IMPORTANT EMERGENCY INFORMATION — PLEASE READ AND KEEP 2021

GRAND GULF NUCLEAR STATION Public Information Calendar What To Do in Case of a Nuclear Power Plant Emergency

LISTEN FOR 3 TO 5 MINUTE SIREN SIGNAL MONITOR AND PREPARE A type of precautionary action intended to advise the public within the EPZ People who live, work, visit and go to school within the 10-mile Emergency that a serious emergency at the nuclear power plant exists. Persons directed to monitor and prepare should Planning Zone (EPZ) will be notified by sirens, tone-alert receivers and/or monitor their media information source and prepare for the possibility of evacuation, sheltering in place, or information broadcasts on radio or television. The Coast Guard and state other protective actions. If an evacuation is underway, individuals who are not involved in the evacuation officials will alert boaters and traffic on waterways. should remain off evacuation path roadways to allow for those who are instructed to evacuate to do so. REMEMBER, hearing a siren or tone-alert does NOT mean evacuate. It Expectations for those under a “monitor and prepare” instruction include: simply means TURN ON YOUR RADIO and listen for instructions. The radio • Reunite with family members • Prepare for the possibility of evacuation stations listed on this page or your NOAA weather radio will give the most • Monitor information channels • Keep off the evacuation path roadways, until instructed to evacuate up-to-date information on what to do. IF ORDERED TO SHELTER IN PLACE Stay Tuned to Your Radio. Remain Calm. Follow Instructions! Remain in your home. Close all doors and windows. Turn off all outside sources of air (attic or window fans). Turn heating or air condition unit to “recirc” or “vent FOR PERSONS IN (24-hour broadcasting): closed.” Close fireplaces. Use the phone only during a personal emergency. Jackson/Vicksburg. . . . . WMSI at FM 102.9 Natchez...... WQNZ at FM 95.1 Stay tuned to local radio stations. Jackson...... WJMI at FM 99.7 McComb...... WAKH at FM 105.7 Jackson...... WJDX at AM 620 Port Gibson...... WATU at FM 89.3 IF ORDERED TO EVACUATE Jackson...... WMPN at FM 91.3 Vicksburg. . .WRTM at FM 100.5 and AM 1490 Bring these items with you if needed: Clothing. Medicines. Baby Supplies. Blankets. FOR PERSONS IN (24-hour broadcasting): Monroe...... KNOE-FM at FM 101.9 Pillows. Sanitary Supplies. Portable Radio. Flashlight. First Aid Kit. Batteries. Check these: 1) Turn off appliances (except refrigerators and freezers) and faucets. 2) Close all blinds, curtains. 3) Check your home for security. 4) Lock the doors. 5) Tie a white cloth on or near the front door to show that you have left. 6) Check FOR MORE INFORMATION During Emergencies call: Emergency Information Center, 1-800-499-2203 with your neighbor to see if they are able to leave. 7) Place this calendar on your dashboard so you can be identified by emergency workers. FOR MORE INFORMATION During Non-Emergencies call your local emergency preparedness office: Claiborne County Civil Defense Emergency Management Agency, (601) 437-4684 or (601) 437-3996 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Tensas Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, (318) 766-3992 or (318) 766-3376 Access and Functional Need Individuals - Call your local Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, 1-866-519-6362 civil defense/emergency preparedness office for help. Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, (225) 925-7500 Students - If school is in session, children will be taken to a safe area and cared for until the parent/guardian arrives. Their safety is first and foremost. Please do not go to schools to pick up children. Emergency workers urge you to know emergency plans. Some children must spend time by themselves. Their parents must work or tend to other duties. If you are This calendar is prepared for you who live, work, visit and go to school near the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. It gives basics one of these parents, please speak with your children about the plant and information you may need in an emergency. Grand Gulf Nuclear Station and local and state officials about the proper emergency response in the event of worked together to create an emergency preparedness plan for residents living in Tensas Parish and Claiborne County. an incident at the nuclear station. Then, if you are away, This calendar is about this plan. Remember, this is just part of the emergency preparedness effort provided by your local your children will know what to do until you return. and state officials. Please read this information carefully, and study the map. If you and your family are familiar with this plan, you will be better prepared for an emergency. Pets (Dogs and Cats) – Bring pets indoors and provide a sufficient amount of food and water or bring to your Marvin Ratliff, Director, Port Gibson/Claiborne County Civil Defense Emergency Management Agency, (601) 437-4684 assigned Reception Center for further instructions. Rick Foster, Director Tensas Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, (318) 766-3992 Radiation is Energy Average Radiation Exposure Levels in Millirem (mrem) Radiation is a form of energy. It comes from Radiation is measured in units called milli- Natural Background Radiation Sources radioactive elements, natural and man-made, rems. A millirem is a unit used to measure Normal