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Proposed Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law on Reopened Contention 57-C-3 (Alert Notification) Re Distribution of tone-alert Radios to 589 Households within 5 Miles of Facility.Certificate of Svc Encl
ML20199E233
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Site: Harris Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 03/19/1986
From: Eddleman W
EDDLEMAN, W.
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CON-#186-521 82-468-01-OL, 82-468-1-OL, OL, NUDOCS 8603250439
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- BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD7. ,..,

Glenn O. Bri '

Dr. James H.ghtCarpenter {g'chiw A1GV!

BRANCH James L. Kelley, Chairman In the Matter of CAROLINA POWER AND LIGHT CO. et al. )

(Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, )

Unit 1) ) ASLBP No. 82-h68-01

) OL Wells Eddleman's Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions Of Law on Contention 57-C-3 (Alert / Notification) (Reepened)

Pursuant to oral Order of March 5 and an extension of time granted 3-18 with the assent of Applicants and the NRC Staff, Wells Eddleman files proposed findings and conclusions as followi FINDINGS OF PACT (en Re-opening) 589

1. CP&L proceses to distribute tone-alert radios to thghouseholds within 5 miles of the Harris plant. These radios have not yet been put in place or tested (Tr. 10776-777, Goodwin). The percentage of 1

i households that seuld be alerted by sirens alone, wi thin 5 miles of the Harris nuclear plant, ranges from 62.8% to 90% depending on which assumptions are used (Keast attachment B, about 5th,pg before Tr.10472).

2. CP&L does not propose to provide tene-alert radios to the 1060 633 house lds between 5 and 10 miles from the Harris nuclear plant 7, Eeast attachments A and B show that, under varying assumptions about Y alertability, between 732 and 1570 of these households would g be alerted by. sirens alone. The sirens are the sole primary alerting system between 5 and 10 miles of the plant under plicants' proposal.

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, 3 Keast attachments F and G show that under the same range of assumptions used in Attachments A and B, between $1 and 142 er the 589 households within 5 miles of the Harris plant would not be alerted by sirens alone.

4 CP&L witness Goodwin testified CP&L does not know the oests of several important aspects of the tone-alert program, including educational programs, and maihtenance. Tr. 10813-14, 10823.

Without knowing the oests, CP&L cannot have done a sost-benefit analysis of use of tone-alert radio systems either in the 4 to 5 mile range, or the 5 to 10 nile range, within the Harris plant EPZ Emergency Planning Zone (EDE).

5. The tone-alert system, assuming it is installe d, would be intended to meet the criterion of alerting essentially 100% of the people within the EPZ within 15 minutes. This criterion is the same throughout the 10-mile radius of the EPZ. If there is any grounds for variation from this criterion outside 5 miles, it would have to be en the grounds of cost-effectiveness. However, CP&L has not assessed this oest-effectiveness, and lacks data to de se (Finding 4, above).

6.CP&L has not even done a significant number of measurements of the signal strength available to tene-alert radios more than 5 miles from the Harris plant (witness Overman for CP&L, Tr. 10787-88).

7. Tone-alert radios have other weaknesses: Their inoperability is not reaBily diseevered if the tene-alerting feature is not working (Riley, Tr.,10708: accord, Applicants, Tr. 10791-93). In the Georgia Power tene-alert radio tests, the largest percentage not alerted was found in the third annual test (Tr. 10807). The signal band switch could be tripped by an object below it, as it is recessed only obout 3/32 of an inch (less than 1/8": Tr. 10788-89, 10794 for measurements). CP&L has

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not assessed the sleeping leentions of adults in EPZ households to see if they match its assumptions (Tr. 10810-11).

8. The issue before the Board is,will the alerting system proposed 4

by Applicants sufficiently alert essentially 100% of the households within the EPZ. It will not, based en the above findings, particularly in the 5-to-10 mile *deughnut" around the plant, where tone-alert rad'os or other additional primary alerting systems will met be used.

The Board finds ne difference between the 75.9% to 89.6% alerting by sirens alone in the 0-to-5 mile ring around the Barris plant (Keast attachments F and G) and the 75.2% to 88.5% alerted by sirens alone in the 5-to-10 mile ring (Keast attachments A and B under the same assumptions as Attachments F and G respectively). If anything, these data indicate slightly more need for additional. primary alerting systems in the 5 to 10 mile zone. So does the 10-fold larger number of households not alerted between 5 and 10 miles: 732to1570,vs.61to142 within 0 to 5 miles. Another way to see this is that the tene-alert systen from 0 to 5 miles would add about 50 to 135 households to the total number alerted, at most. It might be only 2% of the households

within 5 miles, or about 11 extra households.(Keast, XE by Gamin).

Thus, the tene-alert radies would ado 0.2 te 1.9% to the percentage of households in the 10-mile EPZ that would be alerted within 15 minutes.

9. These is mise reason to q uestion the eredibility of witness Keast, who shanged his percentage awake to 10 from 3 (Tr.10600-01), said he "eeuld not ammaik3gt have said anything like" (Tr. 10579-80) what he said on Tr.10507, and made other errera. Mr. Keast's highest alerting-percentage ' numbers aren't eredible, particularly in light of Dr. Kryter's testimony that the Kra11 man (German) data were likely from a siren reeerdet outside a building. (Tr. 10634-35; 10539-40). Dr. Kryter misled himself (or was misled) briefly between these 2 statements, with an error he later corrected (see Tr. 10543-44, and 10,630-632,3k-5).

4 GONCLUSION OF IAW OP&L's proposed alert-notification system, sensisting of sirens within the 10 mile EPZ, but tene-alert radios added only within 5 miles of the. Harris nuclear plant, is inadequate to alert essentially 100%

of the persons within the EPZ within 15 minutes, given nighttime conditions. Such alertinE is required to assure that adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a nuclear accident at the Harris plant. 10 CPR 50.k7(a).

Therefore, an operating license is denied until such tine as CP&L can install and test an alerting systen capable of alerting essentially 100% of the persons within 10 miles of the Sheaven Harris plant, under nighttime conditions, includ}.ng people sleeping indoors, using fans, air-conditioners er other household appliar.ces,and show it meets this standard of performance in the real world.

Respectfully subnitted, fW-Wells Eddleman Intervenor pro se, 812 Yancey st.

Durhan NC 27701-3152 39 March, 1986

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLTAR REGULATORY C01ESION In tr.e matter of CAROLnA POWER k LIGHT Cc. It al. ) Docket 50-hCO Shearen Harris Nuclear Power Plant. Unit 1- ) 0.L.

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