ML20028A791

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ML20028A791
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Issue date:	11/01/1982
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Green's Typography - October 20,1982 Jcb 2594 - LP&L cio Betty Cropper A message to cur neighbors and friends Deliver to Betty Cropper Gc!!ey 1 Your State and Parish governments have prepared this booklet to tell you what to do if there is an emergency at Water-ford 3. That is not likely to happen, but you need to be prepared.

You can also use this booklet in other kinds of emergencies, such as humcanes, tornadoes, cr spilled chemicals.

Please take the time to read this booklet now. Make sure that a:I members of your family understand what it says. Talk it over with your neighbors and friends. Some of them may need your help, or you may need theirs. If you know somecne who is blind or coes not read well, please read the booklet to them. The best way to be safe in an emergency is to know what to do and to help each other.

Keep this booklet in a handy place. lf you want more copies of it, you may get them at one of these offices.

St. Charles Parish Department of Emergency Pre-paredness, Parish Courthouse, River Road (Highway 18), Hahnville, La.

St. John the Baptist Parish Civil Defense, Room 104 Percy Hebert Building,1801 West Airline Highway, Laplace, La.

. Louisiana Power and Light Company District Offices on Paul Mallard Road in Luling, or at 2100 West Air-line Highway in Reiserve, La.

If there is an emergency, autdoor sirens will wam you. When you hear the sirens, turn on /our radio or TV. They will then tell you more about it. Please stay tuned to one of these local stations as long as the emergency lasts.

Radio - WCKW-FM 92 " River Parish Radio" Radio - WKOT-AM 1010 " River Parish Radio" You can also get information about an emergency at Water.

ford 3 cn New Orleans radio and TV stations.

Radio - WWL-AM 870 " News Radio 87" TV - Channels 4, 6. 8,12, and 26 c::innneni.,

8211290038 821117 PDR ADDCK 05000382 F PDR v s sion riduiduusi es Everything around you is made uo cf small pamc!es called atoms. The atoms in some matter are "radicactive" ar'd can solit to form new matter. When this happens, it gives cff energy called "raciation." This a nergy can be used to make electncity, to treat cancer,;and in other helpful ways.

You live with radiat:en all the time, and take some into your bocy every day. But sometimes you must be careful how mucn of this radiation enters your body. lf the amount of raciation in the air is large. you mast protect yourself from it. Your house or sorne ether oui!d:ng can cften te a good shelter if there is too much rsr@@n in ino ar.

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The amount of radiation you take irrto your body is mes-cured in "mililroms." Hsr3 ato cc.~e exarnpies of what you get in une year, and whers it comes from.

. The carth cnd spaca -- abcut C0 millirems

• Your food - about 24 millitems f30st persons living in the St. Charles er St. John the B:p!!at Parishes set about 1C0 mill!rsms per year in these natural ways. You may also get radiation in cthar ways.

• 2 or 3 chest x-ra'/s - about 40 millirems

. The rnaterial la your house - about 34 ml!!! roms A coast-to-coast airline f!!ght- about 2 millirems -

A color TV cet - about 1 millirem LivinD next to a plant !!ke V/aterford 3 will add less than one millirem per year.

Haro is how Waterferd 3 works. Uranium atoms in tno reactor j com" spht to produce heat. This heat rnakas water hot enough to picduca staam. Tha stcam is then u ed to mako efectnci*y in the same way electricity is mada in a plant that bums coal er oil.

V/han tha atoms in the ccre sp!;t. radioactive m 3tter is formed.

The pfant blocks its re! case in savera! ways.

1. f.htal fuel rods coal th? urar lum an't most of the r:diocctiva mattsr 1931d0 the cora.

2. A container with a s'ael wc!! cn inches th!c'< currounds the cero and ces!s it in.

3. A second con tainar with a steel wall two inch as thick is  !

rircund the first ono. l I

4. A concreta wa!! thrco fcot thic't coals in c!! of the other parts.

If thoro is an accdeat. Watorford 3 can t?ock tn9 relaate of e!!

or most of ti's radiaPon. But in a severe accident. some rad:oac-tves mattor may b a released. !!it is. this matterwm bo camed io the air. If that happens. an emergency wi'l be declared. You may then b3 asked to do cer'ain tnings to protect yourse!f until the v.ind I carrias the radioactive matter away.

