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{{#Wiki_filter:_ 0-4 ' $QIED COftRESPONDENCf COCKETED U5NHC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 89 APR 11 p5 39 ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD ~ grciD Before the Administrative Judges: "## ' y, l Ivan W. Smith, Chairman Dr. Richard F. Cole ; Kenneth A. McCollom j I l
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i In the Matter.of ). Docket Nos. 50-443-OL '
) 50-444-OL. g PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY ) (Off-Site'EP) '
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(Seabrook Station, Units 1 and 2) ) April 10, 1989
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TESTIMONY OF T. MICHAEL CARTER ON BEHALF OF JAMES M. SHANNON, ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS CONCERNING _COUlENJIONS JI 13B; JI 27G: JI 36; MAG EX-9 l l 1 l 1 Department of the Attorney General I Nuclear Safety Unit Public Protection Bureau One Ashburton Place Boston, Massachusetts 02108 (617) 727-2200 8904140152 890410
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before the Administrative Judges: Ivan W. Smith, Chairman Dr. Richard F. Cole Kenneth A. McCollom
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In the Matter of ) Docket Nos. 50-443-OL
) 50-444-OL PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY ) (Off-Site EP)
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ET AL. )
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(Seabrook Station, Units 1 and 2) ) April 10, 1989
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TESTIMONY OF T. MICHAEL CARTER ON BEHALF OF JAMES M. SHANNON, ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS CONCERNING CONTENTIONS JI 13B; JI 27G; JI 36; MAG EX-9 My name is T. Michael Carter and I have a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin. I currently have three professional positions: 1) I am Vice President for Human Factors of the Corporate Response Group of Washington, DC (about 50% time), 2) I am a Visiting Fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmoshpere (CIRA) at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado and via this position on contract to the National Weather Service in Silver Spring, Maryland (about 30%) and 3) I am Vice President and Director of Hazards Management Group of Tallahassee, Florida (about 20%).
m 4 I am an authority in the area of behavioral' response t'o crisis and emergency situations. My first work in this ar'ea began in 1976 when I participated with other colleagues at the University of Minnesota in securing andLconducting a National Science Foundation research grant on " Community Response to Natural. Hazard Warnings." This effort included a before-and- . after research design of the response by emergency response agencies and the general public to tornadoes, flash floods and l hurricanes in approximately 30 communities nationwide. During l this study I was able to observe on-site-the preparation and response to four hurricane threats. l l After completing this study in 1980, I spent two years l l atthe National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's l Environmental Research Laboratories in Boulder, Colorado, I through my association with CIRA. During this period, I developed the conceptual basis for an automated warning fan-out {
.1 system which is currently being integrated into a prototype of the National Weather Service's future automation system which will be implemented in the early 1990's. l l
In 1982, again through my association with CIRA, I began a j contractual relationship with the National Weather Service l Headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. My initial task involved the development and implementation of the hurricane _ , probability program. This involved an assessment of the impact of the hurricane probabilities on both agency and public response to hurricane warnings and the development of an education program to maximize the utilization of this forecast l t _ _ _ . _ __ _____m__-_ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _
I d error information. During 1983 and 1984, I personally conducted more than 30 workshops around the Atlantic and Gulf coasts on this subject. From 1983 through 1985, I worked on-site as a liaison between local weather service offices and local officials during five hurricane threats. My primary tasks during these emergencies were to advise local officials on the extent and timing of evacuation orders, to coordinate, through state officials, the evacuation orders of various local jurisdictions and to compose and write local weather service office emergency warning messages. Other tasks with the National Weather Service have involved a nationwide evaluation of their Disaster preparedness program, the development of a hurricane evacuation decision-making strategy for local officials and an evaluation of the forecast information requirements of local officials for severe convective storms, tornadoes, flash floods and winter storms. With the incorporation of the Hazards Management Group in 1983, I have participated in the development of behavioral assumptions concerning the likely response of the public to a variety of hurricane threat scenarios. The response dimensions include the evacuation rate, the timing of the evacuation, the type and location of refuge, the percentage of vehicle usage and the percentage of the special need population. These assumptions form a part of the basis of comprehensive hurricane plans in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Hawaii. My Curriculum Vitae is attached to thiT testimony. INTRODUCTION The contentions to which this testimony is addressed are JI 138; JI 27G; JI 36; and MAG EX-9.
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OF TESTIMONY This testimony sets out the basic premises regarding the nature and effect of public response to emergency warnings. In addition, it discusses in detail the criteria againse which the level of detailed it.';rmation contained within a message needs be judged. The testimony also examines the nature of procedures for the formulation, coordination and dissemination of en,ergency information, as set forth in the SPMC and as exercised in June of 1988, as well as the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of NHY ORO's Public Notification Coordination in coordinating and drafting emergency messages : a so discussed. The conclusions reached through this testimony include the following: emergency messages contained in the SPMC an:i emergency messages issued during the June exercise are net able to adequately and effectively guide and channel the public's response during an emergency; procedures specified in the SPMC and utilized during the exercise cannot adequately ensure the timely dissemination of consistent information from NHY ORO to the puolic; provisions in the SPMC and performance during the exercise show that there is a lack of coordination of emergency
- i e public information between NHY ORO and responding governments, .1 the media cannot be effectively handled given-the procedures in. I l LFe SPMC and the facts elicited through the exercise; the SPMC: -; does not provide for or require that the NHY ORO Public Notification Coordinator have adequate training and experience'. TESTIMQEY I. DISCUSSION OF THE ADEQUACY OF.THE SPMC EBS MESSAGES AND THE. EMERGENCY. MESSAGES ISSUED TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE JUNE, 1988 SEABROOK EXERCISE A. BACKGROUND There is a significant amount of social' science literature and findings which: deal with the nature of public response to emergency warnings. Rather than repeat.those findings here, I > will take, as my. starting point, pertinent portions of Dr. Dennis'Mileti's pre-filed testimony in the New Hampshire ! portion of these proceedings. -(Specifically, I refer to pages 149 through 159 of Applicants' Direct Testimony No. 7, Docket i Nos. 50-443-OL; 50-444-OL, Nov. 12, 1987.) In this material, Dr. Mileti reviews the social science
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literature regarding the factors which influence an indivioJal's decision to evacuate. For purposes of this testimony I accept Dr. Mileti's basic summary and
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interpretation of the research findings. In sum, the most relevant portions of these research l findings indicate that individuals respond in a somewhat J rational manner relative to their perceptions of their personal risk in a developing emergency. Or, in Dr. Mileti's words, "Most members of the public in emergencies behave in ways l t
m relatively consistent with their situational perceptions of risk and what to do about it." Id at 151, 11.'l-3. .This 1 perception of personal risk is determined by a wide variety of factors, including. psychological characteristics, personal i
'1 experience, social. context, emergency warning information and environmental cues, to name only a few.
Most of these factors vary widely over a population and, thus, cannot be controlled by officials through the_ issuance of emergency warning. However, one element which can be controlled and which is the focus of this testimony is the emergency warning information which is issued to the public. l l As Dr. Mileti stated in his earlier testimony, a good emergency ! warning message is one which can overcome the effects of an 8 individual's characteristics on his own perception of personal risk. Thus, the primary function a good emergency warning message can perform is to provide information that will enable all members of a population, regardless of their individual I characteristics, to develop an appropriate perception of their personal risk to the warned threat. Indeed, a fundamental tenet in the social science research literature on public l response to emergency warnings is that members of the public l l reach their own decisions on what actions to take, if any, on the basis of the information a'vailable to them. The information provided by officials of response agencies and i organizations plays the critical role in this process. I l 1 i I l I
4 B. CRITERIA FOR EMERGENCY WARNING MESSAGES f i THE CHECKLIST I Dr. Mileti has set'forth a " checklist of what constitutes the type of emergency public information that helps most members of a public perceive risk more accurately in an emergency". Idt at 156, 11. 12-14. However, I believe his discussion of this checklist is far.too "briefly summarized" to enable the reader to effectively utilize it in order to j evaluate EBS messages like'the ones at issue. Also, his 1
.1 ensuing discussion is much'too theoretical or abstract to 1
'l enaole even a skilled practitioner to effectively utilize itiin ,
k order to evaluate the messages.like the ones at issue. ] l However, more helpful than this summarized presentation is 1 a paper that Dr. Mileti and his colleagues have presented I elsewhere. It is a much more detailed. discussion of the , a factors which "have been documented as being important to [the] issuance of a good warning" (Sorensen, Vogt and Mileti, 1987:111). In this discussion, ten documented factors are discussed:
- 1. The source of the message: the source of the message must be perceived by the. receiver to be both credible and reliable. However, since any )
given source is unlikely to be perceived as credible and reliable by all members of a public, a good warning message should cite a number of different sources who have cooperated in its development. { : 1. c_-________________ __ __
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- 2. The consistency of the message: the statement in the message which describes the threat must be consistent with the statement in the message which describes the level of concern the receiving public should have. In addition, if multiple agencies or officials are issuing warning messages, these multiple warning messages should be consistent with each other.
- 3. The accuracy of the message.
- 4. The clarity of the message.
- 5. The certainty of the message: a message which is certain in its description of the threat and aggressive in its call for protective action is more effective than a tentative message.
- 6. The 1.evel of detailed information in the message:
if the warning message is to perform its primary purpose of providing sufficient information to enable the receiver to develop an appropriate perception of personal risk, it must contain all the information the receiver requires to develop such a perception. To the extent that the message contains insufficient or inconsistent information, the message may create confusion, uncertainty and anxiety. In addition, any missing or ambiguous information will be sought by the public from other sources or will be assumed on the basis of potentially uninformed perceptions.
~ s,: J t Obviously, the effect of incomplebeor inconsistent information is that the public can derive an I inappropriate perception of personal risk whereupon l i the wrong actions may be taken and incorrect or j
-I incomplete information'may be passed on to.others. ;
i A good example of this was TMI, where people evacuated who didn't need to. Conceivably,'this l l king of inappropriatefaction could be very f i dangerous, for example, where a person unwittingly J 4 exposed himself to.radi'ation.because he evacuated j
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- 7. The orotective action cuidance in the message: a message which-contains clear.and explicit guidance about what protective actions to take.is.obviously 1 more effective than one which either provides no guidance or only ambiguous guidance. In addition, i 1
the time frame in which_these actions are to be taken should also be made explicit. i Although not mentioned in the EnIsnsen, et al. discussion, the message should also make clear whi^ch actions should be taken by which groups in those cases where not everyone receiving the message is at equal risk to the threat. This point will be discussed in more detail later in this testimony. _9_
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- 8. .The frecuency of.the' messages:'the more frequently a warning message is repeated, the better its chances of being effective'.- Not everyone in.the threatened population will' hear a single warning l message and, to the extent-it is repeated l
l' frequently, the. percentage of the population who hears it will be increased. .Moreover, a frequently repeated warning message is more.likely to be understood. A further point not mentioned in'the Sorensen, et al - discussion. is the necessity for f requent , updates to provide additional, confirming information on the development.of.the threat. s For example, in the hurricane warning program, updates on the status of the storm are' successively-reduced from every six hours to every hour as'the storm approaches the coast. Given the nature:of a particular. incident, shorter intervals between updates may well be appropriate. ;
- 9. The specification of the location of the event in.
the' message: the more specific the message.is in terms of what geographic. areas are being cr will be affected by the threat, the greater its effectiveness.
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- 10. The dissemination cha_nnels of the message: warning messages are more effective if disseminated through multiple channels, thereby ir. creasing the possibility of reaching more people in a shorter time frame. In addition, personal communication of the warning message, for example, by uniformed officials, has been found to be more affective than media messages or simply sounding a siren.
When taken together and redefined in more hazard specific, or operational, terms, these ten factors described above can provide a means of objectively evaluating the potential effectiveness of emergency warning messages. For example, when focusing on a particular hazard, careful attention must be paid to the " level of detailed information" (no. 6). Application of a non-specific criterion would simply bee too generic. I discuss the necessary level of detailed information and the failure of ORO and the SpMC to provide that level of detail in a later segment of this testimony. THE PERRY MODEL In my emergency warning work with the National Weather Service, I have' drawn from both my own research and the theoretical work of Ronald Perry and his colleagues in order to develop a criteria for the types of information which should be included in a warning message. Ronald perry is a sociologist with expertise regarding response warnings. His work is largely read and relied on in this field. Together with his l
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colleague, he-has developed a useful.model of the process'by which individuals reach decisions to take protective a,ctions in response to warning messages (perry, Lindell'.and Greene, 1981). For example, regarding the primary function'of a warning message, which is to provide information that will enable the receiver to develop an appropriate perception of personal risk from the hazard, perry has focused closely on the actual dimensions of personal risk- "In examining people's , perceptions of personal risk, we are concerned with their !
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property that may' result from the impact of the disaster: agent"
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(Id at 33). I The perry model identifies two key elements in an ! individual's perception of personal risk: (1) the conception of the severity of impact and (2) the conceptionaof.his proximity to the area of impact. .In my own work with the National Weather Service, I have expanded on these two dimensions. Severity of imoact involves two different but related notions. First, one must identify the intensity of the hazard'. For l example, not all hurricanes are equally dangerous--e.g., I hurricane Florence which struck the Alabama coast with winds barely attaining hurricane strength presented a'much less dangerous threat than hurricane Gilbert with its winds approaching 200 mph--nor.are all floods of equal intensity, nor l all nuclear power station accidents. Second, one must identify-the physical impact of the threat itself, in other words, what will actually happen when the impact occurs. For example, what effect will the hurricane's winds have on typical structures; I
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'what effect will the hurricane's storm' surge have on coas'al t l
' structures; what effect will-the released radiation have~on an exposed person? The provision of such'information in a warning l
message is necessary to prevent.the receivers.from developing. i l perceptions of personal risk on the basisiof rumors or ) uninformed' perceptions of risk or safety. With regard to proximity to the area of imoact, it must i be. recognized that few hazards pose an equal risk over.the entire area they affec' "-* example, the.most-dangerous hazard posed by hurricanes is the storm surge, and this hazard
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is largely limited to the.immediate coastal area. An -l individual located in a sturdy building inland has little to fear from the effects of all but the most intense hurricane. l l Thus, not everyone in a community experiencing a' direct hit I from a hurricane needs to evacuate. Likewise,.not everyone l
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within a ten mile radius of the site of a nuclear power station accident will necessarily need'to. evacuate, given the fact that i the entire radius may not fall within the' exposure plume 1 pathway. To the extent that not everyone in contiguous , geographical areas need to take the same protective action, 1 such distinctions, and the. reasons for them, must be made ! explicit in the warning message. Three factors are identified by perry which facilitate ; the taking of protective action are the following:
- 1. The identification of an appropriate and effective protective action.
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- 2. TheLexistence of an individual.or-family emergency plan.
- 3. A social context in which the family is together or otherwise accounted for'at the time of the emergency.
The necessity of[providing appropriate protective ' action recommendation's in emergency warning messages has already been discussed and is a subject of essentially unanimous consensus in the emergency warning field. However, the existence of an individual or family' plan is problematic for large portions of the warned population because, as with~ individual psychological characteristics, this is often regarded as~an uncontrollable factor in the public's response. A traditional method utilized to promote such individual and family preparedness is the development.and distribution of hazard awareness materials. The research-results on the efficacy of such materials is mixed. Regarding the social context aspect, it is' routine in the hurricane warning program to adopt a strategy of preparing the threatened population for the possibility of evacuation early in the developing threat. A hurricane,.unlike some other ! hazards--e.g., tornadoes, earthquakes,'etc.--provides fairly. long warning lead times. During the early watch phase--within about thirty-six hours before landfall--we regularly issue messages urging the public to begin making plans in case evacuation becomes necessary at a later time. Specifically, we suggest that people decide where they would go if they had to J l 4 1 11 1
evacuate, what they would have to take with them, etc. In this way, we attempt to encourage the development of individual or family plans durina the early chases of a ootential emeraency, a period in which no specific protective actions are yet necessary. Although a thirty-six hour lead time, as described above, may be unlikely under certain accident scenarios, a similar strategy can nonetheless be utilized to foster the development'of personal preparedness during the early phases of the accident. Significantly, this was nat done during the Seabrook exercise in June of 1988. Returning for a moment to the existence of a " family plan", it is well established that people evacuate as family units. As such, to the extent that evacuation plans presume that this may not be possible, it becomes imperative to provide sufficient information in warning messages to assure the population that actions are being taken to assure the safety of all individuals in the threatened area. However, the effectiveness of warning messages containing information persuading parents to evacuate without their children, as is supposed in the Seabrook plan for Massachusetts Communities, is very problematic. For example, during the evacuation for ilurricane Iva in Hawaii in November, 1982, there was a good deal of confusion and anxiety caused by the issuance of warnings which did not l persuasively and clearly inform parents as to the evacuation procedures for school children. Many parents would not leave the evacuation area until they had collected their children regardless of the fact that evacuation was intended to proceed I with parents aat going to the schools.
q CHECKLIST ON " LEVEL OF DETAILED INFORMATION" Having discussed the elements in an individual's perception of risk and those factors which facilitate the taking of protective actions, I will expound on number six of Dr. Mileti's " checklist" which pertains to the level ofi detailed information in a warning message. In my opinion,_ l there are seven essential oieces of information which must'be l communicated in an emergency warning message in order to attempt to enable all members of a population to develop an appropriate' perception of personal risk and to take appropriate protective actions to that perceived risk (Carter, 1988). -
- 1) The message must clearly identify the nature'of the hazard. In this case, the emergency messages must make clear d
references to the hazard of radiation exposure. 'It.is this-hazard, after all, which underlies the reason for . issuing the message in the first place. All additional information in the ) i l message must relate directly to this hazard, i
- 2) The message must clearly identify the time frame in ;
I which exposure to radiation will occur or is forecast to occur. Dr. Mileti was correct in pointing out that this ' information is,necessary to provide the public with guidance on when protective actions should be completed in order to avoid radiation exposure.
