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NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
A PREPAREDNESS GUIDE FOR PARENTS
2008 - 2009

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.

Nancy Kline, 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