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Radiation Emergencies There are four kinds of emergencies at nuclear power plants.

1. Unusual Event. A minct problem has taken place. No refease cf radioact:ve mat'er is expec'ed. Federal, State and Pansh officials wi;I be told of this. You wi!! not have to do any'hing.

2. Al?rt. Th:s is also a minct prcb!em. Sma:1 amounts of rad cactivo matte

• cou'd be refensed ct the plant. Federal, Stata cnd %rish officiafs wi'l bo totd of this and wi!! ba asked to stand by it la not l koly that yotr will have to do anything.

3. Sito Emergency. This is a mora severe prebrem. Sma'l arnounts cf radioactvo ma'tcr cou!d b9 released in*o the area outsida cf the pfant. Fed 2ral. Stato and Parith eff:ciais w!'l pre-pare to help you if you need ta tako epeci?! cetion. If such act:onis needed, the sirens w!! be turned en. You shou'd then liston to local radio or TV stat;ons for advice.

4. Gon?ral EmerCency. This is the most severo k:nd of emerg2acy. Radiucct;va mattcr ceu d be re!eated outside the p'ent, rederal, Sta o and Pane h c !dals will work croce!y with e oarts et t.io pf ant You may h.ivo t3 prc'oct yourseif. If act on is n::ded, the sirens w?l be tumcd ca. YcJ sho;!d then 1:cten to local rato cr TV stit.cns for advice g Ibm?mber that a nue:eer p lant is net l'ka a bOm'J. !! CAtl. i f OT c r0! ads. Ycu w:.i hav9 ti no to da wh?.t la n::ded if you fun ta prc! ct yoorcoif.PP.a n reed the rest c! th!.; Leckl:t.

It wl'l tt!! you ho.v 10 pre!!.7r for en em0_rg ncy.

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y 3 3marcancy Action Plans

!! an accident occurs at Waterford 3, experts at the plant will ha:p your 6 tate and Parish agencies decido how serious it is.

You v,;11 t;a to!d what actions to take, based on the plans de-tenbed hare. Be sure you understand them. If you have any c;uest;on.; wh!!e reading this booklet, ask one of these offices for hMp now. That way you will be prepared before an emergency -

c .n cor:n up.

St. Charica Parhh Department of Emorgoney Pro-pr radness, Parish Courthouse, River Road (Highway 10). Hahnville, La., Phone Number (504) 783 6266 St. John tha Baptist Parish Civil Dolense, Room 104, Percy Hebert Bui: ding.1801 West Airline H:ghway, La-Pira, La., Phono Number (504) 652-2222 t'lhan V/!!! An Emsreency Alioct You?

The f'" ' ear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the En-Gsnmcnic.I Protcction Agunc'/ (EPA) have studied this ques-t.cn. Thcy na ec learned that you most likely will not have to do anything If you livo as c!Oso as ten miles from Waterford 3.

tr.ough ysa shou!J be prepare t . _ a.

If your home or the placo you work is on the map incido this t col'.lat an emergency may or may not affect you. An accident cou!d affect some parts of the map and not others. That will r'2penJ an where the wind is coming from, how strong it is, and c.T hu.v s tvere the accident is. To help you know if you will have J IMc SC.T 3 aClion or not, the map has these 16 sections.

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- A1, A2. A3, Ad R

C1,B2.83,B4 C1,C2,C3,C4 g @s .

D1,C2,D3,D4 i 1 an cmargency, radio and TV stations wi!! tell which sections ca the rms wul ta affected. Unfo!d the booklet at this time and i ;ch out th a r action of the map where you live. Put that number in m L'ank c.1 the front of this booklet to make it easy to find lator if

' w nnd it. Then como back to this page and read on.

r:1 M,1 You Be Told About The Emergency?