- 3) The message must clearly identify the geographical areas at risk to radiation exposure. This portion of the message should reiterate the boundaries and scope of the EPZ l and also emphasize areas within this zone that are at higher risk because of current or forecast wind conditions.
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- 4) The message must-clearly assess.how severe the radiation is or is forecast to be. The mere statement that a release has occurred gives the public no information by.which to assess their risk. 1 I
5)- .In conjunction with the above, the message should' I j also contain information regarding the effectoof exposure which j J corresponds to the level of radiation. -This effect should be j stated in terms of.the short or long health effects of the I exposure. Simple comparisons of.the exposure to other sources
]j of exposure (i.e., cigarette smoking) without an explicit reference to health effects does not give the public the detailed information required-to develop an appropriate l perception of personal risk. y 1
- 6) If the release has not.already occurred, the j l
message must specify the level of certainty regarding the occurrence of the release of radiation; (Again, if the release has occurred, numbers four and.five would be applicable.). A ) tentative or amiguous statement is obviously not as effective as one which clearly states the chances, if known, of a radiation release.
- 7) The, message must contain recommendations'for protective actions. Further, these recommendations must be 1
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explained within the context of the hazard--exposure to j radiation. That is, the message should explain how taking the l 1 protective action would limit, reduce or avoid exposure to radiation. 'If the same protective actions are not being l recommended for all persons within the EPZ,-the message must l 4 l
clearly state why populations seemingly at equal risk are not being advised to take the same actions or, why some populations are at greater risk than others. In the early phases o,f a developing risk, the messages should contain the necessary information that will allow the public to begin preparing for I evacuation, if that becomes required. Also, if evacuation is i required in a context in which families cannot evacuate as a unit, the message must provide information which will assure parents that their children are being sufficiently cared for cad that someone is preventing or minimizing the childrens' n.<posure to radiation. } In terms of general message characteristics, the emergency messages should, to the extent possible, reflect the 1 collaboration of a number of sources. This is especially true when protective actions are being recommended. In the case at l S md , at a minimum, the messages should reflect the k l l collaboration of the response organizations involved in an c ident at the Seabrook nuclear station: the State of New I l Hampshire, the State of Massachusetts and the New Hampshire j Yankee Offsite Response Organization. Also, the messages should be both internally consistent ; and consistent with the messages issued by other agencies or l i organizations. " Internally consistent," as stated above, means that the statement in the message which describes the threat of l radiation exposure is consistent with the statement which I i describes the appropriate level of concern. " Consistency with l other messages," means that protective action recommendations l should be consistent across jurisdictions. In the situation ' i _______ _.________- - _ _ a
where such recommendations differ for legitimate reasons, these , reasons must be explained. For example, during-the June exercise, the seemingly illogical' closing times of contiguous beaches.in the Seabrook EpZ should have'been explained.to the public. The messages should also be repeated frequently and be frequently updated. It is recognized that the frequency with which a single message is repeated is controlled by the media and not by the issuing agency.or organization. 'However, it is within the control of the issuing agency or organization to f i frequently update.the emergency information to be provided.to the.public by the media.
' Finally, emergency messages should be issued to'the public through a number of channels to. ensure wide and timely -
4 dissemination. In addition, the same information issued to the l public.should be disseminated through the many channels that are used. In other words, the messages which are disseminated through EBS broadcast should also be given to all other 1 channels. Similarly, messages disseminated to the Media Center should be disseminated through EBS. Failure toado this could cause confusion,among the public, since not all members of the public will have access to the same set of information. While face-to-face communication has been found to be most effective, we realize that this channel is impractical in the context of many hazards, such as tornadoes, flash floods and nuclear power accidents. l 1 :
C. EVALUATION OF THE SPMC EBS MESSAGES Using the models and standards set forth earlier and, in particular, the "seven point checklist" I have just described which concerns the level of detailed information, I have evaluated the suggested EBS messages contained in the SPMC. All the messages contained in this packet are designated as " Amendment 4," with the exception of the " Prerecorded Generic Alerting Message," which is labelled as " Amendment 3." These SPMC messages are attached to this testimony. In evaluating these messages, I understand that they are intended to be merely suggestive of the types of messages that may be issued in the event of an accident at the Seabrook nuclear power station. The use of such pre-prepared statements is common practice among many emergency response stations. I further understand that later versions may be in existence after this testimony is written. If this is the case, I would like to review these later messages and amend or alter any part of this testimony that would be affected by changes in the content of the SPMC messages. Because these messages are only suggestive of the type to actually be issued, I have not focused on literal and word specific problems. Rather, there are a number of fundamental prol;1 ems which occur repeatedly throughout the messages. I focus on these.
- 1) A large number of the messages consistently fail to give instructions to all members of the public within the EPZ.
In terms of the SPMC, the general population (excluding those
. J in institutions ~such as schools, hospitals and nursing' homes):'
1 appears to be divided into four1 groups: 1) boaters, 2)' beach. -] l and wildlife refuge visitors, 3) residents of Salisbury and Amesbury.and.4) residents.of1Merrimac, Newbury, West Newbury. 1 and Newburyport. In a Site Area Emergency in.which no 1 sheltering is being advised (Attachments 8 through'11)' boaters and/or' beach and wildlife refuge visitors are' instructed to
. leave the area. However,-the two groups of residents are given no instructions and, more importantly,;are not told why they have not been given instructions-while others in the EpZ have been given instructions. 'The effect of this, in my opinion, would be.to cause confusion and raise the. level of anxiety among these groups.. Further,'in those cases where Salisbury and Amesbury have been instructed to shelter ~(Attachments 12 and 13) or to evacuate (Attachments 18 through 21) but the remaining communities have not been so instructed, the messages give no reason for this differentiation. As stated above, if population groups seemingly at equal risk are not being told to take the same protective actions, some explanation for this differentiation must be given to avoid confusion and anxiety.
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Attachments 19 and 21) in those cases wher~e a radiation release into the air is reported (Attachments 7, 11,13 and 17), no
, statements are given at all as to the actual or forecast severity of the release or to the potential health effects of the release. Further, there is no statement in these messages as to whether or when such information might be made available.
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5' 1 3)! No message not calling.for protective actions g'ives , i any_ guidance.to the residents as to,how to prepare for future j l actions which may be required. The only. references are to the I pre-emergency information which' may or may not be readily
.available. If such'information is, indeed, unavailable, these residents-are left-with no information on future preparedness i
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residents are still=not able to' develop an. appropriate 3 i perception of personal risk. Further, there is no mention of -) how beach and wildlife refuge' visitors are to'obtain such information during the Alert phase of the emergency. In summary, these. suggested messages are incomplete, lack clarity and certainty and, are generally haphazard in
':erms of the information they give to the .various" population g;oups in the EpZ. They do not seem to have been written in l eny systematic manner to address the criteria required of a message that will be capable of enabling all members of the EpZ population to develop an appropriate perception of their ,
I personal risk in terms of the threat of radiation exposure. As ' a result, as written, these messages are more likely:to create confusion among the public than to provide constructive guidance on the nature of the threat and how to avoid its effects. j D. EVALUATION OF THE JUNE, 1988 SEABROOK EXERCISE EBS f MESSAGES 6 While the SpMC messages are suggestive and may or may. not be actually used, the messages released during the June, 1988 Seabrook Exercise were, in fact, released and, thus, can
v --' 1 I l be evaluated in depth. Because-a resident or visitor to the ] 1 Seabrook EPZ can' listen to either.New Hampshire'or Massachusetts ! l media, regardless of-the state in which he or.she is physically i located, these messages can be compared with other information 3 being released by other players in the exercise to evaluate the ] l extent to which information given to the public is consistent and clear. The material used in conducting this evaluation { include: 1) the'" Exercise Report" produced by FEW4 and dated
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September 1, 1988, 2) the set-of News Releases prepared by New ) Hampshire Yankee, 3)the set of News Releases and EBS messages l prepared by the New Hampshire Office of Emergency' Management, I I
- 4) the set of News Releases prepared by the Office of the Governor of the State of Maine and 5) the set of News Releases- I and EBS messages prepared by the Massachusetts Offsite Response organization of New Hampshire Yankee. . Portions of the FEMA !
Exercise Report which I have focused on are Table 3 i (Significant Event Log), Table 7 (Summary of Protective Action 1 Recommendations and Protective Action Decisions) and Table 8 (EBS Messages), Table 9 (summary of News Releases). It should 5 be noted that the times and numbers recorded in the actual warning messages often vary.from those listed in the table. In addition, I have read certain portions of the depositions of Richard Donovan and Gregory Howard. As I will elaborate in greater detail further on, the SPMC makes what I consider to be a fallacious distinction l between EBS messages and News Releases. The only sensible way to evaluate the warning messages is to evaluate both sets together.
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The-first obvious problem is the fact.that,'while the- l Alert was declared at:9:09 AM,1NHYlORO did not release any information to the public until 11:22 AM (ORO News Release
#1). During this period of silence for Massachusetts-residents 1
.and visitors'offover two hours, New Hampshire not only had )
l issued'information an hour before, but had already ordered the Hampton and Seabrook beaches to be closed (10:58 AM)., This'is a glaring example-of inconsistent messages between adjacent J jurisdictions which can and do create tremendous confusion and anxiety among the public. To make matters worse, the 11:22 AM l NHY ORO. message made no reference to the fact that the New
'l Hampshire beaches had been closed nor did it contain any information concerning recommended actions'forEvisitors to the
. Massachusetts beaches or wildlife refuge. Thus, in the initial phases of the' emergency, where beach goers on nearby.or adjacent beaches have left and are leaving, there was no.
information available to Massachusetts residents and visitors i except that issued by New Hampshire which made no reference at i all to the Massachusetts p: tion of the EpZ. The NHY ORO EBS message #1, issued at 12:15 pM, as well j as the other warning messages issued during the Site Area Emergency, suffer from a number of inadequacies. First, while l the initial message calls.for the closing of the Massachusetts i beaches and wildlife refuge as " precautionary measures," it i contains no statement regarding the level of concern which residents of the area should have. In fact, none of the emergency messages issued by NHY ORO during the Site Area-
Emergency make any recommendation to the residents of the Massachusetts EpZ, other than to refer to the pre-emergency. I q public information. There is too much presumptive weight given
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q to a calendar or flyer which may or may not be available. In- q short, through the first five hours of the developing emergency, NHY ORO provided absolutely no substantive j l I information to the Massachusetts residents concerning the potential severity of the developing emergency. That is, NHY i ORO provided no information that would allow Massachusetts j 1 residents to develop an appropriate perception of personal risk. j Second, during this period, two significant actions were taken by New Hampshire officials.which indicated a level l i of concern: the State,of Emergency (at 12:40 PM) and the j announcement that schools will hold their students until 5:00 PM (at approximately 1:15 pM). -Neither these actions nor any . I related actions ( or non-actions) by Massachusetts were explained or mentioned to the public by NHY ORO. This is another example of inconsistent information being released by adjacent jurisdictions which would cause confusion and anxiety among the public. As stated earlier, because of the sensitivity of, parents to the safety of their children, the failure of NHY ORO to even address this issue during this period represents what I consider to be a fundamental deficiency in their public information efforts. Third, the fifth paragraph of Release #3, issued at 12:22, contains the following statement: "The closing of the Wildlife Refuge, beaches and boating areas ... . The preceding paragraph, however, only refers to the closing of the
Wildlife Refuge and the beaches. Nowhere in the message is there any explicit statement as to which boating areas are to be closed. In fact, explicit instructions on the 5 mile Marine Safety Zone were apparently not issued for another hour. (News Release #4.) The public information inadequacies noted during the Site Area Emergency continue into the General Emergency. The EBS message released at 2:20 PM (News Release #7) contains a number of serious deficiencies in regard to the "seven point" criteria developed earlier. First, while the message states that the emergency could produce a contaminating accident, there is no rationale given for the fact that residents of Salisbury and Amesbury are being advised to evacuate while the remainder of the Massachusetts EPZ is being advised to shelter in place. This ambiguous statement regarding the projected severity of the accident is the first statement which indicates that the public should be concerned about the accident. However, throughout the emergency, residents of all six communities had already been told, in essence, that they were in areas of near equal risk by the fact that they were named as being within the 10 mile EPZ and no distinctions among the l communities had been made. In order to avoid confusion and 1 anxiety among the public, an explanation of why the distinction l is now being made should have been contained in the message. A second problem (in number 7) is that the statement regarding the possibility of a contaminating event is never repeated in subsequent messages. That is, after raising the public's level of concern by mentioning possible contamination, 1 _ I
l NHY ORO literally drops'the subject and makes virtually no-mention'of the actual or projected severity of the' accident through the remainder of the first day. Again, the effect of this is an increase in.confus' ion and anxiety. ] A third problem, which would.be exacerbated by the statement of possible contamination, is the inconsistent. ! information given in the message concerning the status of, ;- 1 school children in Salisbury and Amesbury. In the fourth. 4 paragraph on page 2 of News Release #7, a generic statement is made that schools in these two communities are being evacuated and that parents can pick up'their children at the designated j reception centers. However, later in that same message (p. 5) listeners are explicitly informed.that school children in Salisbury and Amesbury are being kept at school. There is further confusion with respect to.information regarding Newburyport children. " Officials" are apparently' protecting the children but it is not stated who these officials are or what authority they have. The inconsistency and vagueness in this message is a prime example of the type that can cause serious problems in the public's response. This. problem would have become very serious if an actual accident had occurred because, throughout the remainder of the first day, no other clarifying statements.concerning the status of school children l were made. The only further mention of school children-was a generic paragraph in message number 11, released at 3:57 p.m., over ninety minutes'after the inaccurate and inconsistent message number 7 had been released. I have already discussed l
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the matter of parental sensitivity regarding the issue-of the ] safety of children and, in this exercise, NHY ORO has failed ; miserably to adequately address this response issue. Indeed, the only way to correct a bad EBS message is with a good one. A subsequent warning message should have been f issued immediately after the confusing and inconsistent message i namber 7. [11nety minutes is much too long. Within that time
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period, a tremendous amount of confusion would have been generated. I ( I have read pages 44 through 68 of Richard Donovan's J l 1 l deposition, taken on January 11, 1989, regarding exactly this < I' issue. In Mr. Donovan's opinion, this problem would have been l mitigated and apparently rendered less than fatal because people j i would have called the rumor control number for clarification or that " sharp" listeners would have figured out what the information was really supposed to mean. I totally disagree I with Mr. Donovan's characterization of this problem and with
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1 nis quick "fix" approach. It is simply illogical to think the problem could remedy itself in this manner. First, only a I certain percentage of listeners might think to call the rumor control number. ' Assuming that lines were free and that the rumor control personnel were knowledgeable as to the inaccuracy, it is conceivable that those callers would have received l l corrected information in a reasonable amount of time. This is I no cure however. You still would have two, three, or even four different messages "out there" and being repeated to others: those Delieving the school children were evacuated; those believing they will.be sheltered; those believing they were waiting to be evacuated; and those having no idea what to believe. When official information is issued with a serious flaw of this nature, the only "fix" is to correct it. ORO failed to do this. In addition, FEMA's theory that it somehow fixes itself makes no sense. A fourth problem with message number 7 concerns residents without transportation. In the 2:20 p.m. message, they are told to wait for an announcement stating what time buses will begin traveling emergency routes. In fact, such an announcement was not made until almost three hours later (News Release #12, released at 5:10 p.m.). That is a long time to wait. Such a time lapse is totally inadequate and inappropriate. To complicate matters, this bus route announcement states that the buses will begin picking up residents of Amesbury at 4:05 PM, yet'tne message wasn't even released until over an hour later. As with the issue of the school chi]iren, no timely or adequate clarification or explanation was released to the public. In summary, the information provided by NHY ORO during the June, 1988 Seabrook Exercise fails to meet the standard for emergency warning messages. For example, they have displayed the characteristics I including inconsistency, inaccuracy, lack of clarity, uncertainty, and inadequate provision of detailed information. With tne exception of the single reference to the possibility of l contaminating accident, the messages only obliquely make
':eference to the hazard at issue--exposure to radiation. The l J
uly references to any time frame for taking protective actions i l are repeated calls for "immediate" evacuction. The messages i
. ail to explain why various areas within the EPZ are being.
