NUCLEAR
POWER PLANT
A PREPAREDNESS GUIDE FOR PARENTS
2007– 2008
TO THE PARENTS OF STUDENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOL
IN THE NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY AREA
Your child’s school is located within a 10-mile
area surrounding Florida Power and Light’s
St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant.
Federal Law requires that local government develop
evacuation plans for this area. We have no reason
to believe there will be an incident at the nuclear
facility, which would in any way endanger the public.
However, our concern for the health and safety of
your children has prompted the development of evacuation
safeguards in the remote possibility that students
should have to be moved from the affected area.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PICK UP YOUR CHILD FROM
THE EVACUATED SCHOOL. SHERIFF’S OFFICE DEPUTIES,
ALONG WITH SCHOOL AUTHORITIES WILL NOT ALLOW ANYONE
TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN ONCE AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION
HAS BEEN DEEMED NECESSARY.
Children attending Jensen Beach High School, Jensen
Beach Elementary or Felix A. Williams Elementary
or visiting the Environmental Studies Center will
be transported to a special reception center at Martin
County High School, 2801 S. Kanner Highway, Stuart
or to the alternate reception center at South Fork
High School, 10205 SW Pratt Whitney Road, Hobe Sound.
Local radio and television stations will announce
when and where parents may pick up their children. The School District will also notify parents via the Connect-Ed outbound calling service.
For further information, contact Martin County School
District Department of Student Service, at (772)
219-1200 ex. 30255 or the Martin County Division
of Emergency Management, at (772) 287-1652.
| Dr. Sara A. Wilcox, Superintendent |
Keith Holman, Emergency Management
Director |
WHY IS THERE AN EMERGENCY PLAN?
Planning is an important part of our strategy to
protect you and your family in the unlikely event
of an emergency at the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant.
State and local officials, in conjunction with FPL,
have prepared a detailed emergency plan for people
who live, work, visit or go to school within 10 miles
of the plant. The plans are tested by actual evaluated
exercises and inspections.
CLASSIFICATIONS OF NUCLEAR PLANT EVENTS
The four terms below are used to describe events
at nuclear plants. Only two may involve public actions
such as staying inside your homes or leaving the
affected area. You should know these terms. FPL notifies
county, state and federal authorities in each of
the following situations:
Unusual Event – Declaration of an Unusual
Event may be caused as the result of an incident,
such as a minor fire or the threat of severe weather.
No public action is required.
Alert – Declaration of an Alert may be
caused by a minor incident that affects or could
potentially affect reactor safety. No public action
is required.
Site Area Emergency – Declaration of a
Site Area Emergency may be caused by a more serious
incident such as a major leak from the reactor
coolant system or fire in a safety system. Radioactive
releases are possible or are occurring. Sirens
would sound, alerting you to tune to a local radio
or television station.
General Emergency - Declaration of a General Emergency,
is the most severe emergency classification, may
be caused by conditions that result in radioactive
releases which could affect the off-site population.
Sirens would sound, alerting you to tune to a local
radio or television station.
WHAT IS AN EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONE?
Federal authorities have established a 10-mile Emergency
Planning Zone as the basis to protect the public
in the event of a nuclear emergency.
HOW WOULD YOU BE NOTIFIED OF AN EMERGENCY?
In the event of a serious problem at the St. Lucie
Nuclear Power Plant, Emergency Management officials
may use a variety of methods to notify people within
10 miles of the plant.
- Sirens – (Tune to local
radio or television stations)
- Emergency Alerting System
(EAS)
- Route Alerting
| AM RADIO |
FM RADIO |
TELEVISION** |
WJNX-1330
WIRA-1400
WSTU-1450*
WPSL-1590* |
WQCS-88.9*
WZZR-94.3
WGYL-93.7
WiLD-95.5
WOSN-97.1
WKGR-98.7
WHLG-101.3
WAVW-92.7
WQOL-103.7
WFLM-104.7
|
WPTV-CH5
WPEC-CH12
WPBF-CH25
WFLX-CH29
WTCN-CH15*
WTVX-CH 34 |
| *Primary Emergency Alerting System
station |
| **Consult area cable listing
for these channels |
In an actual emergency, sirens would sound for
at least five minutes. Periodic siren tests conducted
by local emergency management officials last two
minutes or less.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Martin County School Board,
Student Services
219-1200 ext. 30255
Martin County Division of
Emergency Management
287-1652 |
