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Emergency
Preparedness
Emergency Alert
System
The 10-Mile
Emergency Planning Zone
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The area approximately 10
miles around Seabrook Station is called the Emergency Planning Zone.
There is an emergency plan for each community inside this zone.
However, it is not likely that everyone within the 10-mile zone
would need to take action in an emergency. The areas affected would
depend on the weather and kind of accident. State public safety and
health officials would continually review the situation. They would
decide the best actions to protect you. In case of an emergency,
listen to the EAS for the specific instructions for your community.
How to Shelter In
Place
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Go inside and stay there.
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Cover your nose and mouth
should you have to go outside.
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Change your clothing when
you return inside.
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Turn off all fan, air
conditioners, clothes dryers, or any other sources of outside air.
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Keep radio tuned to the
EAS station, 97.5 FM
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Keep pets/livestock in
sheltered area.
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Do not use telephone
except for emergencies
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Stay indoors until given
notice that it is okay to come out.
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Children will be
sheltered in the school building if event occurs during normal
school hours.
If Advised to
Evacuate
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In an emergency, you
might be advised to evacuate. This means to leave the area. You
should follow the instructions given on the EAS station. If you were
at work outside the evacuation area but lived inside it, you would
go home first to pick up family members and get things you would
need. Do not try to take all of your belongings with you. Take what
you will need. You could be away from home for a few hours to a few
days. Take these things, if you can:
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Extra Clothing
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Personal Items (tooth
brush, eyeglasses)
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Medical Equipment
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Baby Supplies
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Blankets, Pillows, and
Towels
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Checkbook, Credit Cards,
Cash
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Driver's License and
Identification
-Plan to spend a minimum of
three days away from home should you be asked to evacuate. In addition,
lock up your residence.
Kinds of
Emergencies
Whenever an emergency happens
at a nuclear power plant, the event is put into one of four classes. You
may hear these terms during emergency broadcast messages:
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Unusual Event:
A minor event has taken place. No release of radioactive matter is
expected. Federal, state, and local officials would be told.
Seabrook Station plant staff would respond to the event. You would
not have to do anything.
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Alert: This
is also a minor event. Small amounts of radioactive matter could be
released. Federal, state, and local officials would be told. The
sirens may be sounded. Special emergency facilities would be opened,
and plant conditions would be monitored. A media center would give
regular information to the press. Hampton and Seabrook beaches could
be closed. You would not have to do anything else except stay tuned
to the EAS station, 97.5 FM.
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Site Area Emergency:
This is a more serious event. Radioactive matter could be
released. Federal, state, and local officials would be told. All
emergency facilities would be operating. Emergency workers would be
ready to do their jobs. The sirens would be sounded. Hampton and
Seabrook beaches would be closed. The Coast Guard would alert
boaters to leave the area. Communities could be told to shelter.
School children could be evacuated as a precaution. Tune your radio
to the EAS station, 97.5
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General Emergency:
This kind of event is classed as the most serious. Radioactive
matter could go well beyond the plant site. Federal, state, and
local officials would be told. All emergency facilities would be in
full operation . Emergency workers would be ready to help the
public. The sirens would be sounded. Beaches would be closed. The
Coast Guard would alert boaters to leave the area. Be prepared to
take action such as sheltering or evacuating. School children could
be evacuated as a precaution before any evacuation of the general
public. Farmers should be ready to shelter livestock and give them
stored feed and water. Tune your radio to the
EAS station, 97.5 FM.
For more detail information
concerning Emergency Management, please click on the button below.
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