average exposure from whose atoms are unstable. Radiation has been radiation dose to humans. The drawing cosmic rays and the ground* 30 mrem a year around since the beginning of time. on this page shows how much radiation we get from different things. Exposure to building materials 7 mrem a year Radiation is all around us. It is in the air we Normal intake of food 28 mrem a year breathe, the food we eat, and the water we For radiation to cause any measurable drink. It is in our homes and even in our bodies. biological effect in human beings, most Man-Made Radiation Sources This is called natural or background radiation. scientists agree that the exposure must Color television 1 mrem a year reach about 25,000 millirems – in a single, (average viewing time) In addition to background radiation, there short-time exposure. is also man-made radiation. It comes from One chest x-ray 10 mrem such things as medical and dental x-rays, Federal standards drawn up and enforced Cigarette smoking (one pack a day) 2,000 mrem to lungs a year color televisions, smoke detectors and some by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Living next door to a nuclear 1 mrem a year watches with dials that glow in the dark. Very (NRC) require that workers at nuclear generating plant small amounts of radiation come from nuclear power plants receive no more than 5,000 power plants. millirems of radiation a year. *SOURCE: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Emergencies are Classified in Four Ways Words Defined Contamination – is the presence of radio- Potassium Iodide – commonly Radioactivity – is the property pos- TERMS YOU NEED TO KNOW (Emergency Classification Levels) active material in unwanted places (on the referred to as KI, is a U.S. Food sessed by some elements that give off skin, in water or on food). It usually can be and Drug Administration (FDA) energy in the form of waves or particles. 1 A Notification of Unusual Event is the least serious of the four removed by washing. approved drug that is available Radiation may be alpha, beta or gamma. emergency classifications. It means there is a problem that is being without a prescription. KI can Alpha particles are the least handled by plant workers. Strict federal rules require that a num- Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) – is the area for which planning is done to assure be used to protect the thyroid penetrating. They can be stopped ber of problems are reported as Unusual Events even though they gland from radioactive iodine by a sheet of paper. pose no danger to the public. They are reported to the Nuclear that prompt and effective action is taken which may be released under Beta particles can be stopped by Regulatory Commission and to the local and state officials. to protect the public in an emergency. (Please refer to the map.) certain emergency conditions thick cardboard. at a nuclear power plant. 2 An Alert is an event that could affect plant safety. Even though Exposure – is receiving radiation. Being Gamma rays are the most penetrating. there is still no danger to the public, local and state officials may set State officials will advise They are almost the same as x-rays. in contact with or close to radioactive whether KI should be taken up emergency operation centers in case the situation at the plant material will result in exposure. They can be stopped by heavy gets worse. in the event of a radiation shielding such as lead or concrete. Half-life – is the time required for a radio- emergency. People allergic 3 A Site Area Emergency is an event that could possibly affect the active substance to lose one-half its to iodine should not use KI. Reception Center – is a facility, located public. The sirens may be sounded to alert the public to listen to radioactivity. Half-life can vary from min- You may contact your physician wel beyond any danger, at which evacu- their radios for information and instructions. utes to years, depending on the source. to find out if you are allergic ated people will be registered, checked to iodine. for contamination and sent to a shelter 4 A General Emergency is the most serious of the four emergency Millirem – a unit used to measure (if needed). classifications. Local, state and federal authorities would take radiation dose to humans. action to protect the public. Designated radio stations and the Emergency Alert System would continue to give information and instructions. If necessary, some areas would be sheltered or Monthly Siren Test evacuated. Emergency sirens in your area are tested on the first Wednesday of each month. Protective Action Guidelines (PAGs) are guides used in planning for protective actions to safeguard public health. The actions are taken to limit the radiation dose from Protective ingestion by avoiding or reducing the contamination in or on human food and animal feeds following the release of radionuclides. In order to ensure public safety, Derived Intervention Levels (DILs) have been recommended by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect food, milk, and water from radioactive contamination. Each DIL is a set point where protective measures should be considered. For example, if levels of radioactive cesium in milk approach the preventive “response level,” surveillance Action and protective actions for dairy animals may be recommended (e.g., placing dairy animals on uncontaminated feed and water).

EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ACTIONS PREVENTATIVE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS The following are examples of protective actions that may be recommended if a Preventative Protective Actions are measures taken to prevent or minimize contamination of food products. release of radioactive materials occurs and contamination of agricultural products Milk: Remove all dairy animals from pasture, shelter them if possible, and provide them with protected feed and water. is verified or suspected. Fruit and Vegetables: Wash, scrub, peel or shell fruits and vegetables, including roots and tubers to remove surface contaminatiion. Meat and Meat Products: Place animals on uncontaminated feed and water. • When you go outside, wear clothing Sheltering Animals Poultry and Poultry Products: Monitor poultry if they are raised outdoors, especially if they are used for egg production. Poultry that covers all portions of the body. One way of protecting your animals raised indoors and given protected feed and water are not likely to be contaminated. Remove outer clothing before going is to provide them with shelter. Dairy Soils: If officials find that the soil is contaminated, proper soil management procedures can be implemented to reduce contami- indoors. cows and other milk-producing animals nation to safe levels. 1) Idling, the nonuse of the land for a specific period of time may be necessary in some cases. However, in a • Wash hands thoroughly before pre- should be given priority as these animals worst case situation, removal and proper disposal of soil may be more appropriate. 2) Alternating types of crops may be beneficial. paring or consuming food. can pass contamination on to humans 3) Deep-plowing the soil may keep radioactive substances below the plant root zone, preventing plants from taking up contaminated • Do not engage in any dust pro- through their milk. Secondary consider- nutrients, and allow the level of radioactivity to decrease with the passage of time. ducing activities such as cultivat- ation should be given to egg-producing Grains: Permit grains to grow to maturity. Additional milling and polishing will remove most of the radioactive contamination. ing, disking, baling, or harvest- fowl, breeding stock, other livestock and Water: Cover open wells, rain barrels, and tanks to prevent contamination. Filler pipes should be disconnected from storage contain- ing. Wear a dust mask or a folded, poultry. Barns, milking parlors, machine ers that are supplied by runoff from roofs or other surface drain fields. dampened cloth over your nose sheds, garages, corn cribs, and swine or Food Processors and Distributors: Radioactive contamination of milk or food products in an affected area can occur during pro- and mouth to reduce the quantity poultry buildings are all possible live- cessing or transportation. These products should not be released for consumption until they are deemed safe or a ecision is made to of radioactive materials inhaled stock shelters. Generally, masonry or dispose of them. when such activities can not be concrete buildings offer the best pro- avoided. tection. Although a ventilation system EFFECTS OF CONTAMINATION OF HUMAN FOOD AND WATER SUPPLIES • Do not process or distribute agricul- is needed to keep sheltered livestock tural products until they have been healthy, it allows radioactive material to The amount of radioactive material released into the atmosphere, the duration of the release, and weather conditions, all can affect the sampled and found to be free of enter the building. Therefore, it is im- accident’s impact on people, animals, crops, land, and water near the site of the emergency. An initial concern would be the condition contamination. portant to limit outside air entering the of fresh milk from dairy animals grazing on pasture and drinking open sources of water. Testing may be performed at the farm, the • Do not destroy, slaughter or market building to the minimum amount neces- transfer station, or the processing plant. If fresh milk and processed milk products are shown to be contaminated, state officials will animals. sary for the animals’ safety. Do not use decide whether to dispose of them or hold them until safe for consumption. fans for ventilation unless absolutely Another concern would be the possible contamination of vegetables, grains, fruits, and nuts. The severity would depend on the Several of the response actions, which necessary. If you must use fans, set them time of year the emergency occurred. The time just before or during harvest is the most critical period. Crops may be sampled and may be taken to protect agriculture on low speed to reduce air intake. analyzed by state officials to determine if they are safe to eat. products, animals, and other agricul- An additional concern would be the possible impact of the contamination on livestock and poultry. Pasture, feed, and water sources, ture commodities, include: Protection from Packaged as well as meat and poultry products, may be sampled and analyzed to determine if the meat and poultry products are safe to eat. • Temporary holding of food crops Food Products Contamination of drinking water supplies is not likely to be a problem. If it occurs, it probably will affect only surface water supplies from market. Food in packaging prepared before the and not ground wells or underground water sources. • Quarantine of food, animals, and release of radioactive material will not If land becomes contaminated, proper soil management techniques can reduce contamination of crops grown on the land. The other agriculture commodities. be harmful to eat as long as the outer procedures to be used would depend on the severity of contamination and specific crops to be grown. • Placing animals on stored feed in wrappings are carefully removed and place of grazing or forage. discarded. Additional information is available from: Giving Animals Protected Feed Food, Milk Processors, Warehouses, You may be advised to place animals and Commodity Terminals • Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness...... 225-925-7500 www.gohsep.la.gov on protected feed and water. This Windows and vents to the outdoors • Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality...... 225-765-0160 www.deq.louisiana.gov will help prevent contamination from should be closed. Any system that draws harming your animals, and from enter- • Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry...... 855-452-5323 www.ldaf.state.la.us air from the outdoors to the inside • Mississippi Emergency Management Agency...... 601-933-6362 www.msema.org ing the human food supply. Types of should be shut down, such as vacuum protected feed include: systems, air conditioners and com- • Mississippi State Department of Health...... 601-987-6893 www.msdh.state.ms.us • Grain stored in covered bins; pressed air systems. • Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce...... 601-359-1100 www.mdac.state.ms.us • Hay stored in a barn or covered shed. • Your local County or Parish Extension Office Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Plans Made for School Children Special care has been taken to protect school children. If an evacuation is Produces Electricity ordered, there is an emergency plan for school children within the EPZ. • School officials will be contacted by local civil defense/emergency pre- paredness officials in the event of an emergency. • The children will be assembled, accounted for and taken by bus to a Reception Center. All Reception Centers are more than 10 miles from the nuclear station. To find out which Reception Center your children will be taken to during an emergency, refer to the Protective Action Areas map and information on the following pages or contact your local emergen- cy preparedness office listed on the inside cover of this calendar. • Once school buses reach their assigned Reception Center, the children will be accounted and cared for until their parents pick them up. • It is important that you do not try to pick up your children at their school. Go to the Reception Center where your children are located, using your evacuation route. (See map in next section.) A nuclear power plant uses steam to generate electricity. Steam, created by heating water through Whatever the situation, children in school during an emergency will be energy produced by a nuclear reaction, drives turbine blades to spin. This rotational energy is then given top priority. They will be moved under close adult supervision. converted to electrical energy by a generator. A nuclear power plant uses uranium as its fuel. Uranium atoms can be more readily split apart than other types of atoms. This process is called nuclear fission. When the atoms split, energy is released in the form of heat and radiation with fission products left behind. This is the heat source used to create Residents With Special Needs steam in a nuclear power plant. The plant is designed to keep any radiation safely inside. Your local emergency preparedness offices (listed on the inside cover of Once the steam has been used to spin the turbine, it is sent to a condenser. A condenser is a this calendar) maintain records of people with special needs and will help large vessel with thousands of small tubes. Cool water is channeled through these tubes during an emergency. They can notify and evacuate people with special while the exhausted steam from the turbine passes over the outside of the tubes. This process needs during an emergency. allows the heat of the exhausted steam to be transferred to the cooler water inside the tubes. This allows the steam to condense back into water, which is then recirculated through the If you or someone you know is hearing impaired, blind, has a physical system, starting the process over again. The water inside the tubes — now heated up after handicap or is in need of transportation, please complete the special passing through the condenser tubes — is circulated through a separate cooling system, needs card attached to this calendar and mail it today. allowing it to safely release the heat it has absorbed, be cooled back down, and then circulated back If you move, notify your local emergency preparedness office. through the condenser tubes. Since the steam passing through How you can help those with special needs: the turbine and the water from If you know of someone who is hearing impaired, blind, has a physical the cooling tower system are in handicap or is in need of transportation, you can help with carpools or by two separate systems, physically contacting your local emergency preparedness office to make sure they isolated from each other, the cool- are on the list of people with special needs. ing tower water contains no radio- active contaminants. This water never intermingles with the water Contact information for local emergency preparedness passing through the reactor. offices is listed on the inside cover of this calendar. Protective Action Areas Note Your Protective Action Information Here