advised to take different protective actions. With the l oxception of the statement on the contaminating accident, the
lormation gives no indication of the actual or projected severity of the accident. NHY ORO released virtually no nformation on the effect of exposure to the released' radiation. j l
'Sile one message compares the one hour exposure rate to smoking, !
l contains no information on the effects of this exposure. ' l
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celease, NHY ORO made no statements concerning the likelihood or a certainty of the incident developing into a serious accident, l In information concerning protective actions, NHY ORO did not I ( explain why different portions of the EPZ were being advised to { take different actions. At no time during the Alert or Site Area Emergency phases of the accident did NHY ORO urge to begin preparing for the possibility of a serious accident which would i require evacuation. Indeed, as Salisbury and Amesbury were being evacuated, NHY ORO still did not urge to sheltering l communities to begin developing personal plans for evacuation. Finally, the critical information regarding the safety of school , children was totally inadequate and inconsistent. In addition to the level and type of detailed information, the NHY ORO messages are also woefully inadequate with respect to general message attributes. For example, the _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~
messages do not take advantage of the similar actions of New flampshire during the General Emergency phase in order to collaborate the recommended protective actions. The critical General Emergency EBS message is internally inconsistent regarding actions being taken to protect school children and is inconsistent with later messages regarding the severity of the radiation release. In addition, earlier ORO messages are inconsistent with the actions advised by New Hamps' hire officials regarding the closing of beach areas. The frequency with which the messages were updated was grossly inadequate, as evidenced by the excessive delay in announcing the bus arrival times in the evacuated communities. Finally, the dissemination channels utilized to issue the messages were not well coordinated as will be discussed in more detail in the next section. In my opinion, the emergency public information effort of NHY ORO during the June, 1988 Seabrook Exercise was akin to
" going through the motions" of providing critical information to the public. The informati arovided was inadeouate to compensate for the myriad of pre-existing individual fears or misperceptions regarding personal risk during a nuclear power station accident and, certainly, was not adequate to guide an orderly public response to the accident. Certainly this effort was not adequate to guide an orderly public response to the accident scenario. Indeed, aspects of the Seabrook Exercise with respect to the issuance of emergency warnings would have exacerbated those fears and misconceptions.
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i II. DISCUSSICh OF THE ADEQUACY OF THE PROCEDURES SPECIFIED BY THE .iPMC AND TliE . PROCEDURES UT.ILIZED DURING THE JUNE, 1988 , SEABROOh FXERCISE TO ENSURE THE TIMELY DISSEMINATION OF i CONSISTENT INFORMATION FROM NHY ORO TO THE PUBLIC. A. BACKGROUND In the procedures outlinec in the SPMC, the responsibility fer' developing and disseminating emergency- )
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information to:the public is divided, within NHY ORO, between l the Pu'blic Notification Coord.nator (PEC) and the Public Information Adviser (PIA). The PNC has the responsibility for- ' developing and dissemiliating EBS messages and the PIA has the. responsibility for developing and disseminating News 1 Releases. Additional emergency information reg.3rding plant fonditions will be developed and disseminated independent.7 Jy New Hampshire Yankee. Because two organiza? ions and :hree l positions have designated responsibility for the development and dissemination of emergency public information, this o rg a ni z a tiena.1 structure can be characterized as less than cohesive or centralized. In many cases there are valid reasons for designing or tolerating such a decentralized organization. First, there may be a legitimate distinction between " technical experts" and , I those who. operationally respond.to the forecasts or projections of these experts. Thus, the organization of the provirion of emergency public information may, in these cases, be [ 1 legitimately divided into technical and operational functions. In fact, .this model is utilized in varying forms in both the hurricane and earthquake warning programs. Further,'it provides a legitimate rationale for the distinction between the i information functions of NHY and NHY ORO. l f j i
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i . A second justification for a decentralized information organization is in those cases where local government jurisdictions have the sole authority to or?er or advise protective actions. To varying degrees, natural hazard warning 13 systems are also characterized by such jurisdictional l decentralization. l ! However, the distinction drawn in the SPMC between the functions of the PNC and the PIA falls into neither of these r ( categories. Rather, the division of these functions appears to be based on what I cc,nsider tc be a fallacious distinction between dissemination channels--i.e., between the EBS system and News Release distribution at the Media Center. In the absence of unif orm disseiaination channels, it is less likely that consistent, ncn conflicting information will be disseminated. n B. EVALUAT. ION OF THE SPMC AND JUNE, 1988 SEABROOK EXERCISE PROCEDURE 3 From my viewpoint, emergency information is emergency information is ..., whether l '. is labelled as a News Release or an EBS Message. As such, these emergency information messages should be uniformly disseminated to the public. ~PMC procedures, however, provide for the dissemination of an EBS Message to all local broadcast media station:, whereas a News Release is distributed only to those broadcast media in attendance at the Media Center. Thus, there is no provision to assure that all local broadcast media stations receive the same inforraation in " the same time frame. It seema that the drafters of the SPMC did not underatand either the importance of uniform dissemination or the role that EBS can play in ensuring uniformity. ..
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l Indeed, in both the SPMC and in the Applicants' position in the NHRERP, there seems to be a tendency to regard the EBS system as some "nagical" system to be used in only the direst of circumstances. To the contrary,Lthe EBS system is nothing more than c dissemination system which assures that all local broadcast media stations receive the same message in the same time frame. When activated at the local level, that is its on.1" function. Since this uniform and timely dissemination of ( emergency information is a fundamental requirement of an effective warning system, the argument can be made quite strongly that all emergency information released during a nuclear power station accident--whether coming from the power station, utility response organizations, state governments or i i b l local governments--should, in the absence of alternative uniform j and timely dissemination systems, be disseminated over the EBS system. The requirement is tne uniform and timely dissemination of emergency information; the EBS system is merely a tool to meet that requirement. The failure of the SPMC procedures to recognize this fundamental requirement and, indeed, the institutionalization and implementation of procedures which make its accomplishment impossible creates a situation in which it is highly unlikely if not impossible that all local broadcast media stations and, thus, the public, can receive the same information in the same time frame. Examination of Table 9 (Summary of News Releases) in the FEMA Exercise Report makes this clear. As this table indicates, the delay in releasing EBS messages to the Media Center was in the neighborhood of an hour in the cases of NHY ORO Release #'s 3, 7 and 11. The results of these delays would have been the haphazard mixture of old and new information over selected local broadcast media stations which would further increase the confusion of the public and inhibit the public's orderly response to the accident. In fact, these delays were noted in the FEMA Exercise Report (Objective #13, Issue #2, page 218). In my opinion, these delays and the resulting inconsistency and incompleteness of the information which would have been broadcast is indicative of egregious error in planning. A further consequence of the SPMC's artificial distinction between News Releases and EBS Messages is the fact that the NHY ORO staff was consistently unable to print the messages on the correct forms, thus apparently confusing the Media Center and Joint Telephone Information Center Personnel (FEMA Exercise Report, Objective #13, Issue #3, page 218). l l In sum, neither the procedures contained in the SPMC nor ' the manner in which they were executed during the June, 1988 Seabrook Exercise were adequate to ensure the uniform and timely dissemination of emergency information to the public from NHY ORO. III. THE ADEQUACY OF THE COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY PUBLIC INFORMATION BY AND BETWEEN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE NHY ORO, THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS AND LOCAL MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNMENTS AND'SEABROOK STATION. A. BACKGROUND The primary case for the necessity of close coordination among the agencies and organizations involved in the response to an emergency situation lies in the need for the provision of consistent information to the public. As Dr. 4
Mileti has stated in his previous testimony, the public is exposed, in an emergency, to a mix of information from a wide variety of sources. Much of this information will be contradictory and much of it will simply be in error. It is imperativr then, that the information disseminated by
" official" sources be as accurate and consistent as possible.
It is this information, after all, which has the highest credibility with the public. If this information is perceived to be inconsistent, contradictory or in error, then the public is left with no credible source to which it can turn to determine an appropriate level of personal risk and, hence, no means to determine appropriate protective actions. I touch upon this point in my earlier discourse on the inconsistent school information disseminated in release number 7. In my on-site work for the National Weather Service during hurricane threats, the task of coordinating the evacuation orders issued by the myriad array of county, municipal and, on occasjons, state governments is one which typically consumes the lion's share of my time. In such emergency situations, coordination means, quite simply, discussions and.negotiar. ions among decision makers. In most cases, because of lim _ud communication systems, this means one-on-one telephone cc .ersations with numerous local officials. The work i: .imu consuming, tiring and at times l onerous, but it is s '
.5 3 t is critical to guiding an orderly public respon. It is also a task that is greatly faci}itated by the pri .: establishment of a mechanism to accomplish such cocis '
One of the primary findings that has come out of social science research is that t'm most influential officials in an evacuation situation are lucal officials, at 'he county and municipal levels. The situation faced by NHY ORO in attempting to plan for an emergency t Seabrook--i.e., the non-participation by Massachurc;:0 governmental agencies--makes this task of the prier est l!:.shment of a coordinating mechanism extremely crucial albeit difficult. However, it is a 9iven in NRC planning guidelines that state and local governments will responc '- the emergency. As such, NHY ORO should have taken the aforementioned matter into account when it drew up coordinating pir and procedures. B. EVALUATION OF t an 5FMC AND THE JUNE, 1988 SEABROOK EXERCISE The SpMC has provi: ..nu for notification and communication functions with both the stat.e and local governments of Massachusetts through the Offsite Response Director, the Massachusetts State Liaisons and the Local EOC Liaison Coordinator. These functions were tested or " simulated" during the June, 1988 Seabrook Exercise through the use of FEMA Control Cells. Although' interface and coordination with Massachusetts could only be exercised through simulation, given the facts set forth earlier regarding the inconsistencies between protective action recommendations of the state of New Hampshire and NHY ORO with respect to beach closing and the failure of ORO to collaborate protective action recommendations by referencing similar actions being taken in New Hampshire, I believe that
i l actual adequate coordination by ORO with any responding state d would have been highly unlikely and very problematic. In fact, { l the SPMC does not appear to even recognize the need for the ! I coordination and collaboration of protective actions with the i state of New Hampshire. Figure 2.0-1 in the SPMC has designated New Hampshire as an integral part of the Offsite Response Organization but indicates that New Hampshire will provide ]
" response information" rather than " coordination." Indeed, the l
facts described indicate no degree of adequate coordination. It is obvious that the actions taken by state and local officials in New Hampshire and the' protective actions they are i recommending to New Hampshire residents and visitors will .i obviously be heard in the Massachusetts portion of the EPZ, and j l will also impact the actions of both the Massachusetts residents i 1 and visitors. Thus, it is imperative that close coordination of l
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these actions be maintained throughout the development of an accident at the Seabrook Station. This was not evidenced in the Seabrook Exercise. Significantly, protions of the SPMC which deal with this matter seam sparse. The onl,y real " coordinating" directive j appears in section 7.12 of the implementing procedures. In short, section C of the "chechlist" calls for the ORO Public Information Coordinator to " identify" himself to the state information representative . Support for FEMA's finding on the Exercise Report (p.18, SC.5), that the "public Information Coordinator / Advisor is responsible for assisting commonwealth and l 1 l ,
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local-government officials with public1information and review I control activities", isl puzzling.in light of the abbreviated manner in which coordination is dealt with in-the plan. In summary, the June, 1988 Seabrook Exercise did not establish that NHY.ORO has the capability to coordinate protective action recommendations with any governmental: agencies q within Massachusetts and, also, demonstrated that NHY ORO does I not have the capability to establish and maintain such coordination with the State of New Hampshire. IV. THE ADEQUACY OF THE PROCEDURES IN THE SPMC AND THE-PROCEDURES ACTUALLY UTILIZED DURING THE JUNE, 1988 EXERCISE FOR THE HANDLING OF THE NEWS MEDIA. A. BACKGROUND In the nine on-site hurricane threats I have observed l or worked on the greatest problem faced by local EOC operations was the disruptive influence of the news media, both broadcast and print. For example, in the.Dade County, Florida EOC during hurricane David in 1979, the media essentially turned.the operational portion of the EOC into a television. studio. Local officials were forced to retreat to a back office to direct the i county's response. Similar situations, though not as extreme,
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l were experienced in Mobile, Alabama during hurricane Frederick i i l in 1979, in Galveston, Texas during hurricane Alicia in'1983 and in Houston, Texas during hurricane Danny in~1985. Instructively, no such difficulties were experienced in Dade 1 County during hurricane Kate in 1985, due in large part to the ! I development of comprehensive plans for handling the news media l l after the disruption experience by officials during the l
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, m Without fully developed plans, the news media will 1 become a disruptive force during a highly visible'and controversial incident. An extreme example of this was the initial press conference held in Beruit, Lebanon by the ; y hi-jackers of the TWA flight. The scene quickly turned into.a near riot. B. EVALUATION NHY, NHY ORO and the state officials from New Hampshire and Massachusetts must anticipate a potentially disrupt'ive and l highly charged atmosphere in the Media Center during an actual 1 incident at the Seabrook Station. While the FEMA Exercise Report noted a rather large number of problems which are apparently regarded as minor, my experience with the much less controversial hazard of hurricanes would lead me to conclude that serious credibility problems could arise if the problems noted were repeated during an actual incident. j In my opinion, the haphazard and delayed provision of l EBS messages to the Media Center and the confusion of EBS l 0 messages with News Releases that were noted above would certainly be used by the more hostile members of the press as an indication that those in charge of the Media Center, and the only visible representatives of the response agencies and organizations, were unable to adequately respond to the incident. As such, this is a serious problem. When such failures are coupled with the excessive delays between briefings during periods of rapidly changing developments noted i by the FEMA Report (page 219), the lack of regular update briefings by the media relations floor liaison (page 219) and I i
A the lack of adequate display maps detailing such common information as evacuation routes,. relocation centers.and q meteorological. data (page 208), the situation.could become'very tense, hostile, disruptive and.certainly not conducive to j
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- It must be recognized by NHY and NHY ORO and responding 2 states'that the news media representJa critical link with the public and, regardless of how troublesome they.may become,- it ; is essential'to continuously provide them'with complete, accurate.and frequently updated information on the developments of the incident. Media. reports can seriously impede the. ability of the responding agencies and organizations to effectively guide an orderly public response to the incident. V. THE ADEQUACY.0F THE TRAINING pROVIDED FOR;THE NHY ORO PUBLIC NOTIFICATION COORDINATOR 1 A. BACKGROUND As the official responsible for a timely and coordinated activation of the Public Alert and Notification System, development of appropriate EBS messages, and coordination of EBS messages with New Hampshire and Massachusetts state and local officials, the Public Notification Coordinator should, at-a minimum, have'been exposed to the existing literature on the
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~Indeed, the two federal agencies with the most extensive experience in public emergency warnings--the National.
Weather Service'(NWS) and the Federal Emergency Management
-Agency (FEMA)- -have, for an extended' period of time,.both recognized the necessity of such training and, as a result, have routinely provided such training based on social science '
research on the process of public response to warnings.. This training is provide'd by the NWS to all field personnel who will -I 1 be in a position to issue warnings:and by FEMA to local, state and federal emergency management personnel. The NWS. training program- " Warning--A Call to Action". l l was prepared in 1974. The FEMA training prpgram, now presented i l l i through its Emergency Management Institute (EMI), consists of modules in more general course materials which are contained in, but not necessarily limited to, the following courses: (1) l Evacuation planning and Response Actions Simulation, (2) Integrated Emergency Management Course /Pesponse and (3) Radiological Emergency preparedness planning. In additi'on, a number of these courses are available at sites other than EMI. ! It appears that ORO does not require or provide for.this type of training. B. EVALUATION The Seabrook Training Group's PANS ACTIVATION MOD 3-course contains not a single reference to either the theory or practice of public response to emergency warnings or to the theory cxt practice of developing EBS messages. In fact, the entire course relates primarily to the technical procedures required to activate the sirens and the EBS system. c____-____-_____________-__-_______. _ - ___ . _ _ .-. - __ _____ - _____- - -_-
l Indeed, in the Deposition of Gregory Howard, a PNC of NHY ORO, Mr. Howard admits on Pages 112-113 that: a) he is not familiar with "the literature on public emergency warning systems," b) he is not familiar with "the literature that has developed on EBS messages and their form," and c) his
" impression of the best form for an EBS message" has been i
l guided by the pre-formatted messages contained in his packet. l l Elsewhere in his testimony, Mr. Howard stated that he did not l know who had written the EBS messages in his packet or why certain items had been included in or omitted from certain messages. In my opinion, Mr. Howard is not qualified to be a pNC. Both FEMA and the NWS consider it sufficiently important for personnel engaged in developing public emergency warning messages to undergo training in the theory and practice of such messages as to devote considerable resources to such training, yet NHY ORO personnel, and the pNC's in particular, have received no such training. CONCLUSION In this testimony, I have reviewed the emergency public information procedures contained in the SPMC and the manner in which these procedures carried out in the June, 1988 Seabrook Exercise. In this review, I have focused on five specific issues:
- 1. The adequacy of the emergency messages,
- 2. The adequacy of the timely dissemination of consistent information to the public,
- 3. The adequacy of the coordination among the responding agencies and organizations,
- 4. The adequacy of the handling of the news media and
- 5. The adequacy of the training provided to the Public Information Coordinator.