CuMc^r s!rens wi:1 be turned on if there is an emergency in

'ur Par .h. These sirens have been put in the best places in tho

• t. Ch?r!_s and St. John the Baptist Parishes for you to hear

:n. Fire.ren and d':puros may drive through the area to warn y u, tro. If you are in a march or swamp, you v,ill be wamed by

• 2 cr Perich Olf. cia!.1. If you are in a boat on the River, the

--" en the chore ud! warn you lha Coast Guard may also

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Th > drens wi:1 counJ caly during tecting and during cmurgen.

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If there is an emergency, you will hear a steady sound that stays on for 3 to 5 m:nutes. This means that you should tum on your radio or TV. Thes e stations will te!I you which sections of the map are affec!cd by the emergency. They will also tell you what actions to take if you are in one of the affected sections.

- Radio - WCKW-FM G2 " River Parish Radio" -

- Radio - WXOT-AT.11010 " River Parish Radio" -

- Radio - WWL-AM 870 " News Radio 87*

-TV - Channels 4,6,8,12 and 23 Should You Usa The Phons?

If thero is an emergoney, the phone lin 23 wi'l be needed for official business. Do n 01 use your pheno un'ess you or someone you ! mow is injurcd or tco sick to do what is needed. If you must .

use the phone, keep your cf.Il very short. Ti'is booklet and your radio and TV will tall you what actions you might need to take.

Head it through and b3 sure ou undarstand it. Claar up all questions you have now, not e!cr.

Do not listen to rumors. Turn on your rada or TV for up-to-date information during an emorgency.

What Are The Actions You P.1ight Moed 'io Ta!!a?

Tha thrco acticos you m!ght be asked to take are called Protect Your Breathing, Sheiler in Pleco, or Evacusto. They are described below. Be euro you are c! car about them. If you have neighbors who are hard of hearing cr do net see well, p!caso help them. Be suro they know what they are supposed to l do in an emergcncy. Fill out the Special t!2eds Card in this book!ct and mail it for them if they cannot do this themselves.

Uso this card also if you or someone you know needs a wheel-chair or needs special help for some other reason. That way you can b3 sure to get the special he!p needed.

What if You Are Told To PROTECT YOUR ESEATHING?

This means you shou!d take these steps.

Cover your nose and mouth with a handkerchief or other c!cth.

Close the windows ard docrs if you arc in a building or a car.

Turn off heating or cooling systems. Turn off window or atfc fans.

What if You Are Told To SH"ILTE3 IN PLACE?

This means you should protect your:eilinside your house or soma ether bui!d ng. This is a goed acfen to take if there is a short re!?ase or sma!I amount of radir.tien in the air. If your a children are in scho:1. they w;1 be protected by schecl officials.

Take those steps tc protect yourse!f.

bliver to' detty Cropper Gall:y 5 with alt;rt tions Go inside if y au are outside. When inside, sta) there until your radio or TV says you can leave safely. Tnis is most likely to be after a few hours, rather than a cay or more.

Close all doors and wincews.

Turn off heating or ccoling systems. Turn off windcw or attic fans.

Keep your pets inside.

Listen to one of these radio or TV stations for further instructions.

- Radio - WCKW-FM 92 " Rive Parish Radio"

- Radio - WKOT-AM 1010 " River Pansn Radio"

- Radlo - WWL-AM 870 " News Rndio 87*

- TV - Channels 4,6,8,12 and 23 What if You Are Told To EVACUATE 7 This means that you should move to a place more than ten miles from Waterford 3. Plans have been made to give you housing at special reception centers if you need it. Be sure all members of your family know where to meet in an emergency.

That way you will not have to call them on the phone at that time.

The reception centers are listed on the chart inside this book-let. Unfold it and follow the s:eps to locate your reception center and how to get there.

Ylhat To Do if You Are Told To Evacuate The map and the chart on this page show you how to move out of your area if you are asked to evacuate. You are also told below how to get ready for the trip.

Follow These Steps Fcr Using The Chart

1. Locate the section in which you live. Look on the map and the chart for your section number. This is the number you are asked to put on tne front of the bccklet. If ycu are not sure about this number, check the map again. Circle your number on the chart.