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4b Between Little Bayou Mississippi Route 547 south to Joe L. Johnson - Safe Room Inside of Louisiana Route 606 south to Louisiana Ferriday High School Pierre, south and Mississippi Highway 28 east to 1060 Epps Lane Lake Bruin Route 604 south, to Louisiana Route Ferriday, LA 605 south, to Louisiana Route 128 west east of Natchez Trace Hazlehurst (Copiah County) Take I 55 N Hazlehurst, MS 39083 Parkway and north of to the Gallman Exit. bear right onto W to U.S. Highway 65 south, to Ferriday, LA Gordon Station Road Gallman Rd. Turn immediately to the left onto Epps Ln Continue to the Safe Room 11 Outside of Louisiana Route 605 north, to Louisiana Ferriday High School 5a Between Bayou Mississippi Route 552 east to U.S. Louis Gunning Safe Room, 323 Lake Bruin Route 605 west, to U.S. Highway 65 Ferriday, LA Pierre and Russum- Highway 61 south to Natchez (Adams Liberty Road, Natchez, MS south, to Ferriday, LA

Westside Road east County) 39120 . St. Joseph Area Louisiana Route 128 west to U.S. Ferriday High School . to Widows Creek Highway 65 south, to Ferriday, LA Ferriday, LA 5b South of Russum- Mississippi Route 552 east to U.S. Louis Gunning Safe Room, 323 Westside Road from Highway 61 south to Natchez (Adams Liberty Road, Natchez, MS 12 North of and inside Levee Road to Louisiana Route 608, to Richmond Civic Center Ferry Road east to County) 39120 Yucatan Lake Louisiana Route 605 north, to U.S. Tallulah, LA Gordon Station Road Highway 65 north, to Tallulah, LA 6 Alcorn State Mississippi Route 552 east to U.S. Louis Gunning Safe Room, 323 South of Yucatan Levee Road to Louisiana Route 604 Ferriday High School University Highway 61 south to Natchez (Adams Liberty Road, Natchez, MS Lake, including Lake north, to Louisiana Route 605 west, Ferriday, LA County) 39120 Lakanardia to U.S. Highway 65 south, to Ferriday, LA 7 North of Big Black U.S. Highway 61 north to Vicksburg Sherman Avenue Elementary River and east of (Warren County) School, 2145 Sherman Ave, Vicksburg, MS 39183 TENSAS PARISH SCHOOLS: Students in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, will be evacuated to the following reception centers: Tensas Academy, Tensas Elementary, and Ferriday High School, CLAIBORNE COUNTY SCHOOLS: Tensas High Schools Ferriday. LA Students in Claiborne County, Mississippi, will be Joe L. Johnson Safe Room Newellton Elementary Richmond Civic Center, evacuated to the following reception center: Hazlehurst, MS Newellton Christian Academy Tallulah, LA PROTECTIVE ACTION AREAS PROTECTIVE ACTION AREAS MESSAGE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