In each issue, I have uncovered fundamental problems not only in the SPMC procedures, but also in the performance of NHY ORO during the June, 1988 Seabrook Exercise. Further, these fundamental problems are of such magnitude as to call into serious question the ability of NHY ORO to provide emergency public information that is capable of fostering an orderly public response to an actual accident at the Seabrook nuclear power station. To address these problems, I believe that the entire SPMC plan and procedure for formulating, coordinating and disseminating public information must be revamped, re-exercised, and then re-evaluated.
REFERENCES:
Perry, R.W., M.K. Lindell, and M.R. Greene (1981), Evacuation Planning in Emergency Management. Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books. Sorensen, J.H., B.M. Vogt, and D.S. Mileti (1987), Evacuation: An Assessment of Planning and Research. Oak Ridge, Tennessee: Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
#0NRL-6376.
nb: Attachments to this testimony are ORO NEWS RELEASES (Attachment 1); SPMC EBS Prescripted Messages (Attachment 2).
CD ES gIED CORRESPONDING 1 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA' gg MH 11 P5 59 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION UJ ATOMICSAFETYANDLICENSINGBOARg!j Before the Administrative Judges: Ivan W. Smith,. Chairman Dr. Richard F. Cole l Kenneth A. McCollom i t
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i ATTACHMENTS TO TESTIMONY OF T. MICHAEL' CARTER ON 1 BEHALF OF JAMES M. SHANNON, ATTORNEY GENEF.AL FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF' MASSACHUSETTS CONCERNING CONTENTIONS JI 13B; J1 27G; JI 36; MAG EX-9 Attachment #1: Resume of Dr. T. Micheal Carter Attachment #2: ORO News Releases (numbers 1-15) l Attachment #3: SPMC Prescripted Messages (messages were designated in the SPMC as Attachments 1 - 27) Department of the Attorney General Nuclear Safety Unit
'Public Protection Bureau One Ashburton Place Boston, Massachusetts 02108 (617) 727-2200 l
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ATTACHMENT 1 / Q 9)' CURRICULUM VITAE
-December, 1988 NAME: T. Michael Carter DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: October 27, 1940; Ann Arbor, Michigan ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER:
Corporate Response Group, Inc. 1146 19th Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 775-0177 ; FAX (202) 775-8912 ) l FORMAL EDUCATION: University of Wisconsin, Madison WI. 1969-1974 (Sociology). Ph.D. 1977. (Dissertation: "The Effects of Educational Experiences in a Model of Social Allocation.") Advisor: David L. Featherman. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. 1967-1969 (Sociology). M.A. (Thesis: "The Radical Right: Sources and Dimensions.") Advisor: Virgil Williams. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. 1966-1967 (Sociology). B.A. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. 1962-1963 (Astronomy). No Degree. University of the South, Sewanee, TN. 1959-1961 (Classical Languages). No Degree. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1988 - Present Vice President, Human Factors Corporate Response Group, Inc., Washington, DC 1983 - Present Vice President and Director Hazards Management Group, Inc., Tallahassee, FL Principal Investigator of Behavioral Study of public response to hurricane evacuation orders in southeast Louisiana on contract with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1988-1989). Principal Investigator of Behavioral Study of public response to hurricane evacuation orders in southern Oahu, HI i on contract with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1987-1988). 1 i u _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Associate Principal Investigator of Behavioral Studyfof public response to hurricane evacuation orders.in coastal areas of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey,:New York, Connecticut, Rhode. Island:and Massachusetts on contract with 1 the'U.S. Army Corps of. Engineers (1987-1988). j Associate. Principal Investigator of Behavioral' Study of public response to hurricane. evacuation orders in coastal. areas of. North Carolina on contract with U.S. Anny Corps of - Engineers (1984-1985) Associate Principal Investigator of Behavioral' Study:of public. response to hurricane evacuation orders in coastal-areas of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida panhandleHon ) 1 contract.with U.S. Army Corps'of. Engineers (1983-1984). ;j Instructor for-theLFederal Emergency Management. Agency's Emergency Management Institute's. course on." Evacuation 't Planning and Response Actions Simulation." LCourseJsegments ' included: .(1) Vulnerability Analysis, (2)-Public Response. Considerations'and Public Information and (3) portions of Evacuation Direction,' Control and Warning. (1985-1987) Lecturer in a series of workshops sponsored by the: Florida Health Care Association designed to provide nursing:home administrators with technical information on the development of evacuation plans for nursing homes. (1986) , 1980 - Present Visiting Fellow . Cooperative. Institute for Research in the Atmosphere-Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
- a. 1988 - Present On Contract to National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD.
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Evaluation of experimental forecast and warning service improvements to state and local emergency management 4 agencies and the aviation industry, f
- b. 1986 - 1988 On Contract to National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD. !
Project Descriptions:
- 1. Nationwide survey of county and municipal emergency management directors to examine source of weather information, minimal severe weather conditions, and perceived usefulness of proposed new forecast and warning services.
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- 2. Qualitative evaluation of current National Weather Service forecast and' warning services.for state and local emergency management, agencies and development of guidelines for future improvements.
- s. ' Development of hurricane evacuation decision-making. .
strategy for state and local officials utilizing. FEMA /CoE 4 quantitative evacuation: studies, official hurricane forecasts and forecast errors. 1
- c. 1985 - 1986 On-Contract to National Weather Service,' Silver Spring, 4
MD. I Project
Description:
H Nationwide quantitative evaluation of the National I Weather' Service's Hazard Awareness and Warning .l Coordination Program, involving a comprehensive analysis ' of the activities of 22 field offices.
- d. 1982 - 1985 On Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Contract to National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD.
Project
Description:
Design and implementation of user-oriented aspects of National Weather Service 's Hurricane: Probability Program, including: (1) development of educational materials, (2) development and conduct of local training workshops for i coastal officials and (3)-on-site' advisory and-liaison ! duty during Hurricane Alicia (Galveston, TX - 1983), Hurricane Diana (Wilmington, NC - 1984), Hurricane Danny (Houston, TX - 1985), Hurricane Gloria (Wilmington, NC - 1985) and Hurricane Kate (Miami, FL - 1985). j
- e. 1980 - 1982 On Contract to NOAA/ Environmental Research Laboratories, Proto-type Regional Observing and Forecasting Service, Boulder, Co.
Project
Description:
Design, development, implementation and testing of.a micro-computer data-management system to increase the efficiency of dissemination of National Weather Service severe weather warnings to state and local emergency i service agencies. l j 3 i
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1974 - 1980 Assistant Professor Department of Sociology ! University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- a. 1977 - 1980 Co-Principal Investigator.
" Community Response to Natural Hazard Warnings."
National Science Foundation Grant #ENV77-01452. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency Supplementary Grant
#DCPA01-79-C-0214. )
National Weather Service. Supplementary Grant #NWS/ DOC ; NA80AAA03283. Project
Description:
The purpose of this project was to develop an understanding of.the processes and factors which govern (1) the response of local emergency service agencies to disaster warnings, (2) the dissemination of disaster warnings to community organizations and the general public and (3) the response of the general public to disaster' warnings. To accomplish this, the project included three distinct research programs: (1) laboratory experiments focusing on the decision-making process of individuals and groups of interdependent individuals under conditions of continuous information flow, (2) pre-threat and post-threat field studies in' twenty-six communities of the communication and coordination linkages between thirty to fifty emergency service agencies and -(3) pre-threat and post-threat _ field studies in the same twenty-six communities of the receipt'of and response to hazardous weather warnings of a sample of two hundred households. The hazards examined were-hurricanes, tornadoes, flash floods and earthquakes. In addition, on-site monitoring of agency response activities was performed during Hurricane Anita (Port Arthur, TX - 1977), Hurricane David (Miami, FL - 1979), Hurricane Frederic (Mobile, AL - 1979) and Hurricane Allen (Corpus Christi, TX - 1980).
- b. 1975 - 1976 Principal Investigator.
" Racial Differences-in the Process of Social Stratification."
Grant-in-the-Aid-of-Research, Graduate School, University of Minnesota. 4 l
6 191 i 1969 - 1974 Department of Sociology University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- a. 1971 - 1974 l
Project Associate.
" Achievement in the Early Years of the Work Career."
National Science Foundation Grant #GS-29031 Principal Investigator: Ar'hibald c O. Haller.
- b. 1969 - 1970 Graduate Research Assistant.
"A Comparison of Cross-National Differences in the Rate and Patterns of Intergenerational Occupational Mobility."
National Science Foundation Grant Principal Investigator: Donald J. Treiman
- c. 1969-1970 i National Institute of General Medical Sciences l Methodology Traineeship.
- d. 1970 i
Lecturer (Research Methodology). l 1967 - 1969 Department of Sociology Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
- a. 1967 - 1969 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. t
- b. 1967 - 1969 Graduate Teaching Assistant (Statistics).
PUBLICATIONS, REPORTS AND PAPERS: 1988 " Forecast and Warning Information Survey of County and a Municipal Emergency Management Agencies." Report to NOAA/ National Weather Service. Fort Collins, CO: CIR)'c9U. (December) I 1988 "Tht iistional Weather Service's Forecast and Warning ! Pror; am: Current Procedures and Future Directions." j Report of NOAA/ National Weather Service. Fort 1 Collins, CO: CIRA/CSU. (November) ll l
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Sl $l 1984 "The Role of Information in Public Response 1 to Warnings'." Pp.'J39-J44 in the, Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.. Boston, MA:-AMS.-(Hith' Earl'J. . Baker) 1983 " Probability'of,Hurricanc/ Tropical. Storm Conditions: A User's Guide for Local Decision Makers." Silver,
. Spring, MD: National Weather Service.
1983 "An Automated Warning Data-Management System (AWADS)." Pp. J19-J22 in the' Proceedings of the 13th Conference
.on Severe Local. Storms. -Boston, MA: AMS. (With David H.. George) i 1983 " Household Response-to Warnings." . International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disastersf1:'95-104.
l (With Stephanie Kendall and John P.' Clark)- l. 1982 "The Design of Improvements in Severe Weather Warning
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Programs Utilizing Concepts and Products. Derived from PROFS: Detailed Documentation'for the Automated Warning.
' Data-Management System'(AWADS)." . Boulder, CO: NOAA/
Environmental Research Laboratories., y 1982 "Public. Response to. Natural Hazard Warnings.", Ch. 5_in ' David H. George (ed.), The'Value and Use of short-Range Mesoscale Weather Information. Boulder, CO:-NOAA/ Environmental Research Laboratories. 1981'" Community Response to Natural Hazard Warnings." p National Technical Information Service,.#PB82-111287. Springfield, VA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (With Robert K. Leik and John P. Clark) 1980 " Community Warning Systems: The' Interface Between the
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Broadcast Media, Emergency Service Agencies and the National Weather Service." Pp. 214-228 in Everett M. Rogers (ed.)- Disasters and the Mass Media. Washington, DC: NRC/NAS. 1980 " Response to Hurricane Warnings as a' Process: Determinants of Household-Behavior." Pp. 19-24'in Earl J. Baksr (ed.) Hurricanes and Coastal Storms. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Sea-Grant College.-(With John P. Clark) 1980 "The Role of Coordination.Among Emergency Service Agencies in Community Preparedness."' Pp.'38-43'in Earl J. Baker (ed.) Hurricanes and Coastal Storms. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Sea Grant College. 6
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? } qj 1980 " Constraints on Organizational and Household Response to Earthquake Predictions." In the Proceedings of the International Conference on Earthquake Predictions.
Paris, France: UNESCO. (With John P. Clark and Robert K. Leik) 1978 " Social Factors Affecting the Dissemination of and Response to Warnings." In the Proceedings of the lith Technical Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.. Boston, MA: AMS. (With Robert K. Leik and John P. Clark) 1976 "Significant-Other Influence and Aspirations." Socioloav of Education 49: 12-22. (With J. Steven Picou) 1976 " Discontinuities in Schooling and the Socioeconomic Life Cycle." Pp. 133-160 in W.H. Sewell, R.M. Hauser, and D.L. Featherman (eds.) Schoolina and Achievement in American Society. New York: Academic Press. (With David L. Featherman) 1975 " Status Attainment Theory and Black Male Youth." Pp. 23-40 in J.S, Picou and R.E. Campbell (eds.) Career Behavior of Soecial Groues. Columbus, OH: C.E. Merrill. (With J. Steven Picou) 1975 " Occupational Wage Differential Among University Educated Technical Personnel in a Developing Economy." Journal of Vocational Behavior 7: 113-126. (With J. Pastore, E.E. Ceotto, A.O. Haller, and T.R. Quirino) 1971 " Robustness in Regression Analysis." Pp. 118-146 in H.L. Costner (ed.) Sociological Methodoloav 1971. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. (With George W. Bohrnstedt) 1971 "Further Comments on Boyle's ' Path Analysis and Ordinal Data'." American Journal of Socioloav 76: 1112-1132. (With Morgan Lyons) 7
46 28 1980 ilia 7 ATTACHMENT 2 r r-aqiO NEWS RELEASE Massachusetts Offsite Response Organization of New Hampshire Yankee THIS IS A CREL *** THIS IS A DRILL *** THIS IS A CRTIL Release # 01 30 .acrIvrrrm Page 7 of 9) NDrDGrGI, N.H. - 6/28/88- At 10:45 a.m., New Hampshire Yankee's Offsite T+-e Organizaticzi (NHY GO) ms activatai foll6ving the declaratim by New Hansahireof an Yankee. Alert at the Seabtzok Station Nuclamr Pofder Plant operated
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.Wwaspar+zusetts, recx2nmended that beach and state park areas frtzn Sali%y to Plum :sland be ciceed and that people leave these areas imediately.
Acx:crding to Peter St2rup, Offsite Response Diss.Tv.A, the recxzenundation ws made as a precauticriary asesure due to the Site Area h e f inceffect at the Seebezak Station Nuclear Power Plant. # There have not been releases of radioactive nutterial haun the plant. , According to New Hampshire Yankee, a Sitf highest emergency classification that % applies nuclear(iQrea hpMdsThis power"plsnts. tNa secon energency classification involves actual or likely mm)ce failure of plant functials needed for the p.ui.-ction+g the publia?,, w 4p NNY clic 5.umi are standify the hMy Operaticals Facility , in Hewingtal, N.H. , and gthem, facilities in Mussectiusetts. l For the latest residents should listen to their local h ce f V " ^ raciio station: Mutt-FM (92.5) and MRV-AM(149g, '"g , g. g To ' ens, toll-free nLabors ha eshM _ _ for residents. should be uset to chedk questi pgen about the amargency. ':('s j/ Tb en, Massachusetts resi can call 1-800-111-222f% \} :., p, Ebr recceded infcreaticm on sMir**mrwii% , rami % can call 1-603-111-2111.
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The New Hartehirafbee offsite Respcose Org zationhasbeeh'.ndtikiedand is respondingstbthe problem. 'Ibe New HampshirsiNYankee offsitd'Mssponse Director is tWiewirn site canditig at this tlA and is die ==irg the situatical with Massachusetts t officialn / As a precaution, the GovesT1ar of metts has h.-akd the closing of beadt and park ari ' 4 red +Salisbur gh Plum Island, including the Parkar River Nationni Hild1! Pefuj( PerecnsWt these beadies arx1 parks or visiting the national tape shod 1d leave those areas immediately.
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information flyers also have been unde available at bendt facilities and recreation areas. This inforation could be helpful in understanding future messages. If you know of any neighbors or oc wders with hearing or language problems, please infam them of this message. y).3, once again, Seatrook Station has declared a SITE ARIE .
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, personal itans and medical items. 1 hey stenld car tuned to an Dnstguncy Benedcast .