2. Locate the evacuation routes fer your section. Look across the chart to the third coiumn. This is the ene with the heading " Evacuation Routes" marked at the top of the chart.

There you will find the routes to take when you d ive to your center Mark the route on the map that is easiest for you to fo!!ow.

That will help you in an emergency.

3. Locate your reception center. Now look alongside the route you have chosen. in the next eclumn (with the heacing "Peception Centers"). There you wi!! find the name cf your receo-tien center and its address Put a cirete arcund it. Each member of your family should know the Iccaticn cf your reception conter.

Ycu may want to go somewhere else instead cf a recection center. If you choose to stay at a notel cr motel, or with family cr fnends, be sure the place is more than ten m:!es frem Water *crd 3.

Also te sure to contact ycur recection centsr as scen as you can to say where you are staying. That way family members and others can find out that ycu are safe.

4. Loc:.te your pickup peint. lf you need a ride to a reception center, try to go with a neighber, a frienc, er a relative. If you cannot do that, you can be picked up frem scecial points near you.

The fifth column in the chart, headed "Schoc!s and Pickup Points." foils whero these oiaces aro. Checso the cne closest to your home. Put a circ:e arcund it.

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5. Locate your children's reception center. An emergency would mcst likely 311ow time for schocis to finish their day's classes. The schot 13 would then c!ose and your children would come home as alvrays. You could then take them to a center yourself if that is called for.

If the children ha 'e to leave their schools fcr a safer place, they will be the first to move. Their teacners and other adu!ts will take them to the reception center for the secten in which they go to school. Locate that conter on the chart and circle it. You will also be told by radio or TV where to pick up your children.

Do not go to your children's schoci to pick them up. That could delay their move to a safer place. School officials will take special care of your children.

Your children may live within tan miles of Waterford 3, but go to a school f arther away. If they do, plan to pick them up at the scnool yourself.

Do not try to call your children's schcol. The phone lines will be needed for off!cial business.

6. Try this example. This will show ycu if you are using the chart correctly. Sucpose you live in Section A4 on the mao. in the first column you see the section numcer and the name of the Parish. St. John. In the second cofumn you see the names of the towns in that section, Reserve and Garyvil!e. The third column lists the evacuation routqs fer sec ion A4. It tells you that you can go west en U.S. 61 OR Routo 44 (Fiver Rcad). You would choose the easiest road for you to follow. Lock at tne fourth column The reccotton c' enter for section A4 would be the Centroplex, at 275 .

South River Road in Baton Rouge. The last column lists the schools and pickup points in secticn A4 where you could go to get a ride. Note that all schools are pickup pointa for people who need ridos.

If you have cuestions about your route, receotien center, or pickup point, wnte or call one of these offices as scon as you can. ,

St. Charles Parish Department of Emergency Pre-paredness, Pansh Courthouse, River Road (highway 18),

Hahnville, La., Phone Number (504) 733-6266 St. John the Baptist Parish Civil Defense, Room 104 Percy Hebert Building,1801 West Airline Highway, La-P! ace, La., Phone Number (504) 652-2222 Follow These Steps To Get Ready For the Trip

1. Stay as calm as you can. lf you already know where to go and what to take, that will he!o. Ycu wi!! have time to do what you need to do. F.emember that nuc! car plants do MOT excfode.

! 2. Gather what you and your family will need. You will probably have to be awa things along if ycu can. y from home for a f 3w days. Take these This booklet Extra clothing Eyeglasses, prescnotien drugs, and other imcortant medicines Some way to identify ycurself Baby suopties PortatMe radio (if you have one)

Checkbcok and crecit cards

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3. n:momher as you !aava t.J do tha ic'!cwirg.

. Turn off the lights and */ cur housahofd c?;!!ancc3 Leavo your rettig:mtar cnd froa:cr on.

Lock your house.

• Uco caly cna car (Or other v:hicts) 'cr ycur f amily. If you have rcorn, p! casa check to geo if any of ycur n.h;htcra r. sed a rid a.

• Fo!!ow tha route you have markad on the map in this bcoklet.

