICHARD L. BRYANT DIRECTOR, Burke County Emergency Management Agency Since 1984, Mr. Bryant has served as the Director of the Burke County Emergency Management Agency (EMA), with headquarters lo-cated in Waynesboro, Georgia. Mr. Bryant is the first full-time director of the agency which, under his leadership, has experienced significant growth and expansion of its re-sources and capabilities.

As Director, Mr. Bryant has responsibility for fire, rescue, and ambulance services on a county-wide basis, as well as re-sponsibility for planning and implementing the response to the full range of natural and technological disasters potentially affecting Eurke County. He supervises a paid staff of approxi-mately 30 people, as well as more than 50 volunteers.

He assumed the lead in obtaining funding for Burke County's re

cently constructed Emergency operations Center (EOC), and --

i with the cooperation of the local agencies involved in EOC de-

, velopment -- he managed the planning efforts involved in its

! design. These efforts included the development of the overall layout of the facility and its equipment.

Mr. Bryant has completed numerous professional development courses effered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

These have included courses in emergency management planning and decision-making, persennel management, finance and bud-geting, shelter management, and radiological procedures and methodologies. Mr. Bryant has also completed several courses with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, including such topics as rescue, hazardous materials transportation accidents, and arson investigation.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE For twenty-three years prior to assuming the Directorship of the Burke County Emergency Management Agency, Mr. Bryant war a Flight Engineer with the operations branch of the United States Air Force, specializing in planning and scheduling. He had responsibilities in emergency planning areas, including emer-gency response to conventional and nuclear warfare, and hazard-ous materials issues and problems. These responsibilities in-cluded leading emergency response teams for hazardous materials emergencies, as well as supervising programs for routine and emergency handling and disposal of radioactive materials. Mr.

Bryant's duties also included tactical operations and contin-gency planning.

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