Usan the en , i.f ruossmary, residents een travel to cree of ours facilities in Messectiumetts if they have to to segk' .,, Pets cr farm animals should be sheltered ,at cricil$1 food and water for several days. Res
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- Amociing to Petar Strtx@, Offeita Respanse Dia L., the r+z Anticri was made due to the General amargency at the Seebezok Station Nuclear Power Plant, whict1 was declared at it32 p.m.
A x @ejg,'O NEWS RELEASE Massachusetts Offsite Response Organization of New Hampshire Yankee Page/7ef 9/ A General hpsy is the higher /t -pcf classification that 1 agplies to rarleer power plants. mis a-pcf classification involves an I actual or imminent substantial failure of plant functions W for the i protection of the public. NHY GC emnergency Mw.1 are i.w r . ling to suppcet this sheltering r W ticn. NHY GC perscrnal art staffirq the LQ.f Operations Facility in Newington, N.H., reception cerrters, a .r.yst. care centers and other emergency facilities in m . '
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Services , , gt the % and rw mmursted all e m - inci . t kg fe' M cm; decantaminaticn if' m ; informa l armi p @; and referral to wwW 6ake centers. Persons kha ties directed to are advised nost carrvenient "' to main routes - Route NMxtta IA, Interstates 95 or 495 - south in the die 4m of ttleWim Centers. T mffic gui W assist you. O \ " Au e - within the ties to weaII are baine evacuated to the designated ,-s for comemanity in Wich they are located. Parents to most their ctlihtrun since scmcols are now being diildruf are being tahan safely by bus directly to ttamir S&ool children will then be sent to m e Hast in A be pided up. 4 but do ret have your own If you L ,--- -'m an4 , a ride from a naim e scansens else, buses willtrad- . amargency roucas to pick 13 and take you to a neception 4 t for en announcement what time buses will begin trav=1 emergency routes in your community. I'te a:re information c@,bus _d;, and evacustien routes, look up the energency information tradiures about soebcock station tics wuce mailed to you.
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Massachusetts Offsite Response Organization of New Hampshire Yankee _ l l Page 2/ce q / i GDGRAL ENEGENCY MESSMiB (EVACUATICN MC SHEIMRDeG; l SESCMhL CIDsuRE OF BEROGG AIO WIULIFE REl'UtiE) (RELEhSE Ct 10Nw't'IVf, Mh2ERIAL) (contirmand) If you have a bedridden, handicapped or other person in y $ hane h needs special evacustica help and who 1:as not made gxwvious au. s with New Wre Yanisme, please call the New Hugebize Yankne Offsite.Tempehoe Eastgency operaticos omntar at 555-1234. If' huve already-a;egistered, i there is no need to call now; balp will soon \cm its way. V l
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m 14mh Pegle li o w mities of Hendagsg gt be safec if tbsy IN PDCE y. amans to ruumin indeces, staying h you incremand fuss sentzook Station. To get gut Nm from r="e4 tbs greatest benefit rww" by sheltering, you abould take the following actdans Q
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Release #OS - q l NNING1W, N.H. ~ 6/28/68-NewHa@shLMYankee'skiffsiteResponse l Ooganizaticn (NEY GO) is urgiry notorists in l'r-*=rttsisurrounding - ff the / A the towns et 'Ihese j Seatrock, NH area to avoid travening throu:914
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IL gcy ratification sirens in the towr's of Salisbury'arsi.A$sebury / Merrianc, Newbury, West Newbury, Newburyport sourdai at 3$7*p.m. assidents in Ama=hny, Marrimes and West h San evacuate to the ru:mption center at the "-_ (Haute 114), North Andover, -Mass. ^=-L4,%c Otm@ep[f D.01 Turnpike Road t (p Residents in enlinhay can evacuate to the reception cantar at ~
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'. Ct:upany, 44 River Street, ai M( 'eny delagiros4e n d to re min
- bene for' ew days, irr Wirg extra el items iemilitems, abould keep their car radio , 5.w=1 to an s
L .c cy $d-'-t Sysma pg % Q g^ - s%g4' g r ., Upon at the z---- im centers,N, rimaammary, residents travel to one,' can otmgregate have no other aos to sende abalter t facilitiIRAin Museachusetts if they ce farm' *should be sheltered and left at home with arough and several days. For the latest irG lN residents should listen to their local Beargency
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m % g " Peter - unde as ansponse t&m, the anary measure due to the General the Nuclear Power Plant, 6 was riar lared at 1:32 p.m. Q [g l A ^ applies to my is the highest -psf raimmeli'ication that l actual ce plants. mim -p~y clammification involves an pr.vue.d.icn of the public. sui Wilal failure of plant functims needed for the l I
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mrt aRO wpcf personnel are K-p.441M to support this shelteriq r-O_= dation. NHY CSO g-mi are staffing the EuAc ycOperaticris Facility in Newingtm, N.H., reception centers, m%te care centers and other ansrgency facilities in N .
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call j %g with questiens on the M4m Y NHY CEO can call 1 223. Munbers of media asn'vrged to come to the Media Centar , N.H. 7 Y 4.,%[-Q-w 6bwhx M9p% a rs cat.m :
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**THIS IS A DRIILa* **1MS IS A IRIIL** **1HIS IS A DRIIL**
GDERAL DG3GENCY MESSAGE (EV. ActATICN; SEA &ML CICSURE 7 BEhCHES AND WTitt TFE RE PTJGE) (RELEASE OP nWETIVE MATERIAL) Y:., ! 3 t.... Release l ll } *
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e f i U h. y .;,, Rei m by: - / I WM /t ' The foll h* WW yY ,, .h mammalys a s raleesed by the meenctrumetts offs W Crgard? -_ of New Hampshire Yankee, under j authcrity y. .M bf j of . A GDERAL DG3GENCY welb' . .at 1832 p.m. today at Seatzcok Nuclear l Power Staticagh GENERAEP means that everits are% progress that could resu W lak- si amma of radioactive medteials with release Protect
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rmadhte evacuation.1 for in saldatury/ Ammaturv/ l L :;;.:_ / -- t wy/ - ~ % . 4'yC % w. . .. i,, ; b the Pan ==* inn contar is located at Rr - -
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V ,r ; i 1he United Staths'}cbast Guard has been requested to enforce a terMnile safety zcne in the ocean waters near sentrock Station. All offshore bnaters naar the plant are advised to relocate or dock in waters further than ten-
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**THIS IS A IRIIL** **IMIS IS A IRIIL** **IMIS IS A IRIIL**
GE1GRAL EMDEBCt MESSN2 (EVACUATICN; sENx:unL cI.osuRE or seaCHES AND WTTrg/r4 REFUE) , 1 (REIZASE OF REICETIVE MhTERIAL) , (continued) v, g
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Services offered at the ameption Centers and roccessended fx all eva,=== include: senitoring for op p necessary; information and assaage centers; ard , to M care centers, persons in the ccumunitiem , - -a to , are advised to take the most ! converdant roads '$ cutes - 1, Routa IA, Interstates 95 or 495 - and travel in%e dir-ce4 _ the Reception canta43. 1 Traffic guides will $, l beingevacuated All the ti to avecuate to the gWiWW for the community in idd6ts,they are located, ta, rents should not*1M.ve to school to their chi @ since ~ i schools are,hmt bair'g. evacuated and children .baing taken ' tus i dizactly to*M en centers. School 211 will than <sent to cci,., ta . A in Waltham share they be piM up,
,.A h do not If you have been advised to evacuata L-ei tien and cannot get a ride a someone else, hwan will travel alcrig main routes de up and ta)ce you to a W4e=1 cantar. unit test time buses will begirl traveling those toutesin tons). Fr are information on the bus and lock up energency infomation trochures about SeabrocF" ' _
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'the New Hampshire Yankee Offadte Response Daargency y 4-,; at 555-1234. If you have already registered, there is no , '. 1 now; help will seen be cri its way.
All perscos in area to be avecuated are urged to be good naiN ard help cne another by sharing rides and helping others with Immblems. A
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**IHIS IS A CRILL** **THIS IS A IRIIL** **THIS IS A IRILL**
GDGRAL DGRGDCY MESSAGE (EVACUATICH; SDENAL CIEISURE OF BEACHES AND WIIIILIFE REINGE) (REIZASE & RADIQhCTIVE MhI2 RIAL) h,l3 (caltinued) V
- t. . w 4, s-g If you know of any neigmu.. or co-wrkers wibUlanjunge or bedr:tng problems, please check m them to be sure they'have been informed of the w ww y and tsA.and what they stimuld do. \', ,7 Before you leave ycur bone or h\make sure put out all fires and closed fi. rep M b , .s. Icc$ hall doors whera leave. Take blankets and pillows ~ 9dbuJor your can% and any cines which you l regularly take. Peck ,% c.{qthingfordeseraldays. If you are at wack outside the evacuation tuhlive inside it, you nay return home to M 1sh tgchores*
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Please case of persmal emergency. you, which inditdes)sqvacuation routes and w-r hus.Ifare If these you ared. hcuse J( unavailable,'1inschitth local telephone botic for aMitional information. Mp** Ib repost: Seatt'ock Station has him'ad a General he yc emdition. l t
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**m IS IS A IR.ILL** **EIS IS A tRIIL** **EIS IS A IRIIL**
GDERAL DG5GENCY MESSAGE (EVACL%TICN AND SHELITRDG; SEASORL C2DSURE OF BEACHi!!S Mc WTTnr.TFE REINGE) (RELEASE OF RADIQhCTIVE MATERIAL) (omtinmi) 2;1 n. mis W will be repeated every fifteen mirutes or u ntd1 new information is available. Keep tuned to this HIS station for the latest official information. ( +,
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**THIS IS A DRIII,** **'IHIS IS A CRHL** **'IMIS IS A CRILL**
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Prerecorded Generic Alerting Message 3. Prerecorded Beech Closing Alerting Message 4 ( Prerecorded EBS Activation Advisory Message
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Prerecorded Alert Messr# 6. 1 Alert Message (No Release of Radioactive Material) 7. Alert Message (Release of Radioactive Material) ! 8. Prerecorded Site Area Emergency Message 9. Prerecorded Site Area Emergency (Seasonal Closure of Beaches and Wildlife Refuge) Message (May 15 to September 15) 10. l Site Area Emergency Message (No Release of Radioactive Material; Seasonal Closure of Beaches and Wildlife Refuge) l 11. Site Area Emergency Message (Release of Radioactive Material; Seasona,1 Closure of Beaches and Wildlife Refuge) l
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Site Area Emergency Message (Sheltering / Communities; Seasonal Closure of Beeches and Wildlife Refuge) (No Release of Radioactive Material)* 13. Site Area Emergency Message (Sheltering / Communities; Seasonal Closure of Beaches and Wildlife Refuge) (Release of Radioactive Meterial) i 14 Prerecorded General Emergency Message 15. Prerecorded General Emergency (Seasonal :losure of Beaches and Wildlife Refuge) Message (May 15 to September 15) l 16. General Emergency Message (Sheltering / communities: Closure of Beaches and Wildlife Refuge) (No ReleaseSeasonal of
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- 17. General Emergency Message (Sheltering / Communities: Seasonal Closure of Besches and Wildlife Refuge) (Release of Radioactive )
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- 18. General Emergency Message (Evacuation and Sheltering Seasonal closure of Beaches and Wildlife Refuge) (No Release of l Radioactive Material)
! 19. General Emergency Message (Evacuation and Sheltering Seasonal Closure of Beaches and Wildlife Refuge) (Release of Radioactive l Material)
- 20. General Emergency Message (Evacuation: Seasonal closure of I Beaches, and Wild 11fc Refuge) (No Release of Radioactive l Material) i l
- 21. General Emergency Message (Evacuation Seasonal Closure of I Beaches and Wildlife Refuge) (Release of Radioactive Material) I i
- 22. Downgrading of Emergency Message
- 23. Termination of Emergency Message l 24. hienentalMessage1-BusRouteTimes
- 25. Supplemental Message 2 - Parents with School Children in Evacuating Areas
- 26. Supplemental Message 3 - Precautionary Actions for Formers, Farm Workers, Food Processors and Food Distributors
- 27. Supplemental Message 4 - Emergency Actions for Farmers, Farm Workers, Food Processors and Food Distributors l
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"We interrupt this program to activate the local Emergency Broadcast System at ;
the request of the Governce of Massachusetts and puel;c health officials. This message is directed to persons in the communities of Sglj} bury, Amesbury, l Merrimac, Newbury, West Newbury and Newburvoort. , This is not a test." f.I.
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3 VV Cjj Amendment 4 IP 2.13 'Page 17 Rev. O Attachment 5 Page 1 of 2 i PRERECORDED ALERT MESSAGE Date Message Released Time Message Released Released by: I NHY Offsite Response Director i
"We interrupt this program to bring you the following message. Important infor-mation for the communities of Salisbury, Amesbury, Merrisec, Newbury, West l Newbury and Newburvoort will follow. This is not a test. -
There is a problem at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. It has been classified as an ALERT. An ALERT pres'ents no danger to public health and safety - any release of radioactive materials would be limited to levels well below thost set i ey the United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1 The Governor of Massachusetts escommends that no action is required by the general public at **is time. The purpose of de:16< ng an ALERT is to make sure that emergency workers are available to re? pond if the situation becomes more serious. The alerting system ft>r Seabrook Station -- which includes sirens, tone alert radios pr.d emergency messages -- will be put into action.if plant safety is threatened. { In addition, "information brochures see mailed annually to residents , r,f the Mass
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West Newbury - _rrvoort. If you are in any of these communities, you should look up that emergenc* reation. If these are unavailable, infor-motion can be found in are telephone boo This information could be helpful
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If you know of any neighbors or co-workers with hearing or language problems, please inform them of this message. Once again: An ALERT has been declared at Seabrook Nbelear Power Station." I i
Ef~l@} 4 nda.nt 4 IP 2.13 Page 18 Attachment 5 I Page 2 of 2 PRERECORDED ALERT MESSAGE (continued)
"This message will be repeated frequently en this station until new ir. formation is available. Stay tuned to this station for the latest official information.
If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, l you should tune to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your
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l l Actions recommended in this message are intefaded only for persons in communities within ten miles of Seabrook Station." I y a 3 I 1 TO
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ALERT MESSAGE (N0 RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) 1 Date Message Released Time Message Released Released by: NHY Offsite Response Director l
"An Alert condition was declared at - (time) today at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. An ALERT presents no danger to public health and safety - any release 'of radioactive materials would be limited to levels well below those set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The Governor of Massachusetts recommends that no action is required by the general public at this time. For additional emergency information, residents of Salisbury, Amesbury. Merrimac, NewburV, West Newbury and NewburvDort should look up the annual emer-gency information brochures about Seabro- Station which were mailed to them. If these are unavailable, information c .. also be found in area telephone books. This information could be useful in understanding future messages. If you know of any neighbors or co-workers with hearing or language problems, please infore them of this message.
- Once again, Station is in an Alert condition. There has been no release of r .
No release of radiation is about to occur. Thismessagewihlberepeatedeveryfifteenminutesoruntilnewinformationis available. Keep tuned to this station for the latest official information. If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, l you should tune to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your community."
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releases of radioactive material would*be limited to levels well below those set l by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. A limited release of i radiation into the air did occur at (time), but it does not present a l danger to people near the plant. The Governor of Massachusetts recommends that no action is required by the general public at this time. For additional emergency information, residents of Salisbury. Amesbury, Merrimac, Newbury, West Newbury and Newburvoort should look up the annual emer-gency information brochures which were mailed to them. If these are unavail-able, information can also be found in area telephone books. This information could be useful in understanding future messages. If you know neighbo'sr or co-workers with hearing or language problems, please inf of this message. Once again, Seabrook Station is in an Alert condition. There has been a limited release of radiation at the plant site. It does not present a danger to people near the plant and is well below levels set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. This message will be repeated every fifteen minutes untii new information is available. Stay tuned to this station for the latest official information. If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, l you should turn to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your community." l l v
Yi} $l Amendment 4 j \ IP 2.13 Page 21 1 Rev. O Attachment 8 Page 1 of 2 PRERECORDED b SITE AREA EMERGENCY f MESSAGE
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,I "A SITE AREA EMERGENCY has been declared at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. A SITE AREA EMERGEI'CY means that some significant release of radioactive materials could occur, although any releases are not expected to go beyond levels set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, except near the Seabrook Station site boundary.