The first priority at the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) will always be the safety Mississippians. Though our State has seen its fair share of record-setting flood events and tornadoes as well as enduring the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been fortunate not to have to endure a Grand Gulf Nuclear Station incident. For that reason, we always stress preparedness!

The Grand Gulf Nuclear Station has an outstanding record of safe operations. It is designed to withstand earthquakes and other natural events in the region. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, federal and local law enforcement, as well as Entergy’s own expert security team, are always on alert to ensure those plant facilities are protected and secure.

As part of our commitment to safety, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency trains with the Offsite Response Organizations regularly, updates and improves response plans, and the Claiborne County Emergency Management Agency tests the outdoor sirens on the first Wednesday of each month, lasting two minutes or less.

I hope you place this calendar in an area of your home that gets the most visibility by you and your family. I encourage you to periodically review the emergency planning information included for people located within 10 miles of the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. It was developed by emergency management officials and provides necessary information about what to do in the event of a nuclear emergency.

Be sure to discuss your evacuation plan with loved ones, know your reception center locations, and have multiple ways to receive emergency alerts and warnings. We urge homeowners, renters, and business owners to have a central place for your important documents, to grab-and-go if required. MEMA will be there to assist you should a disaster affect you but having quick access to those documents when leaving can make the recovery process quicker for you and your family.

We live in a beautiful state, and I am proud to serve Mississippians in this role as Executive Director of MEMA. Continue to be prepared and stay alert to your local and state officials for important information about severe weather, COVID-19, or other events that threaten our state.

Greg Michel MEMA Executive Director JANUARY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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Siren/Tone Alert Testing Today 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

GRAND STATION NUCLEAR GULF Public Information Calendar 31

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Valentine’s Day Presidents’ Day 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

JANUARY MARCH 28 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 GRAND STATION NUCLEAR GULF Public Information Calendar 24 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31

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Daylight Savings Time begins Mardi Gras St. Patrick’s Day First Day of Spring 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

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Siren/Tone Alert Easter Sunday Testing Today 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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Administrative Professionals’ Day Earth Day 25 26 27 28 29 30

GRAND STATION NUCLEAR GULF Public Information Calendar Confederate Memorial Day (Mississippi ONLY)

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Siren/Tone Alert Testing Today 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Mother’s Day Armed Forces Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

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Flag Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

First Day of Summer Father’s Day

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Labor Day 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Grandparents’ Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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Siren/Tone Alert Testing Today 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Columbus Day Boss’s Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

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First Day of Winter Christmas Eve Christmas Day 26 27 28 29 30 31 GRAND STATION NUCLEAR GULF Public Information Calendar New Year’s Eve Mississippi Emergency PRE-SORTED Management Agency STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE P.O. Box 5644 PAID Pearl, MS 39288 JACKSON, MS PERMIT NO. 134