!(c3p your car windo.'zs and a'r vents c!c:1d. Listan to en3 of the icicwing rad:o sta:!]ns for reports aucut your routa and othar Inforr.,2 tion.

-WO:(W F.'.102 " River Parich Ref 3"

.'l!(OT-M,11010 " Fiver Panch Raf 3" 5.'l'.'ll-AM 070 "N rris R2d:o 87"

. Drivo caf oly: traffic wi!! ba h envy. Ceput! as u!cng your routa w!Il help with tho traffic.

4. Do not worry about your property whita you cra away.

Law officers will protect it.

Plational Guard troops w!!I be ca!!ed if they need to help.

Roadb!ccks will keep pecp!a out of the araa 'jou have left.

5. Ack chout these it!nds of in!crm:t!cn when you get to your reception contor.

How to ragister.

Where members of your family cra,if they are not with you.

ilon to get other heu: rg il you need it.

• How !c got medical or o'ner ep:cial ho!p.

How to get checked fer rad n*.'ca.

Wcen it is cafe to no t"G h0m 4

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- Radio - WCKW-FM 92 " River Pansh Radio"

- Radio WKOT-AM 1010 " River Parish Radio"

- Radio - WWL-AM 870 " News Radio 87" -

- TV - Channels 4, 6, 8,12 and 26

'llhora To Get More Information Or Other Help Ea s .re ycu. the memcers of your family, and your fnenas uncarstand tne information in this booklet. All of you will then know 7, hat to do in an emergency. You can be prepared ahead of time and will not have to try to use the phone when the lines are busy, Call orwnte to one of the offices below NOWif you have questions 3Cout this booklet.

+ St. Charles Parish Department of Emergency Pre-paredness, Panch Courthouse, River Road (Highway 18),

Hahnville, La., Phonc Number (504) 783-6266

. St. John the Baptist Parish Civil Defense, Room 104 Percy Hebert Building,1801 West Airline Highway, La-Place, La., Phone Number (504) 652-2222 Da NOT Listen to Rumors. Turn on your radio or TV for a-to-date information during an emergency.

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What TO Do if Ycu H:ar Th3 Outocor Sircn3 STAY CALin. You will have time to take the needed ste;:s.

. TURl* ON YOUR RADIO OR TV. You will be told what to c:.

- Radio - WCKW-FM 92 " Riser Pansh Racio"

- Radio - WKQT-AM 1010 " River Parish Radio"

- Radio - WWL-AM 870 " News Radio 87"

- TV - Channels 4,6,8,12 and 26

. CD NOT USE THE PHONE. The lines are needed for o'ficial business.

Il you are told to PROTECT YOUR BREATHING:

- Cover your nose and mouth with a handkerchief or other cloth.

- Closo the windows and doors if you are in a building or car.

- Turn off heating cr cooling systems. Tum off window and attic fans

. If you are told to SHELTER IN PLACE:

- Go inside your house or some cther building.

- Stay inside until your raoio or TV says you can leave safety.

-Tura off heating or cooling systems. Turn off window and attic fans.

Acep your pets inside.

- Listen to the radio or TV for further advice.

. J you are told to EVACUATE:

- Ge sure that this oroer applies to your section of the map inside this booklet. If it does, follow the next steps.

- Get ready to leave your home for a few days. If you have children in school, they will be taken to the

• reception center for their school. Meet them there.

- Pack only what you will need most. Take this booklet, cio'hes medicine, baby supplies, portable radio (if you have one), checkbook and credit cards.

-Turn off the lights and your household appliances.

- Lock your house. The section where you live will be guarded while you are away.

- Use your own car if you can. Take neighbors who need a nde. if you have room. If you have no ride, ask one of your neighoors for a nde. If you cannot do that.

go to one of the pickup points listed on the chart inside this booklet. You can get a nde there.

-Turn on the car radio for information.

-Go to the reception center for your section of the map. The chart inside this booklet and the radio or TV wi.i tell you wnere to go.

PLEASE READ THROUGH THIS BOOKLET.

IT TELLS YOU MORE ABOUT HOW TO BE READY FOR EMERGEfJCIES.

Please write your section number here.

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