The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Organization has been notified and. is responding to the probles. The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response ' Director is reviewing site conditions at this time and is discussing the l situation with Massachusetts government officials. The Governor of Massachusetts recomeehds tho' followings, , The United States Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile safety zone in the . meters neer Seabrook Station. All offshore boaters near the plant are relocate to waters further than five miles from the plant, or return tow, local serinas. Boaters should not reenter the ocean safety zone until notice. l In addition, emergency information brochures are mailed annually to residents of the communities of Salisbury, Amesbury, Merrimac, Newbury, West Newbury, and Newburyport. If you are in any of these communities, you should look up that emergency information. If these are unavailab17, information can be found in area telephone books. This information could be helpful in understanding future messages. If you know of any neighbors or co-workers with hearing or language problems, please inform them of this message." , 4
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Amendment 4 ) IP 2.13 Page 22 i Rev. 0 ' Attachment 8 Page 2 of 2 PRERECORDED SITE AREA EMERGEMCY MESSAGE (continued) 1 "Once again: A SITE AREA EMERGENCY has been declared at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. This message will be repeated frequently on this station until new information
.is available. Stay tuned to this EBS station for the latest official infor-mation.
If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, ' you should tune to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your community. l Actions recommended in this message are intended only for persons in communities within ten miles of.Seabrook Station." f.
v Sb } TC Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 23 Rev. O Attachment 9 Page 1 of 2 PRERECORDED SITE AREA EMERGENCY ' (SEASONAL CLOSURE OF SEACHES ANO WILDLIFE REFUGE) MESSAGE (May 15 to September 15) I Date Message Released Time Message Released . Released by: NHY Offsite Response Director "A SITE AREA EMERGENCY has been declared at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. A l l
- SITE AREA EMERGENCY means that some significant release of radioactive materials l
could. occur, although any releases are not expected to go beyond levels set by l the United States Environmental Protection Agency, except near the Seabrook l Station site boundary. The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Organization has been notified and l is responding to the probles. The New Hampchire Yankee Offsite Response Director is reviewing site conditions at this time, and is discussing the l situation with Massachusetts government officials. As a precaution, the Governor of Massachusetts has recommenced the closing uf beach and park areas, from Salisbury to Plue Island, including the Parker River - " National Wildlife Refuge. Persons at these beaches and parks or visiting the national wildt refuge should leave those areas immediately. , In addition, 3 ited States Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile se in ocean waters near Seabrook Station. All offshore l boaters near plant are advised to relocate to waters further than five miles l j from the plant, or return to their local marines. Boaters should not reenter the ocean safety zone until further notice. j The closings of the Wildlife Refuge, beaches and boating areas are pre- l i cautionary measures based on policy adopted long before Seabrook Station was operational. occur." It does not mean that a release of radiation Ms, occurred or will I f l _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ - _ _ - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - -- J
5/ y gj Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 24 Rev. O Attachment 9 Page 2 of 2 PRE-RECOROED SITE AREA EMERGENCY (SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) , MessAos l (May 15 to September 15) (continued)- j "In addition, emergency information brochures are mailed annually to residents of the communities of Salisbury, Amesbury, Merrimac, Newtiury, West Newb9ry and Newburyport. If you are in any of these towns, you should look up that emergency information. If these are unavailable, information also can be found ' in area telephone books. English' and French emergency information flyers also have been made available at beach facilities and recreation areas. This infor- .! mation could be helpful in understanding future messages. If you know of any neighbors or co-workers with hearing or language problems, please inform them of this message. - Once again, Seabrook Station has declared a SITE AREA EMERGENCY. This message will be repeated frequently on this station until new information is available. Stay tuned to this EBS station for the latest official infor-mation. If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, l l l you should tune to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your community.
, l Actions recommended in .this message are intended only for persons in communities x4thintenmilyfSeabrookStation."
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NHY Offsite Response Director l l "A SITE AREA EMERGENCY was declared at (time) today at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. A SITE AREA EMERGENCY means that some significant release of l radioactive materials could occur, although any releases are not expected to go beyond levels set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, except near the Seabrook Station site boundary. ~ At this time, there has been ng release of radioactive material. As a precaution, the New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Organization has been activated and is responding to the problem. Response Director is reviewing site conditionsThe New Hampshire Yankee Offsite the situation.with Massachusetts government officials.at this time and is discussing l The Governor of Massachusetts recommends the following: The United S zone ie the t Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile safety plant are adv noters near Seabrook Station. All offshore' boaters near the to relocate to waters further than five miles from the plant, or return to their local marinas. Boaters should not reenter the ocean safety zone until further notice. 9 Beach and park areas from Salisbury to Plum Island, including the Parker River National Wi.1dlife Refuge, are now closed. Persons at these beaches and parks or visiting the national wildlife refuge should leave those areas immediately. The closings of the beaches, boating areas and the wildlife refuge are precautionary actions tion." based on policy adopted long before Seabrook Station was put into opera-
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'IP 2.13 Page 26 Rev. O Attachment 10 Page 2 of 2-SITE AREA EMERGENCY MESSAGE (No RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL; SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) l (continued) 4 For_ additional emergency-information, residents of Salisbury, Amesbury, Merrimac, Newbury, West Newbury and Newburyport should look up the annual emergency information brochures 'which were mailed M them. If these are unavailable, information can also be'found in area telephone books. This infor- l mation could be useful in understanding future messages.
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Once again, Seabrook Station has declared a Site Area Emergency. (Seasonal only) As a crocaution, beach and park areas from Salisbury to Plum Island, includino the Parker River National Wildlife Refuce, have been closed. l This message will be repeated every fifteen minutes or until new information is available. Keep tuned to this E85 station for the latest official-information. If yc~. 574 in ny of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, you shbuld turn to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your community. 1
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Attachment 11 Page 1 of 2 ' 1 i SITE AREA EMERGENCY MESSAGE (RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL; SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) l l l l l l Date Message Released Time Message Released Released by: NHY Offrite Response Director 1 A SITE AREA EMERGENCY was declared'at (time) today.at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. A SITE AREA EMER,GENCY means that some significant release of radioactive materials could occur, although any releases are not expected to go beyond levels set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, except near the Seabrook Station site boundary. There was Station at a release into the air of radioactive materials from the Seabrook (time). The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Organization has'been activated and is responding to the incident. The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Director is reviewing site conditions at this time and is discussing the situation with Massachusetts :. p'nment officials. TheGovernore$llassachusettsrecommendsthefollowing: The United States Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile safety zone in the ocean waters near Seabrook Station. All offshore boaters near the plant are advised to relocate to waters further than five miles from the plant, or return to their local marinas. Boaters should not reenter the safety zone until further notice. Beach and park areas from Salisbury to Plum Island,' including the Parker River l National Wildlife Refuge, are now closed. Persons at these beacnes and oarks or visiting the national wildlife refuge should leave those areas immediately. The closings of the beaches, boating areas and the wildlife refuge are precau-tionary actions based on policy adopted long before Seaerook Station was put into operation.
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(continued) l l For additional information, residents of. Salisbury, Amesb9ry, Merrimec, I Newbury, West Newbury and Newburvoort should look up the annual emergency infer-mation brochures which were mailed to them. If these are unavailable, informa- j tion can also be found in area telephone books. This-information could be use- l ful in understanding future messages. I If you know of any neighbors or co-workers with hearing or language problems, please inform them of this message. Once again, Seabrook Station has declared a Site Area Emergency. (Seasonal on1v) As a crocaution, beach and oark areas from Salisbury to Plum Island, includino the Parker River National Wildlife Refuoe, have been closed. This message will be repeated every fifteen minutes or until new information becomes available. Stay tuned to this EBS station for the latest official information. . If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, you should turn,to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your community. a.: i e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -~
Hsj 91 Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 29 Rev. O Attachment 12 Page 1 of 2 SITF. AREA EMERGENCY MESSAGE (SHELTERING /COM9 UNITIES: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES ANO WILDLIFE REFUGE) (N0 RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) Date Message Released Time Message Released l Released by: NHY Offsite Response Director "A SITE AREA EMERGENCY was declared at (time) today at Seabrook Nuclear ! Power Station. A SITE AREA EMERGENCY means that some significant release of l radioactive materials could occur, although any releases are not expected to go , beyond levels set by the United' States' Environmental Prot 6ction Agency, except ) near the Seabrook Station site boundary. There has been no release of radioactive material from Seabrook Station; however, it is possible that one could occur. i i Based on conditions at the site, the New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Organization has been activated and is responding to the problem. The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Director is reviewing site conditions at this time and is discussing the situation with Massachusetts government officials. The Governor of Massachusetts recommends the following: The United States Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile safety zone in the oc p waters near Seabrook Station. All offshore boaters near the. plant are advied to relocate or dock in waters further than f tve miles from the plant. , Beach and park areas from Salisbury to Plum Island, including the Parker River ' National Wildlife Refuge, are now closed. Persons at these beaches and parks or visiting the national wildlife refuge should-leave those areas immediately. Residents in the communities of (edit as appropriate) (Salisburv/Amesburv] (Merrimac/Newbury/ West Newbury/Newburvoort) are advised to SHELTER IN PLACE. This means you should remain indoors. Staying indoors will provide you with increased protection from radioactive material released from the Seacrook Station. In order to get the greatest benefit from the protection provid2d by sheltering, you should take the following actions:
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M[9/ Amendment 4 IP'2.13 Page 30 Rev. O Attachment 12 Page 2 of 2 SITE AREA EMERGENCY MESSAGE (SHELTERING /COMUNITIES: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) (N0 RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) ! (continued) o Shelter indoors. o Make sure all windows and doors are closed tightly. o If you are in your car, close all windows and vents while you continue to travel to your destination. o Turn off all fans, heating or air conditioning systems if they bring in I outside air, i o Take a radio with you and move tc the room with fewest windows and doors. ' o Keep all members of your household indoors and stay tuned to your local Emergency Broadcast System radio station. o Remain indoors until told by local or state officials that it is safe to go outside, or untti further protective actions are recommended. ' Schools, hospitals and other institutions in the communities advised to shelter are taking similar sheltering actions. Officials have instructions for pro-tacting'the children or other persons in their care until sheltering is no longer necessary. Parents and relatives are advised not to call the schools or other institutions, nor to drive to the schools to attempt to pick up their children. . Communit'y safety will be better protected if the schools are permitted to con-duct sheltering activities over the next several hours. Please do not use the phone except in case of personal emergency. If you are at home, look up the annual emergency information mailed to you for further inforestion. If you are sheltering at your workplace or other public building, c the local telephone book for additional information. This information ;be useful in understanding future , messages. If you know o famp neighbor,s or co-workers with hearing or language peoplems, please be sure they are aware of this message and understand what they should do. To repeat: Seabrook Station has declared a Site Area Emergency. This message will be repeated every fifteen minutes or until new information becomes available. Stay tuned to this EBS station for the latest offic'ial information. If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, you should tune to a local radio station in.New Hampshire for news about your community,.
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"A SITE AREA EMERGENCY was declared at (time) today at Seabrook Nuclear !
Power Station. A SITE AREA EMERGENCY means that some significant release of' radioactive materials could occur, although any releases are not expected to go I beyond levels set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, except near the Seabrook Station site boundary. 4 A release of radioactive material into the air occurred at (time). , The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Director is reviewing site conditions at this time and is discussing the situation with Massachusetts government officials. The Governor of Massachusetts recommends the following: l The United States Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile safety zone in the ocean waters near Seabrook Station. All offshore boaters near the plant are advised to relocate or dock in waters further than five miles from the plant. Persons St beach and park areas from Salisbury to Plum Island, including the Parker River Nge4enal Wildlife Refuge, should evacuate those areas immediately. If you are atug> teach in Salisbury or Plum Island, or at the Wildlife Refuge, but a bus. do not ho w own transportation, wait at the nearest inside location for Wait for a message over this station announcing what time emergency buses will take you to a reception center outside the evacuated area. Reception centers will provide help and temporary shelter. . Residents in the communities of (edit as appropriate) (Salisburv/Amesburv) (Merrimac/Newbury/ West Newbury/Newburvoort] are advised to SHELTER IN PLACE. This means you should remain indoors. Staying indoors will provide you with increased protection from radioactive material released .from the Seabrook Station. Also, in order to get the greatest benefit from protection provided by sheltering, you should take the following actions:
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SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) q (RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) (continued) o Shelter indoors, o Make sure all windows and doors are closed tightly. o If you are in your car, close all windows and vents while you continue to i travel to your destination, i o Turn off all fans, heating or air conditioning systees if they bring in outside air. o Take a radio with you and move to the room with fewest windows and' doors. o Keep all members of your household indoors and st'ay tuned to your loca4 Emergency Broadcast System radio station. . o , Remain indoors until told by local or state officials that it is safe to go
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Schools, hospitals and other institutions in the communities advised to shelter are taking similar sheltering actions. Officials have instructions for pro-tecting the children or other persons in their care until sheltering is no longer necessary. Parents and relatives are advised g to call the schools or other institutions, nor to drive to the schools to attempt to pick up their children. Community safety will be better protected if the schools are permit-ted to conduct sheltering activities over the next several hours. Please do not use the phone except in case of personal emergency. If you are at home, look up the annual emergency information mailed to you for further inf building, c If you are sheltering at your workplace or other public local telephone book for additional information. This' information , be useful in understanding future messeqes. If you know of any neighbors or co-workets with hearing or language problems, please be sure they are aware of this message and understand what they should do. To repeat: Seabrook Station has declared a Site Area Emergency. This message will be repeated every fifteen minutes or until new information becomes available. Stay tuned to this EBS station for the latest official information. If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, you should tune to a local radio station in New Hampshire for' news,about your communitt. 1
m - l $/ Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 33 Rev. O Attachment 14 Page 1 of 2 PRERECORDED GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE j l Date Message Released Time Message Released l i Released by: NHY Offsite Response Director ! t "A GENERAL EMERGENCY has been declared at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. A GENERAL EMERGENCY means that events are in progress that could result in some significant release of radio?.ctive materials with releases expected to go beyond levels set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency outside the Seabrook Station site boundary." i "The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Organization has been notified and is responding to the emergency. The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Respon,se Director ) is reviewing the site conditions at this time and is discussing the situation l l with Massachusetts government officials. ' The Governor of Massachusetts recommends the following: .
"The United States Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile safety zone in the ocean waters near Seabrook Station. All offshore boaters near the plant are advised to relocate or dock in waters further than five miles from the plant.
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"In addition, emergency information brochures are mailed annually to residents of Salisbury, Amesbury. Merrimac, Newbury, West Newbury and Newburvoort. If you are in any of these communities, you should look up that emergency information.
If these are unsweilable, information can be found in area telephone books. This information co d e be helpful in understanding future messages. Persons at beech and park areas from Salisbury to Plus Island, including the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, should evacuate those areas immediately, . If you are at a beac j but do not have your,h in transportation, own Salisbury,or Plum Island, wait at theornearest at the Wildlife Refuge, for inside location q a bus. j Wait for a message "over this. station announcing what time emergency buses will take you to a reception center outside the evacuated area. . Reception , centers will provide help and temporary shelter. !
" Residents in these communities are advised to stay indoors and stay tuned to this station until offical instructions are provided.
{ l "If you know of.any ne.ighbors or co-workers with hearing or language proolems, please inform them of this message. J 1 J
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"Once again A GENERAL EMERGENCY has been declPred at feebrook Station.
i "This message will be repeated frequently on this station until new information ! is available. Stny tuned to this station for the latest official information.
"If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, l you should tune to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your
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0 d l Oll Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 35 ; k Rev. O Attachment 15 Page 1 of 2 PRERECORDED GENERAL EMERGENCY (SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILDLIPE REFUGE) l-MEssAoE ! (May 15 to September 15) I Date Message Released Time Message Released - Released by: NHY Offsite Response Director "A GENERAL EMERGENCY has been declared at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. A GENERAL EMERGENCY means that events are in progress that could result in some significant release of radioactive materials with releases expected to go beyond levels set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency outside the Seabrook Station site boundary."
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The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Organization has been notified and is responding to the emergency. The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Director l is reviewing site conditions at this time and is discussing the situation with Massachusetts government officials.
"The Governor of Massachusetts has recommended the closing of beach and park areas, life Refuge.from Salisbury to Plum Island, including the Parker River National Wild-Persons at these beaches and parks or visiting the National Wild-life Refuge should leave those areas immediately.
In addition, the United States Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile safety zone in ocean waters near Seabrook Station.. All offshore boaters near from thethe plant. plant are advised to relocate or dock in waters further than five miles Persons at and park areas from Salisbury to Plum Island, including the Parker River , ional Wildlife' Refuge, should evacuate those areas immediately. If you are at a beach in but do not'have your'own, Salisbury or Plum Island, or at the Wildlife Refuge, a bus. transportation, wait at the nearest inside location for . Wait for a message over this station announcing what time emergency buses will take you to a receptien center outside the evacuated area. Reception centers will provide help and temporary shelter.
"In addition, emergency information brochures are mailed annually to residents of the communities of Salisbury, Amesbury, Merrimac, Newbury, West Ned ury and Newburyport.
emergency information. If you are in any of these communities,'you should look up that area telephone books. If these are unavailable, information can be found in English and French emergency information flyers also have been made available at beach facilities and recreation areas. This information could be, helpful in understanding future messages.
63/ 9/ Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 36 , Rev. O Attachment'15 Page 2 of 2 PRERECORDED GENERAL EMERGENCY i (SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHFS AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) {! MEssaaf (May 15 to September 15) ; (continued) l "If you know of any neighbors or co-workers with hearing or language problems, j please inform them of this message. J "Once again, Sepbrook Station has declared a OENERAL EMERGENCY. This message will be repeated frequently on this station until new information is available. Stay tuned to this station for the latest official information.
) "If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, l you should tune to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your community. .
l Actions recommended in this message are intended only for persons in communities within ten miles of Seabrook Station. 1 (NOTE: This message is also pre-recorded in French.) O e 4
9/ Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 37-Rev. O Attachment 16 Page 1 of 2 GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (SHELTERING /CoelVNITIES: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILOLIFE REFUGE) (No RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) Date Message Released Time Message Released Released'by: NHY Offsite Response Director l l A GENERAL EMERGENCY was declared at (time) today at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. A GENERAL EMERGENCY means that events are in progress that could result in some significant release of radioactive materials with releases expected to go beyond levels' set by the_ United States' Environmental Protection Agency outside the Seabrook Station site boundary. , There has been no release of radioactive material from Seabrook Station; however, it is possible that,one could occur. Based on conditions at the site, the New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response ; Organization has been activated and is responding to the prot >1em. The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Director is reviewing site conditions at this l time and is discussing the situation with Massachusetts government officials. The Governor of 'ussachusetts recommends the following: The United St ates Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile safety zone in the ocean waters near Seabrook Station. All' offshore boaters near the plant are advised to relocate or dock in waters further than five miles from the plant. Persons at beach and park tieas from Salisbury to Plum Island, including the Parker River Mgtional Wildlife Refuge, should evacuate those areas immediately. If you are a but do not beech in Salisburv or Plus Island, or at the Wildlife Refuge, your own transporution, wait at the nearest .inside location for a bus. Wait for a message over this station announcing what time emergency-buses will take you to a reception center outside the evacuated area. Reception centers will provide help and temporary shelter. Residents in the communities of (edit as appropriate) (Salisburv/Amesburv) (Merrimac/Newbury/ West Newbury/Newburyport) are advised to SHELTER. IN PLACE. This means you should remair indoors. Staying indoors will provide you with increased protection from radioactive material i
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(N0 RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) j (continued) ; l s o Shelter indoors. ' o Make sure all windows and doors are closed tightly. o If you are in your car, close all windows and vents while you continue to travel to your destination. o Turn off all fans, heating or air conditioning systems if they bring in outside air. o Take a radio with you and move to the room with fewest windows and doors. o Keep all members of your household indoors and stay tuned to your local Emergency Broadcast System radio station. o Remain indoors,until told by local'or state officials that it is safe to go outside, or until further protective. actions are recommended. 1 Schools, hospitals and other institutions in the communities advised to shelter [ are taking similar sheltering actions. Officials have instructions for protec-ting the children or other persons in their care until sheltering is no longer necessary. Parents and relatives are advised _nsLt to call the schools or other institutions, nor to drive to the schools to attempt to pick up their children. l Community safety will be better protected if the schools are permitted to con- ! duct sheltering activities over the next several hours. Please do not use the phone except in case of personal emergency. If you are at home, look un the annul emereticy information mailed to you for further info . If you are sheltering at your workplace or other public building, c local telephone book for additional information. This information useful in understanding future messages. If you know of any neighbors or'co-workers with hearing or language problems, l pleas.e be sure they are aware of this message and understand what they should do. To repeat: Seabrook Station has declared a General Emergency. This message will be repeated every fifteen minutes or until new information becomes available. Stay tuned to this EBS station for the latest official l information. If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, you should tune to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your community.
bbl 9) Amendment 4 ( IP 2.10 Page 39 Rev. O Attachment 17 Page 1 of 2 GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (SHELTERING /COMUNITIES: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF 8EACHES ANO WILDLIFE REFUCE) (RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL) Date Message Released Time Message Released Released by: NHY Offsite Response Director ' A GENERAL EMERGENCY was declared at (time) today at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. A GENERAL EMERGENCY means that events are.in progress that could result in some significant release of radioactive materials with releases ! expected to go beyond levels set by the United States Environmental Protection i Agency outside the Seabrook Station site boundary. l A release of radioactive material into the air occurred at (time). I The New Hampshire, Yankee Offsite Response Director is reviewing site conditions at this time and is discussing the situation with Massachusetts government i officials. l i The Governor of Massachusetts recommends the following: ; The United States Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile safety zone in the ocean waters near Seabrook Station. All offshore boaters near the I plant are advised to relocate or dock in waters further than five miles from the plant. Persons Parker at beach and park areas from Salisbury to Plus Island, including the River If you are at onal Wildlife Refuge, should ' evacuate those areas .immediately. but do not h in Salisbury or Plus Island, or at the Wildlife Refuge, a bus. own transportation, wait at the nearest inside location for Wait for a message over this station announcing what time emergency buses will take you to a reception center outside the evacuated area. Reception centers will provide help and temporary shelter. Residents in the communities of (edit as appropriate) l (Salisburv/Amesburv] (Merrimac/Newburv/ West Newbury/Newburvoort) are advised to SHELTER IN PLACE. This means you should remain. indoors. Staying indoors will provide you with increased protection from radioactive material l released from the Seabrook Station. Also, in order to get the greatest benefit from protection provided by sheltering, you should take the following actions:
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SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILOLIFE REFUGE) , i (RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) (continued) I o Shelter indoors. o Make sure all windows and doors are closed tightly. o If you are in your car, close all windows,and vents while you continue to travel to your destination. o ! Turn off all fans, heating or air conditioning systems if they bring in j outside air.' o Take a radio with you and move to the room with fewest windows and doors. ; o Keep all members of your household indoors and stay tuned te your local Emergency Broadcast System radio station. o Remain indoors until told by local or state officials that it is safe to go outside, or until further protective actions are recommended. Schools, hospitals and other institutions in the communities advised to shelter ' l are taking similar sheltering actions. Officials have instructions for pro-l tecting the children or other persons in their care until sheltering is no longer necessary. l Parents and relatives are advised not to call the schools or other institutions, nor to drive to the schools to attempt to pick up their children. Community safety will be better protected if the schools aca per-mitted to conduct sheltering activities over the next several hours. Please do not use the phone except in case of personal emergency. If you are at home, look up the annoel emergency information mailed to you for further information If you are sheltering at your workplace or other public ; building, check the local telephone book for additional information. This information condd be .useful in understanding future messages. If you know neighbors or co-workers with hearing or language problems, please be s , do. are awara of this message and understand what they should To repeat: Seabrook Station has declared a General Emergency. This message will be repeated every fifteen minutes or until new information becomes available. Stay tuned to this EBS station for the latest official information. ' If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, you community. should tune to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your
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li b 9/. Amendment 4 j IP 2.13 Page 41 ! Rev. O Attachment 18 f Page 1 of 4 I GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (EVACUATION AND SHELTERING; SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) 1 (N0 RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL) Date Message Released ! Time Messa,ge Released ! j Released by: NHY Offsite Response Director ) l l A GENERAL EMERGENCY was. declared at (time) today at Seabrook Nuclasr ; Power Station. A GENERAL EMERGENCY means that events are in progress that could { result in some significant release of radioactive materials with releases expected to go beyond levels set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency outside the Seabrook Station site boundary. l There has Station; been noitrelease however, of radioactive is possible material that one could into the air from Seabrook occur. . The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Organization has been activated and is responding to the proolen. Massachusetts government officials have been noti-fied. The Gevernor of Massachusetts recommends the following: The United States Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a.five-mile safety zone in the ocean waters near Seabrook Station. All offshore boaters near the plant are advised to relocate or dock in waters further than five miles from the plant. i y M Persons at be d end park areas from Salisbury to Plum Island, including the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, should evacuate those areas immediately. If you are at a beach in Salisbury or Plum Island, or at the Wildlife Refuge, but do not have your own transportation, wait at the nearest inside location for a bus. Wait for a message over this station announcing what time emergency 7 buses will take you to a reception center outside the evacuated ares. . Reception centers will provide help and temporary shelter. Immediate evacuation is recommended for people in (edit as appropriate) (Salisburv/Amesburv} (Merrimac/Newbury/ West Newbury/Newburvoort). a 1
h9 9) Amendment 4 IP-2.13 Page 42 Rev. O Attachment 18 Page 2 of 4 GENERAL EMER0ENCY MESSAGE-(EVACUATION AND SHELTERING: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES ANO WILDLIFE REFUGE) l (N0 RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) (continued) (Edit text on Reception Centers as appropriate) (For Amesbury, the Reception Center is located at the Massachusetts Electric ' Facility at 1101 Turnpike Street in North Andover. For Salisbury, the Reception Center is at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 44 River Street in Beverly.) .. (For Newbury and Newburvoort, the Reception Center is located at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 44 River Street in Beverly. . For West Newbury and Merrimac, the Reception Center is at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 1101 Turnpike Street in North Andover.] Services offered at the Reception Centers.and recommended for all evacuees include: monitoring for contamination; decontamination if necessary; infor-mation and message centers; and referral to congregate care centers. [ Persons in the communities directed to evacuate are advised to_take the most l convenient roads south to main routes -- Route 1, Route 1A, Interstates 95 or 195 -- and travel south in the direction of the Reception Centers. Traffic guides will assist you. All schools within the communities directed to evacuate are being evacuated to the designated Reception Centers for the community in which they are located. Parents being evac should not drive to school to meet their children since schools are now Reception and children are being taken safely by bus directly to their { in School children will then be sent to the ! where they may be picked up. If you have been advised to evacuate but do not have your own transportation and l cannot get a ride from a neighbor or someone else, buses will travel along main emergency routes to pick you up and take you to a Reception Center. Wait for an announcement stating what time buses will begin traveling these emergency routes in your community. For more information on the bus and evacuation routes, look up the emergency information brochures about Seabrook Station which were mailed ( to you.
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N Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 43 Rev. O Attachment 18 Page 3 of 4 GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (EVACUATION AND SHELTERING: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) l (N0 RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL) (continued) If you have a bedridden, handicapped or other person in your home who needs special evacuation help and who has not made previous arrangements with New Hampshire Yankee, please call the New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Emergency Operations Center at [ - -
). If you have already registered, there is no need to call now; help will soon be on its way.
All persons in the area to be evacuated are urged to be good neighbors and help one another by sharing rides and helping others with problems. If'you know of any neighbors or co-workers with language or hearing probiems, please check on them to be sure they have been informed of the emergency and understand what they should do. Before you leave your home or workplace, make sure you have put out all fires and closed fireplace dampers. Lock n'.1 doors when you leave. Take blankets and pillows with you for your own use and any medicines which you regularly take. Pack enough clothing for several days. If you are at work outside the evac-untion area, but live inside it, you may return home to accomplish these chores and collect family members or necessary belongings. People living in the commu'nities of (edit as appropriate) l (Salisburv/Amesburv] 4 (Merrimac/Newbury/ West Newbury/Newburvoort) will be safer if they SHELTER IN PLACE immediately. This means to remain in-doors. Staying indoors will provide you with increased protection from radio-active material released from Seabrook Station. To get the greatest benefit from protec. tion provided by sheltering, you should take the following actions: o Shelter indoors. o o Make sure all windows and doors are closed tightly. If you are in your car, close all windows and vents while you travel to your destination.
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This message available. be repeated every fifteen minutes or until new information is 4 j Keep tuned to this E86 station for the latest official information. > I If you are in any of the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, l you should tune to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your community. I i l 1 \
l0) Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 45 Rev. O Attachment 19 Page 1 of 5 GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (EVACUATION AND SHELTERING: " SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILDLIFE. REFUGE) (RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL) J Date Message Released ) Time Message Released ; Released by: I NHY Offsite Response Director l i l A GENERAL EMERGENCY was declared at (time) today at Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. A GENERAL EMERGENCY means that events are in progress that could result in some signific:nt release of radioactive materials with releases expected to go beyond levels set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency outside the Seabrook Station site boundary. 1 A release of radioactive material into the air occurred at (time). l The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Organization has been activated and is responding fied. to the problem. Massachusetts government officials have been noti-The Governor of Massachusetts recommends the following: The zonednited in the States Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile safety
, plant are waters near Seabrook Station. AJ1 offshore boaters near the plant. 4 to relocate or dock in waters further than five miles from the Beach and park areas from Salisbury to Plus Island, including the Parker River I
National Wildlife Refuge, are now closed. Persons at these beaches and parks or visiting the national wildlife refuge should leave those areas immediately.
;mmediate evacuation is recommended fnr people in -(edit as appropriate)
(Salisburv/Amesburv) (Merrimac/Newbury/ West Newbury/Newburvoort).
S$f 9) Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 46 Rev. 0 Attachment 19 Page 2 of 5 GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (EVACUATION AND SHELTERING: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF SEACHES AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) (RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL) (continued) (Edit text on Reception Centers as appropriate) (For Amesburv, the Reception Center is located at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 1101 Turnpike Street in North Andover. For Salisbury, the Reception Center is at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 44 River Street in Beverly.] [For Newbury and Newburvoort, the Reception Center is located at Massachusetts ! Electric Facility at 44 River Street in Beverly. Fcr M Newbury and Merrimac, the Reception Center is at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 1101 Turnpike ' Street in North Andover.] NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS TO BE READ ONLY IF ADVISED BY THE NEW HAMPSHIR YANKEE OFFSITE RESPONSE DIRECTOR THAT THIS INCIDENT MAY OR W A CONTAMINATING ACCIDENT: l l There accident. is a good possibility for this emergency to produce a contaminating It is strongly recommended that as a precaution, persons leaving the towns told to evacuate go to their designated reception centers for monitoring.
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Services of at the Reception Centers and recorcended for all evacuees I includer monitoring for contamination decontaN nation if necessary; infor- ' mation and message centers; and referral to congregate care centers. l Persons in the communities directed to evacuate are advised to tcke the most l convenient roads south to main routes -- Route 1, Route 1A, Interstates 95 or ! 495 -- and travel south in the direction of the peoption Centers. Trafffe guides will assist you. l i l 1
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All schools within the communities directed to evacuate are being evacuated to. I the designated Reception Centers for the community in which they are located. ! Parents should not drive to school to meet their children since schools are now i i being evacuated and children are being taken safely by bus directly to their i j Reception Centers. School children will then be sent to the in where they may be picked up. ! If you have been advised to evacuate but do not have your own transportation and cannot get a ride from a neighbor or someone else, buses will travel along main - emergency routes to pick you up and take you to a Reception Center. Wait for an announcement stating what time beses will begin traveling these emergency routes ' in your community. For more information or! the bus and evacuation routes, look up the emergency information brochures about Seabrook Station which were mailed to you. If you have a bedridden, handicapped or other person in your home who needs I special evacuation help and who has not made previous arrangements with New
, Hampshire Yankee, please call the New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Emergency Operations Center at ( - -
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All persons in the area to be evacuated are urged to be good neighbors and { helponeanothepysharingridesandhelpingotherswithproblems.- l c : If you know of b neighbors or co-workers with language or hearing problems, please check on them to be sure they have been informed of the emergency and j understand what they should do. i L l Before you leave your home or workplace, make sure'you have put out all fires t and closed fireplace dampers. Lock all doors when you leave. Take blankets and pillows with you for your own use and any medicines which you regularly take. Pack.enough clothing for several days. If you are at work outside the evac-uation area, but live inside it, you may return home to accomplish these chores and collect family members or necessary belongings. b
2[ g Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 48 Rev. O Attachment 19 Page 4 of 5 GENERAL EMERGENCY NESSAGE (EVACUATION ANO SHELTERING: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) l l 1 (RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) , (continued) ' People living in the communities of (edit as appropriate) l (Salisburv/Amesburv] [Nerrisec/Newbury/ West Newbury/Newburvoort) will be safer.if they SHELTER IM iLACE immediately. This means to remain indoors, j Staying indoors will provide you with increased protection from radioactive l material released from Seabrook Station. To get the greatest benefit from pro-tection provided by sheltering, you should take the following actions: o Shelter indoors. ! o Make sure all windows and doors are closed tightly. o If your are in your car, close all windows and vents while you travel to your destination. o I Turn off all fans, heating or air conditioning systems if they bring in outside air. o Take a radio with you and move to the room with fewest windows and doors. o Keep all members of your household indoors and stay tuned to your local Emergency Broadcast System radio station. o Remain indoors until told by local or state officials that it is safe to go , j outside, enruntil further protective actions are recounwnded. 1 Schools, hospi are taking sistYar sheltering and other institutions in the communities advised to shelter actions. Officials l have instructions for pro- 1 I tecting longer necessary. the children or other persons in their care until sheltering is no ; Parents and relatives are advised not to call the schools or ! other institution, children. Community safety will be better protected if the schools are per-nor to drive to the schools to attempt to pick up their eitted to conduct sheltering activities over the next severai lurs. Please do not use the phone except in case of personal emergency. If you are at home, look up the annual emergency information mailed to you. If you are sheltering at your workplace or other public building, check the local telephone book for additional information. This information could be useful in understanding future messages. I 1 _-_ _ - _ - _ _ - _ - _ _ - - - _ - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - ^
p \ Af4/ Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 49 Rev. O Attachment 19 I Page 5 of 5 i i GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (EVACUATION AND SHELTERING: SEA!G AL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILDLIFE Fi/UGE) l (RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL) l (continued) l To repeat: Seabrook Station has declared a General Emergency condition. This message will be repeated every fifteen minutes or until new information is available. Keep tuned to this EBS station for the latest official information. If you are in any of the New Haacshire eastern Rockingham County communities, ( you should tune to a local ~ radio station in New Hampshire for news about your community. l
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9/ Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 50 Rev. O I Attachment 20 i Page 1 of 3 GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (EVACUATION: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF SEACHES AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) l (NO RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) 1 Date Message Released Time Message Released Released by: NHY Offsite Response Director A GENERAL EMERCENCY was declared at (time)-today at.Seabrook Nuclear Power Station. A GENERAL EMEMOENCY means that events.are in progress that could result in some significant release of radioactive materials with releases i expected to go beyond levels set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency outside the Seabrook Station site boundary. There has been no release of radioactive material frou Seabrook Station; however, it is possible that one cocid occur. The New problem. Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Organization is responding to the Massachusetts government officials have been notified. The Governor of Massachusetts recommends the following actions. The zoneUnited in the States waters Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile safety plant are adv near Seabrook Station. All offshore boaters near the plant. " to relocate or dock in waters further than five miles from the Beach and park areas from Salisbury to Plus Island, including the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, are now closed. Persons at these beaches and parks or visiting the national wildlife refuge should leave those areas immediately. Immediate evacuation is recommended for people in (edit as appropriate) (Salisburv/Amesburv) I (Merrimac/Newbury/ West Newbury/Newburvoort). _______m.____._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _
N' 9/ Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 51 Rev. O Attachment 20 Page 2 of 3 GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (EVACUATION: . SEASONAL CLOSURE OF' BEACHES AND WILOLIFE REFUGE) l (NO RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL) (continued) (Edit text on Reception Centers as appropriate) (For Amesbury, the Reception Center is located at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 1101 Turnpike Street in North Andover. For Salisbury, the Reception Center is at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 44 River Street in Beverly.] [For Newbury and Newburvoort, the Reception Center-is located at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 44 River Street in Beverly. For West Newbury and Merrimac, the Receptien Center is at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at l 1101 Turnpike Street in North Andover.) l Services offered at the Reception Centers and recommended for all evacuees ! includes monitoring for contamination; decontamination if necessary; infor-mation and message centers; and referral to congregate carse centers. l Persons in the communities directed to evacuate are advised to take the most l convenient roads south to main routes -- Route 1, Route 1A, Interstates 95 or 495 -- and travel south in the direction of the Reception Centers. . Traffic guides will assist you. l All schools Wi the communities directec to evacuate are being evacuated to. i the designated tion Centers for the community in which they are tocated. Parents sho @ drive to school to meet,tn?ir children since schools are now being evacuated and children are being taken safely by bus directly to their Reception Centers. School children will then be sent to the in where they may be picked up. If you have been advised t'o evacuate but do not have your own transportation and cannot get a ride from a neighbor or someone else, buses will travel along main emergency routes to pick you up and take you to a Reception Center. Wait for an announcement stating what time buses will begin traveling these emergency routes in your town. For more information on the bus and evacuation routes, look up the emergency information brochures about Seabrook Station which were mailed to you. m____._______________._________._____.____.__.__ _ _ _
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Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page'52 Rev. O J Attachment 20 Page 3 of 3 GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (EVACUATION: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF SEACHES AND WILOLIFE REPUGE) (N0 RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) (continued) l l l If you have a bedridden, handicapped or other person in your home who needs - special evacuation help and who has not made previous arrangements wi,th New ' Hampshire Yankee, please call the New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response ! Emergency Operations Center at ( - -
). If you have already registered, I there is no need to call now; help will soon be on its way. l All persons in the area to be evacuated are urged to be good neighbors and help one another by sharing rides and helping others with problems.
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$1 ease check on them to be sure they have been informed of the emergency and understand what they should do.
Before you leave your home or workplace, make sure you have put out all fires and closed fireplace dampers. Lock all' doors when you leave. Take blankets and pillows with you for your own use and any medicines which you regularly take. Pack enough clothing for several days. If you are at work outside the evac-untion area, but live inside it, you may return home to accomplish these chores and collect family members or necessary belongings. Please do not use the phone except in case of personal emergency. If you are at home, take with you the annual emergency information mailed to you which includes evacuation routes and procedures. If these are unavailable, check the y telephone book for additional information. To repeats Sabrook Station has declared a General Emergency condition. This message will be repeated every fifteen minutes or until new information is available. Keep tuned to this EBS station for the latest official information. If you are in any of.the New Hampshire eastern Rockingham County communities, you should tune to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your cosaunity. -
[ i[ Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 53 Rev. 0 1 Attachment 21 Page 1 of 4 GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (EVACUATION: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES Am WILOLIFE REPUGE) l (RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) Date Message Released Time Message Released . Released by: l NHY Cffsite Response Director A GENERAL EMERGENCY was declared at (time) today at Seabrook. Nuclear
, Power Station. A GENERAL EMERGENCY means that events,ere in progress that could result in some significant release of radioactive materials with releases expected to go beyond levels set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency outside the Seabrook Station site boundary.
A release of radioactive material into the air occurred at (time). The New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Organization is responding to the problem. Massachusetts government officials have been notified. The Governor of Massachusetts recossends the following actions. The United States Coast Guard has been requested to enforce a five-mile safety zone in the ocean waters near Seabrook Station. All offshore boaters near the plant are advised to relocate or dock in waters further than five miles from the plant. ..
.g. ~8each and eroam from Salisbury to Plum Island, including the. Parker River Nationel W1 ,e Ref q , are now closed. Persons at these beaches.and parks or vicittig the natiW1 wildlife refuge should leave those areas immediately.
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bl [ 'C fj ' Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 54 Rev. O Attachment 21 Page 2 of 4 GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (EVACUATION: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHE8 AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) l< (RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) (continued) (Edit text on Reception Centers as appropriate) * (For Amesbury, the Reception Canter is located at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 1101 Turnpike Street in North Andover. For Salisbury, the Reception Center is at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 44 River Street in Beverly.] [For Newbury and NewburVDort, the Reception Center is' located at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 44 River Street in Severly. For West Newbury and'Merriasc, the Reception Center is at the Massachusetts Electric Facility at 1101 Turnpike Street in North Andover.) I NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS TO BE READ ONLY IF ADVISED BY THE NEW HAMPSH YANKEE OFESITE F,ESPONSE DIRECTOR THAT THIS INCIDENT MAY OR WILL PRODUCE A CONTAMINATING ACCIDENT: There is a good possibility for this emergency to produce a contaminating accident. It is strongly recommended that as a precaution, persons leaving the towns told to evacuate go to their designated reception centers for monitoring. s Services oftes W at the Reception Centers and recommended for all evacuees includes monitoring for contamination decontamination if nece'sary; s infor-mation and message centers; and referral to congregate care centers. l Persons in the communities directed to evacuate are advised to take the most l convenient roads south to main routes -- Route 1, Route 1A, Interstates 95 or-495 -- and 1 ravel south in the direction of the Reception Centers. Traffic guides will assist you.
D 9/ Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 55-Rev. O Attachment 21 Page 3 of 4 GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (EVACUATION: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF SEACHES AND WILOLIFE REFUGE) l (RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL) (continued) All schools within the communities directed to evacuate are being evacuated to the designated Reception Centers for the community in which they are located. Parents should not drive to school to' meet their chil1ren since schools are now being evacuated and children are being taken safely by bus directly to their Reception Centers. in School children will then be sent to the-where they may be picked up. If you have been advised to evacuate but do not have your own. transportation and cannot get a ride from a neighbor or someone else, buses will trave 1'along main emergency routes to pick you up and take you to a Reception Center. Wait for an , j announcement in your town. stating what time buses will begin traveling these emergency routes For more information on the bus and evacuation routts, look up the you. emergency information brochures about' Seabrook Station which were mailed to 1 If you have a cedridden, handicapped or other person in your home who needs special evacuation help and who has not made previous arrangements with New Hampshire Yankee, please call the New Hampshire Yankee Offsite Response Emergency Operations Center at ( - -
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there is no need to call now; help will soon be on its way. , All persons in the area to be evacuated are urged to be good neighbors and help one another by sharing rides and helping others with problems. If you know h ' neighbors or co-workers with language or hearing problems, please check erthem to be sure they have been informed of the emergency and understand what they should do. Before you leave your home or workplace, make sure you have put out all fires and closed fireplace dampers. Lock all doors when you leave. Take blankets and pillows with you for your ewn use and any medicines which you regularly take. Pack enough clothing for several days. If you are at work outside the evac-untion area, but live inside it, you may return home to accomplish these chores and collect family members or necessary belongings. I
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Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 56 Rev. O ; Attachment 21 # Page 4 of 4 GENERAL EMERGENCY MESSAGE (EVACUATION: SEASONAL CLOSURE OF BEACHES AND WILDLIFE REFUGE) l (RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL) (continued) i Please do not use the phone except in case of personal emergency. If you are at home, take~with you the annuel emergency information mailed to you, which includes evacuation routes and procedures. If these are unavailable, check the local telephone book for additional information. To repeat: Seabrook Station has declared a General Emergency condition. This message will be repeated every fifteen minutes or until new information is available. Keep tuned to this EBS station for the latest official information. If you are in any of the N w Rameshire eastern Rockingham County communities, ! l you should tune to a local radio station in New Hampshire for news about your community. l l 9 0 8
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bY ] C)). Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 57 Rev. 0 Attachment 22 Page 1 of 1 DOWNGRADING OF EMERGENCY MESSAGE Date Message Released Time Message Released . Released by: NHY Offsite Response Director ' At (time) the emergency classification of was downgraded to the emergency classification of . The Governor of Massachusetts and public health officials recommend the following actions: l l l l (ENTER APPROPRIATE PU8LIC ACTION / RELATE PRIOR ACTIONS / RELATE < TO ACTIONS THEY CAN NOW TAKE AND CURRENT RISK L.EVELS IF ANY.) 1
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Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 58 Rev. O Attachment 23 Page 1 of 1 TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY MESSAGE Date Message Released Time Message Released Released by: NHY Offsite Response Director At (time), the Governor of Massachusetts and public health officials determined that an emergency condition no longer exists at Seabrook Station. (ENTER APPROPRIATE GENERAL INFORMATION: Which communities may resume normal activities; which communities, if any, may not resume normal activities and why not; which, if any, emergency ac.tions should be continued; current risk levels, if any.) - 1 (Repest announcement one time.) This concludes operations under the local Emergency Broadcast System. All broadcast stations may now resume normal broadcast operation.s. g. O e I
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I i The following message contains additional instructions to parents with school children in evacuation areas around Seabrook Station. Parents with children attending school within (edit as appropriate) (Salisbury, Am.tsbury,1 fMerrimac. Newbury. West M; 4 ury. Newburvoort) are advised that their children are currently being safely evacuated by bus directly to a reception j eenter outside the cffected area. Children will then be sent to a designated host facility where they E.;f ie picked up. ! j Parents who I Parents in the evacuation zone may go directly to the host facility. I Center for evacuation zone are urged to first eport to the~ Reception l community. i
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I l l SUPPLEMENTAL MESSAGE 3 i PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS FOR' FARMERS, FARN siORKERS, F000 PROCESSORS AND F000 DISTRIBUTORS l 1 Date Message Re'seased Time Message Released Released by: NNY Offsite Response Director f , l 1 (Select Actions As Appropriate) i I The following message is directed to farmers and food distributors in the com-munities of (Salisbur9, Amesbury]*, (Merrimac, Newbury, Wes~t.Newbury, Newbury- ] d port). Due to the emergency condition which has been declared at Seabrook. Station, State authorities have recommended that precautionary actions be taken by far- 1 mers and food processors in some areas surrounding the plant. These actions are called preventive protective actions and are based on policy adopted long before {i Seabrook Station was operational. They do not mean a release of radiation h_gt occurred or will occur. j 4 According to State officials, farmers and dairy operators in the (community / .j communities) should: Newburyport] of (Selisbury, Amesbury] (Merrimac, Newbury, West Newbury, {' o Move < or o' -pr'oducing livestock and other grazing animals inside a barn Iter. j o Provi side airOintor animm1s with stored feed and water and reduce sources of out-their buildings. o Move outside feed supplies indoors or cover thee, if possible. i o Store back-up supplies of water inside buildings and cover outdoor wells, rainbarrels, tanks or other sources'of collected. water. o Call for more information.
87/ 9/ l l c i Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 62 Rev.' 0 Attachment 26 ! Page 2 of 2 I I i SUPPLEMENTAL MESSAGE 3 i PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS FOR FARMERS, FARM WORKERS, F000 PROCESSORS AND F000 O!STRIBUTORS l (continued) j l t l 1 4 Food marketers and processors in the (community / communities) of (Salisbury, l Amesbury) (Merrimac, Newbury, West Newbury, Newburyport) should: ' o I I Stay tuned to this station to stay aware of recommended actions regarding food items. I i t i o Call for more information. l l l
dl$/ i Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 63 i Rev. 0 . Attachment 27 Page 1 of 2 4 SUPPLEMENTAL MESSAGE 4 EMERGENCY ACTIONS FOR ; FARMERS, FARM WORKERS, P000 PROCESSORS AND F000 DISTRIBUTORS ' Date Message Released Time Message Released Released by: NHY Offsite Respense Director The following emergency actions for farmers and food processors in the north-eastern communities of Massachusetts are recommended by State authorities: l (Enter Names of Communities and Gelect Actions As Appropriate)' f y Farm Products - j Authorities are monitoring milk, water, and food to determine if'they are safe to market. Do not destrov any food products unless you are told to do so bv State officials. Detailed instructions will be given to you by them. i Milk. Milk from animals and dairies should not be marketed. Food processors in those towns should hold milk for a period of time to allow for possible radioac-tive materials to decay. dehydrated to allow this toMilk occur. can be frozen, concentrated, made into cheese, or Milk in stores and homes is okay to drink. i Mett. Livestag$ exposed to external contamination may be used for food if they are adequet animals wi and monitored by authorities before slaughtering. Meat State eut al contamination cannot be slaughtered until you.are told by that it is safe to do so. If the animals' skins are con-taminateet, 29 radioactive materials can be washed off with soap and water. In handling animals, you should wper protective clothing, such as that used in pesticide applications, to prevent contaminating yourself. Grain. Producers are asked to hold harvested grains until told that; they are safe to market. and polishing. StateIf some additional action is necessary,'it may include milling officials will advise you about what is necessary.
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L $ll[9] i Amendment 4 IP 2.13 Page 64 l Rev. 0- l Attachment 27 Page 2-of 2 SUPPLEMENTAL MESSAGE 4 l EMERGENCY ACTIONS FOR f FARMERS, FARM WORKERS, F000-PROCESSORS AND F000 DISTRIBUTORS I (continued) Fruits and veostables. With green vegetables, skins or outer leaves should be ' i removed and the remainder washed thoroughly. Potatoes, melons, root crops, peas,. and beans require normal cleaning.- Fruits that do not have to be picked 1 immediately should be saved and picked after any radiation has. decayed.- Canning, freezing, or other storage of fruits or vegetables will also allow j decay of some radioactive particles and seke them safe to est. You will be told j j when it is safe to harvest and market your fruits and vegetables. i l
. Personal Safety l State authorities are monitoring the area._ They will tell you when it is safe to work your farm again or resume your food marketing operations. If you have P been told you may cultivate your land, you should:
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2) Wear protective clothing (such as that worn during pesticide applications) when working outdoors. Remove outer clothing before entering your home. { 3) Wear vating adry dust filter over your nose and mouth if you are plowing or culti-land. vesting corn. You might also need to wear a' filter if you are har-1
- g. Water Well water can be used for your family and animals. Pond or stream water (circle which is appropriate) can/cannot be used for your family and animals. !
Normal human drinking water outlets (circle which is appropriate) are/are not suitable for use. Jnsurance . If you suffered proven economic loss due to'a nuclear accident, you would be compensated. Seabrook Station carries insurance. This insurance covers per-sonal injury and damage to property, including animals and crops.}}